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I TTO-OE PlLAWSiMam JjADlDTOM. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER c..Al-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 70 PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1951 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 16 SIX PAGES D Off D Twenty-five Cass county families have "Lent a Hand" to victims of the dreaded disease, polio, through the Plattsmouth March of Dimes' corn contributing cam paign. Those reporting corn contributions to Plattsmouth chairman. Henry Donat, up to noon today were: John Toman, Sr., Art Toman, M. M. Toman, Frank Svoboda, John Elliott. Frank Pieii, Free! Xoltinjr, Sterling Ingwerson, John Halmes, George Inman. Art Spreick, Otto Petereit and Fritz Siemoneit. Emil Schmidt, Leonard Stoehr, John Parkening, Ed Wehrbein, Victor Stoehr, Marvin Petereit. Leonard A. Horn. Donald Born, John Cechal, T. H. Pollock, Hugh Stander and Ed Guernsey. Donat said others may have ! contributed but tailed to leave Feldhousen Drug To Observe 4th Anniversary Here A big four day special sale will mark the 4th anniversary of Feldhousen Drugs in Platts mouth. The big sale will be held Wednesday, Thursday. Fri day and Saturday of this week. Cass County Watershed Field Trip Is Planned The overall effect of the ac tivities and accomplishments of an active watershed soil conser vation and Hood abatement pro gram will be inspected by the board of directors of the Cass- Weeping Water Creek Water sheds Association January 31. Special guests of the group will also take part in the excursion. The field trip will be made along the Nemaha Watershed in Otoe county where the pro gram has already been in el fect and where results of the conservation program have al- readv been proved. Plans for the field trip were outlined at a meeting of the board of directors meeting at Fred Feldhousen And it also marks the 32nd year for Fred Feldhousen. owner and manager of the store, as a registered pharmacist. He re ceived his degree from Creigh ton University in 1919. In the four years that he had operated the store here, he has lound that selling quality na tionally advertised products is his best call for business. Besides the regular quality drug products sold, the store also boasts a complete line of foun tain service. Five people . are employed at the store. Before coming to Plattsmouth, Mr. Feldhousen had been a pharmacist at Lincoln. Chadron and ether Nebraska towns. I their names with him. He es i timated corn contributions at ! 600 bushels. i Special praise for their aet I ivities in promoting the drive i goes to Ed Dieter and Sterling Sand, who have donated a ! truck and their time in picking ! uo and delivering the corn to the bins in Plattsmouth. Saturday. January 27. a food and bake sale sponsored by the Merry Workers Club will be held at Swatek's Hardware. The pro ceeds of the sale will go to the March of Dimes fund. The sale will start at 11 a.m. Strong winds and a heavy snow fall forced postponement of Tae day. which had been planned last Saturday. As a re sult, the committee has voted to plan a March of Dimes Tas. Day for this coming Saturday. Jan uary 27th. County Chairman Mrs. Orville Nielsen has asked that the Boy Scouts, who are planning to take part in the Tas Dav act ivities, make arrangements to help out this Saturdav. Mrs. Nielsen disclosed Mon day afternoon that the card party has been s' for 2 o'clock. Friday afternoon at the 40 & 8 club rooms. Tables will sell for $2 with participants requested to form their own foursome. Players are also reminded 10 bring their own cards. Door prizes and lunch will be pro vided. (Continued on page 5) A typical scene of the portable X-ray unit of the State Health Department in action, shows one lady at left receiving instructions while technicians prepare to iv-ray ner raw. iw w h Water Thursday night. X-ray machine will be in Plattsmouth for several days next week Thineen of lne 15 directors at- under the sponsorship of tne a k iu. assisted uv uie kw" tended the meeting. Auxiliary. It will be in all county towns awing me next months. two Assessors Name Puis Secretary And Treasurer