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THE PLATT3W0UTH, NEBRASKA. SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL lDflAflu,fl AXin ACE SIX Thursday, December 13. 1951 IVCSCrVcS ff 111 lowans Blue Devils 47-40 In Glenvood Clash Three quarters of Inspired ball wasn't enough for Coach Mrle Stewart's Plattsmouth high fhool cagers Tuesday night as hey dropped .a 47-40 contest to Olenwood Iowa.' Trailing. 6-13 at the end of he- first period the short Blue Devils battled on even terms with a good Olenwood team hroughout the closing three pe riods. The seven point margin -emalned the same in Glen vood's favor. Forward Stanley Cole again naced the Plattsmouth scoring with 19 points. Three of Cole's field goals came in the first quarter for Piattsmouth's only orea. But with each starter hitting he" scoring column In the sec ond period, the Blue Devils nulled two points closer at half me with Olenwood out in front 5-20. The lowans. after being Tressed midway through the hird stanza applied the pres sure and again maintained the 7 point margin at 35-28. Plattsmouth closed the gap o three points with about three minutes remaining, but a clos ing' spurt put the gams on Ice or . the Rams. The Blue Devils could have made the game much closer by hitting a good percentage of helr free tosses. Although short 'our field goals. Olenwood had '9, Plattsmouth 15. the Blue devils, by hitting more than heir 10 of 23 gift tosses could vave closed the gap. Again disDlaving heads un ball and expert ball handling, Platts mouth cagers showed promise - f continued Improvement. The ''to gave the Devils a 1-2 rec ord. Jon Schuetz, sophomore, and ob Wondra. senior, aided Cole in the scoring department with nd 6 points. Forward Collier paced the "Mcnwood attack with 20 points, "hile Bruestle hit 10. Collier and T'rba left the game late in the fourth period after getting their ifth fouls. Plattsmouth 10 U ft pf "ole. f ...7 5-11 1 Wondra. f .., 2 2-2 1 aton, c 1 0-2 '4 Kennell. g 1 0-3 4 Todd, g 0 0-0 0 Rchuetz. t 2 3-4 1 Conis, g ....,..-..-.1 0-1 2 Ahrens, c .7 ....1 0-0 2 Totais ......... V. 15 10-25 15 Glen wood 47 fg ft pf Collier, f 7 6-9 5 Davis, f 4 1-4 2 Vrba, f 0 0-0 5 Edwards, f 3 0-0 3 Bruestel. c 4 2-2 2 Gregory, g 1 0-0 0 Benlncosa, g 0 0-0 0 Totals 19 9-15 17 Rod And Gun Club Members Witness Game Pictures Hunting and fishing pictures taken bv Art Hild were viewed bv members of the Plattsmputh Rod and Gun Club at its regu lar December meeting Tuesday niPht. Meeting at the 40 & 8 club rooms. Hild showed pictures he had taken of pheasant, def and rovote hunts, eeese flights and fishlr" The pictures also showed how dogs are used in hvnts. But the planned election of officers was nostDoned until Januarv. since not enough mem bers were present to warrant an election. Third Straight 35-27 Tuesday Jimmy Jacques and Russell Menges set the pace Tuesday night in the preliminary game as the Plattsmouth Reserves scored a 35-27 win over Glen wood's second stringers. Jacques connected for five field goals and ten points for scoring honors for the Blue Dev ils. Menges hit eight points al though out two quarters. In front all the way, the Blue Devils scored their third consec utive win against no losses in stopping the lowans. Other scoring was by Dick Beverage, 7; Lyl? Wood, 4; and Jerry Wood, 6. Olenwood's Sprague took scor ing honors with 15 points. Menges, who set the early pace for Plattsmouth, was in jured during the first period when he slit his hand between the thumb and first finger when he stumbled. He re-entered the game in the fourth period after the bleeding had been stopped and the injury dressed. Back in Plattsmouth after the game, a doctor took two stitches in the slit hand. THOMAS WALLING CO. Abstracts of, Title . "Title Insurance" .." . PUttsmouth, Nebraska Elmwood Rolls Over Academy 68-36 Tuesday Coach Johnny Johnston's Elmwood wagers continued their hitrh scorin? spree by winning their second of three eames Tuesday night. Playing at home. Flmwood smrkd St. Brnard's Academy of Nebraska City 68 36. Dudley Doeb?le rang the bell for 33 points as he set a blister ing ppcp throughout the game. He hit 15 field goals and three of 7 gift tosses in the marathon scoring spree. Never in trouble. Elmwood moved into a 19-11 first auarter lead and were in front 32-15 at halftlme. The Cass countains led 47-28 going into the final stanza. Ten plavers saw action for Elmwood with eight hitting the scoring column. Trailing Doe bele was Bornemeier with 12. Keith Drake wjth 6. Merrill Mc Coy with 5, and Lannin and Backemeyer with 4 each. Apt and Thomas each hit two. D. Dierks was high point man i for St. Bernard's with 17. Lutz and Bivens each hit 7. Elmwood Nipped 54-44 By Palmyra A second half rally overcom ing a 13 point deficit gave Pal myra a 54-44 win over Coach Johnny Johnston's Elmwood cagers last Friday. Elmwood led at the half 29-19. The host team pulled ahead at 41-38 at the end of three periods and extended its lead to 10 points as the final gun went off. Copes led the winners with 18 points. Larry Lannin led the Elm