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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 64 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1948 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 4 .mif PtLAWSIdBaJTM JdDQJTOAO. Fine Concert Presented at High School The music department of the Plattsmouth city schools gave a real treat to the music lovers of the community on Thursday and Friday evening at the high school auditorium. The concert was directed by David Fowler, music supervisor of the city schools and was a real showing of the progress that has been made in the musical work of the school in the past year. It was a very colorful scene with the band in their blue and gold uniforms, some fifty form ing this part of the entertain ment, while the school chorus with their dark red robes added to the beauty of the settings. The band lowed a wonderful progress in the well selected pro gram that embraced the very best in the musical world, the standard and popular numbers being well presented by the young people of the school. The members of the band also ex hibited the instruments that had been purchased in the past year from the funds of the Band Par ents club. The club has served a fine purpose as it has added much to the band in the way of equipment from funds that have been raised through various activities and invested for the further development of the band. The chorus group of seventy voices has been developed into one of the finest groups that can be found in the high schools of the state, under the training by Mr. Fowler is a real asset to the community life. In addition to the high school chorus, Mr. Fowler is developing the junior chorus composed of the students from the junior high and grades who are build ing into a wonderful array of trained voices that will be heard from in the future. One of the clever features of the concert by the band, was the presentation of "The Rag ""Time Wedding", with a well cast group carrying out the theme and the musical accompaniment of the band. Buddy White was a great suc cess as "the Narriator of the story and Introducing the various par ticipants. Bill White served as the groom with his bell bottom trousers while Jim Doody was the bride. Burton Gleason served as the father of the bride and Cyril Ko cinn as the preacher. The entertainment was one that all of the patrons of the school should have witnessed to fully appreciate just how fine a music department the Platts mouth high school really has. Plattsmouth Sheet Metal Works Moved The Plattsmouth Sheet Met al Works, operated by M. F. Keiderling, is now settled in the new location at 614 Avenue A., moving there from the former location on Chicago avenue. The new location was that formerly used by the Wiysel auto agency and makes a very handy spot for the sheet metal company, being in the business section of the city and easy of access to the public. Mr. Keiderling states that he expects to do some remodeling on the building and to make the interior one of the hand iest for his line of work in the city. This company is one of the fast growing industries in the city and has had a great suc cess its establishment, hand ling anything in the line of plumbing, heating, air condi tioning and oil burner service. Recover Stolen Car Near City Sunday a car, stolen from the Burlington station at Oma ha, was recovered south of this city where It had been run in to a ditch and abandoned. The car was discovered by members of the state highway patrol and later was turned over to Sheriff Tom Solomon and will be re stored to the owner. TOWN TEAM BASKETBALL The Plattsmouth Town bas ketball team has, two home games this week at the high school gym. On Tuesday even ing at 8 o'clock the locals will entertain the Vilgans of Ne braska City, members of the Nebraska City League. On Thursday night at 8 o'clock the locals will meet a team from Peru. Judgment Awarded Against Garage In a district court trial at Lincoln, Alex Dietrich, 645 A. street was awarded judgment of $436.05 against Andy Leada brand, the operator of Andy's garage at Greenwood. Dietrich, who sought $1,500, alleged that Leadabrand had stopped payment on a check after securing his car and a certificate of title to the car at an auction. The defense main tained that Dietrich did not own the car. High Masonic Honor Given Raymond Cook Raymond C. Cook, who for the past several years has serv ed the Nebraska grand lodge of the A. F. & A. M. as deputy grand custodian, has been named as the grand custodian to succeed Lute M. Savage of Omaha who has served in that capacity since 1927. Mr. Savage, who is in failing health, resign ed last Wednesday. This is a very pleasing honor and a recognition of the fine work that Mr. Cook has given the Masonic fraternity down through the years. In the past two years the work of the de puty custodian has been very heavy as he has visited almost all of the Masonic lodges of the state. He has served in all branches of the York rite Masons in this city having been master of Plattsmouth lodge No. 6 A. F & A. M., high priest of Ne braska Chapter No. 3, Royal Arch Masons and commander of Mt. Zion commandery No. 5 of the Knights Templar. Mr. Cook has had a very pro minent part in the Masonic work over the state and in 1947 served as the grand high priest of the grand chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of Nebras ka. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Nebraska Ma sonic Home In this city and has devoted a great deal of his time to this line of work, helping to make the Home here one of the best in the nation. In the in terest of the Home he has visit ed a large part of the lodges in the state in the past few years. In the naming of Mr. Cook, the Plattsmouth Masonic bodies have received another added honor to the many that have been given to the local bodies down through the years. Local Men Attend Grand Chapter The grand chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of Nebras ka was held in Omaha the past week and brought to that city a large number of the newly elected officers of the various chapters over the state. From Nebraska chapter No. 3, there were attending Newton Sullivan, high priest elect, and Raymond Hild, recently elected king of the local chapter. Mr. Sullivan was invested with the high priesthood degree at the meeting. Others attending from here were Raymond C. Cook, past grand high priest of Nebraska and William F. Evers. long a prominent member of the order. The grand chapter elected as the high priest for 1949, Plund er T. Martin of Omaha, well known in this city and a mem ber of the board of control of the Nebraska Masonic Home. Court Klouse irietfs . First hearing was had in the county court Friday in the es- tate of Louis Wondra, deceas- ed. Charles WTondra was named as the administrator by Judge Paul E. Fauquet. In the matter of the estate of Veronica Fornoff, deceased, first hearing was had in the county court and the court ap pointed Dangard Reichstadt, a grandson, and Carl J. Schneider as the administrators. First hearing was had in the estate of Lester Jenkins, de ceased. No appointment of ad ministrator was made at this time. In the county court Friday marriage license was issued to Robert Dankleff of Elmwood and Betty Jean Bohn, of Eagle. In the office of County Judge Paul E. Fauquet Friday after noon marriage license was is sued to Kenneth Petereit, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Petereit and Miss JoAnn Gansemer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clell Gansemer of Nehawka. Marriage license was also is sued in the county court Sat urday to William Martin Burk, son of Mrs. Agnes Taylor and Phyllis Porter, daughter of ! TV C7 - ( iMu j NiMiiiiinniBiaiiaMiriiriMMMaBMMMdMWiJf . ?! M ! lift THANKFUL PRAYER . . . Gratrful for the opportunity accorded them as displaced persons, Eustachy Koiopas and his wife, Katherina, from the Ukraine, offer a prayer at the rail of the S. S. General Bandy as the vessel docked at Boston. The ship arrived with 600 persons seeking a aew life in America. uoodwill I ram to Leave State on Tuesday The Nebraska Goodwill Train will leave the state December 21 state CROP director Dwight Dell announced today. Previously scheduled for De cember 10 Nehrnsikn's rnntri- Europe and Asia was postpon- ert when a shnrtnpp nf shinninir and storage facilities in south ern parts caused export delays. The shortage has been caused by port tie-ups on the east and west coasts resulting in an overburdening of New Orleans and other Gulf harbors. Chicago has assured Dell that , ..n ,4 .,,, transportation and storage will 1 . be available by December 21. ivieanwnue, me state director announced that many counties . in the state are continuing so- liciations and collections of foodstuffs. He explained that storms and blocked roads in the western part of Nebraska have made the additional 11 days gained in - the- campaign valuable. " " " Plans for county and area dedication ceremonies are being made at the present time, Dell stated. Many communities had already prepared celebrations which must be re-organized but he voiced the belief that addi tional time will give many towns a better chance to ready extensive programs. . An incomplete report of state progress shows a total of 79 car loads of foodstuffs and about $20,000 on hand at the present time. Dell said. Mayor Rogers Is Doing Very Well The reports from the bedside of Mayor A. B. Rogers at the Clarkson hospital at Omaha are to the effect that the patient is doing as well as possible under the circumstances. He has showed considerable general improvement but is still under constant care. The specialists who are on the case are studying the condition ! of the patient and it is expect- ed that a definiate decision may be made as to the cause of the illness and its relief. John H. Johnson, William Howland and Jim Alkire, stud ent ai me university oi we- braska. were here for the week end visiting their parents and many friends. j Mr. and Mrs. Gloy Porter of this Citv. i in the rountv rourt. RaturHav a decree of Judge E. Fauquet t was issued finding that there i was due Cass countv from the estate of Clara James, deceas ed. the sum of $4,515.65. the amounts being assessed, $1,771. 