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PLATTSIdDaJTM Monday-Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 64 FOURTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1949 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 31 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER 1 i City Council Shops for New Road Grader The members of the city council and Mayor, A. B. Rogers, were engaged Monday evening on a shopping tour for a city road grader, figuratively speak ing, as there were representa tives of several of the com panies handling this line of road equipment present at the meeting. The representatives of the Highway Equipment. Lin coln Equipment, Farris Equip ment, and the American Cole man company of Omaha, were present and told of the many features of their various ma chines that ranged in price from $9,150 down to $4,470. At the concluvon of the presentation of the virtues of the machines, th? council held a short execu tive session and the bidders were informed by Mayor Rogers that the "council would look around" and make personal in spection of the machines most favorably considered, while the machines were in operation. The city council received a communication from the Platts mouth fire department inform ing the council that D. B. Ash baugh. former department mem mer, had returned to Platts mouth and had been re-elected to the rolls of the Plattsmouth department. Permission was voted by the council to Attorney Florence Fouchek to have sewer connec tions made with her home, the petitioner to supply bond for the work to be done under the supervision of the street, alleys and bridges committee. City Clerk Albert Olson re ported that T. H. Pollock had mailed a check for $15 to the city for rental of the old ball park on the Missouri river bot toms. The check was accepted on the lease of the land. A communication was receiv ed from B. F. Sudduth asking permission to make sewer con nections on First street on Wintersteen hill. This permit tvas granted, the petitioner to furnish bond and the work to be under the supervision of the streets, alleys and bridges com mittee. A communication was receiv ed from Al Nierste, residing be tween 8th and 9th street on Fourth avenue, complaining that water from Eighth street was flowing through his prop erty, following an old water course and that he would like some action taken to prevent this condition. On motion. C. E. Markham, county engineer, will be sent to the scene to check it and make needed recommen dations as to what can be done to check the water. The Lepert-Wolever post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars presented a request for the use of certain streets for a three day festival in July that would include an observance of Inde pendence day. The petition ask ed the use of Fourth and Fifth streets from Avenue A tVinei to First Avenue ( Pearl t and for Main street from Third to Fourth. The use of Main street for parades was also asked. The post agreed to supply their own extra police. On motion the re quest was granted. In Hearing that time of year when the liquor licenses are to be made for the ensuing license year, the council received a number of requests for licenses all renewals that comprised, Martin Kroeger, class C; George Conis, beer only; Clyde and Helen Rosborough, class C; Ralph Timm. class C; Erna Lapidus, class C; Wurtele & Sharp, class C; Edward and Henry J. Donat, class C; Forty & Eight club, class C; Fraternal Order of Eagles, class C; Phil Haldiman. class C; Harry Al bin. beer only; Lepert-Wolever post of V. F. W.. beer only. These were all referred to the license committee who will set the time of hearing on the applications. Nebraska Chapter Confers Degree Work Monday evening Nebraska chapter No. 3 of the Royal Arch Masons, held a very largely at tended meeting at the chapter rooms in the Masonic building, with the degree of Mark Master being conferred by High Priest Newton Sullivan and the other officers of the chapter. The candidates receiving the degree work were Henry A. Davis, of Louisville and Dewey Calloway of Springfield, mem bers of the Springfield lodge of the A. F. & A. M. Following the regular work the members were treated to a most delightful lunch that had been arranged by the commit tee in charge and completing a very pleasant fraternal evening. Parolees Sent Back to Sheriff Sheriff Tom Solomon of Cass county, who serves as parole officer in a great many cases, was informed this week that two of those paroled to him had been picked up at Lexington, i Nebraska. the district court of Dawson county, and after hearing the evidence in the case the two were given a parole for a two year period to Sheriff Solomon of Cass county. The parties in volved were Willard Tigner and William Gentry of this city. Plattsmouth Motors Now Two Years Old The Plattsmouth Motors are observing this week their com pletion of two years of activity in Plattsmouth and during which time they have become a large factor in the business life of the city. It was on March 16. 