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1JEB3. STATS KI37. SOCIETY XXX STATE CAPITOL BLD3. LI!!CCL!I, TiEEH. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday L I Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Deliver! Tww-a WmHw f M . . . w .v. j w (tiwtiv. uii wir vu wuuniy ra m 1 1 ics VOLUME 72 EIGHTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1953 ' FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 95 f(S (r Cass County Commissioners Monday named Miss Coretta Plann director of the Cass County Welfare De partment to succeed Miss Ardyth Hall, who submitted her resignation effective November 1, 1953. Resignation of Miss Hall, third countv official to re sign positions in the last few of the home. Abducted Omaha foman Released k Plattsmouth Police officers here were un able to turn up any sign of two young men early Tuesday morn ing after they allegedly aDduct ed a 51-year-old Omaha woman late Monday night and dumped her off at Plattsmouth. Officers Kenneth Dunlap and Clyde Jackson scoured the area in the vicinity of the Masonic home, where the lady, Mrs. Mol ly Turner of 2576 Anderson street, Omaho, said her abduc tors released her from the car. The woman told the Platts mouth officers that while she was closing a small ice cream stand at Omaha, the two youths forced her into a black car. They drove south, from Omaha to Plattsmouth where she was re leased near the Missouri Pacific railroad. The woman then walked back to Highway 75 and at Kent Cafe caught a ride into Plattsmouth and reported the incident to the police officers. She seemed un certain about many things and told the officers only that the J car was not too old or not too new. The youths, she said, had taken $250, receipt from the Ice cream stand from her. Though the incident at Omaha took place about 11 o'clock Monday night, it wasn't until after midnight that police offi cers here were hiformed of the woman's predicament. An im mediate check near the depot in dicated that the two youths, described as 19 to 20, had re turned to Omaha. Both wore T-shirts and jeans, the woman said. From Plattsmouth the woman called relatives who came after her and also informed the ice cream store owner of the theft. opie Think Differently, Club Members Told What makes the people of dif ferent nations think differently and react differently were pre sented to the Plattsmouth Ro tary Club Tuesday noon by Miss Madge Garnett. Miss Garnett was a guest of Rotary program chairman, Herb Freeburg, who also had as his guest, Mrs. Free burg. As a feature of United Nations week, Miss Garnett outlined characteristics of nationalities to point out why differences among people make an interna tional organization difficult to operate smoothly. Her discourse was limited to explaining the differences in German, Frenchmen and Eng lishmen. Reviewing the book. "Nation al Mind," lie pointed out that while Germans are highly emo tional and loyal, Frenchmen are more inclined to be realistic and accept life as it is. She classi fied the Englishmen as ''some where in between." The thinking of these three nationalities, plus the many others which go to make up the United Nations, is certain to make the international organi zation one that must depend upon compromise in order to ex ist. Rotarians were also reminded of the district conference at Council Bluffs, November 1 and 2, and learned that a club meet ing for directors and commit teemen will be held at the I. L. Kocian home Thursday night. Visiting Rotarians at the meeting were Ed Choyeske of Omaha, Dr. De Jarnette of Ne braska City and Ed Jones of Council Bluffs. PAINT DEALERS MEET Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aspedon attended a meeting at Omaha Tuesday for distributors and re tailers of Morris paints. At the all-day meeting at an Omaha hotel, the Plattsmouth Paint Store owners learned of new de velopment in mixed paints. Westside defeated Louisville 21-6 Wednesday night in a game played at Westside stadium. wnat .uiss Hall termed circumst.nnrpa hovnnrl hpr pnn.t trol." Those circumstances she explained involve Grand j f-tor v iw .Nursing nome near union. .Miss Ha 1 is nart owner iMr. elfare W urns;" Ea ironed!. weeks, was submitted for Earlier this month Cass Coun ty Treasurer Ruth Patton and Deputy County Treasurer Alice Jayne Grosshans had resigned. The, board in accepting the resignation of Miss Hall expres sed its regret in losing the cap able Miss Hall. The board cited her service over a period of eight years. The new welfare director, Miss Pfann, has been associated in welfare work since 1947 when she came to Plattsmouth as a child case worker. She remain- ed here until 1951 when she went to Nebraska City as Otoe county case worker and later was em ployed as a case worker for the Nebraska Childrens Home. She 1 returned to Cass county last De- cember. Prior to entering welfare work, Miss Pfann had