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GD OJ CS R! A D "PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday .1 Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Delivered Twice Weekly to M&re Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 73 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1954 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 21 e Met Bikes Registered By Veterans bed oner inme CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER s dy I n Dime ondoii! Friest Offered $6,000 Salary For One Year March of Dimes collections at Plattsmouth jumped to near the 53,500 mark this week as Eagles Lodge members deposited $1,0,48.38 in the account Wednesday, as pro ceeds from their sale held last Saturday at Plattsmouth Sale Barn. Ray Able, chairman for the Eagles rural collection, and Sterling Cole, local Aerie president, made the deposit Wednesday after a complete tally of rural farm contribu tions had been completed. Both extended their thanks ! and appreciation to farm f ami I lies and to Eagle committee i members for their efforts and I contributions in the drive, con ! ducted last week and climaxed I with the sale last Saturday. Rex i Young ana Ellis Lacy were also j cited by the Eagle officers for ! their contributions in selling the T I Frest suoerintndent of i Bcods, ranging from small schools tia!onf!f of and even years, has been offered a one iHm animais vear contract calling for a $6,- Others not previously listed, C3n salarv. i but also taking part in the farm canvass and sale were L. Snod- grass, B. Roy, Tom Grosshans, Charles Grosshans, Dr. O. Sand in, H. Bobimmyer, Walt Eledge, Glenn Carneal, Eldon Vroman, Sterling Cole and Charles Jane cek. Meanwhile belated reports have brought the Mothers' March collection to $859.14, as another $150 was collected dur ing the early part of this week. I Including the Mothers March, Dimes collections nere, exclud ing the farm sale, total $1,677. 04. Included in the total is $97. 23 from Casr. Theatre; $191.68 from the Fep Club tag day; $328.80 collected in schools; nad $200.19 from clubs and organi zations. Two outstanding activities are still on tap for the March of Dimes collection here. They are the smorgasborg to be given Sunday at the Lions building with the Junior Woman's Club in charge. Serving will be from 12 noon until 4 p.m. . IssfL s r i Soil roes Ernst Names Committees For Chamber I., J. s " 1 1; Dale Bowman and Al Linder, seated at the table with typewriters, fill out certificate of bike registration for Plattsmouth youngsters as a bi cycle licensing program is launched at Platts mouth. At right, Lloyd Fitch, inspects one of the bicycles for safety features. The program is being conducted by the V. F. W. in cooperation with the city council. Police officer Dick March, who issues license plates, reports that 68 plates have been issued to bike owners who have reg istered their two wheelers. Registration will be held again Saturday morning, February 6, at the ORC Armory. Journal Photo. Shellenbarger Tops Local Scholars First Semester T. I. Friest a -rf i x Tv Friest by the beard of education Monday night at their regular monthly meeting.- He. ..however, has net as yet informed the board of his intentions, though he indicated at the meeting that he intended to remain at Platts mouth. Friest, whose three-year con tract at S4.S0O expires this year, had asked for a three-year con tract, however board members preferred the one year basis. The Superintendent came to Plattsmouth ten years ago from Wisner. He succeeded L. S. De- Mike Shellenberger topped x-iattsmouin nign scnool schol ars during the first semester, a report issued by Principal Wil liam Floyd showed todav. Shel lenbarger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rasmussen, Pat Todd, Jo Ann Egenberger, Mary Lou McCar thy, Gail Peterson, Pat Winscot, Jay Dee Druecker, Sandra " uiiu iro. i t - , . C. E. Shellenbarger, earned an : iPng. wimam mnae, bmney A m five subjects during the TU6C; Larsen Beverly Sullivan, Bill Hoschar, Janet Kalasek, Carolyn Robinson, and Margaret Svoboda. Two kA" two "B" Elna Bom berg, Theresa Linhart, Beverly Meisinger. - Bette Todd, Joyce Kerns, Merry Jo Williams Ka- Close behind was Marion Hild with 4 '"A's" and