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s, t n w1 y f i 1500 n sr. iaX.iyj Lii.it ii CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST ' NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED Monday - Thursday SEMI - WEEKLY U ALU Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 74 TWENTY PACES PLATTS MOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1955 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER IS QDOJ BSRJ AB nn ru Allied! Chemical Heodkf To 0ubSe if et Farley Rites Held Thursday In Plattsmouth Funeral services were set at 2 p. m. today (Thursday) at the Eattler Funeral Home in Platts mouth for George L. Farley, 523 Third avenue, Plattemouth. Rev. Keith Delap will officiate. Bur ial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Mr. Farley died Tuesday at his Plattsmouth home after a 6-weeks illness. '4 v George L. Farley Mr. Farley was a well known Cass county pioneer, having been born at Weeping Water on June 3, 1855, the son of Henry Woods Farley and Sarah Eliza beth Chamberlain. He was graduated from Weeping Water j Academy and was married to j Mary Baird on Jan. 19, 1904, at I Plattsmouth. She survives him. ! He was a teacher in Cass j county for five years and county ! superintendent of schools from 1894 to 1900. From 1900 through 1908 he was editor and publish er of the Plattsmouth Evening News and Semi-Weekly News Herald. In 1908 through 1916 he was a real estate and insur ance agent before becoming Cass county assessor, a position he held until 1920. He then served, in succession, as Cass county commissioner (1920 1924); deputy county treasurer (1921-1928); county commis sioner (1928-1932). He was in the furniture business from 1932 to 1936 and again served as Cass county commissioner in 1937. At the time of his death he oper ated the Farley furniture store in Plattsmouth. A member of the First Presby terian church, he served as Sun day school superintendent for 13 years and had served as treas urer, trustee and elder in the church. He was a member of the Mod ern Woodmen of America; the Plattsmouth Rotary Club; and the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Edith and Helen; a niece, Mrs. Ernest Rus sell of Portland, Maine; a neph ew, Harold Elliott, Menlo, Calif. Bearers for the services were Ray Larson, Carl Schneider, Searl Davis, Ralph Wehrbein, Paul Jahrig and Hilt Westcott. Subscribe to The Journal NOW! Seen A Robin Yet? May Be Old Timer Have you seen the first robin of spring yet? Maybe. Cut if you saw a robin red breast you may have been seeing an old settler. Many robins stick around all winter as perma nent residents. Mrs. F. I. Ray reported to the Journal that she saw a robin on Tuesday. Mrs. P. rx. rieineman, a member of The Plattsmouth liird Club, says she has seen a robin around all winter. Mrs. Ileineman has also seen four different kinds of woodpeckers, a tufted tit mouse, several cardinals, a goldfinch, brown peepers and other kinds. Late at night, says Mrs. Ileineman, she can hear a horned owl hooting in the dark. These rare birds are protected by state law. One member of the club, Mrs. V. W. Perry, saw the horned owl, she said. It is one of several kinds of birds which migrate here from the north during the winter. And that robin you might see may go north when sum mer comes. M gem Flaunt Allied Chemical's nitrogen division plant, north of Platts mouth, will be doubled in ca paoity immediately and may be quadrupled in the future. This was brought out in a press conference and at a lun cheon Wednesday at Omaha held by Allied officials. A firm committment for 12 million cubic feet of natural gas, plus an interruptible committ ment for 12 mllion more feet is the only thing standing in the way. The question of allowing this to Allied through the Northern Natural Gas company is now before the Federal Power Com mission in Washington, D. C. This was explained to repre sentatives of the press, radio and television by John Waugh. public information officer of the Nitrogen Division of Allied Chemical and Dye of New York, and Hugo Reimer, president of the company Wednesday morn ing. The present doubling of capacty would raise theem ployment from 500 workers to 850, thus adding 350 to the group. At a. luncheon Wednesday noon, about 100 farm leaders, Omaha business men, and civic leaders heard what they would have to do to bring the doubled capacity to the plant urge the Federal Power Commission in Washington to find in favor of the Allied gas allotment. Plattsmouth was represented in the group by R. R. Furse, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Charles Allen, Plattsmouth Chamber manager; and William L. Murdock, editor of the Journal. Nebraska Governor Victor Anderson spoke at the lunch eon, saying the Allied project has three advantages for Ne