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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER VOLUME 72 oiutlh Pork S City Councilmen Monday night accepted bids on one sanitary sewer district and set the machinery in motion on a second. Kids were accepted on the South Park sani tary sewer which will serve a 15-20 block area south of third street and east of 9th, while preliminary steps were taken toward creation of a sanitary sewer district for the Valley View housing project and adjacent property. Sesto Construction Company of Omaha was low bid dor on the South Park project with a bid of $42,098.40, from two to six thousand dollars under the other three bids. . other contractors and- their V. F. W. to Sponsor Five Youths to Summer Camp Five Plattsmouth boys, who Jf"Vu -um inc tuuutu might otherwise have been un- that the company will get start abfe to enjoy the experience of I d on the sanitary sewer project summer camping, will attend bv 1 and will have it com the VFW Boys" Camp near Pa-I Pjeted by October 1. He explam pillioa next week, according to d. that tne company has been Llovd Fitch, commander of the j doing sewer work for 38 years vpiv i and has done considerable state Fitch disclosed that the Platts mouth VFW post is selecting live underpriviledged youths here to attend the summer camp, being inaugurated this year by the VFW. The camp is sched uled for June 21 through June 26. A new project of the 6th dis trict, was originated last August by a vote of the posts. It'll be held at the Papillion VFW lodge on the north bank of the Platte. Fitch explained that one boy lor each 50 members of the club may be sent to the camp. Reg istrations for the summer camp are being received by Dale Bow man, ex-district commander from Plattsmouth. Included in the week-long pro gram will be classes In first aid, fishing, trail making, swimming at Merritts Beach, camp fire council, bridge and trail build jng. tour of Offutt Air Force Base and Boys Town, sports and games. For the summer camp. Fitch explained that the Plattsmouth post is furnishing sof tball equip ment, life jackets, shovels, axes and hammers and a body bag. Other posts in the district will furnish other needed equipment. Fitch and Bowman will also be two of the six VFW leaders who will be officers in charge lor one day during the week. They also are in charge of en tertainment and the program, respectively. The VFW commander explain ed that if the summer camp is successful on a district basis this year, it may be expanded state wide next year. It already has the sanction of the department. Plattsmouth VFW Auxiliary is joining the post in sponsoring the boys to the summer camp. City Asked Vacate 4th Avenue and 10th Street Strips Requests to the city council to vacate strips of city property no Tier iUo north nnrf nct cirfQO of the island triangle at the in tersections of 10th Street and 4th Avenue with Chicago Ave nue was submitted to the city council Monday night by Louis Naeve. Naeve asked the city to va cate the west 12 feet on 10th Street and the south 11 feet on 4th Avenue. Previously he had exhibited plans for a service station on the triangular loca tion. The council passed a motion to notify property owners of Mr. Naeve's request. Sale of Former Richey Lumber Yard To City Suggested City councilmen are thinking about a proposal submitted to them Monday night by A. B. Rogers, in which a suggested that the city buy the former E. J. Richey lumber yard property. Buck suggested that it would be an ideal location for a city motor pool and equipment area, and would provide office space for the police department as well as the street department. The suggestion was taken un der advisement by the council. Father Of Glen Carneal Dies In Missouri Tuesday Edward J. Carneal, father of Glenn Carneal of Plattsmouth. died at Dunnegan. Missouri, on Tuesday, June 9, 1953, following a recent illness. Funeral services will be held at Dunnegan Sunday afternoon, June 14. Mr. Carneal had been at the bedside of his father for several days prior to his death but had rpturned here, onlv to be recall ed to Dunnegan after his father died. 01 SIXTEEN PAGES ccepte ted bids on the project were: Char les Roebeck Construction Com pany, $44,712.60; W. J. Parker Construction Company, $48,514; and Hart Construction Company, I $44,510.16. In addition alternate i bids were submitted by Sesto land Parker Construction Com- ; pames. 