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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER TTlHIE PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 71 SIXTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 19 ids To Bids will be let by the Plattsmouth City Council February 25 for contracts for construction of a sanitary sewer in the general area of AvpnilP CJ "fullnwincr Jiftinn meeting- at the city hall Wednesday night. Meeting in the presence of eight property owners, all who favored the action, the council rapidly disposed of routine obligations and approved resolution of neces sity and ordered construction of the sewer. Only question asked of the council, and one which they could give no definite answer was "How much will it cost?" 1952 Fords Go On Display Here Friday, Febr. 1 Ford for 1952 offers a more pcwerfulV-8 engine, an entire ly new six-cylinder engine and the widest choice of power train combinations for passenger cars. The new Fords will go on dis play at Plattsmouth Motor Com Dany on Washington avenue, Friday morning, February 1. Both engines have close-fitting expansion control alumi num pistons, full-pressure lubri cating systems which keep all bearings oiled by pressure, free turning valves to give better valve seating and eliminate sticking, and an automatic pow er pilot carburetion-igr.ition system. The chassis of the 1952 Ford passenger cars was designed for maneuverability and riding com fort through a system of springs, longer wheelbase, wider front tread and a rigid frame. Six j different sets of front coil j ine was continued Wednesday, springs were designed for the The Council made the follow vfirious car weights and models, j ing amendments to the original ' Front and rear brake drums ; assessments. are double-sealed aeainst water j District 100. Main street, none, and dirt, and the hand emer- j District 101, 8th street, re gency brake has been redesigned ' ducpd the assessments against to operate with the cable run- i the property of Clark E. Fin ning over a pulley instead of through a curved conduit. Four passenger cars are avail able in more than 80 color, trim and upholstery combinations. Colors of interior garnish mold ings, instrument panels, door panels and seat sirieshields vary to harmonize with unholstery fabrics and exterior colors. The new Ford also features completely new all-stpel struc ture and all-new styling with curved one-piece windshields pnd rear windows. Ford's styl ing identity can be observed in the lines of the hood and front end of the new cars, centering around a new triple-spinner, air-scoop grille arrangement. Body lines sween backward frrm extended headlights along the hood and high fender line to the jet-tube t?il lisiit sections. B II. G. Elting and C. C. Gi rardot invited the general tmbiic to view th" new Ford modpls at Plattsmouth Motors on Jwash- ; than Cass countV'S leading citv ineton Avenue starting Friday. - Omaha has the lowest mill lew February 1. ; at 49.25. North Platte rates the 1 highest Wy nf the 20 eities with Tparl'Pr Fcrpnp ! 77.64. The figures wer taken i eacner escapes , from rpriorts t0 the sta.e tax Injury In Mishap ! commission . NEHAWKA ( Special Mrs ! a Richard Wilson, teacher at ; ?,att5rv,outh's mill levy in school district 19 near Nehawka, j c1l,dPS 25 4 for orjerntinfT lof.a escapr injury Thursdav morn-j schools whilo th cit " t m? wnn ner r r me ruau v.iu,f bur- y ulna's w v. i srare share the rema ning 12 After skidding on frost covered , millS- f- pavement the car veered off the j ' road and was suspended atop J Frk Fiht, -bo hs been a some brushes and a fence, just natint fit St. Catherine's hos west of the Ivan Hansen farm, i pital at Omaha for several weeks Hansen pulled the car from its ; returned home Monday. He is perch and Mrs. Wilson continued , at the home of his sister, Mrs. on her way to school. Philip Born. Rotations Hear Plans For Silver Anniversary Plattsmouth Rotarians have i been assured that a large num ber of guests will be on hand for their 25th anniversary cele bration to be held February 5. Reporting at the Tuesday noon meeting. Orville Nielsen told the group that over 14 Omaha Ro tarians will be here and that nearly everv club in eastern Ne braska and western Iowa will -.ave members at the anniver sary meeting. The 25th anniversary of the organization of Rotary here will dp held at the Presbyterian church, at sevn o'clock Tues dav, February 5. In other Rotary action Tues day, Rotarians heard a reoort from Stanley