braska. He pointed out that it will provide more employment; provide more money in taxes and help the agricultural econ omy. Frank Fogarty, president of the Omaha Chamber of Com merce, urged the leaders pre sent to wire the Federal Pow er Commission and to get their friends to do likewise. The Chamber said that any carbon, copies of telegrams sent to the FPC would be tor warded to congressmen if sent to them. The Omaha Chamber will also ask Chambers of Commerce in Nebraska to helTJ urge the FPC to allow Allied the firm gas commit ment. Others present at the lunch eon, among a great number of leaders, were Omaha Mayor John Rosenblatt, Ellsworth (Continued on Puge 4) City Bowlers Association Formed Here The Plattsmouth Bowling Association was formed here last night in an organizational meeting at the Plattsmouth li brary and plans for league bowling were discussed. Clarence Cuthrell was elected president of the new organiza tion with Don Kellison vice president and Al McClanahan secretary treasurer. Les Stein h ch and Frank Bierl was nam. ed members of the executive committee. The proprietors of the new Plattsmouth Bowlero announc ed that the alley will open for league bowling commencing on Feb. 6, 195o. It was decided that team en try fees in the leaeues would b $10 for the balance of the season and that individual membership fee of $1 would he charged, 50 cents of which is for membership in the Ameri can Bowling Congress, the bal ance to remain with the local association. The cost of league bowling was set at $1.65 per bowler per night, $1.20 of which will be the cost of the lines, the balance, 45 cents, to be placed in a prize fund to-be distributed at the end of the season m ac cordance with ABC practice. A" constitution as recommed, Qd by the ABC was adopted by th( organization last night. Some 15 teams signed up for league bowling at the meeting. Hope was expressed that a 16 oam Chamber of Commerce league, a 16-team industrial league, perhaps a church league nd an out - of - town league could be established. According to ABC rules, any one residing within 20 miles of fhe city is eligible to be a mem ber of the association. Anyone interested in enter ing a team or as an individual is requested to contact either Jim Begley, Howard Hirz, Don Bll or Al McClanahan. Vince Kelley of Omaha was here as organizer and conducted meeting for the group. Council Talks Of Rat Problem At Meeting Plattsmouth's city council stayed in session until 10:40 p.' m. Monday night, m their first, meeting of 1955, took few offi cial actions but they talked a lot. They talked about rats. Councilmen declared them selves concerned with the re surgence of the rat menace around Plattsmouth though a drive against the rodents earlier reduced the number prevalent around the city dump. The creatures are beginning to become thicker again and-city fathers expressed concern over whether they will again make their way into town. They called on merchants and citizens to set traps and cooperate in an effort to reduce the number. But the most forceful measure of all was the dec laration that persons who dump garbage in ditches around town, in places other than that designated for it, should be arrested by police and fined. - ' A study of the rat problem by the council has shown the ani mals live on garbage at the perimeter of the city and finally make their way up sewers into the city itself once they become thick enough. Bill Spradlin, operator of a Plattsmouth pest contrbl serv ice, appeared before the counil Monday night and reported on his efforts at controlling rats at the city dump where baited traps are set constantly. He reported that he will tour the traps oftener. Garbage disposal service is supplied by two route men in Plattsmouth, Emery Rozell, phone 3124, and Don Kellison, phone 5027 or 7005. Mayor Leo Meisinger said that he will order police to make a special watch for persons dump ing garbage in ditches or in other places where it is illegal. In other action, the council: 1. Sold the north half of lots 4, 5, and 6, block 168, on Sixth street to Carl Ulrich who made a bid of $500 . with the city to pay special assessments against the property. A. 'W. Cloidt had bid $265 with a provision to pay the assessments himself. As sessments would have totalled ctout $170. A second list of lots, advertised at the same time, lo cated on South First street, re ceived no bids and were not old Monday night. 2. Made no objection to a pro posal by Plattsmouth Police Judge James H. Graves that he was considering applying to the Cass County board of commis sioners for appointment as jus tice of the peace in Plattsmouth. 