W. H. Puis. Cass county asses sor for over 25 years, has been re-elected secretary-treasurer of the Nebraska County Assessors Association which met at Lin coln last week. Other officers elected were Red Arnholt. Thedford. presi dent: Thomas Settle. Wahoo. vice president. Arnholt succeeds George Novotny of Schuyler. The county assessors also ad opted a resolution calling for assessment of oil and gas on a cross production basis with ot her personal propertv. They also approved equaliza tion of salaries for county as sessors in counties of compar able size; social security rights for state, county and city em ployees: extension of the term . of state tax commissioner from 2 to 6 years: assessment of power lines $125 a mile: and a revised livestock assessment schedule. Street Grader Snaps Gas Pipe A three-quarter inch eas pine line was snapped Sunday aft ernoon as a street department grader cleaning the streets broke off the pipe at Avenue F and 8th street. Walter T. Gleason. manager of the gas company office here. !said that the leak was repaired immediately, thereby preventing any chance for the gas catching fire. He explained that the pipe led from a reservoir used when man ufactured gas was in vogue, and that it was sealed off below the surface to prevent being broken again. The reservoir is not used with natural gas. Gleason said the escaping gas carried about 10 pounds of pres sure when the pipe was broken. Mrs. Dunscombe, 75, Dies After Long Illness Mrs. Elizabeth Dunscombe, 75. died at her apartment at Platts mouth Hotel Sunday. January 21 1951. after an illness of sev eral months. She was corn June 14. 1875. Mrs Dunscombe had been liv ing with her daughter. Mrs. Erna Lapidus. owner of the ho tel, since 1933. Previously she had lived at Omaha. Surviving besides her daughter are two sisters. Mrs. Frances McLauchlin of Omaha, and Mrs. Pearl Harmon of Oakland. Cal ifornia; and one brother, George Rnhipr of Omaha. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a. m. Wednesday from St. John's church with Father John Kelley officiating. The Rosary will be given at 8 o'clock Tuesday night from Caldwell Funeral Home. Burial will be at Oak Hill cem etery near Plattsmouth. Caldwell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. AWs Oldest Resident Dies Thursday Night Carmacks Return From Indiana Mr. and Mrs. John E. Car- mack have just returned from an extended visit with their son. Carl J. Carmack and family at Griffith. Indiana. They enjoyed the holiday season in the son's new home and assisted with the pleasures of their granddaugh ter's fourth birthday party on January 13th. During their stay thpv also were entertained at several parties in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. John Weiland of Newell. S. D.. were Monday and Tuesdav visitors at the ciar ence Akeson home. Mrs. Chas. Hall of Pelican Rapids. Minn and Mrs. Wm. Coffelt were Tuesday afternoon visitors. Funeral services for Joseph Ennis Parsell. 91. retired farm er, were held at the Methodist church at Alvo Saturday. Mr Parsell died Thursday evening. Born at Elwood. Illinois, he came to Nebraska in 1886 with his parents who settled at Greenwood. He had lived in Al vo for many years and was known as its oldest citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Parsell observed their 60th anniversary in 1950. He was a member of the Alvo Meth odist church. Surviving besides his wife are one son. William Rav Parsell of Elmwood: a daughter. Mrs. Earl Dreamer of Elmwood: one sis ter Mrs. Blanche Linch of Lin coln: one brother. H. E. Parsell of Alvo: three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. One daughter and two sons preceded him in death. Burial was in the Alvo cemetery. National Youth Week Jan. 28th to Feb. 4th National Youth Week will be observed this year from Janu ary 28 to February 4. under the sponsorship of the United Chris tian Youth Movement, a fea ture of the National Council of Churches. "Christ Calls Serve m Faith is the theme of the observance. It is estimated that five million youth will participate in the observance. J. Nachtneble, 83, Plattsmouth Resident, Dies Joseph Nachtneble, native of Czechoslovakia and a resident of Plattsmouth for almost 20 years, died at his home here Saturday, lie was 83 years old. Born March 19. 