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"TOflE PtLAWSydDtUTM JJflDQJl&RIM PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Consolidated with The Nehawlca Enterprise - Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 72 EIGHT PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 8 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER i i J i I j I eoirch IFor 'Kidmen pedT -m ODETDCp Local law enforcement officials in cooperation with Omaha detectives are still seeking a San Francisco mother who disappeared Friday after "kidnaping" Allen James Holoubek from his grandmother s home here 01 .1: i , .1 Olierill OOiOrilOIl UlSLlOeu has been on continuously since appeared while en route home school Christmas Seal Sale Hears End; Under Year Ago The Christmas seal sale Cass county is scheduled in to come to a close on Christmas Day, just three weeks after it opened on December 4. And. according to Miss Mildred Hall, chairman of the Cass County Tealth and Tuberculosis Associ ation, returns are far below an ticipation and below a year ago. j With only three days remain ing. Miss Hall is hoping that re newed effort will be made by countians to send their contri butions to the Christmas Seal fund as soon as possible, prefer ably before Christmas. Some three thousand counti a n s received letters contain ing Christmas seals nearly three weeks ago and less than o n e-fif th o f these have been returned to the local commit t e e . Sponsors however hope for increased returns during the next few- Help Fight TB Buy Christinas Seals days so that they may complete the campaign as soon as pos sible. Funds from the sale of Christ mas Seals are mostly used , in the state. Only six per cent go to national headquarters fcr use in research and for special purposes. Otherwise funds are used locally for hospital treat ment, for X-rays and for other controls and preventatives for tubercular patients. Surveys show that 115,000 America'ns will acquire tubercu losis during the coming year. Fortunately, although there are no early symptoms, tuberculosis can be discovered early, by means of a chest X-ray. Such an X-ray survey was conducted in Cass county less than two years ago. Supoort of the chest X-ray program Is easy just buy and use Christmas Seals. Cass Bond Sales Total $22,443 During November Defense Bond sales in Cass County for November totaled $22,443.75, according to Walter H. Smith. County Chairman for the bond program. Sales for Nebraska during the month amounted to $3,706,295.38, it was announced by Leland R. Hall, State Director. Individuals purchased $3,196,687.34 series E and H bonds or 86 of the state total. "The many volunteers serving the program in Nebraska can well be proud of the improve ment in sales for 1952." Hall said. "Through the efforts of these volunteers, the state's resi dents have increased their per sonal security and, at the same time, assisted the Treasury in management of the public debt. Bv selling a substantial volume of these riskless securities, we strengthen our national econo my, reduce inflationary pres sures, create a backlog of pur chasing power for future pros perity, promote thrift and aid in the financing of our defense ef forts." Miss Kathleen Feldhousen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Feldhousen arrived home dur ing the past week to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents. She is a student at Mt. Scholastica college at Atchison, Kansas. I ONLY 2 Shopping j 'Til Christmas Boy Kleire On v,; ,-,r v, x, 1 muiiuiig nidi mc Friday, when the boy dis for lunch from St. John's Local officials along with the ! special Omaha police have been j meeting every train and bus go I ing out cf Omaha since the i "kidnaping" was reported. Sheriff Solomon has been on j guard at the transportation terminals each night, except Sunday, he saivi today. The Californian, Mrs. Isabel Holoubek, along with the boy were seen at the railroad station by Charline Holoubek, aunt of the boy, on one occasion, but disappeared while authorities were being notified. The boy had been placed in the custody of his grandmother, Mrs. James