3. Approved the mayor's ap pointment' of Delbert Green as night police officer to replace Sebert Litle who resigned short ly after his appointment in late December. Lasi Warning Out To School Speeders ' Plattsmouth Police Chief Lawrence Chappell today issued a last warning to car drivers who are soeeding near school crossing. From today on it means arrest. Chappell said he has warned drivers near the Plattsmouth schools time after time this week and it appears it has done little good so now arrests start. W. H. Coffelt entered St. Joseph hospital in Omaha Monday for observation. ' Gold Winas Awarded lfS (MWf V$ 3 t " " P I S$r - ' J is, . x - t 'A " , -v I T vt - i A T 1 " $ k ' " ' 4 1 . i "Wings of Gold" of a Naval Aviator and his commission are awarded 'to Marine 2nd Lt. James L. Doody, son of Mr. and, Mrs, Emery Doody of 714 Main St., Plattsmouth, Nebr. Rear Admiral Cato D. Glover, USN, Chief of Naval Air Advanced Training, of fers congratulations. Along with other Navy and Marine Corps student pilots he completed nearly twenty months of intensive flight training to earn his wings. Debbie Woster This may seem like a lot of Christmas gifts on little Debbie Wooster's bed at Children's Hospital' at Omaha, but there is an even better gift coming. She's learning to walk' without braces and may get to come home by the last of this month. Debbie, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Woster of Plattsmouth, was stricken with polio and hospitalized last Oct. 6. Her shoulder and leg were affected by paralysis. Now the paralysis is gone from her leg and only some shoulder muscles are weak. She's been going toxschool at the hospital and working hard on her walking lessons. You Can Help Plattsmouth in This Job Now There is an important job to be done in this area today if we expect Plattsmouth to forge ahead. Nitrogen Division of Allied Chemical and Dye Corpora tion located adjacent to the city is held up in a $29 mil lion dollar expansion pro gram for this year due to failure of the Federal Power Commission to act on their request. fr a firm cbmmitt , ment of natural gas. Here is what you can do: Send a telegram to the Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C, urging their prompt action, on Al lied's request for firm gas. Point out the urgency of this request and what it means to all the midwest. Say it in your own words. If you can't afford a telegram, forward an air-mail letter, but do it today! A number of organizations and individuals started the barrage Wednesday JOIN NOW! Send or bring a copy of your message to the Chamber of Commerce of fice or this newspaper so that it can become a part of Nitrogen's permanent file. 9-Year-Old Serious After Sled Mishap Wayne Plybon, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Plybon of Plattsmouth, remains in a serious condition at St. Mary's hospital in Nebraska City with internal Injuries, his parents said today. The fourth grader was injured last Saturday in a sled accident on Wintersteen Hill in Platts mouth. His sled ran into a ditch. Mrs. Frank Bestor is at the St. Mary's hospital, room No 202, Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Bestor has been making her home with her son and family John K. Bestor, 205 E 66th St., Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Bestor has a broken hip as the result of a struggle with an attempted robber in Kansas City last week. Comes Back , 1 W J Smorgasbord Dimes Benefit Being Planned Plans for the aanual smorgas bord for benefit of the March of Dimes marked the. meeting of the Plattsmouth Junior Wom en's Club Monday night held at the Lions club community build ing. . I Mrs. Marge Amato, president, conducted the business session and roll call was answered with forty one members present and two guests, Mrs. Norma Schroe-, der and Mrs. J. Howard Davis. , Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was repeated in unison. : Communications were read, acted upon and filed. "V Reports of chairmen of vari- v. committees were heard, with Miss Vera Solomon and Mrs. Vera Warga reporting on Christ mas baskets, Mrs. Pat Stander on music, Mrs. Faye Ruback on comic book crusade. She also read an, article concerning the Crusade and Mrs. Rose Mary Wasson reported on swimming pool project. The annual March of Dimes smorgasbord will again be spon sored by the Juniors with Mrs. Pat Stander and Mrs. Faye Ru back appointed general co chairmen. Date and final plans will ie announced later. Meet ing adjourned with the group repeating the Junior Pledge. Program chairman, Mrs. Joan Minor, presented Mr. Anderson and Mr. Adams, representatives from a national insurance com pany, who assisted by Larry Wiysel, conducted moviag pic ture . slides of "The American Way of Life." Mrs. Barbara Glick, pianist, presented Miss Carol Davis in two piano selec tions. A silent auction was held with Mrs. Joan Smith and Mrs. Dee Nielsen in charge of arrange ments. Hostesses, Mrs. Margaret Fitch, Mrs. Barbara Miller, Miss