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VTYT Statt Historical Soc .-ate Capitol Bid- CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 65 EIGHTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1950 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 71 J 1 J J Rock Bluff Picnic Sunday, Aug. 20 At Usual Place r The annual Rock Bluff home coming will be held this year on Sunday, August 20th, Dr. G. H. Gilmore of Murray, president of the Cass county historical society, announces. This is one of the gatherings in Cass county that is widely known over the state, drawing former residents oi old Rock Bluff or their dependents here from all parts of the state. A great deil of the early his tory of Nebraska started at Rock Bluff in tJne early territorial days chief port of the pioneer country it was outfitting point for the early settlers, who from the old town, wended their way west ward to settle other commun ities. The committee in charge are arranging a fine program that will bring many of the old res idents of Cass county and east ern Nebraska here for the day. There are hundreds in Omaha and Lincoln whose forebearers were resident of the old river town, these each year gather for the homecoming. Picnic parties are to be found there in the pleasant accomoda tions that are provided by the Homecoming committee, families coming with their baskets of food that are distributed on the common table in real family style. It is hoped that Governor Val Peterson will be here for the main address of the day. The old time residents always give real home touch to the scene "with their stories of the old days and associations proving a big hit of the occasion. Judge C X. Graves with his fine col lection of newspaper .clippings always presents a history of the county in the past years, gar nered from Plattsmouth and Union papers. Prisoners Clear Highway Risk In the Dast few davs Rhpriff Tom Solomon has had occu pants of the county jail out for exercise in the open air and doing a good deed for the pub lic. t The prisoners have been busy in clearing the weeds, brush and other obstacles to the view of car and truck drivers on highway No. 75, north of Platts mouth. This hazard is along "Dead man's Curve" scene of a great many bad car wrecks and acci dents in the past few years. The work of the men has resulted in clearing out the weeds, giv ing a clear view of the hig way in both directions. Chris Metzger Visits City on Campaign Tour Chris Metzger, long a leader n farm and livestock interests in eastern Nebraska, was in Plattsmouth Wednesday to visit with old friends and meeting many new ones. Mr. Metzger is one of the candidates for the unicameral legislature, two of whom will be named at the pri maries on Tuesday, August 8th, for the finals in November. Mr. Metzger was a member of the legislature in the time when the state senate and house were the law making bodies of the state. He was one of the mem bers of the house that originated the bill, providing for the pro tection of the game and fish of the state, also in promoting legislation for the benefit of the residents of the farms of the state. In later years he has had a great deal to do with the de 4. velopment of stock raising in the state, he has had a large part in helping build up this impor tant part of the state resources. Nebraska now ranks as one of the leading states in livestock in the nation. Chris feels pleased that he has been able to have a part in this. Mr. Metzger, who resides on the farm near Cedar Creek, is a great booster for adequate roads in Nebraska, especially the farm to market highway. Mr. and Mrs. John Alwin Back Home Mr. and Mrs. John Alwin re turned home Wednesday after noon from Flagstaff, Arizona, where they have been visiting at the home of their daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Perry. They report that Mrs. Perry, who was operated on recently. Is getting along fine and back home at Flagstaff. She was at the hospital at Williams for her operation. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Iverson and family of Kayser, West Virginia are here for a visit with Mrs. Addie Perry, mother of Mrs. Iverson and the members of the Iverson family. They will enjoy the remainder of the summer here. Suffers Broken Thumb Tuesday Dale Bowman. Sixth street barber, was the victim of a very painful accident Tuesday that will place him on the inactive list for a few days. He was en gaged in fixing a fan belt on his auto when the belt caught the thumb of the right hand and drew it into a pulley with the result that the member was broken. This will be a handi cap in his work for several days at least. Sale of Kunz Land Held at Court House Tuesday afternoon referee sale was held at the south door of the Cass county courthouse, of 190 acres of land belonging to the Hiram Kunz estate, sold under partition. The land com prised the south half of the northwest one quarter; east half of the southwest quarter except lot 20; lot 19 in the northwest one quarter of the southeast one quarter; lots 14 and 15 in the west half of the southwest quar ter of southeast one quarter; and a strip seventy-two feet wide lying north of lots 14 and 15; all in section nine, township 10, range 10. Also residence and other improvements on the farm. The farm land was sold to Raymond Kunz, a son of the late Hiram Kunz, trustee, for the sum of $38,000 or $200. per acre. The residence property, the south half of lot six and all of lot seven, block two. Ferguson's addition to the village of Eum wood, was sold to Dr. O. E. Lis ton of Elmwood for the sum of $5,900. The sale attracted a great deal of attention from the res idents of the Elmwood com munity, a large number being present at the sale. State to Let Contract on Road Gravel Graveling the approaches to the bridge over the south branch of Weeping Water creek on the county road between Nehawka and Dunbar was among the proj ects advertised Wednesday by the state highway department for an August 24 letting. A bridge on this federal aid secondary road was destroyed by flood in 1948. When emergen cy relief federal funds made pos sible letting a contract for a new structure in 1949. the graveling of the approaches was eliminat ed temporarily from the project because all the bids were con sidered too high. The approaches to be graveled are .6 of a mile long and will require 585 cubic yards of gravel. Attorney Charles Shopp Has Stroke Attorney Charles R. Shopp of Imperial, Nebraska, suffered a ; stroke at his home about three ; weeks ago and will be confined ; to his bed. ; Attorney Shopp was a son of j the late Charles H. Shopp Sr ! and grew to manhood south of ! Plattsmouth near the Horning j school. Three years ago Mr. I Shopp had suffered a previous ; stroke, but recovered sufficiently j to carry on his business. I He and his wife, the former j Adele Fitzpatrick have made ! frequent visits to Cass county. j A classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. Coosrft IHIoyse inetfs Petition was filed in the coun- , ty court Monday afternoon ask ing for the probate of the es tate of Martha A. Wedge, de ceased. The petition asked for the appointment of W. T. Thompson as the administrator. Cook & Ross of Lexington are the attorneys for the estate. In tne office of the clerk of the district court Tuesday, stip ulation was filed in the case of Nellie Brunkow vs. Corn Growers i State Bank of Murdock. Howard j Brunkow and Laura B. Brunkow. ! asking that hearing on applica tion for injunction be continued to September 1. The temporary injunction will continue in force until the hearing. In the county court Tuesday afternoon Charles Estelle and Ralph Benedict were arraigned, charged with petit larceny. They made a plea of guilty to the charge. The men were fined $50 and costs each by Acting Judge James F. Begley. In failure to pay fine they will be confined in the county jail for a period of fifteen days. In the district court Tuesday before Judge Thomas E. Dunbar a number of matters came up for consideration by the court. In the State of Nebraska ex rel Walter H. Smith, county attor ney Cass county vs. Western mm 11 i In fit '-i PXslfrV if 111 1 1 I I L to -.v. 'x.t iff . . r .fcfly- rt)n Mr f Tf'tmimii i-li 'tP n,i- WHITE HOUSE RECONSTRtTCTION . . . Engineers in charge f renovating the White House check their progress. The mansion is expected to be turned over to Swim Week Is Big Hit With Youngsters Swim week in Plattsmouth sponsored by the Cass County Chapter of the American Red Cross, is proving a very great success, large attendance and great interest shown by the young people from the small youngsters to the older boys and girls. The swimming lessons at the local beach are under the dir ection of Dean Herman of Lin coln, Red Cross instructor, who has the assistance of James Doody and Robert Cappell. who are serving as life guards at the beach. The course opened on Monday morning at 9 o'clock when the first load of youngsters as sembled at the court house. There were 150 enrolled in the course. So large was the at tendance that two truck loads were taken out each morning from the