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i..i. oi.Ub ii.oi w'OwxLil AAA CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 71 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA; MONDAY-, JUNE 9, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 56 d P ost it ecreatioira. Pkairos Plans for carrying out a summer recreation program have been temporarily postponed, a spokesman for a com mittee of the Plattsmouth Junior Woman's Club disclosed tod a v. ; The action followed the apparent lack of interest in such a program, as shown by the small number of regis tration blanks returned by children and parents to the committee. CO. I I.I IIIL'l- ipi. jonn wmie (ails From Base A I tfttlU I M M Cpl. John R. White Tpl. John R. White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob White, called from Kyushu. Japan, Friday night. Purpose of his call was for Mother's Day and Father's Day. In his message to his parents, Cpl. White explained that he had heard from Jimmie Alkire and that the two plan to get together sometime soon. He told his parents that the weather had been very hot with temperatures about 95 degrees. He also told of hearing the Wol-cott-Charles heavyweight cham pionship fight. The call came through very clear, the Whites said. John has br-en overseas for about nine 'months and is not expected back 'in the States for another nine months. Buffel! To Hold Examinations For Navy Appointee Congressman Howard Buffett will hold competitive Civil Serv ice examinations for one An napolis appointment, at the Omaha and Nebraska City Post Offices on Monday, July 14, at 8:30i. m. Young men who have been permanent residents of the Sec ond District, which includes Douglas, Sarpy, Cass. Otoe and Washington counties are eligible for this appointment. They must be between the aces of 17 and 21.. They may already be serving in the armed forces or in the reserve. Young men who desire to compete for this appointment should write promptly to Con gressman Buffett at the House Office Building. Washington, D. C. for an application form. mm - - mm mm mm Youths Fined For Reckless Drivinu A Plattsmouth youth and La Plaite youth were each fined $50 and costs in county court on charges of willful reckless driv ing. Judge Raymond J. Case assessed the fines on charges filed by Acting County Attorney Jsmes Begley. The two were picked up by Sheriff Tom Solomon last week after they were observed speed ing around a small island ad jacent to Plattsmouth Motors Garage on Washington Avenue. They are Robert Sheard of Plattsmouth and Harry H. Rahn of LaPlatte. Judse Case also suspended each ttv's driver's license for a six month period. Albin Purchases Hansen Property Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rosbor cuph of Kimball, Nebr., arrived Friday to look after the packing of their household effects pre paratory to moving to Kimball. The residence property of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hanson, parents of Mrs. Rosbo.rcugh, has been purchased by JHarry Albin of this city. O J' 1 I v f : h, 1 eddies pone Its Although no alternate pro gram is currently under consid eration, the committee decided over the week end to postpone summer recreation plans for the time being. The group in cooperation with the Plattsmouth Journal and j Rotarv Club had proposed a six-week program of summer recreation which would ryave included swimming, handicraft. ! oames. sports and playground activities. But only seventy of an esti mated 800 Plattsmouth young sters, between the ages of six and 15 submitted registration blanks for the proposed pro gram. The apparent lack of in terest on the part of both child-' ren and parents, who were ask ed to sign the registration blanks, prompted the Junior Woman's Club committee to temporarily postpone the sug- gested program. Pointing out that the need for such summer activities has been the cry here for years, ' Junior Woman's Club members - were surprised at the lack of in I terest shown in the program. ; Children apparently have plenty j of other activities, a spokesman said. j Mrs. Kenneth Weaver and Mrs. Herb Minor were co-chair men of the Junior Woman's Club committee, which had set ud a tentative schedule for the proposed summer program. Other members of the commit tee were Mrs. Fred Davenport, Mrs. Ralph Cognac and Mrs. Howard Ruback. The