30 to the share of Paul Davis and $2,744.29 to the share of Lenna Barber. The assessment was reached by the court. The money will be turned over to the county and will be distri buted to the road funds of the county. Judge Thomas E. Dunbar has notified Clerk of the District Court C. E. Ledeway that he will be here Wednesday after noon to hold a session of the court. In the county court Saturday. marriage license was issued to John D. Sybradant and Doro thy J. Loos, both of Eaerle. County Judge Paul E. Fauquet Saturday issued marriage licen s to Elbert C. Alfey, Jr., sen of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Alfey and Miss JoAnn MtOtcw. daushter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McOrew, or Louisville. Cass County Men Go for Induction The first assignment of Cass county young men called under the provisions of the selective service act will be sent from Cass county this week. A group of six was sent to- I dav (Mondavi to Omaha for examination and induction in to me armea service. The second group, some fif teen, will leave on Wednesday. December 23 for Qmaha and service. The county selective service board made public one of the regulations that covers the reg istration of the teen ages. f he" yH5? ;acesmst teenth birthdav. he must with- I in five days following the birth day, register at the county draft Doardi in this city, so that he mav be classified and his exemption, if any be examined u,, tua hnorrt The selective service oince lacks the interest and excite- ment of the war days as in that time, there were always j iurtje KiuuMi ell uic uixivr oiiu t preparing for their call to ac , v. r; 1 ' - , tive military service. County Treasurer Reports Fine. Meeting County Treasurer Ruth Pat- ton returned home Friday from the sessions of the State Asso ciation of County Treasurers that has been meeting in Oma ha the past week in connection with the group meetings of the other associations. Miss Patton, as the president of the association, presided at the meetings and reports a fine attendance and fine program throughout. Among the speak ers were Chief Justice Robert Simmons, who discussed the "Boys and Girls County Govern ment." that is now incorporat ed, and to promote the study of the governments of the coun ties. Robert Armstrong was al so on the speakers list as re presentative of the Association of Omaha Taxpavers " He had as his subject, "Balancing the Budget." Senator Kenneth Wherry addressed the joint sessions of the various grourjs. Governor Val Peterson was the main speaker at the banauet that was one of the highlights of the meetings. ; m n j MaSOniC Home IS Presented Gift Sundav the Nebraska Masonic Home of this citv was visited by the members of the Florence, Nebraska. Betel of Jobs Daugh ters, who came down to spend the afternoon at the Home. The youns ladies of the Beth el. Dresented to the Home two radios that will be a sourcp of j great pleasure to the members of the Home family, to add to the radios that are alreadv a part of the equipment of the Home. The members of the Bethel also presented a very interest ins and much enjoved proeram durin? the course of the after noon that helped make th oc casion of the visit one to be long remembered. Returns Home from Omaha Hospital Miss Audrey Dow. who was oersted on for appendicitis last Monday at the Methodist hosnial in Omaha, has "reenv- ! ered in very fin shaoe and was abi1 to return ho Rat urrfiv afternoon. She will sivnd a few days recunfrating beforp resfmin? her duties as deoutv in the office of the register of Heeds. Miss Ester Sheldon is a Medi- j eal patient at General hospital . Lincoln. ! District Meeting of Eagles Held Here On Sunday The members of the Frater- j nal Order of Eagles held their i district meeting in Plattsmouth Sunday, it being one of the most largely attended in sever al months, with large delega tions present from the sur rounding territory. Busses brought large delegations from Lincoln and Fremont while both North and South Omaha, Council Bluffs and Nebraska City members wre here for the event. The crowd filled the building from the orFninr nf the after noon until the close of the eve- ' ning program. During the afternoon there j was an initiation of some nine- ! teen candidates into the order, j the initation work being in the hands of the local officers, headed by Frank Robbins. wor thy president of the Platts mouth Aerie. While the men of the order were attending the lodge meet- , ing thp ladies were entertain ed at a theatre party at the Cass theatre. The entire group were treat ed to a very fine supper at 6 o'clock that had been prepared and served by the members of the Catholic Daughters who had arranged a very fine menu ' that was very much enjoyed