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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday, - Thursday ME Consolidated with The Nehawka Enterprise - Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 72 EIGHT PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 6 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER 0 Carl Schneider On Nebraska Citizens Council Carl J. Schneider of Platts mouth, has accepted a position with the Nebraska Citizens Council according to a list of 8 revealed today. He is presi dent of the Plattsmouth State Bank. Several reports on tax pro posals coming up m next montn s session of the state legislature will be submitted by the coun cil to Sen. Earl J. Lee of Fre mont and his legislative com mittee. Robert M. Armstrong, execu tive director of the council, re ferring to a report dealing with the constitutional amendment for different methods of taxing motor vehicles, said today, that if the changge gives any relief from present taxes, the loss In revenue will not be entirely off set by increases that may be obtained by any new mehtod of taxing them. Reports also include that a constitutional amendment be submitted prohibiting the levy of general property tax and a preliminary study of a sales tax. William Jameson, Lifelong County Resident, Dies Final rites were held at the Methodist church at Weeping Water Wednesday for W. W. ' Bill" Jameson, longtime resi dent of Weeping Water, who died at Omaha following a heart attack, December 8. A native of Cass county, he was born south of Nehawka on September 12. 1882. He had re sided in the Nehawka-Weeping Water communities during his entire lifetime. He attended College Hill rural school and Weeping Water high school and on October 26, 1910, was married to Myrtle Belle Jewell. He was associated with his father in the ice business for many years and was also interested in farming. He was active in civic affairs at Weep ing Water and also served on the city council. Surviving are his wife. Myrtle; two children. Mrs. Royce W. Fish of Columbus, and Robert Jameson of Nehawka; four grandchildren; two sisters, Villa of Weeping Water and Mrs. Rene McElory of Douglas. Ariz., and a half-brother, E. E. Gerard cf Winterset, Iowa. Rev. Fred Gardner officiated at the final rites. Burial was in Oakwood cemetery. Pallbearers were J. N. Marshall. John Rob inson, C. H. Gibson, Eldon Men denhall, Eldon Moore and Gor deon Heneger. 89-Year-Old Weeping Water Resident Dies Death claimed 89-year-old Miss Carolyn Julia Lineback, longtime Weeping Water resi dent on December 8. Miss Line back had resided at Weeping Water many years. Funeral services were held at Hobson Funeral chapel last Wednesday with Rev. Fred Gardner officiating. Burial was in Oakwwood cemetery. A native of Peoria, 111., Miss Lineback moved to Weeping Water with her parents when she was 8 years old. She was born July 24, 1863. A school teacher, she had re ceived her education in Weeping Water public schools. Western Normal and Wesleyan Univer sity. She was a member of the Methodist church. Twelve nieces and nephews survive. Preceding her in death were her mother and father, a step-father, two sisters and a brother. Loner Services Held Friday Funeral services were held Friday. December 12. for Mr?. Mary Ann Long, 69, of Murdock, who died at Lincoln on Tuesday, December 9. Services were held at the Eb enezer Evangelical U. B. church at Murdock. Burial wwas at Wa bash. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal casts as little as 35c. f ONLY 11 I Shopping J; ! ? 'Til Christmas : ? Sponsors Consider Plans for Annual Pageant Parade Plans are currently under consideration for continuing the pageant" parade present ed here Friday night, as an annual event. Generally pleased with its reception, sponsors are stor ing: the artistic creations used in setting the scenes and will probably go over the entire program before definitely determining a set program. Only the cold rode as a discouraging force Friday night. Interest in the proj ect is generally high, and no one has questioned its purpose. Everett A. Ward, Ex-Plattsmouth Resident, Dies Everett A. Ward, brother of Mrs. Agnes Moore of Platts mouth, and a former resident here, was buried at Sheridan cemetery Monday of last week. Mr. Ward died at a Denver hos pital on December 2, following a sudden heart attack. He was 58 years old. Born at Auburn on February 25. 1894. he was educated at Auburn and Plattsmouth and later attended Cotner college. He entered the teaching pro fession and for a time taught at Union. He also taught at Mc Cook. Franklin, North Platte and Wymore. He had lived in Illinois before moving to Denver a short time ago. He was a member of the Methodist church. Surviving are two sisters. Mrs. Agnes Moore of Plattsmouth and Mrs. Norman Hanna of Van guard, Sask., Canada; a brother, R. B. Ward of Auburn; several nephewws and nieces and two cousins. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ward, preceded him in death. Tfiree-Month-0!d Boy Found Dead Wilbur Smith Eaton, three-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur "Doc" Eaton of Colorado Springs. Colo., died early Sun day, December 14. relatives here have learned. The child was found dead by his mother Sun day morning in his bed. Born September 24. iy.-2. r j was less than three months old ; lEe?.lh. AFl- 1 rado Springs Tuesday, December 16. Burial will also be at Colo rado Springs. Surviving besides his parents are a grandmother, Mrs. Clara White of Colorado, formerly of Plattsmouth: three uncles. Rex, Albert ana Dei Young oi riatts- j mouth. Also surviving are a brother and two sisters. His mother is the former An nice Lee White, a niece of Lil lian White of Plattsmouth and Georgia and Florence White of Omaha. Carnival at Church Successful Carnival life still arjoeals to adults, as well as children, re sults of the Methodist Youth SDonsored Carnival held Thurs day night shows. Youngsters, SDonsoring the carnival to raise funds for youth activities and room imorove- ments. were generally pleased with the turnout. A wide va riety of activities were under way. Mrs. J. C. Comstock has been returned to Immanuel hospital ll ,?J?hh nHMnoiHhf oiH,11 is listed as critical. She was ta- Ken to tne nospnai oy battier ambulance Friday. Subscribe to The Journal. Special Store Hours In Effect Here This Week Six special open nights will mark the Christmas shopping period at Plattsmouth durinl the coming week. Starting on Wednesday! merchants will re- main open each night except o v,v, i,,JT Tuesdav """ue" l"c 6 During the period, stores will olnP at Q nm Parh niaht WpH. nesday, December 17. through Tuesday, December 23. They'll close at 5 p.m. Wednesday, De cember 24, except grocery stores wihch will remain open until 6 p.m. The special open hours are designed to help countians with their Christmas shopping acti vities, and it'll give the working peoole a greater opportunity to check the many gift values in local stores. During the period, Santa Claus will make his last official 1 visit to the downtown district I m Saturday, December 20. St. 'Nick will be at his headquarters Sanfa's Popularity Grows Us - ; - , - i St. Nick's popularity, evident here during his past three visits, will hit a peak in the next ten days with the rapid approach of Christmas. During his recent visit here, these three youngsters, Scott Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. and Danny Via, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey V. Via, all of Plattsmouth, exhibited their general feelings for Santa. Making weekly Saturday visits here, Santa has his headquarters at the Gas Company office. He'll make his final visit to the Plattsmouth business district next Saturday. Twice-a-Day Mail Service Now to Christmas iwice-a-uay puswi service iias been started at Plattsmouth again. But only for ' a short time. Postmaster Les Niel has an nounced that deliveries will be made twice daili' from now un til Christmas to carry the local post office throu-h the rush period. Three additional carriers and a clerk have been added to the postal force for the two week period. Twice-a-day service started last Saturday. New carriers for the period iare Gerald Clayburn, Howard Eaton and Richard Huebner, while Janet Ptak will work in the office as a clerk. The Christmas rush is nearing full force. Postmaster Niel points out. The same is evident by the long line of people waiting to i mail packages at the post office. The post office was open throughout the day Saturday and will again be open all day next Saturday. For those who haven't mailed those out of town cards and packages yet, Postmaster Niel explains that now is a good time, i With the heavy influx of mail. he explains that packages going i great distances will have a bet ter chance of aeuvery by Christ mas time if mailed at once Christmas is only ten days off " Farm Machinery Listed for Sale Several items of major farm machinery, some household i o""? . articles will be Oliered at public auLiun uy ucuic avauj uu V, n nKrrrt If nirnhh Friday, December 19. The sale will be held at the th t t is nder a year ag0 farm located 4,2 mites west of, vhil contributioris will con Plattsmouth on the Cedar Creek i tinue t be received after christ-road.