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KEER. STATS KIS7. COCIZ7Y XXX STATS CAPITOL "BLB3. LiriCCL", h'EEPa CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER ME PlLAWSMCIDtinrDO MMO. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Eimwood Leader-Echo Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 72 SIX PAGES FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 96 Uoinis Drum, Bugle Corps Progress Noted fvl(oQirD carter Ira A'S ADyomiuDi vemrfl: Of ATTCMAflTU - A C O IWTV XTT?1"T A Of lIMit i ir vnwAnnn E ' n a dock I Ml II II l .11 mi ill i. in mm i i - - nr. I I fey At MurdocK Lion:,, youngest among the more than 11,000 chartered Lions Club;' throughout the world, learned Tues day night that acceptance of the charter means an obli gation to the community and individuals throughout the area. C. T. Young of Pender, international director of Lions, warned the new Murdock Lions that their charter means "service." He explained that Lionism isn't founded as a supper club, but has its background in the field of service. That, he explained, is why Lions are known as the "Do it, Guys." Briefly outlining the back Sixteen Counfians Enrolled at Wesleyan U. LINCOLN, Nebr. (Special) tne community. He had by Sixteen students from Cass I passed the community en route county are included among the i 045 students enrolled at Nebras ka Wesleyan University for the 1953-54 year. Those from Murdock are: Dar ken RIeckman Herman, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Rieck man; Gene McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. B. McDonald; Frank Mills, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mills; and Carolyn Stock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Stock. LOUISVILLE Betty Thur man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. II. F. Thurman. NEHAWKA Robert Orn dorff, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Orndorff. GREENWOOD Marilyn Jo I Ann Todd, daughter of Mr. and ; Mrs. Chester Durwood Todd. ELMWOOD Keith Borne meier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Bornemeier; Judith Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Le Roy Cook; Tom Godbey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Godbey. EAGLE Clifford Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. And erson; Betty Jo Frolich, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Fro lich. f WEEPING WATER Fred Gardner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gardner; Dorothy Ann Kunkel, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. N. Bunkel. MURRAY Lois Sporer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ches ter Sporer. WABASH Margaret Vogt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam H. Vogt. Wesleyan students this year come from 18 different states and four foreign countries. "The total enrollment is approximate ly the same as that of last year. Builders Name Metal Works in Court Petition Blodgett and Krajacic, Inc., builders of the Valley View houses at Plattsmouth, has filed petition in district court against Arthur Peterson and the Gen eral Sheet Metal Works of Council Bluffs, asking that pay ment made the company be con sidered full payment for a me chanic lien against the com pany. The petition alleges that the plaintiff entered into a written agreement with the defendant . i - 11 . j.. 4 V. n win.. 10 install minuses in inc new homes and that $3,252 was paid vT' fflH,nt fnr intoiiin i'L ""7; The petition also charges that the defendant removed a fur nace from one of the units on September 25 It was valued at - $309. Ag Class From Louisville Will Take Breeders Tour Twenty -five members of the agriculture class of Louisville Viiob school will take a conduct ed tour of the American Breed ers Service at Kansas City on Monday, November 2. James Graves, local represent ative of Wie American Breeder's Service, has arranged for the special tour of the Breeders Service. Another 10 to 12 in terested persons are also ex pected to make the trip. Similar tours have been taken by farmers in this community. Investigating Possible Theft Cass County Sheriff's office is investigating possible theft of several truck parts found by Eimwood Snodgrass" in a ditch near his farm south of Platts mouth. Sheriff Tom Solomon said that two splash pans, two front fenders and a hood and grille from a 1953 green Chevro let truck were found. They ap pear to be new, the sheriff said ground of Lionism, Young called upon the Murdock Lions to look around them and to find those things that need to be done, or those individuals who need as sistance. He suggested that a ; first project for the Murdock j club could be erection of a "Murdock" sign on the edge of there for the charter night din- ner. Formal presentation of the Murdock charter was made by John Savage, district