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vt w nr r ' t ' PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday CAS3 COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER an I Li Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echc-Delivered Twice Weekly ro Msre Than 3000 Cess County Families NUMBER 31 VOLUME 73 PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1954 FIVE CENTS PER COPY SIXTEEN PACES n TG-3E SPtLATTTSRCIDQJir V? L: L H y ted Ton i! yet City Declines Bid; Accepts Two Others George Rhodes, Manley, Dies At Hospital George W. Rhodes, native of Missouri and resident of the Weeping Water community most of his lifetime, died March 5, at University hospital at Omaha. He was 42 years old. Born August 13, 1911, at Phil lipsburg, Mo., he was the son of George and Matilda Rhodes. They moved to Weeping Water when he was six years old. He attended school at Weeping Wa ter through the 10th grade when his parents moved to Wichita, j k- Kansas, -where he graduated j from East high school in 1933. He then joined the Civilian fnnsprvation Corns and was sta- carrv'out the duties of the of - turned at Tekamah where he met fices more swiftly, efficiently d late marrieci Martha Mc- ':.:-r efficiency, improved accuracy and better v.-il'. mark the county tax problem during the com r action of the County Commissioners Tuesday .- the sired and expected results, mrr.issioners Herman IJornemeier, Ray Norris and .te Tuesday, after conferring with County Treas (.'. Giles, authorized purchase of a pre-tax receipt machine to be put into use during the coming tax " -m. Store. Special Assessors Briefed at School Modern - ' c Action of the board foilewea manv months of insistence that ccur.tv offices be modernized to c 9, and accurately, ana at. tne sum time to provide improved serv ice to taxpayers. Purchase ci the pre-tax re- City Ccunciimen r. :o city prop- D.d cf Harold property V.'oiter s ' ,t sale of en r.-- r. called upon to ce- -.-'ue. the necessity was : re'yuit cf his earlier r.te at t : council proc-e- .: .:. Car.-: Finney cast ;r :i Iliac, vith B. ipted to pa: ; the count H. G. Ei- rint writine machine is the sec end step in the board's recent campaign for modern business procedure. Prior to January 1. the beard purchased a validat ing machine for use in the treas urer's office during motor vehi cle registration time. In ordering the $4,390 ma hine which will be installed sometime in July tfor use- in compiling tax figures after the present assessments are comple ted, the board pointed out that until now. there has been no poress in the assessor's office. -It has operated the same for a long time," the board pointed out. While use of the mahine is not expected to result in any notice able savins this year, once in od- e ration it is expected to expea- r- r ' Iii J. I U. -r- - r,i ; Til" v,;. rr-"' '-np assessor ana treasurer oiiitca. ;::.;-:;ur:trr;ir": ' With the pre-receipt tax mt G:.: . tne raavor s ccur.ciimen had talked his bid said he uses on the Ltarlicr however, coucilmen ac-:-a:rd" V SI -10 bid of Fred i":-.::i lor the city property cn S';ta i cth street and the $700 r;Vc: Jo'cah D. Engies for the !-.-r:aer Kj.?i property. Ir.gies tid was submitted by suoriiittec by J to be purcnasea fo.-r. Rnrronp-hs. detailed and la- borous work in the offices will b eliminated. Instead cf of fice employees searching through several volumes to total taxes, the entire procedures will be don before hand and can auickly be validated when the taxpayer remits. Special forms used in the ma chine enable all information to, be cuiefcly and accurately tallied : nr, tb.P tar recemt. rne maenme hp rni'nri! v, low rm1fVr1v rieter- ---o - ; Uiil-S, tile set J , M . , as Slio msner man vpmes from the valuations uie amount of tax, brealcs it aown and totals the amounts nnripr thp new svstem, re , 1- ceints would be issuea on eaui ; different parcel of real estate as well as on personal property, instead of being totaled on one receipt after a search througn the different ledgers