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ETOflE PlLATnrSIWO) JJdDOJMM. cat( Historical So. tc Capitol Bid,. Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 70 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1951 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 12 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Donors Give 104 Pints Of Blood Here Thursday One hundred four pints of blood were taken in Plattsmoirh Thursday when the Red Cross Bloodmobile visited the city, ac cording to Dr. Louis A. Amato. And" although the sponsoring groups had hoped to have a larger number of pints given. The overall response to the blood donor drive was considered good. One hundred twenty-four donors offered their blood here Thursday with 104 giving. The other twrn-y. a small percent age compared to other towns in the area, were disqualified for various reasons. Dr. Amato dis closed that the majority of those turned back were disqualified because of coles and flu. The success of the campaign was to a great extent dependent upon the number of people who assisted the doctors and nurses in handling the donors. Dr. Amnio said. He said he wishes to thank the assistants as well as the donor- for making the bloodmobile visit a success. A list of all donors will be re ceived bv Dr. Amato sometime this week and the names of the donors will be published. The list will be sent here from the blood center at Omaha. But while sponsors had hoped for a greater number of donors, the number of pints of blood taken here was good compared to jtht-rs. Flu and colds cut. down the number of pints of blood :ak'n at Louisville where 183 donors registered but only 93 ;:ints of blood were taken. Similar results were posted at V.mwood where 73 pints were n from 130 donors. Dr. Amato said that Cass county's quota Is 675 pints each year. Scor.sors of the bloodmobile visit were the American Legion. Veterans of Foreign Wars and their Auxiliaries. County Doctors To Register January 15 All Cass countv doctors, with tiegrees in medicine, dentistry, and veterinary, must register at the office of the Cass County Selective Service board Janu- . , nry 15. Charlotte Gall disclosed 'Saturday. The office will be open from o a. m. until 5 p. m. to handle the resignation. Doctors under 50 years of age. holding degrees in the three classifications must register in accordance with statute recently passed by Congress. An earlier registration throughout the nation, required only one doctor m the county to resister. All others, who reg istered at that time, must do so aaain. according to Mrs. Gail. Meeting Of Flood Control Group Nears A meeting of the Cass-Weep-ing Water Creek Association will L,e held at the auditorium at Weeping Water Thursday. Features of the meeting will J, e adoption of a constitution .r.d election of officers, and an .idaress by Stanley Matzke. farm editor of the Lincoln Jour nal and secretary of the Salt- Wahoo Watershed Association. Creation of a permanent or ganization to prevent floods through extensive soil conserva tion measures is the aim of the group. The movement started several weeks ago at Weeping water. The proposed watershed area includes parts of Cass county not included in other watershed districts and parts of Otoe coun t V. Attorneys Begley And Peck Move To New Quarters Remodeling of the building at 41 C Mam. formerly occupied by Tim. tht Hairdresser, for occu pancy by James Begley and Richard Peck, attorneys, is in the process. In addition it will be the of fice of the county attorney. Peck took over the duties of county rttorney last week and will have his office at the new building. In redressing the interior o the building, the windows were frosted, walls were papered and painted and a small floor fur nace was installed in one room Although County Attorney !".