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KEBIt. STATS HIST. CCCI2TY XXX 1500 R ST. LINCOLN KEBR. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER 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 SIX PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1954 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 76 tPnAursiciDanr - rp-nn- O j-n. 0 Qa; (Dpeonoong Set Aucawsfr 2,4 It's Fair time in Cass County. Nearly 25 groups of boosters in as many cars and accompanied by the Weeping Water band made their appearance in Plattsmouth Friday morning advertising the Cass County Fair scheduled to open in that city on Tuesday, August 24. Stopping here for a half-hour the boosters were mak ing stores and office buildings passing out souvenirs, 5 cent ride tickets and programs for the big event that viH continue through the week until Friday, August 27. While their associates were greeting the public, band members filled the streets with popular tunes. . Stressing agriculture, this 4-H Tractor Operators Lay By Terraces Nearly 6,000 lineal feet of ter race were constructed by mem bers of the Atomic Farmers 4-H Tractor and Soil Conservation Club at their annual demon stration day held last Friday. Postponed from a week earlier, the demonstration day activities were held at the Tom Grosshans farm south of Plattsmouth. Us ing special equipment, the 4-H club members constructed the terraces while soil conservation officials and farmers looked on. Other features of the day were a noon chicken dinner prepared and served at the Grosshans home, while a new machinery display was held by Stites Farm Equipment, Stander Implement and Plattsmouth Motors Farm Store. Unable to get in the pre-con-test tractor rodeo; the Atomic Farmer tractor operators held their club contest Sunday after noon. Selected from the club to rep resent the Plattsmouth 4-H unit at the county fair at Weeping Water next week were BillyGan semer, Bob Wagner, Weldon Stoehr and Larry Meisinger. Mrs. Ella Stewart, Ex-Plattsmouth Resident, Dies Mrs. Ella Stewart, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Newell of Plattsmouth, former residents of Plattsmouth, died at Savannah, Mo. Funeral services were held Friday morning at Savannah with burial at Oak Hill cemetery at Plattsmouth, where her hus band, Wm. Stewart is buried. One brother, Jim Newell of Florida, was here for the serv ices. Grandson Wins New Car In Contest Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Frey have H thpir erandson. Robert Frey age 13, of Lincoln,) i;Annl i was tnp winner in a. iiauuuai photographic contest and has been presented with a new auto mobile as his prize. Young Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Frey, is a pnuio enthusiast and had as his win ning picture a photo of him self playing a tuba. Huebner to Start Prcflight Training Richard "Dick" Huebner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Huebner of Plattsmouth, will leave Tuesday morning for Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, for pre-flight train ing. He expects to be sent to an Arizona base from Lackland. Dick graduated from Nebraska University this spring and will go into training with the rating of second lieutenant. w Bob Gaines Back From Overseas Stay Bob Gaines arrived Friday night for a 30 day leave with his mother, Mrs. Lucille Horn Gaines, sister Sally, his aunt. Miss Marie Horn, and many oth er relatives and friends. Bob has been serving with hte armed forces at Bonn, Ger many, and has been attending a conference at Geneva, Switzer land, since June. On termination of his leave he will report at Quantico, Virginia, for further assignment. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebr. Date Hi Thursday 72 Friday 74 Saturday 85 Sunday 93 Low Prec. 54 55 58 54 .00 .00 .00 .62 Forecast Scattered showers Mondav night and Tuesday pos sible. "Fair to partly cloudy Tuesday. 4 LruflC 'a i . . year's fair will feature outstand ing exhibits, together with 4-H Club demonstrations and con tests with cash prizes totaling $2500. In addition the midway will be alive writh rides from Hale's Shows of Tomorrow. Tuesday wili be taken over for the most part with entrys for displays and exhbits. Live stock exhibits have until 8:00 a.m. Wednesday to enter. This includes 4-H and open classes. This will also bo a big day for children as 10.0C0 tickets have been distributed lhat allows all children on ritfes with a ticket plus only 5-cents. Wednesday will be dominated by 4-H judging and contests, highlighted with a grand parade at 1:30 p.m. with community floats carrying entries for the Cass County Queen Contest. Evening program will open with presentation of the Queen fol lowed by a horn' talent show on the