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XXX CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER E ROdDOJUO- PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Delivered twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 73 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA,. THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1954 FIVE CENTS FER COPY NUMBER 63 vtrrn jt? ' tncT ch"TCTV i.-.t utiliij tilwli.. k,viil.l I 3 n n Cofty Deb 3m Somid Consolidation of paving and sewer district, and in tersection debts into one large bond issue is being consid ered by the city council, which has set an early October date for the bond auction... The anticipated bond issue, planned to enable the city to consolidate indebtedness and to benefit from a reduced interest rate, would amount to in the neighbor hood of $200,000. Exact amount of the bond is- I - i sue could not be determined un- l HQPV IC I Ci f" l1 present sewer and paving U3Gj iZt IVJlv I construction projects are com Candidate for Attorney Post Francis M. Casey, attorney at Trust Company's municipal de Plattsmouth, filed late Wednes- partment, who presented an ov day on the Democratic ticket for ; erall picture of the Plattsmouth the office of Cass county attor- j indebtedness before the city ney. Casey will oppose encum- ; fathers. Carl J. Schneider, pres bent Richard Peck, Republican, j ident of the Plattsmouth State in the August primary. Francis M. Casey Former chairman of .the Dem ocratic Central committee in Cass county, Casey has practiced law at Plattsmouth for nearly a decade. He came here from Omaha where he was also a practicing lawyer. A practicing attorney for 23 years, marked by intensive trial and appellate courtroom work, the 45-year-old Plattsmouth at torney and home owner, will be seeking his first governmental office since coming to Platts mouth and Cass county 9 years ago. " Active in civic affairs, Casey takes an interest in many local, civic and fraternal organiza tions. A past master of Right Angle Lodge, No. 303, A. F. & A. M., he is a member of Home Chap ter 189, Order of Eastern Star, Nebraska Chapter No. 3, Royal Arch Masons, Scottish Rite 32 degree Mason, Sesostris Temple, A.A. O.N.M.S. of Lincoln; De Molay Legion of Honor; Platts mouth Aerie, No. 365, Fraternal Order , of Eagles; Plattsmouth Lions Club and Plattsmouth Lions Recreation Corporation; Rod and Gun Club, Chamber of Commerce, Veteran Free Masons Association and Cass County Horse Show Association. Mr. and Mrs. Casey have one j child, Kay, 12. Four Percent Dividend Declared By Loan Group Plattsmouth Loan and Build ing Association has declared a four percent dividend to all fully paid stockholders and on savings accounts. Action of ihe association's board of directors was announc ed today by Secretary-Treasurer Albert Olson. Olson said checks were mailed to stockh iers' Wednesday The dividend amounted to $3,875 to -stockholders, Mr. Ol so said, with between 70 and 75 stockholders to share in the tot al dividend. In addition, anoth er $6,512 will be credited to sav ings accounts in the Building and Loan. Olson is also preparing the annual repoit of the association, i nie report wiu oe avanaDie next week with completion of the fis- cal year on June 30th. Directors declaring the divi dends are C. A. Johnson, presi dent; Emil J. Weyrich, vice pres ident; Mr. Olson, secretary treasurer; W. C. Soennichsen and Albert Funk. Man Fined $50 on Delinquency Count George P. Mahoney of Oma- i ha was fined $50 and costs in j Meisinger fired March for al county court Thursday morning j legedly using abusive language, un u cnarge oi coiuriouung i0 the delinquency of a minor. Mahoney was arrested late Wednesday night near the lakes north of Plattsmouth. with the girl. flootflim if 4 Slated! Dssye pleted, or untu ume lapses to allow assessed property owners to make their payments.. Background for the issuing of the bonds was presented by Dale Tinsman. head of the First Bank also provided counsel for the city administration in set ting up procedure for selling the bonds. The three month period, prior to the October 4 date for selling the bonds, is necessary to enable a compete tabulation of indebt edness to include four paving projects now in the process of completion, and a sewer district to be included in the total, which is expected to run close to $200, C00, the approximate indebted ness at the present time. The city has another $185,000 in bonds at the prestnt time and would thus bring the total in debtedness to $385,000. In explaining the figures. Tinsman also pointed out to 3 1 . jl L 1 4 a counciimen tnai Dasea on a 385,000 assessed valuation, the city indebtedness would be 8.9 per cent. Adding to that the 9.5 i per cent indebtedness of the school district, would bring the city's direct and overlapping in debtedness to near 18 per cent, a relatively heavy per cent of the-assessed valuation. Ten year bonds, with payment on principal of approximately $20,000, are proposed, for the bond sale. Present payments, in cluding both interest and prin cipal ,are near the $30,000 mark. By selling bonds, the city could eliminate the 4 per cent registered warrants, realizing a savings on interest of several thousand dollars over the ten year period if the bonds will sell in the neighborhood of 2Y2 per cent. Red Cross Annual Meeting July 12 At Plattsmouth An American Red Cross chap ter meeting will be held at Plattsmouth on Monday night, I July 12. The meeting, according to Mrs. Fred Linhardt of Elm- k v,i wH,mnv, tel at 8 p. m. Members of the Cass county Red Cross chapter are urged to attend the meeting, and to join1 in the business discussion. An nual reports will be presented i Hnvinfr f Vo rvi f v. rr o f T nf . c mouth. A classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 3 cents ! weight on capacity plates Mayor, Council Cdntinue Battle on Parking Meters For the third time in recent weeks, Mayor Leo Meisinger and city counciimen have been un able to agree on how to handle policing, maintenance and col- lection of parking meters and i their revenue mi . The battle raged again Mon day night, ending well after mid night, with no definite decision. Arguments in the meter man situation broke three weeks ago when Meisinger fired Dick March from the police force. March, however, is retained by the council as maintenance and collection man under the park- iing meter ordinance. He had served in both capacities while patrolling the meters as well as servicing them. Counciimen thus far have maintained that firing of March by the mayor has been strictly a personal matter, and that the welfare of the parking meters and police department are not at stake. They contend that March's three years of faithful service do not warrant the sud den action. and has repeatedly informed the counciimen that he will not have March on the force. Councilman Clark Finney has suggested that the police duties be eliminated and that the me Stephen Cole, 94, Pioneer Here, Dies Stephen B. Cole, native of Plattsmouth in the territory of Nebraska, died at Lexington, Nebr., on Friday, .June 25. He was 94 years old. Son of pioneer Plattsmouth residents, he was born February 26, 1860, six years after the ter ritory was organized and seven years before Nebraska became a state. He was the son of Shad rack aVid Nancy Miller Cole, and was the seventh in the family of eight children. Mr. Cole was a Nebraska Pio neer. In the year of 1886 he took a tree claim on government land jn Chase County near the pres ent site of Imperial. To get to this area he traveled by horse and buggy from Plattsmouth up the Republican Valley. The first ! j railroad through this area was j i put through when Mr. Cole was Drovintr un nn his claim. f Later he disposed of this land and in the year of 1891 moved ' A. - T " iv uosper county near .vexing ton, where he resided the re-1 mainder of his life. He was a farmer and stock raiser and very active in community affairs dur ing his earlier years. He served as Justice of Peace of Gosper County for seven years. In October 1907, he was mar ried to Nellie M. Ruby. To them one child, Hazel, was born. A son by a former marriage, Elbert Cole, preceded him in death in 1937. He is survived by his. wife, Nellie M. Cole, and his daughter, Hazel M. Sitlington of Hawthorne, California. Funeral services were held at the Newman-Pfeifer Chapel, Tuesday, June 29, with Rev. L. R. Davis reading the funeral mes sage. A quartet including Paul Diefenbach, Francis Fagot, Philo Hewitt and Richard Wiesmer sang several hymns. This serv ice consisting of favorite Scrip ture verses, hymns and prayers, wras arranged some years ago by Mrs. Cole to be used at her own funeral. Mr. Cole requested it