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n 0. 01 US-WAIL PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday r Consolidated With the Nchawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 73 SIX PACES PLATTS MOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1954 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 83 Here Are Champions of KKK Calf Show n ITD0 DTTD Ep CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER LL II I Siwyf4MU i trU Entries Arrive Ira Li" 1J J p & s l..3 OiZvJ 4k& Several entries are already in The Journal office for the National Newspaper Week Best Story contest that will award Cass County high school students a total of $4 0.00 in cash prizes on the subject "What My Local Newspaper Means to My Community." The Plattsmouth Journal is making the awards in connection with National Newspaper Week to be observed during the week of October 1 to 8. For the best story in 1,000 words or less on the above subject, The Journal will pay the high school student $25. 00 in cash. Second award will be 810.00, with a $5.00 third prize. All entries will receive honorable mention. . Theme for 1954 National Chairman St mve For Scoots Is Paul Fa i! q yet Paul Fauauet of Platttsmouth been chosen local finance chairman for the 1955 Boy Scout , sponsorship of the National Ed fin ance campaign Oct. 19. i itorial Association, representa K'emme Holmes of Nebraska ! tive group of weekly, semi-week-City appointed Fauquet to the ! ly and small town daily news job after a finance seminar of ! papers throughout the United 2-jQ volunteer workers m Lincoln last Thursday. , Fauquet said the goal of tho drive will be $1,400. ' "This amount represents our town's share in operating the Boy Scout program in the Cornhusker council during the coming year," he said. The" goal is $300 more than was raised last year, when the drive netted $1,100. Total goal for the entire coun cil is $G4,493. That much is need ed to carry out a complete pro r.iam of Scouting for 5.000 boys in about 70 communities. sters Wins irst Prize in Friday Parade The 23rd annual King Korn Karnival, and first Centennial celebration, climaxed Friday night with the big Merchants and G. I. parade, with nearly 70 floats, bands and other groups taking part. The Offutt Air Force band gave a concert be fore the parade, and the Tangier Shrine patrol from Omaha siaged its colorful drill. Enlivening the eveniig after the parade was the snuppy Au burn American Legion drum and bugle corps, which drilled for nearly a half-hour. Winners in the Merchants pa rade competition were floats by WTcster's shoe store, first; Social Workers flower club, second, and Junior Women's club, third. Other events Friday were the com, fruit and vegetable judg- 1 ing at the Korn palace, the calf sale at the sales pavilion, the Army Reserves open house, and the School and Kiddies parade. Winners in the competitions, and results of the sale, are told in other stories in today's Jour nal. Eig events on Thursday's list of activities were the Farmers parade that afternoon and the Horse Show both afternoon and evening. The Karnival began Tuesday evening with the crowning of King and Queen T. H. "Bert" Pollock and Marilynn Stoehr, with the Ahamo Society of In dian dancers from Omaha shar ing billing. Wednesday's activities includ ed 4-H judging, precision march ing by the high cchool band, folk dances by St. John's grade school, the accordian band of Mrs. Arnold Meisinger, the "Happy Wanderers," a singing 4-H group, and vocal selections bv Vera Solomon. District Legion Convention At Beaver Crossing The 33rd annual American Le- gion and Auxiliary District Con- vention has been called to con vene at Beaver Crossing on Thursday, September 30. Registration will start at 9:00 a. in. with the Auxiliary to meet at the Methodist church. 1 Post members will convene at ! 1:45 p. m. j Joint banquet will be held at f tn scnooi nouse. o.ou y m. Election of officers, delegates from Hugh Kearns Post Auxiliary will attend. and THE WEATHER Compiled for the Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebr. Sent. 23-26. Date High Low Prec. Thursdav 80 42 Friday 78 52 Saturday 80 38 Sunday 84 38 Forecast: Partly cloudy, cooler. Newspaper Week as selected by the committee is, "Your News paper Freedom's Forum." These four words are meant to i emphasize the role newspapers play as bearers of ideas and communicators of information to the citizens of the United States. National Newspaper Week is set aside each year through the States. Idea of the occurance is National NEWSPAPER WEEK