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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST. NEWSPAPER . BUSHED .ai-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday . mm m m A mm ... tv largest tram circuiarion oj ,ass county Newspapers VOLUME 65 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1950 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 8S Blue Devil Lose 13-0 At Ashland The Plattsmouth Blue Devils Friday evening were turned back in their second East Nebraska conference game by the Ash land Bluejays on the Saunders county gridiron 13 to 0. ..Both teams showed lack of experience in the contest with the breaks of the game going to the Ashland Bluejays, aiding them in their scoring in the second quarter of the game. In the second quarter Gary Campbell carried the pigskin over for the counter from the six yard line of Plattsmouth, climaxing an Ashland drive that netted them thirty-four t. yards. In the third quarter of the contest the Blue Devils sus tained their strongest their drive of the game, going to the 10-yard line of Ashland where the Bluejays were able to hold them for downs and recovered the ball. The second Ashland tally came in the final quarter of the game when Campbell was able to intercept a Plattsmouth for ward pass in midfield. The scoring came when Clarence O wens drove over from the Blue Devils 13-yard stripe to bring the final score to 13 0. Plattsmouth's defense was not strong enough to thrust back the Bluejays at decisive times during the battle. In the last of the fourth quarter Coach Stewart called in his reserves to take over the line defense. Despite their lack of playing experience Russell Meintz, Bob Wnnrirn CMiffnrri Kennpll rind Jerry Wood showed good fight ing spirit. Dasher in the backfield was the main offensive threat to the Bluejays and was also the target of their defense. The Junior Blue Devils will go to Ashland Wednesday where they will battle the Juniors of that city. Fdiday night the Blue Devils cross the Missouri and invade the lair of the Glenwood Rams. Glenwood this year has shown a good record in the games played and will prove a hard "- foe for the locals. Plattsmouth was the winner last year on the Plattsmouth grounds by the score of 7 to 0. Wandering Mule Causes Car Mishaps Saturday a mule wandering on highway No. 75, near the drive-in theatre, north of this city, caused damage to two autos and injuries to the oc cupants of one of the cars. The mule first appeared on the scene as a car driven by John Carmack with Mrs. Car mack and Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Egenberger as passengers, came along. The mule ran into the roadway, his head hitting the windshield of the Carmack car, breaking it and Mr. Carmack suffered a slight cut on the face. The occupnats of the car with other passersby drove the animal off the road. A few moments after the first accident the mule again stray ed onto the highway, ran into the path of a car driven by John Kaffenberger. The car hit the mule and it was killed. The impact was sufficient to do damage estimated at $200 to the car of Mr. Kaffenberger. Miss Ruth Warga. a passenger in the car, received a number of pain ful cuts on the arm and had her glasses broken. Beatrice Hoel Farrell Coming Plattsmouth is to have an otheer treat afforded them for the early winter entertainment season in the visit of Beatrice Hoel Farrell, noted book re viewer. Mrs. Farrell has been a visitor for the past few years in Platts mouth, appearing under the auspices of the Federation of the First Presbyterian church. Noted for her dramatic work, Mrs. Farrell has thrilled her au diences in the past with her wonderful readings. This year the series of three entertainments comprise: Oc tober 10th, "Middle Heaven" by Mona Gardner; November 14, "White Witch Doctor" by Louise Stinetorf. and December 12th, a "Variety 'Program" of Christ mas readings. These will be given at the church auditorium at 8 o'clock in the evening on the dates spe cified. VISIT FATHER Mr. and Mrs. Melvin W. An drews were at Nebraska City Friday where Luther Hutton, father of Mrs. Andrews, has been for the past week under going treatment at the St. Mary's hospital. It is expect ed the patient may be able to return home to Auburn in the next few days. Cars Damaged In Crash Friday Late Friday afternoon a car crash on North Sixth Street did a great deal of damage to the cars involved when an auto driven by Mrs. Frank Shoeboth am crashed into the rear of a parked car owned by Robert H. Stevens. The Stevens car had been left parked in front of the residence when the Shoebotham car came into contact with it. City po lice estimated damage to the Stevens car to be approximately $200. Damage to the Shoe botham auto would run close to $100. From the impact of the crash. Mrs. Shoebotham suffered a laceration of a lip when thrown against the front of the car. Auxiliary To Aid Legion Member Drive The American Legion Auxil iary of Hugh J. Kearns Post 56 held their regular meeting Thursday