entertainment platform. Two other parades will be daily features of the fair, the "Twilight Parade" at 7:00 p.m. Thursday and another on Fri day at the same hour. Marching units, band concerts, roller skat ing and dancing in addition to other fair feature? will make up the major part cf the entertain ment. In the tour Friday, the boost ers visited all Cass county towns in addition to Ashland in Saunders county. The group was due back in Weeping Water at 6:00 p.m. Midgets Hit Mynard 17-4; Season to End Plattsmouth Midgets scored a resounding 17-4 win over a My nard team, scoring nine runs in the sixth inning to pull away. A trio of hurlers shared mound duties for the two teams as My nard took an early lead am and then saw it melt in the fourth. Mynard scored one run in the second and added two more in the third before Plattsmouth scored once in the third to cut the deficit to 1-3. Five runs in the fourth moved Plattsmouth into a 6-3 lead, that swelled to in tVio fiftVi Mynard scored once in the top of the sixth before, Plattsmouth put on the nine run sixth. Bob Richter's Midgets will wind up the second half at Springfield Tuesday night in a game slated for 6 p. m. They now have a 4-4 record. Alan "wiies, Gary Rieke and Roger Hild shared mound chores for Mynard with Hild going the first four, yielding six runs on four hits, seven walks, while striking out two. Wiles hurled one and one-half innings, giving up eight runs, walking six, yield ing two hits and striking out one. Rieke walked two, allowed two hits and three runs and whiffed one, in his mound stay. Tom Winscot started for Plattsmouth, gave up three runs, one hit and one walk while strik ing out two; Jim Pucelik fol lowed, allowing two hits, two walks and one run, while regis tering seven strike outs. Kenny Dasher completed the game, striking out one and not allowing a hit in one-half in ning. Meisinger, Wehrbein and Rieke each singled for the three My nard hits, while six Plattsmouth hitters shared seven hits. Ken Dasher had two hits, while Jim Pucelik and Larry Cundall each contributed doubles. Winscot, Larry Long and A. Dasher also singled. Mynard ..012 001 04 Plattsmouth 001 529 ' 0 17 Cigarette Fire Burns Awning A cigarette carelessly tossed into a rolled-up awning at the Fricke Drug Store sometime late Thursday night caused a small blaze. No damage was done to the building, but a large hole was burned in the awning across the front of the store. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents n n Upper Grade Registration Slated Friday Registration for students in the three upper grades at Plattsmouth high school will be held Friday morning, starting at 9 o'clock, accord ing to Principal William Floyd. Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors are requested to reg ister for classes during the Friday morning period. However, if students are unable to register during the designated time, they may make arrangements for reg istering by calling '3174, of fice of Mr. Floyd. Men in Blue Picked for Polio Benefit Game Four men In blue have been named to police the benefit softball game to be played here ! Wednesday night with proceeds to go to the emergency polio fight. The benefit softball game will be plaved at Memorial Athletic Field Wednesday night, August 18, after being postponed from last Friday. Policing the four bases will be Wm. P. O'Donnell at first; John ny Kalasek at second; Dr. O. Sandin at third and George Kal asek behind the plate. "" Heanwhile Timm's old timers have slated Monday night and Tuesday night practice sessions to prepare for the battle, ac cording to Jack O'Donnell. The sessions are set for 6 p.m. O'Donnell also discloses that ticket sales have been good, however tickets will also be available at the field the night of the contest. This week marks the begin ning of a fifteen-day. pitched battle between a nation-wide army of March of Dimes volun teers and polio. The emergency campaign began August 16 and will close August 31. "During these two weeks we must raise $20,000,000 across this nation or witness tragic re trenchment of the important work of the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis," county chairman Mrs. Helen John of Weeping Water has an nounced. In a communication directed to volunteer leaders throughout the county, she urged them to carry the facts to every home. She explained that heavy, aa ditional costs connected with this vear'g .polio vaccine field trials and the production of laree. additional quantities of famma globulin with which to fight the disease has depleted i Marcn oi uimes iuiius. f .r j "This situation is oi serious importance to every citizen and especially to every parent," saia she. "If we give the people tne facts. I