Holoubek, at Platts mouth, while his father, Leon ard Holoubek in the Navy at San Diego, and his mother are seeking a divorce. According to reports, the mother had called her son person-to-person Thursday night to find out what he wanted for Christmas. Solomon said the ladv was apparently in the : Plattsmouth area and then pick ed up the boy the following day. After the alleged "kidnap ping" the mother reportedly called the boy's grandmother to inform her that she had taken the boy. In the meantime, Sher iff Solomon, informed of the happening, sought aid from the j 'Usmouth ijrt wt Mr. and bus terminals. county, representative to Con Solomon said today that thegress during the coming con boy and his mother were last i gressional session, seen about 2:30 a. m. Saturday. when Charline Holoubek report- ! ed to detectives by telephone that she had spotted the pair in the railroad station. They disappeared, however, appar ently while Miss Holoubek was ma King me Can. The six-year-old youth would and ' Mrs Harry Tincher of have participated m St. Johns Plattsmouth. currently on fur annual children program Friday imi0h iipw rwived tVirA hp- afternoon and would have had . an opportunity at the. school Masonic Home Residents Feted Residents of the Masonic Home at Plattsmouth have re ceived special attention during recent Christmas song activi ties here during the past week. The folks were entertained by Rev. Beers and the Clifton Hall Presbyterian church choir from Omaha on Wednesday, Decem ber 17. The choir, attired in new Christmas robes, presented a Christmas cantata in song. Thursday night, the Platts mouth high school chorus sang several Christmas carols at the home. Mrs. Harold Mitchell's Sunday school class presented plate gifts to members of the home Sunday afternoon, and Sunday evening the Tangier Shrine Chanters of Omaha serenaded the folks. They also presented bags of fruit candy and pop corn to members of the home. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. Elmer Elliott Job 36 Years To Retire Elmer W. Elliott, employee in the electric business at Platts mouth since June, 1917, will re sign on January 1 as district serviceman, it was announced here today. Mr. Elliott has been in the electric service here for almost 36 years. He is district serviceman for Consumers Pub lic Power District here. But his utility service dates back even farther than that and he is credited with 42 years in the service of Nebraska com munities. A native of Auburn, where he was born and reared on a farm. Mr. Elliott was educated in rural schools and at Auburn public schools. But he left the farm as a young man and entered the utility business at Fairbury in 1909 as a gasmaker. He was em ployed at the Fairbury gas plant until coming to Plattsmouth in June, 1917. At Plattsmouth, Mr. Elliott was associated with the gas plant here, which was combined with the Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power company, but after five years at the plant he moved to the downtown office, where he will remain until his retire ment becomes effective on Jan uary 1. But retirement will mean Lady Dies After Exposure fo Ice, Snow Friday Night All-night exposure after fall ing into a ditch in back of her house late Friday night, appar ently caused the death of Mrs. Ida Schlieske of Plattsmouth. Mrs. Schlieske was found in eiht o'clock sntnrrtnv mnminr hv hM 1 Fritz, after she had apparently ; snpnf the. nioht in tho if-vniH X V "& " ;rr;r::v', ditch on the ice. Her calls for i help were apparent too weak : to be heard by neighbors. Her eyesight was known to be bad. it, n Deputv Sheriff Charles Land . - - . .7; .T : and County Attorney Richard r-txtt. v. ere cauea w me scene , Mioruy auer ner nieiess ooay had been discovered by her son. ; A native of Germany, where ' where' she was born at Limbach, Mrs. ; Tax funds sought by each Schlieske came to the United j school are based on the school States in 1900 and in 1901 was; levies in each district on the married at Plattsmouth to Lud- i basis of the total assessed valu wig A. Schlieske. He died in I ation of the district. By com 1943. She was a member of St. 