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TTD-OE tPlATTMODtD QJD&rMO. PUBLISHED oC" VvrEEKLY Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers i ii 6- VOLUME 64 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1949 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 42 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Senator Metzger Tells of Work of the Unicameral Thursday evening Senator William. A. Metzger, represent ing Cass and Sarpy counties in the state legislature, was in Plattsmouth and guest speaker at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. It was an occa sion that all very much appre ciated, the remarks of our able courageous representative gave all a much better insight into what the legislature is new do ing, and some of the demands that are made on it. Senator Metzger demonstrated in his re marks that he has given the study of government and the needs of Nebraska as he sees them much thought and is not afraid to present his position on any of the vital matters of the day. The business session was held preceding the talk of Senator Metzger. County Commissioner W. F. Nolte was present as a guest of R. W. Knorr and was welcomed by the membership. President R. R. Furse extend ed the greetings of the Chamber of Commerce to the lady mem bers present, Ruth Patton. coun ty treasurer and Lucille Horn vanit-!,. register oi neecis. ine !preparec) by the consulting eng president urged a greater par- ; ineers, Henningsen Engineering ticipation by the woman of the j COmpany of Omaha, community in the civic body, j District No. 95 is the block Harold Alkire of the street , from 6th to 7th on First avenue markers committee, reported ; or Pearl street, district No. 96 the Progress that has been made ' is that block from 61n to 7th on on the plans and praising the Avenue A or Vine street, and excellent work of Chairman district No. 98 is the block on Don Arundel. The committee Avenue A or Vine street from had secured the aid of the city to 8ln street council in underwriting $126 to The representatives of the get the marker program under ! consulting engineers presented way, providing for 18 street j the estimate of the districts, markers in the business section, j that of districts 95 and 96 being The committee planned to sell j concrete, eight inches thick and street numbers to the residents j forty feet Wide. District No. 98 to pay for the cost of the mark- j being a residential street the ers. Attorney Paul E. Fauquet of the flood control committee, re ported that good progress had been made on the Chicago ave nue basin. There had been four large acreages signed tip - for soil conservation to make a de iinate start on the work. Mr. Fauquet stated that it was planned to stage a small pro gram on Thursday, April 28th at 11 a. m. near the scene of the acreage, to which all desiring are to be invited. Dr. G. E. Con dra and members of his staff are to be here and take part. Mr. Fauquet stated it was a de finate and favorable -start on the soil conservation program. E. H. Wescott pronosed a ex- I pression of commendation to R. R. Furse and the Journal for (Continued on Page Six) Death of Fred Hawkins at Chicago Word has been received here of the death Sunday of Fred Hawkins. 62. a former resident of Plattsmouth and Havelock at Chicago. The death was caused from heart attack. Mr. Hawkins, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Hawkins, made his home in Plattsmouth where the family resided prior to moving to Havelock. where Fred spent a number of years working in the Burlington shops. In later years the family j have resided in Chicago where ! he was also engaged in railroad j Evangelical and Reformed work. I church will hold its regional He was in the U. S. navy in j conference at Atlantic, Iowa, world war one and since the on Thursday, April 28 instead war has lived a greater part of j of Tuesday, April 26th as an the time in the east. nounced. Please call Mrs. Louis There is surviving the wife Naeve. and three children, one broth- er, Lester of Lincoln; two sis ters, Mrs. Grace Bainbridee. Lincoln and Mrs. Gladys Hickly of Ridgway, Colorado. The funeral will be held in Chicago. Joe Knoflicek Attends Meeting Joe Knoflicek of Plattsmouth, is in Lincoln. Nebraska, attend ing a two dav sales Seminar be ini conducted bv the Bankers Life Insurance Comnanv of Ne braska at the Cornhusker Ho tel. Mr. Knoflicek earned the pri vilege to attend the meeting by the production of a required volume of business during the first three months of 1949. While there he will attend two full days of business meetinTS and on the evenins of ADril 20th will be a enest of the company at a special dinner. Miss Wilma Mumm and Rich ard Sack returned Sunday night from Gothenberg. Nebraska, where they have been visiting the past few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Sack. I Proceeds of 1949 1 March of Dimes The last proceeds of the 1949 March of Dimes as reported i from the various towns of Cass I county is as follows: Alvo $ 189.45 Murdock 41.00 Union 175.58 Greenwood 