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Perils THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Thursday, February 3, 1955 Top Class A Teams Assigned To Plattsmouth District Play Plattsmouth fans will be treat--ed to a round of top Class A high, school basketball here in March in a district tournament assigned to the Plattsmouth high school court. Two of the top Class A teams, undefeated Holy Name of Oma ha and once defeated Falls City, will be the favorites in the field. Both are highly rated by the state's sportswriters, Falls City at the top of two Class A lists. The Plattsmouth tournament will be played on the same dates as other district gatherings, March 10, 11 and 12. Going for an upset over the favored Holy Name and Falls City crews will be the other tournament entries which in clude Auburn, Bellevue, Nebras ka City, Omaha Westside and the Plattsmouth Blue Devils. Other Cass county teams were scattered in three other tourna ments under the new classifica Elmwood Wins 70-41 Over Greenwood GREENWOOD Elmwood poured on the power h3re Tues day night to defeat the Green wood team by a score of 70 to 41. Elmwood jumped off to a 14 10 first period lead and never hesitated, holding a 35-19 lead at the half and a 46-29 margin at the end of three quarters. Dick Thpmas led Elmwood scoring with 18. Bob Tweton led Greenwood with 10. In-volleyball, Greenwood was the winner 24-14 over Elmwood with Ruth Stewart taking Green RADIATOR REPAIRING ONE-DAY SERVICE PlaHsmouth Motors Washington Ave. Th. 237 ETPJ TX"y gp jfp y lm ni P S3 Can be applied as soon as the ground is free of frost , . before spring work be gins . , . We can make custom applica tion for you. Nitrogen solutions save work and save money while they feed your crops a profit-making combination of quick-acting nitrate and long-lasting ammonia nitrogen. 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In Class D, Avoca, Eagle and Elmwood will play in the Pal myra tournament with Gretna, Malcolm, Palmyra, Raymond and Talmage. In Class E, Alvo, Greenwood, Murdock, Nehawka and Union will play in a tournament with Bennet, Douglas, Unadilla and Walton at Murdock. I A total of 500 teams, fewer ' than last year, are entered in j various classifications of tourn- aments over the state. Class AA i and A will go directly to the state tournament with B, C, D ; and E slated for a second elimi- nation tournament before mov ' ins on to the state. wood" scoring honors with 10 and Joyce Miller leading Elmwood with 3. Greenwood fg ft f pts. Comstock 2 5 Casey 1 0 Leadabrand 2 5 Wiles 0 2 Warren 2 1 Buckingham 1 2 Bob Tweton 2 6 9 2 9 2 5 5 4 0 10 Totals 10 21 20 41 Elmwood fg Elmer Mueller .... 1 Bob Rueter 1 Dave Godbey 3 Dale Kunz 1 Dick Thomas 8 Dale I.anin 2 Ronnie Abrams . . .4 Jerry Backemeyer 3, Royal Halvorsen ..2 Bob Hall . 0 ft f pts. 4 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 2 6 2 18 4 10 12 6 6 2 2 Eldro Hansen 0 Clark Marshall ... 1 Totals 26 18 23 70 L Mr, and Mrs. Fred Huff spent Friday in Lincoln and stopped in Weeping Water to visit Mrs. Kate Reichart. Another visitor , J I was Mrs. Emily Benidic. PIE 1 H feL m 131 So. 3rd St. Piatrsmouth, Nebraska W.W. Indians Stop Murdock Easily, 61-40 MURDOCK Weeping Water's Indians took a big toehold in the first quarter Thursday night, taking advantage of Murdock's inability to hit the basket, to stay ahead and win over the host team by a score of 61 to 40. The Indians rolled to a 34 to 61 halftime lead and had a 51 28 margin at' the end of the third quarter. Murdock piled in 12 points to the Indians' 10 but it wasn't enough. Indian reserves walked over the Murdock B squad by a score of 42 to 16. Raeter paced Murdock A's with 11 points. Chuck Stacey rolled in 22 to lead Weeping Wa ter. Murdock fg ft f pts. Mills .3 4 2 10 Harger 2 6 0 10 Wendt 2 3 3 7 Raeter 4 3 1 11 Krase '. ..0 