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PUBLISHED I SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday A Consolidated with The Nehawka Enterprise -- Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 71 FOURTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA; THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 69 ires lUcase As He7v Don airbecye Meairs; To CASS COUNTY'S . GREATEST NEWSPAPER Fire blazed throughout the early morning hours today, Thursday, setting the stage for the Farmers' Day barbecue to be held at Memorial Athletic Field this evening. Activities buzzed throughout the night Wednesday as Chamber -of Commerce officials made final preparations for Thursday's big event, and will be capped when an estimated 500 farmers turn up for evening activities. Early Wednesday evening un Robert Humiston Robert Humiston Returns Here As LT&T Wire Chief Robert C. Humiston is the inew j wire chief of the Lincoln Tele phone and Telegraph Company I at Plattsmouth. E. A. Ernst, the Company's area manager here, ! made the announcement this week. Humiston succeeds Alvin L. Reed who has moved to Lin coln where he will be engaged in the installation and repair of central office equipment. Don ald G. Rutledge succeeds Humi ston as manager at Weeping Water. Humiston has been in the tel ephone business for ten years. He worked for the Weber Mu vtual Telephone Company at Weber; Kansas, before his first employment with the Lincoln Company as a shopman in 1942. He became a combination man at Lincoln later that year and worked for a short time at Wa- hoo before moving to Platts mouth in June, 1943. In Feb ruary 1949 he became a switch man at Plattsmouth and the following year was advanced to exchange manager at Weeping Water. Rutledge also joined the Lin coln Company in 1942. He was a warehouseman and shopman until 1943 when he entered mili tary service. He was in the army serving as a staff sergeant in the Signal Corps, 17 months of which were spent in Europe. He returned to the Company in 1946 as a shopman and later that year became a combination man. He is married ana nas a son, David, who is five years old. Story Of Phone Development . Told Rofarians Resignation of one member, announcement of a special dedi cation and a film on the de velopment and communication effectiveness of the telephone highliRhted the regular Tuesday noon session of Plattsmouth Ro tary. Resignation accepted bv the coup was that of Col. Harold 'Chips" Woodruff. Woodruff ex plained that base duties and other committments made it Dracticallv impossible for him to follow the Rotary code of reg ular attendance. As a result. Dr. L. A. Amato was named program chairman for the regular meeting to be held next Tuesday. Col. Woodruff was originally scheduled as program chairman. Dr. Amato announced that Dr. Rav Taibl, director of special education at Nebraska Univer sity will speak. For his proeram. John Schrei ner showed films which depict ed the development of the tele phone and further outlined the part the telephone plays in com munications today. At the meeting, announcement was also made of the chimes and - organ dedication to be held at the Methodist church Sunday. The chimes are dedicated in memory of Mrs. Clara Street Wescott. and in honor of her husband. E. H. Wescott. Howard Hirz presided at the meeting. Jim Eastrow of Bellen dorf . Iowa, was a guest of George Smith. der the direction of Chamber Manager Hogan Trammell. a pit for the barbecue was prepared by Chamber members. Handling the spades and shovels were Clarence Cotner, Bill Knorr, Chris Bulin, Merle Stewart, Ho gan Trammell, Dick Spangler, Herb Minor and Harry Cane, while Shrader Rhoden hauled sand. Choice beef cut were placed in the five inches of burning coals early this morning in preparation for tonighfs bar becue. Meats were prepared by Sam Arn, butcher at Soennich- i sen's Black & White. I Keeping constant vigil at the ! barbecue pit through the night ! were Trammell and C. E. Rein- miller of Lincoln, special barbe- cue specialist, who is supervise ! ing actual barbecue of the meat, j The Farmer's Day program j opened at Cass Theatre this aft ernoon where participating farmers assembled. As the Jour nal goes to press this afternoon, groups of the Chamber's guests are touring local businesses. Tours are being conducted at Consumers Public Power sub station. Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company, Burlington Refrigeration Express Company, the Plattsmouth State Bank and the Plattsmouth journal Highlight's at tonights bar becue will include making awards to the oldest farmer present and to the farmer who came the greatest distance to attend. Herman Meisinger and Rex Young will serve as masters of ceremony. Considered one of the greatest events ever put on by the Chamber of Commerce, Farm ers' Day is being considered as an annual event. The dirt seal on the barbecue pit will be broken some time shortly before seven o'clock to night, when preparations for serving will be completed. Members of the Agricultural Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, who have pushed plans for the barbecue are Clar ence Cotner, Hugh Stander, Jr., Ken Weaver, Richard Spangler and C. C. Girardot. Runaway Kansas Girls Picked Up Near Plattsmouth Two teen-age Kansas girls are back at their homes in Leav enworth today after being pick ed up near Plattsmouth Tues day. The girls, Joyce Darlene Arn old, 16. and Viola Cecilia Ska sick, 14, were picked up by pa- trvlmii-i oriH InHrtnH ir Pace I county jail until authorities had lniormed me gins parents. Sheriff Tom Solomon said the girls had hitch-hiked from Leavenworth Saturday night. They were returned by train late Tuesday after their parents had wired fare. Mrs. Sam Arn entered an Om aha hospital late Monday for treatment and observation. Bornemeier s Is Backed By Road building, "of which much is said, but little is done," doesn't fit in Commissioner Herman Bcrnemeier's District. That became apparent in an in formal discussion at the com missoner's chamber in the courthouse Wednesday after noon. Together with Commissioners Ray Norris and William Nolte, Bornemeier became enthusiastic over the prospects of completing all mail routes in his district "with another good year."' In other words, Bornemeier is pointing to the summer of 1953. Progress was reported gener ally in the other two districts also but net with a completion date in view. Since purchasing a DuMore elevating attachment for use in j trict should have one. Its a his district. Bornemeier reports producer and time saver, ac that rapid progress has been cording to the commissioner. made. Mail routes in the Eagle, Weeping Water and iamwooa areas are on the 1952 summer plans. A goal of 30 miles of road improvement is tabbed for the district this summer. Near ly half has already been com pleted. The situation with Commis sioner Norris is not so bright. Norris, in the discussion, ex- Pfc. Merle Bornemeier of Murdock and Pfc. Tom Rohan of Plattsmouth complete assembly of the 75 mm recoiless rifle of Company H, 355th Infantry Regiment of Plattsmouth, while Pfc. Donald Bornemeier of Murdock sights along the aiming sticks of the company's 81 mm mortar. The trio will be among the 18 members of Plattsmouth ORC Unit who will depart Sunday for Camp Carson, Colorado on a 15-day period of active duty. The trio set up temporary combat headquarters in front of the indoor rifle range recently, while test equipment in preparation for the camping expedition. Journal Photo Reserve Unit Prepare For Tvo-Week Training At Final preparations were com pleted Wednesday night by Company H, 355th Infantry Regiment of Plattsmouth for a 15-day tour of active duty at Camp Carson, Colorado. Captain Cecil Karr, com mander of the heavy weapons unit of the Organized Reserve Corps said today that the unit will entrain sometime early Sun day morning for the maneuvers with elements from three regi ments. Company H. a unit of the Nebraska regiment, will team with units from Kansas and Colorado in the 15-day ac tive duty period. Eighteen Cass countians are listed to make the trip. Capt. Karr disclosed today. Capt. Karr learned today that the Plattsmouth unit will en train at 1 a. m. Sunday en route for Colorado on the Rock Is land. Company H will again be seeking top honors at the sum mer camp which they carried home a year ago. Activities at the camp according to advanced information will probably in clude a three-day bivouac, fir ing of the 75 mm gun and 81 mm