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J- w i CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Trin JL MM A MIDtUTO PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY ' Monday - Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Delivered TVice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 74 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1955 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 31 LPn ATTTS . Single Fred Baker 1 Baker Head Woterslhedls Clarence Engelkemeier of Murray and Fred Baker of Union were elected as co-chairman of the Cass-Weeping Water Creek Watersheds Association in a meeting of the new board of directors at Weeping Water Tuesday night. Also elected were Kenneth Roeber of Murdock, vice :hairman, and Joe Bender of Weeping Water, secretary- Teas urer, Judge Groves Has Birthday; He's 75 Today A Plattsmouth resident who has given many years of his life to public service will pass an other milestone today. He is James H. Graves whose 75th birthday is today, March 10. Judge Graves has been Platts mouth police magistrate since January 8, 1952, and was ap pointed justice of the peace in January of this year. In filling the two positions, he adds to a long stretch when his family has taken care of the jobs for Plattsmouth. Judge Judge J. II. Graves Graves' uncle, Charles L. Graves, was police magistrate and jus tice of the peace in Plattsmouth for 23 years before his death. Born in Fremont county, Io wa, Judge Graves came to Neb raska in 1889. He was a farmer by trade until March 1, 1920, when he became a rural mail carrier here, until Feb. 1, 1945, when he retired from that job. from 1945 to 1950 he was em ployed as a toll taker at the Mis souri river bridge at Plattsmouth and started his term as police judge in 1952. Along with Mrs. Graves, the judge will celebrate a Golden Wedding anniversary in June of this year. Easter Egg Hunt Set for April 9 Second meeting of the Platts mouth Chamber of Commerce retail committee for 1955 was held this week with Herb Free burg, chairman, in charge and George Smith and Bill Knorr, advisors, present. The Committee announced that the Easter egg hunt will be held here on April 9, of the same type held last year. All retail members of the Chamber are invited to take part. Further details will be made available later. In other Chamber action this week, Ernie Shultz and Lyle Groves were appointed to fill board of directors vacancies left by the resignation of John Soennichsen and N. W. McKee, who have moved from the city. 3rd Quarter School Ending Is Friday Plattsmouth high school stud ents will come to the end of the third auarter of school this week as they take nine weeks tests. Today (Thursday) interviews are being held for seniors with Peru Teachers personnel. Tests were Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with the "Jack Raymon" convocation at 10 a.m. Thursday. . . Third quarter ends Friday. Subscribe to The Journal NOW! THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. March 7-9, 1955. High Low Prec. Monday 44 14 Tuesday Wednesday 66 30 Forecast: Mostly sunny, con tinued warm, high near 63, to nicht partly cloudy, cool. t icenfieoeir, At the meeting, held in the office of Joe Bender in Weeping Water Tuesday night, the dir ectors discussed the annual spring tour of a watershed and set the date of the tour for the last week in April. The tour will probably include several watersheds but most fav ored at the Tuesday night meet ing was the Brownell Watershed, a government pilot project near Syracuse. Directors think that the tour may be set up differently this year and appointed a committee to look into arrangements. Named on this committee were Earl Cook, Art Wolph, Paul Fau quet and Joe Bender. Some discussion was held at the meeting on making the tour by bus this year and the com mittee was asked to look into the possibilities. Two Cars Damaged In Collision Here Two cars were damaged and a woman and her small daugh ter shaken up when a collision occurred at about3:30 p.m. Tues day at the intersection of South Ninth sttreet and fourth avenue. Drivers of the cars in collision were Harry Gochenour and Hel en Sand, both of Plattsmouth. Mrs. Sand and her daughter were shaken and went to a doc tor's office for a checkup. Damage to both cars was in the amount of about $200. Industry Topic At 1st Meeting C of C Group A loose-leaf brochure to be made available to any prospec tive industry for Plattsmouth was one of the things discussed at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce industrial committee In its first meeting of the year Wednesday. Such a book would contain es sential data of basic interest to industries, such as facts con cerning utilities, taxes, buildings and locations which could be kept current. Steve Davis, chairman of the industrial committee also sug