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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY M o n d a y-Th u rs d a y f f Historical Soc, lute 3 Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME G4 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1949 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 35 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER .1 .: i i 1 Boys and Girls State Attracts Much Attention The interest throughout Cass county in the forthcoming Boys and Girls County is constantly growing, and County Judge Richard Peck, Legion chairman of the event, is busy receiving the certificates of the various schools for their entries for the big event on Wednesday, No vember 9th. The number here is estimat ed will be 160 students that will be the guests of the Legion and the county officers for the af ternoon. The members of the group will be tendered at a banquet at the noon hour at the Fellow ship room of the First Presby terian church, the ladies ar ranging a fine repast for the young people. Judge Troyer of Omaha will speak. From 1:30 on. the students will be busy at the court house, 'where they will be given prac tical instructions from the dif ferent officers and clerks in regard to the operations of the offices. Elmwood high school report ed their list of officials as fol lows: County Commissioner. Marion Wendt; County Survey or, Delton Nanna; Sheriff, Chas. D. Backemeyer; County Judge, Norman Irons; County Attorn ey. James E. Hall; County Treas urer, Berdina KirchcfT; County Superintendent. Frances Mae Schick; County Clerk, Beth Janet Mendenhall; County As sessor. Mary E. McLaughlin; As sistance Director, Margaret Vogt; Register of Deeds, Lyle Ahren; Clerk of the District Court, Janice Fay Miller. Miss Rosemary John, principal of the Elmwood high school will accompany her students. The Weeping Water high School has chosen the following: County Superintendent, Patricia LaRue: County Clerk, Joy Len ker; Register of Deeds. Evelyn Lauritzen; Clerk of the District Court, Raymond Rice; County Treasurer, Nancy Brown; Coun ty Sheriff, John Ranney; Coun ty Attorney, Alice Noell; Coun ty Surveyor, Bob Bergmann; County Assessor, Gene Burgen; County Judge. John Stone; County Commissioner, Jack Nor ris. Cars Have Bad Wrecks at the Week End The week end proved a busy time for Sheriff Tom Solomon several wrecks were report ed from the office of the sheriff that made Friday a very busy time for the sheriff. A car driven by William R. Funkhouscr of Nebraska City struck the rear end of a car driven by John R. Smith of Ne ligh, Nebraska, at the Union corner, Friday evening. The Funkhouser station wagon was loaded with football fans head ed for Council Bluffs to witness a game. No one was injured in the accident. Another accident on Friday" was on highway No. 75, just north of "Dead Man's Curve," north of Plattsmouth. A car driven by Thad C. Cone, dis trict manager of the Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph com pany for the Seward area, Struck a telephone pole carry ing long distance lines and as the result thirty-two of the lines carrying the long distance wires were damaged, they carrying the lines from Omaha and Plattsmouth to the south. The driver was held for investigation and later released under a $25 bond. Error in Price Of Television In the Television Week adver tising appearing in The Journal on Thursday, an error appeared in the advertising of William Schmidtmann. A cut was shown of a table model TV RCA Vic tor, quoted at $299.95. This was in error, as the table model shewn was $199.95. The price was correct for the console, but not the table type. HAS HAND INJURED Philip Kehne, one of the prominent farmers of this sec tion of Cass county, suffered the breaking of the middle finger of his right hand on Friday while at work on the farm. He had the finger caught in a corn pick er and is now wearing the mem ber in a splint. Transport Hits Cow on No. 75 Thursday night a stray cow that had ventured onto high way No. 75, ten miles south of Plattsmouth, paid with its life for the wanderlust. The animal got in the way of one of the large oil transports coming north and as the result there was a dead cow. The incident was reported here by the driver to the night police force. Louisville Man Injured While Hunting Leon Bond, residing near Louisville, was a Cass county casualty of the hunting season the last week, while hunting near Bloomfield, Nebraska. The party of hunters had been going through a corn field and wounded a pheaso.nt that lit near the end of the corn row, where they were hunting. On reaching the vicinity where the pheasant was last seen, Mr. Bond sought