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YME PiLATTSIMdDU JJflDtMrMQ. PUBLISHED SETT vLY s4 x nursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 65 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1949 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 3 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Santa Claus Day Here Saturday, December I Oth Saturday, December lOih will be Santa Claus day in Platts mouth, a great crowd of the young and old alike are expect ed here for late afternoon when the patron of the holiday season makes his annual visitation to this community. Santa will arrive tany in i the afternoon and is expected to be at his court on Fourth street just west of the court house, although in case of bad weather it will be necessary to hold court in the building it self. The business men of the city and the Plattsmouth Business Men's Ad club are arranging to one of the best in many years. with Santa and his attendants given the highest honors from the residents of the city. The word from the genial Santa is that the holday patron will come with treats for the children to help them j get started in the holiday spir- j it that will culminat? on i Christmas eve. Santa wil! like to interview the children in person and they can rest assured that he will do his best to see that their re quests are heeded on Christmas eve. Just what means of travel Santa will take this year has not bt-e-n revealed but he will be here for certain at 2 o'clock and meet at the Hotel Platts mouth for the usual procession to the vicinity of the court house. Those who desire to see Santa and enjoy a visit, should be on time to secure a private inter view with the jolly old St. Nicholas when he makes his appearance. The invitation is extended to aii the younsters of Cass and oaipy counties as well as the Doys and girls from Mills coun :v, Iowa. Death of James C. Niday at Home In Union Tuesday The death of James Carl Ni day, 80. long time resident of ihe Union community, occurred at the family home in that city on Tuesday alter an illness of , I ti y p u r ana a nali. Mr. Niday was born June 17. 1869, the son ol Mr. and Mrs. William Niday, at Gallipolis, Ohio. The family moved west -;nd Mr. Niday settled in the vicinity of Union, where he has lived since that time. He was married to Mary Frances Eaton at Nebraska Citv on December 21. 1893. Mr. Niday was engaged in ! farming as long as his condition permitted, and was quire active in the affairs of Liberty pre cinct and was a very constant attendent at the Baptist church in Union. He was also a mem ber of the Masonic order. Surviving are his wife, daugh ter. Margaret of Union; a son, S. C. Niday. of Nehawka; a sis ter. Mrs. Emma Davidson, of Nebraska City. The funeral services were held today (Thursday) at the Baptist church in Union with Rev. D. H. McMillan in charge, l Burial was at the East Union cemetery with the Porter funer al heme in charge. Pallbearers were D. Ray Fraiis, Ivan Bal four, George Stites. Gale Ho back, Paul Pickering, and Loy Pell. Burning Paint Causes Alarm The fire department was call ed out Wednesday to the resi dence of Vern Hendricks at Ave nue C and Sth street. Mr. Hen dricks was engaged in burning some paint off the outside of the frame residence when the burning spread and caused fear for a few moments that the blaze might spread. Fortunately the blaze was ex tinguished before it reached a dangerous stage. Eppy" Davis Is with Down Town Motors James "Eppy" Davis, one of the well known auto mechanics of the city, is now connected with the Down Town Motors at the garage on South 5Ch street. Mr. Davis is an experienced mechanic and was for seven years with the Wiysel garage in this city. !?? oves riouse to T T New Location Wednesday morning the for- i mer Hansen residence located j near the Nebraska Masonic j Hom3, was moved by the pur- chaser, Ira Clinkenbeard. from i the site of the place, northeast of the home, to the C'inken beard property on Lincoln ave nue. The house is an old landmark in the northwest part of the ; city and was originally a two- j story building, but for moving I purposes had the upper floor I taken off. The house was sold j by the Masonic Home, the own- ers of the lots. j The house was moved by a ' LaPlatte