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The Plattsmouth Journal Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY Monday - Thursday VOLUME 74 EICHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1955 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 3' CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Chamber Career Day Will Open Series March 29 A rush of spring- activity on the part of the Platts mouth Chamber of Commerce was outlined today. In particular the Easter Egg Hunt which has been scheduled for children of the county at the Plattsmouth city park on Saturday, April 9. But the next event scheduled Mrs. America Fun to Begin Friday Hei re This is the week the fun be gins in the "Mrs. America'" con test being conducted by locai gas companies. An elimination to decide a winner from Plattsmouth will open at 1:30 p.m., Friday, March 25, at the Gas company in Platts mouth. The contest will take the form of a cake bake-off to be conduct ed at the gas company offices. The public is invited to attend the contest and watch the fu ture "Mrs. America" (maybe) in action. Entrants in the contest here are Mrs. Helen Hurst, Mrs. Nellie Spangier, Mrs. Lowell McQuinn and Mrs. George Mayabb. Two other "Mrs. America" contestants in Cass county won t have to go through the prelim inary trials since they are the only ones entered from their communities. They will go directly to the 12th district contest at Auburn on March 29. along with the Plattsmouth winner. They are Mrs. Ivan Balfour of Union and Mrs. Clarence Schmadeke of Weeping Water. The district contest at Auburn will involve candidates from six counties in Southeast Nebraska. Winner at Auburn will go to the state contest at McCook, Neb., on April 10. Winner of the national "Mrs. America"' contest will have a trip ta Florida. Brother Dies in Plane Crash at Grand Jet., Colo. Earl Redd, of Plattsmouth, re ceived word Saturday of the death of his brother, Oscar, 45, in a plane crash in the moun tains near his home in Grand Jet., Colo. According to information re ceived here, Mr. Redd, flying a private plane, sent word via rad io about noon Wednesday that he was having trouble with one engine of the plane. When he failed to arrive on schedule at the airport, a search got under way. His body was found in the wreckage of the plane in the rugged mountains near the Col orado City. Besides his brother Earl, of Plattsmouth, he is survived by a twin brother. Austin of Grand Jet., two sisters, Mrs. Ada Schaf er, San Francisco, Calif., and Hazel, present address not known. Three Bound Oyer To District Court Three men have been bound over to district court at Platts mouth on bonds of $2,500 each after their arrests here and in Lincoln last week. William Leroy Tepley, 19, of Omaha, pleaded guilty before County Judge Raymond J. Case to a charge of stealing a motor vehicle from a Plattsmouth ser vice station last week and was bound over for trial in district court on a $2,500 bond which was not posted. Tepley was arrested at Lincoln by the safety patrol. Two other men entered pleas of guilty after arrests on forg ery charges by the Cass county sheriff's office. Lynn Herbert Jarrett of Om aha entered his plea of guilty to a charge of issuing forged in trument and was bound over bv Judge Case on a $2,500 bond. William Burson, Jarrett's com panion at the time of their ar rest last week after they at tempted to pass a check at a store in Plavtsmouth, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of forging a check. His bond was plp"d a the same fieure. Neith er bond was posted and the men are being held at the Cass coun ty jail for appearance in district court. Mr. Griffin Attends Rites Of Brother Tom Griffin left Friday even ini for Miami, Florida to attend funeral services for his brother, George Griffin. Word was received here Thursday evening that George died of a heart attack. Mrs. John Carmack is ill at her home with the flu. I is Career Day for juniors and seniors, to take place on March 9. On Tuesday, March 29, junior and senior students will be vis iting PU-.ttsmouth business nouses of their choice for an in sight into that particular busi ness procedure. Following that activity, the Easter Egg Hunt will be held April 9. The Women's Division of the Chamber has planned its first activity of the year as Rural Homemakers Day to be held Ap ril 26, in co operation with the Cass county Extension Service office. A full day's program will be held at the high school aud itorium in Plattsmouth with dis plays by various business and other items of interest. Under the sponsorship of the Chamber's retail committee headed by Herb Freeburg, and the retail sub-committee headed by L. A. Caldwell, the