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TTODE PLATTTSMODllj JjdDQJTOAIL PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY, Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of Aii Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 71 SIXTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA; THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 59 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST. NEWSPAPER Thymdler SErioDg End To Losing Dtry Spell Prospects for good wheat and oat crops climbed ao-flin Wednesday following a heavv rain here that brought to an end a two week heat' wave and ended a ' , - , ... . . ., I J.U-Uit JJtUUU W1U1UUI pi tfLipilctUUIl. Rainfall here Wednesday was recorded at 1.20 inch es, one of the heaviest down pours of the year. It brought relief from the record breaking heat wave and moisture for rapidly ripening small grains. Local Horsemen Fail To Place Plattsmouth winners in the j Omaha horse show failed to place at the Walnut. Iowa, show held recently, although per forming on the same mounts. Wayne "Bud" Lewis. Jr., and Greenwood, with the whole E. E. Howschultz. both of whom I COunty getting amounts varying copped first places at the up to one incn. Generally the Omaha show, ran out of the rainfall was under a half inch winners circle at the Iowa show. in most localities. Young Lewis, rated one of the . . . . . . better riders in the area, cop- A Yery llht rainfall in the ped first in his age group at the I morning gave way to the after Children's Memorial hospital!"00,11 lnniev showers which show held recently, while How-1 darkened the skies here and schultz on his prized horse, j threatened to bring out the first Memory Maker, was first in the flood alarm this year, open harness class. Wheat and corn fields drank Chances are judges at Omaha I "just weren't any good" or those at the Iowa show "were too good." Free Swimming Program Will Star! Monday Youngsters were reminded to- dav to be at the corner of Sixth and Main streets Monday after- noon if they plan to participate in the free five-day swimming program which starts June 23. Cotner buses, carrying ,the young swimmers, will leave at 1:15 for Merritt's Beach, where the swimming program will be conducted. The program is sponsored by a committee of the Plattsmouth Junior Woman's Club and is financed by Platts mouth Rotary Club. Swimming will be held throughout the week, Monday through Friday from 1:15 to 4 p. m. each afternoon. Buses leave at 1:15 and will return to Plattsmouth by four o'clock. Children under the eight year age limit may also participate m the program Dut must De raXH tft h. hnh nri i Sp'? ,aic aucuinuwuto. me 1 ?-aceHn t0 ChiWren SiX t0 i a r, ' v. Wcman's Club committee dis closed that a qualified Red Cross swimming instructor will be on hand at all times. , j r atner-JJaUghter ; o , oi i J i uanquet oiaiea i "Presbyterian Circle No. 2 will ! hold its Father and Daughter j banquet on Thursday, June 26. j The banquet will be served at ' the Presbyterian church at sev- J en o'clock. The banquet had i been postponed from an earlier i date. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. Record With a Daily Vacation Bible School program presented before a packed house last Friday eve ning, the curtain was rung down on the largest school ever held in the First Christian church. Rev. George Smith, pastor of the church, reports that a total of 211 children attended this 3 1 ' ,m 1 i'- ' L-J . ill."''- felSwL iL , - " " i: -Llwi l Showers Light hail also fell during the j thunder shower in mid-afternoon Wednesday, but reportedly j caused very little damage to j crops. The hail was not general throughout the area but fell in much of the county. Rainfall at Plattsmouth was the heaviest recorded in the ' county. Other nice rains were I rpnnrtprl nt Wppninu Wotpr unrl greeauy as tne auernoon snow- ers sent temperatures dropping slowly. The rainfall was the first here since a week ago last Sunday, June 8, when a light shower fell in the morning. Prior to the rain, wheat crops were reportedly burning slight ly as temperatures over a ten day period averaged near 100 degrees. The young corn crop also received a boost from the rain. . A111Q temperatures prevailed nere today ionowing tne wea- pesday rain as clouds were heavy overhead. Three Stores Install Air Conditioning Units ! The recent ten-day record- breaking heat wave which ! rocked Plattsmouth has had a ; big effect on artificial means ) of refrigeration here, i Three Plattsmouth business firms have .announced instal lation of air conditioning units Units were recentlv installed at Schreiner Drug Store, Ruback Super Store and Smith's Men's j The heat wave really 1 . - .... . - . hrouht results Ofthe threeSmith's was the