firm that specializes ! in moving and they did a fine i tJjob, bringing the house down; I Washington avenue and through ! i Main street to Third street and ! The house is a four room structure and will make Mr. Clinkenbeard a fine addition to his real estate. C E. Ledgway j Named Master of I Masonic Lodge At the regular meeting of j Plattsmouth lodge No. 6, A. F. f & A. M., on Monday evening, the election of officers for the I year 1950 was held with a large j attendance of the members j present to take part. The offi- j cers elected were: j Worshipful Master C. E. Ledgway. j Senior Warden Royal Smith, j Junior Warden Warren Rhy- j lander. j Treasurer Frank A. Cloidt. j Secretary Ordell Hennings. The other officers of the lodge j will be named by the new wor- ; shipful master and all of the officers installed in their sta- tions during January. , The new worshipful master j has been an active figure in the ; Plattsmoaith Masonic bodies, being pait high priest of Nebras ka Chapter No. 3. Royal Arch Masons, and a member of Mt. Zion commandery No. 5, as well as the Council of Royal and Se lect Masters. Mr. Ledgway is the present ! clerk of the district court of! Cass county and his many i friends will be pleased to lean j of his recognition by the mem- j bers of the Masonic order. j The new master is also an ac tive figure in the veteran groups! k f t:t,,k t ! Ul lilt V-AtJ- , Ct, HiV. HAkJV, i Ul llUgll w. rflnmp nnc-t -v a r-. r-io t q gion and past chef de gare of the 40 & 8. Kenneth Sullivan Injured in Omaha Kenneth Sullivan, 33, of Mur ray, and Mike Pontrello, 50, of 2010 Missouri avenue, Omaha, were iniured Tuesdav nirrht in OmnVici ;hpr thpir rar? sirip- 1 swiped. The accident caused j the two men to be sent to the I county hospital for treatment, j The awo cars apparently col- j lided in passing near 5401 l! street. The Sullivan car was j overturned and skidded seventy j feet on its side, the office of the ; Douglas county sheriff reported. J Mr. Sullivan was treated for; possible fracture of the face j bones and multiple cuts. Mr. Pontrello suffered neck injuries.; Eastern Star Elects Officers For Year 1950 Home chapter No. 189 of the Order of the Eastern Star held their regular election of officers at the meeintg held at the lodge rooms in the Masonic building cn Tuesday evening. There was j a large attendance of the mem bers and a great deal of inter est shown in the naming of the officers to guide the chapter in the ensuing year. The following were named: Worthy Matron Mrs. Nell Hamblen. Worthy Patron Leslie Hutch ison. Associate Matron Mrs. Mary Beverage. Associate Patron P. F. Rihn. Secretary Lorenc Urish. Treasurer Mrs. Katherine Wiles. Conductress Mrs. Catherine Glaze. Associate Conductress Mrs. Juanita Brendel. The appointive officers will be named by the new worthy matron and installed at the meeting in January Sell It Thru journal Want Ads. Cooperation Builds Weeping Water Athletic Field Residents of the Wreeping Water community are demonstrating what cooperation will accomplish when applied to local improvements. Sunday, nearly 100 men with tractors, bulldozers, graders and dump trucks converged on the high school athletl? field and, when a Journal reporter reached the scene late in the afternoon, thousands of cubic feet of earth had been moved. Wrhen completed Weeping Water will have an athletic field that wi.l be a credit to any community. Journal Staff Photo. The Hungry No project would be complete without the help of the womer folks. In this group Roberta Knaup, Valene Uffelman, Patty La Rue, Marianne De Craene, Ginger Philpot, Evelyn Montzen, Jeannie Stander, Nancy Stander, Mrs. Henry Friesel and Mrs. R. C. Porter are supervising the distribution of hot coffee, apples and other eats donated by Weeping Water merchants. A roaring bonfire helped make the day more comfortable. Journal Staff Photo. Rotarians Enjoy Pictures of Sun Valley The Rotary club at their meet ing on Tuesday enjoyed a very interesting program of motion pictures that covered a journey into Sun Valley, Idaho, the Switzerland of the United States, as well as the routine business of the .session. Superintendent Thomas I. Friest presented the two boys that will be members of the club for the month of December, they being Gary