committee of five had spent many hours arranging what they considered to be a general all-around pro gram of recreation which would interest youngsters of all ages. The cooperative attitude of the management of Merritt Beach and Cotner & Sons also boosted the program. Gold Attends Western Auto Merchandise Show Bruce E. Gold. Western Auto Associate Store owner in Platts mouth is getting his first Christ mas preview today of the na tion's newest ideas in toys, sporting goods and other fall and winter merchandise. He is attending a Western Auto Sup ply Company merchandise show at Kansas City. Gold, who has been a Western Auto store owner in Plattsmouth for three years, is one of the 220 dealers in six states attend ing the show. On disDlay are more than 500 items. including toys, dolls, wheel goods, bicycles, rifles, electrical appliances and other sporting goods and auto acces sories. 'Nephew Receives Doctors Degree Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tritsch attended graduation exercises on Saturday at Joslyn Memor ial in Omaha for their nephew, William C. Kenner. III. Kenner received a doctor's degree in medicine. He is the r-n of r- qnd Mrs Wm. C. Ken ner of Nebraska City. Legion Nominates New Officers Thursday Night James F. Begley was nomi- nated as a candidate for com mander of Plattsmouth Ameri can Legion post at the group's regular June meeting held at the 40 & 8 club Thursday night. Begley was the only one nomi nated for the post now held by Eugene Krings. Also getting nominations were Al Linder, candidate for first vice president; and Art Warga, second vice president candidate. The first vice president this year will be selected from navy veterans and the second vice president from army veterans. Nominated for the nine exec utive committee posts were Les Neil, E. O. V r o m a n. Wm. Schmidtmann, P. T. Heineman. Tom Walling, Taylor Cuthrell. Wm. Keeley, Al Olson, Richard Peck, Howard Hirz and Fred Lugsch. Other nominations will be re ceived from the floor at the July meeting when new officers will be elected. At the session, Legion mem bers extended their thanks to Fire Damages Veyrich House Here Thursday Paraffin which boiled over wrhile being heated on the kitchen stove, burst into flames causing considerable damage to the back part of the Weyrich home at 510 second avenue in mid-afternoon Thursday. Unsuccessful in attempting to control the blaze with chem icals, Plattsmouth Volunteer Firemen used a minimum of water to extinguish the flames, which had spread to the walls of the kitchen, but which were confined to the rear of the house. Miss Clara Weyrich, who lives with her brother, Emil, told firemen she had been heating Tin raff in when it siiririenlv hnilprt over and caught fire. She said snp tripri tn extinguish thp hn7p by placing a waste basket over it in an attempt to smother the flames. She then called the fire department. Damage was confined to the i kitchen and rear of the house. The fire started about 2:30 Thursday afternoon. Red Cross May Have To Curtail Swimming Project The American Red Cross swimming program held at Plattsmouth each summer, may have to be curtailed or dropped entirely this year unless more funds are received in the local chapter's fund raising campaign currently underway. vvaiicx ix. oiiiiiii, mail man ui the local drive, hinted that funds for the annual swimming instruction program may not be available unless greater interest is shown in the fund campaign. Hoping to wind up the drive this week. Smith said that only about one-fifth of the city's quota has been raised today, and that represents only about a one-twelfth return in the num- ber of letters sent to residents two weeks ago. Smith said it is necessary to get the funds in as soon as pos sible in order to set up a budget in time for the annual meeting to be held early in July. Contributions that have been ! received have averaged about S3 for each contributor. Smith said. The average is generally consid ered good, only not enough don ors have sent in their contri butions. Angus Group Elects Officers The annual meeting Southeastern Nebraska of the Aber- deen Angus Breeders Associa tion was held Friday at the com munity building in Syracuse. Burt Randall was re-elected president. Other officers named were Vern Moody, vice presi dent; Pete Susong. secretary; Harvey Holm and Jim