Cole. Plattsmouth high school senior who has at tended the January meetings. Russell Menges. junior repre spntative. was unable to attend the Tuesday session. Rotarians also learned that they had a 100 per cent attend ance at the meeting a week ago. Sewer Be Let 7th street from Avenue C to j rf tVio rnnnfil 5?t u cnor-ifil I Plans and specifications are on file at the office of City Clerk Albert Olson or Henning sen. Durham and Richardson. Inc.. special city engineers, of Omaha. Estimated construction cost of Sanitary Sewer district 7 is $13,775. It will include an 8-inch main running penerally north and south parallel with 7th street and will include nine lat erals. No objections to the dis trict were filed either orally or written. As provided in the council's resolution, construction should start prior to April 1 and should be completed within a three month period. The successful bidder will be expected to com plete the sewer installation by July 1. During the special session, the council continued its reces sed hearing as a board of eaual ization on assessments for street improvement districts 100. 101 and 102. The districts are Main street paving, 8th street paving and Granite street paving. Objections to assessments were heard during the special equalization hearing Monday night and taken under advise- ment until the recessed hPnr nev and Earl S. Shanholz from $309.84 to S213.01. The reduc tions were authorized since a 12-foot strin bordering both properties had already been previously paved but had not been changed on th plat filed (Continued on Page 6) Plattsmouth Has Twelfth Lowest Overall Tax Levy Plattsmouth ranks 12th a- I monsr the 20 largest cities for! the lowest combined property tax levy with a combined state. county and school levy of 64.42 mills Omaha. York and Lincoln rate as the first three for low-: st mill levies, however all three , rParly 27 mills. The county and The spirit of Rotary Interna tional took on a new lieht for local members when C. C. Girar dot reported that a reeent for eign guest of the club has made a determined bid to attend another session of th local club pnd to display his learning abil ity. Jroslav Smrcka. German Ro tarian. who was her two weeks a?ro. told Oirardot that he will return to Plattsmouth in three months to address the club in English. Two weeks aco he eould hfrdlv sneak a word of the Amencnr lanuaee. Potnr ians are looking forward to the V.nn results. Visitine Rotarians t the Tues day mpeting wer Bob Forrest of Oman q. and Bill Lusch of Glenwood. Iowa. Bob Doerr of Lincoln was a guest of C. C. Girardot. R. R. Furse was p-ogram chairman and showed p film on snow rangers and their safety activities. Rehmeier Receives Ag Award j t. J s i Displaying pleasure after receiving the A. G. Skelly award for agriculture achievement. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rehmeier of Weeping Water are caught by the Journal photographer admiring the plaque which they received. Mr. Rehmeier was the first Ne braska farmer to receive the award in 1952. It was presented at a special breakfast arranged for in his honor Saturday morning. He also received a gold lapel pin and a $100 defense bond. Rehmeier presented the defense bond to the Ladies of the Congregational church, who served the breakfast. Journal Photo William Becker, Retired Farmer, Dies Wednesday William A. Becker, resident of the Plattsmouth community for more than 20 years, died at his home Wednesday afternoon, fol lowing a stroke. He had been ill for several weeks. The 83-year-old retired farm er died January 30. 1952. A native of Pekin. III., where he was born December 12. 18G8. Mr. Becker was the son of John H. and Harriett Becker. He was. married December 7, 1893, to Mary Horn at Fiattsrnculh. He moved to Plattsmouth in 1931 after retiring. Surviving are two sons. Earl and Floyd, both of Plattsmouth: a daughter. Mrs. Viola Speck of Plattsmouth: a Frank Cloidt of iz granacnunren ana eignt ; a resident of the Mynard corn great grandchildren. . muni: v. Nolle has served as Funeral service.