1947. that C. C. Girardot and B. H. G. Ei iing. young men identified with the business life of Lincoln, came to Plattsmouth and purchased the local agency and plant on Washington avenue. Mr. Girardot was with the U. S. soil conserva tion section of the United States department of agriculture at Lincoln and Mr. Eiting with the O'Shea-Rogers Co.. of the state capital city, beforej:oming to Plattsmouth. Since arriving here they have built up a large volume of busi ness and expanded in all lines of 'heir activities to give them one of the most progressive and ud to date business plants in this section of the state. The company has a full line of Ford tractors and Dearborn farm equipment as well as the Ford cars and trucks that are avail able to the farmers of this sec tion of Nebraska and western Iowa. The growth of the business has been great in the past two years and today there are some twenty-seven persons employed at the garage, from the payroll of the comDanv there are some sixty persons deriving thei- sup port and maintainance. This is strikin. as it represents one per cent of the population of the citv are living off the Plattsmouth Motors. P - - i r es Bnfir Made A number of chanees are being made at the local station of the Missouri Pacific railroad in this city. Recently D. S. Sumner completed thirteen years of serv ice, retired from the active serv ice of the railroad after a long and faithful service and lpavir" in his departure a number of changes in the personnel to be made. The position as aeent nt th's Tilacp has been bid in bv Josh Staska. a vernn emnlove of f he '"omnanv. who has hpn at Ne braska Citv and prior to that im at Murrav. Mr. Rtaskn has not ben m srood health and h?s bppi in n'nrd0 nr some time md is still there. While Mr. Stas- ka is away from his new post of . Milling Co., will provide the in- , inth'e findings at the district duty, the work has been cared ( gredients for the pancakes, and mePt for by J. R. Stevenson of Au- J also a man to oversee the actual j he winner of first place at burn, who at this time is on his making of the cakes. They will ( Nebraska City was Victor" Glad annual vacation. O. L. Willis of . be assisted by the members of j stone representine the Nebraska Reserve Kansas, has been sent the Community club, who will ! Citv schooi. His oration was "A here to look after the station and provide the accessories. The stan-hrH tn Whirh thp Wisp and the business here until more i permanent made. arrangements are The residence on Oakmont drive that has been occupied by the William Hirz family, has been sold to Fred Herbster who owns the residence nearby. The handling of the deal was made ; through the Siemers real estate i rife "ihwti' 4& ! NEW ARRIVAL AT FRISCO ZOO . . . Georfe Washington Camel, no-named because be was born on Washington' birthday, draws lots of "ohs" and "ahs" daily at the San Francisco zoo. The curly, grey colored infant was three feet tall when protograjhed with his mother, airs. Nacj Camel. IE s u . . TIGEON "SPRINGS" PAL . . . Thanks to his pot pigeon's homin? instincts, Harold Myers, 15, ingeniously contrived to free himself from police custody in Santa Barbara, Calif. Found by police sleeping on the beach, Harold and three other boys were detained in juvenile all on suspicion of being runaways until Harold released his pigeon with an "SOS" note to his brother tied to his pet's leg. The bird found its way home and Harold's mother 'phoned the police to assure them her son had made the 100-mile trip from Venice, Calif-, with her per mission. The two pals are shown here as they were reunited upon Harold's return home. Paul Barker is Secretary of Ikes Chapter The Plattsmouth chapter of the Izaak Walton League held their meeting Tuesday evening at the rooms of the 40 and 8 on' offering by students of the mu the second floor of the Journal department of the high building with a small attendance