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v v v 0 1 . I ; 1 T ' c?i:ol ri:a CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER TIME IPCATTrSRDflDdJTtH JJaDOJOKIMQ. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY, Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of AH Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 71 SIXTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 13 W - i ? F5ve Wcatieirshedl Diirecfcoirs Aire Hected Tyesday Five directors were elected Tuesday night by the Cass-Weeping- Water Creek Watersheds Association at the group's annual meeting. They were all elected for three year terms. Herman Schweppe of Wabash was elected director-at-large by the association. He succeeds Elwood Pankon in, Louisille mayor, who had served as director-at-large during the past year. t District directors elected by members from each district are Paul E. Fauquet of Plattsmouth, northeast district; Lyle Choate of Nehawka, south east district; William Blum of Murdock, northwest district; and Lloyd Ranney of Weeping Water, south west district. All dis trict directors were re-elected. New Studebakers Are Displayed At Wiysel Auto A new and redesigned Stude baker for 1952 will go on display today at Wiysel Auto Service on Chicago Avenue. The new Studebaker will be displayed from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily and from 7 p. m. until 9 p. m. throughout this week. Externally, the 1952 Stude bakers reveal entirely new front-end treatment and sub stantial re-styling in the rear. Hoods are longer and lower, with new emblems and ornaments. Grills embody wrap-around styling and stand out as the most distinctive front-end fea tures of the new models. Wrap-around bumpers are equipped with four vertical guards, two located under the headlamps to protect the ve hicle from customary bumps, and two smaller guards to pro tect the license plate from dam age. Headlamp rims have been re-designed and the parking lights, also of new design, are larger. Most significant changes in the rear are found in the tail lights and trunk lid handles. Tail lights, an integral part of the rear fender, give the effect cf extending the sweep of the fenders and thus a correspond ing Increase in body length. No (Continued on Cage 6) Registering Firearms Is Recommended Loss of guns belonging to many Cass countians has prompted Sheriff Tom Solomon to offer a special service of reg istering firearms. Solomon said that registration of firearms will be voluntary but that for their own protec tion, owners are urged to take 'advantage of the service. Pointing out that during the past year, many guns were stol en, lost or misplaced and that since no records are available, Solomon said the weapons are usually difficult to locate. He said that to aid registration, cards will be placed in all hard ware stores throughout the county where they can be filled in and mailed to his office. The cards provide for the cal r ibre, make, model, serial num ber, length of barrel, color, date purchased and name from whom purchased. Firemen Install New Officers Tuesday Night New officers of the Platts mouth Volunteer Fire Depart ment were installed Tuesday night. Officers of the group for 1952 are Howard Hirz, president; William Highfield, vice-president; John V. Svoboda, secre tary; and Frank Koubek, treas urer. Ray Wiysel is the new fire chief. Others named to posts with the unit are Carl J. Schneider, 1st assistant chief; Hugh Stander, Jr., second assist ant chief; A. W. Huebner, 1st driver; V. T. Arn, Jr., second driver; Leo Hohman. third driver; and William Schmidt m?nn, chemical. Only Hiehfield missed the meeting. Three other firemen, all with legitimtae excuses, missed the session, as firemen continue to boast outstanding attendance at each meeting. During the business session at which the new officers pre sided, the group heard a re port of the fund drive recently held by the department. Lunch was served following the business session. Other members of the fifteen- man board are Arthur Wolph of Nehawka and George Stites of Union, directors-at-large; El mer Stoehr of Louisville and Clarence Engelkemeier of Mur ray, northeast district: Dean Nutzman of Nehawka and George Stine of Union, south east district; August Kupke of Murdock and Ed Stander of Wabash. northwest district; and Nolan Hottle of Elmwood and Joe Bender of Weeping Water, southwest district. The election followed an ad dress by Arthur Wolph. co chairman of the association. Re sults were disclosed at the end of the four-hour banquet and annual meeting. Elwood Pankonin was master of ceremonies and introduced the many speakers and cuests attending the annual meeting of the group. Joe Bender, co-chairman with Wolph. briefly outlined the history of the local organiza tion and read portions of meet ing reports and editorials which describe the general function of a watershed group. Expressing his disappointment in defeat of LB 455, watershed bill, by the last session of the legisla ture. Bender expressed faith that a new and revised bill would pass. Actual Activities of the organ ization were explained by Paul auauet or Plattsmouth. secreH