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TME PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Monday, January 9, 1950 Girardot Named Head Chamber Of Commerce 'Continued from F.iqe One) ing. The lack of such a build ing has been keenly felt in the past year, preventing many county and state activities from being held here, such as the Future Farmers of America program and exhibit, that was prevented from showing owing to the lack of proper space. Mr. Furse stated the committee in charge of the preliminary work on the auditorium had bf-en studying the proposition and would have adequate plans and figures to submit to resi dents of this community in re gard to the building and it's cost. He urged that this audi torium movement be continued to a successful finish in 1950. 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Detailed directions with specimen entry pages make bookkeeping simple and accurate with ALL-FACTS. PLATTSM0UTH JOURNAL Commercial Printers marks of Mr. Furse, on motion by E. H. Wescott, a rising vote of thanks was given the retir- i irg president. President C. C. Girardot, tak ing up the duties of his office, gave a short talk on the out look of the year, expressing his appreciation of being selected as president, although it would require time from other activi ties, but it was the duty of everyone to give some time and services to community welfare, he trusted that every member i of the Chamber of Commerce would get in and do their ut most to make 1950 an outstand ing year. He stated he would appreciate any worthwhile sug gestions or ideas that might be for the betterment of the Cham ber of Commerce and Platts mouth. He hoped to see the auditorium an accomplished fact to give the city and near by community an adequate meeting place. In speaking of the annual football banquet, Mr. Girradot proposed that plans be started earlier, that the committee might have fur ther time to work out their plans, to secure in addition to state coaches, a coach of na tional reputation, who might be brought here. Mr. Girardot praised the work of Dick Spang ler in the agricultural line, stat ing that the Chamber of Com merce had need of many of the residents of the country .dis trict in the membership and he hoped that this might be real ized in the coming campaign President Giraradot appointed ! as membership committee: Joe Knofiicek, Orville Nielsen and Harold Alkire, who will stait at once on the campaign for membership. A number of suggestions were offered l,j tne membership at the urge of the new president, that included the matter of two. instead of one general meeting a month; a merger with the Ad Club and the creation of a re tail division of the Chamber of Commerce; also that the matter of the formation of a Junior Chamber of Commerce be looked into. One of the sug gestions interlocked with the summer band program, was tha t of having booster and good will trips over the county during the year, taking the band and entertainers and providing treats for the children in the communities. The agricultural committee reported that the chief object ive of the committee for the year was that of "Save the Soil", with an essay contest sponsored in co-operation with the Cass Counyt Soil Conservation dis trict. This project was first started in 1948 and this year there were 64 essays submitted Cash awards were made to the five winners at the King Korn Karnival. The committee re- A Record Of Farm Income And Expense For Income Tax Returns ALL-FACTS Simplified Bookkeeping System Office Supplies n m m w m mm m ported, that an invitation had been extended to-ihe Cass Coun ty Extension Service to hold the 4-H Achievement Day here in 1950 if adequate facilities were available. Richard Spang ler was the-chairman. The housing committee re ported that they had from 300 to 350 applicants for houses or living quarters and had supplied all that were available as sleep ing rooms or living apartments. E. H. Wescott was chairman. The committee of street light ing and widening gave a very interestinf report. Contact with most of the property ofners on Main Street reveals that the majority are definitely inter ested in accepting the plan of Consumers Public Power Dis trict for the erection of a new electrolier system on Main street. However, installation of the system should await de cision as to whether or not the street shall be widened. ' "The majority of property owners apparently favor wide ning of the street, but they are reluctant to indicate a defin ite favorable decision on this part of the program until a re liable estimate of cost can be obtained. The committee de rected the secretary to make re quest of the city that such an estimate be obtained from the city engineer. The city council has acted favorably on the re quest. However, the survey has been delayed because of the larger paving projects complet ed during the summer months. This work will now be under taken and your committee has the promise of a report in th early part of 1950. It is recommended that this committee be continued as a standing commitee during the coming year and that the pro gram be given close attention and support. This improve mnet, if completed, will add greatly to a "face lifting" bad ly needed on Main street.