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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER IPUOTSMODQJ PUBLISHED - Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Delivered Twice Weekly to Mare Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 72 EIGHT PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1953 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 98 TTme TFQO At Pock Cub Scouts at Plattsmouth received a variety of merit badges and awards during the monthly Pack meeting at Central school Friday night. Other features of the Pack' meeting included presentation of an Indian skit and a luncheon served in the Hallowe'en motif. L. P. Carmichael opened the meeting with presenta tion of the colors, followed by roll call and awarding of honors to the youthful Scouts. Youth Leaders to Address Lions Club Tuesday Victor Anderson, former may or of Lincoln and a candidate for governor of Nebraska two years ago, and William Fulton, Scout executive of the Corn husker Council, will be guest speakers at the Plattsmouth Lions Club meeting here Tues day night. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Fulton will address Lions Club members on youth activities and will di rect their address along the Scouting theme. Plattsmouth Lions Club is sponsoring the Boy Scout fund drive here in November. Their addresses will follow a 6:30 dinner at Hotel Platts mouth Coffee shop. Dry Corn Shucks Ignite, Threaten Farm Building Dry corn shucks ignited Sat urday while corn was being shelled on the Orval Kahler farm five miles south of Platts mouth and threatened to de stroy a large barn-corn crib on the farm. , ' Plattsmouth and Murray vol-' unteer fire departments ans- wered the. distress call and quickly and effectively brought the fire under control.. The dry shucks burst into flames and climbed up the north side of the 40 x 110 corn crib. Fire depart ment from both communities ar rived almost at the same tims and quickly had the fire under control. The farm is owned by T. H. "Bert" Pollock, of Plattsmouth. Also damaged in the fire was a new combine owned by Mr. Kah ler, the corn sheller. and some grain. Wheat and hay were stored in the barn at the time. About ' one-third of the corn had been shelled when a spark from the sheller ignited a pile of shucks about 50 feet away .north of the barn. A south wind aided fire fighters and the shel ler crew in controlling the flames. Ella Shrader, Union Native, Dies on Coast Mrs. Ella Shrader, native of Union and resident of the com munity until moving to Cali fornia nearly 25 years ago, died at Los Gatos, Calif., Sunday, November 1, 1953, following a stroke. Mrs. Shrader, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Harris of Union, had been an invalid for eight years. She was 57 years old. Born at Union, she attended school at Union and later, fol lowing her marriage, went Cali fornia where she had resided for about 25 years. Mrs. Shrader had spent three months at Union nnrt Plattsmouth recently, visit ing with relatives and friends in Cass county. She is survived by her hus band, six children, Lark, Lyle. Bill, Dale Betty and Norma, all in California; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Harris, of Union; five brothers, J. C. Harris of Seattle; Vance Harris of Inde pendence, Mo.; Sterling Harris of Union; Donald Harris of St., Joseph, Mo.; and Fulton Harris of Plattsmouth; three sisters, Mrs. Lora Faris of Union, Mrs. Verna Pollard of Nehawka, and Mrs. Virginia Stone of Weeping Water. Twelve grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held at ten o'clock Thursday morn ing, November 5, at Melvin Mor tuary at Los Gatos, Calif. Wiysel Views New Studebaker Ray Wiysel returned Saturday night from Chicago where he had previewed showings of. the 1954 Studebaker to be introduc ed to the public in the near fu ture. Subscribe to The Journal Awards ylbs eetm Awards include David Wilson, wolf badge; Bill Highfield, wolf j badge, one gold arrow and two silver arrows; Delbert McDaniel, wolf badge, one gold arrow and one silver arrow; Stanley Wick er, wolf badge and silver arrow; ' Dwayne Haith, wolf badge and one gold and silver arrow; Don Yelick, wolf badge, one gold ar row and two silver arrows. Stanley Weber, lion badge, one silver arrow, one gold arrow, and one service star; Larry Marler, lion badge; Jim Stewart, bear badge and silver arrow; Clark Davenport, one denner strip, one gold arrow and four silver ar rows. Three Cub Scouts also gradu ated into, the Boy Scouts with the Friday night pack meeting, while three new Scouts were rec ognized. Graduating were Charles Pan konin, Bobby Reed and Stanley Weber. New Cubs are Warren McMillan, Billy Hirz and Mark Weaver. Visitors at the Friday Pack meeting included Jerry McClin tock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McClintock, and Michael Becker, son of M-Sgt. and Mrs. Becker. An Indian skit was presented by Den 3 with Mrs. Doris Car michael as den