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1" i-- T-T-.-1 o"lr,rTV VV T Si.U:. t. : T T CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST, NEWSPAPER UME PD-AU Rfl(D)QJTIHl JJaDQJD&rMIL PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 71 FOURTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA; THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 63 iii Ghambeir Setts Fcairnmers Dcay For Jolly 2Mb Hogan Trammel, manager of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce, announced today that July 24 has been officially determined Farmers' Day in Platts mouth. The date was tentatively set by the Chamber's Board of Directors on June 12, however the Agriculture Commit tee held a sampling of 100 Cass County farmers asking if July 24 was a good date, if not, to give the date the far mers thought would be better. Raymond Shipley, Lifetime Resident Here, Is Dead Raymond Clyde Shipley, life long resident of the Plattsmouth community, died at his home at Rock Bluff on Monday, June 30, 1952. following a heart attack. He was 41 years old. An employee of the U. S. Corps of Engineers. Mr. Shipley has spent most of his life in the Plattsmouth area. Native of Bel levue, he was born April 5, 1911, the son of Robert -and Lillian Shipley. Mr. Shipley was married on September 23, 1939 to Juanita Benedict. They were the parents of three children. A member of the Lutheran church, he was baptized at E. V. Lutheran St. John church at Charter Oak, Iowa, on August 17. 1917. Mr. Shipley was a vet eran of World War II having served in the army for over three years. Surviving are his wife, Juan ita; and three sons, John How ard, Richard and Leonard, all of Rock Bluff; his mother, Mrs. Lillian Shipley of Plattsmouth; a brother, Robert Shipley of Plattsmouth; and three sisters, Mrs. Louise Shelton of Bellevue, and Mrs. Alice Allen and Mrs. Ruth Dooley, both of Platts mouth. Funeral services will be held at three o'clock Thursday af ternoon, July 3, at Caldwell Linder chapel. Rev. Harold V. Mitchell, pastor of the First Methodist church will officiate. Graveside services at Oak Hill cemetery will be in charge of the American Legion and Vet erans of Foreign Wars. Visiting hours were held at the funeral home Wednesday afternoon and evening. Caldwell-Linder Funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Preparations For Resurfacing Road Move Rapidly Work is now underway pre paratory to resurfacing Wash ington avenue from the south edge of the Masonic Home at Avenue D north to a connecting point with the highway pave ment. Plattsmouth City Councilmen learned in a communication from the State Department of Roads- and Irrigation Monday night that the department con curs with the action of the council in awarding contracts for the resurfacing project to Francis R. Orshek Company of Fremont. City Street department em ployees are hauling rock to pre pare a detour for use when re surfacing gets underway. The avenue was open only to one way traffic early this week while repairs were being made in preparation for resurfacing. Meanwhile the council receiv ed a protest from the Nebraska Masonic Home corporation ob jecting to resurfacing the ave nue and to paving from Avenue D southeast to 7th street. , The objection filed by the attbrney for the corporation, was placed on file. Resurfacing of the quarter mile stretch is the first of two major "improvements planned for Washington Avenue. An asphaltic surface, similar to that recently completed on Highway 73-75 south from Plattsmouth, will be placed over the present brick road base. Or shek also had the contract for the highway resurfacing project south of Plattsmouth. Also planned is paving of the Avenue from Avenue D junction to the intersection of 7th street and Avenue A. The 31-foot wide pavement will have a series of islands dividing the highway near the junctions of Avenue D and 11th street. Both projects are financed by the State Department of Roads and Irrigation in cooperation with the city of Plattsmouth. A Classified Ad In The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. "The response to the letter ! we sent out was very good, irammell said. "The response we have received from this sam pling letter indicates 400 farm ers will attend the activities." Two thousand invitations will be mailed to the farmers in Cass County. Each will be asked to fill in the postcard that will be enclosed in the invitations. Ev ery member of the Chamber of Commerce will receive tickets to be distributed to their farm friends. The Farmers' Day activities will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Thurs day, July 24. The assembly point will be the Cass Theatre. Follow ing the