know they will provide the funds with which to carry this important program through to January." Hughes told volun teer workers. "Lack of funds is threatening not only the vac cine trials and gamma globulin production, but als the impor tant patient aid program and continued research." If every home will contribute a dollar or two right now we can keep this impending set back from becoming a reality Hughes concluded. Check should be made payable to the Emergency March of Dimes and mailed or given to your loca March of Dimes Director. A group of 4-H boys from this area are attending 4-H camp this1 week at Camp Harriet Harding near Louisville. Court House License for marriage was is sued in county court August 16 to Dale Lavern Reckard, 26, of Plattsmouth, and Maxine D. Vib ber, 23, of Denver. James Ray Persinger, 19, of Cedar Creek, and Lois Faye Ad dleman, 17, of Louisville, were issued a license for marriage in county court Saturday. September 10 has been set in district court for hearing on the application of James Begley to sell real estate in the Louise Wannamaker estate. Lyman Cromwell 1 has been granted license to sell real es tate at Elmwood in the Guar dianship of Donald D. Twiford. Hearing on action of Lois Gile on behalf of Candace Lynn and Grant Wayne Doss against Low ell W. Doss has been continued until August 27. Divorce decree has ' been granted in district court to El don E. Vroman from M. Joyce Vroman and a property settle ment approved. Service by publication has been ordered in the divorce action of Leslie V. Steinbach against Ruth M. Steinbach. Public Will Help Select County Fair Queen Candidate A .successor to Queen JoNon Albin to compete in the Cass County Fair Queen contest is being sought at Plattsmouth. The public has been invited to aid in her selection by filling out nomination tickets and sub mitting them to the Chamber of Commerce. Queen nomination blanks are printed in today's Journal and must be filled out and submitted to the Chamber of Commerce by August 19. Nominations may be left at the Journal office, Cass Drug or at the Chamber office, j The nominee should De be-1 tween the ages of 16 and 21, un- married and should be repre-' sentative of Plattsmouth to com pete with candidates from com munities throughout the county. The 1953 Plattsmouth candi date, Miss JoNon Albm, was named Queen of the 1953 Cass County Fair. The previous year, Phyllis Grunwald of Union was named to the Queen's chair. Selection of -queen candidates is being carried out m otner communities in preparation for he fair contest. At Weeping Water, selection will be made at Carter Funeral Services Held On Thursday Masonic funeral services were held at Macy, Nebr., Thursday, August 12, for C. E. Carter, wrho passed away at his home in Macy, Nebr., on Monday, August 9, 1954. Mr. Carter had lived m lattsmouth for a number of years before leaving here in 950 for IndeDendence. Mo.. ! where he continued to live un- il going to Macy, Nebr., where he had charge of the construc tion of the Mission on the Win nebago Indian Reservation. While a resident of Platts mouth, Mr. Carter was instru mental in the reorganization of he Sunday school of the Church of Latter Day Saints and acted as its pastor for several .years..- .. Born "in Kuio, Kansas, Jury 2t, 886, Mr. Carter had attained the age of 68 years at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Ora, wo daughters, Mrs. Mary Mae Troop of Plattsmouth, and Mrs. Ruby Schlieske of California; two grandchildren, Marion Schlieske in the armed services, and Sharon Schlieske, also of California. Other survivors include two brothers, Dion Carter of Blair, and John Carter; four sisters, Mrs. J. P. Jensen and Mrs. Chloe Norris, both of Blair; Mrs. Chloe Croxen and Kathryn of Hyannis, Nebr., and Mrs. Howard Burch- am of Plattsmouth, a sister-m-law. Services were held at 2:30 p. m. Thursday, August 12, 1954; at the Mission he - constructed. Burial was in the cemetery at Blair, Nebr. - Gridders to Get Equipment Here Friday, Coach Says Football Coach Ken Schroeder today set Friday for checking out football equipment. Schroeder, who takes over the grid reins here this year, said football boys can check out equipment along with register ing at school Friday. The entire day will be devoted, to issuing the gear. Regular drills will get under way on Monday, August 23, ac cording to the grid mentor. Morning and afternoon sessions will be held throughout the week until start of school nec essitates that drills be cut to one a day. Band, Saddle Club In Papillion Show Plattsmouth high school band participated in an hour-long pa rade at Papillion Saturday night along with other high school bands and some 40 floats. Other features of the Papillion Day program included an after noon horse show by the Cass County Horse Show Association and other groups, with the Cass county group placing first. Winds Cause Light Damage Sunday Night Light damage was recorded at Plattsmouth Sunday night when a wind and electrical storm swept the community Accompanying wrinds un to 40 to 50 miles an hour was .62 inches of rain that fell in sheets, blown by the strong winds. Some tree limbs were down and other minor damage in isolated areas has been reported. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents 1 j I I ' - -v, i it h y JoNon Albin a contest to be held Friday night, August 20. Miss Albin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Albin of Platts mouth, will also participate in the County Fair crowning cere monies. 2nd District Crown To Thrifty Stitchers; Fairs Are Next For the second time in two years, Thrifty Stitchers 4-H club has earned the right to represent this district in the state 4-II Fun Festival at the Nebraska State Fair in Lin coln. The thirteen girls from Plattsmouth participating in "T he Happy Wanderers" earned one of two purple rib bons awarded at the district contest at Lincoln Saturday. The other went to a Lancaster county group, Holland Happy Handworkers. - Fairvie w Farmerettes of Elmwood received a red ribbon at the district contest. In taking the district test for the second time, the thrif ty Stitchers will be anxjfous to duplicate their purple winning" effort at the state fair a year ago. At state is an all-expense paid trip to Chicago. Mrs. Chester Wiles is leader of the successful Thrifty Stitchers. Purple ribbon win ners are Pat Carr, Katherine Ptak, Jeanine Newton, Donna Ernst, Shirley Studduth, Mar garet Eiting, Janice Wiles, Lois Gapen, Nancy Tainter, Rose Mary Nelson, Ann Winscot, Deanna Hutton and Sally Amato. Wm. Skinner Ex-Resident Here, Is Dead Graveside services will be held Tuesday afternoon, August 17, at Oak Hill remetery for William R. Skinner, early resident of Plattsmouth, who died August 11 at Alta Vista hospital at Pasa dena, Calif. He had been ill for three years. Rev. Erwin Kiel, pastor of First Methodist shurch, will of ficiate at the graveside rites at 2 p. m. Mr. Skinner, 34, was born in England, May 6, 1870, the son of James and Euphemia Skinner. He came to Plattsmouth in 1889 shortly after migrating to the United States and was married here a year later to Clara L. Herold. He lived at Plattsmouth until the death of his wife in 1919 and then moved to Wyoming. He was a retired construction engineer. Mr. Skinner was a member of the Presbyterian church at Pas adena and belonged to the Ma sonic Lodge at Lincoln. Visiting hours will be held Monday afternoon and evening from 4 to 6 and-from 7 to 9 at Caldwell-Linder Funeral Chapel: , Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Minnie Work of Pasadena, Mrs. Neil Morrison of Edmond, i Wash., four grandchildren and three great grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Alice waiters oi Los Angeles. Burial will be at Oak Hill with Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Fire Department Called To Yards Plattsmouth Fire Denartment made a run to the Plattsmouth I T.nmHor PnmnariT's rnnl "VardS i cmtv, rf thi RnHinp-tnn denot ! oKmit -j-nn nm TVmrcriav Fire that had been smoldering m a pile of coal screenings had spread to a .wood partition in the sheds and started a blaze. It was quickly extinguished, however a large mound of coal had to be moved before reach ing the center of the blaze. Doc Sandin Says "Get the Tootin' Boys Together Doc O. Sandin is getting all fired up about the King Korn Karnival. Doc has played an im portant roll in this big event each year in promoting the "Old Dutch Band" that has delighted parade watchers year after year. Right now Doc says, "We need some horn blowin' folks to' join our band. We're short in some places where the tootin' does the most good." So, you fellows who would like to help celebrate with music and can blow a horn of any kind, get in the act. See Doc Sandin. Rehearsals are ready to start and this organization needs help. Businessmen, Educators Set Annual Dinner Business leaders and education leaders will get together at Plattsmouth on Thursday, Aug ust 26 for their annual business education day activities. The program is jointly spon sored by the Chamber of Com merce and the Plattsmouth board of education and will be climaxed by a banquet dinner at 6:30 on Thursday night. Held in conjunction with the school's annual two day teach er's workshop, the program is designed to acquaint new fac ulty members with the Platts mouth business men and women and with facilities in the com munity. Businessmen and their wives have been urged by the Cham