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Up T Y(loS expansion of this city hinges on the carrying of this bond issue. We believe, also, that given these additional im provements' Plattsmouth will make even more progress in the next five years than in the past. This story is not told with the intention of influenc ing any votes for this proposal. We believe residents of this community have made up their mind either for or against constructing these needed facilities. It is intend ed to impress you progressive citizens of Plattsmouth who favor this proposal the need for your vote Tuesday. Let nothing stop you from casting your vote April 1. Every "FOR" vote will be needed to carry this issue. Do not fail to cast your ballot. It is stimulating, to say the least, when attending uitstate functions to notice how discussions ditert to Plattsmouth when they learn a resident of the city is in the group. Frankly, we believe Plattsmouth is the most talked about town in Nebraska at the present time. Nearly everywhere you go people want to know what is happening in this community what has brought on this reincarnation, so to speak. Here is a city that without doubt has shown more progress during the post war years than any other of its size in the midwest. Our city can point out with pride the surge of new ' home development in the community, the numerous new busin ess buildings, new store additions and improvements. Few cities can equal the blocks of new paving, our street widening, new lighting system, athletic field, and dozens of others that escape attention at present. And, there is still more to come. This spring and summer will see many building programs get underway and completed. At least two new business buildings are in the planning stage. Pres ent schedules call for construction of several new homes in one residential area of Plattsmouth. The city's main street is due for some' more face lifting in the way of new store fronts and remodeling. In all, it looks like another banner year for Plattsmouth. We bring these matters up again to thwart the at tacks of the pacifists, the critics and the "Doubting Thomases" who wail and lament that progressive busin ess leaders of Plattsmouth are wrecking the community, burdening the property owners with heavy taxes that will drive families from our midst and leading to the ultimate downfall of the city. Could this be true when the present tax rate in Plattsmouth is less today than it was five years ago be fore present improvements were made? On Tuesday Plattsmouth residents will cast their ballot for a proposal to issue bonds for the construction of a new high school addition, for remodeling the pres ent building to care for the ever increasing student load, and for a four-room ward school that should go a long way in relieving crowded conditions in the elementary grades. We are of the opinion the future growth and Wiul irwirdl? 4's 4 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER VOLUME 71 jysraiors Wcsge unity Strong campaigns were waged here Wednesday and Thursday by Federalist and Nationalist candidates for county offices. The candidates were named in balloting Tuesday at the high school caucus. At stake is an office in Boys' and Girls' County Gov ernment to be held here April 9 under the sponsorship of the American Legion. Candidates for the eleven county offices were named in the caucus by both the Federalist and Nationalist parties. Elected bv the high school Weeping Water School Names (T . ft( I miTIl V I IlllPPFS VUIU1V VlllVWO bounty officers from Weeping Water high school have been certified with Richard Peck, chairman of the Americanism committee of the American Le gion, sponsors of Boys' and Girls' County Government. The eleven elective officers and one appointive officer .were ! o- rH it- no ! In 'nrr or- inn ! selected in balloting at "" j school recently. Officers, all members of the junior class, who will represent Weeping Water during County Government Day, April 9, are: JoAnn Sheehan, county treas urer; Jim Stacev, clerk of the district court; Ben E. Olive, lmnty attorney; Mary Murphy, rceister of deeds: Jerry Meeske, county surveyor; Joe Murphy, j Thursday. But party machines county commissioner: James E. were actually in operation be Sperry, county clerk; T. Elwin i fore the caucus got underway. Ranney, county sheriff; Donna Throughout the two-day per Holt. superintendent of