-Sale will start at 12 o clock tho o-.r, hnwc tn u-inH m non- ' Among the major farm items to be sold are a tractor, culti- vator. discs, elevator, harrow orhousf VeSe?, brooder, fence charger and one milK cow. cooas to De soia 'lncludeKa P3ano an dbtench' mus; i ic cabinet, gas stove, cook stoves and a wool rug. Rex Young will be auctioneer and Karl Grosshans will clerk the sale. ot Vl(S r,oc. aJ Gn?,?m1p,ailyn "1CfeJ,L0 iV' -i 'LlSn? , Dbnie&es Ptoe j P-m- He welcomes the visits of boys and girls in Platts- I mouth during these hours and j alf Fo'TKuests515601 U"le eat IOr htS gUeSlS. Shoppers will find also that local merchants are providing additional services such as gift wrapping to make their Christ mas shopping easier. . Friendly store clerks have many gift sug gestions for any member of the family and will be helpful in aiding shoppers to select the right gifts. To evade the last minute crowds though, local merchants suggest that when possible, shoppers do their Christmas buy ing during the week day nights. Wide selections of quality gift items are available throughout 'the business houses here. i Stephen M. Davis, and Sammy j Hundreds View New Ford Models Hundreds of local residents and persons from throughout the county viewed the new Ford :i"uuri5 ut jaiuiiiiuutii imuluio on wasnington Avenue over the week end. But others took a pre-vue look at the new models Thursday night. On display were four-door and two-door models of the 1953 ,ei2ht cylinder Fprd Changes 1 and improvements m the models were explained by C. C. Girard ot and B. H. G. Eiting along with employees of the firm. At the Thursday night pre vue, slides of other models were screened for the Ford viewers. Christmas Seal Sales in County Af Halfway Mark Sale of Christmas seals in Cass county reached the half way point today. The drive op ened December "4 and will close on Christmas day, just ten days away. Some 3,000 Cass countians have received letters containing Kelp Fight TB the county Tu- Health Associa tion. Sponsors request that immediate at tention be giv en to the seals and that contri butions be re turned by mail as soon as pos- Buy Christmas Seals sible. Return dona eU afternoon at one o! sors m increasing number, but . enrs m increasing numoer. dui' ;nnpnr tn hp nnin- htlv I O hinrlpr a vpar nan For j under a year ago. For the most nirf cq!d rf coolr t H mil orient !the drive as much as possible duri th three week period m,irlBff nn rhrimn nav snon- gors rge use of the seals in Christmas reetis and Funds from tne sea!s are used throughout the state in various .;o 0i berculosis. X-rays, research and nthpr artivitips are snonsored thrnre-h funds obtained bv the LUngfVh h m Perry Coons, Born hrislmas Day, Fatally Injured Perry Coons, former resident here, died Saturday. December 13, at Tusccn. Arizona from a gas explosion in a trailer house. He apparently suffered injur ies in the explosion. Details are not available. Born December 25, 1882, he was employed by the Chicago Burlington and Ouincy Rail road here during World War I md during the early part of World War II. Surviving are four children, two daughters in Denver. Colo., and a daughter at Oakland. Calif. The bodv is being shloped to Caldwell-Linder Funeral home at Plattsmouth for services. No arrangements have been com pleted as yet, however burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Willard McShane of Louisville was a guest of friends in Platts mouth Friday. Nehawka Youth One of State's 4-Hers Honored Tom Neil Johnson of Nehaw ka is one of four Nebraskans to whom high honors have been accorded for their .top records ; m tne 19o2 National 4-H pro 1 grams. Johnson rated the top . honor in the farm and home electric program, i The Nehawka state winner ! has been awarded the Westing t house educational foundation all-expense trip to the National Club Congress. The 16-year-old youth in just one year has exhibited .valuable accomplishments in the field of electricity. His major contribu tions to the farm this year was an electric pig brooder, which he built and installed in his father's barn. He has performed innumer able "fix it' jobs around the farm, such as soldering pails and pans and repairing light fixtures. To increase egg pro duction, Tom plans to install a freeze-proof water hydrant in their new chicken house. He feels that the time and effort saved in having a convenient inUSLC Jftw spent in taking care of another ; 100 nens. Louisville Man To Face Three Charges In Court I Leon Siemsen of Louisville is being held in county court here pending arraignment this af ternoon on three charges. County attorney Richard Peck filed charges of intoxication, disturbing the peace and assault against Siemsen in county court this morning. Siemsen was arrested at his home late Sunday night. While intoxicated he assaulted his wife and child and fired a shot gun, according to Sheriff Tom Sgiomon. Andrew Uhe, Bedfast for Year, Dies Here Sunday Andrew Uhe, resident of Cass county for nearly 330 years, died at the home of his son. Milton, at Plattsmouth on Sunday, De cember 14, 1952. He was 79 years old. A native of Sarpy county, Mr. Uhe had been in ill health for a long time and had been bed fast most of the past year. He was a retired farmer. Born in Sarpy county on Oc tober 5, 1873. he was the son of William and Agnes Uhe, both i of whom preceded him in death, at Papillion on August 25, 1909 and they moved to Cass county in 1924. His wife died here in Mr. Uhe was a member of the Methodist church. Surviving are two sons Milton of Plattsmouth and Arthur of Papillion and two daughters, Mrs. Ella Moore of Ollie, Iowa. ancl JIrs- Mildred Confrst of Glenwod, Iowa. Fifteen grand- children also survive. Funeral services will be held m ;ciucKai caiuweii-inoer ruiier al Home and at St. Paul's Meth odist church at Papillion at two o'clock with Rev. Dale Westadt officiating. Visiting hours will be held at Caldwell-Linder Funeral home Ernoon and evening R ritl fr"" lr6VDa 1? gremeteri w.1ILbe..?.t Cedar Dale cemetery i a a. r ry a. r - - . i at Papillion. Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Many View New Home On First Avenue- Sunday Many Plattsmouth residents took an inside look at the new Gail Meisinger home Sunday on First Avenue at an open house conducted by Albert Red Young, contractcr. The house was opened for pub lic inspection throughout most of the day Sunday. Meisinger is moving here from Louisville. He has leased the Texaco service station on the intersection of Highway 73-75 and the Plattsmouth-Louisville road from C. E. Welshimer. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jochim sen and granddaughter. Yvonne Jochimsen, were at Denison, la., Sunday to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jochimsen. Mrs. Emma Egenberger of this city, who is now at the St. Jo seph hospital at Omaha, has been transferred to room 325. Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Albers of Elmwood were in Plattsmouth Thursday, shopping. While there they subscribed to the Platts mouth journal. Friday night supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Shellenbarger and family were Mrs. Walter Oray and sons of Washington D. C. i i Irfluiradlireds Home Zasteras Moving To Plattsmouth Moving to Plattsmouth in the near future to join the manage- menLof -,9as Prufl at plUt3T ; mourn wm dc joe zastera ana Mrs. Zastera of Louisville. The couple plan to move here short ly after the first of the year. Well known in Plattsmouth, where he has been a member of Cass Dru Mr Zast.ra a reK. ist"ed pharmacist, will join Mrs. Zu,pmma nvP in mana?in? the up; Jivit. 1110 uvuiovuir ui store will be taken over by his son. Joe, Jr., who recently re ceived his discharge from the armed forces Residents of Louisville since 1934, Mr. and Mrs. Zastera have been active in community life at Louisville. He has been presi dent of the Louisville Lions club, the Chamber of Commerce and secretary of the board of educa tion. Mr. Zastera has been a fre quent Plattsmouth visitor and has taken an active interest in business activities here. Man Captured Near Union Pleads Guilty To Robbery Charge Todd Smith, 35, of West Point, arrested near Murray early last week by Sheriff Tom Solomon, pleaded guilty in Sarpy county court to a charge of robbery. Smith was bound over to Dist rict Court for sentencing and is being held in Sarpy county jail in lieu of $1,000 bond. He plead ed guilty to robbing an Offutt I Air Force man, who had given him a ride. Sister Of Tlrs. Frank Biles Dies At Utica Thursday Funeral services will be held at Utica Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Charles Burt, sister of Mrs. Frank Biles of Plattsmouth. Mrs. Burt Died early last j Tnurs'dav morning. Services 1 at utica . . ! A-!c Wm. R. Morrison, son cf I Mrs. Lee Eastridge. returned Monday morning from Korea. He is leaving for Colorado Springs where he plans to visit his wife. Morrison has served three years in the air force and has spent the past 11 months in Ko rea. Graduates Pvt. Elmer E. Vogt, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Vogt, Wa msh, Nebr., was recently graduated with honors from the Auto notive Organizational Maintenance Mechanics course at the U. S. Army Europe Ordnancs School, Eschwege, Germany. Vogt, vho is a wheel vehicle mechanic .he 29th Signal Battalion in iraae of y7 at the school. A former student at Elmwood High j paid" for her efforts in the School, he has been with his present unit since last August. (U. S. production in view of its re Army Photo). 1 eption Friday night. Parade Hundreds of local residents and persons from through out a wide area viewed the colorful pageantry here Friday night in which the story of the birth of the Christ Child was told. The spectacle was unveiled to the background lot choral Christmas music along with the storv of Christ's I birth. ! Seven replicas of scenes which tell ithe Christ Story j were wheeled through the main business district, with ; songs by the Plattsmouth high sc hool mixed chorus telling the musical tale in forming a mas Story" as told over the public address svstem bv Tru or, T i-ti.i v,;v, ,i- Mrs. Roy Stine, Active Church Worker, Dies Mrs. Rov Stine, resident of Pin TtcmmitH fnr m rm tVinn 9 vears and an artive mpmhpr r,f : the Christian church here, died at Weeping Water early Mon day morning, December 15. fol lowing a short illness. She was 63 years old. A native of Lucas. Iowa, where she was born July 22. 