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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Consolidated with The Nehawka Enterprise Delivered Twice Weekly to More Thon 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 72 EIGHT PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1953 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 42 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER 'Slush Bs lofted As Assessment iEaimg At Hundreds of Cass countians waited until the last minute to file their assessment schedules, a week end and early Monday morning check at the assessor's office reveals. Lines were formed throughout the entire day as many made a last-minute rush to get in under the deadline. On the final day, Monday, April 20, a line had formed before 8 a. m. and Assessor E. C. Giles and his special as sessment helpers had started processing schedules. Avoca Senior Is Named Engineer Inquiry Chairman Stanley W. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Smith of Avoca, has been named chair man of inquiries for Engineer's Week at the Universi'.y of Ne braska. Engineers' Week, an annual activity cf the students of the College of Engineering and Architecture, is being presented on April 30 and May 1, at the University of Nebraska. i The Open House, April 30, 10:00, is for all high school stu- iere iucuu -----dents, alumni and friends of nent to 50 per cent of actual the University. Approximately , vaJxiaticri, mely abed county 10,000 people each year attend arcs to double their mill levy this ooen house. Stanley is a senior in elec trical engineering. In addition i to his E-Week activities, he is a member of the student branch cf the American Society of Elec trical Engineers, Sigma Tau and president cf Eta Kappa Nu. Final Rites Are Held Sunday for Marparet Mapes Funeral services for Miss Mar faret Mapes, longtime resident cf Plattsmouth and an active church worker here, were held on Sunday, April 19, at the First Methodist church. Miss Mapes died at a nursing hone at Elmwood on Thursday, April 16. She had been in fail ing health for several vears and had resided at the home for about two years. She was 77 years old. A native of Avoca, Iowa. Miss Mapes came to Plattsmouth as a young girl with her parents. She joined the Methodist church at an early age ana was active in church activities throughout her lifetime. She was closely connected with the Sunday school of the church here for many years, and also worked with the WT. S. C. S. and Missionary groups of the church. She had been a seamstress here for many years. Rev. Harold V. Mitchell, pas tor of the church, officiated at the final rites at which Mrs. E. A. Ernst was soloist and Mrs. J. Howard Davis, organist. Casket bearers were Wm. Hein rich, Dave Rutherford. E. H. Wescott, C. C. WTescott, L. J. Hutchison, Harry White. Burial was in Horning cemetery south cf Plattsmouth with Sattler Funeral Home in charge. A brother is her only survivor. Petition Asks Probate Of Henry Stander Estate Petition for probate of the estate of Henry Stander, long time Louisville resident, who died last week, has been filed in county court by Attorney J. Howard Davis. The petition asks for the ap pointment of Herbert Stander as executor. Subscribe To The Journal Platters Receive Thirteen Superior Music Ratings Plattsmouth high school mu- lians walked off with 12 su- sicians perior ratings, plus "one super ior plus", the only one given at the contest. Receiving the "superior 'plus" rating was the Plattsmouth high school mixed chorus, a musical aggregation of high school boys and girls. Superior ratings went to the brass quartet, drum quartet, mixed small vocal group, boys octet, girls triple trio; Tom Zas tera cornet solo; Michael Shel lenb'arger, French horn solo; Nancy Perrv, medium voice solo; Wendell Friest, piano solo; Shirley Story, meaium voice sum; Pav Snrieck. boys low voice; and Vvrellent ratings were award- ed to the brass sextet, saxophone EdugI Among the nearly lined up i at 8 a. m. today, probably 75 per i cent were Plattsmouth business ! men or at least persons readily available to exercise their filing powers. The steady stream of customers prevailed throughout the morning and a line was still formed early this afternoon. With completion of the filing period, County Assessor Giles and Commissioners Herman Bornemeier, Ray Norris and Wr. F. Nolte are preparing for the start of the board of equaliza tion sessions. Meanwhile the attorney gen eral has ruled that interpreta tion of the county levy limitation law under the revised assessment statute enables county boards to levy up to a 10 mill levy. Under the oldfer "actual value" statute, it was limited to 5 mills. The .S? . . tr" wm nave me lusk. jjicptuxiig revised property valuations dur ing the next two to four weeks before the board of equalization i goes into session. Property own i ers