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L. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST, NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLYj Monday - Thursday Consolidated with The Nehawka Enterprise - Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 71 SIXTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA; THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 71 kay PlanS FOB Lozf'esf Former Earns Title Through Actions DOLTD rfeySOOl)! W5imtieirstteeini And Aveimue Pcovomig Elds will be received and opened by Plattsmouth Citv Council on August 26, 1952, for pavement of Wash ington Avenue and Winterteen Hill. Adoption of plan? and specifications for the two projects was completed by the council Monday night. Publication of notices to bidders will start next week in the Plattsmouth Journal and bids will be opened on the 2uth. Estimated costs of the two paving projects is $95. 901.S3. The Washington Avenue project is a joint city- state ur.de: :akin Two Hundred At Dedication Of Vescoii Chimes Nearly two hundred atter.ced dedication, of Wescott Memorial c : hirr.es at the First Methodist church Sunday evening. !.Lss Edna Drumm of Omaha played the organ. Ir. several numbers, the chimes were ac companiment. The chimes are cf Maas make with tower am plification facilities. Rev. Harold Mitchell save the invocation and William F. Ev ers presented the chimes to the church in the name of Ed car Hii: and Clara Street Wescott. Ke also presented the famiiv a leather bound boos containing names cf all donors. The names represent almost everv state in the union. Karl W. Grosshans save the acceptance for the church. Mrs. Helen Wescott Murdick expres sed her family's gratitude for the memorial. Following the program lunch was served in the Memorial room. Decorations were bou quets and baskets of gladioli and garden flowers. The serv ing table was covered with a lace cloth, centered with the punch bowl which was flanked bv white candles in crystal holders. Mrs. William F. Evers was in charge of decorations. Mrs. M. M. Muncie. Mrs. Evers and Mrs. W. L. Heinrich served the punch. Mrs. Hary White had charge of the guest book. Hostesses assis ting throughout the evening were Mrs. J. E. Wiles. Mrs. Jos eph A. Capwe'ii, Mrs. R. B. Hayes. Mrs. Vernon Waterman and Mollie Gobeiman. Mrs. Clarion Pierce assisted in the kitchen. Ushers were Vemon Waterman. Al Linder. Don Baker. Warren Liilie and John Elliott. Out of town guests included F.ev. and Mrs. F. M. 3ruliner of Lincoln, a former minister here. Wage Increases Are Authorized Two employees of the street department were granted ten cent hourly wage increases by city councilmen Monday night on the request and recommen dation cf Street Department Chairman Howard Hirz. Hirz requested and received I iiii I TTCLC X.Uiii &1.XJ O-LL iivui ? to SI. 25 an hour for Hillard Land and Bob Brittain. Both men are highly qualified in ma- ' chine operation. Hirz explained in requesting the hourly in- i crease. In reporting on committee ac tivity, Hirz explained that re cent weather conditions have made it possible for the depart ment to complete many road im provements. Two machines have C been busy improving streets, Hirz said. He also explained that plans to oil Lincoln avenue are still in the fire. Meisingers Note First Business Anniversary Here In observance of their first business anniversary at Platts mouth. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mei singer, operators cf Firestone store at Plattsmouth. are hav ing a special birthday sale. In addition to offering "super values" the store will have free gifts for men. women and chil dren. Gifts to be awarded in clude an electric mixer, table radio and a seven-piece pitcher and glass set. Patrons of the store will find many exceptional values listed in tbe store's full-page birth day sale advertisement in to day's Journal. Sanitary Sewer Connections Okayed Authority for sanitary sewer connection was granted to two applicants at the regular meet ing of the city council Monday night. John Pohan was granted per mission for sewer connection on 12th street and Homer C. Camp bell received council permission for connection on Avenue A. Representatives of Her.rur.2- sen. Durham and Richardson consulting; engineers cf Omaha, briefly explained the overall picture of the two paving dis tricts prior to action bv the city council. Councilmen learned that the estimate of S54.843.43 cn street improvement district 104. com prising concrete paving of Washington Avenue from its junction with 7th street and Avenue A to a point northwest cf the junction with Avenue D does not include sanitary sewer estimates. Consulting engineers explain