mortar of the unit, small arms fire and tactical problems. Plattsmouth unit is also set Lumber Yard Sale Announced Sale of the Richey Lumber yard property on south Fourth street was announced today by Stephen M. Davis, local realtor. Davis announced that the property has been sold to H. L. Young of Ames. Iowa. Plans are indefinite as to what pur pose the property will be used, according to Davis. In recent months the property has been used as headquarters for the Corps of Engineers unit at Plattsmouth. Liquor Store Is Air Conditioned Naeve"s Liquor store on north 6th street is the latest Platts mouth business to install air conditioning. Installation of the conditioning unit was com pleted this week. Enthusiasm Production plained that his highway de partment crews are concentrat ing on roads with major dam age or on roads where a great deal of work is required. Once these are out of the way, Nor ris predicted that more rapid progress would be noted in his district. Nolte was probably the least enthusiastic. He estimated that another five years will be re quired to put mail routes in good condition. Progress is being made however., So enthusiastic was Borne meier on the results of the Du More attachments, put into operation a little over a month ago, that he suggested each dis- Setting a price on the quantity of work done, Bornemeier esti mated that the DuMore at a cost of $5,400 has already pro duced close to $3,200 worth of new road construction.. At that rate it will easily pay for itself this summer. Placing a price of $400 a mile on the value of the machine, his goal of 30 miles would show a return of $12,000. Camp Carson, Colorado on capturing top drill honors as they did at Camp McCoy, Wis consin in 1951. Waiting for the unit at Camp Carson will be Sergeant First Class Tom Morrison, who de parts today with the advance party. Morrison along with cooks from other units will have a hot lunch ready for the troops when the train arrives at its desienation. Slated to make the trip Sun day, according to Capt. Karrs j roster are 1st Lt. John J. Cloidt, executive officer; WOJG Dale M. Bowman, administrator; SFC. Robert G. Wohlfarth of Murray, first sergeant; Sgt. Wm. I. Cecil, company clerk; SFC. Joseph J. Loper, supply sergeant; Cpl. Eu gene A. Klein. Pfc. Wm. Baum- gart and Pfc. Orvel Adkins, cooks; SEC. Donald R. McClin- ; tock. machine gun platoon lead er; Cpl. John Bradley or Mur ray, machine gunner; Pfc. Don ald R. Aylor, machine gunner; Sgt. Robert J. Cappell, 75 mm sergeant; Pfc. Merle Borne meier of Murdock and Pfc. Tom Rohan, gunners; Sgt. Wynn M. Babbitt, 81 mm mortar; and Pfc. Donald E. Bornemeier of Burdock, 81 mm mortar. Plattsmouth Dollar Days Success Is Widely Recognized Requests for copies of the Dollar Days issue of the Plattsmouth Journal indi cate that the Chamber of Commerce retail promotion has been recognized as a success, not only here, but throughout the state, Ho gan Trammell, chamber manager, revealed today. Trammell said that he has received requests of cham ber managers from towns three times as large as Plattsmouth for copies of the paper and information behind the promotion. Marshall Will Address Farm Bureau Picnic An address by Charles Mar shall of Elmwood, president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Fed eration, will feature the annual Cass County Farm Bureau pic nic to be held at Elmwood Park at ElmwOOd On August 3. Henry E. Bornemeier, chair- man of the Elmwood Farm Bu reau unit which is in charge of the picnic announced today that ex-county chairman, Glenn Thacker, is also expected to attend. Thacker and Field Di rector Randall Faris will lead a discussion on road ideas. Thacker recently moved to Lin coln after being named to a col lege of agriculture post. Bornemeier also disclosed that vice chairman, Henry Hob scheidt will be master of cere monies for the program which will follow the noon picnic din ner. He invites the public to attend the picnic. Man Faces Check Charge Here Complaint of insufficient fund check was filed in county court Monday by County Attor ney Richard Peck against Earl Troup. The complaint charged that Troup issued a $12.10 check to Ofe Oil Company on July 5. The check was drawn on the Platts mouth State Bank. Second trip to