to recover the bird, and it suddenly took wing al though wounded, and as it rose other hunters took a shot at the bird, bringing it down, but in the shooting Mr. Bond was also injured. He suffered gunshot wound in the left shoulder, a few in the face and two shots through the left ear. The wounded man was treated at Bloomfield by a physician and it was not neces sary to have him taken to a hospital. Western Auto Associates Enlarge The Western Auto Associates store in this city, owned by Bruce Gold, has just had in stalled a new Western Auto Cir cle Arrow sign that has attract ed a great deal of attention in the business part of the city. This is just a part of the im provements that Mr. Gold has made in the store itself. The parts storage section of the store has been enlarged by a third and makes for the handling of a larger stock of the necessary parts, the shelving of the store has also been increas ed so that it can care for a large addition to the stock car ried, which has also been in creased by fifty per cent over the opening of the store in Sep tember. Mr. Gold has also added a full and complete line of repair parts for almost any make of bicycle that can be desired. Syracuse Marshal Visits in City William Bangatz, city mar shal of Syracuse, was in Platts mouth Friday to spend a few hours attending to some mat ters of business. Mr. Bangatz was looking after a recent speeding offense by one of the attendants at a dance at Syra cuse. The party committing the offense is a resident of Cass county and the marshal was seeking the assistance of Sheriff Solomon in getting the party ap prehended. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Volkart and son, Victor, Jr., visited over the week end with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Noltens meyer and son, Ronnie, in Ne maha, Nebraska. They also were in Falls City Saturday after noon. Use Journai iVant Ads. At The Cass County Court House I Judge Thomas E. Dunbar heard the case of Ella Reinke vs Conrad Reinke in the dis trict court here on Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday an amended petition oi the plaintiff was admitted, asking for an absolute divorce instead of seperate maintenance, there being no opposition on the part of the plaintiff. Testimony of the plaintiff received and court adjourned at 4:30 p. m. Thurs day. The plaintiff is given fif- xeen aays 10 uie uneis m wie case and the defendant seven days to answer the Same. The case will be taken under advise ment by the court and attorn eys ndtlfied three days before the final hearing- of the matter. Businessmen A group of the businessmen the Graymoor Robes plant in the American Legion building last company with Ted Hurley, general offices. New York, E. M. Finley, and John Wilson, buyer for Montgomery Ward. Pictured from left Patch, 'Hob' Hirz, W. A. Swatek, Roy Knorr, Henry M. Schneider, Richard Peck, Hilt Wescott and Fred Busch. Council of Royal and Select Masters Thursday evening Adoniram Council No. 5, Royal and Select Masters held their meeting with a large attendance of the mem bers to witness the reception of some ten members into this Masonic group. The impressive work was given by members and officers of Omaha Council No. 1 upon the ten candidates present from Omaha, Plattsmouth and Falls City. The members received were as follows: August A. Elam, Clarence J. Thompson, Elmer T. Wilson. George Irving Griffith, Cato W. Hoel, George R. Froehlich, Rich ard A. Ketter, all of Falls City Charles E. Walden, R. A. Noell, j Plattsmouth; Alen C. King. Omaha. Attending the meeting was Herbert T. White, most illust rous grand master of Nebraska, Charles Reeves, grand steward; Alfred F. Walters, grand senti nel. Blair to Play Here Friday Plattsmouth will play Blair at Athletic park in this city on Friday night, the first meeting in several years, and a great deal of interest is attached to the game as it is an East Ne braska Seven contest. Blair has met defeat at the hands of Wahoo and Ashland this season and the Blue Devils should be able to annex this contest to their credit provided the jinx of injuries does not keep their stars out of the con test. The Falls City and Nebraska City games were very severe on the locl players and they will not be In the pink of condition physically. The Blue Devils have two vic tories in the East Nebraska Seven, College View and Ash land, a loss to Wahoo and have still to meet Blair and Bellevue, playing Bellevue on November 11th here, the last game of the 1949 season. - For those wishing to attend the football game Friday, it is a matter of interest that a num ber of reserved seat tickets are available for the Blair game. These may be