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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FQUR Section B Monday, October 25, 1954 LOUISVILLE Mrs. Bw'e Core Phone .4377 at the .Buffalo school .took her mzm;mzw in pupils on a Held trip Tues day afternoon at the farm of her narents. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Slander, son of Mr. and j Charles Hinkle of Louisville. Mrs. Ed .Stander is back in the ; Games and a weiner roast were United States again after be- t enioved bv the dudUs. Manford McDonald of Lin coln was in Louisri He Friday looking after his insurance business, while her he drove out to the farm and c ailed on Mrs. Fannie Ingram a friend of many years. Mrs. Ingram will be 85 in Dec. and .enjoying fairly good health. James Larsen entered, the M. E. Hospital Saturday mtrnmg for treatment. He underwent minor surgery on his arm rand returned the same ('ay. Elroy Woehler of St. Loun left Sunday after visiting a few days with his uncle Arthur Woehler and family. A note from Hastings College savs John Worthman of Louis ville is a member of the Hast ings colleae band this season. Mr. ancf Mrs. Donald Huffman and twin sons, Johnny and Daird were guests Sunday at at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Huffman. They recently sold their home on Otoe St. and have purchased another one, where they will move next week. Little John Ingalise, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Ingalise of Omaha underwent an opera tion for herrjia at the child- rens hospital Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Myers went to Oma ha to be with their daughter, Mrs. Ingalise and report the little boy as having come thru the surgery ir. good condition. Mrs. Benton Hutchison and Mrs. Wm. Givin were m Platts mouth on business Saturday. Mrs. Sophia Meyers returned Sunday from Springfield where she had spent a short time vis iting her daughter, Mrs. Augus ta Price. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Jackson have had as their house guests the past week their daughter -in - law, Mrs. Pearl Jackson and her little daughter, Jean nie Ann, from Alton, Okla. The Jacksons son who is in the air force is in Finland at present. Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Worth man are expecting to be at Hastings this week end to at tend the parents festivities and Homecoming at Hastings Col lege. Dr. Worthman has been selected to speak on behalf of the parents at the Saturday morning special program. LaMarr Kraft has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kraft from Germany that he expects to be home around Xmas.. Homer Duggan of Iola, Kan sas was in town on business Wednesday and visited with his sister, Mrs. C. F. Crawford. The Crawfords entertained that eve ning with their daughters, Mrs. Benton Hutchison, Mrs. Joyce Gwin and Mrs. Ellen Shoir of Plattsmcuth and their families as guests. Following services at the M. E. Church Sunday morning the members gathered in the din ing hall of the church for a covered dish d'nner to welcome the new pastor, the Rev. and Mrs. L. N. Blough. A good crowed was present for the din ner and all enjoyed getting to gether. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lan gren left Friday morning for a short vacation trip to Elgin, Nebr. to visit old school friends and some relatives they had not seen for years. This was Mrs. Langren's birthplace and first school day town. They found the school had been discontin ued for 10 years, but the small j country church had grown into ! the largest congregational rur- 1 al church in the state. They're- daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Drury looked after their chores while they were away. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sut ton of Omaha are the parents of a son born on Thursday, Oct. 14 at St. Joseph's hospital. Mrs. Sutton was formerly Erika Garwig of Germany. ing in Koxea. He called his par ents Sunday to tell them he ex pects to get his discharge and be home fome time this wreek. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph (Bill) ' Weaver camve up from Chanute Kansas and spent the week end with Mrs.. Weaver's.- parents, Mr. and Mrs. ' Elmer Wendt. Mrs. Earl Hrabek came home-i last Thursday after spending a week in an Omaha hospital for surgery. She is feeling much better. Charles Mastvs who had ex pected to undergo surgery in Omaha last weak, was brought home Monday to recover from a chest cold, before surgery will be undertaken. ;He Will return to the hospital ; in about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. ; Don Hansen of Hemingford spent Friday , night with Mrs. J. B. Larsen, Friday. Mis. Larsen -accompanied them to Florida . to attend the wed ding" of Don Hansen's twin bro ther. They expeqt to be gone about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Orland . Stohl man amd daughters, Susan and Sharon and Mrs. Clifford Mey ers ancfl Deborah drove to Gelt ner, Nebr. Thursday and spent the day visiting with relatives and fri ends. Mrs.. Meyers and Deborah, returned to their home in Pontiac, Mich, after having , spent a week visiting with her sister, Mrs. Stohlman and family. Mrs. Ben Scholting, teacher Watermelon was served be fore they left for home. Help ing to -convey the frroup were Mrs. Emory Buskirk. Mrs. Ben Scholting, Mrs. ' Frank Loske, Mrs. Russel' Coonts. Mrs. Walter Zimmerman. De and Sgt. Russell Joins IX Corps In Korea Sergeant First Class