Mills, di rector. Randall was also named sale manager and Holm was named publicity chairman. The group considered plans for the 1953 sale. Mrs. Harold Lebens is report edly recovering rapidly from the effects of a recent major operation. She entered the Om aha hospital last week. Dr. Margaret Finney and Miss Frances Sawyer of Lincoln were luncheon guests at the home of Mrs. Christy E. Hickey Thurs day. Sam Gilmour, John Gochenour, Rex Young and Searl S. Davis for aiding Legion members in distributing flags on veterans graves at cemeteries for Memo rial Day. Members also learned that membership in the Plattsmouth post has climbed to 324. They were also informed of the state convention to be held at Lin coln July 20, 21 and 22. Adju tant Don Warga was instructed to reserve a room for delegates to the convention. Another highlight of the Tues day night session was pictures of the 1951 American Legion National convention held at Miami. Orlin G. Emerick, rep resentative of Schenley Distrib utors, Inc., from Omaha, showed the sound colored films of the convention. Lunch was served following the meeting by Mrs. Eugene Krings, Mrs. Don Warga and Mrs. Fred Uhlik. Edgar Glaze was not present to receive the membership prize. Frank Cloidt, Civic Leader, Frank A. Cloidt. native of Plattsmouth and leader in civic and church activities in the community for many years, died suddenly at his home here early Monday morning. June 9, 1952. He was 65 years old. Mr. Cloidt had been employed at the Plattsmouth State Bank for over 35 years. He was named vice president of the bank in 1951 after serving as cashier for a number of years. Born at Plattsmouth on Aug ust 18, 1386, he was the son of John and Gertrude Cloidt. He was educated in the Platts mouth school system and on October 14. 1912, was married to Carrie Becker of Galesburg, 111. Mr. Cloidt served on the Plattsmouth Board of Education for over 25 years and was Elder and trustee of the Presbyterian churcji. He was a member of Plattsmouth Lodge No. 6, An cient Free and Accepted Masons; Scottish Rite of Omaha; Ne braska Chapter No. 3. Royal Arch Masons; Mt. Zion Com mandery No. 5, Knights Temp lar; Modern Woodmen; Garden Club and Rotary Club. He served as president and secretary of the board of edu cation during the 26 years he served the school district. He was a past president of Rotary Club. Surviving are his wife, Carrie: two daughters. Miss Maxine of Plattsmouth, and Mrs. Frances Wooster of Omaha; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Bajeck of Platts mouth: and two brothers, John and August, both of Platts mouth. Three grandchildren also survive. Mr. Cloidt was employed in Band Concerts Will Start Here Next Wednesday Summer band concerts are slated to open in Plattsmouth j next Wednesday night June 18. It will mark the start of a series of six summer concerts to be given by members of the high school band and other musicians of the community who will join the summer group. Rehearsal for the first con cern will be held next Monday night, June 16, at the high school building at 7:30. The initial concert, for which a program will be published next Monday, marks the begin- ning of a very heavy summer schedule for the Plattsmouth band. In addition to the six concerts, the band will also per form out of town on nearly a dozen occasions and will also appear for special local activites. Concerts will be under the direction of Ward Pscherer. high school music director. Early Resident Here Is Dead Roy Lamphere, 54. resident of Plattsmouth in his boyhood, died Saturday evening at the U. S. Veterans hospital at Knox ville. Iowa, where he has been a patient for some time. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Lamphere and was born in Plattsmouth. He was a veteran of World War I being in service in the navy. In late years he has been located at Chester. Nebraska. During World War I. Mr. Lamphere served aboard the battleship Alabama. He was in jured during the war and re ceived a medical discharge. He lived at San Diego, Calif., for a while and was later hospital ized. Surviving are six brothers, Birt, Burney and Henry of Oma ha. George, Jr., and John of Lincoln and Charles of Jackson, Mich.; and three sisters. Clara of Lincoln, Violet of Omaha and Lillie of Jackson, Mich. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Sattler funeral home with interment at the family plot in Oak Hill ceme tery. Commission Vetoes Platte River Dam The Federal Power Commis sion has vetoed proposed con struction of a power dam on the Platte river near Ashland. An application of the Citiiens Power Company for permission to start work on the dam was dismissed by the commission. Construction of the dam had been protested bv the city of Lincoln, Burlington Railroad and the Lincoln sanitary dis trict. Edwin F. McHugh, Murdock attorney and banker, was here Thursday evening to visit friends and take part in the American Legion meeting. Plattsmouth Dies Sunday ; h $ SI LmL- Frank A. Cloidt the cigar making industry in Plattsmouth in his boyhood and was later appointed assistant postmaster here. He entered the banking business in 1916, at which he served as clerk, cash ier and later vice president. Funeral services will be held at four o'clock Wednesday aft ernoon, June 11, at the Presby terian church. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Visiting hours will be held at Sattler Funeral Home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 Tuesday after noon and evening. The casket will not be opened at the church. Plattsmouth Masons will meet at three o'clock Wednesday aft ernoon at the Masonic Hall by order of the Worshipful Master. Masonic services will be con ducted at graveside at Oak Hill cemetery. The Plattsmouth pub lic library will be closed during services. 197 Enrolled In Vacation Bible School The Daily Vacation Bible' School at the First Christian church entered its second week today with a record enrollment of 197. A faithful staff of 22 tkuchers and' helpers are on the inb directins the classes and ! miscellaneous activity. Facilities are strained to ca j pacity but unity and order pre i vails with a minimum of con ; fusion or problems. Also on the : staff of assistants are two bus drivers, and the pastor, who has rhnrirp nf thp nnenin? half hour i o the SChool each morning, ; Mr Frprt Rowland is director of the Bible School. Wednesday will be decision day and on Thursday the chil dren will be favored with special music by a male quartet from Canada. The school closes Fri day and a special program will be presented on Friday evening at 7:45 for the parents. Chamber Manager Back From Kentucky Hogan Trammell, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, re turned, to Plattsmouth today from Kentucky, where he had been for the past week. Mr. Trammell's mother was very ill while he was there on a short Memorial week end trip and he was forced to remain a longer time than expected. While in Kentucky he presented the Louisville Mavor with member ship in the Plattsmouth Rod and Gun Club Stibal Store To Be Remodeled Remodeling and redecorating of Stibal Variety store got un derway this morning as citians watched the front being re moved. An overall program at the store will include a new front, new fixtures, and redec orating. Dr. Joe J. Stibal, store owner said this morning. Stibal said that when the store is completed it will be self service. The store front will be completed first with interior re modeling to follow later this summer. Herman Tiekotter has con tracted the carpentering work and the old store front was re moved this morning. An all glass front, including a new sign, will feature the new outer appearance of the variety store. The general design will be along the Ben Franklin store idea, Mr. Stibal said. . Supreme Court Affirms Decision The Nebraska supreme court has just announced the affirma tion of the case of Jacobson vs. Farnham, an appeal from the district court of Sarpy county. The case was heard by Judge Thomas E. Dunbar whose opin ion in construction of the will has been sustained. The opin ion in the supreme court was given by Judge E. B. Chappell. lesytrfecQinig IPirojjesft Yoke Correspondent For Journal Needed At Weeping Water Mrs. Opal Wallick. last week, completed her final act as correspondent for the Plattsmouth Journal at Weeping Water. One of the leading corre spondents for the Journal for the past several years, Mrs. Wallick announced her resignation because of the increased activities which require her time. The Journal is seeking a replacement at Weeping Water for Mrs. Wallick. Ap plication may be made in person or by mail to the Journal office. Cooking School Success; Grand Prize