and vol-- To be used jointly by the as sessor's office and treasurer's office, the machine will be used I for preparing the fcre-wntten ! machines, similar to those which ; countians received on their mo tor vehicle tax this year. Mullin on July 21, 1935. The following year they moved to Weeping Water where they re sided until 1951 when they moved to Manley. Mr. Rhodes was baptized in the Congregational church in 1922 and later transferred to the Methodist church. He was a member cf the First Methodist church at Weeping Water. Surviving are his wife, Mar tha: and five children. Robert, I Marilyn, Phillip, Rae Ellen and Jackie Raymond, all of Maniey; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Rhodes, Sr., of Conway, Mo.; one brother, Ted Rhodes of Ponca City, Oklahoma; and four sis ters. Mrs. Clara Colter of Wichi ta, Kansas, Miss Nora Rhodes of St. Louis, Mo., Miss Ethel Rhodes of Wichita, and Mrs. Katherine Bandy of Dodge City, Kansas . Funeral services wrere held Sunday afternoon at the Meth odist church at Weeping Water with burial at Tekamah ceme tery. Mrs. Richard Lauritzen was soloist and Maude Moulton, organist, at the final rites at which Rev. Fred C Gardner of ficiated. Casket bearers were George Wiles, Virgil Wiles, George McKinstry, Charles Sahs, Glen McMullen and Linius-Mas-sot h. Hobson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. -.Jif 4 Large Parking Lot In Plan I Plattsmouth this year will get a brand new Hinky I Dinky super market, which will be not only one of the ! company's largest units but also its most modern store. i That was the announcement made m Umatia today I bv J. M. Newman, president of the company which he helped organize in Omaha 28 years ago and which has operated its Plattsmouth store at 417 Main Street for th f X; '"'ww E. F. WToodward, representative of the State Tax Commissioners office instructs Cass county special assessors in handling assessment sched ules. Woodward, upper left, outlined procedure and answered questions during the special school conducted here Monday by County Assessor E. ft 'iVtiWiiyi"M'iiil'n"v' " nil fi " " ' " " " i ' op past 15 years. The new store will be located on highways 73-75 at ? j the northeast corner of Seventh and Vine streets, (Avenue ) A) where approximately one-half acre of land has been 1 1 acauired. The large corner area, which is paved on all sides, has enough room to accommodate both a big store 1 building and a tremendous parking lot. "All of us at Hinky-DinKy are C. Giles and County Commissioners. W. F. Nolte, county "Operation Honesty" chairman, also ap pealed to the group to do their best in promoting honest filings. Filing of 1954 schedules started in the county Wednesday. Journal Photo. Bomemeier Files For Commissioner Re-el ecf ion 'Helen Ei- Irene Heard, 41, Louisville, Dies March 3 ur.eral services for Mrs. Irene Heard, resident of Louisville vears, were held Sat- afternoon at the First church with Rev. John Registration For Girl Stater -! Awaited Here Selection of a Plattsmouth :r.r off.c -s. Heard died : 3ir.nl on March m Omaha She was Born atMacomb. Mo., on No- ip sae was xne . Wilber and Ona ; She was married on in I93l, at Vera Cruz, Mo., . to Leonard Heard. They came ; to Louisville in 1951. TTe"-d. a housewife, was . ::Cr of the Free Will Bap r -: iiurch. She had spent most lifetime m riissouri, they reside at Louisville shcftlv after their mar Thev returned to Louis es triefiv Arthor Crunk, Ex-Union Man, Dies Thursday Arthor Crunk, former resident j of Union, died early this morn in Thursday, March 11, at Nebraska City, following a heart attack. Mr. Crunk was 70 years 0lFuneral services will be held Saturday afternoon at Nebraska City. Burial will be at Union cemetery. Surviving are his wife and two daughters. Pirl tr attend Girls State at Lin coin this summer hinges on ack nowledgement of a Reservation. The prosram is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Because of crowded conditions on the campus, enrollment must be limited and reservations are made