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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER VOLUME 65 0 off United Nations Theme Adds Color Tojrtorn ECarmval Ceremonies Traffic Signs Asked for Street Crossing Use The city council meeting Monday evening was streamlined for business and over in a short time. All hands were present when Mayor "Waster called the body to order and the matters coming before the boclv soon set tled. A communication was received from the League cf Nebraska Municipalities announcing that the state convention would meet at North Platte on September 19th to 21st inclusive. There were none of the citv officials that were in a mood to attend. Petitions were received bv the council from residents in Oak mont and the southwest part of the city, asking that automatic stop and go si?ns be placed on Chicago avenue at 4th or 5th avenue. This was asked as a safety measure for the school children, most of them in th? kindergarten or first and second crades. It was pointed out bv Don J. Arundel, spokesman for the petitioners, that the situa tion there was dangerous and needed the sims as a safetv measure. Children from the kindergarten cross the streets before the older students are out of school which creates a hazard. It was suggested by Mavcr Woster that regardless whether signs were placed or not he fa vored the continuance of the Safetv Patrol of the school. i. group of the older boys and eirls that are out in the morning, at noon and afternoon to pro tect the crossing for the small children. It was the opinion that the patrol d'd a eood serv ice and should b continued in anv changes made. The matter was referred to the mayor and members of the streets, alleys and bridges com mittee to secure cost prices tm ruitomatic sins. their installa tion and report at the next meetinc of the council. Complaint was received of the rnrkir situation on Seventh street where the no (Continued on Page Six) Committees Of 1950 Coronation The members of the various committees of the American Le p'n Auxiliary that made pos sible the splendid success of the karnival were: Chairmen. Mrs. Don Warga, Mrs. Beatrice Brothers. Princesses Mrs. Karl Grass hans. Mrs. Kenneth Schmitt. Platform and Street Mrs. I.aveta Baumgrt. Mrs. Kenneth Dur.lao. Mrs. Charles Janeeek- Pages Mrs. Loxiis Baumpart, Mrs. Mae Favors. Mrs. Bill Wil lis rnson. Mrs. Gln McCture. Flower Girls, Crown Bearers. Train Bearers Miss Shirley Jacobs. Miss Alic Jvne Gmss hans. Mrs. Russell Nielsen. Mrs. Mary Nelson r Hussars Mrs. Jean Lockin. Parade Chairman Mrs. Ad rian Newens. Ffrpption CommittPe Mr and Mrs. Richard Peck, Mr. and Mrs. James Begley. Sgt. LeRoy Covert In War Zone Mr and Mrs T.ernv r-nvprt ! of this citv received a letter Tuesday from their son. Lerov j paruuon saie. Landon, deceased. E. A. Landon i third place ribbons given, and Covert, who is with the 84th i In the county court Wednes- executor and Claude Lutton Jr ' ! all children will receive a free division of army engineers. ; day noon County Judge Ray- ! 0f Ashland, attorney f or ' the ' popsicle nad a ride on the de Hp stated that he hod landed ;mond J. Case was called upon i estate attended the hearing ! vices on the midway. For the at Pusan in Korea. August 30th, i to perform the wedding service i ; comic character section there was there for a few days then ! for Wanda Lee Pierce and Cecli 1 j will be $10 in cash prizes dis- . moved on to another station. 'Robert McCollum of this city, i Subscribe to The Journal! I tributed FOURTEEN PAGES ow 95 Preview to the coronation was 1 given by Walter H. Smith, coun ' ty attorney, past king, for sev ; eral years the announcer of j King Korn Karnivals. '"Good evening, ladies and ; gentlemen and boys and giris of King Korn land. "The King Korn Klub and the people of Plattsmouth are pr:n , leged to welcome you to the 1550 ' King Korn Karnival. We assure ! you that tonight, and for the : next two davs. we will do every thing possible to maintain the tradition of wholesome and en joyable entertainment for which ': the King Korn Karnival has be : come known to people through out the nation. "The King Korn Klub is a vol : untarv organization and every one is eligible to membership upon payment of a small mem bership due. We know that many . of you would derive a satisfac tion in knowing that you have had a part in sponsoring the : King Korn Karnival and suggest that vou become a member of ; the King Korn Klub. "The president this year is Ronald R. Furse. the publisher of the Plattsmouth Journal, and he has given Generously of his time to make this year's corona tion and carnival successful, and if it merits vour approval full credit should be given to Mr. Furse and the members of his committees whose time and planning have made this year? carnival possible. "We would like to take a mo ment to point out the highlights of the coming festivities. "Tomorrow is Farmers' Day. and starting at 12:15 with a concert by the Nebraska Citv band, the dav Promises to b a full one. At 1:00 o'clock the farmers' parade, featuring floaty ; horses and bands will be pre- inc the parade, the Cass Countv Saddle Hore Association will present its famous Horse Show at the Memorial