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IME tPlLATnrSKIDQJTIHl JJQDQJKrMO- PUBLISHED II-WEEKLY "&lv&- ivlonda v-Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers :gs- i Ac VOLUME G4 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1949 FIVE CENTS -R COPY NUMBER 61 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Sheriff Bans Rural Sale of Fireworks The sale of fire crackers or or.y kind of fireworks in Cass f.i;ntv outside of incorporated !.vns and villages, has been put under the ban by the ban by Sheriff Turn Solomon, he stated Wed nesday at his office in the court house. Th' various towns and vil li! t:es have the right to regulate the sale of the fireworks, as the state legislature failed to pass the law to ban them from the Sheriff proposes that1 the communities write their own : ticket in regard to the sale and ! hring" of the noisemakers. In a great many of the coun t; the larger places have ban i.td the sale of the fireworks I .;. wayside stands out of the corporative limits are set up and ; ii.e noise producers are sold to - id who have the price. This howtvtr. will not be the Case in Cass county. If the towns do not. permit the sales, then out si ;e stands will not be permit- d. which is a very commen dable move on the part of the Sheriff . A number of the towns have !': bans on the firecrackers and r.oise makers and there a- saa-s are legal out in olners '.ere is an ordinance that pro the sales and this will be .lorc-.-d. Pan ".-mouth passed an ordin-:.c-- banning the sales last year . 1343. but the ordinance was eifective until after the airth of July, giving the dcal "une to dispose of their lir.ar.ee is in full effect and will be enforced VC;"1! nou ce department, both and shooting, espec- : ". l.e business section of y where in the past a ci-ai of complaint has c: -a' ! t-v. showered on city officials na the police. It.'" Sheriff in his statement hat o ..-,;(. stands will not be it-as been a great help j oi : cials of the various : of the countv Claude Ruse Buys Building fromKKK Group C'.n :rie Ruse, local appliance cahr. has purchased the build m: at Third street and First t'-'-:..!'-. owned bv the King Jv.rn Khib for the past several s building that was built years ago for the Alfa tmil. has been used more Vaij the Dlant of the I Body 6z Manufacturing ' well constructed struc d well located in the c'ion ...ik'ii. ot the city. will be used by 'orage place for Ru, par's of the appliance store g:v s him a very much .'u adca'ion to his business. .( sale was approved by the a; of (Urcc'crs of the King :. Khab at their recent meet- K' Guest Here from New Foundland Vv'M.inru Mendinel. of Gander. .Vw Foundland. a brother of Mrs. Sophia Wolever of this city, a her..' for a visit with the sister ;r.d acquaintances in this city. He came Saturday evening and siynt the week here enjoying thus part of the west. He is en gaged m TWA work in the Amer aan bases in the wartime prov ' ' of Canada and came in for -acn aonreci.iteri snmriso nn ter and his nephew Lindv 'r. M IADS Sl MMKi: IIEKE Miss R mice Ilalmes, commer - .1 tocher at the South high -":'-o1 Omaha, is home to -' r.d the summer vacation at "a lu-me of her parents. Mr. -a. ;i vMs. William F. Ilalmes. classihVd Ad in the Journal as little as 35c. Register for "Spinnit Day 99 AT Jos. Mayer Grocery Chriswiser Studio Feldhousen Drug Warga Hardware Farley Furniture Next Sunday s Highlight of 20th Century What started out as a infor jiviiij; me iii rival of Hilt Martin of Prince ton, Illlinois, resulted in various allegations, charges and claims. mai resulted in arrangements for what will undoubtedly re sult in one of the city's most important sport events, staged at Athletic Park at noon Sun cay, July 3rd. Notes Will use RS as in those days. Martin - from hot Illinois league will appear in person Pucelik, back from retirement, claims to be better than ever. Sattler makes statement that he has great hopes on results of this game? "' Heavy Rains Retard Work on Paving This city had a succession of heavy rains in the past few days that have been a retard ing factor in the repaving of j the blocks on Avenue A and First avenue in the heart of the city, but the work is now under way and the end of the week should see the paving practically all in and soon ready for ser vice. Following the heavy storm of a week ago that reached near flood proportions on last Wed nesday, the city suffered a sec ond bad rain on Tuesday of this week when two inches of rain j brought .some