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"" V r '"r T yfyyy"pV fyyyyf KSE3. STATE filST. SOCIETY XXX 1500 R ST. L If! COL;!, !:3H. TT h i? 1 - 1 t-' MS A V ..:;, - .- 'S t H 4 f.tfM'- ;. I 1 1! 1 M ' i 1 t i 1 I - J AX '. . V?'3ivw s-. ; v?r'rv vi 1- i yxr ihAl Ail A i jf ' ' M AA : . aa-jie.v. ........ -,. Hirz is brought to High point of Wednesday's Plattsmouth under the sponsorship of the American Legion and served a warrant by Sheriff Tom Solomon and brought before Margaret Eiting, Dan Huebner and Ron Furse, all of whom " Auxiliary, assisted by Lions and Rotary Club, was the trial of Judge Raymond J. Case, Hirz was ready to plead guilty when ;; testified they had seen the gum passed out" and heard the de Denny Hirz on a violation of Nebraska's statute covering corrupt Atty. James Begley "as a friend of the family of long standing" fenda,nt ask that, they vote for Hirz. practices. Young Hirz was specifically CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST 4, NEWSPAPER VOLUME 74 Athletes Will n Wednesday Honors for Plattsmouth high school athletes will be forthcoming Wednesday night when the Chamber of Commerce holds its annual athletic banquet. : Tickets for the event must be John Dominco Tvi F E f wice nonoreo With Awards WEEPING WATER John J. Domingo, ron of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Domingo of Weepin? Wate, row a senior student at the Cal ifornia Institute of Technology at Pasadena, has accepted "the Fulbright Award in science and will leave for Germany this f ah for study along with classmate at CalTcch. 4 t iff " , , 1 1 John J. Domingo Mr. Domingo, who will be graduated with a bachelor of .science in physics degree in June this year, has received notice of two awards, the Fulbright being one of them. First he received notice from j the National Science -Fcunda- tion at Washington, D. C, that j he had won a pre-doctcrate fel- j did not apDrove of the plan sub lowship which allowed him a ! mitted and recommended that a year of study at a university of j new petition be drawn up more his own choosing and carries a j nearly reflecting the wishes of monetary value of about $1,800. About 10 days later, he re ceived notice that he had won a Fulbright award in science which will allow him to attend the University of Germany at Gottingen for a year with all expenses paid. He accepted this. W. D. Baker Rites Held in Kansas WEEPING WATER Funeral services for W. D. Baker, 82, of Weeping Water were held at Hi nwatha, Kans.. Sunday. Mr. Baker died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ernest Lindahl in Casper, Wyo., Thursday. Mr. Baker is survived by his widow, one daughter, Donna Mae Lindahl and one son. Rev. Har old Baker of Bellflower. Calif. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth. Nebraska. 4-14-17, 1955. Hiih Low Prec. Thursday 70 38 Friday 76 .45 Saturday 74 ' 50 Sunday 77 44 Forecast: High near 75, occa sional thunder showers, cooler tonight. V,,,f- Y'mi-rmm bar by Solomon Boys and Girls County held in charged with giving away gifts Consolidated With EIGHT PAGES made in advance and Tuesday will be the deadline, it has been announced by the Chamber's athletic committee. Any reser vations telephoned to the Cham berOf Commerce office today or Tuesday will be honored with a ticket to be paid for at the door. Tickets can also be purchased through today and Tuesday from The Journal, Bowman's barber shop, at Minor Pontiac cr at the Chamber office. The banquet will begin M 6:30 p. m.i Wednesday, Don Cotner, committee chairman, has' an nounced. Walter Smith has been se lected as tdastmaster with Art Wheeler, athletic director at Peru State Teachers, as featured i speaker. A movie .of the football game between Nebraska and Colorado universities will be shown. Fathers of Plattsmouth high athletes will get first chance to take their sons to the Wednes day night banquet but the Chamber committee said that in any case where the father is un able to do so, a Plattsmouth business man will be host to the athlete. Athletes in football, basketball and track will be honored with the most valuable player in each sport ana nonorary team cap- tains receiving recognition District No. 71, Elmwood Merger Denied at Lincoln LINCOLN A controversy which developed between