school, who are preparing to of the membership present. Th try The chapter elected as secre- tary for the remainder of the year, Paul Barker, who has been one of the active members of the organization and taken a great deal of interest in the develop ment of the plans for the future expansion of the local organiza tion. I There was a general discussion of the matter of the use of part of the grounds in the game re- serve north of this city, for the purposes of the league. Members reported having visited the lands in question that are now flooded by water from the Platte and hard to determine just what parts of the park might be de sired. The use of the buildings was also discussed by the members as they desire to secure one of the structures for use as a club house and a central place for their activities. A committee was appointed to visit the site of the proposed Izaak Walton activities and make recommendations. This commit tee is composed of Clyde Ros borough, George Kalasek and Richard Rummel. Weeping Water to Entertain Guests Friday, March 18, will be a big day in WTeeping Water. It is the day when the Cass County Farm and Home Boosters will all come j to Weeping Water for their an- nual meeting, and when they will ! Richard Means, winner of first be the guests of the Goocjr. Mi1;-, prize in the oratorical contest in ing company, and of the Weep- tne local schools, representing mg Water Community ch.b at a 1 Plattsmouth in the district con pancake feed in the dining room test at Nebraska City, Monday Of the auditorium. The GOOCh rno-ht nrarHoH CPmrr! nlnr-P lunch is free to all Cass county iarmers ana tneir wives, wno at- tend the meeting, and will be a gesture of friendship and good will to the farmers of Cass coun ty. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Marcoe of Alvo were in Plattsmouth Tues- day to look after some business matters at the court house. fcii'tti'iftrn" ."m.t W ?-1r - I 4; t Music Program Heard at Rotary Club Tuesday The members of the Rotary club had the unusual privilege Tuesday of hearing a musical ; taKe part m tne loiincommg " " 1 r ,: C. . 1 : iLr l-.:"' - in charge of Orville Nielsen, who took over the program ow ing to the enforced absence of John E. Frady, who is at Hot Springs. Arkansas. David Fowler, musical direc tor of the city schools, had charge of the presentation of tRe young students who parti - cipated in th musical program 0f the afternoon. r , David Friest gave a clairntc, solo, Tina Woster playing the accompaniment for the number. Dick Huefcner was heard in a trombone solo and had Mrs. R. O. Cole as the accompanist for the number. Jerry Sharpnack was present ed in an alto saxophone solo number with Mrs. Cole as the accompanist for the selection. Carol Rakow, one of the tal ented young musicians of the school was presented in a clair net solo with Joan Cecil as the accompanist. Dan Rohan was heard in a trumpet solo with Mrs. Cole be ing the accompanist. President J. Howard Davis presided over the session with Orville Nielsen and E. H. Wes cott looking after the musical portion of the entertainment. Gene Lingford was a guest of the club for the luncheon. Richard Means Wins j oecona r'lace Award . t-tc r t,;. ( The SUbiect of the oration of : p;rhprri Means was that, of "The Preamble", that apppears else where in the Journal. Both Victor and Richard will receive an American Legion ora tory medal and Victor will repre sent District No. 2 in the state contest at Fremont. Prof. Robert Moore of Peru State Teachers collece speech department, two of his speech students and Mrs. George Heinke and Rev. R. V. Davis of Nebraska City were the judges. WINS DIASIOND RING Mrs. James F. Begley, of this city, who is an enthusiastic fol lower of the popular winter sport of hockey, has found that being a true blue fan pays off well. There has been prizes offered for those attending the games at Omaha, and this past week Mrs. Begley was notified she was the winner of the award. The prize is a $500 diamond ring and will serve as a reminder of the many thrilling games wit nessed between the Omaha Knights and their opponents. It was a short summer. Snow is falling here at press time. Warmer weather promised. Louisville Group Here on Road Work Tuesdav afternoon a emu of the business men of Louisville and a few of the residents of the farming area between this city and the cement city, were here to interview the board of county commissioners as to the status of the highway that con nects