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11 1 l -v f V C- I .'. i i";j.O i . CUVA 1 1 s ISack-ll' ottsmniyth ess CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER IP JJfDjOIO&NAlL LA 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 EIGHTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1954 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 75 Aygyst School Week 8o J LHi Lh W.. f m rtson hmw. Dow ere odlow Although Cass County's Emergency March of Dimes is not scheduled to get underway here until next Monday, August 16u contributions are already starting to come in, it was announced here today by Mrs. Kay Wall and Mrs. Sophia Wolever, co-chairmen of the Plattsmouth organi zation. Contributions have been received from the American Legion, V. F. W. Auxiliary and Collum Extension Club, together with several other individuals ready to do their part for this worthy cause, and deemed an emergency at this time by the National Foundation due to the extensive use of vaccine in field tests throughout the nation. . M information contained in : press releases implies that the march against polio is in the ! critical stage. Rapid advances iin this fight have been made during the past two years, with medical science on the verge of A , f I ! finding a positive vaccine that At VedCSr V-TfiGKi?11 Ft? contraction of the B WWB ! dreaded virus. Burglars paid a visit to Ault's i Burglars Make Raid on Ault's Grocery Stoe in Cedar Creek early Tuesday morning. Gene Knutson who lives across the street from the store observed the burglars leaving town. He notified Mr. Ault who in turn called Sheriff Solomon. Sarpy and Doughs County sheriff's office immediately set Locally many fund raising campaigns are being planned and organized. Teeing off here Friday night will be the baseball game between "Timm's Has Been's" and the "Eagle's Youth fuls," under the tutorship of Jack O'Donnell. This game is called for 8 p. m., with all ad mission charges going into the up road blocks on the northern j March of Dimes treasury. This roads. Sheriff Solomon and Dep- i should be an interesting dven utv Land checked county and ! ing's entertainment. It is an op side roads. I portunity to see many of Platts- VviriP-nre nt thp cnp inrH- ilaOUms stars oi me diamond 111 scene cated that the men had been di inking. The burglars crawled through a small window to gain entrance to the store. Missing were two television sets which loss, Mr. Ault stated, was covered by insurance. rear seat of their car. The seat is believed from a 1952 of 1953 Ford or Ford Victoria. Finger prints found at the scere have been forwarded to for bygone days strut their stuff for a great cause. Coin boxes will be distributed to all business houses during the weekend wThere contribu tions can be. made. Cash, bills or checks can be deposited in IItoco nttrcirHvp rpppnt.nflPS that. At the scene the men left the j,TTni'Ko nmminpntiu Hicnisvprt in V ill A UllllliVllHJ wiwiMj most stores. Among other fund raising ac tivities planned include a card party, date of which will be an nounced soon, to be sponsored bv the co-chairman of the drive J in cooperation with the heads of l other women's organizations and U,,,;H nnn 'clubs in Plattsmouth. cy polio fund drive. The money is needed quickly by the Nation al Foundation and local chap ters of the March of Dimes to meet urgent cash meeds in ad ministering to victims of this dreaded disease. Mail, bring or send your contribution to Mrs. Kay Wall or Mrs. Sophia Wol ever, Plattsmouth co-chairmen. Rural residents making a con- received minor tribution are asked to send their dollars to Mrs. Perry Dmgman the State Criminal Bureau identification. Hurt In Accident i Miss Lorraine Wheeler, of Louisville, received a severe scalp wound and other lacera tions in a car accident near Of futt Air Force Base late Friday afternoon, when her car was struck broadside by another auto as she turned into the highway. Two men, occupants of the second car iniuries School District Land-Biiildings To Be Sold A public auction of all lands, buildings and equipment of six west Cass county school districts will sell on the premises Friday and Saturday, August 