those for and those against in a hear ing on the annexing of Cass county School District No. 71 to Elmwood, No. 95, caused a peti tion which had been presented to state re-districting committee to be refused. The committee ruled that it I school natrons. This was set out in a letter to Cass county Super intendent of School Lloyd A. Behrends. Howard A. Pool represented the Elmwood board of education at the meeting. Protestors from District 71 were represented at the state house meeting by Ev erett Jose. Subscribe to The Journal NOW? Plattsmouth's Chamber o'-K j Commerce looked both backward and forward at a quarterly meet ing here Thursday night and found the going good. In its program, the Chamber had gathered $3,553.03 and had spent- $1,742.30, according to Manager Charles Allen's report at the meeting, and they had plans on the fire. Members heard a report that the Chamber's new Homemakers Day, Tuesday, April 26, may be a booming success as indicated bv the fact that all the floor display space has been sold out for several weeks now lr i Ii. . Homemakers from the Cass county area are expected to find the displays and program an interesting one. IF oimie in the form of chewing gum agreed to defend him. County Attorney Richard the Nehawka Enterprise PLATTSMOUTH, Weeping Water Church Finish Near L-- ' ML Y d K j A ? (r ' ? '4,0 : ' Hurrying to finish the new St. Paul's Luth eran church at Weeping Water in time for the dedication next Sunday are L. A. Baker of Weep ing Water, left, nephew of Byron Baker, the con tractor, Glen Taylor, right, and Verne Ackley, in Loose Dogs Item Worse Says Chief As Two Are Bitten Plattsmouth Chief of Police Lawrence Chappell renewed a warning today that dogs running loose in the streets will be picked up an impounded, whether or not the;; are licensed. The vnrning grew out of two dog b; incidents which occured on tho weekend. Chappell reported that a dog owned by G, E. Taylor bit Fred Barnard, about 12. on Lincoln avenue Saturday. The boy was eiven an anti rabies shot at a Plattsmouth physician's office after the dog's teeth broke the skin. A dog bite to her two-year-old son was aso reported by Mrs. Arnold Buechler, 626 Oakmont, on Thursday evening. Mrs. Buechler told the Journal that it appeared to be a stray cocker spaniel dog with no markings. The boy was bitten on the lip and other places. Chief Chappell said that the doe situation is again getting bad and he expects to re-new a drive against loose running dogs. HOME ON LEAVE A3C Danny Covert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Covert of Plattsmouth, arrived home Sun day morning from Travis Air Force Base for a 20-day leave. The Women's Division of the Chamber, a newly formed sec ion this year, will operate the county-wide Homemakers Dain co-operation with Miss Pearl Schultz, Cass county Home Ex tension Agent. All Cass county extension clubs have been invit ed by letter and other rural women who are not members of extension clubs are urged to make their reservations by April 20 so the Women's. Division Chairman Helen Lessman, and her committee can make noon luncheon reservations. About women are expected to at ' tend. The program opens with registration at 9 a. m. Also in the planning stages, Beverly Sprieck tells story to Judge Case in solicitation of votes. When , ' C. Peck,' acting as prosecutor, , - . and Elmwood Leader - Echo - CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA,! Musicians Take. Top Ratings; Band Concert Tuesday Night Plattsmouth high school mu sicians are home from Fremont and the district music contests with 12 Class I ratings. Eight of these went to the band and .instrumentalists with four oth ers going to vocalists. High school musicians, will bring their major events to an end tomorrow night (Tuesday) when the four high school bands give a concert in the high school auditorium. Over 196 students will take part in the Tuesday night event when four bands will be in con cert under the direction of Mel vin McKenney, band and chorus director. In addition, a group of baton twirlers, under the direction of Sharon Harbaugh, will give a program. Bands to take part will be the beginners band; Class C and Class B bands, and the Class A band which took a Rating I at Fremont. The A band will play two of