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" VttZ STATE HIST- SOCIETY XXX STATE CAPITOL ELDS. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Consolidated with The Nehawka Enterprise Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 72 SIXTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1953 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 69 Board lest poor lioardl Cass County Commissioners Tuesday reversed them--olves by restoring a $1,000 cut to the Cass County Agri cultural Society for the Cass county fair. It rescinded an action of the board last Friday when they cut the Fair Hoard's request from $4,000 to$3,000. A fifteen-man delegation, mostly from Weeping Wa ter, but including fair officials from Nehawka and Platts mouth, appeared before the board to ask that the cut be restored. Herman Bornemeier of Elrmvood, chairman of the county board, introduced the motion to hike the ap propriation to $4,000. It passed 2-1 with W. F. Norte of Plattsmouth voting against it. Tom stacey, president of the Corporation Gives Architect Green iqhf on Plans Directors of thp newlv formed Plattsmouth Lions Recreation j Corporation stepped up plans for ! last Friday had asked me coun their community center Monday J ty commissioners to consider nieht at a meeting with Chuck j such an arrangement for the Engles, Omaha architect. King Korn Karnival Calf Show. At the session, the directors Dn however didn't attend the compared notes on individual ! Tuesday morning session. su-vffestions for developing the j Commissioner Nolte, however, second-story of the Rogers ' contended that funds through building, purchased by the group the ag association should be last week 1 available for the Korn Karnival The architect was instructed j eajf show -as swell as the county to prepere preliminary plans for ir. Pointing out that he was the building and to submit the one of the earliest county fair nlan.s to the group cn August 3. ; flSL ?S SSi Included in the overall remod- ! support should be given to both ellng program will be facilities groups. for a large auditorium, stage, i A conflict threatened to de modern kitchen, rest rooms and ! velop between the two county cloakroom. Construction is ex- : communities until Bornemeier pected to get underway soon j called the gallery back to the after plans have been accepted, ' point at issue. That was wheth possibly early in August. : er or not the fair board re- T?nv Rt.nrv pnrnnmiion nrpsi- quired the $4,000. cent, conducted the meeting at which Walt Gleason, manager of the Gas Company office here, explained that heating and air conditioning estimates will be prepared by Gas.-Company engi neers after the preliminary I - i plans have been determined for I remodeling. ohn B. Gilmore, Pioneer Resident Of County Dies John B. Gilmore, pioneer Cass county resident, died at Long Beach, Calif., Saturday, July 13, 1953. He was 89 years old. Funeral services were held at Lexington, Nebraska Tuesday afternoon. Son of late Judge and Mrs. James R. Gilmore, Mr. Gilmore was born at Highland county, Ohio on August 29, 1863. He came to Nebraska with his parents in 1869. The Gilmores came to Cass county in a covered wagon and crossed the Missouri river at Rock Bluff. Mr. Gilmore lived in the Weeping Water vicinity until 1916, when he married Kate Loveless and moved to Custer county. He had resided in Cali fornia in recent years. Among survivors are a cousin, Dr. G. H. Gilmore, of Murray; a nephew, Harry T. Massie, mayor of Broken Bow: and a niece, Mrs. Myrtle Tritsch, of Louis ville. Mrs. Knechi Is Renamed Red Cross Chairman Mrs. Lottie Knecht of South Bend has been re-elected presi dent of the Cass County Chap ter of the American Red Cross. She was renamed along with all other officers at the annual meeting at the Church of Christ in Elmwood. Other officers are Walter H. Smith of Plattsmouth, vice president; Mrs. C. O. Zaiser of Avoca. secretary; and Elmer Hallstrom of Avoca, treasurer. The group acknowledged re ceipt of $112 presented in mem ory of George Lenz, who died re cently. The family asked that memorials be made to the Red Cross instead of through floral offerings, because Mr. Lenz had received a number of blood transfusions during his illness. The address of welcome was given by S. L. Clements with Mrs. Cullen of Avoca respond ing. An account of Red Cross activity during the Hebron tor nado was told by Vernon Zim