'munities. the county school dis Pauls Evangelical and Reform- I tricts will spend: ed church. Surviving are four sons, Ed ward of Lincoln, Frite and Otto of Plattsmouth. and Alexson of Engiewood. California. One son, Richard, died in July 194S. Services will be held at the J Saltier Funeral Home at Platts mouth with Rev. G. E. Seybold officiating. Visiting hours will be held Monday night from 6 to 9 p. m. Services will be held on Tuesday at two o'clock. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Congressman Hruska Is Plattsmouth Visitor Roman Hruska, congressman elect from the second district of Nebraska, was a visitor in Five Masonic Degrees Given Tt Horrv Tinker son nf llr- Prees durinp Plattsmouth Lodge i Number 6. A. F. and A. M. ses-; sions last week. Wednesday evening the en tered apprentice and fellowcraft degrees were conferred by War ren Rhylander and Marion Reed, and the following night, Henry Nolting conferred the Master Mason degree. Degrees were also conferred upon Harold Rains and Charles Stebbins by Maynard Ramge and Warren Rhylander. New Sign Atop Consumers Office Placed in operation atop the entrance to Consumers Public Poweroffice here last week was a large neon sign, another mark in Plattsmouth's extension downtown improvements. The large sign replar.es a white on black sign inscribed "Consumers Public Power '. COURTHOUSE TO CLOSE Offices in the Cass county courthouse at Plattsmouth will close at noon Wednesday, De cember 24, and will remain closed throughout Christmas. Offices will be open again for regular business hours on Fri day, December 26. On Same mostly that he'll no longer be connected with Consumers Pub lic Power District. For, Mr. El liott explained today that, "1 11 play around a little at the radio shop" operated by his son, John. Mr. Elliott will be 66 years young come May 26, il953. He and Mrs. Elliott reside at 706 North Ninth street here in Plattsmouth. The Elliotts have three child ren, Mrs. Warren Taylor of Plattsmouth, Mrs. Harvey Beh rens of Colorado Springs, Colo., and John of Plattsmouth. Mr. Elliott received recogni tion from the company this week in the Consumers Public Power District news letter pub lished by the company. The ma gazine article cited the Platts mouth man for his 36 years of being on the same job, a record difficult for anyone to match. Fred Rea, manager of the dis trict office for Consumers, said today that no successor for Mr. Elliott has been selected as yet. Citing Elliott for long, xath ful service to the company. Mr. Rea recalled that in the days of the old gas stove, Elmer was on every woman's list. He was the only man mat tney would let ; adjust the stoves, Rea recalled Schools To Spend $426,000 In Tax Funds Eleven Cass county communi- ties, providing high school edu cation in public school systems, will take $426,666 in tax funds for the current school year, ac cording to figures compiled from the Nebraska Educational Dir ectory, published by the State Department of Public Instruc- 'tion under the supervision of .state Superintendent F. B. Dec- ; ' , ' , . one iounnoi me IOU1 SCI1UU1 tY Hr.llar will be raised in while the other 'ten county communities the other three ourtns rafv heA; Sgie Etawood. Greenwood. Louisville, Murdock. vph!1.i., TTninn and weenins? nr - .;.n , i waxei w ill luiiiumcu, otcuu , $3i8.652 in tax money for edu-i cation during the current school year. At Plattsmouth S103.014 WM be required in school tax ! fimri ! funds Aivo, $27,963; Avoca, $18,306: Eagle. 52.035; Elmwood. $23 989; Greenwood. S19.047; Louis ville. $47,225; Murdock, $38.- 808; Nehawka. $33,551: Union. i $14,107; Weeping Water, $43, I 621. ! Bulk of the money will natur ally go for teachers salaries. The 135 Cass county teachers in the eleven communities will receive $355,636 in salaries dur ing the current school year, ac- ! William Cornell Dies Thursday At Nehavka Funeral services were held at Porter Funeral Home at Nebras ka City -.today for William S. Cornell, retired farmer who died at Nehawka Thursday morning. Mr. Cornell. 