Arthur R. Russell, son of Mrs? Myrtle L. Russell of Ashland, recently joined the IX Corps in Korea. .The. IX Corps, one of three in the Eighth Army, coordinates an intensive post-truce training program for UN units under its control. ? Sergeant Russell, a platoon sergeant in Company B of the 88th Infantry Battalion, arrived overseas in June and previously served with the 5th Regimental Combat Team. He served in the Pacific theater during World War II and with the occupation forces in Japan. . BIBLE AND $680 STOLEN JACKSON, Miss. Charles Brantley, afraid of banks, hid his savings of $680 in his Bible. Two young women visitors grabbed the Bible, containing $680 and fled. As they ran, pulled. the money - out and threw the Bible away. Police, ! arrested the girls and recover ed most oiine money. Legislative SIDELIGHTS . . by BERNTE CAMP Information Director Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation V.VAVAVtV.WV.W.V.VAV.VV.V.V.WV.V.V.V.Vi .........."..."......'...'-...-... Eight Amendments Nebraska voters wil be ask ed on November 2 to decide what they want to do about e'ght . Constitutional Amend ments. The 1S53 regular session of the Nebraska Legislature con sidered a number of Consti tutional amendment proposals of which three survived. These are the first three items on the General Election ballot. Five of the amendments re sulted from the Special Ses sion of the Legislature in the Spring of 1954. Four of the five were recommended to the Special Session by the Legisla tive Council tax study commit tee; and one was introduced by a member of the Legislature. The following is a brief sum mary of the eight amndments. The number proceeding each amendment indicates its posi tion on the ballot. The first three were approved by the 1953 regular session of the Le gislature make salary adjustments for ments actaully increase the re-, on this field loss of corn. Twen- : ncre. Add the kernel and e?r state officials more often than j sponibility. of the Legislature ty kernels per hill for a three : i0c to fird the totnl lo in tH nnfo "n piCTht. vpaM. for riealiner with basic nroblems. vsiiv vi ,0.- j u - - - mt - - i "" "UU 11CI. iUVY ilittlil l i fJ-IJ 9 Pprmits the establishment ! None of the amendments ' i . , I - . , - , . , . . . . ; -vww v W-- KJ UOilV. X J X. 01lV-liV,U of a State uoara 01 aucauon- al Lands and Funds 3. Eliminates the require ment that members of executive- boards and commissions must reside at the seat , of state government. Amendments Numbers 4, 5, 6, and 8 were recommended to the Special Session by the Tax Study Committee. 4. Permits the Legislature to prescribe standards and meth ods for all classes of tangible property assessment. 5. Permits the appointment of county assessors and indepen dent county boards of equali zation and assessment. 6 Permits the Legislature to determine assessment policy for household goods. ' ,' 7. Prohibits the state from levying property tax for state purposes - in case a sales or in come tax is enacted. 8. Permits the Legislature to make changes in the proced ures of the State Tax Commis sioner's office, to set up a commissioner or tax commis sion as the department execu tive. The seventh amendment was introduced by Senator Herbert Duis, Gothenburg; and it is the only amendment on the ballot which writes into the State Constitution a limitation on the actions of the Legisla bind the legislature to take ac tion, but they do open hither to closed doors in giving the I lawmakers authority to deal with proolems. For the best possible es- corn per acre. Just measure a j "mate, repeat tnis procedure at length of three and one-half j several points in the field and feet, using the rows of drilled average the totals, corn for the sides of your square. ! iuunt ine Kernels ana aiviae oy i SSS'SSSSSSSl Harvest Corn Early For Least Loss To reduce to a minimum the loss of corn in the field make arrangements to harvest it as early as possible,' says M. L. Mumgaard, extension engineer. When corn reaches the level of moisture safe for cribbing, the "normal" field losses increase at a rate of about three per cent per week, for a period of about four weeks with the loss there after increasing at a rate of j about one per cent. This loss I includes both shelled corn and i the ears dropped. A normal har- j vest generally starts at a ker nel moisture of 20 per cent. j The agricultural engineers at j the University , of Nebraska sug- j gests this way of checking up FUSSELMAN FUNERAL HOME :? AMBULANCE MONUMENTS: ft ft- Louisville Phone 3981 S 20 to find the number of bush- ; fl els lost ner acre. i For ear loss, step off 190 feet along a row and. pick up all the ears between two rows. The weight in pounds will equal the ear corn loss in bushels per 1-1XJUXTV For Car and Fire INSURANCE Wm. S. Wetenkamp Real Estate & Insurance South 6th St. Ph. 5176 1. Permits the Legislature to ture. The other seven amend- (Political Advertisement) (Political Advertieiiifut) 1 -i,' ffc'S! l-Tiii ii il iiii'iti i Elect CLAiA LS County Assessor Republican Experienced is 1 YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT APPRECIATED SAMPLE BALLOT NON-POLITICAL Proposed Amendments to the Constitu tion Ordered by. the Legislature, General Election, November 2, 1954. J . ... ,rrT., f f -... - - v., J. f-1 " ii i ii t ii ii' ri" i mr" im i MINOR PONTIAC 625 Ave. A Dial 255 300 301 f""j Against Constitutional amendment to re move the provision restricting change, of salaries'of certain of ficers not more than once in eight years. 