assembly, separate tours will be conducted of the follow ing businesses in Plattsmouth; Burlington Refrigeration Ex press Company, Consumers Pub lic Power District sub-station, Lincoln. Teleohone and Tele graph Company, Plattsmouth Journal, and Plattsmouth State Bank. A social hour and dinner, ser ved picnic style, will complete the program. Entertainment is being planned for the social hour and eating session. The committee members in charge of the "Day's" activities are C. C. Girardot. Clarence Cotner, Hugh Stander. Jr.. Rich ard Spangler and Ken Weaver. Frank Myers, 48, Grocery Owner, Dies Wednesday Frank Myers, grocery store owner and operator, died at St. Joseph's hospital in Omaha early Wednesday morning, July 2, 1952. He was 48 years old. Mr. Myers, who had been in ill health recently, entered the hospital Tuesday night as an emergency case. He died about nine o'clock Wednesday morn ing. He had operated Myers Gro cery on Main street between 3rd and 4th streets for several years. Mr. Myers was a native of Illi nois. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Myers, he is survived by his wife. Pearl of Plattsmouth, and a son in service with the armed forces in Germany. The son will re turn to the States to be pres ent for funeral services which will be held Saturday morning, July 5, at ten o'clock. Services will be held at Sattler Funeral Home with the Church of the Latter Day Saints in charge. Burial will be in Illinois. Satt ler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The grocery store will be closed today, Thursday, July 3, at 6 p. m., and will reopen Mon day morning, July 7. Mrs. Lauren Mickle of Lincoln is spending a few days at the home of her niece, Mrs. Clifford Cooper at Weeping Water. Plattsmouth Scouts Set Enviable Record At Camp Plattsmouth Boy Scouts, six- in number, set an enviable rec-T ord during their week s excur sion at Camp Cedar last week, according to Scoutmaster Al Linder. Linder, who accompanied the Scouts to camp, said "I was really proud of the boys." Plattsmouth Scouts received a red ribbon for piling up 1,300 points during the week. Points are basrd on activities. In ad dition. Troop 366, Plattsmouth, earned the honor of flying the troop flag with the ' American Flag on Thursday when they received top rating following an inspection. Of the five days inspection, Plattsmouth rated four white stripes, best awarded, and one blue stripe, second only to white. In addition they took first place at the Campfire program on their skit. "The Good Sam aritan" a dramatization of the Bibical story. They competed against troops from throughout the Cornhusker Council in tak ing first place. Plattsmouth Troon finished ' third in the over-all program. I which included the scout yell, song and skit. ' Individuals also captured a- Journal Press Mobilized Pp m -MUM . '4 ' -XS"9?WTli jPSto pr j j.i i .i t Lowering the Plattsmouth Journal 18-ton Goss Comet printing press onto a lowboy, are workmen of LeRoy Wade & Son, heavy movers from Omaha. The large press, on which the Plattsmouth Journal is printed, was rolled from the old building, lifted into the air by a large crane, and gently lowered on the lowboy. Remov?d from the building in mid-morning Saturday, ' the press was placed in operation crane operator in lowering the Signers Don't Want Paving; No Request Known To Council Residents in the Oakmont and Fourth avenue areas jumped the gun on the city council Monday night. At the session. Clerk treasurer Albert Olson read a petition from the five couples who signed, in which they explained that they do not want paving of Oakmont drive to Fourth avenue. The council has never received a request for paving the one block area. Councilmen voted to place the petition on file. Leqion To Name Officers Tonight Election of officers will high light the July meeting of the American Legion Post of Platts mouth. The meeting will bs held at the 40 & 8 club at eight o'clock, tonight, Thursday. Nomination for officers was made at the June session of the post. Other nominations will be received from the floor at the Thursday meeting. Eugene Krings, commander, will preside at the meeting tonight. Following the election and regular business meeting, lunch will be served. OKAY LICENSE The City Council authorized Clerk-Treasurer Albert Olson to issue a license for operating a recreation parlor to Walt Sikora and Phillip Kirz on Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dall of Manley were in the city Thurs day to attend to trading and visiting friends. ; - wards during the weeks camp Merit badges were awarded to the following: Stuart Nielsen swimming, horsemanship and marksman ship. Dan Huebner Swimming, horsemanship