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TlHlE FQ.A"D"D"MI(IDUH1 JJflDOJraAQ. PUBLISHED SEMI-AYEEKLY Monday-Thursday I Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 64 SIXTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 11 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER f I Clock Fund Hits $800 Mark Today; Will Close Soon From indications it won't be long until "Eig Ben." Cass County's pride and joy, will be ringing out the hours in tfcie tower of the courthouse again. Thursday morning a tabula tion of contributions received to date brought the figure on de posit to nearly $800. Deposited in the Plattsmouth State Bank is $792.25. Cash on hand will push the figure to slightly over eight hundred. It is expected the drive can be closed before many days pass and with the announcement will be published a complete list of all persons contributing to the fund. It is hoped a copy of this list can be placed on file so the next generation will know how Grandma and Grand -pop handled an emergency. Cass County Commissioners have agreed that a special com mittee be appointed to handle the reconditioning of the clock. This committee will be selected and announced soon. In the mean time why not make your donation to this worthwhile cause? Plattsmouth State Bank, Rosy's Barber Shop, or The Journal will accept your con tribution, large or small. Better hurry if you want YOUR name on the list. Contributions since last issue: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S. Wet- enkamp S 2.00 H. A. Hughson 1.00 Dan Rechstadt ! 1.00 Fred Dawson, Detroit, Mich 5.00 Adolph Wolfe. Otoe. Nebr. 1.00 C. E. Shellenberger 2.00 Norris Peoples 1.00 F. A. Fricke 5.00 .Tohn W. Thomas 1.00 Donald J. Warga 1.00 Cliff Stoehr 2.00 The collections at the Platts mouth Sta'e bank since Mon day comprise: Cyril Kalina $ 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bierl . . , 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Minnear 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. John Mel singer. Jr 2.00 E. N. Ahl 1.00 The report of the collections at the Rosencran barber shop shows the following: Wot ld-Herald carriers .. $10.00 A. R. Noble 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vallery 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Busch. 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Behrends Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Grove . Edward M. Egenberger Mi and Mrs. Albert Todd 2.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 M: Lillian Nielsen 1.00 Darrell Sorensen at Soennichsen's The men's furnishings de partment of Soennichsen's, Cass county's largest department store, has secured the services of Darrell Sorensen. of Oma ha, who is now assisting in this part of the store activities. Mr. Sorensen has had exper ience in this line of work as he was. for sometime with the Ne braska Clothing Co.. and later was with the Omaha Public Power district prior to coming to this city. Mr. Sorensen is well pleased with his new location and Plattsmouth in general, where he has met a large number of the residents and has many friends. In his new location he has the opportunity of meeting a great many of the residents of the county as they visit the store. Hillard Speck Is Resting at Home Hillard Speck, who was very seriously injured two weeks ago in a fall from a traetor, result ing in a skull fracture, is now back home. His condition was very grave for several days at the Methodist hospital but he has so far recovered that he was allowed to return home Tuesday night. Ke is still feeling the effects of the accident and is required to take it easy for some time, ' avoid any undue activity. He is at the farm home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Speck, near this city. SOCIAL SECURITY A reoresentative of the Lin coln Office of the Social Security Administration will be present at the Post Office in Plattsmouth at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan uary 10, 1949. Anyone who is desirous of ob taining information as to his rpsDtetive riehts and obligations under the Old-Age and Survivors of the Social Security Act is invited to contact the representative at tnis tune. READ THE JOURNAL FOR THE LATEST IN NEWS. We've Wanted to Say It Ourselves Fred Dawson, Detroit, Mich., takes the words right out of our mouth in his note that accompanied a "five spot" for the clock fund. Here 'tis: January 3, 1949. Plattsmouth Journal: It will be helva note if clock is not working next time I come back! Here is a "Lincoln" or chk. for same. Fred Dawson, 560 Woodrow, Detroit 10, Mich. Thanks, Fred. Well have her workin'. Attempts Made to Break in Business Places A general prowl of several business places on east Main street was revealed Wednesday night as Officer Clifford Hanes of this city police force was checking the doors of the bus iness houses. It was found at the Platts mouth locker plant that the lock on the garage of the plant had been broken off and the keys from the car of Rueben Meisinger. of the plant had been taken. Sheriff