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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER TTdoe IPlau ldDUTIH JjdBOJOSRSAO. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Consolidated with The Nehawka Enterprise -- Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 71 EIGHTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 91 it if 1 1 if I 1 1 EScoecke Gcayioims Voters To Sftydy flssyes Off State Democratic candidate for governor of Nebraska, Walter Raecke, put the issues squarely up to the voters here Tuesday, when he called on all qualified voters to study the issues and to vote their convictions. In a late afternoon street address here, Raecke challenged Plattsmouth voters to exercise their rights as citizens, but he cautioned them also to study for them selves the various issues on the ballot. Among issues which he sug- Looney Pleads "Nol Guilty" To Motor Homicide William Looney, 31, of Atchi son, Kan., was bound over to Cuss county district court after a preliminary hearing in county court Monday on a charge of motor vehicle homicide. (Jaunty Attorney Richard Peck fi:?i the charge against Looney following a fatal auto accident near Elmwood on September 18. in which Karol Dayis. 22, of West Lafayette Ind., lost her life. Judge Raymond J. Case set bond at $3,000. Looney is be ing held in county jail since bond money was not posted. Looney pleaded not guilty to the charge which was brought following a coroner's inquest after the accident. In the charge brought against Looney, he was alleged to have caused ! the death of Mrs. Davis by un- lawful operation of a motor ve- j hide. i Mrs. Davis' husband was also , injured m the accident. School Board To Exercise Option On Four Lots Plattsmouth Board of Educa tion voted unanimously Mon day night to exercise its option to purchase the four lots ad jacent to the present Winter steen school. The board had optioned the land earlier from the city coun cilor $1 a lot. .tn taking the action Monday night, the board set in motion its plans for erecting a new school building in the Winter steen district. With the addi tional lots, the board will also be able to develop an all-around Solomon. Register of Deeds playground for the 50 voung- i Lucille Horn Gaines. Mr. and sters enrolled at the Winter- j Mrs. Francis Robinson of Ash steen school. It will also provide land and a number of other excellent summer recreational ! facilities. Five Inducted From County Five Cass countians departed Wednesday, October 1 for induc tion into tne armed services as i Cass county's monthly quota i under selective service. j Inducted were James H. Wade i of Weeping Water; Charles I Janecek and Willie Foster of ! Plattsmouth; John O'Conner i and Ronald G. Bradley of Mur- j ray. ; Mrs. Naomi Carwille. wife of Major Dean Carwille of Offutt Air Force Base, was a Wednes day visitor of Mrs. Edith Thiele. At The Cats Couty Court House Melvin L. Powell was fined $10 and costs in county court on a charge of improper park ing. Pleading guilty to a charge of speeding cost Dudley Tilson $20 and costs in county court. Clarence Underwood was fined $10 and costs in county court on a charge of speeding. A charge of speeding cost Rob ert H. Johnson $10 and costs in county court. Johnson plead ed guilty to the charge. Ray Craven was fined $10 and costs in county court after pleading guilty to a charge of speeding. Speeding on the public high way at speeds up to 100 miles an hour cost Donald I. Nogg $55 and costs in county court. Alma Hume was fined $10 and costs in county court on a charge of intoxication. Martin Hume was fined $100 and costs and had his driver's license suspended for three Months in Cass county court alter he pleaded guilty to a I charge of drunken driving. Drunken driving cost Ray V. ? Keens $50 and court costs in it Cass county court. Judge Ray v mond J. Case also suspended I Keenes license for six months. 4 Keene pleaded guilty to the cnarge. Rested needed individual study ' bv the voters are the proposed ' constitutional amendments in i the state. Briefly outlining some of the proposals, the Democratic candidate referred to the pro j posal for a state board of ed i ucation as '"important": broad I er legislative powers on assess- ing auto taxes; and the all- important problems of roads in Nebraska. ; Citing the cry for a new one- cent gas tax and increased j motor registration fees tht is ! being raised throughout Li'uch ! of the state, even though a sim ! ilar act was turned down by vot i ers two years ago. Raecke told I the slim audience here that it is I the voters who must decide such issues. The entire road problem is one of money, Raecke said. He explained that with the cost of a mile what it is. available funds ! will build only so many miles. With more money, more roads i can be built, he explained. The Democratic candidate j also advocated a change in the primary laws. ' ine primary mwht to mean something.' Raecke said, but under present statutes delegates are not held by the vote of the people. with Raecke on the trip was i Clifford Anderson of Lincoln. 