schools; iod. candidates have been speak Lucille Meyer, county assessor, ! m? m classrooms outlining plat and Alice Wiles, county judge. i forms and establishing a follow -Leon Fitzpatrick was named j fr the general election, welfare director. j Boys' and Girls' County Gov- Tt thP first .rrniin nf roim- ! ty officers turned in to the county government director. Plattsmouth high school is conducting its election today, and nine other county schools are still to be heard from. All schools plan to participate. Peck said. Onis Wright, 62, Dies At Omaha Funeral services will be held at Hobson Funeral Home at Weeping Water at two o'clock Saturday afternoon. March 29, 1952, lor Onis Wright, who died at an Omaha hospital late Wed nesday, March 26, 1952. He was 62 years old. A resident of Omaha for the - past several years, he was sta tionery engineer for an Omaha department store. He had re sided at 654 south 26th street. Surviving are his wife, Eliza beth; three brothers, Edward of Ash Grove, Mo., Charles of Hur lev. Mo., and Onnie Davis of Prague, Oklahoma, and one sis ter, Mrs. Delia K. Murphy of North Hollywood. Calif. Rev. J. S. K. Whipf will offici ate at the final rites. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. Hobson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. and Mrs. James Wiles of Louisville were in Plattsmouth Wednesday. It was the first time they had been out in four days. Mark And Save Sample Ballots Sample ballots, both Re publican and Democratic, alons with special and eity ballots, will be found in to day's issue of the Platts mouth Journal. The ballots, longest in his tory, will be found in one of the inside sections of the Journal. The ballots cover more than four pages. The Journal suggests that voters save the ballots, mark then.. : C t-.ke the marked copies to the polls Tuesday, April 1. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Mice s students were: Federalists Commissioner Herb Brown Clerk Melvin Todd Assessor Dick Beverage Attorney John Ahrens Clerk Dist. Ct. .. Dale Schiber Reg. Deeds Loran Kaffenberger Sheriff .... Willard Christenson Superintendent . . Benne Speck Surveyor .... Dennis Sindelar Treasurer Donald Bocock Judge Sharon Kneer Nationalist Commissioner John Carper j Clerk Bruce Jacobs Assessor Shirley Harper clerfc cist! CL Tom Livingston . Judge Tom Corns Ree. Deeds Sharlene Haney Sherirf Dwayne Noeil Superintendent - Ron Schneider Surveyor John Blotzer Treasurer Carol Krejci AH- members of the Platts mouth high school junior class, the party candidates are cam paigning for election at the gen eral election to be held today ernmem, ior wnicn me election is ceine conducted, is an an nual promotion of the American Legion Americanism committee. Richard Peck, committee chair man, is heading the program. Junior classes from schools throughout the county are con ducting similar elections in pre paration for County Govern ment day to be observed April 9. Electees to the various offices ! will be students of county of ficers for the day and will see and learn of the activities which take place in the various de partments. The high school juniors will be guests of the American Le gion for the day. Cooperating with the Legion are high schools throughout the county and the Plattsmouth Rotary Club. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer G. Stoehr of Louisville were in Plattsmouth Wednesday on business, after digging out from the affects of the week end snow storm. Two Hundred Past Masters The Past Masters pin was pre sented to Royal Smith, immedi ate past master of Plattsmouth Lodge, No. 6, A. F. & A. M., at the 28th annual Past Masters Banquet held by the lodge Tues day night. Presenting the pin to the 1951 master was Edward Wehrbein, past master who headed the group in 1946. An estimated 200 Masons, including several Grand Officers witnessed the cere mony. Mr. Smith has been an officer of the Lodge since 1946. Grand officers attending the annual banquet included Grand Master Thomas J. Aron of Crete, Grand Secretary Carl R. Greis en. Grand Custodian Raymond C. Cook, Grand Historian Harold Thorn and Grand Senior Deacon and Masonic Home President Herbert T. White, all of Omaha. Guests also included a number of past masters of the Platts mouth Lodge, who were among the honorees at the banquet. Masons also heard Dr. Joe R. Kennedy, pastor of the Christian church at Omaha, who gave the principal address. Dr. Kennedy