water into the business section, but not of dangerous stage, aside from spots on North 6th street there was small apprehension. The water on the walks caused by obiects setting into the sewer inlets that brought ud the water before members of the fire de partment could have them re- ! moved. , The rain of Tuesday caused a great deal of trouble for the Northern Construction Co., that - had started paving the side ; sections on Avenue A. They were ; compelled to work over a part of the paving after the storm. ; The company is pushing work las rapidly as possible and hope soon to have traffic, rolling over ! the paving and relieving the present congestion in the main part of the city. N. E. White Reaches Ninety-First Year Mr. N. E. White celebrated his 91st birahday June 26th Mr. for his advanced years he is in fair health, never having been bed fast. He is up and around his room but hasn't been to town for the past year. Mr. White has lived in this community most of his life. For nine years he made his home with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bob White, but for the past ten months has been in the Nearhood Nursing Home. Court House arietfs . In the county court on Mon- ; day afternoon complaint was filed against Harold Bornemeier, Eugene McGill and Harold Mc- Kim, by Bernard L. Patton, state conservation officer, charging the men with violation of the state game and iisning trict court, a motion of the de laws. The men were arraigned fendant's attorney to set aside before Judge Richard Peck and were charged with first, fishing without permit; second, catch- sum of $10,000 came on for hear ing fish with nets; three, posses- ing. Judge Dunbar entered the sion of illegal nets; fourth, pos- order to vacate the judgment session nnri use of illegal nets, ag-.iinst. thp ripfpndant also mo- The men had a number of fish with them when arrested and made a plea of guilty to the charge. They were each fined $5 on count one; $25 on count two; $10 on count three and $15 on count lour, rney are aiso to pay for the cost of the fish. cost of action so far accrued. In the county court Monday ; in the case of Mildred Gake afternoon Judge Peck issued a meier vs. Dean Gakemeier, de marriage license to Irene M. fault of pleading of defendant Timm and George A. Planer, entered in the district court, the both of Lincoln. The bride-to- ; court found that the allegations be is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. of the plaintiff's amended peti Henry Timm of Murdock, where ; tion true and should be incorp- they were to be married James Robert Ganz. of Lin coln, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ganz, was in the court Friday to look after some business. He was graduated from the Univer sity of Nebraska this year and admitted to the bar the past week Ball Game Lohnes (Louie, that isWI V'UlllIllg 1CW brought from St. Louis especial- j The Rotarv club at the week ly for this occasion through the i y luncheon "on Tuesday at the courtesy of the Gas House gang, ; rr.ain dining room of the Rain has agreed to play 15 innings if y sweet shop, closed up the it takes that long. affairs of the past year and pre- pared for the new year, start- ; Support of local doctors and ' jng July 1st. ambulances soliciated. The reports of the various ; The tentative lineup of the game will be 1934 AH Stars Martins Pucelik, p Ilasbeens Schuetz, ss Krejci. c Al McClanahan.Svoboda, lb lb Marsh, p Bob McClama-Brittan, 3b han, cf Martin, ss Anonymous, 3b Sattler, cf Lohnes, 2b Walling rf Wooster, rf Gradoville, 2b Timm, If Schubeck. rf B. Hirz, c Bourne, If Salesman is Sentenced to Penitentiary Justice moved swiftly in the case of Ira Stowe York, 28, who J was arrested on Thursday at a i highway filling station south of : Weeping Water by Sheriff Sol- Public Information R. R. onion where he had stopped ; Furse, I. L. Kocian, L. A. Cald with two companions. The man well. was arrested on the complaint1 Club Music - Frank Cloidt. of having molested a nine-year- William Knorr, John E. Frady. old child of near Elmwood. Pianist E. H. Wescott. The man arrested by Sheriff i Attendance C. E. Shellen Tom Solomon, was brought to I barger, George Conis. this city and lodged in jail and J Community Service Dr. L. S. later made a confession to the j Pucelik. chairman; J. Howard Sheriff at his office, acknowled- i Davis. Richard Spangler, Clem- ing that he had accosted the ; child and taken her riding in j his Jepette and had then made i approaches to the child. cott. York