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Broad Clean oPro In Statt Historical Soc, State Capitoi Bldg, lated lo gra Tom Dewey may have provided the theme for Plattsmouth's big Clean Up week slated to open Sunday, April 29. For as far as sponsors are concerned it will be the "biggest cleaning up" the city has ever had. Patterned after the program sponsored a year ago by the Chamber of Commerce and he City, Clean Up Week is heralded as one of the greatest needs of the community. It gains strength too, since every resident of the community, man, woman or child, can do his part in making Plattsmouth, a cleaner, healthier, and safer community in which to live. Joining with the Chamber of Commerce and city this year are numerous other organizations that have endorsed "Clean Up Week." Business men too are urg ing wholesale clean up measures for the city. They, too, are listed for various clean up-paint up-fix up measures. To get the ball rolling, Mayor Clement Woster, with the backing of the city council, has proclaimed the week of April 29 through May 5, as "Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up Week In Plattsmouth." In his proclamation, Mayor Woster calls upon every CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER VOLUME 70 if I?3)slkQln)$ Clfifiipln)y C ift$oiirasdl d!aiv The Norfolk Packing Company was purchased Mon day, April 23, by the Otoe Food Products company of Nebraska City, Les Thimgan, manager of the company office here disclosed Thursday morning. Terms of the sale were not available. Thimgan revealed, however, that the office and sales department will continue to function as it has in the past. He was not certain just what the company has in mind for the fprce here. ' - Operations in the plant are V.F.W. Will Be Host To District Meeting Sunday Sunday, April 29, members of the Sixth District of Veterans of Foreign Wars and their Aux iliary are to hold their conven tion in this city. Wolever-Lepert Post No. 2543 will be host to the district meet ing at which election of officers will be held. The sixth district comprises posts at Plattsmouth, Nebraska City, Falls City, Bellevue, Papil lion, Auburn, Pawnee City, Peru and Tecumseh. The VFW convention will be held at the club rooms and Auxiliary at Eagles hall. Both meetings will open at 2 o'clock with registration at 10 a. m. at the VFW club. Jesse McCann of Falls City is commander of the VFW and Florence Whipple of Nebraska City is president of the Auxili ary. Following the business session a luncheon will be held for the VFW at the club rooms, the ladies enjoying a dinner at Eagles Hall. It is expected that Mrs. Emma Walla, state president of the Auxiliary and Mrs. Ethel Weber of Omaha, senior vice president of the organization will be here. A number of the state officers of the VFW are also expected to attend. A service officers school will be held at the VFW club rooms at 10 a. m. Evening entertainment will be at the VFW rooms. Wetenkamp To Head War Dads In Plattsmouth William S. Wetenkamp was elected temporary chairman of the Plattsmouth chapter of War Dads, at its organizational meet ing at Hotel Plattsmouth Tues day night. Other officers elected for tem porary duty were Rob't. Painter, vice president: and Frank Cloidt. treasurer. The group was organized with 17 members. District Judge Thomas E. Dunbar, principal speaker at the session, explained the pur poses of the organization and i outlined functions of War Dads. Representatives from Nebras ka City and Omaha, sponsors of the Plattsmouth chapter, also attended the meeting. Members of the Ladies Auxiliary, still to be organized, did not attend. The new president disclosed that the organization is meeting with enthusiastic approval from Plattsmouth people. Future meetings of the group will be outlined later. Sft. and Mrs. Jack Biegger of Plattsmouth spent the week end near Madison, S. D.. visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Biegger and Mrs. Josephine Carmody. They returned Sun day evening. X TIME P HAWS IMOJTT 0-0 JlttDQMrMQ. Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers EIGHTEEN PAGES irfclllk ! doubtful, clue to physical con dition of the property, the re lease stated. However, it is hop ed some limited operations can eventually be worked out for the plant facilities. Meanwhile, pending: the final desision. the plant will be clos ed this week end. The formal announcement cf the sale of the company plant here to the Nebraska City firm, confirms rumors that have been circulating in Plattsmouth for several weeks. ' Earlier, when sale of the plant was first rumored the Chamber cf Commerce consulted with company officials at Sioux City, Iowa., in an attempt to con tinue the company plant in op eration here. At the time. Chamber officials, were informed that the com pany would have to follow its own decision. Apparently that (Continued on Page 4) Local Teacher Has Designs Published Mrs. Clayt Rosencrans Plattsmouth is represented of in the May issue of "The Instruc tor." nationally circulated mag azine for elementary teachers. Mrs. Rosencrans contributes designs utilizing metal cans that have held coffee, fruit iuice. and bandages, and transforms them into containers