spoke on "Scandals, Scavengers and Skalawags." Largest Paid Circulation of PLATTSMOUTH, Bridge Levy May Free Additional Funds For Roads County Farm Bureau repre sentatives in a statement re leased this week said they hoped that the passage of the emer gency bridge levy might free some county funds for other much-needed road work. For several years now work on bridges has been requiring a large share of the county's road monies. Funds not specifically ear marked, but available for road work, have had to be used on emergency repair of bridges much of the time. Passage of the 1.6 mill emergency bridge levy should not only make it possible to get started on a more realistic bridge program, but it should free some funds for reg ular road work also. The emergency bridge levy of 1.6 mills to remain in effect for only two years, beginning with 1952. will be submitted to the voters at the April 1 primary elections. A bureau representative is ex hibiting a small scrapbook of bridge pictures taken through out the eastern part of the coun ty, which, he says, shows the need for increased bridge funds. Shown in the scrap book , were the 90-foot bridge five miles northwest of Murray, which out; a bridge one mile north west of Mynard. on a mail route, which has been out for four years; a damaged bridge tnree miles southwest of Mynard; one on a mail route one-half mile south of Rock Bluff, an aban doned bridge three, miles south of Plattsmouth, and one four miles southwest of Mynard which he says is in bad condi tion. The representative points out that his scrapbook represents only a few of the useless bridges in the area. Stander Implement To Sponsor Farming Meeting Friday Stander Implement Company of Plattsmouth will sponsor a Grassland Farming meeting at the company location on Third Avenue Friday night. Farmers from throughout the territory are invited to the 7:30 meeting which will feature a movie on grassland farming. A door prize will be awarded and refreshments served. Candidate Is. Here Wednesday Tom Dooley of Papillion. can didate for the unicameral leg islature from the third district, was in Plattsmouth Wednesday on business. A former legisla tor. Dooley is in the insurance and real estate business at Pa pillion. At 28th Banquet Dr. Kennedy told the Masonic group that there is more to life than just living. He cited recent political scandals, and the idea of taking everything out of life and putting nothing into it, as destroying the basic fundamen tals of living. Past Masters attending the annual banquet were William F. Evers, Leslie W. Niel. Luke L. Wiles, Raymond C. Cook, Henry F. Nolting, Robert M. Painter, L. F. Terryberry, Leonard A. Born, Carl J. Schneider, Lester W. Meisinger, J. Russell Reeder, Ralph J. Wehrbein, John E. Parkening. J. Howard Davis, Howard E. Wiles, Edward F. Wehrbein, C. A. Wetenkamp, Chas. M. Mead. Verner A. Mei singer, C. E. Ledgway and Royal Smith. C. Warren Rhylander, Worthy Master, presided at the banquet and was master of ceremonies. Rev. Harold V. Mitchell gave the invocation and Rev. Wm. Hal stead the benediction Musical selections were pre sented by the high school Mad rigal group, and distinguished guests were introduced. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, MARCH 27, Commanders :.y.v a T-l.MMff ...-. ox '1Hkrf f vsa: -v, , ,w. ,y Talking over Legion activities at the 33rd anniversary birth day party held at the 40 & 8 club Wednesday night are Comman der Eugene Krings and Frank H. Smith, first commander of the Plattsmouth post when it was organized in 1919. With the Legion naires are Mrs. Robert Slavicek, Mrs. Eugene Krings and Mrs. Deloma Mullenax. In the background is Miss Mildred Hall, pres ident of the American Legion Auxiliary. The Auxiliary was host to i the Legion at the birthday party. Four Voting Sites Selected Four voting places have asain been designated for the April 1 primary in Plattsmouth. Polls will be located at: First Ward, first precinct, courthouse. First Ward, second pre cinct. Plattsmouth Motors Second Ward, first pre cinct, Cass County Motor Co. Second Ward, second pre cinct, Cass County Maytag. In addition, residents of the school district, who live outside the city limits, will vote on the school bond is sue at the courthouse. Polls will be open from 8 a. m. until 8 p. m. Liquoi r License Appli ications Okayed For Ten Applications for liquor licenses of ten Plattsmouth tavern oper ators and