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CASS COUNTS 'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PTT"PT TCTTTT-rv tfebr. Stat Historical Soc. State Capitol Bids, y Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 65 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1950 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 103 Thanksgiving Day Of Many Home Gatherings Thanksgiving day in Platts mouth was devoted largely to home gatherings, many having members of their families and friends in to ioin in the material enjoyment of the typical Ameri can Thanksgiving. Wednesday evening the com munity Thanksgiving was ob served at the First Presbyterian church with members of the clergy of the citv participating. Today (Thursday the day was one of auiet in the city as a gen eral holiday was observed. Busi ness houses, court house, post office. BREX shops all being closed for the day. The home of Mr. and Mrs. John Bajeck on high school hill is scene of a very pleasant family party. Mr. and Mrs. John Benton Livingston and children. Joan. Janet and John Jr., being here from Fort Wayne. Indiana, to .ioin Mrs. Lillian Livingston and Mr. and Mrs. Bajeck for the hoii dav. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Painter have as their guests for the holi day dinner in addition to their family, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jah rig, parents of Mrs. Painter. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Figgins are enjoying the holiday at the home or Mr. and Mrs. Harold Crates at Nebraska City. Mr. Crates is a brother of Mrs. Figgins. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Feldhousen have the pleasure of having their daughter. Miss Kathleen, home from school at Mt. Scholastica. Atchison. Kansas. Miss Feld housen was accompanied by a school friend for the holiday and week end. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Caldwell and Janice are spending Thanks-p-iving Day in Omaha with Mrs. Caldwell's mother Mrs. Anna Pavlik at a family gathering and dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Capoell and family entertained at din ner on Thanksgiving Mrs. Cap pell's sister Mrs. Frank Downey and Mr. Downev. her brother Carl Wohlfarth. Mrs. Wohlfarth and family, all of Lincoln and Mrs. Etta Gorder of this city. Dr. and Mrs. H. G. McClusky have as Thanksgiving Day guests Mr. and Mrs. George L. Farley. Misses Helen and Edith Farley, Loris Long and Florence Fou chek. The country home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Koukal northwest of this city was scene of a very plea sant family gathering this Thanksgivine, Mr. and Mrs. Charles "F. Ault and Joan. Mr. and Mrs. Bob McClanahan. Joyce and Bettv. Mr. and Mrs Mavnard Hobbs. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ault and Charles III, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Peterson. Marilyn Koukal. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wescott cvere in Lincoln for Thanksgiving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed gar S. Wescott and family. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Busch and Georse Busch were at Fremont for Thanksgiving day. They were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Olson for the day. (Continued on Page Four) Church Honors 90th Year Of Service Sunday Weening Water (Special to Journal) Sunday. November 19 was observed in the Congrega tional church in Weeping Water as an event of supreme interest. Commencing with a reception which was held for a former minister and his wife. Rev. and Mrs. Walter Rilev on Saturday evening, it reached a peak at the morning service when the wor shiD hour opened to the stirring notes of the organ, with the pro cessional followed by the con gregation joining in the age old loved hvmn. "The Church's One Foundation." There were approximately three hundred participating in the worship hour, many from out of town arriving here to join the resident members. Following the choir's presenta tion of "Holy Thou Art" by Han del, a service of commemoration was held bv the church pastor. Rev. John C. Pryor. The service of rededication given bv Rev. Pryor was preceded by the an them. "Master We Come to Thee". During the offertory, "Christ Has No Hands But Our Hands" was sung by the choir. Rev. Riley delivered the anni versary sermon centered on rcriptures from the Book of Proverbs, chapter 20. verse 27. "The Spirit of Man Is In the Hands of the Lord." The entire service was made the more lovelv by the beautv of the floral offerings made possible bv members honoring their loved ons both living and dead. During the afternoon Rev. Prvor was chairman of the in formal gathering which was ush ered in bv the choir singing. "Jesus of Bethlehem". Mrs. Ben Olive gave the historv of the church with all its interesting facts and human interest. Solos were sung by Judge Leon Mer rick accompanied bv Mrs. Mer rick. Mrs. Frances Baldwin ac companied by Mrs. P. A. Jackson of Omaha and Charles V. Wall ick accompanied by Miss Kath ryn Ellis, church organist. 