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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Tonday-Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 65 SIXTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1950 . NUMBER 49 Seniors Bid Farewell on Friday Night Friday evening, May 19th. is one of the outstanding events in the lives of young people com prising the class of . 1950 of Plattsmouth high school, one that is filled with happiness at attainment of the goal of com pletion of their high school edu cation, as well as a sense of re gret at severing four years of happy association together as a class in high school. The date marks changes for young people, some to seek train ing in higher educational insti tutions, others taking up the batue of life in the world, and seeking a vocation. Graduation is marking a long step on the way of 1 ife. the sev erance of many school friend ships that will gradually be erased in the passing years. Members of the class have contributed much to historv of the Plattsmouth school, serving with outstanding records in the field of sports, musical training as well as school government it self. To parents of the students, attainment of diplomas repre sents many sacrifices through the years to see that the stu dents have the opportunity cf securing this first step into a new world. Officers of the class of 1950 comprise: Bill Gottsch, presi dent; Rita Mulholland. vice president; Beverly Brown, secre tary; Pat Dew, treasurer; Miss Jessie Whalen. sponsor; Joe York, co-sponsor. The students will have as speaker for graduation, Dr. R. G. Gustavson. chancellor of the University of Nebraska, one of "he outstanding educators of the tiiddle west. W. H. Wiles Is Found Dead at Family Home W. H. Wiles, 64. lifetime resi dent cf Cass county, was found dead Wednesday night in the garage at the family home on North 4th street, shortly after 7 o'clock. m Mr. Wiles was found lying on the floor of the garage, appar ently sufferinga heart attack that had resulted fatally, before he could summon aid. He had not been seen around the place ty neighbors. In the evening a sister, Mrs. Garland Tilson, and Mr. Tilson had called at the home and not having located him at the house had visited the garage to discover his lifeless body. Neighbors were called to the scene and later Sheriff Tom Solomon had been called to make an investigation, as acting coroner, finding that the death was apparently from natural causes. Mr. Wiles has not been in the best of health for some time and following the death of the wife, some two months ago, he has been at the Clarkson hospi fal several times, taking treat ment, and returned just a short time ago to the family home. There is surviving his passing two daughters. Mrs. Lawrence Jones and Mrs. Albert Hilficker of Plattsmouth; one sister, Mrs. Garland Tilson of Plattsmouth; four brothers. Ben and Everett Wiles of Plattsmouth, and Harry and John Wiles of Union Funeral services will be on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Sattler funeral home at 4th and Avenue A. Calling hours at the funeral home will be on Friday, May 19 from 7 to 9 p. m. Announce Prizes In Essay Contest The Plattsmouth Garden club tponsored an essay contest on the subject, "Why I Want to Protect Birds." Pupils of the seventh and eighth grades of the local schools were invited to participate. Prizes for the best essays were as follows; First prize, one dollar: Doro thy Piper, 7th grade. Miss Naomi Owen, teacher. Second prize, fifty cents; Ha zel Gold. 7th grade, Miss Owen teacher. Third prize, fifty cents; Patri cia Painter, 8th grade. Miss Al vina Zastrow, teacher. The first prize essay will be entered in the state essay con test. Two bird feeders were do nated as additional prizes for the first two winners, by Mrs. Sdward Berlett. Flood Damage Is A Great Problem The flood damage over Cass county occasioned by the tor rential rains of two weeks ago, is being slowly battled despite the widespread loss in bridges and highways. These losses will reach a very high figure it is expected, even more so than was at first anticipated. The west bridge at Weeping Water is being temporarily re paired, made possible for travel and giving a way to and from the city of Weeping Water over the creek. The loss of bridges and rail transportation in the south part of the county has been keenly felt and most of the communities are receiving mail deliveries by trucks once a day. Highways and roads in all parts of the county swept by the severe storm of Monday, May 8th, are still more or less af fected and in need of repair. Poultry Clinic Points Way to Bigger Profits Poultry raisers of Cass coun ty will be offered a wealth of information during the "Poultry Question Box" to be held at the Cass Theatre next Wednesday afternoon. May 24, starting at 2:00 o'clock, under the sponsor ship of the Plattsmouth Cham ber of Commerce. This two hour open discussion of poultry problems and Drofiis will be under the personal su pervision of Prof. F. E. Mussehl. head of the Department of Poul try Husbandry at the Universifv of Nebraska, recognized through out the middlewest as a first authority on poultry. Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce undertook the sponsorshin of a series of these farm meet ings during the year in an ef fort to be of service to residents of the rural areas the city serves. Considerable time on the Dart of members and money has been expended to bring these inform- ; ative and valuable meetings within reach of a greater num ber of rural people. There is no admission charge. no registration fee, the meeting is Tree to every Interested per son. Poultry raisers over the county are extended a special invitation to participate in the program. Here will be offered information and slide pictures on modern housing, rebuilding the old, modern drinking sys tems, heating, diseases, and anv problems which might face a producer of poultry. In. addition to the wealth of information to be supplied vis itors, merchants of Plattsmouth have given generously of mer chandise that will be given to those registering at this open meeting. These prizes are now on display in the windows of the Gas Company offices, 518 Main Street, Make plans now to attend this meeting. Any person interested in poultry will not be disap pointed. VV. H. Wehrbein Shows Improvement William H. Wehrbein. well known farmer of this locality, is improving rapidly following his return from a hospital at Oma ha, where he spent some twa weeks. Mr. Wehrbein was ouite seriously ill for some time but is getting back into his former good health. At The Cass County Court House In the county court on Tues day complaint was filed against Wayne G. Meisineer. ch him with speeding at night. On his plea of guilty he was given a fine of $12.50. Monday afternoon in the county court. Harris E. Boudish. of Valentine, Nebraska, was charged with passing insuffi cient fund checks, beine ar rested by Sheriff Tom Solomon. To the charge he made a plea of guilty. Judge Richard Peck on hearing the facts in the case sentenced the 'defendant to thirty days in the county jail, he being remanded to the custody of Sheriff Solomon. In the county court Tuesday. Eugene R. Bennett was chareed in a complaint charging over weight on capacity of truck. He made a plea of guilty and was given a fine of $io and costs. - si yimmmmiimm pavummtKm m.m,.,.; ' : . 'fiuiMI mm. I bahk &Mik jltalwlk dfSwjf' . iCin 1 i'i-f plattsroouth mm school eJ , rA?K5 jJL J Xw ;ry". tavl :uT y A,p v s rryK..v P VHJH,OOt .Towi .U.,SCQ waiMWB . W S,. ' SZfl A'" ijhiJ l H;.J tJ fel 0 TOS'WKI' ...- -o jy! M'CHSTAPT ''-t- wi- mtC - 3-; jaaSa JLJ '' WKMAN ALSO Paul Fauquet to Make Race for County Attorney Paul Fauquet. former county judge, is announcing his inten tion to file in the democratic primaries on May 17th, as a candidate for the nomination for county attorney. Mr. Fau quet, who since leaving the Paul E. Fauquet bench has been engaged in the practice of law in this city, makes known his intention in a letter to the publisher qf the Journal, Mr. Ronald R. Furse: "Mr. Ronald Furse. Publisher, Plattsmouth Journal, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Dear Mr. Furse: (Continued on Page Eight) "IKES" WORK DAY post graduate work at the Uni- of Nebraska, has been given a The members of the Platts- I versity of Nebraska. C. E. Metz- j very pleasing honor at Lincoln, mouth "Ikes" are to have a j Ser ls father of Senator W. A. . Ray iiad been elected to Eta work day on Sunday at the new j Metzger. j Kappa Nu. electrical engineer park on the Platte bottom, ing honorary fraternity, Wed north of Plattsmouth. The mem- j Mr. and Mrs. Joe Richter and nesday, he was elected as re- w icjAjii. in me j par sunaay irom 8 a. m. on. Bring your tools and help in cleaning up the place. Local League Team Home Sunday Plattsmouth's American Le gion team in the D-S-C league will be home Sunday to give fans the opportunity of enjoy ing a good hardball game. The team is showing improve ment in their playing, while this will