clubs were approved bv the Plattsmouth city council Monday night. Approved were applications 'of Arthur Reimer. Ralph Timm, El mer Wurtele. Phil F. Haldiman. Erna Lapidus. George Conis. Harry Albin, V. F. W.. 40 & 3 and Fraternal Order of Eagles. Councilmen also okayed the application of Louis Naeve for a package liquor license and for warded it to the state liquor commission, and accepted the application of Esther Donat for a Class C liquor license. In other action Monday night, the council approved the re quest of Alvin Smock for a sew er connection, approved the re ports of the finance committee and police judge and adjourned at an early hour. Sam Arn, street department committee chairman, disclosed that a street marking machine has been ordered, and council men generally discussed sale of the former Charles Forbes house, now property of the city. Elmer Gochenour's street de partment crew came in for praise from Mayor Clement Woster, who cited the crew for its activity in removing snow from the main business district and for opening many of the residential streets following the season's record snow Friday and Saturday. Pfc. James Sell To Go To Germany Word has been received from Pfc. James Sell that he has ar rived at Camp Kilmer, New Jer sey, where he will be stationed for ten days during processing before being sent to Germany. Sell was home for 10 days re cently, returning to duty last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. George Lathrope, Charles and Frank Thlele of Ne braska City, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barkhurst and Beverly and F. C. Schomaker of Nehawka, were guests at the Henry Thiele home Thursday. All Cass County Newspapers Talk Turkey Journal Photo Two Superior Ratings Awarded Local Students Wendell Friest. Plattsmouth hikh school junior , was named i the best male actor in Class A ipa: icipants at the District De- '.Pt .atorv contest held at Peru S;& e leachers College Friday. Friest earned the award with an outstanding performance in "Fog on the Valley" one act play presented by Plattsmouth. He also received a superior rat ing with his dramatic reading, "The Madman's Story." Willard Christensen. also a junior, took the other superior rating garnered by Plattsmouth entries. Christensen was enter ed in the oratorical reading class. Excellent ratings were awar ded to John Ahrens. original or atory; Tom Livingston, extem praneous: Gary Campbell, dis cussion; Lorna Nierste, humor ous reading: and the one-act play. Others in the plav were Ella Mary Nielson. Pat Painter. Rosy Foster. Gary Campbell and Her bert Brown. Good ratines were awarded to Sally Quinnett. poetry reading; i ana Kay speck, radio news i casting. j Approximately ninety high . school students from thirteen ! high schools in southeast Ne i braska participated in the con j test. Following the morning reg . istration. individual contest numbers in humorous, dramatic and oratorical declamation, in terpretative reading. radio speaking, and discussions were presented. One-act plays were presented in the afternoon and evening. Judging the entries were James Levitt. James Steele and Robert Moore of the college. Father Kors Will Present Well-Known Educator, Author Father Max L. Kors, pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal church of Plattsmouth will present B. I. Bell, noted author, educator and religious leader in one of a se ries of lectures which the Chi cagoan will give at Omaha this week. The noon and evening lectures will be given at Trinity Cathe dral and All Saints church in Omaha March 31 through April 4. Father Kors will make the presentation Friday night, April 4. Beirs books are currently on display in a special wrack at the Plattsmouth Library. Plattsmouth Man Pleads Guilty To Otoe Check Charge Carl R. Propp of Plattsmouth pleaded guilty in Otoe county court Tuesday to a charge of passing a no account check. He was bound over for trial in dis trict court. Bond was set at $300. Propp is charged with passing a $50 check on the Plattsmouth bank to a motor company for a car payment. Subscribe to The Journal 1952 County March Of Dimes Drive Nets $4,750.85 Mrs. Lottie Knecht. Cass county campaign direotor for the March of Dimes recently re- i ceived a letter from Basil O'Con- I nor, president of the National i Foundation for Infantile Paraly- : sis, acknowledging receipt of I the county campaign report. i The county contributed $4.