5 . " f - Judge C. L. Graves Judge Graves At Eighty-Nine Years Of Life November 23rd is the anniver sary of one of the oldest and most highly respected residents of the eastern section of Cass county. Judge Charles L. Graves, of Plattsmouth. Judge Graves is today observing his eighty-ninth birthday. Charles L. Graves, son of Wil liam W. and Mahala Graves was born November 23. 1861. in Mills countv, Iowa, a few miles south of Glenwood. When an infant the parents moved across the Missouri river to Cass county settling at Rock Bluff, then a lively river town, where a great deal of the traffic to the then unknown west was flowing through the town filled with settlers going westward to the new mining fields of Colorado. Judge Graves grew uo in the river settlement. received his education in the schools of the communtiy. later following the vocation of school teaching in that locality in 1883-S4. He "also served as postmaster from 1885 to 1886. He later returned to the teaching profession at his home school and also in Eight Mile Grove. He was attracted to the legal profession studying in the offices of Beeson & Sullivan at Plattsmouth. in 1887. was ad mitted to the bar of Cass county. Ke followed the law for a time at Kearnev. later returning to eastern Nebraska. Judge Graves in 1890 estab lished the Union Ledger, opera ting this paper until 1917 hav ing a part in the writing of com munity historv and lives of the pioneers of that part of Cass county. In 1928 Judge Graves moved to Plattsmouth where he opened a law office, a few months after locating here, he was named po nce magistrate and has held of fice since that time. Judge Graves was married in 1877. his wife preceding him in death in 1912. His family is com posed of a son. Harry E. Graves, veteran printer, two daughters. Mrs. verna Royal and Leola Dierieg, all of Lincoln. Cass County Stock On Omaha Market A Cass countv, feeder. Melvin Todd, had high-selling fat steers at the Omaha market last week. 21 weighing 1024 that sold at $33.00. Elton Blakie. had high-selling fat heifers at the Omaha market Monday. 25 weighing 886 that topped at $31.50. Historic Group Close Meetings Meetings of the Cass County Historical society will be discon tinued for the winter months is information given the Journal. Meetings will be resumed in March or April 1951. Cse Journal "Want Ails! rmriiinw ..111,111,1, " (X. n ( f?' I lfflTt- 1 I I -. jj-y rT-rTMMWTMBTMWllBW,lWaWMiiBiiMiMiaiiBIMwwjiMLW I ill I BW l U W I mt HIHWI' BhJEWia W ilJM Hit MPHHWl, WlHWHW M WW MB Members of the football squad will be honor guests at a football banqu church. Ralph Fife, line coach of the University of Nebraska football team. w:l player. In addition motion pictures of the Nebraska-Missouri football game wil First Row - left to right. Jack Todd. Wayne Reike. Ronald Vargo. Davi Dasher, Dick Kalasek, Bob Moore. Second row - Jerry Woods. Duane Noell. Ever Ahrens, Stanley Cole, Clifford Kennell. Third row - Jerry Clayborn, assistant c Rcnai Menges, Bob Bheard, Don Bocock, Dick Tincher, Tom Conis, Coach Me Bomber?, Willard Christianson, James Jacques, Jerry Fulton, Larry Vallery. M Mrs. Charles Hula Suffers Injuries In Accident Tuesday noon Mrs. Charles W. Hula suffered slight injuries I when she was struck bv a car I at the intersection of Fifth and , Main street, just west of the Plattsmouth State bank build in?. This is one of the busiest traffic corners in the city, es pecially at noons and in the evening hours as students and workers are on their way home ward. Mrs. Hula had left her home and was going west, just mak ing a few steps off the curb into Fifth street, when a car ' driven by John Williamson, high school student, turned from Main street into Fifth. The ! fender of the car brushed Mrs. Hula sufficieVv to knock her off her feet and to the paving.' The car stopped at once, the driver with a number of passer sby assisted in caring for Mrs. Hula. She had suffered several abrasions on the head as the result of the fall but was able in a few moments to return home assisted by her son. Karl and Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Dunlap. who had arrived on the scene. Later in the afternoon Mrs. Hula was taken to the Metho dist hospital at Omaha where a check failed to disclose anv