tary of the association. Fauquet cited the amount of detailed work, the many trips and ex penses involved in continuing study of watershed develop ments and in administering the local association. He explained a need for members and funds for the association. Stanley Matzke. co-chairman of the Salt-Wahoo Watershed Association, from which the local group was formed, was principal speaker. Matzke em phasized the importance cf keeping the water in the soil through terracing. contour farming and waterway con struction. Principal speaker at the or- Kuiuzauonax meeting a year ago. Matzke praised the Soil Conservation Service for its activities in watershed develop ment. He said the Soil Conser vation Service. Production-Marketing Administration and Ex tension Service are working closely together in Nebraska to bring about flood control (Continued on Page Eight) Band Concert Is Postponed The winter band concert of the Plattsmouth senior high school band, originally slated for January 30, has been postponed until February 6. Music Direc tor Ward Pscherer announced today. Pscherer said that although the concert had been scheduled for the January date several months ago. It was postponed so as not to conflict with a March of Dimes promotion slat ed for the same evening. The concert will be presented at eight o'clock at the high school auditorium. Reserved seats are new on sale for the concert. Board Approves Plans For School Building Preliminary plans for an all purpose general school building and auditorium were given the unanimous approval of the Board of Education at the group's regular monthly meet ing Monday night. Meeting at the office of Supt T. I. Friest with Kenneth Clark, representative of Clark and En ersen architects of Lincoln, the group viewed the advance de signs of the plans and gave the architects the go ahead signal. The plans, as approved, incor porated suggested changes and alterations made by the board at its December meeting. At the same time, the board set Janu ary 22 as a date for the archi tect to again meet with the board. Clark exhibited an exterior Elected Directors Watershed teimi'ilinl u'lli ' rl n i i i' - v ""'Cf ' ,v,wMiMw-vrr mi mhimiiI if li ii '-r'-fifi.i nuriiii'fW-'f'i ' - s?9&x4r' mf-fe - i Shown above are the five directors of the Cass-Weeping Water Creek Watersheds Associa tion elected at the group's annual meeting Tuesday night. From left, they are Lloyd Ranney cf Weeping Water, Paul Fauquet dock and Herman Schweppe of Wabash. The first four were re-elected while Schweppe will be serving his first term. All were elected for a three year term. Schweppe was named director-at-large. while the other four are district representatives to the county association. So7 Conservation Awards Receiving Plattsmouth Journal certificates for the outstanding sub-watershed district in Cass county were the four couples pictured above. The certificates were awarded to sixteen fam ilies by the Plattsmouth Journal. Shown with their certificates are left to right. Elmer Stoehr, Clement Woster, Mrs. Elmer Stoehr, Mrs. Clement Woster, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Schlueter, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Schneider. Mr. and Mrs. Woster represented Mrs. Bertha Crabill, who was one of the landowners recognized by the Journal fcr soil conservation practices. Loan, Building Group Completes Successful Year Annual meeting of the Plattsmouth Loan & Building Association was held Tuesday at the office of the corporation with a very large number of stockholders represented. Reports showed that the as sociation has had a most suc cessful year with a pleasing in crease over that of 1950. This home finance institution is now near the half million mark with $486,328.27 shown for the past year. Election of a director was held and C. A. Johnson again named to the position. Fol lowing the election the direc tors named as officers C. A. Johnson, president; E. J. Wey rich, vice-president; Albert Ol son, secretary-treasurer; Smith &i Lebens, solicitors. Other di rectors holding over were W. C. Soennichsen and Albert Funk. This association was organ ized in 1885 and in the years have been an aid to the home 1 builders of Plattsmouth. oerspective of the building which is designed to provide generous facilities for home making, vocational agriculture, music, and will include a gymnasium-auditorium with facili ties for use by other organiza tions and for general public gatherings. The board also approved the appointment of John Parkening as custodian at the high school building, discussed teacher qual ifications, and set a limit on sneak day. The sneak day proposition was submitted in a petition signed by a number of seniors. It suggested that seniors go to Chicago for sneak day. But the board set a one-day ! limit for sneak day and ordered I 1 . A. . i ' no overnight trips. of Plattsmouth. Lyie Choate of ' 1 CAtt fVi'-nlflif ' J Three Teenagers To Reformatory Three Greenwood teenagers were sentenced to terms in the Nebraska State Reformatory at Kearney this week for alleged thefts in the Greenwood area. Taken to Kearney Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Dunlap were Ralph L. Grady. 