Easter bunny is expected to make an appearance in Plattsmouth at 1:30 p.m., April 9, to be followed by the Easter Egg hunt at 2 p.m. Specially decorated downtown windows will be exhibited by various merchants for the Eas ter activity. Children two to eight years old will take part in the hunt vvith prizes going to children who find an egg. Steve Davis Alumni Director Nominee Maurice S. Hevelone of Bea trice and William A. Stewart, Lexington attorney, have been nominated for the presidency of the University of Nebraska Aiumni Association. Stephen A. Davis, Plattsmouth, and Williard H. Waldo, of De Witt, were nominated for the first district director post. Voting of all members of the Alumni Association will be done by ballot and the results will be announced at the annual Alumni Round-Up, June 11-13, according to James S. Pittenger, Secretary. Nominated for vice president for 1955-56 were Mrs. Norman C. Carlson and Mrs. Robert C. Russell, both of Lincoln. Gale E. Davis and Marvin G. Schmid, both of Omaha, are member-at-large nominees. Eagle School Slate Is Named at Caucus EAGLE (Special) A school caucus held here has placed names on the ballot for the April 5 election. Polls will be at the Eagle firehouse. Named to run for the school board were Orris Lanning, How ard Root. John Ronhoode and Harry Rockenbach. Plattsmouth Plattsmouth representative Shirley Hild, says the Plattsmouth American Legion Auxiliary. Miss Hild, a long-time 4-H club member and a leader in many other activities in school and church is a 16-yeai-old high school junior. See story elsewhere in the Journal today. Journal Photo. 12 Are Tapped In Honor Group At Ceremonies Twelve Plattsmouth high school junior students were tap ped for initiation into the Nat ional Honor Societv in cerem onies heid at the school Thurs day afternoon. Initiates were Shirley Ele?e. Minnie Etta Frazer, Shirley Hild, Deanna Hutton, Joanne Keeley, Carolyne Larsen, Rose mary Nelson, Carol Potschies, James Ulrich, Herman Weber, Roger Wehrbein and Ann Win scot. Taking part in the ceremony were senior members of the Plattsmouth group, Dean Dun ham, Jo Ann Egenberger, Shar n Fleischman, Hazel Gold, Mar ion Hild, Patricia Janda Mary McCarthy, Carolyn Robinsor .vlichael Shellenberger, ana rxi ricia Winscot. Each year the faculty seiect students for membership in the honor society. Only 15 percent of the class membership is el igible and are selected from the i upper 25 percent of the class. The qualities, in addition to i scholarship on which the selec- Service Cheerful and en I thusiastic service to the school; help in schoo procedure, student i government, school publications; 1 acting as a guide, assisting un 1 derclassmen; active in repres ; enting school in interclass or in- , terschool competition. Leadership Initiative in i worthwhile classroom activities; j I Initiative in promoting school i activities; holding school offices J i and other positions of respon I sibility; exerting wholesome j , leadership. I Character meeting obhga i tions promptly and completely, honesty in class work and cord ial and sincere toward teachers ! and students; helpful in remov- ing bad influences in the school; ( upholding ideals of Christian or ganizations; demonstrating qua! ities of personality, honesty, re liability, promptness, achieve ment, and morality. At the conclusion of the init iation ceremony, Thursday, the seniors served a formal tea for the new junior members their parents and the High School faculty. The society is sponsored by Jessie Whalen and Mrs. Faith Friest. Kenneth Cecil Is Commissioned In Naval Reserve NEWPORT, R. I. (FHTNC) Navy Ens. Kenneth D. Cecil, son pi Mrs. Mildred E. Cecil of 203 S. Seventh St., Plattsmouth, Nebr., received his commission in the U. S. Naval Reserve at Navy Officer Candidate School graduation ceremonies here March 4. He has been assigned to San dia Base, Albuquerque, N. Mex. Police Court Jim Fowler, Plattsmouth, $1 and $4 costs, running stop sign at Ninth street and First ave. N. W. Gamble, Pottawatamie county, la., forfeited $5 bond, improper parking. Girls' Stater to Girls State for 1955 will be - i - ' By a complicated system of associations, Mrs. Clem Woster came up with the answer to a Whatizzit contest conducted here by the Schreiner Drug store. Ads running in the Jour nal regularly for a year asked the question "March 21, What Is it?" drew answers includ ing, "The First Day of Spring" to a Journal an Jochimsen Rites Set for Tuesday At Denison, la. Funeral services will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, March 22, for Mrs. Herbert Jochimsen of Plattsmouth, at the St. Rose Lima church in Denison, la. Mrs. Jochimsen died sudden ly Tuesday, March 15, at the