Tom Sol omon was called as well as Mr. Meisinger and Bob Emery, state Datrolman. who was in the city. The party had been unable to get into the locker plant itself. A further search was made in the vicinity and it was found that attempts had been made to gain entrance to the Platts mouth Creamery, adjoining the locker plant, and while a win dow had been broken the door was barred and entrance could not be gained. Charles W'alden, head of the Creamery was cal led to the scene but nothing found missing. It is the opinion of the offi cers that the parties had in tended to use the car as a get away if they were successful in getting into the Creamery and opening the safe. Sheriff Solomon states that the past week a creamery at Glenwood, Iowa, had been brok en into and the safe of the plant robbed. Local Man Is Facing Tax Charges ComDlaints have been filed in the federal court at Omaha asainst two Nebraska men. al leging evasion of income tax. Five counts were included in the complaint against Ralph George, South Sioux City, and three counts against Claude A. Ruse, Plattsmouth. In the charges against Mr. Ruse the government charges that the defendant in 1943-44- 45 paid income on $18,130.05 when his real income was $95,- 803.15. Marriages and Divorces 1948 The record for the year m the office of the county judge and clerk of the district court discloses that there were 175 marriage licenses issued in the past year while 21 persons were granted their liberties up stairs in Judse Thomas E. Dunbar's court. The figures show that they follow about the average through the years in the offices, At The Cass County Court House In the county court Wednes day petition was filed asking for the probate of the estate of Cordelia E. Wiles, deceased. The petition asked for the naming of H. A. Crozier as the admin istrator. In the county court Tuesday order was entered on the com plaint filed against Betty Jean snyrocK, ior minor delinquen cy, ordered her sent to the girl's school at Geneva. The county . commissioners at their Tuesday session approved the bonds of W. E. Norris, Tip ton precinct, for justice of the peace in the sum of $500, also that 01 ward Brunson. justice of the peace for Louisville, in the sum of $500. The board al so approved the bond of C. E. Marlcham as county surveyor, in the sum of $1,000. V i S - iU,' I LIFTS BAX . . . For the records, James Petrillo, head of the Amer ican Federation of Musicians, signed a new contract with recordinr companies In his offices following the decision of Attorney General Tom Clark that clauses pertaining to the musicians' welfare fund were not contrary to law. This means that orchestras once more can begin to make recordings of musical hits. Petrillo is shown giving the victory ign with Samuel K. Kosenbaum who has been named a trustee of the welfare fond. Streets of City Very Slick and Dangerous The streets in Plattsmouth have been in a very slick and dangerous condition in the past several days since the Christ mas snows, and the weather that followed the snow when the melted snow froze and made it very dangerous. So far there has been no in juries reported as the results of falls on the walks or streets. and. a surprising lack of ser ious auto accidents, due pro bably to the fact that travel was light during the past week. In the business section the walks are in good shape and free from the ice. but the inter sections and Main street have been quite slick. The greatest menace has been on the hill streets where the ice has coated the paving, rock ed or graveled streets so that travel must be with caution. Dwellers on South Seventh, Eighth and Ninth streets report that the surfacing is especially slick, many are leaving their cars home and making what journevs are necessary on foot. West Oak street is reported as quite slick on that part leading to the Oak Hill cemetery from 15th street west. The highways have been kept well cleared up and travel is about as normal as far as they are concerned. Telephone Employees Elect New Officers Announcement is made by James E. Smith, president of division 31 of the Communica tions Workers of America, of the election of officers of local unions of Lincoln Telephone & TelegraDh Co.. employes. In cluded in the list are: Local 35, (Industrial at Nebraska City, Plattsmouth, WeeDing Water and Syracuse) J. G. Durr. Ne braska City, president; R. C. Huminston. Plattsmouth, vice- nresident: Betty Balfour. Ne braska City, secretary-treasurer. Mortgage Record for Year 1948 The report from the office of Reeister of Deeds Lucille Horn Gaines for the year 1948 shows the farm and city and town morto-aees of Cass county to be as follows: Farm-Number filed. 96: smount $542,436.84. Released, 136. amount, $626,656.75. Citv and Town-Filed. 