191.05 South Bend 53.85 Eagle 52.35 Avoca 388.70 Murray 27.0G Louisville 277.83 Elmwood 275.00 Nehawka 93.38 Plattsmouth 1,500.74 Manley 93.23 Cedar Creek G2.45 Weeping Water 233.76 Rural Schools 66.40 Total $3,729.89 Shirley Jacobs, Cass County Chairman. City Council Adopt Estimate for New Paving The city council held a spec ial session Friday evening at the city hall to act on the adoption of the estimate of cost of pav ing in districts No. 95, 96 and 98, concrete paving will be six inches thick and a twenty-six foot street. The estimated cost of the paving in district No. 95 is $14, 890.25 and in district 96 is $15, 290.20. The cost of district No. 98 is $3,721.45. It was stated by the engineers that the state highway depart ment would pay for a strip 12 foot wide in the paving but not expending more than $5,000. The state share in the paving will be $2,500 in each block. The state is not participating in the cost of the paving in dis trict No. 98, all twenty-six feet of the roadway being assessed against the property in the dis- trict Audrey Dow Now Much Improved Miss JLijdrey Dow, deputy ii the office of Register of Deeds, Lucille. Horn Gaines who has been taking treatments follow ing an operation for a gland operation on her throat, is now very much better. She has been able to discontinue the treatments from a specialise at Omaha and will be able to re sume her usual activities at tho office. This will be most pleas ing to the many friends over the I county. Change of Date The Woman's Guild of the Court House Brieh In the county court Saturday Henry L. Garrett was arraigned on a Jour court indictment charging him with intoxication, operating a motor vehicle while j Vernon A. Smith was arraign under the influence of intox-jed before Judge Thomas E. icating liquors, assault and bat- (Dunbar charged with grand lar tery, driving a motor vehicle ! ceny. The defendant denied while drivers license suspended. ! that a FBI report on Verner The defendant made a plea of ! Ambrose Smith, was his. also guilty to the charge of intoxi- J denying the finger prints. The cation and not guilty to the t matter was held over by the other three charges. Case was set for trial by Acting Judge Richard Peck for Tuesday, April 26th. Bond was fixed at $100 that was supplied and the de fendant released until the trial. Petition was filed in the es tate of Edward J. Boedeker, de- ceased, asking for the probate of the estate and the appoint- ment of Vivian Boedeker, widow as the adminitratrix Petition was filed in the es tate of George Oberle, deceased, asking for the probate of the estate and the appointment of Ida Oberle, widow as the ad ministratriz. Carl Ganz, of Lin- Kathy 's Family Overwhelmed ViSfe iSPw J&.??L. JSI $dPy f wjgj Mr. and Mrs. David Fiscus sit stunned on the porch of their modest home in San Marino. Calif., following funeral services for their three-year-old daughter, Kathy, who tugged at the hearts of the world while trapped in a 14-inch well casing nearly 100 feet deep in the earth. Shown at the right, still bewildered by the fatal tragedy, are Kathy's sister, Barbara Fiscus, 9, and her cousin, Gus Lyon, 5, who were playing with Kathy at the time of the accident. Death of Anton M. Peterson at Early Hour Today The death of Anton M. Peter-1 son, for many years a resident of I mis community, occurred eany today (Mondayt at the farm residence of a daughter. Mrs.!arts (spelling, language, rcad- Victor Meisinger west of ini-S , city. Death came as the result of an : illness that has covered the past the civics, geography, agricul several mevths and In the last , aure, and history of Nebraska, weeks his passing was only a j It is expected that there will matter of a short time. Mr. j be some seventy-two here -for Peterson returned to Platts- the examinations, mouth from Sedalia, Missouri.; Teachers' examinations for near the first of January andjtne Tnird Grade Elemenentary has been here and at an Omaha j certificate will be conducted on hospital since that time. j Saturday, May 7 at the court- He was born in Denmark Jan-:h0use, Plattsmouth, beginning uary 18, 1878 and when six years ; at 8;00 0-ciock a. m. of age was brought to the j United States by an uncle, Ras- . . mus Peterson and was brought i I ftTTimiQQinnPF Mr. Peterson was married on November 22, 1904 to Miss Anna Hason of this city and they con tinued to make their home in this city where Mr. Peterson was employed in the Burlington shops, until 1922. He later mov ed to Sedalia. Missouri, and en tered the employ of the Missouri Pacific in their shops in that city, remaining there for seven teen years when he retired. There is surviving the widow, four daughters. Mrs. Elmer Stoehr and Mrs. Victor Meisinger of this citv; Mrs. Thomas Hamp ton. Sedalia. Missouri; Mrs. Paul Bliss. DesMoines, Iowa and five grandchildren. The funeral will be on Wed nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Sattler funeral home at 4th and Avenue A with Rev. E. C. Williams conducting the serv ices. Visitine hours at the fun eral home will be on Tuesdav