1 Tony Sesto, representative of I iU 1n.. l I J J - 1 J iU - i and federal government work. A resolution accepting the bid and awarding the contract to Sesto was approved by the coun cil. Councilmen also passed a res olution of necessity on the Val ley View sanitary sewer project and has set hearing on the pro posed project for June 22, regu lar meeting night of the city council. Estimated construction cost of the Valley View project includ ing incidentals was $17,011.45. Plans and specifications for the new housing project sewer sys tem provide for running the sewer line under the pavement just east of the housing site and t r l it r- i r i ; . aiong mgnway o ana onicau Avenue to connect with the Oak- mont sewer. By going under the pavement at that point, engineers explain ed It would not be necessary to interrupt traffic on the busy highway. Change Advised in Route of Valley View Water Main Another revision in the pro posed water main route to the newr Valley View housing project was tossed before the city coun cil Monday night for what Coun cilman B. H. G. Eiting described as a way of eliminating heavy burden upon some home owners. Eiting brought up the issue in the presence of city engineers and a representative of Blodgett & Krajacic Construction Com pany because he felt that "it isn't morally right" to assess one property owner too greatly for the benefit of others. Frank Sands, whose five lots on the south edge of the Louis ville road were adjacent to tne proposed route, would have had to pay an estimated $1,500 for ' front tZtm tlsni I nlS ITOnt IOOiagC debMIlCilL The Sands have two houses along the proposed route. Sands was at the meeting. It would also have run along the front of the Plattsmouth Motors junk yard at an estimat ed cost of $700. As a result, the council, en gineers and petitioners will seek to cut diagonally across the properties or to follow an old alleyway between the two prop erties south to the rmn area where petitioners seek the city water. Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Casey and daughter denarted Tuesday for California on a business and vacation trip. City Budget Up Slightly; Tax Need About Same Sanitary Sewer District No. 8. for which bids were accepted Monday night, marks the no ticeable increase in the budget estimate for running the city government for the fiscal year tarting July 1st. The budget es timate was adopted by the City Council Monday night. Included in the total estimate is $58,219 for the sanitary sewer which boosts the 1953-54 city estimate to $315,670. compared to $282,195 for the current year. Bulk of the expense is for sewer and street improvement districts Only minor changes were not ed in regular funds maintained by the city. The General fund was uoped $500 to $10,500 and the police department was voted an increase of $900 to cover trade-in estimates on a new po lice car. Total police budget is $10,900. Minor increases were voted in the road, library, lighting and cemetery funds. More than half of the total es timate is earmarked for pay- rLATTSSMl Consolidated with The Nehawka PLATTSMOUTH, Houses In Various Construction Stages Vf.- mm a. - " W . Three stages in housing development are shown here in the Valley View Housing district. Viisble at the extreme left is the structure for the third house at the new development. At center Hundreds Ge Vacillations for Smallpox Here An estimated seven hundred to eight hundred individuals, both adult and children, have received smallpox vaccination? here since announcement was made of a case in Plattsmouth. Doctors in Plattsmouth and Murray have vaccinated from 100 to 150 persons a day since smallpox vaccination traffic started to boom Monday. Representatives of the State Board of Health were in Platts mouth Wednesday checking on the smallpox case and to confer with the Plattsmouth Health Board. mT m INeW Marine Corps Recruit Program Is Announced A new recruitment program for the Marine Corps was an nounced here today by Master Sergeant Robert Turnbuil and Raymond Burnett, area Marine recruiters at Omaha. They disclosed that the new program provides that young men may enlist in the Reserves for three to four years and thereby serve only two years active duty, enough to fulfill se lective service requirements. Men enlisting in June will be called in August. Recruits from this area take training at San Diego. Ex-Platter Will Play At Banquet For Eisenhower Willis Volk of Norfolk, for merly of Plattsmouth, will play at a banquet for President Dwight D. Eisenhower at Rapid City, South Dakota on the eve ning of June 12. Mr.' Volk is scheduled to play the piano for about one hour. He is the son of the late John Volk, and . nephew