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r CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER LAinTSRflaDQJYIH JjfffiQJraAQ- PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 64 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1949 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 12 Courthouse Clock Fund Will Close On Saturday The campaign for funds to recondition the Cass County courthouse clock will come to an end on Saturday, January 15, when it is anticipated suffi cient money will be in the fund to complete the project. During the past week con tributions by the dozens have been handed and mailed to the fund by local residents and numerous donations Have been arriving from friends of the clock over wide sections of the country. , Letters accompanying the contributions speak strongly of the affection they have for the old land mark and are only too happy to do their share in get ting "3ig Ben" back on regular schedule. Marie and Karl Roes sler, Chicago, white, "We hope to hear the good old bell ring out the hours next time we come to Plattsmouth." Mrs. Mary Wasley sends this note, "Thirty-five years ago I stepped from the C. B. & Q. train and stood for many mom ents looking up Main street. Then I saw the town clock which suddenly chimed out it's welcome to my new home. I miss its tolling and the opportunity to glance up to see the time when I am down town." Lila Earhart, Omaha, writes, "I have been reading about the swell job the folks are doing to get the ' Old Clock" back in condition, I am sending two dollars in memory of my grand parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Rishel." Ted Stoehr and Wesley Gradoville come through from Odessa, Texas, with another contribution from Roase Beloh lavy Hranac of Silver Spring, Maryland. You, too. can do your bit in assuring many more years of service for the old town clock by giving your contribution to the fund now. Only a few more days remain to be assured of a place on the list of those do nating to the fund. Your dona tion can be left at The Journal, the Plattsmouth State Bank, or at Rosie's Barber Shop. A complete list of all donors to the fund will be carried in the January 20ih Issue of The Journal. Contributions since last issue incde: Meisinger Sisters $ 1.00 Mr. and Mrs.. E. W. Brink 2.00 (Continued on Page Six) Rev. Sherman Hanson to Go to Iowa Church Sherman R. Hanson, pastor of the Christian church, here since May, 1947, announced to that congregation Sunday, January 9, his decision to accept a call to the Davis Street Christian church in Ottumwa, Iowa. Saying that it is with deep re gret that he leaves his present charge, Mr. Hanson explained that the Ottumwa call involves a promotion and an opportunity which he felt he owed it to his family to accept. His new charge will make him resoonsible for the pastoral oversieht of a con gregation of over 800 members, and at the same time give him an opportunity to pursue grad uate seminars at the College of the Bible of Drake University in the city of Des Moines. Mr. Hanson plans to close his Plattsmouth work and move to his new charee around February 1st. The official board of the local church has already con stituted a committee authorized to recommend a successor to the congregation. Funeral Services for Mrs. E. W. Burdic Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Cros-bv-Kunold chapel at Omaha 1UI AViia. VJ1 41 uuiuiv, w-, .. of E. W. Burdic, Herman banker and stoekman. Mrs. Burdic was the grand mother of Eugene Burdic. Mal f vern. Iowa, banker and former resident of Plattsmouth for f number of years, who with his family were in attendance at P the services. Mrs. Burdic is survived by three sons, Llovd B. and Neil R. I of Omaha and Earl C. Burdic of Norfolk and a daughter. Mrs. Vr. B. Dauerhterv. of Omaha, at whose home she had passed away. ! Attorney Paul E. Fauouet '-I was at Wooing Water the lat ter part of the week where he was looking after the nrepara tion of income tax returns for a number of the residents of that city. Murray Schools Help in Campaign The young people of the high school at Murray have aided in th campaign for funds for the clock in the Cass county court house. They took up a collec tion among the students that resulted in the sum of $2 being secured that was turned over into the funds that are being raised to help replace the me chanism oi the clock with new and modern equipment. King Korn Klub Meeting to Be Held Tuesday The annual meeting of the King Korn Klub will be held at 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening at the main dining room of the Hotel Plattsmouth to lay the plans for the coming year's ac tivities that will be highlighted by the King Korn Karnival in the fall. It is desired that as many as j possible of the club members if and those who are interested, I LCfflOU I OSI 10 be present at the meeting and I -assist in the important business D0L- flfof rhtio I that will come before the body. Dalit Jl alUl ilal The annual election of offi cers will be held and this is something in which everyone should be interested, as the officers will guide the future of the club, and carry on