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Twenty-Two Boy Scouts Receive Awards Monday . Twenty-two Plattsmouth Boy 'I-.rrmtc rprpivpH aa-arrij Hnrinrr i tj;i j t-u t Interest In Fertilizer a Mother's Day Court of Honor held at Camp Crabill Monday night. The fireside ceremony was presented before an esti mated 65 parents and Scout en thhusists. Award winners were: First Class John England and Dan Huebner, presented by Orville Nielsen. Second Class Don Winscot sented by Scoutmaster Al Hin der. Merit Badges Dan Huebner, art; John England, woodwork, swimming and farm layout and building arrangement; Bob Christenham, camping and woodwork; Douiglas Reno, mu sic, presented by Rev. Harold Mitchell. Den Chief Cord Douglas and Edwin Rasmussen, present- Reno, presented by Mrs. Doran ed by Walter Gleason. tsowman. Tpr.rlprfnnt I.nrrv Cnnrinll. ! Tne folorful fireside services Dean Davis, Dayle Eraas, Glen ; ere, held bere an open tent Nichels, Ronald Taylor, Larry Vender Veen, Larry Walton, Le Roy Walton, Gary Whittington, Donald Winscott, Henry Hush son, Bob Hughson. Lynn Fitz gerald, Jim Lamascus, Dean p. 4 1 iOSS era heatre Plattsmouth Last Time Thurs., May 15 Double Feature Kirby Grant & Margaret Field "YUKON MANHUNT" and Lucille Ball & John Agar "THE 3IAGIC CARPET" Fri. 8c Sat., May 16-17 Double Feature Roy Rogers with Trigger "IN OLD AMARILLO" New excitement on the Western border! and Joan Davis & A Big Cast "HAREM GIRL" A laugh from start to finish! Mat. Sat. 2:30 Nights 7 & 9:30 Sun., Mon., Tues., .May 18-19-20 Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron & Nina Foch "AN AMERICAN IN PARIS" A Musical masterpiece antic Technicolor spectacle! Color Cartoon and News Mat. Sun. 2:30 Nights 7 & 9:15 Twelve candles. reDresentins the 12 laws of scouting, lighted the center of the court. After receiving awards. Scouts pre sented miniature badges they had received to their mothers. Entrance of the colors and troop flag followed ooenine of the court. After Scout commit- I teemen entered, allegiance to the flag was said. The candle- ngnt ceremony followed. Follow- l ing the close of court after awards were presented. Douglas Reno sounded taps. Scoutmaster Al Linder also disclosed that Plattsmouth Scouts will attend Camp Cedar : at Fremont during the week i of June 23. Reservations are : due by June 1. Several Scouts I have already declared interest I in accompanying the Scoutmas ! ter to camp. j Plattsmouth troop is now i comprised of 41 Scouts. Runs High I i Todd Ready For ; State Track Meet I Jack Todd, versatile Platts ! mouth athlete, will compete in ! two events at the state track i and field meet to be held at the ! University of Nebraska Friday and Saturday. i Todd qualified in the 120-yard ! ow hurdles and broad jump at i the district meet at Crete last j week. The Plattsmouth speed I ster finished second in the ! hurdles and third in the broad jump. I In addition to his track rec- ord. Todd has also lettered in j football ' and basketball and j shared the track season with I baseball. A senior, he was co ! captain of the football team and the leading scorer. Viewing displays and consulting with fertilizer company representatives are farmers and land owners during the recent opening of America's model fertilizer store operated by B. H. G. Eiting and C. C. Girardot. At left Girardot goes over a few facts and figures with an interested spectator, while Eiting, third from left, views a wall display. At right another exhibit is inspected. The model store opening is said to "have stimulated interest in a true knowledge of fertilizer potentialities here." Pierce, Eaton Lead Blue Devils Past Bellevue 8-1 Plattsmouth baseball team ended its spring campaign on a j hit batsman, an error and a viftnrv nntp Mondav bv shel- sacrifice. lacking Bellevue 8-1. The game j Sixteen players saw action for "The Saucer" Is Publication Of Sixth Graders One thing is very apparent in a new publication just off the mimeograph, published by the North Sixth grade at Cen tral School. Apparent is that "vacation begins May 23." The publication. "The Saucer" lists that note-worthy fact in a conspicuous space on page one and adds reminders throughout the four-page publication. Larry Adkins gets credit for namin? the publication, first issue of which was published in May. He noints out that "we de cided to name our paper 'The Saucer.' We were thinking of names for the paper when I thought of "The Saucer' be cause the High