- i 7505 to the March of Dimes campaign, Mrs. Knecht reports. Half af the amount was remit ted toMhe national foundation while thkremainder will be used locally In his letter. O'Connor said, ' ' I know thatxthe best way I : can thank you lor your devoted and capable assistance in the ' campaign is to tell you that re- ports coming in from campaign directors in all parts of the country indicate that we are now in a position to meet our debt held over from last year's disastrous polio toll, and to car ry forward our programs in 1952. Without your help and that of the fine men and women who worked with you, this would not have been possible." ; Community contributions to the county campaign were Alvo, ' $89.50; Avoca, $265.39; Cedar Creek, $98.67; Eagle, $58.27; Elm wood, $242.53; Greenwood, $2GS.50: Louisville. 326.75; Mur dock. $74.87; Murray, $110.79; Manley, 034.11; Mynard. $15.63; Nehawka, $95.92; Plattsmouth, $1,260.54; South Bend. $141.47; Union, $162.12; Wabash, $66.67; Weeping Water. $438.12. and Of futt Air Force Base, $1,000. In addition Mrs. Knecht re ports that $22 to be turned over from other funds has not been received as yet. Fellowcraft Degrees Conferred Fellowcraft degrees were con ferred upon five Masons by the Plattsmouth Lodge, No. 6, AJF. & A. M. at the Thursday night meeting of the lodge. Degrees were conferred on Harold Mitchell. Warren Lillie. Troy Cotner. Otto Siemers and Harold D. Woodruff. Conferring the degrees were Henry Nolting, Maynard Ram sey, Marion Reed. John Beckman and Warren Rhylander. Car Damaged In Accident Monday Damage to a car driven by Roy L. Patterson of Plattsmouth was estimated at $100 after the car went out of control on the iced highway three miles north of Plattsmouth Monday, Sheriff Tom Solomon reports. Three Districts Seek Funds For Schools Residents of three school dis tricts in the county will be asked to vote on school construction bond issues at the April 1 elec tion. Issues are to be offered at Alvo. Murdock and Platts mouth. Similar programs were de feated at Alvo and Plattsmouth in special elections held pre viously. Locally residents will be asked to approve a revised school building program that was de feated a few weeks ago. The revised program calls for con struction of a five grade ele mentary building in the North I Ward, and construction of a i gym-auditorium high school ad J dition. Approval of the building program will also provide op portunity for remodeling of the current high school building to include additional classrooms. In addition to the gym-auditorium in the proposed addition. facilities will also be provided ! for a music department, and a I kitchen for public use. I Proposed plans for the ele mentary school call for class 1 room facilities for grades, kin dergarten through fourth. The proposed building will bo con structed on the site of the cur rent North Ward school It will have four classrooms on the first FIVE CENTS PER COPY Heavy Vote lis xpected At Gitiy EledfcDOiro With interest running high tickets for the April 1 primary, a heavy vote is expected in Plattsmouth city election to be held the same day. Voters will be asked to elect a mayor, clerk-treasurer, police magistrate, three councilmen and two members to the board of education. In addition write-in campaigns are underwav for at least two of the offices. Write-In Voters Must Use "X" Attorney General Clarence S. Beck has ruled that the write-in vote must include an X in a square opposite the name written in. "After an exhausive study of various texts, statutes and cases related thereto, we conclude that ... a written in name cannot be counted if the voter fails to make a cross in the square opposite the written name," the opin ion said. 7 nitcf I rlCTnT llldl liaUill Will Nominate Commissioner First district voters will have one more name to mark in their ! primary ballots than those in j the second and third district. I Voters in the eight precincts ! will be asked to vote for a county commissioner. W. F. Nolte, First ! District Commissioner whose i term will expire this year, is a candidate for re-election on the j Republican ticket. ile will be opposed by Sam T. ! Gimour of Plattsmouth, who is i also seeking the commissioner 1 seat. I No Democratic candidate for ' the office will be carried on j the ballot. ! Precincts to vote on the com missioner are Eight Mile Grove, West Rock Bluff, East Rock j Bluff, Plattsmoutht and the