1 democratic candidate for lieu tenant governor. In a short ad ; dress Anderson called upon vot ! ers to consider as an important ! point in voting the number two i man as well as president. Point -! ing out that he had traveled j with vice presidential candidate I John Sparkman. he urged voters to compare the vice presidential candidates when going to the polls on November 4. Francis M. Casey of Platts mouth. ex-chairman of the Cass county democratic central com mittee, traveled with tne dem- ocratic candidates throughout their Casa county tour Tuesday and introduced the candidates to voters here as well as in other county communities. Traveling with the Raecke car in its suing through the county were County Assessor Willard McShane. County Sheriff Tom ccmtv democratic orKers, During the street addresses here. Mrs. Raecke was honored at a luncheon at Hotel Platts mouth by ladies of the . demo cratic party. The luncheon was under th" direction of Mrs. Francis Casey. Board Affirms Appointment; Enrollment Up The Plattsmouth board of ed ucation Monday night affirmed the appointment of Mrs. Vic Schreiner as the third kinder garten instructor at Central school. With the action of the board. Supt. Friest explained that members of the shop class have prepared two bulletin boards and repaired and erected other equipment for the class, which is conducted one-half day in the basement of Central school. Enrollment in the class is 21 compared to 23 and 24 in the other two Central school kin dergarten classes. Meanwhile additional enroll ments in the local school sys tem are noted almost every day. Wintersteen enrollment has particularly been effected by additional enrollments. Suit Asks $21,325 For Personal Injuries Suit for $21,325 has been filed in district court by Esther Swartz against J. Everett Wa dell of Aurora. The plaintiff charges that as a result of negligence on the part of the defendant, she re ceived injuries in an accident near Greenwood in 1950. Eagle Drops 41-39 Tilt To Talmage Eagle's undefeated record was shattered Friday night as Tal mage nipped Coach Allen's six man squad 41-39. It was the second win in three tries for Talmage and the first loss in four games for Eagle. Subscribe to The Journal Five Injured As Autos Collide; Youth Is Fined A 16-year-old Weeping ter youth was fined $50 Wa and costs in Cass county court Wed nesday on a charge of wilful reckless driving following an accident in which five persons were injured late Monday aft ernoon. Leon Fitzpatrick. 16. also re ceived a six-month suspension of his driver's license. Fitzpatrick was driver of a car which ran a stop sign three miles north of Weeping Water Monday and collided with a west bound car driven by Rev. Val Johnson of Murray. Rev. Johnson, Fitzpatrick and three passengers in the Fitzpatrick car were treated for injuries and shock. Rev. Johnson received head injuries, cuts, bruises and was treated for shock. Fitzpatrick received head injuries. Also injured were Jay Meyer, 14, of Weeping Water, treated for shock: Gayle Meiske, 14, Weeping Water, head injuries, and Allen Ehlers, 16, Weeping Water, shock. Fitzpatrick told Sheriff Tom Solomon that he didn't stop at the stop sign at the intersec tion of Highway 50 and High way 1, north of Weeping Water, and didn't see the Johnson car in time to apply brakes. Both vehicles were damaged. totally Man Killed As j Tractor Rolls Over And Burns Earl B. Cheney, 22, was killed ; Thursday morning when a trac- tor, which he was driving, over- i turned, pinning him and burn- ! ed. The mishap occurred in j a field on the Victor Plunkett, i Jr. farm for whom Cheney ; worked. j County Coroner Richard Peck said that Cheney had come to j the end of a field and in making the turn, the tractor apparently hit a ditch, rolled over and ! burst into flames. Peck said it t was not determined whether j Cheney was killed by being pin- ! ned by the tractor or from ' burns. ' Cheney, who