20 and 21, it is announced in an ad on an other page of The Journal. Due to consolidations in the Elmwood District, the six school buildings to be sold include those of Districts 66, located two miles north of Elmwood; and Districts 101, 24, 59, 51 and 53, all located in the Elmwood vi cinity. Sale Friday will include Dis trict 66, north, of Elmwood, for the first sale starting at 2 p. m. This sale includes about 5 acres of land, frame building and out buildings. Sale then moves to District 101 for sale of buildings and equipment, then to District 24, for buildings, equipment and fixtures. Saturday the sale moves south of Elmwood to District 59 on Highway 34 for sale of frame building, land and fixtures. Buildings and equipment of Dis tricts 51 and 53 in the same area will follow. Sale of the properties is auth orized by the Board of Educa tion of School District 95. Sale will be for cash with purchaser to remove buildings within 90 days. Ellis Lacy is the auctioneer. Local Kids Give Puppet Show to Aid Dimes Drive While grownups are dig ging down for the dollars, the kids are coming through with pennies, dimes and ni ckles to give to the Emerg ency March of Dimes Polio Fund drive starting Monday. Biggest effort of the week was a "Puppet Show" pre pared, arranged arid deliv ered by the Misses Linda McGraw, Janis Fleischman, Carolyn and Laura Jean Barnes, all kids in the G00 block neighborhood on No. Sixth Street. Making puppets out of po tatoes, these kids put on a show in their back yards that attracted enough at tention to bring in a total of $2.11 in admissions the whole "kit and kaboodle" turned over to the Platts mouth Polio Fund Drive. All were taken to County hos- plattsmouth, who has volun- pital in Omaha for treatment Miss Wheeler later was returned to her home in Louisville. Miss Wheeler, turning into the highway on her way home from work, said the highway was clear when she proceeded fol lowing a stop before entering the highway, but the offending car made a left turn into the path of her vehicle. teered to act as rural chairman. Pvt. T. Corneal Is in Germany as Lab Technician Mr. and Mrs. Glen Carneal would like to clarify the won dering minds of their friends as to the location of their son. Pvt. Thomas W. Carneal. Private Carneal is a laboratory techni cian in the Medical Department 15th Evacuation hospital in Germany. Pvt. Carneal sailed for Germany with the medical de partment. Private Carneal writes "The evacuation hospital at the present has 700 patients. I have been working in the xray de partment as well as in the tech nician department. We are w?orking 15 hours a day now, due to shortage of men. But I like my work very much.'" Pvt. Carneal's address is: Pvt. Thomas W. Carneal, R. A. 17 392 154, Medical Department, 15th Evac. Hospital, A. P. O. 189 co Postmaster General, New York City, New York. (Editor's Note: Pvt. Carneal is finally located. Recently an ar my news dispatch to The Jour nal stated he had been shipped to Korea. He had informed his parents he was to ' be sent to Germany. Just another military snafu.) Distillery Fire Takes Life Of Nephew It was learned here this wreek that a man known to many Plattsmouth residents lost his life in a raging distillery fire at Pekin, 111., last week that took a number of lives and did near ly $5 million in damages. Lawrence Neavear, grandson of the late Peter Friedrick, was severely burned in the blaze and died before he could be trans ported to a hospital. Neavear was a nephew of Mrs. Martin L. Lohnes and a cousin of Mrs. Ameilia Heldt, both of Platts mouth. He had visited here on numerous occasions. County Named Defendant in Damage Suit Cass County was named de fendent in a damage suit in district court here this week as a result of an auto accident on the Louisville-Greenwood road last April 11. Petitions were filed by Mary L. Richards and Robert Powell alledging negligence on the part of Cass County in properly erecting barricades on the above date. Mary L. Richards alledges that she suffered personal injuries, damages and loss of time to the extent of 4919.50 and asks for recovery of this amount. Powell asks judgement in the amount of $5310 for