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'TOE' tPLA"OTiM(fl)tlJH JJODOJAIL Consolidated with The Nehawka Enterprise - Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday VOLUME 72 EIGHTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1953 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 23 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Airraogeinnieinifts Aire Commpleited Foir BSoodnnobile Arrangements locally for the visit of the American Red Cross Eloodmobile at Plattsmouth on Monday have been completed, a spokesman for the American Legion Auxiliary, one of the sponsoring organizations disclosed today. Those arrangements include approval from all local doctors tobe on the scene at specified times of the day, assistance in the various projects such as registration, can teen and lunch counter, plus several registered nurses who have volunteered assistance. If Any Body Seen Joe!" Unknown Sought for Theft "Anybody here seen Joe?-' That's a question being asked here by law enforcement auth orities as they seek a "man named Joe" who allegedly took $40 in cash from Jack Liddick late Saturday night. "Joe", whose last name is un known, is identified as a six foot, 203 pound, 35 year old man. According to Sheriff Tom Solomon, who disclosed that the search for "Joe" is on, Liddick was relieved of the money on a lonely country road on the out skirts of Plattsmouth. Liddick told Solomon that Joe took him for a ride Saturday night and had stopped the car after going west on the Louis ville road. Liddick said "Joe" in dicated that he had a gun and ordered him to turn over his money, since. He has not been seen ' ! Solomon however, booked Lid- ' asked to appear between 1 and dick on charges of intoxication j 7 p. m. unless they have speci and disturbing the peace, after j fied for a certain hour. he had been found choking a dog belonging to Tom Zastera. Young Zastera struck Liddick in the face with the dog leash to make him release the dog. ' Joe" is said to have been in Plattsmouth on two occasions prior to the Saturday night epi " sode. Budget Service Plan Announced At Firestone Store Valuable prizes and discount ed sales go along with announ- cement of a new budget plan at Aieismger rirestone tiore in j Plattsmouth. . Not only is the store estab- lishing " a new service in the form of a budget plan, but it is offering at special discounts a number of merchandise val ues, along with free prizes. Leo Meisinger. store owner, today announced that Rudy Kunkle of Omaha, a recent graduate trainee of Firestone, has been named budget manager for the store here. In announc ing Kunkle's appointment, Mei singer explained that the store will establish a budget system to aid its own customers in buying on time. The store will carry Its own accounts and will set up payments according to the . individual need, Meisinger said. A resident of Omaha and graduate of Omaha University, Kunkle recently completed a course of training sponsored by Firestone. Mr. Kunkle and his wife plan to move to Platts mouth in the near future. Prizes to be given away by -tvP store Saturday include a nortable electric phonograph, j car tire and electric iron. Per sons become eligible for the prizes simply by registering at the store. The drawing will be held Saturday night. A full page ad in todays plattsmouth Journal tells other Hot-nils about the prize drawing and establishment of the special j budget service. Offutf to Divide Dimes Collection Mrs. Mildred Comstock of Greenwood, county chairman of the March of Dimes, and Mrs. Tottie Knecht of South Bend, rnunty chairman of the polio foundation, have been invited to nffutt Air Force Base on Mon V.y for presentation of Offutt s March of Dimes collection: to COFSndsecaoifecied at Offutt Air f-rre Base will be divided am Cass, Sarpy and Douglas Unties according to 1st Lt (orren Wlttekind. Offutt Dimes d Presentation will be made at tr?43$ce club at Offutt Air rn-ce base at a luncheon at one o'clock on Monday. February 16. Classified Ad In The Jour- ra! costs little -as 35c. Only thing that sponsors I pren't certain of at this time is ! the number of donors that will I be available at the time of the j bloodmobile visit on Monday, t Generally response to the appeal i for blood donors has been well received, however, it is assumed that many would-be donors were .not contacted through the reg , ular soliciting channels. As a result, the Plattsmouth Journal today is publishing a copy of the blood donor card which prospective donors are asked to sign. Persons, willing and capable of giving their blood next Monday, are asked to fill in the cards and to mail them to the Plattsmouth Journal of fice. The cards will be turned over to sponsors in time for the Monday bloodmobile visit. In view of the