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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER YME PtLATTTSIdBUTM JfTOrMQ. Largest Paid Circulation of AH Cass County Newspapers PUBLISHED ;eekly e - l a v-Th u r ? (1 a y volume g4 Vroman Named Head of the Forty and Eight Tne regular monthly meeting of La Societe Des 40 Hnmmcs pr b Chevaux was held Thursday evening at the club rooms in the Ruse building with a very fine attendance of the member ship to take part in the annual elections of officers. The election was the chief : grafting. The toe was injured so business of the evening and the ' bacJ1y tnat the graft would not following were chosen for the take ancl as tne result it was re coming year: ; moved. It is hoped that in a Chef de Gare E. O. Vroman. short time ne may be able to be Chef de Train Robert Cap- , back on nis Jb at the office. pell. Commissire E. Olson. Condueteur- Intendent Albert -Thomas J. Wall- mg. Garde de la Porte Leslie W. Kiel. LampiSte Frank M. Commis Voygeur Rice. Louis Baumgart. Medicine Fred J. Feldhousen. Cheminots Locale Fred Lugsch. Charles.Attebery, Frank II. Smith, Thomas Walling, C. E. Ledgway. Robert Cappell. The following officers were appointed for the year by the new chef e'e gare: Correspondant Lloyd Beh h rends. Aumonier Oliver Schriber. Publicist Frank Smith. Advocat C. E. Ledgway. Clyde Rosborough, retiring chef de gare was named as the grand cheminot for the year. On behalf of the voiture. Fred Lugsch made the presentation of the past chef jewel to Clyde Rosborough. Members of the club commit tee for a term of three years were named by the retiring chef de gare. W. R. Holly and Lloyd Behrends. Delegates elected to the grand promanade to be held in Omaha on July 17th were C. E. Ledgway, Lloyd Behrends. E. O. Vroman, Fred Lugsch. Charles Attebery, R. T. Cuthrell. Alternates were: Albert Olson, Thomas Walling, Oliver Schiber, Walter J. Wund erlich, Elmer Hallstrom, L ,W. Niel. Tour Corners' Made Safer for Travel Sheriff Tom Solomon had his prisoners that are now pants of the county jail, out this past week to enjoy the sunshine and get a little needed exercise. i, . i . i . : ti. l 1 er.s", highway intersection south of Plattsmouth. This junction of the Rock Bluffs road with that leading east to the Missouri river and west, to the Horning cemetery, is very heavily traveled and in the past a number of accidents have occurred there because the view of the intersection has been ob scured from each direction. The sheriff has had all of the ! wsung at me nome in uie care underbrush and shrubs removed of the Parents and the home, or trimmed, so that a clear view! t ; can be had from vehicles an- j LEAVES FOR WEST proaching from any of the! Mr. and Mrs. R. C Jahrig left roads, enabling the drivers to i Sunday via t h e Burlington, check their cars or trucks as Union Pacific and Southern thev come into the intersection. : Pacific railroads for a ten-day This niece of work is one that i visit on the west coast with re all of the residents in that lo- latives and friends. They will cality will hail as a means of more safety on the highway, as well as ereatly imnroving the looks of that nart of the coun try. The sheriff and the men doina- the work are to be com mended for the fine iob in the interest of public safety on the highway. Formr Treasurer Has Broken Arm The manv friends of John F Turner, former treasurer of riss roun'v. will resrret to learn that Mr. Turner has hpn laid nn as thr result of a fall at his homo jn Lincoln. Mr. Turner was Drenarin"' to d"srfnd to the basemen4" of the home and as h3 stared down, ho stoned on a bucket that was yfnnri'ne on the top sen of the ctoirwa". and he fU to th rtisornm-. florir. a ditanc of ppveral feet. One of the nigrb bnrs rushed h'm to the T incoln Orppral hosoital where th in inrd ?rrn was st. h" h'in" hroVen thp a-m in throo nlaes rind fi'0" susa'riad a vy se vro bruise the hnd. 1 7 time oVilo to lntor rflhirti to - fpmii" homn hiit wi'i he Asniand. n the inactive list for some Judge Thomas E. Dunbar was timn. ! a visitor in Plattsmouth today Mr. Turner is nr3"d in he i (Monday) for a short time en opratinn of nn eWatr a Alvo route to Papillion to look after since resigning as Treasurer. 