mother prior to the refreshment period. Coffee and donuts were served to the parents, while Cubs enjoyed candy, popcorn and pop. In charge of the Pack meeting along with Mr. Carmichael were Vernon Waterman, Herb Minor and Fred Davenport- A large attendance waA reported. Johnson's Market Replaces Joe's New Way Here "Johnson's Market" replaced Joe's New-Way on the local business scene here today as Wendell Johnson of Creighton, Nebraska, assumed ownership of the business. Mr. Johnson recently pur chased the business from Helen Johannes and took over today. A former dairy technician and farmer, Mr. Johnson is making meat Dusiness. Resident. of 4;he Creighton area during his , 36 years, he attended school at Brunswick and spent one year at Dana College. He has farmed for the past 15 years. Married, he is the father of two sons, Larry 12, and Roger 9. The Johnson's are residing on the Stanley Wolski farm north of Plattsmouth. The Wol skis moved into their new house on Highway 75 last Wednesday. 1 Mrs. Johnson is a sister of Mrs. Frank Biles of Plattsmouth. The grocery and meat market has been in operation here for about 15 years. 'Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Younkers returned home Saturday from Tucson, Ariz. Mr. Younkers re ceived his discharge from the armed forces. Glen Miller "was a guest ofmouth. He has been in the navy relatives in Omaha Sunday. for some time. Grocer Presents Award j - -rill W)'-iifci 11 fr'iv"r i ii - I mJ Mrs. Elmer Baldwin, left, of Plattsmouth accepts the Knapp Monarch Chefster awarded her by Walt Soennichsen of Soennich sen's Black and White grocery store for Mrs. Baldwin's winning essay in the IGA sweepstakes. Mrs. Baldwin completed the state ment "I prefer IGA brands because ..." to win the chefster. Her winning entry will be entered in the national contest to compete for a food freezer and $1,200 in food merchandise. Journal photo. New Assistance Director Takes Office Today Miss Coretta Pfann today as sumed duties of director of the Cass county welfare office, suc ceeding Miss Ardyth Hall, whose resignation was submitted to the board of county commissioners two weeks ago and became ef fective November 1. Miss Hall resigned to devote more time to her Grandview Nursing Home about 13 miles south of Plattsmouth. She opened the home a year ago. Miss Hall had been associated with the county welfare depart ment for the past eight years The new director is a veteran case worker in Cass county as well as in Otoe county where she was born and reared. She came to Plattsmouth as a child case worker in 1947 and except for one year has been with the as sistance department here ever since. She had taught school and served in the women's branch of the armed forces be fore coming to Plattsmouth. Miss Hall, a past president of the State Association of Wel fare Directors, also served for one-year as chairman of the special advisory committee to the board of control. She had been employed in welfare work at Hastings and Minden before coming here. Progress Noted In Lions Civic Center Building Progress was noted again dur ing the week just past on tl? new Community Center under going remodeling by the Platts mouth Lions Recreation Cor poration. .Exterior remodeling of the building to put it in satisfactory condition to meet remodeling clans of the Lions Corporation is noted in the blocked up win dows a Ion the north and west sides. of the building.. , Corooration officials explain that the architectural design for the community center reauires that several windows be enclosed to prevent loss of heat and cold and to increase efficiency of heating and air conditioning ; equipment that will be installed. I At me same time, adequate window space is maintained to permit ventilation at times when - f V o unite o ' Y" rf It. - rr3r"T rr and to maintain a good flow of air. Windows and door ways on the south are also being en closed In the ; building, which when completed will 'house; a large auditorium, kitchen facili ties. alon? with rest rooms, cloak room, : 1 office , ; facilities and ; a stage. . !-,. .. . - " : - The corporation is also pre paring to launch a ceiling block campaign in the community with the cooperation of other groups and individuals. Billy Morris Is Wounded Mr. and Mrs. William Kief learned from their daughter, Mrs. Pauline Tanner, of Arizona, that her son, Billy Morris, has been wounded in an explosion aboard a navy vessel. Full particulars on the inci dent were not available, how ever Mr. ana Mrs. Kief were told that an explosion of some type took place aboard the ship while it was in Korean waters. Billy Morris resided here with his grandparents for many years and attended school at Platts- Major Edwin Bronze Star Major Edwin C. Kalina, oper- ations officer in the Headquar ters Commandant section, Fifth Army Headquarters, Chicago, re ceived the Bronze Star medal on October 23 "for meritorjou.s services in connection with mili- tary operations against an