Plattsmouth and Louis ville. The residents of our neigh boring city as well as the lo- cal residents have and been greatly distrubed over the con- dition of the road and the al- most impassible condition that h a s prevailed for several months, and are desirous of finding out when the work pro posed by the state and county would start. The members of the delega tion from Louisville comprised Joe Zastera. Henry Davis. Her bert Eager, Elwood Pankonon. John Horn and Aloert Ulrich. In reply to questions County Commissioner Parr Young stal ed that funds available, would probably allow some six mileo that would carry the road to near the He.il school house, when it was possible to get wa t, started.s The expectation that contracts covering road construction would signed by summer. County Commissioner Nolte staled that soundings had been made in the vicinity of Four Mile creek where bridge con struction would be necessary. Liief weic- iiuiii iu st vciiij feet. The general weather con- j ditions had checked the sound- i t . , .... ' ings that were essential in getting the necessary informa tion that , was needed by the si ale and federal highway offi cials in getting the work under way. The bridges on the road were necessary before the road graded. Members of the Louisville croup stated they wanted the highway completed all the way through, but if only a part could be built, felt 'that they Should have a way of getting in and out of their community from the east and west. Mr. Zastera stated that sur faced highways were operating in the south and central part of the county and felt that the ! north end should also have a road. The commissioners, sympa thetic with the views of the del egation also expressed the de sire to get the road work under way as quickly as possible. Settlement in Death of Mickey Duda In the district court of Sarpy county on last Friday a settle ment was reached in the dam age suit for the death of Mickey Duda, of this city, that occurred at Fort Crook on January 9, 1949, when the motorcycle rid den by Mr. Duda collided with a car driven by Frank W. Piatt of Fort Crook. The interests of Mrs. Florence Duda. widow, was represented by Walter H. Smith and Harold Lebens of this city and the de fendant in the action by Corn elius Connelly of Omaha. The settlement reached by the parties was $7,750 that was a very fine solution of the case for the parties. The original ac tion had been for $10,000. The payment was made by the com pany carrying the insurance of Mr. Piatt. Anton Meisinger of near Louisville, was in the city Sat urday for a few hours and while here called at the Journal to renew his subscription for the coming year. He reports they made the trip via the Louisville road for the first time in some time. At The Cass County Court House Arthur P. Drake was arraign ed in the county court Tuesday on the charge of operating a motor vehicle with no operators license. He made a plea of guil ty to the charge and was given a fine of $10 and costs by Judge J. A. Capwell. Patrolman LeRoy L. Jensen was the arresting officer. In the office of the clerk of the district court Tuesday a suit was filed entitled, the County of Cass vs some ten parcles of real estate. The suit is one in tax foreclosure. Vocational Guidance Meet Tuesday j On Tuesday, starting with a , luncheon at the neon hour, a j very interesting program will be j presented at the local Central school building, offered under the auspices of the state direc tor of vocational education, as well as the local head of the vocational guidance, Miss Jessie Whelan. The program as given below. win mve iae stuctence a won- deriul opportunity of judging ! what they may desire in the j way of advanced education and for their planning their fu ture careers when they leave the high school. Seniors of the high schools at Nehawka, Elmwood and Eagle will be here for the sessions and will be accompanied by the heads of their vocational" guid ance department. Weeping Wat er will also send a group. General Session 1:00 p. m. . Central Auditor ium. Greetings Superintendent T I. Friest. Introduction of Group Lead ers Richard Means. Music Mr. David Fowler, Di- i rector" j Introduction of Speaker.. Mr. I Miles Eloe. Principal. I Address . Mr. G. F. Liebend- ! orfer. State Director of Voca- j tional Education. i Chairman Eugene Newburn j President, Senior Class. i Luncheon at 12 at Central 1:45 P. M. Group Meetings Vocational Agriculture and Forestry Room 207 Mr. Louis