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TME IPLAWSMflDlUTIH JJflDTORlAQ. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Consolidated with The Nehawka Enterprise - Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 71 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA; MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 94 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER CJl rfS LTOWinecl "Qyeen if Momecomiinig A l-eeord breaking crowd, including alumni from several years past, witnessed Campbell as homecoming queen during activities Friday night at Central school auditorium. Miss Campbell was crowned Queen of 1952 during a homecoming dance held in the school auditorium. The dance and coronation climaxed homecoming activities which also included a football game earlier that evening. . . An active member of the Pep mam mt n i Club, which sponsored home- Ministers Honor Rev. Malzner At Final Riles Here Funeral services for Rev. A Matzner v. ere held Tuesday aft- j ernoon, October 14. at St. Paul's j T - 1 : , 1 . 4 Tl,.fdr ri t evangelism u.nu ivciuuucu church at Plattsmouth, where h- had served as pastor for two years. Rev. A. Matzner The Rev. Al Brueggemann of Talmage offered the invocation prayer and was in charge of the services. Rev. Fred J. Abele of New Orleans. La., life-long friend of the family, delivered the ser mon. Rev. L. G. Marx of Har vard. Nebr., president of the Ne braska Synod of the Evangelical ard Reformed church, spoke briefly in behalf of the pastors of the Synod, and Rev. Harold Mitchell of Plattsmouth spoke for the local ministerial alliance on the warmth of Christian friendship and cooperation re flected in the service Rev. Matz ner rendered to the church and community. The Rev. Paul Niedermeyer of Griswold, la., read the words of Holy Scripture, and Rev. V. Behtold of Syracuse offered the prayer. Rev. George Duensing of Nebraska City read the obitu ary, giving a brief record of the life of Rev. Matzner. A secona service was held on Wednesday afternoon at the Danish Lutheran church at Ex ira. Ia., where interment was held. Members of the church coun cil of St. Paul's church served as pallbearers. They were Ver ner Kaffenberger, Lester Mei singer, William Ofe, Leonard Born, Otto Pitz and Raymond Hild. Those having part in the serv- j ices and the following pastors, Reverends G. G. Bratzel of Cres ton, la., G. E. Seyobold of Oma ha, Roy Chesney of Council ;uffs, la., Al Yungslager of At lantic, la., E. C. Jaberg of Tal mage, Alex Greeb of Tecumseh, Aug. L. Brueggemann of Goeh ner. V. F.' Deditias of Steinauer, Herb Kuhn of Cook and Rev. Harold Mitchell of Plattsmouth. Schreiners Cited In Drug Magazine The October issue of Western Druegist Magazine, published at Kansas City, carried a de tailed story concerning Schrein er Drug Store at Plattsmouth. In addition to the story, the magazine featured a picture of the new Schreiner Drug front on the cover, while other pic tures and details gave a history of the store under John and Vic Schreiner and defined the changes made to the interior of the store. Also explained in the story was the extent that the Platts mouth Journal advertising plays in the store's progress and re lationship with consumers. Phioans Are Guests Here Mr. and Mrs. Fred Trility and son, Bruce, of Cincinnati, Ohio, are here to enjoy a visit at, the hemes of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wiles, parents cf Mrs. Trility, and Mrs. Mary Trility, mother of Mr. Trility. W 4 H .... :-xjF If A i Is. .... 1 miirniirfntrnnMirr nu flnw imirTiflfY'-TJin n-T-r- n-f Campbell I the crowning of Miss Norma : coming. Miss Campbell has been a member of the club two years and also has been a cheerleader two years. Her other activities include treasurer ofthe fresh man class and president of the sophomore class. As a sophomore she was also server at the Junior-Senior banquet and merit keeper of the Pep Club. As a junior she participated in the junior class plav and was attendant at the junior-senior prom. This year she is art editor of the annual and a member of the Dramatic Club. At homecoming activities. Miss Campbell was escorted by co captain Tom Conis. Her maid of honor was Karen Kalasek. a three-year member of pep club and also a cheer leader, one year. Miss Kalasek was also a duchess in the King Korn Kar nival as a freshman and also served at the junior-senior ban quet. As a junior she was business manager of the class plav and secretary of the Pep Club. This year. Miss Kalasek is news editor of the Platter, a member of the annual staff, president