to bring before citizens of our nation the important role news papers play in family life and toward the freedoms we enjoy in this country by the unthrottled dispensing of news and informa tion. No where else in the world do the citizens of any nation have access to government records, official meetings and the know ledge of what their country is doing. Through these press free doms the people are kept in formed and enjoy a freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of religion and freedom of persecution, no other peoples comprehend. We as newspapermen, believe a local newspaper plays an im portant role in the development and growth of any community. We also believe that most news napers have many shortcomings. Ideas and suggestions from ; readers are always welcome. ! For the above reason, The ! Journal offers these cash awards as special inducements for high school students to tell in their own words what they believe their newspaper means to them, to their town, and what it lacks or fails to do. "What Does you Local News paper Mean to Your Commun ity." For the best answer to that question The Journal will pay $25.00 in cash. Entries must be in The Journal office by Friday, Oct. 1, 1954. Write only on out side of the paper. Copy need not be typewritten, but must be leg ible. No person, or member of his family, connected with The Plattsmouth Journal is eligible to enter. Mail or bring your copy to ! "Contest Editor," The Platts i mouth Journal, Plattsmouth, : Nebr. Remember, any boy or girl j regularly attending any Cass I County approved high school is i eligible for this contest. Two Are Fined After a Fight Two Weeping Water young men were fined $15 and costs each Monday as the result of a fight Saturday night in Louis- , vijle state recreation park Fined by . County Judge Ray mond J. Case were Patrick Bauer and Marvin Wade. Charges were Jiled by Kenneth Hogan, an air man from Lincoln Air Base, who with two other soldiers were in a car with two Weeping Water girls. Hogan said Wade and Case, ! m-i'Ht Jprrv .Tnvrp nnH nifk- Rnm. , 1nnH rirnvp 1in in n rnr and t cv,inoH tVipir lio-Vitc nn tViP TTnoo n car. a ngnt touowea, in wnicn Hogan received face cuts. The airmen were escorted out of the county by Sheriff Tom Solomon. UNHURT IN ACCIDENT West of Plattsmouth Sunday night a car driven by David H. Hutton of Auburn went out of control after hitting loose gravel, and rolled over on its side. Hut ton was not injured, according to the accident report made out by Deputy Sheriff Rhoden. rreedom s Lii .1? r "sr fit)) r .......... ....... ...... . ). ., . -Mr? L -'". ' s' If- j " ; -.'i, '',.- ' - ,v 'v- , - ,-r v . i f : These are the top four cattle to be shown in last week's 4-H calf show as part of the King Korn Karnival and Plattsmouth centennial cele-r bration. The one on left is Roger Wehrbein's reserve champion heifer, held, by Jay Speck. Roger could not be present for the picture. Next Ruhmann Farm Burglarized; Hat, Money, Gun Taken Thieves visited the Ardon Ruhmann farm Friday night be tween 7 and 9 while the Ruh mann family was visiting neigh bors. The thieves parked their car in a wheat field east of the Ruhmann farm, and took about 40 chickens, a three-barrel shot- i gun, three watches, a new nat and $14 in cash. Investigation by the sheriff's office indicated that the car used possibly was a 1939 Ford and tracks left indicated that it had headed toward platts mouth after the theft, i Journal Story Prompts Letter On Stone House The Journal's recent story on the tearing down of the 97-year-old Plattsmouth Lumber Co. of fice has prompted another letter from a relative of the builder, A. B. Barr. Mrs. Les Dalton last Thursday received a letter from Nancy E. Coleman of Colton, Calif., who said she had just received a copy of the Plattsmouth Journ al telling of the building's his tory. She said, 'Sorry to hear they're tearing down the stone house my grandfather built. His name was A. B. Barr, and he al so ran a butcher shop in tha early days. My oldest sister Lu elln was born there. I am the oldest granddaughter living; I am 81 years old." She also' said that Roy Barr and Mrs. Ladkin (who had pre viously talked to Mrs. Dalton of the building) are her cousins. Mrs. Coleman also said "I have often remarked if I ever visit Plattsmouth I must go and see the old stone house my erandfather built, but I have put it off too long." The building has been torn down and the lumber yard mov ed to make room for a new super market. Police Court Allan F. Rohlfs of Platts mouth, for speeding, was fined $5 and costs. Eudencio