was later Friday charg- j Rural and Urban Relations ed with satutory rape and to i Richard Spangler, Charles Wal this he made a plea of guilty j den, E. H. Bernhardt, M. F. in the county court and was j Kiederling. bound over to the district court Civic Improvements Clem by Judge Peck. Harold Lebens cnt Woster, John Schreiner, B. was acting county attorney. Monday afternoon he was ar raigned before Judge Thomas E. Dunbar and made a plea of , guilty to the charge. He was sentenced to the state peniten- j tiary at Lancaster, Nebraska, for ! a term of seven years at hard ' labor, Sundays and holidays ex- cepted. He was taken at once to ' the penitentiary by Sheriff Sol- cmon and turned over to the i state officers. : I GOES TO CALIFORNIA Charles Sothan, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Sothan and one of the very efficient carriers of The Journal, is leaving this week for Los Angeles, where he will enjoy a three weeks outing. He is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Cecelia Long and other lelatives. His services here will odist hospital at Omaha in very be greatly missed by his pa- j serious condition as the result trons. ; of a fall sustained two weeks j ago. She was playing on a wind- The many friends will be ! mil1 when she fel1 fr? tne pleased to learn that Mrs. B. M. j structure a distance of fifteen Cline. who has been staying at an struck ner ?ack on ,a the home of her daughter, at ; ma11 shed and as n res"t Osceola. Iowa, is back home in j suffered the injury of the vete this city. Mrs. Cline has been j brae- paralyzing her from the ill for some time and her con- 1 w'aist clown. ... dition made it necessary for her remaining with the daughter. In the case of Verna C. Fill- more, administratrix of the estate of Pearley D. Fillmore vs. Marion A. Taylor and Donald L. Taylor, a minor over the age of fourteen years in the dis-; default judgment rendered against the defendants in the tion of the defendant to have j the plaintiff make more specific ! the allegations in the petition, was denied and ordered stricken from the files. The court or- dered that the defendants file answer instanter and pay the orated in the proceeding, that the parties traveled and resided in the states of Texas, Okla homa, Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas in the fall and winter months of 1946, that they agreed to assume the relations of hus band and wife, that under the (Continued on Page Six) Rotary Club Organized i swmnrr "Vrt o i sections of the organization and : the committees were received end showed the progress that I has been made in the organiza- ; tion in the past year. . j J The committees for the year j ' were announced by President i Orville Nielson as follows: ; Aims and Objects Orville V. i Nielsen, T. I. Friest, Dr. L. A. , i Amato, I. L. Kocian, L. S. Puce- lik. Stephen M. Davis. j j Club Service T. I. Friest. j I chairman; William Baird S. S. ; Davis, Dr. P. T. Heineman, ; ! Frank A. Cloidt, R. R. Furse, C. j ; E. Shellenbarger. j ! Classification and Member- I 1 ship William Baird, Dr. P. T. j ! Heineman. ! ! Fellowship S. S. Davis. Fred ! 1. Rea, George L. Farley. I Program and Wheel T Friest. Rotary Information Dr. P. T. Heineman, Dr. H. G. McClusky, R. W. Knorr. ent Woster. Youth Activities J. Howard E. H. Wes- Davis R. R. Furse, fH. G. Eiting. Vocational Service Dr. L. A. Amato, Walter Gleason, Howard Hirz. Inter-Business Relation s Walter Gleason, Herb Freeburg, E. J. Richey, Fred Lugsch. Vocational Guidance to Youth Howard Hirz, Robert Cappell, Carl Chriswiser. International Service S. M. Davis, chairman; Adrain New- ens. Foreign Relations Adrain Newens, Robert M. Walling, D. L. Grove. Child Suffers Very Serious Injuries Joan Speckman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Speckman of Yutan, Nebraska, is at the Meth- During her illness at tne nos pital she has been under the care of Mrs. Henry Heldt, of this city, one of the best known members of the nursing profes sion, who is a relative of the little one. She is showing some favorable reactions to the treat ment although it will be some time before she is out of dangei. George Dobson Family Here Mr. and Mrs. George Dobson and children, Dick and Ann, of Visalia, California, were in Plat tsmouth Tuesday and were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Schneider and son. Ronald, and while here met a number of the old friends of the Past year.s Mr- Dobson was the manager of,the Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph company here for several years and a member of Rotary and while here was a a vv'-' ""-"" of Rotary, a guest of Adrain Newens, area manager of the company. Mr. Dobson also is past president of the Chamber of Commerce and was very ac- ! tive in civic affairs while here. Mr. Dobson is at present in terested in the fruit packing business at Visalia with his brother and has been most suc cessful in this line of work. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hickson and little son were week end guests of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Sweem and enjoyed an outing picnic IEFENSE UNDERSECRETARY SWORN IV . . . Stephen T. Early, press secretary cf the late FDR, sworn in as undersecretary f defense by Defense Secretary Louis A. Johnson in the presence f officials and Early's immediate family. Left to rijlit are Early, Mrs. Early and Johnson. Timm Win First Round of City j Softball League j Except for a few postponed j games, the first round of the j city softball league is at an end. j Timms team had a very fine record in the half season, hav ing won all their games, tied none and emerged on the top of the heap. The final triumph was on Wednesday nieht when they de feated the Firestone team by the score of 6 to 0. a real good game for both teams, and one in which Wiles, for Timms al lowed three hits. Spidell was the catcher for the beverage venders. For the youthful Fire stone team Cole was on the mound and Gerald Ashbaugh did the receiving". This Thursdav evening weather permitting, the VFW and Fords will strugele in the owner at 7:30 and Fords also will face Murray in the final , i the evpning. On Friday, still weather per mittine. the twice postponed qtame between Donats and the bovs from down the hiehwav at Murray, will be staged to deter mine who will be in second place for the first half. Secretary Jim Bridsewater and the board of directors are to set the schedule for the sec ond half of the season that is "xneetpd to start on Monday, Ju'v nth. Wednesday evening" in sn ex hibition fame Timms defeated U. S. Fngineers of Nebraska Citv 2 to 1. Howard Davis Family Back from Rotary Meet The J. Howard Davis family returned Sunday from their ex tended trip east which took them over 4700 miles, into eighteen states and Canada. The t r i d covered generally the northeastern quarter of the United States from St. Louis, Mo., to Quebec, Canada. Among points of particular interest visited were the J. C. Fenny Farms at Hamilton, Mis souri, where the party inspect- d the show herd of registered Angus cattle owned by Mr. Pen ney and his partner, Orin James. In Kentucky the main point of interest was the Mammoth Cave National Park and ' the great underground caves that are world famous. In Virginia the party visited the Natural Bridge which also attracts vis itors from all part of the world. On through Virginia to Charles ton and Richmond then north to Washington, D. C., where they spent three days visitine the sessions of the Senate and House and many other interest ins points in the Capitol city. From Washington the party went to New .York City where thev spent a week attending the (Continued on Page Three) Visits Relatives t Holdrege, Nebr. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Ptak and children, Dennie and Cath erine, have returned home from a visit at Holdrege, Nebraska, where they were the guests of relatives and old friends. They were euests of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Lein. former resi- dents of Plattsmouth and while mere Mr. rt&K was a dinner . guest of Mr. Lein at the weekly ; meeting of the Cosmopolitan club. 'Art' Chrisman j Recalls Old Days of Railroading Old railroad days are recalled by a former Plattsmouth resi dent, George A. Chrisman, 2216 North 19th street, Omaha, who is completing fifty years of serv ice for the Burlington railroad and rounding out a career de oted to railroading. In an interview Mr. Chrisman tells of the difference that the fifty years has made in rail roading and railroad equipment. "Art" as he is better known to the old friends, started his rail road career at the Burlington station in Plattsmouth back in 18S8 and has since been a faith ful and efficient employe of the company. He has experienced all of the trials of the railroader from the start of his work as a station employe until today when he is conductor on the streamline run from Omaha to Lincoln in the most modern of the Burlington trains, a promotion won by years of fine service. He