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1TME PtLATTSIdDUTM J TO NAD. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY I o n (1 a y-Th urs d a y Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 64 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1949 W- FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 100 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Armistice Day Quiet Over City Armistice day of 1949 was very quiet in Plattsmouth with no public meetings or commer ating services being held and the general business of the community proceeding as usual. Must of the offices at the court house were closed for the day, the bank observed the day by remaining closed, as did the postoffice and no mail deliver ies were made either, the city or rural free delivery routes. The only recognition of the day that marked the anniver sary of the closing of the hos tilities in 1918, were at the pub lic schools, arranged by the American Legion. These were held at 11 o'clock in the build ings over the city with short addresses given "by representa tives of the veteran groups. At the high school the pro- gram took place at 11 o"clock with Principal Miles Eloe pre siding and the presentation of the speaker by Judge Richard Peck. The speaker was Senator William A. Metzger of Cedar Creek, a veteran of World War II, who gave a very interesting and worthwhile address, cover ing good citizenship, tieing this in with the fact of the sacri fices that the men and women of the nation had made in the wars of the nation, the ideals of American institutions that they had defended on battle fields, over the world, to des troy the teachings that aimed at the destruction of our Amer ican system. The taps were sounded at 11 a. m. by Harold Wagoner, Stu art Spidell and Jon Schuetz, All of the student body rose and stood at attention for two minutes in commemoration of those who fought and died for our country. Retreat was sounded by the buglers at 11:02. The students were called to assembly and the Explorer Scouts led the assembly in the salute to the flag of the United States of America. Those taking part were: Dick Huebner and David Friest in uniform; Jerry Sharpnack, Carl Ofe and Bur ton Oleason in civilian garb. The address at the Cential schoAl building was given by Howard Hirz, commander of the local American Legion post, while at the Columbian school, Mrs. W. H. Woolcott of the Leg ion Auxiliary was the speaker for the day, at the Wintersteen Hill school Mrs. L. A. Caldwell was the speaker and Mrs. Paul T. Heineman at the First ward school for the Legion Auxiliary. The programs at the various rural schools in this vicinity was given under the supervi sion of County Superintendent Lloyd Behrends. The program at the Cen tral building was very impres sive with the observance of the silent tribute with members of the Boy Scouts as the color guards. "Butch" Furse and Den nis Hirz, while the Cub Scouts joined in the program being re presented by John Anderson and Edward Egenberger. The poem, "In Flanders Field," was given by Shirley Ellege. as a tri bute to the fallen war veterans of World War I. Treasurer Has Missing: Purse County Treasurer Ruth Pat ron. Thursday evening had a taxi take her to the family home in the south part of the city to visit with her ailing father, R. II. Patton. There, for a time, she recalled the fact that she had left her purse in the cab that had brought her home. A call to the office of the Griffin Taxi office, revealed the fact that the cab in which she had made the trip, had been sent out on a drive with sever al men for Nebraska City. A call by the treasurer to Nebras ka City to Sheriff Carl Ryder, caused that official to get on the trail of the cab and at the same time State Patrolman Le roy Jensen started north on highway No. 75 as Sheriff Tom Solomon of Cass county started south on the search. The taxi was found at Union :iere the driver had stopped to have a tire fixed and it was a relief to the owner to find that the purse was safe and un touched where she had left it in the cab. Dr. and Mrs. H. G. McClusky were in Omaha Friday where they enjoyed the day visiting with friends. Fire Alarm Late Friday Afternoon The fire department was called out late Friday afternoon to Wintersteen Hill where a fire was reported at the George Hui ton residence. It was found that a grass fire had gotten out of control, as the