1867, he died January 20, ltol alter a long illness. Surviving are his wife, Kath erine; three daughters. Mrs. Alice Donat of Omaha. Mrs. Pearl Ziccardi and Mrs. Kath- erine Ream, also of Omaha; one son. Joseph of Omaha, and a brother, George, in California. Funeral services will be held at Sattler Funeral Home Tues dav. January 23, 1951. at two o'clock, with Rev. Harold V. Mitchell officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill cem- PterV- 1 TT Sattler Funeral Home is m charge of arrangements. Court Inlouse Uriefls . Marriage license was issued in county court anuary 18. 1951 to Arvil Patrick Camnbell. 18. of Plattsmouth. and Beverly Jean Runte, 18. of Council Bluffs, Iowa. They were married at the Methodist church by Rev. Harold V. Mitchell. Witnesses were Mrs. Thelma Runte of Coun Complaint was filed in county court Thursday. January 18. by County Attorney Richard Peck against Vernon Eckert for over weight on axle. Divorce proceedings were filed in District Court Saturday, J an uarv 20. 1951. by Edna Marie Chest X-rays To Be Given Free In Cass County The Cass County Chest X-ray survey, its goal the free chest X-raying of every adult in the rmmtv. will begin in fiaus- mouth Monday, January Mrs. Tom Walling is chairman and Mrs. Dorothy Janecek co chairman of the Plattsmouth committee. Endorsed by Cass county Dhvsicians as an excellent health program, the county survey will utilize the X-ray unit owned and operated by the State Depart ment of Health m giving free X-ravs to all who wish them The X-raying schedule for the countv is: Plattsmouth. January 29-31 and February 1-3 and 5 and 6: Murray. February 8: Union February 10 and 13: Nehawkr. February 15 and 16: Avoca. Febr. 19; Elmwood. Febr. 21 and 23; Eagle. February 26 and 27: Alvo. March 1 and 2; Green wood, March 5 and 6; Murdock, March 8 and 9; Louisville, March 12-14 and Weeping Wa ter. March 16. 17. 19 and 20. It is not merely a tuberculosis survey but a survey where any abnormal condition in the chest is noted, including tuberculosis. cancer, heart disease and other conditions. If the X-ray dis closes anything the individual is referred to his personal phys ician for observation. Any adult, including children of high school age, may re ceive the X-ray service abso lutely free. If there is any sus picion of an abnormal chest condition, however, children of grade school age are welcome but the X-ray machine cannot be adjusted to take satisfactory films of younger cnnaren. The Cass county committee. which is handling details of the campaign, is headed by Pev. J. C. Pryor of Weeping Water. Others on the county committee are Mrs. J. J. Cullen. Avoca; Miss Ardythe Hall. Miss Lucille Meisinger and Lloyd A. Behrends of Plattsmouth, Mrs. W. A. Ost and Mrs. F. O. Sand, Nehawka; Mrs. A. B. Stromer, Alvo: Clar ence Schmadeke, Weeping Wa ter, and Charles Swan, Union. Others on the Plattsmouth committee are Mrs. Emma Cap pell, Mrs. Elsie McClintock and Mrs. Helen Vroman. Other committee chairman for towns throughout the county are Mrs. Lawrence Smith. Mur ray; W. C. Watkins, Union: Mrs. Arthur Wolph, Nehawka; Elmer Hennings. Avoca; Mrs. Harry Lannin. Elmwood: Mrs. Wesley Cook, Alvo; Mrs. Walter Woitzel, Greenwood; Mrs. Alvin Oehler- king. Murdock; Rev. W. M. Hai- stead, Louisville, and Robert Baker, Jr.. Weeping water, a chairman for Eagle is yet to be announced. Dr. E. A. Rogers, acting di rector of the Tuberculosis Con trol Division, State Department of Health, recently revealed tnai more than 400,000 free chest X- rays have been taken in Ne braska by the X-ray unit. Of these, 97 out of each 100 have hppn found to be perfectly healthy. Christmas Seal funds are used to mail letters to these people, telling them the good nevs. The directors also considered preliminary plans for develop ing the program in the water sheds in Cass county, lhey hope to get a better idea of the work ing plans of a watershed associ ation by seeing the results oi one already showing returns. The directors also approved the appointment of Paul tau- quet as secretary-treasurer