of the late Mrs. Martin Friedrich. Mrs. Charley Hennings and Mrs. Ja cob Tritsch, Sr. AVOCANS GIVE BLOOn Ninety-seven pints of blood were received by the American Red Cross bloodmobile at a visit to Avoca on Friday, June 5. Only 11 of the more than 100 donors were rejected for various reasons. Mrs. John Soennichsen and Miss Elizabeth Davis were among guests at the home of Mrs. Har ry Galloway at Red Oak, Iowa, Saturday. The ladies are for- ' mer University of Nebraska classmates. - ment on sewer and street im provements. Sanitary sewer dis trict funds total S78.150, while street improvement funds in the 1953-54 budget total $85,003. Bulk of the paving and sewer costs will come from benefit as sessments and not from taxa tion. In addition the budget pro vides for another $49,000 ear marked for refunding bonds and I i"1?' intersection bonds and district paving assessment de ficiencies. Another $12,000 in the budget estimate is for parking meters, including nayment and main tenance. That money also will not come from taxation. Tax monies for the budget will be practically the same as a year ago when a 26.4 mill lew raised approximately $80,000. ine next iiscai Duaset win also i bond in county court on a require about $83,000 by taxa- j charge of drinking on the high tion. accordins: to the estimate ! wav, filed by Sheriff Solomon, outlined by the city council. I First hearing in the Nelson Enterprise Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, ilesident Here Six Months, Tells impression Of City "To have a good town, you must have things people want."' i Charles Dean, manager of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce, told Rotarians here Tues day noon. 1 Among those things, Dean ex plained, are paved streets, re creation and park facilities, ade quate sewer and water facilities, clean, healthful surroundings and a minimum of debris i and trash. j Dean, speaker on Program Chairman Dr. Paul T. He?ne man's program for the day,! ex plained that many of those things are highly lacking , at Plattsmouth. The ex-Red Oak, Iowa, sales man, told the group that Plates mouth's needs are more paved streets, zoning restrictions, elim ination of the dump on Highway 34, elimination of trash and gaiy bage piles in residential districts, water and sewer facilities in many locations, and to make the tewn as neat and attractive as possible. He also cited the need for recreation and park facili- program . of improvements is ties. iwhat Plattsmouth needs. Dean also pointed out the' Visiting Rotarians at the Tues need for more housing in Platts- day meeting were Rev. Van mouth and a leveling off of reni iBoening of Columbus, Fred prices. He explained that many : Sholders of Omaha and Harold prospective residents have been I B. Vifquain of Lincoln, driven away from Plattsmouth ! Howard Hirz presided at the because rents are high in com- '' meeting. Court House Briefs License for marriage was is-- sued Tuesday to Larry Pollard, 22, of Nehawka, and Nolma Jean Brunkow, 21, of Wabash. Thomas A. Meehan, Jr., of Plattsmouth, was fined $100 and had his driver's license suspend ed for six months after pleading guilty in county court to a charge of drunken driving. Ar rest was by Sheriff Solomon. First hearing in the Jessie Fitch estate was held in county court. Will was admitted to t beem filed in county court. It probate and Claude C. Tigner j asks appointment of C. . J. was named executor. Smith and 1 Schneider, executor. Paul Fau Lebens are the attorneys. j quet is estate attorney. Daryld E. Metger of Lincoln, i was fined $10 and costs in coun- j Camp Fire Girls ty court on a charge of no reg-i Z, V istration certificate, filed by Pa- ! Tour County Jail trolman Mayhew. ! J Ralph R. Davis of Omaha, was I A picnic and council was he d fined $10 and costs in county . Sunday at E mwood park in cnaige oi passm0 a stop siDn. Wm. P. Weber of Omaha, paid ic f1".14 iu tuuutjf court after pleading guilty to a charge of speeding. , Petition for divorce has been filed in district court by Billy E. Orebaugh against Faithe Ann Orebaugh. The petition charges extreme cruelty. The couple was married June 13, 1951 at Wichita, Kansas Delores Stoll has filed divorce proceedings in district court against Rudolph Stoll charging extreme cruelty. The couple was married at Plattsmouth on June 15, 1941. Plaintiff asks custody of three minor children, support and alimony. Petition for divorce has been filed in district court by Bertha D. Kunz against John A. Kunz. Plaintiff charges extreme cruel ty and asks for a property set tlement. The