Crawford County Memorial hos pital at Denison, la., where she was to have undergone surgery. Mrs. Jochimsen was born Dec. 29, 1905, at Denison. the daugh ter of Jack and Ellen Flahive. She received her education in Denison schools and had made hpr hnmA in that, rommunitv most of her life. She was mar- ried to Roger Michael McGrath who preceded her in death as did an infant daughter. . mZSJtn moving to Plattsmouth " where' they had since resided. She is survived by her hus band, Herbert; a daughter, Mrs. William Coan of Denison; a son, Michael McGrath, now serving in the Navy; one grandson, James Coan; three stepsons, Merlin Jochimsen of Platts mouth, Melvin Jochimsen, Man chester, Conn., and Ralph Jo chimsen of Vail, la. Reserve Unit Promotions Are Announced A list of promotions of enlist ed men has been announced bv Cant. Cecil Karr, commanding officer Heavy Mortar company, ing the welfare of service men 355th Infantry Reserve, at ! in hospitals in many places Plattsmouth. j about the country. Inspection of records and j Plattsmouth Mayor Leo Mei training of the unit was made j singer has issued a proclama on March 16 and an inspection ' tion proclaiming the tag day for of ordnance has been set for ; the Navy Mothers' drive on Sat April 5. urday, March 26. Promotions given went to Jo seph J. Loper from sergeant first class to master sergeant; Char les L. Allen, from corporal to sergeant; Robert L. Faris, from private first class to corporal; Raymond E. Sprieck. private first class to corporal; and Don ald E. Rhoades from private to private first class. Newly assigned to the com pany are Frederick M. Monk, private first class who has trans ferred back from Texas; Private Billy L. Booton, who has joined the company, and Pfc. Benja- min J. Reeder, who was dis- charged from the regular serv- ices on Feb. 28 and who has now joined the active reserve ranks, Tax Foreclosures Filed in Court Tax foreclosures on 14 lots in Cass county have been filed with the district court in Plattsmouth. I $15 and $4 costs, speeding. Lots included are in Platts- i Michael O. Barmettler, Oma mouth, Louisville, Weening Wa- na IW and $4 costs, speeding ter and Elmwood as well as some j Jonn Effken, Cook, Nebr., $25 ints rmtciHo nf mhoo v. and $4 costs. sDeedine. county Names against which tax fore- "losurps havp heen filH inHnH Robert T. Long, A. C. Smith, Myrtle Gochenour, William Go chenour. Charlotte Johnson and ired Rvlander, J. Metcalf. Wil liam H. August. Sr.. John N Larsh, William H. Mason, Robert i White. Charles F. Shafer. Fred P. Reed. George Lutz, and George W. Bogenrief. Also filed in district court is a petition asking a license to sell real estate by James F. Beg lev. conservator for Peter A. Mockenhaupt. Jack Stewart spent the week end with relatives in Iowa. Whatizzit? She Knew Demonstrator Will Be at Consumers Mrs. Margaret Leighty, direc tor of home economics for Hot Point, will be at the Consumers Public Power company office in Plattsmouth all day tomorrow (Tuesday) to demonstrate ap pliances to the public. Free fav ors will be dispensed during the da,y. Dissolve Petition Hearings Scheduled For Two Districts Two public hearings of the r 'JZS tfSKta "nK Keen ui fnr ifav oq ot tha rf gee of the Cass county super-: A tru( driven by Don Kellison j intendent of .schools in Platts-; was stalled on a hill just south inouth to consider petitions filed of Plattsmouth on Highway 75 i to dissolve districts and annexlabout 8:30 a- m- Mondav when i iho orpoc tn -nictriot r7 of iunr a car driven bv a Mr. Gaee of I dock. ! Invoivect are District No. 7 i sometimes known as the McCaig ; the Cornish school and some- times the Grady school. Hearing for the District No. 76 petitions has been set for 2 p.m., by L. A. Behrends, county superintendent, and at 2 p.m. the same day, May 28, for Dis trict No. 48. Legal voters of District 7, Dis trict 76, and District 48, are ex pected to be present for the hearings. Navy Mothers Tag Day Set Saturday The Navy Mothers club will hold a tag day in Plattsmouth on Saturday to raise money to ' help with their work in promot Court House County court: Watson Bros. Transportation company was hit hard last week by the state when they were found with expired license plates and other law infractions. Assessed against the trucking company in Cass county court: $70 and $4 costs, overweight on capacity plates; $10 and $4 costs, overlength truck. $100 and $4 costs, expired license plates; $80 and $4 costs, expired license plates; $40 and $4 costs, expired i license plates; $20 and $4 costs, expired license plates; $10 and $4 costs, expired license, plates. Other fines assess in county court include: Charles W. Garst, Lincoln, $15 and $4 costs, speed