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5 i M 1 I B i H THE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA SEMLUFEK! V .tnilRIU&l PAGE SIX Defending Champs Repeat In Cass Volleyball Tourney Avoca continued its domina- tion cf county volleyball activ ity recently by again walking off with the Cass County Volley ball championship. The Avoca girls, tutored by Bill Mickelson, swept through the county tournament for the third straight year with compar ative ease. The tournament was played at Eagle. I Second place went to Murdock, v.hich dropped the finals to the Avoca cnamps. union iook irura ; piace Dy irippiug uagie aim ( Weeping water waisea nome with consolation honors by turn ing back. Louisville in the final night of activity. other tournament games i were: First Round Union 27. Louisville 23. Winners hieh scorer, N. Keene, 7; losers high score, E. Urwin and J. Brown. 7. Eagle 29, Greenwood 17. Winners high scorer, M. Don Ian, 8; losers high scorer," B. THOMAS WALLING CO. Abstracts of Title "Title Insurance" Plattsmouth, Nebraska 1 4 Til mil Bw:s':wt:iwBCT;ni!Kn'iSNii'W 'ISM i i S r ! OF INDIA. CAN SWALLOW LARGE. OBJtCTS SUCH AS A FULL GROWN CAT, A FOWL Of? A LE6 OF MUTTON. -THIS BiRD1 is easilv -Tamed and is useo to KtEP THE STREETS AND PUBLIC PLACES CS.lM.(VrS MiTnri4MD). It's easy to find what you want in the poultry or livestock equipment line when you make your selections at the FARMERS FEED & SEED. We carry Jamesway and Econo my equipment . . . guar antee your complete satisfaction with every purchase! II A meeting for organizing a softball league in Plattsmouth will be held at the V. F. W. Club on Friday, March 27, 1953 8 p. m. Managers, Players, Sponsors and Interested Persons Urged to Attend SMITTY SAYS: 'If You're Particularly i .SMITH'S ME Monday, March 16, 1953 Stewart and J. Stewart, 4. Murdock. 36, Elmwood 12. Winners high scorer, C. IStreich, 12; -losers high scorer, D. Doebele, 4. Avoca 52, Alvo 12. Winners high scorer, R. King, 11; losers high scorer, P. Mar coe and D. Johnson, 4. Second Round Eagle 38, Weeping Water 11. Winners high scorer, S. Eal- ance, 13; losers high scorer, s;cne 4. Union 25, Nehawka 13. Winners high scorer. G. Dieck man and C. Fike, 7; losers high ; scorer, J. Dietl and J. Sy itzer, 5. ureenwocd U), rJrmvood J. Winners high scorer, C. John- sen, 7: losers high 'scorer, R. Eornemeier, 5. Louisville 43. Alvo 11. ' Winners hirh scorer, C. Sjog ren. 9; lo-ers high scorer, J. lAz Kinnon, 3. Semi-Finals Icuisville 23, Greenwood 18. Winners high scorer, J. Brown, 10; losers high scorer, J. Reigh- ard, B. Eweton and B. Rogers, 4 ' each. Weeping- Water 27, Nehawka 24. Winners high scorer, Stone, 6; losers high scorer, B. Mathers, 7. Avoca 21, Union 18. Winners high scorer, N. Ruhge, 8; losers high scorer, G. Dreck man, 6. Murdock 22, Eagle 17. Winners hi?h scorer, R. Ah rensmeier, 5: losers high scorer, V. Westfall, 4. 40-Acre Game Refuse Ready Fencing of an additional 40 ! acre area to the Game Commis sion's Wildcat Hills Big Game refuge is nearing completion. The additional area, accord ing to Jack D. Strain, suDervisor of land management will be cause of its location increase the opportunity to observe big game when driving on Highway 29 which runs adjacent to the refuge. Buffalo elk and deer in habit the area located 10 miles south of Gering. Engineering plans are- now in the process of being drawn up for the new water system at Ponca State Park. Installation is exnected early this summer and will consist of a new well, pump, reservoir and connecting lines to the present water system. Cass County's Greatest Newspaper The Plattsmouth Journal RANKOHIN PLUMBING and HEATING Every . Need Phone 257 620 First Ave. PLAY WffSrfflM Hard-to-P!easc . . we recommend Capps FullMeas ure Clothes, famous for over 100 years for their flawless fit and smart up..