and marksman ship. John England Life saving. In addition. Glen Nickels and Chester Bowman advanced from beginner to non-swimmers. Plattsmouth Scouts Attending the camp were Stuart Nielsen, Glen Nickels, John England, Don Winscot. Chester Bowman and Dan Huebner. Four Scouts from Weeping Water also attended the camp. They were Norman Jensen. Ray mond Jensen, Myron Sahs and Richey Applegate. Awards won bv Weeping Wa ter Scouts included: Norman Jensen Horseman shin and pioneering. Raymond Jensen Horse manship and pioneering. Mvron Sahs Pioneering. Richey Applegate Horse manship. In addition. Myron Sahs and Richy Applegate advanced from beginner to non-swimmers. late Saturday afternoon. Workmen are shown as they direct the heavy press. Linotype Suspended In Air Vis. llfe5. 1 Verne Hutton, Journal Linotype operator, was probably most interested in this scene as the event took place during moving days at the Plattsmouth Journal. The Model No. 8 Linotype, used primarily for straight matter was one of the two large Linotypes moved by the Journal. The machine is shown suspended in mid air on a mock-elevator. A few minutes later the machine was lowered to the ground, rolled through the door and in operattion later the same day. LeRoy Wade & Son crewman direct the crane operator in lowering the machine. Journal Photo Open House To Be Held Sunday At Grandviev Home Open House will be held at Grandview Acres Nursing Home on Sunday, July 6, 1952, from 2 p. m. until 5 p. m.. Miss Ardyth Hall, one of the three owners of the nursing home announced today. Located 13 miles south of Plattsmouth on Highway 73-75, the home occupies the old Gar rison house. Miss Hall said that a tour of the house and grounds is planned and that refresh ments will be served. Opened recently by Miss Hall, her sister, Mrs. Nina White of Syracuse, and Mrs. Lois Kraft of Union, the home currently has six patients. It has a ca pacity for 19 patients. Miss Hall said. The fourteen room house and well kept grounds make an ideal spot for patients. Mrs. Louis Kraft is in charge of the home and is daytime nurse. She formerly spent four years at St. Mary's hospital at Nebraska City. Assisting Mrs. Kraft are Mrs. Grace Sledman of Syracuse, cook; Ralph Cline of Palmyra, custodian and attendant; Law rence Shall, attendant; and Mrs. Nell Thorn of Weeping Wa ter, night nurse. Dr. R. W. Ty son is attending physician. Grandview Nursing Home was opened by the three ladies on May 21. Patients are given the run of the house and grounds and every effort is made to make patients active in their favorite hobbies and recreations. The public is invited to tour the house and grounds at the open house to be held Sunday. For Moving ' Journal Photo Leslie Nolte Buys Cass Taxi Announcement was made to day of the purchase of the Cass Taxi Company by Leslie H. Nolte. Nolte purchased the bus iness from Frank Krejci, who has operated the tax service for the past year. The company has headquarters at Hotel Plattsmouth. Council To Decide Request For Free Parking Meters Plattsmouth city councilmen voted to meet Saturday after noon to decide whether or not to grant the Plattsmouth Cham ber of Commerce free parking meters for a two day period in July. The action followed a request of the Chamber of Commerce retail division to have the me ters free for Dollar Days which will be held here July 18 and 19. In delaying action on the is sue, Councilmen suggested that businessmen of the community be polled first. They pointed out however that the request might cause some trouble. In general, councilmen explained that the two free parking days would mean an influx of all day parkers, including persons regularly pooling rides to Oma ha, and employees of business places. It might also be cre ating a precidence, councilmen thought. Free parking meters is one of several activities planned by the, Chamber during Dollar Days. Subscribe to The Journal odsI1 edited The J)um Refunds Are Due On Blanket Tax Treasurer Says "Demand for refund must be I the unexpired subscription period. Readers who have made within 30 days from date j been taking both newspapers and have an unexpired per TreasureSh' plttor?