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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Consolidated with The Nehawka Enterprise - Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 521 VOLUME 72 EIGHT PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1953 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Vobto Tyler Will A a e mennioirDcao iay oeokeir VarrD E. Tyler, .Nebraska the Industrial Relations Court, Day Speaker at Piattsmouth. County Judge Raymond J. Case, chairman of the American Legion backed memorial services, announced Mr. Tyler's acceptance as speaker. Memorial Day activities will be held for the most part at Oak Hill cemetery at the American Legion and G. A. R. plots. Short services will also be held at the Missouri river. Judge Case also announced Pvt. Glen Hamilton Assigned To Depot Onfirnl 9hnr ; optical anop i Pvt. Glen Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Hamilton of Piattsmouth, has returned to St. Louis. Mo., for assignment with a base optical shop after h? - naiir- j parenu5- I ; ft I Pvt. Glen Hamilton i Pvt. Hamilton graduated on ' optometry at the St. Louis Medi cal ciepct. He is now assigned to the medical depot at 12th and Spruce street in St. Louis, and will work in the optical shop. Judy Cook Is Valedictorian of Elmvood Seniors Baccalaureate se TJ-1esr. xrJ ! held at the Method! at Elmwooa for Eimwooa mgn school seniors last Sunday ni?ht. Rev. N. F. Horn preached the; baccalaureate sermon. His topic was "The Open Door." The processional and reces sional were played by Mrs. Dwi?ht Clements. Keith Borne- meier plaved a cornet solo and j C'ark Marshall sang "One World". A3 commencement ex ercises Wednesday evening. Dr. I.eo Eastman of Peru State Teachers College was speaker. He talked on leadership in keen ing with the class motto, "Al ways Lead. Never Follow". Miss Judy Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Cook, was valedictorian and received the church school scholarship. Shir ley Hall was salutatorian and was awarded the state school scholarship. The class was in troduced by Principal Ruth Oodbev. and SuDt. John John ston awarded the scholarshiDS Harrv Linder, president oi tne school board, presented the di-j plomas. . The small graduating class m- "u T,,tH nZS-' tv. A- ley Doebele', Gwendolyn Gerbe-j line. Shirley Han. sniriey wes selhiser and Darlene Plunkett. ! Tod scholars among the eighth erade graduates were Phvllis Burnkow and Robert Hall. Good Neighbor Policy in Force; Farmer Is III . ,..,1. ! . ir S tnn with the mrmps neighbors The"- seven were Sharon flndof U Nolte faSmvlRamge. daughter of to., and rwVoH Tffnrts and eauiDment 1 u:auii'Lu v. - - - inu equipmc.ij. j ,, 4r nrrv5rp ana uiant an Fnrav v0 prepare anu uan, 80-Acre field of corn. r-rttric i-. x,' OT,AVrt Hnntinir in the day-long Th neanv zu tiicn anu V il W1- k wmrcr at the John Dietl home with Mrs. Dietl and Mrs. Curtis Faris setting the harvest dm ner Farmers participating were Fov Greg" Clarence Jacobsen, r-iftis Faris. Jack Faris Don Faris. Hsrold Rice. John Dietl, Leonard Lutz. Henry Rtre Ray mond Lpn-ster.- Bnrt W orphan. Bob Spongier and Jack allery. eood neiehDor -act. trict 98 Wabash, daughter of to Rosemary Wolski. daughter of lr4Sd "inyta- futftt to 1 M? aid Mrl Svend Nfelsei of f Mr and Mrs. Stanley Wolski. for thJ inh The soray outfit I Wabash: Fatty Johnson, District ' perfect attendance during the 2B ,?VtS'w-av a 30-acre field 56. Murray, daughter of Mr. and year. Miss Wolski also had a fas ioSr I Mrs. Glenn L. Johnson of Mur- Perfect attendance record in of 'lover. co0rf r!v .Tamp? firnxshans. DLstrict I the 1950-51 school year. Journal Want Ads Pay n IFv AAcav 30 Lity attorney and judge ot has been named Memorial that Robert Back and Melvin Todd, high school oratorical winners in the American Le gion contest, will also speak at th Mav 2Ct services. Music ,. h h, . h , nd and all" veteran, service grouos and their auxiliaries will take part. The Memorial Day speaker is remembered by many here for his address .t a father and son banquet here early this sprint. Veteran of World War I. Mr. ! Tyler is a graduate of the Uni i versity of Chicago school of Law. He began his practice at Ne- braska city shortly alter ona ; War I and has been closely as : sociated with community activi ; ties at Nebraska City. Mr. Tyler has been city at ; torney at Nebraska Citv. is a j member of the Waubonsie ; Bridse board and director of the Nebraska Children's Home So- j ciety in addition to serving on the industrial relations court. At Nebraska City he is a mem- ber of the American Legion. 