first to be in operation. It be- urday. The store has a five ton capacity unit, j Also installing a 5-ton unit i was Schreiner Drugs. The unit, a combination heating and cool- ing unit, was placed in operation this morning. The Servel unit was installed by the Gas Com- pany. Ruback's 10-ton unit will be hooked up today and ready for operation on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lohnes and son, Billy, of St. Louis, who have been visiting here with relatives and old friends, de- I parted today (Thursday) for 1 their home. -Breaking Vocation Bible School Closes At r 'fe: ! year's Bible school. Average daily attendance wras 157 with 105 children receiving perfect attendance awards for the ten day period. The large enrollment more than doubled last year's enroll ment of 95. The size of the school's enrollment can be seen Mrs. Mauzy, 93, Resident Here 70 Years, Dies Mrs. Margaret Ann Mauzy, resident of Plattsmouth for 70 years, died at her home in Plattsmouth Wednesday, June 18, 1952 after an illness of ten months. She was 93 years old. One of the oldest residents of ai?futh-, Irs' oZytcae to Plattsmouth in 1882 at the age of 23 Born February 25. 1859 in Pendleton County, Virginia, she was the daughter of Susan and St. Clair Judy. She was married in Virginia on February 28, 1877 to Henry Mauzy. They came to Nebraska and Plattsmouth in 1882. Mrs. Mauzy was a member of the First Methodist church of Plattsmouth and of Home Chap ter No. 189, Order of Eastern Star. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Minta M. Todd, formerly of Kearney but now residing at the family home in Platts mouth; Miss Margaret Mauzey of Plattsmouth, and Mrs. Marion Vroman of Evanston. 111.; and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Alpha Muncie, former wife of Mrs. Mauzy's only son James G., who died in 1946. Also surviving are three grandchildren, Henri E. Todd, Verdon Vroman, Jr., and Mar garet Alice Vroman; one nep hew, Robert L. Mauzy of Los Angeles, and many relatives in Virginia. One grandson. James E. Mauzy, lost his life during World War II. Her husband died in Janu ary 1940. Funeral services will be held at Sattler Funeral Home Fri day afternoon at 2:30 with Rev. Harold Mitchell officiating. Pallbearers will be William Ev ers, Fred Rea, Elmer Hallstrom, Milton Muncie, Eugene Vro man and Henry Schneider. Bur- j ial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs. ,agar Mewton and Mrs. Edgar Glaze will sing with E. H. Wescott at the organ. Visiting hours will be held at the funeral home Thursday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock. Here from a distance for the services are Henri Todd of Pla quemine, La., and Verdon Vro man of Evanston. 111. Sattler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Nehawka Will Have Levy Of 24 Mills The village board of Nehawka has approved a 24 mill levy in setting up the budget for the fiscal year ending Mav 1. 1953. The levy was approved at the board's June meeting. . Allocated for the different Tnnrte vtAvi s-m v n a 1 f . . I rt 1U. 'ere general lund, ?! streets and alleys. 4 vvcic general 1UI1U, 1U 2 mills; electrical energy, V2 mills; fire equipment, 3 mills; and retiring water bonds, 5 mills. J. J. Pollard is president of the board. Randall Surtzer is village clerk. Gene Curtiss At Texas Base Relatives and friends have received word from Gene Cur tiss. who recently departed for service in the air corps. He is at Lackland Field. Texas, one of the largest basic training cen ters in the country. He has en joyed the experience very much and will be at Lackland Field for some time. Subscribe to The Journal in the picture shown above. The picture was taken in the main congregation hall of the church. More than 25 adults joined forces in cooperating with the program to provide an adequate staff of competent workers to carry out class work for the heavy enrollment. County Funds To For Contractors will be asked to bid on constructing about nine miles of road west of Murdock at a Department of Roads and Irrigation letting July 10. State Engineer Harold L. Aitken an- The projject will extend f rom ! the corner' on Nebraska High- i way No. 1 west 9.1 miles to the j Cass-Larcaster county line. More than 171,000 cubic yards of earth are to be excavated Inline win put the channel building a grade 24 feet wideTer the bndpe. The floor of and in cutting down the hills and filling in the valleys. Six bridges on the road, all of which have roadways only 16 feet wide, are to be replaced by modern drainage structures. Concrete slab bridges, with con crete roadways 22 feet wide, are to be constructed over Callahan and Dee Creeks. Five new con crete box culverts and 32 new metal culverts are to be built, three existing box culverts are