merman of Lincoln, and an ad dress was given by Judge Ray mond J. Case, home service of ficer. Rev. Kampman conducted the devotionals and music was fur nisbed by his family. Merwin m Kampman presented a violin solo and Beth Kampman prt sented a vocal solo. Representatives from Avoca, South Bend, Weeping Water and Plattsmouth attended. r yrnty Society; Joe Bender, secretary; John Bender and County Agent Clarence Schmadeke presented the county fair board's case to the commissioners. Schmadeke told the commis sioners that circumstances wouldn't enable the group to set aside part of the funds for the calf show at Plattsmouth. Chamber Manager Charles Dean Tom Stacey cleared the issue when he told the commissioners that the fair must be allocated the $4,000 or considerable cuts will have to be made. The cuts, he said, would come out of the 4-H premiums, which is desig nated for $2,500 of the 1953 budget. Secretary Joe Bender ex plained that the group has set a budget of $4,600 for the fair this year. Basing estimated re ceipts on last year's fair, the Society should have another $1, 500 income from concessions, ad vertising, memberships, and from the state as the county's share in the pari-mutuals. That would make total re ceipts for the fair this year at near $5,500, athough a $4,600 budget has been adopted ac cording to Bender. Bender also explained that last year's $3,000 appropriation was a decrease from the two previous years when the fair re ceived $3,700 from the county. Prior to that it had received from $2,000 to $3,000. Also speaking for the fair board were Jake Tritsch of i Plattsmouth, Gordon Heneger of Weeping Water, Bill Thornton of Weeping Water and Fred Reh meier of Weeping Water. Injunction Filed As Result Of Dam Construction Earl F. Albert et al has filed petition for iniunction against John R. Mayfield et al in Cass county district court asking that the defendant be required to install sufficient tube through a dam he has erected or restore The area to its natural condi tion. The petition charges that a dam erected by Mayfield with no outlet, is endangering a nat ural spring on the plaintiff's land and also a bridge crossing Cedar Creek where the dam has been constructed. Gary Ashbaugh Finishes Training, Is Cadreman Private Gary J. Ashbaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Ashbaugh, 629 Oakmont Dr., Plattsmouth, completed basic training recent ly at the Medical Replacement Training Center at Camp Pick ett. Virginia. At MRTC, the Army's basic ' training school for medical en- ! listed men, he has received eight weeks of basic infantry training and eight weeks of medical training. I The infantry training covered subjects given to all new sol-1 diers. Medical subjects studied ! included: Anatomy, physiology,! military sanitation, method of j evacuation, emergency medical treatment, administration of medicines, ward management, hypodermic injection, and op erating room technique. Pvt. Ashbaugh entered the service in May and has been held over at the Virginia camp as a cadreman. He expects to leave to visit relatives and friends here in the near future. Hutchinson Will End City Council Career Monday Scheduled to end his career as a councilman here at the city council's regular meeting Mon day night is Leslie Hutchinson, who is moving to Murray. ,., . d -, , ,-v " ' : is i v - ft , " V p . , - yi Les Hutchinson Hutchinson, elected two years ago to a two year council term, announced his plans to leave the community two months ago. He recently sold his house on 4lh street and has purchased a house in Murray. Mr. Hutchinson will continue to operate his oil delivery busi ness here however. On the council he has served as chair man of the finance committee since the Council was reorga nized in May. Reserve Unit ts Ready (o Leave Saturday flight Co. H., 355th Infantry, Organ ized Reserve Corps, completed linal preparation Wednesday night for their two-week tour of active duty at Camp Carson, Colo. The Company, organized at Plattsmouth, will leave Sat urday night for Omaha and then to Colorado. Activities Wednesday night at the ORC armory included pack ing of company and individual equipment for the 15-day camp excursion. Twentv-seven mem bers of the Plattsmouth unit will take the active duty train ing in the Colorado camp. Slated to depart about mid nisht Saturday, July 25, the unit will return on August 9. During the two