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r , f KEBR. STATE III3T. SOCIETY XXX STATE CAPITOL BLD-3. LINCOLN, f.EBR. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER TTlHE (PtLA MdDUtnH (UKRIAIL PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Consolidated with The Nehawka Enterprise - Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Famil les VOLUME 72 EIGHT PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1953 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 44 dhiooIsW'BB Pooels Aire Held Front Of Line Seems Encouraging As Career 0 .W v. .. 1 t Mi,. ay hme Detd 17, Gets Umdervay Career Day activities opened at Plattsmouth high school this afternoon with a general session followed by group meetings at which students were advised of pro cedures in a chosen vocation or profession, and will be capped tomorrow when the 70 students take on-the-job training in local business establishments. This afternoon, students heard addresses by Don Twi ford, supervisor of the division of guidance services of the State Department of Education and also learned of services offered bv the state emplovment office. Superintendent T. I. Friest presided at the opening session at which Principal William Floyd introduced the speaker. Phyllis Rieke introduced group chair -. men for the group meetings, i VVillard ChrLstenson was chair ; man of the general session, i Group meeting were held from 12 to 4 p.m. in the following cu- Poppy Sale on Horizon Here for Leaion Auxiliary On Saturday. May 2, members vlsons;. nf the Amorifon T-Prrinn Anvil- i vocational iary and associated groups will launch their one-day poppy fie. On that day, everyone on the street, will be asked to buy ; V " u TsDonsor r,no rvf th.' h-mht rert hand. I laCUIiy Sponsor made poppies paying tribute to i College Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, agriculture and forestry services State depart ment of vocational education official, leader; Melvin Todd. chairman and James Robison, UiiUiC WiiU I 54A,,;i Utlir,, TTr,5 America s service during the u 1 Vl'nrlH W,rt YCIMiV Ul iicuittsntt. Krauts , It 4V. I Wendell Friest, chairman; and The poppy, described as the : Lytle) Iacuity soonsor. memorial flower, comes to Am- . Retailing Cecil Stanley, erica from the field of France ;state cnoervisor of distributive and Beleium and is symbolic of the shell-pitted battle areas of World War I. Mrs. Mary Jane Dnlap and Mrs. Leonard Brothers are co chairmen of the Poppy Day sale, in which all Legion Aux education, leader; Barbara My ers, chairman; John Buchanan, faculty sponsor ! 1 '11 1 I "I.I V TT i xr if- 4 W41 HOM: I w Tlz. . ft Its a lot better up front watching the line form behind for these five assessment schedule filers as deadline time approached at the office of County Assessor Ernest Giles last week. While it mm Stofte Fdoimd 4 il0pen House Plans ilouh To ecifve ! n;Tf ! . ., SI 7 57.- Amounts For .1 i rnr iinnir nnmp T - - ' ArAnrtoHnfpri County Schools Told MIIIEwlllSfcvU Cass countv's 82 school districts, including 14 town erSlnifJi ' hools will share in $77 22C ).1G in division of state appor- nrenarat.inns fnr onen hnn?e nt . ; tlOnmmt fllnds for the IVoZ-On school years, bupt- Li. A. the Masonic Home's residential ; Eehrends has announced following a breakdown of funds 'Edition. Open house wMte j durinjr the Dast week. only a few are shown inside the office the line 2 and 3. ! The amount is more than double last year and W the a ii von .t, thi. niPt : William E. Evers. superintend- highest amount received through state apportionment in extended well out into the hall when this picture ; ent o the Nebra:skap Mas0nic the county in manv vears. was taken. Journal Photo. Flom nere announcea toaay , Behrends explains that the total amount, divided MurdockVill Dedicate School Addition Friday - Dedication of the new $66,500 gymnasium at Murdock will be held Friday night, May 1, Supt. Kenneth Freese has announced. The building houses a gymnas ium with seating capacity for Personal Injury Suits Are Filed In Federal Court Two personal injury suits, each for $25,000, have been filed in the federal court in Lincoln against the United States. The suits were filed as a result of an Army truck-car collision at Un ion on January 14 in which Charles H. Philpot of Weeping Water was killed. Suits were filed by Florence Secretarial C. M. Chamber- about 1300 and a modern com-UT, h v !w75vHnc lain, personnel assistant of a ' bined home ec room and kitchen. " acrTrViri ihiinot benetit neaitn ana acciaenx. as- a.