Ashbaugh, senior, and Ross Abel, junior. President Orville Nielsen, of the local club, presented the pro ceedings of the 40th annual meeting of the International Rotary in New York City, that had been given to Attorney J. Howard Davis, past president, and who had represented the lo cal club at the meeting. The club also had received r. letter expressing the thanks and appreciation of Norman M. Cooke, of England, who had been a visitor at the local club several weeks ago. The program chairman of the luncheon was Gerry Eiting, who presented the motion picture films through the courtesy of the Ford Motor Company, showing the beauties of the Sun Valley section of Idaho, where the Un ion Pacific has built a great win ter resort.- The film showed i-ki contests in the mountains around the resort and which at tract thousands each year from all parts of the country. Visitors of the luncheon were Mr. Campbell and Mr. Dierks, both of Omaha. Secure Reservation O'SulIivan Dinner Congressman Eugene O'Sulli van of Omaha, representative of this district, will be in our city on Friday to meet the res idents of the county who may wish to meet him and discuss any problems that they might have that the congressman may be able to help solve. A luncheon will be given in honor of the congressman at noon at the Edith Solomon cof fee shop. A number of seas are still available andreserva tions may be made by contact ing Attorney Francis M. Casey, county chairman, in person or bj phone. John E. Christenson of Union was in the city Wednesday for brothers. Aaron Franklin of Du a few hours looking after some i buque, Iowa, and Ray of Platts- matters ol business ancj while here called at the Journal to renew the subscription of his mother, Mrs. Hans Christenson. '..rv":-:-.;.. Shall Be Fed Jury Finds for Defense in Damage Suit The members of the petit jury panel Tuesday were busy in hearing the case of the Oma ha Public Power District vs. Garrett W. Westfall, et al., an action for damages. The Power company alleges damages to personal property of the company by the defend-? ants. It was alleged that on September 10. 1947, the defend ant company and its emiloyes were operatnig a truck in the vicinity of Alvo, that the plain tiff's agents had a surveyor's transit placed in the road to do some surveying, that the de fendants came by in a truck and struck the transit, knocking it over and causing damage to the instrument. The company asked damages in the sum of $187.00. The case was given to the jury shortly before the noon hour and after luncheon the members of the jury returned their verdict finding for the defendants. The members of the jury comprised F. J. Kncht, Lloyd Miller. E. A. Koukal. RobT. Wun derlich, Lawrence Rase, Malvern Rad. Fred J. Schroeder. L. H. Banning, William Dettman, E. A. Landon. George Foreman, A. W. Adams. Lloyd W. Story Dies in Colorado Lloyd W. Story passed away November 30th. 1949. at the Com munity hosrjital at Boulder, Colo rado, at the age of forty-threp years. He was a former Platts mouth resident, having manasrerl the Kent filling station in 1945. Later he built the building at the south end of Chicago avenue where he conducted a roller skating rink. The building now houses the Stites Implement plant. He moved to Colorado in 1943 where he was employed in the athletic department of the Uni versity of Colorado. Funeral services were con ducted at the Methodist church in Epworth, Iowa. Burial was in the Epworth cemetery. Mr. Story was born at Ep worth. Iowa. April 23. 1906, and he made his home there until moving to Plattsmouth. He is survived by his wife, Dor is, a daughter, Joan, his moth- er. Mrs. Lulu Story, and two mouth. A classified Ad in the Journal costs as little as 35c. '-sat, - New City Mail Route Added to Lbcal Office The Plattsmouth post office now has three city mail routes instead of two that were made effective December 1st, on ap proval of the recommendation of Postmaster L. W. Niel being given by the postal department. The large number of new homes in the Oakmont and Hill crest addition, and a general in crease in the population of the city had caused a great increase in the free city delivery, and has made the task of serving th public a very heavy one for the two carriers. Later a "stub" route