secured at the Schreiner drug store at 9 a. m. Tuesday. Roy J. Peterson Suffers Pneumonia District Judge Thomas E. Dunbar was in the city for a thnrt tltno tnHiw AfnrHiirk w I t.7Z'H 7 T"' Nebraska City to Papillion to hold a session of court. Judge Dunbar reports that Roy J. Peterson, district court reporter, is confined to his home at Nebraska City by a se vere attack of pneumonia. Mr. Peterson was taken ill on Sat urday and is now quite serious ly ill. Dick Mowers, court reporter for Judge Frank Dineen, of Omaha, is at Papillion today to assist Judge Dunbar. Mrs. Dwight Talcott and children were at Lincoln for the week end, visiting with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Prancis Or ton. and with the many old friends. Visit Graymcor and members of the Plattsmouth Group Sees Sewing Section Businessmen were conducted through the plant and .shown the many operations in the manufacture of robes produced here. Above is a small section of the sewing machine department where over 50 machines are humming throughout the day, all operated by local women employed in the plant. Coffee and rolls were served the visitors following the plant tour. Journal Photo Nebraska City Women Hurt in Accident Here A car driven by Mrs. Kath rine Kregel of Nebraska City. Sunday struck a high line elec tric light pole on highway No. 75, south of Plattsmouth, shear ing off the pole at the ground and as the result the car was almost demolished and the oc cupants injured. Deputy Sheriff Rex Young and Shrader Rhoden investigat ed the case and assisted in guarding the scene of the acci dent where a large crowd gath ered despite the fact that a 6, 000 volt wire was lying along the road as the result of the ac cident. Mrs. Kregel was accompanied bv Mrs. JoseDhine Brussman. a sister, also of Nebraska City. The injured ladies were given first aid by Dr. O. C. Hudson of this city and later taken on to Nebraska City in the Sattler ambulance for hospitalization. Merle Dasher on The Injured List Merle Dasher, fast backfield man of the Plattsmouth high school Blue Devils, was on the retired list the latter part of the week, as the result of in juries that he received in the football game at Nebraska City on last Wednesday night. Merle, who played an out standing game against the Pio neers, had a severe knee injury .. ' T V. . ! mat made necessary his getting around on crutches, also had a very severe blow on the head that made necessary his remain ing home for several days. He is hoping that the injuries may be eased up so that he can take the field in the game here Friday evening against the Blair team, one of the last two games that the Blue Devils will stage this year. Merle is one of the veterans that will be back for the next year term as he is a junior this year. Practically all of the start ing team will be graduated this coming spring. Captain and Mrs. Vincent Brann, who reside on South 9th street, were in Omaha Sunday as the guests of friends. Robes Plant Chamber of Commerce who visited Tuesday are pictured above in J Jr., vice-president and manager, j to right are Bill Knorr, Chas. i Hurley, Findley, Wilson, Judge j Journal Photo i Pheasant Season Close Lures Out Hunters Sunday The official close of the ten day pheasant hunting season in Nebraska drew to a close Sun day at an hour before sunset and the colorful game birds now have a reprieve from the hunt- ers, that is officially, j The local hunters were out j enmasse on Saturday and Sun ! day as the short week gave many I a Saturday holiday and the op ! portunity of getting out into the open. The hunters from the eastern tier of counties moved out into the state to seek their share of the birds before the close of the season and some very good bags are reported with ; most of the hunters getting their ' unjit. I Many of the sportsmen that ' have been spending the hunting j season largely along the rivers ', and lakes after ducks and geese, joined in the last day onslaught on the pheasants, the warm weather having slowed down the : flight of the ducks and geese : and it will require some cold j winds and wintery conditions farther north to bring out the heavier flights from the north . lands into this area before the hunting is really good. Glenwood Firemen To Stage Festival The Glenwood fire depart ment is announcing their an- nual fall festival to be held on ; Saturday night, November 5th The firemen of our neighboring city have made this an event that is always looked forward to with pleasure. The funds derived from- the fall festival are used for the ac tivities of the department and it is hoped that they may realize a large amount from the result of their activity. A great many