Is Range Mrs. Sophia Kraeger of Platts mouth was winner of the grand prize at the annual cooking school conducted Thursday aft ernoon by the local office of the Gas Company. Manager Walter Gleason pre sented Mrs. Kraeger with the Universal C. P. high broiler gas range, grand prize at the annual cooking school conducted by home economists of the Central Electric and Gas Company. Other prize winners were Mrs. Dale Bowman and Mrs. Robert Moore, both of Plattsmouth. blue flame tumblers; Alyne Moore, Mrs. L. A. Meisinger and Mrs. Robert Shipley, all of Platts mouth, and Mrs. Lewis Mongey of Union, food dishes. Gleason. who said the cook ing school was a tremendous success, disclosed that approxi mately GOO housewives in the Plattsmouth area attended the cooking school held at Cass Theatre. He said home eco nomists, who conducted the school, were amazed at the turnout. They had been used to top audiences of about 350, ac cording to Gleason. Father-Daughter Banquet Postponed Postponement of the Father Daughter banquet, originally scheduled to be held June 16. by the Presbyterian Federation has been announced. The group announced post ponement because of the sudden death of Frank A. Cloidt. lead ing church worker. No date has been set for the banquet. Better Plattsmouth Is Goal Of T. H. Pollock Realtor, banker, telephone company owner, barge line and river service booster, newspaper carrier, and Plattsmouth boos ter. That's T. H. Pollock who was feted Thursday in observ ance of his 85th birthday anni versary. Eighty-two of those 85 years have been spent in Plattsmouth, a community he believes to be the best in the land, and one for which he has unlimited en ergy and ambition. Recalling 82 years ago when he came to Plattsmouth from his birthplace at Kankakee, 111., with his parents, Thomas and Mary Pollock, "Bert" remembers going with George Dovey. father of George and Oliver Dovey to a house just west of the present little brick school house in first ward. When he sees the school house still standing and still in use. Pollock asks, ' Does Platts mouth need a new large mod ern first ward school house?"' "Seems we do," he points out. . T. H. began carrying the Plattsmouth Journal at the age of eight and was graduated with the first class from Plattsmouth high school in 1883. His first entrance into the business field was as a delivery man for Bennett and Tutt, gro cers, but he later became an office boy in the First National Bank. He was a bookkeeper at the bank for ten years and then decided to work for himself. At the time, he was treasurer of the Plattsmouth Brick and Ter ra Cotta Company, bookkeeper for the Plattsmouth Water Com pany in. addition to a banker. He was married to Lydia W. Patterson on December 20. 1890. seven years before he embarked iod Rids will bo received and opened June 19, 19."2, for construction of asphaltic concrete resurfacing in street improvement District Xo. 1 ().", which was recently created by the city council. The district generally applies to Washington Avenue from its intersection with Avenue I) running north to the highway pavement on the north edge of the Masonic home. Estimated costs of the project was set at S20.8"2 by the special city engineers, Henningson, Durham and liich ards'.m. Inc.. of Omaha. Accident Victim Held Here On Forgery Charge ' Preston L. Lucas, passenger I in the fatal accident north of ; Plattsmouth last Wednesday, is being held here by Sheriff Tom Solomon on a warrant for for i gery for authorities at Alamo ' goro. New Mexico. Lucas was identified as Louise : S. Deen by papers found on his . body following the accident last ' week. He was unconscious at the time but later disclosed that his real name i.s Preston L. Lu cas. Lucas was fined $10 and costs in county court here on a charge of intoxication. He . pleaded guilty to the charge ; when arraigned before Judge Raymond J. Case. Johnnie LeRoy Gambrell of Mesilla Park. New Mexico, was killed instantly inhe accident at dead man's efurve. Lucas told Sheriff Tom Solomon that both had been drinking before j the mi-han Liquor was found in the car. Rhoden Cops Sheriff Vote Don Rhoden, county, Iowa. sheriff of was here Mills from GJenwood Friday to look after business matters and visiting j his parents and other relatives. Sheriff Rhoden was re-nominated Monday at the Republican ' primary, carrying