the Kar nival in the fall. It is import ant that the officers selected should be willing to make some sacrifice in the work for the good of the community. The reports of the 1948 Kar nival will be given as a part of the evening and this is a mat ter of great interest as it shows just how the business of the or ganization has been conducted and gives an insight as to how the committees have function ed. The meeting is open to sug gestion as to the forthcoming karnival with new ideas and thoughts for the betterment of the fall program gladly re ceived. Refreshments will be served. Raymond Haith Has Severe Accident very painful injury Thursday afternoon while at work at one of the homes in the Talcott addition in the south part of the city. He was engaged in clearing up some debris and was unloading a tub of scrap when it suddenly started to tip and Mr; Haith sought: to get out of the way, jumping into what he thought was a snow bank, only to find when alighting that It was hard frozen dirt covered by only a slight snow. As the re sult of the jump he suffered the fracture of one of the bones of the left foot. The injured foot was dressed at the office of Dr. C. O. Hudson. The patient will however be forced to get around on crutches for the next few weeks. George Stites Home from Chicago Meet George Stites, manager of the elevator at Union, as well as the local representative of the International Harvester Co., re turned Friday from Chicago where he has been for several days attending a conference of the grain dealers of the middle west. This was a very large meeting and brought together a number of the representatives of the grain interests in this part of the nation. Mr. Stites is one of the veteran grain men of this part of the state as he has been in charge of the operating of the Union elevator over a great many years. . r ( L pg.. , ,, i STRAIGHT SHOOTIN ... If you're artistically inclined, try picture hooting sometime. Marksman Ernie Llnd and bis attractive wife. Dot, say It's easy. Both are professional exhibition shooters. Ernie's bullet drawinf took two and a half zninutes and 153 bullets. if ! ! Jfi? LAST RITES . . . Buddhist Priest Shinsho llanayaraa gave details at press conference of the last mo ments of former Japanese Premier Ilideki Tojo and six other war leaders who were hanged in Suga mo prison for their war crimes. Contest in School The regular January meeting of the Hugh J. Kearns post of the American Legion was held on Thursday evening at the club house "on the curve" south of this city. There was a great deal of business to come up for the consideration of the mem bership and among these was the matter of the oratorical contest on Americanism, spon sored each year by the Legion in the public schools. The local post will give a prize of a war bond and also a medal for the second place winner. Russell Nielsen of the club committee announced that a valentine party will be held at the club house in February. This will also mark the first an niversary of the club house. i The .attention of thememr J mers was called to the fact that the American Legion college would be held at Hastings on March 12-15, to which any member of the Legion interest ed, is invited to attend. A committee composed of M. F. Keiderling, Gene Lingford and Don Rainey was appointed to look into the matter of a na tional guard company in this city as well as that of a swim ming pool for the community. Robert Sedlack was announ ced as a new member of the house committee that will look after the local club house. Soldiers Babe Winner of 1949 Baby Derby The winner of the 1949 Baby Derby from returns made to the Journal is Jeanette Gertrude Rivard, daughter of Staff Serg ent and Mrs. Louis Rivard. The little one weighed six pounds at the time of birth and was born at 2:10 a. m. on Monday, January 3rd. She was born at 3902d Airbase Hospital at Offutt Field. The little one will be entitled I to the prizes offered by the several business houses of the city to be awarded to the first baby and these will make a very fine gift to the little Miss. Sgt. and Mrs. Rivard reside at the apartments at the Charles Vallery home at 705 Avenue D, Plattsmouth. George Schafer of near Weep ing Water was here Saturday to look after some business mat ters and visiting with friends. Memorial Room Is Dedicated Here Sunday On Sunday morning the 9th, ( in the presence of a fine con I gregation, the Memorial Room and its furnishings were dedi cated in the ' First Methodist ! church. Both the Junior Choir and the Senior choir furnished special music for the occasion. After an appropriate sermon by the pastor, the Rev. E. C. Wil liams, Howard Davis, President , of the Board of Trustees, spoke : of how the room happened to be built and its purpose as a I Youth Memorial Room. Walter i Sikora, Commander of Foreign j Wars gave the tribute for Bill I Evers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Evers. Leonard Brothers, Com mander of the American Legion told of Jim Mauzy, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Mauzey. Hilt Wescott spoke of the life of Al ton (Bobt Roland, son of Mrs. Earl Redd. All three of these boys were