17; Lee Renwanz, 17, and Harlan Ren wanz, 15. Nolte To Head County Board Again In 1952 William F. Nolte. commission er from the first district, was re-elected chairman of the Board of Cass County Commis sioners at the group's annual reorganizational meeting Tues day. Ray Norris of Weeping Water was named vice chairman, and Herman L. Bornemeier was named junior member of the beard. The Commissioners also nam ed the Plattsmouth Journal the legal county newspaper; and bids of the Plattsmouth Journ al for supplies were accepted by the county board. In addition the board approv ed a resolution permitting the Missouri Pacific Railroad to build a spur track across the county road a few feet east of Quarry street in Weeping Wat er. Plattsmouth Journal bids ac cepted by the commissioners in cluded bids on list record books, tax receints., rubber bands, ink; and lead pencils. Bids On Scales To Be Let Soon Bids will be called in late March or early April for three new scales to check for over loaded trucks on Nebraska high ways. State . Engineer Harold Ait ken said this week. i One of the three scalea will be located on highway 73-75 north of Plattsmouth. it is tn! be located near Oreapoll3. 1 Association Nehawka, William Blum of Mur-! Presented J. H. Graves Is Police Magistrate J. H. Graves has been named police maeistrate for the city of Plattsmouth. His appointment was disclosed Tuesday by Mayor Clement Woster. Graves presided at his first case the next day. He will con duct court in the city hall each morning. Graves succeeds Ray mond J. case, who had held the i post since the injurv and death v. -uuikc x. uidvo iwu months ago. rrank Taylor and Sam Hard- noes, Dotn oi Aivo, were m Plattsmouth Tuesday on busi - ness. Subscribe to The Journal 1 J IM ' w ? ' v -V -v - f f - - "-- t ,t to I -f Chester Bornemeier, Elmwood farmer,' receives the Plattsmouth Journal conservation award for outstanding achievement in soil conservation activity in 1951 from Ronald R. Furse, publisher of the Journal. Bornemeier was selected as the leading individual soil saver In the county during the past year. The award was presented to Mr. Bornemeier at the annual meeting of the Cass Weeping Water Creek Watersheds Association Tuesday night at the agricultural building in Weeping Water. SdD Students Will Parade For March Of Dimes Friday Plattsmouth school children will open the March of Dimes in a big way Friday, when they march through downtown Plattsmouth with their dimes for depositing in the March of Dimes Board. Mrs. Richard Young, chairman of the drive here, said arrange ments have been completed with school officials, so that the chil- dren may march in a body from the school and deposit coins in the Dimes board which will be placed on the corner of 5th and ! Main streets. ; Weather permitting, the high school band, under th? direction i of Ward Pschertr, will lead the j . March of Dimes parade. Follow- ? ing the Friday afternoon per- formance slated for 3:30, the board will be placed at the cor- ' ner of 6th and Main, where i adults and other donors may I . give their dimes. j Mrs. Young also revealed that , . Plattsmouth's ' corn crib" will asain be set up this year. Harry j ; Griffin, owner of Harry's Bar, j : will be in charge of the com I drive. Farmers are asked to ' bring their corn contributions j to Soennichsens parking lot on j t Continued on Page Eight) Billy Baird, 92, Honored Tuesday By Rotary Club r The 25th anniversary of the I school at Gunter Branch Air founding of the Plattsmouth Ro- ! University at Gunter Air Base, tary Club will be observed the j Alabama. Following graduation first Tuesday in February. Plans i he was given the 15-day leave, for the special meeting were i In the service for a year, Cpl. outlined at the Tuesday noon j Ashbaugh spent nine weeks at session of the club at Hotel Gunter Field. He had been sta Plattsmouth. ; tioned at Cheyenne before going Orville Nielsen has been j to Alabama. He left Friday to named chairman of the program j report for duty. He is a gradu and dinner which will be served i ate of Plattsmouth high school. by ladies of the Presbyterian j church in the church parlors, j mwj l. ii j One hundred twenty-five Ro-i Wfllt lilPacnn C tarians and Rotary Anns are ex- .pected for the anniversary cele- i bration. In other action at the Tuesday " session, a special tribute was Max Gleason of Barstow, paid to Billy Baird, who observed j California, brother of Walter his 92nd birthday anniversary j Gleason of Plattsmouth, died at Sunday. Fred I. Rea paid trib- ; Barstow Monday, January 7, ute to the retired railroad offi- ; 1952. He was 53 years old.; cial- j A former resident of York. In response, Mr. Baird favored , Nebraska, Mr. Gleason operated his colleagues with his regular ! a motel and tourist court in the feature performance. He sang j California city. He was a vet "Roaming in the Gloaming." to 1 eran of World War I. He had ; the applause of some 40 Rotar- tans. Cliff Girardot was program ; chairman and presented a trav- eiogue ai tne rtoiary session. j Another highlight was intro- ' duction of high school