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U - . " . . - fc - V t v , . W f TV t PUBLISHED I oi ,tf Historical .ATTSMdBOJTM J) ID TOM. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER "state Cap Bias- Ion - nurriay Largest Paid Circulation of AH Cass County Newspapers PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1951 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 14 VOLUME 70 SIX PAGES T MM 1 March Of Dimes Campaign Opens In Plattsmouth The March cf Dimes campaign in Plattsmouth opened today with plans for continuous fund raisins, stunts to be carried out throushnu: the l- day period. Actually local committees started the ball rolling late last week when a large crib, for storine corn, was erected on the sidewalk on Main street between 4:h and 5th streets. The crib w.U be used to hold corn con tributed to the March oi Dmres ermpaien. At the close of the drive, th corn will be raffled to the rushes! bidder, with pro ceeds eoing into the fund for lighting infantile paralysis. But todav. actual solicitation fL.r the fund will begin. Door to door soliciting in " both the business and residential districts tire olanned. with other special fund raising stunts Dlanned. Members "of the Plattsmouth Junior Woman's club are selling tickets for a March of Dimes Ball which will be held at the Eagles Hail. January 30. Tickets are SI 20 a couple or 60c ior sine!1- admission. With funds provided by the March of Dimes, the nations top scientists are hard at work in hosp.tais and university labora tories exploring every reasonable approach that may lead to con trol cf polio epidemics. r In ito thirteen vears of ex- AF Enlistments Cut To Ten Men Daily M Set. II. M. Vogt. recruiting sergeant at the army and air iorce recruiting station at Ne braska City, has received noti fication from Headquarters Ne cruska Military District, that air force enlistments for the state are limited to ten men daily. The number does not in clude men with two years oi couege or men with prior serv ice. He also stated that army en listments are still open and there are no restrictions. Men in the ciratt age group may, vol unteer for 22 months, others un required to enlist ior tl vears. amnios e Nat ior ,al Foundation i.stenct tr lr.lar.tne farar. r.us 'iorized the expenditure cf nearly twelve million dollars for mii- w-hiie over Siuu been spent for p. epidemic aid. on the local scale are with many county liavine borrowed from tional Foundation. To vcuth in Cass county r -searcn 'icn has eare anc Funds depleted chapters the Na' nrotec contribute to the March o. Dimes. When you see tne pic ture of the March of Dimes post t: vie tin Dime Loc tunes riding p tor tv. The National heed reque. the . to young "Lend poiio Me a 1 chapters retain half tne collected ior use for pro- ection ana treatment cases m the coun- other half goes to the Foundation for re- ?-arcn ana epidemics, r amines ,.f victims need only to apply to their local chapter to receive financial aid to meet bills of hospitals, doctors and nurses. Iltr.rv Nching started the corn campian Friday afternoon when he unloaded 25 bushels in Henry B. Vest, Former Murray Resident, Dies Henry Banister Vest, former resident of Cass County, died at the Cook Nursing Home at Ne braska City Tuesday evening ui a stroke and heart trouble. He had been ill for four years. Born Arjril 30, 1886. in Polk. Mo., he was 64 years old. Ik was married to Effie Swaim at Bolivar, Mo., in 1906. She died several years ago. Thev moved to Murray in 1913 and after her death in 1932. he moved to Nebraska City where he worked for the state hign wav department for 15 years. He" was a member of the Chris tian church. Surviving are three sons. Wil liam and "Carl oi Murray, and Everett of Nebraska City: three daughters. Mrs. Blanche Richter of Murrav. Mrs. Marie Coster of Weenmu "Water, and Mrs. Her zel Coster cf Nefyawka; one sis ter. Sarah, ay.d a brother. George, at Boliver: a brother Bud. "of Stilhveii. Kansas, and a sister. Mrs. Lizzie Ashlock. oi Plattsmouth. Funeral services were held Fridav at the Christian church at Murray with Rev. Vai John son officiating. Burial was in the East Union cemetery nortneast oi union. fe!