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'v - yy y n " w v1 y n f"r "" 1500 r sr. y T ft i .--v, CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER MOT ru PUBLISHED. SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Li Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 73 EICHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1954 FIVE CENTS FER COPY NUMBER 102 u OilE iybmroflt IFiowre: If Cass county residents should go through with a proposed plan to make 12 school districts into a class VI rural high school district, total valuation Would total near ly $7 million and high school enrollment would be around 120. . School patrons have asked for a hearing on such a plan, and the hearing has been set for 8 p. m. Nov. 23 in the courthouse. The petition asking for the hearing didn't ask that all 12 of the districts be included, only that they be invited to come in if district residents wish. Set Meeting For Discussion Of Watersheds Programs in the Four - and Eight Mile creek watersheds will be discussed at a meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 8 p.m. in the Mynard community hall. Clarence Engelkemier, chair man of the Eight - Mile sub watershed, said D. E. Hutchin son of the soil conservation ser vice and Evan Hartman, exten s'on conservationist, will ex plain the watershed program. Others present will be Earl Cook and Clarence Schmadeke, Cass countv extension asent. Engelkemeir said there have : been several meetings regard ing the upper area of Eight Mile creek, and that there seems to be enough interest in the entire watershed for a meet ing cf everyone! He said the meeting is open to all interest ed persons. Mr. Vitousek Funeral Rites This Morning Charles Vitousek died at his home in Plattsmouth last Thurs day at the age of 88, and fun "rnl services were this morning in Holy Rosary church, Rev. Jo seph Tupy officiating. Rosary was Monday night in Caldwell Linder chapel. Born Nov. 4, 1866, in Hilevoko, Czechoslovakia, he came to this country at the age of 14. He was married 62 years ago to Anna Mary Nowacek, who survives. He retired from the Burling ton shops a 1 number of years ago. - Pallbearers were Ernest Jan da, Adolph Koubek,-James Now acek, Vincent Pilny, John Svo boda and William Swatek. Bur ial was in Holy Sepulchre ceme tery.. Survivors include Mrs. Vitou sek, and a niece, Hazel Brown of California. That Baby's Picture Will Mean Prizes If you're- good at putting words in people's mouths, or even if you aren't but want to try your luck, there's an ad in today's Journal that will ap peal to you Sponsored by Stander Imple ment Co., all you have to do is make up a saying to go with a baby picture and the winner eacn weeit win win a necsiace- bracelet - earring set. The con test runs for four weeks, the grand - prize being a Marmot fur stole valued at $150. Look for the baby picture in today's Journal, and put words in his mouth. Lieut. Marbakcr Has Rest Leave First Lt. William C. Marba ker, 25, whose wife Dorothy Jean lives in Plattsmouth, re cently spent a seven - day rest and recreation leave from his unit in Korea at Camp Hakata, on Japan's southernmost island of Kyushu. Marbaker, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Marbaker of Costa Mesa, Calif., is supply officer in the 1st battalion of the 24th Infantry division's 34th regiment. A 1952 graduate of the Uni versity of Nebraska, he entered the Army in September of that year and arrived in Korea last January. Sattler ambulance took Mrs. Louis G. Meisinger to the Clark son Hospital Saturday. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebr. Nov. 11-14, 1954. H L Prec. Thursday 68 48 Friday ...69 44 Saturday 74 44 Sunday 62 38 Forecast: Mostly fair, warmer. High about 60. There are 13 rural schools in Nebraska now, with valuations ranging from $400,000 to nearly $6 million. Enrollment in the schools ranges from 13 to 146, and number of teachers "from two to eight. All the rural high schools in clude the four high school classes, but it is thought that such a school could be set up to include seventh and eighth grades. If that should be done in the proposed Cass district, including all 12 suggested dis tricts, total enrollment would move up to about the 190 mark. Under the class VI set-up, school districts keep their own elementary schools, but high school