served as a chaplain's assistant in the Ma rine Corps for two years. Before entering service she had taught school in her native Nebraska City. After leaving the service she had served as executive sec retary of the Otoe county Red Cross chapter. j Graduated from Nebraska City high school, she graduated from Stephens Junior College at Columbia, Mo., and attended college at Peru, Nebr., and Boul der, Colorado, before receiving her degree from Colorado State Teachers College. November 1. end of Miss Hall's services as welfare director here, has been an important date in her life through the years. She entered welfare work at Hast ings where she was a case work er and later was director at Min den for two years. She also served as record clerk at the state hospital at Hastings for one year. Each of the changes came on the first of November. Miss Hall is a past president of the State Association of Wel fare Directors and served five years as the chPirman of the Kssociation's legislative commit tee. She was also chairman of the group's special advisory committee to the board of con trol for one year. In deciding to resign to devote more time to her nursing home, Miss Hall explained that the home is currently being ex nanded to care for 24 persons. It is now licensed for 19. ASSIST FARMER Sixty to seventy relatives and friends joined forces to pick corn at the Leonard Klemme farm last Wednesday morning. Mr. Klemme was injured in a corn picking mishap recently. Subscribe to The Journal 107 Miles New Road Construction In County Cass County Commissioners checked up on road construction in the county over the past few months Tuesday and Wednesday while in session here and came up with figures which indicate that a lot has been done. The commissioners point to 107 miles of new construction during the construction period just ended. Those new road were constructed at an estimat ed cost of $275,000. Included in the overall figure are nine miles of State Highway No. 1 from Murdock west to the county line, and 12 miles con stracted for in the three dis tricts. Construction in the three dis tricts generally looks like this: District 1 W. F. Nolte placed construction in his district at 20 miles including the four miles contracted by Peterson and Wilke. District 2 Commissioner Ray Norris estimated new road con struction for the summer at 25 miles including the contracted four miles. District 3 Herman Borne meier said his crews have com pleted 43 miles of new mail route, in addition to five con tracted miles and the nine miles of Highway 1 west from Mur dock. - All reported road work in the three districts was on mail routes. Along with construction, Com missioners also reported some surfacing, w. F. Nolte's first district had the greatest amount of surfacing with three miles of Meeting Slated To Discuss State Tax Problems A general public meeting to discuss the real and property tax situation as it now exists in Ne braska will be held in the court room of the court house on Wed nesday, October 28, at 7:30 p. m., according to Charles Dean, man ager of the Plattsmouth Cham ber of Commerce. The meeting will be in the form of a panel discussion with Richard Peck, county attorney for Cass County, and Wm. Metz- former Unicameral Legis on the panel along with Dean. The meeting open to the gen eral public of Plattsmouth and Cass County is in line with a meeting held in Grand Island by the Chamber's of Commerce ov er the state of Nebraska. The discussion will center about the tax muddle in the state today, what can be done to remedy the tax program as it is now. broadening of the tax ; base through a state sales tax and income tax, and increasing interests of tax payers in their local, county and state govern ment. Any decisions that can be reached at this meeting will be passed onto a central tax com mittee of the Chambers of Com merce of Nebraska in an effort to give a better tax program to the people of Nebraska and Cass County. Everyone who is interested in a good tax program for Nebras ka and Cass County and Platts mouth should make an effort to attend this meeting. The meet ing will start promptly at 7:30 P. M. firemen Attend State Convention Sessions in Omaha Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire men were among volunteer fire fighters from over the state at tending the annual meeting at Omaha early this week. Along with , Fire Chief Ray Wiysel, other denartment rep resentatives at the convention included Herb Minor, vice presi dent of the department: Wm. Schmidtmann, Ray Herring, Clark Finney, Clement Woster, Dr. O. Sandin and James Beg ley. Chief Wiysel attended sessions of the convention Mondav, Tues day and Wednesday, while oth ers attended on a part-time basis. Election of new officers capped activities Wednesdav as the convention came to a close. W. Scharfenberg Ooens York Store Warren Scharfenberg, former ly of Plattsmouth, has recently onened an aDpliance store in York, friends here have learned. He held a grand opening of his new business in the commu nity this week. He was em ployed by Consumers Public Power district when he resided here. A. Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 rents gravel, two miles of rock and eight miles that was resurfaced. Norris said nine miles were rock ed in the second district, and Bornemeier disclosed the one and one-half mile was graveled and another lVz mile rocked in District 3. Costs on the road projects in cluded $148,000 for the exten sion to Highway 1, with the county matching the state with $73,000. Included in that project was a $37,000 bridge and culverts and tubes valued at $55,000. Another $15,000 in road work was contracted and Commission ers estimated that the remain ing 85 miles was constructed at a cost of nearly $110,000. The estimated cost includes deprecia tion on equipment, wages and everything required in putting together the 85 miles of new roads. In addition, the Commissioners point out that crews are now re pairing their 62nd bridge this season. Completion of the bridge will mean that the county is fairly well caught up with the destruction caused by the flood Of 1950. Commissioners also point out that expenses this summer have also involved about $375 for road signs, warning signs and other traffic regulating markers. Only thing still lacking, ac cording to the commissioners, is county-wide cooperation in rid ding roadsides of weeds. Weeds will again cause winter trouble with Blowing snow, the board predicts. Shellenbarger Sets Of Service Station v. iM- I If sM r U 111 4vn "I r I II M 'D ti ' tIrTTT - rl G wfry i-rl C. E. Shellenbarger arranges, merchandise in the new office display room of his modern c- h wlllt)mi) 'V : I i iMWmw c i J.! Charles Green, attendant at Shellenbarger's new and modern Sinclair Station is shown greasing a pick-up truck in the station's new luberatorium. Modern equipment and supplies are shown in the background. Major Halter Returns From Korea Service arrival oi lviajor i-ceginam Halter from Korea on Sunday, October 18. Maior Halter had been stationed at Seoul, Korea, since lasf. January 15. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. K. U. Halter of 1753 South 16th street. Lincoln. Mrs. Halter is the former Alta Barthold of Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Jerrv Halter and two children of Galveston. Tex as are also visiting in the Halter home in Lincoln. i ' , , f Vheel Comes Loose From Car; Six Are Unhurt A wheel came off the car turned over, skidded on its side and top. and came to a halt. Six college youths, three boys and three girls, climbed out, un hurt. That was the story as learned here by Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Huebner Monday when informed that their car, driven by their son, Dick Huebner, had crashed near Sutton early Monday morning. t Dick and his five college friends were returning from Denver, Colo., where they had attended a convention of Gam ma Delta at Estes Park. Meet ing a car near Sutton, Huebner pulled the car well into his own lane, but a moment later a rear wheel flew off, the car rolled onto its side and skidded down the pavement, then flipped over on its top and skidded to a halt, all four doors flying open. A slight scratch was the only injury to the six occupants. Cause of the wheel coming off could not be determined. The 1951- Oldsmobile was towed into Plattsmouth Wed nesday, a complete wreck. Light Declines Noted in Market With an approximate 59,000 cattle, calves, hogs and sheep, Omaha Monday was top-ranking livestock market for the ninth week in a row. Cattle sold strong to $1 high er with fat cattle .trade uneven ly steady to 25 cents lower. Hog trade was 15-50 cents lower and fat lambs sold steady to 25 cents lower. Recent shippers from this area include H. E. Blakey, six heifers and three steers weighing 960 at $22.50; Albert Seiker, 20 hogs weighing 224 at $22.40; Ted John. 22 hogs weighing 224 at $22.50; and D. J. Fitzgibbons and son, 8 steers weighing 887 at $22. Subscrioe to The Journal Grand Opening Saturday ! Six-Year-Old Avoca Girl Dies; y ' Funeral Thursday Barbara Ler, six-year-old dauehter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Hallstrom of Avoca, died at Bryan Memorial hospital Mon day, Oct. 19, following surgery. She died suddenly after sur gery had been done on a cyst on the child's neck. A first grader at Avoca, Miss Hallstrom was born September 5, 1947. Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hallstrom of Avoca; a sister; Betty Jean, 20 months; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hallstrom of Avoca; maternal grandpar ents, Rev. and Mrs. Fredrick Hefner of Syracuse. Her grandfather. . conducted funeral services at the Lutheran church at Avoca Thursday aft ernoon. Burial was at Avoca. Scout Campaign Captains Named Ten team captains have been named to head the Plattsmouth Lions Club fund raising cam paign for the Boy Scouts of America. Joe York, chairman of the club's Boy Scout program, an nounced the ten captains at a Tuesday rJght dinner meeting. Captains for the drive are Dr. L. A. Amato, Albin Chovanec, Wm. Floya, Cecil M. Karr, Al Linder, Bart Scanlon, Ray Story, Wm. SpradLn, Francis M. Casey and D. L. Grove. The captains are scheduled to meet Monday night at the office of Paul Fauquet to outline their solicitation program. The . meet-j ing is set 1 or 7:30. ; Court House Merle Lorraine Davis, 39, of Glenwood, la., and .Christina Elizabeth Combs, 39, also of Glenwood, were issued a license for marriage in county court. First Security Bank of Hold rege has filed petition for re plevin in Cass county court against John E. Guehlstorff. The petition alleges that $171.32 on chattel mortgage on tools and equipment is due plaintiff. Joan T. Terryberry and Wal lace M.- Terryberry have each forfeited $25 bond in county court on charges of intoxication and disturbing the peace. John W. Sheard, Jr.; pleaded guilty in county court to a charge of drunken driving and was fined $100 and costs. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sand and daughters of Lincoln visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Payton. Sinclair Service station as he prepares for the grand opening on Saturday, October 24. Sl , ' . n , , , 1 jrrana upemng oi sneiienoar- ger's modern binclair Service ! Station here Saturday will mark a climax to two years of plan ning and construction at the station site at 6lh street and Avenue A. To recognize that climax, Shellenbarger has set aside a special day to extend thanks to patrons who have used his ser vices , during the past eight years. Gifts for every member of the family will be part of Shelr lv's way of honoring their pat ronage. . The new service station is a highlight in his 22 vars in the service station business. Mr. Shellenbarger was employed by a competitive station here for nearly 14 years. Later he spent three years at the Martin Bomb er plant before re-entering the service station business at his present location eight years ago. Features of the new and mod ern Sinclair station are an in terior wash and grease lubera torium, modern, clean rest rooms, large office and sales room with greater display area, and an all-concrete apron and traffic runway. One of the latest business im provements here., plans for the new station were started two years ago. Newi storage tanks were placed beneath the ground a year ago and construction of the service station was complet ed early this month. In announcing his grand op ening, Shellenbarger explained that "Plattsmouth has -always been good to me and my family in the past and I'm looking for ward to continued growth of my business and the commun ity." Mr. Shellenbarger is a mem- ber of the Plattsmouth board of ber of Commerce and Masonic Lodge. He has two sons, Mich ael, a junior " at Plattsmouth high school, and Jerome, fresh man at Iowa State College. Saturday he will present cansi of household oil to the ladies, j lighter fluid for the men, bal- j loons to the children and will award a set of six glasses with I each $10 purchase of gasoline, in noting completion of the $30, 000 station erected by Sinclair Oil Company. 50TII ANNIVERSARY Two hundred relatives and the younger drummers to main friends gathered at Louisville i tain. Sunday to help Mr. and Mrs. ! Gene Dunn celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Ashland Man ' V.v ' " Si ,.- sfr - ..... , rr .Af ri 4fc, j jrrtiimrff-riTi I After receiving the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service, Chief Wan exit -Officer 3edrick G. Laughlin (right) of Ashland, Nebr., is congratulated by Colonel Harold R. Booth, X Corps in spector general, in Korea. A.r. Laughlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Laughlin, Ashland, is a wheel vehicle maintenance officer in the, corps' 4th Signal Battalicn. A veteran of 15 years' Army serv ice, he also holds the Silver Star, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and the UN and Korean Service Ribbons. Laughlin, whose wife, Charlotte, lives at 7619 S. 13th St., Omaha, was a farmer in civilian life. (U. S. Army Photo). HI!nniecnniDirQg Set Firiidcoy; Qdaeeim Will lie Crowned Selection of a Homecoming Queen, an alumni dance, and a football game will be features of the 1953 Home coming at Plattsmouth high school Friday night. The homecoming arrangements are under the direction of the Plattsmouth High School Pep Club and sponsor, Miss Helen Coulter. Following the Plattsmouth-Nebraska City football game, alumni of the school are invited to a dance at Cen tral school auditorium where crowning of the new queen will take place. The new queen won't be known publicly until the coronation at 10:30. . High school football players mm injured rarmer Returns to Home Floyd Gauer, farmer near ' alumni attendance at the dance. Cedar Creek, who was injured have obtained Frank Irwin and when a tractor upset with him his orchestra from Nebraska a week ago, returned from City to play for the homecoming Methodist hospital at Omaha dance. Tickets for the dance are Wednesday. $1 a couple or 75 cents single. Mr. Gauer returned to his Along with crowning of the home by ambulance and will re- new queen, the Pen Club will al cuoerate at his home. so serve refreshments during the He suffered back injuries evening, when pinned beneath a tractor; An annual program of the for lVz hours last October 13. 