to be used for his son, Elbert's fu neral service in 1937, and it was used again for him. Internment was at Robb Cem etery.' Swim Week Set July 12-17 By Red Cross "Swim Week" sponsored an nual for local younesters will be held the week of July 12 at Mer ritt's beach, Walter H. Smith, local Red Cross chairman dis closed today. Smith explained that swim week will be held July 12-17 at Merritt's beach north of Platts mouth with a Red Cross instruc tor from Lincoln directing the classes. Registration of youngsters, 9 to 18 years of age, will be held at the office of Attorneys Smith and Lebens. Boys and girls in this area may register at any time prior to swim week. T6 take part in the swim week classs, youngsters must fill out the required forms and obtain a release from their parents. The Red Cross program is de signed to teach boys and girl to swim and to provide them with additional opportunity to improve their swimming Spudies Company was fined $10-and costs in county court Thursday on a charge of over ter man work directly under a committee headed by one of the counciimen. It would relieve the mnvor jtnri nnlicp ripnnrt I LI70LJS?f - ment of any direct connection, and the meter man would be answerable directly to the coun cilman in charge. The Monday night debate at times threatened to get out of hand and was abruptly halted when the mayor refused to call for a roll call vote of a sug gested settlement after a de mand for roll call by Mr. Fin ney. March also submitted a note to the council explaining his situation so far as being a can- ! didate for county sheriff, anoth er reason for which the Mayor had asked that he be dismissed. March explained that he would like to retain the position at least until after the August pri mary election. Meanwhile March continues . -" " .... .c. i tumuiuca on the payroll at $240 a month, ! wnne the short-handed police department seeks to fill the gap of policing the meters. Illness of Police Chief Kenneth Dunlap has further added to the police department headache. The de- pai unnji is now manned by but j three men, where previously, five ; had been employed. h3 n Zoning Commission Organizes; Frank Rebal Elected Chairman i r -- ! "- i; f i ' 1 1 ' t -Scully - - Xsxt,-. l i "4 j I SLV. - .'11 f U '. . . "N 1 1 iwi Frank Rebal Frank Rebal, member of the city council here for a quarter of a century, has been elected chairman of the Piattsmouth Zoning Commission. Rebal was unanimous choice of the nine member board at its organiza tional meeting Tuesday night. Miss Loris Lon was elected j secretary of the commission. ! The long-awaited organiza tional meeting is thy first step c.x the commission toward a gi-t-o-ntic job Ox a ccmp.ete analy sis of the ccr--m;unty prepara tory to m.i:inj; ltcommenda- tions to the city council for a zoning ordinance. Murray & Ball Awarded 12th Street Contract , - ' ' Murray and Ball Construction Company has been awarded con tract for constructing three blocks of sanitary sewer on North 12th street. Contract to the company was awarded by the City Council meeting in special session Tues day night to receive bids on the project. The company's bid of $3,512.30 was lowest of two sub mitted and was well under the engineer's estimate. Construction on the project will get underway as soon as tile and materials are available, the company told counciimen. Also bidding on the project was the Mid-West Building Com pany of Bellevue. Estimated cost of construction was $3,872. Murray and Ball were contrac tors on Valley View sewer and water construction projects a year ago. They are currently working on a project at Ralston. Valley View Residents Ask For Sidewalk Valley View residents want a sidewalk from the new housing area to connect with other side walks to the north leading into town. Thirty-eight residents of the new addition signed a petition and presented it to v the city council requesting construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Highway 73-75 leading from the area toward town. However, their request has been referred to committee for study a a O fr4- -v-C x lcsul1 Ui several circum- stances. Terrain over which the sidewalk would have to be con structed is not suited for econ omical construction. Regulation of the "highway department must also be considered, and costs to the abutting propertv owners takes priority. None cf the