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Kebr. State Historical Soc State Capitol Bldg. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER TTlE IP Q ATTTTS M dD QJ TT 00 oDdDdJTOAD. Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday VOLUME 70 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1951 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 45 n r o v- svs m to U UUU VJVSJCC u uu n J n V' w u bridge Losses (Placed! At $150,000 On First Commissioner District While loss of personal property and individual dam ages were at a minimum during the light flooding in Cass county early this week, damage to county property will run into several thousand dollars. That was learned today from Wm. F. Nolte, county commissioner from the 1st district, who with Frank Dall, county surveyor, made a rapid survey of property damage following the high water here Monday and Tuesday. Similar inspections were made in the second nd third districts, with similar results. Loss in the first district is i w-ii I estimated at $150,000. nearly Light flooding In Nehawka-Union Area Is Reported Plattsmouth took another early lead in precipitation here this week as more than three inches was recorded. Similar amounts were reported in the Union vicinity. Slight flooding was reported in the Nehawka-union area,! where the Missouri Pacific tracks were under water early Tuesday. No heavy flooding was reported in Cass county. The high water came a week earlier than it did a year ago when heavy flood damage wasl caused in the Weeping Water area and along the Nemaha. Some farm lands were under ! water Tuesday, while the heavy flooding was reported farther south in the Auburn and Falls City areas. After rising rapidly Monday and early Tuesday, waters. started receeding late Tuesday as the spring rains came to an abrupt halt. Heavy Rains And Flooding Increase Clean Up Efforts ' Clean Up Week" took on a new meaning here late Monday and again early Tuesday morn ing, following one of spring's friendly visits. The overall result produced nothing more than additional clean up measures. Run-off waters raged through the Main street valley on two occasions during the 12 hour period, scattering debris along its course. Much of the debris was probably what residents of the city had piled up awaiting pick-up by the city street de partment. The burden still belongs to the street department, but the debris is not as accessible. And to make matters still worse, neither is the city dump. Efforts by the street depart ment to clean the streets fol lowing the late Monday flood ing, were washed away several hours later, when a second flooding again scattered waste materials throughout the city. Meanwhile clean-up measures are expected to continue beyond the one week period generally scheduled throughout the city. Much of it will be duplication of effort. Weather and roads permit ting, the street department trucks will follow last week's pick up plans. The trucks will operate south of Main street Tuesday and in the northern half of the city Wednesday. Co operation with the public works employees is asked. Independents Win Machinery Fight Independent farm machinery dealers in Nebraska won their fight with the state legislature over two controversial farm im plement bills. The bills were defeated in the legislature ju diciary committee. The independent dealers op posed the two bills which spon sors said would help stop sale of farm implements below list price. The fight against the two bills was led by Maynard Tritsch. Plattsmouth independ ent dealer. Pfc. Wm. Kellison In California Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kellison of this city received a phone call Monday evening from their son, Pfc. William T. Kellison. who is now stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base, Calif. He has been assigned to the 78th air police squadron. William told his parents that he expects to be home on fur lough sometime in June. half as much as the damage to county roads and bridges from the May 8 flood a year ago. Commissioner Nolte said this morning that included in the damage was the loss of a bridge four miles northwest of Platts mouth. The bridge was erected last July at a cost of $4,400 with the help of federal aid. Today it has joined the wreckage and de bris caused by the high waters. After inspecting the district. Dall and Nolte estimate that it will cost. $150,000 to replace bridges and culverts destroyed, damaged and unsafer- Bridges are also known to be out in the South .Bend, Nehawka and Weeping Water vicinities. where waters overflowed creek banks in many places, Tn