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- FRIDAY and SATURDAY - JULY 18th and 19th p II Co s mm u ft Ih CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER VOLUME 71 Under School Age Entrance Tests Due To Start Applications for under legal age school entrance examina tions and a list of qualified ex aminers was released today. Children who will be five years cf age after October 15 must show by the test that they are capable of doing beginner grade or kindergarten work. Children whose fifth birthdav comes after December 31 should not be examined. This is strong ly recommended by the State Department of Public Instruc tion. Application for examination .must be properly completed, Signed" by the secretary of the board and the superintendent and presented to the examiner at the time the test is given. A supply of the cards may be ob tained from the office of county superintendent. Appointments for examina tions may be made with any of the following. Warren R. Bailer. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. Win. R. Carriker, 3240 North 48th. Lincoln. Donald O. Clifton. University of Nebraska. Frances Edwards. Omaha Uni versity. Blanche A. Gard, Peru Teach ers College. Edith Greer, Peru Teachers College. Leo R. Kennedy, Creighton University, Omaha. John Murray McRae, 900 So. 16. Lincoln. Wesley C. Meierhenry, Univer sity of Nebraska. Jack H. Monderer, 601 So. 46th St., Lincoln. James C. Porterfield, 3204 Hol dreee, Lincoln. Janet Smith, 1971 Sewell St., Lincoln. Forrest W. Brunson, Louis ville. Raymond M. Taibl. 1405 A street, Lincoln. D. A. Worcester, University iof Nebraska. Appointments will be received to September 30, 1952. No tests are given for entrance into the first grade. Fee for the test is S5.00. New Tractors To Be Announced Two new heavv-dutv John Deere 2 and 3-plow tractors, successors to Models ' A" and "B" will be announced Saturday, July 19, by Stander Implement Company of Plattsmouth. Simultaneously a similar an nouncement was received from A. L. Carper, owner of Murray Hardware and Implement of Murray. Carper, who was in Platts mouth this morning, extends his personal invitation to farmers to fUrrt th mnHpi t hi Murray business establishment on Saturday According to Hugh Stander, Jr., owner of Stander Imple ment Company, these new trac tors feature a host of engineer ing advancements and major improvements which make them the greatest values ever offered by John Deere. Stander states that one of the new models will be on display Saturday. He extends a cordial invitation to everyone to stop by and see the new tractor. Man Pleads Guilty To Amended Check Charge In Court A. E. Kelso pleaded guilty in county court to an amended charge of insufficient fund check and was fined $10 and costs by County Judge Raymond J. Case. County Attorney Richard Peck asked that the original charge of no fund check be amended. Kelso also paid restitution in the amount of $10. May Lose $5 But Doves' Nest Safe "It probably cost me $5 in corn, but I did my good deed for today.' That was the comment of George Troop of Plattsmouth last week end after he culti vated around a dove's nest in a corn field. The loss of corn seemed un important at the time both to Mr. Troop and the doves. Subscribe to The Journal U ME SIX PAGES Pacific Junction Damage Estimated Over $89,000 I Damage at Pacific Junction, ! Iowa, in the April flood, has Deen piacea ai o,uuu uy me Corps of Engineers. The Engineers also revealed that 36,400 acres of farm land were hit in Mills county, while 58.700 were damaged in Fremont county. Mrs. Sarah Keil, 95-Year-Old Eagle Woman, Dies EAGLE (Special.' Sarah Re becca Van Sickle, daughter of Harmon and Mary Gibson Van Sickle was born in Van Buren county, near Kalamazoo. Mich., August 5, 1856, and passed away at her home in Eagle, July 4. 1952. at the age of 95 years and 11 months. She spent her early life in the community where she was born and at the age of 20 she went to Genoa, I1L, to make her home with a sister. In May. 1877. she was united in marriage to Orville Runyan and to this union two sons were bom, George F. and Clarence, sne and her family came to Nebras ka in 1883 and resided in Ne braska City for several years. On March 1st, 1893. she was married to Oscar Keil. They lived in the Weeping Water Avoca area until March of 1903 when they moved to a farm three miles north of Eagle where they continued to live until 1910 and then moved into Eagle. Mrs. Keil often recalled the Civil War period when her fa ther and three brothers fought for the cause of the North and also many other experiences that were common to all early settlers. She was a member of the Eagle Methodist church and she found much pleasure and satis faction in all the service she rendered her church. However, her greatest joy came with her work as a teacher in the Sun day school for about 30 years. Mr. Keil passed away April 1. 