had been , em- j ployed by Plunkett for the past ; several months had been stay- , ing at the V. E. Plunkett, Sr., home. He had previously re- ; sided at Omaha. : The body was taken to Hob sno Funeral Home at Weeping Water and the Elmwood fire de partment was called to extin guish the blaze. The mishap occurred on the Rueben Groes ser farm one mile west and one-half mile south of Wabash. Among survivors is Cheney's mother, Mrs. Eugene Hicks of Nehawka. Deputy Sheriff Charles Land and Peck investigated the mis hap. Pfc. Harold Wood Receives Discharge Pfc. Harold Wood returned Monday from 17 months service with the armed forces. He has received his discharge and is at home with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wood "-u apcut "ic mxgci of his enlistment at Fort Rich ardson, near Anchorage, Alas ka. Guests at the W. E. Hoschar home Monday night were Mr. and Mrs. Terrence O'Rouxke, who were en route to their home in Michigan from Denver. Colo . where they had visited with Mr. O Rourke s mother and relatives. Five Are Injured, Three Seriously, In Accident Five Plattsmouth residents were injured, three seriously. Wednesday morning when the car in which they were riding apparently went out of control and crashed into a telephone pole. Injured were Rev. A. Matzner. driver of the car. Mrs. Emma Egenberger and Mrs. Henry Born, all serious: and Mrs. Emil Schmidt and Mrs. Elizabeth En gelkemeier. The mishap occurred on the east edge of Lincoln as the grouo was en route to Goehner for a church meeting. Rev. Matzner. pastor of St. Paul Evangelical and Reformed church of Plattsmouth was driver of the car. The vehicle apparently went out of control at the intersec tion of highway 34 and Cotner Boulevard, first stop sign going into Lincoln from the east on highway 34. Rev. Matzner suffered a sev Mrs. Elizabeth i Plattsmouth's oldest resident, : 100 - year - old Mrs. Elizabeth 1 Tritsch, is dead, i She died at her home at 906 : Avenue C on Tuesday, October I i 7, 1952. eight months and five 1 days after observing her 100th birthday anniversary, i Funeral services were held , this afternoon, Thursday, at , Sattler Funeral Home with Rev. : Earle Conover officiating. Burial was at Oak Hill cemetery. Death of Mrs. Tritsch came : months during which time sne : had been confined to bed much : of the time. She had become less active in recent years and ; for the most part had been I confined to her home. Born two years before Platts : mouth was founded, Mrs. Tritsch was born on February 2, 1852, at Sand Prairie, Tazwell County, : Illinois, the daughter of Nich ': olas and Margaret Urish Volk. She spent her childhood in Illi ! nois and on January 18. 1872, ; was married to Jacob Tritsch ; at Sand Prairie. The same year i they came to Plattsmouth and ! Cass county where she has re ' sided since. Mr. and Mrs. Tritsch farmed for 30 years near Cedar Creek before moving to Plattsmouth in 1903. Her husband died on May 27, 1921. at Omaha. Mother of three sons, Jacob W. Tritsch and Philip E. Tritsch, both of Louisville, and Michael Tritsch of Plattsmouth, Mrs. Tritsch continued to live here following her husband's death. In recent years she has had the company of a woman com panion at her home on Avenue C. Accounts of Mrs. Tritsch's long life here for the most part re call the development of Platts mouth and Cass county as well as the nation. Born two years before Nebraska territory was created and two years before Plattsmouth was settled in 1854 Mrs. Tritsch saw the light of day during the administra- tion of Franklin Pierce and was Mrs. Zella Traudt, Columbian School Principal Quits Mrs. Zella Traudt. principal and first grade teacher at Co lumbian school, has been re leased from her contract and has resigned her position in the Plattsmouth school system. v, k "r,1 ,S-UTUK l" the board last Friday to be ef- fective October 6, was accepted by the board after Mrs Traudt explained her reasons for ten- j dering the resignation. A teacher in the Plattsmouth school system for 11 years, Mrs. Traudt explained to the board that illness was not her reason for resigning. Since her resignation became known, Mrs. Traudt told the board that "'many mothers have requested me .to reconsider." James Begley, secretary of the board, also explained that he had received ncny calls relat ing to Mrs. Traudt's resignation. Mrs. Dick March has been teaching at Columbian school in Mrs. Traudt's place since Monday. j iVlcCormaCK To i q . tt j ! peaK r nday j Under Secretary of Agricul- ture