ing. Robert R. Leishian, Lincoln, i Herschel Conners, Omaha, $10 ! and costs, no trip permit. KODert j . Morse, Mt. .Prospect, 111.. $16 and $4 costs. $16 and $4 costs, srjeedine. Joseph R. Van Tersch, Oma- ha. $1 and $4 costs, failure to ! carry and exhibit operator's li- cense. memDer oi tne high school John A. Thompson, Omaha, chorus; a reporter for the Plat $10 fine suspended, $4 costs, ter, school newspaper; a mem charge speeding. ber of Dramatics; office girl for Billie R. Webster, Wayne or Principal William Floyd; a mem- Auburn, Nebr., $15 and $4 costs, speeding Carl A Nelson, Omaha, $10 and $4 costs, speeding Marriage license issued: Robert Charles Clark, 22, Lin coln, and Joyceola Eidenmiller. 17, Elmwood. niversary. Actually, Mrs. Woster finally remem bered, it was Schreiner's 10th anniversary. Here she received her prize, a Schaeffer Snorkel foun tain pen, from Vic Schreiner, left, and John Schreiner, right, owners of the store. Today is the store's anniversary. Journal Photo. Icy Streets Cause Traffic Accidents Three traffic mishaps were re ported by Plattsmouth police i during the night Sunday and ; Mondav morning. A driver, as yet unknown to the police, crashed into the large sign in front of the Hinky Dinky supermarket and dam aged it heavily. Other mishaps, attributed partly to slick ice on the streets and roads, included Chief of Po lice Lawrence Chappel's car which was parked in front of the police station and was fe L.2? ! .8;30 Mon - O.av. Damage was minor. Nebraska City coming up from J JEEKJgi f SK , of the truck and pushed the rear alien, mere were no injuries Damage to the vehicles was not heavy. Mrs. Donat Moves On to TV Program SHENANDOAH, IA. Mrs. Esther Donat, radio personality here for two years, has accepted a position with KFEQ-TV, St. Joseph, Mo., to present a 45 minute daily women's show. with station KFNF here, she al- so owned and operated a chil dren's and misses apparel shop. She has sold the shop to Mrs. Tom Ross and Mrs. Joe Van Buskirk, wives of Shenandoah businessmen. Mrs. Donat is a former resident of Plattsmouth, Neb. Beverage Named On Dean's List HAMILTON, N. Y. Richard E Beverage, son of Mr. and Mrs. : R. E. Beverage, 612 Ave. C, Platts 1 mouth, has been named to the Dean's list at Colgate University for academic excellence during the preceding semester. Only 13 percent of the University's 1302 students attained this honor. Beverage, a sophomore, is a 1953 graduate of Plattsmouth High School. Mrs. O. A. Davis Dies at Omaha Mrs. O. A. Davis of Platts mouth died at Methodist hos pital, Omaha, about noon Mon c'av. it was learned here. Sattler Funeral Home is mak ing arrangements for services. Energetic Girls' Stater Is A Member of Two 4-H Clubs An energetic Plattsmouth high school junior will represent Plattsmouth in the annual Girls' State program it has been an nounced by the American Legion Auxiliary of Plattsmouth, the H5??:,... . , omney rum, lo-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hild. Here are the facts that prove her energy: Around high school, she's a ber of trv National Honor Soci ety and the Lions Club's Keen Time Club. At the Christ Lutheran church where she is a member, she is secretary of the Sunday school; : this year, American History Bi a member of the church choir; ology. Typing I, and English a member of the Luther League, III. Spring Is Here Including Snow, Sleety Streets Just how much can a groundhog get away with? This may be a question which popped in the minds of Cass county residents today as they stared out their windows at what had come on the first day of spring, Snow with a base of sleet cov Capper Trains With Marines, Atomic Tests CAMP DESERT ROCK, Nev. ' FHTNC i Now at the Atomic Energy Commission Proving Grounds here for the latest se ries of atomic tests is Marine Cpl. Billy M. Capper of Platts mouth, Nebr. Before entering the service in March, 1952, he attended Piattsmouth Public Cpl. Billy Capper While here he will particpate 1 ffiSua which an atomic explosion will be employed against hypotheti cal enemy forces. The Marines will test assault tactics relating to atomic warfare, including the art of vertical envelopment by helicopter. Training in physical protection measures and indoc trination in the effects of atom ic explosions on equipment are other important phases of the exercise. He is a member of the 3rd Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade which was flown to this desert site to par ticipate in the atomic attack problems. Police Investigate Dogs in Chickens Plattsmouth police are on the trail of several dogs which thy believe have been killing chick ens in the city. Police say witnesses have spotted at least one brown, short nnd heavyset dog which has been crawling through fences to get at the fowls in various chicken yards. Also Monday morning a report of a pack of dogs molesting chickens was bein; checked out by the department. Bride Kicks Gun Blasts Bridegroom Two slightly wounded Balti more. Ohio, bridegrooms were treated at an Omaha hospital after being wounded after pass ing bv Plattsmouth, it has been reported. Carrying slight wounds from shotguns, by one of the brides were Harold Heater. 