E. Klein. State Assistant Super visor of Agricultural Education. Mr. Carl Schmadeke. Instruc tor of Veterans class. Chairman. Bill Cecil: Vice Chairman. Ken neth Gawehn; Sponsor, Mr. Fowler. Commercial Art Room 201 Mr. Leo Schwartzkopf. Display i Manager, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Lincoln. Chairman, Shirley Hudson: Vice Chairman, Patri cia Kocian; Sponsor, Miss Kra mef" 2:40 I. M. Group Meetings Vocational Agriculture and Forestry Room 2Q7, Mr. Louis Klein, Mr. Carl Schmadeke. Chairman, George Minford; Vice Chairman. Leland Meising- er; Sponsor, Mr. Friest. (Continued on Page Seven Car-Truck Wreck on Slippery Hill Monday evening while Karry N. Ahl of Louisville, accompan ied by Henry A. Davis and Her bert Eager of the same place, were motoring to Plattsmouth from the south, the car in which they were riding was in volved in a collision with a Dodge tractor truck near the McConkey hill, on highway No. 75 in the south part of the city. The Dodge truck, driven by William Hubert Wright of Coun cil Bluffs, was coming north and the driver states he had started to apply brakes as he was getting into the heavy traf fic, the truck started to slide, and jacknifed across the high way and into the path of the Ahl car, with the result that the front of the Ahl car was damaged considerably, the amount of the damage being placed at $200 while the left rear bumper of the truck was damaged to the extent of some $25. Disabled Vets Make Memorial Poppies Making the poppies which America will wear in honor of its war deac- on Povoy Day in May is now in full swing in vetemr.V hospitals and convalescent work' shQps through0ut the country Mrs. Howard Hirz, poppy chair I man of Plattsmouth unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, has announced. She estimated that ; more than 10.000 disabled veter j ans of both World Wars are now i completing the 25.000,000 poppies ; which the Auxiliary will distri i bute on Poppy Day. the poppies ; which will be distributed here are being made at Lincoln Vet j erans' hospital. 4,000 poppies 1 have been received by Mrs. Hirz to be sold on Poppy Day. CARS SUFFER DAMAGE Saturday afternoon Donald errv, driving a 1936 Ford, was waiting to make a turn into the parage of the Plattsmouth Mo tors on Washington avenue, to secure gas. his car was struck bv one driven by Robert A. Walker of Bellevue that struck the front of the Perry car. Both of the vehicles were very bad ly damaged as the result of the crash. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. QUEEN I KM A AND FKIEND Mary Wilson is crowned "Queen of Comedy for 1949" by Bob Hope for her portrayal of "My Friend Inn a" over CBS Monday nights. The title was conferred in New York by the National Laugh AVeek foundation which last year bestowed similar laurels on Bob Hope. Local School to Participate in iMINK Meet Music will take over the cam pus at Peru State Teachers College the week-end of March 25 and 26. Twenty-four high schools from southeastern Ne braska and out state groups from Iowa and Missouri will send 321 musicians to the an nual MINK Band Clinic. The outstanding composer and conducter, Paul Painter from the University of Illinois, will be the guest conductor for the two - day festivity. Mr. Painter will conduct the try outs, organizational rehearsal, and the evening program open to the public Saturday evening. Peru State's student council will be host to the musician during tneir stay on tne cam pus. Student life on the campus will be the theme of the ac tivities showing what takes place during the run-of-the-day life of a student dorm life, mixers, student union affairs and scheduled events in the social aspects of campus doings. With the close of the enroll ment period, 24 - schoois"'riave registered 321 students. Of this group 200 musicians will be se lected by Mr. Fainter to parti cipate in the clinic. In this, the sixth annual MINK (Missouri. Iowa. Nebras ka, Kansas, the following schools will be represented: Falls City, Nebraska City, Stel la, Plattsmouth, Tecumseh, Sid ney. Ia., Friend. Steinauer, Tab le Rock, Beatrice. Peru, Weeping Water, Hebron, Burchard. Au burn. Fairbury. Johnson, Tab or. Ia., Lyons, Rippley, la.. Ne rv,aha. Pawnee City, Rockport, Mo. Mrs. William Gorder Here from Islands Mrs. William Gorder arrived in the city Tuesday from her home in the Hawaiian Islands, having made her home near Honolulu for the past few years, Mr. Gorder being employed there in construction work. Mrs. Gorder is the former Maybelle Troop, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Troop of Nehaw ka where she will enjoy a visit. j as well as with her relatives in this city and her sister and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Wehr bein. at Bennington. Mrs. Gorder left a year ago for the islands after a visit home where she joined Mr. Gorder in that pleas ant island paradise. BRIEF GLORY . . . Brevity is the aoul f wit, said Shakespeare, but not eren the Bard could have done poetic justice to OUara Jones of New York City, who was cjiosen "Mta Brevity of 1949" in the third aanuaJ contest for the title at Miami Beach. ! 