1931, and her son, George, in May, 1934. She is survived by a son. Clar ence Runyan. and a dauehter, Dorothea Keil; eight grandchil dren; 26 great-grandchildren; nine great great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at the Eagle Methodist church Monday afternoon with Rev. Herman Heise officiating. A quartette composed of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rudolph. Mrs. Charles Scattergood and Max Buetten bach sang three beautiful hymns, 'In the Garden," "No Night There" and -Abide With Me." They were accompanied by Mrs. Marvin Carr. Pallbearers were A. W. Adams. ue , h Harry Robertson. John Root and Clyde Wcnzel, Robert Phillips. G. H. Palmer. Burial was in the Eagle cemetery. Henry Herold's Success Story Told In Magazine The success story of a Platts- mouth man. currently an offi cial of Warner-Hudnut Incor porated was featured in the "West Coast Druggist" issue of June 15. Written by Bert Butterworth. the story tells of the trying time spent by the officials in becom ing recognized for his outstand ing sales work. It is the story of Henry Rob ert Herold. son of Mrs. Henry Herold of Plattsmouth. The story tells how. after be ing a salesman with the Richard Hudnut Company, he was offer ed the Oklahoma and Arkansas territory. The offer came after he had successfully displayed his sales ability in New York. The territorial job made him ' low man on the totem pole" as far as sales prospects were con cerned. But he was to remain in that territory r 27 years, long enough to see Richard Hudnut become the outstanding toilet ries line in the area. Born at Plattsmouth, he was the son of a salesman. He car ried on little business enter prises, a paper route, chain of ball gum machines and worked in a stationery store in his un cle's pharmaceutical laboratory, the Henry R. Gering Company of Omaha. PlLAWSIWaJTO-O Consolidated with The Nehawka Hundreds Here Witness Selection Of Eisenhover Dwight D. Eisenhower, ex general of the armies, Friday was named the Republican can didate for the presidency of the United States. "Ike's'' selection on the first ballot came as a surprise to backers of Robert Taft. senator from Ohio, who had forecast an early victory. Running mate for the Kansas general is Senator Richard Nix on, California Republican. Eisenhower's selection was ! witnessed by many hundred ! Plattsmouth residents through ; the medium of television. Major networks carried week-long tele- casts of the history-making Re- ' publican National Convention : held in Chicago. Nebraskans voted 13-5 for ! Taft on the first ballot but : changed to 11-7 after Eisenhow er's victory was assured. Weed Ordinance To Be Enforced Here Deadline for mowing: weeds, provided for in Ordi nance 859, City of Platts mouth, has past, a street department official dis closed today. The ordinance provides that weeds in alleys, along streets and in vacant lots must be cut between June 1 and June 30. . Unless such weeds aTe cut, the street department can notify residents that weeds must be cut within five days. If the notice is not followed, the street department can cut the weeds and assess the cost to property owners. Weigh Station Low Bid $29,186 Roberts Construction Com pany of Lincoln is the apparent low bidder on the Oreapolis weighing station. State Engineer Harold Aitken has announced. i Roberts' bid of 529,186 for ! building the weighing station ' was lowest of those submitted to the DDartment of Roads and Irrigation. 1 - The company was also low bidder on a similar weighing station to be constructed at Wa hoo. The proposed weighing sta tion will be located three miles north of Plattsmouth at Oreap olis. Miss Alice Marie Funk of Chi cago, arrived here Saturday evening for a visit with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Funk and other relatives. Miss Funk is engaged with the national publications of the Methodist church. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. He attended the University of Nebraska for one year before be coming a salesman for his un cle's company and in two years he was sales manager. Then he joined Richard Hud nut. Henry Herold went to Oklahoma shortly after a deva stating flood in Oklahoma. Busi ness was bad and almost non existent. The Hudnut volume was very low. Today Hudnut sells three times the average national per capita toiletries in that area. It was accomplish ed by Mr. Herold. What was his magic? He was the only representative of a na tional toiletries line living in Oklahoma. Other representa tives came over from Kansas City for a day, but they were strangers while Mr. Herold was a neighbor. His quiet persistence made sales. He was in no hurry. If he found a buyer busy, he had a dozen places to make calls in the area. The stores passed up by the big shots from Kansas City kept Herold's sales totals jumping. After William R. Warner Company and Richard Hudnut merged, another top salesman, Elmer H. Bobst, became presi dent oi the combined company. (Continued an Page 6) Enterprise - Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA; MONDAY, JULY s Dwignt Eisennower Mrs. Schwab, 86, Resident Here Many Years, Dies Mrs. Elizabeth Schwab, resi dent of Plattsmouth most of her lifetime, died at Crowell Memorial Home at Blair on Sat urday. July 12, 1952. She was 86 years old. Mrs. Schwab had resided at Plattsmouth until entering the Crowell home in 1928. A native of Whitley County, Indiana, she was bcrn February 3. 