40 & 8. Eagles. Elks and Presby terian church. He is also a j member cf the Nebraska City Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Tyler served for ynrs as county veterans for several veterans service nffirpr in ntn rnnntv Wp i married and has two children. a son and daughter, both mar ried. As' in past years, Memorial services will start at ten o'clock on the morning of May 30. As sembly and service at the GAR 1 plot at Oak Hill cemetery will precede services at , the Legion plot at 10:15. At the conclusion of services at Oak Hill ceme tery, the party will proceed to the Missouri river bridge for services in memory of Navy servicemen. Once again the American Le eion has asked the Veterans of rial Day services. The V. F. W. ices at the Cleo Capoer grave at 9:30 a. m.. and at the George Lepert grave following services at the Legion plot. Participating in the services will be the American Legion and Auxiliary, V. F. W. and Auxili- ary. Navy Mothers. Gold Star members. DAR. and Piattsmouth unit of the Organized Reserve Corps. Drunken Driving Conviction Here To Be Appealed Donald Harshbarger has filed ! arjpeal bond in county court after being: found guilty of charges cf drunken driving and resisting an officer. Judge Ray mend J. Case fined the defend ant S100 and $25 on the two counts and also susoended his -.driver s license for six months, Harshbarer had leaded not j guiltv to the count in countv court e?rIv thi5 month and had P05" su appearance bond. Subscribe To The Journal Seven Rural Honored For Seven Cass county rural school students were honored i tocay, Monday, for high schol ! arship. The seven represented i the upper ten percent of the 63 !.iohth o-i-apr- in riv rfiriin. ! mas at promotional exercises j held at Weeping Water this aft- tm iwn ! Mrs. Maynard Ramge of Platts- rtroo!tr:rt 3- and Sharon Rama- ' uiuuui, jiuucui ui ri.m.& viccn n;ct,. . ,u, i pv nistrict u Fairland. dau?h- i oeilwl, uuiiik . atxx u.ia uau ---- - - ter pi Mr. ana Mrs. Lyie aauey 3. Jean school, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grosshans or ! oi me xsenawsa ana weeping Piattsmouth- Robert Anderson. ! Water Methodit churches, was District 21, Center Valley school, j Principal speaker at the promo son cf Mr. and Mrs. Renos And- S tional exercises held at the high erson of Weening Water; and i school auditorium in Weeping Roy Smith. District 45. Little j Water. The Rev. Gardner also Brick school, son of Mr. and gave the invocation and bene Mrs Royal Smith of Mynard. ! diction. Musical selections by The honor students received I the etehtth graders were pro the formal recognition from L. ; gram features. A. Behrends. superintendent of; Diplomas were presented fcy ' Cass county schools. M-Joh"s riuiiw ivwjiuwiis, Dies on Friday Mrs. John L. Smith, resident 1 of Piattsmouth for nearly 70 ' ' years died at St. Joseph hos-1 ' pital at Omaha Friday, May 22, , 19o3. following a snort illness. ' ishe was 72 years old. Native of Lucas, Iowa, where she was born August 6, 1881, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Henderson, she was christened Margaret M. She came to Platts- t mouth with her parents at the l age of five, and in 1900 on Jan uary 6, was married to John L. Smith at Piattsmouth. She was a member of St. ! John's Catholic church, St. : Johns Altar Society, and the cthohc Daughters of America surviving are tnree sons Chester B. Smith of Los Ange- ; les. California, and Frank M. 1 and John Jr.. of Piattsmouth; and one daughter, Mrs. Harold ' Seay cf Piattsmouth.. One dau- : ghter, Lucille, and two sons, j Evan and William, preceded her j in death. ; Other survivors are her hus- ! band. John; two brohters. Thom- i as Henderson of Lincoln and I William Henderson of Lexington, j Mo.; eight grandchildren and j two gTeat grandchildren. f Funeral services will be held at St. Johns Catholic church Tuesday morning at 9 a. m. with Msgr. George Agios of ficiating. Visiting hour swill be held Monday afternoon and evening from 3 to 6 and 