1 some court business. Judge Dun- lit- w - - - . six PAGES Attorney Casey Has Operation on Foot i Friday morning Attorney i Francis M. Casey, . of this city, who on Monday. May 20th, suf fered the severe laceration of his ' foot, while operating a power j rolary lawn mover, was operat: ed on at Omaha. The accident had caused the practical severing of the big toe of the right foot and he was taken to the Doctors hospital at Omaha where it was hoped that the toe might be saved by skin Weeping Water Man Dies in Omaha June 9 The death of Clyde Fitzpat rick, 47, lifelong resident of Cass ! county, occurred Thursday night at an Omaha hospital where he has been under treatment for sometime as the result of a se vere heart condition. He has long made his home at Weeping Water. He was born in Weeping Wa ter, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzpatrick, members of a well known Cass county family. He erew up in that place and at tended the Weeping Water schools. He was married twen-tv-four years ago to Miss Doris Palmeter of Elmwood and they have since made their home in Weeping Water. He was foreman of the West ern Limestone Co.. near Weeoine Water, and was one of the long time employes of the company. Mr. Fitzpatrick was a member of the Methodist church and af filiated with the Masonic order at Weepins Water. He is survived by a dauehter. Lila Eilene of Lincoln: brothers and sisters: Mrs. Dean Duncan. Nebraska Citv: James Fitznat rick. Union: John. Union: Mrs. Marvin Troboueh. Roseburg. Ore.: Wilbur. Louisville. Neh.: Arthur. Weeping Water. His vif died two years aeo. Funeral services were held on Sunday at Weepine Water with Rev. Paul Walker conducting thp services. The interment was at the Oakwood cemetery, and the Fobson funeral home was in charge. i John W. Crabill IS occu-iQfill Quit Til John W. Crabill. long time re sident of Plattsmouth. active in the business life here, is report- ea as showing but little change in his condition at tne iamuv 1:0111" 011 iNurin 1 11 sireei. ne has not been well for some time I and ten days aeo was confined i to his bed as the result of a : stroke, he ha since been bed : fast. Mrs. Crabill has also been 1 in feeble health but is better ; now and able to assist in the work of the home. During the i illness of the parents, Mrs. i Clement Woster has been as- visit at Portland, Oregon. San Francisco and Los Angeles. Use Journal Want Ads Court House Uriels ! In the county court Friday j first hearing was had in the estate of Joe Solomon, deceas- ed, and a daughter, Edith Sol- omon, was named as the ad ministratrix of the estate. Final hearing was held in the estate of Barbara Warner, de ceased, of which Helen Warner, a daughter, is the administra trix. Marriage license was issued Friday in the county court to James Willis Rhodes, of Ne hawka and Juanita Laura John son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson, of Louisville. Today (Monday in the coun ty court marriage license was issued by Judge Richard Peck to Richard Anderson of Eagle and Lois Henricksen of Lincoln. License was also issued to Ken neth Graham of Greenwood ana Marjone Remmenea. of CHEER FOR MISS McCULLOrGII . . . Flrc-ytar-old Nancy McCu! longh, victim of nephrosis, Is encouraged by x visit from Bobby Qainn, 4!t t White Memorial hospital where", two years ajo, he was cured of the same rare disease. Below, she is shown with her mother, Mrs. Eunice McCulIough. A publio movement Is underway to help the parent meet their monthly hospital bill of $1,200 for treatment, in cluding three expensive blood serum Injections a day. Burglars Pay Visit to Wabash Elevator Office Sheriff Tom Solomon was call ed out to Wabash Thursday by a report that the elevator at Wa bash, owned by the Hart-Bart-lett-Sturdevent Grain Co., of Kansas City, Missouri, had been broken into. The breakin had occurred sometime Wednesday night, but was not discovered until Thurs day morning when the office was opened for business. The sheriff found on his arri val at the elevator that the safe in the office had been broken in to and $2.50 in change had been taken. The raider or raiders had also stolen a Burroughs adding machine, model 3, ser ial number 541439. twenty-five feet of oil hose, three cases of Quaker State oil, one cartcn of cartridges for .22 Remington, kleanbore shell. The sheriff secured some fing er prints off the cash container that developed in excellent shape and will be placed on file. So far there has been no trace of the persons breaking in the place but the officers are on the alert and hope to have