one "B" during the semester, while 20 students had straight "A" in four sub- Diners at the smorgasbord ..Bm t ,.A mark during the Sunday will be able to -select 1 semester""--" tneir dinner irom me ionowing i others on the first semester ; ren Jacobs, Betty Morris, Nartcy menu: turkey, ham, dressing, J honor roll at Plattsmouth hiah 1 Siemoneit Ann Winscot, Jim snrimp ana sauce, spagnem , school were meat balls, escalloped potatoes,! -p.. ..A", -pvpivv. wor,- E?l IfA'i11:,' ?r7' Yvonne Ndsra. BaVbara sSh- piC1uC6 uiiv ucvucu s- van, Sharon Fleischman, Hazel uoia, rai janaa, Joan Mason, tage cheese, cheese trays, cran berries, baked beans, jello salad, tossed salad, cole slaw, marion ated herring, rolls, butter, cof fee and cake. Jacques. Joan Pink, Jon Iverson, Jean Thimgan and Jane Thlm gan. One "A" three "B" Valeria Holman, Pat Painter, Anita SdI- Carol Davis, Rae Mae Henry, dell, Shirley Strough, Ruby Wil- Sharon Ramge Mary Ann Ryan, son. Mayoeii vvarga uaroiyn Kenneth Aylor, Robert Bever- Chappel, Lois Gapen, Mary Lou age Shirley Hild. Nancy Holman, Lutz, Beverly Sprieck, Roger Mrs. L. A. Amato is food chair- Rose Mary Nelson, Carol Potsch- Wehrbein Weldon Stoehr. Peg- man for the smorgasbord lor 1 ies, Janice Wiles, Herman Weber ! which Mrs. Don Bell and Mrs. Voe as superintendent of schools Herb Mino"r are general chair rat PlattsmrMith in 1Q44 " .Jw w, ..... Meanwhile final rehearsals are near for the production of "Your Uncle Henry" a three-act com edy to be presented at the Lions , Building on February 8, 10 and ! 11. A special presentation will be given Monday night, Febru ary 8 for youngsters under 14 years of age. Admission -will be 20 cents for the Monday night performance. Regular presentations are slated Wednesday and Thurs J. D. Lewis, 92, Rock Bluffs . Pioneer, Dies j2ffcrson D. Lewis, longtime resident of Ropk Bluff, died Monday night February 1. at the ase of 92 years. He had lived in Nebraska the gTeater part of his lifetime and farmed manv years in eastern Cass County. He died at the home of his son, Lloyd at Murray. Born in Holt County, Missouri, on October 2, 1861. he was the son of Martin and Anna Lewis. H was married December 27, 18S2 to Anna C. Fitch and they were the parents of four chil dren. His wife died 30 years ago. Mr. Lewis came to Cass coun ty as a young boy with his par ents, who settled near Murray in the Rock Bluff community. Surviving are three sons, Ed Lewis of Union. Wayne Lewis of Plattsmouth. Lloyd Lewis of Murray; a daughter, Mrs. Earl Merritt of Murray; two broth ers, Frank of Fairfield, Nebr., and Matt of Mound City, Mo.; nine grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Mr. Lewis became a member of the Christian church at Rock Bluffs in 1895, and continued membership in the church until his death. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Christian church in Murray with Rev. Val Joh Burial was at near Murrav. Casket bearers at the final rites were Fred Campbell, Gree- ley Beil, Earl Lancaster, Roy Gregg, Fred Hild and M. M. To man. Music was by Mrs. Louis Sack accompanied by Mrs. Rich ard Sack. Visiting hours were heldTues dav afternoon and evening at Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home, which was in charge of atrange-ments. and Jim Ulrich, Four "A" one "B"-Marion Hild. Three "B" two "A" Pat Brown. Three "A" one "B" Ella Mary Nielsen, Lorna Nierste, Jackie gy Frans, Roberts Winters, Bet ty Thimgan and Joan Koubek. Four "B" Shirley Story, Cath erine Barlett, Douglas Reno, Shirley Traut, Deanna Hutton, Carol Burch. Robert McKulsky, Bill Todd and Jeanette Schultz. February 10 and 11. All perform- r ' " T V Police Hauling in Autos of Regular Meter Violators The Plattsmouth Police De partment disclosed today that it has started pulling in cars regu larly found in violation or the ances will start at 8 p.m. (Continued on page 4) Speech Therapists Report Accepted A seemster report of speech therapist Mrs. Robert Reade was accepted and read by the board of education Monday night. The detailed report to the board told of functions and accomplish ments of the special education program here. The department announce ment explained that regular lo cal violators may find their car missing from the metered stall unless they start complying with the city ordinance. At least four vehicles have been pulled in since the department started its drive. Policemen explained that cars pulled in are those that continually violate the ordinance. Wolf Hunt Slated At Elmwood for March of Dimes A wolf hunt will be held at Elmwood on Saturday, February 6 for the March of Dimes. Two hunts are scheduled, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Hunters are asked to meet at the Elmwood com munity building at 9 a. m. for the morning hunt, while the aft ernoon search will follow a noon dinner at the community build ing. Ladies of the E. U. B. church will serve the dinner. An auction of the wolves will be held following the round up. Ralph Hennings Dies of Traffic Mishap Injury Ralph M. Hennings, native of Cedar Creek and resident of the Platsmouth community most of his lifetime, died at Methodist hospital at Omaha Tuesday morning, February 2, of injuries received in an auto accident one mile east of Louisville on Jan uary 16. The first traffic' fatality in Cass county in 1954 Hennings was in critical condition at the hospital since the accident, which occurred early in the morning of the 16th, when he apparently lost control of a ve hicle he was driving. Born November 23, 1916, at Cedar Creek, he was the son of William C and Mary Hennings. He was married August 18, 1940 to Irene Peterson at Sidney, la. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church and had been employed in the ground service of the . United Air Lines at Omaha. Surviving are two daughters, Betty Ann and Joyce of Spring field; six brothers, Archie Hen nings of Omaha; Gerold and Wilber of Phoenix, Arizona; Norris of .Fresno, California; Ordell of Plattsmouth and Ce cil of Creston la.; and his par ents, Wm. and Mary Hennings of Plattsmouth Chairmen of standing com mittees of the Chamber of Com erce were named today by E. A. Ernst, Chamber president. Ernst appointed 11 commit tee chairmen, who will select their own committeemen to served during the Chamber's fis cal year. Appointed along with the chairman on each commit tee was a member of the board of directors. ' Ernst's appointments included: Retail committee George Smith, chairman; Vic Schrein- er, director. Membership J chairman, John Seonnichsen, director. Agriculture K. W. Gross nans, chairman, C. C. Girardot, ! director. ' National affairs Richard 1 Peck, chairman and director. ! Education T. I. Friest, chair- i man; Miss Helen Eiting, direc-ii' tor. - Housing Stephen M. Davis, chairman; Herb Minor, director, t Highways Clement T. Woster, chairman; Carl J. Schneider, di rector Civic Affairs D. L. Grove, chairman; Albin Chovanec, di rector. Civic Improvements Kay Sto ry, chairman; Ronald R. Furse, director. Special Events B. H. G. Eit ing chairman; Bruce Gold, di rector. - Publicity E. A. Ernst, chair Cass countians are generally in favor of higher sal aries for Cass County officials, but they are also concerned about efficient operation of the offices along with eco nomic operation. That was the essence of public opinion expressed Tuesday afternoon at a hearing before the Cass County Commissioners on tentative salaries established by the Commissioners several weeks ago. Approximately 15 countians, four or five county officials and the commiK- sioners participated in the hearing. ' Representing practically every Chamber Fund, Member Drive Satisfactory Ready to take over manage ment of the Plattsmouth Cham ber of Commerce is Mike Typer, recently appointed to the post by the Chamber board. Typer It-inn V, n.ll I 1 ...ItV. F Zastera I11 uctwiic wen ucquuiiiweu wim UUOlllCOOUICll UtlC ill tCLClll V131U3 to meet with the Chamber to outline financial drive activities. man and director. Selection of committee mem bers is now being conducted by chairmen and dertctors of the various committees. The com mittees will handle arrange ments specifically associated with their group's activities Ernst pointed out. ( X x Rose Bookmeyer Lifelong Resident Here, Dies Thursday Mrs. Rose Bookmeyer, long time resident of Plattsmouth. died at St. Catherine's hosDital at Omaha early this morning, Thursday, February 4. She was 78 years old. Mrs. Bookmeyer entered the , , , liuoliai luov kjai-uxuay, will iitivi Funeral services will be held. b j