students all go to one school. One of the main argu ments usually run into in set ting up a rural high school is that towns are reluctant to have the school in another town. This can be settled by locating the building in the country, cen trally between towns; but costs of operation would be increased because of added expense of utilities, transportation, etc. The opinion is that the bal lots used for voting on creation of a class VI school can carry the stipulation that the school must be situated outside corpor ation limits of towns involved. Cost of operation of a class VI district in southeast Cass county would depend on many ( factors: the number of districts soing into it and their valua tion; the type of building con structed; number of teachers; courses offered; and many oth ers. In the present rural high school districts with more than $3 million valuation, the mill levies are 5.566 in Deuel county; 2.72 in Kimball county; and 8.0 in Chase county (the latter dis ccontinued on Page 3.) Carl Pratt Dies, Had Been Supt. Of School Here Carl Ely Pratt, 61, of Hast ings, superintendent of schools in Plattsmouth 1919-1821, died in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday night. Funeral services and burial were in Hastings. Mr. Pratt became ill while visiting a daughter, Mrs. R. B Watkins. He was born in Adams county Aug. 7, 1893. He attend ed Hastings college, graduated in 1916, and went to Sutton as teacher and coach. He became superintendent of schools there the following year and served two years. After being superintendent in Plattsmouth, he became pre j sident of the Hastings business j college. He was president of the i North Platte srVinnl nf rrnn- merce, and was elected to the Nebraska house of representa tives in 1933. He was a former grand chan cellor of the Knights of Pythias, past chairman of the Adams I county Democratic club, past i worshipful master of the Ma sons, and belonged to the Pres byterian church. Cardwell Speaker AtW. W. Banquet Lloyd Cardwell, one of the greatest halfbacks ever to play for Nebraska and an outstand ing professional player with the Detroit Lions, will speak at the Weeping Water football banquet this Thursday evening. Spon sored by the athletic association, the banquet will begin at 6:30 p. m. in the basement of Ag ricultural auditorium. Cardwell now is head foot ball coach of the undefeated University of Omaha Indians. County Sales Up From 1953, August Nebraska retail sales in Sep tember came the closest to matching last year's sale since April. Business in Nebraska, a monthly bulletin, reported to day. September's sales were off .9 per cent, compared with last year, but up 3.4 per ent com pared with August of this year. Cass county was up 3.3 per cent from last year and up 5 per cent from August. Jeurnal Want Ads Pay To Honor Cass Farm Bureau At State Meet Thirty-three county Farm Bureau organizations, including Cass, will be honored at cere monies in connection with the Nebraska Farm Bureau federa tion annual convention, Tues day afternoon at the Hotel Lin coln in Lincoln. Five of the 33 counties will receive additional honors for special achievement. Featured speaker for the hon ors program will be Dr. Herbert E. Stotts, professor of sociology of religion at the Lliff Schocl of Theology, Denver. Kenneth Snyder, Nebraska Farm Bureau organization di rector will preside. Agents of the Farm Bureau insurance company with special achievements for the year will also be recognized and honored for: (1) the general agent with the best sales record; (2) the special agent with the best sales record; (3) the county with the best sales record. Counties will receive special membership honors for: achiev ing highest percentage of mem bership quota; lowest percent age of membership loss; high est total number of members; highest number of new member families; and highest percent age of membership increase. Gbllner Rites Wednesday At N. Branch Funeral services for Herman M. Gollner of Avoca, who died at his home Sunday, will be at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday at the family residence and at 2 p. m. services will be at the North Branch Lutheran church, Rev. F. Bracher officiating. Mr. Gollner, who operated a market in Avoca 40 years, was born May 2, 1881, six miles west of Avoca, son of Fred and Doro thea