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Metzger Burns At Lawmakers' Tax Reaction by William A. Metzger State Senator The most unusual experience of my legislative career was ex perienced this past week on a measure to increase the tax on liquor and beer. So dire is Nebraska's need for additional revenue to operate agencies of the government and to carry on a minimum require ment for the schools and roads, that the Revenue Committee asked the legislature by a vote of 7 to 1 for permission to in troduce a tax measure placing an additional tax measure of 5c per gallon on liquors and 2c per gallon on beer. Less than 24 hours after the committee took this action, the Legislature was called upon to adopt this committee revenue bill, and believe it or not, twenty members of our Nebraska Legis lature, who are elected by the people to represent their dis tricts, refrained from voting either for or against this bill. It was obvious that several of these twenty members who were present and not voting would readily increase taxes on pas senger cars, real estate, trucks, and most every other type of property, but assure a hands off policy on taxing alcoholic beverages even though the tax meant a mere 5c and 2c increase as explained above. We have experienced an in crease in taxes cn almost every form of property in Nebraska. Yet the last time a tax on alco holic beverages was increased was in 1951 for liquor and 1947 on beer. Nebraska is below the national average in regard to the taxing of these articles. It was not with an attitude of dis crimination that the Revenue Committee proposed these addi tional taxes, but only an effort to be fair in spreading the over all tax load. It is somewhat disturbing to see the growing power of the lobbyists in Nebraska, especially those who maintain full time headquarters and a "training table" for Legislators and in some instances their wives. I strongly defend some lobby ists, who can offer services to the legislature through giving accurate information on their subjects, but I am experiencing a degree of anxiety over the in fluence that spend too much money to maintain the status quo on tax matters. Twenty men who would not even vote on a reasonable tax measure stands out thus far, as the - greatest demonstration of members failing to assume their legislative responsibility because of cross political currents back home. ONE MINUTE SPORTS QUIZ 1. Who is Eddie Brannick? 2. What horse won the recent Flamingo Stakes? 3. How did the U.- S. team come out when it played Canada in the world hockey games re cently? 4. Who is Don Hoak? 5. Who is Jerry Barber. The Answers: 1. Road Secretary of the New York Giants. 2. Nashua. 3. It was defeated 12-1. 4. Brooklyn Dodger (NL) base ball player. 5. Professional golfer who re cently set a course record at Me morial Park in Houston. . BULLDOZING AH Kinds - Sec Gerald Mcisingcr Louisville Dial 4571 Dependable Working Closet Combinations Several attrac tive models Mechanical ac tion of closet is positive with each flushing. Freestanding less supply pipe and seat. Prices start at 33.25 Automatic Water Heaters 20 Cal 59.50 30 Cal 69.50 oils Ha HARDWARE ft rf , i .11 i ip iii i niiii mil i i i ii i . I I n I in i in ii ii i i i i ii i ii mi i un iiiiimn nrn n iiimii.i League Standings: Independent League Third Week Teams w L Pins Plattsmouth Motors . .8 1 6539 Modern Woodmen ...7 2 6196 Metz Beer - 6 3 5932 Twin Gables 5 4 6622 Soennichsen's 5 4 6191 BREX Carmen 5 4 5893 BREX Office 5 4 5459 Fran & Estel's 4 5 5738 Smith's Men's Wear . .3 6 5120 Lion's Club 3 6 5722 Minor Pontiac 2 7 5603 Slander Impl 1 8 3792 Season's records: High team game, Plattsmouth Motors, 817. High team series, Plattsmouth Motors, 2353. High individual game, R. O' Donnell, 217. High individual series, E. Koehler, 553. Weekly records: High team game, Plattsmouth-! Motors, 817. High team series, Plattsmouth Motors, 2353. High individual gam, R. O' Donnell, 217. High individual series, E. Koehler, 553. SuijLday Mixed League Second Week Teams W L Pins Cuthrell-Holoubek -.5 1 3290 Austin-Slavicek 5 1 2939 Kellison-Hirz 4 2 2662 Wurtele-Riemer 2 4 2737 Minor-Begley ,1 5 2944 Spangler-Davis . .1 5 2485 Season's records: High team game, Cuthrell Holoubek, 634. High team series, Cuthrell Holoubek, 1702. High individual game, Jim Begley, 209. High individual series, C. Cuth rell, 537. Merchants League Second Week Teams . . W L Pins Steve Davis Ins 6 0 4452 The Gas Company . . .4 2 4220 Riverview Home 4' 2 4145 Bryant Motors 4 2 3859 Jim's Standard Serv. 4 2 3809 Mack's Kitchen . . 