-SS'ti;-.AnS Weeping Wafteir Wntt&Ytt&&AS3t&ri : - ' t'JLV. itnuSSA 1 A -farm by farm- I r whA. AtxwN- ?JAJ t- ! Him Ft m : l m m r i i oil conservation and noou con trol nroL'ram was iriven unanimous aMroval of 2 Cass and Otoe county farmers and business men at Weeping Water Thursday nijrht. In ajtproving: the plan, the group approved a con stitution for creation of a permanent organization to be known as the ("ass Weeping Water Creek Watersheds Association, and named a 15-man board of directors to administer the activities of the ytroup. Named on the board of directors were three men from each of four areas in the district, and three men at laige. Terms of office for the directors were staggered. Directors elected from the area at large were George btites. Directors of the Cass-WecDing Water Creek Watersheds Associ ation, who were elected at an organizational meeting a t Weepms Water Thursday niaht are. left to riaht Nehawka: Nolan wood: Joe Bender. Water: Georse Stites Lvie Choate. Hottie. Elm- Weepir.2 Union: ouet. Plattsmouth: Elmer Sto ehr. Plattsmouth: August Kup ke. Murdock; Clarence Eneel kemeier. Murray: Georse Stine. Weep- e crib. Nolting 25 bushels in near Piattsmcut the pile has ccr auled the from his farm h. Since then tinued to grow. ioiting was given plenty of mor- s passers-oy tosseu if cheer while he oi support hi a word labored. Henry Donat. iocal chairman. Las requested that everyone de positing corn in the March of Dimes corn crib notify him so that a list of contributors can be kept. H asks all donors to report no matter how small or fiow large amount of corn is j.laced in the crib. New Plymouth Is On Display At Bryant Motors New bodv lines and interior luxury are 'features of the new Plymouth which went on display in" the R. V. Bryant Motors Co. rhowroom here Saturday. More safety features and broader ranges of vision aie other new qualities of the car. Body styling includes a new desmn grille, redesigned front fenders and hood, a wider wind shield and a larger rear window. Greater vision is one cf the new features of the Plymouth. m Mechanical improvements in clude electronically operated windshield wioers, a pressure- vent radiator cap. built-in by pass cooling system and increas ed generator output. A new hand brake operates independ ently of the foot brake. Harmonious color schemes of upholstery and trim provide a pleasing combination of shades with the car's exterior color. A new instrument panel, featurins more convenient grouping of controls, has been added and wide deep chair-height seats are other features. The new Plymouth, which comes in nine bodv-styles, can be sen at Bryant Motors. Two Injured In Accident Thurs. Near Louisville Two persons suffered minor injuries in a two car accident at an intersectoin on Church road, two miles south and two miles east of Murdock Thurs day. Injured were Mrs. Claude Heim of Louisville who received cuts and bruises about both legs, and Paul Kupke, ai.-:o of Louis ville, who sustained cuts about the head and legs. The accident occurred about four o'clock Thursday afternoon as the two cars- driven by Claude Heim. 43. and Paul Kupke, 47. collided at the intersection. Kupke was going north and Heim was driving west when the accident occurred. The Kupke car received heavy amage to the right side while the front o: the Heim car was otallv damased. according to he accident report. The in lured parties were reated bv Dr. Wortham but were not nospitanzea. Draftees Leave County This Week Ten Cass county youths left here todav for Ft. Crook where they will take pre-induction physicals under regulation of tne ckctne service board. Twelve other voting men from the county will leave here ; to secure their reservations Horticulturalists To Meet At Nebr. City NEBRASKA CITY The Ne braska State Horticultural So ciety will hold its annual meet inc at Nebraska City Thursday January 25. Principal speakers will include Pnf Roland Campbell and Dr William F. Pickett, both of Kan sas State College, and Dr. V. Miller of the University of Ne braska horticultural depart ment. Five horticulturists will par tininflte in a panel discussion Meeting time is 10 a. m. classified Ad in The Jour costs as little as 35c. ! Ed Stander. Wabash: Paul Fau- : Union: and Art olpru ji- 4r"s V lli 1 ra 4'- "si f&3?