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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER me 'Plawsmoiutm JJflDtMFMtL PUBLISHED KcM.S-,S0CEKLY State L.ap1 - rr, , Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers iuuiiuu."j. nuiomi.v 11 VOLUME 64 Cass County Men Attend Livestock Meet Melvin Todd. Union, state president and Howard Philpot. Nehawka, county president of the Corn Belt Livestock Feeder's association have returned from a two day convention of the na tional organization held at the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri on February 23rd and 24th. Cass county was well repre sented at the convention. Those attending besides Mr. and Mrs. Todd and Mr. and Mrs. Philpot were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Day, Weeping Water and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hild, Plattsmouth. Also attending were Mr. and Mrs. El mr Kasbohm of Otoe county. This was the fourth annual convention of this fast crowing organization and was declared the best ever held by those at tending. The convention was wel comed by Mayor William Kemp of Kansas City: J. Dillingham, president of the Kansas City Stock Yards Company and Cliff Kane v. President of the Kansas Citv Llivestock Exchange. The presidents of "the ten states making up the member ship of the association each re ported on feeding conditions in their respective states. Mr. Todd reporting for Nebraska. Their re ports revealed less cattle on feed in the eastern states of the corn belt with an increased number on feed in the western states. All states agreed that there would be a substantial increase in the 1949 spring pig crop. Thank; to the recent member ship drive conducted in Cass county, it ranks the hiehest in membership of any county in the ten states which comprise the Corn Belt Livestock Feeder's association. In a recent national contest for member Fritz Sie moneit of Plattsmouth was the winner, signing up seventy-five members and won a round trip railroad fare to the Kansas City convention but was unable to at tend because of ill health. The officers and members of the lo cal associ?tion can be justly proud of the position Cass coun ty holds in the national organi zation. County officers are: Pres ident, Howard Philnot. Nehawka: Vice President, Will Minford. MuTav: Secretary-Treasurer. W. G. Boedpker. Murrav. Directors: L. B. Todd. Murray: Arthur Hild, Plattsmouth and Marvin Carr. Eagle. Preparing for Ingathering March 27 One of the greatest events in years in the religious proeress of the world is that planned for Saturday. March 26th. when ovr the air and all net works, will come the appeal for aiding the cause of replacing, repair ing, reorganizing churches, hos pitals and schools in the orient and particularly in Japan. It is hoped to make this the Greatest ineathering in years for the Christian peoples to aid through funds the rebuilding of the religious and cultural cen ters in Japan especially, that destroyed by the force of war. war. Locally the movement is be ing sponsored by the First Pres bvterian and the St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church. The radio program will start at 8 to 9 p.m. eastern standard time and at 7 to 8 o'clock, cen tral standard time. Thev will be heard over the NBC, CBS. ABC and the Mutual networks. Great names, great music and great drama will be presented as a part of the program. On Sunday. March 27th the members of the churches are ureed to take part in the gnth erinT and make their donation to the cause of suffering hu manity and world progress. Murray Young Man Receives Honors Paul L. O'Connor, son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Claud O'Connor of Murrav. recently has been nam ed a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engi neers, professional society at. the University of Nebraska. Sophomores, iuniors and sen iors of the Mechanical En?i nerinsr iemrment are elieihie for membeViin on a voluntary basis. The armf student hrnnch at the University of Nebraska has the 3ar-p-.t membership, on n nrcentage basis of eligible students, of any nollege In the United States, according to Rob ert W. Mills, faculty sponsor. TWELVE PAGES Louisville Has New Rifle Club A group of Louisville men re cently got jgether and organ ized a rifle club from among the members of the crack, shots in that community.. The officers named were: President, Claude Heim; Vice President. W. L. Blair; Secretary, Ward Brunson; Treasurer, Frank Nichols, II: Chief Instructor, Fritz True; Ex- j ecutive Officer, Fritz True. It was voted to have the club affiliate with the National Rifle ! association and the dues Were i set at $4 per year, $3 