gested that more attention be shown present Plattsmouth in dustry and the establishment of better relations with them by the Chamber. Cecil Karr, advisor to Chair man Davis, suggested that any pertinent information received by the committee should be re layed to members so that they can be better informed on in dustries and what Plattsmouth could do about them. Present at the meeting were Chairman Davis, Karr and Ern est Elliott of the committee, along with Chamber Manager Charles Allen. Eagle Nominates Town Candidates EAGLE (Special) The town caucus was held last Wednesday evening at the firehouse. The following were renomin ated, Harry Robertson and John ny Sybrahdt. Those nominated were Lloyd Richards, Joe Rud olph, Ralph Ransford and Don Schmidt. Jack Zinsmaster was the only nominee for Police Magistrate. Wee WEEPING WATER (Special)' A crowd of approximately 100 persons met last Monday eve ning in the school gym follow ing the PTA meeting to discuss and hear facts about the possi bilities of a swimming pool in Weeping Water. Bill Liensch, president of - the Junior Chamber of Commerce, who have been responsible for getting the ball rolling, intro duced C. W. Fisher, an engineer from the McNight Engineering firm, who gave some vital in formation concerning this issue. He quoted laws from the stat utes of the State of Nebraska, which would be of considerable help in getting a pool started here. Fisher figured a city this size could spend up to $35,000 for pDGDCfj Freshman Girls Set Fine Mother! Don't let your high school freshman daughter get out of setting the table. She knows how! At least the girls in this photo do. They set this table as part of their work in the Plattsmouth high school homemaking class. Red Cross Campaign for Funds Starts Action in Cass County Cass county's Red Cross drive v" iur lunus got unuer way uns week as drive chairmen in every community put their plans into action. Each community was forming its own plans but in most a door-to-door campaign for con tributions will be held by volun teer workers. Nine service organizations and lodges were joining in making the rounds of the Plattsmouth community and the outlying i - i i - iu school; districts They 1. expected j to begin their door-to-dooz cam paign immediately. Under the direction of waiter Smith of Plattsmouth, vice chairman of the Cass county Red Cross chapter, the Platts mouth campaign will be con ducted by organizations and captains in the following areas: Assigned Zones V.F.W. Auxiliary: All blocks west of 8th street and North of Washington Ave. and Webster Blvd., in Plattsmouth. V.F.W.: All blocks south ot First Avenue (Pearl st.) and East of Chicago ave. and west of Third Street and Lincoln Av- enue. American Legion Auxiliary: All blocks north of Avenue A Woman Is Injured In Siiding-Plunge Down Embankment Mrs. H. A. Nelson, 68, of 224 Avenue A, Plattsmouth, is in the Methodist hospital at Om aha today where .she was taken by the Caldwell-Linder ambu lance Wednesday afternoon fol lowing a sliding-fall of cbout 50 feet down a bank near her home. Mrs. Nelson told rescuers that she was throwing a broken tree limb out of her yard when the bank of the yard gave way and she slid downward. She landed cn some miscellaneous iron at the bottom. She said she fell about 3 p. m., Wednesday and lay there until she was picked up by the ambulance shortly after 4 p. m. Knowing she could noL make herself heard up over the bank, she did not yell until Earl Redd came into earshot. Mr. Redd summoned help. Mrs. Nelson suffered from scratches . and bruises and was thought to have a badly injured shoulder. Water Std the construction of a park rec reation area, or swimming pool, and can pay up to $5,000 for the necessary location. According to statistics, some quoted by Fisher, a town this size would require a pool meas uring 20' by 60' with adequate bathhouse facilities, a water purification and a filter plant. A pool this size would hold 18, 000 gallons of water and would have to be filled only once a year except for the little that should be added during the year to' make up for that that gets splashed out or evaporates. Fisher stated that according i to the statutes, a petition signed ;by 10 per cent of the eligible j voters that voted in the last ; municipal election, would give ;th city council the right to ' f (Vine street) - and Washington avenue and east of 8th street. American Legion: All blocks north of Main street and south of Avenue A (Vine street), from Second to Seventh Streets. Junior Women's Club: All blocks south of Main street and West of Seventh street and west of Chicago Avenue (including Valley View Addition). Plattsmouth Women's Club; All blocks north of Main street and West of Seventh street Webster blvd., and Washington avenue. Lions Club: All blocks south side of Main street and north side of 1st Avenue (Pearl St.) from Second to Seventh streets. Eagles - Auxiliary and Eagles Lodge: All east of Third street, south of overpass and east of Lincoln Avenue. School District Captains: Dis- j tnct No. 2 - Newton Sullivan ' . f iSlli "ey vvoi- on LDl"ct No- 29 William jotarkjonn. I District No. 37 Mr. Lester ;Meisinger. j District No. 42 Mr. Fred iTschirren. Color TV Show Set Here on Saturday A chance to see color television of the spectacular "Peter Pan" will be made available to Platts mouth people on Saturday night here when C. A. Ruse Appliance company brings in a set for the event. The TV snow starts at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Ruse store and the public is invited to see it. Celebration of National TV serviceman's week s the occas ion. Royal Arch Masons Set Meeting Here The grand chapter of the Roy al Arch Masons will hold an ed ucational meeting from 2 to 5 Dm. Friday, March 18, at the Plattsmouth Masonic hall, it has been announced by Maynard S. Ramge, high priest of the order. Nebraska Chapter No. 3, R.A. M. will be host to the Grand Chapter, Florence Chapter No. 61 and Omaha Chapter No. 1. At 6 p.m. three will be a ban quet for companions and their ladies followed by a short pro gram. pla(ce the issue on the next city election ballot. A petition signed by 25 per cent of the eligible voters of the last municipal elec tion would mean that a special election could be held within 30 days to decide the issue. He also stated that if the issue was placed on the ballot, 60 per cent of the voters that voted in the last municipal election would have to vote in favor of it in order for the city council to pass an ordinance calling for the construction of a swimming pool. He also said that the council has the right, at anytime, to pass such an ordinance without the people having to circulate peti tions. Glen B. Blackstone, a repre sentative of a water filter and conditioning company of Oma odoes Pool Odds Table v. " & V "IS1 V f , X ... ' if" Table setters, clockwise around the table; Nancy Lancaster, Mary Sullivan, Janet Campbell. Linda Graves, De Anna Stones, and Janet Friederich. Journal Photo. Joan Norris Wins Highest 4-H Award Joan Norris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Norris of. Weeping Water, has been noti fied that she is one of four Ne braska 4-H Club' members who will receive the coveted award of an all-expense trip to the National 4-H Club Camp in Washington, D. C, next June. - According to former delegates to the camp, this is the greatest experience a 4-H Club member can gain. Representatives from all of the 48 states arid the ter ritories will be attending the conference. j4'Uongrattils.tions are in. 'order to Joan for this recognition and for all her 4-H accomplishments which earned her this award. Joan is following in the foot steps of both her parents who also earned this recognition at the close of their 4-H careers. District A Tournament Draws Well The Class A district high school basketball tournament at Plattsmouth this year drew 2, 672 paid admissions totaling $1, 639 according to a report made by William Floyd of Platts mouth, tournament manager. The playoff cleared $827.45 after expenses. Expenses, including trophies, tickets, basketball officials, 10 per cent to the host school and 5 per cent NSAA, totalled $499.85 with total paying of money to participating teams for expenses and bonuses totalling $977.27. Expenses of teams totalled $341.70 and bonuses, on the basis of how long a team stayed in the tournament, totalled $635.57. Of the money left after ex penses, 10 per cent went to Plattsmouth as the host school: 15 per cent to the NSAA; and 75 percent was pro-rated as bonuses. The two teams plaving in the finals, the winner, Holy Name, and the runner-up. Falls City, each received $136.67 bonus; Ne braska City, Auburn and Omaha, Westside received $48.89 each; Omaha Cathedral and Bellevue $97.78 each. Plattsmouth, the host team, received no expense money and no bonus. Bill Fitzpatrick is a patient at the Veterans hospital in Om aha. ha also was on hand and showed colored slides of beautiful pools of different sizes, which their company has supplied filters .for. Several pools showed would be a good pick for one that could be built, in Weeping Water. Mr. Blackstone also explained about the filter equipment and how it works. It has been figured that a pool costing $35,000 would raise the taxes of each taxpayer in Weeping Water to about $6.50 a year until the pool has been paid for. ' Bill O'Hearn, swimming in structor at the Omaha Athletic club. wras also present to talk the fun a pool can be. Its great for the family. Its a place where everyone can enjoy them selves and cool off too. PDODHS If 'IT beadle im Women to Have Worries; Jewelry And Furs Taxed Women will have to worry about listing their furs and diamonds for taxing