evening in the meet ing room of the 40 & 8 Club rooms. All officers were present and the meeting was presided over by the president. Dorothy Jane cek. Reports were given by the various committees. Vera Warga. co-chairman of the King Korn Karnival Korona tion. gave a report on the Kor onation and thanked the Aux iliary for their splendid cooper ation. The Sargeant at Arms escort ed the Post Commander, Donald J. Warga, into the room and he asked the cooperation of the Auxiliary in the Post's member ship drive and other projects for the year. The Auxiliary agreed to cooperate with the Post. The members decided to have another spaghetti dinner Armis tice Day, with Sophia Wolever as chairman. This project was a success last year and the Aux iliary hopes for a better turn out this year. The president announced that the Auxiliary would h av e charge of the registration of Boys and Girls County spons ored by the Legion and to be held Monday, October 23. A school of instruction is to be held at the Veterans Hospital in Lincoln and should be of in terest to all Auxiliary members. This is to be held October 18th and 19th. At the close of the meeting delicious refreshments were served by the following com mittee: Faith Friest. Lillian Livington, Alpha Muncie. Hel en Rosborough and Lillian Schmidt. Sewing Machine Showing Thursday Biles paint store in this city ; ington, six grandsons and one will be the scene of a great great erandchild. A brother. An showing of sewing machines on ! drew P. Sturm of Nehawka. also Thursday. October 5th. from 8 survives. Preceding him in death a. m. to 8 p. m. This will be in : are the wife and one daughter connection with the presenta- i Funeral services will be held tion of "Sewing Machines In Action This attraction will bring every make of machine here for the inspection of the visitors at the store. Sew Gem Traveimobue will be at the store all day and give a great demonstration of the mi racle hook, with life-time guar antee. This is one of the great- est attractions to ine lacues oi ; tained a severe fall this (Mon Cass County who are owners; day) m0rning at her home near and operators of sewing ma- Nehawka. Mrs. Chriswisser v as chines. : found on the floor at her home ! and later was tasen to the St. Mrs. Bert Muenchau enjoyed I Mary's hospital at Nebraska her vacation in Colorado with; City. The extent of her injuries relatives. ! has not been determined. Court Mouse Bviefa In the office of the clerk of the district court on Saturday, an action was filed entitled, Joe Uribe and Albert P. De shayes. dba Deshayes and Uribe vs. Henry Gerlach and Kate Gerlach. The petition sets forth that the plaintiffs are engaged in a general contracting busi ness under the style and trade name of Deshayes & Uribe. It is stated that the defendants are the owners in fee simple of lots 413 and 414 in the village of Greenwood, Cass county, Ne braska. It is allaged that on July 1. 1950 defendants em ployed the plaintiffs to con struct and erect improvements on the property, that the de fendants had paid $3,800 to the plaintiffs, that there is now due $3,800 under written agreement and $1,392.60 for extra work, that the plaintiffs claim and have a lien on the property for balance due on the account of $5,192.60, with interest at j seven per cent and suitable at- j torney fees. It is asked that the defendants be ordered and j directed to pay lien or that j premises be sold. J. J. Marx of j Lincoln appears in the action' for the plaintiff. In county court Friday after-; noon final hearing was held in ; the estate of August H. Biek-i man. deceased. Carl Ganz, ex- A V RCA no ir jiii It Death Of H. P. Sturm Sunday At Nehawka Nehawka: Special to Journal. Henry Peter Sturm. 85. life long resident of the Nehawka com munity, died Sunday at his home, the result of a sudden heart attack. Mr. Sturm had been in his usual good health up to the time of the attack. Mr. Sturm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andreas Sturm, was born at the family homestead north west of Nehawka. on April 27. 1865. He has lived in that sec tion of Cass county since that time. On November 1896 he was married to Miss Rhoda Banninp a member of one of the pioneer families of southern Cass coun ty. Mr. Sturm has been active in the community life in his sec tion of Cass county, his family being amon? the best known in that part of the state. He is survived by a daushter. Mrs. Dorothv Stone, Nehawka- I two sons. Melvin of Nehawka and Gayle of Vancouver. Wash- ; on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist church at Nehawka. Rev. Harry Hart officiptine. Burial will be at Mt. Pleasant cemetery. The j body will lay in state Tuesrii - at the church preceding the funeral. SUSTAINS FALL Mrs Emma Phrisu.