school's paper is 'The Platter.' Since 'The Platter' will hold all of their news, we thought 'The Saucer' would hold our." The paper is edited by Miss Helen Neddenriep, sixth grade teacher. Staff members are Ron nie Banks, editor-in-chief; Con nie Land, assistant editor; Tom my Martin and Dean Davis. humor editors; and Janet Camp bell and Marilyn Hendricks, proofreaders. Reporters are Janice McGraw, north sixth; Larry Campbell, south sixth; Betty Longmore, east fifth; Sandra Lytle, west fifth; Ronald Reimer. fourth; Patty Wiater, third and fourth; Albert Tyson, third; Linda Aspe don. second; Donald Allbee, first; Janet Baumgart. kinder garten; and James Lamascus, playground. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMF-WEEKLV JOURNAL Thursday, May 15, 1952 PAGE FTVi Three Athletes Awarded Letters In Four Sports Three seniors were awarded letters in four sports at the an nual honors day convocation held at Plattsmouth high school Monday. They are Jack Todd, Sophomores Jon Schueta and Jim Jacques. Baseball Seniors Jerry Wood, How- Howard Eaton and Stanley Cole, ara aton, Niamey coie. bob The three athletes received I Richter, Marion Tntsch, and letters in football, basketball. 1 vereu AiarKey. was scheduled late Monday after arrangements to play at Glen wood fell through. Howard Eaton hurled a one hitter while striking out 14 Bel levue batters in registering the j A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. Ladies Toggery 7 COTTON ICE Jtretty summer attraction Nelly Don one of the sheerest, newsiest cottons to date woven-stripc gingham wit) permanently finish. Slim less bodice, a parasol skirt frosted with white pique Brown, leaf green, grey, 10 to JQ95 O -m mm tissue NXCTX sleeve- fMffl - V fun Plattsmouth as Coach Mene Stewart substituted freely after Plattsmouth built up the early lead. Plattsmouth AB R win. mat one nit came in me first inning with two men out. Eaton was never in trouble until the sixth when Bellevue scored its lone run on an error, two stolen bases and an outfield fly. Meanwhile Plattsmouth push ed across three runs in the first, added one more in the second, and capped its drive with four ; Graves. If in the third before reserves took over. Larry Pierce gunned the Plattsmouth attack with three hits, including a triple, in four time at bat. He also scored three runs for the Blue Devils. The sophomore right fielder j 21 started things off in the first in- j Bellevue ning as he opened with a single. I AB After Cole walked. Pierce scored j T. Wichert, 2b 2 on Jerry Wood's single. Cole 1 Erien, 3b 3 and Wood scored when Bocock Elkington, ss 3 singled and Lyle Wood lived on , Spain, p 3 an error. j Ferony, If 3 Pierce also scored in the sec- j Fricke, cf 3 ond inning. After tripling, he ; Dekker, rf s scored on a fly ball to the out field. Pierce's third hit, a single, also accounted for third inning scor ing, as four Platters crossed the Pierce, rf 4 M. Hild, rf 0 Cole, ss 1 Blotzer, ss 1 Conis. lb 2 Nielsen, lb 1 Schuetz, 3b 1 J. Wood, c 2 Bocock, If 3 0 Todd, 2b 0 L. Wood, 2b 1 Eaton, p 4 Richter, cf 2 Tritsch, cf 1 James, cf 0 Moen, c . Urich. lb Bellevue 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 II 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 o 0 0 0 V. o I 15 1 o! 0 I 2 0 0 0 1 Junior Legion Team To Organize Sunday Carl Haith, recently named to manage the Plattsmouth Junior Ameri can Legion baseball team, has issued a call for all pros pective players to report to Memorial Athletic Field on Sunday afternoon, May 18. Boys 15 to 17 years of age are eligible to seek berths on the team, sponsored by Plattsmouth post of the American Legion. Players are requested to bring base ball gloves and shoes when reporting. Practice is set for two o'clock Sunday afternoon. in football. track and baseball. Todd was a standout in track and foot ball, while Eaton and Cole were especially effective in basketball and baseball. Awards were presented by Coaches Merle Stewart and Eu gene Shields. Recipients were: Football Seniors Everett M a r k e y, Stanley Cole, Howard Eaton, Ronald Hunt, Cliff Kennell. Marion Tritsch. Jerry Wood, Bob Wondra, David Newburn and Jack Todd. Juniors John Ahrens, John Blotzer, Donald Bocock, John Carper, Willard Christensen, Tom Conis, Tom Livingston, Dick March. Russell Menges, De Wayne Noell and John Kruse. Sophomores Dick Glaze, Charles Kerns. Jon Schuetz, Lyle Wood, and Byron Finne frock. Freshman Grover Cundall. Basketball Seniors Stanley Cole, Clif ford Kennell, Bob Wondra, Howard Eaton. Jerry Wood and Jack Todd. Juniors Tom Conis and Dick Beveridge. Juniors Tom Conis, JoUn Blotzer, Don Bocock. Sophomores Lyle Wood, Jon Schuetz and Larry Pierce. Freshmen Jim Graves and Stuart Nielsen. Track Seniors Jack Todd, Stanley i Cole, George Born. Everett Mar- key and Howard Eaton. Juniors DeWayne Noell, John Blotzer and Tom Living ston. Sophomores Barney Eiting Freshmen Jim Graves, Bob Karr, John England. Grover Cundall and Stuart Nielsen. 