the county j three to one against his nearest opponent. There is no Demo cratic candidate so the election is in the bag. ; Two years ago Rhoden was nominated at the county con vention as none of the candi dates received a majority at the primary. Rhoden polled 1436 i votes to 594 for his opponent. Walker. ' Mrs. Herman Kunz of Murray spent a few clays with her cou sin. Mrs. Eva Mayer at the home of Mrs. Eva Kerns. in the real estate and insurance business. The Trans-Mississippi Exposi tion at Omaha in 188 exhibited a large display of independent telephone equipment which in terested Mr. Pollock so much that he organized a telephone company here. The system later included exchanges in all Cass county, communities and ex tended into Lancaster and Saunders counties. He followed up by assisting in organizing similar companies throughout counties in eastern Nebraska and even in Iowa. After operat ing the Plattsmouth company for 17 years. Pollock sold it to the Nebraska Independent Tele phone Companies, now the Lin ( Continued on Page 6) Jit''? - V V- " : f Trv i $m f ! ! I l! T. H. Pollock Contractors will be asked to furnish hot mixisphaltic con crete resurfacing in the amount of 985 tons in addition to 165 tons of hot mix asphaltic con crete wedge course. The project also calls for replacing 320 lin eal feet of storm sewer pipe. Opening of bids for the pro ject will bf the first of three street improvements already ap proved by the council. Two oth er street improvements are also scheduled for this summer. One is paving in Wintersteen while the other will be to rebuild Washington Avenue. The City Council is expected to consider the other two pro jects at its regular semi-monthly meeting tonight. Three other street improve ments have been asked by resi I dents of the community. Peti tions were presented at the last regular session of the city coun cil for construction of pave ment in a 15-block area in the south art of the city. Meanwhile on highway 73-75 ' south of Plattsmouth resurfac ing of the highway is rapidly coming to a cl03e. Near Murray a box culvert is nearly complet ed while the highway from , Plattsmouth to Murray has been i armor-covered for longer dura ; bility. North of Union where I another laroe culvert vas in ; stalled, the road has been re surfaced thus providing smooth hard-surfaced road from here to ' Union. Resurfacing activities still necessitate one-way traffic in places along the 15-mile stretch. and drivers are warned to use , caution when approaching the work crews, i The 1952 summer road build ing and resurfacing project marks the second straight big. , year near and in Plattsmouth. Resurfacing of the highway started last year, while in the city three street improvements where completed. Final Rites Held Saturday For James Tremble Memorial services for James R. Tremble, resident of Platts mouth for many years, were held at Sattler Funeral Home Saturday afternoon, June 7, with Charles S. Allen officiat ing. Tremble, 89, died at St. Jo seph's hospital at Omaha last Wednesday after an illness of nearly a year. Richard Cole was soloist at the final rites and Mrs. Sher man Cole was organist. Casket bearers were Myron Wiles. Rich ard Spangler, Fred Arnold, C. A. Wetenkamp. Howard Wiles and Herman Meisinger. Burial was at Horning cemetery. A 50-year Mason. Mr. Tremble had resided at the Masonic Home for seven years. He had lived at Plattsmouth for 23 years. Mr. Tremble was a member of the Christian Sci ence Thurch. A native of Mattoon. 111., he was born December 23, 1862, the son of James and Mary Tremble. He had lived in the Plattsmouth community much of his lifetime and at one time had been em ployed by an Omaha paper. Surviving are his wife, Ida; and four step-daughters. Mrs. Florence Hutchison of North Loup, Mrs. Nellie Campbell of Kimball, Mrs. Olive Pratt of West Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. Charles Barnard of Myn ard. Sattler Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements. Cigarette Believed To Have Caused Fire ! Here Sunday l A cigarette, apparently flip i ped onto the awning at the Recreation Parlor on Main street, caused an estimated $40 '' damages here Sunday. The awnin" was destroyed. ; Fire Chief Ray Wivsel. called ; to the scene of the fire, said a . ciearette apparently caused the ! fire. i Subscribe to The Joursal