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NE22. STATE V.IZ7. SOCIETY XXX STATE CAPITOL CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER TTtHlE IPlLATnrRfl(D)lIIHl JtMIOSrMQ- Co nsolidated with The Nehawka Enterprise -- Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY, Monday - Thursday VOLUME 71 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA; MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 82 Rules For Show Disclosed ; Auction Ds Seft Only a few changes are noted in rules which will govern the 1952 King Korn Karnival Calf Show. Rules were approved at a recent meeting of the Calf Show committee, headed by Melvin Todd of Union. The committee announced that John Raynolds, Douglas. County Extension Agent, will be judge at the calf show. It disclosed also that plans call for awarding the coveted championship ribbons at the conclusions of Thursday morning judging. Awards will be made by the new King and Queen of Kornland. No Hurry Planting Wheat, Agent Says Cass County Agent Clarence Schmadeke today advises wheat giy.vers not to "get in too big a r.urry to plant this fall. Schmadeke explains that there was a lot cf Hessian fly damage in 1951. A publication which will per mit farmers to identify the dif ferent varieties cf what is avail able at the offices of county extension agents. Called "Wheat Varieties Com mercially Important in the Hard Red Winter Wheat Area" the publication contains draw ings and color photographs to show the characteristics of dif ferent varieties. Traffic Caution Advised As Local j Schools Reopen j Reopening of school at Platts- '. mouth creates another traffic problem, which can be easily overcome with care and dili gence, Sattler Funeral Home cautions in an ad in today's Plattsmouth Journal. The caution is a responsibility of both motorists and school students. Street crossings on approaches to schools are well marked to w-n motorists of crosswalk I traffic. Slower speeds in school ! areas, especially during periods when children are going to and from school are recommended. But the students too have an obligation. They must take care to cross at specified points, to observe traffic in both direc tions, and where possible, to cross busy streets with the lights. City Councilmen have taken extra precautions to provide suitable warnings to motorists in schools areas. 4-H Agricultural Exhibits Al Stale Fair Announced Cass county 4-H agricultural exhibits once again have dis played their ability in compet ing with other 4-H members ! from throughout Nebraska. County Agent Clarence Schmadeke today extends his congratulations to the agricul tural exhibitors competing at tv Nebraska State Fair at Lin coln. Awards received by Cass county boys and girls, as com piled by Mr. Schmadeke are: Beef showmanship Melvin Todd. Union, blue. Riding horse Elwin Ranney of Weeping Water, purple. Tractor operator's contest Leland Meisinger of Platts mouth, purple (third place med al). Hereford steers Melvin Todd, Union, purple; Nancy Todd 01 Union, red; LaVern Klipp of Ashland, red; Kenneth Streich of Greenwood, white; Jack Todd of Murray, one red and one white. Hereford heifers Melvin Todd of Union, red. Angus steers David Mills of Murdock, red. Angus heifers Nancy Todd of Union, blue; Betty Todd of Mur ray, one blue and one red. Livestock judging Bill Jame son of Nehawka, 9th place. The team composed of Jack Godd, George Born of Plattsmouth, Bill Jameson and Frances Stan der of Greenwood, 7th place. Poultry judging Jimmie Bailer of Nehawka, 9th place. t Woodworking Duane Arends cf Manley, two blue; Glen Schliefert of Louisville, one blue; Clifford Stander of Wa bash, red; Dick Stander of Wa bash, red. and Betty Rothangel of Louisville, blue. Admitted to Nebraska City hospital for treatment last week was Mrs. Clifford Johnson of Plattsmouth. Mrs. Johnson is at St. Mary's hospital. Cal Rules outlined by the commit tee are: Each exhibitor must be a 4-H club member. Each exhibitor is limited to two entries. Each exhibitor must furnish his own bedding. Calves must be in their daces bv 6 P.M. Wednesday. September 17 and will be released at 4 p.m. Friday. September 19. Judging will start at nine o'clock Thurs day morning. September 18. Premiums to be distributed at the Calf Show will include pur ple ribbons to breed champions and the showmanship cham pions, and suitable ribbons to the grand champion and reserve champion heifers. Blue ribbon winners will receive $7. red rib bon. $6 and all others. $5. In addition trophies to the grand champion steer and champion heifer will be pre sented by the Cass Countv Live stock