court house lawn. The pupils are divided into classes, the older and more ex perienced members of the class, looking after the beginners and preparing them for safety and security in swimming and life stving. This Red Cross course will also be given for a week at the South Bend Lake, one of the popular spots n thei county. L. C. Hoschar Able To Leave Hospital Many Cass county friends will be interested to learn that L. C. I Hoschar. long time resident of Sarpy and Cass counties, has so far recovered, that he has 1 been able to leave the hospital in Omaha where he was under treatment. ; Mr. Hoschar has been in poor health for a number of years. For the past month his condi- ; tion has been verv critical. He has returned to the home of his daughter. Mrs. Inez Ad dleman. at Gretna, where he ; has been for the past months. ! Recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alois Smetana and Miss Helen were Mr. and Mrs. Arley P. Christensen and family of Mason City. Iowa. Mrs. Chris tensen is a daughter of the Sme tanas. D 0 Surety Co. Case continued by agreement of county attorney and counsel for defense in open court, continued until further order of the court. In the case of O. K. Yardley vs. Cass county, appeal from closing road. Motion by appel ant for judgment on pleadings, argument by respective counsel and by the court taken under advisement. In the case of Margaret Gar rens vs. Roy Garrens. action for divorce, hearing was had on mo tion for temporary support. Or der entered for S60 per month for support of wife and child. In the case of Charles H. Boe deker. administrator eta vs. George D. Jenkins, a suit in annuity. Demurrer of defendant argued bv respective counsel and by the court taken under ad visement. Counsel for the de fendant to file additional brief in ten days and the plaintiff to have ten days to file answering briefs. In the office of the clerk of the district court today Thurs- day a suit in partition was filed entitled Frank A. Parkening and Anna L. Parkening, his wife. John Parkening and Sophia Parkening. his wife. Clara Camp continued on Page Six) HP - .k. m.--- iMtuMt 7W the presidential family late in 1951. 'X1 J ' -2 SXAKE IN THE GRASS . . . American soldier in Korea searches prisoner who claims to be civilian despite the guerilla weapons be was hiding in the brush. Plattsmouth Band Members At Auburn Teh third annual band festival staged at Auburn on Sunday, July 30th was one of the lar gest musical treats in this part of the state attracting a very large crowd at the Auburn high school athletic field. The event was under the dir ection of Ralph J. Chatelain of Auburn, with W. H. Rose of that city serving as the master of ceremonies for the evening, look ing after the community singing that was a part of the program. There were forty-five of the Plattsmouth high school band to attend the festival. The band reached Auburn and started the rehearsal at 1:45 that continued to 5 o'clock. Members of the band follow ing the rehearsal, were guests of the Auburn Chamber of Com merce, having a free swim at the pool at the park. They were later guests at a luncheon that had been prepared for the 446 boys and girls that formed the membership of the bands. The concert in the evening was a wonderful showing by the young musicians of southeastern Nebraska. Towns and directors present were: Tecumseh, Frank Lempka: Humboldt, Jimmy Hnids; Falls City, Louis A. Burkel; Table Rock. Eddie Hanna; Plattsmouth Ward F. Pscherer; Nemaha, Maurice Moran; Wymore, Rus sell Cummings; Tarkio, Mo., W. R. Parson; Johnson, Dennis Rohrs; Auburn, Ralph J. Chat elain. The directors of the various bands present, joined in the conducting of the concert. Saddle Club to Waterloo Show Members of the Plattsmouth Saddle club are to participate in 'the horse show that will be held on Sunday, August 6th at 2 p. m. at the grounds one half mile north of Waterloo. Nebraska. The local horsemen and ladies will compete with the Rawhide Riders from Douglas county. A good show is expected and a great crowd of the horse lovers from here and Omaha are plan ning on. attending. TO RECEIVE CHECKUP Harry Nielsen, who was oper ated on sometime ago at the U. S. Veterans hospital in Lin coln, returned Wednesday to spend a few days there under going a checkup. Mr. Nielsen had a very severe throat opera tion and has been showing a fine recovery. A classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 25c. Sen. Metzger Speaker at Rotary Club President T. I. Friest presided over the meeting of the Rotary club Tuesday at their luncheon in the main dining room of the Edith Solomon restaurant in the Hotel Plattsmouth. The usual proup singing was enjoyed with Bill Knorr and E. H. Wescott leading and playing the accompaniment. Rob.