members of the church and active in its work: The second part of the service was held in the Memorial Room. Here Mrs. Robert Humiston, President of the Women's So ciety of Christian Service pre sented the gift of furnishings from that Society. Mr. Wm. Evers presented the pictures and the fireplace from the Mauzy and Evers family, and Mr. Howard Davis presented the room. This room and its furnishings were then dedicated by the pastor. Would Discontinue Train Service The Missouri Pacific railroad has filed a request with th? state railway commission at Lincoln for permission to dis continue two passenger trains operating between Lincoln and Union on the Weeping Water branch. In the application filed the railroad asks that they be per mitted to eliminate trains 603 and 609 "because of increased operating expense and decrease ed earnings." Discontinuance of the trains would eliminate morning ser vice on the line. The evening train to and from Union to Lin coln would not be affected by the request. Hearing on the matter has been set for Wednesday, Febru ary 9th. Stewart Gochenour Suffers Bad Burns Stewart Gochenour, who is employed by the Plattsmouth Sheet Metal Works, was quite severely burned Monday morn ing while doing some work at one of the new homes in Hill crest. The accident occurred at 11 o'clock as the young man was engaged in working with a small furnace when it sudden ly exploded and as the result he was badly burned. He suffer ed burns on the right arm, right side of the face and may have suffered injury to one eye. The young man was given treatment and is home to await the results of the treatment. Distribution of Gas Tax to Counties The announcement has been made of the distribution of the December gas tax funds among the counties of the state, show ing a very high collection in the state, $1,436,429 being turned in to the state treasury for its dis tribution to the various coun ties. Cass county will receive in the regular distribution $5,122 and for the rural free delivery fund $3,415. Otoe county receives $5,673 regular and $3,782 for the rural route mail routes. In Sarpy county the regular fund receives $4,378 and the rural route fund $2,919. Rueben Meisinsrer Receives Keys Back Rueben Meisinger, who a few nights ago had the keys stolen from his car, parked near the locker plant, was surprised Friday to receive the keys back from whoever had taken them. The keys were returned by mail and the sender remains unknown, but the owner is very much pleased to receive them back. They were enclosed in a box that had the message, "Wrong Number Bud" written on a paper. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Smith were very pleasantly surprised New Years night when they re ceived a telephone call from their dauehter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Horn, from i Laurel, Maryland, at Patuxent Refuge. Blue Devils Win at Glenwood Score 32 to 27 The Plattsmouth high school Blue Devils were the winners in the Friday night basketball game at Glenwood by the score of 32 to 27 in a very close con test, one in which the Rams in their last half attack, over come the margin that the Blue Dev ils had acquired in the first half, and but for the excellent work of the locals at the free throw line the victory might have been to the Iowans who had the margin of one in the total of field goals. The first quarter closed with the Blue Devils out in front 7 to 6 with Hild scoring the only field goal, while Dasher, Mc Cormick with their free tosses kept the locals in the lead. In the second quarter field goals were secured by Rohan, Janecek and McCormick, while Ofe had two of the buckets to his credit, also adding a fre? throw. Cole, Geshke and Dasher were also showing their shoot ing eye from the foul line. For Glenwood Ashbaugh and Thom as each hit from the floor to bring trie total score at half time to 21 to 10 for Plattsmouth quintet. In the third quarter of the game the Glenwood quintet showed more fire and improve ment on their free tosses. For the Blue Devils, Janecek, Ofe and McCormick hit from the floor to bring up the Platts mouth total to 27 at the close of the period while Ashbaugh and Hoffman for Glenwood each annexed a field goal, while Hoffman. Ashbaugh and Flint with free throws brought Glen wood to 19. In the fourth and final period the Rams held Plattsmouth to a field goal by Rohan and a fre? throw by Janeseck. Flint and Edwards with one and Collier with two field goals, kept the Gleenwood team in the running, with final score 32 to 27. The curtain raiser of the saw Plattsmouth win from the Glenwood reserves by the score of 24 to 12, with Ay lor. Geschke each having six points to top the scoring. The box score of the game was as follows: Plattsmouth fff pf tp Rohan, f 2 0 0 4 Hild. f 1 1 2 3 Dasher, f 0 5 4 5 Geschke. f 0 1 0 1 Janecek, c 2 1 White, c 0 0 Koubek, c 0 0 Ofe, g 3 1 Cole, c 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 7 o i Doody, g 0 0 0 o 6 McCormick, g 2 2 1 Aylor, g 0 0 0 0 V. Kalasek, g 0 0 0 0 Carper, g 0 0 0 0 Total ) 10 12 11 I?. Glenwood fg ft pf tp Flint, f 1 3 3 5 Collier, f 2 0 2 4 Hammer, f 0 0 0 0 Davis, f 0 0 0 0 Hoffman, c 2 2 3 fi Martindale, c 0 0 0 0 Thomas, g 1 1 2 J Sell, g 0 0 0 0 Ashbaugh, g .' . 