of Pen Club and a member of the Dramatics Club. 1 one was escorted uy tu-cauiam Jon Schuetz. ; The colorful procession was led by 1951 Homecoming Queen Marlene Albm and her escort Jack Todd. 1951 football captain. The Queen and Maid of Honor were nreceded bv four attend ants. Thev were Shirlev Harper, escorted by John Blctzer: Ben nie Speck with John Ahrens; Florence Reike escorted bv Wil lard Christenson: and Carol Kreici with DeWayne Noell. Miss Albin crowned the new queen. Following the coronation, punch and cookies were served bv members of the Pep Club. Music for the dance was pro vided by Rudy Veil and his or chestra. Plattsmouth was defeated in the homecoming game by Wahoo 13-0 earlier. Mrs. (has. Hiall Dies In Dakota Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock for Mrs. Charles Hiatt. who died at Williston. North Dakota, Sunday. She was a former resident here. Services will be held at Sattler Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements. The body will be received at the fun eral home Tuesday morning. Visiting hours at the home will be held from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 Tuesday afternoon and evening. Degrees Conferred By Lodge Thursday Fellowcraft degrees were con ferred on Kenneth Wohlfarth and Marvin Brown by Platts mouth Lodge No. 6, A. F. & A. M.. Thursday night. Degrees were conferred by Warren Rhylander and Marion Reed. St. Lukes In An Earlier Day 54 .A similar view of St. Luke's Episcopal church at Plattsmouth shows how the church appeared many years ago. One of the earlier cuts of the church, visible in the picture are a rail fence, J additional trees, while the general stone structure establishes an I entirely different picture from that which greets viewers at the ! church today. fe tMonih ow MVUM UMIU Dies In Crash Shirley Berner, eight-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Berner of Avoca, died in a Lincoln hospital Sunday of in juries suffered a few hours earlier in an auto mishap. Miss Berner was injured when a car driven by her mother and one driven by Harold Hauschild, also of Avoca, collided at an in tersection on a country road south of Avoca. Both families were on their way to church when the accident occurred. ALso injured were Mrs. Berner who suffere a possible fractured hip; Mr. Hauschild, who receiv ed internal injuries; Carroll Berner, 5, who received face cuts and a possible skull fracture; and Larry Herman, 12, also of Avoca, who received face cuts and bruises. Patrolman LeRoy Jensen of Nebraska City investigate the accident. Blanket Tax Refunds Ready; All Claims Mailed Miss Ruth Patton, Cass coun ty treasurer, today announced that mailing of blanket tax .re turn claims to more than 11,000 countians has been completed. The final bunch was mailed to day, Miss Patton said. Persons receiving the refund claims are asked to check the information, sign the claim, and return it to the county treas urer. After it has been reviewed by the board of county commis sioners, a warrant will be sent to the taxpayers from the coun ty clerk. To eliminate misunderstand ing and to save the taxpayer as much time and money as pos sible. Miss Patton advises that the claims be checked carefully and returned as soon as possi ble. The final mailing today brought to, an end nearly 7 weeks of extra labor for Miss Patton and her employees. The office staff has been working on the blanket tax returns since September 5. During that time more than 11,000 receipts have been processed and prepared for refunding tax funds. Unclaimed funds will be dis tributed to the school district in which the tax was levied. Miss Patton said. Taxpayers have 240 days from Sept. 5 to file for a refund. In completing the blanket tax adjustments, Miss Patton se lected a method which least in conveniences the taxpayer, al though it meant much extra work for her and other office members. Taxpayers can claim their refunds merely by signing the claims which they received from the county treasurer. Mayor Proclaims United Nation Day 'Mayor Clement T. Woster to day proclaimed Friday, October 24, as United Nations Day, in observance of the seventh an niversary of the organization of the United Nations. In his proclamation. Mayor Woster calls on church, social, governmental, civic and other local groups to unite efforts in the goal of obtaining everlast ing peace. No formal observance is planned at Plattsmouth. Darrell Sudduth, Plattsmouth polio patient, returned to his home from an Omaha hospital Saturday. I View Of St. ll' f:A.'.