1866. the daughter of James and Margaret Johnson. She came to the Plattsmouth com- munity as a young girl and sev- Sam Schwab at Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Schwab resided in the Rock Bluff and Platts mouth communities prior to his death in 1924. He was a retired farmer. Four years after her husband's death. Mrs. Schwab entered the Crowell home where she lived i until her death. Surviving are three nieces Mrs. Edward Donaldson of Lin coln. Mrs. Ham Nielsen of Cin ; cinnati. Ohio, and Mrs. J. Peryal ! Botsford of Hastings. j Funeral services were held at the First Methodist church of Plattsmouth on Monday aft ernoon with Rev. Harold V. Mitchell officiating. Mrs. Schwab had been a member of tne cnurcn lor 68 years. Burial was in Oak Hill ceme- tery. Caldweli-Linder Funeral Home was in charge of arrange ments. L. A. Behrends Is Member Of State School Committee Cass County Superintendent ui acnooi.s l.. a. isenrenas is a member of a committee, recently organized, for a State Board of Education. The committee was organized under the leadership cf several educational and affiliated or ganizations in the state. Composed of 37 outstanding Nebraska citizens, it includes ' Robert B. Crosby and Walter R. Raecke, Nebraska gubernatorial candidates. Purpose of the committee is to acquaint the people of Nebraska with the Legislative Proposal for the State Board of Educa tion, which board would have responsibilities for elementary and secondary education. The proposal will be voted on by the people at the regular election in November. Mr. Behrends is president ot the County Superintendent's As sociation. County committees will soon be organized which will work with the state committee in de veloping understanding of the proposal. J. Hyde Sweet of Nebraska City is also a member of the state committee. Scout Executive Is Here Friday Ken Henry. Bov Scout execu- tive for the Cornhusker Council from Nebraska City, was here Friday outlinine plans fnr the big Boy Scout Fair and Indian mboree to be held at Nebraska City. Accompanying Henry was "orge Chaffin of Kansas City, Mo. Chamber And Rotary Club To Fete Lincolnites The Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce and the Plattsmouth Rotary Club will entertain The Sowers Club on October 21. This announcement was made jointly today by Bruce E. Gold, presi dent of the Chamber of Com merce, and Howard Hirz, presi dent of the Rotary Club. The Sowers Club is the Good- will Committee of the Lincoln Chamber cf Commerce This group, consisting of 65 to 70 men, have not visited our town for "many, many years." wrote many, many years. Richard W. Chapin, .Secretary of the group, in his letter to Hogan Trammeil, our Chamber man ager. In Trammell's reply to Chap- ! m s letter, he wrote, "We are indeed pleased that you have asked us to participate in your tour, and are looking forward to showing you some 'Platts mouth Hospitality'."' The luncheon will be held in Hotel Plattsmouth where both the private and public dining rooms will be used for the af fair. Details of the program have not been completed, however, a public reception for the group will take place at some point in the business area. Orville Julyan Named Employee By State Bank Orville W. Julyan. 38, has been named an emnlovee of the PlatVsmrm'H Ptno T5 t, I- fori T ! ssssssr- Mnk presidert " a iormer resident ci iimwooa where he was employed by the American Exchange Bank for 15 years. Julyan came here from Humboldt where he was em ployed by the Home State Bank for one and one-half years. Mr. and Mrs. Julyan and daughter. Clair, are residing on ! north Fifth street. Julvan start ed work a: the bank Saturday. Col. Vm. Grav ( e fJAlt f f lit f Hvif VlllelB Deputy Chief uoi. vviiiiam L. uray was named new deputy wing-base commander of Offutt Air Force Base Thursday. Colonel Gray came to Offutt from Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas, where he was director of plans for the 21st Air Divi sion. He recently returned from a tour of combat in Korea where he was awarded the Distinguish ed Flying Cross. Colonel Gray entered aviation cadets in 1939 at Kelly Field. Tex. He had graduated from Santa Barbara State College. Calif., in 1933 with a Bachelor ! of Arts degree. During World War II he served in the Southwest Pacific and flew five missions as a bomber pilot with the Fifth Bomber Command. He was awarded the Air Medal. Before going to Korea. Col. Gray was stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., from May, 1949. to March. 