by the large group that filled the dining hall of the building. Following the dinner a floor show was presented for the en tertainment of the members and their ladies, the group pre- senting the show were from Omaha and gave a real enter- j tainment that was appreciated j by the crowd that packed the j main hall of the building. j The evening was closed with the dancing party for which Pick's Top Hatters of Nebraska ! City furnished the music. Those attending agreed that ! it was on? of the largest and j most enjoyable events that the local aerie has enjoyed, V.F.W.Plan Christmas Party for the Children The Lepert-Wolver post of i the Veterans of Foreign Wars 1 of this city are planning a par tv to be held for the children of Cass county on Wednesday, f December 22, at the club rooms of the V. F. W. in the Nierste 1 building, just opposite the court house. The party is to start at 2 p. m. The children of th.-? county of grade school age are to be the guests of honor for the event and will find plenty of enter tainment and fun at the club rooms as well as meeting Santa Claus. It has been arranged to have an elaborate and extend ed motion show to help enter tain the children and in addi tion there will be special enter tainment provided by Mrs. Jean Lockin and her pupils to round out this part of the program. The main attraction of the afternoon will be the visitation of Santa Claus who will bring with him treats for the child ren and the best wishes of the holiday season. It is expected that a very large number will participate in the good time. Treasurer's Office Proves Very Busy The office of the treasurer of Cass county is swamped in the past week with the rush of tax payments that are sent in from outside as well as the taxes paid direct at the office. The heavy work and rush has deplayed the sending out of the receipts to some extent but these will be mailed as rapidly as possible. The receipts are mailed out in the order that the payments are made and the taxpayers can rest assurred they will receive their receipts in the order that they have been received. Missing Bov Returns to Home Thursday Charles Phillios. who resides on a farm two and a half miles east of Murray, and who was reported Thursday as missing from home, is bark at home re ports from the office of Sheriff Tom Solomon states. The bov came home Thursday night near the evenin? mal time and quieted the fpars of the family and friends that he might have been caught in the storm of Wednesday night. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads IK UI U tLW K rY CASS COURTHOUSE CLOCK How High Is Up? J VT5a W. J .Hr , Vs.,'' K-fV3" Zr v 4 .a vwf-'wvi fi ""a 'TZ-f.-iS - f-M f--i 5 V tllittMIlM II it . .j. EL, .... .Hjs - Arrow points to Evan Smith, Plattsmouth, as he ascended the I flag pole atop the Cass County Courthouse Tuesday to give it a fresh coat of paint. Smith ad justed his ropes, "skinned" up the pole and completed the job in record time. But, it stopped the clock shown in the photo. Now local residents are in the midst of a drive for funds to electrify the old landmark. Photo by Chriswiser. Neighbors Care for Corn Crop at Mayfield Farm Raymond Mayfield is at home from Clarkson hospital, at Omaha, where he spent two and one half weeks. Friday and Saturday, of last week. 35 men gathered at the Mayfield farm near Weeping Water to take care of his corn which was still in the field. About one hundred acres were shucked, althoueh muddv conditions in the field slowed the work down, some what. While the men were busy, fifteen women were in the kitchen preparing meals for the men. This is a sample of Cass county friendship, and neighborliness. and the reason we all love to live in Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Harrv Gobel man and children of Union were "visitors here Saturday to spend a fw' hours trading and visiting friends. Marion MrCrnrv is reported to be doing well at, the Bryon Memorial hospital where he un- derwent surgery last week. . ir 1 r : I w tmm . "JL ' if t . A: - 9 TT - "" -H Santa Claus Has ! Rnval Welrnrnp Here Saturday Santa Claus, witn flowing white beard and reeal red cos- tume, received a royal welcome : f to Plattsmouth Saturday after- noon and for a period of several hours held sway at the Cass i county court house to the group . of almost 1.500 children and I several hundred of the parents , that had come to look and visit with Santa. 