weeks, the un it expects to fire the heavy wea pons which are associated with the reserve unit here. Training in small arms fire, general mil itary strategy, along with spec ialized training are on tap for the Cass county Reserves. County Buys Lot At Elmwood For Storing Materials Stock piles for Cass county roads and bridges will be built up on a 18,000 square foot piece of land purchased by the coun-. ty from Emmett Cook at Elm wood recently. The land will be used for stock piles of culverts, tubes, bridge planks and a storage area for county equipment for the pres ent. Future plans call for a building on the site to house county road equipment. RETURNS TO STATES Sgt. Charles E. Thomason of Plattsmouth was among the 28 Nebraskan veterans returning to the United States Tuesday aboard the USNS Gen. C. C. Bal lau. The ship, returning from the Far East with 2,679 passen gers, docked at Seattle. i vr I Pvt. Gary J. Ashbaugh Civ, Vs a fSS "I I V 1953 School Reports Total Operational Per School Receipts Cost Cost ADA Pupil Plattsmouth ....$221,837.39 $206,502.16 $156,942.96 935 $167.85 Murdock 114,161.01 105,405.44 39,511.88 124 318.64 Union 22,004.09 . 20,947.12 20,947.12 97 215.95 Avoca 23,692.43 20,187.01 20,187.01 66 305.86 Weeping Water . 81,679.53 60,591.20 52,030.90 284 183.21 Louisville 64,616.19 62,256.18 57,300.29 282 203.19 Greenwood " .23,345.04 22,459.84 22,459.84 104 215.96 Elmwood 53,168.81 42,567,59 41,962.12 158 266.22 Alvo 35,010.78 35,203.57 33,909.43 105 322.95 Nehawka 49,690.36 44,046.28 43,102.14 119 362.20 Eagle 77,592.70 53,318.40 51,278.19 155 330.83 TOTAL $766,592.43 $673,489.79 $539,643.76 2428 Per Pupil Cost Lowest In Plattsmouth School It costs less per pupil to put a child through school at Platts mouth than in anv of the other 10 Cass county schools, annual reports of the school districts for the past school year show. Per pupil cost at Plattsmouth was $167.85, more than $15 under the next lowest school, Weeping Wa ter. In the same token, it costs most to educate a child at Ne hawka. where the per pupil cost is $362.20. The averages are based on operational costs of the schools and the average daily attendance. The costs ex clude special bond levies and certain building costs, that are not considered in the annual school costs. (See table above). Per pupil cost for the county as a whole climbed to $222.17, compared with $210.39 a yer ago. Of the eleven county schools maintaining high schools, five have a cost per pupil average over $300. They are Murdock, Avoca, Alvo, Nehawka and Eagle. Plattsmouth and Murdock were the big spenders last year as total expenses of the 11 schools hit $673,439.79. Opera tional costs for the 11 schools, Important": KKK Meeting Tonight President John Soennich--sen issued a reminder to di rectors and committee heads . of the King Korn Klub that an important meeting of the officials will be held tonight, Thursday, at the board of directors room of the Platts mouth State Bank. Pointing: to the rapid ap proach of September and the 1953 Korn Karnival, Soen nichsen urges that all elected and appointive club officers turn out for the meeting- tonight. It's sched uled for 7 p. m. rady Oarage Building Will Torn Down By order of the state fire mar shall, E. C. Iverson, owners have thirty days after the first of September to tear down the building on the corner of 7th and Avenue A, location of the Frady garage. The property was condemned earlier by the state fire mar shall, however a request of ex tension of time by the owner, Mrs. Mayola Propst Baughm, to delay the effective date until September 1 was granted. Notice of the state's action has been received by Fire Chief Ray Wiysel. In condemning the building, located on Lots 7 and 8, block 20, in the original town of Plattsmouth, the state fire marshall gave owners a choice of remodeling the structure to meet state fire inspection or to tear it down. The owner, ac cording to Mr. Wiysel, has de cided to tear down the building. Extension of time from June 1 to September 1 was granted by G. E. Ekstrand, assistant state fire marshall, at the re quest of Mrs. Baughm, who ex plained that the extension is necessary in order to provide proper supervision in salvaging the materials from the building. One of the city's oldest build ings, it has been in need of re pairs for many years. The build ing was extensively damaged by fire a few years asro. John Fra dv said this morning that he has operated his garage there for 32 years. Progress Noted On Sanitary Sewer Ranid orogress continues to be noted here on the South Park sewer currently under construc tion by Sesto Construction Com pany of Omaha. The $42,000 proiect is far ahead of antici pated schedule. One of the largest sewer pro jects here in many vears, the proiect, when completed, will serve residents in a 15-20 block area. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents I Cost on which the per pupil costs were based, totaled $539,643.76, annual reports submitted to County Superintendent L. A. Behrends show. The high cost at Murdock is reflected in the school's $65,000 auditorium ad dition completed last winter. Total costs for the past four years, along with the average daily attendance for the same periods are: Year ADA . Expenses 1950 - 2385 $420,273.30 1951 2384 436,163.89 1952 2361 496,753.16 1953 2429 539,643.76 Behrends also disclosed that tax budgets for the 11 schools for the coming school year will require $394,540." The individual town's tax requirements are: School Amount Plattsmouth $107,750 Murdock 36,000 Union 14,000 Avoca . . 15,000 Weeping Water 40,000 Louisville 31,790 Greenwood . , 18,000 Elmwood 17,500 Alvo 34,500 Nehawka 30,000 Eagle 50,000 Lifelong Resident Or Weeping Wafer Dies Recently WEEPING WATER (Special) Raymond Davison, native of Weeping Water and lifetime res ident of the community, died at his home in Weeping Water on July 12 following an illness of many years. He was 47 years old. Born February 25, 1906, he suffered an affliction at the age of 12. It had bothered him throughout his lifetime. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Lois Davison; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Power and Mrs. Florence Dennis of Weeping Water: two brothers; Franklin of Zumbu Falls, Minn., and Merle of Weeping Water. Preceding him in death were his father, two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services were held Tuesday of last week at Hobson Funeral Home with Rev. Sher man Mills officiating. Mrs. Philip Compton was vocalist, ac companied by Miss Maude Moulton. Pallbearers were Phil ip Compton, Gay Coster, Glen Ashlock, Frank Wade, Herman Wade and Harold Wade. Burial was in Oakwood ceme tery with Hobson Funeral Home in charge. ; ' Church Gets 1st Resident Pastor In 25 Years For the first time in 25 years, the Baptist church at Union has a resident pastor. He is Jerry G. DunnC formerly of Lamar, Colo., who took over as resident pastor of the church Sunday, July 19. Rev. and Mrs. Dunn and two children are now residing at Union. A former newspaper man, the Rev. Dunn was on the staff of the Daily News at Lamar, Colo., partment. Prior to that he had also been on the staff of the Record Stockman at Denver for several years. The Dunns have three chil dren, two at home, and a son. Dale, who is married and at present serving in the Navy. The new minister and his family will be feted at a recep tion and basket dinner at the church Friday night, July 24. Everyone in- the area is invited to attend the reception and help welcome the Dunns to Union. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Polley re turned home Monday evening from Belleville, Kansas, where they had been visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bowman and Mrs. Clovis Day attended the V.F.W. Council meeting arid school of instruction at Grand Island Sunday. pl(aGTfi) For (giD,7 D Mrs. Grace Dietl, Resident Here 51 Years, Dies Mrs. Grace Dietl, native of Germany and resident of the Plattsmouth vicinity for 51 years, died at St. Catherine's hospital at Omaha on Wednes day, July 22, 1953. She was 63 years old. Born at Dalking, Germany, the daughter of Andrew Engl and Mary Schuester, on June 15, 1885, she came to the United States and Plattsmouth in April, 1902. She was married on May 3, 1905, to Joseph Dietl at St. John's Catholic church at Plattsmouth. Mrs. Dietl resided in the Mur ray community for many years until her husband retired in 1945, and they moved to Platts mouth. Mr. Dietl died in No vember, 1949. She was baptized in the Catholic church and re ceived her formal education in her native Germany. She was a member of St. John's church, Catholic Daughters of America, and the Altar Society. j Surviving are seven children, j Mrs. C. Li. Shields, Mrs. Herbert Johnson of Omaha; Carl Dietl of Duluth, Minn., Henry Dietl of Louisville,- Joseph Dietl of Mur ray, John Dietl of Murray and Miss Mildred Dietl of Platts mouth. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Theresa Meehl of Los An geles, Calif., and Mrs. Mary i Daschner of Dalking, Germany; j and twenty grandchildren. j Funeral services will be held . . Saturday morning, July 25, at 9 a. m. at St. John's , Catholic j church. Burial will be at Holy ' Sepulchre cemetery at Platts mouth. The Rosary will be re cited at 8 p. m. Friday night at Sattler Funeral Home where visiting hours will be held from 3 to 5 and from 7 to 8 Friday afternoon and evening. Sattler Funeral Home charge of arrangements. is m Trucker Fined Qn Three Counts Operating an overloaded truck in Nebraska without proper plates and failing to pay an eaualization fee didn't pay for W. R. Smith of Los Angeles, California. One of Smith's trucks, driven by Herschel Harper of Senaca, Mo., was found violating the three Nebraska statutes when checked at the weighing station north of Plattsmouth. In county court Wednesday morning, the trucker paid $50 fines on charges of over gross weight and failure to pay state eaualization fee, and $100 for not having Nebraska plates. The trucker decided to eet plates before continuing on his journey. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Janecek and Bette have returned home from Camp Monmouth. N. J., where thev visited with their son, Pvt. Charlie Janecek, Jr. Subscribe to The Journal Increased Factor I Increased use of nitrogen products in the midwest for maintaining and improving soil fertility was one of the deciding issues which prompted the Al lied Chemical & Dye Corpora tion to build its plant north of Plattsmouth, V. J. Ruck, project manager of Nitrogen division, told Chamber of Commerce i , . ' f Speaking at the group's quar terly meeting, Ruck explained that use of nitrogen has in creased 500 per cent in the Mid west in the past ten years. He said one million tons were used in 1950 and an expected million tons will be used by 1955. Briefly giving a background of the development of nitrogen for use as a fertilizer, Ruck ex plained that although it has been manufactured for over 30 years, use in the Midwest is rel atively new. First manufactured during World War I, manufac ture of ammonia nitrate has grown and expanded steadily since. He said the nitrogen di vision is the youngest of the six Allied Chemical & Dye Corpora tion divisions. 'Explaining the manufacturing process to be used at the Allied plant here, Ruck pointed out . U 4r -riausmoum uusinessmen T1j.a ..il- 1 ; the state real estate property tax and are also for a parti san unicameral, but they are opposed to rerouting High ways 34, 73-75 around Plattsmouth. The businessmen gave those answers to the three issues as they were pre sented to the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce at its quarterly meeting Wednesday night. The businessmen favored a sales tax as a replacement for the state real estate tax, but were even more sold on a combination sales tax and state income tax to get the state out of the real estate business. In voting for a partisan uni Millers Return From Hawaii Capt. Jack Miller Capt. Jack " C." Miller of Mc Pherson, Kans., soon to be ro tated to the U. S. for reassign ment with the 10th Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kans., has been serving as Army ROTC instructor at Kamehameha School for Boys, Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Captain Miller arrived in Ha waii in July, 1950. During World War II he served with the 7th Infantry Division in the invas ion of Okinawa TIj will ho ocomninisrf Vw li5c wife, the former Norma John- son. oi Plattsmouth, and their children, Judith and Jack. Youth Reported In Good Condition Condition of Donaid Bocock, son of Major and Mrs. Vernon Bocock. who lost a foot in an ac cident late last week, is report edly improved. The 19-year-old youth was injured last Friday when a railroad car ran over his leg. The leg was amputated and Bocock is in St. Catherine's hos pital at Omaha. A graduate of Plattsmouth hieh school this sorine. Bocock is in room 342 at St. Catherine's, j WAXED FLOOR DANGEROUS Well polished floors are dan gerous, as Mrs. C. M. Manners of Plattsmouth can testify. Mrs. Manners has proof in a sprained wrist which she re ceived Monday when she slip ped on a hiehly waxed linoleum floor and fell. ' 1 .,--.