262: amount. $770 220.07. Released, 17R. amount. $350,642.24. Five sheriff's deeds were filed in the office for the year on city property. Leamon LaWSOn Is Made a Sergeant Leamon Lawson. who has iust bepn here on furlough, found, when he returned to the Hamliton Field Air Base. Call- fornia, that he had been rjro- moted from Corporal to Serg- eant. His -13 r o m ot i o n "came through" on December 22. Sert. Lawson and Evelyn Sieoioneit Lwere united in marriage on that day. William Baird Passes 88th Birthday William Baird, Plattsmouth since resident of 1908. retired superintendent of the Burling ton shops in this city, quietly observed the passing of his eighty-eighth birthday today at the home at 7th and Main streets, where he had the pleas ure of having with him 'his ??"g !r.ni3,mil3r' Mrs. Harley Cecil. The life story of Mr. Baird starts in the northern part of WILLIAM BAIRD Ireland where on January 6, 1860 he was born in County Antrim, the son of Hugh and Ellen Foster Baird. Orphaned at the age of four years his life represents a long period of useful service and un tiring activities, particularly in that of railroading in which he found his greatest pleasure and success. In 1874 he was appren ticed in the general mechanics trade at Crumlin, Ireland. In 1882 he came to the new world to seek his future, landing at Quebec, Canada, later being employed in a sawmill at Mel bourne, Canada, later being op erator of a cut off saw in a stove factory at Charing Cross, Canada. In 1883 he entered into his railroad work that he was tContinued on Page Eight Notice Chamber of Commerce Membershio The regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Hotel Plattsmouth on Thursday (this) evening at 7 o'clock. There will be no dinner ow ing to the redecorating of the coffee shop, and be strictly a business session and with the election of officers for the en suing jear. All members are urged to attend. Mrs. Jennie Gray and grand daughter, Phyllis Morehead, started back home from Los Angeles Sunday evening. They came by train and were mar ooned in Green River, Wyom ing. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kreamer were also marooned at the Wy oming railroad center. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. M MMIl IM'M Ml I1IIW1II Cass County Traffic Deaths for Year Six Captain C. J. Sanders, Nebras I ka Safety Patrol, reported Mon- day that it was very gratifying to announce that durinz the past year of 1943, traffic fatal- ities in Nebraska decreased ! 19.6Tr under 1947. There were 266 fatalities during 1943 as comnared to 331 for 1947. Based on the ten months report of the ! nation by the National Safety i Council, Nebraska will rank I about sixth in the nation in the i bovs ere introduced by Super reduction of traffic fatalities i intendent T. I. Friest. during 1943. 1 J- Howard Davis, president of This reduction, stated Cap- i the .club presided over the tain Sanders, is a most welcome S nieeting. ! fact in the face of an increased number of vehicles and miles of travel in Nebraska. If Ne- braska is to maintain or better this record in 1949, every Ne braskan must accept his re sponsibility in making our streets and highway safe, as it is not just a job for the patrol and police, engineers or safety organizations. The following counties fin ished 1948 with a perfect record by not having any traffic fatal ities: Arthur, Banner, Blair.p, Boyd. Cherry, Colfax. Dakota, Frontier, Garden. Garfield, Gos per, Grant, Harlan. Hayes, Hooker. Howard. Johnson, Kear ney, Keya Paha. Knox. Logan. Loup. Morrill. Nance, Perkins, Rock. Sheridan. Sioux. Thomas. Valley. Webster and Wheeler. Counties with the highest number of traffic fatalities were: Douglas 45. Lancaster 20. Dodse 14, Scottsbluff 10. Daw son 9. Hall 9. Merrick S.Thurs ton 7. Phelps 7. Buffalo 6, Cass 6. Dawes 6. and Seward 6. I Memorial Room to Be Dedicated Sunday At the First Methodist church on Sunday the 9th. there will be a dedication service of the Memorial Room. This room was 1m.)U r- -v n --i nriil f -vr hfiVC nf the church who died in the ser vice of their country. Among those who gave their lives were: Jimmv Mauzy and Billy Evers. I Especially for these boys' mem I ory was the fireplace built and j beautiful religious pictures were i painted and presented. This ! rocm is especially used by the i vouth. The Intermediate de- partment of the Church School i rponlnrlv usps this room as well i as the Youth Fellowship. Other organizations also make use of , this attractive room. Funeral of Albert Murray Held Monday Monday afternoon the First Christian church was filled by a very large group of the rela tives and old friends of Albert Murray, 54. who was killed on Friday at his farm home near Louisville when he was pinned under a falling tree. The services were conducted by Rev. Sherman R. Hanson, pastor of the church, who brought the message of com fort and hope to the bereaved family in his impressive man ner. During the funeral services, two of the well known hymns. "Sometime We'll Understand" and "Face to Face," were given by Frank A. Clcidt with Lester Thimgan, playing the accom paniment. The interment was at the Oak Hill cemetery with the ac tive pall bearers being Arthur and Dale Murray, Virtus Hass. Ruben Hollenbeck. George Spangler and Threon Murray; while the honory pall bearers were: Aulty Hinkle, John Gake meier, Leonard