83, died about ten i o'clock Thursday morning. He had resided in Cass county most of the past 30 years. Mr. Cornell was a retired farmer. A native of Ohio, where he was born on January 12, 1869, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cornell, he had resided In the Cass county vicinity since 1924. He was married in 1887 at Falls City to Izilda Packett. Fol lowing her death he was re- married to Maude Walters Fas- ter at Hiawatha. Kansas In 1909. He was the father of eight children, six by his first wife. Surviving are five sons, Carl of Rolla. Mo.. Elmer of St. Joseph. Mo., Lee of Norwalk, Calif., Or ville of Port Arthur, Texas, and Richard of Auburn; and two daughters. Mrs. Goldie Ehlers of Kimball. South Dakota, and Miss Pearl Cornell of Ukiah, Calif. Also survivinsr are two grand children, Mrs. Albert Warden of Nehawka, who was reared by Mr. and Mrs. Cornell; 26 great grandchildren; two brothers, Bert of Beatrice and Charles of Sioux City: and two sisters, Mrs. Rose Frakes of Dawson, and Mrs. Nellie Johnson of Florida. Also preceding him in death was one son. Virgil. Rev. Donald McQuinn officia ted at the final rites and burial was a tCamp Creek cemetery southeast of Nebraska City. Morrison Leaves Fcr Colorado A-lc Bill Morrison, who re- cently arrived from Korea, and who has been a guest of his mother, Mrs. Lee Eastridge and Mr. Eastridge, departed Thurs day for Colorado Sprjngs where he will visit his wife before re turning to duty. Willard Gunsolly arrived here Sunday to spend the Christmas and New Years holidays at the home of his parents. He is sta tioned at San Diego.- Burton Gleason. student at Iowa State College at Ames, is in Plattsmouth to spend the hol iday vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gleason. Annual Christmas Greeting Addition Appears Wednesday The Journal's annual Christ mas edition will be printed Wednesday afternoon of this week to be distributed to most subscribers on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. This edition will carry greetings and good cheer from business people of Plattsmouth and Cass County to their thousands of custom ers and friends in this area. Every effort is being made to contact all merchants wish ing to use this method of reaching their customers. However, it is possible to over look contacting some in the rush to meet deadlines. Just phone 241 if you have not been reached. This Year cording to average salaries in high school and elementary de partments. The highest average elemen tary salary, $2,738, is paid at Ne- salary is paid at Alvo where : Thursday night. December 18 ixuaiy is paici ai aiyo. unere,1Q-9 fnin.in(F v,0ort ottot nign schol teachers receive S34d0 a year. Nehawka places second in the high school brac ket at -v3.333. Low elementary salary is paid at Union and Greenwood, each $2,000 per year average. Salaries paid in the different schools are: School ELE. Alvo $2110 Avoca 2400 IIS $3450 3015 3300 3167 2550 3233 2300 3333 3277 2850 3080 r0ni, Sf1.?. 2152 I Elmwood 2237 Greenwood 2000 Louisville 2300 tV1"""1: f" Nehawka 2738 Plattsmouth 2544 Union 2000 Weeping Water . 2052 Teachers employed schools are: School ELE. Alvo 5 Avoca 2 Eagle 5 Elmwood 5 Greenwood 3 Louisville 7 Murdock 5 Nehawka 4 in the HS 3 3 6 4 3 7 4 4 17 3 6 60 Plattsmouth . . . Union Weeping Water 24 . 3 9 75 Shoppers Have Last Chance To Buy Christmas Gifts Plattsmouth retailers will remain open evenings tonight and again Tuesday night to enable shoppers to pick up those last minute Christmas gifts and to purchase all nec essary ingredients for the holiday table. Stores will remain open un til 9 p.m. both nights but will close at five o'elock Wednes day, to enable merchants and store employees to participate in Christmas activities. Gro zvtrj stores, however, will be open until 6 p.m. Wednesday. Most retail stores in the city will b closed all day Thursday Christmas day. John Conis Receives Degree John Conis. son of George Conis of Plattsmouth, was one of 251 students on whom degrees were conferred by Iowa State College at graduation eercises V-ivpIH Pririav Dr. Charles E. Friley. presi- uciib ui nit: luiicgc, auuitotu the group and presented the J diplomas in ceremonies which I marked the end of the fall quar- i ter at the college. j Conis received a bachelor of ; science degree in civil engineer- j ing. A graduate of Plattsmouth j high school, he plans to take a : position with the Wisconsin i State Highway. Commission at ! Lancaster, Wisconsin. S Man Is Fined $10 cn Each o: Four Counts In County Court Monday Russell Arnold was fined a to tal of $40 and costs in county court Monday morning on four charges growing out of a distur- bance Saturday night. Arnold pleaded guilty to charges of intoxication, resist ing arrest, disturbing the peace, and assault. Judge Raymond J. Case fined him $10 on each count, plus court costs. Several Attend Funeral At Lincoln Several from Alvo attended the funeral at Lincoln of Mr. Floyd Dicgerson Friday. The Dickersons were former resi dents of Alvo. Mr. Dickerson owned the store where Mr. El mer Rosenou is now located. Home for the holidays from Doane college at Crete is Miss Barbara Alkire. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Alkire. Christmas guests at the home of Mrs. C. J. Baumgart will be Mr. and Mrs. Herb Baumgart and children, Mr. and Mrs. Mat thew Sedlak and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Heil. The postponed Christmas par ty of Bud of Promise Rebekah Lodge will be held tonight, Mon day. December 22, at the IOOF hall at eight o'clock. Mrs. Fred Wynn and Mrs. Louis Keil departed on Thursday for Los Angeles where they will ! visit at the home of relatives and old friends. J. R. Mayfield of Loniisville was in Plattsmouth on business Wednesday. Leo Swilzer, 70, Lifelong Nehawka Farmer, Is Dead Leo Switzer, prominent Ne- ; hawka farmer and a lifelong j resident of the community, died. 1952, following a heart attack. ; He was 70 years old. Born on a homestead south i west of Nehawka on June 8, ; 1882, Mr. Switzer was the son of ; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Switzer, ; pioneer settlers of the Nehawka i community. He was married on I March 3. 1910 to Bertha Scho imoker at Omaha. S Mr. Switzer had farmed in J the Nehawka community thr i ougrhout most of his lifetime, ! which was spent in the Nehaw- : ! ka area. He was a member of j ! the Masonic Lodge. j j Surviving are one son, Wildon i jof Nehawka; two brothers, Del- j j bert ot Nehawka and Chalmer jof Minden; Two grandchildren; j ! and a daughter-in-law. j His wile died in April of 1951. Funeral services were held ! Monday afternoon at the Meth- "pat Cdwell- j odist church at Nehawka with'Lmcter Funeral Chapel for Mrs. ; Rev. Fred Gardner officiating. , a ing raaer Murray evenine. Group singin Casket bearers were George native uho died at Over and : ia, christmas movies and Sheldon. Frank Lemon. Arthur Fark .Kansas, last Tuesday. : treats for the youngsters fea- woipn, cnesier tione, jueivm ; Sturm and Alpha Bell. Burial .o i Tiff Dln, ...ilc nrpr TVfrc Fnno ftrnhor with Hobson Funeral home of j Woonmn- X'r,tar. ; v, v,wrQ of r- Weeping Water in charge of ar- ! rangements. The family requested no flo- wers at the funeral but asked that contributions be made to Children's Memorial hospital or to some charity. Air Force Man Will Talk to Wife, Child Here Air Force Staff Sgt. Donald Seeba, stationed in Tokyo, will sneak to his wife and son. Terrv at Plattsmouth by long distance telephone in a special Christmas Day nationwide hook-up to be j heard over station KBON. j ne 11 aiso gei w laiK. iu 111a mother-in-law, Mrs. John Alex en. All reside at 1205 Avenue D. The coast-to-coast Mutual network - production c will , be j broadcast at two o'clock central j standard time over KBON. It is the third year the program has j been carried by the network, j About 16 picked servicemen in units and hospitals in all ser- .: i i . ; 1 1 1 1 vice uiiuicuea win uaii men families from Tokyo on the pro gram. Ice Causes Car To Roll In Ditch Stuart P. Benson of Peru es caped injury Saturday evening when his car went out of con- K! Lil Kft73"75 and rU Benson was going north on the highway when the car went out of control on the icy pave ment, hit the ditch, and rolled over. ' Timely Circulars Available From Extension Service Described below are recent or timely publications of the Uni versity of Nebraska Agricultur al Extension Service. Single cop ies can be obtained without i charge from county agricultural i agents. j No. 15c.n (Revised). Eauipment Methods and Materials for Spraying Livestock by Robert W. Helm. This newly revised circu lar suggests types of spray pens, chutes and corrals, and various methods of applying sprly to cattle, sheep and hogs. No. 1562. Rat Control on Ne braska Farms, by Robert W. Helm. Describes an economical method of killing rats on the farm. No. 1565. Cockroaches or Wa terbugs, by Robert W. Helm. De scribes the appearance and hab its of three kinds of cockroach es (American, Oriental and Ger man) and gives control mea sures. No. 1703 (Revised). Tree Iden tification Manual, by Earl G. Maxwell. Describes and illus trates the leaf, winter twig and fruit of 38 species found in Ne braska. No. 9919. Candies Old and New by Mabel Doremus. Discusses principles of candy making, in cludes a temperature and test chart for sirup and candies, and gives 25 recipes for Christmas confections. No. 9993. Let's Talk Turkey, by Josephine E. Brooks. How to prepare the turkey for your holiday table. Richard Rea of San Antonio, Texas, arrived Sunday to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. I. Rea. and with his brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rea. Christmas IProgirainrfiS Weeks Activities Hundreds of local residents united in one spiritual in terest Sunday nirht in attending- special Christmas season activities in local churches. Cantatas, family night ac tivities, Sunday school and youth programs, and special Yule services were among activities in the local churches. Other activities however are planned throughout the early part of the week through Christmas day. Monday night, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day functions are on the Christmas calendar in local churches. Sunday night activities in- Final Rites Held Saturday for Mrs. Shrader, 70 Funeral services were h v . . . y- va juiuimjii ui Murray officiated at the final rites. Miss Louis Sack and Louis Rogers : wna n prnm na n i pH hv Tvficc R.ith sang, accompanied by Miss Ruth ; Sporer. Casketbearers were Greeley Beil. Roy Chriswisser, jGerold Schrader, Frank Dill, j A. W. Leonard and Myron Reese. ' Interment was in Oak Hill cem- , etery. ! oB?" aA Murray ,cn October ; zo, ioo, Airs, ocm aaer was me daughter of the late Henry C. ; and Ella Long. She was reared j in the Murray community and i in 1898 was married to Robert ! M. Schrader at Murray. Mr. Schrader died in 1923. In addition to residing at Murray, Mrs. Shrader had lived at Omaha and fcr 12 years liv ed at Long Beach. Calif., where she was a member of the Chris tian church. She had been in i Kansas in recent years and died following an illness of several years. Sne was 70 years old. However. Mrs. Shrader had been a frequent guest at the home of her sister,. Mrs. George Nickles. at Murray. Surviving are a son, Henry C. Shrader of Omaha; a daughter, Mrs. Clifford Wilson of Overland Park, Kansas; a sister, Mrs. George Nickles of Murray; a granddaughter, Mrs. Lester Boy er of Kansas; and a great grand child. Burial was in Oak Hill ceme tery at Plattsmouth with Cald-well-Linder Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Roads Good-tor Ice Skatini'-Bui Driving Perilous "Roads are ideal", Patrolman Stewart Halpin said this morn ing, for ice skates and sleds". But they are dangerous for driving. Several inches of snow, which policemen report started falling about 2 a.m.. Monday, on top of ! " "'"'5 i .f,S,,der- ,a i equally as slippery. Extreme caution is advised in holiday driving, 'since there is little hope that roads will be 100 percent improved by the time Christmas holiday drivers take to the road. Meanwhile, no damage from the ice and snow have been re ported by utilities here. Both F. I. Rea, manager of Consumers Public Power District office, and E. A. Ernst, Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph district manager, reported no damage or inter ruptions due to the storm. Murray Man Pleads Guilty To