- ' f Nitrogen Use Plant Here that annual production on the the Farmer's Day Barbecue pro basis of the present proposed j gram will be held, on Thursday, plant size will be 61,700 tons of Ausust 6, 1953, at the Athletic nitrogen. He pointed out that Field. the ammonia is derived from natural gas and that urea is manufactured from the carbon dioxide. Urea, manufactured in four forms, will be used primarily as a cattle feed, although some by products, such as plastics, can be made from urea, Ruck ex plained. When put in operation, late in the spring of 1954 probably, the plant will employ approxi mately 450 workers. Three shifts, working 24-hours a day and seven days a week will turn out the nitrogen and urea products at the Allied plant. In explaining that use of the products in this area is relative ly new, Ruck said that for many years the entire production of the Hopewell, Va., plant was used in Southeastern United States, whsre it was necessary to replenish the soil. Use in this area is primarily intended for increasing crop yields, Ruck ?aid. 1 a a r iavor a replacement lax ior cameral, the group readily sight ed activities of the last Nebras ka legislature in yielding to the influence of lobbyists, especial ly the trucking interests. They followed it up by recommending that a referendum vote be put before the people to repeal the tolerance bill which the truck ers pushed through the legisla ture over Governor Robert Cros by's veto. , But when it comes to re-routing 73-75 and 34 highways around Plattsmouth, the group gave a definite no answer, al though they conceded that the Chamber might not have much to say if the state should decide to route the highways around Plattsmouth. Citing the tourist trade ' as more beneficial than the heavy truck traffic is detrimental, the group voted 4-1 for objecting to any proposal to route the high ways around the city. The issue was brought before the group by Chamber Manager Charles Dean, who explained that he had viewed such pro posals in the state highway en gineers office at Lincoln recent ly. Dean explained that a traf fic survey has been conducted by the state here, and that in view of the heavy traffic now and the expected Increase in traffic, highway plans will call for considerable work in the Plattsmouth area. Although the group seemed confident that nothing is in the immediate plans of the depart ment, they were informed that such a project could be insti tuted within another year or two, or when highway funds are available. Councilman Clark Finney tolci the group that when Washing ton Avenue paving is complet ed. Highway 73-75 through Plattsmouth will be substantia 1- stroii to bear the tru traf fic. Aside from the controversial Issues, the Chamber also re viewed activities since its last quarterly meeting and present ed the program for the next three months. The future program will be kicked off early next month when Chamber members are again hosts to Cass county farmers. It'll be the second an nual Businessmen's - Farmer's Day and will be sta&ed at Mem orial athletic field. A barbe cue is on tap on August 6 for the occasion. An estimated 1.000 to 1,200 farmers, their wives and families, are expected for the affair. In September the group will conduct its annual Business-Education Day and in October they'll have the Hallowe'en par ty. Sandwiched in between the two will be the annual Kln Korn Karnival. irOGO Expected Here for Farmer's Day Barbecue Vic Schreiner. president -of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce, announced today that I ine program will be a little j different from last year's berbe- cue in that the farmer and hi entire family are invited guests of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce. All farmers desiring to attend are asked to pick up their tick ets at Feldhousen Drug, Ca.ss Drug, Schreiner Drug, Fricke Drug and Plattsmouth State Bank no later than August 4th. Theie will be no invitations sent out. Committeemen in charge are Sam Arn, Howard Ruback, Herb Minor, Ken Weaver, Hugh Stander and Cliff Girardot. It is expected this year that over 1,000 people will be in at tendance at this event in view of the tremendous success of the program last year. Mrs. Dorothy Blackwood, who was called here by the injury of her nephew, Donald Bocock, re turned Tuesday to her home In San Antonio, Texas. 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