pur poses when they meet up with their assessor starting today. Although they are not itemized on this year's assessment blanks, failure of the uni-cameral to pass LB 150 Monday means that these articles along with all others declared in 1954 will be assessed. According to Cass County Assessor Clara Olson, jewelry and fur coats will be listed right along with other items in a special column No. 55 "All Other. Property," when the taxpayer lists his per sonal property. Plattsmouth Yields $2,490 For Polio Fund Plattsmouth polio fund came to a $2,490.16 total for the 1955 drive, it was reported by co chairmen, Mrs. Hazel Fitch and Mrs. Rose Day. Total expense of the collec tion was reported as $7.90. Here's a break-down of where the money came from: Churches gave $33.42. Clubs gave a total of $174.53. The Mother's " March netted $420.66 Theater collection came to $45.90. School collected $274.46 Coin boxes placed at various business firms brought in $234.07; tag-day, $"186.14; farm pickup drive, $348.15; business contributions, $55; individual contributions, $102.50. The VFW card party made $43.50; VFW basketball game brought $35.50; Pep Club collec tions at basketball games came to $30.99. The Junior Woman's Club made $418.23 for the 'polio drive by sponsoring a smorgasbord. Zoning Laws Not Built in a Day City Council Finds Plattsmouth's city councilmen and a few citizens gave the prob lem of a new city ordinance for zoning the city an analysis Mon day night in a special meeting and found that it is difficult to build a law in a day. The council and eight persons interested in the prposed new ordinance, including contractors and attorneys, discussed the var ious parts of the tentative ord inance which was presented by a zoning committee. None of the zoning commit tee was present. Those present read the mater ial item by. item and discussed it in a meeting which opened at 8 o.m.. and rolled to a close about 11:30 p.m. They found many things which ought to be included in such an ordinance and planned a joint meeting between some of the city councilmen and the zoning com mittee. Damage Suit Jury Hearing Case Today The jury trial of a damage suit of Charles Barry against the Merritt Beach company was in its second day Thursday with the plaintiff giving evidence. Thursday morning it appeared that the case might be recessed at noon to be completed later. This is the last trial present ly set for the jury term and the second one heard by a jury on the list, the other being dis missed. No criminal cases were set for jury term and none is waiting trial. Income Tax Agent Is Here Tomorrow The Internal Revenue Service agent will be in Plattsmouth to- j morrow to help, taxpayers with filling out required income tax forms. The revenue service agent made a two-day stop this week, serving taxpayers today (Thurs day) and scheduled for a second day here tomorrow, Friday. Journal Want Ads Pay Pssafe Detailed plans are in the in Cass county for the possible administration of polio vac cine to about 700 children who will be eligible to receive it if it's licensed, L. A. Behrends, secrettary of , the Cass county board of health said Home tc Mas Grown Glass Demonstrates Miss Lynas Schwendemann, Home Economics instructor in the Plattsmouth schools, reveal ed the growth of this new de partment since moving into the school system's new quarters late last year when she spoke with three of her students be fore Rotary Club Tuesday noon. Miss Schwendemann, as guest of Supt. T. I. Friest, program chairman, told Rotarians Platts mouth had one of the finest and most modern depaitments of its kind in the midwest. Here 52 freshmen, sophomores and sen iors are receiving instruction in two phases of homemakmg, sewing and cooking. Four to five students make up each group re ceiving individual attention in the tiner phases ot the kitchen and other homemaking duties. It is expected that this depart ment will be much larger next year as it has grown by "leaps and bounds" since the start of the school year, Miss Schwende mann stated. Miss Lynas Schwendemann It is hoped that courses in home nursing can be undertaken later. However, at present the senior groups are concentrating on subjects in preparation for a career in teaching or marriage. During the last six weeks the groups will study a course in marriage relationship with-Miss Schwendemann acting as coun selor. Janice Lancaster discussed the nursing classes in connection with1 the courses offered. In this group, girl students were in charge of 10 local children "loaned" tp the school. They in eluded Cynthia, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Begley; Mary, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell McQuin; Kathy, 3, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Robi son; Patsy, 4, daughter of Mr. and Airs. Leo Brink; Laurie, 