ed that unknown work Quanti ties which might be found when the old road bed is torn up make it practically impossible to make an pre-estimate. As a result they suggested that negotiations be made with contractor after the road is torn up and actual needs determined. The council also ran into a snag on the Washington Avenue paving, when they were unable to agree with State Department cf Roads plans for a detour. Arrangements are being worked out with state officials for the detour. Wintersteen paving which will be let at the same time was es timated at S3 1.057 .40 by consult ing engineers. Some problems were also encountered m draw ing up plans for the district. Consulting engineers pointed out that to maintain a 26 foot wide roadbed on the north south pav ing, will necessitate raising a stretch of wall about one foot. The east-west paving will be 20 feet wide. Delay in letting contracts on the paving will hold up actual work until at least the first cf September. In early negotiations between the state and city, in itial plans had been to let bids late in June with possible start ing date in July. Meanwhile the citv council authorized payment cf 12.000 to Francis R. Orshek company of Fremont for work completed on Washington avenue resurfac ing adjacent to the Masonic Home. The asphaitic resurfac ing, along with sewer work, star ted several weeks ago and will tie in with the new paving dis trict. Washington Avenue paving will be constructed the same as Chicago avenue a few vears ago. Reinforced concrete will be laid, however Washington avenue paving will be 31 feet wide, com pared with the 33 foot width of Chicago avenue. Plans for Wash ington avenue paving also in clude a series of five islands to aid the flow of traffic and to eliminate danger from traffic at intersections. cross Omaha Creditors Seek To Recover $14,898 In Court Separate petitions seeking $14,898.60 cue on chattel mort gages were filed in district court bv Edgar M. Morsinar for Stock Yard National Bank of South Omaha against Paul Stock. The petition ask return of mortgaged property or iull pay ment of the unpaid part of three notes, totaling $22,998. In its action to recover the mortgaged property, the Omaha bank alines that $10,998 is due on a $12,998 note; $1,950 is due on a $3,000 note; and $1,950 is due on a S7.00G note. ; Propertv involved includes a : number of farm tractors, cater- pillar tractors, electric welder. S trip hammer, grinder, electric I motors, bulldozer and other equipment. Police Court Improper turn Hasselback & Sons of Gienwood. Ia.. fined $1 and costs. Passing stoo sign, two Kenneth E. Wilson. Omaha, for- 1 feit $6 bond. i Intoxication H. M. Rowland of South. Dakota, forfeit $20 j bond. i Drunken Driving Orval L. McQuin of Omaha, fined $50 and costs, license suspended 30 ; davs. ! Passing stop sign Robert i L. Hoffman, fined $1 and costs. Subscribe to The Journal .7 Proof he earned the title ! Commerce representatives carry ; Chamber cf Commerce "seal cf Mayor Clement Woster hold the Orvilie Nielsen consider results after Ken Weavers fans threw the voting ji tie between Troop Jess T. Nichols, Nehawkan Many Years, is Dead Jess Thomas Nichols, resident of the Nehawka com.mur.ity ' during most of his lifetime, died j at St. "Mary's hospital in Nebras- j ka City early Tuesday morning ; following a month's illness. He j was 81 years old. s ' Mr. Nichols had entered the i hospital a few days prior to his death and had undergone sur- gery. A native of Hatfield. Arkansas. where he was born 81 years ago. i he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. ! Joseph Nichols. He was mar- j ' ried on September 23. 1899. at ' Hatfield to Mary Wyatt. Shortly j j after their marriage, the Nich- j ; ols moved to Nehawka where j I they had resided until two years j j ago when they moved to Ne- raska City. j i Mr. Nichols was a retired , j Surviving are two daughters. I Mrs. Ler.nie Janes cf Genoa. ! Texas, and Mrs. Bell Wright of i Rcihmond. Teras; five sons. : James and Jewell of Nebraska 1 City, Albert of Weeping Water, . Roy cf Erownville and Jeie. Jr., i cf Nehawka: and his wife. Mary. Also sur-iving are 23 grandchii- dren and nine grea granacnu- dren. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10 a. m. at Porter Funeral Home at Nebras ka Citv u-jtVi Por W MoVf-Har I Baptist minister, officiating. Burial will be at Wyuka ceme tery at Nebraska City. Clearance Sale At Soennichsen's To End Saturday Saturday ends the ten-day summer semi-annual clearance saie currer being conducted 1 at Soennichsen's dry goods ; store. The sale opened a week : ago and will continue through j August 2. ; Further reductions in price ; are noted today in the store's full-page ad. Men, women and i children will find many articles ; on sale at greatly reduced prices, i Ladies dresses, men's T-shirts : and shorts and children's dress- 1 es and play clothes are a few ; cf he items listed. : County Native i Dies At Wayne ! Funeral services were held at I Louisville Monday for Mrs. Mary Boedeker. native of Cass county, i who died at a Wa5ne, Nebraska, j nursing home on Friday, July 25. 