- to -date styling. Every suit is tailored 'Full Measure which means extra value for you. Come in to day and let us show you our large selec tion of handsome suits and sport coats. S WEAK Players Select TopGridderand Cager for Awards Plattsmouth high school ath letes have selected the outstand ing football and basketball play ers in the two Blue Devil sports in secret balloting conducted during the past few days. Names of the two will be announced at the annual athletic banquet to be held on Tuesday night, March 24 at Eagles Hall. The Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the ban quet, will award trophies to the outstanding football and basket ball player in the eyes of their teammates. It is the second year that such trophies have oeen presented by the Chamber. A year ago trophies went to T"ck Todd, backfield star; Jerry Wood, outstanding lineman; and Stanley Cole, basketball's famed sharp shooter. Jon Schuetz also received the school trophy for having the best free-throw per centage during the basketball seon. Tickets for the athletic ban quet are now on sale with John ocnreiner and Bill Knorr in charge. The banquet will be prepared and served by the Band Parents Club. Bob Paris, freshman coach at the University of Nebraska, will be speaker for the evening. Faris is a former coach at Fremont high school. Softball League To Be Organized; SuDDort Asked Efforts to organize a softball league at Plattsmouth during the summer months will under go initial tests here Friday night An organizing meeting has been set for eight o'clock at the V. F. W. Club on March 27. Anyone interested in softball is invited to attend the meeting at which plans for organizing at least a four-team league will be discussed. Players, managers and potential sponsors, along with all other interested indiv iduals, are urged to attend. By organizing at an early date and getting established early this spring, the group hODes to have a league completely es tablished when softball time rolls around. Softball activity was limited here a year ago and Plattsmouth has lacked an organized league for the past two summers. Local players competed in a league at Pamihon, however, m recent softball seasons. In order to make arrange ments for the athletic field, ac quire sponsors and to work out league and ground rules, the organizational meeting has been called early. 127 Guns lo Be Sold af Auction by Game Commission will be sold at the annual pub lic auction of confiscated guns scheduled for Saturday, April 4. Site of the sale will aeain be the 4-H building at the State Fair Grounds. Buffalo and deer hides will also be sold to the highest bid der at tne same sale. The types of guns to be sold to the highest bidder are: auto matic shotguns (14), pump shot guns (38), double barrel shot guns (10 and rifles (33). As in the past, sealed bids will be accepted. A mimeographed list of all guns and their res pective lot numbers has been prepared. The lot number of each gun must be Included in all sealed bids and snoula be listed on the outside of the sealed envelope. Deadline for all sealed bids is 11 a.m., Saturday, April 4.:A11 sealed bids must include a check or money order in the amount indicate don the bid. The mimeographed lists of confiscated guns and their res pective condition are available upon written request from: Ne braska Game Commission, State Capitol, Lincoln. All guns are now on display in the ninth floor office of the Game Commission and may be inspected by all those interested. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 pjn. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. Record Catfish Caught in 1941 Nebraska's record channel catfish was caught by Harold Brown of Columbus in the Loup river off Buck Island at Co lumbus in June, 1941. Brown's big catfish weighed 47-pounds, 6-ounces. A complete file of state record fish is maintained by the Nebraska Game Com mission. A Classified Ad in the Journal costs as little as 35 cents. RADIATOR REPAIRING ONE -DAY SERVICE Plattsmouth Motors Washington Ave. Ph. 287 Know Your Lu, ffnlj.ir-tmMasf,lll , ,1 , ii amaiMnttiWM""11 ii i mi ' y s&k&i A veteran Councilman with 16 years service in Plattsmouth will be seeking re-election in the general city election coming up on April 7. He is E. O. Vroman, 54-year-old assistant superintendent of the Burlington Refrigerator Ex press Company at Plattsmouth. Vroman served for 15 consecu tive years on the Council under the old five-ward system, from 1931 to 1946. He was elected to the Council again a year ago to fill a vacancy and is now seek ing re-election from the Second Ward under the Republican ban ner. In seeking election this year, Vroman is nearine the 20-vpar council record established by his ! rather, the late U, E. Vroman. who served as a Councilman for 20 years. A native of Farnam. Nebraska, Vrcman was born January 3, 1399, but came to Plattsmouth with his parents two years later. J He attended school at Platts-1 mouth and at the age of 16 went i Alvo's State Cage Hopes Killed By Red Willow Hopes of bringing the Class D state basketball championship home to Alvo were sidetracked Friday for Coach Ollie May field's Alvo Orioles as Red Wil low fashioned a 47-44 win in the semi-finals of the state tour ney. Earlier the Orioles had gained recognition by easily stopping Hyannis in first round play, 55 36. One of two top-seeded teams, the Orioles banked heavily on their scoring threats Dick Clark and Roger Kinney to post the first game win over the western Nebraska crew. They combined to score 44 of the Alvo 55 points in the first game. It was Kinney and Clark again in the second contest who led the Alvo attack. They com bined for 33 of the team's 44 points. Kinney registered 23 and 22 points in the two games while Clark came through with 21 and 11. Although bowing out of the Hens Outnumber Roosters, Bird Survey Shows Ninety roster pheasants per hundred hens were seen by Nebraska mail carriers in four days of statewide pheasant ob servations in early February. This information resulted from the ninth annual mid winter survey made by the mail carriers in cooperation with the Nebraska Game Commission In order to learn how the ration of cocks to hens has been affected by the hunting season. Hens outnumoered roosters about three to two in the east ern third of the state where most of the pheasant huntig is done. In the remainder of the state, more cocks than hens were observed. This. indicates a moderate to light harvest for the state in 1952. Most of the pheasant states east of Nebraska harvest a larger percentage of the cock pheasants In their open seasons because their pheasant popula tion Is smaller than Nebraska's and the human population is greater. A pheasant population con taining one cock for every six or eight hens is entirely ade quate for efficient reproduction About 600 carriers, driving 30,000 miles a day participated in the '52 winter survey. For the state as a whole pheasants outnumbered other game birds but quail, prairie chicken and sharp-tailed grouse predominated in some areas Carriers saw prairie chickens in 19 counties, mostly in the north ern and western districts. Prairie chickens and sharp tailed grouse outnumbered phea sants in the carrier's records fcom Antelooe, Holt, Boyd Keya Paha. Cherry, Grant and Lincoln counties. Ouail out numbered pheasants in several southeastern counties. Candidate to work at the shops. He took time out for two years to serve with the United States Navy in the first World War and later returned to the Burlington. He was named assistant shop super intendent in 1946. Vroman was