result a smill frame shed on the premises was afire. The blaze was exting uished by the firemen but with considerable loss to the structure. Kenneth Dunlap Named as New Deputy Sheriff Sheriff Tom Solomon today announced the appointment of Kenneth Dunlap of this city, as deputy sheriff of Cass coun ty. Mr. Dunlap has been at the office for the past week or ten days getting used to the work and now will take over the full functions of the office. Mr. Dunlap was out today looking over collecting of taxes as one of the initial activities of his office and will continue in this work as well as the du ties in the office at the court house. Mr. Dunlap is a war veteran having retired after twenty-one years in the regular army, that include actice duty in WTorld War II. Mr. Dunlap has erect ed a new residence in this city where with his wife, formerly Mary Jane McClure, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen McClure, are now making their home. The office of deputy sheriff has been vacant since the resig nation of Warren Fink from the office and the new appointment will give the Sheriff a much needed assistant in looking after the calls. Chicago Avenue Paving Great Hit With Travelers The opening of the Chicago avenue section of highway No. 75, just repaved, on Saturday morning was quite an event not only to the local people but al so the general traveling public that had used the detour on Lincoln avenue, that was very dusty from the constant rolling traffic over the crushed stone and gravel. The new paving is really a work of art from the point of construction, stretching for eight blocks from the Ofe sta tion to the junction with the Louisville road, and some thirty feet wide, smooth riding and ample space for passing. To those who used it frequently the change is something like awak ening from a nightmare. A number of the local people started to use the paving on Friday but it was not until Sat urday morning that the heavier trucks, buses and transports were given the "go ahead" sig nal. It is a great improvement even though it cost the city a great deal of money, $76,000. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Little of Weeping Water were among vis itors in Plattsmouth Saturday to look after some business and meeting old friends in this city. At The Cass County Court House In the county court Saturday a complaint was filed by State Patrolman Leroy Jensen, charg ing Allen J. Merdith of Auburn, with failure to stop at stop sign, to which he made a plea of guilty. A fine of $10 and costs was imposed by Judge Peck. In the county court Saturday a complaint .was filed against Russell Neff, charging the de fendant with drunken driving. The defendant made a plea of not guilty to the complaint andj the hearing of the matter set for Wednesday, November 23rd at 10 a. m. Bond was fixed by the court at $100. Albert B. Pries was charged by State Patrolman Don Rasmus sen with the improper use of license plates. A guilty plea was made by the defendant and a fine of $10 and costs given by the court. ' In the county court Thursday afternoon, a complaint was filed charging Russell J. Crandall with intoxication. On his plea of guilty, he was given a sen tence of ten days in tne county jail and paroled for six months to Sheriff Tom Solomon. EXULTANT SULTAN . . . The sulUn f Jobsre dancrs with his wife t the l'fe it Pari in Lndon. The Johore is wearing the iwaif nia mt a major general. An honorary -title in the British armed fv which he has held aince 1947. The sultana is the former JCV-Ue Menol mt Kumaaia. She made international headlines some tiice back when she married the sultan. The sultan rxnks as one of the richest men tat the world. , - Neighbors of Virgil Sudduth Gather Corn A demonstration of real serv ice to an ill member of the com munity, was shown here the past week, when the relatives and neighbors of Virgil Sudduth. ly ing 111 in the Clarkson hospital at Omaha, of a heart attack, came in to assist in the gather ing of his corn crop. Mr. Sudduth taken suddenly ill, was unable to look after the crop, so on Monday morning a force of the neighbors, with their equipment, came in and started in on the work of gath ering the corn. They were also at the farm on Tuesday and Wednesday clearing up the 120 acres of the corn. While the men were busy in the fields, the neighbor ladies came in and looked after the preparation of the meals at the