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Tme Platd JjflDCDCmiM PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY M on d a y-Th ur scl a y Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 64 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1949 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 67 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER 4Spinnit' to Be Held at Night Hereafter The Business Men's Ad Club heir meeting on Wednesday nx)i at the main dining room ji the Rainey CofTee shop, ad op ed a resolution to make a few rhanges in the operation of 'Spinnit Day" in this city. It has been the custom to held the cvnt on Wednesday afternoon ol each week, now under the resolution adopted the event will be staged from this coming week on to October 1st at 8:30 in the business section of the The Plattsmouth high school ' and gives its concerts at S 'clock in the evening and the Spinnit" program will be held curing the intermission of the onoert at 8:30. This will gie . -veryone a chance to enjoy the oru-ert and participate in the Vv.siness gift enterprise. Another rule adopted by the ' Club was to the effect that ncrsons registering for "Spin rui" can only register their own r ames in the books that are to oe found in the various stores, i ;mes of which are listed each ok and where registrations M tv be made. While the hour of holding the ' .Spinnit" will be changed it was :.Lso decided to adopt additions '.o the rules that persons can riot register more than once each day for the prizes. At tempts to sign up more than oace will result in the names 0:-mg stricken cfT the books. Regarding the parking on Saturday the Ad Club voted to ' ave a self policing committee appointed, composed of W. A. atek. Herb Freeberg and Dick Biack. who will work out a plan ! give more parking on Satur day by eliminating the use of pa ruing spaces in the business section by merchants or their employes. Stickers will be plac ed on the cars and when found parked in the business section when the space is needed by an outside resident, the merchant cr individual is notified to move the car. It has been found most successful in many places over the country. The change in time for hold ing the Spinnit awards will not mean a change in business hours of the stores, as those stores closing at an earlier time will be closed and the usual places open until after 8 will continue to do so. Man Gives Omaha Police Hot Chase Late Monday night Sheriff Tom Solomon was called by Omaha police announcing that a truck driver of that city was leading the members of the Omaha police a wild chase, and was headed south on Highway No. 75. and asked the assistance of the Cass County sheriff. The sheriff took the highway and met the young trucker near th Platte river, where his truck had blown a valve and was tied up. The young man was de tained until the arrival of the Omaha authorities and turned over to them. Tuesday he was given a fine of S47.50 in the South Side police court. It seems that the trucker had started out and the police had sought to overhaul him. and a real race developed, in which the truck was an easy Winner until the blown-out valve ended the rare. Tuesdav the trucker and some young friends were here and se cured the truck, made the re pairs and made their way back to Omaha. The trucker gave his n:me to Sheriff Solomon as James Vanna. Baseball Game Here On Sunday The baseball fans of the city arp promised a revival of this good old national pastime of hard ball on Sunday afternoon at Athletic park at 2:30, giving the fans here a chance to s?e their local favorites in action. The Plattsmouth team has been playing games away from heme this season and this will be the first game at home. The Gretna team of the D.S C. ;eague will be here as the op ponents of the Platters. The team will have with them new pitching talent to serve to entertain the fans. Christ Church Social Supper Sunday, July 31: Ice cream social, chicken sup per and Community singing on the church lawn. Serving to be gin at 5:30 p. m. Kills Diamond Back Rattler This js a snake and not a fish story a record of one of the largest and most dangerous of the snakes in this section of the country. On Sunday, Earl Redd, local hauler, was working along the road near his place on the Missouri river road, when he saw a large snake crawling along the roadway in an attempt to get away, Earl took after the snake and dispatched him with a garden rake. It was found that it was a five foot long diamond back rattler