3 1 2 7 Lincoln, g 0 0 0 0 Edwards, g 1 0 0 2 Totals 11 6 12 27 Taken to Offutt Field Hospital Mrs. Lloyd Nyhus was taken to the base hospital at Offutt Field Thursday at the result of a sudden attack of appendicitis that made necessary her remov al at once for an emergency op eration. Mrs. Nyhus, who resides at the Naeve apartments, was taken to the base by the Cald well ambulance and was oper ated on at once at the hospital. The latest reports are that the patient is doing as well as pos sible and it is hoped will soon be able to return home. Omahans Married by Judge J. A. Capwell County Judge J. A. Capwell was called on Saturday to per form the marriage service for Robert H. Frisch and Margaret C. Dougherty, bo:h of Omaha. This was the first time since takinf? over the office that Judge Capwell was called upon to served in the capacity. The wecming was witnessed by Miss Thelma Kruger, clerk in the office and Mrs. Marie Behrends. Edwin A. Fricke, Ashland, banker and A. C. Pancoast of; Omaha, attorney in the Carrie F. Klp.ispr estate were visitors here Friday in the county couH to look after business. v " - - -- - . tor TROM ACUTE INTEREST TO BOREDOM" . . . Cecil Beaton, British court photographer, Mho took this picture of Trincess Elizabeth and Prince Charles, was impressed with the baby's range of expression. "The range of expression extends from acute interest through bore dom, and from wistfulness to defiance." Pretty good for a youngster. BIG SPLASH . . . Creating quite a splash in the Miami Beach surf is Herman (Tiny) Hickman, head football coach at Yale where his contract has just been renewed for another five years. Pawnee City to Be Here Tuesday Evening 7:30 The Plattsmouth basketball fans will have the opportunity on Tuesday evening, January 11th. of seeing the Pawnee City quintet here for what should be a real game between two good teams. This game has been secured by Coach Stewart to fill the va cancy in the local schedule oc casioned by the dropping of the date by David City. , This game will start at 7:30, owing to the long distance for Pawnee City to travel. The visit ing team is fourth in class B basketball and so far is unde feated in their nlay, one of their victims being Falls City in the southeastern conference. This is the first time in a number of years outside of state tourney contests that Platts mouth and Pawnee City have met and a very large crowd is expected for the game. Receives Cracked Ribs in Fall Morris Stander, one of the well known farmers of north west of the city, suffered a painful accident on Wednesday while he was at work at the farm of a neighbor. Mr. Stander was assisting in the shelling of corn and slipped on the ice with the result that he sustain ed a severe fall. He was unable to get up without assistance and it was found on examina tion that he had sustained two cracked ribs. He will be on the retired list for a few days at least as the result of the acci dent. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Blackledge vi5ited relatives in Glenwood, Sunday. Court House Brletis . . Friday Fred H. Ludwig, a res ident of the south part of the county, was here to answer to a charge of intoxication in the county court. He made a plea of guilty to the charge and after hearing the evidence Judge J. A. Capwell suspended the fine and placed the defend ant under parole to Sheriff Tom Solomon for a period of one year. . . . . One of the Dusy places in tne court house since the first of the year has been the office of nmint.v Treasurer Ruth Patton, where in addition to the usual run of business there has been the handling of the new motor vehicle plates. The attractive red numerals against the silver background makes the plates Murray State Bank Ranks Very High The report of the Murray ; State bank submitted at the close of business on December , 31, 1948, shows that this strong financial institution is one of . the leading banks in this sec i tion of the state, its showing is j one that reflects the splendid ' ability and farsightedness of the officers. This bank, located in a small community, has a total of bus iness that would do credit to a city bank, a business that has been built by the confidence of those having business with the bank and the frank and friend ly manner in which the patrons are received and their business handled. The Murray State Bank is ranked among the other Ne braska banks as an Honor Roll bank, its surplus being far in excess of its capital, one of the requirements for placing the bank in the honor class. Glen and Charles Boedeker, who are the active heads of the bank, certainly can feel very happy over the high standing of the bank, and the confidence shown by their patrons in the past years. John Crane Retires from Lumber Business John Crane, well known over Cass county, who has been the manager for the Dumke-Stohl-man Lumber Co.. at Louisville, resiened his position effective as of January 1st, and is winding up his affairs at Louisville pre paratory to taking a well de served rest. Prior to coming to Louisville Mr. Crane was at Man ley for a