-rt M. Walling, program chairman of the meeting, pre sented as the guest speaker Sen ator . W. A. Metzger of Cedar Creek, member of the legislative committee that has been study ing the county government of the staf!e of Nebraska. Senator Metzger took as his subject that of "Lobbying."a feature that has confronted the members of the legislature at each session. Sen ator Metzger described the meth ods of the special interests get ting their favorite legislation promoted, the various means of bringing pressure on members of the body. It was very inter esting and enlightening to mem bers of the club, giving a picture of the lobby that is little rea lized by the public. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, August 8th and held in conjunction with the Mynard Community club picnic. Those desiring transportation please be at the Hotel Plattsmouth at 12:15. The club had as guests for the luncheon Freeman B. Deck er, of the state department of education. Merle Hayes of South Sioux City, both candidates for state superintendent. J. A. Mc Pharren of Glenwood. John Knickrehn of Grand Island and County Commissioner W. F. Nolte. Orris Richert Is Leaving on Cruise Orris C. Richert. ADECA. a member of the Navy's air re serve 'week-end Warriors" Squadron VA 768 at the Naval Air Station. Linucoln. Nebraska will leave Murdock on August 14 for his annual squadron cruise, he squadron will fly in naval aircraft from Lincoln to El Centre California where the group training will be conducted as a self operating unit. Like forty thousand other 'week-day civilian - weekend warriors, Richert keeps abreast of the latest developments in Naval aviation by his reserve affiliations. During this year's cruise, the squadron will operate under sim ulated combat conditions at the ! Naval Air Station, El Centro for a period of 14 days. For diver sion from this intensive train ing, squadron personnel will en joy recreational facilities at that air station with side trips into Mexico. Richert. who lives with his parents at Murdock has been at tached to VA 768 since April 5, 1949. He is presently employed by Trutna Plumbing and Heat ing Co., as an installation man. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schafer to East Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schafer of near Nehawka departed Tues day on a motor trip to the east that will cover the next two weeks. They are going to Circle ville, Ohio, where their daugh ter. Mrs. Florene Heeter and family reside, spending a short time in that locality. On their return they are planning on tak ing a swing south through Ken tucky and Missouri before they return to Nebraska. Mr. Schafer is expecting to visit a number of large stock farms in the east and look over Angus herds in that part of the country. Real Estate in City Changes Hands ; Real estate in this city is mov- ' ing very rapidly. This week Mr. and Mrs. Ray Story disposed of their acreage to Mr. and Mrs. : Maynard Tritsch. Mr. and Mrs. ; Ray Harold. Sr.. have sold their ; acreage near the Cedar Creek : road in the west part of the ; city to Mr. and Mrs. James , Chappell. Both sales were made i through the Wetenkamp real estate agency. WINS HONOR ! Bob Beverage, son of Mr. and : Mrs. Richard Beverage of this city, was awarded a certificate of merit sponsored by the Oma ha World-Herald and Douglas County American Red Cross. He swam in a group of 25 boys and he was 4th place winner. He was the youngest in his group, being ten years of age. Over 100 children participated in the swimming meet which was held at Kellom pool in Oma ha. Mrs. Frieda McGale and daughter. Jovce. and her friend. Mr. Matthews, arrived Sundav ! evening from Chicago to spend j two weeks visiting Mr. and Mrs. ; Clifford Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Norman McGale ' Death of John Frey at Home In Montana Older residents of Cass county will regret to learn of the death of John Frey, 77. a resident of the Cedar Creek community in his early years. He has been living at Townsend, Montana. Mr. Frey came to Cedar Creek at the age of twelve with his parents, the father, John Frey, Sr.. settling two miles east of Cedar CreeK. Three of the chil dren were born in Cass County. Mr. Frey was the oldest of the family of 11. Mr. Frey made his home in Cass county from 1881 to 1896. In 1896 he moved to Montana and in 1897 settled at