with five buttons. This is one of the largest of this highly poisonous variety o f snaKes reported. The rattlers of IJhe snake were presented to Gene Mason as a trophy of the event. City Council Buys New Road Maintainer The city council at a special session Tuesday evening at the city hall ended the long stand ing question of the purchase of a maintainer to be used on the streets of the city, supplying a long felt want. In the past months the old maintainer has been out of commission for the greater part of the time. There were five bidders but two of the firms failed to meet the specifications of the bid and did not compete in the bidding. The successful bidder was the Lincoln Equipment Co. of Lin coln, who bid on a caterpillar 212, tandem drive, deisel fuel type. The bid of the compai.y was $5,978 with a trade in al lowance of $1,000 on the old machine, which makes the cost of the new machine $5,978 tc the city. The company prom ised a delivery within ninety days. The city at present is using a rented machine to try and get the roads and streets in passi ble shape for the remainder of the summer and until the new machine will be available. Civil Air Patrol Cadet Summer Camp in August Announcement was made to day of the C.A.P. Cadet summer encampment to be held at Rapid City, So. Dak., on Aug ust 14 to 27. Transportation to the encampment is planned by an Air Force C-47 transport plane to arrive there August 14. 1 Cadets desiring to make the trip . are requested to contact Sgt. Drosynski not later than Satur- ' day morning. Expenses will be $1.05 a day for food, plus laundry expense and incidentals at the canteen, This amount to be paid at the time of clothing check-out at Rapid City. Housing will be in barracks at the base with Senior Air Patrol members in charge. C.A.P. girl cadets will be housed in a spec ial building and will be chaper oned by selected WAC officers. Of the 15 cadets in the Platts mouth C-A.P. eligible, those making the trip will be given typhoid shots and vaccination for small pox, the latter, if given during the past three i vears. will be acceptable. Unit commanders will certify each cadet desiring to participate. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Man ners. Mrs. Frank Strough, Mrs. Edith Akeson and Dorothy Pip- er were in Omaha Tuesday to. attend the American Legion pa- racje ' Court Hlouse irietfs Petition for probate of the es tate of T., Arthur Wiles, deceas ed was filed in the county court on Wednesday. The petition asks for the appointment of Donald Wiles, a son, as the ad ministrator. In the county court Wednes day afternoon complaint was heard against Dale Hunt, charg ing him with not having a prop er drivers license. A fine of $10 and costs was given by the court. Sheriff Tom Solomon "Wed nesday evening turned over to representatives of Father Flan agan's Home, three boys who were picked up here by Officer Cliff Hanes. The boys had taken off from the Home and stated they were enroute to Nebraska City. They were Bernard huh- guin. 12, Bill Alkire, 13, and y o NO SILENCING HIM . . . Archibald Palmer (riht), attorney for Judy Coplon, spy suspect, talks with Judge Albert Reeves, presiding judre at the W ashington, D. C, trial, on the curbstone outside the court. The judge is silent here, but from the bench he severely re buked Palmer several times for cross-examination methods and twice fined him $100 for contempt and threatened him with jail. Miss Coplon was found guilty and sentenced to three to 10 years for at tempting to betray her country. - ' Warren Fink Named as New Deputy Sheriff Sheriff Tom Solomon has an- nounced the appointment of Warren Fink of this city as deputy sheriff of Cass County, succeeding Fred Armstrong, re signed. The bond of Mr. Fink has been filed with County Clerk George R. Sayles, and he is now officially on the job. The new deputy sheriff has resided here for some time and is the owner and operator of the Plattsmouth Tourist Courts on Chicago avenue, and is also a member of the local Rotary club. Prior to coming to Platts mouth Mr. Fil k had a great deal of experience in law enforcing, work back in his former "home in Ohio and comes to the local office well recommended for his efficiency. He will be able to look after a great deal of the office work and give Mr. Solo mon a great deal of assistance in the discharge of the duties of this busy office. Mr. Fink while a resident of Dayton. Ohio, was deputy sheriff of Montgomery county for some eight years and also served as a justice of the peace in