- sociaxion leaaer: ivierna reLer- - rKe o r, r VoTTfirp ! eit, chairman; Miss Helen Coul- vJ0 rTAl wor,;n rn;i ter. faculty .sponsor, . streets of Plattsmth. ! s - Merlm , . : iiiioiuii L.vjuiii)tiui aiiu vwi uiiit - i j. .Money coaecteu ui uie puyyy , tor 0f the Nebraska Trade scnool sale goes entirely to the welfare ;at Milford. leader; Herbert activities of the American Le- ; Brown, chairman; and Gerald gion and Auxiliary, supporting ! ciajrburn. faculty advisor, and rehabilitation activities j Journalism Ronald R of the American Legion and jFurse, publisher of the Platts Auxiliary, supporting the work mouth Journal, leader; Willard which the organizations do for Christenson. chairman: and disabled veterans, families of Merle Stewart, faculty sponsor. disabled and families left in need by the death of veterans. Safety Meeting SetatAvoca The first of a series of com munity safety meetings will be held at Avoca high school on Friday evening, Mayl, County Agent Clarence Schmadeke has announced. The meeting will be held at 8 p.m. One of a series of meetings to be held throughout the county, it is part of a county-wide pro gram to make residents more safety conscious and is an out crowth of a county-wide meeting held in March. Schmadeke explains that a film "Miracle in Paradise Valley" will be shown. The public is in vited. The program is sponsored by the Extension Service in coopera tion with civic and social groups at Aroca. Nearly $700 in Cash Prizes for Palomino Show Nearly $700 in cash prizes will be divided among Palomino breeders at the midwest Palo mino Horse Show to be held at Plattsmouth on May 17, E. Wayne Lewis, show manager has announced. Lewis explained that $50 will be divided among four top places in each of the 11 show classes to be held during the show here. In addition half of the $2 entrv Business Administration Dr. Earl S. Fullbrook, dean of the college of business adminis tration at the University of Neb raska, leader; Ronald Schneider, chairman; and William Floyd, faculty sponsor. Armed Forces Edith Niel sen. YN. first class. WAVES, leader, Valara Meisinger. chair man; Miss Minerva Schliefert, faculty sponsor. Receptionist Mr. C. M. Chamberlain, leader: Joan Lewis, chairman; Miss Coulter, sponsor. Two sets of the groun meet ings were held to enable stu dents to participate in at least two. Charman for the second set of group meetings were: Vocational agriculture and forestry, Rav Sprieck, chairman; Melvin McKenney, sponsor. College Jerome Shellenhar ger, chairman; Kenneth Whit comb sponsor. Retailing Shirley Glaze, chairman; Gerald Clayburn, sponsor. Journalism Richard Bever age, chairman; Truman Lytle, sponsor. Business Administration Marilyn Dietl. chairman; John Buchanan, sponsor. Armed Forces Sharon Kneer. chairman; Miss Jessie Whalen, sponsor. Individual enferences were conducted from 3:40 to 4 p.m. and a coffee hour was held for guest speakers, section leaders at four o'clock. h ft 1 J were passengers in the Philpot car. The truck was operated by .mat lours oi T.ne nome win oe Oo i i : l a kcq Kr no conducted from 10 am to 9 pm. ' i11 - m.huui, udcu uh uo,-tfv.v, uuuuc both days. He said all" lodges in received in state apportionment funds last year, and 58, Nebraska have been notified of , 870.05 from fines and licenses, an increase of more than f V V J V v - t . Tempo to Increase At Housinq Site As Plans Okayed Approval from the Federal Housing Authority is expected this week on another 12 to 14 houses and construction will get underway on the houses in Valley View addition about midweek, a spokesman for Blodgett and ( Named to the committee were Krejacic announced today. that the general public is also invited to viewT the new7 addition. "We're expecting several thou sand to go through the home during the two days ', Evers said. Viewers are expected from throughout the state. Meanwhile M r s . Juanita Brendel, worthy matron of Home Chapter No. 189. O. E. S.. has appointed three members to a special refreshment committee. While weather was halting Bua Hill o?he SS&tSJL b over tilt- fJCiatf Will t - VI M J O , officials were utilizing tne DreaK to complete arrangements on other administrative procedures Freeman B. Decker Principal speaker at the dedi cation will be Freeman Decker, state superintendent of public instruction; along with Floyd Miller, director of secondary edu cation in the state department and a former Murdock teacher. Pride of Murdock residents now that it is completed, the Murdock gymnasium was scene of the Cass county conference basketball tournament and the regional tourney, which had the greatest proceeds of any region al meet in the state. Well received by the public. although notly contested in a bond issue a year ago, the new addition is now the center of community activity in the pro gressive Cass county community. The school district boasts the lowest school mill levy in the county and points out that the district was constructed on only a 2 mill levy. The public is invited to the de dication. Lunch will be served. County Red Cross Chapter Received $1,755 at Offuf Cass county