nririition to the actual in- spection. the county surveyor and commissioner are continu- ally learning of other damaged bridges and culverts. The re ports are coming in from main tainer operators and highway workers from throughout the county. Nolte said the bridge situation is serious. Many bridges. ap parently undamaged by the high waters, are unsafe, accord ing to the commissioner. He i cautions motorists to approach bridges with care. But because the county has no funds for constructing new bridges and for extensive re pairs to others, the road situa tion is in immediate danger. Nolte said. Residents of the county last vear turned down a special bridge Wv. and at present, the commissioners have no funds available for bridge wrork. The snecial lew was voted on last vear after th rmiwv sus tained morp than $00,000 darn ac"s o counv roads an'' bnd p5. Votpr turned baV tb special lew bv a vote of 2 to 1. Frank Rodene Is New Owner Of Local Tavern Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rodene of Oskaloosa, la., have moved to Plattsmouth where they have purchased the liquor license and business of Tim's Tavern. Tne Rodenes assumed control of the business May 1. Natives of Iowa,"" they oper ated a similar business at Oska loosa before coming to Platts mouth. Mr. Rodene was also employed by the Iowa Valve Company. A veteran of World War II, he piloted B-29s. . He was dis charged in 1945 after 2'z years service. Mrs. Rodene is a na tive of Oskaloosa, where she was educated. Mr. and Mrs. Rodene will make their home in the Ritz apart ments. Ralph Timm, former owner, will look after other business interests. A Classified Ad in The Journ- nal costs as little as 35c. Coimirt Inloyse ioefls Frank William Hall, 30, of Fort Crook, and Dolores Mae Hall, 25, of Bellevue, were mar ried in county court Tuesday, May 1, by Judge Raymond J. Case. Witnesses were Delby W. Frank of Of futt Air Force Base and Eva M. Hudson of Bellevue. Dugan Gregg of Nehawka was fined $20 and costs in county court Tuesday on charges of reckless driving. Gregg entered a plea of guilty to the charee. filed on information provided by patrolman LeRoy Jensen. A fine of $20 and court costs were assessed against James R. Dietl of Murray in county court Tuesday when he entered a plea of guilty to charges of reckless driving. Charges were filed on information provided by Patrol man LeRoy Jensen. Charles Simmonqs was fined $10 and court costs In county Legion Auxiliary Will Distribute Poppies Saturday Saturday is Poppy Day in Plattsmouth. "Pin a poppy in your lapel and you light the candle of memory for one who has died in war that America might have a better chance to live in peace," American Legion auxiliary members declare as they get ready to distribute the poppies made by disabled veter ans. The idea of the poppy as a memorial flower for World War dead was inspired by the bloom ing wild poppies "between the crosses row on row" in battle cemeteries of World War I. The idea spread throughout the English-speaking world. Pop pies worn in the United States are crepe paper replicas of these wild European flowers. Doctors in veterans hospitals consider poppy-making a valu able form of occupational ther apy. Their wages, paid by the American Legion Auxiliary, will approximate one-half million dollars this year. The distribution of poppies on Poppy Day is conducted entire ly by volunteer workers without compensation. Distribution of poppies in 1950 was more than 22 million. Funds derived from the poppy sale constitute the largest source of revenue for rehabilitation and child welfare work of the Legion and auxiliary. Money dropped into the contribution boxes on poppy day enables Legion posts and auxiliary units to carry out a constructive program of aid to disabled and dependent fam ilies of veterans. Display your poppy Saturday, May 5. Final Rites For Mrs. Todd Will Be Held Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Pauline Todd, who died Satur day at St. Paul, Minn., will be held Friday morning at ten o'clock at Holy Rosary church with Father Edward Tuchek of ficiating. Rosary will be recited Thurs day evening at eight o'clock at Saltier Funeral Home. A lifelong resident of the Plattsmouth and Murray com munities. Mrs. Todd died sud denly April 28. She was 40 years old. A native of Plattsmouth, Mrs. Todd was born June 30, 1910. She was the daughter of' Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gradoville. She was married June 3, 1930 to L. B. Todd. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Charles Gradoville; four children. Jack, Betty, Lauren and Robert; four sisters, Mrs. T. H. Kahoutek of Plattsmouth. Mrs. Agnes Ptacek of Platts mouth, Mrs. Catherine West phalin of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs. Ross Bourne of Sari Diego, Calif., and four brothers, Thomas Gradoville of Burling ton, la.. Dr. Charles M. Grado ville of Omaha, Edward H. of Plattsmouth and Frank of Washington, D. C. One child preceded her in death. Mr. Todd recently un derwent surgery at Meyo Clinic. Visiting hours will be held at the funeral home from three to five and from seven to eight Thursday afternoon and eve ning. Attend Funeral Of Mrs. Switzer Mrs. E. C. Giles, accompanied by Mrs. Blaine Snider and Mrs. Dwight Talcott were among those who attended the funeral of Mrs. Leo Switzer Saturday afternoon in Nehawka. a a court Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges of operating a vehicle without a license. Com plaint was filed by Patrolman LeRoy Jensen. Hearing of the Guy C. White estate was held in county court Thursday morning. Walter H. Smith was appointed adminis trator. Smith and Lebens are the attorneys.- Notice of probate was filed in the estate of Lela Minford in county court Thursday. Pfcti tion asks appointment of Searl S. Davis as executor. Begley and Peck are the attorneys. Petition was filed in county court Thursday in the estate of Fannie Frisbee of Elmwood, asking that Dwight Clements be nominated administrator. Clem eats and Clements are the at torneys. Metzger To Study Highway Setups Senator C. E. Metzger, who this week provided the Journal with information regarding highway improvements in Cass county, also plans to find out more about highway adminis tration in other states. Tuesday he succeeded in hav ing a vol on the state highway commission bill delayed so that he could study highway com missions at work in Iowa and Missouri. The bill would create a five member part-time commission to run the state department of roads and irrigation. Songs Of Nebr. Birds Are Played At Rotary Meet Dr. and Mrs. P. T. Heineman have recorded songs of about 70 Nebraska birds, members of the Plattsmouth Rotary club were told Tuesday noon. Speaking to the Rotarians, Mrs. Heineman told the group that they had recorded the bird's songs in the back yard of the Heineman home. One of the leading bird studiers in this vicinity, Mrs. Heineman ex plained that Nebraska is one of the three leading states for bird species. More than 400 species are known to inhabit the state. In addition, she played several recordings of bird songs, and answered questions about birds. John Frady was program chair man. The group also learned that Rev. R. R. Brown will be speake.r on next week's program. Other highlights of the meet ing included introduction of high school junior Rotarians for the month of May. Represent ing the senior class was Darreil Williamson. Marion Tritsch was the junior class representative. They were introduced by Chat. Walden. Walt Gregorius, accountant for Consumers Public Power at Columbus, was a guest of F. I. Rea. T. I. Friest presided at the Tuesday meeting. Mrs. Dasher Is Winner Of Gas Range Tuesday A standing room audience, es timated at 100 more than the actual seating capacity, jammed Cass theater Tuesday afternoon for the Gas Company's second annual cooking school. Actual attendance was placed at more than 550. The school was conducted by Miss M. Thelma Bly, Gas Com pany home service director. She was assisted by Miss Francis Paulsen, Rosemary Brady, Miss Fleming and Mrs. Lora Piep gras. The school featured com plete meal cooking and special recipes. Free gifts were awarded to everyone in attendance, but a few received extra-special gifts. Mrs. George Dasher, resident on south 10th street, was pre sented a Roper gas range by local manager Walter Gleason as she walked off with the top prize. Other winners were Mrs. Paul D. Jahrig, basket of groceries irom Black and White; Mrs. Joe Case, basket of groceries from Walt's Market; Mrs. Anna Slavl-i cek, groceries from Myers Gro cery; Miss Ida Patton, groceries from Joe's New-Way Market; Mrs. Herb Baumgart, 25 pounds flour from Gooches Mills of Lin coln; Mrs. Jack Wiles, set of blue flame tumblers from the Gas Company, and Darlene Hennings, set of blue flame tumblers from the Gas Com pany. Gleason presided during the presentation of awards and in troduced Miss Bly to the audi ence. Also on the scene was Carl J. Olsen, sales supervisor for the Gas Company from Lincoln. Methodist Church To Get New Roof Shingling of the roof and re building the tower of the Meth odist church was started this week. The structure will be covered with asphalt shingles. Minor repairs to the tower are