Gollner. He was married June 10, 1911, to Ella Witzke in Hammand. Pallbearers , will- be I Everett Brockman, Ray Spratt, Glenn Fentiman, Harry Gollner, Le Roy Nielsen, and Leonard Nutz man. Burial will be ni Avoca cemetery, Caldwell-Linder fun eral home in charge. Surviving are the wife, Ella; two sons, Fred and Ernest, both of Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Olewine of Omaha; four grandchildren; and a sis ter, Meta Spratt of Palmyra. Plymouths Will Be Lower and Longer Plymouth's bigger and more powerful 1955 model cars will be displayed at Bryant Motors, Plattsmouth, begining Wednes day. The 1955 Plymouths are en tirely ne'", both in styling and ensiner-Log detail, and are lower longer and wider than previous Plymouth cars. They are the most powerful cars Plymouth ever built. The 1955 engines are a 117-horse-power PowerFlow six, a 157 horsepower Hy-Fire V-8 and a 167-horsepower Hy-Fire V-8. The latter engine also is avaij able with a four-barrel car buretor and special manifold which increases its horsepower to 177. Plymouth offers as optional equipment a full range of auto matic and power assist devices. They include PowerFlite fully automatic no clutch transmis sion, a new design coabial full time power steering, power brakes, power - operated front seat adjustments, poweroper ated window regulators," and adjustable speed electric wind shield wipers. Air conditioning also is . available as special equipment. Judith And Sharon Cook In Clcc Club Judith and Sharon Cook, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. LeRoy Cook of Elmwood, have been selected members of the 56-voice Nebraska Wesleyan Un iversity woman's glee club. Ju dith is a sophomore and Sharon is a freshman. The group made its first ap pearance Nov. 12 in a pre-inaug-ural convocation held on the Wesleyan campus. The girls sang "No Man Is An Island" un der the direction of Miss Louise Holding. These Cases Co To Next Court Term In Thursday's story on district court business, we listed as hav ing been settled out of court the cases of Schmidt vs. Matz ner estate and the department of roads and irrigation vs. Dwinell. These cases actually were moved over to the next . court term. Campf ire Candy "'" I -r vi r - .. .. ) -r, ; ;vypiWpgyBMMW,,WBp,,ww,p I ' - h:,y- - V ow.-MM!----:J pr r f V "s ' - Hr i : ' 5' ! r ' H Patty Konfrst, left, and Mary Lou Keys sold Mayor Leo Mei singer the first box of the Campfire Girls candy they will be sell ing this week. Patty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Konfrst, is the oldest Campfire girl, and Mary Lou, daughter of MSgt. and Mrs. Eldon Keys, is the newest Bluebird. The money raised dur ing the sale will be used for improvement of Camp Harriet Hard ing at Louisville. Past sales have helped fix the swimming pool, build new cabins and new foundations for other cabins, and for fixing of roads. More than 100 girls will participate, with more than $1,300 boxes to be sold in Plattsmouth and Murray. Local candy chairman is Mrs. Robert Mann. Journal photo. Tell of Death Of a Former Cass Resident T. J. Bobbett of Humboldt, passed awav at Bryan Memor ial hospital in Lincoln Oct. 31, after a lingering illness. He was 37 years old. Mrs. Bobblett, formerly resid ed at Nehawka and will be re membered by many there. He married Hazel Gwilliams of Ne hawka on Oct. 31. 1936 and to this union five children were born. He leaves his wife, Hazel, ore daughter, Donna and four sons, Jim, Gary, Larry and Al len Lee all of Humboldt; two brothers, Paul of Anchorage, Alaska and Larry of Humboldt; four sisters. Mrs. Victor Turner of Union. Mrs. Mildred Bobbett of Nevada, Mo., Mrs. Josephine Cornelius of Barlow, Ore. and Mrs. Wanda Rowlett of Oregon City, Ore., and several nieces and nephews. Services were Nov 3, at the Christian Church in Humboldt with the Rev.'s Ward Merritt ond Claude Breidenthal, offi ciating. Burial was in Lincoln. Juniors to Present Class Play Tonight At W.W. School The Weeping Water high school junior class will present "No More Homework" in the high school auditorium tonight and Tuesday at 8 p.m. In the cast are Shirley Swit zer, Rosalie Plunkett, Ruth Jones, Robert Burgen, Charles Stacey, , Leo Kirchoff, Jean Curnes, Wally Ludwick, Ann Smith, Marie Stock, Kenny Stratton, Marilyn Rhodes, Nor man Petersen, Suzanne Slattery, Robert Miller, Alice