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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Stale . hVYTT-WF.FTv T .V i . m A. - A k. -J -A- Monday-Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 64 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1949 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 71 High School Band to Have New Uniforms The Plattsmouth high school , bjnd,-the outstanding organi , zaiion of the city that really x vives Plattsmouth a lot of fine f-dvertising cv?r the state, is to rve now uniforms for the com ing season. This was decided on at- a rt.eeting Tuesday evening of the Members of the Parents Band ' !ub and the board of educa tion. The present uniforms were J archased in 1940 and while iney did a valiant service, they i xc now in a deplorable condi tion that makes replacement a necessity to have this crack or rnnization properly outfitted. The decision voted was to have the school colors, blue and vhile, carried out in the new uniforms. The coats are to be of royal blue, trimmed with white, with the white shako "yj;e hats, the trousers are to .p of gray with blue stripes and white braiding. Each coat will .ave a white shoulder patch 'hat will bear a Blue Devil em blem . The contract for the suits was V't to the Fruhauf company at Wichita. Kansas, for sixty of the uniforms that will include 4our twirlers suits for major ettes of the band. The success ful bidders saved the school M-me $300 on the uniforms that will aggregate some $3,000 in price when they are delivered. The Plattsmouth high school band has served through the years in all community events, in the years of the King Korn Karnival have been the depen- tees, furnishing a large part in he parades that marks the fall lestival. Not only at home, but they have gone to many of the nearby towns to join in their festivities", in turn have brought here many musical groups to t'oke part in the Karnival. The cost of uniforming the band will be a neat sum and anyone that may be desirious of aiding the cause will find their voluntary contributions grate- ' fullv received in helping out. ' The new uniforms will be here in readiness for the King Korn Karnival in September. State and County Levies Set 11.80 Mills The board of county commis sioners at their meeting on Tuesday marie the annual levy or the year, the state levy hav ing been received and included with the county levy, making a total of 11.80 mills for the en suing year. The state levy this year is S.0 miles while the county levy is set at 5.00 mills. This makes the levy slightly higher than last year, owing to the fact that the state levy is slightly higher, 6.80 mills 'Against 6.20 mills for the 1943 levy. i ' The county levy this year is the same as that of last year, five mills. There are additional and special levies for the year that include one-half mill for the Nehawka Rural fire district, a levy of ere mill for the Soutn I-ssnd graveling district. The . ;'ass county Noxios weeds dis trict levy is one cent per acre for the f'.rm lands of the coun ty. All 'ncorporated towns and ullages are exempt from this tax. St. John's Church Makes Improvements In the past few weeks the St. John's parish have made a number of improvements in their property, that is adding a great deal to the value of the St. John's hall and the com fort of the church building. The St. John's hall has had quite an extensive program of -nodernizing, and improvement, in having a new floor placed in the hall as well as new tables that will prove very efficient in the various events that are held ' in the hall during the coming fall and winter season. New fans have also been placed in the building that will make it more comfortable at all seasons of the year. The St. John's church has in stalled two large fans that have ihirty inch blades and serve as a very much appreciated com fort to the church in the sum- mer season. Bob Sell Injured While Diviner Bob Sell, local young man, is wearing his left arm in a sling i as the result of an unfortunate experience he had befall him a few days ago while in swimming. He . was swimming at the Louis ville lakes, and in making a dive lit in such a way that the left shoulder bore the force of the dive and Was dislocated and made necessary treatment. The shoulder was put back in place and he will have to be on the inactive list - for sometime at least. Donats and Firestones Swatting Match Wednesday evening the Do nats and Firestone teams in the City Softball League, staged an old time hitting spree at Ath letic Park, in which the Donats were the winners by the score of 16 to 12. The game was one that kept the fans on their toes, as both teams had their batting clothes on and kept the out come doubtful - until the close. For Donats Harry Rohlfs did the pitching and Bob Balls back of the bat. Webb was the pitch er for Firestone with Bob Krejci as the receiver. Webb enlivened the game with