governor from Omaha. The charter was accepted by Murdock president, Verle Brunkow. Howard Pool, president of the Eimwood Lions Club, which sponsored the new unit at Mur dock, presented the unit with a Lion bell and gavel. Other program features in cluded singing led by Dutch Rik li, pledge of allegience led by E. T. Heim: invocation by Rev. C. E. Nichols, and songs bv the Murdock quartet. Mrs. Harry Stock was accompanist for the singing. The Murdock club was char tered with 28 members, headed by president Verle Brunkow. Other officers are Si Schlaphoff, first vice president: Paul Rueter. second vice nresident; Lloyd Brunkow, third vice president; W. J. B. McDonald, secretary treasurer: John Krueger, Lion tamer; Robert Lichtenberger, tail tw'ster; Ernest T. Heim, Harry Stock. Edwin T. McHugh and John M. Gakemeier, direc tors. Other charter members? are -Tannen L. Amewert, F. A. Brun kow. Olen Buck. Leonard For noff. Elmer Guehlstorff. George Kruse, Paul Kupke. Fdwrd N. McCrorv. Rev. C. E. Nichols, Wm. V. North. Alvin Oehlerking, Dutch Rikli, Warren Rikli. Vern on Rchewe, Herman Wendt, Marvin Wendt and August Wil ken. The 200 diners at the charter night program included Lions i and their ladies from Platts mouth, Eimwood, Louisville, Omaha. Benson and Millard. A special feature of the pro gram ws nresentation of per fect attendance pins to four Eimwood Lions. 4-H Grand Finale Slated Thursday The grand finale of the 1953 Cass county 4-H club program will be Thursday evening, Oc tober 29. At the 1953 achievement day program, the county medals and the prize monies earned by the 4-H club members during the year will be distributed. A short program will be followed by ac tive games, recreation and a lunch provided by the Weeping . . r rnn.-ny.ntf,. olnH Th Water Community Club The program will be held in the Ag- riculture Auditorium.in Weeping Water. Subscribe to The Journal Brunkow Receives Charter - . "vx !- v vC w fr-f i - i hin irrrii "iYrinii-"iii iii uiwmm i "imtTTwnrim-r-rTmr n tit-tt rw Verle Brunkow, left, receives the Murdock Lions Club Charter from District Governor John Savage of Omaha, while C. T. Young, international director from Pender looks on. The charter presen tation highlighted the charter night dinner of the Murdock elub at the high school auditorium Thursday night. Journal Photo. :T - - - it ! -It &4'J! &$L Wfi TIL M ltA? American Legion sponsored drum and bugle corps enthusiasts will resume schedule practice sessions again tonight as the group seeks a fin ished aggregation. Individuals interested in participating in the corps activities are invited to attend the meeting at the 40 Pictured at last week's sessoin are PTA Will Meet Tuesday Night M Vinfersteen Plattsmouth P-TA will meet at the new Wintersteen School Tuesday evening Oct. 27, at 7:30. This will be the second P-TA meeting to be held in one of the recently completed elementary schools in Plattsmouth. The .program for the evening will include a movie,- "Family Circle" produced by the Canad ian Educational Film Board. The film shows several ways in which both the home and the school affect the success of chil dren. It also shows how these two can work together more ef fectively to help the children which are their responsibility, Following the movie," a panel discussion will be held to discuss points brought out by the film.' The panel will be composed of Mrs. Stephen Davis, Mrs. Lucille Rosencrans, Miss Rose Prohas ka, Charles Dean and Major George Epperson. A coffee hour will ciose this month's meeting. A spokesman for the P-TA said that it Is hoped that more of Platts mouth's parents and teachers will take advantage of this op- I portunity to join together to i riisfMiss thp nrohlems which thev have in common. He stated that the P-TA invites all whD are interested to P-TA meetings. attend the Teachers Avait Convention Start Plattsmouth school teachers will take a , classroom vacation Thursday and Friday of this week to attend sessions of the annual Teachers Institute. It will give Plattsmouth schol ars a two-day vacation, while the tutors are at the Omaha meeting. Supt. T. I. Friest is one of the candidates for president of the district for the coming year. Most teachers here are expected to attend the Omaha district convention, although they are being held in six communities throughout the state. Platts mouth is in District II. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents - W h i & 8 building. sen, Jim Short left to right, he session. Journal Photo. Deadline for . Renewing Driyer's Licenses Is Near Many Cass county motor ists may find themselves taking: the state's examina tions for motor vehicle op erator's licenses next week, unless they take .action this week. They are the motorists who still haven't renewed their driver's licenses. Dead line is October 31, 1953 for renewing: licenses. For two bucks, motorists can renew their, licenses at the office of County Treas urer M. N. Tucker. They'll need the license renewed if thev hope to drive after No vember 1. All previous licenses be came out of date as of 'Sep--' tember 1, however, a 60-day - grace oeriod was allowed for renewing1 driver's licenses. Lichlenherger Named President County Co-Ops Thirty-five directors and man agers of Cass County Co-operatives, constituting the Cass County Cooperative Council. gathered at the Greenwood American Legion hall Wednes day, Oct. 21, for a 7 o'clock roast beef supper served by the Leg ion Auxiliary. From 5 to 7 o'clock the group had been inspecting the Greenwood elevator. Following the supper the pro gram consisted of several ac cordion numbers by Kenneth Thomsen,1 a report by Don Pien ning, FFA delegate to the youth meeting at Columbia, Mo., last August, election of officers for 1954 and other official business. Mr. Floyd Gore manager of the Green elevator, gave a discus sion on "Operating A Storage Facility", Mr. E. A. Landon pre sented a "Co-op Panorama", and Mr. Gale Anderson, execu tive secretary of the Nebraska Cooperative Council, reported on activities of the State Council. For 1954 Bob Lichtenberger of Murdock will succeed Walter Woitzel of Greenwood as presi dent, Vernon Greer of Green wood will succeed Darrell Pow ell of Eimwood as vice-president and La Vern Nlckle of Eimwood will succeed Orris Richert of Eimwood as secretary-treasurer. John Downing of Greenwood has been and will continue as legis lative chairman. This was the second annual meeting of the organization. Richard Hughson Leaves Thursday For Marine Corps Richard E. Hughson was swrorn into the United States Marines last Thursday after he had enlisted on Rentemher 3 and had completed his medical examination at Omaha Thurs - ' day. He left for San Diego that evening for training. He attended school at Platts mouth and worked for some time before selecting the branch of service he wished to enter. He i is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Huhson. , Several friends and relatives. Including Miss Karen Kuhns, went to Omaha to see him off. Others seeing him off were his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Paul of Lin coln.' . A Classified Ad in Th Journal costs as little as 35 cents Bill Babbitt, Norman Perry, Carl Hula, Merlin Jochimsen, Don Cotner, Bob Richter, Henry Vin duska, Jim Sandin, Troy Cotner, Antone Bajeck, Leo Osterholm and Elmore Brink., Russell Niel and Perry Dingman also sat in on Wm. Rummel, 84, Dies on Coast; Funeral Tuesday William ' Rummel, resident of Plattsmouth most of his lifetime died at Glendale, California, on October 22, 1953, following a two day illness. He was 84 years old. Third son of Peter and Chris tina Vallery Rummel, he was born at Plattsmouth on Decem ber 22, 1868. His father died when he was 18 and he remained on the farm with his mother, later, purchasing the farm. His mother died in 1932. In 1923 he retired from the farm and his eldest son. John W. Rummel took over until his death last March. ' 4 Mr.; Rummel was married Feb ruary 22, 1893. to Margaret Hof fart. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Febru ary 22. 1953. They were the par ents of seven children, one dying in infancy and the eldest, John, dying last March. Mr. Riynmel was a leader in civic and community affairs for many years and was a member of the school board and a pre cinct assessor and county asses sor for several years. He was a member of the Pres byterian church, Plattsmouth Lodee No. 6. A. F. & A. M., Ne- r braska. Chanter No. 3 ot tne con- sistory and Mount Zion Com- mandery No. 5. He was stricken with a heart attack in California while visit ing his children and died at the Glendale hospital. Surviving are his wife. Mar earet; two sons. Elmer J. and Robert T. of Burbank. Calif.: three daughters, Mrs. Mable Heil and Mrs. Louise Graves of Bur bark, CaUf.. and Mrs. Florence Hall of Lincoln. Funeral services were held in Burbank on Saturday, October 24 and the body was brought to Plattsmouth where services will be held at the Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Visiting hours will be held from 3 to 5 and from 7 to 9 Mondav afternoon and evening at Sattler Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements. Grand Opening of Service Station Is Successful Grand opening of Shellen barger's new and modern Sin clair Service Station was ac claimed a success by C. E. Shel WbarRer today following activ ities at the station Saturday. Shellenbarger, who gave away sets of glasses, balloons, lighter fluid and household oil to per- sons usitine the station, said i the stalion sold 2,500 gallons of ' Fas purmg uie uay. ine &eis ui six glasses were given with each ten gallons