for cor respondence, candy and buttons. Mrs. Rosencrans is principal of Wintersteen school. A Classified Ad in The Journ al costs as little as 35c. Jack & Omer's Ati Mew Location Shown above is a scene from Jack & Elmer's, at their new, re modeled location on Main street, one door east of their former corner location on 6th and Main. Remodeling was completed re cently and the proprietors open citizen in the community to share in the task of making Plattsmouth the "cleanest city in the world." Everyone, according to the Mayor, has a part in developing Platts mouth into the ideal business and residential community in the nation. To spur residents to greatest heights, the Chamber of Commerce will offer special prizes to those persons taking special pains to do their part in the clean up. For recognition, all participants have to do is fill in the work sheet on another page of this edition of the Journal and send it to the City Beautification committee of the Chamber of Commerce. For a check list of the things you can do to make your own home or business a more comfortable, cleaner, safer place in which to live and work, turn to page five in section B of this issue. The check list provides many hints for cleaning, painting, planting and repairing. And be sure that after you have accomplished each of the tasks which fit the description of your own personal property, that you fill out the check list and send it to the Chamber of Com PLATTSMOUTH, Iv Ttl ry Jjf i ifi:z4h pP fey I j The top three Teenagers in the Plattsmouth community are Beverly Trotter, center; JoAnne. Cecil, right; and Elvera Haase. left; a vote of shoppers at Black and White store disclosed last week. Miss Trotter won first place in the voting with 93.658 votes. Second was Miss Cecil with 65,818. while Miss Haase's 53.985 was good for third. The contest, conducted by the Black and White store closed Saturday. Names of the three local winners will be submitted to Lincoln 1 for consideration in the regional. entered in the Regional runner-up Thin Clads Vie In Qualifying Meet Saturday Plattsmouth is one of ten teams slated to compete in the district qualifying track and field meet at Crete Saturday. Eleven cindermen will compete for qualification in the state meet. Entered in the district are Merle Dasher, Dick Tincher, Ronald Hunt, Don Haden, Jack Todd, Victor Volkart, Ray Kou bek, Jerome Ulrich. George Born, Bob Sheard and Stan Cole. Other schools entered in the meet are Crete, Auburn, Falls City, Geneva, Hebron, College View, Pawnee City, Superior and Sutton. Miss Sally Tress Gaines, who is employed at Omaha, is spend ing this week in Plattsmouth with her mother, Mrs. Lucille Gaines. Sally is on vacation from the International-Harvester Company. ed for business at their new lo cation last week. Included in the remodeling was installation of a new bar, booths, and kitch en for serving light lunches and breakfast. The proprietors, Elmer Wur- tvSltii Wm I rwr ill Is ''1 nil J! I CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, APRIL 26, Winner of the regional will be contest. Photo by Chriswiser Council Urges Cooperation In Clean Up Week The city council Monday night closed an eventful year of ad ministration by hurrying through several routine matters before giving way to the new council. In rapid succession, the old council approved a request to widen a driveway, sewer connec tion, finance report, police re port, and a new liquor license. The license was granted to Frank Rodene. It also recommended 100 per cent cooperation with the Cham ber of Commerce in Clean Up Paint Up-Fix Up week, sched uled to begin Monday, April 30. In ordering cooperation in the clean up campaign, the council okayed street department em ployees to assist with the clean up. The campaign was de scribed as "one of the most needed in Plattsmouth." Journal Want Ads Pay! tele and Kenneth Scharp, ex tend a special invitation to everyone to look over the new home of their business. Elmer, left, and Kenneth (Jack), right, are ready to serve you and your friends. merce. Your clean-up activities may win you a 25 savings bond, $10 in cash, or a S5 bill. A group of three judges, selected by the Beautifica tion committee of the Chamber of Commerce, will pass judgment on reports submitted during clean-up week. The judges were selected by Miss Helen Kiting, chair man of the committee, L. A. Caldwell and Charles Wal den. Names of the judges have not been diseased. Free truck service for debris accumulated during clean up week will be hauled away, without charge, by city employees in the street department. They ask only that participants cooperate by having debris ready at the curb on the date scheduled for pick-up in their neighborhood. City trucks will collect rubbish from Main street south to the city limits on Tuesday, May 1, and from Main street north to the city limits Wednesday, May 2. Persons disposing of their own debris are requested to haul it to authorized dumping grounds. Among suggestions during Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up Week are cleaning alley lots, back and front yards, Mother Of R. R. Furse Dies At Alma Tuesday Mrs. H. C. Furse, mother of R. R. Furse, publisher of the