wood attack with 13 points. Dudley Doebele hit 11 and Keith Drake 10. J. F. Hild and Franklin Wehr bein from west of Mynard were In the city Tuesday to look after I some matters of business. All Stater Receives VaFs Citation Gerald Wood. Plattsmouth high school senior, who receiv ed honorable mention in Class B eleven man football during the past season, this week re ceived a congratulatory mess age from Governor Val Peter son. In his mesage Governor Pet erson said: "Congratulations on your recent selection to the all state football squad." Wood was center on the 1952 team. Mrs. Glenn Carneal and son, Tom. were Monday visitors in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sharp of Omaha visited In Plattsmouth Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gaines. They also visited at the Leslie Niel and Philip Hirz homes. ' Mrs. Niei and Mrs. Sharp are sisters. Rev. and Mrs. Harold V. Mitchell and family returned Monday night from Saronville, Nebraska, where they had been called last Wednesday by the sudden death of his father. 9 . ;y csift Stiamidleir DmrnplIeinrDeinrii HEAD-QUARTERS FOR tftn mart Stat in town Is eyeing and bajrins our wonderful new G-E Black DyUt Television sets! Why not you? 'You'll find G-E gives sharp, clear plc . tares even It you. live in a tough TV area. Q-U owners the country over report their sets overpower interference, override dis tance.' See Model 17C112.. . . genuine mahogany veneered cabinet, with con cealed casters. Big. 17-inch screen. They'll love a O-E, SAAAQC nnder the tree! 2V9 ItiduAn Federal Excto Tax. 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If any of our readers have not as yet read "The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire' we sug gest they get a copy and burn a little midnight oil. The book does not disclose how accom plished Nero was as a musician, but h? did a lot of fiddling while government officials looted the treasury. Today we have pianos. Cass County's oil dream seems to have gone "kaput."' For a time Saturday Plattsmouth was buzzing with oil rumors follow ing the announcement that black gold had been found in the "St. Peters" strata in the Stoehr Well six miles southwest of the city. It was an honest report as oil bearing sands brought up Indicated promoters of the project had struck a producer. Tests Sunday, how ever, revealed that oil had been there, but where it is now is any body's guess. We've canceled our reservations for Bermuda and unpacked our bags. Parking meters have met with varying success since installa tion here two weeks ago. Talk ing to most visitors in Platts mouth, a large percentage of motorists are in full agreement with the program. A few are not completely sold as yet. but admit that so far meters have provided space for shoppers that heretofore has been occupied by so called "roosters." From our survey, there is only a small minority still violently opposed to their operation. It is far too early to form any concrete opinions as to what the meters will do for the city, but through the courtesy park ing tickets that have been used on overtime violations, it gives us a good Insight as to the num ber of cities and towns repre sented by motorists parking on the streets each day. Saturday morning envelopes were re turned by mall from four states, with Douglas County drivers dominating. City Clerk Albert Olson stated that the first five days parking meters were used, a little more than $180 was deposited In the slots. This of course, was be fore all the meters were in stalled. It was also interesting to see Albert attempting to re cover coins from some of these mailed in envelopes. One In particular came sealed, wrapped, tied and enclosed in a near solid mass of adhesive tape. It took the city clerk some 10 min utes to get the envelope opened, but, by gosh, the nickel was re covered. The Mayor and City Council is extremely earnest in their efforts to see that visitors to the city are treated fairly regarding parking. The small courtesy envelopes now given motorists have met with approval and city officials have indicated they will be kept in future use for occasional violations. However. cronic overtime parkers will soon get the works especially the guy who has already destroyed nine courtesy tickets. Police keep a record of all license num bers awarded violation tags. Several have failed to respond to the friendly reminder. You'll be able to hear them yowl clear into Iowa when they're hailed into court. Earl Marvin, publisher and "glitter" of the Beatrice Daily Sun, a recent visitor to this of fice and a guest of the local Rotary Club, paid some very uuuipuiueinary lemaitui iu our own Billy Baird, also referred to this writer as "Furke," which is getting a little close to jerk for comfort athough we've been called nearly everything in the book during our short period here on earth. Hyde Sweet, watchman that he is, corrected the record for Marvin and all is forgiven. Brother Earl was much im pressed with the progress being made here in Plattsmouth since his last visit a number of years ago. He