22, and Jam es Woodell. 27 who .said thev ' stopped their car so Mrs. Heater could take their pictures. That done they got back in the car but Mrs. Woodell knocked over a shotgun which discharged scat j tering the bridegrooms with i shotgun pellets. a church youth organization She has a record of eight year.; of perfect attendance at Sun day school. She is chaplain of the JobV Daughters organization. In 4-H work, she has been a -".ember fo- nine vears and has f -von several awards. This year me is carrying five projects and -:e.on?s to two 4-H clubs, holdm? .he offices of president and news reporter. Miss Hild's hobbies include dancing, listening to music, rol ler skating, baby sitting and movies. She looks forward to college and thus has set up a college preparatory course for herself : in hi?h school which inrlnHps ered the streets and roads and the temperature wasn't much warmer than on groundhog day. This was the da the sign readers saw the groundhog's chance to be out all day with out gilmpsing his shadow as a few fine flakes of snow fell. It should have been a sign of a warm, early spring, tis said. A gloomy forenoon preceded the groundhogs mis-prediction Sunday and about noon freez ing rain began, turning to froz en ice pellets in the afternoon. Monday morning, as spring made an entrance, it looked more like the beginning of win ter. The storm was the tail end of a big one that roared through western Nebraska and northern Iowa on the weekend, slicking the highways which brought traffic accidents and death to four in Nebraska and five in Iowa, none from the Cass coun ty area. There was really no relief in sight today as weather bureau forecasters saw only a 30 degree temperature in south and east Nebraska today and 20 degrees tonight. Spring arrived at 3:36 a.m. to day in Nebraska, it says in the book. The vernal equinox, that is. Tuberculosis Group Approve New Seminars The Board of Directors of the Nebraska Tuberculosis Associa tion met at the Regis Hotel in - Omaha on March 17. Fifty nine representatives irom all over Nebraska took part in the all -day meeting. Attending from Cass county were Dorothy Smith and Mrs. L. R. Wiseman. Dr. John F. Gardiner, Nebras ka's representative director to the National Tuberculosis As sociation board of directors, re ported on the recent National meeting in New York City. A pol icy approved by the National Board, a number of which are physicians, was that the Tuber culosis Association should be in terested not only in the field of pulmonary tuberculosis, but in the field of chest diseases. All diseases of the lungs are close ly related. In Nebraska the state board of directors voted to appropri ate Christmas Seal money to a research program in the two medical schools in the Univer ersity of Nebraska and Creigh ton University. They authorized the expenditure ol funds for an X-ray machine to be presented , to the new Clarkson Hospital for X-raying of all patients on admission, as a demonstration of the value of such a program. They voted a year's scholarship to a nurse for training for a Master's degree hi nursing edu cation and administration in tuberculosis. The nurse inturn, would return to Nebraska to train others in the care of tub erculosis patients. The State Association approv ed again support of physicians : seminars with specialists speak ing on chest diseases. An ex panding program ot medical ed ucation on tuberculosis in the medical schools will al.-o be sup ported by the Association. The annual meeting of the Association will be held in June in Omaha. Janice Switzer Wins Art First NEHAWKA fanidf Switzer, Nehawka high school senior, hns won the D. A. R. senior high school division of art, it has been anrouncd by Miss Evelvn Wnlph, youth chairman of the Tonatban Cass chapter of the D. A. R. here. Last year. Miss Switzer, daugh r of Mr. and Mrs. Randall Switzer of Nehawka, won tne national art cwittt conducted by the organization. The state first prize drnwlrg is now enterH 'n the 1955 na tional art contest. Till? WFATFR Comoiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth. Nebraska. March 17-20, 1955. Hih Lo"' Prec Thursday 42 31 Friday 50 20 Saturday 56 32 Sunday 46 30 Forecast: Today, cold windv and snow cold and windy tonight.