-k has set up a temporary c'fice at the new location, they jo not expect to be moved into their new office quarters until late today or Tuesday. New Disc Sharpener Works Right on Farm Appearing elsewhere in this issue of The Journal is an ad vertisement telling of the im Droved method of disc sharpen ing to be used by Joe Paicich of Bellevue. Mr. Palcicn recently pur chased the machine which sharpens all types discs right on the farm. He will operate on a franchise in Cass county. t Journal Want Ads fay! it -U tit, 06 Vt HUODl'N'NIT' . . . Washington D.C., contraction worker examines skull and bone of a man Tiznrf d excavators sunk in lime. PoIie said skull had been "bsi.ea mi." American Legion Appoints Civil Defense Group j A committee on Civil Defense , to work with the City Council j was appointed by the Ar.ierican j Lit'on at its regular monthly mteiing Thursday nignt. ! Appointed to the committee ' were m. fachmidtman. Adrian Xf wens. Dr. Robert J. Dietz and E O. Vroman. The action followed a motion by Kenneth Hart that the com mander appoint a committee of Civil Defense to work with the city council and that the chair man of the committee volunteer j the services of th post to take part in the plan the city might . pr?pose. I The Legionnaires also approv ed plans for sponsoring a Sen ior baseball team during the summer of 1951. Lindy Wolever was named manager of the team; Eldon Vroman. business manager; and Russell Nielsen as cssiitant. Legionnaires also learned that a special card and special cap ornament will be given members who obtain four new memoers lor posts witn auotas from 300 to 750 members. Known as the ' Cocke of the Walk Campaien." the new mem bers must be in the fold by February 15. A renort shows that the 1951 naid up membership of the Plattsmouth Post of the Amer- an Legion is Qu6ta for the post is 370 members. Commrr.der Don War" a o'so expressed n'-mreciation for the assis'anc iven bv members in the Red Cross blood drive. Srec commendation was given Russell Nielsen. A" the close of the meeting lunch was served bv the crm- mittep. Arthur Wtetv Victor Schreiner and M. R. Coolev. Retail Stores To Close At 9 P.M. Here Saturdays All retail stores in Platts mouth will observe a nine o' clock closing Saturday nights. Frank Biles, president of the Ad Ciub disclosed today. According to Biles, all retail stores, with the oualined excen tion of grocery stores will ob serve the 9 D.m. closing. The ac tion was taken bv the Ad Club at its meeting nrior to Christ mas and became effective the first of the year. Grocery stores will leave thir doors oDen until 9:30 for the convenience of shopners who Pf --oceries at the store to be nicked ut. The closing win hp in effect until the first of April. Special Night Dairy Cattle Sale Planned A .snecial nteht dairy cattle sale will be held at the Platts mouth Sale Barn Wednesday night. The sale is scheduled to CTet underway at 7:30. Twenty-eight head of Holstein and Guernsey cews, heifers and calves will be sent through the ring. Subscribe to The Journal! At The Cass Count? Court House Marriage license was issued to Lawrence William Richards Jr.. and Geneva Nadine Betts. both 13, of Council Bluffs. Ia.. Satur day. They were married by County Judge Raymond J. Case with Beatrice McBee of Omaha and Albert G. Edie of Council Bluffs, attendants. Saturday a marriage license was issued to Wayne John Beltz. 20. of Lincoln, and Shirlev Lee Doty. 19, of Weening Water. Robert Joseph Krejci. 23, and Barbara Jean Gansemer. 23. were issued a marriage license Saturday. They were married at the Presbyterian church Sun day evening Income Tax Aids In City Today Federal Income Tax assis tants are in Plattsmouth to day and will remain over Tuesday to assist farmers in filing tax returns before the deadline January 15. They will again be in the city on January 17 and 18. Deputy collectors will be at the courthouse in Platts mouth on January 17 and 18; at the Nehawka Bank on January 29 and 30, and at the Louisville bank on the same dates to assist farmers. On .March 8 and 9, deputy collectors will be at the court house in Plattsmouth; at the bank in Nehawka on March 6, and at Louisville on March 9. Two Plattsmouth Girls To Perform In Swim Meet Two Plattsmouth girls will take Dart in a winter swimming contest as representatives of the Omaha J. C. C. team. They are Marilvn and Mav belle Warea. daughters of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Warsa. Mar ilyn is a junior in the Platts mouth high school and Mavbelle is an eighth grade student at the Rock Bluffs school. The sisters learned to swim at Merritts beach several vears ago and when the beach closed ! for the season, they continued with their swimming at indoor pools in Omaha. Marilvn. joined the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States and has been with the J. C. C. swim team since it was organized last fall. Mavbelle joined the team re cently. The team is comoosed of 17 hi2h school eirls and has nartieioated in swim meets held in Omaha apainst teams from