ber of Commerce to plan to at tend the Thursday night dinner which will be preceded during the afternoon by a short tour. The tour beginning at 3:30 Thursday afternoon, will include places of interest in and around Plattsmouth, according to an nouncement by Chamber Man ager Charles' Allen: . T'.;. . , Tickets for faculty members are available at the Chamber office or at the office of school superintendent T. I. Friest. Tick ets will sell for $1.25 a plate. The evening dinner will be served at the Presbyterian church by the Presbyterian Women's Association. Mrs. Neva Read Will Report Murray News Starting this week Mrs. Neva Read of Murray, will act as re porter and business agent for The Journal in that city and immediate vicinity. News items may be given or phoned to Mrs. Read at her home. Mrs. Read is taking over the duties formerly assigned to Mrs. Dude Hiatt, who had acted as correspondent in Murray for some time past. Mr. and Mrs. Hiatt have moved to Spring field, where they have opened a radio and TV repair shop. lenient a ry School oundries With school opening here on August 30, scnool board mem bers and instructors have been busy with preparations for the big day. Buildings have been completely iefinished from floors to ceiling, repairs have been made to school equipment and all is in near readiness for the 1954-55 term. Due to the hevy increases in the lower grades in the local school system, it has been nec essary to revise some boundary lines in the four elementary schools. Factors determining these zones are based upon safe ty of small children by eliminat ing crossing heavy traffic areas, upon equalizing enrollments in all the buildings and upon the natural terrain of the city, it was pointed out. Supt. T. I. Friest stated that rigid, inflexible boundary lines for the present are not advisable because families residing near these lines may be requested to send their children to a school in an adjoining area in order to properly distribute attendance. School officials are requesting the cooperation of parents in observing the tentative, flexible boundaries or zones as set forth below: . COLUMBIAN School: Boun daries for this school are defined as follows: All areas South of Second Avenue, West to Eighth Street, therce South and East of Chicago Avenue to the Louis ville Road, including the new Valley View Addition bounded on the East by the limits of the Wintersteen Dfstrict and Coun ty Road are considered as this school zone. All children of kin dergarten, first, second, third Dim, jRinad ssdue oft Asddleimft Driving rain and mud hampered rescue operations late Sunday evening following a fatal accident two miles north of Alvo on a Cass county road, Sheriff Tom Solomon said today in adding the name of Mrs. Elizabeth Royal to the list of county fatalities in 1954. Mrs. Royal was killed instantly when vehicles driven by Roy Royal of Palmyra and Fay Murphy of Lincoln collided about 9 p. m. Sunday north of Alvo. A passenger in the front seat Freshman Crop May Hit 120; Kof Biggest at PHS The hie-jrest cron nf freshmen : ever to enroll at Plattsmouth high school is virtually assured for the coming school term. Registration this morning, Monday, at the high school to kick off Freshman Day activi ties indicates that enrollment may reach the 120 mark. According to Principal Wil liam Floyd, 110 freshmen boys and girls attended activities at the school this morning. In the group are 59 boys and 51 girls. At least ten more are expected to enroll before school gets un derway next week. . A noon luncheon and a series of activities during the after noon were also part Of Freshman Day. Bids Asked on Highway Work In Cass County -Four projects in Cass County are included in a call for bids by the Nebraska State Highway Department announced over th( week-end The bids will be op- eneu on oepuemuei z, witii an estimated total of $2,800,00. Bids are asked ori sand and gravel, surfacing , and incidental work on the Elmwood - Murray and Murdock south patrol. This work will require 1,520 cu yds., sand and gravel surface course material. Another asks for contractor's bids on 6.8 miles of bituminrus surface treatment and inciden tal work on Highway 73-75 and 34 from the Murray corner south to Union. This is a resur facing of the presently oiled road. This job will require an estimated 800 tons of crushed grave anad $4,730 gallons of asphalt cement. Federal aid secondary project running from Greenwood east calls for grading, culvert; and incidental work providing for 6.9 miles of graded earth road. There is an estimated 111,153 cubic yards of dirt to be moved on this project. Final request is for bids on the Syracuse-Louisville federal aid project that provides for 8.8 miles of gravel