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IPtLATTR0dBOJTIH3 JJfflOJC&NAO- FI E PUBLISHED EMI-VEEKLY on d a y-Thursd a v Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 64 FIVE CENTS . V OPY FOURTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1949 NUMBER 41 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Past Master Night at the Masonic Lodpe Tuesday evening Plaltsmouih lodge No. G of the A. F. Iz A. M. hf Id their annual observance cf fast Master niht. one of the big events of the year in local Masonic circles and drawing a very large number of the mem bership oat and many viskois from lodges in the immediate vicinity. The banquet hone red Charles M. Mead, of Murray. 52nd mas ter of the lodge since its enrvv ter and installation in 1353. Ed mund A. Donelan, pioneer of Nebraska territory, was the Lrs: master of No. 6 and Mr. Maul, ninety years later in 1943 served the lodge in that capacity. The dinner had been arranged by the committee of the mem bers of the lodge headed by Ralph Wehrbeki and Elmer Tritsch and was served by the members of the committee. It was very much enjoyed and showed the skill of the men in arranging and preparing as well as serving. The menu" was as follows: Grapefruit Juice Combination Salad Eakeci Ham Mashed Potatoes String Beans Parkerhou.se Rolls Cranberrv Jelly Apple Pie Deluxe Coffee Following the dinner the pro pram of the evening was presid ed over by James F. Begley, well known local attorney, whose lather, the late Judge James T. Bealy. had been master of the lodge in 1921-22. Mr. Begley Made a most pleasing toast master. The invocation was offered by Dr. H. G. McClusky. pastor s f the First Presbyterian church, !ong an active figure in the loc ; 1 lodgp. The address of welcome to the members of the lodge, past masters, grand lodge officers, and visiting Masons was given by Stephen M. Davis, as Verner A. Meisincer, thr present mast c r. was unable to act owing ta a recent illness. The response to the welcome was given by J. Howard Davis, cn behalf of the past masters. Mr. Davis was master in 1943. Th Mtnray Mcv.r.ic quartet cornpo. f-d of Olin Morris. James Comstock. Dale WV-nilarth and continued on page eight) James Rowland Injured Near W eeping Water James P. Howland. of Weep ing Water is at the Lincoln Gen eral hospital at Lincoln as the result of a severe accident that he sustained Monday at the Chris Hansen farm, three miles cast of Weeping Water. Mr. Howland. trouble shooter for the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company, was mak ing repairs cn the line at the Hansen place while the family were absent from home. Eugene Allen, employed by the Han sen's, returned from the field to get a drink of water and dis covered Mr. Howland lying on the ground at the foot of a pole. The pole had broken while he was working on it and he was hurled to the ground where he was found, suffering hip and foot injuries and also apparent head injuries and possible in ternal injury. He was taken to Weeping Water to the office of Dr. Kunkel and later taken on into Lincoln for hospitalization. Mrs. Howland accompanied her husband to the hospital. Art Troop Returning from the Hospital Arthur Troop, prominent local farmer and Rotarian. who has been at the St. Mary's hospital at Nebraska City for the past several weeks, has so much im proved that he is expected home today i Thursday i and will re cuperate at the farm home south of Plattsmouth. WILL OPERATE DELIVERY Robert Long, who has been en gaged with the Griffin taxi line, is now starting to operate a de livery svstem in this city and will look after the deliveries from the various stores. He is well ac quainted with th? citv and should make a most efficient man in this line of service. Mrs. J. A. Donelan was an Easter visitor at Papillion where she spent the dav with , her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Brown. Knights Templar to Stage Banquet The members of Ml. Zion commandery No. 5, Knights Templar, of this city, are pian ning their annual dinner for Wednesday, May 4th at 6:30 at the Masonic building. The ladies ol the Sir Knights will be guests as well as a large number of visiting grand commandery officers. This will be one of the big events of the year in the social activities of the commadery and the committee in charge is planning on making this a me morable occasion for the Knights and ladies. Jap Field Piece Will Decorate Court Lawn Work was