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-m- hi CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday . '; Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers Historical Soc. VOLUME 65 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1950 l state tlVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 12 V r J Nine Year Old Girl Dies Friday !r; Sled Accident The first coasting accident of h season in this city late Fri day afternoon resulted fatally for Beverly Jean McDaniel, 9, who with two small brothers were engaged in playing at their nome just west of the city, the former Wiles property, where the Plattsraouth golf course was once located. The driveway and street near the plate I'ead down inclines into the Louisville hoad and it Was here the fatal accident oc curred. The little eirl was "coasting down the street slop- ng toward soutn, me sien coming out of the side road as a truck, driven by James Bren ' nan. Jr., 33, of Auburn, going eatjr came along, the sled came out of the side road right in front of the truck on to the icy road and was struck. The child was instantly kill ed as the wheels of the truck parsed over the sled and its rider. Standing nearby as the fatal accident occurred, were two small brothers of the victim. Delbert 5 and David 3. all children of Mr. and Mrs. Lee McDaniel. Mr. and Mrs. Mc Danuiel also have another son. The accident was investigat- "'d by Sheriff Tom Solomon and as the death had been purely accidental and without any blame to the driver of the ,'ruck, there will be no inquest v and the driver held blameless In the unfortunate accident. The death was th third ; traffic fatality cf the year 1950.with Ashbaugh and Ofe each rte highway patrol headquar- adding two field goals for the tors report. locals, with McCormick anex- The funeral services will be jng two free tosses, held at the Sattler funeral home oipnwnnri rnnt'inuerl thir th street and Avenue A. on i uesctay anernoon at j. o ciok. j cvith Rev. Goerge W. Swiney. oastor of the First Christian fhurch. officiating. Mrs. Eleanor Giles will sing, In the Garden" and "Precious Jewels". Freeburg to Attend Sales Meet at Omaha Herb Freeburg, accompanied hf Mrs. Freeburg. owner of the local Gamble store left on Mon day, January 9th for Omaha, xS'ebr., to attend the Silver Anni versary Merchandising Confer ences sponsored by Gamble Skogmo. Inc., at the Fontenelle hotel. Over 500 Gamble store managers, associated dealers and others will attend from this part of the country. Air. Freeburg will attend the general mercandising meetings and special sales clinics. Fifty manufacturers will have exhibits oi many new products, latest models of home appliances and new seasonal merchandise. Luncheons on Monday and Tuesday and a banquet Monday evening will bring the merchants together to meet and hear sev eral company officials, includ ing Carl C. Rangust, Walter J. Larson and Everett C. Pennock. vice presidents, Raymond C. Teuscher, treasurer, and others who are coming to Omaha from Minneapolis especially for these conferences. The meetings mark the 25th Jubilee Anniversary of the open ing of the first Gamble Store it) 1925 at St. Cloud, Minnesota. Radio Leads to Tractor Recovery One of the quick results of modern methods of tracing down crime was shown Sunday when Maynard Tritsch, Vocal farm machine dealer, reported to Sheriff Tom Solomon the fret that a tractor had been stolen from his lot here Sat urday. Tne sheriff got busy with a radio broadcast to the state j ighway patrol and the result vas that Sunday the tractor was recovered near Meade, Ne braska. The officers hearing the broadcast started a search for the missing machine and it was discovered being transported on a truck near Meade. The party with the tractor is being held at Wahoo, Sheriff Solomon states. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Boshear, Gerald Taylor. Miss Georgeann Miles and Miss Helen Blevens, of Omaha, were here Sunday to visit for the day as guests of James Quintette, Jr. Murray Girl Is Victim of Polio Reports from ir.sas CKy. Missouri, are to the effect tha, :he illness of a 14-year-old Murray girl. Nellie Joan Coop er, has been diagnosed as polio at the Children's Mercy hospita ai at Kansas City, where she I ins beta und?r treatment. The condition of the ..nild is re ported to be saasfaciory. The victim of the malady is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Cooper, and the family had been visiting at Springfield. Missouri, when the illness developed. Blue Devils Win At Glenwood, Score 39-32 Friday evening the Platts mouth Blue Devils senior re serves and junior high, visited at Glenwood and as the result of the visit all three teams add ed a victory. The regular Blue Devils winning 39 to 32, the reserves 31 to 22. and the Jun ior high 26 to 16. In the main game at 8 o'clock the Blue Devils took a lead that was never seriously threat ened, massing a 16 to 8 margin in the opening quarter and from then on rolled on to the score of 39 to 32 to win. In the open ing the sharp shooting of Mc cormick and Dasher with the aid of Ashbaugh planted the locals on the way to victory. The second quarter of , the game saw the Rams placing a strcnaer euardins eame asainst both McCormick and Dasher. close guarding in the third stanza when the Blue Devils PC jn tn 23 with Dasher nnri Janecek both scoring from the field, while McCormick added three free tosses and Dasher one. For the Rams, Edwards, McDole, Davis and Collier found the basket. The last quarter Glenwood was making a desperate fight and held McCormick to two field goals and two free throws while Dasher had two free shots and Ashbaugh also picked up a free toss. For Glenwood, Thomas had two field goals and Collier one to complete the scoring for the home team. The box score of the game was as follows: Plattsmouth fg ft pf tp ft 0 0 9 3 0 0 1 Rohan, f 0 0 1 q q 2i Cole, f McCormick, c Dasher, f Janecek, c . . . Ofe, g Ashbaugh, g 0 6 3 1 1 2 1 4 2 5 1 3 9 2 13 13 17 3D Glenwood fg ft pf tp Thomas, f 3 0 4 6 Edwards, f 10 4 2 McDole, f 1 2 2 4 Davis, c 3 2 0 8 Collier, g 4 1 5 9 Crouch, g 1 1 5 3 13 6 20 32 In the reserve game Ray:tnnitu -f cino- th hnvs fmm is.ouDes was nign ior naub - mouin wun o oi me puims, while in the Junior high game Jon Schuetz and Pierce led the scoring for Plattsmouth. ! being to South high in the . union were born twelve child Miss Wilma Keli, student opening of the season, 35 to 30. ren. Mrs. Wilson and two dau nurse at the Clarkson hospital, t Two wins were scored against ghters, Beulah Mae Wilson and Omaha, was home for a week ' Glenwood and the strong Col- j Nora Jackson, preceded him in durnig the holidays visiting j lege View team of Lincoln was ! death. with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Keil. She returned to ' Omaha. Christmas day. j Subscribe for The Journal. Court IHouse irietfs . In the county court on Thurs day afternoon Sherill White was arraigned before Judge Rich ard Peck on the charge of dis turbing the peace of Jo Ann White. The defendant made a plea of not guilty to the charge and was released on a bond of $200 and the hearing of the case set for Thursday, January 12th. Hearings on claims were held on Friday in the estates of John Chidester, Clyde Fitzpatrick and Mary Pankonin in the county court. In the county court Monday Carrol Myers, who previously maae a piea oi not guuiy 10 j a stop sign preferred by Patrol charges of reckless driving, was i , T -,,. mnr1a in cSurt and changed his piea!man W" Flowers. He made to guilty. He was given a fine : a Pi a guilty and received a of $10 and costs. "B" IN HIS BONNET . . . Buddy Kerr. New York Cianls shortstop, ho has been named in a six-flayer &wap with the Bitten Braves, is acquainting uia family with ti.e change at their Bronx, X. V., home. Legion Votes Funds for Ball Team The regular monthly meet ing of the Hugh J. Kearns post of the American Legion was held Thursday evening at the club room south of the city and quite largely attended. One of the chief matters to come before the meeting was that of the Plattsmouth Lesion team in the Douglas-Sarpy-Cass league for the coming senson. At the request of the Athletic committee, the sum of S500 was voted for the use of the team and the Junior Legion baseball activities. The committee in charge of the purchase of the new colors for the post reported that thev had been secured and should be here by the end of the month. The Legion post has ourchas ed a lot at the Oak Hill ceme tery that will