married to the former Helen York at Platts mouth in 1921. They have two children. Eldon of Plattsmouth, and Mrs. Betty Ault, also of Plattsmouth. In addition to serving on the Council, Vroman is a member and past commander of the American Legion and i6 current ly a director of the Legion, is a member and chef passe of the 40 & 8, served two years as secre tary of the Cemetery board and is now serving on the County Selective Service Board. During his past year on the Council. Vroman has plugged lor a South Park sewer system and only last week submitted a petition for paving in the south oart of the city. tourney, Alvo established that play in Cass county Class D cir cles is as tough as anywhere in the state. The county's eight Class D teams boasted a lot of scoring punch during the sea son. For Alvo the semi-final loss was its second of the season against 22 wins. Palmyra took a 51i39 win from the Orioles early in January. In addition to copping Cass County Conference honors. the Orioles rolled through the district and region al tournaments at Eagle and Murdock respectively. A year ago the Orioles just missed a trip to the state tour ney. They copped district hon ors but bowed in the regional tournament. Seeing action with the Orioles along with Kinney and Clark were Dick Printz, Bud Hermann, Junior Weichel. Jim Hermance and J. and R. Morgarldge. Standings TEAM W L Alamito Dairy 44 19 Ernie's Bar 38 25 Legion 38 25 Timm's Bar 37 26 Conoco 37 26 V. P. W 37 26 Woster 35 28 Marge-Elmer 34 29 Paint Store 33 30 Donats ........ i .... , 29 34 Firestone 29 34 Eagles 29 34 Art & Minnie 26 37 Western Auto 24 39 Bradley Oroc 18 45 Myers Groc 16 47 LIVESTOCK TRICES The Bureau or Agricultural Economics has predicted that a moderate price Increase is In prospect for most meat animals during the next few months, with the largest gains expected for hogs because of smallef sup plies. The barn or screech owl is often called "the feathered cat" because it is a great foe to mice. SPECIAL SALE New Merchandise Plattsmouth Sale Barn " THURSDAY NIGHT March 19th .7:30 P. M. "CHARLIE THE SINGING AUCTIONEER" will have $10,000 worth of new merchandise such as Household Goods, Electrical Appliances, Hardware, Canvas, etc. PLATTSMOUTH SALE BARN Leaders Hit; Margin Dips To Six Games In Pin Loop Wosters two-game win over Alamito cut the Dairymen's bowling league lead to six games following completion of play last week as the American Le gion and Ernie s Bar swept a three-game series to move up on the leaders. A 35-pin handicap enabled Wosters to overcome slim mar gins piled up by the Dairymen. They won the deciding game by two pins. Meanwhile, Joe Case and Cecil Figgins rolled 200 games to lead the Legion to convincing wins over the Plattsmouth Paint Store. Case had a 204 game while Figgins pasted a 212 score. Dick Fisher and Jack Brookhouser gunned Ernie's Bar past Donats. Margins were comfortable- in each game. In other series, Eagles took two from Bradley Grocery, Timiri's Bar took its series with Art &' Minnie, Western Auto took two from Firestone, the V. F. W. tripped Conoco 3-0 and Marge & Elmers swept its series with Myers grocery. Eagles 714 691 660 Bradley 593 687 660 High individual game. F. Hobbs, 233; high individual series, F. Hobb, 516. Ernie's Bar 681- 677 745 Donats 636 590 639 lliuiliuuai gallic;, Brookhouser. 183; high indivi dual series, B. Brookhouser, 505. Timm's Bar 668 773 743 Art & Minnie .... 593 589 644 High individual game, Robert Gall 189; high individual series, Robert Gall. 510. Western Auto 577 595 614 Firestone 578 541 607 High individual game. Leon MeLsinger, 153; high individual series, Leon Meisineer, 413. V. F. W 736 712 723 Conoco 659 682 606 Hieh individual game, Carl Sell, 199; high individual series, Carl Sell. 485. Wosters 759 699 702 Alamito 721 770 700 High individual game, George Winscot, 190; high individual series, George Winscott, 504. Marge-Elmer 713 696 653 Myers Groc. .. . 