started on Tuesday to prepare the foundation for the Japanese 175 MM field piece that was donated by the war de partment of the U. S. to the Hugh J. Kearns post No. 56 of the American Legion. The artillery piece is to be lo cated on the lawn at the south front of the Cass county court house, located on the spot where for a great many years a large cannon of civil war days occu pied a place of honor. The old cannon was grabbed up early in the second world war for scrap iron for munition making purposes. The new Jap field piece comes mounted on the carriage and this will be sunk together with the wheels in a concrete base and bolted in for security. The artillery piece arrived several months ago and has been kept in storage until the legion was prepared to go ahead with the plans for hav ing it installed. The new artillery piece is one of the type largely used in the late war by the Japs, no doubt has often been used in firing cn the American forces in their invasion of the war empire of the Japs. To those who did not serve in the orient in the war. the piece will be a interesting study of the last war and its weapons, but to those who had service over in the islands and Japan the piece will be rather commonplace. One old world war I veteran when looking over the gun re marked "it does not look as dangerous as the Greenwood post cannon, that was here in the twenties to be used in a parade." Ray Wiysel Attends Studebaker Meeting Ray Wiysel. the rustling and progressive local agent of the Studebaker automobile com pany is back east where he was called on Sunday. He is spending the week there at the Studebaker school for sales and service and also the general meeting for Studebaker dealers and distributors. Mr. Wiysel will have the pleasure of meeting dealers from all parts of the country, looking over the gigantic plant that produces this popular make of car that the local man has been very successful in hand ling. On his return he will be able to give the patrons the benefits of his course of train ing. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Switzer of Nehawka wre county seat visi tors Friday afternoon. "Tf: - t NEBRASKA WOMAN WINS NATIONAL POULTRY AWARD Doris Bookelman, Pierce. Nebraska, receiving Master Poultry Raiser trophy from Koscoe Hill, Lincoln hatcheryman, after winning first place in the nationwide Hy-Linc Farm Flock Laying Contest. Under Miss Bockelman's good management her 1121 lly-Lme layers shelled out 32,774 eggs in 12 months to make an average of 270.9 eggs per bird. Second place went to Mrs. Coy Gilbert, Milo, Iowa, whose hens averaged 270.6 eggs. Poultry raisers from nine states vied for the national honor. A similar contest is now in progress in which more than 1300 farm flocks in 20 states have been entered. Charles Walden cf the Plattsmouth Creamery, local distribu tors for the Hy-Line Chicks in this area, reports that to this date they have delivered and booked nearly three times the number of Hy-Line Chicks as in any previous year, and with a late season just getting underway. Mr. Walden stated that here in Cass County are numerous farm flocks that surpass the 200 egg per year mark. crag 543 &thw tw- vw ' 4 V 1H . .-.mM&m-:.: . .-j.- KIXG OF THE CATS . . . Tlash (that's his namel. ra-nd old man of the rat world, poses grandly alongside his birthday cake, proud of attaining his 24th birthday anniversary. Owned by Mrs. Lena Elligan of Chicago. Flash is something of a Methuselah in the animal king dom, the average life span of a cat being around 12 years. And he has eight more lives to live! Senator Metzger to Talk to the' C of C Tonight This evening at the main din ing room of the Rainpy coffee shop at 6:30 Senator William A. Metzger will be a gu?st of honor and discuss with the members of the Chamber of Commerce many of the facts regarding the legislation before the present unicameral body. Senator Metzger with the benefit of several terms exper ience in the legislature, is able to give the membership a very clear insight into the workings of the body and the importance of much of the legislation that they will be called upon to con sider in the remainder of the session. Some of the large items of "must" legislation is yet to be passed upon and it will be a very fine opportunity for the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce to gain some valuable in formation from the viewpoint of an experienced legislator. Senator Metzger is making the