of gas purchased. . The new station, open for several weeks, noted its modern izing program at the grand openir. Sinclair Oil Co., par ticiuatin? in the erand opening, had a laree balloon stationed over the city, and also presented the station with a bouquet of f lowers. Pvt. Richard Coffelt of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., spent the past week at the home of his par ents, Mr. end Mrs. W. H. Coffelt Ha is to report to Camp KUmer, New Jersey for overseas duty. (KIODTrD $6,000 Awarded Hutchinson in DamageCase . Les Hutchinson of Platts mouth has been awarded a $6, 000 judgment in Federal court at Lincoln in his cross petition against Mrs. Alma Cryer. The jury returned a verdict late Thursday night in Hutchin son's favor, following the 'three day jury trial. . The case resulted from an ac cident August 20. 1951. when au tos driven by Mrs. Hutchinson and Mrs. Cryer collided near St. Francis, Kansas. In the accident, Mr. Cryer was killed and members of the Hutchinson family sustained in juries. Mrs. Cryer had filed suit in Federal court against Hutchin- son asking for $60,000 damages. Hutchinson's cross petition had asked for $40,000. Mrs. Cryer's suit was dismissed. Judge John Delehant was on the bench for the case. Mrs. Cryer was represented bv Rey nolds and Sprinkle of Kansas City and John Barton and Her bert Story of Omaha. i Walter H. Smith of Platts mouth and Robert Van Pelt and L3'le Holland of Lincoln repre sented Hutchinson. $300 F ine, Jail Sentence for Drunken Driver Norman H." Trioms-of Weep ing Water was fined $300 and costs in county court Thursday bv Judge Raymond J. Case, after Thorns pleaded guilty to a charge of drunken driving, second of fense. Thorns was also sentenced to 15 davs in county jail, had his driver's license suspended for one year, and his car impounded for six months. He was arrested about mid night Wednesday by " Sheriff Tom Solomon on charges of 1 drunken driving and sneeding. In county court, he also was fined $16 on the speeding charge. Solomon said records - show that it was the fourth time the Weeping Water man has been arrested on drunken driving charges. Band Ready to Launch Magazine Subscriotion Sale Plattsmouth high school band members will launch their an nual magazine subscription drive here Tuesday morning. That's the word of Melvin D. McKen nev. high school music director. The band, which receives a commission on all subscriptions sold to the magazines, will have all types of popular magazines on sale. Thev will contact residents who have nurchased subscrip tions through the band in the nast and will also solicit from individuals who are not on their current list. Renewals to mag azine subscriptions may be made through the high school band. Mr. McKenney explained that the band receives from 30 to 50 percent of each subscription and that the sales campaign an - nuallv nets the band from $300 to $600. Journal Want Ads Pay! Court House Briefs Bob Auston was fined $10 and i costs in county court on a charge I nf rkverorPicrVif nn mnnritv n1nte? Roy R. Einspanier pleaded i guilty in county court to a I charee of speeding and was ! find $25 and costs. Kincaid Truck Lines was fined $13 and costs in countv court on a charee of overweight on capacity olate.. Union Transfer was fined $20 and costs in county court on a j charge of overweight on capacity plates. Watson Bros. Transportation Company pleaded not guilty to a charge of overweight on axle but was judged guilty and fined $73 and costs in county court here. 0TniDn(o Miss JoNon Albin. senior, Queen at Plattsmouth high school to cap homecoming activities at the school Friday night. Miss Albin was crowned at a ceremony during the homecoming dance at Central school auditorium. The new queen succeeds Nor ma Campbell, 1952 hometoming queen. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Albin, the new Queen has earned similar high honors here and through out the county in recent months. Miss Albin was escorted by Charles Kerns, senior tackle on the high school foot, ball team. Tax Problems to Be Aired Here Wednesday Plattsmouth and Cass county taxpayers will, have an oppor tunity to air their views on im portant tax questions Wednes dav nI8nt at a public meeting at tne courthouse. Discussion at the meeting will center on the tax muddle in the state and what can be done to remedy the tax program as it now stands. County Attorney Richard Peck and ex-State Sen- I ator William Metzger of Cedar Creek will lead the panel dis cussion with Charles A. Dean, manager of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce as mod erator. Also scheduled to anpear here for the tax meeting Wednesday night is State Senator Tom Doo- ley of Papillion. Mr. Dooley is representative of Cass and -Sarpy counties to the state legislature. Also to be presented