in the order that applica tions are received. The thirteenth annual ses Cornhusker Girls' State on the University of Nebraska campus, will be held June -i. Evelyn .Henry was last year's representative from Plattsmouth while Bettie Sutton was the choice in 1952. A special Auxiliary committee is working with the high school faculty in selecting the Platts mouth delegate. Herman Bomemeier, Cass county commissioner from the third district, filed Tuesday as j a candidate for re-election on; the Republican ticket. In filing Bomemeier explain- i ed that "I will run cn the merits : of my accomplishments," and with the idea of being able to continue the nrogressive wfxK . started and carried out dwui ; the last three years. ! The Elmwood farm owner,; chairman of the county board.; explained that he would like to I return to office the next four years to maintain the road j building pace ana xne geiieiui improvements that have mar tee a the district during the past three years. Currently serving the f ourth j year of his first elective term, Bomemeier served as a third district commissioner for about a year prior to his election in 1950. He was appointed to the office and served one year after Alva Reid of Alvo resigned. Lat er Bomemeier was forced to re sign because of illness and Reid finished the term. Bomemeier has rated high praise for the extensive road building completed under the Schroeder Mail Route program, and along with Commissioners Ray Norris and W. F. Nolte, has been singled out by groups from iji-:. i ' V"-? Preliminary Survey for Alley Paving Conducted I A Engineers reported to tre Plattsmouth City Council Mon day night that preliminary sur vey has been conducted on the allev paving district here. The survey is being conducted for preparing plans and specifi ratirnK for navimi five blocks of niiftv in the business district, i Alleys tc be paved are the thre-? blocks south of Main between 3rd and 6th street, and the two blocks north of Main between 4th and 6th streets. Plans and specifications may be ready by the next regular on,-,ii mAetintr Anril 22. If SO. j i tuuiiui. w--o i 4 . . . 1-4. I - Inn Anrll bias may oe iet wic xt.h- Councilmen also consiaerea the widening of Sixth street, to provide parallel parking on both sides and to provide a wider traffic lane. A stepped-curb is proposed to provide the neces sary space. Marion Hild Named Boys7 Stater Here Seventeen-year-old Marion Hild has been selected to at tend Boys State this summer from Plattsmouth. Selection of the local high school junior was announced today after confir mation of a reservation at the week-long government camp had been received by Richard Peck, chairman of the Ameri canism committee of the Amer- I ican Legion. i Hild will follow in the foot steps of Bob Back and Willard Christensen most recent dele sates to Boys State from Platts mouth. The ennual program is especially gratified that we will be able to give Plattsmouth the kind of super market the com- ' munity merits," said Mr. New ! man. "We have always had un J usually high regard for Platts , mouth, since it was here that I we opened our first store outside ! the city of Omaha." Hinky-Din- kv now operates 18 stores in Omaha and 16 outside the city in Nebraska and western Iowa. "Ever since the grand opening of the Plattsmouth Hinky-Dinkv store was held in late October, 1929, we have enjoyed fine pat ronage and splendid community relationships," Mr. Newman continued. "The beautiful store we are planning to construct this year will be something Plattsmouth will be proud of and will give evidence of our company's great confidence in this city's future." Plans are still in the drawing sponsored by American Legion board stage but are beginning posts in Plattsmouth and I to take shape, the Hinky-Dinky throughout the state. officer said. He promised that Selected. for qualities in lead- details will be supplied The ership citizenship and scholar- Journal just as soon as they are ship, mid is one of the top available. scholars at Plattsmouth high