of this go- i I ing to the NRA for dues and the I official magazine. Plans were discussed for two ranges, an indoor range for .22 calibre practice and an outdoor range wnere .zu caiiDre rules will be used. Committee Pays Visit to State Highway Office Tuesday a d e 1 e g a t i o n of Plattsmouth men, representing the city and the Chamber of Commerce, were at Lincoln, where they held a short session with the officials of the state highway department at the state capital building. Mr. F. H. Kleitch. head of the department and a former resi dent of Cass county, received the local delegation and they received a fine reception and courteous treatment during their stnv a n H VinH pwrv nnnnrtnnitv to present ineir view ana de sires on the matter of the state highway through the city. The department was not in a position to make and definite committments as to their future plans for aid in the highway program of the state owing to the large expenditures that have been required during this per iod of bad weather. The local committee were as sured that Herb Schwander of Nebraska City, the district engi neer, would be here in a short time to look over the situation and the changes lhat might be necessary in getting the streets in better shape. The local men visiting Lincoln were Mayor A. B. Rogers. City Attorney Harold Lebens, H. A. Schneider, and R. R. Furse of the Journal. The city is taking steps to have First Avenue near the Cass county Motors repaired to an extent that will permit travel along the street and accomo date business houses that have been cut off to a great extent from travel. Court House Clock Taken to Cincinnati The mechanism of the Cass county court house clock, idle since the 8th of December, started the journey back to Cincinnati, Ohio, today, to the L. T. Verdin company who have the contract for the moderni zation of the clock and wiD pre pare it for re-installation in the tower in a thirty day period. The event of the departure of the works for the east will be of a great deal of interest in this community where the resi dents have so generously do nated funds to have the clock placed back in shape for ac tive service. When Big Ben returns it will be operated by electric motors and have all new bearings in stalled, doing away with the heavy weights that had made the operation of the clock a risk. The contract with the clock company guarantees that it will be back and on the job in thirty days so watch out in the next few weeks for the familiar notes of the timepiece. Mr. and Mrs. James Nowacek, Jr., of Lincoln were here Sun day to visit at the home of Mr. J Nowacek's parents. Mr. and Mrs. James Nowacek and other of the relatives and friends. Use Journal Want Ads Court IHotase Metfs . In the county court Tuesday a petition was filed by Caroline Tefft, asking for the probate of the estate of Esther Celia Shel don, the petition stating that the said Esther Celia Sheldon died on March 4, 1949 and at the time of her death was seized of real estate of the value of $40,000 and personal property of $4,000. The petition asks for the appointment of Esther Tefft as the administratrix. The board of county com missioners were here Tuesday for a short session .and among other matters prepared the list WgiifyX-W ywww y w .... .,, F--x-SS-: w:-:.r- :::.:v:-:w.:--';v: ::::: w:.:-:: : -. : :: W v-... ' Hundreds rf persons crowded the Plattsmouth bridge earlv Saturday afternoon when word flashed that the ice was breaking up. Photo above looking south from the bridge, shows the massive cakes of ice as they started down stream. Heaving and pounding the shore line, the force of the water threw huge cakes of ice onto banks. For a time water ran over the river road, but little damage was done. Chriswisser Photo. Business Men's Ad Club Holds Fine Meeting The Plattsmouth Business Men's Ad club held a very inter esting meeting on Wednesday noon in conjunction with the regular weekly luncheon that was attended by some twenty five members and five guests. The meeting was presided over by President Charles Patch, and a most interesting program and discussion was enjoyed by the group. David Fowler, musical director of the city school system, was present and discussed at some length the program for summer band concerts in this city, ex tension of the training of the young people down through the summer months. Mr. Fowiej also discussed the most suitable places for holding the concerts during the summer months where they might be enjoyed by the greatest number. H. A. Schneider, chairman of the board of directors of the Plattsmouth State bank, was a guest of the club and gave a most Interesting talk on the matter of merchant organizing