personal injuries, medical bills and damages. A bill for the above amounts presented to the Commissioners of Cass County some time ago was not allowed. No : answer to the above peti tions have been filed at this time. u -k Sam Arn Patient In Omaha Hospital Sam Arn, Plattsmouth City Councilman, is a patient in St. ! Catherine's hospital in Omaha where he was taken Wednesday afternoon for examination and observation. It is thought that his condition is not too serious. Sgt. James Marshall Is New North Platte Recruiting Officer Sgt. James S. Marshall took over duties today with the U. S. Army Recruiting Station in Nortn Platte, where he will as- S sist SFC John L. Thompson in j Reported Missing; Mama Comes Home With 7 Little Ones There was a big family in crease at the Hamblin home southeast of Plattsmouth in the Rock Bluffs area during the week. In fact, seven of 'em. 3Irs. Thola Hamblin re ported last week to Sheriff Tom Solomon that a Poland China sow had disappeared from the farm and no trace could be found though an extensive search had been made. It was thought the sow might have been stolen. Wednesday Sheriff Solo mon received a call from Mrs. Hamblin that "Mama" had come home. Yes, and she had seven little piggies trailing behind her. She had hidden out on the home place until after birth of the litter. Mr. Neavear left a wrife and two small daughters. Marion Garoer, an acquaint ance of Mrs. Held, also killed in the fire and resulting blast. Six were killed, 2 critically, and 38 injured in.the fire at the Police ,dutv .at aisunery, triougni 10 nave Deen started wrhen the plant was struck by a bolt of lightning. Funeral services for the two men were held in Pekin, Saturday, August 7. 111. Navy Buddy Visits With Chick Lcdgway Mrs. Fred Gorder Buried Wednesday At Weeping Water Funeral services were held at Weeping Water Wednesday for Mrs. Fred Gorder. who died ear ly Saturday at the home of a daughter in Grand Island, where she had been living recently. Mrs. Gorder, 83, was a native resident of Cass County and had made her home in Weeping Wa ter for many years before go ing to Grand Island. At one time the family lived in Plattsmouth. Mrs. Gorder. who had been in poor health during her later years of life, was the wife of the late Fred Gorder, prominent Cass Countian and a former Cass County Commissioner. Services were held from the Wreeping Water Congregational Church Wednesday morning at 10:30 with burial in the Weep ing Water Cemetery. Charles E. Medlock, assistant postmaster of Atchison. Kansas, together with Mrs. Medlock and son Robert, called on C. E. Ledg way last Friday while enroute to Winnipeg, Canada. Medlock and Ledgway were shipmates in the Navv durins World War I and hadn't seen each other for 35! years years. 'hood. Attends Funeral Of Uncle In St. Joe N. W. McKee drove to St. Jo seph, Mo., Tuesday where he attended funeral services for an uncle, Dr. D. D. Leeper, buried there that day. Mr. McKee had made his home with the Leep ers from the time he was six old until reaching man- Suffer Injuries in Truck-Car Crash in Lincoln Friday Eve WEEPING WATER (Special) While making a left hand turn in Lincoln Friday evening, Mrs. Ruth Kettlehut's automobile was damaged when hit by a truck. Passengers in the car were Mrs. Kettlehut and daughter, Thelma Rae, and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Miller. Everyone suffered from a few cuts and bruises. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital for a check up. They remained there until Saturday evening. Mrs. Kettle hut and Thelma stayed over night in Eagle with a friend, Mrs. Freda Reitter, and returned home Saturday wih Mrs. Kettle hut's father and brother, Frank Hogue and Roland of Nehawka. covering a wide central-western Nebraska area. Marshall, whose home town is Weeping Water, Nebr., has seven years of military service, coming to North Platte from military Ft. Bpfijamin Harrison, Ind. He previously served in the 11th Airborne Di vision, in various military police and guard posts in Japan and U. S., and 14 months combat duty in Korea with the 17th J Regiment, Seventh Division. He wears the Combat Infantryman Badge, Silver Star, Purple Heart