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vital Bl ---ai S( CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY M on d a y-Thursd ay Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 64 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1949 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 14 Name W. H. Puis Secretary of Assessors Meet The Nebraska County Asses sors association which has been in session at the Hotel Lincoln, at Lincoln for the past several ::ays. ended Friday. One of the last minute bat Ties was on the matter of the livestock assessment that was finally settled to the satisfac tion of the members from the west section of the state. In the election of the officers far the coming year the con vention named V. H. Puis of Cass county as the secretary for his eleventh term, a fine tribute to his efficient and business like administration of the office. W. J. Sheehan of Grand Is land. Hall county assessor was named as the president and George C. Novotnoy, of Schuyl er. Colfax county assessor was selected as the vice-president. The main address was made by P. J. Johnson, state tax com missioner at the opening ses sion. "Equalization" was the mag ic word Thursday at the 45th annual convention of the Ne braska County Assessors asso ciation at the Lincoln hotel at Lincoln Wednesday and Thurs day. Means of obtaining equitable tax valuations and a uniform assessing system were the ma jor concerns of the same 75 as sessors and their representa tives at the morning meeting. P. K. Johnson, state tax com tiissioner. told the grout) that the word "equalization" has al most become a synonym for the lowering of values. We must have equalization but it must be accomplished by increasing the value of under-assessed property rather than reducing the assessment of the individual who complains that he is as sessed higher than his neigh bor. "It is easy to lower assess ments, but verv difficult to in crease them. If the tax burden is to be distributed equally, further increases in low assess ments will be necessarv. espec ially in the various business en terprises throughout the state. Increasing the levies in order to raise governmental revenues only maanifies the inequality which exists between those who are under-assessed and those whose prooertv is assessed at its nrooer value." Johnson continued: "Thefe has already been considerable (Continued on Page Six Metzger Backs New Roads Bill in Legislature Senator William A. Metzger of this district offered measures in the legislature Friday that would virtually repeal thp present set up of the rural mail ro''" improvement law. The bill, LB 192. provides that money now earmarked for use by the counties in improving rural mail routes shall go into the county improvement road fund and be spent as directed by the countv boards. A second bill, LB 185. also by Senator Metzer, provides for the creation of a county high way board to be composed of elected representatives from each precinct and ward. This board would serve in an advis or capacity regarding exoen ditures of county road funds and standards of road and bridge construction. The mail route improvement bill passed bv the 1947 legisla ture was authorized by Senior N. F. Schropder. It nrovided that one cent of the fiv cent gsolin0 tax should h allocat ed to the counties and usd ex cluiveiv for improvement of mail routes. f Foi- Mile Crek Up As Result of Rain Residents from west of this citv who were in Saturday after rnnn reported that the For Mile C-eek. turbulent stream in th sonnF and rninv season 'was a?in riemonstratine its un certainty hv reading flood s3"-e as the result of sev eral davs of soft weather and rain anH was causine some an- rrhpnsion from those who had to travel that ro"te on thir wav home. A pxat deal of floating i"e was rrrted in the stream that mad it a nnace to the roads in that locality. Miss Bonnie Meisinger and Miss Kathleen Feldhousen spent the week end in Lincoln with relatives and friends. Cars Collide at 20 Miles An Hour Friday afternoon a small auto collision occurred on the My nard road near the Wetenkamp school, when the car driven by L. F. Terryberry of this city and a jeep driven by Frank Bierl ran head on. one of the vehicles being driven east and the other north, and while proceeding at