planned. The work, depending upon the weather, is expected to be completed this month. The building has not been shingled for more than 20 years. It has needed a new roof for sometime. W. C. Soennichsen left Thurs day morning for Florida, where he will vacation for several weeks. Four Are Slightly Injured Monday As Cars Collide Four people received minor injuries in a two car accident on highway 75 north of Platts mouth early Monday evening. Injured were Mrs. Janet Y. Munkres and Mrs. Lenora Luhr ing. both of Weeping Water, and SSgt. Wm. A. Parish and SSgt. Charles Essex, both of Omaha. The accident occurred about 6:30 Monday evening when the car driven by Parish apparently went out of control after hitting wet clay. The car swung around in the middle of the highway, colliding with the Munkres carj which was going south. Parish was driving north at the time. Mrs. Munkres was taken to Methodist hospital where she was treated for shock, bruises i and cuts. Mrs. Luhring sus tained slight injuries. SSgt. Parish received cuts and bruises and two minor skull fractures. He was taken to Of futt Air Base hospital for treat ment. Sheriff Tom Solomon, who in vestigated the accident, said the two cars were almost totally damaged. The 1939 model driven by Parish was complete ly damaged on the left side and rear. Damage to the Munkres vehicle was estimated at $700. Clay deposits, washing onto the road, were believed to have caused the Parish car to whirl around in the road, according to the accident report. Park, Bandstand To Get Needed Repairs Soon Authority for painting and repairing- the bandstand and making general improvements at the city park was granted this week by the park board, Ward Pscherer, high school mu sic instructor, said today. Pscherer said the board gave the permission for purchase of paint and materials for fixing up the bandstand and park. The action is in preparation for the summer band concerts and ties in with Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up week in Plattsmouth. While the board has okayed purchase of materials for pre paring the bandstand and park for the summer program, most of the labor will be voluntary. Pscherer, who will direct the summer concerts, said parents of band members and members of the V. F. W. and Auxiliary will share in the repair work. Improvements in the park fa cilities are the first step in pre paring for the summer concerts, which, according to Pscherer, will probably start about the middle of June. The concerts will be held at the park. Local high school students, grads, and other local musicians will present the concerts this summer. The concerts will prob ably be held on Wednesday nights. Six Cass County Students Honored At Weslyan U. More than 100 Nebraska Wes leyan University students were formally recognized Jor high academic and extra-curricular activity during the past year at the 26th annual Honors Day ex ercises Thursday morning. Among the students honored were members of the 1950 grad uating class who earned high scholastic awards during their j senior year. j Cass county students honored were Donald Lorensen or Man- ley. Phi Kappa Phi silver key and departmental honors for graduating with distinction in business administration and his tory; Dean Lanning, Eagle, sweepstakes award, second place in Southwestern debate tourna ment, superior in the University of Nebraska tournament, and undefeated in debate. He was also awarded superior for ex temporaneous speaking. Miss Amanda Kleme of Mur dock was honored by Phi Kappa Phi, national honor society for scholarship. William Bailey of Eagle, Evelyn Fry of Murdock and Dean Lanning, were hon ored by Psi Chi, psychology so ciety, and Bonnie Meisinger of Plattsmouth was honored by Tau Beta Sigma, national band honorary sorority. Lanning is also listed in who's who among students in Ameri can universities and colleges. A Classified Ad In The Journ nal costs as little as 35c. W odeinioinig and 'Kesuortfadfiig Mrs. J. C. Bailey, Ex-PIattsmouth Resident, Dies Mrs. J. C. Bailey, native of Tennessee but a resident of Plattsmouth for many years, died at New Orleans, La.. Mon day morning, April 30, 1951, aft er an illness of two months. She was 74 years old. She came to Plattsmouth in 1928. Her husband died here in 1942. Born December 20, 1376, at New Port, Tennessee, she was the daughter of Corneilous Sim mons. She was married to Jack son C. Bailey at New Port. Mrs. Bailey was a member of the Baptist church at Harahan, La. Surviving are sons, Hobert Bailey of Humansville, Mo., Con ley H. Bailey of Plattsmouth and Carl Bailey; daughters. Mrs. Ada Fox of New Port, Tenn., Mrs. Sadie Bradley of Kansas City,: Mo., Mrs. Margreat Carty of New Orleans, La.; two sisters, Mrs.! J. M. Gregory of Kellogg, Iowa,! and Mrs. W. H. Bailey of Kan-I sas City, Mo.: two brothers. Bill Simmons of Henerietta. Mo., and Ben Simmons of Norborne, Mo.; seven grandchildren, four great grandchildren and 26 nieces and nephews. One daughter, Estle, died at Kansas City in 1946. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon. May 3, 1951, at Sattler Funeral Home at two o'clock with Rev. Harold V. Mitchell officiating. - -. I Pallbearers were Harry Rain ey, Elmer Gochenour, Joseph Er ass. Frank Stone, George Stone and Frank Rice. Burial was at Oak Hill cemetery at Plattsmouth. Attending the funeral from out-of-town were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bailey of Humansville, Mrs. Ada Fox of New Port, Mrs'. Sadie Bradley of Kansas City and Mrs. Margreat ' Carty of New Orleans. Sattler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Registration For Kindergarten To Be Held Friday Registration of children who expect to enter the kindergar ten next fall will be held from two until three o'clock Friday afternoon, May 4, Superintend ent of Schools T. I. Friest dis closed today. Mothers are asked to take their child to the school located in their own school zone. Reg istration will be held at Central. Columbian, Wmtersteen and First Ward schools. If unable to register at the designated time, parents are asked to. call the principal oi the school in their section and arrange for an appointment, Friest said. It is a legal requirement that children who wish to enter kin dergarten for the first time must attain the age of 5 years on or before October 15, fol lowing entrance to school. Mrs. Leland Dale of David City was here this week as a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. N. W. McKee and other friends. nIomemaCtGirs To LHIoDd 5-Day Nursery School Children between the ages of three and five years will be at the height of their glory soon. Plans are being made by the first year classes of the home making department for a nur sery school to be held May 4, 7, 9, 10 and 11 tit the high school. The children will be super vised by Miss Schliefert, the home economics teacher, and the classes that are studying child care. Morning sessions will be from 10:30 through 12 o'clock, and the afternoon sessions from two until four. Purpose of the nursery school is to help the children learn to play together and to give the classes an opportunity to study children. The daily play school sched ules will include: Three broad highway construction programs are on tap for Plattsmouth and Cass county during the summer, according to information received by the Journal from Senator Chris Metzger and the State Highway Depart ment. Letting of contracts for three improvements, headed by the Plattsmouth-Union resurfacing, is scheduled for May 24. The other two projects are in the Greenwood and Nehawka areas. Along with the local street improve ments, it should be a big summer in road development for this community. Senator Metzger also revealed that in all probability Highway 50 from the Louisville bridge north for seven miles to Omaha will also be paved. Widening and resurfacing of Highway U. S. Xos. 73 and 75 between Plattsmouth and Union is one of the pro jects on which contractors will bid at a letting Mav 24th. Special Safety Award Presented Local District Special recognition for their outstanding safety record was bestowed upon Plattsmouth dis trict of Consumers Public Power at an employees dinner at Hotel Coffee Shop Wednesday eve ning. The special recognition was for the seven years without a disabling accident. Awards were presented by R. L. Schacht, gen eral manager. Consumers Pub lic Power District. Recently the rotating safety plaque was presented to the Beatrice district. Plattsmouth was awarded second place for 1950 with an accident frequency of zero for 35.800 manhours worked. The Plattsmouth district was unable to qualify for the an nual safety plaque because their manhours are not sufficient to compete with the larger dis tricts. In consideration or this and in recognition of the outstand ing safety record achieved over the past years, the special award was presented. Service pins were also pre sented to Mrs. Lorine Urish, cashier. 