summer camp for the unit, Plattsmouth or ganized Reserve Corp unit was organized in the spring of 1950. Listed as a cadre unit for heavy weapons, the unit has a 75 mm recoilless rifle, an 81 mm mor tar, plus light machine guns and small arms. At unit headquarters on First Avenue, Reserves have set up an armory which daily becomes more adjustable to needs of the group. Included in the units home made equipment is an indoor rifle range, constructed and designed by the Reserves. It also houses the units scale model of the Plattsmouth rifle range, including terrain, rail road tracks, trees, Platte river. The scale model range is used for tactical purposes, Capt. Karr explained At the Wednesday night ses sion, Reserves completed pack ing clothing and personal equip ment. Activities at recent weekly meetings has been pri marily resolved to packing com pany equipment in preparation for the two-week camp. Capt. Karr said he has been informed that equipment will be picked up by truck Saturday morning. $215 Check Is Presented Band By Ad Club A check for $215 was present ed to Music Director Ward Pscherer for the Plattsmouth Summer Band program at the Wednesday noon session of the Plattsmouth Business Men's Ad Club. The check represented collec tions taken during recent weeks by members of the club. In pre senting the check. Ad Club spokesmen pointed out that the band is one of Plattsmouth's finest advertisements. Mr. Pscherer. who recently re signed his post here, expressed the music departments appreci ation for the gift check and in so doing briefly outlined the fi-. nancial interest of the band. Pscherer explained that in uni forms, equipment and accessor ies the department has an in vestment of nearly $15,000. Pscherer cited the Band Par ents Club for activities in ac quiring much of the eauipment. He explained that costs to the school district are offset by the vigorous activity of the club. Outlining the development of nrntrrnm PhPrPr tnlrt hnw rnn- i tinual high quality performance has been maintained over an eight year period despite the annual graduation of members. He credited his predecessor for much of the organization which has resulted in a sound, pro gressive program. "A youngster who learns to blow a horn, never has been found 'blowing a safe'." Pscherer commented in advocating a strong band pro gram. His remarks were backed fur ther by Superintendent T. I. Friest, who outlined the schools actual participation in music ac tivities. W'hile the district takes care of the primary educational activity, during the school year, it is limited in its non-school activities. Maintenance and re placement of band equipment is handled by the district. Friest explained. Friest explained that the school system generally avoids asking collection of extra funds among business houses for spec ial activities, other than the school paper and sports pro grams. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. Chime Dedication Slated Sunday At Methodist Church Sunday evening, July 27 at j93 in taxation on the five mill lew. A vear ago, the same eight oclock. dedication of the', . , . . , , , . memorial organ and tower ! levy brought in 222,282.2o, just $l,o00 under that antici chimes honoring Clara Street ; pated for the corning fiscal vear. and Edgar Hilt Wescott will be . - . . .. , held at the First. ovi-- The commissioners estimate church at Plattsmouth. The Wescotts are well known i for their contributions to music j here, where for almost fifty! years they have served. t A fitting tribute to E. H. Wes ! cott and the late Mrs. Wescott, gifts from friends both here and afar have made possible placing of the memorial in the church where they served so faithfully i over such a long period. It is i fitting also to dedicate the ; chimes at this particular time ) as Mrs. Wescott's birthday is i July 26 and Mr. Wescott's birth- day is on July 25. ; Formed to plan the memorial immediately following the death of Mrs. Wescott last .March, the : committee invites friends to at- : tend the dedication service, i Committee members ere Mrs. j Alpha Muncie. chairman: Mr.' and Mrs. W. F. Evers. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Heinrich, Mrs. R. B. i Hayes, Mrs. Vernon L. Water- i man, Mrs. Joseph A. Capwell, ' Mrs. J. E. Wiles, Mrs. Harry E. White, Mollie C. Gobelman and i Aliss Phyllis Bourck. Vernon Waterman, Don Bak- I er. Warren Lillie, John Elliott. ! Alva Linder and Carl Hula will , serve as ushers at the program. Miss Edna Drummy of Omaha will be organist. The Program Prelude Hymn Medley Invocation Rev. Harold V. Mitchell ) in me ivioonugni Kinder namennoi-ostrow . . Rubenstein To A Wild Rose McDowell PRESENTATION OF CHIMES . . William F. Evers ACCEPTANCE OF CHIMES ... Karl W. Grosshaas Song My Mother Taught Me . . Dvorak Humoresque Dvorak In A Monastery Garden Kettlebey Clair de Lune Debussy uicucoii cLUill ............. 1i1SZL Lullaby Brahm Bells of St. Mary's Adams March Melodie Diggel Benediction ... Rev. Harold V. Mitchell Fire Destroys Chicken House A blaze, apparently caused when children were playing with matches, destroyed a chicken house at the Lee McDaniel resi dence on Lincoln avenue short y before noon Wednesday. Fire Chief Ray Wiysel report ed that the building was a com plete loss. He said a witness at the fire said children had been playing with matches near the chicken house. Both trucks an swered the alarm about 11:45. Earlier firemen had been called to the Ira Klinkenbeard residence on Lincoln avenue when a grass and brush fire got out of control. No damage was reported. Mrs. Joseph Libershal is ill at her home here this week. Court House Briefs License for marriage was is- sued in county court Tuesday, July 22, to Bernard Elmer John son, 20. of Louisville, and Mar lene Elizabeth Boardman, 20, also of Louisville. Petition for administration of the estate of Henry C. Ossen kop has been filed in county court by Attorneys Smith & Lebens. The petition asks ap pointment of H. B. Koop, admin istrator. Final hearing was held in county court in the estate of L. J. Lau. Begley and Peck are at torneys for the estate. Wm. R. Vogel was fined $15 and costs in county court on two charges when arraigned before Judge Raymond J. Case Tues day. Vogel pleaded guilty to charges of no registration cer tificate and expired operator's license. Patrolman Syslo filed the charges. Final hearing was held in the Wallace M. Philpot estate in county court. Harold Elliott of Weeping Water was administra - Cass county commissioners have approved a five mill levy for 1952, same as the levy authorized last year with some minor fund changes. In its statement of publication on the summary and levy comparisons of the county budget for the fiscal year July 1, 1952, to June 30, 195:5, Commissioners Herman Borne meier, W. F. Xolte and Rav Xorris seek to raise $223,708.- Neighbors Make Short Work Of Ripened Oat Field Joining forces, neighbors and friends of Albert Staack made quick work of com bining an oats field for the hospitalized farmer. Mr. Staack is currently a pa tient at Lincoln General hospital. Seeing the need, farmers and housewives from the area near Weeping Water, converged on the Staack farm early Monday. Com bines were operated by Har vey Stubbendeck, II a r r y Hunteman, Melvin Doden hoff, Harlan Stock, George Spangler, Leslie Toms, Hen ry Dodenhoff, Harold Sfbck, Clarence Staack, Ray Fabian and Randall Dodenhoff. Meanwhile lunch for the harvest hands were prepared and served by Mrs. Henry Dodenhoff, Mrs. Harold Stock and .Mrs. Frances Fisher. BREX Accident Victim Is Home From Hospital Gene Snodgrass. injured BREX employee, returned to Plattsmouth Tuesday from St. Catherine's hospital at Omaha, where he had been since suf fering multiple fractures in an accident at the shops last Thursday. ' Reportedly resting comfort- aD1v- onoagrass suiierea leg ana i foot fractures and a back injury i ' "iii nit i yjyj 1 ui u. v-ai in nimu f e was working collapsed. A j burner for BREX. Snodgrass had I cut one end of the car roof and ! was walking to the other end when the opposite end broke loose and pinned him in the car. Treated by Dr. Pucelik here, he was taken to the Omaha hos pital, where examination dis closed leg, heel and foot frac tures, plus minor injuries to his back. Equalization Tour Conducted By Cass County Board Cass county commissioners with County Clerk W. J. B. Mc Donald and County Assessor Willard McShane continued an equalization tour of county pro perty in the Avoca. Nehawka and