couple was mar ried in January, 1930 at Lincoln. Shirley Dooley has filed di vorce proceedings in district court -against Ronald D. Dooley charging extreme cruelty and asking custody of one minor child, support and alimony. Thev were married February 16, 1952 at Salina. Kansas. Donald D. Tiff of Lincoln, was fined $10 and costs in county court on a charge of passing a stop sis:n. Lloyd E. Johnson was fined S10 and costs in county court on a charge of speeding. Donald L. Mills forfeited a $14 miE i or is a house in advanced stages of construction while at the right is the first house constructed at the site, and now virtually completed. In ad dition, basements have been laid for several other new homes at Valley View. Journal Photo. panson to neighboring com munities He told the group also that ! location of industry here de pends considerably upon the liv ing conditions for an industry's employees, not so much on pow er and other utilities. Dean also told the Rotarians that Plattsmouth needs a small hospital for emergency and ob stetrical cases. Telling his impression of Plattsmouth since coming here six months ago, Dean explained that Plattsmouth has the great est opportunity for growth as at any time during the past quar ter century. But, he observed. Plattsmouth has been somewhat "stagnant" and residents, are not willing to accept change readily enough. "What's good enough for gran dad, is good enough for me," is the attitude of many residents, a -m i l j j .vnamDer nianager saia He suggested that a long range survey and study of the city's requirements and a planned Berger estate was held in coun ty court. - Will was admitted to probate and Ida M. Berger was named executrix. Smith and Lebens are estate attorneys. Petition for probate of the will of John E. Sanders was fil ed in county court. It asks ap pointment of Harold Elliott, executor. Petition for probate of the will of Sherman W. Cole has oth Hutton is leader of the , group and Mrs. Francis Casey assistant leader. Theme for the council fire was " down to earth" and repre sented a birthday project for the year. Soennichsen's Fall Buying Successful John Soennichsen, accompan ied by Elizabeth Hirz, attended the recent fall showing of the Central Western Market Asso ciation in Omaha. Upon their return. Mr. Soen nichsen and Miss Hirz report that their buying trip was the most successful fall market in many years. Increasing use of new fabrics and better design ing in general will make the new fall lines the best in several easons, they point out. The new merchandise will be in the store by August. BONDS APPROVED Bonds for Chief of Police D. T. Haley, Officers Clvde Jackson and Kenneth Dunlap were ap proved by the city council Mon day night. DRAFT OFFICE CLOSED The Selective Service office will be closed . from Monday, (June 15 through June 26th, while Mrs. Elsie McClintock, clerk, is on vacation. Cass County's Greatest Newsuaper The Plattsmouth Journal JflDttJlSRIM 3000 Cass County Families 1953 tritDEri Plattsmouth Lions Club Is Cited for its Activities Plattsmouth Lions Club, less : than a year old, received a cer- tificate of merit for outstand- i ing accomplishments in activi- , ties and membership at the an- ' nual state convention held at Fremont Sunday and Monday. Club Secretary Cecil M. Karr was also cited for his activities and was also awarded a certifi cate of merit. The awards were presented at me uuiiveni-iyii which icitiuicu election of district and state officers; panel discussions; and addresses by Harold Nutter of Camdan, New Jersey, a past in ternational president. John Sav age of Omaha was elected gov- i ernor of district 38B, which in- I eludes Plattsmouth. I Plattsmouth Lions Club was one of three new clubs charter ed in the district during the past vear. It was organized in Octo ber. Attending from Plattsmouth were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Story, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moore, Dr. and Mrs. W. V. Rvan, Mr. and Mrs. N. W. McKeKe, Wynne Babbitt, Leo Scanlon, Merle Stewart, Wm. Floyd, Clark Finney and Cecil Karr. Four Called in June Draft Quota Four Cass countians, all from different communities, reported for induction Friday in the June draft call. They were Kenneth L. Urwin of Louisville; Mickey Goodman of Eagle; Robert Lannin of Mur dock, and Rex Allen Burbee of Plattsmouth. In addition fifteen reported for physical examinations. Vacancy Due in City Council Soon; Hutchinson Moving Mayor Clement Woster, for the second time in a little over two years, will have the task of