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.fc- . V' V X.- V V - v, v v -v '-""v f W w" V 1 v : : : ; ir v r r ? v J V ' " J v V - J - - - . v - t t t L t, t 4 4 1 x . ' V v.- w' ; v;.' , . . ... 'THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Monday, March 30, 1953 First Cinder Outing Is Disappointing To Coach Plattsmouth s first outing on the cinders was a bit disappoint ing Thursday to Coach Eugene Shields as the Blue Devils fin ished third in a triangular meet with only five points. The Devils were back of Falls City and Nebraska City with 69 and 49 points respectively. Jim Graves, DeWayne Noell and John England were the point winners for Shield's 20 man squad. England ran a 5:13.2 mile to finish in second place after lead ing throughout most of the four turns around the track. Graves finished third in the low hurd lers with the good time of :12.2 and Noell placed third in the 100 yard dash with a ; 11.1 clocking. In a meeting in which only three places were awarded and which produced some unusually good times for this early in the season, the Devils however show ed some promise. I The Devils placed several in 4th and 5th place in the meet, which would normally earn some THOMAS WALLING CO. Abstracts of Title "Title Insurance" Plattsmouth, Nebraska ,OSS Plattsmouth Last Times Mon. & Tues., March 30 & 31 Cornel Wilde and Constance Smith "TREASURE OF THE GOLDEN CONDOR" Wonder upon wonder passes be fore your amazed eyes! See the enormous treasure found in the capitol of a lost empire! Also "Nostradamus Says So," Cartoon and News Wed. & Thurs., April 1 & 2 Double Feature John Wayne, Robert Ryan and a Big Cast in "FLYING LEATHERNECKS" Air combat thrills in technicolor drama of the Marine Air Corps pilots! Now being shown at regular admission! and The inside story of the world's greatest fraud "THE HOAXSTERS" See. film captured from the enemy narrated by Marilyn Er skine, Howard Keel, George Mur phy, Walter Pidgeon, Dore Schary, Barry Sullivan, Robert Taylor, James Whitmore. Here are two attractions every man. woman and child should see! Feed and Seed with idhnreiimeir Drug, Phone 4114 ME DO-IT SOUTH OMAHA FLOOR COVERING Linoleum Plastic Asphalt Tiling ' ! Flooring Carpeting ' Free Estimates Day or Night Office 5212 So. 24th St. Call OR3939 Armstrong Lino-Glass Wax, Buy 4 Get One Free, for . .3.69 Flat Laying on New Vinyl Plastic Floor Covering . .3.23 a yard Plastic Tile 5c per tile and up 1 Be an "Early Bird" Beat the Rush! Ask About Our Garment Repair Service points. Graves finished fourth in the 60-yard high hurdles. Noell was fourth in the 220; Jon Schuetz earned fourth in the shot: and Grover Cundall took fourth in the discus. Fifth places were earned by Eugene Dasher in the 880; Bob Karr in the 40: and Bruce Ja cobs in the mile. Following strenuous drills Fri- iday, weather again has tossed cinder drills. Hes preparing the Plattsmouth thinclads for an- ! ether triangular at Bellevue on Thursday afternoon. Dod?e Car and Truck Prices Cut, Local Dealer Notes R. V. Bryant, local Dodge deal er, said today that the rsnonse of local buyers to reductions in prices of Dodge "Job-Rated" trucks and passenger cars has been gratifying. A few davs ago the dealer re ceived word from the factory in Detroit that Dodge truck prices had been reduced by as much as i $61, factory retail price at fac I tory, Detroit, while Dodge Das- seneer car reductions ranged up to $201.80. Specific truck price reductions included $41 on the half-ton pick-up, $41 on the half-ton pan el. $60 on the three-nuarter ton express, $61 on the lH-ton chas sis and cab. and $61 on the 2-ton chassis and cab. The lower Dodge truck and car prices at the aDpr'oach of the sprin buving season with no sacrifice in Quality were made possible bv increased production and by the removal of erovern mfnt controls, which now ter mits a free competitive market. Pfc. Hansen to Arrive in States From Korea Tuesday Pfc. Rollin Hansen is scheduled to arrive Tuesday in San Fran cisco from Korea, where he has served the Dast year. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hansen of Murray, he will re ceive his discharge before re turning home to visit his par ents, his wife and daughter at Nebraska Cit. and h's sister, Mrs. Ralph Sullivan at Platts mouth. He has yet to see his baby daughter. An imDortant goal of the Am erican Cancer Society is to im prove services to needy cancer patients. DCJ1 SHAKE THE DUST MOP! tMt ! Swlvtl T Cltaicr. IT "(, Iy" Uaalag. Idu4. U altacfciMats. $ l.oo per day: Mander Implement 141 So. 3rd Phone 4178 your Lawn Now to TURF BUILDER feeds grass o lasting beauty . . . Sco&L SEED fills bare, thin spots with husky grass plants. Top quality, 100 ail perennial gratset i ScoOL LAWN SStD makes the deluxe lawn at lowest cost. I lb -J 1. 