6 21 H 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 13 County Baseball Teams Knocked fom Tournament Murdock and Louisville, fol lowing a pattern set by Platts mouth a week ago, have bowed out of contention for the Ne braska high school baseball tournament. Murdock in Class D and Louis ville in Class C both dropped playoff games this week. 'Decatur edged Murdock 5-4 in the Class D playoff and then 24 .000 plate on four hits, two walks, a 'Plattsmouth 314 1 001 000 ! fell before Millard 10-1. Millard, oi I winner over Springfield in the 01 08 Three Countian Among Livestock Shippers Honored Three Cass countians are Eagles Invited To Alvo Rates Cood Class D Chance Six Cass county schools, led j by Alvo, will have entrants in . the 1952 Nebraska high school ! track and field meet at Lincoln j .this week end. ; Coach Oliver Mayfield's Ori- j oles qualified nine cindermen for the state meet and rate a ; i good chance to finish among j i the top in Class D. Only three j j other Class D teams qualified j as manv men. ! I Three other county teams will i ier oi ouisviue. j have entries in the Class D ! The occasion was the fifth I meet. They are Murdock, Ne- ' annual recognition dinner and j hawka and Elmwood. Each ! program for those who have i qualified one. j been sending livestock to Oma- I Weeping Water qualified two j ha for 50 years or longer, i men in Class C. while Platts- j j. j. Regan, Sr., president of mouth will be represented in the Omaha Live Stock Ex I events. , change, welcomed the pioneers with D. W. Greenleaf of Te kamah responding. Certificates were presented to the pioneer shippers by Earl Miller. Oldest of the shippers honored was Sam Swinbank, 91, of Craw- first round, will meet Oakdale for a state berth. . Meanwhile Louisville took it on the chin from Adams 7-3, while Peru Prep won over Lew iston 15-2. Plattsmouth, in Class B. drop ped out of the tourney a week ago when defeated by David City. David City fell to Omaha Holy Name Monday night. who were feted Wednesday j District meeting night for helping make Omaha j Members of Plattsmouth Aerie the world s largest cattle mar- ; No 3S5 Fraternal order of Eag- ke- i les will be among the visitors They are August Wendt. Sr., j who have been invited to at of Murdock. Frank Schlichte- j tend the Ninth District meeting meier of Union and Henry Vog- i of the Fraternal Order of Eagles to be held at Red Oak. Iowa, next Sunday. Permit Needed To Sell Seined Minnows In State j be purchased bv anvone who plans to seine minnows for the purpose of selling them. This information was released by the Nebraska Game Commission in answer to many inquiries re garding minnow seining. Bait vendor's permits are available from the Game Com mission office in Lincoln at a cost of $2.50. Persons purchasing such per mits can seine for minnows throughout the state with the exception of (1) below any dam, check, spillway or other artifi cial obstruction and for a dis- j tance of 200 yards below such obstruction in any stream of the state not closed entirely to sein ing; (2) the main channel of the Nemaha river and the Little Ne maha river and within one mile of the mouth of any of the tributaries, and (3) the water closed entirely to seining as list ed in the fishing regulations. All lakes and bayous of the state are closed to seining by legislative law. Those persons who plan to raise minnows to be sold as bait must obtain a private minnow hatchery permit. This permit costs $5 and allows selling and the use of seines on the area used as a hatchery. Minnows with which to start a hatchery may be obtained by seining with a legal minnow seine from any areas that are open to seining. Those persons interested in propagating minnows may ob tain such information by writing to the Superintendent of Docu ments, Washington, D. C. The publication. Propagation of Min nows and Other Bait Specials is available for 35 cents. Sokol Park Slates Opening May 25th Sokol Park on highway 