Feeders Association. Mur ray State Bank and Plattsmouth State Bank will present cash prizes, while stores from Weep ing Water, Murray and Platts mouth will present merchandise prizes. Indications are that the calf auction will be one of the Kar nival highlights. The auction will be held at 10 a.m. Friday morning. September 19. It will not be compulsory for exhibitors to sell their calves. Once again, no charges for selling will be made and calves will sell by the pound. The committee explains that at least three Omaha packer buyers will attend the calf auc tion, which will again be in the hands of Rex Young and Ellis Lacy, auctioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Karl W. Grosshans will again clerk the auction. All sale offic ials are again donating their services. Much interest in the auction is being shown by local buyers and good support from them is expected. Last year the grand champion steer was purchased by Murray State Bank for 56 cents a pound. The calf show will be held at the former Richey Lumber Yard on South Fourth Street. Members of the Calf Show committee in addition to Chair man Mel Todd are Clarence Schmadeke. Howard Philpot. Leonard Born and Robert Jame son. Memorial Field Entrance Nearly Completed Now New entrance to Memorial Athletic field, just off Wash ington Avenue, will be opened in time for the first game here against College View on Sep tember 19. Workmen have nearly com pleted the project, which pro vides easier access to the stadi um. Two large stairway en trances of concrete, separated by an area which will probably be landscaped, and surrounded by iron railings has been in stalled at an estimated cost of $2,000. Mrs. C. J. White and daugh ter, Mrs. Dale Rhoden. are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cary Marshall in Los An geles, Calif. Mrs. Marshall is the former Geraldine White. At Tht Cast County Court House Final hearing in the Andrew J. Morris estate was held in county court Monday morning. Charles Marley of Omaha was attorney and William Evers, ad ministrator. William N. Nordauest. 41. of Omaha and Mary V. Evans. 34. also of Omaha, were issued a license for marriage in Cass countv court. Petition for administration of the estate of Warren Wallace Munn has been filed in county court. Petition asks appointment of A. C. Munn. administrator. William Franklin Lamance forfeited $25 bond in Cass coun tv court on a charge of reckless driving filed by Patrolman R. O. Smith. Afred Florck was fined $10 and costs in county court on a charge of speeding, filed by County Attorney Richard Peck, Three More Polio Victims Listed At Plattsmouth Three Plattsmouth people were stricken this past week end with, polio. One case is consid ered serious, the others only mild. In Douglas County hospital at Omaha is Kenneth Harold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harold of Plattsmouth. He was admit fd to the hospital Thursday night after being ill several davs. His wife said today that Ken neth is listed among the critical patients, but that she has been able to see him every dav. He has requested letters from friends here. Mr. Harold is employed as a carpenter by Tumpane. Recovering at home from a mild attack of polio is Mrs. Le- Brink. Mrs. Brink had been ill several days before her case was diagnosed as polio Fridav. During her illness, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harris, ar? caring for the Brink's one and one-half year old daughter. She has been Edvised to rest as muc-. as possible for the next few weeks. Third polio victim from Plattsmouth reported over the week end is Mrs. Virgil Stander. who is receiving treatment at Mercy hospital at Council Bluffs. Mrs. Stander was stricken Sunday, although she had been ill for "several days. Bus Lines Boost Korn Karnival In Magazine Article Kass Kounty King Korn Kar nival received a boost in the September issue of Overland Life, published monthly for and by employes of Overland Grey hound Lines, which services Plattsmouth. Here's what the magazine had to say about the Korn Karnival. "Each September. Platts mouth, Nebr., holds the King Korn Karnival to celebrate the agricultural crops that contrib ute much to the prosperity of the town. "The Karnival. which began in 1932, is an all out-door af fair, except for the Korn exhib its, and consists of four days of parades. pageants. exhibits, horse and stock shows, flower shows, and contests and stunts of various kinds, all of which are put on by local people. One of the highlights of the show is the crowning of a King and Queen of Kornland. "The typical attendance for a