for the common good, the fact that what was for the betterment of the business interests of the town, was reflected in all lines of ac tivities in the community. A meeting will be held on next Wednesday morning. March 16th. of the planning committee for the discussing of the plans for the spring opening and the sum mer promotional days. Opening of River Boon to Fishermen The opening of the Missouri river and the adjacent tributary streams is reviving the interest of the fishermen in this part of the state and especially at this point where there are a large number of the residents engaged fishing on a commercial basis. The fishermen at this point have great success in their fish ing each vear, and large quanti ties of the cat and carp are landed by the men for sale local ly and on the Omaha market. With the clearing out of the ice, the fishermen or at least some, have been out to catch themselves a batch of the fish released from the long months of winter hibernation in the rivers. of jurors from which the regular petit jury will be named. In the county court on Wed nesday, petition was filed by Lena Behrne asking for the probate of the estate of Peter M. Joreenson. deceased and nominating William Jorgenson as the administrator of the es tate. In the county court Thursday petition was filed asking for the probate of the estate of Otto D. Renwanz, deceased of Green wood. The petition asked for the appointment of Ellis D. Ver- ink as the administrator. PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1949 Ice Breaks Up in Missouri Ice Clears Burlington Bridge Turning the camera north caught a glimpse of these huge cakes ready to pass under the Turlington bridge. Further north, hardly distinguishable in the picture, can be seen the ice jam at the mouth of the Platte causing Dood waters to inundate hundreds of acres in the lowlands north of Plattsmouth. Chriswisser Photo. Natural Gas Topic at the Rotary Meet The weekly meeting and luncheon of the Plattsmouth Rotary club was held on Tues day at the dining room of the Rainey Coffee shop with a very pleasing attendance of the members. President J. Howard Davis was the presiding officer, while the usual group singing was led by Orville Nielsen with E. H. Wescott at the piano. Walter Gleason was the chair man of the program and pro vided a most interesting talk on the natural gas industry, as pre pared by a group of the natural gas geologists of the country, showing the development of the industry and its growth in the recent years. Mr. Gleason brought out the fact that the survey of the nation showed that there was reported 170 tril lion cubic feet of the gas now available, and at the last esti mate the use of the gas in the country was two and a half tril lion feet. The remarks showed how the use of gas for fuel and power was constantly growing and fast being adopted where it was possible to secure this ser vice. The great pipelines from the south and southwest were carrying the natural gas to the large industrial centers and to the Atlantic seaboard. Duane Sack Member of Holstein Group Brattleboro, Vt. C. Duane Sack, Plattsmouth. is one of the 7 Nebraska Holstein breeders recently admitted to member ship in the Holstein-Friesian Association of America by un animous vote of the Board of Directors. The national Holstein associa ation is the largest dairy cattle recording organization in the world with a total membership of more than 38,000 breeders of registered Holstein cattle, and now has over 4.000,000 animals in its Herd Book. Saturday Plattsmouth Motors Start Out New Year The Plattsmouth Motors, lo cal agents of the Ford cars and farm implements, is to enjoy their second anniversary in Plattsmouth the coming week, further announcement of this will appear later in the Jour nal. Messers. B. H. Eiting and C. C. Girardot came here from Lincoln two years ago to em bark on. their line of activities that has grown in the passing two years to one of the. large Ford agencies in this part of the state. They have just added to their staff of employes. Gale Hart of Omaha, Carroll Smith of Hast ings and Leland Dale of David City, who are here and expect to locate their families here as soon as possible. The owners of the plant have also added to the population of the city by securing property and having their families locat ed here to be a part of the com munity life. The anniversary program will be announced early in the com ing week and will be in keeping wich the policy of the firm that will be enjoyed and appre ciated by everyone. Izaak Walton League Meeting Postponed The meeting of the Izaak Wal ton League scheduled for Tues day evening at the Forty and Eight club rooms, was