Valley View properties would be assessed for the con struction costs. Signers were Mr. and Mrs. James E. Warga, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Kaffenbereer, G. C. Sim mons, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bourne,! Mr. ana Mrs. Richard Haeck, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Weimer, H. C. Hayne, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Polley, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Humiston, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Meisinger, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wray, Mr. and Mrs. Dale J. Kent, Miss Helen Lessman, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Clary, Mary Mae rn, , n j r tt i MV, anJl M" H?l"2 Spiegler. Mr. and Mrs. Helen Steer, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wil lett, E. L. Gelson, Beauford Clinkenbearf. and Mr. and Mrs. Verne Hutton. Permission to cut curb for a d r i v e w a y on Hillcrest was granted to R. N. Hirz by the city council Monday. Other committee members J. F. Zasteia, E. O. Vroman, Bob Walling, Ray Story, Fred liugsch, Wait i-oe:;n.chsen and John Sattler. Created under ordinance passed by the city council over a year ago and appointed by Ex-Mayor Clem Woster early jthis year, the ion mission w.il systematically evaluate the city to determine zoned areas for industry, business and residen ces, in a method to protect property owners in each classi fication and to establish codes of craftmanship, workmanship and construction, for organized growth of the community. One of the biggesc jobs ever tackled by a local organization, working without pay for the city's betterment, zoning the city will require a complete study of current city proper ties, with an eye toward growth and expansion. Following his election to the chairmanship Tuesday night, Mr. Rebal who ended a long council career three years ago, said that if possible the commis sion will meet on regular days of each month in order to get the job done. The task will in volve several months to com plete. Organized with power of rec ommendation and as advisory to the city council, the commission will seek zoning and code or dinances from other Nebraska citys of Plattsmouth size m go ing about the task of evaluating the- city. ! Nielsen Leaves Plattsmouth State Bank It was learned today (Thurs day) that Orville V. Nielsen had resigned his position as cashier of the Plattsmouth State Bank as of June 30th. Orville V. Nielsen Nielsen stated in a letter to the board of directors of the bank that it had "been a pleas ure and an honor to have been associated with them during the past nine years." It was learned further that Nielsen plans to again enter pri vate business. His immediate plans are not available for pub lication at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Nielsen came to Plattsmouth in 1943 when they bought the local Gamble Dealer Store which they operated for several years. The local store was sold to Herb Freeburg with Mr. Nielsen joining the Platts mouth State Bank in the fall of 1945. Both Mr. and Mrs. Nielsen have shown a vital interest in community affairs during the time they have been in Platts mouth. Mr. Nielsen has been president of the local Chamber of Commerce, active in King Korn Klub affairs and a king pin in most community under takings riurinrr thP met few idKin0s aunng me past lew ye5rS-A o u --i i. ! .. u.miviu-i , ..lamuoii ui i the Board, and Carl J. Schneider, president of Plattsmouth State Bank, both stated they regret accepting Mr. Nielsen's resigna- tibn but would not wish to stand in the way of a greater future in hi? fiPiH . -' th?V?5n ?aH-bnn tekeAy; Petitions circulated fey Metz- Snurhe to the board of directors of thelger's backers urging him to file ! 