3 3 4583 Schreiner's 3 3 3976 Cass Theatre 2 4 4045 Cass Co. Motors 2 4 3878 Woster Shoe Store -.2 4 3651 Kents -2 4 3623 Ernie's Bar 0 6 3603 Season's records: High team game, Mack's Kitchen, 825. High team series, Mack's Kitchen, 2395. High individual game, Bob Brittain, 201. , High individual seriesFrank Barr, 537. Weekly records: High team game, Steve Davis Ins., 814. High team series, Steve uavis Ins., 2336. High individual game, Bob Brittain, 195. High individual series, Bob Brittain, 507. Corner Bar Moves Back Into Lead Corner Bar moved into the lead in the Plattsmouth duck pin league with a two-of-three win over VFW last week. B. Tschirren led the Corner Bar team to victory with 159 high game with S. Harold scor ing high series with 406. H. Aus tin led VFW with highs of 174 and 453. Timm's took three straight from Welcome Inn to pull into a tie for second. Joe Case had high for Timms of 171 and 438. R. Stoll led Welcome Inn with 16 and 412. Eagles swept three from My ers as A. Abel high 174 and 468 to lead the Eagle team and D. Wolf high 134 and 339 to pace Myers. Storz Zebras swept a three game series over Firestone as Titus rolled 156 and 407 for high UP-TO-THE-MINUTE Whether you drive once a week or every day you should have complete automobile insura nee. Know you are protected. Consult this agency. Steve Davis Phone 61 11 2nd Floor Bank Bldg. 5th & Main Plattsmouth Guaranteed 100 for Storz game and series and C. Thomason high 136 and 355 to lead Firestone. Ofe's won two of three over Feldhousen as L. Gardner rolled the only 201 game, the only 200 breaker of the week, to top high single game for Ofe's and hit 477 for high series. M. Bintner had 175 and 427 for highs for Feldhousen. Stander won two of three over Ernies with D. Newburn rolling 161 and I. Bomberg 412 to top Stander with H. Rohlfs 153 and C. Steinbach 383 to top Ernies. Stites halted USAR two of three games with D. Wueiling hitting 151 and 420 to top Stites and C. Karr rolling 172 and 430 for USAR top. Paint Store took two of three over Bryant with M. Hodge hit ting 167 for high 10 and Jack Brookhouser 445 for Paint Store high 30. Al Fairfield hit 184 and 502 for Bryants. Standings: W L Corner Bar 44 25 Timm's Bar . 43 26 Bryant 43 26 VFW 39 30 Feldhousen . .38 31 Stander 38 31 Firestone 37 32 Ofe's 33 36 Welcome Inn . .. 33 36 Eagles ....,32 37 Ernies Bar 32 37 Paint Store .......31 38 Stites 31 38 Myers .29 40 USAR 26 43 Storz Zebras .23 46 Eaton Performs In Armed Forces Athletic Division Howard " Eaton, who in his school activities at Union and Plattsmouth was an outstanding figure in athletics, is continu ing his work in the armed forces. He is stationed in the 3635th Air Base group at Stead air base at Reno, Nevada. Particioatine: in the Pacific Coast Conference northern divi sion boxing tounrament, March 7-1 1th, he was runner up in the event. Eaton won his first by knock ing out Castle air force entry Timmy Towner, 132 heavy weight in three minutes of the third round. The second night of the tournament Eaton won a TKO in the third round over Beal base Robert Duffern, 190 pounds. He was injured in the third bout, throwing his left arm out of place while jabbing. Eaton has won five trophies since entering the air force, three for boxing and two for He was on the Stead Air Base baseball team that won the Pa cific Coast conference, partici pating in a seventeen day tour of Hawaii. Eaton pitched seven wins against three losses in the games with the island air force teams. Stead base nau a oi game schedule that included San Jose state college, Sacramento state and Nevada state and all of the air base teams on the Pacific coast. Howard is coming, home on leave next month and would like to help put on- a boxing show. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Eaton of Plattsmouth. Elm wood Is Team to Watch Next Season Elmwood high school - Pan thers completed the 1954-55 bas ketball season with an impres sive 12-5 record and appear to be the team to stop in the Cass county conference next year. They lose one of the first 10 by graduation. The Pirates captured third place honors in the Cass County Conference with a 7-1 record. Elmwood hit for a total of 1.004 points, or a 63.75 game av erage, while holding all opposi tion to 843 points for a 52.7 game average. Ten boys carried the brunt of the load for the Pirates this year and only one will be lost by grad uation. . Dave Godbey racked up the most points, 