--Clement Woster, Chairman". The waterways committee of which T. H. Pollock is chair man, reported that a number of interesting meetings had been attended by members of the committee at Kansas City, St. Louis and Omaha to discuss the problems of Missouri river improvement and also of river transportation. The soil conservation and flood control committee report ed on the work that has been done in this section of Cass county, Judge Paul E. Fauquet being the chairman. Working in conjunction with the Soil Conservatino Service- and with the Cass County AAA commit- tee, considerable work has been done upon farm lands in the Chicago Avenue flood basin. About seventy-five acres of land have actually been terraced and results observed. During the month of April, a program was held upon the farm lands of Mr. H. A. Schneid er at which time the actual construction of terraces had been started. Dr. G. E. Con dra, Mr E. G. Jones, and a num ber of other men on the state level of soil conservation were present and addressed a repre sentative group of Plattsmouth business men. The results of t he small amount of work- done were, ob served in Jun,e when it was quite generally observed that the flood wuters on Chicago Avenue during the hard rain storm were reduced and our work was credited with the dif ference. The committee feels that the devlopment of the basin will be stalemated unless and until funds become available to as sist both in the construction of structures and in the develop ment of conservation practices upon the smaller and more rug ged acreages. It is impossible to persuade the owners of very small or very rugged acreages to spend the necesaary funds to engage in proper practices because the costs to them' are out of proportion to their im mediately forseeable benefits. We feel therefore, that the prop erty owners directly to be ben efitted by flood control should organize, themselves into a polit ical subdivision for that pur pose and be thereby prepared to assess themselves the cost of the program. Your commit- Dangers of Rectal Troubles Free Book Explains Many Associated Conditions Backache, headache, constipa tion, dizziness, nausea, abdomi nal soreness, stomach and in testinal conditions are often caused by Piles, Fistula or Colon Troubles. 40-page FREE BOOK explains the nature of these ail ments. Write today a postcard will do. Thornton & Minor Clin ic, Suite 148, 911 E. Linwood, I PAunAnoH m f h stomach m iov i F3 r--H cowomom II vrt autt I Kansas City 3, Mo. ' FIVE IN FAMILY STRICKEN BY POLIO ft Still alive and healthy, thanks to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, are the five children of Mrs. Sidney Brickey, Mountain Grove, Mo., who were all hit by polio. They are (beginning left, rear, reading counter-clockwise) Jenny Lee, 14; Gerald, 11; Donald, 7; Judy Ann, 9; and Liiburn, 18. THE "POINT" OF THE STORY behind Mrs. Sidney Brickey's five smiling children lies simply in the fact that they are today happy and healthy. Only few months ago, few readers would have recognized them, for these five children of a remote mountain hamlet were amongst the more than 40,000 persons in the United States who were struck down by the record infantile paraly sis epidemic which swept the nation daring the past 12 months. The region about 'Mountain Grove, Mo., is both healthy and isolated, and largely due to these two factors modern medical facili ties here are meager. But infantile paralysis is a respector of neither tee is now engaged in raising funds for the expenses of such organization. The council feels very strongly that this committee should be continued for another year. It appears that a flood control dis-r trict will not be formed writhin the life of this committee. When such a district is formed, the committee will only be nec essary for the purpose of main taining a working relationship. One of the reports of the greatest interest to the residents of the city was submitted by the committee on street mark eif;. The committee reported that in August a drive was in stituted : to raise funds for marking the streets of the city. The city was divided into dis tricts and two-men teams as signed to cover them. The chairman of this committee was Don J. Arundel, and the re port submitted was as follows: "Total proceeds of this drive amounted to $574.00 and of this sum we have expended $194.17 for street . markers on Main strpf- T?Jrct. Avonito . nrr Avo. 1 nue A; for house number sup lied donors and freight. We have ; a balance of $380.83 on hand which we will use to pur chase additional street mark ers. Our thought is to