appointing a councilman. Les Hutchinson gave the may or and council advance notice Monday night that the Hutch inson family is moving to Mur ray. They recently sold their house here and have purchased one at Murray. Hutchinson is serving the sec ond year of a two-year term from the Second Ward. He was elected in April 1952. Twenty-One Jobs Filled by State Employment Service Job openings for 46 workers with 21 jobs being filled was the record of the Nebraska State Employment Service at Platts mouth during May, accprding to Area Manager Glenn Noble. During the month 53 new ap plications for work were receiv ed by the representative here, while he visited 26 employers for job opportunities. Throughout the area an up turn in labor supply, due large ly to high school students and graduates entering the labor market has been noted. The supply in Cass county in cludes 64 men and 49 women. Meanwhile the labor demand, indicated by orders for workers, was on a par with April but be low 1952, Mr. Noble reports. A Classified Aa .n The Jour nal casts as nttle as 35t. Old Timers, Juniors To Play Here Friday Night There's at least one good game text m tne old men yet and they'll be out to prove it Fri day night when the Old Timers take on the Plattsmouth Junior Legion Baseball team. Arrangements for the game, in the wind for the past week, have been completed and flood lights have been turned, on at Memorial Athletic Field. The S game will be played at 8:15 p. m. Friday night, June 12. Old Timers slated to perform asainst the 1953 Junior baseball ers will include Mavnard Hobbs, Charles Ault, Ja.k O'Donnell, Roy Wilson, Eugene Vroman. Tex Chovanec, Albin "Ham" Chovanec, Merle Stewart, Don Wall, John Svoboda and Ralnh Timm. Pete Pestello and Bill; Fox may also be added to the j KEB3. STATS I.TCT. SOCIETY XXX SI ATS CAPITOL ELTG. LINCOV- . 5IR. FIVE CENTS PER COPY Decreases in operational and plant costs combined with increases in non-resident tuition fees will enable the Plattsmouth school district to carry out school operation ' and maintenance on the same tax budget as required for the last fiscal year. The school district will ask only $107,750 by taxa tion for the next fiscal year in the $175,250 budget ap proved by the board Monday night. The tax amount is the same as was raised a year ago in the districts SI 02,000 budget. Weeks of Planning Ends Wednesday At Store Openinq Weeks of planning and ten j days of concentrated remodel-1 ing was climaxed Wednesday i fnr Rnv anrt Rill TCnorr ns him- i dreds of men, women and chil dren flocked into the completely rpmoripieri nir conditioned va- rietv store. i Orchids for the ladies, flown direct from Hawaii, arrived about 10 a. m., after many cus tomers had already been through the store. Ealloons for the kids were plentiful. Prize winner of the portable radio was Mrs. George Haith. Credit for bulk of the plan ning and detailed work on the interior remodeling goes to Bill Knorr, youthful partner in the 5 cent to one dollar store with his father, Roy W. Knorr. Bill became a partner in the store about four years ago. Trips throughout the mid- west, where other store remod- I Increases in non-resident tui elings were observed, and many j tion, raised nearly $50 per pupil nights of detailed planning, i by a recent act of the Legisla were involved before the actual ture; anticipated increases in remodeling got underway. New state apportionment funds and fixtures, all in natural finish a substantially equal amount ana aesignea - ior sen service, were installed by Herman Tie kotter, contractor. New floor covering, new light ing and the air conditioning unit, along with new fixtures, mark the remodeling which was climaxed at the grand opening Wednesday. New fixtures pro vides for up to one-third more disolay room ihan previously. Employees of the store, along with the Mesdames Bill and Roy Knorr, also shared credit in the ten days for wmch the store was closed for remodeling. Ow- ners of the store today cited the;tl,, pxnpn,p, nf fnr thP employees for many hours of work in helping organize dis nlays for the grand opening on Wednesday. Man Admits Shoolina Horses Investigation by Sheriff Solo mon into the shootine' of thrpe riding horses, one belonging to v- Newton Sullivan and the other two to Ed Leach was cleared up after Frank Lepert admitted to Solomon that he was the farm er that fired at the horses. Le pert told Solomon that the three horses were eating his ground corn and refused to leave his farm. The horses got loose from their feeding grounds last Sat- urday afternoon. Two