junior j Rotanans for the month. In - i troduced by T. I. Friest, school . representatives at January j meetings are Russell Menges, junior: and Stanley Cole, senior. ' (Continued on Pace 8 BoirDneinrDeDetr Jodairiro Chester Bornemeier of , standing individual in soil conservation in Cass county j during 1951 at the annual meeting of the Cass-Weeping Water Creek Watersheds Association Tuesday night. In recognition of his splendid conservation activity j and cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service and I the Watershed Association, he was presented a bronze J engraved plaque by R. R. Fursc, publisher of the Platts mouth Journal. Cpl. Ashbaugh Graduates From Air-Med School Cpl. Darl N. Ashbaueh. son of Mr. and Mrs. Darl B. Ash baugh. has departed for Chey- enne, Wyoming, after spending a 15-day holiday furlough here. r" "" " " T 1L .... .. CpL Darl N. A&hbaugh Cpl. Ashbaugh recently grad uated from the Airo-Medical j w .1 KmrhPr I I1PQ j been in ill health fcr sometime and was known to have had a weak heart. ' Walter Gleason left Tuesday i ior lors, weDrasKa. en route 10 I California for services. j John Everett, prominent resi- , dent of Liberty precinct was here Tuesday from Union to look after matters at the court house and while here called at the Journal to renew his subscription. few ' C Elmwood was named the out- Engraved on the plaque was 'Plattsmouth Journal Award, presented to Chester Borne meier for outstanding achieve ment in soil conservation 1951.'' Hearty applause greeted the se lection of the Elmwood farmer. Selection of Mr. Bornemeier was according to the Platts mouth publisher, based on soil conservation work completed during 1951. Furse cited the Elmwood farmer for accom plishing the work by using his own machinery, and for doing; most of the work himself. Although other farms may be farther advanced in complete soil conservation, none accom plished more during the past year Furse said. Furse also Dresented certifi- i cates of merit to 16 other farm owners and operators for soil conservation in a sub-watershed district. Certificates were awarded to ! Bruce Cook Mr. and Mrs. Frank Salberg. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Petereit. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Petereit, Mrs. Bertha Crabill, Mr. and Mrs. William Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Zeorian. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schneider. Mr. and Mrs. George P. Stoehr, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Schlueter. Mr. and , i Mrs. Lester L. Wagoner, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin J. Rumph, Mr. and Mrs. August Piatt and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Schneider. The Stoehrs Creek watershed grcuo was cited as the most eomplet? soil conservation district. Bornemeier was selected from a list of outstanding soil con servation farmers during the past year. Through terracing, contours, seedine and retarding structures, the Elmwood farm er definitely showed that soil conservation can be adopted by an individual farmer in a man ner to retain fallen waters, de crease run-off, and work In cooperation with the Soil Con servation Service and the Cass Weeping Water Creek Water sheds Association. And with the naming of lead ing soil savers in the county. Richard Ten Hulzen. head of the Cass county Soil Conservation Service, had a good word for county development as a whole. Ten Hulzen told the audience of 300 that Cass county was again the outstanding soil con servation county in 1951. The county boosted the number of terraces from 501 in 1950 to 652 in 1951. Both were tops dur ing: their respective years in Nebraska. He also pointed out that wa terway construction hit an all time hi"h. and complimented the County Commissioners for 51 miles of roadside erosion control. But while a lot has been done, a lot more remains to be done. Ten Hulzen pointed out. At last year's rate, it will take 36 years to conrolete a full conser vation program in Cass county, according to the Soil Conserva tion district head. Ten Hulzen briefly outlined the activity of the conservation district, which during the past year spent more than 250 over time hours in helDing farmers prepare and plot their land. He cited employees of the district for their willing cooDeratlve work, and farmers for their pa tience while awaiting staking by the district. But with farmers like Chester Bornemeier and others through out the county working toward complete watershed conserva tion, the job is ranidlv cutting down the amount of soil erosion, run-off water and is slowlv aiding the control of waters. flood Iowan Held In County Jail On Check Charge George S. Burris of Sioux Citv is in Cass county jail after nleading guilty to a chares nf j Issuing a no fund check here. county Judge Raymond J. Case set bond at $250 and bound Burris over to Cass county dis trict court to await trial. Sheriff Tom Solomon, who ar rested Burris. said the Iownn had ismied seven no fund checks here. Burris had been employed with a highway crew near Plattsmouth. A Classified Ad In The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. i