Mont gomery county. This gives him a great deal of experience in this line of work. Air Force B-25 Crashes at Air Base An Air Force B-25 with seven persons aboard crashed while landing at Offutt Air Force Base Wednesday morning at 2:35. it was announced by Colonel C. T. ; Edwinson, Base Commander at Offutt. SSgt. T. M. Thompson, of Moberly, Missouri, a passenger aboard the aircraft was the only person injured. He suffer ed a sprained shoulder and is reported to be in very satisfac tory condition. Piloted by Capt. H. T. Levack, the aircraft was based at Castle AFB, Merced, California, and was bound for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, 1 Captain Levack landed at Offutt to refuel. Others aboard the aircraft were: Major F. W. Drees. Cap tain E. F. Tully, co-pilot, Cap tain H. B. Smith. SSgt. H. H. Cook, Corporal R. W. Martin, Crew Chief, A board of officers from Off- utt will investigate the accident to determine the cause. n Richard Hoffman, 10. The run aways were returned to the Home. In the office of the clerk of the district court this (Thurs day) morning a divorce action was filed in which Lloyd D. Barnhurst was plaintiff and Donna Barnhurst, defendant. The petition states that the parties were married at Lincoln. The plaintiff asks an absolute divorce. In the county court today (Thursday) marriage license was issued to Donald Leroy Lorensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lorensen, of Maniey and Phoebe Esther Wipf, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Joseph F. K. Wipf of Weeping Water. The young people are to be married by the father of the bride. 4- ... & Enroll Now For King Korn Klub for 1949 The time is ripe lor the en- i rollment in tne King Korn kiuo of 1949, to become one of the lniflorc in K-rc inn fr.r tVlP (rrpl Cass county show that each year attracts thousands to Plattsmouth for the four days of festivity and fun. The membership cards are $1 each and entitles the bearer to be a full fledged King Korn supporter and one of those who are active in the work of the organization. W. H. Puis, the treasurer of the Klub. has the tickets now available and they can be se- cured at any time from Mr. Puis and later a more extensive drive ; ..-fter retirement from active few weeks, according to infor will be underway for the mem-j business Mr. Streight moved to j mation released to this news bership. Lincoln to be with his daughter, ! paper today. This group of men and worn- j Mrs. Evi Speir and family, oc- j Dan Crouse, of Howe, Okla., en have had a great deal to do ! casionally enjoying a visit here i has purchased a strip of the with the success of the fall fes- ; with the old friends as long as ; Fillmore property at the corn tival and this year will be on i his health permitted. j er of Avenue A and 7th Street the job as usual by their sup- ! There is surviving his death, j and has surveyors on the prop- nort and aid in anv of the fields of the club's activities ,t. u ; fnrrlpH in this vrnrt hwhilp rrvnnn be ready to do your part by pur- chasing a membership card and getting in the front rank of King Korn's followers. Good Program, Fish Feed for The Rotary Club The members of the Platts mouth Rotary club had an un usual treat afforded them on Tuesday noon at the weekly luncheon at the Rainey coffee shop, when Dr. L. S. Pucelik uexiiuiiMiitLeu iimu a& iiaiiei - man by providing the means for a deiightiui nsh dinner. All; were well pleased with the feast j provided. - President Orville Nielsen pre-! sided over the meeting with j Bill Knorr leading the singing and Hilt Wescott being at his ; post at the piano for the group singing. M. F. Kiederling was the pro-; and for several hours the youth ! Friday and Sunday, July 22 ; found the heat not too good. gram chairman and presented a was unconscious, but had re-! and 24. There will be a picnic ; very interesting motion picture j gained consciousness when the ! party for all departments of "the j Tony Klimm of south of Plat -program, "Trees to the Tribune", j father arrived at Gordon where 1 school, held at Garfield Park ; tsmouth was in the city Wed a story of paper making from ' he had been placed in a hospit-1 on Friday, July 22 at 11:30 a. m. j nesdav and while here was a the securing of the wood pulp, tnrough the great paper mills. ; where the pulp is made into the; paper that is used over the na- tion by the many newspapers. in this case being the Chicago Tribune. It was most interest - ing to everyone and showed the processes used in gradually de - veiopmg