at the public meeting will bs a dis- cussion of a state sales tax and an income tax, with an overall design of increasing interest of taxpayers in local, county and state government: The meeting has been called by tne Fiattsmoutn cnamoer. Decisions reached at the meet ing will be passed on to a cen tral tax committee of Nebraska Chambers for their considera tion on a state level. The meeting has been called for 7:20 at the courthouse. Ex-Counfian Is Held in West on Kidnap Charge A former Cass county and an Omahan are being held under guard in a hospital at Toppen ish, Wash., while police search ed for three others wanted in connection with the kidnapping of an Oregon state patrolman. They are Barbara Jean Roy- . er, 21, formerly of Murray ana I now of Omaha, and Leonard (Ellsworth Miller, 28, of Omaha, who were injured in an auto wreck following the kidnapping. When Patrolman Lawrence Kezar became suspicious of five occupants of a car, he stopped it and began to write out a tick et when two men drew guns and forced him to drive away and threatened to kill him. They handcuffed him to his car, smashed the radio and drove off. The three men reportedly left the other two before the wreck. Sheriff Tom Solomon said here this morning that Barbara Jean (Redden) Koyer was ar rested here on July 12, 1947, for petit larceny and was paroled for two years. A month later she was committed to the Gen eva institution for parole viola- tion. j 1 Joe Wheeler returned horn . Friday from St. Joseph's hospital at Omaha, where he had been for 11 days while undergoing treatment. Watsrn Bros, was also fined $50 and costs on a charge of overweight on capacity plates. The company pleaded not guilty to the charge. Carl Kohrell pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding and was fined $20 and costs in county court. Ruby Ellen Tweton has filed petition In district court here against Virgil Helmer Tweton for divorce. Her petition charges extreme cruelty and asks for custody of three children and approval of a property agree ment. They were married at Elk Point, South Dakota, on July 13, 1936. Hleir was crowned Hnmeenmino Homecoming activities were under the direction of the hlpji' school Pep Club. Crowning of the queen came during the homecoming dance at which alumni members of the school 4. joined the current crop of schol ars. v, j?. J Miss JoNon Albin Maid of honor to the aueen was Delores Beins. Her escort was JonSchuetz. Attendants 1 were Janet Kalasek and Byron I Finnef rock, Peggy Frans and J Lyle Wood, - Barbara Sullivan and George Born - Plattsmouth's liomee omlnL' queen was named Miss Platts mouth last August by the Cham ber of Commerce and earned the title Miss Cass County in com petition at the Cass County Fair at Weeping Water. Active in school affairs, Mls3 Albin is widely known here as drum major of the Plattsmouth high school band, five times winner of the Ak-Sar-Ben Marching Band Contest. Miss Albin led the band in three of those five appearances. In addition to being drum ma jor of the band for three years, Miss Albin has been active in the high school vocal chorus, Pep Club, hish school dramatics club and a cheerleader. She has' also participated in King Korn Karnival Koronation activities for three years. Outside of school Miss Albin is a member of the Presbyterian church where she sings in the choir. She is president of the Plattsmouth Keentlme Club. Pen Club members had pre pared a colorful setting at the Central school ' auditorium for coronation ceremony which took place about 10:30 as the home coming dance pot well underway. Refreshments were prepared . and served by the Pep Club members, who conducted all ar rangements for the homecoming activities. The activities followed the P!attsmouth-Nebraska City football game. Plattsmouth to Be Featured on Television Shov Plattsmouth will be on tele vision on Friday. October 30, with a half hour program en titled ' This Ls Our Town". The television show will be present ed on Channel 6 at 11:30 a. m. Re-scheduled for Friday after being postponed over a month ago when films taken here prov ed Invaluable, the show will fea ture pictures of civic places and activities, people of the com munity and a variety .of other community highlights. The show, sponsored by five Plattsmouth merchants, will combine the pictures into a story of Plattsmouth. Pictures of school activities, stores, civic buildings, the City Council, lead ing activities, homes and other thines in the community will be shown on the program. SFEKS DIVORCE Francis T. Cook has filed a petition in district court for di vorce from Gladys L. Cook. The petition charges extreme cruelty and asks for custody of their adopted son They wers mar ried at Sabetha, Kansas on D cembr 31, 1928. r5 P i wllMiiiail'fdinnnilimmillliiiniiiMniiiiniiiiiMirTiiMmi