Davis and Deroy Harshman. Janet Schroe der is prompter; Jerry Pointer, sound effects;- Jerry McKinis try, electrician; Ronald Taylor, curtains; Norman Jensen, stae manager, and Arlie Jose, assist ant. News-Press Gets Ike's Best Wishes President Eisenhower was one of the many sending congratulatory messages to the Nebraska City News Press Sunday on its 100th anniversary. Mr. Eisenhower told editor-publisher J. Hyde Sweet, "I have just learned that your newspaper will be one hundred years old on Nov. 14 and I am deliphted to send warm congratulations to all members of your staff. for the Mayor Well Pleased With Journal Want Ads Every week The Journal is reminded of what a good job low-cost Want Ads are doing for users in this area. A good example is a note from Herb Heil, owner of Heil's Turkey Farm at Louis ville. Mr. Ileil says: "Please cancel ad after Tuesday, Nov. 23. Will send new copy after Thanksgiving. Well pleased with results." You, too, will be pleased with Journal Want Ads if you have something to Buy, Sell or Rent. Richard Peck Talks For Veterans Day Richard Peck, Americanism chairman of the American Le gion post, was main speaker at the high school convocation last Thursday Veterans Day. Albin Chovanec was speaker at St. John's school. Tans and Retreat after one minute of silence, were played in all the grade schools. Buglers were Doug Reno at the high school: Carol Davis at Central; Robert Beverage at First Ward; Marilyn Hendrichs at St. John's; Shirley Gerbeling at Columbian; and Caroline Robinson at Win tersteen. Teachers conducted their own programs in the elementary buildings. Hereford Show And Sale Nov. 18 -19 Harold Harms, sale manager of the Northwest Nebraska Hereford association reports that the annual association show and sale will be Nov. 18 and 19 at Valentine. Some 60 top range bulls and several herd bull prospects will be in the offering says Tarms. The association is one of the oldest in the United States and has been most influential in the development of the Nebraska Sandhills cattle. Building Burns At Gravel Company The fire department made a run to the Lyman Richey Sand and Gravel Co. pit Friday night, but didn't arrive in time to save a building from burning. The. building, containing a steam engine, is thought to have caught fire from defec tive wiring. It was completely destroyed. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wolcott of Elgin, Illinois returned to teir home Monday afternoon, after SDending the week at the home of Mrs Wm. Wolcott and Helen Smith. Sunday the Wolcotts visited Mrs. D. R. Gould of York, Nebraska, who is quite 111. Tom Solomon Cited for Law Enforcement Sheriff Tom Solomon has ben awarded a bronze plaque for . "continual outstanding work" in law enforcement, ac cording to J. F. Martin, district agent for the Great Central In surance Co., seller of crime in surance. y This is Solomon's second award from the company. He was the first sheriff in Nebras ka ever to be so honored, and the first ever to get a second award. Only two other sheriffs in Nebraska have received the award. Mai-tin nresented Solomon the plaque Thursday. He named no specific actions on Solo mon's part, saying that effect ive crime control is a continu ous undertaking. He said-Sol-omon's work has greatly re duced crime in Cass county, which in turn is a great mater ial saving to businessmen and j residents. Solomon recently was re elected to the office he has held through two terms. At the time of his first election he was the youngest Nebraskan ever to be elected sheriff, 25, but including military police and army intelligence work now has about 15 years experience in law enforcement. Cook Attends Church Confab In Milwaukee Raymond C Cook of Platts mouth is in Milwakee, Wis., at tending the third general con ference of the Evangelical Unit ed Brethern church. Openine: Wednesday afternoon of last week, the session continues for eight days. Four hundred fifty laymen and ministers, repre senting 38 annual conferences in the United States and Cana da, are among the ministers and laymen elected to this quadrennial tribunal of one of America's larger denomina tions. Cook witnessed Senior Bishop Ira D. Warner, Puente, Calif., open the session with consid erable pageantry. Churchmen in general canacities in boards and institutions of the church I