chapter of the American Red Cross is $1,755 richer today, following presexv-- tation of the county s share-of American Red Cross contribu tions received at Offutt Air Force Base. A check for the amount was presented to Mrs. LotrJe Knecht of South Bend at a noon lunch eon at the Officers Club at Of futt Air Force Base Friday. Pre sentation was made by Col. W. L. Gray. Distribution of the $5,455.72 collected at the base was made primarily among C&ss, Sarpy and Douglas counties with scat tered amounts going to seven other Nebraska and Iowa Red Cross chapters. Sarpy county received the greatest amount, $3,550.10 with needs to set up plans and speci fications lor paving ana sewer projects. It'll be necessary to reset the grade and lot stakes when dozing is completed and then full-speed construction is promised. Plans are expected to be re turned this week on about a The County Superintendent also points out that funds are : divided among the schools on basis of school census conducted , last summer. The census for last ! summer showed 4,131 individuals between the ages of 5 and 21 re siding in the county. The cen ' sus is also up slightly from the :4,C69 figure used a year ago. Behrends found that under A flip of the coin has decided i the breakdown schools would l L ci tK area north and southside mer- ' for every youngster in the school Vallery and Mrs Joan Smith. chant5 get for the street ! census. The total amount also Other Eastern Star members . . contest next Friday .included $24.25 for school dist will assist with refreshments at horning ricts 63 and 71 under provisions open house. Don gell caller deluxe won i 0f the school land statute. A request has also been issued t the toss and has selected the ! The breakdown prepared by to members Of Plattsmouth ! 4fh to 6th street area for his i the rvmntv Snnerintendent so Toss of Coin Decides Zones for Sweeping Contest with the FHA and within their I Lodge No. 6, A. F. & A. M. j Southside sweepers. He and Bill that funds could be credited to to participate a guiaes aunng . Williamson will conduct the two- ; the 82 districts in the general the open house. Masons are ur- , block sweeping marathon. j fund of the county treasury, ged to attend a meeting at the That means northsiders will ! shows that Plattsmouth will re Masonic Home Wednesday night, bend their backs in the two;Ceive $17,572.95 as its share of April 29, at 8 p.m. to receive in- , block area from 2nd to 4th , the state apportionment, structions and an explanation streets. Joe Zastera and Harry i other amounts to be received of open house activities, and to i cane will direct the Northsiders. by high school districts in the Jc66; Herb Minor, chairman of the 'county are Union. $1,685.64; Av Sflnides fl pTS? he nrlf committee of the Cham- 1 oca; $1,022.46; Weeping Water, as guides are urged to-be Pres-Jber of commerce, sponsors of $4,684.33; Louisville. $411.33; enT . -'.the sweeping contest, also an- Greenwood. $1,728.89; Elmwood, During the open house, ar- ; n0Unced today that winners will . $1,729.89; Alvo. $U16.31; Ne rangements will be made to al- j get a "iree window washing job" hawka. $1,844.22; Eagle, $2,694.81; low home viewers to visit with 1 from the losers. iand Murdock. $1,945.14. resiaerus ai uie nome n mey ; Thaf th t if in advising rural and city own organization. As a result. Jack Blodgett ex plained that they were unable to spend much time in Platts mouth and that as such several interested parties were unable to contact them. He points out that while they'll make every "effort to be here durintc the day to accomodate potential home owners, they also welcome visits to their home office at 7011 South 36th street in Omaha. He said evening appointments with officials can be made at the Omaha office if persons are unable to get away during the day, or unable to catch the men while they are in Plattsmouth. With two houses already un der construction. Blodgett pre dicted that increased activity in home building can be expected about midweek when plans are completed by the FHA. He pointed out also that dozer crews have just about establish ed the grade which the company Journal Want Ads Fay 23 Percent Of Students Shov Hearing Defects In a speech and hearing report in the Plattsmouth schools ex- eajcaun Pr0Sram- . . foi tn hp nnirt hv pyhihitnrs will -T-Joir... Vot th thirri Kivth anrf Mrs. Reade POlntS OUt that it be turned back into the prize ! ninth grades were selected for s most important that parents fund. I hearing tests. This procedure, ! feP.rt results of medical exam- Entries are now arriving daily , she said, will probably be follow- jinations to the school to enable a as the May 5 deadline for en-jed. allowing each child to be i nrs,nf ln0lnd .VkI tries comes near, and activities i checked every third year of theiin? Ior the