It is the company's mention school where he Is carrying a to speed plans for the new build rnliesre nreD course. i ing and to begin excavation and Though an honor student, Herman Bomemeier other counties for the outstand ing rural road progress. A long-time member of the Alvo Consolidated school board, Bomemeier farmed near Alvo for many years, but moved to Elmwood a few years ago. The Bornemeiers have two sons, Rus sell and Dick, both no longer at home. Hild is a member or me nign school band and chorus and is a junior class representative on the student council. Born and reared at Platts mouth, he is employed part time at Ruback's grocery store, and is a former carrier for the Plattsmouth Journal. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Hild, Marion is the youngest of three Hild brothers. Ray mond, the eldest, and Marvin are members of the Air Force. Marion, who attends Sunday srhool at St. Paul church regu lar, is as active in youth fellow- snip wurs.. nc iiita o ij.iii.i.i.jj.ic, and hunting as his hobbies. then actual construction as soon as possible. The company hopes to have its new store ready for operation sometime in the Fall. Like other super markets the company has built in recent years, tne new Plattsmouth sup er will have a huge adjoining parking lot to provide ample parking space at all times for its customers. The store will ba completely air conditioned and will have the finest equipment and newest features now on the market. Modern methods of food hand ling, including many mechani cal innovations, will be incor porated in all departments. "The various coolers, convey ors and other conveniences will vffc ir w Pprrv was in Lin- i make it nossible for the new iv, ixrorinocHav n-Viprp shp was I store not only to market all but also w-ill affect economies SEWER CONNECTION A request of William Kief to make santiary sewer connection at the Raymond Henry proper- ty. formerly the Ed uie -piacj - Vie College foods at their peak of quality. the City Council. IView Presbyterian church. Salary Scale f Rtpnhen Davis to vacate a portion of Whitman1 Avenue was approved xvioxiuay 111 I night by the Plattsmouth City Fctrihl IQnPn rvmnHi All adiacent nropertyi UJlUUIlJllwU owners signed the petition. Thei netition asKea mat a portion ui i i the deadend street be vacated. V.. ' are her husband, - ir.'ard; three sons. Donald in r, vv -'rn'-Qna. Calif-, James ar: Clayton o six daughters. ..vX.X-'.t la Jt- Louisville; ana Mrs. Neva Jo John Day, Ore., Miss rol Louise. Miss i Wava Janeile Lynn, all d surviving are Mae. Miss C Kathy -t'-rT-andchildren. Donna Joyce .1 Vp'v Don Page; a brother, prTA Johnson of Mansfield, and four sisters, Mrs. Berta Mo.. iMrs. iuiii- CalH., T-.--v-;nri. Oakviae, ::" vn-rnT nf Macomb. v.rs. Mabel Couy of; V-arvUleTMo. Her mother. Mrs. Or.:-. "ZT"rXl rites Rev. Riley and Mrs. Court House Briefs Lowell C. Wiles pleaded nolo contendre in district court to a 50 and costs wrien arraigned in charge of refusing to support his county court on a charge of child, and has been ordered to speeding. pav $50 a month support. speeding was also costly for Hearing on the amended pe- j Darrell J. Lewis, who was fined tition in the separate mainte- $15 and costs when arraigned : nance action of Adelia Group in county court on the charge. against Lawrence Group has Operating a vehicle with fic ' been set for hearing March 12 tious license plates cost Rich- in district court. ard w. Livingston $10 and costs A temporary alimony and sup- j C0Unty court here. P?F55.X t :.f Z;:;nm. I Glen Bolinger was fined $25 GISIXICI CUOIki Ail uic t" - For City Crew A new salary scale has gone into effect here for the city street department. The schedule of wages was approved Monday night by the city council. Submitted bv Councilmen Howard Hirz and B. H. G. Eating, street department committee, the salary schedule is based on service ana aDinty. it esuiuiiaiics three salarv divisions depending unon the skill and ability involv ed and provides regular pay in creases. Equipment for