tne print paper ana getting it to market. The club members made a do- nation of $25 from a free-will offering that will be sent to aid the Belvidere, Nebraska, tornado sufferers and will be at once dispatched to the treasurer. , wih Mrs. Wehrbein. The club had as guests a num- "Buck" is the grandson of Mr. ber of Glenwood Rotarians. R. J. ' and Mrs. W. O. Troon of Nehaw McPherion, E. S. Reese and Jock ka and Mrs. Nell Wehrbein of Reid, as well as Brigadier Bob ; this city. Baldwin of the Salvation Army ; at Omaha. ; MOTOR OVERHEATED i JUDGE PECK IN OMAHA v'-"-" County Judge Richard Peck , was in Omaha Tuesday and Wednesday to attend the meet- ing of the state convention of j where an overheated motor had j the American Legion. He is a ! caused some alarm. The motor ( past commander of the Ameri-jwas in the refrigerating unit of can Legion in this city and en- i the coffee shop and the danger joyed parading in the ranks! was quickly eliminated by the Tuesday. ' firemen on their arrival. William Jason Streight Dies At Lincoln William Jason Streight, 84. ! long a prominent and active ! figure in the public and business ; best in the state, had added J life o f Plattsmouth. passed I honors Tuesday when they had away on Wednesday, July 20th j their organization and music at Lincoln where he has made : made a part of the television ! his home for the past ten years, j program that was broadcast i Mr. Streight was a represen- j over this part of the state, be ! tative of cne of the pioneer 1 ing one of the first so honortd. ; families of Cass county, and 1 The band very generously do : was born January 14. 1865 at ; nated their services for the oc 1 Plattsmouth, a son of Mr. ana : casion and were taken to Oma : Mrs. Henry J. Streight, early j ha in chartered busses to take ! day residents of this section of i part in the parade, where they Nebraska. In this community he 1 spent his boyhood, received his j education at the local schools, i On reaching manhood Mr. Streight entered into the active ! business life of the city and was I for many years engaged in the furniture and undertaking bus- iness in this city, being associ- ' ated with his father in the firm j evening meal. : of Streight &: Streight and later , The band has gone a long way j engaged for a great many years ! under the direction of David in the operation of his store and ! Fowler, musical director of the 1 mortuary at 6th and Avenue A. ; school, the young people and Mr. Streight was also actively ; their director are to be congrat engaged in public life as he ; ulated on their fine showing served a number of years as as- , of the community spirit demon sistant postmaster of PlalU- I strated in getting out for civic mouth during the regime of his entertainments, father as postmaster. Later he ; In addition to the large wnc nccictnnt rntintv trptisnrfr i rrnwris alonsr the Omaha streets. for a number of terms. He also , served as a member of the city seeing the parade via the tele i council for several terms from vision and it came in fine, being the first ward and was a strong ; possible to recognize the various : leader and active in republican : players as they swept past the . - it Mr. Streight was married in this city in 1899 to Miss Amelia Vallery, member of another of ! the pioneer families, and they made their home here until in : ig25 when Mrs streight passed i .,. M " U . Mr. Streight was long an ac tive figure in Masonic circles of Cass county, a member of Plat- i tsmouth lodge No. 6. Nebraska Chapter No. 3. R. A. M. and Mt. j zion commandery of the Knights I Temnlar. daughter. Mrs. Evi Speir. Lin- coin; grandchildren, Mrs. G. j. . Farrell. Donald Sneir. also of Lincoln. ine ooay was Drougni nere to ! lhe Sat tier funeral home at 4th : i a a i .i r ! aua Avenue a vwiere me luner- i ai services win ue neia on ri- 1 Hov oftomnnn n t 9 T? r v Lloyd H. Rising, pastor of the First Methodist church of Lin- i :n . a. ; com. win conauct m service. Visiting hours at the Sattler funeral home will be this ( Thursday 9 o'clock. evening from 7 to 'Buck' Wehrbein Has Severe Fall The messase was received here j Mondav bv relatives tellins of ! very seVere fall sustained by , William ' Buck" Wehrbein. 