single day of the Karnival, which is free, has been esti mated at 10.000. Dates for the 1952 Karnival are September 17, 18 and 19." With the story were pictures of King Herman Meisinger crowning his queen. Miss Doro thy Cappell, and the Farmer's Parade. Plattsmouth is served by Over land Greyhound Lines by four schedules daily each way. Gravel Surfacing Contract Awarded At Weeping Water A contract for gravel surfac ing of .7 of a mile of recon structed highway south of Weeping Water has been award ed. State Engineer Harold L. Aitken announced Friday. Grading and culvert work on this mileage was done in con junction with construction of a bridge and concrete paving in Weeping Water. Keim Construc tion Company, Inc., of Tecum seh is to receive $1,457.75 for .supplying and placing 595 cubic yards of gravel on the highway. Two gravel suppliers bid on the job. Keim's unit price bid of $2.45 per cubic ward of gravel put on the highway was 24 cents under the other bid. Th3 Tecumseh firm's overall bid was $142.80 below the other bid. Arrest Here Leads To Theft Charge An Omaha man. arrested by Plattsmouth police officers, is in Otoe county jail, where auto theft charges will be filed. He is Jess Metheny. 33. who was arrested late Friday night by Plattsmouth police officers Clyde Jackson and M. G. Bal thazor on charges of drunken driving. Metheny was taken to Nebras ka City Saturday morning by Sheriff Kenneth Wiles, after he learned of Metheny's arrest here. Lloyd Scott reported to Wiles early Saturday morning that his 1948 car had been stolen some time before 6:30 a. m. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs a little as 35c. High School Enrollment At Plattsmouth Tops Last Year A fourteen per cent enroll- ment increase in the four high school grades is noted in Platts mouth high school, according to figures released today by Principal William Floyd. Enrollment in the high school grades is 331, according to a last minute count made this morning. That's nearly 20 more than were reported at registra tion prior to the opening of school. Enrollment in the four high school grades is: Boys Girls Freshmen 51 54 Sophomores 40 44 Juniors 34 39 Seniors 35 34 160 171 The high school enrollment indicates that larger classes can be predicted in coming years at the high school. The 105 mem bers of the freshman class is the greatest single class enroll ment here in many years. Enrollment in high school a year ago was just under the Plattsmouth Men Bag Antelope In Thirty Minutes Two Plattsmouth hunters had their limit within 30 minutes, after traveling more than 500 miles. Art Johanns and John Terrj berry returned Wed nesday from Douglas, Wyo., where they had gone ante lope hunting. Limit on an telope is one per hunter. The duet left Plattsmouth on Monday, bagged their antelope on Tuesday, and were back home on Wednes day. Gail Meisinger Will Operate Service Station Gail Meisinger of Louisville has assumed management of the former Jack's Texaco Serv ice at the intersection of High way 73-75 and the Plattsmouth -Louisville road on the south edge cf Plattsmouth. The service station is still in the process of remodeling start ed nearly a month ago. Mr. Meisinger is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Meising er of Louisville, where his fa ther has the Texaco tank wag on service. His brother, Dick, also operates a Texaco station at Louisville, while another brother, Leo, has a Texaco sta tion at Plattsmouth. Married and the father of two children, he will move to Platts mouth as soon as suitable hous nig accommodations are avail able. Prior to coming to Platts mouth he had been in the trucking and corn shelling busi ness. Born and reared at Cedar Creek, he attended Louisville school. Wilhelmine Kamman Of Avoca Dies Wilhelmine Sophia Kammann, resident at Avoca. died at her home Thursday, September 4, 1952. She was 73 years old. Funeral services were .held Sunday at First Lutheran church near Avoca with Rev. F. L. Bracker officiating. Burial was at North Branch cemetery. Hobson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Polio Continues To Take Toll Polio continues to take its toll in Cass county, although a slight decline in the number of new cases is noted. Latest victim is Gary Ander son, five-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Anderson of Nehawka. Gary was admitted to Children's Memorial Hospital at Omaha over the week end after being stricken with polio. Meanwhile the county's third death has been recorded. Dead from polio is Elmer J. Kaffen berger of Plattsmouth. who died at a Lincoln hospital Sat urday, after entering the hos pital a week earlier. Mr. Kaf fneberger had been in an iron lung since entering the hospital. Previous polio deaths had been recorded at Louisville and Ashland. Jeanine Newton. JoNon Albin and Gail Peterson danced in a program for the I.VH.Y. club at Omaha recently. Janet Campbell was vocalist. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Feldhousen will accompany their daughter. Kathleen, to Atchison. Kansas. Tuesday, where she will enroll at Mt. St. Scholastic College. 300 mark for the four grades. Sixty-five seniors graduated a year ago, while the present sen ior class lists 69. Classes are generally larger in the lower grades as the comparison shows. Enrollment figures for the elementary grades are not com plete as yet, however an in crease is also predicted in the lower grades. Kindergarten en rollment was especially heavy according to early count taken last week. Elementary school enroll ments tor Central. Wintersteen, Columbian and First Ward are expected to be completed in the next day or two. Meanwhile some slight shift ing of pupils has resulted as some classes are especially over crowded. Attempts to equalize class enrollments in the ele mentary schools are still requir ing some changes. In high school, the very heavy enrollment of freshmen has made it necessary to add addi tional sections to some classes. John E. Kraeger, Former Resident, Here, Is Dead Funeral services were held Wednesday at Fort Collins. Colo., for John E. Kraeger, for mer resident of Cass county, who died at the Larimer county hospital last Sunday. He was 75 years old. Born January 15. 1877, nt Pekin, 111.. Mr. Kraeger came to Plattsmouth with his parents at an early age. He was married to Miss Pauline Engelkemier at Manley, Nebraska, in 1901. The Kraegers moved to Lari mer county 35 years ago, sett ling on a farm near LaPorte. They moved to Fort Collins in 1946. Surviving are his widow, Paul ine; three daughters. Mrs. Viola Larson of Laramie, Mrs. Alvena Moore and Mrs; Lela Dalilbert of Denver; two sons, Leonard of Fort Collins and Edwin of Estes Park; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Other survivors are brothers, William Kraeger of Plattsmouth and Adam Kraeger of Grant: and sisters, Mrs. Henry Engel kemier and Miss Sophia Kraeger of Plattsmouth. Nehawka Driver Is Hospitalized Ralph Betts of Nehawka was hospitalized as a result of an accident at the Hamburg stock car races Thursday night. The crash involved Ralph Streeter of Nebraska City and Ralph Aitkenhead of Omaha. Earlier Betts had set a record of 2:16 for the six-lap trophy dash on the three-eighths mile track. Atomic Farmers Construct 2-Mile Terrace Saturday Atomic Farmers 4-H tractor club erected nearly two miles of terracing in a demonstration held at the farm of Chester Wiles west of Plattsmouth Sat urday. Club members, operating trac tors, whirlwinds and other ter racing equipment, constructed what were termed "excellent" terraces in the all-day terracing demonstration. Under the supervision of Harry Potts. Cass countv soil conservation service officer from Weeping Water, the ten participating club members got an early start on the project that continued throughout much of the day. Club members participating were Leland Meisinger. Jay Speck. Alan Wiles. Roser Hild. Billy Becker. Bob Parriott. Wel don Stoehr. Bill Sullivan. George Born and Donald Born. Donald Born is president of the club. Members who missed the dem onstration are Kenny Tschirren and Tommy Livingston. Mrs. Lucille Wiles, assisted by Mrs. Don Born and Mrs. New ton Sullivan served a picnic dinner at noon for the club members, their leaders and others assisting with the dem onstration. Equipment in use was furnish ed mostly by club members and leaders. Pete Halmes. Kenny Weaver and Vern Waterman. Drunk Driver Is Sentenced Jack Speckhals of Nebraska City was fined $30 and costs, sentenced to ten days in jail, and had his license suspended for one year In Otoe county court on a charge of drunken driving filed by Patrolman Le Roy Jensen. ffiketrs BimstoDDedl; n Plattsmouth Man, E. Kaffenberger, Is Polio Fatality j Elmer Kaffenberger, 25-year-! old Plattsmouth man, died at i Lincoln General hospital on J Saturday, September 6. 1952, of j was stricken with polio a week ; prior to his death and had been ill ail iijii iuii UiiUUgWuui LHJ hospitalization. A native of Plattsmouth and lifelong resident of the com ! munity, he was the third polio i fatality in Cass county during ! 1952. i Born January 24, 1927.