Chamber Manager Chuck Al in academic garb formed a pro- j len said several ministers at cessional into the auditorium tended the meeting, and ap in downtown Milwaukee before t proved the theme. Plattsmouth an estimated crowd of 1500 per- sons. Bishop J. Balmer Showers of Indianapolis, Ind., gave the opening address on "For Christ and the Church." Laymen who are delegates and churchmen of the area held a great mass meeting, Satur day evening. Dr. Harry Den man, secretary of Evangelism of the Methodist church, Nash ville, Tenn., was the speaker. In Cass county, there are E. U. B. churches in Elmwood, Nehawka, arid three in the vi cinity of Murdock and Mynard The Mynard church is the old.' est United Brethern church west of the Missouri river, in the state of Nebraska There are more than 125 E. U. B. churches in Nebraska. Albert Meisinger Died This Morning Albert Meisinger passed awav this Monday morning, Nov. 15th at the St. Catherine's hospital. Omaha. He has been there 3 months. He was born March 14, 1905, on a farm near Cedar Creek, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad J. Meisinger. His father died 14 years ago. He has made his home with his mother. The Fusselman Funeral Home of Louisville will have charge of arrangements. No definite ar- rangements have been made as io aaie. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents Court House Briefs Marriage licenses were issued -K the following: John Alton Fos ter, 26, of Dallas, Tex., and Nor ma Jean Kaufmann 22, of Plattsmouth; Stanley Joseph Zeman, 25, of Omaha, and Mary Ann Hahn. 17, of South Omaha; William Floyd Becker, 18, and Sallv Ann Fulton, 18, both of Plattsmouth. Millard Mason of Louisville pleaded guilty to a charge of procuring alcoholic beverages for a minor, and was fined $50 and costs. Ronald Aust of - Omaha, for speeding, was fined $10 and costs. Emmett Robert Lyons, intoxi cation, was fined $20 and costs. Robert W. Wilkerson, intoxi cation, was fined $20 and costs. Earl Van Foote, speeding, was fined $50 and cost;. Workers T Theoir At AUied Several hundred workers went back to work this morning- at Allied Chemical and Dye Corp. nitrogen plant at LaPlatte after the Omaha metal trades council and company officials reached an agreement ending a 15-day old strike. The agreement was reached Sunday night, and ac cording to a statement includes a 4y2-cents-an-hour pay . increase each of the two years covered by the agree ment; a seniority plan; and "other clauses." : - The seniority plan had been i the main stumbling block dur Tommy's Crayons Earn lkes Photo The rural school in dis trict 43 is proud of a new picture of President Eisen hower which was obtained through the efforts of second-grader Tommy Jones. Tommy drew the letters I and K on a sheet of draw ing paper and colored them in bright colors. Having no picture of President Eisen hower, he pasted the letters above one of George Wash ington. His teacher, Mrs. Laura Webb, sent the picture to the president with the comment that a second-grader with that much admiration for the president was deserving of a picture. The desired picture was promptly forth coming. The school board has fur nished a frame, and District 43 school is the proud pos sessor of "IK's" picture. Christmas Windows To Be Decorated By Town's Churches Theme for Christmas decora tions in Plattsmouth windows this year will be "Christ, the Greatest Gift of All,"Mt was de cided at a meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce retail sub- I committee iriaay. j churches have been asked to decorate several vacant windows in the downtown area. All win dows will be decorated, then un covered at 7 p. m. Wednesday, Dec. 1. Allen will make uo a list of available windows, then assign the windows to churches for decoration. , The Chamber also will spon sor a Christmas home-lighting contest this year, details to be worked and announced later. Ycuths Accused Of Breaking Windows Eight youths, ranging in age from 15 to 19, have been im plicated in the damaging of the Kropp Tavern and Mel's D-X service station 4n Eagle Oct. 31, according to Sheriff Tom Solo mon. The boys, all from Lincoln, are accused of throwing beer bottles through the windows while going through Eagle. Chcck Fingerprints At Tavern Break-in Sheriff Tom Solomon is m- vestigating the break - in of Kropps tavern in Eagle last Wednesday night. Several fin gerprints" have been found on the window broken tn eain en trance, and are being matched oy me state criminal Bureau ; with those of known burglars Missing, according to Kropp, were several bottles of whisky, cigarettes, and several mex- pensive wrist watches Marriage license was issued Robert Dean Tate, 22, of Crooks ton, and Vivian Emma Lea Snoke, 21, of Elmwood. Marriage license was issued Harry Henry Rohn, 20, and Donna Lee Aline Geschke, 17, both of LaPlatte. Ruth K. Loper has filed di vorce suit against 'David F. Lo per Jr. Her petition states they were married in Council Bluffs, la.. Oct. 28. 