Maranjo of Platts mouth, for parking in a no parking zone, posted and for feited a $7 bond. Carrol L. Henderson, who was with the carnival, was fined $10 and costs for disturbing the peace. Charges were brought by Leroy Pafen . Alfred Jackson of Omaha, charged with drunken driving, pleaded not guilty and posted $300 bond for the Oct. 22 hear ing. School For Blind "Not A Fire Trap Harry Bischof, chief of the Nebraska City fire department, has taken issue with the state ment that the school for the blind there is a fire trap. Bischof said Thursday that fire drills at the school are high ly efficient, and blind children get out of the building every time there is a drill without any thing to confuse them. He also . said the school's housekeeping has been especially good. is Nola Weiss' champion heifer, held by Nola; Barbara Philpot's reserve grand champion steer, and Clark Riekli's grand champion steer. The calves were sold at the 4-H auction Friday. Journal photo. 4-H'ers With Hogs, even champion hogs, don't often care to pose for pic tures, and that was the problem when David Meisinger, Charles Stoehr and Denny Meisinger tried to get their hogs to stand still. They were blue-ribbon winners in last week's Korn Karnival 4-H hog show. Denny won the only purple ribbon, being top show man. His Duroc litter won a blue ribbon. David won a white ribbon for showmanship, and his Duroc gilt won a blue ribbon. Charles' Duroc boar won a blue ribbon. Journal photo. Class of 1903 Attend Reunion The class of 1903 or Platts mouth high school held their an nual reunion at the home of Minnie Guthmann Thursday evening, Sept. 23. A delicious dinner was sered at 6 o'clock. The tables were decorated with old-fashioned garden flowers, china and glass ware. Eight members were present, Jessie Barton Boos, Howard, South Dakota; Viva Barton Cross, Utica, Nebr.; Jessie Lane Simons, Omaha, Nebr.; Olive Cole Wiles, Minnie Guthmann, Frank Libershal, Margaret War- I ren Black and Nellie Jean Spang- j ler Plattsmouth Guests of the class" were C. L. Wiles, Mr. Boos, John Black, Da vid Simons and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Guthmann of Boise, Idaho. Letters were read from Loretta Scotten Murphy of Omaha and Bernese Newell Fuller of Bruce ville, Ind. Other members living are Ed na Marshall Petteys of Van Nuys, Calif., Arthur Dutton of San Diego, Calif., and Violet Dodge Hungerford, Omaha. The. ladies attending were dressed in their Centennial cos tumes. Officers of the class are Frank Libershal, chairman, and Nellie Spangler, secretary. Plans are going ahead for the Farmers Barbecue set for Oct. 6. The special events committee of the Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the event, which will be on the Athletic field. 5V Champ Hogs Leave For Service At Air Force Base Four young men have left for Lackland Air Force base for basic training, having volun- 1 teered for service in the air j force. They are Danny Covert, son j of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Covert; Bill Burch, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Burch; John James, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer James, and Don Harper, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Harper. Observer Corps Spots Eight Planes The district ground observer corps, during a drill Sunday, re ported eight planes to the filter center in Omaha. The observers were stationed at the Port of Entry just east of Plattsmouth, according to Supervisor P. H. Rihn. The observers will man the Port every Sunday from 12 noon to 4 p. m. Rev. Lowsan Goes To Lincoln Church Rev. J. C. Lowson, former minister of the Plattsmouth Me thodist church, has been trans ferred to Epworth church in Lincoln. Rev. Lowson left Plattsmouth to go to Wymore, then spent eight years in Syracuse, his most recent location. Mrs. Everett Beck of Fort Morgan, Colorado arrived Satur day for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Taylor, other relatives and friends. irtniovo Mrs. PoSbrd to Celebrate 94 th This Tuesday Nehawka (Special) Mrs. Ruth E. Pollard will be 94 this Tuesday, Sept. 28. Mrs. Pollard came here from Sherburn, Vt. where she was born, when she was 18. She lived the remainder of her life in Otoe and Cass counties. She has 13 grandchil dren and 19 great grandchildren. Her children are Oren, Hall and Merritt Pollard, all of Nehawka, Mrs. Harold Jacobsen of Seattle, Wash, and Mrs. Alton St. John of route 4, Nebraska City, with whom she makes her home. Mrs. Pollard is an active member of the Nehawka American Legion Auxiliary, the