arm- i ed enemy in Korea" during September, -1951, to February, 1952. The award was made by Lieu tenant General William B. Kean, Fifth Army commander, after a formal parade and review at Fifth Army parade grounds. The Fifth Army Band and troops serving the headquarters parti cipated in the ceremonies. Eight others were also honored. Bicycles Go Like Hot Cakes Through Journal Classified Anybody have any firlsV bicycles for sale? v James Warga listed two girls' bicycles for sale In the classified department in the Plattsmouth Journal Thurs day, and had sold the two- ; wheelers in near record time. Mr. Warga reported to the Journal afterwards that he could have sold many more : bicycles if he had some. New Chrysler Is Shown by Rase, Hansen Motors Cass countians took their first look at the 1954 Chrysler models last' week as new models went on ? display at Nehawka and Murdock. The completely re-designed Chryslers were introduced at Hansen Motor Company at Ne hawka and Rase Motors at Mur dock on Thursday. Featured in the . new vehicles is a new 235-horsepower Fire Power V-8 engine, plus many : major engineering advance-; ments combined with smart, j beautiful exteriors and inter iors. Other outstanding engin eering features are new Power Flite fully-automatic transmis sion, a new Airtem air condi tioning unit, full time pbwer steering and power brakes, new anti-roll front suspension and new "solid feel" ride. The 1954 Chrysler is offered in five models with a total of twenty body styles. The lines this year are the Windsor De luxe New Yorker and New Yorker deluxe, custom Imperial and Crown Imperial. New Chrysler exteriod styling features a fresh lightness of line beginning with the func tionally designed grilles taste fully formed of heavy chromed horizontal bars. Exterior trim also includes new hood crests, massive new bumpers, chrome trim above the headlights and directional lamps. Interior styling is marked by fine fabrics and careful color coordination with instrument panel and garnish moldings painted to match the over-ail color scheme. The new V-8 engine has a four barrel carburetor enabl ing the er.eine to inhale a great er charge cf air, large carbur etor air cleaner, larg ex haust and intake valyes and larger intake manifold and im proved control and stability. - New models are on display in Cass county at Rase Motor Com pany at Murdock and Hansen Motor Company at Nehawka. Trio Picks Corn For E. J. Ferrie Carl Ulrich. Fred Ulrich and Franz Petereit made quick work picking corn for E. J. Ferris last week as they came to his as sistance. The trio picked Mr. Ferrie's corn. Mr. Ferrie has been ill for about two months. Mrs. Carl Chriswiser assisted Mrs. Ferrie in preparing lunch for the corn pickers. Kalina Is Recipient j i i- v- 4 3T- i W .Major Kalina is son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Kalina, 624 Fourth Avenue, Plattsmouth. He resides at 249 Dogwood, Park Forest, 111. Major Kalina has been in service 13 years. His citation reads in part: "Major Edwin C. Kalina . . . (through) his-loyalty, initiative. and devotion to duty earned him the respect and admiration of all those with whom he served. The meritorious service render ed by Major Kalina throughout this period, reflects great credit on himself and the military service. School Boards Will Meet Here Thursday, Nov. 5 Members of Cass county school boards will meet at Plattsmouth on Thursday, Nov. 5. according to County Superintendent L. A. Behrends." , " V - V iihe itmeting "wlU be beld at the district court room in the court house 4 at Plattsmouth at two o'clock. -Principal job of the school heads will be election of committeemen for the ensu ing four-year term. The last such meeting was held in 1953. Present officers are Ted Hall of Elmwood, chairman; Cyris Livingston of Manley, vice chairman. . Other committee members are Melvin Todd of Union, F. D. Philpot of Nehaw Jca, LeRoy . Cook . of Elmwood, Alvin Oehlerking of Wabash, Floyd Althouse of Eagle, Calvin Carson of Avoca. The late Charles Armstrong' of Green wood was also a member of . the committee. Walter Box of Elmwood Dies Walter Box, resident of Elm wood for many years, died at a hospital in Lincoln Thursday, October 29, following a short illness. He was 67 years old. Mr. Box had entered the hos pital on October 16 f or . treat ment and observation. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. George Moomey, of Elmwood, and two brothers. John of Elm wood and Arthur of Ashland. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Christ ian church in Elmwood with Rev. Horn officiating. Burial was in the Elmwood cemetery with Clements Mortuary in charge of arrangements. 