17, . son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Wehr- bein, of Bennington, Nebraska, The accident occurred at the Hall stock ranch near Gordon. Nebraska, where the young man has been employed for the past summer since completing his high school work at Bennington ! last spring The fall caused a concussion al. Mr. Wehrbein took a plane from Omaha for Gordon but Mrs. Wehrbein was unable to! j accompany him as she suffered a collapse when learning the news. 1 The youth rallied very well ! from the effects of the accident 1 and was brought home by the father Tuesday to be cared for at thp family home. On the receipt of the news ' Mrs. Nell Wehrbein. grandmoth ; er of "Buck" with Mr. and Mrs. George Troop and Thomas Troon, drove to Omaha to be ; Tuesday afternoon the Platts- , i. c: s . !' ' , 111UUL" 111 r ed to the Rainey Coffee shop in j i the Hotel Plattsmouth building Plattsmouth Band Goes Big At Legion Meet The Plattsmouth high school band, long rated as one of the made a great hit and received a fine hand as they moved along the line of march in downtown Omaha. Following the parade the members of the band were treated to refreshments by the American Legion and then tak en back home in time for their many here had the pleasure of ; reviewing stand and to hear the i music at its best. Dairy Queen Will Be Built In Plattsmouth One of the nationally known j Offutt Field, the airmen prov Dairv Queen ice cream store ' ed the winners by the score of buildings will be constructed in Plattsmouth within the next : eriy xoaay making properuy ; lines ana preparing me ground ! for use by the organization. Mr. Crouse states the npw building will be of concrete con- struction and large enough to accommodate the installation of two dispensers of the delicacy, with the addition of a modern I apartment at the rear of the I ouuaing as living quarters lor t ! Vi tn etjl-f nnrl ti -i fa T7vt ti r r r f i .V".. I the building will be of white ! stucco, with three sides facing Ground will be landscaped and graded to provide drive-in of motor cars. I Mr. Crouse stated that he with his son-in-law have four r w..,J: of these buildinss in Nebraska , at th nrocpnt time t of j and Holdrege. . The PlattsmouUi . installation wm tne fiflh flnri shntiiri hP nnpn for busings within the next 30 days Vacation Bible School to Close The Vacation church school of the four participating! ; churches will come to a close on j There will be a fine program at tne Metnodist cnurcn on Sunday, July 24 at 7:30 p. m. in which the chidlren of all de partments will have a part. Justice Court Notes In the justice court of Judge C. L. Graves on Tuesday a hear ing was held on a charge of overloading af a truck of the Egar Transfer Co., complaint being filed by D. G. Laseke, highway patrol. The defendant was fined $10 and costs by Judge ' Graves. In the police court section, bonds were forfeited in open court by Thomas J. Casleli, on a charge of making a "U" turn, $7.50 being the amount of the cash bond. Richard R. Budin forfeited a bond of $7.50 for passing a stop sien. The men were arrested by Officer Clifford ; Hanes j NAME IS OMITTED In the list of those attending the C.A.P. meeting last week the" name of Chester F. Harris was omitted. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. 1 POl'BLE HAUL , . . Bonnie Sellers hooked this bass in Rocky Mount. X. C, municipal lake. The bass pulled INnnie into the lake. Dad Kellers plunged in to rescue his son and pulled him to dry land. Donnie was still holding fast to the fishing pole, and Mr. Bass was still at the other end. Firestones Win From Fords in 6 to 3 Tilt ! The Softball league game 1 Monday night found two of tb lower bracket teams pitted a?ainsl each oXh a"d m The ; conflict the youthful Firestones I emerged as the winners by the ; score of 6 to 3. both teams show ing well in the battle. Webb was the pitcher for the winners and Kreici was at the i receiving end of the battery while Shayka and Joe Puis were the participants in the 1 hurling and receiving for the auto team. In an exhibition game Mon day night between Timms, i league leading aggregation, and ! the team of the Air Force from 7 to 5 and showed real class in their pitching as well as hitting, with a few errors by the Tinnii team helping along the' scoring. Wiles was on the mound for Timms and Spidell did the re ceiving. On Friday evening two of the league leaders, Timms and Mur ray are to be the attraction at Athletic park and a very large ; ciuwu is t-Ayecicu tu ur uui iui ' the battle as the Murray team ! has a verv loval srouD of fans ; that are out to cheer -their boys j on. i I ..J... ! Region LeaaerS j Carry Colors The Hugh J. Kearns post of the American Legion had the j nono of having their colors j ?nL LSnf h i f tate convention by wo of he i , . 