1883, she was the daughter of Charles ar.d Mary Sydebothan. Christ- ened Ida. she was married tn j Roy Stine on November 25. 1914. i They moved to Plattsmouth the following year. Mrs. Stine was an active mem-1 The Journey presented by ber of the Christian church for ' St. Paul's Evangelical and Re 42 years and at Plattsmouth had formed church. Mary and Jo been president of the Ladies' Aid seph en route to Bethlehem. Re for several years and also was a production of the donkey and Sunday school teacher Surviving are her husband, Roy of Plattsmouth: a sister, Etta Johnson of Cortland; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Stine was taken ' to a Weeping Water rest home a week ago, however her condition re mained critical until her death this morning. Funeral services will be held at Caldwell-Linder Funeral chapel at two o'clock Thursday afternoon with Rev. J. W. Taenz ler of Glenwood. former minister here, officiating. Burial will be nt Oat Hill rfmptprv Visiting hours will be held at the funeral home from 4 to 6 and from 7 to 9 Wednesday aft- ernoon ana evening. Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Newens of Nebraska City, former resi dents here, were in Plattsmouth Friday night visiting with friends and viewing the Christ mas pageant., Leaving Friday for nis home in Washington. D. C. was George Olson. He had been vis iting at the hme of his mother, Mrs. T. E. Olson and with other relatives. With Honors with Headquarters Company of j Frankfurt, maintained an average o i i I i ). background for the "Christ- . The hundreds who lined the i streets for the early part of the I pageant soon sought shelter ! from the cold or scurried home ' before the end of the pageant. , But sponsoring groups and by- standers still considered it a tre 1 mendous success. Only the cold marred an otherwise perfect eve j ning and pageant performance. In order of their appearance. I the floats depicted the Annunci- auo. Journey 10 Deniieiicm, ai yi?"j C. -nt!..i... il Shepherds, the ITativity, and the Three Kings. Exacting detail marked the individual floats as sponsors sought to re-create well-known paintings of the different scenes f. he J"111-0' 9rlsts.biFth- "aiuieu o ch uoai, vere. Annunciation presented by St. John's Catholic church, the Angel telling of the, coming event. colorful costumes marked the float. At the Inn by First Presby terian church was marked by the detailed background which ! formed the Inn, while costumes and animals again portrayed ex acting detail of the original scene. At the Stable presented by First Methodist church, also fea tured costumes and background as Mary and Josephine finally found shelter. The Shepherds by St. Luke's Epsicopal church disnlayed the ; delicate work of creating a flock i"f1P Ior ine snepneras in ; tne nil15- i Nativity by Holy Rosary catholic church pictured the Baby Jesus lying in a manger. Three Kings presented by First Lutheran church showed the three Kings as they came to view the Christ child. i Floats were exhibited in the main business district for a short time following the parade to permit bystanders to study them more closely and to see the tre mendous amount of work in volved in their production. . Mrs. Esther Donat was toast mistress and extended the com munity's thanks to participating j resiaents. Especially cited were Mrs. Fred I. Rea. chairman of the program, and the clergy. Rev. Keith Delap, Father Max L. Kors. Rev. Harold Mitchell. Rev. George Mundinger. Father Raephael Chanta and Father Edward Tuchek and Robert Ofe. But hundreds of others did their part in the pageant. Many hundreds of hours went into creation of the backgrounds, cos tumes, animals and float struc tures. The chorus was directed by Meivin McKenney, high school music instructor, while-Truman Ljtie. dramatics teacher, told the Christ Story. Miss Mary Phyllis Troop and Miss Nancy Perry were soloists, with ac companiment by Mrs. J. Howard Davis and Wendell Friest. Relatives here learned that Mrs. Elizabeth Hennings, 82-year-old Plattsmouth lady, has arrived at Phoenix. Arizona, where she plans to spend the winter. Journal Want Ads Pay! Thanks" Expressed By Mrs. Rea For Parade Cooperation Mrs. F. I. Rea, chairman of the Christmas pageant parade here Friday night, today ex tended her thanks to the many who "gave so willingly of their time, talent and materials" to make the first Nativity pa geant at Plattsmouth a suc cess. Mrs. Rea also extends her appreciation to the hundreds who cooperated in developing: the pageant. She added her thanks to the many who braved the cold to witness the event. t'; that she feVls ; weU re- The pageant chairman said V- . o , v K ,