the rate of some twenty miles per hour ran head on. Neither driver saw the approaching ve hicle until the crash and while the impact was not great, Mr. Bierl was thrown out of the jeep but not injured. Hillcrest Homes Now Occupied By New Owners Hillcrest addition in the southwest part of the city is now at a staee where it is pos sible to realize what this sec tion with the new and modern homes will be in a few months. The work so far has been con fined to the residences them selves, no attempts have been made of the extension of the exterior improvements such as grading, paving and sidewalks. The owners have commenced to move into the homes and quite a little colony of resident ers are now located in their homes, more expecting to get into their homes in the next few weeks as the final touches on the interior of the homes are being made. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bernhardt are the pioneers of Hillcrest. ns they moved a short time aeo to the new house and are getting settled very comfortably in the home. Mr. Bernhardt has plac ; ed a wooden walk from Rock street to his home that will per mit entrance and egress from j the home without getting into the snow and mud. Walks have j been placed by C'iff Girardot around his home also and they are now settled in the home j and gettins acnuainted with the i surroundings. The Don Arundel home is also ready for occupan cy and in a few davs thev will be added to the list of residents. Thev James f. Besclev hom is ready and is being occupied by the owners. The homes that are readv aro i in evidence in casses tried be verv attractive and strictly ! fore the court where the accus- modern in everv wav with con veniences for th family life with gas heat, full electrical an niiances. baths, well arranged kitchen"' and dinnettes nnd in manv of these sewase disposal units have been installed that will make for the convenience of the housewives. The units are two and three bedroom homes, all on one (Continued on Page Five) Louisville Garage Owner Is Injured Lucy Heil. Louisville garaee owner, received very severe burns on the face and hands on Friday while he was engaged in work at his garage. Th "as tank nn a car that Mr. Heil was working on at the time, exploded with the result trot ne was oacuy ournea. The exolosion was omte severe ?nd caused a damage to the Rioemn Service station. adiMn 'i? oarage, was damaged by the blast. Charles W. Hula of Sedalia. Missnun w he thA week end to viit Mrs. Hu'a and thir son. CaH. reurnin0, Simdav evnin to resume his duties with the Missouri Pacific. Court House Bviefa . In the countv court on Fri day final hearines in the es tates of Emma Nelson and Avel Nelson was heard by Judge J. A. Capwell. Hpnrintr rloim ti-ns had in the estate of John Spn"W in thP rrmntv rnurt Fridav mnrniner In the office of the clerk of the district, court Fridav. an setion in divorce was filed in whlfh Marv E. Favors was the plaintiff and Clarence H. Fav ors th" defendant. The neti- j lion statPS that the narHes wer married on Jun 1R. 1941 pt St. Joserjh. Missouri. The me ntion asks th custodv of the five minor children of the mar riage. fOso sunort monv for 1b children The plaintiff also the rights to the reat ps- fte owned by the Darties in . weepin" Water he vested in the nlaintiff and the defend ant be reauired to complete payments on the same. At the county court Saturday morntr.e Owen Purdin, of Kan sas City, who was arrested by -Sheriff Thomas Solomon, was in court to answer to the charga BOVINE QUADS . . . These quadruplets, shown with their mother, May, aire a rarity in the bovine world where the rate of incidence is one in 500,000. They were born on the farm of Carl Campbell, Bulger, Fa. Momma and poppa are both holsteins. te?" X - &i a J I DECORATED . . . General Efisio I Marras, chief of the Italian army, hat received the U. S. lepion of merit for service performed by him in strengthening the force democracy and freedom. of Supreme Court Asked to Rule On Lie Detector The Nebraska state supreme court was asked Saturday to rule on the results of a lie de- tector test, whether or not I these tests should be admitted sed person voluntarily summits to the examination. The apDeal was contained in a brief filed by the attorneys for Mrs. Eilein Boeche, convict ed in the Cass county district court of passing a forged check and sentenced to from twelve to eighteen months in the wom an's reformatory. Mrs. Boeche was represented in tne trial oy loya Peterson oi Nebraska City and James F. Beglev of this city. At Mrs. Bceche's trial, the at- torneys offered testimony of Jack H. Knutson, polvoeraph operator for the state highway natrol. who made the test of the defendant and found nor- mai reactions to ms question ing, it was said. Judge Thomas Dunbar excluded the testimony. Use of the test, the attorneys j argued, would help as much as i the use of a handwriting expert ; in determinine a just verdict. Mrs. Boesche denied thr charees. which attorneys said resulted from mistaken iden tity. Evidence was introduced to show she was with her husband when the check was passed. Miss Margaret Cadwell was a guest the cast week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Myers near Wabash. of speeding and passing on the crest of a hill. The defendant made a plea of euiltv to the obanre and was. rtven a fine of $in nn wrh rn,mt i $10 on eaCh COUnt. j Saturday morning license was issued in county court bv Judee J. A. Canwell to Kenneth Clar- ; ?nc Goldberg and Barbara T?e i Laaker. both of Fremont. The i bridal couDle were accompanied bv the narents and were mar ried at the Presbverian manse bv Dr. H. G. McCluskv. pastor of th First Presbyterian church. Mondav (todav) in the countv eourt hearing was had on a com- nl.iint that had bfen filed a ainst. Willard Tfener charging him with riistubin"' the neaee. 'noiation and rsistin'T arrest Saturday nieht. The defendant wade a nlea of not fniiltv to the rharr,s as rrfrred and hear in will be held Tuesday. A com- nlaint for a Deuce warrant and bond asalnst. Tiffnr hv Mrco Hobb9 to restrain th defendant from interfering with the com plainant. Hobbs. This was also laid over for further action. Benefit Games Party for Lovay Rozeil on Friday The benefit games party that is to be held on Friday evening. January 21st at the Forty and Eight club under the auspices of the American Legion, is for : the purpose of raising funds i for one of the ailing Boy Scouts of the community. Lovay Roz eil, 16. who is at the University hospital at Omaha suffering , from leukemia. All of the funds 1 derived will be used in his be half. To heln in the cause the merchants of the city are being solicited for prizes to be offer- j ed at the party, Lovav Rozeil. son of Mr. and jjrs Emery Rozeil was born September 17, 1932. at West field. Iowa, and was brought : to Plattsmouth by his parents i in 1936. He started school here at the Central building and al ' so attended the Columbian i school and when taken sir-k ! was in the eleventh grade of the ! local high school. Since coming here he has been baptised in the First Christian church of this city: I At the age of twelve years he i joined the Bov Scouts of Amer ica in troop No. 367. and is now a member of the Explorer troop i No. 365 which has been spon I sored by the American Legion j He was slated to become an Easle scout in December, but j his illness prevented his com ' pleting the work. He was taken , sick on October 30, 1948 and , has been in the hospital since I that time. ! He was able to be home for a j few davs during the Christmas ! season but was returned to the i : . l g t . 1 MAn4-w.Af TRere are eight in the familv. ( jnciudine the ailing youth, one , brother, Kenneth, is an Facie I Scout, and a vounser brother. 1 Rtarney is a cub scout of den No 4 j For those that wish to aid I the cauSP and cannot attend the Fames party donations will : hP received at the Jov.rnal of- fice. the Legion club, the Forty and Eieht. club and the Rosen -crans barber shop. John R. Meisinger Dies at Home at South Bend The death of John R. Meising er, 59. occurred suddenly on Sun day nieht at the family home at South Bend and came as a great shock to the members of the family. The deceased, a member of one nf the best, known families of Cass countv, has been an active) fieure in the countv for manv i ye?rs. bein? eneseed in famine. He is survived bv the widow, ri"u?hters, Mrs. Viola Dwver, j fnwood; Mrs. Hatti- p,rn-s.ir Louisville: Mrs. Mable Urwin. ! This i; t and Mrs. Doroth Heard, all of Louisville: sons. F'ovd Meisini- fT. Kotrh Benri: Glen MPism?er. Touisville; Milford Meisinger. Murdock: ono brother. Frd pisin?er of Murrav. On son. da"fon preceded the father in death. The bodv is at the Sattler fun eral hom1 at 4th street and Ave nue A wher the funeral srv- i,,ps will b held at 2 o'clock i Tnsdav afternoon with Fev. F. J. MriT of th St. Paul's church coductine the services. VisiMnw hours will be from 7 n O this (Monday PVPfling at the Sattler funeral home. Mrs. John Alwin is convalesc ing at her home following her return from the Clarkson Hos- pital where she was taken on last Wednesday. Mrs. Alwm fell on the basement steps aU her home and suffered a brok en left ankle. Death of Mrs. W. 0. Ketel at Omaha The death of Mrs. William O. Ketelsen. a resident here for the greater part of her lifetime, oc curred Saturday night at -the family home at Omaha, follow ing a long period of illness. Mrs. Ketelsen had been showing im provement but suffered a stroke and cerebral hemmorrhage late Saturday from which she failed ,,7" ti- , ,i ,h T r B ,urB"ier ox the late Mr. ar.d Mrs George i (Louise Khnger, was born in Plattsmouth February 21, 1903. V, . 1 j t: :.. Ilflir, ItHTtlWIlg lifl fUUCilUUIl III the local schools, graduating in 1922. She was a very talented musician and a prominent figure in the musical circles of the communty for a great many years. She was also an active worker in the St. Pauls church of this city during her residence here. In March 1926 she was mar- ! ried at Tekamah, Nebraska, to William Ketelsen, then one of the active figures in the bus iness life of this city, and they continued to make their home here until removing to Omaha a number of years ago. While a resident here Mrs. Ketelsen was honored by bein ; elected for three terms as city clerk of Plattsmouth, a post that she filled most acceptably until she retired from the office to give her home and family her full attention and time. The past year she was oper ated on at Omaha following the return of her son. Gerald, from overseas, where he had served in the army of the United States in the Pacific area. She apparently had recovered from (Continued on Page Five) Death of Pioneer Resident of East Nebraska Mrs. Mary Annie Stine, 84. lifelong resident of eastern Ne braska, died on Friday morn ing at her home north of Union of senility, following an illness of five days. Mrs. Stine was a member of one of the pioneer families of this oart of the state, her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Georce W. Grimes, having come to Nebraska in the early sixties to settle in Otoe county and later in the Southern Cass county. She was born near Ne raska City on November 8. 1864, the parenfs later moving to a farm northeast of Union whre she grew to womanhood. On September 4. 1895. she was mar ried to R. D. Stine at Union, who preceded her in death on Anril 2. 1940. In her lifetime she was affiliated with the Presbyter ian church at Union. Surviving are: a daughter. Mrs. May Dvsart. Murrav: and two sons, John E. Stine. Belton. Texas, and George R. Stine. Union. The funeral services for Mrs. Stine were held on Saturdav afternoon ' at the Methodist church at Union with Rev. E. C. Williams, the pastor in charge of the services. The burial was at tb wst Union cem,terv. the pnll bar prs beinq: Frank Anderson. Del he rf Imdspv. Ted Brannon , Louis Myv. Earl Lpton and t James Pittman. Hpannw On Removal of M. P. Trains Set Th se railwav eommission v.p; 5t the pen-in" Hate for the pniicaHn of th M'souri Pa- ; Hfi rirof1 t o continue ' trflin; No. fins rnd fiO. onerat- f) TTriin'n pnd T.ino'n. pp pvenin0' tr9,'"i from TTnirvn v. to T.noln. The an- j litn has otp sinned a exeat dal 0 rrrirr,cryt PVT C"S 'T'n- air1 nq-niilpriv in the towns tv. rn o-Vi T-MrVt t trains vwr oo Try pinttcmnuth th" rTrns;l i- rf ; Vi'oauc-' nf Hp fact v- irinr the tmivTsitv ner iorj. tVf oro a cr!t manv of tv.o RtniVns iat us" the , tv nri rturnd to ; r-n tv,-, ron hak ty, 'ver.. , jr n n roorvi th"'' school I T- to'-'nor off of t. train n i piofHeMn on roi:irI-n; of fniintv tat. i rniv tv.. m-,n th'-"""'! n" mans ti- iottrS opri -n Ho o later in reaching their j d 'nation On- urHtand the nosi tion of th raroad o reduce pvrunsq hut it would surelv ork a hardship of the people of cass county Blue Devils Add Weeping Water to Their List Friday evening the Platts mouth Blue Devils journeyed to Weeping Water where they played the Indians cf that citv ! and emerged victors by the score of 28 to 22. The game was close through out with Merle Dasher spear heading the Blue Devils scoring with 15 of the Plattsmouth puims wiine MccormicK was points while I second with 6 points. Wallick : was hin for Weeping Water ; 7 noint rw ! Garrison had six points apiece. -ill the opening quarter Ofe : and McCormick had a field coal apiece while Dasher had two : free tosses and Janecek one to . make the local total 7 at the end of the period. For Weeping j Water. Wallick. Amber and Gar- risen each had a field goal for a total of six. j The second period witnessed j Dasher still leading the scoring , with two field goals and three I free tosses while McCormick ' had two and Ofe one field goal. Cherry and Garrison for the Indians had two field goals each and Wallick a free toss to bring the half time score 20 to 15 for the locals. After the intermission Dasher was the only scorer for Platts mouth with a field goal and a gift shot. Wallick with shot from the floor and Amick with a gift throw brought the score to 23 to 18 for the locals. Scoring was slow in the last quarter with Dasher having a field goal and a gift shot and Janecek a field toss for the Blue Devils. Wallick and Cherry had a field goal each for Weep ing Water. In the curtain raiser Weep ing Water Reserves were the winners 25 to 20 over the Jun ior Blue Devils. In the scoring Vernon and Dick Kalasek and Norm. Gescke were the high point men for the locals and Art Hansen and A. Hansen led the Weeping Water team with scores of 13 and 1 points for the margin of victory. The box score of the first team was as follows: Plattsmouth f ft pf tp 0 0 0 Rohan, f 0 Hild. f 0 Dasher, f 4 Geschke. f 0 Janecek. c 1 While, c 0 Ofe. g 2 Cole, g 0 Aylor. g 0 McCormick, g 3 Doody. g 0 D. Kalasek 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 Totals 10 8 3 23 Weeping Water fff ft pf tn Amick. f 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Dennis, f . Cherry, f . . Wiles, f Henger. f . Amber, c . . Wallick. c . Garrison, g Stone, g . . 0 0 G 0 0 2 rr t 6 0 3 0 0 .1 3 3 0 Totals 10 2 8 22 Albert Todd at St. Joseph Hospital Albert Todd, one of the promi nent voting farmers of this sec tion of Cass county, is still at the St. Joseph hospital at Oma- ha where he was taken on Mon- dav, January 10th. He is under- going treatment and observation at the hospital and it is thought will be there for some time at least. . Use Journal Want Ads. j j The above photograph of taken shortly after the turn of mm - day history of the county published years ago. The clock in the tower will soon be ringing out the hours again, thanks to hun rirorts of friends who have contributed their dollars to the lclock Fund DIDN'T DANCE One of the more decorative items at the an nual Chelsea Arts club New Year's eve ball in London was Beryl Brien who practiced her mermaidenly wiles on a jolly, bewhiskered tar. She couldn't dance, though. Shrader Rhoden Resigns As Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rhoden, who for the past year and a half has served as the deputy in the office of Sheriff Thomas Solomon, Fri day tendered his resignation to be effective as of February 1, 1949. Mr. Rhoden is leaving his post in the sheriff's office to accept a position with the Plattsmouth Motors, local Ford agency, where he will receive a fine in crease in salary over that which he now receives. The work in the garage and car sales line of the business is familiar to Mr. Rhoden. as he has been engag ed in this line of activity for the past few years. With the pleas ing personality of Mr. Rhoden and his well known ability, he should be a exeat success in the new line of work. During his service in office of deputy sheriff. Mr. Rhoden has made a fine record and his handling of matters pertaining to the office has made him many friends over the county Sheriff Solomon has not as yet made arrangements to fill the vacancy that will be occas sioned by the departure of Shrader. 0 i Local Debators Get Hastings Invitation The Plattsmouth high school debate squad has received an invitation from the Hastings College Student Association to attend the Hastings College For ensic tournament to be' held on the college campus February 11 and 12. Hastings College will serve as host to the nineteen high schools that have joined the debate division of the High Schools Activities Association of "Nebraska. Participants of the tourna ment will be guests of the col lege at a banquet and dance to be held in the Student Union Friday February 11th. ei LeRoy Lasse, chairman of the department of speech at the University of Nebraska, for- mer director of spe.-ch at Hast- ings, built the annual tourna- ment at Hastings College to the largest one in the state between 1930 and 1940. the Cass county courthouse was the century and used in an early 3 V5 Irll Clock Fund Tops AH Expectations As Drive Ends With nearly SI 00 added to the Clock Fund during the past three days, the total amount raised during the 30-day per iod, exceeds the highest expec tations of the most optimistic ! estimate of the sponsors. Donations to the fund have been received from coast to coast and from Canada to Mex ico, with checks and cash com ing from former residents. In addition, dozens of people over Cass county have added their dollars' to those of Plattsmouth and vicinity to get the old time piece back on regular schedule. Exact total of the amount raised during the past four weeks is not available today, but a complete audited report, together with the list of all donors, will be carried in Thurs day's issue of The Journal. At that time Tc is also anticipated the committee to cooperate with the County Commissioners in repairing the clock can be nam ed. Contributions received since-, last report include: The following contributions are reported at the Plattsmouth State bank in the closing days I of the campaign. i Mr. and Mrs. Leo Brink $1.00 ! Glen Vallery 100 j Dora Fricke 100 j Mr. and Mrs. Harry-A. Meisinger 100 j Lottie Knecht 100 j W. E. Rosencrans 1 .00 ' Mr. and Mrs. Orville Nielsen 2.00 j Mr. and Mrs. Logan Covert 1.00 j Mabel Murrav in memory j of Albert Murray 2.00 ! Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Caldwell 5.00 Frank Libershal l.uu Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Meis inger 100 Ed Kohrell 2.00 R. S. Harris 100 J. E. Meisinger 100 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hein- richsen. Sr 100 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Altchaffl 100 Mrs. Etta Gorder 1.00 Mrs. Allen J. Beeson in Memory of A. J. Beeson former County Judge . . . Dr. G. H. Gilmore. Murray Frank Pankonin, Weeping Water Anonymous 5.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rice. Modesto, Calif 100 Elmer Sundstrom, Berkley. Calif 2.00 (Continued on Page Six Damage Suit Filed for $3,608.04 Friday In the office of the clerk of the district court Friday a suit for damages arising out of a truck-tractor collision was fil ed, in which the plaintiff ask as damages in the sum of $3. 608.04. The olaintiff in the case is C. B. Wilson and C. D. Wilson, dha as New Market Oil Co.. vs Allen Ehlers, Bert L. Philpot. oba as Philnot Feed and Seed Co.. and Bert L. Philpot. The petition sets out that on October 7. 1948 a 1947 White tractor which was the property of the plaintiffs, was being driv en by David Kite, an aeent of the "plaintiff, going east on highway No. 34. six miles west of Union. At the same time Al len Ehlers. an aeent of the de fendant, was driving an Inter natinnal truck, goinsr west on the highway, that the driver made a Wt turn that it is alleg ed caused the accident. j The damages are asked for i thp damaee to the tractor, loss j of the use of the trad or and I other evDenses incident to the j repair of the tractor. Chancres in Farm Operators Here On of the changes in farm operators for th coming var ! is that of the Starkiohn farm near this citv. whih has ben farmed bv Marion Sneck for the nast yar. Mr. Speck has a po sition in Omaha that he is tak ing uo. and will leave the farm. , David M. Toman, one of the ! well known farmers of this sec- tion of Cass county is moving t onto the farm for the coming i season. EFCTS NF.W RFSIDTXCE LpPqv Covert has just com- j plftpd th erection n a new i residnc1 in th" .with f ; th citv in the vicinitv of Ninth ana r-termia sir'.s. v duu ;u the verv attractive hnmes in that, sprtinn of the citv. The property has been moved into by Martin Barnes and the family settled in the new home . ,A r "V r