againN j postponed for a later time, ow- ; ing to the fact that the weather j conditions suddenly took a back j swing to winter and kept many j of the members from the coun- ; try district from attending. j It was decided to adjourn the meeting until Tuesdav, March 15th, at 8 p. m. at the Forty and ; Eight club rooms. There will be j many matters of importance to i be discussed at the forthcoming meeting and it is hoped to have a good attendance of the mem- j bers. 1 Blue bevil's Lose Tourney Game to Pawnee City The Plattsmouth Blue Devils were defeated in the opening round of the district class B tourney Wednesday at Auburn, bowing out to the Pawnee City five by the score of 51 to 38. The local gair? was held at 5:30 in the afternoon and was the first of the meet. In the opening quarter the Blue Devils maintained a lead of 3 to 6, Merle Dasher with three field goals and Dan Rohan with one keeping the locals out in front. For Pawnee City, Jensen with two field goals and N. Eck man with one field toss, made the total for the south Nebraska boys. In the second round of the game Dasher annexed a field goal as did Bill McCormick, Dasher also adding two gift shots md John White one for a total of fifteen at the half time. The Toemen showed more action in (.he second stanza, with Jensen again ringing the bell with one, Bacon with two field goals, while free shots were garnered by Jen sen. Bacon, N. Eckman. After the intermission both of she teams turned on the heat in scoring with Rohan securing two field goals. Dasher with two field goals and a free toss. Gary Ash baugh with one goal, Bill McCor mick with a field goal and John White with two free shots roll ing up 30 for the locals. For Pawnee City, Bacon became hot and had hung up two goals and two field choices while L. How ard added two field goals, N. Eck man made a field goal Jensen two from the field and two field tosses. The end of the third pe ried showed Pawnee City leading thirty-four to thirty. In the final stanza of the game the Blue Devils were held to two field goals by Gary Ash baugh and Stanley Cole. Jensen was all out in the last quarter with five field goals for a total of ten points in the quarter, while Eckman and Phipal were credited with two each. The box score of the game: fz ft pf tp Rohan, f Ray Hild. f Dasher, f Ashbaugh, g Janecek. c ....... White, c 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 G 0 15 4 0 4 4 o 0 3 McCormick, g 2 Doody, g 0 Ofe, g 0 Cole, g 1 Total 14 PAWNEE CITY fff Jensen, f 10 Cash, f 0 Eckman, f 0 Bacon, c 5 N. Eckman, g 3 Phipal. g 1 Howard, g 2 9 20 3 ft pf tp 3 2 23 i 1 5 1 1 0 5 0 2 13 10 Total 21 11 15 51 In th otner games of the opening night, Wilber pushed Auburn 53 to 48; Crete won 47 to 35 for Tecumseh. Nebraska attr m-qc rlffpntpd hv T.inrnln Teachers by the score of 34 to 44. FUNERAL AT GREENWOOD The funeral services for Otto Renwanz. 74, of Greenwood i were held at the Methodist ; church at that place on Wed- l nesday afternoon. Rev. P. D. I Cox officiating. Burial was at the Greenwood cemetery. DI MAGGIO RESTS UP FOR $90,000 SEASON . . . Jcllin' Joe Ii Maggio, star outfielder of the New York Yankees vacationing at Acapulco, Mexico, has charming company in the pulchritnillnons person of Dancer Chaviano during: a fishing trip oft the coast. Joe was relaxing before the training season opens in the hope of sharpen ing his batting eye for a great season, to earn that JM.OOO he L reported to have signed for. FIVE CENTS PER COPY NOT CAMERA SHV . . . Voting for her Hollywood camera debut ith her famous mother, actress Joan Fontaine, is Deborah Leslie Dozier, now three and a half months old. Deborah's father is William Dozier, motion picture producer. Cass County Farm and Home Booster Day Cass county will hold its Farm and Home Booster day (former ly known as Feeders dayi on Fri day, March 18th. at the agricul tural auditorium at Weeping Water. The program of the all day meeting will be as follows: 10:00 County 4-H committee meeting. 11:00 Ed. Janike, State 4-H club leader. 12:001:00 Free Lunch, pan cakes, sausage, coffee in the basement. 1:00 Observations of European Trip by Mr. E. T. Johnson, Fre mont farmer. Mr. Johnson made the trip with 25 other farmers, and has some good pictures to show. Women's Division Mrs. Jesse Westlake, County chairman in charge. 2:15 Leafy green and yellow vegetables demonstration by Miss Doremus, Extension nutritionist. College of Agriculture. 3:15 County achievement meeting home extension clubs. Honor Clubs, etc. Men's Division 2:15 Outstate crops and soils testing bv Dr. F. J. Bell Agrono mist. College of Agriculture. 3:00 Crop insects and Livestock Parasites by Dr. Muma. Ento moloeist. Collese of Agriculture. 