trip here to give his opin ion and facts as he may have learned them in the days of the present session and as well to gain from the local member ship their views of pending leg islation. In addition to the tax meas ures that are still to be faced there is also the highly contest ed matter of the rights of the state normal schools to grant B A degreees to their students that may wish to attend these schools, as well as others that involve the state highway pro gram and operation of this im portant part of the state pro gram. RETURNS TO COAST ; Forrest Rhodes has departed , for his home in Lynwood, Cali fornia,, following a visit with the members of the Edward Donat family here. Forrest was called to Washington, Kansas by the death of his father who passed away April 9th at the age of 91 ' years. Funeral services were held at Washington on Tuesday, ' April 12th. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest ! Rhodes are former residents of Plattsmouth. Mrs. Rhodes being Rose Donat before her marriage. J..W. Philpot of near Nehawka was a visitor in Plattsmouth the past week to enjoy meeting a few of the old friends. Death of Rita Libershal j Early Tuesday The calling of Miss Rita Lib ershal. 31. to the last rest early Tuesday morning brought a profound shock to the hundreds of friends in this city where she has lived her lifetime. She was born in Plattsmouth. April 16, 1918. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Libershal. and grew up in this community, where she was graduated from the local high school in the class of 1936. Since leaving school she has been a very active figure in the community, as she was engaged for a number of years in the office of the Plattsmou'h Water company as clerk and in the past few years has been en gaged in a clerical capacity at the office of the Cass County Welfare department, remaining there until her failing health made necessary her leaving the post. She has in recent month;, been largely confined to her home by the illness. There is surviving her pass ing, the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Libershal. two sisters. Mrs. Joe Noble, Downers Grove. Illinois, and Patricia of this cir y. Also surviving is a niece and the aged grandmother. Mr John Libersal. Sr., aged 93. The funeral services will c held Saturday morning at 9 a. m. at the St. John's Cathol'c church and the burial at th? Holv Sepulchre cemetery. Visiting hours at the Sattler funeral home will be Friday from 7 to 8 p. m. and recitation of the Rosary at 8 o'clock, at the funeral home. Sam Archer in Critical Condition Old time friends of the Sam Archer family in Cass county, will regret to learn that Mr. Archer is in very critical condi tion at a Los Angeles hospital where he was taken some time ago. Mr. Archer last summer ob served his 90th birthday anni versary at the home in Pomona, where he has resided for the past ten years with his daugh ter. Mrs. Viola Archer Adams and family. He has been grad ually failing in health and the condition developed that has made necessary the amputation of a leg. Mr. Archer is a brother of Mrs. E. M. Buttery and Mrs. Julius Hall of this city, who are an xiously awaiting word from the bedside of their brother. POSTMASTER EXAMINATION The following is an announce ment by the U. S. Civil Service commission. Washington 25. D. C. of an examination for the posi tion of Postmaster at Nehawka, Nebraska. Application blanks may be ob tained at the Nehawka postoffice. The examination will be held at Weeping Water, Nebraska. All applications must be on file with the U. S. Civil Service com mission." Washington 25. D. C. not later than May 12, 1949. The date for the examination will appear on the admission cards mailed to applicants after the above closing date. BAPTIZED SUNDAY Mrs. Marguerine Covt cele brated her birthday Sunday by being baptized and confirmed at the St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church by Rev. E. J. Moritz. Her daughter. Luella. was also baptized. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. Funeral Service for Edward Jay Baedeker Held As the new day was dawning in the early morning hours of last Friday, one of our beloved citizens was called from this earthly tabernacle to the land of eternal rest. Edward Jay Boedeker, the son of sturdy, pioneer. Christian parents Adolph and Matilda Boedeker was born in Cass coun ty, Nebraska, about one mile north of Murray on May 28th. 180. and departed this life April 15, 1949. at the age of fifty-nine years, ten months and seventeen days. When Edward was about one year old. his parents with him and his elder brother. Frank, moved to what has long been biown as the Ad Boedeker farm southwest of Murray, where "Ed" as h" was affectionate!',- known. rrew to manhood. Here he at tended the public schools and aided his parents and brothers in the labor and duties so essential find common to farm life at the urn or the centurv. On April 27. 1916. he was united in mar riage o Vivian Claire Fitzatrick of Imperipl. Nebraska. To this bannv rnion one daughter. Osa Marie, was born. Snnn nfter-their ma'-riae. Ed and Vivian moved n te farm northeast of Weep ing Water where Ed with his na tural aniitv.de for modern farm ing practices studied and de veloped his farm throughout the intervening vears to one of the most convenient and productive units in eastern Nebraska. He nocsessed unusual abilitv in iudine" and ennq for livestock, and took iustifiable pride in dis ""Ur'ina his well finished cattle. Tt was with considerable reluc tance that las year he and his w'f" deeidd to retire from the active duties of the farm and rnvf to their nv; home in Weenin Wntpr. but their hnnes and ambitions of eniovin? this retirement was nuicklv erded by (cr.ntiriKd oa pae.p 3) Gravmoor Plant Sold But No Local Change Charles G. Babian, general manaeer for Gravmoor Fash ions Inc.. operator of the Platts mo'iTh Manufacturing comnany at the American Legion building here, stated todav he had re ceived word from J. W. M. Schaefr. president of Gray moor Fashions, that the P'aUs mouth plant had been sold to Mr. Ted Hurley, formerly in rharee of sales at Graymoor Fashions. There will be no anticipated chanee in the local management. The plant will close from April 22 for inventory and re-organization. Th5 present plans indicate re opening May 2. 1949. The new owner is a former buyer for the Montgomery Ward company for their great store svstem. International to Stage Demonstration The Stites Implement Co.. of Plattsmouth and Union, are sDonsoring a demonstration on Friday from 11 a. m. to 7 n. m. at the Acklpv farm, a cmarter of a mile north of the Union corn er on highwav No. 75. The demonstration wiU give the public the oDDortunity of seeing some of the latest and most ud to the minute farm ma chinery produced by the Inter national Harvester Comnany. The Farmall "C" Tractor will be featured in the demonstra tion that will also include mounted dIow. pull tyie plow, lister cultivators and disc har rows. Everyone interested in the latest farm machinery are in vited to attend. MOTOR CAUSES ALARM Th fire rinartment was call ed out this (Thursdavt afternoon by an overheated motor in the basmnt of the Lusch cleaners. The fire department, was on the scen at once and the daneer of firp rherkfd. Thf alarm caused considerable excitement in the business section of the city. TO UNDERGO OPER ATION j Mrs. Frank Strousrh. of this i 'itv. wo has not been in the best of health for somet.im. was taken Wednesday to Omaha :whur shp entr-"d the Mthodis" hospital. Mrs. Sfroueh spend sometime in being trealed and will then undergo an operation. I Tatronize Journal Advertisers. PHS Wins from Louisville, Score 7 to 2 The PHS Eluedevils literally stole a baseball game Tuesday from Louisville High School. Coach York's baseballers brought the game out of the fire by stealing 10 bases and collecting nine well timed hits. Goodinheld play coupled with the excellent mound work of Merle Dasher netted the Blue devils a 7-2 win. Dasher allow ed five hits and whiffed 11. Captain Robbin Nierste and Dasher were the powers at the plate along with a well hit triple by Bill White early in the game. R. Brown of Louisville had things well in hand up to the fatal sixth. He was pitching four hit ball and had sent 14 Bluedevils back to the dug out via the three strike route before his arm pave way and Wegener replaced him for the rest of the game. Louisville had a 2-0 lead at the last of the fourth with equal distribution of hits at the plate. Also the Louisville boys weren't quite as raaged in the error de partment, having only one error for the seven innings matched with six for PHS. It is the hope of Coach York and the American Leaion Man ager Russ Nielsen that the Blue devils will get enough experience during the school baseball season to have a red-hot Legion ball team for the summer program under