of the horses are expected to recover in good shape, but the other one received considerable amount of buckshot in the head and body according to the Sheriffs report. PLEADS GUILTY Mrs. Myrtle Mathews, former ly of Plattsmouth, has pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery in Buffalo County District Court at Kearney, according to infor mation furnished the Sheriff's office here. Mrs. Mathews liv ed here from 1939 to 1948, the report states. Journal Want Ads Pay! Old Timers roster by game time. Countering for the Juniors will be Jon Schuetz, Jon Blotzer, Denny Ptak, Denny Hirz, Larry Pierce, Terry Ernest, John Car per, Munk Mullenax, Bryon Fin nefrock, Harold Demaree, Mar ion Hild, Jerry Fulton, Jim Graves and Barney Eiting The game might be billed as a benefit, for , fans will benefit from watching the youngsters of today tangling with greats of the past; the Old Timers will get "one more" chance to show the upstarts; and the Juniors will gain the needed experience and the extra practice. The Juniors opened the sea son with a 8-6 win over Louis ville Sunday, while the Midgets were rolling up a 16-5 win PTTftTJSHEn i SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday NUMBER 57 Rut the board noints nnf ihnt the school budget estimate does not include tax monies for the bonded indebtedness acquired under the present school build ing program. The new schools however will tend to cut maintenance costs by several thousand dollars and will thus help make up a $14,000 increase in teachers' salaries necessitated in the new school budget for the 1953-54 school yr. Teachers' salaries climbed con- siderably since four additional teachers will be required to nanaie tne additional grades lor the coming year. --The increase win De in rirsu vvaro scnooi where one teacher was required last year, while five will be need ed for the 1953-54 school year. In addition the board voted a $100 cost-of-living increase to each teacher remaining in the system during the coming school year. Whereas vipkeep on buildings a year ago was estimated at $6,000. the new budget asks for .only $3,500. At the same time reductions have been made on anticipated repairs to heating, plumbing and electrical sys- , terns. from the federal government, alone: with the decreases In maintenance costs will tend to make up the increase over the 1952-53 school budget. The school budeet for 1953-54 provides for $130,000 for teacher salaries compared to $116,000 for the past school year. But half of that increase was eliminated by a $7,000 reduction in antici pated maintenance costs for the next school year. Savings in school mainten ance costs is noted in the board's i np, hnHopf of 7nnn nTMnt or school year iust ending. Actually the amount to be raised by taxation for operating the schools for the next fiscal year is only 61 percent of the tverall budget. A thirty-mill levy last year was required to raise the neces sary revenue for the school. With new values forthe district vet to be rWerrnined, it is not known at this time what levy will be required. A levy decrease i ; a i t s anticipated nowever ior scnooi operation. In addition to the $175,000 op erational budget, the board will also have to raise additional funds for redeemine bonds is sued for tb.3 new schools. Three Return From PEO Convention i Afr Srnf f Klnf f Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Wiles, Mrs. Estelle McClusky and Miss Amelia Martens have returned from Scottsbluff, where Mrs. Wiles was a delegate to the state PEO convention held there.' Mrs. McClusky and Miss Martens attended as visitors. During the convention, the group was also invited to AU liance, Chadron and Valentine A report of the convention will be given at the annual picnic of the PEO Society at the home of Vivian Wehrbein on Friday. County's Share Of May Gas Tax Told By Treasurer Cass county's share of the state's gas tax take is not expect ed to climb until this month's collections are totaled, even though the additional one cent gas tax is now in force. . Nebraska counties' share of the state tax dropped in May compared with the month pre vious. Cass county's share ' of the May tax, according to State Treasurer Frank Heintze is $7, 400.25, while its share of the rural mail fund was $4,933.51. RURAL YOUTH Ci!VIP Young peonle from eight southeastern Nebraska counties, including Cass countv. will be overnight visitors at Peru State Teachers College this week end at the first district rural youth camp held on the campus. About 40 rural youth members are ex pected to attend the camp.