1 Daughter of G. F. and Ellen j Metzger, Mrs. Boedeker was born : at Louisville in 1872. She was : married to Fred Boedeker in 1888. He died in 1933 at Wausa i where they had resided many ! years. j Surviving are one sister. Mrs. t Eva Rhodes of Sedalia, Mo. Pre- ceding her in death were, in ! addition to her husband, one ' daughter and six brothers and ! sisters. Burial was in Riverview ceme tery. Herb Minor was in Omaha Tuesday on business. f 'S r H ij J J n V i - J a" JT :i ' i . : X ''t W 9 cf "laziest farmer" is pictured Tom Troop from his car to the approval"' was presented. Hugh reclining Troop while judges of the contest. Troop's performance won him unanimous support their vote to Trooo in a and Weaver. F KKK Directors To Meet Tuesday President Richard Youn? has called a meeting of the board of directors and com mittee chairmen of the King Kora Karniral Klub to be held Tuesday night. August o. The meetinff will be held at the Citv Hall at "7:39 President Young announced. I Aff 9 V PA A If f a VvUCSI VIVWll JIUI Route Scheduled A new star route running daily between Lincoln and Cedar Creek has been inaugurated. The new route replaces services by Rock Island trains. The star route will start operations on Fridav. Five Cass county towns will be served by the route. Thev are Cedar Creek. Louisville, South i Friday morning. August 1. 1952, Bend. Murdock and Alvo. The i at 10 a. m., at St. John's Cath rr.ail will leave Lincoln at 3:30 clic church with Father John p. m. will reach Alvo at 4 p. m., j Kelly officiating. Burial will be Murdock at 4:20. South Bend at 4:40. Louisville at 4:50 and Ce dar Creek at five o'clock. Morning delivery is slated on Sundavs. Appeal Filed In Court Verdict Appeal of a county court judgment awarding payment of S443 to Contractor Lawrence B. Wirth of Nebraska Citv has V- e : : i : - , a . i : ucii iiitru in cuumv court uy attornevs Dwver and Dwver for Walter Patton and Emma Davis. Original action in the lower court brought bv Wirth. rAeged that the amount was due him neart attack at his home early for construction of a dam on a Wednesday morning. Mr. Iver farm owned bv Emma Davis and son was transported to Omaha farmed bv Patton. : by Sattler ambulance. His wife Cross petition against Wirth and family were in Wyoming had charged him with $2,000 damage to the farm, owned bv Emma Davis, who sought $1,000 damage. The cross petition was dismissed in the lower court ruling. Diagram Shows Proposed rr ' I T M M 1 i ! I i ' T1 I A U a - JcA i ! - I ! j S i j i j ' ' ' ' 1 ' f " ' ' i 4 iJi j ff - ' -a -: ! . -' ! : t . . ? f . , : ; r ' ' : ! ' i I ! I j ' j ; I i ; i j Shown above is a diagram of has been divided into 101 build- wav 75. The building site, ac the proposed $1,000,000 housing ing lots, each 50x90 feet and cording to Young's figures is 1. unit for construction on a site comprising 4.500 square feet. A 320 feet long and 480 feet wide, just on the south edge of Platts- 60-foot wide paved street will Nearly 100 two and three-bed-mouth. Drawn by Albert "Red" be constructed in a horseshoe room low cost houses will be Young, local building contrac- shape throughout the building constructed on the site, accord- tor, the 15-acre building site here as Plattsmouth Chamber of speakers platform, where the Stander, Jr., Ernie Schultz and Herb Minor, Richard Peck and j in a third ballot- Twice judges had considered rank Bieri was eliminated on the first ballot. . , 1 Journal Photo Ivan T. Smith, Plattsmouth Native, Dies Ivan Thomas Smith, native of Plattsmouth and resident here many years, died at an Omaha hospital Monday. July 23, 1952. He was 50 years old. Born at Plattsmouth on May 19. 1902. he was the son of John I nnH Mron rot r CmitVi "He was married on July C 1921, at at Saltier Funeral Home on Sat Platumouth to Edna M. Rair.ey AuSft 2- 12- at m. Surviving are three sons. Ivan Smith and Wallace M. Smith of Omaha, and Robert Smith of , Los Angeles; one daughter, Mrs. Donna Baker of San Francisco. Calif.; brothers. Frank M. and John L.. Jr of Plattsmouth, Chester B. of Los Angeles and a sister, Mrs. Harold J. Seay of Plattsmouth. Four grandchil dren also survive. Funeral services will be held at Holy Sepulchre cemetery. Rosary will be recited at 8 o'clock Thursday night. Coming from a distance for the funeral will be Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Henderson and family of Lexington. Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Smith of Lin coln. Sattler Funeral Home charge of arrangements. is m Rudy Iverson Improved After ; t . : rleart Attack Rudy Iverson is at Methodist hospital at Omaha where he is : reportedly improved following a vacationing at the time. Mr. Iverson is expected to be in the hospital for about a month. Journal Want Ads Pav! area with entrance from High- Mrs. Ella Thun, Lifelong Resident Here, Is Dead Mrs. Ella J. Thun. native cf Plattsmouth and lifelong resi dent here, died at St. Catherines hospital at Omaha late Tues day night. July 29. 1952. fol lowing an illness of nearly two years. Mrs. Thun entered the hos pital a few weeks ago and had been reported in serious condi tion for several days prior to her death. She was 47 years old. Born at Plattsmouth cn Sep tember 8. 1&04. she was the daughter cf Mr. a jamin Hvde. She Mrs. Ben- was married I Gec'rge"Thu" M- T'ur. Is a j piattsmouth'barber'. " as a member of j the First Christian church of i Plattsmouth. Auxiliary to Aerie I a . 36- Ffterr.al Oraer c: Eag;es m which she was very i t- i active, and home Cnapter No. j 189. Order cf Eastern Star, j Surviving are her husband. (George cf Plattsmouth: her j mother. Mrs. Delia Hyde cf 'Plattsmouth: two children, i Claudeen Coffeit of Council ! Bluffs. Ia., and Cpi. Dale Fraz i ier of Costa Mesa. Calif.: one i sister. Mrs. Bert Lamphear of Omaha: and three brothers. Henry of Downers Grove. 111.. Ralph and Harold of Platts mouth. Cpi. and Mrs. Dale Frazier were recent guests at the Thun home here. Funeral services will be held o'clock with Rev. J. W. Taenzier cf Gienwood officiating. Burial win be in Oak Hill cemetery. Sattler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Visit ing hours will be held at the home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 Fri day afternoon and evening. Pscherers Feted By Band Parents Honoring Music Director Ward Pscherer and his family, mem bers of Band Parents Club heid a picnic dinner at Plattsmouth City Park Wednesday evening. The 6:30 dinner, served cafe teria style, was prepared by members of the club. Mr. and Mrs. Pscherer and family will leave on August 15 for Delta. Colorado, where he has signed a contract to teach next year. Mr. Pscherer will be released from his contract here on August 15 after serving as high school music director for the past two years. In farewell appreciation of his sen-ice here. Band Parents presented Air. ana Mrs. fscner- er with a large wool blanket. Picnic activities were held . prior to the evening band con- cert which was also held at the city park. Attendance at both activities was exceptionally good. Mrs. Paul Lockey and two children. Sandra and Denny, ar rived from Pittsburgh. Pa., Wednesday morning to join her husband who has been employ ed at Plattsmouth for sometime. Location of Housing Project ing to Francis M. Casey, one of PDomnniedl At Plans for a SI. 000.000 housing- project at Platts mouth were officially announced today by Francis M. Caey, Plattsmouth attorney, and one of four men backing the venture. Construction is expected to pet underway yet this summer. Announcement came through the office" of the manaper of the Chamber of Commerce. The Plattsmouth attorney announced the plans fi lov.inp completion of arrangements with Henrv A. Schneider for purchase of a 13-acre buildinp site", jut one block south of the Piattsmouth-Louisville road and on Highway 73-75. With Casey in the million dollar project are Maynard Tr:tsch. Plattsmouth implement dealer: Vernon Xedrow, Sioux City industrialist: and a contracting and equipment company executive from Kellingham, Washington, whose name was withheld. In announcing the group's Gas For Housing Project Probable, Gleason Says Walter Gleascn. manager of the Central Electric and Gas Company office at Plattsmouth. said every possible means is be ing considered for providing gas to the proposed new housing dis trict to be constructed south The company, which has main lines in the vicinity cf the hous ing site, is limited somewhat by current capacities in its quota from Northern Natural Gas of Omaha. The Federal Power Commis sion has granted Northern ad ditional time to commit its nat ural gas reserves to expand serv ice, which was authorized by the FPC order of June 24. North ern asked the commission to stay the order requiring com mitment of reserves until the commission acts on the com pany's applicatioa for a rehear ing of the case and a modifica- ; tl0n r order he commission denied the stay request but cn its own mo tion directed that within five days after it disposed of the application for modification and rehearing, the company shall file a written commitment for the reserves. The June 24 order authorized an expansion in Northern's nat ural gas pipe line system, which would as a result increase sale of gas to Central Electric and Gas which provides gas s.i Plattsmouth. Cass Native Dies At Nebraska City Funeral services were heid at Nebraska City Tuesday for John S. Ciinkenbeard. native of Cass county, who died at Nebraska City Sunday. July 27. He died at the age cf 85 after an illness of two years. Born April 7. 