evening from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m. John Chester of Alliance, is here for a visit at the home of his uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dow and family. coin, is the attorney for the es tate. In the district court Saturday court for a further check with the FBI before further action in the matter. Later the defend ant had a change of heart and asked to change his denial of the record which was received ! The group made the trip by by the court. The court sentenc- i Cotner bus, driven by Mr. Fraz ed the defendant to 18 months i ier. They were accompanied by in the state penitenitary. In the district court Saturday order for service by publication was entered by Judge Thomas E. Dunbar in the case of Anna Bowers vs. Thomas Bowers. in the case of the County of Cass vs. James Dove, et al, the names of Vilas C. Ketelhut and (Continued on Page Three) Examination for 8th Grade Certificates The state eighth grade ex aminations will be given on Monday, May 2 at the following centers: Greenwood, Louisville, : Weening- Water. Murdock. Platts- i mouth. j Tne examinations will con-. sist of a battery achievement test wnicn includes language ino i hitnrv ppnurnnhv sripnep ""O't ...... . w. . , - I ( health t, literature and arilh- metic; and a separate test on for Highways is Proposed The board of county commis sioners at their session the past week, took a step that has been urgently stressed in the past year as a move to make for more efficient conduct of the road and bridge program in Cass county that of the appoint ment of Cass County Highway Commissioner. The commissioners have ap proved the plan for the high way commissioner to be effec tive at the opening of the com ing fiscal year on July 1, 1949. This move should give the county a man that would be given charge of the supervision of the highway work in all sec tions of the county and be able to give it close attention and see that the county receives its full value for money expended, also that the work can be more effectively looked after and handled. The commissioner proposes that if satisfactory arrange ments can be made that the present county surveyor be se cured for the position and have charge of the work during the ensuing year. The move is one that should be given hearty approval as a step to try and get an organized effort for a real road program based on practical knowledge. Schools Have Fine Trip The State Capitol, Morrill Hall, penitentiory, KFAB studios and the zoo at Antelope Park were points of interested visited in Lincoln by a group of ele mentary students on Wednes- , day. April 20. i their teachers, Mrs. Katherine '. Sandin of the Fort Crook school and Mrs. Root of the Trumble j school, both in District 40 of j Sarpy county, and Neil Lancast- Ier of Oak Grove school district j oi Cass county. ! - Result getting Journal Want Ads cos as little as 35c. By Grief College Day for the Seniors on Wednesday "College Day" is Plattsmouth High School's approach to the problem of focusing the atten tion of students and parents on training beyond high school. It is being attempted as a better means of providing for its sen iors first hand information about college facilities and other train ing opportunities. Replacing the traditional pro cedure of college ,ind other school representatives coming in at various times during the year and talking to groups takpn out of classes. 'College Day-' pro vides an oraanized program in which students may compare schools and confer with repre sentatives in a situation set for it. Universities, colleges, and busi ness schools in the area have been invited to send field repre sentatives April 27. Labeled dis play tables will be provided for each school where catalogues, bulletins, year books, photo graphs and other materials con cerning the school will be ex hibited. Seniors from all Cass County Hinh Schools have been invited. Dr. Galen Saylor, professor of secondary education, will onen the half-dav session with a dis cussion of the factors to consid er in selecting a school. A free hour has been arranged for students to talk with the school representatives who will make their display tables their headquarters. Parents are in vited and urged to attend and confer with the school men. Several schools will have stu dent representatives in attend ance to talk with the' seniors abfMit campus life. Th last hour Dr. Savior will conduct a panel in which the various college representatives will anticipate "What a Fresh man Should Know About Col lege." The seniors will be given an opportunity to ask questions also. The conference is being spon sored by a Senior Guidance com mittee. In preoarins for College Dav, the committee has made a survey of senior training inter ests, mimeocraohed proerams and identification taes for those attending the program. A jun ior host or hostess will b pro vided for each representative. Arthur Wartra is Now Much Better Carl Hula and Don Warga were at Lincoln Friday evening where they called on Arthur Warga at the U. S. Veterans hospital, where he