450 at County 4 H Achievement Day Thursday A crowd of 4-H'ers, parents and leaders 450 strong were on hand Thursday evening to at tend the annual 4-H achieve ment meeting held at Weeping Water. A well balanced pro gram including songs, safety, leadership recognition, and rec reation was included. The evening program was cli maxed -by presentation of award winners, prize monies, and a much appreciated lunch pre pared and served by the Weep ing Water Community Club. Dallas Wendt, the club presi dent, gave a .welcome to the group. The response was given by Clarence Schmadeke, Cass County Agent, who presided at the meeting. An added feature was an elec tion of committee members, a man and a woman from each of the 17 precincts in the county. The recreation was under the direction of Mrs. Dorothea Hol stein, assistant state 4-H club leader, who gave an account of highlights of 4-H club work for 1964. A ClASslfied Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents (yond Graveside Riles Held for Three Traffic Victims Graveside funeral services j nSn Tor thr TLl ! victims, whose bodies were found in a ravine near Cedar Creek late Sunday, after they had ap parently been concealed for nearly three weeks. Services for Robert Lee Allen were held at one o'clock with Rev. George Smith conducting graveside rites at Horning cem etery. Rev. G. E. Seybold offici ated at Oak Hill cemetery in the final rites for Marlin Liddick and Orville E. Lewis at two and three o'clock this afternoon. Robert Allen was born July 20, 1934, at Plattsmouth. He was the son of the late Charles Al len and Mrs. Doris Allen. He attended school here and had , the hospital for nearly a week been employed in a quarry. He j for second, third and fourth de was a member of the Christian ; gree burns that covered 98 per- church Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Charles Allen; six sisters, Mrs. Edith Robertson of Kansas City, Mrs. Alice Balthazor of Council Bluffs, Mrs. Mary Johns of Lin coln, Miss Evelyn Allen of Al berta, Canada, Mrs. Eleanore Powers of Carrithige, Mo., Miss Shirley Allen of Carrithige and Karen Ann Allen of Platts mouth; two brothers, Charles of Plattsmouth and Earl, in the service in Africa. Burial was in Horning ceme tery with Caldwell-Linder Fun eral Home in charge of arranpp- ments. Marlin L. Liddick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Liddick was born at Red Oak, Iowa, Novem ber 11, 1935. He lived at La Platte for nine years and came to Plattsmouth last March. Lid dick also worked in a quarry. 'He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Liddick, and "four brothers and sisters, John, Duane, Linda and Nancy, all of Plattsmouth. Burial was at Oak Hill ceme terv at Plattsmouth with Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home in charge. Orville Eugene Lewis was born at Hay Springs, Nebr., on No vember 10, 1929, and had resided at Plattsmouth most of his life. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville M. Lewis, he was also employed at a quarry. Surviving are his parents, four sisters, Mrs. Eddie Gilliland of Los Angeles, Mrs. Harold Wur tele of Nebraska City, Mrs. Stan ley Cole of Blair, and Carrol Ann of Plattsmouth; two broth ers, Robert D. Lewis of Los An geles and Michael of Platts mouth. Burial was at Oak Hill ceme tery with Caldwell-Linder Fun eral Home in charge of arrange ments. RETURNS TO CAMP Pvt. Rex. A. Burbee of Fort Riley, Kansas spent the past ten days at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bur bee. He left Saturday morning by plane for his station in South Carolina. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents Farm Bureau Leaders f . ; r -: : ! I ' i . : 1 - .: .. . ! ! . m ,.-. - .; v. i lV c H Charles Marshall, president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, second from left, congratulates Paul Eveland from Marshall's home town at Elmwood upon his selection as president of the Cass County Farm Bureau Federation. At left, Richard Pratt of Elmwood, and far right, M. Dale Stander of Greenwood look on. Pratt Was elected vice president and Stander is the cur rent county president. The election was held at the annual meet ing last Tuesday Journal photo. ' TCdit Don (oivdoi k The bodies of three Plattsmouth youths were found i in a deep ravine near Cedar Creek late Sunday afternoon in a wrecked vehicle some 80-feet below the road level. The bodies were believed to have been hidden in the ravine since about October 10. The three youths were Marlin L. Liddick. 