raoid approach of the bloodmobile unit in Plattsmouth, persons are asked to sign the cards and to mail them as soon as possible, or bring them to the Journal office. The card is published at the bottom of this page. The bloodmobile unit will be set up in the basement of the Methodist church on Monday and will be in operation through- cut the afternoon. Donors are Sponsors issued a reminder to day that donors are "not" to eat for a three-hour period prior to giving blood. That would mean that a person, eating at noon, should not give blood until at least three o'clock. Others may eive their blood before eating ; the noon meal. ! Sponsors today explained that j all local doctors, plus Dr. R. W. t Tyson of Murray, will participate I in the local blood donor pro- gram on Monday. ; They explain that every pos ! sinle donor will be needed, since ! recent flu epidemics will prevent ! a number of eligible and willing i donors from giving their blood, i The bloodmobile unit is being ponsored here by the American Leo0n Auxiliary, the Cass Coun tySaicn of the 8 & 40 and the Aienpan Lesion A-wncan region- County Officials Tour Machinery Plant in Illinois i Commissioners W. F. Nolte and j Fay Norris, and County Surveyor I Glenn Johnson returned Wed nesday night from Peoria. Illi nois, where they had spent the past four days as guests of the Caterpillar company. In company with county offi cials from six other Nebraska counties, the Cass county offi cials were taken on tours of the plant where they viewed the dif ferent manufacturing processes involved in producing the huge construction machinery. The 28 county officials mak ing the trip went by chartered bus. Officials from Otoe, Nema ha. Jefferson, York, Thayer and Fillmore counties also made the trip. Commissioner Herman Borne meier, who recently underwent surgery, was unable to make the trip. A Classmed Ad In The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. AMERICAN RED CROSS NATIONAL BLOOD PROGRAM O CASS COUNTY CHAPTER Plattsmouth, Nebraska . BLOOD DONOR REGISTRATION Name Home Address Business Address Time Preferred The Red Cross Regional Blood Center in Omaha will provide blood for the hospitals in this area. A mobile unit will be making periodic visits here and we will telephone you to make a definite appointment fox your donation. Mail to Plattsmouth Journal Woman Injured In Collision Near Union One woman was injured and two vehicles extensively damag ed in a collision at the Union corner Tuesday, according to an accident report of Sheriff Tom Solomon. Injured was Mrs. Eunice Worl of Falls City, who received leg and back injuries in the acci dent involving an auto driven by her husband, Frederick Eug ene Worl of Falls City, and Wm. L. Roloff of Omaha. Worl was going east on High way 34 and Roloff west on the same route when the cars col lided. Solomon said Worl was turning south onto Highway 73-75 when the collision occur red. Roloff is a truck driver at Weeping Water but lists Omaha as his home. i Repair Cemetery Road Is "Must," Council Informed "We've got to fix the cemetery road." That's the way Howard Hirz, chairman of the streets, alleys and bridges committee of the City Council broke the news to his colleagues Monday night. Citing numerous complaints about the condition of the road, Hirz told Councilmen that the city has two alternatives for improving the road. They are to "solicit funds"' from nearDy residents or to ' create an im provement district." But for the present, about all that can be done is to fill in the bad spots, Street Foreman Elmer Gochenour explained. The road, badly rutted and with hardly any bottom, is be yond any immediate improve ment. Gochenour said that fix ing the bad spots is all that can be done until spring. Troubles experienced Monday afternoon when a burial was held at Oak Hill cemetery show the necessity for immediate im provements. In the meantime, residents of the vicinity will be questioned as to willingness to help finance the improvements. Rocking the road has been suggested. Hirz also explained that all unimproved city roads are in bad condition. "The bottom has dropped out of all of them,' was the councilman's explana tion. Service Station On Chicago Avenue Changes Hands Ed Bickett and Bud Chriswis ser have leased the Texaco Service station on the intersec tion of the Plattsmouth-Louis-ville road with Chicago Avenue. The service station has been operated for the past several months by Gail Meisinger, who came here from Louisville. The station, under its new management, will be known as Ed and Bud's Texaco Station. Ollis Griffin, Farmer, Dies OttLs Griffin, farmer north west of Plattsmouth for several years, died suddenly Wednesday, February 11, 1953. at his farm home ten miles northwest of Plattsmouth. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Griffin, he was born October 20, 1878 in Marion County. Iowa. He was 73 years old. He had lived at Des Moines, Iowa, be fore coming here. Surviving is his wife. Bertha. Mr. Griffin had recently sold his' farm and was planning to retire. Funeral services have not been set. However, burial will be at Des Moines. Sattler Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. ; Phone. Phone. Is Sclh Architects f! ! f ' Mimm - -rBxSS . -'x""'1""" tf L --"-"!;--" LLE.MLNTA rLY Architects Clark & Enersen of Lincoln graphi cally portray an architects view of what the Co lumbian and First Ward school buildings at Platts mouth will lock like when construction is com pleted next fall. Shown here is a view of First W ard school as it should look, including the tree already standing on the grounds. Except for min or fluctuations in ground levels, Columbian school will have the same outward appearance. Searl Davis to Head Rolarian's Scout Fund Drive Searl S. Davis has been named Sf?.?.1 2a ll.PLaltS.: drive which will be held on Feb- ruary 25. Davis' appointment was announced at the regular j Tuesday noon session of the J club. j The Rotary Club and Lions I Club will compete in a fund- j raising drive for the Scouts. i Team captains for the Rotary Club drive, also announced at the Tuesday meeting, are L. A. Caldwell. T. I. Friest, Hilt Wes cott, Searl S. Davis and Robert CappeiL Each team captain will select not less than five Rotar ians to his team. Rotarians will open their drive with a seven o'clock break fast at Hotel Coffee Shop on the morning of the 25th and will report total collections at the hotel at seven o'clock that eve ning. Another feature of the Tues day noon session was an address backed by on-the-scene motion pictures of a tour of Europe taken last summer by Tom j a license for 516 Main street. Pucelik. son of Dr. and Mrs. L. j location of Art and Minnie's S. Pucelik. ) Tavern, now operated by Art Pucelik's trip, which covered j Reimer. 25.000 miles in 15 countries, was j Mrs. Alexander, resident of highlighted by a mountain climb j Plattsmouth most of her life up the Matterhorn. j time, is the wife of Earl Alex- Pucelik, who is studying to be j ander, former Plattsmouth me- a priest, is a graduate oi bt. John's school at Plattsmouth and attended Creighton for two years before going to St. Thom as college at St. Paul, Minn. He is currently studying at St. Paul Seminary. He was a guest of program chairman, George Jaeger, who also introduced H. M. Nelson, general mechanical superin tendent from Alexandria. Va.. to the Rotarians A visiting Ro tarian was John A. Williams of Nebraska City. Howard Hirz presided ?t the session. Owners Seek Paved Street Plattsmouth City Councilmen have referred a petition for creation of a street improve ment district to City Attorney Harold Lebens for a check of signatures. The petition, signed by Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Davis, and Mr. and Mrs. Estelle Rutherford, asks creation of a street im provement district for Daving 12th street one block north from Webster boulevard. Thirty Arrested in V T T t mm 1 WO W eekS Here Thirty arrests, with fines and i n county court Tuesday morn costs amounting to $262 were I in?- Jonn R-.Carroll was ap reported by Police Magistrate J. ! Pointed administrator. Begley H. Graves Monday night : and Peck are attorneys for the in ms regular semi-montniy j report to the city council, Graves disclosed that for the week end ing January 31, 20 arrests with fines and costs of $169 were re corded. For the week ending February 7, ten arrests and fines and costs totaling $93 were recorded. , edyue Picture Elementary School ' 1 YYY- V SCHOOL A (LCM1 r t c ? s Ctin. 4 tutu! School Board Views Bond Sale At Grand Island Members of the Plattsmouth Board of Education viewed a k ' V to get anldea ofv two million bond auction at sayj night get an idea of what might be expected here next Tuesday night. Board members A. XV. Hueb ner, C. E. Shellenbarger, Her man Tiekotter, along with Superintendent T. I. Friest and Carl J. Schneider took in the acution. Liquor License Sought for Main Street Tavern Anniip'atirm fnr a ciacc n ii i quor license, filed with the naitsmoum uuy council oy i Helen Alexander, has been re ferred to the license committee of the council for investigation and report. Mrs. Alexander has asked for ; ehanic, wno now operates the Prague hotel at Omaha. In her application, she ex plains that she has been em ployed as a bartender for the past 41 2 years. Councilmen will hold a special meeting on Saturday, February 21, to hear a report of the li cense committee. Bake Sale Nets $35.90 For Polio A bake sale held Saturday by Merry Workers Club produced S35.90 for the March of Dimes The sale was held in the for