its contest numbers plus others. Admission will be charged to- this concert. Eleven schools competed with Plattsmouth in the Class B sec tion of the district contest at Fremont last week. Mr. McKen ney said he was well pleased with the operation of the con tests. according to the Thursday night report, is Appreciation Day which will, in effect, take the place of the Farmers Barbecue held last year. This is set for May 14 when Plattsmouth mer chants will sponsor the event m appreciation of the business given them by farmers, shop personnel, Air Force personnel, Allied people and others. The event will take place on north Fifth street adjacent to the Plattsmouth State bank. Pan cakes and the trimmings will ba served from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. with entertainment being provided by TV. personalities, bands, a Peter Pan merry-go-round and a miniature train for the kiddies. Merchants will give Huebner called four witnesses. " Giving ' Hirz admitted the charge on acted only. in self defense, as his mum - Delivered Twice Weekly MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1955 the background of the ladder. Rev. Melvin Meyer is the pastor of the church congregation which has been using a temporary meeting place wait ing for the finish of the new structure. Journal Photo. At Fremont, Plattsmouth's band had a rating I. The chorus had a rating III. Choral groups otherwise were rated like this : mixed vocal, II; boys octet, II; girls triple trio, I; boys quar tet, II; vocal solos Minnie Fra zer, I; Terry Ernst, II; Jon Ul rich, I; Mary McCarthy, II; Sharon Harbaugh, II; Bob Carr, II; Elwood Johnson, II; Shirley Story, II; Mary Ann Ryan, I. Instrumental : Saxophone solos, Brenda Ofe, I; Linda Liv ingston, I; Margaret Eiting, piano, II; Carol Davis, piano, II; piano duo, III; drum quintet, I; trombone quartet, I; brass quar tet, I; brass sextet, I; saxophone quartet, I; band, I. The Program: Beginners Band will play a short program of melodies they have learned thus far in their 2 months work. "C" Band "On the Hike," Buchtel; "Sunset Waltz," Buch (Continued on page eight) Frank Bcdnarz Dies Frank Bednarz of Omaha died this morning April 18 in. Oma ha. Mrs Bednarz is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kraft of Manley. away free tickets to the pancake feed and entertainment. Paul Bowers is chairman of this com mittee. - The retail committee of the Chamber already has a success ful dollar days event under their belts. Next promotion is the "Ap preciation Day." Also reported as a successful event this spring was the Eas ter Egg hunt which drew about 500 youngsters on Saturday be fore Easter. L. A. Caldwell and a special committee Mrs. Zu lemma Dye, Marie Richards, Eill Kncrr and Vern Waterman pro moted the stunt. Al Lincler and the Plattsmouth Boy Scouts helped. "Squeals' testimony were Beverly Sprieck, the stand, but insisted that he opponent in the race for county to More Than 3000 Cass Law Officers Hunt But Find Emergency Address in Omaha Plattsmouth police and the Cass county sheriff's office spent frantic hours Friday night try ing to locate a Plattsmouth add ress on an emergency call but were unsuccessful. A woman called Plattsmouth police and said that her hus band, a construction worker in the pressure chamber at a Mis souri - river job at Plattsmouth, was suffering badly from the ef fects of having been in the Chamber and that he needed help at once. Police Sergeant Richard Winn could get onlv the address before the woman hung up 2002 North 18th street. A search on North Maiden Lane in Plattsmouth, which is 18th street, revealed no such address. Later the sheriff's of fice ioined the hunt but found nothing. Finally. Winn inquired by ra dio of Omaha police if the man could be at 2002 N: 18th street, Omaha. He was informed they had Bennett in a police car rush ing him toward the decompres sion chamber at Plattsmouth. County Sheriff Tom Solomon met Omaha police north of Plattsmouth and transported Craig to the Chamber near the river where he was treated. He's all right now, the sheriff re ported. Noisy Motorcyclists Escape Police Try The racket of motorcycles dis turbed Plattsmouth most of the day Sunday with their unmuf fled engine exhausts. Plattsmouth Police Chief Lawrence