1950 when his father c E Metz bank in naming a successor to expressed that they are "con- j ger was the successful candi Nielsen's former position. f ident of his ability and realize 'date successiui candi pvniT-r APPPm-m ' H. he ?enefit of his I Approximately 1C0 names were REQLEaT APPROVED ; past Legislative experience to on the five petitions circulated Chester Taylor has been; meet the pressing current prob- in a last minute effort to et granted permission by the citv lems which will confront the Mr. Metzger to file His filln council to make sanitary sewr next session of the Legislature was officially completed early connection on Patterson avenue, n n o n LnJ0(gJ3V ytfrth. "Hnor the Past Jf, I S vj Plan for the FutureVj Rites Held for George Olsen, Ex-Platter Funeral services for George Olsen, ex-Plattsmouth man and a Democratic gubernatorial can didate just ten years ago, were held at Nebraska City Wednes day afternoon with burial at West Union cemetery. Mr. Olsen, who campaigned his way to the Democratic party lead in Nebraska in 1944, died at Northampton, Mass., Sunday. He was 72 years old. Born in Denmark December 13, 1881, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Neils Olsen, he migrated to the United States at an early age and spent much of his lifetime in the Plattsmouth community. He was marri&d to Florence Garrett, who preceded him in death. Olsen campaigned for the 1944 nomination almost entirely on his pledge to throw all of the state's resources into the war , ! effort ,t . . He was also Renown for .hod of squaring the I his method of "squaring the circle" and used it in many of his campaign addresses. Olsen, one-time bus-boy at the Martin Bomber plant near Plattsmouth, had also been un- successiui in campaigns as a candidate for city commission- er, state senator, congressman and the United States Senate, He polled 20,000 votes for the gubernatorial post in 1944. surviving are two sons. Wilbur Olsen of Lawrenceville, 111., and Ralph W. Olsen of Barnardston, Mass.; and two daughters, Miss Esther C. Olsen and Mrs. Elea nor Kocian of Barnardston. Also surviving are a brother, Ole P., Barrington, 111.; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Hansen, Miss Bertha Olsen and Mrs. An na Madsen of Nebraska City; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Complaints on Traffic Heard Complaints of speeding on Whitman street, north from Sixth street were aired before the city council Monday night by Dennis Smith, resident in the area. He requested that the city pro vide policing of the area or some method for controlling the traf fic violations, explaining that children ;i the area are endan gered by the violators. TWO HOUSES SOLD Miss Loris B. Long, local real estate broker, announces the sale by Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Co vert of their properties at 1109 and 1111 South 8th to Mrs. Lois Carr. Metzger Files For Nebraska Former State Senator William A. Metzger of Cedar Creek has filed as a candidate for the Ne braska Unicameral Legislature from the third district, repre senting Cass and Sarpy coun ties. Metzger's filing came as dead- Tin a ?". i ; v...j ... . c i , c AU1 nt-iutru, ana 101- nwpri apf j. nf mn . n sisned petitions urging Metzger Lj tecK tne state post. Petitions were circulated here and at other points in Cass county up to late Wednesday ! nd stock raiser to seek the I SS S Sh urging the Cedar Creek farmer i " liCi" scvnai vears. of Nebraska." v length) ; - Free Pancakes, Retail Sale Also Scheduled A Centennial atmosphere will be prevalent at Plattsmouth this weekend as a result of a trio of activities to be held in observance of Indepen dence Day and in promotion of the Plattsmointh Centennial. An old fashioned fireworks display Saturday night, July 3, will mark the Independence Day celebration, and will conclude a heavy weekend of activity. Early residents of the Plattsmouth area will have an opportunity to enjoy a free pancake feed . and to take part in a Cass Coun Monday is Holiday; Stores Here to Close Most business places in Plattsmouth will close Mon day, July 5, in observance of the Independence Day holi day, which this year falls on Sunday. The day is a legal holiday fdr banks and government employees and will be ob served by members of the Chamber of Commerce, i In view of the Monday holiday, the Plattsmoath Journal will publish early. The Monday edition will be printed Saturday for early delivery. Julius Hilfiker, Cass Farmer 50 Years, Dies Julius G. Hilfiker, native of ' Switzerland and resident of the j Pldttcmnnth eninmiinitv fnn GO I I iWV.ill.Lll V-ViUl VJT AJk K i ; years died at his?home n North . Rth ,.. .xr.w. n He was 88 years old. Mr. Hilfiker had been in ill health for the past eight months. Born October 3. 