Veterans of For eign Wars of Nebraska Citv and the Wyoming Methodist W. S. C. S. She is active about the house and keeps busy. Her hus band was tie late Malcolm Pol lard of Nehawka. Schlichtemeier to Head Campaign Paul Schlictemier. formerly of Union, has been chosen chair man of the Scottsbluff "men's army." The group will embark soon on a campaign to raise $195,00 for the first unit of a new YMCA. Schlictemier, when appointed, was lauded as 'one of the most enthusiastic, energetic and in terested citizens in behalf of the YMCA movement. It was he who soearheaded the organization of the YMCA eight years ago, serv ed as its first president for two years and has continued his deep interest by heading up the 'youth in government' move ment." Also a member of the Kiwanis club, Schlictemier was active in their camp development, a member of the Campfire Girls board of directors, member of the Chamber of Commerce and active in the Methodist church. Larry Dean Kelley Struck By Auto; Former Residents Larry Dean Kelley, 4 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Kelley of Omaha was struck by a car Friday morning in Omaha. Larry is at the Children's Memorial hospital, where his condition is improving. The Kelleys are for mer residents of Plattsmouth. CORN PICKING UNDERWAY Picking of seed corn on the field east of the Burlington de pot got underway here this Mon day morning by Steckley. This is one of the few fields in east ern Nebraska that has developed seed during this past growing season. Gilbert t I op Ears A Gilbert Fornoff took top honors at the King Korn Karnival Korn show last week, winning the grand champ ionship and top two prizes in the Steckley division. Housed in the Korn Palace, the corn, fruit and veg etable show drew steady crowds throughout the Karnival and Centennial celebration. John Vallery and Glenn Wet enkamp were co-chairmen of the show. Corn shown was sold to Lester Meisinger, who paid a premium price of $1.56. Special awards went to Mrs. Friday Night Crowd One Of The Largcst4 While no accurate count could be made of the huge crowd watching the Merchants and G. I. parade staged by the Korn Karnival Friday night, an esti mate by show officials judged it to be one of the largest that ever witnessed this event. A count by police and Karni val officials taken just before the parade started placed a very conservative estimate of between eight and 10,000 persons lined the walks on Sixth and Main streets. Intersection at Sixth and Main was jammed with people while Sixth street and Main persons were standing six and eight deep back of bleachers. From every quarter came word that Friday night's street parade was one of the best, if not the finest, ever staged in Platts mouth, thanks to Chris Bulin and Bruce Gold, parade chair men, and all those cooperating. K Prices paid in the Korn fell far below those of a year ago, which in turn were lower than the year before that. Soennichsen's again paid top price for a calf, but this year the top money went not for the grand champion steer but for the reserve champion. Barbara Philpot's reserve champion, at 1,095 pounds brought $31.75 per hundredweight for a total of $347. 6G. The grand champion, showed by Clark'Rikle of Mur dock, at 905 pounds brought $28.75 per hundredweight for a total of $260.19. Trucker Doesn't Appreciate Cannon At least one motorist was deeply impressed by what he could see and hear of the big Merchants and G. I. pa rade in Flattsmouth Friday ni.ffht. One of the parade entries was a truck made up to look like a locomotive, and sport ing: a small blank-firing can non on the rear. As it pulled out to join the parade, police halted a large semi-trailer and truck labeled "explo sives." About that time a 40-and- 8 member cut loose with the cannon, and the poor truck driver tromoed on his air brakes to bring his explosive truck to an even quicker stop. Thirngcm Shop Sale Set for This Saturday Estate of the late Mat hew Thimgan, Murdock, will sell all equipment and machine tools of one of the finest equipped wood working and cabinet making shops in Nebraska next Satur day, October 2. This sale, according to Young and Lacy, auctioneers, is some thing special for this area, as seldom is such a complete offer ing available to bidders. This shop is equipped with automatic cross-feed turning lathes, heavy duty planers, shapers, saws, mill- , ing machines, radial saws, and J hundreds of other items neces ! sary for a complete cabinet building shop. In addition, there are hundreds of other items in the way of carpenter tools that will be offered for sale. Sale is scheduled to get under way at 10:30 a. m. Saturday, October 2, at the Thimgan home located at the northeast edge of Murdock. Lunch will be served on the grounds. Carl Ganz is attorney for the estate. Emil Miller is administra tor, while Bud Amgwert will act as clerk. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents Fornoff Shows Corn Show Ralph Craig of Plattsmouth, Roy Kinnison of Nebraska City and Alc B. Rominger of Platts mouth. In the Steckley exhibit, Milo Peterson won third, and Ray mond Lancaster had the best sinele ear. Other winners were: DeKalb corn: First, Fred Buechler: second. Vearl Smith; third, Charles Thomason; best sinele ear, Mrs. Leon Meisinger. Pioneer corn: First. Ralph Parkening; second, Mrs. George Sachs: third, Dennis Meisinger Federal corn: First, Mrs. Frank Lenert; second, Margaret Cuth rell. third, I. L. Fitchhorn. United corn: First, Gary Younker; second, Mildred Younker; third, Vernie Younkef. ! Cargill corn: First. Roy Rho den second, Mrs. Harold Mei- IL! 1 1 1 r - 11! singer: third. Ralph Sullivan Funks corn: First,- Emil Schmidt; second, Mrs. Frank Lepert; third, Claude Mayabb; best single ear, Henry Deitl. (Continued on Page Five) Karnival 4-H calf sale Fridav Two other steers, owned by Linnea Ingwerson of Platts mouth and Nancy Todd cf Un ion, brought higher money than the champion. Linnea's Here ford went for $31.25 and Nancy's for $29.75 per hundred pounds. Top buyer in the sale was Wil son packing company, which bought 21 head. Cudahy's bought six, Hinky-Dinky 12, Soennichsen's four and Ruback's five. Total sales amounted to $14, 959.96, down from last year's nearly $20,000 for 01 calves. There were 63 calves in Friday's sale. Other sales were: Hereford steers, Mary Schmidt, $27; Shir ley Foster, $28.25; Carroll Schmidt, $27; Roland Stock, $26.75; Roland Stock, $26.75; Ronald TiLson, $27.25. Shorthorn steer, Connie Dietl, $27.50; Angus steers, Shirley Fos ter, $28.25; Barbara Philpot, $27; Janice Lancaster, $28. Hereford steers, Ross Rikli, $26.25; Marjorie Grosshans, $26; Jim Ulrich, $26.25; Shirley Hild. $26.75; Beverly Sullivan, $26.75. Shorthorn steers, Mary Schmidt, $26.25; Hunter Ing werson, $27; Linnea Ingwerson, $27, and Jim Ingwerson, $27. Angus steers, Herbert Kraeger, $22.75; Bill Zoz, $23.50; Bill Sul livan, $27.25; Mary Sullivan, $26.75; Bill Todd, $24.75; Bill Todd, $25; Duane Hobscheidt, $23.50; Eeverly Sullivan, $24.75; Jerry McGill, $23; Jim Ingwer son, $25.50; Tom Sullivan, $25; Tom Kraeger, $25.50; and Char les Stoehr, $25.25. Hereford steers, Tommy Gregg, $26; Gene Vallery, $26.50; Jim Grosshans, $26; Shirley Hild, $25.25; Barbara Ulrich, $25; Jon Ulrich, $25; Duane Hobscheidt, $6; Jim Grosshans, $25.75; Tom Sullivan, $25; Fred Tilson, $25.50, and Karen Tilson, $24.25. Hereford heifers, Roger Noell, $23.50; Roger Noell, $24; Gene Noell, $23; Bill Weiss, $23.75; Gene Noell, $24.50; Fred Mei singer, $24.25; Lowell Rieke, ?24.25; Barbara Ulrich, $23.75; Tommy Gregg. $24.50; Nancy Lancaster, $24.25. Angus heifers, Charles Stoehr, $24; Mary Sullivan, $24; Jon Ul rich, $23.25; Bill Sullivan, $24; Ellen Kay Born, $24; Jim Ulrich. $24; Tom Kraeger, $23.75. Daughter First Teacher Visits City Midweek. Mrs. Louise Curry, accompa nied by her daughters, Mrs. Nell Agars and Mrs. Floyd Bridges of Lincoln, spent Wednesday in Plattsmouth looking up old ac quaintances during Centennial observances last week. Mrs. Curry, who is 89 years of age, is the daughter of the late A. E. d'Allemand, professor of languages here in 1870 in the first classes that were held in St. Luke's Church located at tha corner of Fourth and Avenue A. Later night school classes were held in French and German rooms over what is now Schrein er Drug store. Mrs. Curry said the family home was that which is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Clair Shellenbarger at Ninth and First Avenue. They left here in 1873 locating in Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebr. The three ladies enjoyed their visit here with old friends of the family and calls at the li brary building, St. Luke's church and at the Shellenbarger home. It was Mrs. Curry's first visit to Plattsmouth in several years. j She was amazed at the improve ments made here since her last visit. Dingman To Appear On General Ballots Perry Dingman will appear on the November general election 1 ballot for county surveyor, ac- I 1 r A. jna X mt . corning 10 uouniy uieru w. J, B. McDonald after a check of names on Dingman's petition. Dingman will be running against present surveyor Glenn Johnson.