73-75,! just north of the Platte river bridge, will hold its season open ing on Sunday, May 25. ! The park offers facilities for picnics, playground and danc-, ing. Admission to the park and auto parking lot are free. Bands to appear during the. summer are Red Raven, Charlie Kucera, Golden Prague, Dave Huskey and Rudy Vel. - 515 Main St. ! Six To Graduate At Alvo School ALVO (Special) Bacca ; laureate services for Alvo high s school' graduates were held at ! the Alvo Methodist church Sun i day night. Graduates are Larry Bell, Wil I liam Meyers. Ted McNeese, i Vernadean Roelofsz, Carl Lee ! Clark and Ralph Nickel. ; Rev. Drak gave the invocation j and sermon and Mrs. Carl Sul ) ton played the prelude, proces sional and recessional. Roger ' Kinney sang a solo. Class motto is '-Today Is Yes ! terday's Future." Seniors se ; lected the golden rose as its Plattsmouth I class flower and gold and. silver ' as the class colors. Gun Club Plans Activities Sunday At Lakes Here Members of Plattsmouth Rod and Gun Club will continue ac tivities at the club lakes Sun- ford who began sending live- j walgr purap n benches, and stock to Omaha m 1389. re-dra the bi" lake Other Nebraska shippers feted j The Jplans wre ann0unced at Sn-r ETTSHarKen f Va"e:-lthe groups regular meeting Philip Herde of Schuyler. Fred , heId t t 40 g club Tues! t-"b"-. aav mem, o ' SPECIAL ! Large Un-Iced ANGEL FOOD U FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY WHILE 100 LAST NEW-WAY Market & Locker Plant 505 Main St. Plattsmouth Phone 419S E. Swanson of Charies Welch of Columbus, Rol land A. Frame of Hershey, Phil Wickstrom of Oakland, Ray mond Barta of Long Pine, Joe Lichtenberger of Bradshaw, Fred Hilmer of Boelus, Christ Estergard of Callaway, George and Tom Dinsdale of Palmer. f ollowing the s&imng opera tion here, club members voted to re-drag the big lake Sunday in preparation for another sein ing operation, when state game commission seining crews are available. Bigger nets will be used in the next seining ven ture. No definite date is avail able. Installation of water pumps and provisions of benches will add additional facilities to the Gun Club grounds. Attendance at the Tuesday- night meeting was described as very good, with many new mem bers now enrolled in the club. COUNCIL NODS OKAY Permission was granted Mon day night by Plattsmouth City Council to Marie Horn, on her request to cut curb. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Petersen left today for Hennings, Minn., where they will prepare their lake-side cabin for the summer vacation period. A Classitied Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. Special Horse Sale Scheduled Monday A special horse sale will be held Monday afternoon and eve ning at Plattsmouth Sale Barn, K. W. Grosshans, sale barn manager has announced. Grosshan announces that about 200 head of horses, in cluding Shetland ponies, saddle horses and draft horses are ex pected. . The afternoon sale is slated for two o'clock with the eve ning event to come off at 7:30. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Philpot . Guests at the Henry Thiele j and Dale and Blanche, were vis home on Sunday were Mr. and j itors at the Henry Thiele hime Mrs. Julian Pollard of Nehawka. 1 Wednesday. C. E. Welshimer, local oil products distributing agent, has returned from Indiana, where he had been visiting with his brothers and other relatives. TIME TO PAINT THOSE SCREENS! Ts Moore5 Screen Enamel. Black 1 m & Qt. Screen 2"C Painter Brush 30c ALL FOR ONLY ... $1.65 REMEMBER! Before storing your storm windows bring them to us for replacing those broken panes. PLATTSMOUTH PAINT STORE Across from Courthouse 337 Main Phone 6173 RIDE EASY WITH REGULAR LUBRICATION Your car will ride more comfortably, steer easier, and last longer with proper lubrication at regular intervals. Our expert attention for every make and model assures you of lubrication well done. Drive up today. Huebner's "66" Station TANK WAGON SERVICE Phone 212 Plattsmouth QH33 mum This is the drug: store that has EVERYTHING a truly professional prescription service . . . full stocks of all the things you expect a drug store to carry for your health, comfort and good appearance ... a staff of courteous sales people who cheerfully render the kind of service that makes friends and keeps them ... . and a price policy that assures you of full vaiue for every dime and dollar you spend, here. 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