some trace of the parties soon. J. G. Meisinger to Clarkson Hospital J. G. Meisinger, prominent re sident of this part of Cass coun ty, was taken to Omaha Sunday in the Sattler ambulance where he entered the Clarkson hos pital for observation and treat ment. Mr. Meisinger has not been so well of late and in his advanced age makes necessary his hospitalization for a time at least. The many friends over the county hope that he mav soon be able to return to his home. Elmer Hallstrom. Avoca bank er, was in the city Thursday to spend a few hours attending to some matters of business and visiting with the many friends. Subscribe to the Journal. I I bar will be here Tuesday to : hold a session of the court, i This morning (Monday Wil ' liam Pickens of Omaha, was in : the county court to answer , charges of driving a car while ; under the influence of intoxi cating liquor, and a second count of driving without the proper driver's certificate. The ; arrestoing officer was Police man Clifford Hanes, who stated i he had complaints from per ' sons driving on the highway that the defendant was driving ; in a manner that endangered, ! the safety of others. He was ar ' rested by Officer Hanes as he ! came into Plattsmouth. The de- fendant made a plea of guilty i to the eharges, then collapsed l on the floor of the county court i room, suffering a sudden I attack. Judge Richard gave his a sentence or thirty days in the county jail on the intoxication count, also not to drive a car for six months. On the second count he was fined $15 and costs. PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 13, Cass County Girl to State University Post Miss Doretta Schlaphcff. member of one of the best ; known families in the west part ' of Cass county, is among the ! thirty-seven graduate students ; of the college of home econo- ; mics, Cornell university, who re- j ceived advanced degrees at the i commencement exercises on : June 13th. She received her doc- j torate degree in Nutritian, Food j and Biochemistry. ; Miss Schlaphcff took her j undergraduate work at the Uni- ' versity of Nebraska. Before com- ! ing to Cornell she studied at Michigan State college at the University of tauht Arizona' taught and did research work i ed as an alternate to the acaa at the University of Nebraska. emy bi' Congressman O'Sullivan .She has accepted a position as 1 ar-d was notified the latter part associate professor of home eco- j of the week t0 report for the ex nomics at the TTnivprsir-v nf Vr laminations. braska beginning in September 1949. The Cass county friends of Miss SchlaphrfT will be pleased to learn of her success in com pleting her work and to know that she will be assigned to the teaching force of the Nebraska state university. POLICE COURT NOTES j Judge C. L. Graves has had a ! very busy time in the police j court section of his district I court. Tom O Brien. giving Benkelman, Nebraska, as his I residence, w-as in court charged ! with vagrancy and on his plea ' of guilty was fined $10 and ; costs. In failure to pay the fine j he was sentenced to work on the , streets. Harold F. Williams was i charged with making arr im-; proper turn and also destroying j property: He was fined $3 on j the improper parking charge i and $10 for destroying property.; The amounts were paid and the1 defendant released. Kenneth i Gaither was charged with ' speeding and placed a cash bond ; of $10 with the police that was ; forfeited in court. j In the police court Thursday ' Henry C. Meredith forfeited a; cash bond of $10 posted for a ! speeding charge. M. L. Boatman. I Saturday, forfeited a bond of f $10 for traffic law violations. Plattsmouth Man Not Guilty on This One Investigation is being" made by the State Highway Depart ment in cooperation with the office of Sheriff on complaint of John J. Roesel, of Hamilton. 