with two oak leaf dusters: Kor ean Campaign ribbon with five battle stars, Good Conduct Med al: UN Ribbon, Japanese Occu pation ribbon: Paratroop wings, and ROK Presidential Unit Ci tation. Marshall, with his wife and one child, lives at 507 East 11th. Sgt. Marshall is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. De Les Dernier of Plattsmouth. B & H Shoes Report Top Opening Day Plattsmouth Reserves Back From Encampment Miss Jean Thimigan In Omaha Hospital Miss Jean Thimgan. daughter of Mr "tid Mrs. Leo Thimgan of Louisville, is at the St. Cather ine's hospital where she under went an appendicitis operation. Co. H, 355th Inf. Regiment Reserves returned to Platts mouth about 1:03 p.m. Sunday, following a two-week, encamp ment at Camp Carson, Colo. Caot. Cecil Karr, commander of the local group, reports the encampment experienced the best training period in the four years the local regiment has been organized. Training was supplemented with demonstra tions by regular army personnel from the post. On the crew were several hea vy weapons including the 30 calibre machine gun, 81 mm mortars, 75 mm recoiless rifle. This yjar ammunition was in sufficient supply that every man Schedules were so arranged that it required first call at 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. almost every day while at camp. An average of 750 men were fed from the two mess halls operated. Contrary to some former years, the chow at the camp was reported the best, with other facilities all that could be expected. After training hours and on Saturday and Sunday the men enjoyed scenic tours around the Colora do Springs area. A roster of the men of Com pany H who attended camp this year are: Karr, Cecil M., Capt; Cloidt, Goes To Oklahoma For Aviation Course Seaman Apprentice John F. Thimgan of the U. S. Navy has igone to Norman, Oklahoma for a course in aviation mecnamcs after spending: a 14-day leave Mag Salesman Held in Jail on Check Charge Two magazine salesmen were arrested last night by the sher iff's office and are being held pending further investigation. Their arrest came shortly af ter Elmer Philpot of Nehawka adviri?d Sheriff Solomon i,hat he had purchased $2.16 worth of magazines from the men, and then found out that the check he gave them had been changed to read $216.00 The two men at tempted to pass the check at Weeping Water and Plattsmouth but failed. At Nehawka they purchased two tires and tubes from a local garage and gave the check in payment. The men were on their way South when arrested at Union. Cass County Voters Follow State Trend Cass County voters made their choice at the poll Tuesday. In the county contested offices, Grosshans, Olson and Sharp were the heavier vote getters on the Republican ticket and came up with the nominations for their re spective offices. Solomon was the overwhelming- choice of the Democrats. Most of the winning candidates took the lead in ear ly returns from the 24 Cass County precincts and never lost it, although some showed a weakness in a few town ships that will require some fence mending before the "big pay-off" in November. On both tickets here Tuesday, i both Democrats and Republicans j had their cross in the square on I the winning candidates for na I tional and state offices. On the i state ballot for U. S. Senator ! (full term) the Cass County vote Iwent to Curtis, Crosby, Carpen j ter and Martin in that order, with Curtis and Crosby the Paul Bowers, manager of B & l heavier vote getters. H Shoe Store opening in Platts- I For Governor, Victor Ander mouth last Friday, stated, "the .! son of Lincoln won by an over reception given our new store 1 whelming margin over his near- exceeded our highest expecta tiens. We're grateful for the wonderful welcome given us and for the fine business wre've en joyed." Located in the Ruse building at 537 Main St., the new owners have completely remodeled and redecorated the enterior of the building into one of the most at tractive in the area. Featuring nationally known 'brands of shoes and footwear for every member of the family, the store is heavily stocked and conve niently arranged for serving the public. Manager of the Plattsmouth