be used for bur ial purposes for the members of the post or war veterans. One burial lis already been made in the lot. There was some d;scussion of the Explorer Scouts that are sponsored by the Legion. Ray mond J. Larson, past post commander and former Scout master of the Scouts, has prom ised to again take over the leadership of Scout activities. The matter of securing aid from the state aid fund will be discussed at the next meeting at which the Legion and county service officers will be present. The committee reported that seven needy families had been aided at the Christmas seuson by the Legion and Auxiliary. The post voted to dispose of mc inuiiis uuu u unit's n i;iL nc , purchased several years ago for the drum and bugle corps 4UA ,1 ,1 v..lAn 1 V ana nave not oeen used in re cent years by the post. Weeping Water Here Wednesday . The basketball fans are to have the opportunity of wit nessing an all Cass county bas ketball contest on Wedneday evening at 8 o'clock at the local gym. The Weeping Water Indians are to pay a visit to the Blue Devils on the above date and give the local fans an oppor- , our neighboring town in ac- jjon The Blue Devils have records of three ins and one defeat so far this season, their loss turned back on the Plattsmouth court. A classified Ad in the Journal costs as little as 35c. In the case of the State of Nebraska vs. Edna Lytle, charg ed with intoxication and dis turbing the pease, called for trial Monday morning, the de fendant, through her attorney, James F. Besley, made a plea of guilty to the charge and re ceived a fine of $25 and costs for disturbing the peace and $10 and costs for intoxication which was paid and the case cjosed ,, . T , Monday morning Jack O. Bo- lin was in the county court on j the charge of failing to stop at fine of $5 and costs. King Korn Klub Meeting Next Tuesday Night Tuesday evening. January j 10th, at 8 o'clock at the main j dining room of the Hotel Platts- i mouth will be held the annual ! meeting of the King Korn Kluo. the governing body of the or ganization that each year stages the King Korn Karnival. It is very important to the fu ture success of the Karnivals that a good organization is se cured at the start, that the best officials are selected as they must head up the plans for the annual fall festival. . Every member of the Klub is urged to be at the meeting and take part in the preliminary setup for the fall. The mem bers should be out in force that a quorum of the membership oe available so that the organiza tion work can be started to get ready ior the fall campaign. The boosters should mark Tuesday night down as one of the musts for that night. Ray Story, president of the King Korn Klub last year whl preside at the meeting and aid in getting the organization started for the ensuing year of 1950. Not only will the election of the officers be featured but the meeting, also will take up the matter of passing the resolution to donate $1,200 realized from the sale of the building on Third street to the city to be used as part of the fund for the equipment of the new auditori um when built, or to such other worthwhile projects that may be designated. John A. Wilson, Old Resident, Died Friday John A. Wilson, 81, a resident of the Murray community for a number of years, passed away Friday, Janaury 6th, 'at the home of his son, Font Wilson, at Clinton, Mo., where he had been visiting. The death came as a shock to the members of the family as he was in fair health despite his age. Mr. Wilson was born at Quin cy. Missouri in 1868, and made his home in that state a great er part of his life. He was a member of Wright's Creek Bap tist church of Valhalla. Mo. John Wilson and Elizabeth Gaven were united in marriage on October 5, 1888. To this Mr. and Mrs. Wilson spent their entire life in farming un til their retirement in 1936. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their family home in Murray in 1933. Those surviving are six sons and four daughters: Albert, of Wahoo; Font, of Clinton, Mo.; Kie, of Bremerton, Washington; David, of Derby, Kansas; Wayne of Blairstown, Missouri; Levi of Avoca; Rena Crump, of Fair view, Oklahoma; Emily Wilson, of Omaha; Mary Beins, of Bent ley, Kansas, and Anna Pearl Beins, of Plattsmouth; also forty-three grandchildren and twenty-three greatgrandchild ren. The body was brought here t to the Sattler funeral home at ! 