& -1 ing Water. At the far riaht is Stanley Matzky. principal speaker at the Thursday nisht meeting. Journal Photo While their men folk were se-j Shown at the meeting are Mrs. lectins directors from the four! W. D. Lenker. Weepinc Water: district of the Cass-Weepins ; Mrs. Albert Anderson. Nehawka: Water Creek Watershed Associ- Mrs. Ed Eoecleker. Weepinu Wa ation, these Cass county ladies ter: Mi:. E. Daniel Anderson, cot tocether for a brief discus-j Nehawka: Mrs. Emma Nutzman. sion of activities in the home. Nc-hawka: Mrs. Herman Sch- weppe. Wabash: and Mrs. Ben Olive. Weeping Water. Hidden behind Mrs. Nutzman are Mrs. Arthur Wolph of Nehawka and Mrs. Henry Bornemeier of Elm wood. Journal Photo Free Show To Be I Irvi" B"ys riausmoum i avern Given Wednesday By Ford Dealer Plattsniou'h Motors, author ized agent for Ford tractors and Dearborn farm equipment will salute American agriculture Wednesday with the free show ing of the motion picture. '"Waves of Green" in techni-1 color. j A second feature of the i Wednesday afternoon entertain ment to be sponsored by the farm store will show Danny O -Day in magical foolery. To obtain the free admission tickets, the store urges everyone Willie Irvin. formerly of Ne braska City, is the new owner i i and operator of Clyde s Tavern ! at 516 Main. Mr. Irvin took over I the business Saturday. Janu- j ary 6. j Mr. Irvin. his wife, Cora, and i their two daughters. Sharon 7, I and Patty 3. have moved to , Plattsmouth and will make their home here. The establishment will dc known as "Willie's Tavern." Thursday for induction in the service. The twelve represent he January quota for Cass county. February quotas for the.coun- y have already Deen announced. Mrs. Philip Thierolf, Platts mouth resident, is reported to be in critical condition at the home of her daughter m Cali fornia. Mrs. Thierolf, who maintains her residence here spends the winters in California. early. Tickets are limited. Tick ets may be obtained by writing, phoning or calling at Platts mouth Motors Farm Store. The entertainment is sched uled to start at 1:30 p. m. at Cass Theatre. TO HOLD HORSE SALE A horse sale will be held at the Plattsmouth Sale Barn to night, Monday. January 15. The sale is scheduled to start at 7:30. Freeburg Attends Conference For Gamble Dealers Court IHIouse Brieh Judge Raymond J. Case Thurs- ' day sentenced Albert Kiser to ten days m the county jail for violation of parole. Troy Hoggatt. charged with robbery of an Omaha taxi, is being held in county jail on Sl. 000 bond. Hearing has been set for February 1, 1951. License for marriage was is sued Thursday, January 11, 1951. to Carleton Fenn Lillie. Jr., 27, of Stone Mountain. Georgia, and Charlotte Ruth Lundberg. 27, of Nehawka. They were mar ried Sunday at Nehawka. Final report and petition for examination filed in the estate of William Conrad Grebe. Janu ary 12. Hearing set for February 2, 1951, at 10 a. m. Marriage license was issued in county court Saturday, January 13, 1951, to Willard Peterson, 35, and Hazel Miller, 26, both of Omaha. Ceremony was per formed Saturday by Judge Ray raona j. use wun tram opang-, -toH hv thp firm's buyers 3 Mrs. Betty Spangler, both, rt rnprrhrmriisers. denartm Herb Freeburg. owner of the local Gamble store, left Monday for Omaha to attend the 1951 merchandising conference spon sored by Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., at the Fontenelle and Rome ho tels on Monday and Tuesday. Over 600 Gamble store managers. dealers and store personnel will" attend from this part of the county. The merchandise meeting is one of seven to be held by the organization. Heading the list of company officials attending the meeting. Board Chairman B. C. Gamble will address the delegates at the banquet Tues day. Sales clinics and merchandis ing: conterences win De con Plattsmouth On Stork Club TV Show Tuesday The Deputy Sheriff of Platts mouth. Nebraska, will be intro duced to the TV audience Tues day night on the Sherman Bil limrslev Stork Club Show, ac- cording to word received by the Journal Saturday. I Official confirmation of j Plattsmouth's part in the show was received from station I KMTV, Omaha station that will : carry the show. The show, to be televised on channel three by KMTV will be on the air at 10:30 ! Tuesday night, January 16. ! Station officials at Omaha srreened the show and told the 1 Journal that Billincsley is in troduced as the "Deputy Shenu of Plattsmouth. Nebraska." Plattsmouth's part on the TV show, ouantitv unknown, stems from an interview in which Bil lincslev cited Plattsmouth as the place where he spent his "worst Christmas," and from an article in the Journal, which was for warded to the night club owner. Blue Devils Bow To Pawnee City 5144 Friday Pawnee City pulled away in the last 35 seconds Friday night to hand Coach Merle Stewart's Plattsmouth cagers a 51-44 de feat at heme. Eut it was an uphill climb for the invaders to keep their un defeated record intact. With Pawnee City leading io- 44. with