Plattsmouth Journal, died at Alma, Nebr., at, four o'clock Tuesday morning, April 24, 1951, after an illness of several years. She; "was 74 years old'; ' '.. Born June 15, 1876 at Rich land Center, Wisconsin, she" was the daughter of Herbert B. and Rhoda Dow. She moved with her parents to Alma in a cov ered wagon in 1884. Her par ents homesteaded south of Alma. She attended school there and later taught school for a couple of years. She was married to H. C. Furse, June 8, 1898. He pub lished the Alma Journal until his death in July 1940. Mrs. Furse was a member of the Congregational church. Mis sionary society, Alma Woman's club, and a charter member of the Royal Neighbors of Ameri ca. She had served as presi dent of all three organizations, and had been awarded a 50 year pin for affiliation with the Roy al Neighbors. Surviving besides her son Ronald, are sons. Merle D. of Kearney, Gershom T., H. Gar old, W. D. and Hubert C, all of Alma, and one daughter, Mrs. Hope Carlson of Holbrook. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the Congregational church at Alma with Rev. M. S. Hofsommer officiating. Burial was in Alma cemetery. t . Backemeyer Wins Track Numeral Chuck Backemeyer of Elm wood was awarded a full blue track numeral this week. Backe meyer's performance at the Ne braska City Invitation provided most of his team's points in the meet. Believe Hi-jackers Use Cass Deputy Sheriff's Badge Sheriff Tom Solomon received word this week from Dorman A. Crowe, sheriff of the parish of Washington, Franklinton, Louis iana, that a deputy sheriff metal badge with the inscription, "R. W. Edward, Deputy Sheriff, Cass County, Nebraska" was found near Mt. Herman, Louisiana, scene of a recent hi-jacking. In his letter, the Louisiana sheriff inquired whether Cass county had a deputy working in Louisiana. He attributed the badge to the Fuqua gang, who, according to Sheriff Crowe, has been op erating as hi-jackers in "this vicinity." The hi-jackers have represented themselves as po lice officers. The southern sheriff thought the badge may have been stolen here and used by the highway men. Sheriff Solomon informed the Louisana law officer that no one by the name of Edwards is em ployed by his office, and that he has no deputy in Louisiana. Solomon said deputies here do not have their names on the badges. 1951 Cooking School Will Be Held Here Tuesday Walt Gleason. manager of the Gas company office here, to day reminded Cass county housewives of the free natural gas cooking school to be held here Tuesday, May 1. A repeat of a; similar, and very successful school last year, the free cooking school will again be held at Cass theatre. It is scheduled to start at two o'clock. In addition to the free ad mission, free gifts and recipes, a Roper Range will be given away. The cooking, to be performed by Miss Thelma Bly on the stage at Cass theatre, will include complete oven cooked meals, thrift cooker meal, broiler meals, and salads and pastries. Gleason urged housewives to attend the cooking school and to be prepared to find a place for the Roper Range. Mrs. Em ma Eeenbereer was the success ful housewife a vear ago. when the company sponsored its first cooking school here. Henry G. Jagger Dies At Masonic Home Wednesday Henry G. Jagger died at the Masonic Home Wednesday, April 25, 1951. He was 85 years old. Born November 17, 1865, at Galesburg, 111., he came to the Masonic Home in November 1949. He was a member of Robert Fur nal Lodge, No. 265, A .F. & A. M., at' Scottsbluff. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. L. I. Powell of Hemingford, a son, Leslie of Downey, Calif., his wife, Sarah, and several grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 28 at the Landa Funeral Home at Alliance. Burial will be at the Alliance cemetery. Coucft Chemise fBriefa Marriage license was issued in county court Saturday, April 21, 1951, to Jack Pearl McDaniel, 53, of Omaha, and Gaynold Elaine Mowrey, 29, also of Oma ha. License for marriage and the ceremony were issued and per formed in county court Satur day, April 21, 1951, by Judge Raymond J. Case, to Kenneth Arvis Taylor, 23, of Ft. Crook, and Gwendolyn Eloise Lopez, 27, of Omaha. Witnesses were Ruhors Warner McClain of Of futt Air Base and Thelma Kruger. Final settlement in the estate of Philip P. Meisinger was filed in county court Tuesday, April 24. Hearing set for May 16. Raymond Grauf of Platts mouth was fined $25 and costs on two counts of being intoxi cated and having fictitious li cense plates in county court Tuesday. Judge Raymond J. Case fined Grauf $10 on the first count and $15 on the sec ond. Arrest was made by Sheriff vacant lots, walls, basements, attics, porches and gar ages; painting and decorating inside and outside the house, floors, woodwork, roofs, screens and basement; planting flowers, gardens, trees and shrubbery. And probably of greatest importance is repairs to buildings and utilities, electrical equipment, protection against disease, and destruction of filth. Help make Plattsmouth, the safest, cleanest, health iest community in the world. Insist upon your friends and neighbors pitching in to help you make your neigh borhood the cleanest one in town. Cleanliness helps to