4th and Avenue A. The funeral will be held on Wednesday af- l ternoon at 2 o'clock at the ; christian church in Murray. In- ; terment will be at the Lewiston ! cemetery east of Murray. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gutherie and family of Omaha, visited at the John Ritter home Monday. Sheriff Gets Confession On Breakins Sheriff Tom Solomon on Thursday arrested Donald Dean Cooper, S07 South 18th street. Omaha, for investigation and brought him to this city where he was questioned at the office of the sheriff. Later in the day Cooper signed a confession. Sheriff Solomon announced, in which the man admitted participating in the Ault grocery store breakin and that of the robbing of the Blair Construction Co., office, both lo cated in Cedar Creek. Cooper also admitted having been in the breakin of the John Turner elevator and the J. W. Banning lumber yard office at Alvo. All of these breakins occurred on the night of August 8, 1949. Cooper states that following the breakins he had gone to Albu querque, New Mexico, where h.? remained until December 29th. 1949, when he returned north. Three other men involved ;n these crimes are now in custody Prior to Cooper's confession only the two breakins at Cedar Creek had been accounted for. Dime Cans on The March in Cass County Widespread distribution of 1950 March of Dimes coin collectors is now under way. Mrs. Don j Warga, County Campaign di rector, revealed today. Local re tailers, banks and clubs are co operating solidly to help put the polio drive over the top, she said. "This year," Mrs. Warga said, "the coin collector, with its attractive color display, simu lates a miniature respirator. It like a genuine life-saving res pirator is designed to make its own great contribution to fight ajinst polio. . ; "The dimes and dollars of men and women, boys and girls in Cass county, placed in one of these coin collectors, will help empty real iron lungs, give pa tients a new lease on life and health." Mrs. Warga urged all local re tailers to display the coin col lectors as prominently as pos sible as soon as deliveries are made. To obtain collectors, merchants were asked to call campaign headquarters, Phone 4117. "The splendid support of this phase of the March of Dimes on the part of local business men," Mrs. Warga said, "is a most important factor in en suring the success of the March of Dimes. I know we can count on all to help to the greatest extent in our year of greatest need." The chairmen of the drive in Cass county comprise Mrs. Don Warga, county chairman; Leon ard Brothers, Plattsmouth; Mrs. Elmer Hennings. Avoca; Miss Iva Mougey, Union; Mrs. Glen Eag er, Louisville; Mrs. Kent Bal four, Nehawka; Mrs. Mildred Comstock, Greenwood; Mrs. Lot tie Knecht, South Bend; Mrs. William Trumble. Eagle; Mrs. A. L. Carper, Murray; Mrs. Lloyd I Schneider, Cedar Creek. Red Cross Meeting Here Wednesday A meeting of the Plattsmouth chanter of the American Red j Cross will be held on Wednes day evening at 7:30 at the of fice of Smith & Lebens in the Donat building on North 4th i street. The meeting will be for the purpose of discussing the plans for the annual March Roll call for the organizatino. Everyone interseted in the welfare of the Red Cross is urged to be in attendance so that definite plans may be made for the coming drive and also to discuss other matters per taining to organization. This is a very important meeting as the Red Cross de pends on the annual drive to secure funds for the operation during the year. In time of distress the Red Cross is first on the scene and it is necessary that they have the funds and membership to see that the job is well done. Let everyone that can. be out at the meeting, and get the drive organized for 1950. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell McQuin and daughter, Marcia, were at Union, Sunday, where they were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Donald McQuin and family. Western Auto Will Stock Furniture Newest contender in the field of America's 12-billion-dollar annual home furniture business is Western Auto Supply Com pany (Missouri, which recently announced its entry into the : furniture market wth an initial line of several hundred differ ent items, and plans for expan- ' sion. With seventeen manufactur- ers as supplying sources, West- ' em Auto has started its furni-: ture merchandising program through 2,661 company owned retail outlets and independent ly owned and operated West ern Auto Associate Stores in a 37-state area reaching from Canada to Key West. The line will be merchandised entirely through a catalog or der system, a sales rethod which Western Auto successfully adopt ed two years ago for heavier automobile, farm, and other equipment. Under the trade name '"Westline", the multi colored 44-page furniture cata log now being shown at the Plattsmouth Western Auto As sociate Store, lists living, din ing, bedroom, kitchen, occasion al, and juvenile furniture, bed ding, lamps, mirrors, and other items. Merchandise will be ordered directly from the factory by the Western Auto Associate Store, and will be shipped direct to the customer from the factory. "Westline" furniture items are in the lower and wedium price brackets. Bruce E. Gold, owner of the Plattsmouth Western Auto As sociate Store, said the catalog order plan of direct shipment to customer results in economies in handling which mean lower prices. "Our quality guarantee of sat isfaction or money back ap plies to Westline furniture and other catalog items the same as it does to all other merchan dise stocked ' and displayed in this store." Mr. Gold said the Westline furniture catalog is now being shown at his store, and is the object of much interest among customers. Small Fire in Downtown Area Sunday afternoon, Just after the noon hour, a small fire in the downtown section of the city, brought out the fire de partment. A patch of weeds in the rear of the small buildings on the north side of Main street from Fourth to Fifth streets, caught fire from a match or a cigarette and finally ignit ed a pile of scrap lumber and boards. The fire, however, was extinguished without any ser ious loss. New Man with the Downtown Motors The Downtown Motors, located on South 5th street, has added to the staff of the plant Marvin Manzel, who was located in Omaha for some time in the op eration of his own shop and later at Bellevue. Mr. Manzel is a specialist in the line of fender and body work and will make a valuable addi tion to the force of Glen On stead, the owner of the plant. CORRECTION In the account of the meet ing of the Blue Ribbon Baby Beef club appearing in the Thursday issue, Dora Meisinger was reported as one of the mem bers. This was an error, as it should have been Deane. Your Cash Will Aid a Grief Stricken Family Funeral services will be held Tuesday for little nine-year-old Beverly Jean McDaniel. Only a few Cays ago Beverly Jean was romping and playing with her two small brothers, Delbert, 5, and David, 3, but a tragic accident during play time snuffed out her young life instantly. Delbert' and David hardly re alize that Beverly Jean is gone, but a grief stricken rather and mother know. They are won dering, too, how the extra ex- Jpenses incurred are going to be met. Not too long ago the family suffered the loss of Mr. McDan iel's garage business by fire. A C. of C. Heads C. C. Girardot President 1 Walter II. Smith Vice-President Orville Nielsen Treasurer Livestock Feeders in Annual Drive The Cass " County Livestock Feeder's association will make its a'nnual drive for memberships in the county during the next two weeks, according to its chairman, Howard Philpot. During the past year Cass county has enjoyed the reputa tion of being the best county organization in the entire Corn Belt Livestock Feeder's associa tion, which comprises ten states and it is hoped by the officers that this record can be retained in 1950. Melvin Todd of Union, who i president of the state associa tion, states that "the good done by the Corn Belt Livestock Feeder's association has already put enough dollars in the pock ets of every livestock feeder to pay his membership for life." To assist them in their mem bership drive this year, the coun ty group has acquired the serv ices of Larry Stratman of Lin ( Continued on Page 6 total loss, yet payments are still being made on the equipment lost in. the blaze. It's a big house they live in and a problem on a working man's wages to keep it warm and Uie hungry mouths fed. A contribution ifrom you might help to relieve the emer gency and lighten the load. Sev- paper to start a fund for this worthy family. Contributions, large or small, can be given or mailed to the Journal. All will be recognized and published in following issues. Contributions to date: Wm. (Bill) Nelson .. $5.00 Plattsmouth Journal $5.00 '.'"'