from this city usually attends this annual fes tival and enjoying the many fine features. C. F. Harris, of Union, former County Commissioner, was in the city Saturday to look after some matters of business and visiting with old friends. Weeping Water Bank Will Be Liquidated The last National Bank in Cass county ceased operation on Friday, when the stockholders of the First National bank at Weeping Water, voted for the voluntary liquidation of the bank. This bank is one of the oldest in Cass county having been chartered in 1886. The bank deposits totaled $750,000 at the time the decision to cease business was made by the stockholders. Saturday morning the despositors of the bank were being paid off in full as they called, the bank closing to regular business on Friday afternoon. The decision to liquidate came after a number of the officers had announced their intention to retire. The officers of the bank are Henry A. Crozier, president; Ray C. Wiles, vice president; O. C. Hinds, cashier; Charles V. Wallick, assistant chashier. Mr. Wallick, a veteran of thirty-two years of service with the bank it was announced would become a member of the staff of the Nebraska State bank at Weeping Water. The building owned by the bank will be sold during the liquidation proceedings. Otoe Resident Kills Himself At Residence . Sunday morning shortly after 9 o'clock, L. A. Caldwell of the Caldwell funeral home, was call ed to Otoe, Nebraska, where it was reported that Henry Rippe, well known resident of that place, was found dead at his home, death evidently being caused by suicide. Mr. Rippe had lived alone in the house, and Sunday shortly after 8 a. m., neighbors had been aroused by shots coming apparently from the home of Mr. Rippe. An investigation dis closed that the unfortunate man was lying in the home with two bullet holes through his head and a .32-calibre revolver was found near him. When Mr. Caldwell brought the body to Plattsmouth for preparation for the funeral it was disclosed that another bullet hole was through the heart that had not been noticed when the body was first found. This (Monday) morning Sher iff Carl Ryder of Otoe county with Otto H. Wellensiek, county attorney of Otoe county, came up to examine the body at the funeral home. Mr. Rippe was born June 21, 1874, at Hanover, Germany, coming to the United States when quite young and has made his home near Otoe since four teen years of age. He has been a widower for the past forty-six years. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Clara McManus of Auburn, a son, John Rippe of Brock; three grandchildren; three brothers, Herman, of Johnson; Brien of Syracuse, Harold of Tekamah; three sisters, Mrs. Doris Peter son of Auburn, Mrs. Sophia V. Volkman, Mrs. Rebecca Smith of Unadilla. The funeral will be Wednes day afternoon at 1 p. m. from the North Branch church, Rev. George Bergstraesser conduct ing the services. The Caldwell funeral home of this city will have charge of the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Scharf enberg and family of Nebraska City were here Friday to visit with old friends for a few hours. : If MASS. TWINS EN MASSE . . . Part of the birthday celebration of the Walsh twins of Twincy, Mass. pardon as, we mean Quiney held at their home was singing-. They are Buddy, Billy, 4; Manreen, Michael, 3; and Kathleen, Kevin, 2. Patricia, 5, enjoys the celebration. BECKOVS FORMER NAZIS . . . Dr. Herbert Kraus heads the League ttf Independent Voters in Austria. He is said to hold the I'.lance of power between other parties. Improvements Made at Gamble Store Here The Gamble store in this city of which Herb Freeburg is the owner, has been receiving a course of re-arrangement and and modernizing that makes it not only one of the attractive business houses of the city, but one that is arranged for the ac commodation of the customers while shopping. The display and sales room has been re-decorated in very attractive pastel shades with new fixtures and shelving ar ranged in a most practical man ner. The shelving has been so ar ranged that the different lines of articles are easily found by the shoppers. Appliances, sport goods, washers, home wants, auto parts, farm and garden tools are to be found in their respective departments of the shelving. Through the center of the store, new display tables have been arranged for the conven ience of the customers, and here the visitohs to the store can find anything that they might wish in the smaller articles on sale. Beneath the display tables are large enclosed spaces for the surplus stock. One of the improvement plans yet to be carried out is that of the changing of the en trance so that the doors will