must be notified ty mail of S any changes in valuation. A movement to notify property ! owners of- valuation changes by I publication in a newspaper was ! defeated in the legislature. Giles, his regular assistants, Miss Clara Olson and Mrs. Ann ! Hiner, plus some special help will have to prepare assessment ! valuation changes for about 8. f000 property owners in Cass ; county. j While all the property owners i affected do not have to be noti ; fied by the May 4 date for the I first session of the board of I equalization, they must be pre pared as soon as possible and j must be completed before the ' board adjourns. A movement is currently underway to extend the opening session of the board of equalization from the first Monday in May to the third ; Monday, a two week period. Girls Staters for Cass County Told At least six Cass countians will be among the 254 girls attend ing Girl's State on the Cam pus of the University of Nebras ka in June. They are Miss Evelyn Henry of Plattsmouth, Carol Ann Pike of Union, Phyllis Switzer of Ne hawka, Joyceola Eidenmiller of Elmwood, Jean Rae Brown of Louisville, and JoAnn Bender of Weeping Water. Sponsored by Legion Auxiliary units In each of the communi ties, the girls were selected on the basis of scholarship, leader ship and character. The camp will be held the week of June 9-15. Louisville Music Students Perform Louisville musicians were am ong the leaders in the district contest at Fremont last week end. The Louisville mixed chorus rated excellent and two vocalists, Beverly Sjogren and Daleene Sterling rated good. . Week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cane were Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Strasburg of Iowa Falls. Iowa, and Mrs. Mary Cane of Lincoln. quartet; horn quartet: clarinet quartet; band, Marion Hild. bari tone solo; Willard Christensen, baritone solo; Jim Markham boys medium voice solo; Brenda Ofe, saxophone solo; and Char les Kerns, sousaphone solo. Edith Wetenkamp rated good m her piano solo The musicians participating in the two-day contest, again set a high standard for future Plattsmouth high music stu dents. The 13 superior ratings topped the results set by the 1952 musicians. Directed by Melvin McKenney, the musicians capped a year-long I musical endeavor program by satile high school music groups m history, Six Countians Are Initiated Sunday Into 40 &8 Club Six Cass countians, including two Plattsmouth men were among candidates initiated in the 40 & 8 at the annual spring wreck held at Omaha Sunday. Countians initiated were Cecil Karr and James Begley of Plattsmouth; John Jackman, Al bert Inman. Wilber Fitzpatrick and Richard Street of Louisville. James Begley Governor Robert Crosby was also among the 30 candidates initiated. The annual wreck al so paid honor to John O. New berry of Jefferson City, Mo., chef de chemin de fer. Attending from Plattsmouth besides the candidates were Richard Peck, Leonard Brothers, E. O. Vroman, Eugene Krings, Taylcr Cuthrell, Howard Hirz, Wm. Schmidtmann, Dr. Paul T. Heineman, Don Warga, Arthur WTarga, Tom Walling, Joe Zas tera, George Conis and Dr. A. E. Johnson. Dr. Snyder of Papil lion was also present. Henry A, Larson, 57, Cedar Creeh Farmer, Dies Henry Alfred Larson, native of Tekmah and resident of the Louisville and Cedar Creek areas throughout most of his lifetime, died at St. Joseph hospital at Omaha Friday, April 17, 1953. He was 57 years old. Son of Charles and Josephine Larson, he was born July 15, 1895 at Tekamah, where he spent his early years. His father died when Mr. Larsen was seven years old. and soon afterward he went to make his home with Mr. and Mrs. George Lohnes. He was reared by the Lohnes family and untir his death had operated the farm on which he was reared. He was married as a young man to Inez Warren. Mr. Larsen was a charter member of the Presbyterian church in Cedar Creek which was organized in May, 1915. Mr. Larsen had been ill since January. Surviving are his wife, Inez of Cedar Creek; three daughters, Mrs. Melvin Gerdes of Cedar Creek; Miss Lila Lee at home on the farm east of Cedar Creek; and Mrs. Wayne Hutchinson of Louisville; and one son, Everett Larson, stationed at Cherry Point. North Carolina, in the Marine Corps. Other survivors are two bro thers, Albert of Port Byron. 111., and Richard of Loyal, Wisconsin; ana a sister, Mrs. Francis Han son of Silvis, III., three half- sisters. Mrs. Anna Campbelle of san Demas, Cain.; Mrs. Clara Selch of Emince, Mo.; and Mrs. Louise Pipher of Compton Cal ifornia; two grandchildren. Rob ert and Susan Gerdes; and a niece and nephew, Mrs. and Mrs. Ervln Schlach of Wisner. Preceding him in death were a brother, Carl, and a half-sister. Mrs. Carrie Wills. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon, April 21, 1953, at Sattler Funeral Chapel with Rev. Keith Delap officiat ing at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Glendale cemetery at Louisville. Sattler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Visiting hours will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9, Monday after noon and evening. Former Louisville Resident Killed Word of the death of Mrs. Edward Van Laningham in Cal ifornia has been received by her aunt. Mrs. Henry Youngquist of Louisville. A former resident of Cass county, Mrs. Van Laningham was killed in an auto accident on April 11. Mrs. Van Laningham, the for mer Evelyn Christie, spent her childhood in Plattsmouth. She had resided to California for many years. JyinM Tsikes -CinrDinraiLfliniDftv Sendee Award Minford Tells Feeders' Tour Plans for Saturday Will A. Minford, president of the Cass County Cornbelt Live stock feeders Association today announced the itinerary for the annual Cass Feeders tour to be held in the northeast part of the county on April 25th. The tour will center around the Mynard, Plattsmouth and Cedar Creek areas and will be featured by a noon luncheon at Mynard United Brethren church and a short business meeting. Starting at 9 a. m. with as sembly at the Plattsmouth Sale Earn, the tourning feeders will first visit the lots of W. New ton Sullivan. In order, they will then stop at the Richard Spang ler, Rogers & Bornemeier and Myron Wiles farms before that noon luncheon. In the afternoon, the group will resume the tour at the Sie mcneit & Schmidt lots and in Oroer Will Tilt the JOnn C Bill Kalmes, Fred Wehrbein, Sterling j Inewerson farms. Minford calls particular atten tion to safe driving during the tour to avert possible mishaps and to make the tour progress as safelv and ranidlv as nossible. H smrcreitK that drivers keen at 1 safe distances on the road and that in parking they park close to the cah ahead. One of two annual features of the Feeder s Association, the tour brings hundreds of farm ers and stockmen into the area to check feeder lots and to com pare notes on feeding. The other annual feature is the Feeders Banquet, held about two months ago. Lions Host To ; - v Ladies Tuesday Night At Church Plattsmouth Lions Club mem bers will be hosts at Ladies Night to their wives and lady friends Tuesday night at the Presbyter ian church. A dinner will be served by ladies of the church, followed by a short program. Featured on the program will be groups of local high school musicians who competed last week end in the district music contest at Auburn, and colored films wile be shown by Dr. W. V. Ryan. - . Scouts Await Banquet Tonight Plattsmouth Boy Scouts and their dads will get together at Eagles Hall toniaht for the an nual father-son Boy Scout ban quet. Tickets were on sale for the event throughout the past week. The banquet is scheduled for seven o'clock. Principal speaker at the ban quet will be A. B. Clayburn of Peru State Teacher's College. A professor in geology and geogra phy, Clayburn is known through out the state as well as nation ally for his interest in Scouting. Films of the National Boy Scout Jamboree and of Camp Cedar will be shown during the banquet program. Eleven Years Of Service Recognized Recognized this month for ob serving their eleventh year of service with the Lincoln Tele phone and Telegraph Company are R. C. Humiston of Platts mouth and D. G. Rutledge of Weeping Water. Humiston returned to Platts mouth a year ago after serving at Weeping Water for several years. 1 Robert Humiston . ami i u,m owyi.. jiymmii.wii i. .a ml' La I ' t ,. i hm pi ilk ' f .'.. - Tp m m m. w m- Shows Courtesy; May Save Lives An unidentified motorist possibly saved the life of one or more other motorists in a courtesy act south of Plattsmouth Friday. He was observed as he stopped his pick-up truck on the shoulder of hifhway 73 75 to remove a large piece off scrap steel that had fal len from a heavily laden truck going in the opposite direction. At least a half dozen cars had swerved to avoid the ob ject before the pick-up driv er came upon the scene. Zone Captains For Red Cross Drive Named ZnriA rantains fnr thP Amori can Red Cross fund campaign to be held here were named Fri day night at a meeting of Senior Woman's Club representatives and Attorney Walter Smith, lo cal fund drive chairman. Zore captains are: Mrs. Wm. Woolcott All areas south of Main street and east of Chicago Avenue. M:s. Helen Heinrich all areas west of Chicago Avenue and south of Main street. Mrs. Emma Egenberger All areas east cf Seventh street and norm of Main street. Miss EUa Gorder All areas west of 7th street and east of Washington Avenue and north of Main. Mrs. Sophia Wolever All areas west of Washington avenue. The Plattsmouth goal' in the d Cross Fund drive now open ing is $2,000. Mr. Smith ex plained that no business district zone chairman has been named as yet. To be directed by the spon soring Senior Woman's Club, the Red Cross drive at Plattsmouth is being held later than in most areas in the state. A special committee, Mrs. Helen Heinrich, Mrs. Emma Egenberger, Mrs. R. B. Keller, Mrs. Sophia Wolever, and Miss Etta Gorder will head the drive.' Smith calls on residents of the community to make a special ef fort to put the drive at Platts mouth over the top. Plattsmouth Man Surrenders To Cops William Lee Roy Gentry, 19, of Plattsmouth, gave himself up to Omaha police Sunday to "get squared around." Gentry told detectives he is wanted in San Diego, California for leaving the scene of a prop erty damage accident, and in the state of Washington for forgery. Father and Son Banquet April 22 A magic and musical program is in store for fathers and sons at the annual Methodist church father-son banauet to be held at the church Wednesday night, April 22. Music will be presented by a Plattsmouth high school boys octet directed by Melvin Mc Kenney, and the magic part of the program will be presented by Rev. G. E. Seybolt. Princinal speaker at the pro gram will be Vero Tyler, attorney trom Nebraska City. Rev. Harold V. Mitchell, pastor of the church will be toastmaster. The banquet will start at 6:30. New Floor Laid At Ladies Toggery- Over Week End A 24-hour floor covering job was completed at Ladies Tog gery over the week end in plen ty of time for the opening of business this morning. The new tile flooring was in stalled during the period from 10 p. m. Saturday to 8 p. m. on Sunday. Fred Busch, owner-manager of the woman's clothing store, said work on the new floor started after the close of business Sat urday night. Busch failed to last the route, however. He gave up at 2 a. m. Dr. Louis Amato will attend the Investiture at the Blessed Sacrement Church in Lincoln. Wednesday, a dinner will be held at the Cornhusker Hotel. CSeoneirou UnseDlemiee; Firemen Ready Inspection Drive; Kids Participate Home inspection blanks were distributed to Plattsmouth grade school students today as Platts mouth Volunteer Firemen pre pared to launch their city wide fire hazard control program. Blanks were issued to grade students, kindergarten through sixth, to take home and to make fhrTnmL Sf.Ki hzards lfn their homes. The blanks are to be returned within four days to the school. School kids are also participat- ' ing in a slogan contest for the i department in connection with Clean Up week and the city-wide fire denartment insnprtinn ThBv fire department inspection. They are competing for $10 in cash prizes to go to the top three entrie. The winning slogan will be used by the department in its program. Meanwhile active participation in the inspection also gets un derway today for the Volunteer Firemen. Groups of firemen on the inspection committee will make thorough surveys of each business establishment to check for potential fire haards and to provide the department with complete layouts of buildings to enable greater fire protective and control measures to be adopted in event of fire r dis aster. The over-all inspection pro gram will be under the direction of Ernest Yenney, chief of the Offutt Air Force fire department and members of the local unit. Teams of fireme nwil lconduct the inspections. Cass County Is Among Leaders In Seal Buying Cass countians have contribut ed $1,050.96 to the Easter Seal Sale in Nebraska, according to a report by S. Orson Perkins, ex ecutive director of the Nebraska Society for Crippled Children. Ranked sixth among 54 coun ties for which reports were made, the county trailed onlv Hall nowmi t To,oc S-a -ch0 ranked- 3h i h Z ties A low but steady increase in Easter seal sale receipts helped the drive, according to Perkins. Gifts may still be sent by those wno nave not yet returned their Easter seal envelopes. The state, which had a quota i 01 jia.uuu, uses the funds for services to handicapped child ren. For A Good Buy Give the Journal Classifieds a try. Future Homemakers Recieve Award For Clothing Drive Save The Children Federation Award Students, Faculty and Principal Plattsmouth Public Schools In recognition of service to the cause of helping: children in disadvantaged rural areas of the United States of America and war-depleted countries overseas, this award is presented with grateful appreciation. (Seal) March, 1953 Future Homemakers at Platts- mouth high school have received an award for their participation in the Save The Children Fede ration clothing campaign con ducted last year. Sponsors of the clothing drive in recent years, the girls received the award last week, according to Miss Minerva Schlief fert, head of tha homemaking department at the school. The reproduction above shows the award which came to the school here. Placed Second Last Year In Over - all Excellence; Service The Plattsmouth Journal, in the eyes of judges of the Nebraska Press Association general excellence con test, is the tops in its field in Nebraska. That was their decision when they announced that the Journal