- whl be helfrj president of the Mynard Com- baturaay, February J. at two ; o'clock at Sattk-r Funeral Home j with Dr. H. G. McClusky offici- ating. Burial will be ot Oak , Hill cemetery at Plattsmouth. ! Visiting hours will be observed at Sattler Funeral Heme Friday afternoon and evening from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Naeve of Longmont, Colo., were here Tuesday to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Naeve, the latter now being home from the : . hospital. The visitors are on ; .a"d F"" KR 5 Stander ... , , and Dick of Wabash were m their way home from a visit n. Plattsmcuth on business Wed South Dakota. ; nesaay. Scanlons Are ! - ' I r-p: ' ' if Li 1 JP. ; L...... --. J Leo Scanlon, owner and manager of Cass County Maytag Company, today officially an nounced partnership with his brother, Bart Scanlon. The new member of the firm is an authorized Maytag maintenance man and is well experienced in refrigeration. He recently com pleted a course for the Maytag company at its school in Newton, Iowa. Bart came here from Ames, Iowa, and has been associated with his brother at Cass County Maytag for several months. Shown above are the partners, Bart and Leo, in the midst of their fine display of appliances. I ... 1"-$' e ii 'O-fiin)--:.- 7 Nolte Files As Candidate For Commissioner William F. Bill- Nolte paid i Thev have one adopted daugh his filing f-e to Cass County j ter- He vvas a member of the Clerk W.'J. B. McDonald Tues- j Methodist church at Nehawka rir in rnonnpira his rnnHi. Surviving are his wife. Ruth. dacy for the Republican nomi nation for county commissioner from the First District. New serving the last year cf his first f cur-year term. Nolte is seeking the Republican nomi nation at the April primary. He was named commissioner from the first district at the general election in and has served the countv since January 1949. Currently serving his second term as chairman of the board of commissioners, Nolte was re aDDointed board chairman dur- sister. Mrs. ! jno the commissioners first Jan Plattsmouth: ' uirv r-ftin nunitv ciub v-as president of the stockholders of a co-op rrer,irrry fnr 15 ypars, ancj was in the hatchery business in Cass 0urtv for several years. During his four year term, the First District commissioner has worked for better roads in Cass county and only recently sub mitted a reuort showing prog ress made during 1951, a year that saw many district roads extensively damaged. Partners In Appliance Store John Kettlehut, Nehawka Farmer, Takes Own Life John Kettlehut. 49-year-old Nehawka farmer, died early Wecnesdav afternoon of what Sheriff Tom Solomon described ' i as a self-inflicted cunshot wound. Solomon said Kettlehut ap parently held his head asaiixst j the pun and discharged it by , piuung the trigger against a nail ; on which the gun was hung in j a barn on the Kettlehut farm. ! Called to the Nehawka farm i shortly after noon Wednesday by Jack Lindsey and Guy Mur deck, who had planned to help Kettlehut butcher, Solomon said he found evidence which indi cates suicide. Murdock and Lindsey told Solomon that they were at the Kettlehut farm to help butcher and that when they arrived, Kettlehut was in the barn. He stepped out of the south door of the barn and told them to go around to the north door. As the two approached the north door they heard a shot and found Kettlehut on the floor, they told the sheriff. Solomon said a double-barrel shotgun was found mounted on the wall and from his investiga tion, Solomon said Kettlehut apparently stood in front of the gun. reached over and pulled the gun towards his head. In doing so, the trigger was forced against a nail and discharged. There was no explanation for the suicide. A native of Cass county, Ket tlehut was born August 25, 1902. near Eagle. He was the son of j Mr. and Mrs. Raynerd Kettlehu;. I He was married to Ruth Hogue : June 7. 1935 at Weeping Water. and daughter, Thelma Ray, of Nehawka. two daughters by a former marriage, Mrs. Alma Marie Chriswisser and Mrs. Myr tle Verner, both of Louisville; a sister. Mrs. Barbara Case of Omaha: a half-sister. Mrs. Ruth Rice of Dodge City. Kansas; his 1 'her. Raynerd of Omaha, and h .either, Ellas. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church with Rev. Fred Gardner officiating. Other arrangements are not available. Mrs. Highfield's Father Dies Harry Hughes, father of Mrs. William G. Highfield. died at a Wahoo haspital Thursday morn ing. January 31, 1952. He was 69 years old. A school teacher by profession. Mr. Hughes was superintendent cf schools at Wahoo. Surviving besides his daugh ter are his wife, four other daughters and one son. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Mr. and Mrs. Highfield left Thursday morning for Wahoo. Journal Photo Sc!h Soecial School Bond .Pf , 1 "y1 DO"a Addresses i'lanned Three speaking encase ments have been announced by members of the Platts mouth board of education in its drive to acquaint local residents with the need be hind the proposed bond is sue for school building con struction. The speaking tour starts today with an address to local school teachers at 4 o'clock. On Monday, February 4, a member of the board will address the Senior Woman's C lub. and the Ad Club will hear a board member Feb ruary 13. "Wide Open" Gambling Charge j Only Rumor Charges of '"wide open" gam- ! bling in Louisville at the Cass ; county Republican pre-primary i convention here last Saturday night, were denied by Louisville city officials and Sheriff Tom Solomon this week following a ranid investigation. The charges were made by County Chairman Ward Brun son of Louisville in an address before the Republican conven tion Saturday night. Brunson further charged that the sheriff's office is doing noth ing toward halting the gambling. Prompted by the county com missioners, Solomon said he checked with Elwood Pankonin, Louisville mayor, and wis in formed that there is no organ ized gambling in Louisville. Pan konin told the sheriff that the village board can handle any gambling complaints made to them. Solomon said that in a per sonal telephone conversation with Brunson Tuesday night. Brunson stated that the charges made at the convention were based on "heresay rumors," some of which came from the fourth stool." Brunson told the sheriff he couldn't state posi tively that on and of gambling games were taking place but did state that he understands that games are going on m two busi- i pieaded guilty to charges of ness places which he named. vandalism. Senten ce was pro The sheriff, who has promised ; n0unced Monday afternoon fol- a lull investigation, saia ne no tified the village board of Louis ville of the statements Brunson made concerning the two busi ness places. Attend Funeral Rites At Stromsburg Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vincent at tended funeral services at Stromsburg Wednesday for Mrs. E. A. Vincent, aunt of Mr. Vin- Mrs." Vincent was the last of the original Vincent clan. Firemen's Fund Climbs; Benefit Ball Planned Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department's fund raising cam paign neared the $1,400 mark, a report of additional contributors indicates today. The drive which started just prior to Christmas will be cli maxed Saturday. February 16. when a benefit Firemen's ball will be given by Platstmouth Aerie. Fraternal Order of Eagles at the lodge hall. Nearly three hundred dollars were reported this week in the third contribution report cf the department. Contributing were: $50 C. A. Ruse. Ruback Super Store. $15 Robert Walling. $10 Plattsmouth Cleaners. Ofe Oil Company, Mrs. Eda Gering Her old, Fouchek. Garnett & Long, Western Auto and Plattsmouth Motors. S3 Ilinky-Dinky, Ward and Rich ard Schade. Henry F. Nolting, Henry Starkjohn. Amelia M. Heldt, Stan's Bakery, Mrs. Gamer, Jessie Robertson. Smith and Lebens, Matney Furniture, Les Hutchinson, Warren and Mrs. Frank Lillie, Harry Albin, 1 Frank Biles, H. C. Tlekotter, Charles Erwin, Clemens Kroliski, ByDildDEHigs Construction of additional i mouth is necessary if the school is to maintain its ac- credited standing, James Deploy, secretary of the Platts j mouth board of education told members of the recently I formed Parent Teachers Association here Tuesday night. Uejrley explained that the construction plans recent ly revealed by the board were instituted when board members learned from state education officials that overcrowded facilities threaten the school's accreditation. A Allen X. Parker Allen Parker On Pacific Base j Allen N. Parker, son of Mrs. j John Wiles of Plattsmouth. is S attending fleet school for yeo- ! men on Guam. Kecently ar rived on the Pacific island, Par ker will attend the school lor i three months. ' The 19-3'ear-old Plattsmouth high school graduate left the States in early December and arrived in Guam about two weeks ago. He enlisted in the Navy in September. He spent a short leave at home in early December before going overseas. Parker took boot training at San Diego. Teenagers Paroled On Vandalism Count Four Plattsmouth teenagers were paroled to their fathers and a fifth paroled to his grandfather, by Judge Raymond j case after thev had all lowing the hearing Saturday morning. The five boys were aLso or dered to pay the damages of vandalism at three country schools and to pay the court costs. Paroled were William F. Beck er, Jon Schuetz, Loran Jean Kaffenberger. Harold Gene Wagner and Denny Phillip Hirz. Thursday guests of Mr. and " - ! Ada Newton and Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Newton of Omaha. Willis Eaton and Edwin Garnsey. $3 John Bergman. S2 Frank Rebal. A. R. Case. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kell. Jr., Theo dore Ptak. SI Mrs. Anna Stoll. J. C. Corn- .stock. Ed Miller, C. O. Carlberg Arthur Warga and Downtown ! Motors, ! 50 Cents ! George Carlin. Current members of the de- partment ore Howard Hirz. pres- idem: William Highfield, vice president; John V. Svoboda. sec retary: Frank J. Koubek. treas urer: Ray F. Wiysel. chief; Carl J. Schneider, 1st assistant chief; Hugh Stander, Jr.. second assist ant chief; A. W. Huebner. first driver; V. T. Am, second driver; Leo A. Hohman, third driver, and William Schmidtmann, chemical man. Other members are James Beglev, Clyde Rosboroueh, C. T. Woster. John Sattler. Franklin Kief. Fred Lugsch. Louis W. Kief, W. Aay Herring. H. F. Schuetz, Dr. O. Sandin, D. B. Ashbaugh. Herbert Baumgart, Wmford Dasher, Paul E. Barker, Ernest H. Yenney, Carl Chriswiser, James Aspedon, Herbert Minor, Walter Bryant, Louis B. Swo boda. Ben F. Anderson and Clark E. Finney. T CCep school facilities at Platts- Early in March 1951. Begley assistant director of supervision and curriculum of the state de partment of public instruction, visited the ward schools and high school and recommended that something be done to rem edy overcrowded conditions and to provide greater educational facilities. Reading excerpts from a let ter from Dr. Miller. Begley cited the state's concern over the Plattsmouth school situation. Miller's letter reads in part: "The visit to the ward schools pave us an oppor tunity to pet a more com plete picture of the Platts mouth program and the Plattsmouth problems than we have had. The problem of rlass enrollments and pupil-teacher ration is a verv obvious one and one on which we are compelled to take a definite stand be cause both class size and pupil-teacher ration are in excess of accreditation re- ouirements. While we rec I oirnize the immensity of the i problem, jet we must po on j record as pointin? out that j these two things in the ele mentary scnooi plus some class sizes in hitrh school are distinct deviations from accreditation criteria which cannot be overlooked. One cannot separate from this problem of an overtaxed school plant and facultr such things as improved lighting-, the need for redec oration in some instance and more adequate scnooi furniture." Further explaining Miller's statements. Begley pointed out that some elementary class rooms house as many as 40 pu pils while the state accepted maximum is 25. Practically ev ery teacher in the Plattsmouth school svstem has more than the desired number of pupils. Too many pupils per class room limit the amount of spec ial attention which students need and should have, and create problems for both par ent and teachers in relation to Continued on Page C.i Cotner & Son To Show New Kaiser Models The first of the 1952 Kaiser I and Henry J. automobiles will go on display at Cotner and Sf ailer"i' razer dealpr m 1 (in nisn av u-i ho tho Vir- j ginian in the Kaiser line nnrl me vagabond" m the Henry J. series. Both are distinguished by new continental spare tire and wheel carriages which provide a rakish rear styling treatment as wll as increasing luggage capacity by nearly 15 per cent. In the Virginian, the tire and wheel unit is mounted between the rear bumper and trunk lid. Hinged at the base, the carriage is fitted with a release lever which allows the entire assemb ly to be lowered easily for quick access to the trunk. The new two-tone color com binations, designed to harmon ize with five interior upholstery colors, have been developed for the Virginian models. Similarly identified by an out side real wheel carriage, the Vagabond is the first 1952 edi tion of the Henry J. Aside from giving the low-priced sedan a lower. European sports car ap pearance, the exterior mounting increases luggage capacity by nearly three- cubic feet. Available in both four and six cylinder models, the Vagabond has an overall length of 181U inches, seven inches longer than other models. New black plastic and chrome hood ornaments and chrome script insignia on. the front fenders are features of both the Virginian and Vaga bond. Cotner and Sons, which will show the new models starting Saturday morning, February 2. is located on First Avenue, mid way between 3rd and 4th streets. Mrs. Clyde Bragg underwent surgery at Methodist hospital at Omaha Thursday morning.