Athletic Field. There will be other events on the street during the afternoon and early evenine. as you will note from the printed programs, and at 8:00 o'clock tomorrow ni"ht the evening horse shov. with a complete change of events, will begin. "Friday is parade day. with rural school and kiddies parad at 2:00 o'clock and the mer chants parade at 7:00 o'clock. Following the parade the high ftepping Iroquois Lodge drum & bugle corps of Omaha present their exhibition, and to climax the evening, a concert bv the Schmoller & Mueller giant ac cordion band will be presented. "We .suggest that vou carry a printed proeram with you and mark the time of the other events because they are all good entertainment and well worth your time. "We would like to call vour attention also to the exhibits. The Corn Show is on 4th street, (Continued on Page 4i Court IHioyse irietfs A suit in partition was filed in the office of the clerk of the district court on Thursday morning entitled Emmett A. Landon, Lulu Landon. Henry Lancwm, Leora Lanaon vs. George E. Stewart, et al. The petition sets forth that Hen rietta Landon died on January 6, 1950. seized of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter or section 18. township twelve, range 9, east of the 6th p. m. in Cass county, Nebraska. It is asked that the i heirs of the estate be confirmed in the parties in the suit, that ; partition be had of the land, if reasonable partition is im- Possible, that the land be soid Largest Paid Circulation of PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1950 VT 11 Jl i . . . sSs - '-'W'V fevp J -." !i ! k 21"? ' V r Judge at 4-H Calf Show Lowell Jepson, Seward county agricultural agent, was here to day (Thursday) to act as the judge at the 4-H Baby Beef show at the tent on Chicago avenue. Judging started at 9:30 The presentation of the awards will be made by the Cass County Livestock Feeders Association at the platform this evening at 7:30. n d . I The wedding was witnessed by Josephine Jenkins and Miss Thelma Kruger- In the county court Tuesday final hearing was held in the estate of Ralph Shreve, deceased. Felia Shreve is the administra trix of the estate. Tuesday in the county court marriage license was issued to Clarence Miller Hurst, son of Mr- and Mrs. L. H. Hurst and Margaret Ann Campbell, daugh- !L L,r- and Mrs' Fred wucu. iii me county court weanes-i day morning final hearing was! ln theU,p Slthere will be first second and King Clem Woster and Queen Marilyn Schafei Schools and Children to Parade Friday Friday afternoon of the King Korn karnival will be devoted : to the youngsters of Platts-1 a pledge of Beta Sigma Psi. muoth and Cass county. The i Sigma Chi, long a favorite of program of the day begins with t Plattsmouth students at Lin the cincert by the Tabor. Iowa coin, has listed two of the local high school band at 1 o'clock boys, Carl Ofe of this city and at the nlatform. ; Allan Carper of Murray as At 2 o'clock will be held the ; Pledges. parade, expected to be one of I the largest of the Karnival. The Mice Pace Pnnntv Plattsmouth city schools as well ! miss -ass vuuniy as the rural schools of Cass : At KinfiT Kom SnOW county will participate. Many j 45 vprv finp float hav. hPPti mnri t Miss Norma Ford. "Miss Cass that will be seen in the line of ! march. j In addition to the floats Mrs. : Audrey Dow Bieererer. in charee ; of the kiddies section of the par- : Tuesday by the Karnival com ade, expects to have a very large j mittee. number of children, pets and ; Miss Ford was here for the vehicles in this section of the ; parade on Thursday, featuring parade. i Farmer's day anT will also be In the school parade prizes of ; in the parade on Friday evening. id. ana sd is onerea ior 1 L-!tirst' ?ecnd and third prizes. saacn noai emerea win receive ACC iUi cmnuis. Fr the children participating All Cass County Newspapers Local Boys in U. of N. Pledges j Several of the local boys at : tending the University of Ne ! braska this fall as freshmen are ; among the pledges announced j by the fraternities at Lincoln this week. Dick Huebner is announced as County" selected at the county fair at Weeping Water, will be in Plattsmouth during the King Korn Karnival it was announced i Tt i o pTO trrat nipasnrp for the local boosters to have , this attractive young lady pre- sent as the chosen representa tive of Cass county- Nehawka girls have been named to head the two leading events of the festival season of 1950. A classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 33c. J0J Photo by Chriswiser Error in Ad Of Hinky-Dinky The attention of the buying public is called to an error ap pearing in another section of ' the Journal. I The price of layer packed slice uacon. is 4o cents a pound j instead of o4 as appears in the ad. Prize Winner 1 1 f .JTiZ , ! HAN l.Mtt ltl) fcAtt Pictured above right to left, Mrs. C. J. Rhylander, winner of i Mrs Carl Chriswiser is con the pressure cooker given away at the Ruback Super store on ; fined to her home on South 7th Saturday, September 9th, Howard Ruback, resident manager of th-3 : street by a very severe infec store. and Meyer Ruback, owner of the Ruback Super chain stores. ! suffering withthis for the past -Photo by Arrow. several days- FIVE CENTS PER Mayor Gem Woster -Marilyn Schafer Reign At Annual Coronation Nebraska State Bank Damaged by Brakeless Car Wednesday afternoon a brake less car on ihe loose caused considerable damage to the building occupied by the Ne braska State Bank at Elm and I street. Weeping Water. Mrs. Ila F. Henry of Lincoln, who is engaged in working at Weeping Water, was driving her car on the street in the business section, when seeking to turn from Elm street into I street it was found that the brakes on the car were not functioning Seeking to avoid a collision with another car, she was turning into a side street, the car got out of control and crashed into the buildinj of the bank on the corner. Two large windows in the bank building were shat tered glass being scattered over a black area. The car also crashed into the Wiseman fur niture store and broke glass in the windows. The loss in glass will be quite large and minor damages to the buildings. The car of Mrs. Henry was practically demolished but for tunately the driver escaped with only bruises and sliock. Sheriff Tom Solomon was not ified of the accident and made an investigation, learned from the car owner that she had found the brakes defective when attempting to turn. Nehawka Group Visit Governor On Road Work A delegation of Nehawka bus iness men and residents of the territory north of the town were in Lincoln Tuesday to interview Governor Val Peterson and the state highway department. The delegation desired to dis cuss any possible plans of the relocation of a secondary high day leading from the town north to highway No. 1. Governor Peterson at Lincoln stated that the state highway department was sending engin- Jeers to Nehawka to study the i jjiumeiu ui puaaiuie ic-iuuuu of the road. Nehawka representatives had told the governor and highway department of plans for im proving the road with county money and matching federal funds if the highway is relo cated. classified Ad in The nal costs as little as 35c. At Ruback's ' v-v A, ... . : 1 - i -i ' ?fll . - , ? J PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY COPY NUMBER S3 o New king and queen of Korn- land were fitunglv presented by Mr. Smith. Mr. Woster is a native of Plattsmouth and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Woster. He is 39 years old and his wife is :the former Alice Crabill. who has gained recognition in her own right as a writer. They have four daughters, the oldest now in the University of Ne braska. Our new king is the owner fif the Woster Shoo Store, and he has been connected with that business since he started as a clerk in his second year in high school, lie was graduated from th local high school in 1923. and his career since that time has been marked by a wide var- iety of civic and fraternal ae tivity. lie is past president ot the Business Mens Ad Club, past secretaiy of the Rotary Club, past secretary, president and Assistant Chief of the Platts mouth Volunteer Fire Depart ment and Past President of the Southeast Nebraska District Volunteer Fiiernans Association He is presently the State Consul of the Modern Woodmen of America and a member of one of the National Committees of that organization. He is Pres ident of the local chapter of the Isaac Walton League and a member of the Chamber of Com merce, the A.F. &A. M. No. 6 and the Eagles Lodge. He is treas urer of the Loral salvation is in his second term as Mayor of Plattsmouth. Even this list i indicates a wide variety of in terests and a willingness to ac cept civic responsibility, but wo rn Plattsmouth know that we are indebted to Clem Woster not; only for these qualities but for the constructive and progressive leadership he has brought into these many activities. He typi fies the Qualities we admire when we look for a candidate for the throne of Kornland "Our new Queen. Marilyn Schafer, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schafer. and is twenty years of age. Her grand parents were early Cass County residents, the late Mr. and Mrs. James L. Terryberry and the late Mr and Mrs. Jacob Schafer. She was born on the farm on which her father was born, and (Continued on Page Four Friday Night Big Eventof Karnival Friday, closing day of the King: Korn Karnival. will be a fitting climax of the annual fall fes tival as a preview of the pro gram discloses Offutt Field will send their military band here for a con cert at 6 o'clock on the plat form to fittingly usher in the evening of entertainment and fun. The parade of the merchants and G. I. units will be held at 7 o'clock embracing a large ar ray of floats from local business establishments, also veterans or ganizations. Bands that are ex pected to participate are those of Weeping Water. Malvern. Iowa. Syracuse. Plattsmouth, the Iroquois B.P.O.E. of Omaha, al ways a red hot favorite. In this parade a real musical surprise is promised for the onlookers. The Iroauois group will pre sent a drill snd exhibition on the street at 8:30. At 9 o'clock a fine concert is to be offered by the Schmoller & Mueller 43-piece accordian band under the direction of Johnny Swoboda. This will be one of the finest musical offer ings in many years of the Karnival.