Vogler, Herbert Stander, Hnry Youngquist, Her man Roeber. The funeral services were under the direction of the Hob son Funeral home of Weeping Water. Local Boys Report for Coastguard of near Cedar Creek. John Roy Monday evening George Reed er and Bob Wood of this city departed for Omaha where they were to report at the Coast Guard headquarters and after an overnight s'ay, departed for the east Tuesday morning. Be ing former war veterans re-enlisting they are being taken di rect to Boston. Mass., instead of "boot camp," where they are to report at the base at that place. They have enjoyed the last week visiting the friends before their deDarture as it will be Isome time at least before they 1 . VttwA can secure a leave iiumt. Rotary Hears of "Compulsory Plan of Insurance" The members of the Rotary club had a very interesting pro- i f gram for the Tuesday luncheon of the club at the Rainey Cof fee shop and enjoyed by the large attendance of the mem bership. The boys selected to be Ro tarians for the month of Janu ary, were presented, they being Manford Moritz, senior and James Kennedy, junior. The two The program chairman of the Gav vvas George Conis who had secured as the speaker. Dr. L. S. Pucelik. prominent local physician, to discuss the -little known Compulsory Health In surance." as it is called, which has been agitated for several years and is constantly urged for adoption as a part of the national program. This plan of socialized medicine, has been proposed in a number of the European countries and par ticularly in Great Brilian, un der the present Labor govern ment. Dr. Pucelik in his remarks discussed a great many phases of the program that had been suggested pointing out many of the weaknesses of the plan as a whole and its effect on the people and their daily lives. The talk was most interesting and showed the wide study that Dr. Pucelik had made of this phase of the program of government. the Commissioners Here Tuesday Tuesday the board of county commissioners were here lor their regular meeting but a very quiet session was had as there was no claims to allow and the time was largely taken up with discussion of matters of interest for the coming year's program. Pressent were Commissioners Herman Bornemeier. Parr Young and Charles W. Stoehr and Commissioner-elect W. F. Nolte. The official change of terms at the court house will be on Thursday 1 today but will mpnn little in the complexion , of the officers. Mr. Nolte will be the onlv new official to take 1 over as Surveyor Markhan. Commissioner Bornemeier and County Judge J. A. Capwell have already taken the oath of office. Close Call from Serious Accident Donald McQuinn and daugh- ter. Donna, of near Union had a close call from a serious acci- dent on Saturday. They were driving a truckload of cattle on a slippery road, turning a cor- ner the truck turned over. The cattle in the truck were released and fortunately Mr. Mc- Quinn and his daughter escaped iniury It required some time to get the cattle rounded up and back into the truck. The McQuinn's feel very thank- .1--. .I rt coT-ioeHr 1U1 LI1J.L tllcV nwu ovuuuoi- injured in the accident. Annual Meeting King Korn Klub The annual meeting of the Kass Kounty King Korn Klub will be held on Tuesday. Janu ary 11, 1949. at 7:30 at the din ing room of the Plattsmouth Hotel. Annual election of 01 ti cers. Fred Lugsch will show moving pictures of the high lights of the King Korn Karn ival of 1943. Refreshments will be served. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. vast -i- -r FP, aT in' iininrn-irn T T unii ton . 'ki MARRIED . . Mrs. Dorothy Suniran, 27, danghttr of th late "Babe" Ruth and her new husband, Dominirk Pirone, 30. The marriage fol lowed double divorce, Mrs. Sullivan divorcing Daniel J. Sullivan of New Tork, Pirone divorcing Lacy Bruno Pirone of the same city. The newly-weds plan to live in las Vegas, Nevada COMEBACK . . . Cheslfr K. J Bowles, governor-elect of Conn., grins as he leaves the White , House. After a conference with. I President Truman, he assured re porters that "there will definitely be price controls." Bruce Hazen Is Architect for New Stadium The board of education at thir session Monday evening took up the matter of the select ing of an architect for the new stadium that will be erected on the athletic park on Washing- I ton avenue naming Bruce Ha?en. Mr. Hazen. who is from Lin coln, has had a great deal of experience in this line of work and has served many communi ties over the state in the past years. The work on the new project is hoped to be ready to open in the sprine and give the sum mer to cetting the plant erect ed and in active service. In the errecting of the build- ; mg and seats there will be steel and concrete used exclusively in the structure to make it a fireproof and lasting building. One of the large expenses of the plant will be the steel fence that will be placed around the grounds and making possibl 1 the securing of a better income. i Mr. Hazen is well acquainted with Plattsmouth and its peonle. J as he was the architect of the 1 Central