1. . Judse A. H. Duxbury, lor twenty-five years service offi- cer f the ff "T lT i manager of the Veterans ad- ; ministration at Lincoln, with i Elmer A. Webb, who served the ! Plattsmouth post as adjutant for a quarter of a century, wre the color bearers. Both are life long members of the Hugh J. J Kearns post. i The vets received a warm jhand as they carried along the j line of march and Judge Dux bury, built along the lines of Abraham Lincoln stood the trip in excellent shape, but Elmer. j more on the Falstaff order ; caller at The ournal and re- ; : newed his subscription to the j paper for the ensuing year. NET CHAMr . . . WimbMon (Fnr Und) ten nil champion, ld ehredr, proudly displays the Crenshaw cup he won as he ar rivM at New York's La Guaniia Field. TM says he is coin; right ham ta California to go to work. Ha won sereraJ trophies at the toaraameat. - Wheat in County Cut Below the 1948 Average The wheat crop in Cass county for this year will be below that of 1948 is the general opinion of those who have made survey.- of the results from the farms of the county. An average of from 15 to 20 bushels is the gen eral expectation, although theiv are pieces that may be heavier and others below, but it is no; thought that the average wi.l be over twenty bushels per acre. While the wheat suffering from the long and severe winter has stood a loss in yield, the outlook in the corn is the best in years although there is a long time before the crop is matured. Searl S. Davis, well known farm manager and lan.1 owner, is delighted over the pic ture for the corn crop in th.' county. The excellent moisture of the winter and spring has placed the soil in the best of shape and while this affected the wheat adversly it has greatly helped the corn, follow ed by the hot weather of the last weeks has greatly advanc ed the crop that however is still in the early stages. The general set up this year has been wonderful for legumes and one of the greatest showing is to be found in the sowing of clover and alfalfa that prom ises record production and plen ty of feed for stock. The situa tion as it affects pastures over the county is fine and the lush grass is most gratifying to the raisers of cattle and stock and promises to place the stock in great shape by fall. The oat crop in this area is very disappointing and the low est in many years. In general however, the pic ture for Cass county farmers is very fine and should bring in another great year on the farms as the prices are maintained at a good figure. Plattsmouth Men Help Repair River Damage Two Plattsmouth men. Ray mond Harold and Walter Eledge. were home over the week-end to visit the home folks and take a rest from their strenuous duties along the Platte river near Ash- land. The local men are foreman on the river repair gangs, one be ing in charge in the day, the other on the night shift. The government is carrying out a very extensive program in that area to overcome damage from the floods of last soring, when the river was at full staee and started to cut a new channel oast and north of Ashland. The engineering force is building dirt levees and dams along the river to hold the Platte back in the old channel and eliminate the.rianser to the farming lands bv a shift in the river course. This it is hoped, will cut down the danser of fu ture floods in the next vear. Additional protection is bein? civen to the national guard camp that has been menaced at different times from the high wnfpr and ice gorges. The Burlington railroad is al so building up their roadbed to ward off anv renetition of th Manser from the hifh water nnd flood that caused them consid erable loss this sprine and nlar pr their bridee out of commis sion for a short time. ocl Dumc Breeder To Show Animals Teonfd C. Stoer. rmrebd rnroc brondpr of Pint,c,""0!ith. will exhibit nnp bre-' fall piH. r,ro iirior hoor. r"H l inior "lit at th1 Ntinal D"roc fin tpss to be heM nt Pfnip Fair oro"rids f T,inrnin. Neh.. on Jnlv 29 !nd 31 He will b r-nrnnetlncr for S4 00 in nh nrizp? with lfnriino' Duro bred prs f"om ifi sates ns far erst Wst Virginia and as far The National Duror Congress is nrimarilv a n HurMonfil pvnt snnnsnred ioin'ly bv he T Tilted Diirnc ProrH Asporta tion and thp University f Np hra'ski. fpotiirmsr isnion dprnon;t'-ntion'5 "f iiit vMrh tvrp of Viof is thp rro;t "ofita- ble for the farmer to raise. M piio" Mrs. JTrhrt Damm. of Fort Collins. Colrqfto. were hprp fo ra fw divs this wek mipsts at thp homp of fr. and Mrs. Frank A. Clnidt. The visi tors werp enrnute home from Minneapolis, Minnesota. S