Sioux Citv. Ia.. and Siouv Falls S. D. It is coached by Bill O Hearn. The team will tak part m a swim meet to be held in Sioux City, other teams exnected to enter are from Sioux Falls. Kan sas Citv and possibly Des Moines. Local Youth Join Air Force John Robert White, son of Mr and Mrs. Bob White and Nor man Ashbaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Darl Ashbaugh. enlisted in the air force at Omaha last Fri day. John is a graduate of Platts mouth high school, class of 1949. He attended the University of Nebraska for one year where he was a member of R. O. T. C. Norman graduated from Plattsmouth high school in 1950 and attended the University of Omaha. He was a member of the Papoose squad and made the varsity souad before the football season was over. The boys left Omaha Satur day night for San Antonio. Tex as, in the largest group ever to leave at one time. Ikes To Install Officers Tuesday Installation of new officers for 151 will highlight a meeting cf the Plntsmnuth chapter of the Izaak Walton Leneue at the 40 ?' 8 club rooms Tuesday night. Th meeting is scheduled for eipht o'clock. The Ikes are seeking a good turnout for the first meeting of th new vear and riian a big send off for the new officers. Heading the Ikes for the next vear wi'l h Forrest Todd, presi dent: Raloh Gansemer. vice president, and Marvin Petereit secretary-treasurer. Pfc. Dick Means returned n his school Sunday of last week at Shepnard Air Force Base. Texas. His address is A. F 17287296, 3756 Student Tr. Sqd. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walling attended the wedding ceremony of Margaret Frahrn who was married to Dr. Carl Rosier De cember 29, at Lincoln. Dr. J. W. Brendel Former Resident Of Avoca, Dies Avoea Special Dr. J. W. Brendel received word of the death of his cousin. Dr. Onis Brendel. who died in a hospital at Zionsville. Indiana ' of virus Dneumonia January 3. after an illness of several days. Dr. Onis Brendel, 67. a for mer resident of Avoca. was a son of the late Dr. John Bren del also a former Avoca doctor. He left here when he was 16 and practiced medicine at Zion sville. Minneapolis. Minn., and South Gate. Calif., for 45 years. He re'ired three years ago. He was a member of the Christian cnurch. Surviving are a son. Jim; two granddaughters; and one sister. Mrs. Mattie Harvey. His wife died two vears ago. and one sister preceded him in death. While here his home was the Ed Morley house. Dr. J. W. Brendel did not at tend funeral services since he had iust returned Monday niaht and had spent several davs with his cousin and had taken him to the hospital when he became ill. Stander Imp. Co. To Hold Grand Opening Wed. The Grand Opening of the im plement and appliance store of Stander Implement Company will be held in conjunction with the John Deere Day show- Wednesday. Scheduled to get under w;ay at one o clock, a lull lengtn movie will be held at the Cass Theatre. The show, "'One Hap py Family," features Don DeFore and Manone Reynolds. . Following the show luncn ana prizes win De given at me new- location of the company on South 3rd street. Stander Implement Company, owned by Hugh "Junior Stander recently moved into tne new- building. The Grand Opening is held to acquaint patrons with the facilities of the new location and of the modern conveniences and disolav features of the building. The John Deere Day show is an annual event sponsored by Stander Implement. Admittance is by ticket only. 0. T. Nichol, Jr, Heads American Loan Plan Here O. T. Nichol Jr.. 35-year old Omahan. is the new manager of the American Loan Plan in Plattsmouth. He succeeds Don Arundel, who stepped out the first of the year. Nichol. a native of Omaha took over as manager of the business the first of January He had been with the Omaha branch of the company for the past vear. Nichol. who graduated from high school in Omaha, attend ed Creighton University. He is a veteran of World War II. hav ing served in the European theatre of war with the infan try. He was in the army for five vears. Prior to becoming associated with the American Loan Plan Nichol had been assistant credit manager at Swift and Co. Since receiving a discharge from the armv. he has also worked with his father. O. T. Nichol Sr.. in the sand and gravel business. Nichol said his father at one time was a salesman in the Plattsmouth area. Meat Department At Hinky Dinky Is Modernized The meat, frozen foods, and dairy