child. She said she Cass county next in line. Doug las county received $1,095.20 as its share of the Offutt collec tions. Other funds distributed in cluded Pottawatomie county, Iowa, $23.75; Otoe county, $12; Mills county, Iowa. $11.75; Lan caster county, $3; Harrison coun ty, Iowa, $2; Thayer county, $l; and Denver, Colorado, $1. Also attending the luncheon was Ronald R. Furse, publisher of the Plattsmouth Journal. cn the local scene are being ex tended. Boy Scouts of America are selling tickets for .the big event, along with members of the Cass County Horse Show Association and Plattsmouth Lions Club. In addition to prize money, event winners at the horse show here will also receive trophies and ribbons. Trophies will go to winners in each class and rib bons to the next three places. Nursery School Plans Are Told By Homemahers For the second straight year, homemaking students at Platts mouth high school are setting up a school for pre-school age youngsters. Plans are being completed by first year classes of the home making department for conduct ing a nursery school on April 30. May 1. 4. 6 anr 7. Children will be supervised bv Miss Minerva l o V, 1 ; a. i . i I ouiiicicrt, nome economics in- i n . . , , j desire. .... c rr rr I hnn rHe rT tHoi enn roc 1 r ers win Northside merchants i " u j will have to wash windows on; state apportioned funds. the south side of the street and fKehtre ,n?. iSfiil vice versa. George Smith and :thf , att0"iey, f?r, haS Walt Soennichsen. along wilh fed that a school district is no Herb Freeburg and Glenn TDiggs. , longer limited to draw 50 per ilook upon the bounty as a good ,Uie.iaLJ Taiuc elo v,o o f , treasurer s bond when . -with- Dr. Louis Amato has been i J " Wfc "'drawine funds from the county named speaker for the regular! Jf.. " . . . . ; treasury. ' monthly meeting of the Platts- ! Meanwhile chairmen have, is- , other school districts and mouth Parent Teachers Associ- ! iuea a. request tnat mercnants ; their apportionment shares are Amato to Speak At PTA Meeting ation to be held at Central ! Pe reacZ eo itn Drooms school Tuesday night. j a m- naay. Dr. Amato will speak on "Eyes. Youngsters and their Problems' Along with the regular meet ing, PTA members will also play a special tribute to President Col. Harold '"Chips Four of Five Sons in Service i Cedar Creek. $777.38; Murray, ; $1,433.80; and South Bend. i $964.80. ' Rural school districts will re- ceive the following amounts. and Four of five sons of Mr, Woodruff, i Mrs. Ernest Graham of Weepinu Col. and Mrs. Woodruff and fam- Water are now serving in the lly will leave soon for New Armed Forces of the Umtea half-dozen higher priced homes jexico -here he has been as- qtates start immediately Blodgett ex- slZnei- i In Plattsmouth Saturday plained. Grassland Forum Scheduled Friday By Stander Impl. .Farmers throughout this area have been invited to attend a "grassland forum" at Stander Implement Company on South Third street next Friday night May 1. Along with the evening of en 'ertainment and information, farmers will also be feted at r. refreshment period. The event is scheduled for 7:30. Features will be a colored mo tion picture film, "Grassland Report", telling of better, more profitable farming methods. Ed Thorgersen is commentator on the film feature. on 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 ! 10 In honor of the units only business, the Grahams stopped 1 iV president, a covered dish supper j at the Journal office to renew j ii will be held at the school at their subscription, and explain-' i 6:30. Regular meeting features ied that their youngest son is i will follow. ; now stationed at Lackland Air j jtuilc Dax, uaii 111 lui icaaa re- j He is Leonard, who enlisted recently "because all the other boys were in service'. C. C. Wescott recently turned home from a visit in Ex celsior Springs, Missouri. No Fee For Clean-up Here structor, and classes that are now studying child care. Children who have passed cian. and is tne most accurate method known for testing for deficiencies. Fifty-eight children out of the 250 tested were found to have some hearing loss. It indicates jthat 23 percent of the school children thus have some form ; of hearing trouble. Approximate j ly seven percent showed losses ithat are a handicap education lallv and socially. But Mrs. Reade explains that 19 percent of the children report that treatment in time has re stored hearing to near normal or normal. Reports are not Eieht stitches were taken in t available on the other voune- the right hand of Ralph Dowd : sters but Mrs. Reade estimates iworor cDnHorv cvrtrti ' had lound little reluctancv on oc- Pka.ir.. oT-o moriA on the Dart of Darents to take the their third blrthdav annlversar jcau. v-ivj ail uiuwv - - i . . . . , . . jmriinmeter hv a trained r.lini- reports