2 1 2 Totals 11 18 7 40 Weeping Water fg ft f pts. Luhring, Roger ..2 0 2 4 Ludwick, Wally ..4 2 3 10 Stacey, Chuck ....8 6 1 22 Wade, Larry 6 2 0 14 Colbert, Jim 1 0 2 2 Stratton, Kenny . .3 1 3 7 Colbert, Bob 1 0 12 Totals 25 11 13 61 CASS COUNTY CALF AND SHEEP CLUB The Cass county Calf and Sheep club began their year of work when they held a meeting for January at the home of No la and Bill Weiss. fc President Duane Heim called the meeting to order by mem bers repeating each of the pledges of 4-H club flag and the American flag, in unison. Duane then proceeded to dis tribute material to members to carry out their projects. Duane and Jerry Heim will each carry the calf project. Nola Jane and Bill Weiss sheep and cattle. Topic for discussion at the meeting was on now to care for sicknes and parasites in animals. Duane Heim told where and how to vaccinate animals to the best nnvantare. Leader Walter Weiss helped members on the topic for dis cussion. The group then adjourned to meet in February. Lunch and games were enjoy ed for the remainder of the ev ening. 9 Quick Acting" Long Lasting No Heavy Esgs O Available in Mixed Liquid Fertilizer sure, so they are easy to handle. NITRANA helps soil bacteria break down stubble, tough sod and other crop residues so they will not compete with the growing crop for nitrogen. NITRANA Nitrogen is also readily available to young corn and other crop plants, and continues to supply nitrogen through the growing season to build bigger yields. Dial 4178 Plattsmouth's Blue Devils will run up against one ot their strongest Ak-Sar-Ben confer ence - opponents here Friday nighfwhen they host the Wa hoo Jndians at the Plattsmouth court. Wahoo is the only team unde feated in conference play, not counting the tournament. The Devils have lost only to Valley. There was a strong possi bility that the game with Wahoo would be the last home game, Plattsmouth school officials said. It was the next to last anyway, with Tecumseh scheduled here on Feb. 25. With dis trict tournaments coming up that same week, another playing date arangement is being attempted. If another date cannot be set, the game will be cancelled and the Devils will play their last scheduled game at home Friday. -The Devils put away the Neb raska City team there' Tuesday night when they grabbed a lead from the host team and stayed ahead to win 60 to 54. Plattsmouth seconds also 1 brought home a victory. I The Blue Devils took one pre- game claim away from the Neb- xaska City team. The Devils led ; 35 to 17 at the half, a situation .j which some Nebraska City play- j ers claimed hadn't happened ; before this year. The Devns had 12 points before Nebraska City scored in this gams. Plattsmouth fired in 19 points at the end of the first period then moved to their 35-17 half time lead. Th3 Devils went a little flat fcofed in the third and Nebras ka City moved up on them to cut the Plattsmouth lead to 49 41 by the end of the third quar ter. 4-Way KegSer Tie Breaks Up In Standings A 4-way tie promoted by games earlier among Plattsmouth bowl ing league teams, was broken up by last week's play as VFW and Firestone broke on top in a 2 way tie. Feldhousen was third with 30 18 and Corner Bar fourth with 28-20. There remained a 2-way tie for fifth; a 3-way tie for eighth. In games last week, USAR knocked off Paint Store two of three . games; Firestone won three straight over Stites; Eagles wca-two of three over Storz Ze bras; Feldhousen won two 'Of three over Stander; Welcome Inn won two-of-three over Cor ner Bar; Ernies three straight over Timms; VFW won three stragiht over Ofe's; Bryants won two of three over Myers: Stites won three straight over Stander and Paint Store won two of three over Eagles. High single game scorers: USAR, Babbitt 147; Paint Store, Bob Brookhouser 172; Firetsone, E. Meisinger 163; Stites," Wuel ling 