Sudduth home, Mrs. Sudduth being with the ailing husband at the hospital, remaining there until his condition improved and allowed her to1 return home the last of the week. The members . of the kindly and ' neighborly group were: Gardner Hamilton, Ray Camp bell,' Ralph Campbell, Guy Bu chanan, Lowell Buchanan, Lu ther -.Womac, Everett Sudduth, Dale Cooper, Guy Voris, Homer Campbell, Dan Sudduth. ' Committee of ess to Visit Omaha T. H. Pollock of this city, one of the untiring Workers in the middle - west for the Missouri river development program, in cluding, the extension of the barge service on the river, has received word of the fact that the sub-committee on Inter state and Foreign Commerce, will be in Omaha on November 14th. This is the house committee that is studying the Federal Barge line legislation pending before congress at this - time. They desire first hand informa tion from the residents of the cities and communities that line the river from Kansas City north. The idea is to ascertain as far as possible, the success that might come from the oper ation of the barge lines on the river in the future. The hearings will be informal and held at the Omaha Cham ber of Commerce where the con gressmen can discuss with the people their views and ideas on the river improvement, visiting with" each other and gaining valuable information. Congressman Dolliver of Iowa, Eugene O'Sullivan of Omaha and .others will accompany the party. C. C. Wescott Goes To Kansas City C. C. Wescott, buyer for "Wes cott's men's wear store of this city, is at Kansas City, Missouri, this week" where he was called to attend the Heart of Ameri ca buying convention that is be ing held there. This is one of the largest con ventions of its, kind in the na tion and over 300 lines are re presented at the meeting that is being held at the Hotel Muehlbaeh. The showings wiU be (or the spring lines for 1950 in men's clothing and furnishings. Corarr Murdock Plans New Bank for Community The Murdock community that has in recent years been oper ating the Murdock Co-operative Credit Association, to serve the financial needs of that part of Cass county, is to have a new bank to replace the association, reports from there state. The stockholders of the as sociation have held a meeting to discuss the proposition of liquidating the co-opprative as sociation, and the forming of the brink. The shareholders vot ed 227 to 0 for the voluntary liquidation. August Rieke, Jesse Stock and Louie Wendt were elected to the liquidation com mittee. The new bank will be known as the Corn Growers State bank. The openins date will be nar December 15th it is anticipated. The capalization will be $10,000. It is not anticipated there will be any change in the personnel of the banking force. The directors are to be Aug ust Ruge, Dan Schlaphoff, Mary K. Piatt, Robert Van Pelt of Lincoln, Herman Kupke, attorn ey, Edwin T. McHugh and Will Stock. Catching Fish by Hand Brings Fine Thursday evening Sheriff Tom Solomon received a call from the vicinity of Nehawka where a party of men were reported fishing in a pond on one of the farms in that locality, without the consent of the owner. The Sheriff on his arrival found the party had been en gaged in the fishing by the use of their hands, instead of the customary hook and line. The parties were notified to appear here on Friday and Judge Rich ard Peck called from his Arm istice day rest to hold court. Four of the men, Sandy Som lar, Wayne W. Rolentary, Wil liam Nance, Furman Frye, were here and made a plea of guilty to the charge. They were lec tured on the severity of fishing without a license, and with their hands, also given the min imum fine set by law, $10 and costs. They were remanded to the custody of the Sheriff until the amount of the fine and costs ; were settled. The fifth member of the party failed to make an ' appearance. Illinois Youths I Held by Sheriff t Sheriff Tom Solomon was i called out Friday evening to the ; vicinity of the Horning ceme- tery where a party of boys were ' reported with an auto bearing Illinois license plates, i An investigation disclosed ' that the party comprised Jerry R. Cline, 18, Jim R. Carlson. 16, Ronald L. Miller, 15, Jack Car penter, 16, and Jack Hitchcock, 16, all of Bloomington, Illinois. The group were brought in and lodged overnight at the jail and 'will later be returned to their homes. They had taken I the car of Dr. Cline, father of : Jerry, without his permission. ' and had started for the south : after reaching Nebraska, but ! but their travels were checked t here by the sheriff. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harris and sons, Patrick and Michael of St. Joseph, Missouri, were visitors here at the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bierl and other relatives. Blue Devils Close Season With 37-6 Win i The Plattsmouth high school Blue Devils Friday night ran down the curtain on the 1949 , ii.uu ui luutuii ai Aimeuc ; Park before a large crowd that filled the bleachers, to give ac- claim .to the iv.'n.y-one Seniors of the firot squad that were j playing their last high school ,;P,ame, as well as a tribute to the .: Juniors of the squad, stout hearted Merle Tanner, whose scoring power was again dem- onstraied for the paying cus I tomers. 1 Beilevue was here for the an- (nual Armistice day contest anditnts and their efficient teach- as tne result were cn the short ena of the 37 to 6 game. The game also gave the Blue Devils the second place in the tast Nebraska Seven conference over their maroon hued oppon ents from up the river. Wahoo that had tied with Beilevue was the winner of first place. The game opened with the Blue Devils flashing their fire that made the opening quarter a nightmare for the visitors, to add to the confusion several fumbl?s of Beilevue were recov ered by Plattsmouth that later paid off. In the opening, following the kickoff by Dasher, the visitors advanced until a Beilevue fum ble was recovered by Carl Ofe, four year letter man for the Blue Devils, and from then on the locals were marching. Ro han advanced the bail deep in to the enemy territory to set the stage for the scoring. The climax came as Dasher " drove through the center to pay dirt and Plattsmouth was ahead 6 to 0 as the try for placement failed. The second score came short ly following the first score, as both teams fumbled but the Beilevue juggling was costly, as Fischer recovered and the blue and white was again .on the isreh. Norman Ashbaugh pass ed to Dasher who was away and another tally was tucked away by the Plattsmouth team. The try for point was wide and the Blue Devils were out in front 12 to 0. As the second quarter open ed the Blue Devils really show ed class in their tackling as the line was on its toes and some great work was shown and the desperate Beilevue team was forced to punt, but the ball was (Continued on Page Six) Plattsmouth Students at Nebraska U Plattsmouth ranks among the top twenty-five Cornhusker communities mat send tne most students on the basis of en- rollment alone to the Univer sity of Nebraska. Five hundred eighteen Ne - braska towns, every state in the j Union, and 3 foreign countries sena siuaents to tne university of Nebraska Among the 33 students from Plattsmouth are: Jim H. Alkire, Don P. Baker, uorotny J. cappell, Robert J Cappell, William L Cecil. Claire L. Dalton. Elizabeth Davis, Alta R. Dickinson, Bernard E. Dow, Charles G. Greene, Glenn E. Hamilton, Margaret L. Heine- "ion, uunui xa. n.iucL , xtLiJii x . Hild, Raymond C. Hild, Billy Hobbs,.Fred W. Howland, Shir ley A. Hudson, Clarence M. Hurst, John H. Johnson, Cyril L. Kocian, Raymond J. Larson, Mary I. Libershal, Marilyn J. Lutz, Donna F. Meisinger, Clin ton E. Nearhood, Janis E. Schmidtmann, Merl Shryock, John S. Slatinsky, Kenneth H. Tiekotter, Robert W. Tritsch, Marianne Wetenkamp, John R. White. Revival Service Attracts Many The revival services that are being held at the Wesleyan i Methodist church on South 10th j street, have been attracting j many of the residents of the j city. lhese services are running through November 20th with Rev. A. E. Harris, pastor and evangelist rnniinrtinff the serv- ices with Rev. William Miller in j charge of the music of the re- j vival. ; The meetings open at 7:3C' each evening except Saturday and have been very inspiration al to those who. have gathered to take part in the spiritual uplift. Visitation Night at High School Thursday evening the parents 1 of students at the high school and those interested in the city scnoois, were gufsis ai uie nign school building for "Visitation Night," a part of the program for American Educational week, Here the parents were able to j See the students at their studies jn the regular periods, with the j teachers carrying on their usual !week day instructions. The event drew