Nielsen's tutelage. Plattsmouth R H 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 9 H 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 . Ashbaush. N. 1 Geschke 0 Hi Id 1 lAshbaugh. G 0 Ofe. C 0 White. B 0 1 Brookhouser. D 1 1 March. R 0 'Nierste. R 1 McCormick. B 1 .Tanecek 1 (Dasher 1 TOTAL 7 Louisville R Weeener 0 Salberg. S 0 Kraft 0 Enselkemier 0 I Brown. L 0 ; Rrown. R 1 1 0 0 i Webel . . Sneak . . Ervin . . Salberg. C 0 : Addvman 0 Mnsnn 0 TOTAL 2 Armbnist Batted for Addvman 0 0 0 -Tudsre Graves Has j Busy Court Session ! Judge C. L. Graves has had a busy time in the municipal court i the past few days with a run of : traffic law violators that have I left the treasury richer by sev : eral dollars. George XV. Spoker. arrested by Officer Hanes. posted a cash i bond of $7 that was forfeited in court. The charge against the defendant was that of speeding. I Donald Christman was charged ' with having improper license , plates and gave a cash bond of 1 $10 that was forfeited in court. ! Emil Heckman was charged i with failing to stop at a stop ! sign and was given a fine of $3 ; and costs for the offense. ! Arthur L. Larson was arrested ! and charged with speeding and i placed a S6 cash bond that was forfeited in court, j Carl W. Norquist was taken in i on a charge of reckless driving j and his cash bond of $10 was ! forfeited in court. Court House Uriels Petition was filed in the "nuntv court Wednesday by Mary Hunteman. asking for the Drobate of the estate of her husband. Henry Hunteman de- I ceased of near Avoca. The peti I tion asks for the appointment of H. A.: Crozier of Weeping Water as the administrator. The es tate is estimated at real estate of the value of $207,000 and per sonal property of $30,000. Complaint was filed in the county court against LeVail Schnirl, charging him with dis turbing the peace at Green wood. A second count of giving j liquor to a minor was dismissed by County Attorney Walter H. 'Smith. Judge Peck after hear ing the case imposed a fine of $5 and costs on the defendant for disturbing the peace. In the office of the clerk of j the district court Wednesday . 'petition was filed in the Mat-j FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT . . . The American Institute of Archi tect honored its most illustrious member, Frank LloTd Wright, hy awarding him its annual Gold Medal at a convention banquet in Houston, Tex. He is shown receiv ing the award from Douglas W. Orr ( right I of New Haven, Conn, president of the institute. Knights Templar Hold Conclave at Hastings The 77th annual conclave of the Knights Templar of Nebras ka opens today at Hastings and a very large number is expected to attend the meeting from all parts of the state. John J. Wilson of Lincoln, grand commander, will preside ever the conclave. The program will feature competitive full form openings and Knights Templar drills Thursday after noon and the annual grand commandery banquet in the evening. Sir Knight Harold O. Garwood. Aberdeen. South Da kota, grand commander of the grand commandery of South Dakota, will be the principal speaker. Officers of the grand com mandery comprise: John J .Wilson, Lincoln, grand commander. i Arthur W. Mt-lville. Broken pfBow. grand commander. William F. Evers. Plattsmouth. grand generalissimo. Dr. George K. A. Leschinsky. Grand Island, grand captain general. Thomas D. Thomas. Columbus, grand senior warden. George O. Sizemore. North Platte, grand junior warden. Ruben E. Knight. Alliance, grand treasurer. Carl R. Greisen, Omaha, grand recorder. Rev. Frank E. Pfoutz. Lincoln, grand prelate. Charles O. Showalterm. Oma ha, grand standard bearer. Guy L. Raber. Scottsbluffs. grand sword bearer. John G. Morris, McCook, grand warden. A. G. Reid Reported as Being Improved William Atchison, Jr.. of Elm wood was in the city Tuesday to look after some matters of busi ness and while in the city called at the court house to visit with a number of the old friends. Mr. Atchison states that A. G. Reid. prominent resident of the west part of Cass county, a form er county commissioner, is show ing improvement in health. He has been at the Mayo clinic at Rochester. Minnesota, and while there underwent surgery, his re sponse has been very good. It is hoped he may soon be able to return to Elmwood. The failing health of Mr. Reid was primari ly responsible for his resignation from the position of county commissioner. ter of the Estate of Mary Ers kine, deceased, by