departments of the Hinkv Dinky store are undergoing full scale modernization this week. The remodelin?. according to Herb Baumeart. head of the meat department, started Sun day when installation of a new and larger cold storage and freezer unit was started. The hue unit. 10 x 16 feet, was set up in four hours Sundav. It is expected to be ready for use sometime Tuesday. The new unit will provide the store with more storage SDace for fresh meats and frozen foods. Installation of a triple-deck self-service counter for dairy Droducts is expected to be ready for use later this week. The unit was brought here from Omaha Mondav morning. First staees of installation were to be started today. A new Frigidaire cooler was installed in the George Conis Ciear store on Main street early this week. n aiAfDloXtl? Mynard Farm Bureau Unit Meets Wednesday The Mynard Farm Bureau Unit held their regular monthly meeting at tne home ot Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Barnard in Mynard. on Wednesday evening, January o, at a p. m. The meeting was called to or- oer by President Robert R. Cole. Songs were sung, accompanied by Mrs. Roy O. Cole at the piano. The secretary's report was given by Mrs. Richard O. Cole. The several committee reports in cluded legislative and services. A report led bv Royal Smith of the fine meeting at Louisville. Tuesday afternoon, January 2, was discussed by three of the eight men who attended the meeting. The Louisville meeting was a special follow-up member ship drive pep meeting: the membership drive to be held the next day. A discussion on fertilizer was led by Herman Meisinger. Since membership chairman Henry Vinduska, was absent, other members reported that several people had been enrolled as members of farm bureau in this community on the day of our meeting. Following the business, a soil testing demonstration was given by Robert R. Cole. Mr. Coe has had considerable work or this kind while attending the Univer sity at Lincoln and was well versed on the subject. The dem- , onstration proved to be very in teresting and most helpful to .mderstand the why's and wherefore's of commercial fer tilizer. Everyone appreciated this fine demonstration to the utmost. At an appropriate hour, a lunch was served by the hostess, Mrs. Barnard. The evening closed with visiting with neighbors and friends. News Reporter. Union Man's Car Damaged In Pile Up Four cars were damaged Wednesday in a pileup on the icy pavement of highway 75 about six miles north of Ne braska City. A car driven by Del Sylvester of Union slid across the high way, colliding with another car driven by Ervin Rittmiller of Fessenden, North Dakota. A third car, driven by C. E. Balwin of Salem, slid sideways into the two cars, and a fourth, driven by Roy J. Reith of Bed ford, Ia., slid into the Balwin vehicle. The front end of the Rittmiller car and the radiator of Syl vester's vehicle were badly dam aged. Mortgage Filing And Releases Climb In 1950 Filing of both farm and city mortgages in Cass county show ed a definite increase of 1949. the annual statement from the office of the Register of Deeds reveals. The amount of released mort gages on both farm and city property also climed over a year ago. According to the annual sta tement. 109 farm mortgages totaling $704. 662.50 were filed in 1950 comoared with 94 fil ings for $679,475.06 a year prev ious. At the same time- the number of mortgages released also showed a direct climb with 126 releases totaling $761,611.22 last year while 97 totaling $530,916.27 '.vfe released in 1949. Town and citv mortgages climbed from $592,837.19 for 223 fUines in 1949 to $712,906.32 for 263 filings last year. Citv re leases in 1949 showed 175 total in $359,485.81 comnared to 182 for $411,336.90 in 1950 Sheriff c deed in 1950 shewed 14 for city property while a vear aeo. 48 city and 23 farms were listed. GORDON IIANIKA BACK TO DUTY WITH NAVY Gordon Hanika left Platts mouth Wednesday for San Diego after spending a three week leave visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hanika and fam ily. Gordon, who had served on the aircraft carrier. Valley Forge, had returned to the Unit ed States in December after duty in Korea. Mrs. Hanika said they do not know to what duty Gor don will be assigned. eh MID alter II. Mnith President Chamber of Commerce Bruce E. Gold Vice-President V. of C. New Twelve To Report For Draft From Cass County Twelve Cass county