store is Paul Bowers, who with his wife and baby, came from Clarinda. Iowa. Wm. "Boot" Botten, formerly of Blair, is as sistant manager. Both have had ; wide experience in the shoe trade. Free goods in the nev store went fast over the week-end when hundreds of shoppers vis ited their grand opening. Craigmilc Accepts Fremont Position James Craigmile, principle of Central Grade School in Platts mouth for the past four years, has resigned his position in the local school system and will move to Fremont where he has accepted a teaching position in the Fremont school system. Mr. Craigemile stated that he regretted leaving Plattsmouth, but the higher salary and other inducements offered was an op- Mrs. Doris Wondra is enjovinr a vacation from the Board of Public Works this week. Postpone Atomic Farmers Terracing Day to Friday Due to heavy rains over the weekend the Atomic Farmers were forced to postpone their terracing demonstration to Fri day of this week at the Tom Grosshans farm near Mynard. The Plattsmouth 4-H praetor and Soil Conservation Club will start their program at 8 a. m. in the construction of terraces un der the supervision of the Cass County Soil Conservation office. A picnic lunch wlil be served at the Grosshans home at noon. During the afternoon a special i showing of new farm i equipment , mouth all day Saturday, August aiiu ti etc luis win ue uemuii- strated by Plattsmouth farm equipment dealers. with his mother. Mrs. Fred j portunity he could not refuse Thimgan and sisters of Louis ville. He is the grandson of Mrs. Emily Iverson. To date the vacancy caused bv his resignation has not been filled. Harold Wood left Monday for a visit with his brother in California. Peterson7s Island Was Hiding Place Of Omaha Youths The apparent hidinsr place of two Omaha youths wanted in that citv for race, has been lo cated. The youths are believed to have hid out in a machine shed on Peterson's island, south and east of Plattsmouth. H. J. Peterson and Sheriff Solomon examined the site, finding food, some personal clothing, wash pan, green tomatoes, sacks used for a bed and a small home made fire place. The youths ap parently had someone deliver them to the site and Mien return for them later. Nebraska Centennial Museum Car In Plattsmouth Saturday Nebraska's "Centennial Car" j a traveling museum crammed full of exhibits of life in Nebras ka from the earliest Indian hunters of 10 thousand and more years ago .through the pi oneer days of Nebraska to the present time will be m Platts- TIIE WEATHER Compiled for the Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebr. John J., 1st Lt.: MsKenney, Mel- spent considerable time on thejvin D., 2nd Lt.; Bowman, Dale firing line. First week was devoted to range firing, while the second week was spent in tactical training at squad, platoon and company levels. One over-night bivouac problem was conducted. Date Hi Monday 87 Tuesday 86 Wednesday . . . 62 Low Free. 54 -00 56 tr. 54 .20 Forecast: Cloudy, occasional showers and thunderstorms. Highs in 70's lower 80's. On Saturday, July 31, the en tire 89th Division held an in spection parade where the en tire group was reviewed by Maj. General Keen of the Fifth Ar my. Various tests were given to as certain the degree of training of individual soldiers and the portions of. training retained. Results revealed that Company H had an average of "Excellent" with Sgt. John Bradley having! M., WOJG; Babbit, Wynne M., Sfc; Gray, Stewart D., Sfc; Lo per, Joseph J., Sfc; Bradley, John D.. Sgt.: Kief, Edgar C, Attend Sheep Day Show and Sale Richard O. Cole, accompanied by Royal Smith and son, Roy 14. The car will be open to the public free of charge from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. It will "be located near the Missouri Pacific depot. The museum car is the Union Pacific's air-conditioned exhibit car that has been traveling Ne braska since last June. With ex hibits installed, by the Nebraska Historical Society, the car has Sgt.; Klien, Eugene A., Sgt.; Li- Lee. attended the Annual Ne tie, Raymond H., Sgt.; Bradley, braska Sheep Day Show and (been attracting huge throngs Miles K., Cpl.; Konfrst, Charles j Sale held at Lincoln last