302 303 J Against Constitutional amendment to au thorize the Legisla ture to provide meth od of appointing members ofRoard of Educational Lands and Funds.' ' ' 304 Fdr 305 Against Con st i tu tional amendment to change the provisions requiring Certain ex ecutive officers to re side at the seat of government. 306 jj For 307 Against C o n s t i t u tional amendment to permit the Legislature" . to prescribe standards and methods for the determination of the value of real or other tangible property at uniform and proportionate values Cons tit u tional amendment to permit the. Legislature, to provide for appoint ment of county asses sors and boards of equalization and .assessment for counties or for other taxing districts. " - - 308 jj For j Against 309 310 I" I For j Against 311 Ctan st-itu tional amendmentto pernyt the exemption of household goods and personal effects, in wholes ir in part, from taxation, and to permit the Legisla ture to prescribe a formula for the deter mination of value of household, goods and personal effects. 312 I I For I I 313 Against C on st it u tional amendment to pro vide that when a gen eral sales tax, or an income tax, or a com bination of a general sales tax and income tax, is adopted by the Legislature as a method of raising revenue, the state shall be prohibited from levying a property tax for state purposes. 314 j--j For 315 C onstitutional amendment to permit t he Legislature to provide for the ap pointment of a Tax Commissioner or Tax Commission, and defining their y jurisdic tion and powers. ... . t Against STATE OF NEBRASKA) ) ss. COUNTY OF CASS ) I, W. j. B. McDonald. County Clerk of Cass County, Ne braska, do hereby certify that the Sample General Election Bal lots, and the Sample Non-Political Ballots published in The Plattsmouth journal are true and correct copies of the OFFI CIAL BALLOTS to be used at the Ceneral Election to be held in Cass County, Nebraska, on Tuesday, November 2, 1954. WITNESS my hand and Official Seal at Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, this 25th day of October, 1954. . (seal) w. j. b. Mcdonald, County Clerk, Cass County, Nebraska General -lection, November 2, 195 4 United States Senator FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR (Full Term) Vote for ONE " Carl T . Curtis ...Republican Keith Neville Democrat - " FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR (Short Term - To Fill Vacancy Expiring January, 1955) Vote for ONE ; t '"f MrTr George' P. Abel .r.t..RepuDlican 1 William H. Meier Democrat ;.. FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR (Short Term To Fill Vacancy Expiring January, 1959), Vote for ONE 'Roman L. Hruska Republican James F. Green Democrat I.:.:.::: :. State Ticket - FOR GOVERNOR Vote for ONE a Victor E. Anderson Republican William Ritchie .....Democrat FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Vote for ONE Charles J. Warner Republican Stanley D. Long Democrat " BBiMB FOR SECRETARY OF STATE Vote for ONE Frank Marsh Republican v. C. Havorka, Sr Democrat : FOR AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Vote for ONE I 1 Ray C. Johnson Republican Ray Chase Democrat : FOR STATE TREASURER Vote for ONE Ralph W. Hill Republican 1 - 1 Richard R. Larsen ......Democrat - - State Ticket FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL Vote for ONE Clarence S. Beck Republican I 1 I William E. Grubbs Democrat ..: : : FOR RAILWAY COMMISSIONER Vote for ONE I Richard H. Larson Republican C. McReynolds .Democrat Congressional Ticket FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS SECOND DISTRICT Vote for ONE ! Jackson B. Chase Republican I James A. Hart Democrat Non-Political Ticket FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT FIRST DISTRICT Vote for ONE E. B. Chappell FOR MEMBER OF STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FIRST DISTRICT (Two Year Term) Vote for ONE Frank E. Landis , George A. Spidel - FOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE THIRD DISTRICT Vote for ONE j j Tom Dooley I ! William A. Metzger I 1 L J - - ; FOR REGENT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY, FIRST DISTRICT Vote for ONE J J Clarence E.. Swanson LJ FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT Vote for ONE L. A. Behrends County Ticket FOR COUNTY CLERK Vote for ONE I Charles Land Republican W. J. B. McDonald Democrat I I FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS Vote for ONE Lucille Horn Gaines Democrat lJ FOR CLERK. OF DISTRICT, COURT Vote for ONE I C. E. Ledgway Republican :.. FOR COUNTY TREASURER Vote for ONE Alice Jayne Grosshans ....Republican N. W. McKee Democrat I 1 lJ FOR COUNTY SHERIFF Vote for ONE Roy B. Sharp Republican Thomas S. Solomon Democrat FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY Vote for ONE I 1 .Richard C. Peck c Republican r I I J Francis M. Casey Democrat I 1 Ll FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR Vote for ONE Glenn L. Johnson- Republican I Perry Dingman By Petition I 1 LJ : - u i ' mm a me mm n be FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR Vote for One Clara Olson Republican- I I Earl F. Allbee Democrat 1 f FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER SECOND DISTRICT Vote for ONE R. E. Norris Republican Otto Schafer Democrat lI FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER THIRD DISTRICT Vote for ONE Herman L. Bornemeier ..Republican