- j iod ,ren)aining of the Enterprise, will have their Journal plained to more than 200 tax- I expiration date extended on a pro-rated basis assuring payers in letters outlining ac- 1 them of full value on their subscription dollar. All due and tion for redeeming taxes paid I past due subsc-rinti under the blanket school tax j law. The law was recently declar ed unconstitutional by the Ne braska Supreme Court and a motion for rehearing was de nied on June 23. The action of the Supreme Court took place June 6. As a result, persons paying taxes between the June 6 and j June 23 period are entitled to ! a refund on their blanket tax, ! Miss Patton said. j Mailed as courtesy notices, j the letters contained a form j which taxpayers can fill out in order to claim refund on the blanket tax. Miss Patton points out that a person paying taxes on June 6. has until July 6 to claim re fund. Anyone paying after that date and before. June 28. has 30 days from the time the payment was made to file for a refund. However, persons who have i yet to pay their tax can reduce i the entire blanket tax when paying. Miss Patton said. Treas- j urer's books are currently being corrected to exclude the tax. the County Treasurer said. j Miss Patton said that un claimed refunds are to be held I by the county treasurer until a i method of distribution is auth orized. She said that undistrib uted funds from the 1951 blan- 1 ket tax held in her amount to $102,553.30. uliiLC Attorney General C. S. Beck, ,: in an opinion June 25. said that ! the one-half of the blanket tax : paid in the first half of the ! year., cannot be recovered unless ; a request for refund was filed i within 30 days after the first i payment. Beck said it will re- ; quire an act of the legislature I to determine distribution of i monies collected in first half I payments. . , Displaced Person Among Draftees A displaced person, who has made his home in Cass county for some time, was among the countians reporting Tuesday for induction into the armed serv ices. He is Otto Rajkovic of Avoca, who has been employed by Har ry Huntsman at Avoca. Others departing Tuesday in the draft call were Ralph Hild of West Point, more recently of Plattsmouth; John Williamson of Plattsmouth. and William L. McCormick of Rock Bluff. Two others were transferred. Ten countians reported today to take physical examinations. Mrs. Blanche Rhoden spent Wednesday at Glenwood, la., where she was a guest at the home of Mrs. Ralph Frazier. Ordinance Allows Gas Company Rate Increase Central Electric and Gas Com pany was granted a five cent increase in gas rates at Platts mouth when the City Council okayed a new ordinance Mon day night. Walter Gleason, manager of the Gas Company office here, outlined the proposed increases to the council at the Monday session. Gleason explained that recent approval of the Federal Power Commission granting Northern Natural Gas Compar.v Dermission to increase its rates necessitates the increase. Central Electric and Gas ComDany buys its gas from Northern. The increase natur ally goes on to the consumer, according to Gleason. The new ordinance provides a five cent per thousand increase in cubic feet consumption. Gleason said the increase will cost the average gas user an es timated one dollar. The increase will run about 7.6 percent for the average consumer, according to the local manager. I Despite the rate increase, Sale of the Nehawka Enterprise, operated by George j Miller of the Papillion Times for the pa.t few w eeks, to jthe Plattsmouth Journal was completed Tuesday and consolidation of the two papers is consummated with this ; issue. j Subscription list, name and goodwill was turned to I the Journal late Tuesday afternoon. Subscribers to the i Enterprise will hereafter be served with the Journal for Plattsmouth Journal, effective Sale Of County Poor Farm Is Set Cass county commission ers voted Tuesday to sell the county poor farm at public auction at two o'clock on Monday, July 21. Voters authorized sale of the farm at a special elec tion held in connection with the primary election in April. Nearly 60 per cent of the voters okayed sale of the farm. The auction will be held at the site of the farm on the edge of Plattsmouth. Presbyterians To Dedicate Chimes At Church Sunday Rev. J. W. Pressley of Oma ha, longtime friend of the late Rev. Harry G. McClusky of Plattsmouth. viil give the dedi cation address at services Sun day night at which the Presby- tiffin,', . V- ' , .-. V, ...-11 ,l,.i;.. chimes in the memory of Dr. Mcciusky. The dedication will he held at eight o'clock at the First Pres byterian church, where Dr. Mc Clusky officiated for nearly half a century, on Sunday, July 6. Franklin G. Philleo, instructor of music at Wayne State Teach ers College will be guest organ ist. Mr. Philleo is a brother of Mrs. T. I. Friest of Plattsmouth. Ward F. Pcscherer will direct the choir, assisted by Mrs. Glen Ter ryberry. Mrs. Verna Goos is church organist and will be as sisted by Mrs. Richard Schade. The dedication service will open with a prelude, followed bv invocation and scripture and prayer. An organ selection, "Pastorale"' and choir song, ' God So Loved the World"' will precede Rev. Pressley's address. Following