a clean cut home run to boost the Firestones. The game on Monday night between the Murray and Ford teams furnished plenty of fire in the close 6 to 5 contest, in which the Murray team copped the honors. It was close throughout and kept the fans at high tension all through the game. For the Fords Shyonka did the tossing, while Joe Juls was on the receiving end. Jorg ensen, veteran hurler of Mur ray, was on the job and Gregg was on the receiving end. The game on Friday between Fords and the Donats was rain ed out and if the weather per mits will be played off this (Thursday) evening at 8 o'clock. On Friday the Timms will face the V.F.W. at the Athletic Park and a good fast game is antici pated as both teams have been going good and Timm's have the league leadership. Horse Killed by Truck Tuesday Night A horse belonging to Karl Grosshans was killed Tuesday evening on highway No. 75 south of Plattsmouth. The horse had gotten out of the stable and wandered onto the highway where it was struck by a Wat son Bros, truck. The horse was killed instant ly when struck by the truck and the truck also suffered damage so that it had to be towed in for repairs. The driver of the truck told Sheriff Tom Solomon, who was called in the matter, that the lights of an oncoming car had blinded him so that he was un able to see the horse until the accident. The value of the horse is es timated at $50. APPROVES LICENSE The board of county commis sioners at their meeting on Tuesday approved the applica tion of Mike Hollandworth, for a license for sale of beer at Wa bash. John H. Johnson, who has been attending the summer school of the University of Ne braska, arrived heme Sunday l ...sii Kii-,tr o visit Viprp nt S shT. E0t jS5Kn&2S ley of New York City and Max fall opening of the University. ' Worley of Lincoln. Cowt IHloyse Urietfs . . Tuesday hearing was held in ! Wednesday in the office ofthe the county court on the peti- jud to L Fre(Jer. tion for the probate of the es- Hansen? Fort Calhoun, and taie OI vniun nuu, uirwcaoCU. The appointment of Eugene Hula, a son, was made by the court. Final hearing was had Tues day in the estate ot oie uison in the county court. Frank J . Domingo and Mrs. Olson are joint administrators. In the county court Tuesday afternoon hearing was had on the application for a peace Dona against Warren Doty, or Louis- j petition was filed today ing a vacancy that had occurred j given first aid by Dr. R. W. Ty ville, preferred by Bernadeite (Thursday) in the county court on the list Tuesday evening. The i son and taken on into Omaha Doty. The defendant was brought in by snerm iom oi omon and made a plea of guilty. Judge Richard Peck fixed the amount of the bond at $500 and to run for a year. Marriage license was issued T FRUITFUL JOURNEY . . . American soldiers of a 60-trnck Helm-stedt-to-Berlin convoy buy fruit from tome east-ione German farm ers. The 105 mile run by the convoy tested the extent of Soviet re strictions on road traffic through the Russian lone. The trip m i"ntfiil nd trucks rolled into Berlin in a little over seven hours Legion Plans Memorial Gate to New Park The board of education is calling for bids for the con struction of a concrete and brick entrance to the Athletic field on Washington avenue, that will be dedicated as a me morial to those who have serv ed their country in the past on fields of battle or on the sea or air. This memorial gateway was sponsored by the American Legion, they voting sometime ago to contribute $1,000 to the cost of the gateway. The Legion has left to the board of educa tion the taking of the legal steps in the call for bids for the work. This gateway is planned as a fitting entrance to the newly improved field and will bear on its face the dedication to the men and women of the city who have served their country. The plans are for the erection of the gateway at the north of the grounds near the present entry and will have an appro priate approach to the grounds to replace the present entrance way. This entrance will be an add ed touch to the beauty of the park that the citizens of Platts mouth have voted to aid in making into a fitting park for athletic and recreational life fir the community. It is hoped to have this com pleted this fall with the other added features to the park. Services for Lt. Worley on Friday The body of Lt. Robert Wor ley, son of the late J. E. Worley and Mrs. Worley of Lincoln, ar rived in this city Wednesday morning from Chicago where it has been for some time on being returned from the Pacific. Lt. Worley was killed in action in the late war. Graveside funeral services will be held on Friday morning at 1 1 o'clock at Oak Hill cemetery and will be conducted by the Rev. Father Whitly of St. Matthews Episcopal church, Lincoln, of which parish the Worley fam ily were members. The pallbearers will be six close friends of the departed vet eran. Lt. Worley was a nephew of Miss Verna Leonard of this city and his immediate survivors are the mother, residing at Lincoln TurnHrprt TVptr rtaiioh. ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Dieter of Plattsmouth. In the county court today (Thursday) petition was filed i asking , f or the probate of the : estate of Clyde E. Fitzpatrick, deceased. The Detition was filed ; by Leija Fitzpatrick, of Lincoln, ; a daughter. Harold Elliott of j Weeping Water appears as the attorney. j for the crobate of the estate of John Chidester, deceased of Union. The appointment of Pearl Everett as administratrix was asked. Smith & Lebens ap pears as attorney in the case. (Continued on Page Six) o 7 i L FIT TO BE TIED ... is Senator Clyde Hoey (D., X.C.) as Ameri ca's No. I sany, Jim Moran, ties him up in a trade the senator's pencil for a necktie. Moran is n a bartering tour, and the fruits of his trading Mill be auc tioned off to combat the disease that killed Lou Gehrig. Death of Mrs. Frank Konf rst on Wednesday The death of Mrs. Frank j Riley, Kansas, where he will Konfrst, 65, a long time resident , spend the next thirty days in a of Plattsmouth occurred on J refresher course of army train Wednesday afternoon at the St. ! ing as prescribed by the army Joseph hospital at Omaha, where she has been for the past sev eral weeks in critical condition. Mrs. Konfrst has been in failing health for the past two years, but it was not until the last months that her condition has been considered critical. Antonia Semerad was born in Czechoslovakia, May 25, 1884, and when four years of age, was brought to the United States by her parents." They located at Chicago and also lived at a num ber of places until coming to Plattsmouth where on Novem ber 4, 1904, she was married to Frank Konfrst. They have made their home in the west part of the city for the years of their wedded life, where Mrs. Konfrst was a kind and pleasant neigh bor down through the years. The deceased was a lifelong member of the Roman Catholic church and a devout member of ine rioiy Kosary church. There is surviving her passing the husband, Frank Konfrst of this city; four sons, Louis. Glen- wood, Iowa; Leslie, Chicago; Frank Jr., Omaha; Jerry, Platts mouth; one daughter, Mrs. Ag nes McDiarmid of Key West, Florida; several grandchildren; one sister. Mrs. Mary Bilstein, Webster, Wisconsin; one broth er. Jerry Semerad, Superior, Wis consin; a half-brother, Joe Ka lenda of Colome, South Dakota; an aunt, Mrs. Anna Skvaril, Omaha; an uncle, James Hara ban. Ladysmith, Wisconsin. The body was taken to the Sattler funeral home at 4th and Avenue to await the funeral services that will be held on Sat urday at 10 a. m. at the Holy Rosary church. The rosary, will be recited at the fvieral home on Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Visiting hours at the Sattler funeral home will be from 3 to 5. Friday new TEACHER ENGAGED j The board of education has comDleted their list of teachers for the comine school year, fill- board elected Miss Shirley Rae Garrels of Diller, Nebraska, to teach in the Sixth grade of the city schools. Miss Garrels is a graduate of Doane college and has been teaching for three yeafs at Davenport, Nebraska. Contract Let for Grading Louisville Road The board of county commis sioners and the state highway department have let the con tract for the grading and small drainage work on the Platts-mouth-Louisville road, covering a section seven and six-tenth miles of the road. The section that will be worked, is that from the Taylor school house west of Plattsmouth to the Ced ar Creek corner. The contract was let to the Nichols Construction company of Omaha, whose total bid for the work was $79,857.96. This will include all the grading as well as metal pipes and culverts to be placed along the highway, now a part of the state high way system. There was no award of the bridge contract, as the bidders had made their bid in connec tion with the grading contract, that was some $10,000 higher PAny. The Platte Valley Con- struction company of Grand i Island bid $88,871.76 on the bridges, while their bid on the grading and the small drainage wtas $87,467.30 and as the bids vere intertied the award was made to Nicholas. ; The bridge bids will be re-advertised by the state and coun ty for a future letting. , County Engineer C. E. Mark ham states that it is hoped to ; get the grading and small drainage work started as soon as possible, the contractors will be notified and asked to get the work started to get the road in shape for the fall and winter. The old bridges will be left un til the new bridge contract is awarded, it is hoped with the grading of the road it may be ready for travel without the in convenience of the past year. The county commissioners are very anxious to get the work underway and the program 7 compK-ted ' a3 soon as possible. Attorney James Begley to Training Attorney James F. Begley, who holds the Army reserve rating of a