7 to 3 with Rosary at 8 p. m. Burial will be in Holy Speulchre ceme tery at Piattsmouth. Sattler Funeral Home is charge of arrangements. , KJ v,Urch Will INote Qfifk A ;r.a v At Sundav ervic St. Luke's Episcopal church at Piattsmouth will observe the 86th anniversary of the conse cration of the present church building at morning services next Sunday, according to Fa ther Max Kors. The church, founded in 1867. by the Rt. Rev. Robert Harper Clarkson. first bishop of Ne braska., is on of the oldest churches in Nebraska. The Sunday observance will be combined with morning serv ices at 10:30 followed by a cof fee hour in the undercroft. The coffee social will be under the auspices of St. Mary's Guild. County 4-H'ers To Attend 37th Annual Club Week Plans are complete for the 37th annual 4-H Club Weeks to be held at the College of Agri culture. Mav 25 through 27. Guy R. DavLs. assistant state 4-H club leader who is general chairman of the event, said that advance registration show that ! over 250 4-H club members and j leaders from all parts of the ! ccrnhusker state will attend. ! Included on the program are t tours of Lincoln and Omaha, discussions on current topics, banauets. picnics, and talks by outstanding soeakers. Attending from Cass county are: Mrs. Harold Wall of Eagle. Bill Jameson of Nehawka. John Knabe of Nehawka. Phyllis switzer of Nehawka. Suzv Swit 7er of Nehawka, Norma Ford of Nehawka, Alice Wiles of Weep ing Water and Joan Norris of Weeping Water. Also a Club Week will be Pie ter Dekker. an International Farm Youth Exchangee from the Netherlands. Journal Wan Ads Pav' 8th Graders Scholarship Mr. Behrends also presented heT1cllar1 Palmer Davis award to Be"? NieL?- The award Is presented to the county eishth j prader earning the highest t grader earning the highest Kiaix in uuiicui, CYcms icsi, Kiv- ' en to all county eighth graders. I Tds to tory . . - District 6. Awards were ore- . . sentea Dy jonatnan-i;ass ana 1 t on.n i "Vc. Rev. Fred c Gardner, pastor s 5upt. Behrends. Top Scholars Honored . J . v J-. . t . .. J bL: . , . 1 Earning top scholastic awards at commencement exercises held here Friday night were Wendell Ftiest, son of Mr. and Mrs. ; T. I. Friest, and Ronald Schneider, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. ' Schneider. The two were valedictorian and salutatorian of the 1953 senior class. Friest boasts an average of 96 plus for his j four high school years, while Schneider had a 94 plus average. The first seven scholars in the senior class were boys, the late school check to select top scholars disclosed. Tax Hearings Start Tuesday Informal hearings on 1953 real estate assessment val uations w ill start at the dis trict court room at the Piattsmouth court house on Tuesday. May 26. The three-day informal hearings will be held from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. on May 26. 11 and 28. Representatives of E. T. Wilkens & Associ ates, will be on hand to ex plain valuations. County property owners, who seek an explanation of their tax valuations and as sessments are urged to at tend the informal hearings. Delmont Heedum New Manager at Hinliy-Dinky Appointment of Delmont L. : at St. John's Catholic church Heedum. 38, as new manager of on Wednesday morning at nine Plattsmouth's Hinky - Dinky 1 o'clock with Father Raphael store was announced in Omaha I Chonta officiating-. Burial will today by officials of Hinky-Din- : be at Glenwood cemetery. The ky Stores Company. ; Rosary will be recited at the The new manager, who has , funeral home, Tuesday evening, already taken over his resportsi-, at eight o'clock. rfas t&fJFKLrl ' Caldwell-Linder Funeral home exoenence in the food store.., in fhar. nf arrartrprrent; field and has been with Hinky-11 m cnarge or arrangements. Dinky for the past three years. He started a3 a clerk and won consistent promotions, first to produce manager, then assist ant manager of the company's Benson store and last February ne oecame assistant manager oi j .. H. Thomason is receiving one of Omaha's largest Hinky-. treatment at Methodist hospital Dinky markets. ( at Omaha for injuries received Mr. Heedum is a veteran of when he was knocked from a World War n. having served as horse Thursday, a sergeant in the Army. He is ; Mr. Thomason was injured a married man and has