young men are slated to join their bud dies in the armed forces Janu ary 18, Charlotte Gall, clerk of the Cass county Selective Serv ice Board revealed Saturday. The 12 youths will report for active duty in the third group of draftees to leave here since the selective service was re-activated late last summer. Other groups left the county in October and November. Names of those to receive their draft calls were not dis closed. She also revealed that ten more from the county will take physi cal examinations January 15. The draft board met Satur day morning for routine busi ness. Robert Cappell. recently named to the board. E. O. Vro man, and E. P. Stewart, chair man, comprise the county selec tive service board. RECEIVES CALL FROM SON Mrs. John Sheard received a telephone call from her son. Clyde Sheard. S. R., last Satur day. He was to board an A.P.A. the same day with destination undisclosed. c'se Journal Want Ads! 0 v.- . Refugees From Germany Seek New Life Here A new year, a new nation," and a new life. That is the way three emigrants from Germany will begin life in the United States on a farm near Platts mouth. The three are Mrs. Martha Schmidt, her daughter, Mrs. Anny Reimer, and her grand son. Gerd Reimer. They arrived at Union Sta tion at Omaha, four hours be fore the new year began. The immigrants are the mother and sister of Emil Schmidt, son-in-law of Fritz Siemoheit. who farms near Plattsmouth. Their arrival also was the' form of a reunion, since they had not seem Emil since he came to the united btates years ago. Another brother. Fred Schmidt of Omaha, also met them at the station. Fred had been in the United States even longer than Emil. Arrival in Nebraska ended a Walt Smith, attorney, and Bruce Gold, operator of the Western Auto Store, were named to head the Platts mouth Chamber of Commerce in H'ol at the annual meet ing of the chamber Thursday niKrht. They were riven 'i unanimous vote. The election climaxed a heavv nijrht of activity for ' the oO members attending the session. Ex-County Attorney Smith will succeed C. C. Girar I dot as president of the Chamber. He was vice president i under Girardot's administration. Gold will fill the vacancy of vice president left va s cant by Smith's advancement to the presidency. Orville Nielsen was unanimously re-elected treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce. The names were submit ted by the nominating committee. Ways To Obtain War Contracts Told To Chamber Somebody is going to get gov ernment contracts and ir mmht as well De business men and j manufacturers in Plattsmouth. (members of the Chamber of I Commerce were told by Howard ' Shinrock, manager cf the in dustrial department of the Omaha Chamber. Tuesday night. Speaking on the subject. "War Contracts for Small Business." Shinrock told members at the annual Chamber meeting, that the government needs thousands of small items that small busi nesses can produce. Obtaining the contracts is another thing, according to Shinrock. Only the persistent contract seeker will have much luck. To be in a position to obtain a government contract. Shinrock told Chamber members to send all information about their busi nesses, name, plant, tools, type of help and number of employ ees, materials and source, and building description to the three major procurement offices of the government. "Then." he suggested, "Keep sending it un til it is acknowledged." Once acknowledged, remind the of fices occasionally. Shinrock said. But first of all, Shinrock ad vised Plattsmouth business men to find out what they can pro duce, and to carefully determine the production cost and the selling price. Shinrock said that the gov ernment sends out award sheets weekly, and synopsis sheets daily, which tell what the gov ernment wants. They list the item, quantity and collar "value of each item. Shinrock told Chamber of Commerce members that they can receive the award sheets as a cooperating agency with the Omaha Chamber. Following the (.continued on page three Rev. Warrington New Methodist Minister The Rev. Fred Warrington de livered his first sermon Sunday at the Weslevan Methodist Church. 