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Fifty Report for Track; Weather Hampers Workouts ltain lossea another wrench in,o tne tracs machinery at ! Plattsmouth high school this week as coaches prepared to ready a squad for early cinder activity. The 50 track candidates drew time off Wednesday as light rain and drizzle forced postponement of workouts. It also ruined chances for an inter-squad meet this week. Nine Plattsmouth letter win ners and two transfer letter win ners are among the fifty report ing for spring toil to Coaches Merle Stewart and Eugene Shields. Major number of let ter winners are in the lower grades. Letter winners are Byron Fin nefrock, Bob Carr, Jim Graves, Don Freeburg, John England, Vernon Aylor, Joe Grauf, Al Fairfield, Dan Huebner. Trans fer letter winners include Don Hutchinson and Don Conyers. uraves, last season's top point Ground Observer Post Volunteers Sought in County Cass countians interested in supervising ground observer pests on part-time basis in Eagle, Elmwood, Greenwood, Louisville and Plattsmouth are asked to contact Tom Solomon, director of civil defense for Cass county. Observer posts are now under organization in Murdock, Cagers Receive Awards THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL p3ESnTO2SSS Thursday, March 25, 1954 PAGE FIVE hopes in the hurdles and sprints, while Bob Carr and John Eng land are distance hopefuls. Dan Huebner showed promise in the high jump a year ago, while Ay lor, Grauf and Freeburg were primarily sprint men. Finne frock is a weight man. Others nn Thp crmsH inHnHa Loren Tonliff .mbr, Rphrpr ! Nehawka, and Weeping Water. Elwood Johnson ttvaW Rov.r,' i The ground observers will re Stuart Nielsen, Terry Ernst, Don Rhoades, Wayne Wiles, Grover Cundall, Denny Ptak, Jay Dee Druecker, Larry Molek, Larry Long, Denny Hirz, Ed Egenberg er, Vernon Kaffenberger, Alan Wiles and Carey Rohlfs. Fred Tilson, Robert Wilson, Paul Molek, Kennie Larsen, Da vid Anderson, Stanley Rozell, Darrell Yenney, Dennis Burbee, Mixce Lewis, Bob Beverage, Jim Grosshans, Don Winscot, Eugene Dasher, Douglas Rohlfs, David smith, LeRoy Walton, Loren Haase. LeRov Kelspv Rill Smith maker, will carry Plattsmouth and Doug Study. Radio, Television Repair Business To Open April 1 A new radio and television service and repair business will be opened at Plattsmouth April Pat McAcy and Jim Shook an nounced plans for opening the business today. Mr. McAcy became acquainted here while stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in 1948 and 1949. Married to an Omaha girl, he formerly resided at Jacksonville and New Orleans. The McAcys have one son. In the armed service, Mr. Mc Acy worked in radio and has since attended schools for tele vision and electronics. Mr. Shook also comes to Plattsmouth from Offutt Air Force base via his native Okla homa. He has been stationed at Offutt two years. He is mar ried and the father of two daughters. The couples plan to move to Plattsmouth as soon as housing facilities are available. They will operate their business at 321 Main in the Egenberger building. ceive special training from mili tary personnel assigned to the Omaha filter center. After train ing they will be on stand by j basis. Their prime duty will be to detect aircraft, visual or aural, and report certain information with regard to such aircraft to the filter center in Omaha. 1 visor, who will be in charge of all observer posts and coordi nate their activities will be made shortly by the county civil de fense director. f ' J I 4 , . - , - -J Career Day Slated Friday At Plattsmouth High School The post office has inaugurat ed air delivery of three-cent mail from New York, Chicago and Washington to three Florida cities. On the job experience and ob- servation next Tuesday in a ! .,nri numoer oi i'latismouin uuimew places will mark the end of Ca reer Day activities for Platts mouth high school seniors. It will follow an all-day Fri day program of instruction, con ferences and discussion at the high school. Held annually, Career Day, a cooperative program of the Plattsmouth high school and Chamber of Commerce, is de signed to acquaint local students with features of a variety of vo cations. Conferences in the career day program will be held through- guest speakers, college students and faculty members will be feted at a coffee hour. Science Hanford Miller, Peru State Teachers College, modera