be but the third league game, they are hoping to an nex the contest from Papillion, who will be guests here on Sun day. Games are called at 2 o'clock, giving fans a full afternoon of sport and fun. Gretna Farmer Files for the Unicameral Entries in the race for state senator in the third district, comprising Cass and Sarpy, grew to three Tuesday. William G. Haldeman. Gretna farmer and stockfeeder, made his filing at Lincoln for the post now occupied by William A. Metzger, Cedar Creek, who is not a candidate for re-election to the office. Other candidates already in the race are C. E. Metzger, of Cedar Creek, veteran stockman and political leader in eastern Nebraska, as well as F. Ward Brunson of Louisville, member of a prominent Cass county family, who has just completed . auu ucunis. spent ine wees ena visiting at Council Bluffs, at the . home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert O'Neill. (W MAPKA4KA, Court Bids Bring Additional Funds To Davis Estate In the district court this (Thursday morning, in the matter of confirming the land sales in the partition suit of Rose Jeanette Davis vs. Ivy M. Davis, bids made in the court ran the land values to over $100,000. At the sale held here two weeks ago. the land bido were $S6 000. The 200 acre tract was pur chased in the court by M. H. Worthan, who has farmed the land, for $41,000, against the previous bid of some $37,000. Dr. G. H. Gilmore was the purchaser of a forty acre tract for $8,050. The 160 acre tract was con firmed in Wallace Philpot who bid $30,050. The bid of Lester Dill on the 80 acre tract at $16,000 stood up on the bidding. The residence property pur chased by G. E. Brubacher at the first sale stood up at the original price. Ray Larson, Jr., Receives Honor Raymond Larson, Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Larson, of this city, junior in the eolleee of engineering at the University cormng secretary 01 the resi dent chapter at Lincoln. Ronald McWilliams was named as the president of the group. County Schools Promotional The promotional exercises for the rural schools of Cass county will be held at Plattsmouth high school auditorium on Monday, May 22 at 2 p. m. These exercises will bring to this city a large number of stu dents from all sections of Cass county, to take part in. and en joy the program of the day. The public is invited to attend and greet the young people and their instructors. Rev. Morris left Tuesday mor ning for Pittsburgh. Pennsyl vania, where he will attend a meeting of the Board of Direct ors of the Seminary, of which he is a member, and will also visit his aged mother while there. Better Late CBS i .. Somewhere in the hustle and bustle of newspapering the above photograph was lost in the shuffle, but here it is after three weeks. Above left to right are Weeping Water athletes holding their "Os- cars," .Jerry Joyce, Dave Dennis, Del Amick and Duane Burger, flanking Coach P. H. Hines, U. N. Head Coach Bill Glassford and ; Sam Vanconti, as they appeared at the Weeping Water High ; School Athletic Banquet held recently. Presentation of letters and j awards were made during the evening. Journal Photo. Unoi hcial Census Tab Gives Plattsmouth Less Than 5000 (Population New Pitcher for Ball Game Sunday The Plattsmouth Legion team of the D-S-C league will have a new addition to their pitching staff here Sunday. The new hurler will shew his wares against the Papillion team of the league, giving the fans an added treat. This will be the first visit of the Pappio to the local diamond this season. A very fine eame should be enjoyed as both teams have promising material, grow ing better as the season pro gresses. William C. Grebe Dies Here Tuesday William C. Grebe. 66. long; time resident of Plattsmouth. died Tuesday evening it the family home on Winters'- n hill, death coming suddenly. ; re sult of a heart attack. Mr. Grebe several mon r - " suffered severe injuries v.-hi' engaged in his work as nvo.' processor at the local locker plant, being badly crushed and injured by an animal that he was handling. Apparently he recovered and was about hi.