twoiwben a bull charged the horse sons, Roger and Kenneth. which he was riding. He was The Heedum family expects to j knocked to the ground and suf move to Piattsmouth from Oma- j fered a broken vertabrae. He na as soon as suitaDie nousing is found Mr. Heedum said nodav bv caldwell-Linder ambu- changes m the Piattsmouth Hinky-Dinky store staff are an- ticmated. He succeeds Frank Hobbick. who came here from Omaha several months ago. Pvt. Scott With Field Artillery On Korean Front Army Pvt. Walter J. Scott, whose wife, Bethine. lives at Ashland, recently arrived in Ko rea for duty with the 623d Field Artillerv Battalion, a unit which traces its history to 1846 and has earned 19 battle streamers in six wars. Scott, last stationed at Camp Chaffee. Ark., is an ammunition driver in the 623d. Before entering the Army last XT 1.. n V. 1 . . i.iuciiiuer. ne was seu-empioyta as a truck driver. Scott is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd R. Scott of Ashland. Defendant Enjoined From Building Garage On Curb A motion of the City of Weep ing Water for dismissal was overruled and Judse John Dierks approved an order en joining D. O. Dwyer et al. from erecting a garage between the sidewalk and curb line In the city of Weeping Water. Action against D. O. Dwver, et al, and the city of Weeoing Water was filed by Elmer Mich elsen. et al. ATTEND FUNERAL Mr. and Mrs. Ted Stoehr of Odessa. Texas, who came to at tend the funeral of Wm. Halmes, have also been visiting with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tschir ren. His father. Charlie Stoehr and with his brothers returned to their home today. I Mrs. M. Powers, Resident Here 30 Years, Dies Mrs. Mary Powers, native of ! Omaha and resident of Platts- mouth since 1921. died at a I nursing home at Elm wood on i Monday, May 25. 1953. She was 65 years old. Born at Omaha on August 23. 1887, the daughter of John and Anna Rich, she came to Piatts mouth in 1921 and was employ ed at Piattsmouth hotel. She was married to Charles Powers of Omaha in 1947. Mrs. Powers was a member of St. John's Catholic church at Piattsmouth. Surviving; are her husband. Charles: a son. Arnold Winkler , of Sterling. Colorado; a', sister. Mrs. Joseph Heigl of Piattsmouth I One sister. Mrs. Anna Pitt- jman died last August. I Funeral services will be held . B. Thomason Injured When Bull Charges Horse taken to th hosnitnl Fri- i !,. Alvo Is Top Class D Snort Town in State The too Class D athletic town in Nebraska was Alvo in 1953. a comparison of overall records in football, basketball and track shows. The Orioles rated among the top in all three sports. Coach OUie Mayfield's Orioles completed a three year program that has been unusually suc cessful. On the basis of last year's records, the Orioles were rated sixth in football, fourth in track and eighth in basketball to nip Chester In the point com parisons. Chester was one of the two winners over Alvo last fall in football. Alvo earned a trip to the state basketball tournament, but bowed in the semi-finals. The Orioles were fourth in Class D in the state track tournament. Four Alvo athletes were rec ognized in the three sports. Jun ior Weichel was an all-state six man football selectee two years; Dick Printz earned a berth in state track recognition with a sprint win; and Roger Kinney was one of the outstanding Class D cagers. CHARLENE HANEY JOINS COUNTY JUDGE STAFF Miss Charlene Haney. daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Haney. has been added to the staff of i County Judge Raymond J. Case. Miss Haney will assist in cleri cal work in the judge's office. Miss Haney is & graduate of piattsmouth higrh school with the class of 1953. Aire Peeked Ex-Platter Found Dead at Lincoln Home Friday Edward E. Matschullat. Lin - coln attorney and a native of "ffiktuSolr? dFnddav morninsl He was 51 vears old. Mr. Matschullat had hanged SlLT,Srt!?thn, upstairs room, according to the T.anmstpr rnnntv sheriff He was found bv his father-in-law. Lewis Lichty, who lived with j him. Born at Piattsmouth, he was rvrr instmrtnr t thp iTnivpr, ROTC instructor at the Univer sity of Nebraska during World War II and had been a practic ing attorney in Lincoln for many years. He raduatd from Piattsmouth high school in 1922 and earned his law de cree from the University of Ne braska. At Lincoln he was a member of the Nebraska and Lincoln Bar Associations, the Lincoln Barristers Club. Independent Asoeiaticn of Theatrical and stage employees. YMCA. DeMo lay and Masons. He had also een a protectionist at a Lincoln ; theatre. He was a member of t the Presbyterian church. Surviving are a brother. Wil liam of Lincoln: and three chil- : dren. Edward. 