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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday . - Consolidated with The Nehowka Enterprise - Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 72 EIGHTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1953 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 85 cofety Now You Listen To Me, Buster I Stresse re i.- AH ?vlGD(R7lk(o : Ilequest of the Plattsmouth Parent Teachers Associa tion to erect large signs on highway entrances into the city Monday night prompted considerable discussion and resulted in many changes in street parking for safety sake. The council readily approved the PTA's request to erect large signs, buried in concrete, at sites on Highway 75 both to the north and south, and on Highway 34 to the e;vst. Inscribed on the signs will be "Cars Can't Think, Children Don't Think, You Must Think." The request was presented by Major Eppersen, Dean Dunham, Al Fairfield and Robert Rrittain of the PTA. . From there the city council .1 Jones Is Auto Fatality En Houte T. I. Jones of San Bernardino, Calif., was killed and his wife the former Margaret Tritsch of Plattsmouth. was seriously in jured w hen their car went out of contro1. and catapaulated over an embankment near Fangil itch, Utah. The vehicle caught on a tree thirty feet below the ! read Mrs Jones is in a hospital at Panguitch with two broken knees, a heart condition -and other injuries. Another woman passenger sustained minor in juries in the mishap. Mr. Jones was killed instantly when the car went over the em bankment in a lightly traveled mountain area They remained in the vehicle for one and one halt' hourr. until a mountain ranger was attracted to the scene by blasts of the horn which apparently became stuck in the mishap. Mrs. Gerald Keil and Mrs. Phil in Keil,; both of Plattsmouth daughters of Mrs Jones, and Elmer Tritsch, brother of Mrs. .lones, left immediately for Utah. Mrs. Jones is also a sister of Mrs. Henry Nolting and Wal ter Tritsch of Plattsmouth, and I red Tritsch of Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had re sided in California for about . thirteen years. They were en route to Plattsmouth to visit with Mrs. Jones' daughters and other relatives when the acci dent occured. Band to Perform At Ak-Sar-Ben October 3rd The Plattsmouth High School Band, under the direction of Band Director M. D. McKenney, will make a featured appearance at the Ak-Sar-Ben World Cham pionship Rodeo Saturday eve ning, October 3rd. The Plattsmouth band and its 67 members were specially in vited to compete in one of the Ak-Sar-Ben Rodeo's annual fa vorites, the Midwest Champion ship Marching Band Contest.. A total of eighteen bands with more than 12 hundred young musicians from Nebraska and Iowa high schools will perform in the 1953 contest in three classes, "A", "B"' and "C", de pending upon the school's en rollment. Ak-Sar-Ben pays all transportation costs of the bands -traveling to Omaha to compete in the contest. Bands receiv ing a "Division I" rating in each of the three classes are award ed Ak-Sar-Ben Championship Banners and each member of the band receives a champion ship medal. . Visiting Nebraska and Iowa bands perform in the arena be fore the audience and the judg-t es at eight of the evening per formances, and Omaha high school bands give exhibitions at the three Sunday performances of the rodeo. Business Places Are Accessible Construction of Washington Avenue is making it more diffi cult to reach several business places, however their business places are accessible through in direct routes. Temporarily blocked bv the construction work is Platts mouth Motors garage and farm store, while Kent, Cafe is open from only one side. Plattsmouth Motors qan be reached by going west on Ave nue A and north on 8th street. The State Liquor Commission has advised the Plattsmouth City Council that Edgar Kief is no longer manager of the V. F. W. club at Plattsmouth. The notification came in a let ter from the commission pre sented to the Council Monday night. ... Visitors here Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bornemeier of Elmwood. Here took over. During the follow ing minutes the board voted to prohibit parking on Avenue A between 5th and 6th streets on the north side of the street, and J also established strict parking i restrictions on Main street, west of the business district on High School. Hill. ; In closing the north side of Avenue A to parking, the coun cil cited the tremendous amount of traffic and the hazards cre ated by parking on both sides. Cars on both sides leave little area for more than single lane traffic. In selecting the north side for no parking, the board took into consideration the fact that enly about six parking j places would be eliminated, i Driveways in the area take up ! half of the block. j The high school hill issue I caused some concern with con- i tractors at the new high school building seeking an area for their vehicles. Councilmen ap proved a suggestion to rope off on area to accommodate two to three trucks for the contractors, but declined to provide areas for workers to park. Always a problem are the au tomatic school stop lights on Chicago and Washington ave nue. But that too may have been remedied. A large sign, four feet square with letters 9 inches high, has been erected on the south ap proach on Chicago avenue read ing "School Stop Ahead." Commenting on. the black and white sign today, Mayor Clem ent Woster explained that "if motorists can't see that sign, they'd better sec an optom etrist." Nevertheless motorists had been in a habit of overlook ing three other signs along the same route warning of the school stop ahead. The mayor also explained that while no tickets have been is sued for motorists in violation of the school stop light, they have been stopped and quizzed about whether or not they saw the sign. Excuses have been many, but for the most part mo torists admitted that they saw the signs. Several openly ad mitted running the sign, but many failed to see either the red light or the three warning signs, plus the large warning painted on the pavement. $5,000 (heck Ends Payment Supt. T. L. Friest has received a check for $5,242 from the Fed eral government in final pay ment of funds due the school district under provisions of Public Law 874. The funds are distributed to schools on the basis of per pupil enrollment of parents employed by the federal government. It provides funds for pupils at tending schools when their par ents are members of the armed forces or are employed by other government subdivisions. The amount brought the to tal paid to the school district for the year to over $19,000. PICTURE USED Lena Henrich of Plattsmouth has received a new cook book for sending in "the picture of the week" to the television pro gram, "In Your Own Backyard." The picture was used on the program September 11. Prizes In 9 For Kiddie's Prizes in nine divisions will be awarded to participants in the Kiddie's Parade of the 1953 King Korn Karnival, according I to Mrs. John Sattler, chairman of the Darade The nine divisions, for which entries will be accepted, are wagons, doll buggies, tricycles, scooters, bicyles, pets and nnnips. Mother Goose. World Herald Comics and miscel-' lanecus. Prizes and ribbons in each di vision will be awarded with first prize rating $1, second prize 50 cents and third prize 25 cents. . Each child will also receive a free ice cream bar courtesy of Feldhousen Drug Store. L ') ' Xj V 01 It , A ' - I y f': ?Y? rf iiVHi iff JmL i -X c " r & -A Ilia ;A"'r'wfiatwf fi c 1'- r 't 'v 'iS'X" ill f Jif f r y (im - HI 3 1 Defense Attorney Francis M. Casey (right) found himself on the wrong end of the rope during a Kangaroo Kourt case Saturday night. He's caught off guard here as the Kourt victim, Mrs. Casey, lets him know in no uncertain terms (finger for emphasis) that she's not guilty. Pros First Parking Meter Request Is Submitted . There has been a change in thinking here in the' past two years. That was evidenced Monday night when Councilman Clark Finney submitted the request of Glenn Pankonin that park ing meters be installed on the north side of First Avenue in front of Pankonin's plumbing business. Two years ago, city council men had a difficult time getting meters on any street in the busi ness district. - ' In submitting Pankonin's re quest, Finney explained that em ployees and " businessmen in oth-, er areas have been parking their cars on the street and are thus Limiting available parking space for customers in that block. Finney asked that a resolution be prepared and presented to the council for its approval. Corn Show Set; Women, Men to Seek Grand Prize All booth space has been re served and one of the biggest exhibitions of Cass county corn is predicted for the 1953 King Korn Karnival Korn Show. Competition between exhibits by men and women is apparently adding interest in the show this year. Corn dealers in the county have mailed cards to their seed corn customers urging them to enter exhibits of every variety in the show. Here's, how the corn show looks this year: Classes for men and women. Prizes in each class of $10 $5 and $2. Each entry must consist of ten ears. Grand prize, determined be tween ladies' and men's classes is $15. Ladies must enter same num ber corn as husbands. Each ten-ear entry will re ceive $1 from the KKK. Other special awards for long est ear, etc., will be awarded. In addition the Korn Show palace will again house exhibits of fruits and vegetables, both fresh and canned. Prizes will be awarded in all classes in the vegetable and fruit displays. 1 John Sattler returned home Wednesday from Kansas City where he had submitted to sur gery at Thornton Minor clinic. Divisions Parade . The- Omaha World Herald will award prizes in its comic divis- ; on. Mrs. Sattler announced that children are asked to line up in order that the divisions are lis ted between 6th and 7th streets across from Cass theatre. Young sters are asked to meet at one o'clock to prepare for the two o'clock oarade to be held Fri day September 25. An annual Karnival feature, the parade is one of the top crowd pleasers. Every child in the area is urged to delve into mama's old clothes pile and dress up for the parade. Council Awed At Onlookers Remarks George Thun, local bar ber, has found the way to set the city council back on its heels. Thun, one of several citi zens attending: the Monday night meeting: of the city council, had city fathers staring- in disbelief when he explained his presence for being there as: "I am so pleased with the way the present council is run, I decided to just come and watch it work." Five Piatlers on University Band The ,.naraes- ol one-hundred twenty-eight members of "iliis year's University of Nebraska ROTC band were released today by Conductor Donald A. Lentz. The list includes five from Plattsmouth. The varsity band will make Its first appearance of the season at the Nebraska-Oregon foot ball game Saturday afternoon in Lincoln. Half time ceremonies will consist of a salute to Ed Weir, Nebraska track coach se lected as a member of the Na tional Football Hall of Fame. Band members from Platts mouth are Tom Conis, clarinet; Gerald Sharpnack and Janice Hutton, alto saxophones; Rich ard Huebner and Wendell Friest, trombones. Junior High to Open Schedule At Wahoo Tuesday Plattsmouth Junior High School gridders will meet Wa hoo Junior high gridders in the opening game for both teams on O'uesilay night. The game will be played at Wahoo starting at 6:30. Merle Stewart, atieric director and Junior high grid coach, star Rhoden( added another blue rib tecL Limmge for ,the J bon to her collection by winning and 9th graders earlv this week Stewarts possible lineup win liiciuue mosny eigui emu uuuh graders Rating early noos ior the starting spots are: Jim Holoubek (8th), Tommy Martin Oth), Darrell Yenney and Jim Grosshans Oth), ends; Mike Lewis, Bob Beverage and Donald Winscott (all 9th) tac kles; Alan Wiles, Bill Molek, Larry Cundall Oth) and Bob Hutton (8th), guards; David Anderson and Mike Lewis, Oth) and Bill Long (8th), center. Backs include Larry Long, Ro bert Wilson, Roger Michaels, Oth), Gary Hourn, Kenney Dasher and Roger Sutton, (8th) Deloris Beins Is Elected Student Senate President Deloris Beins has been elected president of the student Senate at Plattsmouth high school. Miss "Beins had earlier been e lected a representative on the Student Senate from the Sen ior Class. - Other Student Senate of ficers are Jo Non Albin, senior, vice president; Peggy Frans, senior, secretary; and Mary Mc Carthy, unior, treasurer. Sign Reconditioned Chamer of Commerce presi dent Vic Schreiner and manager Charles Dean have "recondition ed the Chamber's welcome sign on the south edge of the city. The duo painted . and repaired the sign. ecuting Attorney Harold Lebens,.back to camera, has apparently already convinced Judges Glenn Wetenkamp, left, and Cap Gayer, obscured by Lebens. Judge Herman Meisinger is out of view. Journal Photo. . Abuse of Poor Relief Draws Board's Wrath Cass County Commissioners Wednesday looked over a poor relief claim for which they were asked to pay for such non -staple foods as marshmallows, pre pared fryers, cake mixes, jam, figs, watermeilon and ice cream, and came up with a directive that will put grocerymen as well as poor relief recipients on the spot. Called to their attention by County Clerk W. J. B. Mc Don ald, the claim was from a Weep ing Water grocery store for $40 It indicated that the recipient was going to eat well at"county expense. - Jnchided in the list,, along with the delicacies listed above, was an item for horse meat presumably "purchased for the family dog. That was the blow that made the Commissioners explode. As such the Commission will draw up a list of staple foods which may be purchased by poor relief recipients. That list will include such items as meat, bread vegetables and those foods with nutritional benefits at i more economical costs. In issuing the directive, the board 'explained thati the re sponsibility of observing the basic foods list will rest in part with srocervmen. They'll be ex pected to check poor relief gro cery lists and to eliminate foods other than those -authorized by the board. In discussing the issue, board members explained that al though most grocers are show ing a certain amount of con trol, the board will expect one hundred percent cooperation. If a claim or two is turned down, the Grocers will be more apt to abide by the board ruling, the Commission said. Rhoden's Pony Wins Championship Stakes Glenavon's Vickey, harness y,MT mrnH hv shmrtpr Minnesotapstate the Championship stake at the She was shown by "Bill" Mount joy of Omaha. Harry P. Long Dies at South Blend Sunday Harry P. Long, longtime resi dent of South Bend and of the South Ashland community, died suddenly Sunday afternoon at the Tyler Nunn home in South Bend. Mr. Long had made his home the past several months with his grandson, Sam Long, and family. His son R. S. Long, and Mrs. Long of Grants Pass, Ore., had arrived Tuesday for a visit with their father, Sam Long, and family. The family had gone to the State Fisheries for a family reunion Sunday, but the elder Mr. Long had chosen to remain at the Nunn home. He suffered a fatal heart attack while there. Mr. Long was a native of Plattsmouth, born here. Febru ary 10, 1874. He had farmed in the South Ashland area much of his lifetime. Funeral services were held to day. Thursday, at Marcy Chapel at Ashland with Rev. C. B. How ells officiating. Burial was at Wyuka cemetery at Lincoln. TiresistoGWs Vacating Street Is Warm Council Debate Monday Whether to vacate a short street adjacent to Columbian school resulted in warm debate among Plattsmouth City Coun cilmen and was tossed into the mayor's lap for final decision. The Mayor's vote to take the issue under advisement and pre sent it for final decision by the council broke a 2-2 tie. Howard Hirz and Clark Finney had vot ed to close the street, while B. H. G. Eiting and Sam Arn had voted to take it under advise ment. Closing the street came before the council in a request from the school board and Mrs. Lor ine Urish, adjacent property owners. The street runs east and west between the two prop erties, connecting to 9th. Other residents in the area had feared for fire protection if the road were closed, council men were advised. - Another request to vacate a street was turned down. A check of the street location showed that it connects with a future street as drawn in the Valley View plans. Described as Thay er street, it would provide an outlet to the north to the Louis ville road from the new housing area, and also appears as a pos sible location for future build ing. Sewer Issue to Be Studied at Special Meeting A special meeting of the Plattsmouth City Council has been called for late Friday aft ernoon to consider an engineer's report of the main seer located under the Washington avenue pavement. The survey was made at the request of the city' coun cil to determine whether the sewer is adequate to serve an anticipated increase in patrons or whether it should be replaced. Preliminary reports, according to Mayor Clement Woster, indi cate that the sewer is large enough to serve current users and any number of new users that may seek to hook on. The issue was taken up at this time because the sewer is located directly in the center of the Washington avenue. The sur vey was conducted to eliminate the possibility of having to tear up the new pavement if the sewer would later be found dam aged or ineffective. At the same time, the Council will have manholes placed along the eight blocks of sewer. At tne present time tnere is no 4 manhole the entire distance. Outlets to the edge of the street are also expected to be in stalled. Requests of property owners adjacent to the avenue to hook on prompted the city investigation. Requests were re ceived from H. L. Kruger and Harold Smock, along with a pe tition to create a district on 12th street to connect the avenue sewer. t At the Friday night meeting, the Council will also consider the issue of taking over' the sewer from the Masonic Home. The sewer was installed many years, ago by the home and is privately owned. Subscribe to The Journal Zastera's Boasting Hints Good "Ducking" Saturday Joe Zastera, sentenced by the Kangaroo Kourt to dive off a ladder intq a tank of water, has been doing too much talking about "how he's going to get out of the sentence." Zastera's talk has spurred Plattsmouth Firemen and Kourt Kops to make special efforts to see that the "braggart" mounts the ladder and makes the big splash. - They phoo phoo Zastera's talk that "It will take the whole de partment to get me on the lad der, ana tney u need neip to get me off, providing they get the on it in the first place." Chances are Joe has over-reached his ability. Zastera's Jump will feature the Saturday night Kangaroo Kourt to be held on 5th street about 9 p. m. It will be the Marion N. Tucker of Nehawka, former merchant and village board executive, Wednesday was named to succeed Miss Ruth Patton as Cass County Treasurer. His appoint ment was approved late Wednesday by the board of Coun ty Commissioners. Tucker, a Republican, will assume" the treasurer's duties on October 1, date on which Miss Patton had set for concluding her work in the office. A delegation of Nehawka and Avoca residents, along with several from Plattsmouth, recommended Mr. Tucker to the board. Mary Meisinger, Lifelong County Resident, Dies Mrs. Mary Meisinger, native corps, and during World War II of Cass county and lifelong resi-I Was employed bv the govern -dent of the county died at St. , mPnt as an auditor on several Mary s hospital at Nebraska . mUitnrv mnctrnM inn nmM In City on Tuesday. September 25, 1953. sne was 81 years old. Mrs. Meisinger suffered a stroke at her home here Sunday evening and was taken to the hospital. Daughter of Ludwig John and Pauline Rohrdanz she was born February 10, 1872, at South Bend. She was married on November 14, 1895. at Ashland to George L. Meisinger. He died in 1947. Mrs. Meisinger had resided at Plattsmouth for the past 20 years. She was a member of the Presbyterian church. Surviving are three sons, Law Glenn of Lduisville and Carl of rence or fnuipsDurg, Mont Plattsmouth; five grandchil dren and nine great grandchil dren. Her husband and two daughters preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, September 18, at two o'clock at the Presbyter ian church with Rev.. Keith De lap, pastor of the church, offic iating. Burial will be at Im manuel - Lutheran cemetery at Louisville. Visiting hours will be held at Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home from 4 to 6 and from 7 to 9 Thursday afternoon and eve ning. Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home is in charge of arrange ments. Volunteers Raze Partitions in Lions Building Plaster dust settled over the second story of the new com munity center undergoing re modeling by the Plattsmouth Lions Club corporation Wednes day night as volunteers con tinued to raze old partitions in the building. A different crew of volunteers will take over tonight and a third is scheduled to work in the building Friday night. Lions Club members are readying the interior of the biulding prepara tory to remodeling the unit in to a large auditorium and meet ing center. Earlier, club members heard a report of activity on the build ing during the Tuesday night Lions Club meeting. Laths, plaster and partitions are being removed before remodeling gets underway on an overall scale. Once the partitions have been torn down, construction of a kitchen, stage, rest rooms, office and cloak room, and laying a new floor, lowering the ceiling and installing wiring and heat ing ducts will get underway. Final drawing on the build ing are currently being prepar ed by Architect Churck Engles. last of three pre-Karnival Kourt sessions. Another pre-Karnival high light has been the booster trip, which started out this morning. The boosters hit Glenwood, la., early then returned here for a tour of Cass and Sarpy county communities. Details are apparently well worked out for the 4-H home making exhibits, Korn Show, Kalf and Lamb show and sale, Flower show and three huge parades. Entries are coming in rapidly for the Greased Pig contest, and arrangements ,for the Horse Show axe practically complete. Cass County Horse Show As sociation members worked at the Horse Show arena Tuesday i night. A native of Cass county, born near Murray, 58 years ago. Tucker has resided at Nehawka for nearly 50 years. He was a merchant in the community un til five years ago when he re tired, and also served several terms on the village board at Nehawka. He is a veteran of World War the Kansas and Missouri areas. He is a member of Nehawka Lodge. A. F. & A. M., Scottish Rite, Sojourners, Shrine and Odd Fellows, and is a charter mem ber of the Nehawka post of the American Legion. Since retiring as a merchant Mr. Tucker has been primarily concerned with his farm inter est. The appointive county treas urer plans to make frequent visits to Plattsmouth during the next two weeks to become fa miliar with the duties of the of fice. Miss Patton, who'll step - - j r i dn on September 30 from the oxuee wnere sne nas Deen as sociated for the past 26 years. will work . with the newly ap- pointed treasurer -to assist him in becoming familiar with the office routine. In accepting the resignation of Miss Patton, the board In a motion by W. F. Nolte "regret fully accepted" her resignation and provided that the records of the proceedings of the board "show that the board of Com missioners, individually and in behalf of all citizens of this county, herewith express their sincere appreciation to Ruth Patton for the always faithful, loyal and efficient service given by her as an obedient public servant." Tucker will finish the term of Miss Patton which will expire In January 1955. A general elec tion will be held in the fail of 1954. Ordinances Create Alley Paving Areas In Business District Plattsmouth City - Council Monday night approved ordi nances creating alley street imnrovement districts in the main business district. The ordinances. 886 and 887, call for alley paving in the three blocks from 3rd to 6th street one half block of Main street, and two blocks between 4th and 6th. one-half block north of Main street. The ordinances received unan imous vote by the council. Howard Pool to Show New Seed , House to Public A field trip and ooen house will be held at the Howard A. Pool farm on Friday and Satur day, September 25 and 26 three quarter miles west of Elmwood on Highway 34. The event is scheduled to mark completion of the new seed house recently constructed by Mr. Pool. A tour of the dem onstration plot of certified hy brids at the Pool farm will be another feature during the two days. Alon? with door prizes, and lunch of donuts and coffee, Mr. Pool is also offering special dis counts on seed during the two house. Farmers from throughout the Cass county area are invited to learn more about how their cer tified hybrids are grown and processed for planting next spring. HEARING SET Jesse W. Philips of Platts mouth pleaded not guilty when arraigned in police court here Monday to a charge of drunken driving. Police Magistrate J. H. Graves has set hearing for Sep tember 19. Philips pqsted a $100 appearance bond. Mrs. Henry Heil and eon Olen of Louisville were her Thurs day on business.