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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL ! PAGE SIX Monday, May 1, 1930 j Otto Sochor Pays Visit to Old Home . Thursday Otto Sochor, of Hollywood. California, was in Jhe city for a short time to visit with old friends, and look ing after some business matters. He was called here by the illness pf his mother, Mrs. James So chor, as was his sister, Mrs. Laura Wilson of Chicago. Mrs. Sochor has been taken Jo Omaha where she is being cared for at the St. Joseph hos pital, her condition being quite serious for the past week. C This is the first visit here in a number of years for Mr. So ; chor and he found the school ! friends or at least a great many have moved away. Louisville School Group at Lincoln Last Saturday, Neil Lancaster, who teaches 6th and 7th grades ; in Louisville grade school, took i his pupils on a field trip to Lin coln. The state capitol, Morrill Hall, and Antelope Park were main points visited. journal Wants Ads Pay. 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In 1947 session cf the legislature there had been passed a bill to levy 1 and 1-10 mill for the building program, as the result there had been several new structures placed over the state where badly needed. A 300 bed addition had been made at state hospitals. The case of the Beatrice Feeble Minded institution was cited as one of the cases where enlarge ment was badly needed, owing to the growing demands of the school. In the war years there had been only a few doctors to take care of the hospitals, nurses and help required to serve sixty hours or more a week, causing through long- hours anci the low rate of pay the necessity of hir ing anyone that would take over the positions. The main subject of the gov ernor's remarks was the matter of the road program of Nebras ka, a matter in which the resi dents of all sections of the state are interested. The fact was pointed out that the roads of Nebraska were many, the popu lation decreasing and the funds to carry on the road program wholly inadequate. It was point ed out that Nebraska was eighth in the United States in the miles of road surfacing maintained. The demands for better roads and maintenance was heard in all parts of the state, and in 1947 the state had taken steps to try and help solve the problem of what was needed. To this end Mr. Peterson had appointed an advisory committee, composed of residents from all parts of the state, headed by George Holmes, Lincoln banker, that had made a careful study and survey and held public meetings in all sec tions of the state, the legislative council had also studied the mat ter of the roads. Engineers had been hired from out of the state to make a survey and all of these reports had been made available to the state govern ment. The necessity of money to car ry on a real road program was acknowledged by all of the bod ies, the f.ct was evident that an increase in gas tax and in license fees was needed. Good roads were necessary for those living in Nebraska it was point ed out by the speaker. Governor Peterson brought out that in the war years from 1941 to 1946, $7,000,000 had been accummulated in the road fund and federal aid and this was used later :o build new roads and keep up the system of roads as Ion" as it lasted. Roads in the 337 Main St. THOMAS WALLING CO. Abstracts of Title "Title Insurance" Plattsmouth, Nebraska depression years had been paid for in dollars worth 100 per cent, but in the later years it was necessary to build and maintain roads with a dollar valued at only fifty cents, this meaning that more money must be raised to carry on the road program. The governor told of the in troduction of bills into the leg islature to increase the gasoline tax and license fees and this had brought on a great lobby against the measures. The gas tax had been voted 31 to 9 while the increased license fee had carried by a smaller margin.. Governor Peterson pointed out that there was no such a thing as a permanent highway surface, the concrete paving would last twenty-five years. Bi tuminous road surface would last for a ten year period before it was necessary to replace un der ordinary conditions. This type of road was less expensive than concrete and a greater mileage could be built for the same cost. The measures passed by t last legislature to increase the gas tax and license fees was being placed on the ballot at the November election for action and the matter of extending the good roads program would de pend on the action of the voters. Governor Peterson told of arguments that had been made against the approval of the laws, one that the highways were plenty good enough; another that there was plenty of money in the road fund if it was prop erly used. In speaking of the funds in the highway depart ment, the governor stated that the books of the department were available to anyone at any time and they were welcome to make inspection of them. It was pointed out by Gov ernor Peterson that good roads were vital to Nebraska, if the roads were wanted, they must be paid for and the only means was by increased revenue through taxes. If the law to increase taxes were defeated it would mean placing the road program twenty-five years back. All of the highway were farm to market roads as the farmers lived along all of them and they made possible the contact be tween the farm and the large centers to dispose of grain or stock. It was pointed out that in the division of the gas tax that a certain per cent was devoted to the county graveled road pro gram and to the rural free de livery routes. In the new law the towns and cities werf to receive a percent age of their tax money mat lor years they had been deprived of sharing, the funds going to the road funds of the townships. The campaign against the lavv and in favor of its repeal was made and backed by the repre sentative of the large oil com panies of the nation, Governor Peterson stated. MM 160 Improved - 200 Improve d - 80 Unimproved and 40 Un improved - All on Highway N o. 1 West of Murray, Neb. 9 At 2:00 P.M. AT COURT HOUSE - PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. ttlhi - LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS - SW 1-4 of SW 1-4 of 15-11-13; SE 1-4 of 17-11-13; ME 1-4 of 21-11-13; E 1-2 of E 1-2 of NW 1-4 of 21-11-13 and E 1-2 of SW 1-4 cf 21-11-13. Also Beautiful Home and Town Lots in Murray TERMS: 15 cash, day of sale, balance cn confirmation and delivery of deed and abstract showing good title. Purchaser to take landlord's share of 1950 crops. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE A. L. TIDD, RAYMOND J. CASE, Referees Plattsmouth FRANCIS M. CASEY, Attorney Plattsmouth Union Graduation Friday, May 5th Graduation activities for the Union high school seniors will begin with class night on Fri day evening. May 5 in the Le gion hall. Baccalaureate ser vices will be held in the Metho dist church on Sunday evening. May 7 with Rev. E. C. Williams delivering the class sermon. Ro bert L. Pullen. professor of speech, Doane college, will de liver the commencement ad dress to the seniors on Wednes day evening, May 10. Com mencement exercises will be held in the Baptist church. Funds Raised for Crippled Children Following are trje results of the sale of seals for the Nebras ka Society for Crippled Children for Cass county: Alvo $ 25.50 Avoca 15.10 Cedar Creek 11. 00 Eagle 13.00 Elm wood 65.91 Greenwood 38.00 Louisville 152.50 Manley 10.00 Murdock 29.00 Murray 29.50 Nehawka . .' 47.30 Plattsmouth 430.85 South Bend 21.00 Union 32.00 Wabash 15.00 Weeping Water 70.50 The contributions are divided equally between state and coun ty and of course, each will re ceive 50 of the total contrib uted. The society would like to keep its friends informed concerning the activities and future plans and has prepared several films which it will be pleased to pre sent to any group making a re quest. There is no fee required for the program, however it does help to have the date scheduled in advance in order to avoid con flict with previous appointments. L. T. Bosworth and John Woods, residents of the Wabash community, were here Thurs day for a short time. They came over to see the high water in the Missouri river, and while here Mr. Bosworth enrolled as a reader of the paper. Elmwood School Banquet Twelve seniors and eight fac ulty members were entertained by the nine juniors of Elmwood high school at the annual junior-senior banquet. This was held on April 26 at the Capital Hotel at 6:30 p. m. After every one had eaten, a program with "Rainbow" as the central theme was presented. The tables were decorated with multi-colored nut-cups, song sheets, balloons, and programs to help carry out the theme. The speaker's table was adorned with a large bou quet of roses and red candle sticks. Every one enjoyed the program, after which the show, "Kid from Cleveland," was at tended by all. Program : "Rainbow Around My Shoul ders" Broad Grin Frances Schick. "Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo', No Mo' Sunshine Bill John Par ish. "If You Meet the Sun Half Way" Sunbeam Sadie Eunice Ebeler. " 'N Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining" Black Cloud Charles B. Ackmeyer. "Beware! Thunderbolts" Cy- cline Harry Norman Irons. "Oh, Let a Smile Be Your Um brella" Old Man Sol Jim Hail. "When You Reach the Rain bow's End" Fairweather Molly Janice Miller. Trio Beth Mendenhall, Ber- nita Irons, Janice Kunz "Rain." Duet Mr. Larsen, Marion Wendt "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows." Seniors: Lyle Ahrens, Eunice Ebeler, Bernita Irons, Jim Kail, Berdena Kirchhoff, Mary Mc Laughlin, Beth Mendenhall, Lila Oehlerking, John Parish, Walter Oehlerking, Jr.. Margaret Vogt, Marion Wendt. Juniors: Charles Backemeyer, Ralph Brockhoff, Sheroll Drake, Norman Irons, Janice Kuns, Clayton Linder, Janice Miller, Delton Nannen, Frances Schick. Local People at Engineer's Week Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Larson were at Lincoln Thursday afternoon where they enjoyed attending the annual Engineer's Week, staged by the college of engi neering of the University of Ne braska. This is always one of the big events of the year at the university and attracted a very large crowd all afternoon and evening. The showing represents the various departments, agricul ture, chemical, civil, electric, geology, and mechanical engi neering. Mr. and Mrs. Larson had the pleasure of seeing their son, Ray. Jr., a student in the electrical engineering college and Frank P. Dall, who had charge of the utilities section of the civil en gineering exhibit. Former Resident Visits in City Friday Mrs. Eva Harvey Led- better of Petaluna, California, accompanied by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Larson, of Downey, Cali- fornia. were in Plattsmouth. The group has been in Omaha attending the White Shrine con vention, that was meeting in that city the last of the week. Mrs. Larson is the chaplain of the White Shrine in her home city and Mr. Larson holds the office of the First Wise Man. M. E. Brantner Dies at Omaha (Continued from Page One' Plattsmouth and Omaha since that time. Mr. Brantner was a great sport fan and was for several years the manager of the very successful Red Sox baseball team in this city. He was also a very enthusiastic follower of the boxing game here and in Oma ha and was recognized as an authority on these sports in Ne brassa. There is surviving his loss, the widow, the daughter, Mrs. Russell Chase, of Omaha; seven grandchildren, Edward of Cali fornia; Nathan F., Jack D., Richard D., Morgan, all of Omaha; Mrs. Billie Coral Linde, Janet Carmen Chase, all of Omaha; One sister, Mrs. Allen J. Beeson of Long Beach. Califor nia; as well as seven great grandchildren. The funeral services will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the John A. Gentleman funeral home on Farnam street, Omaha, Rev. Charles Prouty, pastor of the St. Paul's Metho dist cturch conducting the ser vices. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery, Plattsmouth. the fun eral party reaching here at 3:30 p .m. Graveside services will be in charge of the Elks, lodge No. 39 of Omaha. Children Have Trip Through Court House Friday afternoon a large party of children from the rural schools west of Plattsmouth were in the city and enjoyed a tour through the court house under the guidance of County Superintendent Lloyd Behrends. The children were accompa nied by their teachers, Mrs. Paul Fauquet, Mrs. Lester Thim gan and Mrs. John Hadraba and had a very pleasant time in touring the county building from the office of Mr. Behreno.s to the court house tower where they inspected the new electric operated clock that serves as the "watch" for the larger part of the local population. The children were accompa nied by a number of mothers who joined in the inspection tour. The group also visited the Nor folk Packing plant on Lincoln avenue, as well as the Journal office where they enjoyed a conducted tour and finally closc-ci the sightseeing with a trip through the Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company. Patagonia is in Southern i South America. GUESTS OVER SUNDAY Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCar thy, Mrs. Clinton Byrne and daughter of Nebraska City, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Switzer of Ne hawka and Miss Viola Miller of this city were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thiele in this city. Ice cream was first served in the United States in 1809 at a White House dinner, World Book Encyclopedia reports. All Members Are Urged to Attend the Next Meeting of AUXILIARY OF PLATTSMOUTH FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES No. 365 Bring in Your WOOL Will pay you full market value Any Day Any Time A. R. CASE Phone 3197 - 5223 Plattsmouth ! SINGER SEWING MACHINES SALES REPAIRS SERVSCE fcspJ RENTALS J t Call Your Local ' Representative i j Richard Keairnes . Plne 0047 after 5:30 n. m. ; Singer Sewing Machine Center 4804 South 24th Omaha JOE KN0FLICEK SAYS: Life Insurance Sets MINDS Free! A man with adequate life insurance is more efficient in his work because he has removed the "fear of future possibilities." He enjoys the game of life because the awful hands of fear and uncer tainty are not resting on his shoulder. This "mental freedom" creates within him a higher earning ca pacity; he makes more, saves more, and spends more. Bankers Life Insurance Co., of Nebraska JOE KN0FLICEK Office 527 Main Phone 5291 HERE ARE SOME REAL "FOOD VALUES Morton House Tiny No. 2 Sieve PEAS No. i icm Oz.) Cans Su .. J b Food Club Fancy in Heavy Syrup Fruit Cocktail 2 29c 65c Doz. Cans, $3.45 Election of Officers Thursday Evening, May 4th Dorothy Janecek, President Sue Mayer Secretary Mott's ASSORTED JELLIES 2 29c 28-Oz. Jar Wathena Pure APPLE BUTTER STRAWBERRY PRESERVES . 39c 2-Lb. Jar, 73c Food Club Orange Pekoe TEA BAGS . 7- It? 17c 48 Count Pkg., 39c o o O 0"0"00.0.0OOOJDQ 19c 1 Green Giant PEAS 2 No. 303 7 (17-ox.) cans Of C Cal Ray Seedless RAISINS 2 Bang's 3IC Suns wee t Extra Large Fancy APRICOTS . 39c aa .ffrtitr. thru Wed- May 3rd. We reserve the right to limit Quantities.