McCormark will snpak at Hotel Plattsmouth dining room Friday morning. The session will be open to the public. i McCormack will speak at ten o'clock and is expected to be ; here about 30 minutes. Coffee and donuts will be served by the ; Democratic central committee. In Plattsmouth on business other i Tuesday were Frank and Char les Thiele of Nebraska City. ere chest injury and possible lung puncture. He also received facial cuts. Mrs. Egenberger received mul tiple fractures of the less and arms, extensive lacerations of the left knee, rib injuries and concussion. Mrs. Born, who was uncon scious for several hours follow ing the accident, sustained fractures of both legs, broken arm and cuts and bruises. All three are receiving treat ment at Bryan Memorial hos pital at Lincoln, where thev were taken following the accident. Also treated at the hospital for minor iniuries were Mrs. ' Emil Schmidt, who suffered a neck injury, and Mrs. Flizabeth Engelkemeier, who suffered a chst injury. Witnesses to the accident said the car went out of control as it crossed the intersection, plow ed through a hedge and struck the telephone pole. Tritsch, 100, , - ' ''11 itHjJ&ff&rb i ' i v itYZ v SfJr-X-Tii. f Mrs. Elizabeth Tritsch a girl of eight when the Civil War broke out. Interesting among the tales of her life was the covered wag on crossing from Illinois to the bank of the Missouri river which the newlyweds crossed at Platts mouth by ferry. Until three years ago, Mrs. Tritsch had been active at her. home as well as in church work, but illnesses and age prevented her from being too active in re cent years. She had been a i longtime member of the Christ Mayor Woster Is Judge At Iowa , Beauty Contest Mayor Clement Woster of ' Plattsmouth was one of seven ' honorable judees who Tuesday j night selected Miss Mills County j at activities at Glenwood. i Mayor Woster with six mayors : from other Iowa and Nebraska communities selected the Mills j County beauty as representative ; tn tHta Amprian Pnval hnrco . ishow to be held at Kansas City : later thi month. Mrs. woster , j accompanied her husband to i ; Glenwood for the activities. mks Tuna sphr.pmir.o- is i dnuhtrr nf Mr and MrsHar- i vey Schoening of Glenwood was i selected as Mills county queen. Supervisor At Beatrice Meeting County FHA Supervisor W. C. Solomon of Nebraska City is attending a sub-area meeting of the Farmers Home Adminis tration at Beatrice today. He was accompanied by Raymond Frana. office clerk. The Nebraska City office serve the Cass, Otoe and Nemaha county areas. Nehawkan Falls From Car, Injured Mrs. Charlotte Schomaker. Nehawka, suffered back and head injuries when thrown from a car at the Union corner Saturday night. She is recov ering at St. Mary's hospital at Nebraska City. Mrs. Schomaker was thrown ont of a car driven by John West of Nehawka. When West missed the pavement while turbine: off highway 75 onto highway 34 at Union, the car -mered the triangle and col lided with two guard posts. Mrs. Schomaker fell rit when the rear door flew open. Neither Mr. West or his wife was injured. Seek Lump Sum Settlement Application for lump sum set tlement was filed in District court by Edward J. Dieter, ad ministrator of the estate of Daniel Frederick Dieter, against Pfeifer and Becker, co-partnership. The petition asks $750 for back wages and burial expenses incurred when the late Daniel F. Dieter died of burns received in an accident. He was em ployed by the defendants, the petition alleges. Wallace House Sold To Leo Eledge Sgt and Mrs. William Wal lace have sold their home in ! Thompson's Addition to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Eledge. This transac tion was handled by Loris B. Long, local real estate broker. Dies Tuesday ! on her 100th Birthday. ! Lutheran church near Louis I ville before moving to Platts- mouth in 1903. Since that time she had been active in the St. j Paul Evangelical church here. ( Casket bearers at funeral i services held this afternoon were Louis Friedrich, Henry ! Starkjohn, Nicholas Hennings, Charles Hennings, Ferdinand j Hennings and Philip Hennings. ' Sattler Funeral Home was in 1 charge of arrangements. Visit ; ing hours were held Wednesday ' afternoon and evening. Membership In Plattsmouth Lions Club Nears 50 Membership in the newly or ganized Plattsmouth Lions Club has neared the 50 mark, accord ing to President Ray Story, who presided at the first regular meeting of the club Tuesday evening. In addition to the charter members, previously