1857. near Rock Bluffs, he was the son of Rich- ard and Sarah Ciinkenbeard. ; He had lived at Nebraska City since he was five vears old. He was a freight and passenger agent for the Missouri Pacific railroad Surviving are his wife. Edith. Arriving home Tuesday from Denver. Colo., were Mr. and Mrs. Chris Zimmerman, Jr., and Pa tricia Lynne. At Denver they visited with Mr. Zimmerman's sister and family, Mrs. T. R. Hancock. Subscribe to The Journal four men backing the housing project. The proiect will be lo- cated on the west side of High- . . way 73-. a a short distance south I of the Plattsmouth-Louisvilie i road. clans. Casey said that the near ly 10O-house project will be corn- prised of one-family two and three bedroom houses. To be of frame construction, the houses will have full basements, and will sell in the low price field. Casey said that the group "hop es to sell the houses for a lew down pavment." The housing project is designed for home ownership and none of the new structures will be offered for rent. Casey said that the 15-acre plot which was purchased from Henrv Schneider has been ten tatively subdivided into 101 l0".s. 50x90 feet. Each lot comprises 4500 square feet. The housing project, according to present p'ans. will be built around a hcrse-shoe with houses on both sides. According to the Platts mouth attorney. Mr. Schneider stipulated in selling the land that it must be used for housing. Casey pointed out also that a "restricted covenant" will be applied to the area, probably to be known as Valley View adcu tion. to prevent construction of undesireabie type homes. The strtctlv residential area will b set up to "exclude make -shift house construction" in the ad dition. Plans for having the area in corporated in the city limits of Plattsmouth are currently beins arranged, according to Cas.;y. He also explained that paving, sewer, eas and water will be provided at the new housing site. Casev said that he learned from Mavor Clement T. Wosler that a sanitary sewer district can be created in the area. He also disclosed that Robert Cap pell, water department manager. ; had informed him that a six inch water main, now ending at the Louisville road corner, can be extended to the proposed building site. While backers eye next year as their main production goil. Cas" explained that Plans are to construct one each of four different tvpe houses this fall. Construction - the four houses will nrobablv be done bv Albert Red" Young, local builder, who laid out the proposed building site for the backers. The four- some will furnish all building materials for the houses, acccr- . ding to Casey. Once the four houses are put up this fall, con tracts will be awarded for assembly line production next ' spring. Casev said. Contracts will be for plumbing, heatir.g, wiring, masonry and carpentry. Sioux Citian Vernon Nedrow has the plans for the four type houses while thv are being submitted for FHA approval. Meanwhile with arrangements for the site virtuallv completed, landscape work will begin almcst . immediately. The building site will be leveled off prior to the start of construction. A slight uphill slope, east to west, will mark the building area. Casev also disclosed that the builders recently accuired sev eral acres of land south from the proposed building site for storing building materials. The land, one-ouarter mile long and 200 yards wide was purchased from K. W. Grosshans. The land lies just south of Ulrich Imple ments cn Highway 73-75 south of Plattsmouth. Official announcement of the "'pns cans manv months of ac tivity on Casey's part to bring the housing p'oiect to Platts mouth. He recently iourneved to the. west coast bv plane on tv.-o occasions to complet arrange ments for the proiect. Mrs. Albert Todd Buys House On 9th Mrs. Albert Todd has pur- chased the residence propertv of Set. T. Baline Snider at 814 j South 9th street. Announcement ! of th sal wss made today bv Stephen M. Davis, local real estate agent. Mr "wJIS'ai?? li'l movpd to Biegs Air Force .3-e at 1 Paso. Texas, Subscribe to The Journal if I i r- MAX. r r til t T- p.. C5 -j? p s