one-half minute to go the Indians cashed three quicrt baskets and it was all over. Stewart's Blue Devils were nrinied for an upset as they struck quickly to move out in front of the favored Pawnee City live, v.itn Dig Kay ivouDec nu tine eicht points, the Blue Dev ils moved out in front 12-7 at t-e end of the first period. The Plattsmouth crew held the ad vantace tnrougn most of the second quarter until a last-sec-end desperation shot gave the Indians a 23-22 half-time mar gin. The invaders began to pull away early in the second half althbuah "never setting more than a few points ahead. Koubec with two men guarding him, was held to a single point in the third quarter, but teammates Stan Cole and Merle Dasher kept the hometown crew in the game. The Indians were in front 35-31 going into the final stanza. Dasher and Koubec moved the Blue Devils into contention for the lead to press the undefeat ed Indians 44-45 before they struck swiftly for their last six points. Kay Koubec boosted his sea son's scoring to 59 points to wrest the lead from Dasher. Koubec hit 18 counters while Dasher was getting ten. Stan Cole also came up with 10 points to boost his season's total to 43. Other Blue Devils to hit the scoring column were Kennell, 4. and Kalasek. two. Scoring honors, however, went to the Indians' Chuck Jensen with 20 points, ten in each half. Teammates Ned Eckman and Jim Bennett each hit 11 for the winners. The Blue Devils cashed in eight of 17 gift tosse.s while the Indians could hit but three ol 11. Lincoln T & T Named in $10,000 Damage Suit Here A daniaot suit, asking 0.000 damaces. was filed in -('a-.: County District Court Ea uriav aainst the Lincoln Teieuu.n. and Telegraph Company, b Glen V. Demaree and Otto Si - mers. co-partners- in Demaree and Siemers Ilea. ing ard Plumb in 2. The suit alleges that as a re sult of error of the defendant in issuing a telephone book numerous calls intended for the -laintilf were received by Pan konin Heating and Plumbing, and resulted in damage to their business and. business reputa tion. The plaintiffs charge that on the first day of April. 1C50. the Lincoln Telephone and Tele graph company issued a direc tory, which listed the plaintiff's name in the classified section as follows. ""Demaree c Siemers Heating & Plumbing Co. Pankonin Heating and Plumb ing" 620 1st Ave 257" The petition charges that the defendant failed to list the plaintiff's street address or proper telephone number and instead listed the telephone number of Pankonin Heating c Plumbing. The Plaintiffs stated in the suit that their rightful number is 5198. Attorneys for the plain tiffs are Casey and Chovanee. Tax Experts Here Wed. and Thurs. Deputy collectors of internal revenue will be in Plattsmouth again this week to assist tax payers in filing income tax re turns. The revenue experts will be at the court house in Plattsmouth Wednesday and Thursday. Jan uary 17 and 18. They are sched uled to return to the county again later in the month for stops at Nehawka and Louisville. January 29 and 30. Union three year term: Arthur Wolph. Nehawka. two year term, and Elwuod Pankonin, Louisville, one year term. Other directors were selected from the four districts, which will be known as the Northwest, Southwest. Southeast and North east districts. The dividing line of the districts follow, as near as could be determined, along the dividing ridges between wa tersheds. Representatives from the four di-;".ricts are: Northwest. Ed Stander. Wabash, three years; August Kupke. Murdock. two yea.s. and William Blum. Mur . dock. on- year: Northeast: Clar 1 ence Engelkemeier. Murray. three years: Elmer Stoehr. Pla"smouth two years, and Paul Fauquet. Plattsmouth. one year. Southeast: George Stine. Un ion, three years: Deane Nutz man. Nehawka, two years, and Lvle Choate. Nehawka. one year; Southwest: Joe Bender, Weeping Water, three years; No lan Hottie. Elmwood. two years, and Llovd Ranney. Weeping Wa ter, one year. Associate directors from the board of county commissioners, railroads and sponsoring insti tutions also are included in the constitution. The territory of the associa tion includes the drainage wa tershed of Weeping Water Creek, and all land in Cass coun ty not included in the Salt Creel: and Little Nemaha River Wa tersheds. The constitution, adopted at the Weeping Water meeting, al so establishes the boundaries of the four representative districts and sets up regulations for membership in the Watershed. Immediately after the elec tion of directors Thursday night, membership cards were sold to individuals attending the meet ing. A drive is now underway to bring as many farmers and business men from throughout; the area into active membership (continued on page six) ler and of Plattsmouth. witnesses. Marriage license was issued to William August Kemper. 