was most complimen tary in expressing his judge ment of the Plattsmouth Jour nal. If it looks alright in his opinion, that's OK with us. Earl should know he's battled one since 1908, and Is recognized as one of Nebraska's most success ful publishers, having used his newspaper Influence to pick up some bank, building and loan, and small loan company stock, plus a number of sheets of gilt edeed shares, the income from which has kept his family eat ing and the Sun circulating. Editor Marvin told us of try ing to give his newspaper to two sons who have been con nected with the paper for sev-f eral years and of their refusal to accept it as a gift. The two boys contacted Uncle Sam and learned gift taxes would be so great it would take most of the earnings of the paper during their lifetime to pay off they'll continue on salary. Marvin now worries that he'll burden the. kids with debt when he kicks off. RRF Five-Man Ad Club Committee Is Selected Fred Feldhousen. William Swatek. Fred Busch. George Conis and Frank Biles were ap oointed to a committee of the Business Men's Ad Club Wed nesday to meet with the Ex ecutive Council of the Chamber of Commerce to discuss merger plans. The committee was named by Ad Club president. Frank Biles. The two groups are to meet to consider plans to combine the grou-s under a larger scale Chamber of Commerce program which includes employment of a full-time manager. Biles also named a four-man nominating committee to sub mit candidates for offices at the next meeting when new officers will be elected. Commenting on the Ad Club's Toyland promotion. Santa Claus. and evening open hours, the groun also was informed that Christmas carols will be played over the public address system this "ear. That also will start December 14. Decorating TovTand were Bruce Gold. Bill Knorr. Dean Dunham and Frank Biles. Mrs.' Bruce Gold and Bruce Jr.. also helped in cleaning the building prior to hangin? decorations. Reoort of bridge traffic for the first two Saturdays in De cember was given. On the first of December. 161 used the free program, while 104 were repor ted on December 8. Raise 39. For Hospitalized Vets The V.F.W. and its Auxiliary have collected $39.42 which will be sent to Veterans in hospitals! throughout the state in the form of Christmas presents. The money was raised at the V.F.W. night. games party Tu'day Police Court Intoxication Jack Cnadwkfe, forfeit $15 cash bend. Improper parking John Wil Jlarrr.on, flnd $1 and costs of ti. i Irr,pr',pT parking D. Ray i Fran of Union, no appearance. I Improper parking Paul Fau : quH, continued. -U & -fcr zte fr Phillips Starts Prison Term Ellis N. Phillips. Plattsmouth bad boy, began serving his four year sentence in the Nebraska State Penitentiary at Lincoln Tuesday. Judge James Fitzgerald, hold ing district court session here Tuesday, ordered Phillips to the penitentiary following the dis missal of his appeal to a higher court. Phillips was sentenced several months ago by Judge Thomas E. Dunbar on a charge of pos sessing burglary tools. Sheriff Tom Solomon escorted Phillips to the penitentiary Tuesday.- canals Selections Still Go mm odT Hurrv! A 0-Light IKD00R SET CHRISTMAS TREE STAND $419 J0J5J Reg. $1.29 C. . E . h u 1 h Series type. $4 09 Hanay aad-on plug. (-17M T Adjustable to any size tree. Water cup.tasi? tun POOL TAB LI 17"x29V" $98 .16 balls. 2 cues. Balls return. Bargain Priced 17" TRUETONE TELEVISION J 1 72C Electric Clock More features for many dol lars less. Big 17" rectangu lar tube. Simplified tuning. Built - in antenna. Record player attachment switch. Mahogany veneer cabinet. POPCORN POPPER $4.85 Electric. 2 - qt. size. f4 95 plus tax LIONEL "Scout" TRAIN Complete with J17 7R Transformer Starts, stops and reverses by remote control. Die-cast loco. Oval track. Easy Terms. E'oca Sessions. As serted cplors. Safety 14" SIDEWALK BIKE Extra Wheels Help 5fl79 Tots Learn to Ride w Welded tubular steel frame, i Genuine chain drive. Semi pneumatic tires. Easy Terms. Jfii "Western Clipper" SIE0 $4io 37" Size Heavy ga. steel. Seasoned ash top. Other sizss. too. 3G3J4L50 1 tFT Home Owned and Operated BRUCE E. GOLD Plattsmouth,' Nebraska Phone 6259 reduce m LIQUOR STOCK ME ARE. CUTT1MG PRICES ON ML W1HES Sm LIQUOR HOW! V AMB FAST We find ourselves way -overstocked on Wines, Liquors and Cordials. We must cut our inventory and raise some money fast to pay bills and reduce our stock in order that this business can be sold at a price the average buyer can handle. Here is your chance to make substantial savings on liquor right at Holi day Time. Quoting prices is forbidden, but you'll be able to save plenty on the brands you want. THIS SALE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1952 mm Wo sm w SEE OUR NOVA GREETING CARDS SPECIAL TOM & JERRY SETS n RE ALL STOCK AND FIXTURES FOR SALE Stock, fixtures and business of this store is for sale. Here is one of the cleanest and most profitable stores available. We'll give possession on January 1, 1952 invoice. See it and be convinced. 115 North 6th flEVE S L QUOR store Louie Naeve, Prop. Phone 5116