to be extended and 29 driveway pipes are to be laid in improving drainage of the road. The work is to be financed ! with r-oss pn.mtv fnnrfc matchpri , with federal funds. The Depart ment of Roads and Irrigation is acting as agent for both parties and will supply the engineering supervision of the contractors. When the grading, culver; and bridge work is completed, "it is planned to erect reflectorized railroad crossing warning signs at the tracks near Murdock and to ask for bids for erecting guard rails and gravel surfac ing the road. Maintenance of the road will remain the respon sibility of the county. At Dee Creek, two 24-foot I beam spans with a wood floor will be replaced by a three-span'i Beginner Music Class Meeting Slated Tuesday Music Director Ward Pscher er today announced that a meeting will be held Tuesday ; ta inspect Company H., 355th night, June 24, at the music ; infantry Regiment, of Platts room at Plattsmouth high school 1 j io ' h. to organize and discuss a begin- ;. A.-xiv'ain Cecil Karr. fomman ning music class. - tier of the reserve unit here, re- Pscherer said in a letter to ports a favorable inspection was parents of prospective begin- conducted by the two officers, ners that "we are now ready ts A similar inspection was con start our summer beginning ducted several weeks ago by the music class and would like to i 5th army personnel, arrange a meeting of all par- : The Plattsmouth unit will ents and students interested. soon begin preparation for a This meeting will consist of two week camp expedition to talking over instrument likes Camp Carson, Colorado, and possibilities; discussing pur- I Mess Sergeant Tom Morrison chase of instruments, either by and kitchen personnel prepared rental or sale; and any other ! a lunch to serve during the of- J question you would like to ask,"' the letter explained The meeting will be held at 7:30 and parents are asked to use the west door to the high school building. Pscherer said that a representative of one of the leading music stores in Om aha will be on hand to help with the discussion and to ex plain details concerning instru- ment rentals. However, Pscherer pointed out today, that some parents who have children interested in the beginning music class may not have received the letters. He explained that all parents are invited to the meeting to discuss the beginning music program. Mrs. Tom Klimm has been admitted to St. Joseph's hospital at umana lor oDservation ana treatment. But problems were not con fined to providing efficient and adequate instruction. The great est problem was that of provid ing sufficient classroom space. Some classes were over crowd ed and some wrere even held in the parsonage. A full-orbed Bible-centered Match Federal Murdock Road concrete structure 88 feet long. The road joss to cross the exist ing bridge, while the new bridge will be on a straight alignment with the road. The new bridge win be built 111 feet west of the existing strwc- ture will serve traffic until the onp is done. After the new bridge is completed, excavation to straighten, widen and deepen new Dilute win ue auuui three feet higher than the old one and the top of the piling will be about a foot above the record highwater. At Callahan Creek, a 30-foot long concrete slab bridge will replace a 48-foot long bridge The new bridge will be 156 feet j east of the old one. which will serve traffic until the new one is completed and the channel is put under it. The grade of the road at the bridge will be three leet higher than that of the existing road and the brow of "1C "iu ,eai,t OI ine .Dn.ase win "e cut, oow n seven ieer, Largest of the culvert struc tures will be located about a mile east of the Lancaster-Cass county line. A twin concrete box culvert is to replace a 40-foot long bridge at this site. Each of the two units of the box culvert will be 10 feet high. 10 feet wide and 31 feet long across the road way. Many of the culverts will be broken back structures, that is, that metal or concrete wiir lead the water from one level to another inside the structure. Such structures lessen the chance of soil erosion from fall- water. Officers Inspect Local OHO Unit Col. Harry T. Baker, army instructor for Nebraska, and Col. Hardin C. Sweeney, chief of Nebraska military district, vere here Wednesday evening ficers' inspection. Former Countian Dies In Texas Funeral services were held at Gordon. Nebraska. Tuesday for Mrs. Marion Metzger, former resident of Cass county, who livpH npnr T .nnisvillp fnr 3 nnm- j Der 0f years, j Mrs. Metzger died at Har- lingen, Texas, where she and i Mr. Metzger had lived since : their marriage. She had at one time operated a cafe at Louis ville. Surviving besides her husband j are two sons, Floyd Erickson of I Louisville, and