cantain. is now at Fort j regulations and rules Mr. Begley had a long service in world War II as a member of the army air forces and was overseas a larger part of the time of his service, and is keep ing his service up in the reserve. The course at Fort Riley will be presented by the regular army officer and include the new departures in army technic and training that have been devel oped from the close of the last war. During the absence of Mr. Beg ley from the city Mrs. Begley is spending the time at Columbus with her parents and grand father, Hon. Edgar Howard, and the home here has been leased for the thirty day period while the Begley family are absent. Chicken Thieves Getting Busy j Shenri Tom Solomon was i called out in the neighborhood of Elmwood this week by the re port of chicken thieves who had visited the farm of Clarence Rueter, west of Elmwood. The Sheriff found on his arrival that the flock of some 600 chickens had been visited and it was es timated that something like a hundred had been taken. The family had left home about 7 p.m. Monday and when they returned home early Tues day morning they had missed the chickens. Sheriff Solomon contacted dealers in a number of towns to ascertain if chick ens had been offered for sale but so far no trace of the fowls has been found. Mrs. William Richter Has Arm Broken Mrs. William Richter, raiding 1 in the south part of the city. was severely injured on Monday at the family home, falling in the yard and suffering the frac ture of the right arm near the elbow. The break was a very , serious one. the patient w-as where she was placed in the Clarkson hospital. The injured arm was set Tuesday and the patient made as comfortable as possible and able to return home. Subscribe to the Journal. ISTREET MARKER DRIVE TO START TIIFSnAY-RHAMRFR & U ffullli U u MjrLsujru u 9 uruuv u uspusi u MEMBERS WILL SOLICIT Kent Lunch Robbed Early Thursday The Kent lunch room and j restaurant, located on Web- j ester boulevard and Avenue E, was broken into and robbed sometime Thursday morning and an unknown amount of cash and cigarettes and cigars were taken. The place had been checked ' by the night police at 3 a. m. and no sign of a breakin was seen, later at 3:30 a. m. Harold Manners, a n employe had checked the room and it was undisturbed. Later at 4 a. m. Officer Russel Litle had vsiited the place and found the break in. Entrance was secured by pry ing open a back door to the place that permitted entrance to the restaurant. It was found on a checkup of the place today, that the night callers had made a thorough job of frisking, breaking open the pay telephone money box where it is estimated that $40 to $50 was taken. The burglars also proceded to take the tele phone along as well as the money. The music and pin ball ma chines were also looted and an unknown amount secured from I this source. In addition to the funds there was forty cartons of cigarettes taken as well as eight boxes of cigars. The breakin was investigated by Chief of Police Haley and Shrieff Tom Solomon visited the place to check for possible fing er prints or other traces that might have been left by the party or parties making the entrance. TRUCKS ARE DAMAGED Sheriff Tom Solomon was out in the vicinity of Nehawka on Tuesday to investigate a truck fnllisirm that Vinri nfcnrrpri nn Mnnriav niP-ht on hiohwnv No 34 west of the Nehawka corner, . . . . . , . One truck had been driven by Robert Bassitt of Council Bluffs, Iowa while the other was driven by Leroy Delozier. The Bassitt truck had to be towed in for repairs and the bodies of the trucks were more or less damaged. George's Shop Will Have New Schedule George Thun, proprietor of "George's" barber shop is an nouncing a change in hours that will be effective on September 1st and which will give the em- I ployes of the shop shorter work - ing hours. He is announcing that that shop will be operated on and after September 1st from 8 a. n. to 7 p. m. except Saturday when the working hours will be from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. This shop is located on Main street between Fourth and Fifth street across the street from the Hinky-Dinky store. SIR DOUGLAS . . . Donglas Fairbanks Is now knight of the British empire. Holding the concrete trimming f his new honor Douglas Fairbanks, American movie star and CARE official leaves Buckingham Palace in London with his wife after he had been made a knight of the British empire at the royal investiture. The portrayer of he-man roles in American movies was mobbed by hero-worshippers. . 