placed first in general excellence for 1952 in communities over 2,000 population. And for trip third timp in four vpars. thp Journal :jrain won the Ak-Sar-Ben . f . strrwee vo me community auove me general can 01 uuiy. The Journal also won the service awards in 1949 and 1951. Furse To Head j Ariverticpr firnun 1 Viruup Ronald It. Furse Elected president of the Neb raska Press Advertising Service ; during the Nebraska Press As sociation convention at Lin- ' coin last week was Ronald R. Furse, publisher of the Platts- mouth Journal. Willis Ellis Dies After Long Illness, Friends Learn Willis Ellis, former Louisville resident, died recently in Ari zona, friends at Louisville learn ed recently. i "e udiu llveu 111 Arizona m recent years because of a health He had lived in Arizona in conddtion. His, sister. Evelyn cared ior mm m recent years after he had gone to the South west. A son, Jim Ellis, was station agent at Louisville for several years. Burial was in Omaha. Frank DaU of Manley was visiting friends here Saturday. Rita and Michelle O'Hare spent last week at the home of their grandparents at Fremont. to Richard P. Saunders, . President Hundreds of pounds of clothing and shoes have been collected in the clothing campaign here dur ing recent years. The campaign, sponsored by the homemakers is conducted on a room basis with all school children participating. Clothing collected here is sent to the federation headquarters for distribution both in the Uni ted States and to underprivileged children throughout the world. j !" j - -j 1 I II Award community service award, for , , , Presented at the annual con vention of the Nebraska Press ' Association at Lincoln last Fri : day night, the awards were ac I cepted by Ronald R. Furse. pub- I'lisher of the Journal. In receiving the general excel- l Ience award over the Sidney. Ne , braska semi-weekly Telegraph, : the Journal advanced from the second place spot which it gained a year ago. The excel lence awards were inaugurated last year. Judging in the general excel lence contest is based on: Mechanical excellence 25 , General and Departmental I news coverage ! literary excellence 10 I Promotion of community interest 1ft Editorial page 15 Advertising enterprise ...15 A framed certificate, signif ying ; that the Journal placed first In ne contest, was presented to Mr. Furse. Furse also accepted his third community service plaque, awarded by Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben. The plaque also carries a $200 award which the newspaper will use on a community service project. - - - In submittme entry in the Community Service project, the i Journal banked heavily on Its ! support ef the school bond cam ; paign here which ultimately was j decided last September. Awards ' in the service contest are based on: Initiation of the particular project or campaign; develop ment of public opinion in favor of the project; importance of project to community; number of people influenced; number of. people served; intensity of cov erage; success in ultimate out come; benefit to the community: amount of cooperative endeavor which the paper engendered on the part of the people; estimate of the service project with re spect to improvement of the community; estimate of perma- J nent value; was more time spent i l, i man misni normally . oe ex pected from the paper. Attending the convention and award presentation Friday night were Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Furse, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cane, and Mrs. Sophia Wclever Several Injured In Quarry Blast Monday Morning i At least one man was senous ; y injured this morning. Monday I in a blast at Oueen Hill quarry south of Plattsmouth. Several others were also injured, j Caldwell-Linder amtfilanc I was called to the quarry about ; ten o'clock shortly after a blast ing accident caused the lnjur- ies. While putting off a shot, a I blast "blew out the side," one ' man said. J Leonard Brothers, with the ! corps of Engineers was unable I to describe the mishap or to give a list of injured shortly after i noon today. C. J. White could not be contacted. A spokesman at the quarry said that Information regarding the accident would have to come from the area office at Nebras-. ka City. Several area officers were at the quarry site but could not be reached by phone. Returning to Plattsmouth, Al Under of Caldwell-Linder said at least three men were taken to St. Mary's hospital at Ne braska City. Most seriously in lured was Darrell Rhoden of Plattsmouth. Rhoden was taken to the hospital in the ambulance and the other two in cars. Returning home Thursday night from Grand Island, where they had been attending the Federated Woman's Club Con vention, were Mrs. L. B. Dalton. Mrs. John O'Hare, Mrs. Howard" Ruback, Mrs. Don Warga and Mrs. Hugh Stander. A Classified Ad in th Journal costs as little as SS oenU. I I