1 Plattsmouth Pep Club, arrange- wnen wuna, ne was rusned to . the Omaha hospital by Fussel man ambulance of Louisville. nterest Growing In Plafismoufh Drum Corps Progress of the Plattsmouth Drum and Bugle Corps, sponsor- 1 ed by the Plattsmouth Post of the American Legion, was noted in a Monday night practice ses sion in the old Journal build- inrr T - 1 odu in on a iwo-nuur practice I session which indicated that the ' unit will he readvifor a tmblip. perf ormance in the not too dis- Non Albin. tant future. I Clean up Rae Mae Henry, The fifteen are among a 24-Nancy Todd, Jeanne Weiss, Car man roster, which currently fol Avis and Donna Ernst. makes up the corps. New corps- j men are being added to the unit! r l t'g . and buglers reach nearer their goal of a finished drum and bugle corps. The Monday night contingent included Carl Hula, Don Cotner, Henry Vinduska, Jim Sandin, Jim Short and Perry Dingman, buglers; Wynne Babbitt, Rus sell Nielsen, Merlin Jochimsen, Trrwr Pntnor "KTriTm n n Porrv An. ton Baec osterholm, Elmore Brink and Bob Richter, drummers. Legion sponsors are still hop ing to add enough musicians to the aggregation to form a cred- itabie marching drum and bugle uuiLiaung. . corps for public appearance both 1 Lester Thimgan was soloist at home and at special conven- land Mrs. Richard Havel accom tions throughout the area. j nanist. Flower bearers' were Instruments for the Corps are i Mrs. Fred Howland and Mrs. furnished by the Plattsmouth ! Glenn Diggs. Casket bearers and American Legion post. - j honorary casket bearers were Drawing top attention in re- cent practice sessions .was An ! tone Eajeck. who was among the "dutchmen" performing during the King Korn Karnival. ! Baipok SPts n tprrlfie nnoo fnr ! A Classified Ad in The Journal 1 costs as little as 35 cents. Is Decorated win name the queen to succeed Miss Norma Campbell, who reigned at Homecoming-festivities last year. Marlene Albin was queen of the campus in 1951. Pep Club officers, who irge ments this vear are under the direction of eight special com mittees. Those .committees are: Wall committee Sally Quln nett, Shirley Eledge, Donna Ernst and Bev Harris. Ceiling Sharon Fleischman. ;Gail Peterson and Joanne E?tm- berger. Throne Barbara Sullivan, Bette Janecek, Betty Todd, and Shirley Storv. Crown and sceptre Shirley Strough and Minnie Etta Fra zer. Refreshments Patty Bailey, Judy Sikora, Rae Mae Henry, Elna Bomberg and Margaret Elt ing. 1 Posters Patty Brown, Janet 1 ; j anl holiL(!ap,enV, . t Hall Deloris Beins and Jo- iilUl "IIVJ IVI Mrs. Emma Read Held Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Em ma Read, resident of the Platts mouth and Murray communities ' S I tire lifetime, were held Wednes day afternoon, October- 21, at the Christian church at Platts- i mouth with Rev, George Smith Harold Ahl, Donald Aylor, Leon- ard Eahus, Melvln Henchitt, Robert Meisiner, Marvin Read, Harold Rice. Vearl Smith, Dale Tisner and Willard Tigner. In terment was in Horning ceme tery south of Plittrmouth. Mrs. Read. 80. died. Sunday afternoon, October 18, at her home here following a long ill ness. She had been in ill health for five years. Daughter of Cvrus and Sarah Creamer Warrenberg, she was i born April '16, 1864 at McClain j county, Iil. She was married i to Byron Read at Plattsmouth len February 20, 1883, after com- 1 ing to this urea r s a child,. Her husband died in July,. 1924. Mrs. Read was a member of the Christian church. Surviving arc seven sons, Charles M. Read of Murray, Frank Read of Port Townsend. Wash., Walter and Russell Reaa of Oaha, William C. and Dew ey Read of Plattsmouth, and Ralph O. Read of Ashland; thre daughters, Mrs. Aura Tig ner oi VhUsmouth. Mrs. Flor ence Standlsh of Almena, Kan sas, and Mrs. Edith Meisinger of Louisville. Othr survivors are 22 grand children and 30 great grandchil dren. William Rummel, Ex-Plattsmouth Resident, Dies . William Rummel of Burbank, California, formerly of Platts mouth, died at his home at Bur bank on Thursday, October 22, relatives here learned this morn ing. A daughter. Mrs. Harry Hall, of Lincoln was advised of his death early Thursday. Mr. Rummel had lived in Cal ifornia in recent years but was a long time resident of the Plattsmouth community. Funeral arrangements are not known.