Eric of Los An- geles Returning Wednesday from a i ten-day visit with her parents m Ukiqhoma City were fagi. ana Mrs. Blaine Snyder. First Christian curriculum was followed and children were given every con ceivable opportunity for juvenile expression and learning. Special emphasis was placed upon sing ing and gaining a knowledge of the Bible. Rev. Smith explains that par ents cooperated splendidly dur- Wounded Bandit Admits Thefts At Ulaff CmAllth Archie Dale Clark, 23-year-old Omahan, has admitted three breakins which occurred here recently. Clark admitted to au thorities that he entered three service stations at Plattsmouth a week ago. Questioned by Capt. Al Clin chard. Omaha detective for lo cal authorities, C'.irk admitted the three illegal entries in which he alegedly took about $200 in cash and many other valuable articles. Clark was shot down by Depu ty Sheriff Randall Callaway in the basement of a bank at Elm- wood early Wednesday morning. He is reportedly in critical con- dition Sheriff Tom Solomon said to day that Clinchard had ques tioned the youth in regard to the thefts here at the request of the sheriff's office. Mrs. Mary Dukes, Former Resident At Union, Dies Mrs. Mary Blevins Dukes, for mer resident of the Union com munity, died at St. Joseph's hos pital in Omaha Sunday morn ing after a short illness. She was 67 years old.v Native of South Sitfux City, Nebr., where she was born May 15, 1885, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blevins, who had lived at Union until their daughter was 11, when they moved to Nebraska City. She was married to Samuel E. Dukes on October 8, 1901, at Plattsmouth. He died at Ne braska City in 1947. Mrs. Dukes was a member of the Methodist church. Surviving are seven daugh ters. Mrs. Claude Robinson, Mrs. E. J. Dappen and Mrs. George Versch of Omaha; Mrs. W. E. Abernathy, Mrs. Albert Sharp and Mrs. Walter Conners of Nebraska City; and Mrs. Guy Harm-n of -Bluff City, Tcnn.: and three sons. Thomas,' Wilson and Clifford, all of Omaha. Two brothers also survive. Funeral servicas were held Wednesday afternoon at Ne braska City. County Red Cross Meeting July 7th The annual meeting of Cass County chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross will be held at Weeping Water on July 7, at the Methodist church. The meet ing will be called for eight o'clock, according to Mrs. C. O. Zaiser, secretary of the county chapter. The meeting will be open to the public and everyone who can is urged to attend, Mrs. Zaiser said. County officers are Mrs. F. J. Knecht of South Bend, chair man . . A. Lundtiegan of Louis ville, vice chairman; Mrs. C. O. Zaiser of Avoca, secretary; and Elmer Hallstrom of Avoca. treasurer. Mrs. Dwight Tslcott of Den- ver, Colo., who has been visiting her mother in Lincoln, called on inenas in nauMiiuuui it cently. Church ing the summer school. , Meanwhile plans are now be ing discussed to alleviate the crowded condition this year in ; preparation for an even larger' Vacation Bible school enroll - i . .... Ilillb III l.SJO. otoriaoDS Aire Advised To ESe Tomorrow AAeiro' "Look at yesterday, but be a tomorrow man." That was the word of Col. Bertram Iihodda, world wide trav eler, who addressed Plattsmouth Rotarians here Tuesday noon. Pointing out that it is altogether too easy to look on past accomplishments. Col. Rodda told Rotarians that a progressive man must lo-ok to tomorrow. Rodda, a Salva tion Army official, was guest speaker at the Rotary Club's regular Tuesday noon dinner meeting. aB$$ MUMP, 4!Sg 9tj!Wisw L New Machine Will Increase County Roads We're going to build roads in the third district." Commis sioner Herman L Bornemeier said here this week in anounc- attachment which will speed up road building in his district. Bornemeier announced the purchase of a D -Mor. elevating grader attachment lor a No. 12 catapillar motor grader. With the attachment a mile of road can bp constructed in about two days. Bornemeier said. The Commissioner said that the attachment has proved very satisfactory in very rough ter rain and is currently in opera tion on a stretch between Mur dock and Greenwood. Construc tion on one mile of road west of Murdock was started Mon day and was completed early Wednesday. County road work ers expect to complete another mile by Friday noon. ! The new grader attachment, as explained by Val Curtiss, salesman for Lincoln Equipment Company from which it was purchased, has a capacity of about 500 yards per hour. He said that under average con ditions a mile of road construe- tion can be accomplished in two days. The attachment works on the same principal as an elevator grader but at the same time does not involve an individual separate machine for the work. Mountable and dismountable in a days time, it