mer Gamble building. Court House Willard V. Morgan of Omaha was fined $20 and costs in coun ty court Tuesday on a charge of speeding filed by Patrolman J. H. Ayres. Bernard C. Oke, also of Oma ha, was fined $15 and costs on a charge of speeding filed by patrolman sysio. Herbert G Umland of Eagle control Uni0n corner curve was fined S10 and costs m,, ci,rit7n,Pvpr n-oc t.im. ; county court for operating a ve- i st mghway 34 off of I hide with no license plates. Ar- Highway 73-75. She told Sher I rest was by Patrolman Mayhew. fl1 sn m mnn that. t.hP rar The first hearing m the Flor- ence Winkelman estate was held Petition has been filed in coun- ! auto driven by William D. Eagen ty court bv Stenhen M. Davis, j of Kansas City, administrator of th" estate of Barbara Thomas was a pas Will Mabe. for license to sell real 1 enger in the car driven by Miss estate. Hearing on his applica- tion has been set for March 13 in district court by Judge John M. Dierks. Don P-H n aire Yyesdb P L ATT S MOUTH Ticket Sales indicate Dance To Be Success One of the biggest dance crowds in many moons is ex pected to congregate here Sat urday night for the Eagle Auxi liary sponsored benefit dance for funds to help fight muscular dystrophy. The Saturday night dance will be held at Eagles Hall un der the sponsorship of the Auxi liary in cooperation with the Aerie. Advance ticket sales have been described as good and everything points to an enjoy able evening. Units of the Auxi liary will sell refreshments with all proceeds going to the benefit fund. Tickets are now on sale by ! Auxiliary members and may also I ur puiciaacu ai, noman:, rai Sr"&5rorrtS Shop and at Fitch Laundrv. Tickets and at Fitch Laundry. Tickets will also be available at the door the night of the dance. Action of the local unit in promoting the benefit dance, is part of a national movement of Eagle Auxiliaries. Petition Asks Vacate Alley PetEi0n has been filed 'ith the Plattsmouth City Council requesting that an ordinance vacating the alley north of the home of Dr. and Mrs. O. Sandin be prepared and adopted by the council. The petition was signed by Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Davis and Dr. Sandin. The request -Df the property owners, who explained that an earlier ordinance had been ap proved vacating the alley but was not recorded. Recent Licensee Has Accident An auto, which went out of control of the hands of a newly licensed driver, was damaged in a collision with another auto at the Union corner, a report by Sheriff Tom Solomon explains. The auto was driven by Miss Shirley A. Schnitzmeyer, 16-year old Nebraska City high school piiti Tt-io nr u-pnt nut nf j u . nnd wpnt ont nf control. Miss Schnitzmeyer's vehicle was headed in the ODposite di rection when it finally came to a ston after colliding with an i Scnmtzmeyer. A Classified Ad in The Jour- 1 nal costs as little as 35c. Sclh) Bounds Contract Letting Is Set For February 26; Early Construction Start Hoped Action of the City Council Monday niht in nuthoriz i inr vacation of an ailey west of the present Columbian school has settled preliminary activities in preparation for sale of bonds and letting of contracts for new school build : ings at Plattsmouth. The board has set February 17 as date for which the $450,000 bonds will be auctioned, and is scheduled to let I contracts for building construction on February 26. ' Bonds will be auctioned at Mrs. Lidgett, 70, Union Resident 60 Years, Dies Mrs. Jessie May Lidgett. resi dent cf the Union community for more than 60 years, died at ; the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Dysart at Union Tuesday after i noon. Ilrs. Lidaett, 70. had been ill for the past six months. She was a cancer victim. Born on January iu, liMi. at I Ohiowa. Nebraska, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lynn. She moved to Union with ! her parents in 1892 and six years later on December 28 was mar ried to John Lidgett at Weeping Water. Mrs. Lidgett was a member of the Royal Neighbors and Order of Eastern Star. Surviving are four nephews. Joe Lidgett, Canada: Walter and George Lidgett of Sacramento. Calif., and Henry Lidgett of : Yorktown. Pa. Her husband ! died in 1945 Funeral services wUI ue new at ..j. ... the Baptist church at Union at j architect's drawing of the pro two o'clock Friday afternoon ; pcsPd First Ward and Columbian with burial at West Union ceme- srriools is shown at left. tery. August Vendt Rites Are Held at Church Saturday Funeral services were held at i lumbian school will be con ! Immanuel Lutheran church at j structed west and south of the i Louisville on Saturday. Febru-; present building, which will not ; ary 7, for August Wendt, prom- j be torn down. inent farmer and land owner in the Murdock community. Mr. Wendt died late last Wednes day night. He was 83 years old. A native of the Plattsmouth J TeL" JJ?"