serious injury beyond the small cuts and a severe shock suffer ed from the effects of the ac ciclent. Platts Motors Show New 1951 Ford Models The 1951 Fords featuring Ford cmatic Drive, the new automatic transmission, will be introduced at the Plattsmouth Motors Fri day. "Ford cars for 1951 accomplish notable refinements in styling, beauty, engineering, riding qual ities, economy, safety and ease of handling." L. D. Crusoe, vice president and general manager of Ford Division, announced. Addition of the new automa tic device will make available to Ford buyers a choice of three transmissions and two engines six different power combinations in all. Both the conventional three speed transmission and the Ford overdrive will continue to be available. These, with the new Fordomatic Drive, will be offer ed with either the 100-horse-pcwer V8 or the improved 95 horsepower six engines. The distinctive styling of the 1949 and 1950 models has been retained, but with refinements and improvements both in in teriors and exteriors. A lowered hood, a new dual spinner grille and a wider, long er wrap-around bumper give a more massive appearance to the front end. Parking lights are re styled and larger chrome head lamp rims extend beyond the lenses. Added chrome and new, larger tail lamps add to the ap pearance of the rear end. The new models have a wide range of color combinations, and a choice of upholstery, head linings and other interior trim to harmonize with body colors. This wide choice is a Ford exclu sive in the low-price field. Both Jerry Eiting and Cliff Gi radot. local Ford dealers, extend an invitation to the public to visit their display roms on Wash ington Avenue and see what they believe is the finest Ford car they have ever offered. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Pointer of Weeping Water were in the city today. (Wednesday and while here called at the Journal to en roll as a reader for the ensuing year. Plattsmouth High School Blue Devils To Be Feted Wednesday November 29 IFF fam?, ; Traffic Wrecks Mark First Of Week In City A number of small traffic wrecks kept the office of Sher iff Tom Solomon busy the first part of the week in this city and along highway in this section. In the slippery conditions of Sunday night, a collision occurr ed south of this city near the junction of highway No. 75 and 34. A 1948 Pontiac owned by John Allee of Omaha and a semi trail er driven by Kenneth Unborger of Tulsa. Oklahoma, were invol ved in the mix-up. Both the car and semi were coming north, the semi unable to avoid the sleek roadway slid into the back of hte car. No one was injured and small damage to the vehicles. Monday a collision occurred on Lincoln avenue between a taxi cab driven by Robert Krejci and a truck owned by Boyd Lytle, driven by C. E. Rathburn. The slippery streets caused the taxi to slide into the truck with result that the grill, the right front (continued on page six) MARRIED HERE TUESDAY Tuesday at the office of Coun ty Judge Raymond J. Case occur red the marriage of George Carl , Graybill and Miss Josephine Tra monte. both of Council Bluffs. 1 The marriage lines were read by Judge Case and the ceremony, witnessed by Herbert A. Graybill and Luella Graybill, also of j Council Bluffs. 1 mm , IW P$ toste On this truly American holiday let us give thanks for the many blessings He has designed to deliver on us. Let us give thanks for the strength He has endowed us with, enabling us to preserve those liberties we have inherited. Let us thank Him for the rich fields and bustling factories that bring us great wealth and comfort. Above all, let us give thanks to Him especially for revealing His truth to us, giving to us the greatest wealth of all. Cases Assigned To Trial List Clerk of the District Court C. E. Dedgway has prepared a re vised trial list for the jury term of the district court which will resume activity on next Mon day: Criminal Cases State vs Clarence Fitch, grand larceny. November 29. 9 A.M. State vs Robert L. Grant, mo tor vehicle homicide. Decem ber 4-5 9:30 AM. State vs Henry Willis, rape, December 19-20 9:30 A.M. Civil Cases Swensen vs Lepert-Wolever post V.F.W. et al.. damage. No vember 27-28 9:30 A.M. Selmer A. Solheim vs Mary M. Troon, suit on account. Decem ber 6-7 9:30 A.M. In-Re-Estate William Hemk. deceased, appeal. December 11. 9:30 A.M. Pixlev vs Lytle. suit on notes, December 13. 9:00 A.M. Schomaker vs Wiles, alien ation of affections. December 14-15. 9:00 A M. Bourck vs Fradv. damage. De cember 1R. Foot of Docket Flovd H. Wilson, estate Her man Miers. Jr.. et al. Barnes vs Merritt Beach Co. ENTERTAIN" AT DINNER Mrs. Roy Stock entertained at a dinner Sundav evening i'-i hon or of Mrs. Alex Kotarides of Nor folk. Va. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bontz. Miss Nellie Folsom, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cole of Plattsmouth. et to be held Wednesday at 6:30 at the Fellowship room of the First Presbyterian 1 be the speaker. Awards will be made to the outstanding linesman and backfield I be shown. Tickets may be secured of Harold Alkire or Plattsmouth State bank, d N. Newburn, Bob Wondra, Raymond Koubek. Dick March, Captain Merle ett Markey. John Liddick, Ronnie Hunt, Jerome Ulrich, Jon Schuetz. John oach. Lyle Woods, John Kruse, John Blotzer. John Carper, Ronald Eiserman. rle Stewart. Fourth row - Byron Finnefrock, Dale Schriber. Van White. Evar elvin Wilson, Don Born, Melvin Todd, Raymond Adkins, Gerald Otterstein. Photo by Chriswiser Honor Roll Of High School First Quarter The honor roll of the Platts mouth high school for the first quarter of 1950-51 term has been released, showing the students that have topped the classes in their standing. This is a very high honor and reflects great credit on the young people of the high school. The following is the roll: 5 A's Ron Schneider. 4 A's Evelyn Nelson, Wendell Friest. Ethel Grauf. 3 A's and 1 B Billy Hoschar, John Toman. Jean Meisinger. 2 A's and 2 B's Gary Camp ' bell. Joanne Cecil, Harold Dem : aree. James Jacques, Deloris Beins, Janet Kalasek. Bruce Ja j cobs, Mary Niemeyer. Art New i burn. Elaine Nickles, Bette Jane ' cek, Willard Christenson. Marilyn ' Stoehr, Jerome Shellenbarger. j Shirley Strough, Annette Troop, i No Grade Below B Jon , Schuetz, Pat Bailey. Lorna Ni j erste, Jackie Reno. Wayne Rieke, Patricia Todd, JacK Todd. Dar lene Spangler. Barbara Alkire, Joyce Fauquet. Margaret Richter, Shirley Moorehead. Herbert Brown. Willard Gunsolley, Shir ley Humerickhouse. Mrs. Russell Litle departed Monday evening for Eldorado Springs. Missouri, called there by illness of a daughter. Journal Want Ads Pay! E. H. Bernhardt Returns Home Plattsmouth friends will be pleased to learn that E. H. Bern hardt, who was taken ill with a heart attack at his home in Neodesha. Kansas, on Novem ber 10th. has been released from the hospital in that citv and is now at the family home. Mr. Bernhardt is reported as resting easily it is hoped that he will soon be over the effects of the attack. He is now operating a lar" variety store in the Kansas citv which just ooened a few davs after his attack. Cub Pow-Wow At Nebraska City Sunday The first Cub Pow-Wow of south-eastern Nebraska dis trict was a success at Nebraska City. Sunday, Nov. 19th. This is the district that Ken Henry serves as Scout Representative, and he is to be commended for staging a very successful Pow Wow. Credit for the success of th? Pow-Wow can also be attribut ed to Orvillj Nielsen cf PlaU' mouth wlu ferved cs general chairman ls well as taking care of the Pack Management Sec tion, to Wayne Thaver of Ne braska City who had charge of Ceremonies and Enter?,i"rv,ents Section, to Sigvald Jenc-n of Weening Water who had n-nr of Handicraft Section, nnd to Carl Twining of Linco1'! wo had charge of Games Section. These four men were of con- ably assisted bv several in eah deDartment from thru-out the territory. Success of the Blue and Gold Banouet was due to the fine work of Henrv Flau of Nebraska City. The Midwav of exhibits and games was under the sirf-rvision of Doran Bow man of Plattsmouth nd Herb Zimbleman of Humboldt. Ten of fourteen mcks in the south-eastern district were pre sent at the Pow-Wow. About 80 persons registered for the ses sions which were held in the af ternoon, ind more me for th evening banquet. The weather man nut a little danmer on th evening program and some left early in order to be sure of get ting home safely before the roads became too bad. Cubbing has grown bv leaps and bounds the cast five years. The program is one which cer tainly fulfills a need in these times of juvenile delinquency and distorted ideas. It affords a program which is flexible en ough to meet all the various fields and certainly gives that boy between the ages of 8 and 11a chance to explore many un known fields. How far he pro gresses in anv one field will be largely up to his individual ef fort, and also the hlp and co operation he receives from his narents. FOR Cubbing is a "Boy and Parent" project. Following the success of this first Pow-Wow it will not be surprising to find that this will become a yearly event in this district. Local People Attend Meet OfCanners Lester Thimgan. manager, John V. Svoboda. assistant man ager and Alex A. Campbell, plant superintendent of the Norfolk Packing Co.. were in Des Moines, Iowa this