111., who notified the local law enforcement office Saturday afternoon that a worker on the highway about 10 miles south of the city had thrown concrete on his car while passing a con struction job. Mr. Roesel, who was returning from California with his family stated that he had slowed his car when approaching the men working signs and as he pro ceeded, the worker threw a double handful of fresh con crete on th,e windshield and side of his new sedan. Herb Schwander. district high- dizzy Way engineer, is making the in Peck : vestigation and will take steps to assure a curtailment of fu ture activities of this nature. Otto Stege is building a gar- age on his place and has it nearly completed at this time. Murray-VFW Winners in Softball Games The Thursday night games in the City Softball league showed the Murray team winner by a forfeit from the Firestone team ancl the VFW crew trimmed the Martyr tavern team. In the Murray-Firestone game the contest was played with a score of 1G to 11 for the boys from Murray, but the gam? was awarded to the Murray team on a forfeiture, as the Firestone team had to use other players to cive the fans a game, not permitted by the rules and con sequently the game was in the bag for Murray. Bradley, Scha fer and Sack did the pitching and Gregg caught for Murray while Cole did the pitching for Fires' one with Ashbaugh behind the plate. In the second game of the eve ning Marty's team dropped a 9 to 0 contest to the hard fight -ina VFW tram. Bill Gochenour did the pitching for the Vets and Richards was back of the plate for the tfiim. Fridav evening the Trimble team of Omaha was here to -tangle with the fast Tim's soft ball aggregation and as the re sult the Tims were the winners "by the score of 5 to 4. The game Was a real oir with the visitors grabbing an early game lead that was later tied and passed by Tims in the fourth inning. 1 The visitors again tied up the ! game until the sixth, Hobb'a I timely blow put Tims out in J front. Earl Wiles and Fay Spi : dell were the battery for the ; local softballers and Weburch ; and Andros were the battery for ; the visiting team. James Alkire Goes ! for Examination ! James Alkire .son of Mr. and ! Mrs. Harold Alkire of this city. ! departed Saturday night for West Point, New York, where he will take examinations neces- ir" Ior admission 10 uie u. o. f Military Academy. He was nam- The examinations are very strict and will cover a period of several weeks as he was notified to be prepared to stay until the first of July in order to com plete the tests that will be nec essary. If successful, the young man will be available to admission to the academy at the first vac ancy to this training schcol for army officers. Plattsmouth already has one representative at the Academy. Edward H. Gradoville, Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grado ville. who is now one of the up per "classmen at the school. Carnival Will Continue Here for Few Days I The Frears carnival company ; that showed here the last three ' days of the past week at the : former sale barn ground on ' Chicago avenue, under the au ; spicies of the Paittsmouth Vol ! unteer fire department, will re ' main the first part of this week ! under the sponsorship of the Lepert-Wolever post of the Vet f erans of Foreign Wars, j The wrestling show proved a I very fine attraction of the com ! pany ancl drew large crowds each night and some good wrestlers were featured to en tertain the crowds that enjoy this sport. The girl show as usual proved a good drawing card for the crowds and gave a very clean and much enjoyed offering the three nights stand. The other attractions that mark the summer carnivals did a brisk business during their stay and helped entertain the crowds that filled the lot on each evening. The fire department will re alize a neat sum as their part of the take that will be used in defraying the expenses of the department for the next few months HAS APPENDECTOMY Saturday, Dean, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eiles, was oper ated on at the St. Catherine's hospital at Omaha, for a sud- j den attack cf appendicitis. The ! operation was quite successful and the young man is reported j as showing rapid progress toward recovery. 1949 KKK 'Yelps for Help' Ray Story, president of the Korn Klub, has called upon the Journal to urjre more cooperation and assistance in the stajrinjr of the Kintr Korn Karnival here in Septem ber. Several key chairmanships are yet to be filled and the time is rowin short. Plattsmouth's Kinr Korn .Karnival is the one attrac tion held here each year that has attracted nation-wide publicity. It is looked forward to each year with increas- ! intr enthusiasm by thousands of persons not onlv in the1 ' e nmiy but those from far awav states, as well. Each vear ! it becomes increasingly difficult to find persons capable j and willing to assume some of the responsibility in stagin- I the show. ! j Mr. Story states that the bijrfrest problem confront- i ; inr the corporation at this time is to find a irroup of worn- : en to take over the stajrinjr of the Koronation on the ooen- ! ins night of the show. The Korn Klub assures th.