--T Old English stone exterior features the view presented in this picture of the recently remodeled St. Luke's Episcopal church at 3rd Street and Avenue A. Visible, too, is the new solid Cyprus cross erected atop the belfry tower. Dedication of remodeling of j the church, both inside and out, will be noted at special services J Tuesday night, October 21, commemoration the 85th anniversary ! of the church at Plattsmouth. Bishop Howard Brinker, bishop of j Nebraska, will speak at the special service. Journal Photo Caldveil Will Head Halloween Parly Activities L. A. Caldwell has been ap pointed General Chairman of the Hallowe'en activities, spon sored by the Chamber of Com merce. This appointment was announced at the general mem bership meeting of the Cham ber last Thursday evening by Bruce E. Gold, president. Today, Caldwell announced the plans for the activities for Hallowe'en evening. Plans calls for a parade of children in costumes. Categor ies of costumes will be judged and prizes will be given for the first, second and third places. Following the parade, hot chocolate and doughnuts will be given out in the old Journal building. Following refresh ments, a theatre party will be held at the Cass Theatre for the kiddies, and a dance will be held for all boys and girls in the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. More details will be given at a later date. Any questions may be answered by calling the Chamber of Commerce office at 7190. Delores Erhart Buried At Manley Funeral services were held on Monday, October 13th, at St. Patrick's church, Manley, for Miss Dolores Erhart, 25, daugh ter pf Frnk Erhart and the late Mrs. Erhart. The requiem mass was celebrated by Father James Hennessey, pastor. Survivors are the father, Frank. Weeping Water; broth ers, George, Murdock, Morris, Springfield, William, Marion and Paul, Weeping Water; sister, Mrs. P,tu1 Peitzmeier, Keokuk, Iowa. Preceding her in death were her mother one brother and one sister. Mrs. Anna Stoll of Plattsmouth is an aunt. Rn-i-il wis it St. . Patrick's cemetery at Manley. Mrs. Louis Naeve and grand son, Steve Timm. spent the week end visiting with relatives and friends at Fremont and Scrib ner. 4t T5i Cast Count? Court House Henry Wm. Irons, 24, of Weep ing Water, and Eleanor Mae Lindsey, 20, of Weeping Water, were issued a license for mar riage in county court. Final hearing has been held in the Carrie B. Thomas guar dianship. H. B. Koop is guar dian and Begley and Peck at torneys. Kenneth Redden was fined $10 and costs in county court on a charge of speeding. Luke's Church City And Civic fficials Greet Sowers City, Chamber of Commerce and Civic officials will form a personal escort for the Lincoln Sowers, promotional groun of the Lincoln Chamber of Com merce, who will invade Platts mouth for a noon dinner Tues day. Mayor Clement Woster. Cham ber President Bruce Gold, Lions President Ray Story and Rotary President Howard Hirz, along with Sheriff Tom Solomon and Chamber Manager H o g a n Trammell will accompany the Sowers from Louisville to Platts mouth. Here the Lincolnites will be treated to a noon dinner at the Methodist church to be served by the Women's Society of Christian service. The dinner will follow a short street service and welcoming program. The Plattsmouth high school band will take part v the program to be held in the business dis trict. Allied Head Checks Site Dr. E. D. Crittenden of Hope well, Virginia, director of devel opment of the Allied Chemical Corporation, was in Nebraska today to inspect Allied's new plant site north of Plattsmouth. He is slated to address the Nebraska section of the Ameri can Society of Mechanical En gineers tonight. Dr. Crittenden will speak on "Fixed Nitrogen Comes to Nebraska." Some Changes Still Going On At Gamble Store Minor day-to-day alterations and improvements are still being carried cut at the new location of Gambles Store, operated by Herb Freeburg at 6th and Main streets. The store was moved from its former location three weeks ago to the corner building purchased earlier this year by Mr. Free burg. Considerable amount of work is still necessary before the complete store furnishings are moved. Minor details may stretch the work out for anoth er week or two. Freeburg said today that while most of the store's goods are now at the new location, bulk storage items housed in the basement must still be moved. Mrs. Virgie Alyce Kaffenbercr er and son, Craig Bruce, depart ed Friday evening for an ex tended visit in Shattuck. Nor man, Pampa and Lex, Okla. A Classified Ad In The Jour oal costs as little as 33c. hennrolbeir embeD": Mem ft iOew Yirlk Fifty Chamber of Commerce members and wives at- WILmJ Amm ..