Townsend. which has since been his home He was employed by the govern ment in the forest service most of the time that he as resided in Montana. He was at Missoula, await ing a train to go to Kalispell Montana, to attend an I. O. O. F. convention when he suffered a stroke. He was hospitalized in Missoula for the past five weeks being in a coma most of the time. On Wednesday, July 26 he was stricken with a heart attack and died. Mr. Frey was never married, and leaves as survivors four brothers. Eugene Frey of Almena Kansas. Tobey A. Frey of Mon arch. Wyoming. Henry G. Frey. Plattsmouth. Jerry W. Frey, the youngest of the family at Lin coln as well as many nieces and nephews, all residing in Ne braska. Funeral services were held Saturday. Julq 29th at the Con nor chapel in Townsend, Mon tana. Rev. Gordon Paterson con ducting the services. Graveside services were by the I. O. O. F. and Masons at Deep Creek cem etery. The brother Henry, is station agent for the Burlington at Plattsmouth and Jerry Frey. re tired chief dispatcher for the Burlington at Lincoln. Let Contracts On Louisville Road Tuesday Three contracts for construct ing a new highway between Louisville and Plattsmouth were awarded Tuesday by the State Highway Department. Stewart Brothers of Lincoln won the grading contract with a low bid of $10,692.13. The culverts on the two and a half miles of new construction will be installed by Keim Construe- j tion Companv of Tecumseh for $6,589.42. The Monarch En gineering Company of Falls City made the low bid of SI 9.749.60 for raising the exist ing 60- font bridge across Cedar creek about seven feet and con structing two new steel girder approaches, each 22 feet long. The project will extend from State Highway No. 50 near Louisville east 2.4 miles toward Plattsmouth. Over 57 thousand cubic yards of earth will be moved in bnilding the grade of the road. The contractor for the culverts wlil supply and in stall concrete, reinforcing steel and about seven hundred linear feet of metal pipe to provide adequate drainage for the road bed. Old Resident of Weeping Water Dies Rollin Isaac Compton. 82, a resident of the Weeping Water ( community, died on Sunday at Rest Haven home in that place where he has been for the past year. Funeral services were held in that city and burial was at the Oakwood cemetery. j Mr. Compton came to Weeping Water when a youth and has , spent the years there, being en- gaged in various lines of activi ty. He is survived by two chil dren, the wife preceeding him in death. For many years he was superintendent of the Oak- : wood cemetery. ' Journal Want Atis Pay! JAILBIRD ... Mr. Bine Jay ig:ns the Albany Park (Chicago) police register after turning himself in for low flying, marring the finishes of newly-polished ears and disturbing the peace. He said, "I'm here to explode the myth that jailbirds can't fly." ' . . .... V , ' ' GUARD WITH WOODEN RIFLK . . . Some of the sucress en joyed by North Korean guerillas may be the result of arms lack f the southerners. This home guard has only a wooden rifle. Auxiliary OfV.F.W. Holds Meeting Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock the ladies' auxiliaries io the Veterans of Foreign Wars met in the meeting room of th? Taiies hall for their district conven tion. The newly elected presickiv Florence Whipple of Nebraska City, presided over the meeting. Ethel Weber, Omaha, depart ment senior vice-president, rep resented the department at the convention. She held a question box, answering any question the members asked. Other distin guished guests were Past Depart ment Presidents Josephone Vavevek. Agnes Hendershot of Omaha. Bessie Muluney, Falls City, department assistant guard. In the absence of the local auxiliary president. Sophia Wol ever, the senior vice-president. Arlene Mogensen. was in charge of all the arrangements for the convention. - At the close of the meeting the ladies joined the post mem bers at the club for the chicken dinner and fine program ar ranged by the auxiliary mem bers entertainment committee. Margaret Fitch. Deloma Mullen ax. Mary Hennings. Marjorie Willis, with the help of several auxiliary ladies, pre pared the chicken dinner and pies were furnished by the aux iliary members. The next dis trict meeting is to be held at Tecumseh in the fall. Junior Legion Lose Ashland Game 6-1 Wednesday afternoon the members of the Junior American Legion baseball team were at Ashland where they battled the Ashland Juniors in a contest that resulted in a 6 to 1 victory for the Bluejays. The game was a feature of the 'Stur