158, for a 10.5 game average. However, he was fol lowed closely by Dick Thomas with 156 points and a 9.9 game average. Royal Halvorsen netted 115, Jarry Backemeyer 113, Dale Lannin 109, Ronnie Abrams 101, and Bob Hall 99. Juniors Ronnie Abrams and Dave Godbey were placed on the first ten All-Conference team With the finish of the season Royal Halvorsen and Ronnie Ab rams were chosen honorary co- captains. .The Elmwood Pirate's first team consisted of Dale Kunz, a senior; Ronnie Abrams, Dave Godbey, Elmer Mueller, Dale Lannin, Royal Halvorsen, jun iors; Jerry Backemeyer, Bob Hall, Dick Thomas and Bob Rueter, sophomores. . Bill Mickelson is the coach. First 10 Days Know Y Softball Team Meeting Is Set For Friday Night A "meeting of any persons in terested in playing softball has been set by Bob Gall, who will manage a team for the Eagles Lodge, at 8 p.m. Friday, at the Eagles hall. Gall, whose Eagles softball team last year rolled into sec ond place in the Weeping Water softball league, said he is call ing a meeting early this year be cause he wants his players to be in top -shape when the sea son opens. However, the Eagles team may play in a different league this year. Gall said he is going to a league meeting at Glenwood Tuesday night to see if the Plattsmouth team can enter competition there this summer. MEANT HIS SPEECH FAYETTE VILLE, N. C. While Mayor George Herndon was add ressing a group of auxiliary po licemen on law and enforcement a messenger interrupted to ad vise him that an armed bandit had robbed the Mayor's music store of $40. The Mayor com pleted his address with greater earnestnesand enthusiasm. The Red Cross Blood Donor Service was started on February 4, 1941, when voluntary donors were recruited by the New York Chapter. ' Again in 1954-for the 9th straight year MORE PEOPLE BOUGHT CH EVOLETS THAN ANY OTHER CAR! 607 1st Avenue i ' our Candidate Robert T. Whelan, 41-year- cid electrician at Offutt Air Force base, will be a candidate for the two-year term for Platts mouth city council from the first ward. Born eight miles north of Al bert Lea, Minn., on a farm, Dec. 9, 1913, Mr. Whelan attended rural grade school near his farm home and was graduated from the St. Theodore parochial high school in Albert Lea. He com pleted a two-year industrial electric course at the University of Minnesota in 1936, then re turned to the farm with his fa ther until 1939 when he was married and went into the elec trical business for himself in Al bert Lea. He sold his business there in 1941 and came to Ne braska to work at the Martin Bomber plant at Omaha. He worked there until 1945 when he moved to Plattsmouth in Sep tember and went into business for himself. He sold his business in Plattsmouth in 1948 and opened a business in Auburn but returned to Plattsmouth in 1949. He is now employed as an elec trician with a private company at Offutt field. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus in Plattsmouth and has been elected grand knight. He is also a member of the Eagles, St. John's Catholic church where he is on the build ing committee for a new paroch ial grade school which is plan ned for construction this year. -He is a member of the 40 & 8 club. j The Wheians own two homes .But J yourself ' - ': 1 - - i "- .i-J' one. of motoramic v-SV 1 m, mMSi'" A It-xTU i. v A UW) CASS COUNTY-"'MOTOR ,1, ? r ' , . i ' w , s v , Robert T. Whelan in Plattsmouth. They have six children. . v SIIATTUCK SCHOOL DIRECTOR TO VISIT HERE Gerald L. Kieffer. director of I studies at Shattuck School, Fari bault, Minnesota, will visit alum ni and patrons of the School in Plattsmouth, Nebraska on March KARR tr SOCHOR Auditors & Accountants Audits Income Tax Service Bookkeeping: Systems ' Installed Ph. 6287 Donat Building: 41 Plattsmouth 0 All Breeds et THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, March 21, 1955 PAGE FIVk Fairland Midgets The Fairland 'Midgets 4-H club will meet Thursday, March 17 at 7:30 at the home of Martha Dean Bailey. The Fairland Midgets held a postponed meeting February 21 at the Sam Long home. The meeting was opened with the 4-H pledge and the flag salute, followed by a business meeting. Muffins were demonstrated for both groups by Evelyn Jones, Sarah Humiston of the younger group was absent. The muffins were judged by the club mem bers. The younger girls examined their pin cushions and contents of their sewing boxes. It was demonstrated how to thread a needle and knot the thread. 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