of the association and reviewed progress of the membership drive. Membership in the association is available to all farmers and city residents interested m con trolling floods tnrougn memoes approved by the association. while at the same time conserv ing the soil. Membership fees are S2 annually. Permanent memberships also are available. All members are allowed one vote in the organization. Clnn)lArSQS i T S fiydf Meeds CI S; of A committee of three to investigate the possibilities employing a permanent secretary, hiking membership II. of lees, and recommending action, as named by Walter Smith, new president of the Plattsmouth Chamber Commerce Thursday niht. Named to the committee were Henry Schneider. C. C. Girardot, and 11. K. Furse. The committee was selected at a meeting of the executive committee earlier and was announced to the .Membership Thursday. The committee has been asked to report by February 1, when the executive committee meets. Their recommendations will then be presented to the Chamber. de- East Nebraska Cage Tournament Starts V ednesday The East Nebrrs'rA Sewn Conference basketball tourna ment starts Wednesday Ir ving Junior High gymna. :.i:a at Lincoln. And with a chance to s vr n-;c earlv .season loss 10 Co esti-been Eagles Remodel First Floor Of Lodge Building A remodeling program, mated to cost S6.500 has started on the first floor of the building at 6th street and 1st avenue, owned by the Eagles. First steps in the remodeling were started last week. Com pletion is not expected before the first of March, and thac will depend u great deal on the inflow of materials. Undergoing a complete fac? liftine will be the three main downstairs rooms of the build ing. Plans are to decorate on a modernized basis, including a ntw glass front surroundins the door, new and modern liehtinn system, new doors and panels, with emphasis on color har mony. The large hish windows will be enclosed at the top by knotty pine, new archways are , being built, and new color sch emes will be carried out throughout the rooms. Plans call for extensive re modeling in the ladies lounce and men's room. The main room will also be completely modernized. The walls will be covered with plastic in new harmonizine shades. Only building repairs and re modeling are planned for the present, althoush changes in furnishings may b altered some. The unstairs lodge rooms werp remodeled last spring The Plattsmouth Eagles was started in 1903. and now car ries morp than 500 names on its roll. The Fraternal Order of Eagles will observp the 53rd an niversary of its founding Feb ruary 4th. Cpl. Francis K. Smith Cpl. Francis Smith Killed In Korea ,riuin ci.i.ir. cany .season joss iv ecu mi. aim wis. ""'win onnm ; ... rni, Tprlf K-VTi's their son. Cpl. Francis K. Smith, conKnnce laiuels. has been killed in action in Ko-. The Blue Devils will play the rwniis nf v-n dpnth nip! Capitol City five m the night- still not available. Cpl. Smith. 20. was killed in Korea December 3 1950. He was with the 7th Infantry di vision of the 8th Army. He had been in the service for three years, and had spent two years over seas. The Department of Defense Saturday announced the follow ing casualties m the Korean area: Killed in Action Army: Corporal Francis K. Smith, son of Mrs. Lillie R. Smith. Murray.. Nebraska. The death was previously reported by the Journal. cil Bluffs and Mrs. Oeda Carr Foster against John LeKoy os of Plattsmouth. ter, charging extreme cruelty Journal Want Ads Pay! Complaint was filed in coun ty court Thursday, January 18, against Tyler Dean Stoddard bv County Attorney Richard Peck on charges of overweight on axle. Notice of Pdministration of the estate of Edward J. Mougey was filed in county court Thurs day, January 18, 1951, by Begley and Peck, attorneys. It asks appointment of Lewis B. Mougey administrator. Hearing has been set for February 13, 1951. Mike Yost of Nebraska City was fined $10 and costs in coun ty court Friday after pleading guilty to charges of overweight on axle. and seeking custody oi one minor child. They were married at Falls City. December 25. 