school building erect- ed in the W. P. A. davs, one ! of the best buildings in the ! city. He has also assisted in i thp nreliminr.rv nlans nf thp j Athletic park. Ten Cent Bread on Market After Long Absence Ten cent loaves of bread were on sale in Plattsmouth this week for the first time in years. Plattsmouth's Hinky - Dinky j store on Wednesday began stocking full 16-ounce loaves of j Hy-Klas Golden Crust bread at the regular retail price of a ! dime. The store eventually will I handle a full line of Golden Crust products, including rolls. assorted breads and cakes, ac- cording to Manager Richard W. j Bla ck- T T In. J0mah,a-- M- Nema.n: ! president of the company, said - . . , trying for months to restore 10 cent bread in keeping with its policy of providing all foods to ViAiicoiiMrcc it lmroct nAccihlo housewives hi, h"-"'" prices. Mr. Black said he. felt a sav- 1 ing of this kind is of conscious qt-iH anviniK tr nnrp fnnH rnsts wherever possible. As a means of acquainting company personnel with the new product, a dinner meeting was held Tuesday night at the Hill hotel in Omaha. Mr. Black and managers of all Hinky Dinky stores in Nebraska and : western Iowa were invited to I attend the meeting. Legislature Council Head to Metzger Senator William A. Metzger, who has served most efficiently on the Legislative Council, cre ated by the last legislature, was unanimously named as chair man of the council on Tuesday at Lincoln. Senator William Hern, Chad ron, was named vice-chairman over Senator Lester Anderson of Aurora. The elections were made nec essary by the fact that Senator Fred Seaton. Hastings and Sen ator Roy Carlberg. Pender, chairman and vice-chairman of the council, were defeated in their bids for re-lection. It was proposed by Senator Seaton at a council meeting earlier this month, that the I elections be held then, but this I was voted down by other mem bers of the council, preferring to have the election a few hours before the legislature convened. Meanwhile, the Council pre pared a report showing S24.273 of its S39.423 budget spent dur ing the period July 1. 1947-No-vember 30. 1948. with $15,648 to meet salaries and wages. $5,078 covering meetings of the Coun cil and its sub-committees, and $2,546 office incidentals. When the cost of publishing and distributing the ebrasKa Blue Book have been met, of maintaining the bill drafting service during December, and the regular expense of calaries and maintenance for the re maining seven months of the biennium, it was said, the Council should have an unex pended bank balance of about one thousand dollars. The Council is the Legisla ture's research body. At the close of each session, four state Senators are elected irom eacn Congressional district to serve as Council members. Neal Lugsch As Pantorium Head Fred Lugsch of this city, owner and operator of the Pan torium in Omaha, one of the largest dry cleaning establish lishments in that city, is an nouncing the appointment of his nephew. Neal Lugsch. of this city, as the manager of the plant and who will take over the work af once. Neal has been with his uncle for the past several years at the plant in this city and is well experienced in this line of work and will make a fnie ad dition to the staff at the Oma ha plant. Jack Lugsch. father of Neal. was formerly in charge of the Omaha plant until his death. Clayton Cooper Is Back Home Clavton and Pollard Cooper, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cooper, of near Weeping Water, have been at the Bryan Me morial hospital at Lincoln where they were surgical pati ents. Clayton has so far re covered that he was able to re turn home Sunday to recuper ate at home. Both of the boys were operated on December 26th. Pollard had bones remov ed from both knees and is in a cast from his hips to the ar.tUes j d m be there for four weeks 1 . . rt x hq returned nome luesaay iur .... . :ll 1 -..-.-. r 1 , . a VlSlt GUI Will UC iciuiiicu ivj the hospital for more treatment. Callers on the boys during their illness were Mrs. Gilbert Kime and Marlin, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McReynolds. Mr. and Mrs. i Fred Wessel and Donald, Mr. and Mrs. Art P. Taylor an l family, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Rhoden and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wiles and family, Jerry and John Stone, Betty Jakesome, Beverly Bonner, Alice Jean Gregg, Ruth Wolph. Mrs. D. D. Wainscctt and Patty. Clyde Jackson Goes for Examination Clyde Jackson of this city, de parted Tuesday for Chicago where he will spend several days undergoing examination at the Burlington headquarters lor an injured foot. Mr. Jackson is a veteran member of the maintainance of way force of the railroad, and several months ago suffered an injury to his foot that has made it impossible for him to continue his work and while be ing under treatment it is still not in condition to be used in his ordinary work. Robert Tschirren was taken to the U. S. Veterans hospital at, Lincoln Saturday where he will undergo treatment for some time for varicose veins.