Har riet Goos, Mrs. Barbara" Glick, Mrs. Betty Nielson, Mrs. Lila Mc Knight, Mrs. Martha Williams and Mrs. Joan Smith served a spiced salad, wafers and coffee. Double Trouble Plagues Driver Things happened in pairs to William Joseph Allgeier, about 18,- of North Eighth, Platts mouth, this week. Plattsmouth Chief of Police Lawrence Chappell stopped All geier Wednesday for making ex cessive noise with his car muffler,- then sent him to get it fixed to return and show he had done so. Allgeier had the exhaust pipe put into acceptable shape and returned to show. Chappell Thursday morning. As he turned his vehicle in at the police sta tion, the wheels hit a cover of ice on the pavement and slid into Policeman John Hob Schdeidt's car which was parked there. Damage to the Hob Scheidt vehicle was placed at about $15 though Allgeier's car was undamaged. The muffler was fixed up in acceptable shape, said Chappell. Davis Steps In For Eiting Tuesday Steve Davis took over at Ro tary Club meeting Tuesday for President Jerry Eltlng who was out of the city. Fred Lugsch had charge of the program and presented a film on Alaska compiled by Father Hubbard known throughout the country as "The Glacier Prieat." Mew Stupe Ray Norris Will Head County Board Cass County's board of com missioners reorganized in a meeting at the courthouse in Plattsmouth Tuesday as requir, ed by law; designated an offi cial newpaper' for the coming year, and created a county board of health, among other things. Ray Norris of Weeping Water was elected chairman of the county board of commissioners to succeed Herman Bornemeisr of Elmwood. Bornemeier was elected vice chairman of the board. William Nolte of Plattsmouth is the new welfare chairman. Glenn Johnson was reap pointed county engineer in ad dition to his regular duties as county surveyor, at the same terms as- last year. The Plattsmoutn journal was named the official county newspaper. In the organization of a coun ty health board, the commis. sioners appointed Dr. R. J. Deitz of Plattsmouth as a member of the new body as medical advis er. He will serve without pay, thus saving the county $200 which has previously been paid out for a county health physi cian. That post has been done away with. Under the board of health, County Superintendent o f Schools Lloyd Behrends will be secretary of the group under the law and County Sheriff Tom Solomon will be chairman. The commissioners also took up some problems of the coun ty in their Monday meeting. One was the dumping of trash and garbage along county roads and ditches. This, they pointed out, brings a $15 fine.. Also discussed was the de facing of county signs along various roads. Arrests are ex pected to be made. The fine is District 70 Case Under Advisement For Brief Filing District Judge John M. Dierks Wednesday took under advise ment until briefs are filed the District 70 school case after both sides had finished their production of evidence before him. - The respondents put in evi, dence until shortly before noon Wednesday and the relators spent a short time giving evi dence before the midday re cess then completed their case in the afternoon. Frank Stander and Leo E. Erhart, are the re lators; Clyde Smith ths re spondent which furnished a re buttal later. The case is a controversy which involves a mandamus action in which the court is asked to direct Smith to sign an order allowing Erhart to pay Miss Ruth Beck $285 for one month of teaching. Smith, as secretary of the schpol board must execute the order before Erhart, the treasurer, can pay Miss Beck. Frank Stander is president of the District 70 school board." The petition filed in the case said that at the annual district meeting last June 14 it was vot ed to have nine months of school and that Stander and Erhart, as majority of the board, contracted with Miss Beck to teach in the school. The annual meeting voted to open the school but later a pe tition signed by an alleged two thirds of parents n the district, having children school age, asked that the students be sent to Murdock. But later two mem bers of the newly elected board acted on the original decision and ordered the Grand Prairie school to re-open. Judge Dierks Wedesday gave attorney. 