1951. In Korea he flew 27 missions in B-29's and was awarded the Bronze Star and a second Air Medal in addition to the Dis tinguished Flying Cross. Col. Gray is married to the former Edna Rose of Murray, Utah. They have one daughter, Sandra Lynn, 9. Former Resident Dies On Coast Funeral services will be held at Sattler Funeral Home on Wednesday, July 16. at two o'clock for Claude Shumaker, native of Plattsmouth, who died at Yreka, California. Mr. Shumaker died in the Cal ifornia city on Thursday, July 10. 1952. at the age of 73. Born at Plattsmouth on Sep tember 23. 1878, he had resided in this area for a great number j of years. He had lived at Yreka since 1939 and previously had resided at Los Angeles. TAVERN ROBBED Bill Henrikson of Council Bluffs, former Plattsmouth resi dent, reports that his tavern in Iowa City was robbed Saturday night of an estimated $1,300. JjftTOFML 3000 Cass County Families 14, 1952 . ! Cnnv Fnr "Dnllar ! PyTr , , 1 Days Issue Should ! r -r i t t- i "6 1 limed In HarlV In view of the tremendous number of participating merchants in the Chamber of Commerce '"Dollar Days" to be held this week end. advertisers are urged to have their copy to the Plattsmouth Journal office as soon as possible. Albert Dack, Journal ad vertising: manager, said to day that merchants have been very cooperative and that he is getting around to see each of them as rapidly as possible. But because of the heavy amount of composition an ticipated during: the next two days. Back reminds ad vertisers that the sooner their ads are in, the more time compositors will have for preparing; it for the "Dollar Davs" issue. School Census Shows Increase Of Four Percent A better than four per cent increase in the Plattsmouth school census has been shown during the 1P52 summer check. Supt. T. I. Friest disclosed at a special meeting of the board of education Saturday. Friest explained that the re sults of the recent check of I Plattsmouth youngsters in the d to 21 year age group shows that the figure has climbed to 1204. an increase of 4 13 per cent over the 1951 census. That, along with anticipated increased enrollment from rural areas this fall, indicates that a seven to eight per cent increase in enrollment can be expected in Plattsmouth schools this fail. Friest said that 1.154 young sters in the age group were recorded here in 1951. The in crease of 5C will mean that cur rent school facilities and the pupil-teacher ratio will again be a problem confronting the board as preparations are made for the 1952-53 school year. Friest explained that the 1952 rural eighth grade graduating class was one of the largest in the county's history. Predicting , the same percentage of enroll- i mcnt from rural areas as a vear ago. that would mean a much larger high school enrollment. Rainfall Here Is Set At 2.50 Inches Rainfall at Plattsmouth for a 48 hour period ending at seven o'clock this morning totaled 2.50 inches. One inch of rain fell during a heavy storm Saturday night and through part of the morning Sundav. Another one and one half inches was recorded be tween 6 o'clock Sunday night and 7 o'clock this morning. Concert Wednesday Will Feature Walter's Music Songs and arrangements by Harold Walters will highlight the third concert of the summer band series Wednesday night, July 16. according to a program released todav by Music Direc- I tor Ward Pscherer. The program will include a variety of musical numbers, some composed by Walters and others for which he has pub lished arrangements. Six of the ten-song concert songs bear the composers named. The Wednesday night concert will be the third held here in the past month. It will be con ducted at the city park starting at eight o'clock. The program: Here They Come Greeting March Harold Walters. Ay, Ay, My Eye Samba Rhap- FIVE CENTS PER COPY Iveir Staged . Early indications are that the Chamber of Commerce i sponsored "Dollar Days" to be held here thi week end ' will involve the greatest number of participating mer chants of any such retail promotion ever staffed in Platts mouth. '"Dollar Days" are slated at Plattsmouth on Friday and Saturday. July 18 and 19. According. to officials of the Chamber of Commerce, under whose banner the Retail Division is sponsoring thi approaching sale of values, practically every type of business in the city has asked approval of one or more "Dollar Days" features A wel, orEan;zecj retail pro Sale Of County's 11 4-Acre Farm Is Drawing Near Sale of the 114-acre Cass county poor farm is slated for Monday afternoon. July 21. The sale will be held at the loca tion of the farm, one and one half miles west of Plattsmouth on the cemetery road. Sale cf the farm was approved bv voters at the April 1 special election when they balloted on the proposal submitted by Cass county commissioners. The 114-acre farm currently has 55 acres ot corn. 23 acres of red clover with total crop lands at about 90 acres. Countv commissioners Doir.t out that all land i5 in a high state of pro ductivity. The commissioners also point out that the land lord's share of growing crop goes to the purchaser. Improvements on the farm include a barn, hay shed, hoc house and .corn crib. Sale will exclude the nursing home build ing and surrounding acreage. Possession will be subject to the tenant's lease which expires on March 1. 