-.l'tend a general membership meeting at the Hotel Platts C9l6lSll6Q AnnUal mouth 011 Thur?da' night. Uruce E. Gold, President of the Meeting Is Set; Committees Told Election of officers and pres entation of the second Platts mouth Journal soil conservation plaque and awards will high light the annual meeting of the j Cass-Weeping Water Creek Wa tersheds Association to be held at Weeping Water on January 1. Now nearing the completion of its second year, the watershed group voted last week on a date for the annual meeting. The Association was founded on Jan uary 8. 1951. Selection of candidates for the Journal soil conservation awards is now underway, ac cording to R. R. Furse, publisher of the Journal. The first Jour nal conservation award went to Chester Bornemeier of Elmwood last January. Making arrangements for the January banquet and annual meeting are George Stites of j Union, Clarence Engelkemeier i of Louisville. George Stine of ! Union. Ed Stander of Louisville j and Lloyd Ranney of Weeping ! Water, nominating committee; and Art Wolph, Nehawka. Elmer Stoehr of Cedar Creek, Lyle Choate of Nehawka, August Kupke of Murdock and Joe Ben der of Weeping Water, banquet committee. Progress Surprises O. E. Trility Former Resident O. E. Trility, Washington. D. C, arrived in the city Friday iTi... 4;'ir. i . "J, " ri'. - ; Mary Trility, as well as other relatives and old friends. Mr. Trility has for the past 15 years been in service of the depart ment of justice, his service tak ing him over a large part of the country. He recently returned from a visit in Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands to look after the interests of his department. Mr. Trility, who spent his boyhood here and graduated from the local school, was most agreeably surprised at the sign of progress and improvement in the city, improvement of the business section as well as new residences and an increasing program of building and street improvement. Services Are Held Friday Funeral services were held at Lincoln Friday for Mrs. James Wilson, formerly of Plattsmouth, who died at Lincoln last Wed nesday. Burial was at Horning cemetery at Plattsmouth. Mrs. Wilson was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Edsen Rice. Survivors are two sons, De- and George Perry of Flagstaff, Arizona, and five brothers, Har ry and Ed Rice of California, and Frank, Fred and Emmett Rice of Plattsmouth. Bishop Brinker To Speak At St. Luke's Service Rt. Rev. Howard R. Brinker, bishop of Nebraska, will be speaker Tuesday night at the 85th anniversary celebration planned by the parish of St. Luke's Episcopal church of Plattsmouth. Bishop Brinker will speak during a program commemorating completion of remodeling at the church in connection with the church's 85th year. The Tuesday night program marks the third event in recent days being conducted at the church. The official patronal festival, feast of St. Luke, was noted on Saturday, and on Sun day, the parish observed cor porate communion. Both interior and exterior re modeling were completed at the church, in which the first serv ice W9S held on May 12. 1867, more than 85 years ago. Among the notable new features are the Old English stone facing, now solid cypris beam across atop the high belfry tower; and complete interior restoration and redecoration. Tuesday night activities at the church are scheduled to start at 7:30. The special serv- u T7 n r v.uwiiuei, piemen, misiness j Trammell, manager of the Chamber, on his recent trip to j New York to contact industrial leaders. Also on the agenda was a treasurer's report by Orville Nielsen, and reports on nanoween, Lhristmas and iuture retail division activities. Dry Leaves Are Fire Danger, Hirz Warns Howard Hirz, president of the Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department, today had a warning for residents, after the department an swered its fourth grass and leaf fire in the past three days. Hirz advises residents to take every precaution with outdoor fires and to exercise care when burning leaves. The unusually dry fall has made the danger of fire much greater than usual, the department president said. While fires to date have been readily controlled, Hirz points out that the big one could come almost any minute. Unguarded fires are a definite threat. Kenneth Gardner Ot Alvo Heads Cass Association Kenneth Gardner, superin tendent of schools at Alvo, was I elected president of the Cass .at the groups first quarterly meeting held at Weeping Water I Commerce then gave a brief re Thursday night. J port. Other officers are Richard j John Soennichsen. head of the Whitmore. superintendent at ! Retail Division, told of the plans Louisville, vice president, and j for the retail promotion. Platts Clifford Tegler of Alvo, secre- mouth Davs. to be held Jan-tary-treasurer j l,arV 15- 16. 