seriously. lies, but have not reached their Eight Stitches Are Required to Mend Injured Hand Wednesday after he received a severe laceration when a rope broke while he was helping re pair a well. While helping Frank Cook, Dowd was in the bottom of the well. When a rope, holding a long pipe snapped, Dowd receiv ed the lacerations. that about five percent will have deficiencies that cannot be re medied by medical treatment. In such cases a child should learn to "speech read." (lips, facial expressions and gestures) and he may also profit from a hearing aid. she explained. Speech reading lessons are of- Hearing losses have a similar effect as eye strain and may cause poor performance and im pair learning in school, she said. At the present time, the num ber of speech and hearing cases, which are required in order to obtain state financial assistance, are at a minimum here. Mrs. Reade points out that it Is im perative that a child with a speech defect or suspected de fect be reported to Mrs. Reade by May 3. She reported that Miss Doro thy Holland, state speech thera pist, will be here to examine children and to authorize those found eligible for training and to determine whether or not Plattsmouth has enough to con tinue the program. It is significant that most parents, approximately 120, have accepted the training and rec ommendations for their child ren's SDeech. There have been Continued en Page Eight State Convention Fred Feldhousen, president of the 2o-year-club, and Joe zas 5th birthday are elieible for en-' tera, state director, are attend- roiunent. Mothers interested in enrolling their child may regis ter by calling 5278 at the high school. Nursery school session will be held from 1:30 to 3:30. Enrollment .must be limited to 12. Purpose of the nursery is two fold. It is designed to help child ren learn to play together, and to give classes an opportunity to study. children. Daily school schedules will in clude a brief health examina tion, free play, toilet, lunch of fruit juice or milk circS; and story, rest period and free play. Mothers are invited to attend the first day and to attend any of he nursery school sessions. Returning here to make their future home are Mr. and Mrs. Jon Black of Orange, California, who are living In their apart". iment at 611 Main St. ins session of the State Pharma ceutical Association at Lincoln today. The Plattsmouth druggists, both registered in the" state for more than 25 years, attended executive sessions of the associa tion. Zastera also attended Sun day seion of the group and will return on Tuesday. John Schreiner also attended the convention today. Casey Initiated In Sesostril Temple Francis M. Casey of Platts mouth was one of 121 initiated into Sesostris Temple at the sprinsr ceremonial held at Lin coln Friday. . A parade, evening banquet and ceremonial marked the ini tiation of the 121 Nebraskans. - -' ' '?4-r f- r- i-i -nrr'T '-'tin 'i - ' "IT- -' f vt - iiT-v-iriBWt'iaitWMiaWBnWMmJr A Classified Ad in the Jsurnal cests as little as 35 cents. 18 19 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 33 34 35 37 38 40 41 42 43 45 $618.79 705.29 791.79 431.38 445.79 416.96 388.12 489.04 489.04 402.54 489.04 474.63 4S0.12 402.54 287.21 316.04 618.79 503.46 474.63 762.96 474.63 489.04 359.29 445.79 431.33 532.29 359.29 489.04 416.96 373.71 633.21 402.54 517.88 460.21 47 48 49 50 51 53 55 58 59 60 63 64 66 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 73 79 80 81 82 83 86 88 91 96 97 98 101 105 $575.54 416.96 473.71 503.46 416.96 272.79 489.04 474.63 546.71 489.04 562.39 373.71 503.46 618.79 411.11 416.96 359.29 489.04 316.04 388.12 489.04 76296 517.83 416.96 431.33 460.21 503.46 503.46 460.21 950.38 431.38 517.88 344.87 517.68 The Cass County Bar Association hasn't taken action yet against their two colleagues, Harold Lebens and Walter H. Smith, for this non -professional act. But the attorneys show the spirit prevailing here as Clean-Up Paint-Up Fix-Up Week opens today. The attorneys are shown cleaning a small area back of their office. Journal Photo. Feeders Tour Is Reset for May 1 Will A. Minford of Murray, president of the Cass County Livestock Feeders Association, announces that the feeders tour has been reset for Friday, May The tour was washed out last Saturday by a two-day rain, which made it practically impos sible to carry out tour plans. Minford explains however that the tour will be the same as or iginally planned. That means the feeders will meet at the Plattsmouth Sale Barn at 9 ajn will visit four lots beiore stop ping for lunch at Mynard, and will wind up with four more feed lot visits. Sgt. Norman Ashbaugh and friends, Bob McAttee and Herb Oeesse arrived here Sunday to. spend' a couple of days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Darl B. Ashbaugh. . .A. ! r A.f : ( 'St " " . 4; m 4