mark the city's highways first and as I many other "main traveled streets as funds will permit. While the drive for funds met with limited success we will be able to make a reasonable show ing of marked streets for our 1949 efforts. The City Council; could probably complete the project with an appropriation of around $400.00." CALLED ON SAD MISSION TO THE EAST Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spang ler of Murray were called to Do ver, Illinois, Saturday by the sudden death of Mrs. Spangler's father, Clarence Myer. The Charles Spanglers had just returned from spending ten days with Mrs. Spangler's par ents at Dover where a family re union with Don Myer, her broth er from Columbia, Missouri, was enjoyed. At that time the father was in perfect health apparent ly and the death message came as a very great shock. Mrs. Charles Spangler has been a resident of the Murray vicinity a short time but has made many friends who will re gret to learn of her sorrow. HAVE TONSILS REMOVED Monday, Donna and Sharon Larson, children of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Larson, of this city, under went a tonsilectomy at Murray, the operation being performed by Dr. R. W. Tyson. The little girls were returned home Mon i day afternoon and are now f eel ,'ing well over the effects of the j operation. Subscribe for The Journal. 1 ' " , 4 " " geography, climate nor social class. One after the other these robust children were stricken with this terrible disease. To the Brick ey's, with the income of an aver age mountain family, the expenses connected with modern medical care and treatments were hope lessly beyond their means the thought was staggering. Kind friends assisted them In contacting the local repre sentatives of the National Foundation for Infantile Par alysis, and this organization moved swiftly to assume a re sponsibility which was beyond the scope of these mountains. March of Dimes funds paving the way, the best and most modern treatment brought new health and new futures to the Highways Are Most Important To the State Terming the state highway prdgram "the most important thing facing Nebraska today," Ben J. Sallows, newly appointed management consultant for the highway department, said he has agreed to spend the next year in helping the state solve it. The Alliance businessman said that he would be unable to snend more than that amount of time away from his personal affairs. "One of our greatest diffi cutties is our access roads from the farms and ranches over to the state highways al ready built," he said. By explanation, he recalled the attention attracted this past year when 3,000 head of cat tle were driven overland from a ranch for sale in Al liance. "Driving of stock used to be common practice," he contin ued. "Now they are trucked from the farms. Where form erly they were driven to the nearest market center for ship ment, now they are trucked to the processing points in Omaha, Lincoln, Sioux City, and Den ver." The highways must be pre pared for the increasing traf fic, he asserted, pointing out the abandonment of branch lines by railroads. This he termed a serious threat to the state unless preparations wece made to meet the problem. For the first time in history, Sallows pointed out, the state has a program for highway de velopment as the result of the work of the planning of the state highway committee. He said the state now needs to develop the plan. As to his own work, Sallows said no definite tasks have been assigned him and he will spend the batince of the week in study of highway needs, financ ing, etc. Next week in confer ence with the governor and state engineer, he said, a pro gram of his duties will be de cided. ; He expressed the opinion that he would be called upon to assist in surveying needs for new projects to be listed for construction. Progress already has been made in highway improvement, he declared, and reads went into the winter "in the best condition I have ever seen them." Henry Keller, wife and grand child, of Odeboldt, Iowa, were guests in the city for the New Year with relatives and friends. children and ease of mind and gratitude to their parents. "I am writing to thank you for what you did for my children," writes 4he mother from her cabin on the Missouri mountainside. "I just can't say enough for the foundation. I don't know what we would have done without help from it. "It sure is a wonderful thin?. My five children are well and walking again. I wish I could say: enough words to express the feel ing I have, but words just can't express it. If there is ever any-, thing I can do to help the National1 Foundation for Infantile Paralysis," I would be only too glad to help. And I say again, many, many' thanks for what has been done for our family.'y Obituary of Martin Zaar Martin S. Zaar, son of Carl John and Matta Zaar, was born on his parents' homestead near South Bend, Nebr., April 3, 1873. He grew to manhood in this community, attending school in his home district. He was united in marriage March 9, 1898 to Miss Lucy Duerr of Louisville. They set tled on a farm near South Eend where they lived until Decem ber, 1945. when they moved to Omaha, where they have since resided. He was a member of the Methodist church in Ashland until he made his home in Om aha at which time he affiliat ed with the Plymouth Congre gational church of that city. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, Lucy; one daughter, Mrs. Florence M. Blum, of Om aha; one brother, Axel Zaar, of Ashland; one sister, Mrs. Em ma Calder of South Bend; one nephew, three nieces and a host of relatives and friends. Preceding him in death were his parents, four brothers, one sister and one adopted son, Harry. He passed away at his home at 4724 North 39th Street, Om aha, Nebraska, on Christmas Day 1949 after a short illness. The funeral services were held at 2:00 p. m., Wednesday, Dec. 28, at the Plymouth Congrega tional church. Burial was in Forest Lawn cemetery in Om aha. Fred Schneider Buried at Elmwood The funeral services for Fred Schneider, 57, of Prairie Home, were held at Elmwood on Tues day afternoon at the Evangel ical church. He was born in L'lm7,rood. Mr. Schneider died Saturday as the result of an accident at his farm home when the trac tor he was operatU:3 overturn ed on him. He had lived in tne Elmwood nd Palmyra communities for a number of year: before mov ing to Prairie Home about twelve years ago. Survivors include his wife, Maude, sons, Donaii and Dean, d ughter. Mrs. Rut;-; Taylor, Lin coln. He had one brother, coin. He has one brother, Carl, of Elmwood, and a sister, wlio lives on the west coast. Baseball's American League was founded in 1900. THOMAS WALLING CO. Abstracts of Title "Title Insurance" Plattsmouth, Nebraska Livestock Feeders In Annual Drive I (Continued from Fa?e One) J coin. Mr. Stratman is author ized by the county officers to ' solicit and collect their member ship fees of $5.00, and will soon be calling on farmers in the county. It is hoped "by the coun ty officers that Cass county farmers will receive Mr. Strat man in- the same fine and co operative manner that they have always received the local men. Officers and directors of the Cass County Livestock Feeder's association are: Howard Phil pot, Nehawka, president; Will Minford, Murray, vice-president; Chas. Boedeker, Murray, secre tary-treasurer; Fritz Seimoneit, Plaitsmouth; Frank Hobscheidt, Union; Clyde Wenzel, Eagle. Chas. Docherty to The Masonic Home Charles Docherty, 65, long a prominent figure in the bus iness life of Omaha, is now a resident at the Nebraska Ma sonic Home in this city. Mr. Docherty has been a pa tient at the St. Catherine's hos pital at Omaha for the past six months after being partially naralvzed as the result, nf n ! stroke. His career in Omaha has been one of unusual activity in many lines. He was one of the best known advertising men in the metropolis for years. He was one of the founders of the Tribe of Yessir and was the president of the Omaha Advertising club. Mr. Docherty was one of the sponsors of the Community Playhouse in Omaha and play ed in many of the plays there in the past years. His last stage part was in that of "The Late George Appleby" last year. Mr. Docherty was in the photo-engraving business since 1921 and until recently had been en gaged in the 'printing busiess. NOW IN OKINAWA j Cpl. Elburn Covert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Covert, of .his city, writes his parents .hat he is now stationed on the island of Okinawa, which has been under the American oc cupation since latter part, of World War II. He was in the ! island of Luzon in the Phillip- i ines for several months after ( re-enlisting in the army. m B IE Shop at Hinky-Dinky Taste Summertime in January . . . Scully's Pure GRAPE JAM 2 Lb. Jar 29c Smucker's Pure PLUM ) PRESERVES Jarb35c 3 tor $1 Food Club Pure Strawberry JELLY 12 oz. Tumbler 27c Staff o' Life Full Standard Quality TOMATOES conL., 3 - 32c Ballcrest Choice Fruit COCKTAIL ;oH2e.rycoSi;'.up 29c Del Monte Food Club, Sliced or Vz PEACHES KrLtTan, 2 - 49c Sun Pak Brand, Whole APRICOTS Ky cS 19c Starkist Brand Chunk Style TUNA FISH ?'o:eco 35c DASH TCconl!.e4. 2 25c Fresh Solid Green New Texas NEW CABBAGE 5 Fresh Calif. Seedless Navel, Large Size Oranges Lb. 100 Ad effective thru Wed., Jan. to limit quantities. Major and Mrs. Robert 15 row and family, who have b. a spending the holiday season : Louisville, Kentucky, return home Saturday after .a mi ; pleasant stay in their old hoi:-? city. ' Sell It Thru Journal Want Ad DOUBLE STAMP DAY January 11 DOUBLE STAMPS ON ALL PURCHASES OF $1.00 AND OVER SHOP AND SAVE THE GREEN STAMP WAY FELDH0USEN DRUG "r r : ii r.. Ci ' JIUl c Prescription Specialists Dial 6117 THRIFTY Strawberry PRESERVES 16 ox. kf Tumbler 2 Lb. Jar 73c Texas Marsh Seedless Grapefruit 11. We reserve the right Lb. 80