Non-Support Charge Perry Maggard of Murray pleaded guilty in county court Friday morning to a charge of failure to support and children. Judge Raymond J. Case set ' bond at $1,000, and Maggard is being held in county jail to await hearing in district court. Court House License for marriage was is sued to Arlan G. MaQuire 18 of Omaha and Betty R. Koeh ler, 16, also of Omaha. Marriage license has been is sued in county court to Earl Bruce Woodman, 23, of Omaha and Norma Jean Ahl, 25, of Louisville. License for marriage was is sued in county court to Weslev C. Smith, 21, of Redmond, Calif", and Evanda F. Mlyeno. Petition for administration of the estate of Carl Compton has been filed in county court by Harold C. Elliott. The petition asks that Bartley John Comp ton be appointed administrator. Subscribe to The Journal. ive Mark elude cantatas at both the First Methodist and First Christian churches, while at the First Lutheran church, the Sunday school department presented its annual Christmas program. An afternoon vesper service con ducted by the choir featured ac tivities at the Presbyterian church. At Holy Rosary church, adults an younssters joined for aJ turEey dinner a together iui tx l Li l rvc v Liiiinci duu a. o-j- tured post-dinner activities. Ol. i-,UfvCa ilJlSLUJJa U1U1UI fundLv nitht with soecial mu- oUTiQay nigni Vvlin Special mu- sic being furnished by the chil riren's choir, while the new or gan was in use for the special Christmas program at United Presbyterian church at Murray. The Murray church will open tonight when its annual chil- dren's program is held. The pro gram will be given tonight at 7:30 at the church. Other Christmas activities will be held Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in other local churches. The schedule includes: Annual Christmas programs are planned Christmas Eve at First Christian church. First Methodist church. First Presby terian church. St. Paul's Evan gelical and Immanuel Lutheran church; while special Christmas eve observances are on tap at Holy Rosary and St. John's Catholic churches and at St. Luke's Episcopal church. Midnight mass will be held Christmas eve at Holy Rosary church with Christmas Day masses at 8 and 9 a. m. Caroling will precede midnight mass at St. John's with masses Christmas Day at 8 and 10 a. m. The confession schedule at St. John's is 4 to 5 and 7:30 to 8:30 p. m. Monday and Tuesday and 2 to 5:30 p. m. Wednesday. No confessions orf Christmas eve. The festive midnight Eucha rist will be celebrated at 11:30 Christmas eve at St. Luke's Epis copal church. No Christmas day services are planned. Christmas day services will be held however at Christ Lutheran church on the Plattsmouth -Louisville road and at Imman uel Lutheran church southwest of Louisville at 10:30 a. m. A special Christmas Day ob servance will be held at 11 a. m. at the Masonic Hall in Platts mouth. A program by the children and ycung people cf Wesleyan Methodist chunx will be pre- sentea Tuesday night at 7:30. singing, poems and a pantomme Treats will also be distributed. Gas Explosion Wrecks Building Heavy damage was reported at Murdock when a gas explo sion occurred in a downtown j building in w hich Jerry Meis- from the explosion as well as from the fire that followed was reported Sunday. Murdock Volunteer Firemen extinguished the flame but heavy loss was already recorded. Meisinger had been at the work shop about an hour before the explosion occurred. Earlier last week a large barn in the city was heavily damaged by flames. A business visitor in Platts mouth Thursday was Emil II. Holke of Elmwood. Journal Requests Earlv Submittance Of News, Ad Copy The Plattsmouth Journal a rain reouests the coopera tion of advertisers and news contributors durine the com ing week so that the Journal ma v be published one day early. With Christmas falline on Thursday, regular publica tion date of the Journal, the newspaper will be printed Wednesday afternoon. De cember 24. As such, the Journal re quests that advertisers, news correspondents and news re porters submit their cony t the Journal office on Tues day, December 23 for the Thursday edition. "2