Farms Will Be Displayed Here "Farm Equipment Day," first to be held here is slated for March 20, according to an- Firemen To Sponsor HviClv Centennial Whisker Club Plattsmouth Volun teer Firemen Tuesday night voted to sponsor a Whisker Club, sale of shaving permits and cosmetic permits in co operation with the King Kom Karnival centen nial committee. Plans for the Centen nial activities were ex nlained by Howard Hirz, chairman of the depart ment's activities com mittee, with assistance Finney, a nouncement today by the Agri culture Committee of the Platts mouth Chamber of Commerce. K. W. Grosshans, chairman of j cue ru""".. ;T-r t from Clark : xorwe special member 0f the commit iliiu iai ill u uD. ciuu iv ...j, j Plattsmouth farm equipment and truck dealers. The special display will be held on the street, between 6th As approved by the council, . and 7th on Main, in front of ;-haui was vocalist Cress, orgaiiii- salarv under the of Norma. Williams and costs in county court on a schedule is $1 for starting labor - reedine s against Richard Williams. the schedule provides salaries on a 44-hour work week for an equipment operator, truck dnv Cass Theatre. Latest models m all varieties of farm equipment will be on display, according to ers and mechanics and labor-, the committee announcement ers Minimum t-arers were Uien nS.;- 'ordered in v. iris, John Albert, of Arthur T'Xri-ier. Ernest Beck ana Lwuue . V i PublicaUon by service has been charge of speeding Failure to yield the nght-of- Light Damage in Car Collision damage x Ti, no-TPPment me aruiuten i 3"-;al was ai xii - i dnving ana resisung iiiicsk, i tvTt Louisville with Fusselman ,.n Jack chaciwick has been Funeral Home in charge of a. - ! praced at the foot of the district : "TPrr.er.ts. court aocKei. Mary Ann oauieejuuui sja aha was fined $100 and costs when ararigned in county court nn a charge of drunken driving. vehicle Arrest was by Sheriff Tom Solo mon. Harry M. Wright was fined S16 and costs on his waiver plea of guilty to a charge of speed- hide cclhaed Riht i Harry A. Hammers pleaded car of James ; the Ve- guilty in county court to a -fzr fender nd coo- charge of improper passing and hide was damaea. j driv was flned $10 and costs. Beth youths hae ( Anthony J. Higgs was fined ins permits. the ;art tTon action way cost John W. Elliott $10 and Jpnv vc Tohn A tSOX uuowo nut" f-Av. charges. Permitting a minor to operate a motor vehicle cost George Smith $10 and costs in county court when he was arraigned be fore Judge Raymond J. Case. Rolland L. Aldrich was fined $10 and costs in county court on a charge of operating a ve hicle with expired license plates. Included will be several lines of hydraulic equipment that make farming fascinating as er with increases up to $1.45 an u.en as more efficient and more hour for an equipment 'operator profitable, the Chamber corn- after two years. ' mittee points out. Increases are provided after, Members of the committee 60 days, 6 months and two years, j aiono. with chairman Grosshans Here's the breakdown on the j arg c c Gjrarciot, Ken Weaver new salary. ! nnri Husrh Stander. Jr. Equip. Driver Laborer i Op. Mechanic Start 60 day 6 month 2 years tee. Whisker Club mem bership tickets, at one dollar each, will go on sale during the coming week, along with the S3 shaver Dermits and mits for ladies to wear cosmet ics In approving the sponsorship,! to be earned out m coop "Honor the Past Ran for the yOfJ Z5?dV J that will be passed on, to our customers as they always have been in the past," said Mr. New man. News of the proposed new store for Plattsmouth was greet ed enthusiastically by Stora Manager Delmont Heedum. Meat Market Manager Herbert IT. Baumgart and their staffs at the location now occupied. The Main Street store will continue to operate until the big new sup er is ready for its grand opening. Centennial Seal per- for consideration by the depart ment. Fire Chief Sam Am ap pointed a six-man crew to at tend an area fire fighting train- ration meeting at Beatrice in May, with the