1 3 i TALE OF TERROR . . . Air crash survivor, Mrs. Judith Frost, tells detectives of inci dents preceding plane wreck J near Van Nuys, Calif., in which S3 died. She said that the pilot i lowered the ship for a landing: too soon and a fist fight between pas sengers was not responsible for the accident. Rotary Enjoys Picture Trip Thru the East At the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club on Tuesday the members had the pleasure of having an old time leader back at leading the songfest, John E. Frady with E. H. Wescott at the piano. President Orville Nielsen was presiding over the business ses- ! sion of the club while Richard ; Spangler had charge of the pro- gram of the meeting. The program consisted of va cation pictures that were taken by W. F. Evers, superintendent of the Nebraska Masonic Home and Mrs. Evers on their recent trip through the east with Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Cook. The pic tures covered the. trip through much of New England, Boston, the Maine coast country and i through parts of Canda includ- i inS the birthplace of the Doinne i children, all of these being most .nteresti t th members of tb , . j ciuo Judee A- H- Duxley Ll?c2n ! was . a Pleasant guest of the luncheon. He is a former mem ber of the Rotary here IX JUSTICE COURT In justice court before Judge C. L. Graves Tuesday a com plaint was heard charging Hen ry Jorgensen with disturbing the peace in Avoca. The defend ant was charged with disturb ing the peace by shooting, the defendant contending that he i was shooting at a dog and not i to disturb the peace. Judge j Graves assessed a fine of $10 j and costs amounting to a total I of $18.37. I Robert E. Cram was charged j with speeding on a complaint filed by the city police and j posted a bond of $10 that was 1 forfeited in court Tuesday, j ! A classified Ad in the Journal costs as little as 35c. A ririve for funds to Durchas street markers ior the city of Plattsmouth will get underway at an early morning meeting here next Tuesday, according to an announcement by Don Arundel, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce com mittee. Mr. Arundel, together with members of his committee, Har old Alkire and Richard Black, stated Wednesday that all mem bers of the Chamber of Com merce are to be contacted and will be assigned specific areas in the city to contact homes and individuals for their small con trioution towards the purchase of an adequate street marker system. s Each individual home owner or occupant will be asked to contribute only $2 towards the purchase of the signs. It is es timated the cost of the street markers will amount to nearly S3500, following a survey of the residential area several months ago. Postmaster Leslie Niel. co- operating with the committee. has prepared individual cards designating the proper street and house number of each home within the city. Volunteer work ers soliciting the funds will have these cards available. If your house is not properly number ed, the committee has been au thorized to issue heavy cast aluminum numbers to each donor without charge. Aware of the need for proper street residence designation for many years, the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce assum ed the responsibility over a year ago with the above committee working out the details of the program and made the neces sary contracts with a respon sible company that could fur nish street markers and house numbers at a reasonable cost. The City Council agreed sev eral months ago to assume the cost of installation of the mark ers if the residents of the c;ty would raise the funds to pur chase them. It is estimated the total cost will be close to the $6,000 mark, a figure present general funds of the city will not stand. On another page of The Journal will be found an exact replica of the markers to be used here. Plattsmouth has outgrown the pointing system when giving directions to reach a certain spot. The marking of streets is one of the most urgent needs at this time. The drive for funds is expected to be com pleted in two or three days, so have your $2 ready when that Chamber of Commerce mem ber, who is donating his time and effort, calls on you. Mother of Grant Roberts Quite 111 Word has been received here concerning the mother of Grant Roberts of Mynard, Mrs. Rob erts being quite critically ill at an Oberlin, Kansas, hospital. Grant flew to her bedside last Friday and returned home the same evening, only to be called back on Saturday. He has re turned home again and reports no change in the mother's con dition. BACK FROM HOSPITAL Mrs. W. E. Harris has return ed to her home here after some time snent at an Omaha hos pital. She had a very serious operation and is still quite weak from the effects of the ordeal. ' It is hoped that at home she may recuperate and soon be able to resume her usual ac tivities. ENJOY PICXIC PARTY A vpru ripliuhtfnl nirnir. nartv I- .7 r- - t m was held at Carter Lake Sun I day, honoring Mrs. DeForest j Perry on her birthday. Those j attending were: Mr. and Mrs. j E. A. Caldwell, Larry Lee and ! Margaret, Dean Childress. Don Warga. Vera Lewis and Mr. and ! Mrs. DeForest Perry. i Frank Levine of Omaha was in the city Saturday to attend the funeral of the late John Bauer. ' an old time friend.