number of years, sell ing out and planning to retire when he was secured by the Cloidt lumber company at their Louisville yards and has since remained at Louisville. He is planning on visiting at Hastings and later is eoing to New Orleans where he will enjoy the Mardi Gras carnival the next month. He may eventually make his permanent home at Hast ings. POLICE COURT NOTES In the court of Judge C. L. Graves on Friday, Dale G. Fraz ier was arraigned on the charge of passing a stop sign. The court gave a fine of $2 and costs for the offense. Judge Graves also heard the ! complaint filed against Wallace McCauley charging him with intoxication. On hearing th.? plea of guilty the defendant was fined $10 and costs and the fine suspended so that the man might report back to the Veter ans hospital. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. the most attractive in the past few years. In the county court Saturday a petition was filed by Mable E. Murray, asking for the admini stration of the estate of Albert Murray, deceased. The petition asked for the naming of Mrs. Murray as the administratrix. Marriage license was issued in the county court by Judge J. A. Capwell to LeRoy B. Topliff. son of Mr. and Mrs. bale Topliff and Miss Charlene Hostetter, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dee Hostet ter of Murray. Attorney Richard O. Johnson, of Lincoln, was in the city Sat urday to look after some matters of business at the court house. R, R. Furse Is Named Head of Civic Body The annual meeting of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce was held Thursday eve evening at the main dining room of the Hotel Plattsmouth with a very pleasing number of the active members present to participate in the proceedings of the evening. The members held the elec tion of officers and the follow ing were selected to guide the destinies of the civic organiza tion for the succeeding year: President R. R. Furse, pub lisher of the Plattsmouth Jour nal. Vice-President Clifford Gir ardot, of the Plattsmouth Mo tors, local Ford dealers. Treasurer Orville Nielsen, assistant cashier of the Platts mouth State bank. The position of secretary is filed by appointment by the executive committee at a later date. Attorney Richard Peck is the present secretary of the or ganization. President Harold Alkire gave a short talk as his farewell on leaving the office of president, thanking those who had served with him in the past year. Mr Alkire urged a greater interest in the Chamber of Commerce work by the business and pro fessional men of the communi ty, illustrating this by the facts he had found on a recent visit to Fairbury. In that city he found a great enthusiasm for the Chamber and its work, re ceiving on every hand the statement, "We have the liviest Chamber of Commerce in the state." The interest and sup port of the people of the com munity was needed in making the Chamber of Commerce and its various projects a success. H. A. Schneider gave a few words of approval of the re marks of Mr. Alkire and the need for closer co-operation This was shown, Mr. Schneider stated, in the success of recent building projects that had been made possible by community co-operation. Mr. Furse, president-elect, on taking over the office, express ed his appreciation of the hon or conferred by the Chamber, a realization of the many things that must be looked after in the year to come. He praised tho fine work of Mr. Alkire. Amont? the things that would demand (Continued on Page Six) Postoffice Shows Increase for Past Year The Plattsmouth postoffice has shown a very pleasing in crease in receipts for the year 1948 over that of 1947, Postmast er Edward Egenberger reports, as in 1947 the receipts of the office were $25,696.40, while for the past year the receipts were $28,930.00. an increase for th year of $3,233.60. The money orders issued for the past year amounted to $157, 956.79 while the postal notes that were issued was $49,865.57 or a total of $207,882.36. In the postal savings depart ment there was a decrease shown in the figures for the past two years. In 1947 there was due the depositors on De cember 31, 1947 the sum of $505,103.00. while on December 31, 1948 this amount was $469, 540.00. or a decrease in the amount handled of $35,568 00. The salaries paid as indicat ed by the postmaster for the calendar year of 1948 was $39, 878.54. This amount does not include the salaries paid to the rural mail carriers. Invited to Join in Golden Gloves The Plattsmouth post of the American Legion has received an invitation from Lincoln post of the organization to join in the golden gloves contest that will be staged at Lincoln the latter part of January. The golden gloves will be an elimination contest and those particpating must be sixteen years of age or over. The entries will close on January 20 and any local youth that may be inter ested is urged to contact Leon ard Brothers, commander or Don Warga, adjutant. League Meeting The Plattsmouth chapter of the Izaak Walton League will meet at the Forty and Eight club rooms on Tuesday even ing, January 11th at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to at tend the meeting.