1 The visitation that was sDon j sored by the Plattr.mouth Busi : ness Men's Ad club, brought sev : eral thousand people into the city from the surrounding terri tory desuite the fact that the 3 wet roads and slush made the coing anything but pleasant, i Santa made his firs: appear 1 ance at the Hotel Plattsmouth i ; where he was greeted by a large delegation ol the crnlaren re- presenting the various schools of the county, forming the escort j tnat accompanied Santa from the hotel to the basement of the . court house where he held sway. Santa was represented by Mer- ...v, ; --m of the patron of the holiday ; season. tanta was tne most pon- i nlnr fipnrp in the ntv at the i , " court house he was swamped by the children desiring to present their requests to Santa making the task of distributing the treats one of difficulty. There were 1.300 sacks of the trpatc th"ir rnmnnwn rnnnv fruit and nuts Riven away and following the distribution the main street was filled by the happy little folks on their way home or to enjoy the show at older members of the group. It was a real success, bringing 1 a great deal of pleasure to the youngsters and to the business men that event. had promoted the Attend State Meet at Omaha This Week Lucille Horn Gaines, Cass county register of deeds, was in Omaha on" Wednesday and Thursday to attend for a short time the session or the conven- , Plattsmouth must not sacri tion of the County Clerks and fice "Big Ben." Donations are Register of Deeds. The session asked from every man. woman had the pleasure of an address t and child in Plattsmouth and bv Senator Kenneth Wherry of i vicinity, as well as from all that closed the session. Also attending the commis- sioners sessions were County Commissioner Herman Borne meier. of Alvo, County Commis sioner Parr Young of Nehawka and Commissioner Charles Stoehr of this city and County Assessor W. H. Puis. Miss Ardyth Hall, countv welfare director and Miss Coretta Pfann of the wel fare office. Mrs. Harry Richardson is en joying a visit at Bristol. Ne braska, where she will be with her parents for some time. r Or. :- -X ANTI-INFLATIONIST . Dr. Ed win C. Nourse, chairman of the i eeonomic advisory council, has bn named as top coordinator to .! arait an anu-innauon program oj Fresident Truman. Cass County's "Big Ben" that, has ticked away the hours atop the courthouse for over half a century will not be lost. Platts mouth residents will rally around The Journal'' drive for funds to recondition the cloci: as a gift to Cass County. For over 50 years, with few interuptions. the big clock ad orning the dome of the county building has been tolling the minutes and hours to cityites and visitors. It was with a feel ing of despair that Plattsmouth received the news that the big clock would toll no more. Hund reds of local people through the years have begun and ended their day by the great hands cf its four faces, to the east, the west, the north and the south. It was a coincidence that the old courthouse clock struck its last just 57 years to the day fol lowing installation on Decem ber 8, 1891 by the Seth Thomas Clock Co. Looking up the history of the clock. The Journal found the citizens of Cass County had al ready paid for the clock twice. When first purchased, pay ment for the clock was made to a representative of the com- pany. This representative failed j to forward the money to the I company which later brought. ; suit against Cass County arn i the . latler v'as forced to pa and Pay Feeling that Cass County res idents had already done their share in paying for the clock ir-o tVicit Plitlcmnnth T; . ' , , Haeen.-"Aaa .aistays.. wiu oe wag. greatest beneficiary. The Jour- nal believes it only fair that our residents modernize the old time piece and restore it to its proper place in the community. With Carl Schmeider of the Plattsmouth State Bank acting as treasurer of the Clock Fund, The Journal starts the cam paign off with a donation of S25.00. C. Ed Miller, 513 Third Ave., was second on the list with $5.00, with Bob Walling a ready giver with the next $5. Contributions to the Clock Fund may be mailed or left at The Journal office or at the Plattsmouth State Bank. All contributions, no matter small or large, will be acknowledged in the columns of this news paper. It is estimated that close to $1000.00 will be needed to electrify the clock and place it in top operating condition. It has been suggested that chimes will be added if donations are generous enough to stand the j expense. ! Make them generous ana let s ' do the job right. Donations to date: Plattsmouth Journal $25.00 C. Ed Miller 5.00 Robt. W. Walling 5.00 Youth Confesses to Omaha Crime The office of Sheriff Tom Solomon has been informed that Arthur Cayrette, 12, who was picked up here Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rhoden, has confessed to the fact that he had committed the breakin at a Phillips "66" Oil station at Omaha. The boy is reported to have confessed taking $130 from the station and proceeded to invest the money in various trinkets and articles to get. rid of the money. When held here he had on him a watch that it developes was purchased with a part of the stolen funds. Christmas Party for Holy Rosary Church The members of the Holy Rosary church will meet in Rosary hall on Sunday, Decem ber 19th for an annual Christ mas party. A buffet dinner will be served at 6:30. Sound films on the Christmas theme and several animated cartoons will be shown for the children. Awards to the altar boys and choir members will be given at this time. Tatronize Journal Advertisers.