city i ot Fiattsmoutn. ! Herman L. Bornemeier of ! Elmwood and Ray E. Norris of j Weeping Water are the other i commissioners. Major and Mrs. Hal Pletts are moving to Papillion Friday. Sgt. and Brs. Baline Snider and sons were visiting friends at Offutt Air Base llonday. floor and kindergarten in the semi-basement. The Plattsmouth issue Is for $295,000. At Murdock, a similar gym-gym-auditorium building pro gram is planned. If approved by the voters, the school district will construct a high school ad dition which will have facilities for homemaking and a- hot lunch room. The proposed building, ap proximately 90x100 will be con nected with the current school structure. A large stage, two dressing rooms and a good seat ing capacity are planned in the new structure. Homemaking department will be completely furnished, as will the lunch room. Estimated cost of the proposed building is $66,500. At Alvo, school district voters will ballot on a $28,000 proposed school addition. Voters there turned down a $50,000 bond is sue a year ago. The proposed addition will be constructed ad jacent to the current building, and will be completely furnished by funds asked for in the spe cial election. Other special elections on tap Tuesday will b on sale of the county farm, and levying of 1.8 mills for a special bridge fund. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday ! ! NUMBER 35 IHlere in local, state and national Individuals who were nomin- ated at the city caucuses and , whose named will appear on the j ballot are: j Mayor - Clement Woster. ! Clerk-treasurer - Albert Olson. Police magistrate - J. H. Grav es. Councilman, first ward - How ard F. Hirz, republican, and Clyde Rosborough. democrat, two year term. Councilman, second ward -Francis M. Casey, democrat and E. O. Vroman, republican, one year term. Councilman, second ward -Carl Chriswiser. democrat and Les Hutchin;on, republican. ! two year term. I In addition a vigorous write- ' m campaign is being waged for ; Fred Vincent for mayor. Vln- T cent, a former police officer here and a resident of Platts i mouth for 30 years, declared ! publicly today that he has con j sented to run as a write-in can I didate for mayor. j Vincent said that he had been ! asked by a number of Platts- mouth voters to seek the may ors chair, and that "If they want me. it's my duty to run." Encumbent Clement T. Woa ter was nominated by both the republicans and democrats at the city caucuses held in Feb ruary. He is seeking his third term as head of the city govern ment, and previously had serv ed on the city council. Wosters name will be the only one for mayor to appear on the ballot. Albert Olson, dean of city ad ministrators, and J. H. Graves, a newcomer to city office duties will be unopposed on the balWt. Democratic first ward coun cil candidate Clyde Rosboraugh. who recently moved to Kimball, where he is employed, is still listed as a candidate on the ballot. His nomination at the party caucus was not withdrawn after his departure. He is op posed by Howard Hirz. present' councilman from the second ward, who moved to the first ward following his write-in el ection a year ago. Interest is high too in the school board race where four candidates have been named and where rumored write-in campaigns are underway. Can didates are encumbents A. W. Huebner, president of the board; C. E. Shellenbarger. vice chair man of the board: Stephen M. Davis and J. Howard Davis Edgar Bell, 83, Near Greenwood 50 Years, Dies Edgar Bell, resident of the Greenwood community for near ly 50 vears. died Sunday. March 23. 1952 at his home. He was 83 years old. Funeral services were held at two o'clock Wednesday after noon at the Greenwood Meth odist church with Rev. David Simpson officiating. Born in Iowa, he had Hired at Greenwood aboct 50 years ago. He was a member of the Meth odist church of Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Bell celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary in November. Surviving are his wife. Ollle: three sons. Winnie Byron of Lincoln, and Charles William and Harold E., both of Green wood; a daughter, Mrs. Chester Todd of Greenwood: two broth ers. Guy T.. and Charlie, both of Lincoln; two sisters. As. Eva Root of Beaver Crossing and Mrs. Frederick RIgjis of Clinton. Oklahoma; seven gnand children and two great grand children. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. n ! 1 j-. i r'-i --i r f s k I I