week. The local people were in atten dance at the annual convention of the Iowa-Nebraska Canners. there being a large number of the packing plants in the central west at the meeting. Nebraska was represented bv the Norfolk and Otoe plant of Nebraska City. The meeting selected Lester Thimgan as a member of the board of directors, filling the po sition on the board so long held by E. H. Bernhardt former man ager here. They report a very interestinT meeting, many fine speakers at the annual banquet and a great deal of interest shown during the meetings. P. A. Meisinger To Hospital Sundav afternoon P. A. Mei sin"T. resident of the south part of the ritv. was taken to Omaha in the Sattler ambulance. He en tered the St. Catherine's hospi tal where he will receive treat ment and observation. IIFRE FROM ILLINOIS Mr. and Mrs. Verdon Vroman. Prgv and Junior of Evanston. Illinois and Mrs. Minta Todd of Kearney, are Thanksgiving week end guests of the mother Mrs. Henry Mauzy and sister Miss Margaret. Harrv Soeck. who has ben en gaged in working on the Harlan countv dam. near Republican fMtv Nebraska is home t.n snfnrf some time, the work closing down for the winter season. Need Of Saving Soil Theme Of Rotary Meet At luncheon of the Rotarr club Tuesday, a very vivid pic ture was painted of need of war fare on soil erosion in the cen tral west if national needs are to be suoplied in coming years. liiis very interesting subject was presented by Richard E. Tenhulzen. work unit leader of the Cass County Soil Conser vation office at Weeping Water, where he has been stationed, since September 1948. Stephen M. Davis was chair man of the program, presented the sneaker who brought a real message of importance to res idents of this section of Nebras ka. It was pointed out bv Mr. Tenhulzen that one fifth of the original land in the United Sta tes had been destroyed in pass ing years through erosion, washing away of rich top soil producing crops that made this the bread basket of the world. One third of the remaining soil was damaged, through v;aste. neglect of soil protection it was pointed out. A note of danger was sounded, that by 1952. at the present rate of soil loss, it would be possible to raise only enough food to feed our own people. By 1970 the United Sta tes might become a food im porting nation, dependent on other lands for food croDs. Soil conservation was nec essary and stronw stens needed at onr-p to ioin in the warfare on soil erosion this was the ! mission of his part of the gov ! ernment program. An encouraging note was of fend in stens that have been a ken in Cass countv to save loss in soil, Mr. Tenhulzen an nounced. In the Cedar Creek area there was now fifty-five per cent of the farm lands ter raced, in two years it was hopett to have ninety per cent of ail the farm land in the program. This year there has been G01 miles of land rlaced in terrace;. 2.900 acres in Cnss countv in aoplication and 600 already in the program or about 25 per cent of the land. There were 1.741 farm owners that have? j terracing. Cass countv ranks in j top place this year in conser- vation work, topping Otoe coun- tv. leader for several years. It was announced that Platts mouth Rotary ranked seventh in attendance in the district. The district conference of clubs will be held at Beatrice on April 8-9. Fred Lynch will be the chairman of the conference. Earl Jones of Council Bluffs, was a guest at the luncheon. Pvt. William GottscK Completes Training Special to Plattsmouth Jour nal Lackland Air Force Base. Texas Pvt. William F. Got'tsch. 18. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W Means. Plattsmouth. has com pleted his AF basic airmen in doctrination course at Lackland Air Force Base, the "Gateway to the Air Force." Lackland, situated near San Pvt. William F. Gottsch Antonio, is the world's largest air force base, center of Air Force basic training, for airmen and women, indoctrination sta tion for prior service reenlistees. and home of AF's Officer Can didate School. His basic training has prepar ed him for entrance into Air Force technical training and for assignment in specialized work. The course included a scientific evaluation of his aptitude and inclination for following a par ticular vocation and career. SUFFERS HEART ATTACK James Howard Graves, long time resident of Cass county, suffered a severe heart attack on Monday at his home on First avenue. He was in ouite serious condition for some time but is now reported as being improved. He is uo and around the home but reauired to keen ouiet and avoid any over exer tion. Mr. and Mrs. John Sattler were at Lincoln Saturday to attend th Nebraska-Iowa State football game.