be in the center of the front with display windows on either side. Truck Slips on Ice, Causes Accident This morning (Monday about 9 o'clock a small accident oc curred on Main street just off the 6th street intersection. Mrs. Cleta Karr, who is engaged at the Style Shop had arrived at work and left her car parked in one of the parking spaces near the office of the Consum ers Public Power office. Short ly after the parking a large Safeway truck came down Sixth street and turned into Main and hit an icy section of the street and slid over into the rear of the Karr vehicle, doing some damage and making it necessary to tow the car into a garage. The cold temperature of 22 above that prevailed this morn ing had frozen the water on the streets after their early morn ing flushing and this made the streets quite slick. Arthur Gescke, who is now re siding near Weeping Water, was in the city Thursday to spend a few hours looking after busi ness matters. -T. ' : v. Rex Young Has Large Sale at South Omaha One of the largest stock sales in the South Omaha yards was that cried by Rex Youn, local auctioneer on Tuesday morning. 3.500 of the choice feeder calws being offered to the bidders dur ing the sale. Mr. Young started the sale at 9:30 in the morning and it w.s carried through until 3:45 ia the afternoon, setting an aver age of a sale every minute an 1 a half and was most strenuous to the local auctioneer who va without food from the time the sale started until he reach ed home in the late afternoon. ine iunous bidding set u;j Tuesday morning brought a top of sixty-two cents on the fiv Hereford cattle from one of the five blue winning pens that brought the top. these being ex hibited by F. A. Leistritz & Son. of Sheridan county. They were bought by the Runge Brothers. Allen and August. Jr.. sons of Mr. and Mrs. August Runge, of Platte county. The same buyer and seller combination set th-' second high of the day, S55.5J on five steers that entered the ring following the top group cf animals. Col. Rex. Young faced some 3,500 head as he opened thf auction. Of these, he knocked Off 18 of the ribbon-winning pens of 20 head, selling five head at a time during the morn ing. Ten top-ranking pens wer reserved for the afternoon to accomodate late-comers. Be tween these two heats, non-ribbon winning calves sold in bunches ranging a dozen to. 53 head. A bright, Indian summer sun made it comfortable for the buyers, but was credited with keeping some potential purchas ers at home in the cornfields. Four-H and F. F. A. feeders, however, were very much in evi dence. The selling session, how ever, moved right along with prices on the "blues" ranging from around the $30-mark to the extreme highs. Col. Young received many compliments on the sale from the leaders at the yards, among these being Tom Lindley, had of the Lindley company, a brother-in-law of Emery Doody of this city and Mr. Van Am bury, the vice-president of the yards. John F. Brecht Sells Oakmount Farm to Iowan The sale of Oakmount farm, one of the show places of east ern Nebraska, was announced on Saturday Ijy John F. Erecht, owner of the farm and the large stable of thoroughbred horses. The Oakmount farm was pur chased from Mr. Brecht by E. E. Howschultz, of Onawa, Iowa, wealthy retired farmer of west ern Iowa, who expects to move here to make his home as soon as arrangements can be made. The new owner, like Mr. Brecht. is a great lover of horseflesh and will maintain his stable and continue the farm as it has been operated under the manage ment of Mr. Brecht. Mr. Brecht is desirous of mak ing his home in a milder climate and expects to spend the win ter in touring through the south before making his decision to a future permanent residence. The residents here will regret to see Mr. and Mrs. Brecht leave this city as they have been splendid additions to the citi zenship of the community, and during their time here, have built up a very lovely home and surroundings at their estate on south Chicago avenue. Mr. Howschultz expects to maintain the estate at its pres ent high standard and have his stable maintained here. PLATTSMOUTH HOMES SOLI) Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Hamil ton have sold their home at 601 South First Street to T-Sgt. and Mrs. Lester L. Judy. This trans action was handled by Loris B. Long, local real estate broker. The Hamlitons are going to St. Louis where Mr. Hamilton plans to attend school. Miss Long also announces the sale of the trailer home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Fulton to William J. Adkins. Miss Geraldine Hendrey of Lincoln was here over the week end as a guest of Mary Margaret Eiting, a former school associate.