Up Days" program, the annual summer festival staged at Ashland. The Plattsmouth score came when Joe Schuetz hit to center, the ball got away from the Ashland fielder and Jon was safe on the sacks, later scoring when the ball was juggled by the Ashland fielders. Tom Conis, at first, John Ah rens at the second sack did some very nifty catching during the game for the Plattsmouth aggregation. Dick Kalasek started the pitching for the locals but a sore arm compelled his with drawal and McCune finished the game. Jerry Wood, the reliable catcher, was on the job as usual and gave his team excellent sup port. The Juniors are to play Weep ing Water here on Sunday in the first game of the double header at 12:30. A classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. Young Men Charged With Petty Larceny Tuesday Sheriff Tom Solomon arrested two young men, Char les R. Estelle. 22. and a cousin. Ralph. Benedict, 22. of Lorimer, Iowa, as the result of complaints of looting at the Columbian school in the south part of the city. In a statement made to the sheriff at his office Tuesday morning, one of the young men stated that they had been drink ing and between 11 and 11:30 Monday night they had started for their homes in the south part of the city. When they reached the school house, they had prowled around the building, dis covered a window partially raised. They entered the build ing and carried off an old phonograph, blanket, paper and chalk and other small articles. On reaching home they had checked over the loot obtained, finding it of very little value, had taken it out and scattered it around that part of town. The two young men were charged in the county court Tuesday afternoon with petty larcenv. taking articles of less than the value of $35. To the charge they made a plea of guil ty. They were fined S50 each by Acting Judge James F. Begley and to pay double value to the owners of the articles taken. Firemen Visit Mayor Woster Tuesday evening was the reg ular meeting of the Volunteer Firemen at their club rooms in the city hall, a very large num ber of the members being in at tendance. Chief Henry Donat and Dar rell Ashbauah. were presented with certificates for their com pletion of the course of special instruction by the office of the state fire marshal. The members of the depart ment boarded the fire truck, paid a call at the home of Mayor Clement T. Woster. one of the veteran members of the depart ment. Clem, who is feeling fine, has orders to stay at home, in bed and was unable to be at the meeting. He was greatly pleased to have the associates call and a jolly time was had for a few moments. The meeting closed with a fine lunch and refreshments for all. Terrace Contest To Be Held on Tuesday, Aug. 8 The residents of this part of Cass county are to have the opportunity on Tuesday of wit nessing a terracing contest and demonstration, staged by the members of the Soil Savers 4-H club. The young farmers will stage the contest at the Edgar Meis inger farm five and a half miles west of Plattsmouth, Tuesday. August 8th. It is expected that the demon stration will start at 10 in the morning and continue through a part of the afternoon. The club has some twelve members, most of these are ex pected to be on the scene with machines and take part in the contest. This will give the mem bers an opportunity of showing the study they have made in the practice of soil saving, con servation of the land. Terrac ing has been found one of the most effective means of check ing washing of land and the retention of the soil on the farm after heavy rains. Pete Halmes is the project leader of the club, that num bers some of the most advanced young farmers in this section of the county. Ward Bronson Pays Visit Here Ward Bronson of Louisville was in the city Tuesday for a few hours visiting with friends and looking after his candidacy for the unicameral legislature. Ward is taking a short time off from his duties at the Kah Ier pottery at Louisville to visit with many friends in the dis trict. While Ward is new in the po litical game, he has been able to meet many residents of Cass and Sarpy counties, especially those in veteran circles. Visit at Lake Okoboji, Iowa A party of Plattsmouth young women had a very delightful week end at Lake Okoboji. Iowa, where they enjoyed the life of the popular Iowa resort. They had an enjoyable time in boating and bathing at the lake and the many social fea tures of the Iowa lake city. Members of the party com prised Miss Donna Lou Richards Mary Jo Rebal. Betty Uhlik and Dorothy Cappell. 1