road. This proj ect also includes the Weepine I Water west road joining up with ' the new Highway 50. Are Set and fourth grade ages will en roll in this school. Children above the fourth grade will at tend either at Central or the High School Buildings. WINTERSTEEN School; Boun daries for this school are defin ed as follows: All areas East cf the County Road to intersection of Lincoln Avenue (Shop Roaa) and East of the Viaduct, to the outlying limits of the School District, are considered to be in this school zone. This . school will enroll all children of the kindergarten, first, second, third and fourth grdae ages. Children above the fourih grade will at tend either at the Central or High School Buildings. FIRST WARD School: Boun daries of this school are defin ed as follows: All areas North of Second Ave cue, West to Sixth Street then East and North of Washington Avenue and Web ster Boulevard. This school will enroll all children of kindergar ten, first, second, third and fourth grade ages. All children above the fourth grade will at tend either at Central or High School Buildings. CENTRAL School: Bounda ries for this school are defined as follows: All areas South of Webster Boulpvard and Wash ington Avpnnp to Sixth Street. thence West cn Sixth Street to Chicago Avenue, thence West of Chicago Avenue to the Louisville Road and North of this Road to the limits of the school district. This school will enroll all. chil dren from kindergarten through sixth grade ages. Older children will attend at the High School Building. (genu the. car driven by her son, Mrs. Royal died instantly of in juries received in the collision. Her home was at Palmyra. According to the Sheriff's re port, the Royal car was traveling south and the Murphy car was traveling north when the mis- haP, occurred at the crest of a smau nin Mr. Murphy told the Sheriff that the Royal car was in the "wrong lane of traffic." Nine people were passengers in the two cars, with none of the others receiving any serious injuries. Mrs. Roy Royal and son, LeRoy were passengers in the Royal car, and Mrs. Thelma Spann and son, Don of Lincoln, and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schildt of Eagle were passengers in the Murphy car. The Sheriff said that though the accident occurred just be fore the heavy rain, wind and electric storm, that rescue op- erations were hampered when the storm struck about the time that officers arrived at the scene. Solomon, along with Deputy Sheriff Charles Land and Pa trolman Whitney, were called to the scene, where they battled for three hours to take care of the injured and to clear debris from the road. The Sheriff said that the Roy al family was returning from a cisit at Gretna with a brother Lf Trn,aK.otvi wnvni whpn , tne crash occurred. , AmhnlanrP railed to the fatal scene became mired in mud along with other rescue work- ers. Both vehicles were totally de stroyed, according to Solomon. Schools Set Policy for Kindergarten Supt. T. I. Fiiest, announced Friday that the Plattsmouth schools have set the age re quirement for kindergarten en rollment for ihe 1954-55 school year, at five years, following the uniform legal standard through out the sUte. Mr. Friest ttted, "The age re quirement for entrance to Kin dergarten has become uniform throughout the State. It is now a legal requir?mcnt that chil dren who wish to enter the Kin dergarten for the first time must have attained the age of five years on or before October 15th. The only exceptions will be for those children who will have satisfactorily completed Matur ity Tests under the direction of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, administered under the supervision of the County Superintendent." Greenwood Man Fined For Assault John W. Stewart, 26, of Green wood was fined $100 in Lancas ter County court on a charge of assault and battery against a Raymond woman. Stewart, paroled in March from the State Penitentiary, pleaded innocent to the charge on July 24. The court was told that the . offense occurred on July 21 in a field near the wom an's farm home. Stewart had been sentenced from Seward County, in 1953 to nine years in the Penitentiary for feloniously entering a dwell ing. Police Court Reckless driving Robert Leo Brittain, Plattsmouth, fined $5 and costs. Speeding Herman J. Bastaln, Plattsmouth, forfeit $15 bond; Walter W: Gerhardt, Falls City, forfeit $20 bond. No muffler DeWitt J. Haley, Plattsmouth, fined $5 arid costs. Improper parking Elise C. Bogenrief, Plattsmouth, dis- ' missed. Displaying wrong license plates Ronald L. Bonebright, Lincoln, fined $10 and costs. Intoxication Doyle G. Mc Kinstry, Weeping Water, fined $10 and costs. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents