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kf" If ?:eer. state hist. SOCIETY XXX STATS CAPITOL ELTX3. s;.-.f .i '-0 L i. ri j. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER fid LAW PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 72 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1953 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 94 " i Sin Week ry Spell doded! As Lig!ht Hcaifra FcaBSs The cry, "rain," echoed throughout this community and most Cass county towns Friday just as the word "circus" has been passed around by youngsters through the years. The first rain cry died quickly but revived later that night as .48 inch was recorded at Plattsmouth. The result was practically the same in most other com munities in the county. One-half inch of rain was reported at Murray Friday night and a similar measure was re corded at Elmwood. Weeping Water listed over .60 inches. Though rains were spotty, most areas reported nearly one-half inch of rainfall. Heavy downpours hit Union Friday night. ' Another light rain was record- a iiii I Fiuraocu Lions Club Sets Charter Night Thursday Murdock Lions Club will re ceive its charter at a charter night dinner to be held Thurs day night, October 22, at the high school auditorium in Mur dock. An estimated 250 Lions and their wives from Murdock, Elm wood and Plattsmouth and oth er communities in the area are expected for the dinner event. Featured during the program will be presentation of the club's charter. The Murdock Lions Club, organized a few weeks ago, has 27 members. The club was sponsored by the Elmwood Lions Club. Fifty Plattsmouth Lions and their wives plan a caravan to Murdock for the charter night event. The seven o'clock dinner, to be served by the Ladies' Aid, will precede a program and charter presentations. Anxious Hours Spent Here as . Ship Blast Learned A grandmother and brother waited here with lumps in their throats Friday night and Satur day alter, learning of the blast and fire aboard the aircraft car rier, Leyte, in the Boston har bor late Friday. They were Mrs. John Meis inger, Jr., grandmother, and Ed ward Meisineer. brother of Low ell Meisinger, crewman aboard the Leyte. But the period of anxious waiting ended Saturday when they received a phone call from Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Meising er of San Diego, Calif., parents of Lowell, that he had not been listed as a casualty. Mrs. John Meisinger and her grandson, Edward,, first learned of the carrier mishap while watching a television news broadcast Friday night. Mrs. Meisinger described her response to the telecast as "shocked". Lowell, who was stationed aboard the Leyte, has been in the Navy three years. His par ents formerly resided at Platts mnutri. Lowell's brother. Ed ward, also a Navy man aboard the Princeton, was here visiting his grandmother when they learned of the blast which kill ed 36 and injured nearly 50 oth ers. Final Rites are Heid Friday for Louisville Man Funeral services were held Friday morning at St. Patrick's church in Manley for Tom War ake, Sr., longtime resident of Louisville. Mr. Warake died at St. Joseph's hospital last Tues day, October 13. He was 73 years old- -i . The Rosary was recited at Fusselman Funeral Home at Louisville Thursday night. Mr. Warake had suffered a stroke in late September and had been hospitalized since that tir&. Warake. who had lived at no dnfp 1908 and was omr,invpH hv the Ash Grove ce w,t riont is survived by two sens, Tom, Jr., and John both of California; and a daughter, f..c Trt0 Hnr.hel. of Louisville. Several grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive. Rollin Hansen Is Discharged Rollin Hansen, Murray youth, has received his discharge from the armed services and returned home. Hansen received his dis charge from the Brew-ster, Washington, Marine Corps base. A veteran of the Korean War, he served overseas one year. He arrived home last Tuesday just two years and two days follow ing his induction. ed in most of the county Satur day. Light rain fell at Murray about noon and at Plattsmouth about 2 p. m. Rainfall Saturday was also light in the west and central areas of the county. The rains were the first here since September 24, when a light even rain caused some concern here over the King Korn Karni val. Prior to that, the Septem ber 3 rain was the last recorded here. While Cass county farmers welcomed the half to three quarters inch of rain, they gen erally agree that another two inches would be even more 'de sirable. It was definitely helpful to the new wheat struggling to stay alive through the past month, for lack of moisture. The rains, however didn't alter the pleas ant fall weather picture here. Temperatures remained in the 70's during the day and drop ped only into the comfortable 4C's at night. The rainfall here also comes cn the tail of the monthly pre liminary summer of the United Stntps weathpr Bureau, which noted that Rentpmhpr was drv ! and sunny and humidity very low. Average temperatures for September were near to slightly above normal in the Cass county area, though some record tem peratures were recorded through out the southeast on the 28th when temperatures hit" into"the 100's. The only rain of importance during the month was the heavy rain which fell over Cass county and the southeastern half of the state during the night of the 2nd and 3rd. Scattered light showers, including that Korn Karnival shower here fell on the 24th. The heavy rain of. the third came too late to materially help the corn crop, but it did aid in filling the grain. On early plowed and well worked ground, it was very beneficial for win ter wheat and provided suffi cient moisture for germination and' early growth. On the whole, fall seedings weren't too successful, the bu reau reports, however the weather made it possible for an early start of corn picking. Two Property Sales Announced Bv Steve Davis Stephen M. Davis, local real tor, announced completion of a sale for Richard and Phyllis Haecke of a dwelling and eight lots at 1602 Avenue D, to Wil liam and Dorothy Moelek of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Davis also recently complet ed sale of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Reed to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Long. The Longs will take immediate possession of the property at 618 Avenue F. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little, as 35 cents V.F.W. Scholarship Grid Team Former gridiron athletes from tnis area are expected to as semble tonight as the Platts mouth V.F.W. post prepares plans for a post-season town football game. The football game Is desiened to raise funds through which i the v.F.w. post here will offer a college scholarship to lan out standing Plattsmouth athlete. The four-year scholarship would be awarded to Peru State Teach ers College, the post explains. Jesse Jorgensen. chairman of the Veterans' benefit football game, will meet with prospective players at the V.F.W. club to night. The meeting is set f or eight o'clock. According to V.F.W. Club of ficials, arrangements have al ready been completed for an opponent. A team from Iowa, similar to that which perform ed in the polio fund benefit game here a year ago, is slated to oppose the Plattsmouth grid ders. No definite date has been se lected for the benefit ball game, but it is probable that it will be freld the week following the Tax Meeting Draws Interest Of Local Men Along jvith Charles A. Dean, 'manager of the Chamber of Commerce, Plattsmouth will be represented at a state-wide tax meeting in Grand Island, Oc tober 20 by Carl Schneider, pres ident of Plattsmouth State Bank; Richard Peck, county at torney, and Stephen M. Davis, realtor. The meeting is being held by the Chamber's of Commerce over the state in an effort to bring about some solution or recom mendations to the property tax situation facing property owners today. There is no doubt that the Chambers of Commerce in 61 communities in the state repre sent more people and business men than any other organiza tion, and therefore are in a po sition to make the effort to get something concrete established for the betterment of the gen eral welfare of the people of Nebraska, according to Mr. Dean. There are many items on the agenda of the meeting to be dis cussed and if some definite con clusions can be reached there will be in all probability a num ber of recommendations passed on to the governor and the leg islators of the state of Nebraska, for due consideration. Details of this meeting will be announced upon return of the representatives of Plattsmouth and Cass county. Three-Week-Old Child Suffocates In Mother's Bed Lola Geraldine Kohn. three- week-old d daughter of Lucille and Kenneth Kohn of Platts mouth, sufficated in bed with her mother early Saturday morning. Efforts to revive the child proved futile when the county resuscitator was applied by Sher iff Tom Solomon. The child was born at Nebras- I ka City hospital on September 27 and died October 17. Mrs. Kohn, whose husband isstation ed with the armed forces in Ja pan, called the sheriff about five o'clock Saturday morning. She said the child had been all right about midnight. Funeral services will be held at 4 p. m. Wednesday afternoon, October 21 at Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home with visiting hours being held Monday after noon and evening from 4 to 6 and from 7 to 9. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kohn, and grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Or val Adkins of Plattsmouth, and Mr. and Mrs. John Capron. Californian Visits Here 1st Time In 26 Years Laffe W. Sharp returned to Plattsmouth for a brief visit last week end after 26 years away from the community. Son of the late L. C. Sharp, former Plattsmouth business man, Mr. Sharp spent the week end visiting . old friends at Plattsmouth. It was his first visit here since the family went to California-following his fath er's death in 1926. Mr. Sharp and his brother, Ewing, have interests in two manufacturing businesses in Los Angeles. Four other Sharp children, all born and reared at Plattsmouth, are also residing on the west coast. Meeting Tonight close of the Plattsmouth ' grid schedule. Plattsmouth ends its! schedule November 6 and the game may be held November 13. Al Linder, Dale Bowman. Le land McNulty and Gerry Clay burn are other members of the V.F.W. committee backing the grid game. The V.F.W. proposes to spon sor a football game each year to raise funds for its scholarship program. Each year a high school athlete here will be se lected for the scholarship. The scholarship will be presented at commencement activities eacn spring. Alternates will also be selected in case the scholarship winner chooses not to attend college or has other plans. The scholarship is Basically intended to aid athletes with scholarship and leadership abil ity, but who lack financial aid to attend college. Ex-grid athletes can assist the Plattsmouth V.F.W. in its ven ture by attending Monday night's meeting, October 19, at tne 'V.f.w. ciud. Pfc. i Larson i 1 ; JFtk Pfc. Arlene E. Larsen (center) of Plattsmouth, Nebr., EKG technician in the Cardiology Section, Letterman Army Hospital, San Francisco, Calif., takes an electrocardiogram under the ob servation of Major Cecilia A. Frey, WAC Staff Advisor in the Army Surgeon General's Office, Washington, D. C., who was a recent visitor, to Letterman. Taking notes is Private Dorothy Sham burger, Mobile, Alabama, student in the Advanced Medical Tech nician Course given at Letterman. Pfc. Larsen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Larsen, 1723 Avenue B, Plattsmouth, Nebr., and a member of the WAC Section, 9956 TSU-SGO, Letterman Army Hospital. Harold Diers to Speak at Lions Club Ladies' Night Harold Diers of Omaha has been named speaker for the Lions Club Ladies' , Night pro gram. Ladies' Night will be held at the Presbyterian church Tuesday. October 20. The din ner and program will get un derway at 6:45. Mr. Diers, an insurance com pany representative in Omaha, will show pictures and tell of his travels in Mexico and Pan American, according to Dr. W. V. Ryan, member of the pro gram committee. Other program features of the Ladies' Night presentation will include musical selections by Plattsmouth high school stu dents, group singing and "un planned" features. Other mem bers, of the program committee are iWm. Floyd and. Paul E. Fau quet. ' : Friesl Picked For NSEA Office T. I. Friest, superintendent of schools at Plattsmouth, has been nominated for president of the second district of the Nebraska State Education Associatoin. The new district officers will be elected by' NSEA members in all six districts during the an nual conventions next week. Supt. Friest and Supt. W. 'R. French of Stromsburg are nom inees for district president. Court House License was issued in county court Monday to Angel F. Ara chen, 63. of Lincoln, and Inez Venora Ketcher, 56, also of Lin coln. They were united by Judee Raymond J. Case. Helge Wendell Piersan, 38, of LeGrand, la., and Thelma Veryl Tow, 41, also of LeGrand,. were issued a license for marriage here October 17. Marriage license was also is sued Saturday to Elvin Clifford White, 23, of Villisca. Ia.. and Mary Maxine White, 19, of Red Oak. John David Young, 21, of Om aha, and Shirley Jean McCello, 21, of Omaha, were issued a li cense for marriage Saturday. License for marriage was is sued to Thurman Leroy Dew, 46, of Council Bluffs. Ia.; and Lucy May Orton, 52, also of Council Bluffs. They were united by Judge Raymond J. Case. Norman W. Blackwell plead ed guilty by waiver to a charge, of overweight on capacity plates and paid a fine of $15 and court costs here. Michael . Dell Manstro, Jr.; pleaded guilty by waiver to a charge of speeding and paid a fine of $11 and costs in county court. Also pleading guilty by waiver to a speeding charge wrere Don ald J. Hall and Georee Md. Fruckey. Each was fined $11 and costs. Jane W. Chovanec has filed petition in district court here for divorce from Vladis J. Cho vanec. Her petition charges ex treme pruelty. The plaintiff asks for custody of two minor chil dren, 10 and 6 years of age, a restraining order against the de fendant; temporary support, child support and alimony. The couple was married at Platts mouth October 12, 1940. Karyn Waterman returned Friday from Child rmn'x femnr- ial hospital and is convalescing at nome. Is Technician vs.-. : v.-v.,av 'mw Washington Ave., Opened To Traffic Washington Avenue was opened to traffic this morn ing, Monday, as contractors enter the final stasres of the $40,000 paving project. Traffic was routed over the new paving today to en able National Construction Company to complete the in tersection paving- at the D street intersection with Washington avenue. The avenue, part of Highway 73 75. had been closed for sev- eral weeks while sewer and pavine construction was in progress. The project is expected to be completed this week. Scout Camping Trip Postponed A planned scouting - 'expedi tion to Camo Harriett Harding near Louisville has beer! tenta tively postponed,- Scoutmaster Al Linder announced today. Boy Scouts here had planned the expedition to camp for last week. end. It was postponed until the first week of Novem ber at the request of camp of ficials, who advised Glenn Pan konin, assistant Scoutmaster, that the camp would not be available this week. Truck-Car Crash Injured Murray Farmer Slightly A Murray farmer sustained minor arm and back injuries Friday and narrowly escaped more serious injuries when the car he was driving collided with a truck at an intersection of county roads west of Mynard. Injured was John Dietl, 38-year-old Murray farmer, whose car collided with a truck driven by Chris Zimmerman, Jr., of Plattsmouth. The mishap occurred IV2 miles west of Mynard Friday. Zim merman was driving; west and Dietl north when the vehicles collided. High weeds and brush at the intersection hindered .visibility at the intersection according to Deputy Sheriff Charles Eand's accident report. The Dietl car was completely demolished and the truck sus tained heavy damage to the left front and frame. Land's report sid the truck hit the car broad ride. ; Dietl was able to continue his work following the mishap. Biles' Annual Wallpaper Sale Starts Tuesday Biles Paint and Wallpaper store today announces opening of its annual one cent fall sale. A variety of selected "Frank's Super Specials" are included in the big sales campaign. Along with the sales of wall paper, paint, linoleum and oth er home decorating materials, Biles is also offering a gift to the first 100 ladies entering the store. A jelly server will be awarded to those first 1C0 wom en. The one-cent wallpaper sale i starts Tuesday mornig at Hues Paint and Wallpaper Store just east of 6th street on the north side of Main. At the sale, a sec ond roll of paper will go for one cent with the purchase of one roll at the regular price. Journal Want Ads Pay! Mrs. Emma Read, MACirlAnt Mar a Many Years, Dies Mrs. Emma Read, resident of the Murray community for many years and more recently of Plattsmouth, died Sunday aft ernoon, October 18, at her home at 725 South 10th street. She had been ill for about five years. Born April 16, 1864, at Mc Clain county, Illinois, Mrs. Read observed her 89th birthday an niversary last April. Daughter of Cyrus and Sarah Creamer Warrenberg, she came to Mur ray with her parents as a child. She was married February 20, 1883, to Byron Read at Platts mouth. Her husband died in 1924. Mrs. Read was a member of the Christian church. Surviving are seven sons, Charles M. Read of Murray, Frank Read of Part Townsend, Wash., Walter and Russell Read of Omaha, William C. and Dewey C. Read of Plattsmouth, and Ralph O. Read of Ashland; three daughters, Mrs. Aura Tigner of Plattsmouth, Mrs. Florence Standish of Almena, Kansas, and Mrs. Edith Meisinger of Louisville. Also surviving are 22 grand children and 30 great grand children. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Christian church with Rev. George Smth officiat ing, visiting hours will be held from 4 to 6 and from 7 to 9 Tuesday afternoon and eve ning. Burial will be in Horning cem etery south of Plattsmouth with Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Achievement Day Slated for Cass County 4-H'ers The grand finale in the 1953 Cass County 4-H Club activity will be held Thursday evening. October 29. That's the word of County Agent Clarence Schmad- eke, who announces ' that the 1953-Tachievement:. program will be held at that time. The program will be held at the agricultural auditorium at Weeping Water. During the evening, county medal winners will be present ed and prize monies earned by the 4-H club members during the year will be distributed. A short program will be followed by active games, recreation and lunch, provided by the Weeping Water Community Club, Mr. Schmadeke said. The -Extension -Service -cooperates with the public schools in Cass county each year by holding the achievement pro gram during the two-day teach er's convention holiday to avoid conflicts with activities sched uled in the schools. Schmadeke says "Cooperation is a wonderful thing. Ever think that freckles would be a nice tan if they would get together?" The county agent points out that the county has a 4-H en rollment of over 450 so a full house is expected for the achievement meeting October 29. Charles Marshall, president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Fed eration and son, Charles, were in Plattsmouth Saturday on business. 1 Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Stibal left Sunday for Kansas City on busi- ness. Ex-Piattsmouth Man And Wife Successful Inventors A former Plattsmouth man, his wife and family are earning recognition in the invention field, a recent article published in "Our Sunday Visitor' points out. Francis M. Hetherington, who was born at Plattsmouth, and his wife have collaborated on a series of inventions and im provements primarily directed at the medical field. The Hetherington's inventions involve a new technique and equipment for holding sterilizing syringes and needles. In 1949, Mr. Hetherington brought out the Mizur Holder which not only held two sizes of syringes, but also permitted their easy sterili zation. It was no longer nec essary to wrap syringes individ ually, and the holder could fit any standard hospital autoclave or sterilizing oven. In a short time, before ex clusive rights could be guaran teed, every instrument maker had switched to the method. It is now employed in 90 per cent of American hospitals. Last year the War Department or dered 17,500 holders using the Hetherington technique. Mrs. Hetherington saw more possibilities in the process. As a graduate medical technician, she ICfowlles AAairsMD us uray Charles Marshall of Elmwood, president of the Ne braska Farm Bureau Federation has been named principal speaker for the annual meeting of the Cass County Farm Bureau to be held Tuesday evening, October 27 at the ag auditorium at Weeping Water. Along with Marshall's address, the Farm Bureau meeting will also feature precinct caucuses; a talent find contest, election and resolutions and regular business session. The activities will follow a banquet dinner at 6:30. The annual meeting of the Neighbors Pick Corn at John Fischer Farm Since Dick Fischer, now in the service, could not come home on furlough until soms time in December, friends and relatives of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fischer, pitched in recently to pick the Fischers j corn- , I i-iscner naci farmed his la- I . In.. ..-4-11 : . ther's land until called into serv ice last spring. Assisting with the corn pick ing were Richard Sack, Duane Sack, Arthur Toman, M. M. To man, Louis Sack, Chester Spor er, Bob Spangler, James Board man, John Stone and Ed and Bill Fitzgerald. Meanwhile ladies aided Mrs. Fischer in preparing a delicious dinner for the harvesters. The Fischers extend their heartfelt thanks to their friendly neigh bors. 15-Year-Old Admits Theft A fifteen-year-old Platts mouth youth has revealed that he netted $59 in thefts here. Sheriff Tom Solomon said the youth, in a signed !, statement admitted the thefts .-ef five dif ferent places here in Platts mouth. Solomon said an investigation is being continued in the belier that others are involved. Elmvood Host to Royal Neighbors On Wednesday ELMWOOD .( Special )' Maple Leaf Camp, No. 5392, Royal Neighbors of America, of Elm wood, will be host camp to the annual Bi-County convention of the Cass & Sarpy RNA on Wed nesday, October 21. Registrations will start at. one o'clock Wednesday afternoon and will be followed by after noon and evening sessions. Rit ual will be exemplified by vari ous camos, and an evening ban auet will be served by ladies of the Christian church at 6:30. All meetings will be held in the Elmwood community build ing. Bi-County Oracle is Mrs. Hat tie Rosenow of Elmwood; and Recorder is Mrs. Ethel Strabel, oracle of the Elmwood RNA camp. Mrs. Strabel advises I that banquet tickets are avail- I able , from the camp recorder I for $1.20. knew that the nation's 900,000 practicing physicians needed a handy syringe and needle hold er, which could also undergo baking in sterilizers. So she built one. , 4 Increditably compact, it holds four sizes of syringes and need les, and can fit into the smallest office sterilizer or hospital au toclave. Patent rights are pend ing but the stainless steel cad get is beins manufactured as fast as possible. Since February, when the first of Mrs. Hetherington's syringes and holders was put on the mar ket, doctors ard hosoitals in 48 states, Canada and Central America have bought them as fast as they can be manufac tured. Since Mr. Hetherington's ac tivities are limited by a chronic ailment, his wife has learned to depend upon the older of the seven Hetherington children to take over home management. The Hetherington children are Veronica, 3; Jimmy, 5; Michael, 6; Merlyn Joseph and Marie helena, twins, 8; Randy Patrick, 7 months, and Charles 9. They reside at 1517 South 33rd street in Omaha. Speaker county Farm Bureau, climax to a year of activity on the local unit level, will produce a num ber of resolutions approved by units which members of the county bureau must consider, If adopted they will be advanced to the state bureau for consid eration. Cass County Farm Bureau of ficials are urging their members to make every effort to attend the October 21 annual meeting. The Farm Bureau officials urge that every unit be well renre- semed and to voice opinions on the issues that will come before the county bureau. . . . in anticipation of a capacity attendance, the Farm Bureau has asked that banquet tickets be purchased not later than Friday, October 23. Tickets for the banquet may be obtained from any of the following: Frank Warden, John Christen sen, Orval Kahler, Robert Rea, Henry Nolting. Royal Smith, Ford Heim, Forrest Engelke meier, Lyle Choat, Clarence En gelkemeier, Morton Gray, Dale Stander, Alfred Bornemeier, Maynard Rippe, Henry Borne- i meier, Marion Wulf, Paul Eve I land, Randall Faris, E. B. Thom ason and Mrs. Delbert Lind- sey. In selecting Mr. Marshall to give the principal address, the Farm Bureau selected a local man, who has led the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation for many years. He has served on many high national farm com mittees and with the National' Farm Bureau Federation. At the annual meeting, the county members will also select new officers for the fornlng year. Special program reature will be presentation of the coun ty talent program. The "talent lind" was inaugurated in Cass county a year ago for compe tition among local units to de termine contestants on a state level. Correspondent At Eagle Named For Journal Regular weekly news reports of community happenings at Eagle will begin appearing in the Plattsmouth Journal with today's issue. The news items will be sub mitted to the Journal by Mrs. John Fischer, former corres pondent for the Elmwood Leader-Echo, which discontinued publication when consolidated with the Journal one month ago. The addition of Mrs. Fischer to the list of Journal corres pondents means that practically every community in the county now has weekly news service to the Journal. An experienced correspondent. Mrs. Fischers Eagle items ap pear in today's Plattsmouth Journal end will be published weekly. Residents of the Eagle community are invited to call Mrs. Fischer and advise her of their own news items and of community activities. BAND AT LINCOLN Plattsmouth high school band, directed by Melvin McKenney, performed at Lincoln Saturday and during halftime of the Ne braska University-Miami U foot ball game at Memorial Stadium. The Weeoing Water band also performed. i No Trouble For This Bride To Remember Name One of the state's newest matrons shouldn't have any trouble remembering her new married name. She is Mrs. Rudolph Don ald King:, who before her marriage here Saturday was Patricia Lee Kins:. The only change is from Miss to Mrs. License for marriage to Rudolph Donald King-, 23, of Alvo, and Patricia Lec Kin?, 21, of Lincoln was issued Saturday. They were united ' October 17 by Judire Ray mond J. Cas with Sue Crawford and Frank E. Range of Lincoln attendants.