Korn. Klnd other , tgnd anQther at North Bend A civic eroups the F uem n a s3 , training program is also be indicated that the v. HI enlist, outlined the aid of volunteer departments ,m ouumeu. throughout Cass county to car- i Firemen were meeting for tne rv oufthp membership and per- I first time in their remodeled de mit campaigns. . partment club room. The en Men Towing beards can join j larsed room, newly decorated the club for SI, while those seek- , and furnished under the super- lT-nti rnp seDLeTn- vision 01 a sueciaa tuuuuu Elmwood P-TA Slates Hearing On Redisricting Elmwood Parent-Teachers As- ! sociation will meet March lotn for a panel discussion on "scnoci redistricting." Added emphasis on the pro gram will be noted the follow ing day when voters in six rural school districts and the Elmwood school district cast ballots on a proposal to combine the seven districts. All parents, teachers and ev ery individual interested in fac tual information on the redis tricting program is urgently re ouested to attend the meeting. The P-TA session will be held at the Elmwood school building at eight o'clock. A question and answer period at the close of the panel discus sion is Dlanned and refresh ments will be served by the Jun- A-.ai'. i . T n v i : l4, was bacltmgj F- Wo rrb when his ve- $1.15 $1.10 S1.20 S1.15 $1.35 $1.30 .$1.45 $1.40 t j 3 : i. : v nn,mn!l r.rn vides a week paid vacation lor ; ' . . . . v r o ttq itti i ii i I i r nriiLLiii- t v ' . i i 1 1 i ui t, &LJt i . - j i i v. i Fvh hitnrs will be stites farm LW "a '""f Zx. i , w -tttsii: e,.v,,Mf. ior riass oi timwoa nign w;uooi. -.- v. -rr i rvi'icr nurr.nasp Lii'S i npanw ov wiiiiiiaii. j-i.iiii-i.w . ,. .... r, m cn cf $1.00 ! Equipment and Truck Company , -tsThe iame ap- ' mann7 in cooperation with the asS; stanaer imyiemciu uuiaiy, -;r : s;, -nc ,.!tr mmoo fof t fnr tram- w aiiu. a. , . Mntnrs Psrm Store, w' r- -t--- r-'r" ls" j oii m. 1 nlannea neoiSTriCLins- vyiprs metics i.iit:y iuuju "-o, " w-, 51 1 n Plattsmouth i ' Vallerv Implement, Brjrant Mo- tors, ana va. iuuui; James F. Soulek pleaded guil- t each employee after two years. ; ty by waiver to a charge or speeding and was fined $11 and costs. David H. Lowe also paid a fine of $11 after he pleaded guilty by waiver to a speeding cahrge. Wayne Abbott was fined $10 and costs in county court on a charge of passing a stop sign. Citv Councilmen Monaay i Councilmen also authorized a night authorized the Chamber S?5 a month salary increase for; to close on .Main sireei. ocixu Elmer Gochenour, suDerintend -1 6th and 7th for the special farm ent of the street department. eauipment showing. Machinery Others on the force are Bob j will be on display throughout Beins. Bob Brittain and Roy 1 the day. Crawford. j a classified Ad in The Journal Subscribe to The Journal NOW! t costs as little as 35 cents Bustle Klub. At the monthly department ; meeting. Firemen also voted to cooperate with the uuutt Air Force Base Fire Department and Rescue squads in a system of fire fighting and rescue work for downed airplanes in this area. Departments at Murray, Union, Nehawka. Weeping Water. Lou isville. Avoca and Murdock are rial activities. Firemen extended their votes cf thanks to the Plattsmouth State Bank which provided a desk, chairs for officials, and a davenport for the club rooms, and also to Plattsmouth Trans fer for transporting new chairs and equipment without charge. Firemen also approved plans for entertaining their wives and j will cast ballots at the Elmwood Fire Hall between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16 to accept or reject tne propose-a Voters in Elmwood (district 95) will vote as one unit, and voters of the six rural districts will vote as another unit at the polls next Tuesday. classified Ad in The Journal Special training also came in ing the coming month. cost as little as 3d cents 4 4 4 S 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 -s4. .A J'' ' k A s ' ' . " A A A, --' v . u - . A,A.A.A.A. . .A A fcA.Q fc.,AA. e e e t s T h t s i