10 days to file briefs. Judge Die"rks also took two other actions on cases while court was in session at Platts. mouth. In a damage suit James El liott aganst William Brandt, Jr., he allowed 10 days for the olaintiff to file an answer to the defendant's amended pe tition. And in a case which has been appealed to the Nebraska su preme court, the state against John Aulner ' charging over weight on truck axle, Judge Dierks gave the defendant 40 days in which to file a bill of exceptions. Beautiful New Store Features Murals, Merchandising Ideas Ruback's new super market throws open the doors Friday afternoon, January 14, on a brilliant and pastel shaded interior, alive with cartoon murals and some items which the Plattsmouth territo ry has not yet seen. Located at the corner of Seventh Street and First avenue, on ground formerly occupied by the Plattsmouth Lumber company, the store will feature a large parking lot outside along with a completely new building and furnishings. Customers visiting the store s . . N.vr - --Jit- : ; I -, I V r U -A ' 4 Itay Norris 4 't? "l-t v " ' Herman Bornemeier William Nolte Vroman Services Vere Monday Here Services for Winifred Elma Vrornn, 6. who died at Weep ing Water Jan. 8, 1955, after sev eral vears illness, were held at the Sattler Funeral Home in Plattsmouth on Jan. 11. Rev. Ted Kanvalin officiated Burial was in Oak Hi'l cemetery. Music was by Mrs. Robert Painter, soloist, and Mrs. Ferdi nand Nolte, organist. Bearers were Frank Pebal. Charles Ault, Sr.. Faye Snidell. Charles Janecek, Carl Eenberg er and Taylor Cuthrell, Miss Vroman was born at Farnam, Nebr., on September 22, 1890, the daughter of A'i-e nd Lucius Vroman and was never married. RMrvivir"ir are four brothers, Eugene Vroman, Plattsmouth;' FTtcn Vrcman, Minidoka, Idho; Allard Vroman, Gerber, Calif.; and Verdon Vroman, Chicago, 111.; and a nephew, Dwight At teberry, whom she reared from infanv Congratulations are in order Friday, January 14, for Mr. and Mrs. Art Troop who will quiet ly observe their 48th wedding anniversary at their home on 514 South 10th St. .V .".')6M.'.V.-.V.V.'.V .".,.V.V.".V.-.VV-". .'.V.-.-.' ' ',flC - ' 4 ' i iff ' , v i ' ; i" " -I - r " V 4 J- I ' , V s I - r ' 'Z. ' 1 E- ' f " 1 "s-" i -J on Friday and Saturday will be avored with flowers lor tne adies. cigars for the gentlemen and toys and balloons for the children. The new store will be open mtil 9 p. m. through the open ng days.' Also to be given away are free groceries in a large quanti ty. It is the mural painting which will catch the eye. Ranged along the wall on one side, over departments where they are applicable, are murals of two large fish (over the fish department), squirrels and rabbits, ducks, a large milk bottle, a cow with a calf petting its din ner and a small pi? trying to eat at the same table) and babies, showing how this eating job is done, di rectly over the baby foods department. ; Muralist Lou Fogel of Oma ha, who was connected with Warner Bros, moving picture studio in California for 15 years, and his assistant, Mr. Ridgway, has placed three baby elephants over the basket storing station in the process of picking them selves out a basket for their shopping tour. Down on the opposite wall, where the bakery shop is placed, are a number of other mural ideas concerning baked goods, including ths baker, cakes, pies and other related foods. Customers will see a new kind of check out stand. Buyers may drive their baskets in at the left side, near the cash register, nlace their items on the revolv ing counter, then turn right. Food items whirl around the re volving disk to the checker who can take them across the scales without lifting them. Meanwhile, the basket has gone a different direction into the storage aisle. Vegetable stands are yel low and green to harmonize with thi colors of the produot. The entire store is con nected with an intercommunica tion system used for messages und music. Pre -.packaging department is upstairs at the rear where oods may slide down to the lower floor by a series of con nected conveyors over which packages may be pushed easily cn rollers. The store is brilliantly lighted throughout with the latest type of fixtures, just re-. cently developed. A feature is the large frozen food department which has 60 feet of continuous food cases. The produce department (Continued on Page 4) Community Church Holding Meetings In Lions Building Through the cooperation of thp Pis ttmnntVi T .innc r Club, Sunday school and church serv ices are being held weekly in their Ccmmunity Auditorium at 4th and Main streets under the leadership of Rev. George Smith. The Sunday school, which has enrolled over 100 the first two Sundays, meets at 9:45 a. m., followed by a morning worship service at 11:00. Services in the evening include a. 6:30 fellow ship meeting for teen-age young people and children, meeting in separate groups, and a 7:30 serv ice for everyone. This newlv fnrrr.prt church group is an unincorporated in- ;hip, ler-uenuminauonai iellov nnri whilp hn'rHnm itr. " v Wj iCi in the Community RniiHi, services will be known in Plattsmouth as the Community Church. Dwight Attebery. is a guest at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. O Vro man. He was called here by th death of his aunt. Miss Winifred Vroman, and will leave Sunday by plane for his home in Chand ler, Arziona. -Journal Want Ads Pay- gBJnmil.,iliil