recalls the old time trains with their close stuffy and hoi atmosphere in the summer and the stove heated cars in the winters of the 90's that he serv ed on, also the old time freight trains that are being replaced by the fast deisel drawn loco motives. He compares the modern pas senger train with its prototype of a half century as a story of the march of transportation effici-' ciency and comfort. The modern train with its luxurious seats, every personal comfort, fine modern Pullmans with their every facility for comfort, the club cars with their spirit of so cialibility, the thoughtfullness of the employes for the comfort of the passenger, are cited by Mr. Chrisman as against the old time train that "got you there, but how." Mr. Chrisman and his broth er, Bert, an employe of the Union Pacific, also in the train service, have often visited this city, their old home, and had dreams of retirement here at "home," when they stop rail roading, but many of the old friends have gone and newcom ers take away a lot of the famil arity of the past as regards to their former boyhood home. Attend Glenwood Horse Show A group of Plattsmouth citi zens enjoyed the horse show in Glenwood Tuesday evening. A first class show was enjoyed by: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Born and family, Mrs. Henry Born, George Born, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grosshans, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grosshans, Alice Jayne Gross hans, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gross hans and family, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Meisinger and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lewis and son, Charles Barnard, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Sullivan and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wiles and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Story and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wehrbein, Jack Lugsch, Mr. and Mrs. John Wehrbein, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Sothan and son, Charles, Mr. and Mrs. Ger old Keil and son, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Smith of Murdock, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Backemeyer of Murdock and Mrs. Erma Lap idis. HERE FROM ILLINOIS Mr. and Mrs. Ray Killey and children ,Mary Lou and Patricia. of Decatur, Illinois, are here for a v1511 aL ine nvme oi sirs. r. a. Horn ,mother of Mrs. Killey and the other, relatives and friends. Returns to Home on West Coast Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hickson and children, Billy and Detty, departed for their home in Richmond, California, Friday ! morning. They have been guests here at the home of Mr. and Mrs, F. L. Sweem, Mr. Hickson 1 being a brother of Mrs. Sweem. : They also visited at the home ' oi a sister of Mr. Hickson and ; other relatives and friends in Sioux City, Iowa, before coming to Oreapolis. Mr. Hickson is on the police force at Richmond. The visitors were much thrilled by the flash flood here last Wednesday. Cemetery Board Does Fine Job for the City The report of the Plattsmouth city cemetery board that was received at the city council on Monday, shows a very fine bus iness administration of the cemetery, one that is building its resources for future years. Through the capable handling of the affairs of this organiza tion in the past ten or twelve years, the cemetery association is definately well founded fi nancially. When the proposition was first broached some twelve years ago, to make the cemetery control separate from the gen eral city business, a great many were not two enthusiastic, fear ing that it might cause a waste of money and no results. The re port of the board shows in cold figures the progress made fi nancially, a visit to Oak Hill shows what has been done in the way of beautification and modernizing. The accomplishment is due to the fine type of men that have served on the board since its inception under the administra tion of George Lushinsky as mayor. These men, serving without pay, conceived the plans of permanent care and maintenance for Oak Hill that is now blossoming into realiza tion. The men were selected fiom many walks of life, are giving the cemetery the very best that they have in experi ence and judgment and it has been good. The report for the council (Continued on Page Four) Mrs. H. F. Meyer Has Very Severe Accident The many friends in Platts mouth of Mrs. H. F. Meyer, mother of Mrs. Robert M. Wall ing of this