reduce fire insurance rates and fire loss, it increases property values, makes gardens of vacant lots, removes unsafe buildings, swats the fly, develops home gardens, makes cleaner alleys and yards, and educates children in fire prevention and clean up. And once a city-wide clean up has become effect ive, insist that the level of cleanliness be maintained. Insist on it, by making certain, first of all, that your own home surroundings compare with the standard you set for others. FIVE CENTS PER COPY Howard "Hobb" Hirz, one-point winner in a write-in campaign, and D. L. Grove, unopposed candidate, were sworn in for two year terms on the city council Monday night. Mayor Clement Woster presided as the two council-men-elect took the oath of office. ' - A minute late, Frank Rebal, veteran of 18-years on the council, performed his last official duty by motioning that the old council adjourn. ' , . With Hirz occupying Rebal's Dispose Of Waste In Proper Place, Sheriff Advises With cleaning up enthusi asm ready to break wide open in response to Clean Up Paint Up-Fix Up Week, Sher iff Tom Solomon today added a special warning: to the movement. Solomon warns clean up participants to use the regu lar city trucking- facilities or the city dump for disposing of their debris. He cautions them again dumping the spoils of their work along county roads or on farmers' land. According to the sheriff, anyone caught disposing of the trash in unauthorized places, will be prosecuted. Help others with theii cleaning up by disposing oi your waste in the propei place, Solomon advised. Demonstration Of Machinery Planned A public demonstration of Cas V.A.C. tractors and latch-on equipment will be held at the Oscar Brandt farm six miles west of Union Friday. April 27. The demonstration, held in conjunction with C & M Imple ments of Murray, will be given byCase personnel. The demon stration will start at one o'clock. In the event of rain, the de monstration will be held at Steven's garage at Elmwood. NEW SIGN ERECTED A large colorful neon sign, picturing the head of a rooster, was installed this week at Barta Poultry on Chicago Ave. A Classified Ad In The Journ nal costs as little as 35c. D B Tom Solomon Sunday. Grauf pled guilty to the charges. Henry Jorgensen of Avoca was sentenced to 15 days in the county jail Wednesday, April 25, on a charge of intoxication. Complaint was filed by County Attorney Richard C. Peck. Sher iff Solomon was the arresting officer. Jorgensen entered a guilty plea. Administratrix of the estate of Mary Erskine was ordered by District Judge Thomas E. Dun bar, Wednesday, to pay credi tors of the estate. The county lists $2,382.05 against the es tate. District Judge Dunbar Wed nesday overruled parts of the motion of the defendant in the case of Claude Heim vs. Paul M. Kupke and sustained others. Plaintiff was given three we'ks to amend his petition. In the case of Leta P. Heim vs. Paul Kupke, the same order was is sued by the judge. (continued on page six) PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday NUMBER 43 ' seat, and Grove back at his ; corner post. Mayor Woster con ! vened the new council. In a short session, he appointed council committees for the new year, tossed a couple problems into the lap of the council, while the veteran Rebal .'"heckled" the council from a seat outside the charmed circle. Sam Am, with three years service to his credit, was named president of the council. Am is the dean of the councilman, holding a one-year edge on John Sattler. ' Appointed on committees were : Finance. Tax and Property: Sattler. chairman, and Hirz. Judiciary and License: Grove, chairman, and Am. Fire, Lighting and Water: Hirz. chairman, and Grove. Streets. Alleys and Bridges: Am, chairman, and Sattler. Woster also re-aDPOinted Har old Lebens. city attorney; Dr. R. F. Brendel, cily physician: D. T. Haley, police chief: Fred Vincent and Clyde Jackson, night police: George Conis. Wm. P. Kraeger, and Mrs. Ruth Brown, park board: and J. C. Comstock and Henry Starkjohn. cemetery board. i Continued on Page Four) Fund Raising Play And Style Show Set For Tonight 1 To raise funds for purchas ing playground equipment to city parks, the PlattsmoutH Junior Woman's club will spon-' sor a one-act play and style show tonight, Thursday, April 26. The big evening's entertain ment will be presented at the V. F. W. clubrooms, starting at eight o'clock. The one-act play "The Lay ette" will feature Lila Ortize, Katherine Parkering, Lucille Williamson and Pat O'Hare in the starring roles. The style show, sponsored by Ladies Toggery, Soennichsens, Style Shop and Helen Eiting's Wee Wardrobe, will feature a display of current wearing ap parel. Twenty models will take part in the show. Admission for the worthy pro duction is sixty cents. In addition to the 20 models listed Monday. Jack and Jim Eiting, Nancy Hirz, Susan Forst, Kay Casey, Debbie and Dottie Woster will model for the Wee Wardrobe. Mrs. Vera Warga also is listed as a model for Ladies Toggery. Clean-Up Index Official Report Sheet Page 5, Section B. Proclamation Page 3, Sec tion B. Pick-Up Schedule Page 1, Section B. Prizes Page 2, Section B. Check paper for additional clean-up hints from advertisers. i 4