1950, and have two children. She said the defend ant is in the service, doesn't visit her and the children on his leaves, and that his actions constitute extreme cruelty. She asks custody of the children and a "reasonable monthly al- lowance." " Return Plant ing negotiations. The company had called the union's plan "unworkable," while union of ficials had maintained they were not trying to set up job or training standards but that" those things were the sole right of 'the company. During the strike, which be gan Oct. 29, pickets blocked all traffic into and out of the plant for several days, and a group of supervisory wrokers stayed in the plant the entire time to maintain production. Negotia tions were halted for a week, and Governor Crosby called on company and union officials to get together for more talks. The company and union agreed, Al lied insisting that the picketing laws be observed first. During the first days of the strike, someone cut a telephone I cable into the plant; a truck. was damaged; and the families of some nonstriking workers claimed they "were threatened. An airplane was used to haul in food, mail and other material needed by supervisory workers operating the plant and non striking workers were not per mitted to leave. The nitrogen plant has been in operation at LaPlatte only a few months R. L. Riggs is plant manager. Dodges to Be Out of Wraps On Wednesday Ths 1955 Dodge passenger car line, an advanced concept in automitive body design, will be introduced this week in the Bryant Motors showroom and across the nation. Dodge engineers have incor. porated over 100 structural and mechanical innovations in the longer, lower ,and wider 1955 line. Offering three series the new and luxurious Custom Roy al. the richly appointed Royal and the classic Coronet- the '55 Dodge has a built-in look of action, resulting from its swept-back design. Performance to bear out the styling is provided by a wide choice of engines the "Get Away Six" developing 123 horsepower, the all - new Red Ram V 8 rated at 175 horsepow er, the" Super Red Ram V-8 at 133 horsepower, and the super -powered Super Red Ram V-8 at 193 horsepower. Another automotive first for Dodge in the introduction of three - tone combinations on Dodge Lancer hardtop and con vertible models. The multiple tone paints accent the flair styling and permit new combin ations in exterior color design. A choice of two transmis sions includes the fully auto matic PowerFlite drive with Dodge's "scat" gear for safe passing, and standard easy shift transmission with or with out overdrive. The new "rudder, bar" power brake pedal and clutch pedal (with standard transmission) have been suspended from un. ! der the control panel. This pro vides mor efficient driving op eration and eliminates the possibility of road dust and dirt entering holes in the floormat. Optional new features on the 1955 Dodge line Include power brakes, power-controlled ' seats, power window lifts, and a back seat hieh-fidelity radio speak er. Tubeless tires are standard equipment for the first time pn all models. Jury Votes Against Plaintiff Defendant In the only case they got to try in the October session of district court, the jury Friday returned a verdict against both defendant and plaintiff. In the case of Pearl Cary vs. Norman Bornemeier, the jury gave no damages to the plain . tiff, or to the defendant in his cross petition The case grew out of a truck - auto accident Jan. 7, 1953, six miles east of Eagle. ESCAPE INJURY Robert Schense of Offutt air base and an airman companion escaped injury Friday ni?ht i when their car went out of con- trol and rolled after crossing the bridge into Cass county on, highway 75. r nil