0 Moll p 111 1 ( 1 I Insurance Claim Protest Ignored By County Board Cass County Commissioners in session Wednesday vot-d unanimously to ignore t h - protest filed against payment of prmium on workmen's com pensation and liability polic es filed by the Arundel Insurance company after digesting an opinion by County Attorney Waiter Smith. Protest of the claim amount ing to S41G.49 submitted by J Howard Davis, successful biidcr. covering premium on work men's compensation and liabil ity policies was filed with Coun ty Clerk George Sayles March 10, and presented to the Board at their regular meeting Tues day. In filing the protest. Don Arundel, stated in the petition under Article one. "That bids were submitted by agents, resi dents of Cass County. Nebraska, among which was one submit ted by the undersigned Don Arundel, and that following this submission and consideration of certain bids, the County Board of Commissioners did without just cause or justifica tion award said workmen's com pensation and public liability business to J. Howard Davis, agent, which agent's policies called for rates for such cover age which were higher in excess of those contained in the bid of the- undersigned and not withstanding such higher rates, the Honorable Board of County Commissioners in violation cf good faith on their part and against the interests of the tax- I payers of Cass County. N? 1 braska." Cass County Commissioners i allowed the claim Wednesday following receipt of an opinion by County Attorney Walter H. Smith stating, "Our Supreme Court has held repeatedly that a County Board has exclusive original jurisdiction to examine and pass upon claims against the county properly cognizable for audit and allowance, and the action of such board in al lowing and rejecting claims has the force and effect of a judgment, and is conclusive, unless vacated or reversed by means of appropriate appellate proceeding." Today (Thursday) Mr. Arun del, stated to this newspaper. "I have 10 days to appeal my protest to the District Court. This action will be taken with in the next few days through my attorneys w hen proper briefs are prepared and bond is posted." According t o information gathered by The Journal, the present controversy is the out growth of a difference in opin ion , regarding a claim filed in Continued on Page Eight Wrestling Match Here March 28 This city, that in many years have had to get their boxing and wrestling entertainment at oth er places, has a real opportunity awaking the fans of this terri tory. Lepert-Wolever post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has arranged to stage a wrestling match here on Monday, March 23th, at the Plattsmouth Sale barn in the south part of the city. The match will bring here as the headliner, John Pesek, the ageless tiger of Ravenna. Ne braska, who is to take on "Jum bo" Dickens of Lincoln in the main event. Jack Pesek. well known University of Nebraska star, will be pitted against Grant Roberts of this city. The whole card will be filled with interest and should attract a great crowd ! of the fans. Will Sell Keil Acreage April 1 The acreage owned by Mrs. William Keil. north of this city that comprises some thirty acres of land, as well as the personal property, is to be sold at public auction, Col. Rex Young, local auctioneer states. The sale will be held on Fri day. April 1st at the farm. TEXACO SERVICE STATION ROBBED WEDNESDAY The Texaco service station, lo cated at the junction of High way No. 75 an dthe Louisville road, was again visited by rob bers Wednesday night. The en trance to the place was gained by breaking a window in the door of the place that permitted the party or parties to enter. Sheriff Tom Solomon states i that there was some $10 in j change secured at the place, al so twelve quarts of oil and a number of candy bars. mm 7