1953. Commission ers invite prospective bidders to inspect the farm at ar.v time. Low Bidders On Murdock Road Are Disclosed Four firms are apparent low bidders on two road construc tion projects slated in Cass county. State Engineer Harold Aitken has disclosed. The projects are for 9.1 miles cf construction west of Murdock j and for graVel on the new Cedar j creek road Mathews & Olberdinz cf Mc Cook were low bidders for grad ing the nearly ten mile stretch. Their bid was $27,677. Keim Construction Company of Te fumseh with a bid of $50,238 had the low bid on culverts on the Murdock road, while Capital Bridge Company of Lincoln lists the low bid on bridges at S37.995. H. A. Risk of Nebraska City with a bid of $2,805 was low fori gravel on the 2.4 miles of road south of Cedar Creek. Spending Sunday at Louisville were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hil fiker and daughter. sody Fernandez: Arr. by Wal ters. Show Boat Souvenirs Gay Nineties Waltz Harold Walters. Spirit of the Ranee Cowboy ! .viruirv niiiuiu v alters Cool Water Bob Nolan; Arr. j by David Bennett. ' El Caballero Spanish March : Olivadoti. i Rainbows in Review Para- J phrase on Fantasie Impromptu ! Chopin. Arr. by Walters. ! Trombone Blues Trombone j Smear Fred Jewell. Beautiful Brown Eyes Popu laceHal Leonard. Salute and Farewell Clos ine March Harold Walters. Star Spangled Banner. In case of rain the night cf the concert, the program will be cancelled. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday NUMBER 66 Pirepeitre motion. Dollar Days" is design ed to take the "in" out of in flation. Hundreds cf top quality buys will go on the counters in business houses throughout Piattsmouth this week end. Following out its planned pro cedure to check suggested "Dol lar Days" bargains, chamber officials explain that merchants are promising truely ereat val ues for the two big days. Cham ber Manager Hogan Trammeil today explained that the "checking committee" has been swamped with merchandise for screening in preparation for the gigantic two-day sale. Trammeil also disclosed that arrangements are now complete for free crossing cf the Miss ouri river bridge on "Dollar Days." The Chamber of Com merce will pay fare across the brides on Friday for residents t 0f Mills and Fremont counties in Iowa, while the Ad Club, as usual, will carry out, its free bridge program on Saturday. In addition. Ronald R. Furse. publisher of the Plattsmouth Journal announced today that extra Journal newspapers will be circulated on Thursday to rural route residents at Pacific Junc tion and Glenwood. Iowa. The paper will carry many of the values which merchants are ad vertising for the big two-day merchandising jamboree. According to an unofficial list of participating merchants. Plattsmouth businesses that are backing "Dollar Days" include service stations, barber shops, clothing stores, appliance deal ers, men and women's clothing stores, implement dealers, auto mobile accessory stores, depart-, ment stores, garages, cafes and eatine establishments and other special stores, including drug stores, bars, shoe stores and specialty retailers. First real big promotion of the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce since its incorpor ation three months ago. "Dollar Davs" promises to be the house wife's answer to stretching the dollar farther. The big retail promotion I in direct contrast to a recent announcement by the federal government in whicti it disclos ed that consumer prices ar? now near the all-time h!"-n. Shoopers in Plattsmouth this week end will find thst nrices on 'Dollar. Day" items will b. far below the prevailing retail price. Barta To Sell ; Equipment Line j Arrangements have been com ! pleted whereby Barta Poultry I Service at Plattsmouth will i handle Jamesway line of barn. I poultry and hog equipment in I this area. James Manufacturing Com- pany has specialized in the plan- ning, equipping and ventilating ! of farm buildings. ! Barta Poultry- will also be able to offer planning help to dairy, j poultry and livestock farmer? I in the Plattsmouth area. i Jnnrnnl Arl fVlle Ladders In Hurry "I ran out of ladders. That was the comment of Ray Larson Friday after he had received several calls for an extension ladder which he advertised in the Thursday edition of the Plattsmouth Journal. In the Journal office to have the ad -killed." Lar son explained that he could have sold three or four lad ders. He had only one. Plattsmouth Journal Want Ads get quick results.