25 years service, and Eddy Forst, sales supervisor, 15 years service. Presentation was made by L. Lundin, personnel director. Present from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Schacht, Mr. and Mrs. M. Mehring; Mr. and Mrs. L. Lundin, all of Colum bus, Paul Doerr, Lincoln, and Mr. and Mrs. Vilas Ketelhut of Nehawka. Attorneys Discuss Oil Rights Monday Three Plattsmouth attorneys attended a meeting of the Ne braska Bar Association at Hotel Paxton, Omaha, Monday. Laws relating to the oil industry were discussed. Establishing oil rights, and legal proceedings necessary covering the industry, as well as many questions involving rights were discussed. Attending from Plattsmouth were Florence Fouchek, Harold Lebens and Richard Peck. Mrs. Helene Redfern of Kan sas City, Mo., is visiting friends in Plattsmouth this week. She is a house guest of Sophia Wol ever. Mrs. Henry Royer returned from the Methodist hospital Monday. She had been there for observation since Friday. A brief health examination. Free play. Toilet. Fruit juice or milk. Circle and story. Rest period. Free play. The morning group will re ceive dinner the last two days rather than the fruit iuice. while the afternoon group will receive tne juice or milk every day. Lack of facilities necessitate limiting the sections to 10 chil dren each. Mothers interested in having their child attend the nursery school should make arrange ments with a homemaking girl or call the high school at 5278. Mothers are urged to attend the first, day and are invited to visit any of the following sessions. South of Plattsmouth to Mur- ray. the highway will be made 4 feet wider and completely re surfaced. Between Murray and Union, it will be resurfaced. The existing concrete high way is 20 feet wide. Trenches. 24 feet wide and a foot deep, will be dug on each side of the pavement between Plattsmouth and Murray. A 6-inch layer of ciushed rock will be laid and compacted in these trenches.1 Over the crushed rock will belaid three successive layers, each 2- j inches thick, of' hot-mixed ash- phaltic concrete. After the wid ening is completed, the center 24 feet will be covered with a 3 inch thickness of asphaltic con crete. The highway will be open for traffic throughout the work.' Widening will be on only one side of the road at a time. When the widening is completed, half the width of the highway will be resurfaced at a time. One Way traffic will be necessary only where the resurfacing is actually taking place. The high way between Plattsmouth and Fort Crook was widened in 1950. An inch and a half of asph altic concrete will be laid over the existing 20-foot width of the highway between Murray and Union. Before the resurfacing: begins between Plattsmouth and Union, more than two thousand square yards of concrete pav ing will be laid to replace sec tions which have failed under heavy traffic. Several culverts will also be built to improve drainage facilities. The reconstruction of High way U. S. No. 6 between Green wood and Ashland is another of the projects on which contrac tors will bid at a letting May 24th. ,J From the Lancaster-Cass county line northeast through Greenwood to the Cass-Saunders county boundary, about a mile south of Ashland, new concrete pavement 24 feet wide will be laid over the existing 20-foot width pavement. Three new bridges will be built on the six-mile long project. Some of the 22-year-old con crete has an inch and a halt of bituminous surfacing over it. Trenches. 3 feet wide, will ba dug on each side of the pave ment. These trenches will ba filled with a foot depth of com pacted earth, covered by a 6 inch depth of foundation cour se. The new concrete pavlos will be 6 inches thick over the okl pavement and 8 inches thick fof the widening. In some spots where the old pavement has completely failed under heavy traffic, the surfacing will be re moved and new paving. 8 inches thick and 24 feet wide, will be laid. A new bridge, 52 feet lone, will replace the box culvert now carrying the waters of Dee Creek. A structure 80 feet lone: over Greenwood Creek and a 92-foot bridge over Callahan Creek will replace the old cros sings in those locations. All three new bridges will have con crete floors 28 feet wide. Three new culverts will be installed neath the highway and 26 of those in place will be made lar ger. Some sidewalks in Greenwood will be removed to facilitate the widening. New walks will be built to replace those removed. During construction, traffic from the northeast will leave No. 6 at the Saunders-Cass county line, go south five miles and west four miles to return to th highway. Another mile of dptour will connect Greenwood with th main dtour. Before construction on No. 6 beeins. thne new culverts will be built and five xistine culverts will b made larger nn the county ro"Hs used as a dur. Tard siirffjrinr of th mile of h?owv frorn Nehnwka pnufh to U 15 Tn. 34 is a nro1ct on (Continued on Page 4)