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CfTTTT) (TIT Tl -CFl "Tl T j) ... (.. U IL. (TTi CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER YME tPLATTglKIDQJTM PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY I I o n (I a y-T h u r d a y Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers JJttDOJ VOLUME 65 City Council Votes to Vacate Part of Street The city council Monday had ' a very busy time in the discus- sion of various street problems, with Mayor A. B. Rogers, Coun ciimen Woster. Rebal and Am participating;. Councilman Satt lf being unable to be in atten dance. A communication was receiv ed from D. W. Talcott. opposing the vacating of Holdrege street. The communication was placed on file. as that section of Hold rege street referred to by Mr. Talcott. has never been opened through from Pershing Avenue to Chicago Avenue and the city was not contemplating the va cating of the street rights. There was some discussion of the matter of citizens making complaint as lo not being able to dump cans and other debris that they had hauled to the city dump, claiming this had been objected to by the operator, Em ery Rozfll. The claim of Mr. Ro zell was held up and the matter referred to Mayer Rogers for an investigation. The council voted to renew :e compensation insurance policy on the chy employees that is handled through the S. M. Davis agency. William Bayiev. resident of near Hillcrest addition, was pre sent to object to the fact that property located on the horse shoe drive in that addition, had been charged to him. Mr. Bay ley had with him. a copy of the deed that he had given to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cognac for the purchase of lots in that addi tion, and that taxes had been carried as charged to Mr. Bay ley. He stated that he had no objection to the tax against his own property but as he had dis posed of the other portions cl the lots to Mr. Cognac, he feit that he was being unduly tax t;, as one of the agreements had been that the special im provement taxes was assessed aeainst the property, it was ex plained by City Attorney Lebens that the city engineer had checked the lots for assessment before the deed had been given by Mr. Bayley, that the matter would be corrected by the en gineer, the Hermingsen En gineering company and the ad justment of the special improve ment tax made to Mr. Bayley. The council spent sometime in the discussion of the proposed vacation of a part of Holdrege street, near the junction of Chicago Avenue and the Louis ( Continued on Page Eight) New Murdock Bank Formal Opening Feb. 25 William Stock, cresident of the Corn Growers State bank of i Murdock. is announcing the date for the formal opening of the new bank on Saturday, Febr. 25th. with appropriate dedica tion and onen house to the resi dents of Cass county. The bank will serve free refreshments ofj doughnuts and coffee from 1:30 to 3-30 p. m. at the bank build in?. The directors of the new bank a e former stockholders in the j Murdock Co-Operative Associa- J tion, which was founded several years ago bv H. A. Tool and which recently voted liquidation to resist in the formation of the' new state bank. ' The liquidating dividend of the Co-Operative association was 23 per cent or some $11,316. Boy Scouts Tag Day For the Polio Drive Saturday, January 28th the members of the Boy Scouts of j this city are to conduct a Tag i Day to aid in the polio com- j paign that is now being held in connection with the March of Dimes drive for funds for the National Foundation. Scouts will be on the streets and all w-ho can are urged to aid this cause. A classified Ad in the Journal cost as little as 35c. FOURTEEN PAGES VFW Auxiliary To Aid Students The Ladies Auxiliary to Le per t-Wolever V. F. W. Post No. 2543 will provide the opportunity for students of Plattsmouth high school to enter the annual National High School Essay Contest. The 1949-1950 event will be conducted on the sub ject of "Peace, With Honor, for America." The $2,000 national prize con test will be open to all regularly enrolled students in the public, private and parochial junior and senior high schools of the Unit ed States. Alaska and Hawaii. It is very gratifying to realize that the well-expressed opinions cf our locai girls and boys are being sought just as eagerly as are those of students in any part of the country, and that they have the same chance to win the national contest. Dasher Sparks Blue Devils To 35-34 Win The opening round of th Eastern Seven conference held at Bellevue Wednesday night showed some keen competition and two very close battles into the semi-finals of the tourney. The Plattsmouth Elue Devil.? and Blair rolled up the curtain on the cage events with result that the Plattsmouth entry was the winner 35 to 34 over the boys up north. The game was a real struggle and featured some fine ball playing by the locals sparked with Merle Dashner's 21 points, one of these being a free toss that won the game. At the half time af the game Blair was leading 18 to 11 and then the Blue Devils went into action. Dasher rolling up 12 points and Dan Rohan also add ed to the sweep of the blue and white to give the Blue Devils a 29-23 edge at the close of tho quarter. With the game drawing to a close as the clock told off the seconds, two minutes left in the game. Dasher made good the free throw that meant the vic tory. (Continued on Page Eight) Avoca Community Presents Gift The good people of the com munity of Avoca showed real good fellowship and thoughtful ness to one of their less for tunate neighbors and friends, this past week, presenting to Joy St. John a $500 Zenith tele vision set on his birthday which was January 12. Mr. St. John has been an in valid since an accident eight years ago and the gift is one that he most thoroughly ap preciates as it brings the world to his side although unable to be about. UNDERGOES SURGERY Mrs. Will Hutchison of Chilli -eothe, Missouri, has been in th Methodist Hospital at Omahu for the past week. Wednesday, Mrs. Hutchison went to surgery. She is getting along as well as could be ex pected, but will be in the hos pital for some time to come. OFFICIAL SNOOPER . . . Queens, N. Y., district supervisor shows the portfolio the census taker will carry when be knocks on your door and delves Into your life. The count is scheduled to start April 1, 1950. Enumerators will earn about elf ht dollars per day. PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1950 Not Calling Stf MMMk i " - v.- . nnlsl: fe NJt- f th, It wasn't '"My Darling" these motorists were singing when they looked out the window and found this lamp post draped over the hood and through the window of their cars here last Satur day. The electrolier was pulled over when the r?ar doors of the Darling Transfer truck caught overhead wires strung between the posts. A new Plymouth owned by Marvin Richards of the Barta Poultry Service and the nearly new Hudson of Bruce E. Gold, owner of Western Auto Stores, were the victims. Chief of Police Haley is on the job attempting to untangle the mess. Journal Staff Photo Local Rotary Fourth in The District The local Rotary club at their luncheon Tuesday received word from the governor of the dis trict that the local club was now ranking fourth in the list of clubs in their attendance. President Orville Nielsen was on hand to conduct the meeting with the usual musical settings by the members of the club. Dr. L. A. Amato was the pro gram chairman and had ar ranged to have Mr. Peterson, as sistant district director of the blood bank campaign in this area, as speaker, but he was un able to be present and the chairman presented a program on Child vision that was very interesting and covered many points in the child and visual education and the neces sity of good eyesight in the youngsters for their health and success. The speaker demon strated the use of slides in visual examination and train ing. The members of the club arc looking forward to the next meeting on Tuesday, January 31st, which will be a Rotary Ann meeting at 6:30 at the Edith Solomon "coffee shop with Dr. Amato as the program chairman. The guests of the luncheon were George J. Jaeger of East Chicago, Indiana, former Ro tarian of Plattsmouth. who celebrated his birthday with the old friends, and Mr. Evans of the Pairbanks-Morse Co., who was a guest of Robert Cappell. Noted Speaker Will Discuss Cancer Aid A meeting is to be held on j Friday evening, January 27th at Christ Lutheran Churcn at 7:30 in the interest of the campaign against the spread of cancer ov er the nation. This is being ar ranged through the aid of Mrs. R. F. Brendel, Cass county chair man. The speaker will be Dr. H. E. Eggers of Omaha, educational director of American Cancer Society, one of the leaders for the eradication of the malady An invitation is extended to all Farm Bureau units to attend ana near mis capaDie speaker. The Weeping Water telephone exchange has a new operator with the arrival of Miss Edonis Garner, former Lincoln opera tor. She is staying at-the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gibson. "Darling, My Darling" Anymore ilfe J'i vMS V"1 Fred Rehmeier to , State Fair Board The Nebraska Association of Fair Managers has been in ses sion at Lincoln the past week with a fine attendance of the members of the various fair boards over the state. The state board of agricul ture met Tuesday and made nominations of members of the state board to succeed them selves. Those from the first dis trict included, Fred Rehmeier of Weeping Water, a long time member of the fair board, ac tive in the operation of the state fair. Others well known here were nominated in the first district including Charles J. Warner of Lincoln and E. . S. Schiefelbein of Wahoo. George W. Lanum Dies at Vets Hospital Tuesday The death of George W. Lanum, 54, one of the local vet erans of the first World War. occurred Tuesday evening at the U. S. Veterans hospital at Lin coln, where he was taken a week ago for treatment. Mr. Lanam had not been well for the past few weeks but his condition was not thought serious until a week ago. Death came as the re sult of a sudden heart attack and came as a great shock to the members of the family and the many old friends in this community. George W. Lanum was born in Monroe, Ohio, March 12, 1895 and spent his younger years in that section of the United States. He came to Nebraska at the close of the first world war and lived in various parts of the state until moving to Platts mouth nine years ago to make his home. He was married on August 29, 1923 at Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Miss Helen Chancellor. There is surviving his passing, the widow, Helen; two sons, Bruce of Phoenix, Arizona, Ray of Plattsmouth; four daughters, Alice, Bonnie, Avis and Barbara, all living at home near this city. The funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Caldwell funeral home, 7th street and Avenue B and the interment made at the ; Qak Hill cemetery. Visiting hours will be at the funeral home this evening from 7 to 9 p. m. Mrs. W. W. Davis, Miss Fern Davis and Mrs. Cy Brandt ac- companied Mrs. Walter Luhring to Lincoln this week. ! 9 ' Murdock-Eagle To Seroi-Finals In County Meet In the Cass county basketball tournament being staged at the Elmwood gym, Murdock and Eagle moved into semi-finals of the tourney with Eagle proving a real surprise to the dopesters when they clipped seeded Avoca by the score of 43-31. Avoca led at the half time by a score of 22 to 17. The rally led by Rulliff-j son of Eagle gained 15 points j mat erasea ine Avoca leau. Murdock stopped Alvo 32 to 20. Murdock was ahead 20 to 11 at the intermission. In the semi-finals Thursday night Murdock will oppose Elm- wood and Eagle will battle j Weeping Water. j EagJe 45, Avoca 31 At half, Avoca 22 Eagle 17 Winners' high scorer, Rulliffson 13 Losers' high scorer, i Kirckhoff 15, Murdock 32, Alvo 20 At half Murdock 20 .. Alvo 11 Winners' high scorer, Kenny 10 Losers' high scorer, Kinney 7 Louisville 36. Nehawka 39 At half, 20-20 tie Winners' high scorer, Hutchinson 8 Losers' high scorer, Schoemaker 16 Glemvood 50, Union 31 I Half, Glenwood 20 ... Union 15 Winners' high scorer, Jenkins 17 Losers' high scorer, ! Rogers 1G Ike Walton Trap Shoot Open Monday The trap shooting range of the Izaak Walton League, locat ed near the Missouri river traf fic bridge will be open to the public on Sunday. All members ner, the defendant. The peti of the local chapter are urged tion states that the parties were to be at the grounds to assist married at Syracuse, Nebraska, in the setting of a new trap for use on the range. AID POLIO FUND The Merry Workers Extension Club held their annual benefit bake sale Saturday, Jan. 21st at the Swatek Hardware store. j The entire proceeds of $36 was j donated to the Polio fund. (Thanks go to the donors who jmade the sale possible and to j the Swatek Hardware for use of their store window. Sell It Thru journal Want Ads iFORHAL 0E01CATI0M OF n n nn3A r Bnn n n nnn nm m u. !! II iii a mm num.- ISGHEOOLEI FOR SUMOAY Anton J. Trilety, Long Resident Of City, Dies The life story of Anton J. Triley, 75. longtime resident of Plattsmouth. was closed early Wednesday morning when he sank in the last long rest at the family home on South 3rd street, after an illness that had covered several months. The passing of Mr. Trilety removed a most fa miliar figure in the business sec tion of the city where he had passed the greater part of his lifetime. Anton J. Trilety was born June 5, 1874 in Czechoslovakia, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trilety, and at a very early age was brought by the parents to the United States. The family resided at LaPlatte, Nebraska, for several years, later Anton land the other members of the family moved to Plattsmouth which has been his uninterrupt ed residence. On April 2, 1902, he was mar ried at Omaha to Miss Mary Opocesnsky. they continuing to make Plattsmouth their home down through the years. In his residence here Mr. Tril ety has been engaged in various business enterprises and in the later years was largely engaged in the operation of his barber shop as long as his health per mitted. He was well known over the city and active in the vari ous community affairs for all of the years of his residence here. He retained a keen inter est in the community affairs un til the last. He was a member of Cass Camp of the Modern Woodmen of America for many years. Surviving his passing is the wife, Mary; two sons, O. Edward Trilety, Washington. D. C; Fred P. Trilety of Cincinnati. Ohio; one daughter, Claire T. Coe of Laramie, Wyoming; one sister, Mrs. Mary Rebal of Plattsmouth. The body was taken to the Sattler funeral home, 4th street and Avenue A, where the funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Inter- ment will be at the Oak Hill ! cemetery. Visiting hours at the funeral home will be Thursday evening from 7 to 9 p. m. and Friday morning from 10 a. m. to noon. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Jameson returned from their trip to Ar- cadia Sunday evening after spending the week end there vis iting with friends. Court: Mouse Uriels In the office of the clerk of the district court Wednesday morning petition for divorce was filed in which Clyde D. Skinner is the plaintiff and Shirley Skin- on May 8, 1947, that as the re j suit of the marriage there is one j minor child. The petition asks for a decree of divorce and the custody of the child of the mar riage. It is further alleged that the defendant has taken the ! furniture of the home and the minor child and concealed the same from the plaintiff in the case. Reller, McArthur & Da vis of Lincoln are attorneys for the plaintiff. In the office of the clerk of the district court this (Thurs day) morning, an action for FIVE CENTS PER ".. Z ! ' ii&MMMPiinUiiMiiii ii minimum?' i m i UPHOLDS HUMAN RIGHTS . . . Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt says, "The fear others have of us, and the fear we have of them, make it difficult to get ratification of the covenant (hupnan rights);? Zero Weather Strikes in Plattsmouth The first real winter weather swept down on this section of Nebraska and included Cas-; county and Plattsmouth. in the path of the sub-zero tempera tures that greeted the residents when they awoke this morning. The mercury touched 13 below zero at 6 a. m. and for the re mainder of the day showed a gradual uplift. The extreme cold was for tunately not accompanied by another snow, a light snowfall on Tuesday, bringing a touch of white to the scene, and the still cold wind of Wednesday was absent this morning. The drop below the zero mark was very trying to the owners of cars and trucks, many were reported stalled when th 5 drivers started out this morn ing but traffic on the buses and trains through the city were little effected by the extreme cold weather. The cold snap had the ten dency to keep the householder? in their homes for the greater part of the day. HAY ABEL HOME Ray O. Abel returned on Sun day from a week's stay in thp : Methodist hospital at Omaha j following an appendectomy, and ; is recuperating at the family , home here. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. annulment of marriage was fil pd. Ruth McBride vs. James K. McBride. The plaintiff in her petition states that the parties were married at Hardin, Mont., on June 20, 1947, the defendant representing that he was a single man. It was later reveal ed that at the time of the raar- i riage that he was already mar- I ried to Bernice K. MctJnae, wno on October 23, 1947 obtained a divorce in the courts of Wayne county, Michigan. The plaintiff did not know at the time of the marriage to defendant that he was already married. It is asked that the district court grant an anulment of the marriage of the plaintiff and the defendant, and her maiden name of Ruth Sell be restored. Smith & Le bens of this city appear for the plaintiff. COPY NUMBER 17 It will be a momentous day here Sunday for numbers of thv Plattsmouth 40 & 8 Club. This day has been set aside for ti.e formal evening of their new cluo rooms at 403' Main street where, at a cost of over S35.0OO. the rooms have ban remodeled and renovated giving the lotnl membership one of the finest r.iee'in;; places in the mk'ci" Wv-St. Located in the rooms cn Jho iMici floor of their buildin : ' n -inp. The ri:.tts:r.ju!h Jour mi. not a single i!.c of iho iiinn r floor plan remain . Fiaii '.i 'iv r a number of y ai s. th ccmpk-' fi project c o n tain s everyiLinj; needed for this or :aiuza.: n. from kitchen an I dininir; room to gentleman".; lounge, wlviv informal meetings may be hc'.d. To help ti e local organization celebrate ire completion of their new hendy.iurters, officers and members oi -iO & 8 clubs and American Le -ion through out eastern Ntbrasxi and West ern Iowa will join in ihe festival occasion. Printed invirations were mailed to nearly 175 or ganizations, with the majority signifying they will be in at tendance. Street level entrance to the new club room is through swing ing doors under an oval marque gayly lighted in neon. At the top of the stairs you enter the lobby where facilities are maintained for registration of guests. Her- too. in an attractive L-shaped counter upholstered in beig- Duren. are shown momentos of the club in glass cutouts. Ou' standing is the large 40 & 3 emblem of blue and gold, inlaid in a beige tile floor. To the north of the lobby is an ample cloak room combined with gen eral offices. Connecting to the north and west of the lobby is the women's lounge and rest rooms b?auti ( Continued on Page d McDaniels Fund Closed Saturday The popular subscription fund for the family of Mr. and Mrs. Lee McDaniels which was con ducted by the Journal, started by the kind-hearted residents of the city, as an expression c;f sympathy to the parents of little Beverly Jean, has been conclueie-d. Despite the fact that the lLs of contributors closed on last Saturday, and the amount of S293 that had been colleeteel and paid over to the family, there have been -ev.ral to send in their contributions and this is being acknowledged. The Le-pert-Wolevei post of the Veter ans of Foreign Wars has contri buted S5 and "A Friend' S2. since the closing of the list an.i these amounts will go to the family-. This is a demonstration of the kindly heart of the residents of the community to help those who have been visited by mis fortune, and has been deeply appreciated, but tne campaign is definitely over and any contri butions that may be desired to be made hereafter should be di rectly to the family. ! SUFFERS RIB INJURY j James Holy, one of the city mail carriers, has been suffer- ' ing for the past few days from I a cracked rib, sustained by a fall whiie on his mail route. Following the fall Mr. Holy con tinued his work until the pain caused him to consult a physi cian, he has since been on the retired list. The injury however, j is much improved. Subscribe for The Journal.