691 620 607 Hieh individual game, Howard Mrasek. 191: high individual series, Don Williams. 474. Legion 854 771 705 Paint Store 627 700 693 High individual game, Cecil Figgins. 212: high indivvidual series, Cecil Figgins, 503. Rothert Hasn't Missed Tourney In 31 Years The Nemaha County Herald at Auburn has labeled Fred RotheTt, former coach at Platts mouth and now an Auburn busi ness man, as 'Mr. Basketball Tournament." The title comes from Rothert's record of 31 years of attending the state basketball tournaments with out interruption. Rothert attended the recent tourney at Lincoln to hit the 31 year mark. The Ex-Platter started his tournament attendance while a hieh schol athlete at Harvard high school when the team he nlayed wit was one of the com petitors in class "A". After skiD ping two years, e started his 31 vear string in 1922. Some of those trips to the state meet in cluded Rothert-coached teams, such as the 1932 Plattsmouth team. Helping him keep the record intact are his two sons. Fred and Jim, who have attended re gularly over the past six to eight years. G. I. MAIL PRIVILEGES A bill, extending free military privileges for combat zone ser vice men for another two years has been approved by a House Post Office subcommittee. In cluded for the first time are veterans hospitalized outside the United States as a result of ser vice in Korea or other overseas operational theatres. The bill is expected to be passed quickly. Automatic Gas WATER HEATERS Nat. Gat 20 Gal. 59.50 30 GaL 69.50 A!tn vilaW with Mssnreium Rod SWATEK HDWE. Police Court Passing school stop sign James It. O'Neil, forfeit $7 bond; Albert C. Schalting, fined $3 and costs; Phillip Popp. forfeit $7 bond; Esther C. Lehman, forfeit $7 bond; C. A. Doak, forfeit $7 bond: Frederick K. Markland, forfeit $7 bond; Donald E. Born-f-meier, forfeit S7 bond; John O. Kepler, fined $3 and costs; Faui A. Hamilton, forfeit $7 bond; Wlllard C. Backman, fined $3 and costs.. Louis Riha, forfeit $7 bond; Andrew R. Gahm, for feit $7 bond; Henry Raatz, for feit $7 bond; Harrison E. Mad den, forfeit $7 bond; Roy E. Spencer, fined $3 and costs; Richard E. Hood, fined $5 and osts; Joseph J. Kirk, forfeit $7 tend; Wm. F. Irvin, Jr., forfeit $7 bond; George O. Forgy, for feit $7 bond; Cyril D. Kicber, forfeit $7 bond; Eddie Ellen Buck, forfeit $7 bond; Lawrence A. Valentine, forfeit $7 bond; Ralph Straw, forfeit $7 bond: Samuel Appleman, forfeit $7 bond; La Verne Petersen, forfeit $7 bond: T. L. Swan, fined $3 and costs; John Reaflin?, fined $3 and costs; Tom Mendenhall. fined $3 and costs; Lewis Ga wart, fined and costs. Speeding Lioyd D. Byron, for feit $15 bond; Victor A. Volkart, fined $5 and costs. Reckless driving George D. Ebersole, Jr., fined $5 and costs. Speeding and Dassing two stop signs Ervin R. Boardman, fined $5, $3 and costs. Improper parking Edmund Rice, $1 and costs; Les Nolle. SPRINGTIME Is CLEAN-UP TIME See Us for a Cash Loan Pay Bills Owing Reduce Installment Payments Purchase Things Needed Repay in Small Monthly Payments LOANS - $50 to $500 or more AMERICAN LOAN PLAN 112 North 5th St. Phone 3213 (North of Cass Drue) O. T. NICIIOL. MGR. THE SWING IS TO GLASS ' S iri For Your Largest Selection of Fishing Tcckle STANDER IMPLEMENT and Genera! Electric Offer You a SUPERB VALU ULTRA LOWER IN PRICE THAN EVER BEFORE! Save $90 Orig. 419.95 Now as lov Model No. 21T4 21T1 21C200 21C208 21C204 STANDEE 141 So. 3rd Phone rlim'.sed- Donald L. Lorensen, fined $1 and costs; Roy B. , bhai ., lined $3 and costs; Eldon E. Vroman, Jined $1 and costs: Stewart Spidell, fined $1 and costs. Passing stop sign Donald L. Perry 2, fined $2 and costs. 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