the adminis tration, W. L. Dwyer. making : application to sell real estate ; to pay expenses of admmistra- ; tion and debts. In the office of the clerk of ; ' the district court Wednesday j an action was fined entitled. Mable Ruhga vs. The heirs, de visees, legatees, personal repre sentatives and all others claim ing any interest in or to the es tate of Clyde McNamee. deceas ed, o ther north half of lot 1, block 8, Fleming & Race addi tion to the city of Weeping Water, and to quiet title to plaintiff. Petition was filed by Robert Grassman asking for determina tion of heirship in the estate of Hilliard Grassman, also known as Wesley Hilliard Grassman. The (Continued on Page Eight) Chicago Avenue Flood Basin Plans Near Completion For the first time in this ar a Soil Conservation experts v. ill have the opportunity of devel oping a flood control project in coniunction with a soil conser vation program, according o plans announced this week by Atty. Paul E. Fauquet. chairman of the Chamber of Commerce I Flood Control Cimmittee. Working with committeemen IE. J. Richey. Fred Lugsch. Hugh ' Slander and Ray Wiysel. Mr. Fauquet reports that 75 per cent of the acreage in the Chi cago Avenue Basin has been signed up. Comprising some GOO acres to the south of the Louis ville road, this water shed, re sponsible for thousands of acre feet of water pouring down the avenue following heavy rains, will be brought under control. Working in complete harmony with land owners in this area. ; the soil conservationists plan the construction of terraces ex tending through the acreages from the Louisville Road to 'Highway 75 and beyond, with a complete disregard for fence ' lines. Possibly several small re tarder dams will be constructed in the deep gullies in the area, with the complete project con structed in a manner that will not only be of great benefit to the lands involved, but is ex pected to control and retard : run-off waters responsible for the serious flooding during the spring and summer months. Tentative plans as of this elate call for the initial dirt moving job to get underway on Thurs day of next week. At this time it is expected that Dr. G. E. Con dra. together with his group of technical assistants from the University of Nebraska will be here to supervise the starting of the project. In addition. Mr. Fauquet and his committee plan ground breaking ceremonies to include talks by prominent per sonages from state headquar ters.together with heads of loc ;al organizations to cammemor i ate this eventful occasion. It is hoped a complete pro gram will be ready for publica tion in Monday's Journal. Chris Metzger Talks on Live stock Exchange The Rotary club at the reg ular weekly luncheon on Tues ; day had the unusual pleasure of hearing a discussion of the live stock business from one of the best informed men in this section of the state. Chris E. , Metzger of Cedar Creek, long active in the live stock market 'at Omaha, and a former presi ident cf the live stock exchange. Mr. Metzger took up in detail !the functions of the activities of ; the Omaha live stock exchange :and similar exchanges through the United States. through which the live stock transac tions of the country is operat ed. The Omaha exchange is one 'of the largest in the nation and Mr. Metzger's work there had made him very conversant wkh the functions of the exchanges. :He told many interesting ex : periences in t he buying and sell . ing of livestock and the activi ties of the many bureaus per taining to the production, pro cessing and delivery of meat to the consumers. Attorney Richard Peck was i lie program chairman and pre sented Mr. Metzger to the mem ;bers of the club. ! President J. Howard Davis was the presiding officer and was greeted by one of the best attendances in several weeks, a matter that was most gratifying to him. , H. C. Yeager of Nebraska City was a guest of the club for the ; luncheon. Friday Holiday in Plattsmouth Friday will be Arbor day in Nebraska, the one holiday that this state has given to the na tion, the birthday of J. Sterling Morton, whose message in early day was "Plant a Tree." In honor of the holiday, the Plattsmouth State bank will be closed all day and the offices at the Cass county courthouse will also be closed and the officials and clerk have a day off. Otherwise the day will be just Friday with all stores open and the shops and other industrial plants right on the job. Use Journal Want Ads