29. and Jean Adel Repogle, 23. both of Omaha. Saturday. January 13. 1951. with Judge Raymond J. Case performing the wedding ceremony Saturday evening. Witnesses were Mrs. Wm. Jack son and Paul L. Meeker, both of Omaha. Judge Thomas E. Dunbar will convene District Court at the Cass County Court House at 9:30 Tuesday morning. January 16. Notice to creditors of the es tate of Anna Elizabeth Beck was filed in county court Fri dav. Hearing has been set for May 25. 1951. and merchandisers, department managers and officials. About 100 manufacturers will exhibit merchandise. Mrs. Freeburg accompanied her husband to Omaha for the meeting. SCiT. J. SIKORA RETIKNS TO BASE Sgt. Joe Slkora left Saturday after spending a 30 day furlough with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sikora of this city. He returned to Brooks Air Force Base. San Antonio. Texas. Joe enlisted in the Air Force September 30, 1948. A classified Ad in Tne nal costs as little as 35c. jour- Special Meeting Planned By Ikes A special meeting of members of the Plattsmouth chapter of the Nebraska Division of the Izaak Walton League of America will be held Tuesday night. The meeting has been called to formulate plans for activities of the group during 1950. All members are urged to attend and to take part in "the work of the organization during tne year. Tuberculosis Fund Drive Tops 1949 Contributions to the fight nciinst tuberculosis neared the $1,800 mark this week as a few late donations continue to ar rive. Already the drive in Cass county has exceeded that of a year ago. Mrs. F. O. Sand of Nehawka is chairman of the county group. Mrs. Mary May Troop has completed the Dale Carnegie course at Omaha. Commence ment exercises were held Satur day at the Rome hotel in Omaha" Subscribe to The Journal'. ST 5 -" fc.. .-ay 1$ William A. Wulf , Former Resident Of Eagle, Dies William A. Wulf. native of Cass county and field represent ative for the state motor vehicle riivfsion for about five years, died at Lincoln Friday night. He was 63 vears old. Born at Eagle, he had lived at Lincoln for the past 30 years. A veteran of World War I. he was a member of the American Legion. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran church. Surviving are his wife. Emma: a daughter, Mrs. Helen Moureau of Chicago, and four brothers, Rudolph, Fred. Victor and George, and a sister, Mary Wulf, all of Eagle. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran church in Lincoln with Rev. F. Worthmann officiating. Burial will be at Lincoln Memorial park. lit .- - I'll Mrs. McCaroll, Native Of Cass County, Dies Mrs. B. H. McCaroll. native of Cass county and a resident here until about eight years ago. died at Modesto. California. Sunday. January 14. 1951. after a long illness. Born in Cass county, she had lived here until they moved to California eight years ago. She was 57 years old. Surviving are five daughters. Mrs. Mary Smock of Platts mouth. Mrs. Mae Zeck. Connie McCaroll and Mrs. Harriett Mc- Intyre. all of Modesto, and Mrs. Freda Knobby of Petersburg. Nebr.; one son. Don of Modesto: her husband. Harry of Modesto: three brothers, Sam Fitchhorn of Rock Bluffs, Elmer Fitchhorn of Salem. Mo., and Jess Fitch horn of Wyoming, several grand children, nieces and nephews. Funeral services have been tentatively set for Thursday aft ernoon from il. Union Method ist church with Rev. Harold V. Mitchell officiating. Burial will be in East Union cemetery near Union. Caldwell Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. FAKE RENO-VATOR . . . John L. McDrrmott is charged in IS'ew York with selling: 200 per sons spurious Mexican divorces. He cleaned op about $50,000, po lice 7. Pvt. Hoertel Moves To Georgia Base Pvt. Stanley A. Hoertel. 23. son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haertel, Alvo, has been assigned to duties at Turner Air Force Base. Albany Georgia. Pvt. Hoertel enlisted in the Air Force Noverer 2 in Omaha and completed basic training at Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls. Texas. He is assigned to Head quarters and Headquarters Squadron. 31st Fighter Escort Wing. The wing is equipped with "Thunderjet fighter-bombers. - VrT-WiJ-' a. -