170; Eagles, R. Abel 162; Storz, Titus 193; Feldhousen, Forrest 224; Stander, Fulton 184; Corner Bar Eledge 166; Wel come Inn, Stoll 156; Timms, Nolting 163; Ernies, Roos 215; VFW, Koch 170; Ofe's, Porter 179; Bryants, C Meisinger 171; Myers, Clifford 174; Stites (2nd game), Fairfield 152; Stander, (2nd game), Horn 152; Paint Store, (2nd game), Bannick 173; Eagles, (2nd game), Styles 167. The standings: W L VFW 30 18 Firestone . . .' .30 18 Feldhousen 29 19 Corner Bar 28 20 Bryants 27 21 Stander 27 21 Timms 26 22 Ofe's 24 24 Eagles r 24 24 Welcome Inn 24 24 Paint Store 23 25 Ernies 22 26 Stites 20 28 Myers . . .20 .28 USAR 18 30 3torz 12 ,36 The local chapter of the Am erican Red Cross is one of over 3,700 chapters throughout the United States serving people in time of need. Guests at the Henry Thiele home Wednesday were. Mr. .and Mrs. Johnnie Barkhurst of Ne hawka and Frank and Charles Thiele of Nebraska City. Ed Miller was in Weeping Wa- I ter Wednesday on business. Eleanor Haden entered St. Catherine's hospital today (Thursday) for observation and surgery. Mrs. Russell Chase is in the Methodist hospital at Omaha. Mrs. Chase is a niece of Mrs. Florence- Coleman and Mrs. Carl Ohlschlager of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Art Hammond, Weeping Water, were shopping in Plattsmouth Thursday and renewed the Journal for Mr. E. L. Hammond. From the opening fourth quar ter whistle the Devils had a tough time staving off the host team by a 3 -point margin and stalling their way in. Dan Huebner did some clutch work for the Devils as he scored from the field in those closing moments and Denny Ptak hit a free shot to stretch that shaky lead at the end. Gene Dasher led Platsmouth scoring with 17 points. Romjue led Nebraska City with 14. - The Devils shot less from the field but when they did cut loose thty cracked in 22 of 39 shots for 56.4 percent average. 'Neb raska City hit 32.6 from the field but were steadiest at the free throw line where they poured ii 77.4 percent, "hitting 9 out of 10 chances in the final quarter, j The Devils were the coldest at the line since meeting Valley. Tuesday night they hit 16 of 33 free shots for 48.5 percent. .Box Score: Plattsmouth fg ft f pts Ptak 2 4' 3 8 Nielsen 2 6 v 4 10 Dasher 6 5 3 17 Huebner 2 1 2 5 Ernst. 6 0 2 12 Cundall .0 0 0 0 Hirz .' 4 0 2 8 Totals ..22 16 17 60 Neb. City fg ft f pts. Baucke 3 3 4 9 Gosch 2 1 4 5 Stever .0 1 2 1 Merritt 1 3 3 5 Christensen 3 7 3 13 Peck ..1 2 0 4 Romjue 5 4 4 14 Riggs 0 3 1 3 Totals '.15 24 21 54 Score by quarters: Plattsmouth ....19 35 49 60 Neb. City 4 17 41 54 Alvo Whips Bennett 70 to 43 on Court ALVO Alvo outdistanced Bennett 70-43 to take a win in a basketball game here - Tuesday night. Lipskey led Alvo scoring with 18 points, Fisher had 16. Wissel led Bennett with 17. Eagle Takes Nehawka in One Overtime NEHAWKA Eagle spurted in an overtime here Tuesday night to whip the Nehawka team by a score of 81 to 73. ' The two teams drew in at the end of regulation timo tied 72- 72 but onlv Eagle could hit the basket in the -extra period. Nehawka sank nothing but a free throw in the ovsrtime as Eagle sank 9 points to win the game. Dick Ehlers pushed through 26 Doints to lead Nehawka with his team mate, Ned Snyder, pounding the nets with 23. Dick Wyers led Eagle with 28 points. Nehawka fg ft f pts. Ned Snyder 9 5 5 23 Irvin Nixon 7 2 1 16 Hriward Gansemer 2 3 2 7 Dick Ehlers 11. 