3:45 Rural Electrification by Rov DeRose. Extension Engineer. College of Agriculture. Louisville People to See Commissioners Some .thirty members of the Chamber of Corvynerce met the past week at an old fashioned ovster supper served at the City Hall. The feed was in charge of Scott McGrcw. At the business session of the group, the discussion of the Louisville-Plattsmouth road came on for discussion and it was decided to have a delegation come to Plattsmouth on Wed nesday. March 16th. to meet with the board of county commission ers and discuss the matter of the highway between their city and Plattsmouth. The Chamber of Commerce, Lions club and American Leerion of Louisville will be represented in the delegation. Don Warga and Carl Hula visited Art Warga at the Veter ans hospital at Lincoln Sunday. is NUMBER 29 Noxious W eed District Has Fine Meeting The fourth annual meeting of the Cass County Noxious Weed District met Monday, March 7. at the Agricultural Hall, in Weeping Water, with William Streich as chairman, in charge of the program. Bud Amgwert. of Murdock, is the county man ger. The secretary's report was given by Edward Steinkamp. treasurer's report by William Ost; and a review of 1948 activi ties by Bud Amgwert. Clarence Schmadeke, county farm agent, stressed Cass county's need for weed control, and E. H. Aleher. state supervisor, made recom mendations for the coming year. Arden Sherf, plant pathologist, at the University of Nebraska, was the speaker for the after noon. Mr. Sherf stressed Seed Cleaning and Treating. He said that bindweed was brought to America, as early as 1639. in ships, as ballast. That the Can ada thistle came from southeast Europe. It came with hay which was shipped to this country. He said that the leafy spurge, orna mental cocklebur and the sun flower, are all native weeds. Inspectors should be at Al borders to examine machinery for seeds an local inspections necessary to prevent carrying seeds. 1.200 farms in this coun ty are reported to have noxious weeds, with between 60 and 70 already eradicated. 800 acres have been sprayed by district roadside spraying. There is much more to be done. Two directors were re-elected. They were Clyde Wenzel. District No. 1, and Howard Wiles. District No 5. There seemed to be a renewed interest in weed control this year. The attendance at this meeting was good, and interest was keen. Color slides on weed control were shown by the State Noxious Weed department. The board of supervisors for Cass county are: District 1, Tipton, Stove Creek, Weeping Water, Clyde Wenzel: District 2. Avoca, Nehawka and Liberty, William Ost; District 3, Salt Creek, Elmw -d. Greenwood, South Bend, William Streich: District 4. Louisville. Center and Mount Pleasant, Edward Stcin kamp: District 5, Plattsmouth, East and West Rock Bluff, How ard Wiles. Oratorical Contest to Be Held Friday The local tryout for the stu dents of the Plattsmouth high school for competition in the dis trict American Legion sponsored oratorical contest, will be held on Friday evening, at 7:15 at room 108 in the high school. There will be a small admission fee charged for the contest. This contest will be based on the best original oration on the Constitution of the United States and must be delivered in not less than ten or more than twelve minutes. Mrs. Alta Reade, teacher of the speech and dramatics depart ment of the school will preside. The local students who will take part in the contest are: Bonnie Meisinger, Tina Woster, Dick Gerbeling, Ray Hild, Man fred Moritz, Eugene Newburn, Cyril Kocian, John White, Patty Kocian. Janis Long, Wilma Keil, Richard Means. The winners in the local con test will take part in the district meet at Nebraska City in compe tition with students from Ne braska City and Syracuse. Arthur Warga Has Operation Last Week Arthur J. Warga of this city, who is at the U. S. Veterans hos pital at Lincoln, who was operat ed on the past week for an ex perimental test of some of the muscles of his leg. is still at the hospital and under treatment with his case being studied by the specialists 'who are taking care of the patient. Tuesday a number of Platts mouth men in Lincoln for a meeting with the State Highway commission, called at the hos pital and found Art cheerful and anxiously awaking the verdict of the attending surgeons. In the croup callins were H. A. Schnei der, chairman of tb board of the Plattsmouth State bank whre Mr. Warea is employed. R. R. Fits. Journal nublishpr. May rr a. B. Rogers and City Attorney Harold Lebens. Coimtv ConmiwionT ITennnn PnrnernFiT of Alvo was in the citv Tuesdav to attend the metm? of the board of commissioners. V