17. driver j of the vehicle; Gene Lewis, j Liddick was the son of Mr. Plattsmouth ; Lewis is the and A1Ie" th n Gerald Zoz, 39, Burned Murdock Farmer, Dies Gerald Zoz, 39-year-old Mur dock farmer who suffered se vere burns over his entire body in a brush fire a week ago, died at Lincoln's St. Elizabeth's hos pital Thursday, October 29. Mr. Zoz, who lived with his : other nn a farm npnr Mnr. I mother on a farm near Mur dock, had received treatment in cent of his body He -was burned seriously when his clothing caught fire when a can of fuel exploded while he was burning brush on his farm a week ago last. A native of Murdock, and life long resident of the community, Air: Zioz was a memoer oi at. Mary's Catholic Parish in Elm- ! wood and the Holy Name Society of the church. He is survived by his mother, Anna, five brothers and four sisters. . Funeral services were held Saturday morning at St. Mary's church in Elmwood with Father J: Hennessey officiating. Ros ary was recited at eight o'clock Friday night at the family home. Burial was in the Elmwood cem etery. ' Essay Contest Open Here to High chool Students High school students at Platts mouth have an opportunity to win cash prizes up to $1,000 in a Veterans of Foreign Wars Aux iliary sponsored essay contest on "Build Through Citizenship." Any high school student, 9th through 12th grade, may enter a 1,000 word essay in competi tion locally. Local winners will be entered in the state contest. The Plattsmouth V.F.W. Auxil iary will present awards to lo cal winners. The State Auxil iary will award medals to state winners. Essays winning first honors in the state contest will compete nationally for the $1,000 first prize. Other awards are $250, $500 and $100, plus ten prizes of $10 and ten prizes of $5. Miss Elizabeth Roessler, high school ' teacher, will assign the students for the contest. Es says must be submitted by March 15, 1954. GRASS FIRE Plattsmouth firemen quickly extinguished a grass fire Satur day that .threatened the resi dence of Mr. and Mrs. W. A Chancellor at 5th street and 4th avenue. 24, and Robert L. Allen,. 17. and Mrs. Harold Liddick of son of Mr. and Mrs. Orvillc of Mi Doris Allen. Sheriff Tom Solomon said the wrecked car was found late Sunday by Clarence "Butch" Love, 9, and John Bornemeier, 9, who were playing in the vicinity. They reported the incident to the sheriff's office. The trio was believed killed sometime October 10 when the car they were in went out of control as they proceded south along the Cedar Creek road. Tracks still visible at the scene showed that the car left the road on a curve, went along the west bank for 110 feet, then ca- reened directly across the road etc t 41 i for 66 feet, went through a group of trees and plunged into the ravine. The sheriff said the boys were probably killed instantly when the vehicle landed upside down 80-feet below. All three bodies remained in the vehicle. Heavy tree and brush infesta tion around the accident scene prevented seeing the vehicle from the road. Farmers in the area also reported that they had not seen the vehicle or any signs ing that the three youths were seen in Cedar Creek about 6:30 the night of October 10. Jerry Van Winkle told the sherifMhat he, Dick Hughson and Carlisle Krumm had seen the trio in Cedar Creek. - Van 'Winkle told the sheriff that at that time Liddick started a fracas on the street at Cedar Creek. but that later they were seen heading for Louisville. Van Winkle said that Liddick. Allen and Lewis had been drinking. Some concern for the boys had been expressed here in recent weeks, however no organized search had been started. The rio reportedly had gone to Iola, Kansas, where they were report-, ed. Sheriff Solomon said they bad been sought since mid Oc tober. The car. found upside down in the ravine, was pulled from the canyon and returned to ' Plattsmouth bv Sharp's Wrecker Service. Bodies of the three youths were taken to Caldwell Linder Funeral Home at Platts mouth. School Kids lo Open Clothing f amnainn T a flaw Local schooi children went on a crusade todaf a full-fledged children's crusade. But Instead of weapons they will carry ' bundles of clothing. Their goal is to help provide sturdy, warm clean clothing for needing chil dren in America and overseas. According to Homemaking Teacher Minerva Schliefert. the local drive is part of Save the viiuuicu i cuciduun a xw trill 11 annual nation-wide "Children' Clothing Crusade", which Is conducted in schools throughout the United States. The Platts mouth F.H.A Chapter is head ing the drive in local schools.- the clothing collected will be used to aid children and fam ilies in Korea, six war-depleted countries of Europe, in Lebanon and in disadvantaged rural areas in the United States, including the Navajo and Papago Indian reservations. Second objective of the drive is to teach local children a val uable lesson in the importance of thinking of others. Most needed is warm clothing, heavy underwear, wool skirts, suits, sweaters and coats."' If the clothing is warm, even adult sizes can be cut down and used. Children's shoes are next in im portance, and again, except for high-heeled women's shoes, ad ult sizes can also be used. Babies slothing is in constant demand. Diapers. crib blanket, night shirts, warm sweaters and un dershirts are especially needed Plattsmouth school students' will start collecting the articles today. Pamphlets are being dis tributed amoner the snhrni .v.n dren to aid them in their appeal to Plattsmouth residents for good, used clothing. Supt. T. I. Friest stresses the importance of having all cloth ing gifts clean and in as rood SRfiFS81516 "Because tbVsi gifts will be symbols of new hope of many nedy chiliren