?10"? . nis .nteurPe- Mr- vvenat naa iarmea m tne Mur dock community most of his life j time. Born on October 21, 1869 at I Plattsmouth, he was the son of August and Louise Wendt. He j was confirmed as a member of I Immanuel Lutheran church as a i young man and was married to ! Martha Thiemann in May 6, ; i 1397. He grew to manhood on a farm west of Immanuel Luther- j an church. . A snrrpssfiil farmpr find lnnri- I I owner, he was weil known ; : th Surviving are five sons. Henry i of Elmwood. August of Wabash, Herman of Murdock, Fred of Wabash, and Louie of Murdock; one daughter. Myrtle at home; a brother, William of Ashland; and eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. His wife preceded him in death in 1934. Rev. Melvin H. Meyer, pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran church officiated at the final rites, at which David Rieke was soloist and Marvel Meisinger was organist. Pall bearers were Marvin Wendt, David Rieke, Marion "renrit, Yerle Stock Wayne w endt and Jimmie Smith. Burial was in Immanuel Lu- theran cemetery at Murdock. Checks Cashed Here Stolen Three Plattsmouth business- ! the sick bed, was acting Mayor men are short some $o0 m cash : Monday night in the absence each following a check cashing : 0f Mayor Clement Wostter and episode here recently. suggested that the issue be' con Sheriff Tom Solomon disclos- ; sidered by the Mayor before an ed today that three checks, action is decided, among some 19 checks stolen at ! : St. Mary, Nebraska in January, were cashed in three places here by a man who identifed himself as Robert Anderson. The checks had been made out to a Carl Felts. 'But a check of criminal files has positively identified in i-vif o ij t t venus, Ohio, SOiOmon said. He was in- formed by Ohio authorities that Hadley is sought in Ohio. GiigjIhrG: ':30 Tuesday night in the high school assembly room. Accord ing to provisions in the notice of auction circulated among bonding companies throughout the midwest, interest on the bonds must not exceed three per cent per annum and will be payable semi-annually. The tonds will be retired within 30 years. The notice also provides that bonds "shall be redeemable in inverse numerical order at the option of the school district at any time on or after five years irom the date of issuance." Although the bonds will be sold Tuesday night, delivery date has been set for April 1. z A proposed maturity schedule i attached to notices sent to bonding companies, calls for payments of $10,000 m 1Jd4 up to S22.000 in 1983, thirty years hence. However, by calling the bonds in inverse order after five years, the school district , would pay off the 1983 bonds ! first and work backword, that ; is 1982, 1981. etc. i Sale of the bonds will provide 1 funds for construction of three i elementary school buildings and , n hinh SPhool addition. An a To be constructed are a three j room elementary school on the : site of the present Wintersteen , school; five room elementary j schools in First Ward and Co ! lumbian districts, and an addi ! tion to the present high school j building. The present First I Ward school will be razed to al j low contriction of the new 1 huilriino. however, the new Co- Elementary schools all provide special facilities for kindergarten classes, plus regular classroom facilities for higher elementary grades. i in 0 hfch school ; riitinn will hP n trmnasiiim nnHi- dition will be a gymnasium audi torium, music department, home economics department, vocation al agriculture and shop facili ties. Buildings will be constructed of red brick, and board mem bers are hoping that elementary school construction will be com pleted by the start of the fall semester of 1953. City Seeks Way To Eliminate Habitual Boarder Plattsmouth does not intend to operate a boarding estab lishment. That seemed anparent Mon day night, after Councilmen E. O. Vroman had asked the coun cil to aetermine some method for controlling habitual boarders at the city jail. Reviewing a bill for meals for nearly S50, Vroman asked that a maximum be established for daily meals to prisoners. The , Council voted That meals should not exceed $1.25 a day for any : one prisoner : But a solution is still being ! sought, whereby the city can ; esiaonsn jail conditions to keep : vagrants and habitual boarders ' from seeking shelter there. In recent weeks, such indi : viduals have been known to ' beat on the door to gain en j trance. No Ouestion About Club's Location There's little question about the location of the Plattsmouth Veterans of Foreign Wars club. A larpp sien. smnniner thf . c c - . . - i wirfo frnnt nf the rOnh'c huiMlnr i was recently erected on South sixth street i ' i Journal Want Ads Pay!