-s ! women they will furnish all the assistance necessary in preparing costumes and regalia. Others who have maii ; aged this part of the program in the past will lend their help in getting things off to a good start. After staging several Koronations, former chairmen insist that new blood is needed, and now. Here in Plattsmouth are numerous organizations headed by women of ability and vision. Some of you are going to be called upon to assist in the direction of one of the greatest attractions of the Korn Karnival. Surely, the time and effort expended in staging a show that has gained nation-wide attention is little enough to contribute to your community. If you are called upon be willing to do your part. Let's all be builders. Rains Sweep Over Eastern Nebraska Rains over a large part of eastern Ne braska but fortunately little se vere damage is reported in this section of the county. In Plattsmouth the rain start ed about 11:30 Sunday night in an easy fall that registered 1.05 for the niht. The water caused some washing in the parts of streets torn up and waiting re paving, but no serious damage was reported to the work al ready in place. North of this city toward Omaha the rain was much heavier and broueht the Papnio C4c up bank full at the south, - east part, and for a time travel was nauea at ort crooK until i increases in long distance the worst of the storm had rates Within Nebraska run about passed and the waters receded. 5 cents for initial period caKs In northern Fremont and ; for shorter mileages and slight south Mills counties, Iowa, a j ly more for loner one3 very heavy rain swept Saturday I ThP romnanv.s nnnllratinn afternoon and caused a halt to the setting out the pea crop for the Norfolk Packing Co.. of this city, the rain checking the work of the machines and making it difficult in getting the peas here to the factory. Car-Truck Crash Saturday Night Saturday evening shortly be fore 7 o'clock, considerable ex citement was caused at Third and Main street when a truck, driven by Orville Whitman of Papillion and a car of Kenneth Harold, collided just past the Main street intersection. The truck, a 1935 Ford, had turned into Third street while the car of Harold was coming north and preparing to turn in to Main street when the two crashed. In the impact the right front fender and grill of the Harold car was quite badly dam aged. The damaged car and truck were removed and the driver of the truck was taken to the city jail by the city police. This ( Monday morning the defendant was arraigned in the county court on a complaint charging him with driving while intoxicated, to this made a plea ! and friends in Spenser. They of not guilty. The hearing of had a very pleasant stay and r-3-the case was set for 10 a. m. on turned well refreshed with-with Thursday. June 16th. bv Judtre Richard Peck. The defendant posted bond in the sum of $100 for his appearance before the court. Bloodmobile Here Tuesday for Donors The Omaha Chapter of the American Red Cross will have its Bloodmobile here Tuesday to serve in gathering the donations of blood given by the residents j of Plattsmouth and vicinity in of Plattsmouth and vicinity. The response has been made by a great many of the resi dents and it is hoped that a very large number will be on hand for the tests and the do nations that will be asked. A pint of blood may save a life and will give the local people a chance to do their part by vol unteering for the -blood dona tions. ' Those who have signed and turned in cards will be notified by telephone as to the time they are to appear and make their donations. FIVE CENTS PER c r- Telephone Co. Asks Increase in Its Rates An overall increase in ex change and toll rates has been asked bv The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph comnanv in an application filed with the Ne braska State Railway commis sion. Increases apply to all of the company's 122 exchanges in southeast Nebraska. On the bas ir of the present volume of bus iness, the new rates will add about $50,000 per month or 10r; to the comoany's revenues. In general, residence rates are in creased from 25 cents to 50 cents per month, business rates from $1.00 to $1.50 per month, 'and rural residence