tor; James Jacques and Patricia Brown, chairmen. Sales Cecil E.. Stanley, mod erator; Van White and Phyllis Schiessl, chairmen. VISIT SMITH'S WEE MENS' DEPT. TO HAVE THE BEST DRESSED BOYS IN THE BIG Easter Parade VHv V--, f Cass County Conference all stars receiving awards at an all out the afternoon following a county school dance at Alvo Saturday night were these eight short welcoming program and H ft p Ho m Saturday, March 27, 12:30 p. rn. With the general run of livestock we will have 10 Chester White sows frcm Fred Rshmeier, also one Whiteface bull, 22 months old and registered. SOME MILK COWS, POSTS AND HAY S. Chicago Ave. Dial 216 or 3130 Tickets on Sale Now for Sports Dinner Tickets are now on sale for the annual athletic banquet, accord ing to announcement today by the special events committee of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce. The dinner ducats sell for $1.50 each for the athletic affair at which members of the high school athletic teams and the Pep Club will be guests. Ticket sales are in charge of Bruce Gold, Jerry Eiting, How ard Hirz, Dr. L. A. Amato and Clark Finney. Chamber Manager Mike Typer has announced that "Skip" Pal rang, director of athletics at Boys Town will be speaker for the event. The athletic banquet will be held on April 8 at the Lions Community building. Typer also explained that the Chamber this year voted to in clude the Pep Club girls as guests at the banquet. Their role in athletics and their enthusiastic support of the teams has war ranted the invitation. The meal will be served by the Liens Club and decoration of the hall will be carried out by the Pep Club. The dinner will te served at 6:30 p. m. followed by a program. Included in the program will be preesntation of awards to the outstanding athletes in football and basketball. Trophies will be presented by the Chamber of Commerce. basketball players. Pictured are back" row, Dick Clark of Alvo; Ronald Peters of Murdock; and Tom Johnson of Nehawka. Bottom row: Joe Ayers of Eagle; Merle Backemeyer of Elmwood; Charles Stacey of Weeping Water; Wayne Wessel of Avoca, and Raymond Mayfield of Nehawka. Others on the all-conference team are Bill Nessen of Louisville, John Thomsen of Greenwood, and Bud Herrmann of Alvo. Journal Photo. SsPctqcrpgzs t0 The Jonal NOW! Good Business Year Is ndicated; Cass Sales Up Nebraska cities can look up- on 1953 as a sct)d business year, Business in Nebraska, a month ly survey bulletin prepared by the Department of Business Re search in the University of Neb raska's College of Business Ad ministration, reported today. Business for the cities aver j niAr -fifr no, notif ohnvo ! SOme Of ai;t;u annuo u mc yi. vtuu ; ..--j 1952 according to unadjusted indicators, the Bulletin said. Fremont led the way with a 10.1 per cent increase last year. Hastings was a close second with 8.4 per cent. On the deficit side, Holdrege business was down 1.5 per cent- used, up 7.8; building activity, up 6.0; electricity consumed, up 5.5; postal receipts, up 5.3; news paper advertising, up 2.7; retail sales, up 1.6; and bank debits, up 0.3. The bulletin cautioned that the statistical series used in these indicators may be subject to influences other than simple business conditions. "The amount of water used, for instance, increased more than any other series on ac-: an address by Cecil L. Stanley, supervisor of distributive edu cation in Nebraska. Group discussion and group chairmen for Career Day in clude: Vocational agriculture and forestry Harold F. Duis, sta,te supervisor of agricultural serv ices; George Ebersole and Dale Eledge chairmen first section; Bill Hoschar and Larry Vallery, second section. Business education Robert E. Henderson, president Lincoln School of Commerce; and Wil liam G. Murphy, personnel as sistant of Mutual Benefit; and H. A. Hughson, local represent ative of the U. S. Civil Service Commission; Patricia Painter" and Shirley Strough, chairmen first section; Peggy Frans and Alice Haase, second section. Teaching Mary Molenz, Ph. D., moderator; Deloris Beins and Bettc Janecek, chairmen, 1st section; Gary Campbell, Ella Mary Nielsen, chairmen, second section. Commercial Art Norma L. Adequate Wiring Bureau Organized; Meetings Planned A new chapter of the National Adequate Wiring Bureau to be known as the Nebraska AdequatP Wiring Bureau has been licensee and organized to assist electric utilities, electirct