- at Plattsmouth, he was the son of ! John and Emma Kaffenberger. j He attended schools here and i on November 30, 1949, was mar ! ried to Virgie Alice Clark at Plattsmouth. ; Reared on a farm, Mr. Kaf- fenberger had been employed i by the Omaha Steel works. He was a member cf St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church. Surviving are his wife, Virgie, a son. Craig Bruce; his mother, Mrs. Emma Kaffenberger; a sis- j ter. Mrs. Harold Meisinger. and I a brother, Verner Kaffenberger, ! all of Plattsmouth. Funeral services will be held I Tuesday afternoon, September 9. at St. Paul's Evangelical and ' Reformed church with Rev. A. Matzner. pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Pallbearers will be Victor Stoehr. Grant Roberts, Ted Svo- t boda, Leonard Weiland. Elmer ' Buechler and Lloyd Coffelt. ! Visiting hours will be held j from 3 to 6 and 7 to 9 Monday j afternoon and eveninsr at Cald- well-Linder Funeral Home, I which is in charge of arrange I menls. Corn Progress To Help KKK Show, Schmadeke Says "Corn is progressing well de spite wet, cool weather." County Agent Clarence Schmadeke points out in his weekly report to Cass county agriculturalists. The combination explains i that there "should be a lot of 1 good corn exhibits at the Korn j Show at Plattsmouth," accord- ing to the County Agent. The Corn Show will be one of the features at the annual Kass Kounty King Korn Kar nival to be held at Plattsmouth on September 17, 18 and 19. Each korn on exhibit at Plattsmouth State Bank and the Plattsmouth Journal also indicate that one of the best shows in the 21-year history of the event should be noted this year. While the number of entries in the Journals " longest ear'' contest was not as great as hoped for, samples brought to the Journal indicate that the 1952 corn crop will produce many large, long, uniform ears of corn. Rural School Enrollment Ranges 3 to 26 Three day reports received by County Supt. L. A. Behrends, show that enrollments vary in rural schools from three in dis trict 18 to 26 in district 5. Mrs. Ora Guerra of Union is teacher at district 18, while Miss Mildred Hall of Plattsmouth has 26 students at Rock Bluff school. Reports are not com plete at this time. Rural Electric Group To Meet The annual banquet of the National Rural Electric Coop erative Association will be held at seven o'clock on Monday. September 15. at the Cornhusk er hotel at Lincoln, as a cli max to the Regional VII con vention. Rural power promoters from Kansas. Colorado. Wyoming and Nebraska will attend the two day meeting which opens on September 14. Darrell Williamson, son of Mr. and Mrs. M.. H. Williamson, is attending Missouri State Teach ers College at Marysville. meet Installation of officers, appointment of standing committees and discussion of plans for the district con vention to be held at Plattsmouth on September 24 marked the regular session of the American Legion post Thurs day night. James F. Begley, Plattsmouth attorney, was install ed as commamier of the Legion succeeding Eugene Krings. Installation was conducted by Arthur Melies of Nebraska City, past department commander. Installed also' were Arthur Band Members oelling N.rvr. ! Rnftnne TSIrkXA Memberships in the King Korn Klub, sponsoring or ganization of the nationally famous King Korn Karnival at Plattsmouth. are now available from members of the Plattsmouth high school band. Band members started their sales campaign Fri day after receiving member ship buttons and informa tion from Karnival Director Orville Nielsen. Through sale of KKK memberships, band mem bers also retain a percent age of the sales for band activities and promotions. Memberships sell for SI and each member receives a cir cular button which can be pinned on the coat lapel, shirt or dress to signify that the individual is a member of the club and is helping to back the King Korn Karnival. Variety Program Indicated For Amateur Show Applications for. entry m the King Korn Karnival Amateur Show, .scheduled for the final day of the big three-day Kar nival. continued to come in over ! the week end to meet the dead line for which applications would be accepted. Applications have been sub mitted by amateurs from South Bend, Plattsmouth. Louisville, Union. Elmwood. Weeping Wa ter. Murdock and Paoillion. Cnmmittpp chairman .lamps Craigmile points out that the number of applications means that a well diversified program can be arranged for the after noon elimination contest. Con testants will compete for over $100 in cash prizes to be award ed following the finals on Fri day night. September 19. Craigmile said that applicants will be informed of the time they will appear on the pro gram, after the committee has studied each application and outlined a definite program. Types of acts listed in th? applications include tap danc ing, magical tricks, square danc ing, humorous readings, accor- - . i j i . j cian soio ana aueis, noveuy ana vocal duets, piano solo, musical dance to mention a few of the promisnc; acts. The amateur show, first to be held in the 21 year history of the King Korn Karnival, will be featured on the midway both afternoon and evening on Fri day, September 19, final day of the three-day event. Indications are that the event will be a desirable addition to Korn Karnival activities. Counter Claim Requests $40,000 For Damages Tn 3 n stnpnricri iinsu'Pr nnd counter claim against Alma Cryer of Topeka. Kan., Leslie J. Hutchinson of Plattsmouth asks $40,000 damages resulting from an accident involving two cars a year ago. Mrs. Cryer earlier had filed suit in Federal court at Lincoln against Mr. Hutchinson asking $60,000 damages. Attorneys Smith and Lebens of Plattsmouth are representa tives for Mr. Hutchinson. Floyd Gerbeling departed for Grand Island Thursday after receiving a message announcing that his father, John Gerbelins. 82. had sustained a severe fall. With his advanced years the fall proved quite serious. Mrs. Rex Young has been vis iting with her brother. Harry Henton and family. ToOd;-. i Warga, second vice commander: and Leslie Niel. William ; Schmidtmann, Eugene O. Vro ! man. Tom Walling. Albert Ol ! son and Richard Peck, execu- tive committeemen. Absent for the installation ceremony were Al Linder. first vice command er and Dr. P. T. Heineman. How ard Hirz and Fred Lugsch. ex ecutive committeemen. A past commander's pin was presented to retiring command er Eugene Krings by Mr. Melies on behalf of the post. At the same time, a new eavel. carved by Albert Olson from native Plattsmouth wood, was present ed to the new commander. Krings retained the eavel he has used during the past year. Upon taking office. Begley immediately named committee members and appointive offic ers. Appointed by Begley were Don Warga. adjutant; Arthur War ga. financial officer: T. I. Friest. service officer: Giles Bis hop, sergeant at arms: Leonard Brothers, chaplain: Tom Wall ing, historian: and E. O. Vro man. employment officer. Committee chairmen and members appointed bv Begley ; included: , Membership Al Linder. j chairman: all members of the ( post committeemen. Finance Art Warea. chair I man. Les Niel and Orr Nichols. Publicity Harry Cane, j chairman: Don Warga and ; Frank Smith. A f Klfttirtf If aria Cfanxirt , chairman: Gerald ciavburn. Eu gene Shields and Eugene Vro man. Americanism Richard Peck, chairman: Howard Hirz and Wm. Floyd. Memorial Raymond J. Case, chairman: Carl Hula and Vic Schreiner. Child Welfare Bill Knorr. chairman: Ray Larson and Mer lin Jochimsen. Community service Fred ! Herbster. chairman: Taylor ; Cuthrell and Edear Glaze Promotion John Soenmch- sen. chairman: William Keeley and William Highfield. Legal and auditine Cecil Karr. chairman: Raymond J. Case and Joe York. Cemetery, graves Eugene Krings. chairman; Tom Walling and Taylor Cuthrell. Sick and visiting Russell Nielsen, chairman: John Bauer and Dean Patton. Building trustees William Schmidtmann. Robert Cappell and Les Niel. Building custodian Roy Hollv. Color Detail Robert Slavi cek. Leonard Kalasek. Paul Jah- rie and Herb Baumeart. j In addition Howard Hirz and Russen Nielsen were named co- ; chairman of the district conVn- tion to be held at Plattsmouth. Delegates to the convention, elected at the Thursdav meet ing, are Richard Peck. Leonard Brothers. E. O. Vroman. Cecil Karr and Tom Walling. Alter nates elected were John Bauer. Jr.. Arthur Warea. Eueene Krinss. George Conis. Jim Holv and James Lepert. Commander James Beglev and Adjutant Dati Warga are also delegates. Guests at the Thursdav night session included Adrian New ens. James Skinner. Walt Crow thers and Commander Bob Tu back. all of Nebraska City. Following the business meet ing a movie was shown bv rep resentatives of Calvert distill in company. Representatives at the meeting were Jack D. Fuiks and Jack L. Micheels. both of I Omaha, state representatives: ! and Bill Cadwallader of Omaha. i sales promoter. William Schmidtmann and Herb Baumgart served lunch. Keentime To Have Reonenmcr Mondav Keen Time, sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and is Auxiliary, will h held at the new V. F. W. club on Mondav night. Sep tember 8, at eight o'clock. The youth activity was cancelled for several past weeks durinr remodeling ar moving of the V. F. W. No youngsters uadr IS years of age will be admitted.