1867. at Kolli- ken, Switzerland, he came to the ; United States when he was 18 j years old. He was married at l Plattsmouth in February, 1399 j to Mary A. Kaffenberger, and moved to Cass county in 1902 I after earlier farming at River- i uaie. A farmer near Plattsmouth many years, he had learned to be a cabinet maker in his native Switzerland before coming to the united states. Mr. Hilfiker was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical and Re formed church at Plattsmouth. Surviving are two children, Mrs. Mabel Engelkemeier and Albert Hilfiker of Plattsmouth; a sister, Martha in Schoftland, Switzerland; and two grandchil dren. His wife died in April, 1950. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 3, at Sattler Fun eral Chapel at two o'clock. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Visiting hours will be held at the funeral home from 3 to 5 and from 7 to 9 Friday afternoon and evening. Sattler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. HARVEST NEARS Carl Thorns and family of Elmwood were in Plattsmouth Wednesday on business, and wfcile here Mr. Thorns reported that the wheat harvest will be in full swing in the Elmwood and Weeping Water area during the first week of July. Journal Want Ads Pay- as Candidate Unicameral Son of another former state senator, Chis E. and Mrs. Metz- crpr nf f!pH r r Proolr iVm e-.n o - v.l. v , c o.iia- III Wt I torial candidate completed his! JJ 111011 WOmCHl IS -, nuuia uciuie me ena of the filing period. Metzger will oppose encum bent Tom Dooley of Papillion in the August 10 primary and again in the November general elec tion. The Cass county native served nearly a decade on the Nebraska Unicameral legislature, resign- ing the Dost during World War Sgtnf " rf enlist in the service, and men returning to i urnine to the Unirnm- ari f- . . Thursday morning at Lincoln. ty Horse, Show Association spon sored program. At the same time sale of Shave, Whisker and Bus firemen are scheduled to renew tie Club memberships. Horse show Association Presi ident Don Born said today that arrangements have been com- j pleted for serving the pancake i and sausage at the air condi tioned Lions Club building. Born ' said that one hundred pounds j of sausage have been specially ; prepared for the Saturday feed. Serving will start at 11 a. m. and is scheduled to be completed at 8 p. m., in plenty of time to allow supper guests to complete their shopping and to take in the 9:15 fireworks. .v'4 1 - Donald Born Horse Show Association and Plattsmouth Lions Club Will con- I duct sale of Horse Show tickets on Main street throughout the day Saturday. Purchasi of tick ets for the Centennial Horse Show will give the ticket hold ers admission to the free pan cake feed, to be prepared and served by the Horse Show Asso- Lciation. Sale of Shave. Bustle and Whisker Club memberships will also be held on Main street throughout the day Saturday. Club memberships are now in effect. Memberships are $1 each for Bustle and Whisker Clubs, and three dollars for Shave per mits. Joining in the Centennial weekend are Plattsmoutti mer chants with a "Horse and Bugy Days" sale promotion. The sale is sponsored by the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce retail di vision. Highlighting the weekend will be an aerial fireworks display at Memorial Athletic Held start ing about 9:15. The fireworks show is vnder direction of the Plattsmouth Lioas Club in co operation with local me-rckants and the Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department. An hour-long display of aerial bombs, ground scenes and 4th of July displays will be featured during the evening. The fire works is free to the public. Tickets for the Hor.se Show, entitling holders to the free pan cakes and sausaga, are also availabl ein many local stores, where memberships in the Shave, Whisker and Bustle Clubs can also be obtained. Injured Sunday In 2-Car Crash A 23-year-old Union woman was treated for cuts about the face and head at a Nebraska City hospital Sunday following a traffic accident at Nebraska City. She was Virginia Keene, pas senger in a car driven by Arthur L. Wiser of Union. The Wiser car collided with one driven by Alfred C. Blankenship of Peru. Also injured in the crash was John Umland of Peru, a pas senger in the second car. He suffered, head cuts and a sprained elbow, while Blanker -ship suffered a cut ever his eye They collided tt an intersection. X ' - ' vl4 f v 1 - : ' . .y A ? . sS . - ' s -. vr-vx. : :.....'.:.'. j -f ', v , . j. . i L r