out a very ery large number that filled the build ing, showing the greatest in terest in the work of the stud- 1 1 rs. Superintendent T. I. Friest, Principal Miles Eloe and the teachers of the school, had planned a very thorough dem onstration of the teaching courses in all of the rooms of the building. Members of the student body ' assisted " lne registering of the visiting p-.ircnis. others served as guides through the building to point our the location of class rooms and assisting in the pro- i &ram- I The students of the school ; Pave a very delightful play. "Last Night's Paper," with Miss Jean Roadhouse of the faculty, as the sponsor. Darlene Spang ler was the director, with Edith Wetenkamp as the assistant di rector. Margaret Gaines served as the promptor. The cast of characters comprised: Dick ; Beverage, Wendell Friest, Myrna ! Petereit, Joyce Piper, Billie Jean Horn, Willard Christensen. One of the interesting show ings was that of the training aids demonstration, the use oi motion pictures in the studies of the students, that has for sometime been a part of the teaching program, a part of a state wide plan. The slide films were in charge of Mrs. Bill Arm strong with Billie Jean Horn, as the narrator; the sound record er was in charge of Joe York and David Fowler, with Norman Ashbaugh as the narrator. The projector for the showing was in charge of Mr. Craigmile. This picture was on South America, its importance to North America, the products of the southern continent. South Aiurncu a unpui iauce iu uie ; world, its effect in wars,, the limited means of transportation, the present development of South America. Free Foot Test At Woster Store The W'oster exclusive footwear store, is offering an unusual op- port unity to the people of Cass county on next Saturday, No- ! vember 19th at the store in this city, just east of the Platts - mouth State bank. It has been arranged to have a representative of Dr. William M. Scholl, noted foot authity there for the date, November 19th. The special representative will assist the regular staff in . the examination and give ad- vice as to the proper care of J f - - - - the feet and the proper foot - wear that should be used. The telephone of the store is 3176. The date of the special ex- amination was incorrectly given j in the last issue of The Journal and the correct date is next Saturday, November 19th. A classified Ad in the Journal ! at Fort Benning, great army costs as little as 35c. training center in Georgia. Dan Rohan Scores for Blue Devils ; Wf$ I 2$mZ$ Dan Rohan crosses the goal o terrific hirwi.- n tho Tiaif . 4l, down the visors 27 to 7. putting them in second place in the uumeiriiue. me same oiu fiuuau-AinDaugn aeiayea oii-iacKie play that has been a consistent ground gainer during the season. Arrow Studios Photo, Plattsmouth. r& t P i ) Rev. A. E. Harris Pastor, Evangelist "Mother Is a Freshman" to Be Given Here The Junior class of the Platts mouth high school is present - innr o ? itc rlocc nlov "ln! cj'' Tc a Freshman," on Thursday r,nd Friday, November 17th and ir..'v at the Plattsmouth high sc: auditorium at 8 p. m. , , , , , iius ii nir stuij ui rtu nunij,row(,r System grid. woman who goes to college to help on her daughter's expen ses. She falls in love, from there on out it's a houseful of laughs and screams. It is a play that you will enjoy for weeks after wards. The faculty director is Jan Roadhouse with Joe York as the assistant. The student directors are Tom Carneal and Ann Mar ilyn Tyson. The cast of the play com- prises: Mrs. Abngai ADDott the mother, Deline Cundall; "Susan," the daughter, Thelma Wilson;. "Mrs. Miller," house mother, Joy Hild; "Dean Gill ingham," dean , of college, - Wil lard Gunsolley; "Prof. Mich aels," professor of Zoology, Bob, Moore; members of the cast are "Sylvia," Marilyn Bourck; "Bun nie," Bonnie Topliff; "Helen." Pat Mason; "Carrie," Carol Brown; "Clara," Joan Horn; "Marge," Betty Howland; "Bob," Gary Hild; "Jack," Darrell Wil liamson; "Howie." Allan. Parker; "Bill," Ross Abel. The admission is 50c reserved seats, 40c for unreserved seats. The tickets can be secured from members of the Junior class. The reserved tickets may be re- served at Feldhousen drug store, ; m Lt. Corbin Davis I A J C 1 U Ana ramily rlere ! Sundav Lt. Corbin J. Davis. j wife and small daughter, Cinda, j arrived in Plattsmouth for a visit here at the home of Lt. Davis' parents. Mr. and Mrs. Searl S. Davis, and with the Stephen Davis family, ; Lt. Davis is returning home ', from Japan where he has been j stationed for the nast two vears i as a member of the American A.tJ M 41WV 4 - A V.11V. 4iiV i ! army of occupation, and the j family enjoys greatly the return ! to their native land The infant i daughter was born in' Japan ' and is now nine months old. After the visit here they are going to Columbus, Georgia, where they will visit with the ! family of Mrs. Davis and later Lt. Davis will take up his duties S3 P J , standing up as Ashbaugh throws nHnrv iKt , ri,, t-,.,:i 4II " T J 7 i: Consumers Pay Large Sum to Counties Tax checks totaling $153,414 to cover the first half of 19-19 in lieu of tax payments of Con sumers Public Power District will be delivered to county anil city treasurers in 71 Nebraska counties this week, according :o F. I. Rea. district manager of the District. The checks, ranging up to $28.542 42 in the county where the District has its largest prop erties cover first halt of 19 SO personal and real estate ta:; pay ments which go to city, coun'y, state and school tax funds. Similar payments to compkie the approximately S3 15.000 in lieu of taxes paid by Consum ers Public Power District an nually will be made next April. Mr. Rea, of the District, said. Of the S153.444 payments to be made this month, $124,313 , covers taxes in 00 counties in ; the Eastern System and $29 045.79 in twelve counties com prising the Western System. Both the Eastern System and I Western System make payment in Cherry County where facili ! ties of both systems are located. I Also included in the Eastern : System Payments are $22,209 Ja of 1949 taxes on plan. scd 1 the Nebraska Public pv-r System for operaUon m connection with the Nebraska Consumers Public Power Dis trict, though a public agency, ranks anons; the largest taxpa; -crs in many cf the community- in whi.h if operates. Mr. Rm said. Alt '.it ugh, as a public agency, the District is actually exempt from regular tax pay ments the original board of di rectors requested that a provi sion be included in the state law requiring the District to pay in , lieu of taxes Accordingly, Con sumers has made tax payments each year since it has been in operation equivalent to city, county, state and school taxes paid by the previous owners of the properties. Consumers Pub lic Power District was the first such public agency in the state to make tax payments to help support the communities it serves. Hastings Group Hold Services Here Sunday Sunday the attendants at the services of the First Presbyter- j ian church, had a day full of inspirational thought and gain ed a great deal of information on Hastings college, education al institution maintained by the Presbyterian church of Nebras ka. At the morning worship hour. Professor Daryl McFerren, of the history department of the college, occupied the pulpit and brought the message of the day. Mr. McFerren had served for a number of years as a mission ary in India and his part of the service was greatly enjoyed by j , . . j ine.. congregation. At the mid-day the members of the church and their guests enjoyed a very bountiful meal at the Fellowship room of the church, the ladies providing a fine covered dish dinner that was much appreciated as was the feeling of fellowship. In the afternoon the group enjoyed a very interesting pro gram by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Un derhill, the former executive secretary of the college alumni and at which time they were told of the working of the col lege as well as shown pictures of the college, the various groups of students and their ac tivities that were most inter esting to all. Pictures of India and a travelogue was given by ! Mr. McFarren. A delightful treat of the ai ternoon was the musical sectiou that was presented by Miss Bev erly Oldemeier, Campus Queen at Hastings college and Mis Carol Lou Bernhardt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bern hardt of this city, a student al Hastings. Miss Fern Lawton, ot the music department at Hast ings served as the accompanist RETURNS TO WEST Jesse Blunt, of Las Vagas, Ne vada, a former resident of Plattsmouth a great many years i aS. " as in the city to visit with ; old friends and the once fa- miliar scenes. On his return to j d e a ! panie(j by his son, James Blunt, Wh has been here since the close of World War II.