the organ selection, 'Ave Maria." a responsive cere mony will be held. The bene diction, choir response and postlude will complete the pro gram. Purchase of the chimes was made passible through dona tions of the congregation and from friends and acquaintances of Dr. McClusky in the Platts mouth community. Dr. McClusky, in memory of whom the chimes were installed, served as pastor of the church here for over a quarter century. He died several months ago fol lowing a short illness and hos pitalization. Gleason couldn't promise that anv additional gas will be avail able at Plattsmouth. Citing the recent conditional nkav nf the FPC to allow Northern to in crease its capacity from 675 million to 825 million per day, Gleason nointed out that if Northern accepts the increase, the capacity at Plattsmouth will also be increased. Comparing the present rate with the pronosed new rate, which will probably go into ef fect with the August 1 billing, a five cent per thousand in crease was okayed for the first 2.000 cubic feet, raising the rate from 95 cents to $1. The next 3.000 cubic feet will cost 80 cents a thousand instead of 75; and the next 45.000 cubic feet will cost 60 cents instead of 55. The minimum service charge of 50 cents remains the same. Under the new rate, as . ac cepted by the council Monday night. 20,000 cubic feet will cost $13.90 or $1 more than the con sumer is currently paying. It represents a 7.7 percent increase. Toddy this date. Glen Rutledge, publisher of the Enterprise at Nehawka for over 30 years," sold his inter ests to the Weeping Water Re publican several months ago. Thornton and Beach, after pub- lishing the paper for a few j months, disposed of the news ! paper to Mr. Miller of Papillion, ; who attempted to keep the paper going. Howveer. increased ; costs of publishing a newspap ! er. labor shortages and incon i veniences arising in his plant j induced him to offer the list to : The Journal. i While a large share of the Ne hawka newspapers subscribers were also readers of The Jour nal. The Enterprise subscrip tion list adds a considerable number of new names to The Journal's family of readers in Cass county, giving this news paper 3200 paid subscribers in the trade area, exceeding by more than 1000 the largest list ever attained by this newspaper in its 83 years of continuous publication. Discontinuance of the Ne hawka Enterprise marks anoth er milestone in newspaper his tory in Cass county. Founded as the Nehawka Register some 70 years ago. the paper oper ated as the Enterprise for the past 30 years. During this long period it served a fine commu nity long and well but it was inevitable that it should go along the road of nearly 100 other newspapers in Iowa and Nebraska during the past two years. Heavy increases in the cost of publishing newspapers during the past few years have sounded the death knoll to many small papers and many more are sure to follow. High wages, neces sity of modern equipment, news print costs and the added bur den of long hours has been, and still is the decisive factor. Many small town publishers have found they can make higher wages in only half the hours in larger plants and relieve them selves of responsibility and worry. The Plattsmouth Journal feels it assumes an added obligation in this consolidation. It will be the policy of this newspaper to serve the Nehawka area to the l best of its ability. Nehawka residents and business men and women are urged to use the fa cilities of the Journal at all times; to feel free to call upon this newspaper to assist them in promoting their commercial and social functions; to servs their schools, churches and community activities we assure all that we are prepared to co oper fp at. all times. It is our coal to be accepted as a CASS COUNTY newspaper, to be of service to every town, to all communities as well as the city in which we reside. Four-Year-Old Is Fatally Injured Allen Ray Wiles, four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Conant Wiles, west of Murray, was fa tally injured Wednesday morn ing, June 2, in a barn mishap. Apparently in the barn to col lect eggs, the boy somehow j knocked a heavy net from the ; wall. Pressure from the falling ! net broke the lad's neck. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Conant Wiles, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wiles of Weeping Water and Mr. and Mrs. James Quinnett cf Plattsmouth. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at Hobson Funeral Home. fi5$s ISSC&D LICENSE ISSUl License for marriage was is sued in Douglas county court to Clarence Wood, 32, of Platts mouth. and Dorothy Hoffman. 19, of Omaha. Journal Want Ads cost as little as 35 cents. 'I -7