Fri- wherever exhibited. In the town L.. Cpl.; Clary, Claud, Cpl.; Pierce, Bernard O., Cpl.; Rieke, George W., Cpl.; Rogers, Clif ford L., Cpl.; Bergmann, John F., Pfc. Born, Donald W., Pfc; Dooley, dav. He reoorted that top lambs : of Humbodlt the first of the brought $200. jweek over 1000 persons passed Mr. Cole was successful bid -1 through the car. Included in the displays are der on a registered Shrooshire Pam from the D. V. Spohnlmany treasurers from the His- flock of Superior. Nebr.. to runitorieal Societv's museum show- Marvin L., Pfc; Faris, Robert L, with his large flock of registered j ing the early life of the Indians, fic; craves, James u., ric., ; ewes and rams on his farm: fur traders, the pioneers and Sprieck, Raymond E., Pfc; Wag-, southwest of Plattsmouth. i modern Nebraskans. It shows the Fauquat, The Cole flock is one of the development of transportation Rhodes, i finest in this area and has tak- and hundreds of other displays ner, Harold " G., Pfc; Lawrence J., ?vt-2 Donald E., Pvt-2; Wilson, Melvin j en two gold cups and a number j from sod houses to the develop- the highest score of the divi sion with 73 points out of a pos- sioie total score or 75. E., Pvt-2; Hutchinson, Donald L., Pvt-1; Johnson, Kenneth E., Pvt-1; Wiles, Wayne D., Pvt-1: ' Palko, Chairiie F., Pvt-2. of ribbons at Nebraska shows j ment of agriculture. during the past two years Subscribe to The Journal Now! County. It should be a must for every man, woman and child in Cass r ' mi mil in. iimimi mi wi . : .-f. . . . -.-u t, " .4 i- I'jj ;-'; i . .".. v ; i, . . . lit .A lj;f "t . r J , .n M jf - ' Z - V. v. - "V. .-::;;. . vX"N ;5:ii!.r;j'tf.;,'.j,i?r-' ' ; " ": UNOFFICIAL TABULATION A complete tabulation of the Cass County vote Tues day for County offices will be found on page 2,. Section C, of today's Plattsmouth Journal. This is an unoffic ial count and does not in clude vote by mail or dis abled persons ballots. Final count will be made by the . election board Friday, Aug ust 13. est rival, Wagener. Anderson's total vote was nearly two-to-one. Ray C. Johnson, incumbent auditor of public accounts and perennial top vote getter of the Republican party was knocked off his pedestal here Tuesday Ly youthful Secretary of State Frank Marsh. Marsh exceeded the Johnson vote by 66 ballots. In the county race for treas urer on the Republican ticket, and one of the campaign's hot test races, Alice Jayne Gross hans, deputy treasurer for the past 11 years won with a vote of 913. Gwen S. Scoles was in second place with a very narrow margin over James F. McMillian, with the vote 573 to 561, respec tively. Republican County Assessor race was lost by incumbent Ernest C. Giles, to Clara Olson, former deputy assessor for many years. This wras a close race up to the last two precincts . Olson won 1077 to 929. Roy Sharp, campaigning on the Republican ticket for Sheriff against opponent Lloyd L. Fitch, came through with a top-heavy margin, tallying 1253 votes to Fitch's 530. On the Democratic side only contested office was the cam paign waged by Dick March against incumbent Tom Solomon for the office of Sheriff. Solo mon made nearly a clean sweep of all precincts, posting 887 to March's 476.- It will be Republican Ray Norris, incumbent, against Dem ocrat Otto Schafer paired off for the office of Cass County Commissioner, second district, in (Continued on Page 5.) Lack of Quorum Postpones Council Meet Til! Monday Lack of a quorum forced May or Leo Meisinger to postpone Monday night's regular meeting of the Plattsmouth City Council until Monday, August 16. which will force members into two meetings in a row. Absent from the Council Chambers Monday night were Clark Finney, Sam Arn and Hob Hirz. Finney was tied up in Iowa on a contracting job. Arn was on the sick list, while Hirz. knowing that the reauired number of ( members would not be present, j failed to show. i Bills against the citv ordin-1 arily allowed at the first meet ing of the month were carried over. Members and spectators pres ent said it was the most peace ful gathering in the council chambers since the new admin istration went into offiee. Subscribe to The Journal Now! 1 sC JXJJ" JZ! t- ' X