14: Jim, 13; and Linda. 9. all of Lincoln. Funeral services and burial were at Lincoln. Three Cass County Lutheran Churches Aid New Service - Three Cass county Lutheran churches First of Avoca, Trin itv of Eagle, and Christ of Louis ville are among 232 of Nebras ka's National Lutheran Council church which are helpine sup port the state s first full-time hncnitc r,H tot. iT,cfitntin: Now well into its second vear of existence, the Lutheran chap- lamcv prosram is growme steadily, the Rev. L. C. Pretty of Lincoln reported this week to board members of Nebraska Lutheran Social Service. Pastor Pretty is director-chaplain of NLSS. the aeency created bv National Lutheran Council churches to sponsor institution al chaplaincy work. Open House At Louisville Funeral Home Set Friday Open house will be held at the Fusselman Funeral Home at Louisville on, Friday, March 29 from 2 to 9 d. m. The open house will mark the start of the fun eral home at Louisville under the management of John Fus selman. vi!U otiIv rprpntlv from Rristnw Nebraska. At Louisville he pur chased the house recently occu pied by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zas tera. The house was remodeled to house the funeral home as well as the Fusselman family. Mrs. Marie Richards returned home Friday from Biloxi. Miss. Mrs. Richards had accompanied her daughter. Mrs. Robert Aim to Biloxi where she will make her home. Mr. Aim is serving with the armed forces and sta tioned in Biloxi. Juniors Await Baseball Opei ner; New Twelve of the 15 new Junior American Legion baseball suits have been handed out to play ers who currently hold the in side track on startine squad berths, according to Manager Lindy Wolever. The suits, purchased by Piatts mouth Motors, arrived early last week, after arm insignias had been sewed to the new suits. Complete new outfits were pur chased by the Ford dealers. Sporting the new suits are Jon Schuetz and John Blotzer, pitch ers and third base alternates; Lyle Wood, catcher; Denny Ptak, first baseman; Larry Pierce, Terry Ernst and Jim Graves, in fielders: Denny Hirz. shortstop; Byron Finne frock, Barney Eit ing, Munk Mullenax and Mar ion Hild. outfielders. Five other Junior candidates are battling for the other three new suits. All five will be car ried en the squad. Seeking the other suits are John Carper, Jerry Fulton, Lar- Committee heads for practically all King Korn Karni ival committees for the big 1953 show have been selected .and were announced today by John Soennichsen, presi dent of the King- Korn Klub. Soennichsen announced the I committees along with a hint that improvements in most , of the Karnival's three day program features will be made. Heading the fast growing calf show will be Leonard ; Horn and ttert Jamison, who formed for the past several vears bv Melvin Todd. The : calf show' which hit an all-time entry height last year, will again be featured by a calf auction. Sale of lambs I will also be held at the same time. Committee chairman ; for the larnb how have not been picked as yet. The show , . . A , , 1 was originated last year. i Lt. LeRoy Hild j D rt c niscriarr ! iveceives Luscnarge s -iff " Lt. LeRoy Hild ; show, school parade, 4-H ex- Lt. LeRoy Hild is now at home hi tits and flower show. He ex with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j pects to have them completed Ernest Hild. near Louisville, aft- within a week or two. er recently receiving his dis-( Announcement of the com c.iarge from military service. mittee chairmen comes as great Lt. Hild. who served overseas interest is being shown in the several months, arrived at his 1 1053 r0rn crnn The interest nr ' C&mp CUSte.. MiChlgan. He ! ?re tae nurriea tri? no:ne ? ! ilC Two Lucky as Convertible Rolls Two Nebraska Citians escaDed serious injuries and possible death early Saturday morning when the east bound convertible in which they were riding went out of control and crashed. Earl Komma and Gpne Fields