has been for the past few weeks, takine treatment for an infected condition of one of hi'' letrs. They were Dleasd fo find that Art was mifh improved and is now able to be fTp and around a ' nar' of the time and eHin? use j of his ailin? leg. He is feeling j well otherwise. . i w. f. Wartra of Denver is here for a visit for a short, time ; with his brothers, Jess and J. C. Warga and their famiies Red Cross Drive to Start Here This Week The membership drive of the American Red Cross for Platts mouth chapter is to get under way this week and it is hoped that a week of intensive drive may bring in the desired quota that will this year reach $1,400. The drive here has been de layed for weeks owing to bad weather conditions and roads, as well as the fact that it was difficult to get any group or effeclive leadership back of the movement. The members of the Junior Woman's club, an organization that has aided in many of the i community drives in the past, i have agreed to head the work land will be out this week to so ! licit the donations from the i men and women of this com- munity for the Red Cross. The expenditures of the Red Cross in the past two years has i been larger than usual, that ! causes the demand to be larger 'in the drive than otherwise. The city is being divided into thirteen zones and the Junior Club ladies will be busy from now on in soliciting the needed funds. A donation to the Amer ican Red Cross is something that will bring a great return : to the donor in many ways and mean help in aid to communi ties over the nation in time of disaster and need, such as no other organization can give. In addition to the thirteen zones in the city, the following 'school districts will be asked to turn in their donations and school officers are being con tacted to get their organizations in the field. The school dis ; tricts in this area are No. 2. No. '28. No. 29. No. 37 and No. 42. , In the Plattsmouth drive, Mrs. I George Thun has been named I as the chairman and will at once j start the campaign rolling, ' hoping to get the amount rais ; ed by the first of the month. Chairman Walter H. Smith of j the local chapter, is hoping that i all that can get into the cam paign and do their part in put i ting over the drive. The Red i Cross dollar will go far toward helping a lot of people. ! Cass County Agent Receives Scholarship Five Nebraska county agricul- tural agents have been awarded I Ak-Sar-Ben scholarships for ad ' vanced training at the University ! of Nebraska's summer session. Among the agents selected for ' this recognition was C. H. ! Schmadeke. Cass county agent, I who has served in that capacity I for a number of years. The agents were selected bv a committee composed of the asso j ciate director of extension. H. G. i Gould, and the district super ! visors of county agents. Howard Buf fett Has Short Visit Here Howard Buffett of Omaha ! former congressman from the second district of Nebraska, was j in Plattsmouth for a few hours Friday afternoon, being out to J look after his business interests I as he is engaged in operating investment interests in Omaha. Mr. Buffett. while in the city,! was a caller at the Journal for a short social visit with R. R. Furse, Journal publisher, as well as other friends of the past years. William Howland and Jim Al kire, who are attending the Uni- I veiciLji ji iirumsaa wcricr licit: over the week end to enjoy a I visit with their parents and the I many old school friends. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads i I''ll -" -j' vm msmmfamvwi jj mi mw i . -L a-- -'J CANCER DRIVE GAINS MOMENTUM . . . Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Edward F. B&rtelt (left) national chairman for federal employees' participation in the cancer campaign, shows Mrs. Harry S. Truman, national honorary vice-chairman for cancer control, a new poster now beLn used to spur the campaign towards its goal. E. C. Glddinra Washington, D. C, cancer chairman, looks on. V. Evers W. F. Evers is Deputy Grand Commander K.T. The 77th annual conclave of the Knights Templar of Nebras ka closed their sessions at Hast ings Friday with the installation of the newly elected officers. Arthur W. Melville of Broken Bow was selected as the grand commander for 1949 at the con clave. William F. Evers of Platts mouth. one of the outstanding figures in Nebraska Masonary, and the superintendent of the Masonic Home in this city, was named as the deputy grand commander, advancing from the position of grand generalis simo that he had filled in 1918. Other officers named were: Generalissimo George K. Lesch insky of Grand Island; Captain General Thomas D. Thomas of Columbus: Senior Warden George C. Sizemore of North Platte; Charles O. Showakter of Omaha; Treasurer Reuben E. Knight of Alliance; Recorder Carl R. Griesen of Omaha; Pre late Frank E. Pfoutz of Lincoln; Standard Bearer Guy Raber of Scottsbluff ; Sword Bearer John G. Morris of McCook; Waidcr Donald Keys : of Lincoln and Captain of the Guard Donald Willhoite of Superior. The Auburn Commandery Drill Team was awarded first place