-icpr cue. B D ecutor and attorney in the es tate, was here from Lincoln to attend the hearing. In county court Friday Louis Parriott was charged with dis turbing the peace of his wife. Glendola. at the family home near Wabash. The defendant made a plea of not guilty to the charge and preliminary hearing was set for October 9. Appearance bond was set at $100 bv Judge Raymond Case. In the county court Monday marriage licence was issued to Cecil John Klein of Union and Catherine Alice Kafka of Oma ha. In the county court today (Monday) before Judge Ray mond J. Case, Earl J. Beers, of Omaha, was arraigned on the charge of operating a motor ve hicle while under the influence of alcoholic liquor and operating a car witn detective brakes On the drunk driving charge he was given a fine of $20 and costs, for the defective brakesa a fine of $5. He was also given a three months suspension of driver's license. Louis -Parrott was in court this (Monday) morning to change his plea of not guilty to guilty on a charge of disturbing the peace. He was given a fine of $10 and costs. zi i a i mm TRUTH 7 1 RE-STATEMENT OF FACT WME1.7 RE moid HMM-M it FRFFBOM DP OT3VTU071 of speech arid of fix f resf is our most vanra.Di.e privilege, th every soul of democratic institutions, the SafecBiara: of all olker rights. We id 2m learn its in if tlfe'.ll . value if we reflect thzx there is nothing v?Kch TY&ANTS ft mack dread" Good Rain Here Thursday Night This section of Cass county was visited by a good rain Thursday, registering .87 of an inch in Plattsmouth, even heav- ler in other sections of the county. The rain followed a day of several times, but it was not un til during the night that it real ly broke loose. West of Plattsmouth. an inch or better was reported by the farmers, also to the south, and southwest. The rain was very beneficial to the small grain farmers state and they are much pleased over the wet weather that they claim was quite badly needed. T. H. Pollock To Attend River Meeting T. II. Pollock of this city is planning on being a member of the party of Missouri river boosters that will take a special train from Omaha on Friday, October 6th to visit the Fort Randall dam in South Dakota. This train, sponsored by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, will leave Omaha over the Mil waukee railroad and will leave the Union station at 10:30 p. m. October 6th. arriving at Fort Randall at 7:15 a. m. October 7th. The train will leave Fort Randall at 3 p. m. and arrive in Omaha about 11:30 p. m. Oc tober 7th. The cost of the trip will be $32 that will include all Pull man accommodations, all meals on the train and a bus tour of the dam. Governor Val Peterson will be a guest of the Chamber of Com merce as will General S. D. Sturgis and his aides. Invita tions have been extended to Senators Wherry and Butler. Nebraska Casualties in Korean Area The following casualties from Nebraska in the Korean area is announced by the Department of Defence, as of Saturday: Killed in action. Sergeant First Class John Raymond Rice, husband of Mrs. Evelyn H. Rice, Winnebago. Wounded. Private First Class George D. Bentley, son of Mrs. Etta Bentley, 1614 4th Avenue, Scottsbluff. Private First Class Marvin L. Hrasky, son of Mrs. Garnett J. Hrasky, Rt. 1. Mor rill. Private First Class Jerald Ray Sharp, son of Mr. George D. Sharp. 412 North 27th Ave nue. Omaha. Private First Class Billie Lee Troy, son of Audrey C. Troy, 59006 North 34th St., Omaha. Returned to duty. Private First Class Donald A. Valentine, son of Mrs. Lona S. Valentine, Ravenna. (Previously errorious ly reported Missing in Action). Dr. and Mrs. George E. Sayles of Fort Dodge. Iowa, with their children, were here for the week end visiting at the home of County Clerk and Mrs. George R. Sayles and Mrs. Genevieve Hayes. fa SI iiviriiiUI Man f T'M.i: ftlTSI un:t I'm mm mmm -I County Women's Club Meeting AtMynard j The annual county convention jof the Federated Women's clubs Cass cunty 'I1! be ?el? .n i October 20th at Mynard. it is Myi ! announced by Mrs. Esther Do- nat, county president. Last year at the meeting at Elm wood, the members of the Golden Rod Study club of My nard, one of the" veteran club groups of the county, extended an invitation to the members of the convention to meet at Mynard that was accepted. The Mynard ladies are preparing to entertain the organization in their usual royal manner. Mrs. Donat is preparing the program and expects to have it ready for release in the next week. The theme of the convention will be, "Community Building from the Bottom of My Heart Rather Than" the Top of My Head." The 'meeting will urge ! on the convention members the necessity of getting all of the legalized voters out at the polls in November. James S. Green of Omaha, past commander of the Amer ican Legion post at Omaha, will be the main speaker of the con vention. One of the best known and gifted orators of the state, Mr. Green will bring a real mes sage to the ladies.. Royal Arch Masons Confer Degrees Thursday evening Nebraska Chapter No. 3, Royal Arch Ma sons, at their session, confer red the degree of Mark Master on R. R. Furse. publisher of the Journal, also the Past Master degree on Dr. O. C. Hudson, Gene Nolting and R. R. Furse. The degree wori was confer red by Warren Rhylander, Ma rion Reed of Murray and Harry Ahl of Louisville, the candi date. Following the ritualistic work the members of the chapter ad journed to the dining room of the building where a fine lunch eon had been arranged by the committee. High School Band At Sidney, Iowa One of the colorful musical entertainments of the fall sea son was held the past week at Sidney. Iowa, in the presenta tion of marching bands from schools of the area. Participating were bands from the schools at Plattsmouth, Glenwood. Thomas Jefferson Council Bluffs, Tabor and Sid ney. Following the marching ex hibition the various bands put on their individual drills that proved a very colorful and at tractive close of the program. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Da vis and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spangler were among the local people to attend the Nebraska Indiana football game at Lin coln on Saturday. Mrs. Helen Redfern of Kan sas City. Missouri, is here to vis it for a short time with Mrs. Sophia Wolever and other fri ends. Subscribe to The Journal! J Presbyterian 100 Anniversary In Nebraska On Tuesday. October 3rd, Bellevue historic city of Nebras ka, will join in the observance of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Presbyte rian church in Nebraska. In this observance there will be representatives of a great many of the 173 Presbyterian churches of the state represented. The synod of the state of Ne braska is to hold its sessions in the historical church at Belle vue where the first church was established for the then terri tory of Nebraska. From this little stone church, located on the bluffs of the Missouri river, the tide of the church influence moved westward to cover the state and onto the reaches of the far west. Marking the anniversary, a motor caravan left Scottsbluff, Sunday, October 1st. starting the journey eastward toward the Missouri river and the goal of the Bellevue church. The caravan is moving along high ways No. 26 and 30 to Grand Is ladn. Fremont and Omaha, be ing joined at each place by cars ; all bound for Bellevue. At many of the places services will be held at the Presbyterian church es. Governor Val Peterson will speak at the luncheon Tuesday that will mark the termination oi the journey through the state. Following the address, the synod will open its session at Bellevue to cover until Thurs day, October 5th. Dr. H. G. McClusky. pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Plattsmouth will have charge of the memorial service for the members of the synod who have died in the past year. The synod will meet at the Bellevue church and the Syno dical, the woman's group will meet at the Wheeler Memorial church in South Omaha. On Monday evening, October 2, the Mariners Club of Bellevue, will present the pageant of the settlement and history of Belle vue, for the general public at the Bellevue high school audi torium. On Wednesday the pageant will be given for the synod of Nebraska at the same place. A very large number of the members of the Plattsmouth church are planning on attend ing - the meetings. Wesleyan "IF 99 Asks $35,000 From Estate Wesleyan university at Lin coln, has filed a claim in the county court of Cass county, in the estate of James Stander, deceased, asking the sum of $35000, alleged to be due from pledges and promissory notes made by the deceased to the university. The attorneys for the claim ants are Stewart & Stewart of Lincoln, well known law firm of the state capitol. In the claim filed in court, it is alleged that on November 4, 1921. the deceased signed a pro missory note in the sum of $25,000 promising to pay this amount to Wesleyan university with interest at the rate of 1 per cent. Interest on the note , was paid to 1935. On December ! 16. 1921. another note it is claim ed was made to Wesleyan uni versity in the sum of $10,000. The photostatic copies of the note are a part of the claim ant's filing in the court. v ; , WAS HM4G TO t . . . - ' ' " - "Th.- tva r ji - offofUai.tj tm Mint. 4h omptpar -ftf ear country .. - I not jnnar TorX99 WricS ' -adaiblB.sna araiar qm14, ttat of aw -of tte ariinal taneta of tha Aaerlean ct&. Sa l!g aa Ine truth i aoi , T t tht Urn jopl - " ,' 7.-V I"Tfv..- ; -. : W :. 1j 3 MISS CINEMA . . . Lilian Card inal, Palermo. Sicily, was the winner of the Miss Cinema eon test in Italy. Her title is only lightly less coveted than that of Miss Italy. Road Machine Uncovers A Burial Spot Road machines engaged in work in the vicinity of Camp Harriett Harding west of Louis ville., on Wednesday unearthed what seems to have been an In dian burial ground. The machine was ditching and preparing the road, when the cache of bones was revealed. A jaw bone and other parts of a body were brought to Platts mouth and turned over to Sher iff Tom Solomon to try and have the type and apparent age of the bones ascertained. The jaw bone indicated that it was probably that of, a male, the worn condition indicated that it was a person well advanced in age. Through te past years