was added for the down town section and this has now been expanded to a full rout?. The postmaster made several checks of the routes and ar ranged it so the present condi tion is relieved to a large extent. Carl Hula, a former substitute, has been named as the carrier of the new route, while Lowell Gus Hopkins has been ad- .vanced as the regular substitute rrs.wju worK.Dom in-ue posi office and on routes as needed. Russell Nielsen has been also named as a substitute for the routes and office. This will be a great relief to the postal service, especially during the Christmas rush that is now coming cn, and will make it possible for a better service to all sections of the city. Louisville Chamber Of Commerce Elects The Louisville Chamber of Commerce held their annual election of officers the past terest shown in the results, terst shown in the results. Herbert Eager, one of the ac tive community leaders was se lected as the new president, Joe Zastera, well known drug gist, was selected as the vice president; R. E. Uhley, secretary and C J. Pankonin treasurer. George- Dolan and Elwood Pankonin were selected as mem bers of the board of directors for the ensuing year. The Chamber of Commerce and the business men staged a pancake day at Louisville last week that was one of the most successful community affairs held in mnay years, 2,300 serv-1 ings of pancakes, sausage and ; ested should be present to hear coffee were handled during the ; just how important this pro hours from 2 p. m. to 9 p. m. ' gram is. Court (House irieifs . . On Monday afternoon in the couniy court, (jiuiora i.. oums and Richard Jennings were ar raigned on a complaint charg ing them with petit larceny, stealing property from the farm of Arthur ar Wolph near Nehawka value of less tnan $3. of the The two voung men made a plea of guilty to J.he charge j as attornPy fee and $5 for suit and were paroled by Judge ! money Richard Peck to Sheriff Carl In thg district court cn Tues. Ryder of Otoe county for a per- j day Judge Xhomas E Dunbari loa of one year. j heard the default divorce ac- Complaint was filed against j tion of Rebecca Jean Rowe vs. Ralph Meisinger, charging him j Charles Lee Rowe. The parties with erand larceny, in taking : were married at Louisa, Ken seven hogs, the property of Her- tucky, on October 10,1945. There man Kupke, valued at more than J was one son Charles Lee Rowe, $35. The defendant waived pre liminary hearing and was bound over to the district court. Bond was fixed by Judge Peck at the sum of $1,000. In the district court on Mon day afternoon order was enter ed by Judge Thomas E. Dunbar, in the case of Blanche Sutton vs. Clifford Edward Sutton, re quiring the defendant to show cause by December 12th, at 4:30. 1 operating a car without a driv why he should not be cited f3r er's license. The complaining contempt Of court, ignoring the witness was V. R. Neal, patrol order of the court for the pay- man.. The defendant was given ment of $20 per month to the a fine of $5 and costs. Scout Officers Installed at District Meet Representatives from Alvo, Louisville, Plattsmouth, and Weeping Water, gathered at i Weeping W?ater last night for a banquet and installation of officers for the ensuing year. About 50 Scouters were in at tendance. Retiring Chairman of Cass District. Marion Stone, presid ed over the meeting. Marion, 'who has served as chairman for the past two years, has done a fine piece of work for Scout ing in Cass District. Officers for the coming year are: Chairman Paul E. Fauquet. Vic e-Chairman- C. J. Schneider. Cub Commissioner Orville V. Nielsen. Neighborhood Commissioner Tom Stacey. , Advancement Chairman R. R. Furse. Camping and Activities Bob Larson. Health and Safety Tom Sol omon. Leadership Training Sigvald Jensen. Positions of finance chairman and organization and extension Scout Commissioner remain to be filled. Accepting the Chairmanship of Cass District for the coming year, Mr. Fauquet acknowledg ed the honor as well as the re sposibility of this position. He set forth 7 Scout objectives for 1950 in Cass District. They are as follows: Only four of the 1950 officers were present for the investi ture ceremony. These four be ing Fauquet, Nielsen. Stacey Jensen. The investiture cere mony was conducted by the scout troop from Weeping Wa ter under the leadership of (Continued on Page Three) Cass County Blood Aids In Hospitals The great aid that is given the sick and injured in the hos pitals through the blood banks, donated by the men and women of the country is demonstrated each day. The Omaha chapter of the American Red Cross is soon to send their mobile unit here for a visit, to secure blood that may be donated by the people of Plattsmouth and immediate vi cinity, with the Cass county chapter of the Red Cross con ducting the local campaign. It is hoped that a ready response will be given to the needs of the ill and injured in hospitals. Dr. L. A. Amato, local chair man of the blood bank drive, has received word from Omaha that thirty-two pints of blood do nated by Cass county people have been called for in the last few weeks to be used in cases where blood transfusions were necessary to save lives. This evening a meeting will be held at the Hotel Plattsmouth to lay the plans for the new campaign and everyone inter clerk o the district cfmn fm suoport of the plaintiff. In the case of Boyd Lytle, in the district court motion of de fendant to have plaintiff make allegations more specific was sustined plalntiff eiven five , d to file amendcd anSwer. days f Plaintiff also ordered to pay $75 Jr. The court entered the de fault of the defendant and en tered a decree granting the plaintiff a decree of divorce and custody of the "minor child. Francis M. Casey appeared in the action for the plaintiff. In the county court Tuesday afternoon, JohnW. Downing, of Lincoln, was arraigned on a complaint charging him with Judge and Mrs Peck Purchase New Home County Judge Richard has completed the arrangement for the purchase of a new resi dence on North 6th street, that is being erected by E. J. Richey. local lumber dealer. The residence is nearing com pletion and it is expected the new owners will soon be able to move into the structure to make their future home. The house is a two story, two bedroom residence and is strictly I , . n ' and is UlVULllt ill V IVi J ideally located in a fine residen tial section of the city and not too far from the business sec- ; tion of the city. The building of the house has! been under the direction of G. O. ! Schwenneker, veteran carpenter. and is a splendid piece of work. Musical Treat At High School December 8-9 The musical department of the viH more "nearly meet the needs Plattsmouth high school is of- of farmers". fering an unusual treat to the! 3 Recommendation that the public on Thursday and Friday! 1951 legislature provide for a evenincs. December 8th and 9th ! "proven, efiicient business man at 8 o'clock that will bring to- ager. other than the sta'e high gether the larsest groun of mu- way engineer" io head the Stae sicians from th? school that ha.v Department of Roads r.nd Irn- been offered since the wr:". The opening will be th " ' " " mouth high school bnn r pieces, prize winners in B of the Ak-Sar-Ben con Omaha. This will be th. fir concert program given by band since securing the new uni forms. The seating will be ar- ranged for the band on the ele - i vated platform so that all can ! be seen as well as heard. The : band will offer special numbers by the coronet trio and the j French horn groups, two of the i popular entertaining features of i the band. I The boy's glee club of twenty ; two voices will also be presented as a part of the entertainment and with this f in? group of : voices a real treat may be antici- ! pated. The choir of the music depart- ment, some forty-five voices, aret to be heard in a group of the! Christmas carols and songs that Win ue iX gxca.cijr cujujcu sraaun- al offering. The grand finale will be by the full chorus of ninety voices in a very brilliant Fred Waring ar rangement of the "Battle Hymn 1 of the Republic," a very lovely number that will be fully appre ; ciated by all attending. There are reserve tickets for ! these presentations that can be ! secured at Schreiner's. Greenwood May Have Fire District The volunteer fire department of Greenwood is sponsoring a move for the creation of a ru ral fire protection district in that community to give the farm residents in that part of the county greater protection from fire. A meeting will be held at Greenwood at the