in drill competition with Lincoln second and Omaha third. The Lincoln team was first in the full form opening competition. At the past commander ban quet which preceded the con clave a record attendance of 172 was set. The following officers were named by that group: President Glenn A. Etter of Scottsbluff; Vice-President Earl W. SchiAtz of Hastings and Re cording Secretary Harold H. Thorn of Omaha. Attending the grand com mandery from Mt. Zion com mandery No. 5 of this city were William F. Evers. grand gener alissimo; Robert M. Mann, com mander, Lester Shrader. stand ard bearer, Edward F. Wehrbein, past commander. Funeral for War Hero at Weeping Water Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon. April 28, at the Weeping Water Methodist church for Roy Walters, son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Wal ters, whose death occurred Au gust 23. 1945. in France, while in the service of his country. The body will reach Weeping Water Tuesday evening. The American Legion will have charge of the service. UNDERGOES OPERATION Miss Naomi Roloff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Roloff, is at the St. Joseph hospital at Omaha where she has undergone an operation for appendicitis. The patient is reported as doing very well and hopes to be home soon. Historical Group Hears of Power Canal Projects The Cass County Historical society held their regular meet ing on Wednesday, April 20ih. at the main dining room of thr Hotel Plattsmouth. with a very line attendance of the member ship from over the county. Dr. G. II. Gilmore, president., presided and Mrs. Chas. Spang ler of Murray, the secretary, served as the keeper of lh minutes. The speaker of the meeting was Attorney A. L. Tidd. one oi' the active leaders of the group, a deep student of the history of Plattsmouth and Cass county. Mr. Tidd had chosen as his sub ject that of projected power canals in Cass county, and showed the deep study and in vestigation that he had made of i this subject in his historical re search. The principal canal di.s- ; cussed was one that had been proposed in 1901 along the Platte river north of this city, that the promoters had vision- ; ed as supplying water power sufficient to manufacture 12. horse power. This canal had been urged and supported by the business leaders and finan ciers of that day. including the late C. C. Parmele, T. E. Par- :mele, J. M. Patterson, Frank J. Morgan and D. C. Morgan and H. C. McMaken. It offered many possibilities for water power, but was never placed in opera tion. Mr. Tidd presented i he society with a copy of the his tory of Plattsmouth compiled by Robert Foster Patterson, the principal of the high school here : and had been used as a thesis for his work at the University of Nebraska. Mr. Tidd also has compiled a ; series of sketches of pioneer trails of Cass county, a piece of work that will' b? invaluable in the years to come to the resi dents of the county as a matter of historical data. , Attending the meeting from , more distant points were Wil :lard Clapp. of Elmwood and George Hall of Alvo. Funeral of Rita I Ann Libershal The funeral services of Rita Ann Libershal. whose death ear ly Wednesday morning had , brought such a deep sorrow in the community, was held on Saturday, April 23rd at 9 a. m. at the St. John's Catholic church. The church was filled to its capacity by the many friends of the departed and her family to join in their expressions of sor row at her passing. The requiem mass of the church was celebrated by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor George Apius 'with Father John Kelly, assist -; ant pastor, giving the eulogy for ! the departed. The body was laid to the last rest in the Holy Sepulchre ceme tery in the west part of the city. ; The pallbearers were relatives and old friends. Stanley Hall. i Edward Xesling. Harry Schmitt. Eugene Meisinuer. Harold Mei singer. Francis Meisinger. Sprinsr Now is Surelv With Us One of the surest signs that the spring season is definitely here, desoite cool morninps and cloudy days, was sen Saturday cn Main street. This was the annearance of Bob Andrews, vet eran rivcrman. and also on of the best ehfs in the world in "rPDarin" a dish of fried catfish. Bob anpeared with his summer straw hat that he has snorted for the summers of recent years. RECEIVED INTO SHRINE The annual snrincr ceremonial of Sesostris temnle of the Shrine at Lincoln the nast week received a large number of cmid'dntcs vho were fittingly received into this b-nnch of the Minnie or der. lmonor he candidates that were "iven the desree work were nvo from Cas countv. County Co'v'miscioner Herman L. Borne mejer of Aivo and Corliss M. Tot man of Elmwood. POI,ICE CO TtT NOTES Tn the -noiiee court of Judge ",pn-1es I.. Onvs rn Friday a ! hpaHnT 'i-is held on he com- in?nt fi!ed ncroin.st T?ilnh H. TnHq TpdinnanoMs TnrHana. hi vrhirV, p rhrfreH with ; ;rotHinq-. He W-T "ivofi n fine i of $15 and costs for the offense. Tf. B. JonPS of p,prMtt. Iowa. wis n visitor her" Saturday to look after his trading and visit ing with friends.