-? usual activities. He was in the business section of the city Tuesday, visiting with friends. News of his death came as a distinct shock to- his many friends. William C. Gn be. son of Mr. and Mrs. George Grebe, was born in Mannheim, Germany, May 26, 1883. When six years old he was brought to the United States, the family locating at Plattsmouth. where they were reared to manhood and woman hood. Here the parents resided until their death. Growing to manhood in this city, Mr. Grebe engaged in a number of occupations, largely in butchering in this section of Cass county lor many years, as well as his loved occupation as a fisherman in the Missouri riv er. "Bill" as he was better known, was perhaps the best in formed in the community on the Missouri river, as well as on continued on page six J. W. Tritsch Honored at Banquet Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Jake W. Tritsch and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Meisinger of west of Mynard were among the honored guests at the Pioneer Stockfeeders banquet held at Omaha, given by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Tritsch. an outstanding iarmer ana stocKieeaer, was es pecially given recognition as having been a shipper to the Omaha livestock market con tinuously for the past fifty years. Mr. Tritsch was presented with a framed wall plaque of a certificate of merit from " the Chamber of Commerce. (Continued on Page 6 Than Never Unless a good shaking of the bushes" in Plattsmouth brings forth a number of uncounted persons in the census enumera tion announced as completed today, most of our citizens a.v in for a rude awakening. With estimates during the past three years as high as 7000. the unofficial tabulation secured by this newspaper from a reliable source discloses that but 4.733 were counted bv the census takers within the boim- fiailes 01 ine city. While the percentage of in crease over the 1940 count is one of the highest in the state, the population figure in consid erably below the most conserva tive estimates by many Platts mouth residents. A number of our citizens feel that some peo ple have been overlooked or have not been counted. The Journal wishes to ail the Census Bureau in every way possible in assuring the count of every man woman and child within the city. On another page of The Journal will be found a coupon to be filled out by any person or family who knows, or doubts, they were counted in the tabulation. This tan be mailed r siven to The Journal. .Mrs. r ancis M. Casey, Cass Coun ty Enumerator, or mailed di rt cily to the Census Bureau, FediT.il Building, Omaha. This coupon can be used by persons throughout the county as the count has been completed with the exception of Platts mouth Precinct. (Plattsmouth City is complete. 1 According to the unofficial tabulation. Plat'smouth, Louis ville and Greenwood are the only towns within the county to show an increase in population. Count at Louisville came up with an increase of 2. iust over the thousand mark with 1002 resi dents. All other towns as well as the county itself, will showr a loss in population unless every effort is made by residents to report all people living in the county who have not been accounted for. It is imperative that every one see that all persons are counted. One provision in the enumera tion regulations is seemingly unjust and cuts the figures for many towns in that all college an university students are add ed to the figures of the city where they are attending school. It is estimated this pro vision cuts Plattsmouth's count by between 125 and 150 persons. Ask and urge all persons to be sure they were counted. Let's try to bring Plattsmouth to at least the 5000 figure. Children Given Treat by Firemen Tuesday, members of the? Flattsmouth volunteer fire de partment were hosts to the little folks attending the Central School lower grades. The fire men had one of the fire trucks out. loading up a truck load of the children for a trip over Plattsmouth. It was a real thrill to the lit tle folks to ride in the red wagon, occasionally sounding the siren to give a sensation of rushing to a fire,' although the driver of the truck did not break any speed records. , Sam Am was driver of the truck with Mayor Clem Woster acting as watchman on the rear to see that all stayed aboard. Loading was under the direction of Chief Henry Donat. Two trips were made, one in the morning and one in the af ternoon, giving all children at the school a chance for a ride in the "fire wagon." Car-Truck Wreck On Chicago Avenue This (Thursday noon a small wreck occurred on Chicago ave- ! nue, between a pickup truck, j driven by William Seay, of this 'city, and a Buick passenger car ; driven by Robert C. Omen. ; The truck came out of the 1 Phillips "66" station and started across the avenue as the car I came from the south. The car had the left front fender and the rear wheels of the truck damaged in the im pact. None of the parties were in jured however. s