4 3 26 Larry Whittington 0 1 1.1 Totals .29 15 12 73 Eagle fg ft f pts. Lowell Umland ..9 2 4 20 Ray Hoover 0 1 2 1 Duane Umland ...4 2 2 10 Dick Weyers 12 '4 4 28 Larry Walberg 6 0 1 12 McCulloch I..0 0 1 0 Ayres .4 0 4 8 Ostrander 1 0 2 2 Totals 36 9 16 81 MASTER SWINEBREEDERS The Master Swine Breeders 4-H club held a meeting Jan. 25 at the home of Roger and Gene Noell. They held election of officers: President, Gary Reike; Vice President, Pete Lutz; Secretary, Bill Todd; News Reporter, David Read; Leader, Ray Cundall; As sistant Leader, Bob Rea. Mrs. Noell served a fine lunch after the meeting. The next meeting will be held at the home of Larry Rea. - Mrs. Inez Thompson, who was recently injured in an accident in Chicago, is at the home of her son at 334 North Denver St., in Jackson, Miss.; and not Tennes see as reported previously. Mrs. Alvin Ramsey is a pa tient at the Methodist hospital in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Taylor and Mrs. J. H. McMaken of Wy more,. were here to attend fun eral services for H. C. McMaken. Mrs. J. H. McMaken remained for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Joe McMaken. Mr. and Mrs. - Joe McMaken and Mr. and Mrs. Jos N. Mc Maken and Pamela returned home Monday from a two weeks trip to California, and Canada. 90 Present for Cub Scout Meeting Held At Weeping Water WEEPING WATER (Special) Ninety persons were present at the Cub Scout Pack 220 meet ing at the Legion hall. Three new Scouts received Bobcat pins. They were: David Rutledge, Nicky Lane and Ron ald Petersen. Lani Beach; Kenneth Clark, Billy Kunz, Larry Rhodes and Ronald Eltiste received their Lion badges. Alan Rathe re ceived his Wolf. ' Reggie Bickford graduated from the Cub, Scouts and re ceived the Webelos badge. The Cubs received three new den mothers, Mrs. George Rhodes, Mrs. Herbert Petersen, zr.d Mrs. Dale Mosbarger. Next week, being National Cub Scout Week, the Cubs will start the week by attending the 11 o'clock Sunday service at the Methodist church. All next week the Cubs will wear their uniforms while in public. ' It was decided a display will be set up in one of the down town stores showing all things pertaining to the Cub Scouts and several things they have made. Recreation for the evening included a skit by each group. All following the theme for the month, "Railroading." Locomotives and box cars were cut out of cardboard and paint ed and these were used in the skits. Mrs. Warren Eltiste and Mrs. Dunkle were in charge of the kitchen and served the lunch. Billo Rites Held Today At Plattsmouth Funeral rites for John Billo, 75, of 1419 Avenue C, Platts mouth, were held today (Thurs day) at 1 p. m. at the Caldwell Linder Funeral home. Rev. G. E. Seybold and Rev. E. J. Ament officiated. Burial was in Wisner, Neb., cemetery. Music was by Mrs. E.. A. Ernst and Mrs. J. Howard Davis. Bearers were William Baker, '.William Soden, Everett Spang- ler, Ray Spangler, Elwin Spang ler, and Lester Spangler. Mr. Billo died here Monday, Jan. 31, after an illness of three years. Mr. Billo wras born on April 1, 1879, at Avoca, la., the son of Carl and Theressa Billo. He was friarried at Omaha on Sept. 3, 1913, to Dora Herrman who sur vives him. He formerly lived at Ralston for 23 years and was a retired Cudahy Packing company em ploye. . Besides his widow, he is sur vived by a sister, Mrs. Margaret Cowitz, Didbury, Canada; neph ews, Lester Spangler, Elwin Spangler, Vilas Spangler, all of Plattsmouth; nieces, Mrs. Wil liam Baker, Plattsmouth; Mrs. i John Moss, Springfield; and Mrs. ! Albert Covert, of California. H. C. McMaken Servces Held On Wednesday Funeral services for Henry C. McMaken were held Wednesday at the St. ' Luke's Episcopal church . in Plattsmouth. Rev. Max Kors officiated. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. Mr. McMaken died in Omaha Saturday morning following a heart attack. Bearers at the services were James Begley, Stephen Davis, Clarence Ledgway, Guy Long, Walter Tritsch and Clem Wos ter. Music was by Mrs. Hugh Stander and Mrs. George Jac obs. Mr. McMaken was born at Plattsmouth on July 13, 1892, the son of Joseph H. and Emma McMaken. He was married on June 14, 1916, to Janet Clem ents who survives him. Mr. McMaken lived at Platts mouth until 1934 when he moved to Omaha. He was equip ment supervisor for the McMak en Transportation company of Omaha. A Mrs. Ken Weaver is at the Methodist hospital, Omaha. Mrs. Orville Nielsen has re turned from a visit with her sis ter at Los Angeles. California. Don Wall, manager of Wall Conoco, submitted to surgery Friday at St. Marys hospital at Nebraska City, and reported as improving nicely. William Falk, who has been ill for the past three weeks was able tc return to his work at the Grand View nursing home. Guests Sunday at the home of Mrs. Marie Kinnaman, were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thomas and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kinney j and daughter. i . Mrs. Julia Fornoff at" 521 1st i Ave., is ill at her home. Cass County Federal Rood Aid 07 ? ." r. t 1 n c vz a St Cass County will have JMi.wujt "in fsderal cid secondary road i unas ro rr aifii aurmg h is able to take advantage of all the money supplied by the fed eral government, according to a copy of allocation to counties sent' to county commissioners by the Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation. But the county would have to put up an equal amount of mon ey to receive the funds, the county and federal government go 50-5C in the matter. The funds could be used by the county fo,r any roads on the Federal Secondary Highway System. Total federal aid funds avail able to the state June 30, 1955, was listed as $4,366,021 less $65, 490 as iy2 percent for the states wide highway planning survey. The counties' share .of this is half with the state being able to use the other half, $2,150, 265.50. Allocation of the, funds to the several counties is made from a formula involving four fac tors. Two of these, motor vehicle registration and value of farm products, are subject to change as latest information is avail able. The 1955 allocation is bas ed on a revised tabulation of registration. C 'ss county's share of $27,130 was based on a dis tribution factor of 1.2617 v.r-kh wasarrived at by for mula involving 554 square mile area, 6,835 rural popu lation, 8,416 motor vehicle registrations for 1?53 and 7,810,OC9 worth of farm pro ducts sold. In comparison. Sarpy county is allocated $26,726. Funds are made available to individual counties for a period of approximately 18 months, if the 'funds have not been placed under contract prior to July 1, 1957, they will be placed at the disposal of other counties, or to Besides his widow, survivors include sons, Henry Guy of Kan sas City, Kans.; William Stuart of El Cajon, Calif.; and Edward D. of Omaha. He is also sur vived by his mother, Mrs. Emma jMcMaken, a sister, Mrs. Gladys Taylor, both of Wymore; broth ers, Rhea G., Sidney, la.; Joseph G., Plattsmouth, and Fred M. of Omaha. Arrangements were by the Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home. is ff tf e y few S4 FURNACES Installed by Martinson Sheet Metal 139 So. 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In 1953, this amount was over $1,300,000.-11... this trend continues, says the,. department, all old funds will, be used and at that time all counties will be held to their al lotment. Next allocation of funds will be in January, 1956. EATING HIGH American families consumed : food last year which had a total cost of about one billion dollars more than in 1953. Abundant;, food supplies are in prospect for 1955 and it is estimated that per ; capita . consumption this year,; will at least equal that of 1954. : A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents , 3-"5? "' W&fZm- ass Theatre Plattsmouth Last Time Thurs., Febr. 3 Lana Turner and a Big-Cast irt' "FLAME AND THE FLESH" A sensation in firey Technicolor! ' Also Comedy and Color Cartoon Night Shows 7:00 & 9:15 Fri. GSat., Febr. 4 Cr 5 Cornel Wilde and Yvonne DeCarlo in "PASSION" The real story, of early Califor nia! 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