American j Legion hall on Wednesday, De i cember 14th at 8 o'clock in the j evening, which all of the I farmers in that locality are in i vited to attend. An assistant ! fire marshal from the office of the state fire marshal will be there and explain how the dis : trict can be formed. These rural fire districts ; i have proved a great boon to : tne iarmers in me area servea i I as is shown at Nehawka. where jn the account of the trial of I a district was created and has the case of Davidson vs. Ta! ' had a good record in serving cott, et al., appearing in the 'the residents in time of stress. I Journal Monday, in which he ; Murray also has a fire depart- ! jury found for the defendant : ment that responds to rural j Talcott. it was incorrectly stated i calls, although not in a district, I that George DeLacey. of Oma j while the Plattsmouth fire de- ; ha, and J. H-ward Davis, of this jpartment also has served many ' city were the attorneys for the i calls from the rural sections. plaintiff. This should have been iTom Pucelik Is Star for Prep Tom Pucelik, son of Dr. and ! Mrs. L. S. Pucelik, of this city, : one of the outstanding players : of the Creighton Prep football team the past season is repeat ing his performance m tne basketball season just opening. Tom, who has both height j and weight, showed his class j in the Tech-Prep game Tues ; day night, and while Tech was the winner of the game 35 to j 23, Tom massed some fifteen j points for the Creighton te?m. I He hact five field goals and five ! free tosses out of eight, a good I showing for any player. Mr. and Mis. Ashley Boiler aoj Eddy ana Mrs. ouve wnit- latch spent Thursday in Patts- and Eddy apd Mrs. Olive Whit mOuth Qa$ CoiUlty J Bureau Meeting Twelve Farm Bureau members and leaderrs from Coss County attended the 31st anual conven tion of the Nebraska Farm Bu reau Federation in Lincoln list week. Dale Stjmder. sy raking for he l nvZ nun. r. uunru uiif u uir ucv. slate annual met tings in recent years." He said that more than 500 persons registered from the more than 600 organized Farm Bureau counties in the state. Among the actions taken by the voting delegates in the con cluding sessions were: 1. Reaffirmation of the Farm Bureau stand in favor of a state sales or income tax. A proposal to earmark part of the funis for education was voted down. 2 Recommendation that rig id specification for construction of country roads be m..tified to permit building roads which ga'ion. 4. Continued support of thf referendum petition to repeal he license fe and casuline tax '"-rrase laws passed by the O lcvislaturc. "i. Aciomion of the Nebraska lur.-'il Radio Assoc i it if n ns a , .. , ,. Fann Bureau project d ar iii 3r;S,)- 6. Recommendation for more nnUn.-ive nseartn in uses rf :lustry. surolus cops in in Other actions taken were: Opposition to livestock produc tiontion ccn rols: recommenda tion that prod ion controls of wheat be chaiva Irom an acre age to a biuhri ivuis; recom mendation that dual adminis tration of soil conservation ser vices be chansiti: r co .inunda tion that "doubl" laxation" Inhere crops are staled and farm- (Continued on Pace J?ixi . You Can Help A Needy Family This Christmas Know of some needy family that will not have a Merry Christmas this year".' Probably riehi here m our ov.t. community rae a number joi little Loys and girls h.it vn't get to see Santa Claus -.nlcss some of us grown-ups Mve a helping hand. Miss Ardyth Hall. County As sistance DiV-c'.or. ..;i:t,rni.- ne - -paper that her office has a numbor of tovs and cifts donat "1 bv persons wishing them to be given to li tic tots thct are desexvri;. Other good things are available throutrh this of lice 1. si-e th.aL these ycur.' sters enjoy Christmas aonr v.r !". ' iif rest of uo. !f you know of a tlcsr.ing family with youngsters th?t would a;jprc-riatc ht ip thi y. notify Miss Hail a c Jouse at once. Thy will s'-c th;;t the family is tanen carr of to tne best of their abi!i'" j Attorneys for Defendants Win I attorneys for the defendants as they successfully conducted the case for Mr. Talcott Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lewis, of Lincoln; Mrs. Irene Barber and Clausen Lewis called on Mr. and Mrs. Roy Keller. Sunday after- 3 giwotr tfr .-.rvUA? i fty C'5' yn SBALS'