these Indian graves have been reveal ed along the bluffs of the Platte and Missouri rivers in this section, where in past years Indians have maintained their villages and buried their dead near the hills. Attend Meeting Of Firemen Thursday Fire Chief Henry Donat and Dr. O. Sandin, re tired chief of the Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department were at Auburn where they at tended part of the sessions of the Southeast Nebraska Fire men's organization. A very large attendance was present comprising the repre sentatives of the various fire departments in this part . of Nebraska. At the business session of the meeting Mr. Donat was named as second vice-president of the organization. Time was larg ely spent in exhibitions of latest type fire equipment as well as talks by representatives of the state fire marshal's office. The meeting was one of the best held in recent years by the volunteer firemen. A classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. t - ' each far elelnc M th4 . v- i " ' , J t o&r pa)L ree.i -tote trwt. Y " -.. -1 . ; ' - ' s y - - - I I v. h fix py 1 1 -a I -' is - Fred H. Wynn Honored By Associates Friday afternoon employes of the U. S. army engineers gath ered at the Plattsmouth dock to pay honor to one of the vet eran employes.' Fred H. Wynn, who was retiring from the force that has operated in the Mis souri improvement program for the past twenty years. Mr. Wynn has been with the engineering force since the start of the improvement program on the Missouri river, serving as engineer and marine mecha nic. His service has taken him over a large part of the Mis souri river work, serving on boats from Omaha to the Kan sas City area but largely in the Nebraska City district. A large number of the heads of the engineering force and employes of the Nebraska City district were here to pay tribute to this loyal and faithful work er, retiring from active service. The honor guest was greeted at the Plattsmouth dock by a large number of the associates, headed by Lt. Col. Loper. in charge of the Nebraska City area Captain and Mrs. Dan Thornton of Nebraska City, Captain Thornton being con sultant engineer, John . Stapp and Jack Graham, assistant area engineers. With these were many of the workers on the Missouri river project and the Queen Hill quarry. C. J. White, who has been in charge of the force in this ter ritory, made the presentation o Mr. Wynn of a fine reclining rocker, as well as a ship's clock, gift of the men with whom he has labored in the past years. It was with regret that the associates see Mr. Wynn retire, as he and Mrs. Wynn, who is retiring from the local exchange of the Lincoln Telephone Co.. are leaving October 15th for San Antonio, Texas, where they have a home and expect to make their residence there in the future. Death Of Mrs. Steve Hastings At Grant Mrs. Steve Hastings. 34. for mer resident of Plattsmouth, died Sunday at Grant. Nebraska, where she has been making her home. Mrs. Hastings has been in serious condition for the past several months. Mrs. Hastings was the former Mary Ann Gradoville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grado ville of this city. She was born in this city and received her education in the Plattsmouth schools, graduating in the class of 1936. There is surviving, the hus band, one daughter, Ann Marie, of Grant; the "parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gradoville, Burling ton, Iowa; two brothers. Tom Gradoville, Jr.. of Omaha, and Joseph Gradoville of Platts mouth. The body is being brought to Plattsmouth to the Sattler fu neral home at 4th and Avenue A., where the Rosary will be re cited on Tuesday evening, Octo ber 3rd at 8 o'clock. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday morning at the Holy Rosary church, 16th and First Avenue. Lloyd Taplett To The Marines Plattsmouth friends will be interested in learning that Lloyd Taplett, a resident here for a number of years, has been recalled for active duty with the Marines. He is a second lieutenant in the reserves and will be assigned to duty at once. He served for three years with the Marines in War II. A graduate of Sioux Falls, So. Dak., high school, he is now serving the school as football coach. Mr. Taplett is a graduate of Augustana college and has completed his work for a master degree in economics at the Uni versity of Nebraska. He is a son of Mrs. H. L. Tap lett of 219 North Summitt aven ue, Sioux Falls and a brother of Mrs. James E. Warga of Plattsmouth. Another of the Taplett boys, Herman G., has been ordered to report for ac tive duty with the naval re serve. Band To Conduct Subscription Drive Plattsmouth high school band as has been the custom for the past two years, will start their annual subscription drive for the Curtis publications on Fri day, October 6. For their efforts in the drive members of the band will re ceive a share of the subscrip tion price to apply on their needs for the year. New as well as renewal subscriptions will be solicited. Use Journal 'Want Ads!