dealers and contractors and other interested members of the electrical indus try in promoting modern ade quate wiring facilities in Nebras ka homes, businesses, and in dustry. According to officials of Con -! sumers Public Power District who were active in the forma tion of the Nebraska Bureau, th3 organization will be equipped to furnish educational material, wiring specifications as well as certification of wiring installa tions in new or, remodeled homes. A series of meetings to ac quaint interested parties with the services and functions of the Nebraska Adequate Wiring Bureau are scheduled to be held throughout the State under the sponsorship of Consumers Pub lic Power District. Members oi the electrical industry who are interested in additional infor mation on the Nebraska Ade quate Wiring Bureau are invited to contact representatives oi h .0 r, A p.nunt, nf thp rplativp.lv drv vpar The consumption of electricity ' Diddel, moderator; Lorna Nierste j Consumers Public Power Dis- nnrl John Rrhrplnpr. r.hairmen. I trirt and Chadron, down 6.0 per cent.j trend anyhow, even in depres- first section; Janet Kalasek, Pa- sions. .fosiai receipts rose aoove mcia. cauc y, iuxhuh, ociunu 1952 partly as the result of a ! section. 10 percent jump in second class Nursing Mrs ii Wow Avail a ble IN PLATTSMOUTH Other cities had the followin business increases, compared with 1952. While nine of the state's maj or cities were showing sales de creases for January over the previous year, sales m Cass county jumped nearly 10 per cent. The report lists county sales increase at 9.9 percent over Jan uary, 1952. Sales for January were up in the couty 12.2 per cent over December, according to the report. Cass was one of eight counties showing increase over a year ago. The 9.9 increase was third high for the coun ties in the survey. The 12.2 percent increase over December in Cass county ranked the county eighth among those with increases over December. Indicators used in determin ing the percentage changes were items such as water pumped, up 11.4 for the entire state; gas! mail rates, and the more than 20 perecnti jumip in fourth class rates." In December, 1953, dollar vol ume of business in the state was singer Mildred Mei- Sampley, Janice Long, Mrs. Betty Harold, Sister Mary Louis, Ann Girardot, Sister Mary Kevin, Rita Fulton and Shirley Morehead, moderators; Elaine up 3.7 percent over November, Kaslon and Sallv Fulton, chair but dow nl.7 compared with De-men, first section; Janice Cald cember, 1952. Physical volume in welL Barbara Sullivan, chair December was up 2.4 over No-, men seCond section, vember, and down 0.2 percent j Trades M. E. Maxwell, moder- COmpaKa Wim a year agu. afor- r-bcrlP: TTprnc and nnn The bulletin said: "A factor Hutchinson, chairmen, first sec- dav i T the Scent to live-i110111 Ray Adkins an?- Byr0n I. f 1. 1 u rr vi n i iniwiiw ! u i . . , - I " n lln f n J 1 T n 1 , 1 V ouuuic, vv rv.- vv n.c icpicocii na tive, moderator; Beverly Mei singer and JoNon Albin, chairmen. the three-year dency proves to be permanent, :the news for Nebraska is good indeed." In January, the state's retail sales were up 5.2 percent over December, but down 1.6 percent compared .with a year ago. I COMPLETE LINE Typewriters PORTABLE C- OFFICE-RITERS Adding Machines ALL MODELS HAND OPERATED AND ELECTRIC E2Z AUTHORIZED FACTORY DEALERS S3 COMPLETE SERVICE AVAILABLE REPAIRS RECONDITIONING We Trade en TERMS AVAILABLE With Low Down Payment Experimental Corn Certified For This Area Experimental 1617B hybrid corn, developed by the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Sta tion, has ben recommended to Nebraska farmers and will be certified by the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association, says Clare R. Porter, secretary of the NCIA. This new hybrid matures m 118 to 120 days, and is recom mended for east-central, south east, and south-central Nebras ka. It has had an outstanding yield record during the past two vcars and has outyielded all other commonly grown certified hybrids since it has been m tests. In 13 comparative tests conducted by the College of Ag riculture over a two-year per iod it has averaged 107.1 bushels . :in per acre as compared io its nearest competitor, JNeDr. oui, which has an average yield of 105.3 bushels per acre. Experimental 1617B has been in uniform tests in other north central states. As a result of its outstanding