192b Thev have three adult children. Marriaee license was issued io Charles Howard Rule. 18. of Omaha, and Beverly Mae Fraz ier, 18. also of Omaha, Satur day. January 20, 1951, and the wedding ceremony was read by Judge Raymond J. Case. Wit nesses were Charles H. Rule of Omaha and Ralph M. Frazier of Glenwood. License for marriage was is sued to Harold Leroy Radtke, 18. of Murray, and Miss Joyce Jean Smith 18. also of Murray. Saturday. January 20, 1951 Women Recruiters At Nebraska City MSgt. Vogt, local U. S. Army and U. S. Air Force recruiting sergpant for this area, states that a WACWAF recruiter will be at his office at Nebraska City January 22. 23 and 24 to inter view any applicants interested in enlisting or receiving infor mation on the different jobs and branches of the Women's armpd forces. Second Lt. Elsie J. Metcalf and CdI. Ann Camp from Omaha will be at his office for the in terview. Henry Armbrust, Louisville, Dies LOUISVILLE (Special' Henry Armbrust. SO years old. a resident of Louisville tor more than 20 years, was found dead at his home Monday morning by his son. William. He had not been very well and had also had a cold. Mr. Armbrust was born in Germany and came to Omaha in thp onrlv vpnrs Later he moved tr atiMS whorp his Wile niCCI. UCKK. dtt-uiuuis UMnoMi corvipps ivprp hold I received from Wednesday afternoon m Louis ville and the body taKen io Bloomfield. Nebr.. for burial by the side of his wife and son. He is survived by four daughters and four sons. cap of the opening round games Wednesday. The game is sched uled to start at 8:30. College Yivw tripped the Plattsmouth crew 41-39 in early December. Other opening night games will see Valley and Ashland tangle in the curtain-raiser at 5:30. with Bellevue and Wahoo .slated to take the floor at seven o'clock. Blair, the other con ference team, driy.v a bye. If Plattsmouth yhould get past College View Wednesday night, it will meet the winner of the Wahoo-Bellevue fray in the semi-finals Thursday night. Blair will take on the winner of the Valley-Ashland fray in the curtain raiser Thursday night. The finals are slated for Friday night. The tournament had origi nally been scheduled to be played on Wahoo's new court but was transferred to Lincoln when school officials from Wa- While the committee is termining what steps io take. President Smith told the 11 members present that the an nual membership drive would bo delayed until after the commit tee has made its report. In the meantime. Richard P--ck has agreed to act as mporary sec retary through February. Henry Schneider, only mem ber of the appointive committee present, was given some idea of the difficult task lacnm the group when Chamber members voiced their opinions on tht; move. Searl Davis, in recommending that the committee come up with a ncgu'ive report, explained t ha: a previous attempt at having a poiiiuiiient secretary lure had resulted in a '"eonv.jleie bust." He s.i id a lull-time secretary : had been employed during the '20s and that' h was "viry cx i pensive" in addition to creating ill will i H? pointed cut that with a have lull-time : ber would lice facilities and would h: does pot know .ly. the Cham lo provide of inc! equipment, someone who lie town and its people agitating ti e croup, lie also recommended caution in view of the war situation. Instead he proposed that a program, with definite objectives be set up. with lcal business men doing their own promoting. Davis' views were supported by George Farley, who. too. re called the flop resulting with the hiring of a permanent sec retary years ago. It didn't pro duce the results expected then, and he doubted its success now. But discussion was not limited hnn lp.iir.pd that the court there! to tne negative Mvpunu. would not be ready in time. j Bruce Gold, new vice-presi dent of the Chamber, and a strong advocate of a permanent (Continued on Page Six) SELLS SHORTHORN'S Victor E. Plunkett of Wabash recently sold 20 head of Short horns to Vernon Schewe of Mur- to information the American Shorthorn Breeders' Association. The 20 head of livestock in cluded three bulls, four bull calves, and 13 females. Subscribe to The Journal Plattsmouth State Bank Annual Meeting Is Held Install Officers Of Mt. Zion r Commandery '"' Installation of officers of Mt Zion Commandery No. 5. was held Monday. January 16. 