50 5 lbs -$7.35 lawns love TURF BUILDtK. As little at 1 lb per 100 sq ft keeps grass healthy and spar kling. 25 lbs $2.50 feed 2,500 sq ft Feed J 0,000 q ff.J7.85. Plattsmouth or U DO IT Topcoats Suits Dresses Skirts Sweaters Woolens Jackets Athletic Captains Receive Medals At T""""vv " t 1 UJ" ' 1 1 1 -? " " I Piausmoutn high school coaches are pictured with captains of the 1952-53 high school athletic captains following presenta tion of miniature awards to the captains af the athletic banquet Tuesday night. Pictured are, left to right, Coach Eugene Shields; Tom Conis, co-captain in football and basketball captain; Jon Four Teams 3rd Place In Alamito Dairy and the Ameri- can Legion swept a three game series in Plattsmouth Bowling league activity last week to move away from the pack, while third and fourth place teams were di viding series. Alamito held its five game lead over the Legion as George Winscot paced the series win with a series total of 564, one of the top ones during the sea son. Winscot had games of 197 and 192 in the series. Meanwhile the Legion bump ed Donats three eames in a rnw but had a much rougher time Timms Bar 41 doing it. Margins were only 5iConoco 41 and 21 pins in the final two!Ernie's Bar 41 games. Cecil Figgins led the ; Marge-Elmer 38 Legion. Bunched in a four-way tie for third place in bowling stand- I mgs are the V. F. W.. Timm's Bar, Conoco and Ernie's Bar. Timm's moved into the third place slot by trimming the V. F. W. in two of their three games. Gene Nolting and Phil lio Kehne were the bie suns in Timm's win while Bob Willis and Roland Pruess led the Veterans. Willis had a 207 game in his series. fcrnie s Bar stayed close in j the pack by tripning the Platts mouth Paint store 2-1. Dick Fisher and Bill Babbitt led the winners while Clayton Pierce gunned the losers. Conoco also won two games to ! maintain its standings as they tnmmed Art & Minnie s tavern. Clyde and Robert Brittain com bined forces to lead the Conoco assault. Bob had a 213 game in his series. J. Dietl led the losers. In other games durin? the week, Firestone smacked Woster Shoe Store twice with Leon Meisinger and J. Winter leading the winners while Paul Wever gunned the losers. Marge & El mers swept its series with Brad ley Grocery as Howard pnd Nor ma Mrasek paced the win. How ard Mrasek had a 225 game in his series. Last olace Myers urocerv fin ally tallied in the win column, taking two from Eagles Lodge. D. Rains had a 192 game , in leading the winners. Results: Alamito 6Q5 7Q8 754 Western Auto 667 651 667 High individual game, George Winscot. 197; high individual series. George Winscot. 564. Timm's 704 704 7-10 V. F. W. .. 719 669 721 wn individual "Tame. Bob Willis. 207:-high individual ser ies, Bob Willis, 482. Ernie's Bar 602 6fll 735 Paint Store 694 670 672 High individual game. Dick Fisher, 181; high individual series. Dick Fisher, 475. Marge & Elmer . . 648 772 731 Bradley Groc. ... 567 663 618 High individual game, Howard Mrasek. 225; high individual series, Howard Mrasek, 515. Legion 654 670 734 Donats 582 645 713 High individual game. Cecil Figgins, 184; high individual series, Cecil Figgins, 501. Myers Groc 416 414 522 Eagles 429 394 418 High individual game, D. Rains, 192; high individual scer ies. D. Rains, 411. Firestone 636 759 737 Wasters 674 691 657 PANKomri PLUMBING and HEATING for Every Need Phone 257 620 First Ave. Vie For Pin Loop High individual game, Paul and Bob Weyer, 180; high indi vidual series, Paul Weyer, 473. Conoco 742 627 715 Art & Minnie . . 669 705 667 High individual game, Robert OlillUiH, iO, lligll iliUl VlUUill series; Clyde Brittain, 472. Bowling Standings TEAM W Alamito 48 Legion 43 V. F. W 41 L 21 26 28 28 28 28 31 32 33 36 38 39 40 43 50 51 Woster Shoe 37 Paint Store 36 Firestone 33 Eagles 31 Donats 30 Art-Minnie 29 Western Auto 26 Bradley Groc 19 Myers Groc 18 Mayfieldlo Leave Alvo; Takes Coach Job af Ralston Alvo's successful athletic men- tor, Oliver Mayfield, has been named head coach and athletic director at Ralston high school near Omaha. Mayfield, whose Alvo .Orioles have dominated the sports pic ture in Cass county for the past two years, will take over Rals ton friigh reins next fall. A $425,000 school building program J is currently underway at