performance it has been given a permanent desig nation and will be known in fu ture years as A.E.S. 806. "A.EJ3' stands for Agricultural Experi ment Station. There are limited supplies of this seed available to farmers for niantinjr this year. Certified seed growers who have a limited supply of 1617B available in clude: Hengen Brothers, Wahoo; Howard Pool, Elmwood; Ralph Raikes, Ashland; John Rhodes, Beatrice; Ray Siert, Millard; Harold G. Smith, Aupburn; W. A. Steavenson, Fontanelle; Clar ence Tegtmeier, Burchard; and Ralph Treptown, Ithaca. Coaches, Cage Squad Sec Bevo Francis in Action Coaches Merle Stewart, Gerald Clayburn and Eugene Shields and members of the high school basketball squad attended the Creighton University-Rio Grande College cage tilt at Boys Town Tuesday night. The fabulous Bevo Francis scored 41 points in the battle, though his team dropped the verdict to Creighton. Armed Forces O .T. Ventress, Air Force; V. S. Stortvedt, army; moderators; Richard Glaze and Lyle Wood, chairmen. Individual conferences are scheduled in each branch of the armed forces at four o'clock, Plattsmouth Grads In Agricultural Fraternity at NU Gary Hild, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hild of Plattsmouth, was recently elected to the position of social chairman of Alpha Gamma Rho, an agricultural social fraternity on the Univer sity of Nebraska campus. A junior in the college of ag riculture, majoring in general agriculture, Hild is also a mem ber of a 4-H club, YMCA. and Block & Bridle, a national ani mal husbandry departmental club. Gary is also Yell King. Melvin Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Todd of Union, was re cently initiated into the fra ternity. He is a freshman ma joring in general agriculture. He is also a member of the Uni versity 4-H club, Builders, Ro deo Club and YMCA. Boy's Ten-in-One Washable Gabardine Suits Plaid Vests and Long or Short Pants to Match Sizes 2-6 $9.95 6 to 12 $12.95 Boy's Suits Leisure Brown and Blue Patterns Sizes 2-6 $5.95 Maybe You Can Buy That House After All!! Why not write for our new Bulletin? W think it will answer most of your question in connection with financing. You will be surprised at the painless payments on an FHA loan. THE NATIONAL COMPANY OF OMAHA 500 First National Bank Eldg. Omaha, Nebraska J ' - - The Heart of a Boy's Spring Wardrobe . . . Dreamboat I Sport Coats In Fancy Corduroy and Splash Rayons! Sizes 2-20 $5.95 up Flannel or Gabardine Slacks to go with the sport coats $3.50 up IKI p pi bJ La 53 Hij Man-Tailored Topcoats For the young feller All Wool Tweeds and Gabardines With Matching Caps . . . sets the young lad up for spring Sizes 2-6 Only $9.95 Jackets Zclon and Rayon Gabardine From $1.95 ti T rlE OFFICE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT Spanglcr's Hogs Top Market at Omaha Monday Omaha livestock supply Mon day was far in front of the field with fat lamb trade steady to 25 cents higher, hogs were up 25 to 50 cents; and cattle were steady to 25 cents lower. Among recent shippers from Cass county were Harry Knabe, five heifers weighing 1004 at $22; Schmidt & Siemoneit, 26 hogs weighing 259 at $25.50; and Bob-; by Spangler, 8 hogs weighing! H 232 at S27.2D. spangisrs nogs topped the market for March Phone 241 09 In accord with the principles of the self assessment law, a list of the owners of shares of stctk in Foreign Corporations will not be furnished the County Assessors this year. The responsibility for listing such intangible property will rest solely in the property owner. Later in the assessment period the Tax Commissioner cr his Field Men will utilize such list in checking individual returns for a listing of such property and if it has been omitted by the taxpayer, the Tax Commissioner is authorized after due process, to add this value to the individual schedule and the rating of taxation which applies to tangible property shall apply. Intangible rate is 4 mills while the tangible rate is many times greater. BE SURE TO LIST YOUR STOCKS Cene Autry Denim Western Jackets and Jeans Sies2-16 i $2.29 l Li23 bifzi CASS COUNTY ASSESSOR, PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. Boys Kaynee Dress Shirts tr . i r r j r r s i ikiivii wuii aiiw www l IV J ! Sixes 2-10 $2.95 Boy's Jav Zee j pv n s jr. Sizes 8 - 13U Boy's Sizes 1-6 $4.95$5.95 lyflli 1 Sfi S ieos Wear 410 Main Street Journal Want Ads Pay ,73 n -fcSSgf