named, Story listed 11 additional mem bers. Other members of the club are Dr. L. A. Amato. Don Bell, Carl Hula, Al Linder, Her man Meisinger, T. H. Pollock, Shrader Rhoden, Glen Weten kamp Joe York W. E. Brown and Howard Ruback. Assisting the group with or ganizational problems Tuesday night were Arch Carpenter and Herb Meile. members of the sponsoring Bension Lions Club. Along with ex-district governor E. A. Ernst, the Omahans help ed the local unit establish gen eral meeting procedure. At the session members ap proved amendments to the con stitution previously outlined by the board of directors, and vot ed to conduct their regular meetings at Hotel Plattsmouth dining room. Miss Edith Wetenkamp, a spe cial guest at the meeting, played the piano while Lions members attempted to vocalize on unfa miliar club songs. The group is searching for a pianist among its own membership. Members also learned that the Charter Night activities have been set for December 2. at which time Lions will also be hosts to their wives and other special guests. On display at the meeting were bouquets from Plattsmouth Lumber Company with the com pliments of L. B. Dalton, ex Lion; and from the Plattsmouth Rotary Club, which also extend ed its welcome to the new Lions Club in a letter from Secretary Stephen Davis. Eagles Charity Dance Nears All proceeds of the Eagles "charity frolic" to be held at Eagles Hall on October 18 will go to the Damon Runyon Me morial fund for cancer research. An annual promotion of the Eagles Lodge, the cancer fund" drive this year will be highlight ed by a ball at the Eagle hall on the 18th. Tickets are now on sale and program arrange ments are nearly completed. A year ago, Plattsmouth Eag les netted nearly $300 for the cancer fund. License for marriage was is sued in Douglas county to Wavne L. Shryrock, 20. of Plattsmouth, and Winona V. Hebb, 26, of Omaha. G O inni DTTD ILO ITQ eptmbliicciffDS State and federal government, communistic influen ces and the administration were hit individually as Re publican and Democratic party candidates campaignedin Plattsmouth and Cass county Tuesday. Republicans headed the "political day" activities here as its caravan arrived in the county seat shortly after noon following a luncheon at Nebraska City. Walter Raecke, democratic candidate for governor of Nebraska, arrived here shortly after the Republican caravan pulled out. Included in the Republican Chanters To Give Overbed Tables I To Masonic Home Presentation to the Nebraska I Masonic Home at Plattsmouth i of 14 adjustable overbed tables , by the Chanters of Tangier 1 j Temple will take place Sunday : afternoon October 12. i The presentation will be made at ceremonies in the new audi torium. Activities will start at 2:30. Participating in the program : in addition to the Chanters, who i will sing several numbers, will ' be Herbert T. White, president t of the board of trustees of the , home and also chiej rabban of j Tangier Temple; William F. ! Evers, superintendent of the home, and other Masonic offi cers. During the afternoon George E. Saltzgiver will be presented with a certificate of Director Emeritus, and Walter A. Mun son. appointed director to suc ceed Mr. Saltzgiver will be wel comed. j Also honored will be Clarence R. Dodds, who along with Mr. ! Saltzgiver, had 25 years of serv J ice in the group. Ruback' "Lucky Buck" Promotion At Half-Way Mark ; Thousands of more dollars of j ! "lucky bucks" will be disfribut- ; ed this week end by Ruback ! Suer Stores of Plattsmouth as I the store completes its third j ! week of the six-week '"lucky . buck" promotion. j i The "lucky bucks" are issued ' i to patrons with purchases made j ' at the store. At the end of the I six week period, the "lucky bucks will become legal tender for purchases of numerous elec- : trical appliances and other ar I tides of value on display at j Rubacks. Howard Ruback. store mana ger, has said that a half-million dollars worth of the "lucky bucks" will be distributed dur ing the six-week period. Special School Vole Canvassed I A total of 1,390 ballots were cast in the special school bond ! election held at Plattsmouth a i week ago according to a can ; vass of the ballots completed : by the board of education Mon 1 day night. 1 Adding nine absentee ballots to the earlier totals, the school ! board came up with totals of ! 864 votes for the bond issue, and S 526 against. Five of the ab I sentee ballots favored the is i sue, while four opposed it. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hilfiker were in Omaha Wednesday. Polio Sale-Auction Set; Trucks Tour City Friday Trucks will begin canvassing the community at 6:30 Friday night in a porch-light campaign to obtain a variety of articles for sale and auction to bolster the Cass county polio fund. The sale and auction will be held Saturday afternoon and evening, October 11, on 5th street just off Main street be tween Smith's Men's Wear and Meisinger Firestone Store. Furniture, clothing, household goods, tools, grain, hay, livestock and any number of salable items are requested for this special promotion, sponsored jointly by a number of women's clubs in the Plattsmouth area. Persons having articles for the sale are asked to turn on their porch lights at 6:30 Friday night and to have the articles ready to be picked up. Trucks will get around as rapidly as possible to collect the goods. Because of the conflicting football game, sponsors realize that many potential donors will not be home during game time. As a result, they request that such persons call 6282 and 8151 to arrange to have their con tributions picked up. Donors D S BTTD IIS Scav i caravan were Robert crosDy. ! candidate for governor: Roman Hruska. candidate for coneress from the second district: Hugh Butler. Nebraska senator seek ing re-election; Dwieht Gris wold. candidate for the short term senatorial seat; Frank B. Heintz. candidate for state treasurer: Frank Marsh, can didate for secretary of state: Clarence S. Beck, candidate for attorney eeneral; Ray C. John son, candidate for state auditor: and Joseph Brown, railway com mission candidate. Dave Martin, state central committee chairman, introduced the candidates after Cass coun ty committee chairman Ward Brunson of Louisville welcomed the caravan. Speakine to a slim street crowd. Roman Hruska of Oma ha took shots at the democrats and the communistic infiltra tion into high government po sitions. His shots were backed bv Dwight Griswold, who first hand knowledge of communistic ac tivity in Greece, led him to de clare that "riddinc the Eovern ment of communist influence is the most important election issue of this year." "If we are to preserve Amer ican security and solve our pressing problems, we must first have full confidence of the j American people in the integrity i and loyalty of all who work in the government service." Gris wold said. Looking at the state scene, gubernatorial candidate Robert Crosby cited the differences in the Republican and Democratic platforms in the state and ad vocated a strong state agricul tural department. To eo along with the state's agricultural economy. Crosbv stressed the importance of bringing additional industry into the state and for more ef ficiency on the state level as well as on the national level. The "We ain't never had it so good" slogan was hit as immoral and imnroper by the republican candidate. In his short talk here. Sen ator Hugh Butler was especially critical of the "lavish foreign assistance soendine" that has been going on for years. Butler j explained that thp Plattsmouth share in the foreign assistance nrogram is over three million dollars since 1940. Butler also came uo with an $8 million figure as FAitts mouth's share in the national debt. World-Famous Horses Coming Here Saturday The world-famous Clydes dales, so well known to most Plattsmouth and Cass countians. from appearances on the Bud weiser television show, will be in Plattsmouth on Saturday. The four teams of matched Clydesdales will make their ap pearance on the main street of Plattsmouth under the sDonsor ship of Capitol Liquors. Inc.. of Omaha. are also reminded that they may bring their polio fund contribu tions directly to the sale site on 5th street. Hay, grain and livestock will be housed at the former Richey Lumber Yard on 4th street and should be delivered . to that point. Plans of the women's polio j fund sale and auction call for j exhibit and sale of the goods ! during the afternoon. Remain- ing materials will be sold at auc I tion during the evening. The I sale has been scheduled for 1 p. m. Saturday afternoon. The joint promotion of local women's clubs is the commu nity's answer to the polio epi demic which struck the com munity and Cass county during recent weeks and which has de- j pleted the Cass county polio fund. j Half of the funds received I from the sale and auction will be retained by the county j chapter to assist county polk. victims, while the other hall will go to the national foun dation for research and train ing.