1951 at the Masonic Hall. Officers installed were Howard Wiles, commander: Donald Born, generalissimo: Lester Meisinger, captain-eeneral: Lester Schrad- er. senior warden: naymona Lancaster, iunior warden: Ray mond Cook, prelate: Frank Cloidt. treasurer: Raymond Ev prs. recorder: Clair Shellen barcer. standard, bearer: New ton Sullivan, sword bearer: Rich ard Brendl. warder, and R. A. Noell. sentinel. Installing offers were Wil liam Fvers. Right Eminent Grand Commander of the State of Nbrjisk and past command er of Mt. Zion Commandery No R. Eminent Sir Knight Edward H. WehrbPin. marshall. and Fminent Sir Knight Luke L. Wiis. prelate After installation services, re freshments were served. Mrs. Waynfc Meisinger enter ed Methodist hospital at Omaha for treatment Friday. SELLS BROWN SWISS John Emshoff. a Brown Swiss breeder of Avoca. has recently cniH thp hull Prairie Laddies Faloh to Hiroshi Tahivama of Ault Colorado, according to a rpnnrt from the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders' Association. Two advancements of officials of the Plattsmouth State Bank were announced following its an- j nual meeting of the board of j directors Wednesday. ', Bank President Carl J. ; Schneider announced that! Frank Cloidt has been promoted I from cashier to vice president, ; and that Orville Nielsen was ; moved up from assistant cashier i to cashier. ! Other officers are the same, i s They are Henry A. Schneider, i , chairman of the" board of direc- ! . tors, and E. W. Burdic, also a vice president. j . The bank's president also dis closed that the concern has gradually increased its capital structure. Its total capital ac count at the close of 19o0 was $329,836.21. Deposits in the bank total almost three ana one-nan million dollars. Being named a vice president of the banking institution cli maxes 30 years of service witn the Plattsmouth State Bank tor Mr. Cloidt. Starting out as a teller in 1921. he had been assistant cashier and cashier prior to being named a vice president at the directors j annual meeting, a nauve m piattsmonth. he had spent 11 years with the post office here j before becoming associated with j the bank. But his service to the commu nity, during those same 30 years, has been far more reaching than the limitations of the banking field. He has been active m civ- j ic and fraternal organizations ; and a strong promoter oi nis home town. Stepping into Cloidt's shoes as cashier will be Orville Nielsen. assistant cashier for the past, five years. i (continued on page six) Frank Cloidt i f ! iff 4isr r Mrs. Berger, 90, Resident Of Nehawka, Dies Mrs. Mollie Berger, 90. passed away Friday evening. January 19. 1951. at the home of a daugh ter. Mrs. Fred Smith, at Ash land Nebr.. following a stroke. Survivors besides Mrs. Smith are Nelson B reer. son. of Nehawka, Nebr.: Mrs. J. W. Tescher, French Camp. Calif.: Mrs. Georse Tiedjc of Nanteck. Calif., daughters. A son. Ray Berger, is deceased. Mrs. Berger lived at Nehawka most of her lifetime. Brief services will be held Wednesday. January 24th at 1 p. m. from the Marcy Mortuary at Ashland, then at 3 o'clock from the Methodist church at Nehawka. with burial in Mt. Pleasant cemeterv. Nehawka, Nebr. Orville V. Nielsen Churches Plan World Day Of Prayer Service Repiesentativcs oi seven Pro tectant churches cf Uattsmotith and vicinity met at the home of Mrs. T. I. Fnest on triciay January 19 to plan for the ob servance of the World Dav of Praver, which will be the first Friday in Lent, on February . 1951. The churches represented were Saint Luke's Episcopal. Saint Paul's Evangelical and Reformed, Methodist. Weslevan Methodist and Presbyterian of Plattsmouth. Evangelical Uni ted Brethren of Mvnard and Christian Church of Murrav. The adult service will be held at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Youth and children's services will be at the Methodist Church at 4 p.m. This annual event is sponsor ed by women's devotional croups throughout the world, and in this country, bv the United Council of Church Women, an creanisation representing 10- 1 000.000 women. . .