-v---' : : '.'.'.(Rr.v.- 14 ' Vf Ah iM-rnCr-'r rin-liiirlviiiri f-- I . . , , i -6 'tS-L ' : Girardot Named Head Chamber Of Commerce The "annual" meeting of th? Chamber of Commerce was held Thursday evening at the main dining room of the Edith Solomon coffee shop in th-. Hotel Plattsmouth, a very fine attendance of the members be ing present to irirticipnte in the meeting that ciosed tin year 1949 and opened the year 1950 for the organization. President R. R. Furse. pre siding, presented a number of the newer members of the or ganization and business men of the community, M. M. Finley and C. E. Townsend. owners of the Arrow Studios, who Mr. Furse pointed out, had built up a large business here by cir culating through the other towns of the state, had a fortv of sixteen here to look after finishing and delivery of por traits. Jack and Merrill Fink, local Pontiae dealer. Ernest White of White Florists, and Bruce Gold, owner and propri etor of the new Western Auto store in this city. The report of the nominat ing committee was received and I he following officers named for the ensuing year: President C. C. Girardot. Vice-president Walter II. "Smith. Tic asurer Orville Nielsen. The secretary of the Chara .er uf Commerce will be lu.mej oy ihe n?w president and th? c":cf,;tlve commit te? cit a later Tl re )ort of Traesuver Or- vilie Ni ?;:--e .i shewed that for the past year there had been 126 regular memberships, four teen extra memberships, nin.f.' haif year remberships and oiv quarter membership. The rc 'port showed tl.at on January 6. 1949. there had been a balance !of $1,938.81; the report included jouo.3 in ine itu:u.- caii lumi that later was turned over to the school fund. TL.- total re- 1 ceipts for the year vas S3.056.83. ! XT' v t-s r it nrfiC fft !"- Tl "l ? $692.63 with the addition of promptional activities of $324, 23. Balance at the close of 194J was $412.82. The Chamber of Commerce also has government bonds in the amount of $1,000 invested in a permanent fund. President Furse in his clos ing, expressed his appreciation of the fine co-operation of the members of the Chamber of Commerce in his year of service. Mr. Furse also pointed out the importance of the future de velopment of '.he community through the building of an au ditorium or community build (Continued on Page Six) Is Seriously 111 Mrs. Lena Lebens .of Linday. Nebraska, mother of Attorney Harold Lebens, is quite seriously ill at her home in Lindsay. The condition of Mrs. Lebens is very serious and had caused members of the family a great deal of apprehension. Vet Service Officer Has Claim Blanks L. A. "Behrends. County Vet erans' Service Officer of Cass County, announced today that residents of Cass county who were prisoners of weir or civilian internees at any time durin? World War II can secure offic- j ial claims forms from his office at Plattsmouth for benefits to I which they may be entitled un der Federal War Claims Act of 1948. Persons eligible for benefits under the War Claims Act in clude military personnel who were prisoners of war in any theatre in World War, II and certain American civilians who were interned by the Jananese in the Philippines. Midway, Guam, Wake Island or any Territory or Possession of the United States attacked or in vaded by the Jananese on or after December 7, 1941. Sur vivors may be eligible for ben efits, in case of death of a pris oner of war or civilian internee. Former prisoners of war may receive $1 for each day of im prisonment on which the enemy failed to provide ad'Ouate food. Under certain conditions, civilian internees may be en titled to $60 for each month of their internment. Your County Service Officer will be glad to assist claimants in filling out their application. i ' Jft. Jt. jit. t. A Jk jtt J, r - . -0' M . 4 p T t v : -e f p t -