leaves a regu- ; lar grader available for other ; types of work. Put to a rough test in its first outing, the machine has cut through old road bed and rolled out rock and chunks of earth of immense size and weight. Bornemeier. who is going to get roads built in his district this summer, said grader and dozer men are now working an average of 11 hour shifts. Its paying off, too, as seven miles of road have already been con structed and a steady pace throughout the summer is in dicated. Band Concert Draws Slim Crowd Attendance at the first sum- j mer band concert Wednesday night was considerably below expectations Heavy rain i throughout most of the day 1 probably kept many of the po tential crowd from attending. HekTat the city park band - stana. tne concert was directed by Ward Pscherer and featured . station is to be surfaced with a variety of musical selections, compacted gravel to provide a It marked the beginning of a parking space for trucks wait senes of six concerts to be held j mg to be weighed throughout the summer. i At the Julyletting, bids will The program includes march- s also be taken for building a j es. novelties, overtures, popular ; i selections and even a Samba, i i The next concert will be held! juiy 2. Henry Thiele of Plattsmouth 1 nd 9; Schomaker of Ne - I tended visit with relatives in ! A Classified Ad in Trre Jour--Journal Photo Denver. j nal costs as little as 35c. 1 . M Vi JM i-Ul J Wl 1 C ."V The Salvation Army official had a few more words of ad I vice for local Rotarians. Point I ing out that democracy and the ; American flag are treated with ! too little respect here in the ! United States, he suggested that each American spend at least ; one year in a foreign country. ! -You would learn to appreciate ' America and democracy,"' the i Colonel said. Tracing back the general ; foundation of the United States, Col. Rodda explained that de ; mocracy has hurt very few peo i pie, but it has done a host of things for individuals and for : the human race. Basically, present generations do not fully know the meaning of democracy as their forefathers did, the traveler said. The price in blood paid for democracy is very small while its "benefits to mankind : have been enormous. He explained that there are i plenty of flags on poles in Amer ! ica but few flags in the hearts i of Americans. In the heart is where the flag should sway, Rodda explained. But a flag in the hearts of American youth will carry de mocracy foreward. the Salvation Army colonel said. "Youth is the judge of the past and the custodian of tomorrow," accord ing to Col. Rodda. Looking to tomorrow means then that American youth must be fully developed to carry on democ- racy. Col. Rodda was principal speaker on Dr. Paul T. Heine man's program. He was intro duced by Col. Baldwin. Salva i tion Army executive In this area. Col. Rodda is a member of the London Rotary Club and has attended Rotary club meet ings in 46 countries. Guests at the Tuesday meet ing were Col. Bert Baldwin and -Captain Miller, Salvation Army officials; and Walt Gregorious of Columbus, a guest of F. I. Rea. In his opening address to Ro tary, President L. S. Pucelik paid a memorial tribute to the late Frank Cloidt, charter member of Plattsmouth Rotary Club and a leading civic worker in the community. An active Rotar ian. Mr. Cloidt was described as a "very fine man" by the Ro tary club president. Rotarians also learned that Plattsmouth ranked at the top in attendance for clubs of its size. The group averaged 96.51 attendance. Members also learned that the new Rotary sign has arrived and will be erected south of Plattsmouth. Jerry Eiting and Richard Spang ler were named to a committee with Pucelik to supervise erec tion of the sign. Bids On Truck Weighing Station Here Are Asked Contractors will be asked to bid on constructing a truck weighing station north of Plattsmouth at a Department of Roads and Irrigation letting July 10. State Engineer Harold L. Aitken announced details of the work Thursday. The station is to be built at the unincorporated community of Oreapolis, about two miles north of Plattsmouth. It will be located on the west side of Highway U. S. Nos. 73-75, just south of the Platte river. Paved entrances and exists to the area will be built. A build ing about 15 feet long and 12 feet wide will be built to house ' scale dials and the members 6t the Nebraska Safety Patrol who will operate the scales. The space where the weighing station will be located Is now occupied by the Omaha dredge j and dock equipment yard A ; inn hv snn-fnnt. nrpa arnnnri th weighing station alongside Highway U. S. Nos. 77 and 30A and Nebr. No. 92. north of,Wa- hoo. Stations are now in op eration on U. S. 30 near North Platte and U. S. Nos. 6-34 near ; Holdrege.