poor health for some time. Native of Plattsmouth, she wTas born here on May 17, 1875. Suryiving is one sister. Mrs. Marie Koehnke of California. and a brother, Tom Svoboda of Friday afternoon at two o'clock from Caldwell-Linder Funeral Chapel with Rev. Keith Delap officiating. Visiting hours will be held at the funeral home from 4 to 6 and from 7 to 9 Thursday afternoon and eve ning. Burial will be in Glendale cemetery west of Plattsmouth. Caldwell - Linder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Attend church Sunday and i A Classified Ad in Tne Journal have your faith lifted. I costs as little as 35 cents CAKES DUE SUNDAY Members of Plattsmouth Wo man's Club who are furnishing cakes for the Junior Woman's Club Smorgasbord, are asked to have cakes at the Lions Club rooms by ten o'clock Sunday morning February 7th. MikeTyper More recently a public rela tions and personnel director for Union Stockyards at Omaha, Ty per will take over permanent management of the Chamber during the coming week He'll have office quarters in the Davis building. Typer was h'ere Monday to work with Chamber directors and other boosters in the fin ance and membership drive, which at the halfway mark has been described as "very satisfac tory." E. A. Ernst, president of the Chamber, said today that about half of the 1953 members have been signed for the current year and that the others will be con tacted during the next few days or, if necessary, early next week. Results have been very satisfac tory at this time, according to the president. Ernst also issued a reminder area of the county, public par ticipants recognized the need for increased salaries for elected officials, but they asked if they should not also expect better, more efficient management and service. They questioned the number of employees in many offices and the type of job being done. Particular reference was made to the county treasurer's office where considerable extra help is TvDer i now employed, while service, the LuuiiLians &tiiu, is ueaow inui re quired of the office. But while the public in gen eral was questioning the pro posed salaries, two county offi cials expressed displeasure in the salaries intended for their of fices. L. A. Behrends. county super intendent of schools, requested that a $4,000 salary be considered for his office instead of the $3,600 in the tentative schedule. Behrends read a list of salaries paid to high school superintend ents in Cass county, which ranged from $4,000 to $5,000. He explained that his responsibili ties and. preparation are equal to any of the superintendents, yet his salary is considerably lower. seeking a $200 increase irom the tentative $3,100 salary set for her office, Mrs. Lucille Horn Gaines, register of deeds, asked that the register of deeds salary be set at $3,300, that originally proposed by the state legislature two years ago before turnine: It over to the county boards. W. J. B. McDonald, county clerk, and E. C. Giles, county assessor, also defended the sal ary increases, though both Im plied that salaries of their two offices should be equal to that of the county treasurer. The tentative schedule proposed by the commissioners is $3,800 for (Continued on page 4) Registration Of Bicycles Set Saturday Omaha Funeral services will be held a.t 9:30 Saturday morning from St. Johns church. Rosary will be recited at Caldwell-Linder Fu- Pegistration of bicycles will be held a:ain on Saturday morn ing, February 6, at the ORC Ar mory on First street. Registra tion will h- under the direction of the V.F.W. in cooperation with th city council. All hikf nwners in the citv to directors that the regular Wpre reminded today that the mommy meeung win De neia bike5; must be registered and li Thursday night, February 11 at ; censed uncjer orovisions of a re the director's room of Platts- cent city ordinance. Before 11 mouth State Bank. The 7:30 nQAQ Vn' hr iwnprf thp hikes meeting was postponed one week 1 must be inspected for safety (since the new manager win De . fpotnrpc anri must. hpr a rtt iiciai num. . '"""fa " t ui i u v ,,tu novf 1" rV" uuauic iu uC uuc mini ntAv,ncate of registration. Register- eight o'clock. IN NAVY RESERVE Lyie "Toots" Wood, senior at Plattsmouth high school, enlist ed in the Naw Reserve Wednes day. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Woods, he will start training in the Reserve unit. week, Ernst said 1 Eagles Make Rural Canvass A Complete Success Scouts ReGdy To Observe National Week I i ing Saturday will start at 9 a.m. and continue until noon. For youngsters who have al ready registered their bicycles, they may obtain license plates at the police station from offi cer Dick March. They must pay the 50 ent license fee to the po lice officer when they get their plates.' Plates were issued throughout this week after school hours and in thi evening. School kids will be able to get their license plates between the hours of 4 and 6 p.m. next week at the po lice station, but they must have a certificate of registration first. Mrs. George Saxon, hnson officiating. I jj Lewiston cemetery : 5 Mis ;& I; Yt i Bov Scouts of America incor porated at Washington, D.C., February 8, 191Q. is celebrating 1 this week forty-four years of ed ucational fun provided more than 21 million boys and men ' since its inceptions. Some 100 Plattsmouth rub and Bov Scouts will join in the celebration by observing Boy ocoui. weeK, reoruary inroui; D J i. 13th. They start tne week oy at- j rurmer lt;iIU UIl I . tending church in mass at the : First Presbyterian church and 1 rVnc nf tlmnnn Holy Rosary church. . Uie5 UT UHlUnU Throughout the week. Scouts 1 M's. Geoe Rnxon. former will wear Uniforms to school, j resident of the Plattsmouth and and they will also prepare a ' union communities died at her scouting handcraft exhibit foriViomp on "Bellevue Boulevard at display at the Gas Company of-j omohn eorlv this morning. fice. - ThursHiv. February 4. She was No finance drive will be held ( 61 vars old. this year in observance of the m. Saxon had week since a drive last fall prov ed successful with contributions CAR ROLLS OVER Damage to a vehicle was ex tensive when it went out of con trol last week and rolled over in loose gravel on a county road one mile north and 7 miles west of Plattsmouth. Driver of the car, Betty Campbell, was not in When members of Plattsmouth Aerie, No. 365, Fraternal Order of Eagles agreed to make a rural canvass in the Plattsmouth and Murray areas for the March of Dimes, they weren't kidding. The nearly 20 men and nine trucks shown in the above pic ture represented the determina tion and interest of the rural folk in the Dimes campaign. Loaded aboard the trucks shown here, taken after the first day's drive, were bales of hay and straw, ear corn, shelled corn, sacked feed, three ducks, and a variety of other rural farm produce, plus a quantity of cash also given for the Dimes Drive. Pictured with the trucks fol lowing the Wednesday rural canvass are Curtis Faris, Les Gansemer, Dan Hoschar, Jack Vallery, Harry McCullough, Earl Mrasek, Leonard Lutz, Owen Willis, Chet Wiles, Art Toman, Hugo Meisinger, Walt Weiss, John Dietl, Bob Jameson, Virgil Stander,. Joe Dietl, Ray Abel. Others participating that day were August Gall, Louis Menges, Wallace Warner and Claude Hickey. The trucks ranged from as far north as the Platte river, to just this side of Union and Nehawka, and as far west as the Lutheran up 50 per cent from the previous year. Post-Scout week activities will church. The Wednesday canvass i feature Scout activity An Eagle was followed, by another on Thursday with some clean-up collections on Friday. Articles collected were stock- Court of Honor Will be held on February 21, according to an noucement by Scoutmaster Al Linder, while Cub Scouts await their anual Blue and Gold Ban- piled at the- Plattsmouth Sale qUt to be" held on February 26 DHL 11 VVilCiC LilCy WCiC iJ!U Uii Saturday at public auction with Mrs. Tonv Klimm returned Rex Young and K. W. Grosshans horn? Tuesday from St. Joseph (hospital. contributing their services been in ill health for a long time. Her hus band died last August at Omaha where he was associated with the stockyards. The Saxons farmed southwest of Plattsmouth for several years before moving to Omaha. She is survived by two sisters, a brother and several nephews and nieces. Funeral services will be held from Crosby-Kunold Funeral Home at 24th and J streets in South Omaha on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. Burial will be at West Lawn cemetery. f