619 So. 10th St. Rev. Warrington, replaces Fred Klalt who left last week to en ter the Nararene Seminary in Kansas Ciiy, Missouri. Rev. Warrington, with Mrs. Warrington, comes from Marion, Indiana, where he has been do ing graduate study at the Mar ion Wesley an College. Saturday evening. Dec. 30, members of the congregation surprised the Klatts in a fare well party in their honor at the parsonage. long trip from Hamburg. Ger many, from where Mrs. Schmidt and her daughter left their na tive country. Although natives of Prussia, where they had own ed their own farm, they had lived in Berlin for the past sev eral years. Forced to flee Prussia by the advance of the Russian armies, they fled to Danzig, and later to the American sector of Ber lin. Mrs. Reimer said here Sat urday that they had fled "for fear of their lives." In Berlin Mrs. Reimer had worked for two years at an American depot. They lived near the TemDlehof Air Drome. scene of the lite-savine air nit. which provided ' Berlin, when food for East the Russians blocked traffic into the city. Mrs. Former's husband was taken alive as a Russian pris oner of war and hasn't been (Continued on page 5) sndi And if members of the Cham ber attending the annual meet ing have anything to do with it. the new officials will have plenty to do in boosting the activities of the organization. Richard Peck, temporary sec retary of the Chamber for the past three years started the ball rolling when he announced hi.s resignation effective February 1. In tendering his resignation. Peck recomrheded that the Chamber of Commerce consider employing a full-time secretary. Peck stated that with his new duties as county attorney, ho would be unable to do jusiice to the job as part-time secretary. In recommending the employ ment of a full-time secretary. Peck said "If the Chamber of Commerce is going to go far. it needs some one to ride herd on it." A full-time secretary could make the Chamber an active or ganization, according to Peck. Peck's resignation gained fa vor with the members attending the meeting, climaxing with a motion made by E. J. Richey that the president appoint a spe cial committee to make up a budget to cover all expenses of the Chamber for a year, to study the amount needed and meth ods of raising it. and to investi gate the possibilities of employ ing a permanent secretary .The motion was approved by the members present. Others climbing on the band wagon for a permanent secre tary were B. H. G. Eiting. who committed Plattsmouth Motors to a SI CO annual membership fee and free use of an automobile for a permanent secretary", Bruce Gold, who in favoring the recommendation, said he was willing to do his share: Henry Schneider, who stated that the city can "stand still or go ahead with the united effort of every body." Other elements connected with employme nt of a permanent sec retary" were also discussed by the group. Of prime importance was the matter of finance. Chamber Secretary Peck told the group that "the Chamber's income says it can't do much. ' In reviewing the treasurer's re port Peck pointed out that the Chamber's income is less than $1,500 a year. In comparison to budgets of other cities about equal size, he explained that Plattsmouth could establish a budget up to $10,000 annually. It would eliminate much of the door-to-door soliciting for every thing, according to Peck. And further support of the movement came from retiring president C. C. Girardot. In his report to the Chamber. Girardot said. "It is my recommendation that Chamber of Commerce of Plattsmouth be brought to its lull stature by first: adequate financial support and secondly the employment of a full time secretary who is qualified to assist committees in promotion of their programs." He also suggested that com mitteemen take a more act we in terest in the activities of their committee by laying the nroper ground work and following through. The meeting, held at Hotel Plattsmouth. was opened by tht retiring president. Reports from the treasurer and auditing com mittee were approved by the group. Fire Sun. Damages Carmichael Home Fire Sunday afternoon caused cnsiderable damage to the W. A. Carmichael house on North 8th street. Plattsmouth firemen were called to the residence in the afternoon when fire of unknown origin, starting on the roof, burned a hole in the roof and caused considerable smoke and fire damage to other parts of the building. Some water dam age was also reported. Firemen quickly extinguished the blaze. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Grove went to Lincoln Sunday to visit Mrs. Grove's mother. Mrs. Alex Sil ken, who is in a Lincoln hospital for treatment. Mrs. Grove re mained at Lincoln to be with her mother.