Plattsmouth areas today. Commissioners Herman Rnrn- emeier of Elmwood. Ray Norris of Weeping Water and W. F. Nolte of Plattsmouth. ioined the other two county officials on the appraisal tour. Earlier a similar tour had been conduct- ed in the west past of the coun- ty. tor and attorney for the estate. Dwight C. Baier was fined $10 and costs in county court Tuesday after pleading guilty to a charge of no registration certificate. The charge was filed by Patrolman Minary. Petition for divorce has been filed in county district court by Sarah Ellen Bax against George Henry Bax. The petition charges extreme cruelty and asks cus tody of one minor child and child support. The couple was married January 21, 1950, at Plattsmouth. Fouchek and Gar nett are plaintiff's attorney. Cecil Robertson was fined $5 and costs in county court Tues day on charges of no operator's license. Patrolman Kontos filed the- complaint to which Robert son pleaded guilty. John Brust was fined $20 and costs by County Judge Raymond J. Case on charges of speeding. Brust pleaded guilty to the complaint filed by Sheriff Tom ' Solomon. requirements for the coming year at S6C2.675.58 with county roads and bridges requiring greatest amount of the funds. As announced in the commis sioner's statement of publica tion, they expect S160.000 for the county road fund. $105,911.72 for federal road matching. $82, 825.34 for the road fund and another S64.505.27 for the bridge fund. Most funds have sub stantial amounts on hand as the fiscal year opens. Of the combined road and bridee funds less than one-third will be raised through taxation. In setting up its mill levy, Commissioners seek to raise $111,854 for the general fund on a 2.5 mill levy. They have set a 1.255 levy for county roads for which they expect to raise $56. 150, about the same as this past year. Other levies set by the board include .20 for bridge fund; .33 for county relief; .015 for soldiers and sailors' relief; and .70 for federal matching ' funds. The proposed new levy marks ; a .38 increase in the general fund, a drop from .94 to .20 for i the bridge fund, and doubling of the federal matching fund I from .35 to .70. The road fund ; evy was dropped five one-hun- dredths of one mill and the soldier and sailors fund mill levy was cut in half. Hearing will be held at the I commissioner's chamber in the j courthouse at Plattsmouth on ! July 30, 1952, at which time taxpayers may enter objections. suggestions or corrections to the i proposed budget, i Commissioners Nolte, Norris and Bornemeier have met regu j larly throughout past weeks in preparing the budget for the 19o2-o3 fiscal year. Svatek Hardware ' Prepares Front For Remodeling Added to 'the list of improve ments on the south side of Main street this week is that of Swat ek Hardware, where preliminary I activities for construction of a j new store front have started, i Crewmen for Herman Tiekot ' ter, contractor, removed the old store front Tuesday and activi : ties have continued at a steady 1 pace since. Plans for the new front in clude aluminum exteriof, lower ing of the windows, a stepped back entrance, and resurfacing of the face of the building. In removing the old front, workers found that iron pillar.-? ' bore the markings of the old I Cass County Iron Works which ' were once located on South 1 Third street. The castings were estimated at over three-quarter ' century old. j General design for the new ' front will include small front windows facing the street, with angled entrance way to tlv; door. Lower part of the build ing will be aluminum covered. County Farm Sells For $28,000 Joseph Bierl, agent, was high bidder on the 112-acre county poor farm sold at auction at the farm premises west of Plattsmouth Monday afternoon. Bierl paid $28,000 for the farm. j. which did not include lmprove- ments, currently under lease to Hillcrest Nursing Home and net included in the sale. Funds from the sale of the farm will go into the county general fund and can be used for any legitimate general fun 3 expense. Authorization for selling the farm was voted at a special elec tion, April 1, at which time vot ers approved the proposed ac tion of the county commission- era 3-2. Visiting relatives at Chicago this week is Mrs. Theodore Yel-ick.