Rals ton. Mayfield's Alvo teams domin ated the six-man football pic ture in Cass county for the past three seasons. They were un defeated in conference play the past two years and were guest team in tne Apple dowi. His cage quintets also have fared among the top. Last year he had the smallest team in state tournament play, after a i successful 20-1 record. Winners of the Cass county conference I and tournament laurels, Alvo; aiso won tne district cage tour nament a year ago. Currently the Orioles are seek ing to defend their 1952 confer ence track championship. Cass-Otoe Dairy Improvement Group Organized Cass and Otoe county dairy producers have decided that there's some truth to the old saying that "You can't judge a book by its cover." Therefore, County Agent Clar ence Schmadeke notes, they are going io demand that cows in their herds justify their exis tence by proof via production records. He points to the tion organized Wednesday eve ning at Weeping Water, where headquarters for the two coun ty dairy herd improvement as sociation will be held. Directors elected to complete plans and get the program in operation are: Lvle fihnnt. m.. hawka, and Harold Vogel, Neb raska City, three year terms; Kenneth Wiles. Weeping Water and Walter Oehlerking, Elm wood, two year terms; and Verl Fleischman, Elmwood, one year term. The group plans to get the program in operation in ADrii The Association can accomodate a few more herds but directors urge dairymen to make their re- queifcsior service promptly SEND YOUR GARMENTS and Be Ready for EASTER PLATTyTIKI CLEANSE: "The Williamsons" Dial 4193 or Pkic achuetz, football co-captain; DeWayne Noell, track captain; Coach Merle Stewart; John Blotzer, baseball captain; and Coach Gerald Clayburn. Miniature medals with emblems of the sports they headed were presented to the captains. Chriswiser Photo. Mulliflora Rose Plants Available To Cass Farmers The popular and versatile mul tiflora rose, planted as living fences or border plantings, are now available without charge upon written request to the Ne braska Game Commission. Multiflora rose is now being planted by millions in competi tion with the old barbed wire. When properly planted and cared for, this plant will make a stock tight fence in the brief period of three years. In addi tion to this value, rose plant ings provide ideal quail cover, furnish food for quail and song birds and make an abundance of nesting sites for the song and insectivorous birds that do so much for the farmer. In anticipation of the growing demand for multiflora rose, the Nebraska Game Commission more than tripled its normal or der. This planting stock is now All-Sports Program Set; Volleyball Teams Named Volleyball teams for the senior and junior boys and the men's and women's faculty were an nounced today as final plans are being made for an "all-sports" program to be staged at the high school gymnasium Wednes day night. Senior boys are slated to meet men faculty members while the junior boys will oppose women faculty members. Teams as an nounced are: Senior boys John Ahrens, Tom Sonis. Jerry Fulton, Dale Schiber. John Career, John Blotzer, DeWavne Noell, Dick Beverage and Dick March. Men faculty Wm. "Hawshaw" Floyd. Joe "Slim" York, Eugene "Dad" Shields, Gerald "Curley" Clayburn, Truman "Slugger" Lytle, Kenneth "Muscles" Whit comb, Melvin "Sharpie" McKen ney; and Merle "Sampson" Stewart. Junior boys Charles Kerns, Harold Demaree, Jon Schuetz, Lyle Wood, Van White, Duane Burbee, Loren Toplif f and Ray Adkins. Women faculty Carol Duer feldt, Marie Loepp, Lou Ken nedy. Fern Dougherty. Helen Neddenriep, Davida Gilliland. Amber Dougherty and Esther Lamb. j Seventh and 8th grade boys will open the "all-sports" pro gram by opposing their dads in a basketball game at 7:15. That will be followed by the volley ball games, which will give way to a three-legged basketball game between freshmen and sophomores. The wind-up will be a blind boxing match with contestants still to be selected. Admission for the "all sports" program, Sponsored by the let ter club, is one thin dime, 10 cents. Even participants in the evening program must pay the admission price. Jim Jacques Is All State Cage Selectee in '53 Jim Jacques, towering Platts mouth high schol eager, has been selected as one of the all state Class B basketball players in the state by Lincoln sports writers. . , . Jacques, a junior, was second high point maker for Coach Merle Stewarts cagers during the nast season, and turned in the second high individual scoring game in district tournament play with 31 points against Paw- neThet36-foot, 5-inch. Jacques will have another year of com petition Wlin tne oiue icvuo. 309 Main St. - up and Delivery Service Banquet available to southeast Nebraska farmers who will plant it and care for it. Most Soil Conserva tion districts in, the state are equipped with mechanical tree planters and will usually plant this stock on a cost basis. Farmers interested in securing the plants must sign an agree ment with the Game Commission and plant at least one-fourth mile of hedge (1000 plants). At least one-half of its length must be adjacent to cropland. All farmers desiring multiflora rose should write to: Jim Ager, Nebraska Game Commission, State House, Lincoln. A sketch of the farm showing location and length of planting site should De enclosed. Delivery of the roses will be made during the first half of April. 700,000 HAVE CANCER The American Cancer Society estimates that about 700.000 Americans are now under treat ment for cancer. Support the 1953 ACS crusade by giving a generous donation. Journal Want Ads Pay! Blocks Laid for Columbian School; i Work Is Resumed Work resumed today, Mon day, on Plattsmouth's new school projects, as workers for the Korshoj Construc tion Company began laving blocks at Columbian school and were digging for foot ings in First Ward school site. The return to work broke a five day work-drouth as far as the school building: prog-ram was concerned. Crews returned to work as construction company offi cials apparently settled grievances with a laborer's union. TRAINING 75 DOCTORS The American Cancer Society is financing the training of 75 young doctors in diagnosis and treatment of cancer. A contri bution to the 1853 ACS crusade will help support this work. STAINLESS STEEL MOULDINGS COUNTER NOSING STAIR NOSING DOOR EDGING DECORATIVE STRIP INSERT DIVIDER BAR INSERT OUTSIDE CORNER INSERT INSIDE CORNER Also other patterns of these permanent ready-to-install mouldings. A UNITED TRIM SWATEK HARDWARE NOW Three Teams Set For Summer Softball League At least three teams and pos sibly four are ready to organ ize for play in a Plattsmouth Softball league, loop backers learned at a meeting Friday night at the V. F. W. club. The group strongly favored going ahead with plans to form a summer league here. Approximately 15 interested players, managers, and sponsors met to make tentative arrange ments for organizing the league. They have called another meet ing for Thursday night, April 2, to complete league arrange ments. At the session, the softballers learned that one team from Murray plans to participate in the league, while two others from Plattsmouth are ready to organize for play. Indications are that at least one more team will be organized and entered in lea gue play. Meanwhile arrangements for getting Memorial Athletic Field, adjusting the 1100a ngnts tor the diamond sport, setting up a tentative organization and plans for determining the length of season and a probable schedule are being completed m antic; pation of the Thursday night meeting. NOY'S ths Time for yily DON WALL Phone 261 ENLARGE YOUR TU PICTURE mm W ? " W BEFORE Ob Tear Guarantee en All Pictsr Ubt . . . Call Us for rictm-tt of Previous Work. CALL 260 DRIZA RADIO & TELEVISION SERVICE csiMain Hours 9:30 A. M.-5:30 P. M. Daily & Saturday See Slander's for your Mow! Seed JUST ARRIVED Alfalfa Seed Red Clover Seed Sveef Clover Seed SEED CORN FERTILIZER 10-2C0 - IMPLEMENT CO. 141 So. 3rd STORAGE or Winter Woolens Ask About Bonded FUR STORAGE Credit for getting the move ment underway goes to Robert Gall, who called the Friday night meetingg and 'who presided at the round-table discussion. Although organization is not ripfinitp it. was encouraeine en- i ough to convince sponsors to go j c.ueau Willi scums j "-l the night .summer softball pro leram. At the Thursday meeting they also plan to consider single or double-headers, exact nights cn which league play will be probably set up a committee to handle administration of league business. About 160 COO children under 18 years old have lost their fathers from cancer and about 175,000 have been made mother less by cancer, the American Cancer Society says. J. Hovard Davis LAWYER Soennichsen Building: Phone 264 Plattsmouth Mv SPRtKG TO MIC" SERVICE! CONOCO SERVICE 6th & Ave. A Plattsmouth Convert your 10". 12'2", 14" or 17" TV set to a largo ... Ot" Picture ZU Or Zl Screen N 1 f-V& ..5S-3& AFTER Now on Hand - - $80.00 l -L Tim 11 , NDER Phone 4178 j l V i A A A A - , A A