17. 1953. Plans call At the meeting, Supt. John ! lfns .suShas ihde Piper of Weeping Water and were elected delegates to the lel.K If, ,51, nit? f assembly from Cass county. The assembly will be held at Lincoln on December 5. Other activities at the meet ing included addresses by Coun ty Superintendent L. A. Beh rends, who discussed the 4-point program of the NSEA; T. I. Friest, who talked about the proposed constitutional amend- ment to be voted on November 4; and Supt. Whitmore, who de scribed the program to be held at teachers institute at Omaha this week end. The organization went on record in support of the pro- posed amendment, which would create a state board of educa tion. Plattsmouth Bird Club held a picnic dinner at Mandan Park in Omaha on Sunday. Following v, j; ducted as members hiked through Fontenelle Forest. A Classified Ad in Th Jour nal costs a little as 35c. Bishop Brinker ice will be followed by a coffee hour in the undercroft. Ladies of St. Mary's Guild will pre side during the coffee hour. The public is invited to both the service and coffee session. JWJ IIIHHH Ml 1 lllUllllUlllCWtlllMMMMMMMMMM J " 4 - " ' doitd included a report by Jlogan At this meeting, Mrs. Hush Stander. Jr., leader of a Blue Bird Group, asked the Chamber of Commerce to sponsor her j group. Mrs. Stander said that j such sponsorship would cive her members an opportunity to meet j certain requirements through helping the Chamber of Com merce carry out projects, also it would give her group a channel through which they could ac complish programs carried on by the Blue Birds. The matter was referred to the . Chamber's Board of Directors with rec ommendations that the group present was favorable to such sponsorship. In the treasurer's report. Or ville Nielsen, pointed out that the finances of the Chamber are not- good. He said that the Chamber would operate at a de ficit this vear if more new mem bers were not brought into the organization. In his report to the members of the Chamber of Commerce. Hcgan Trammell made it clear that eastern industrial leaders were interested in Nebraska, and particularly in the Plattsmouth Omaha area. Trammell listed, by classification of industries, those that had been contacted dur ing the week he was in New York. A copy of the New York Time's section on Nebraska, and copies of the new Industrial Data and Survey on Plattsmouth were available to all who attend ed the meeting. L. A. Caldwell, chairman of Halloween Party, being I sponsored bv the Chamber of i r! u'c "lU1"" uw j uiy wuuai i mot,on be carried on by block chairmen as has been done in the oast. In Soennichsen's report on Christmas activities, he said that the program includes street liEthting, toyland. Santa Claus. and a parade. Also church choirs will furnish music in the down town area during the entire sea- son Tne theme of this year's j Christmas is "Put Christ Back , in Christmas " He sniH thnt. thP Plattsmouth Merchants would like very much to get awav from the strictly commercial aspects that have taken hold during the Christmas Season in recent years, and return to the true meaning of this great religious event. Plans call for the Christ mas Storv to be told bv the means of a "nageant-narade." j y'" p,r. JT, i ?fe h'of rFlflt li7n?ilciecrt V-t Soennichsen said that full rte- worked out as yet. Royal Neighbors felJion Set America will be host to the Cass-Sarpy county convention on Fridav. October 24. Meetings wi'l be held at the I.O.O.F. hall on East Main street. The Women's Guild of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reform ed church will serve the evening banquet. Amono high state officials who will attend the sessions will be Frances E. Torkelson. sup- reme Oracle: Alma Snvder. state supervising: aepuiy; weme McCoy, district deputy: and Alta West, district deputy. Local officers are Mrs. Freda Stibal. bi-county oracle: and Ethel Hennings, recorder-receiver. No School Here Thursday, Friday Plattsmouth school kids will enjoy a two-day vacation this wreek, while their instructors are attending district teaching institute meetings at Omaha. School will be dismissed Thursday and Fridav to enable teachers to attend the institute. Plattsmouth is in the second district, which will hare its meetings at Omaha. i