rates from 25 cents to $1.50 per month. company s xecites that principal factors making additional revenues necessary are large expendi tures for new plant and equip ment to meet service demands, continued high costs of mater ials and supplies, and higher wage costs. Rase Motor Company 1 Installs New Pit J A new service pit is being in stalled at the Rase Motor Com pany building at Murdock this wepk. Installation required building up the entire floor at the rear end of the building to ' meet the floor level of the show rooms and shop. Mr. Rase, Chry sler and Plymouth dealer, has made extensive improvements . to his place of business during I the past two years and now has ! a most attractive and efficient I location. T Returns from Visit in Iowa Mr. and Mrs. Herb and children have Freeburg returned home from an outing of several days in northern Iowa, where they were visiting with relatives , the outing. A TEAR TO LIVE? . . . As a last resort In his battle against Incur able muscular distropby which doctors ay may caus paralysis and death in a year, five-year-old Tommy Burke of Carbondaie, Pa, leaves by Pan American clipper to visit Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima In PorturaL He's shown aboard the plana with his pet poodle, Susan. NUMBER 55 Unusual Treat for Chamber of Commerce Meet The members of the Platts mouth Chamber of Commerce will have a very fine treat af forded them on Tuesday even ing at 6:30 at the las meeting of the Chamber of Commerce lor the summer. This will be the visit fo Theodore J. Wrage, na tional affairs advisor of the northwest division of the Cham ber of Commerce of the United Stales. Mr. Wrage will bring a mci-i-age of the latest plans at Wash ington 'hat aro affvtin; t'.-.r KM - THEODORE J. H.V(-E national economy and develop ment and will bo given from the viewpoint of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Mr. Wrage was born on a farm near Ccntervilie, S. D., and after service in World War I, was graduated from the Uni versity of South Dakota with both Bachelor and Master De grees in the Liberal Arts. Mr. Wrage took graduate work in history and government at the Universities of Washington and Chicago, and served sever al years in the high schools of South Dakota, terminating his career in that field as Principal of the Senior High School of Watcrtown. South Dakota. In addition to his administrative duties, he taught American His tory and Government and In ternational Relations. He lias always been intererted in bet ter government and greater participation in the affairs of government by all ci'-iens. Mr. Wrage is National Affairs Advisor of the Northwestern Di vision of the Chamber of Com merce of the United States with headquarters at Minneapolis. lie came to the U. S. Chamber trom Watertown. South Dakota, where he served as Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. He works with Na tional Affairs Committees and officials of commercial organ izations in the states of Minne sota. Montana. Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyo ming in shaping their programs for better government. Rager's Laundry Agency Here The Ragers laundry of Glen wood, one of the well known plants of its kind in this part of the west, has established an agency in this city that is lo cated at "Tim's" hair dressing parlor, 41G Main street, oppo site the Einky-Dinky store. The hair dressing salon has just been reopened by Mrs. Wil coxen and will alo serve the residents of the city that may desire to have their laundry cared-for by this modern estab lishment. Laundry may -be left there and called for by the pa trons. Mrs. Busch Reported as Much Improved The many friends in this city will be pleased to learn that Mrs. F. B. Busch, who last Tues day underwent a major opera tion at the Clarkson hospital at Omaha, is now replying nicely and it is hoped will soon be on the highway to recovery. Mrs. Busch has not been in the best of health for sometime and it is hoped that the operation may bring her much improve ment in health. NOTICE JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB The Junior Woman's Club pic nic scheduled for this (Mon day evening has been cancell ed due to the weather. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ruhman of Denver, Colo., are visiting here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Young, friends of many years standing. r r v -