city, will regret to t learn of the very severe acci dent that was suffered by Mrs. ) Meyer at her home in Nebraska City Monday night. Mrs. Meyer had risen in the night and going to the hall had sought the switch for the light, and being confused missed the switch and fell down the stairs of the residence, a distance of f seme twelve feet. j She was taken to the St. i Mary's hospital and it was iound tnat sne had sunered a compound fracture of the right leg and many severe bruises on the body, arms and head. These severe injuries at the advanced age of the patient, 84 years, makes her case a very serious one. EARLY CUCUMBERS One of the early returns from the vegetable gardens is re ported from the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bailey on Third street. They report new cucum bers, ten inches long that have been gathered in from the gar den and added to the family supply of vegetables. Mr. and Mrs. John Egerett of near Union, were in Platts mouth Tuesday to look after seme matters of business and calling on friends. ENTRY BLANK The V. F. W. Contest for the Youth of the Community. $100 in Cash Prizes. Name Address Age I wish to enter the following contests in the big 4th of July celebration. Pie Eating Contest ) Watermelon Contest ( ) Bike Races t Trike Races ( ) Send This Entry Illank To: Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 2543 Plattsmouth, Nebraska City Council Signs Contract With State The city council at their ses sion Monday night took up two very important matters for the city, one that of signing up thf agreement with the state of Ne braska as regards the Chicago avenue paving, the other in hearing the question of the in stalling of street parking met ers in the main section of the city. The state department of road had prepared the agreement between the state and city that was ready for the action of IIil' council, and was taken up a.; one of the important matters of the evening. The agreement provided for the construction of a 24-foot strip of paving with an eight foot additional park ing space. The usual eight inch concrete block will be the pav ing as specified in earlier esti mates. The agreement also pro vides that the parking be plac ed on the east side of the ave nue. The agreement also pro vides that the payments on the progressive construction of the work to be paid by the state as reported by the engineers, that on the completion of the con tract the state will complete the payments and the city of Platts mouth then be billed for their share of the cost, the state pay ing for twelve feet of the paving the length of the proposed pav ing. The city will be expected to reimburse the state for the city's share of the cost within a thirty day period. The agreement was approved, the resolution passed with a re quest that if possible the city would prefer the parking to be made on the west side of Chi cago avenue, this however to be up to the state and their wishes will be followed if the request of the city is found to be in con llict with their plans. In regarding to the parking me:ers. Mayor A. B. Rogers stat ed that he had invited business men of the city to attend the meeting and hear the presen tation of the representatives cf the Miller Parking Meter Co., Lincoln, as to the plans and the methods of handling this traf (Continued on Page Foun Rules on Contests for the Fourth The committee in charge of the special races and contests at the VFW Fourth of July cel ebration have announced the requirements and rules for the various events: Melon Eating Contest Two classes, Class A. twelve years and under; Class B, eighteen and under. These will be judged on: First Time and cleanli ness; Second, twelve-year-olds and under can enter both races: Third, first, second and third prizes will be awarded. Pie Eat ing Contest: No hands may be used while eating. Trike Races and Bike Races: Two classes: A Boys six years and under. B Girls seven years and under. Twelve dollars in cash prizes. All children must furnish own trikes. Starting time 3:30 p. m. Bike Races: A Junior Boys-1, twenty-four inch bikes. B twelve dollars in prizes. Furnish own bike. B Senior Boys No limit on size of bike, mo racing bikes . SI 5 in cash prizes. Riders must stay in lanes assigned, all bikes must have handle grips. Rid ers will be disqualified for hog ging or and other unsportsman like act. Ladies Bike race: Fifteen dollars cash prize. No age limit. Special Race To be announ ced. A classified Ad in the Journal costs as little as 35c.