3, daughtter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Scholic; Max, 5, son of Mrs. Bar bara Blank; Mike, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Floyd; Tommy, 2. son of Mr. and Mri. Don Hansen; Steve, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mel vin McKenny, and Jim, 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McKnight. These children were delivered to the school at 9:15 when stud ents took over in a day's job of instruction in baby care, teach ing of fair play, coloring, story telling and play ground super vision, with emphasis placed on care and feeding of small chil dren. Roger Wehrbein, one of 14 boys, who is taking special courses in cooking and sewing, revealed several ol their accom plishments at the sewing mach ines in making caps, patching aprons, and darning sox. Right now the group is learning the art of ironing white shirts. These (Continued on Page 6) Bud Buys Out Ed At Texaco Station Bud Chriswisser Wednesday oMTnt ot tb? interest of his partner, Ed Bickett, in the Ed and Bud's Texaco station on south Chicago avenue. Mr. Bickett has not announc ed his future plans. Ed and Bud had operated the station exactly two ypars Wed nesday as partners. They took over the service station after it had teen oneratd about six months after Initial construction. L juiliii)l,l uijiiiiii.HmP"iwijwnmiiwin mmmmfi m ihhm iiiwmiinrniiumTM j I 1 I-:: Cr: h ' v i J5 V if ' L ,.;:A iLlil cyunitsy process of being worked out today. Vaccine would go to first and I second graders in all schools in the county provided their par ents request it, Behrends said. The vaccine is now in the pro cess of being studied and, if it is licensed, the Cass county pro gram would go into action near the first of April along with the same program all over the Un ited States. Test shots of the vaccine were given last year to selected group of children from various parts of the nation and it is the result of these tests researches are in the process of evaluating. Eligible children would not be charged for the three shots nec essary to immunize them against polio. If the study finds the vac cine can be licensed, it will be a proven defense against polio, but planning is going on before its approval because the time would be too short before tne polio season otherwise. Dr. R. R. Anderson, president of the Cass County Medical Soc iety, has accepted the general chairmanship of the program at the request of the Cass coun ty board of health which con sists of Tom Solomon, of Platts mouth, chairman; L. A. Behr ends, Plattsmouth, secretary, and Dr. R. J. Dietz, Plattsmouth, advisory physician. Here's the way the program will work: Clinic centers have been arranged for in Platts mouth, Union, Murray, Nehawka, iAvoca, Elmwood, Greenwood and Louisville. Rural school children ; would be brought to one of these i centers. Before the. child is sched uled for a vaccination, the parent must sign and return through the school a "par ental request" for the vacci nation. It is not compulsory and will be given only when asked. The three shots come in a ser ies, the second one a week after the first, and the third one four weeks after the second. There will be no charge for the vaccine or the giving of it with the expense being paid for with National Foundation" for Infan tile Paralysis. Mr. Behrends, said that local chairmen of the program will be city superintendents of schools in the county. Most Cass county doctors will serve during the vaccination period and will probably ask for the volunteered services of reg istered nurses for the program. Lions Initiate New Members; Bellevue Visits Initiation ceremonies for four new members of the Platts mouth Lions Club were held at their meeting this week. Hearing an initiation address by Ed Ernst, past Lions Internat icnal councilor, were new mem ers Warren Fink, Frank Bierl, C. J. White, and Clayt Rosen crans. A visiting delegation from the Bellevue Lions Club was pres ent for the meeting, headed by President Shellcross. Evening's program this wreek consisted of colored aerial pic tures taken by Wayne and Ar nold Meisinger. The photos were of farms in their immediate ar ea. Also, Wayne had some col ored slides taken during his per iod of service in Korea. Arnold 'Meisinger piloted the plane fo. the local photographer. Court House County court - Dewey M. Daffern, Lamar, Colo., $10 and $4 costs, no trip permit for truck. J. E. Francis, Palmyra, Neb., $10 and $4 costs, failure to stop at stop sign. Peter W. Zsrr, Blair, $16 and $4 costs, speeding. Larry E. Tripe, Lincoln, $25 and ?4 costs, speeding. William J. Russell, Golden, Colo., $20 and $4 costs, expired license plates. Ronald M. Ackerman, found innocent of having overweight truck. Estil Jenkins patient for sev eral months at the Tuberculosa hospital in Kearney is reported ly improved and is expected home In a few weks.