were occuoants of the car which severed three guard rail posts and rolled over on the highway eight miles west of Union. Komma suffered a broken col lar bone, and Friede received only bruises and scratches. They received treatment at St. Mary's hosDital at Nebraska Citv. Sher- iff Tom Solomon investigated : l"e misnap. Father Kors Leaves For Denver Meeting Father Max Kors departed for will attend the prcvincal confer ence of the Diocese of ths Northwest province, deoartment of Christian social relations. Fa her Kors is chairman of the Piattsmouth diocese. A Classified Ad in the Journal costs as little as 35 cents. Suits Arrive rv Jpnkins, Vernon Aylor and Harold Demaree. Twice weekly drills are being held by the Juniors as thev I get ready for a June opener in Junior Legion league play at Louisville. Sponsored jointly bv the American Legion ad Piatts mouth Motors, the Piattsmouth Juniors will participate in Class B league activity under the state-wide Junior Legion base ball program, but has been en tered in Class A tmirrumonf ; play. To prepare the Piattsmouth team for Class A tournament play, Wolever is seeking games with Class A teams in this area i for between league contests. Ten games will be played m league competition, and hopes are to schedule a half-dozen non learue games. - The Juniors, as their schedule now stands, will open play on June 7 at Louisville. n n n InieOQJS will take over auties per- The Cass County Horse Show ! Association, with Chet Wiles as : President, will again have i charge of the horse show. Some j changes are also predicted for t the horse show, with a possible new location first on the list. Frank Bierl and Henry Vin duska. who teamed up last year, will again head the corn show. Greater emphasis on the rural exhibit will be featured at the 1953 Karraval. Eagles Auxiliary for the sec end straight year will be In charge of the famed Korona tion. Mrs. Irene Smith, presi dent of the unit, will be general chairman. Ray Story and Joe Zastera were selected to head the Dro sram for the big three-day Korn Karnival, and Bruce Gold and Chris Bulin have been named co-chairmen of the merchants parade. Tom Solomon will again serve as oarade marshal. . R. R. Furse will head the pub licity staff. Soennichsen explained that i chairmen are still to be named i for the farmers narade. lamb ; ; th- p-round. The Kom Kar- nival will recognize its harvest. In hinting that a variety of improvements are on tap dur-' mg the 1953-Karnival, Soen nichsen pointed to the one change that has already been approved. That s a change in carnival rides and concessions. Hale Bros. Shows will be on . the midway for the SeDtember Karnival. "Cheap" kiddie tides have been arranged with the carnival for the 1953 show. Improvements are being con-- ojuci in me rk.ur'-.iiauuii, ca.il and corn show, plus some ad justments in the general pro gram. Greater interest on local talent and individual participa tion are planned for the Sep tember Karnival. Soennichsen also explained that a baking contest is also being considered. The idea was ! advanced by Sheriff Tom Solo j "ton, wno has already piecgea jio De a juage. a Kurai vs. city oase ccruess is oeing coniiuerea. Soennichsen said. Mr. Soennichsen also ex plained that Charles Dean will b co-chairman of the 1953 pro duction. MRS. RIEKE DIES Mrs. Amelia Rieke of Elm wood, longtime Cass county resident, and resident of Elm wood manv years, died at her : home at Elmwood on Friday morning. May 22, 153. George Tartsch was taken to St. Catherine's hospital at Om aha Saturday afternoon by the Sactler ambulance for treat- uiciii axiu uoservauon. Journal Want Ads Pay Journal Will Publish Early; Stores To Close Advertisers, news corres pondents and news sources are reminded todar that The Piattsmouth journal will publish early this week to enable distribution of the Thursday paper so that readers may take advan-, tase of the Memorial Day week end values. , The Journal asks that copy for the week end paper be submitted on Tuesday if possible, so that the pa per may o to press late Wednesday, one day early. Readers are al-o advised that stores in Piattsmouth will be closed throughout the day, Saturday, Mav 30. in observance of Memorial Day. The Merchants urre readers to attend Memorial Day services wherever they may be.