Chappell " chased one motorcycle rider at speeds rang ing up to 80 miles per hour north from Plattsmouth Sunday after the rider had broken arrest on Washington avenue. Chappell said he stopped the rider, be cause he had no license tag on his machine but before the man could be taken into custody, he iammed his machine in gear and roared north out of town. Chappell took up pursuit but lost the two wheeler in traffic. Sarpy county officials later re ported to have located the rider and Chappell plans further ac tion. About 4 p.m., Plattsmouth Police Sergeant Richard Winn gave chase to another motor cycle rider north on Highway 73 75 out of Plattsmouth but was unable to overtake the machine in the Sunday traffic and halted at the Platte river bridge. Chappell said Murray resi dents reported the cyclist roared through that town during church service, causing a dis turbance. Mrs. Neault Dies AjMarquette, Mich. Word has been received here of the death of Mr. John Neault an April 16 in Marquette, Mich igan. Mrs. Neault wras the former Hortense Libershal, daughter of a former Plattsmouth resident, August Libershal, and a niece of Mrs. Henry Meisinger, Frank, John and Joe Libershal, all of this city. Journal Want 'Ads Pay- JJCIDQJ IP!JD Begley, Hirz and Peck hear superintendent was at the time In keeping with the spirit of the day, Judge Case found Hirz Not Guilty" and released him from custody. (Editor's note: It was all in fun just a unique way of re- vealing trial procedure to the students participating in Boys and Girls County). County Families FIVE CENTS PER COPY n n h miseraiasT); Mt IMlere Vaccination of Cass county first and second graders against polio was just about out of the question for thir. week No vaccine has arrived at the county health office for distribution, L. A. Behrends, secretary of the qounty board of health, said today. ne said further, that he has Selected Michael Shellenbarger Michael Shellenbarger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Shellenbarg er of Plattsmouth, has been se lected as a principal candidate by the U. S. Navy for the Naval Reserve Officers Training pro gram. He has passed the neces sary testing program and awaits word that he has been selected in the quota of the college of his choice. He selected Iowa State College as first choice; Univer sity of Nebraska as second choice. Once he is included in the quota of one of the schools, he will be commissioned an en sign in the Naval Reserve. Michael is a senior at Platts mouth high school. Court House County court: Harlan Conn, Plattsmouth, 30 days in jail, $4 costs, contribut ing to the delinquency of a mi nor. Richard Williams, Offutt Air Force Base, $10 and $4 costs, in toxication. Paul L. Hamilton, Auburndale, Fla.. $50 and $4 costs, overweight truck. Ira C. Haynes, Manhattan j Kans., $10 and $1 costs, speed- I :-&iSj i & I; rr t I About 100 delegates from east- George H. Luebe. Omaha, $10 ern Nebraska attended an Omn and $4 costs, speeding. j ha Deanerv meeting at the St xt PJTU JmbeJ company, Peru J Luke's Episcopal church in Neb. . $3a and $4 costs, over plattsmouth Wednesday. v-eigiu. nut. Clarence O. Dail, Omaha, $10 and $4 costs, speeding. Carl J. Barr, Louisville, $10 and $4 costs, failure to display license plates. Cecil S. Jackson, Birmingham, Ala., $10 and $4 costs, no Ne braska plates. Melvin H. Staples. Spokane. Wash., $10 and $4 costs, illegal combination of vehicles. Marriage licenses issued: Frank Howard, 40, and Mary Emelyn Hasiak, 37, both of South Oma.ha.. Kenneth Eugene Barley, 31, and Lois Eileen Stephens, 19, both of Hamburg, la Mrs. Dean Morrison and baby returned Saturday from the Clarkson hospital in Omaha. verdict passing out candy. PUBLISHED . SEMI - WEEKLY Monday - Thursday NUMBER 42 no idea when the serum will ar rive at his office for distribution, though apparently not this week. Behrends said he has no in formation on when the Salk vac cine will be ready for distribu tion in Cass county. Dr. E. .A. Rogers state health .director, told reporters at Lincoln"-Sunday -that - Nebraska's- shipment can reasonably be ex pected this week but pointed out that no further word had been received since the National polio foundation announcement that shipments are being filled from the South upward." T I. Friest, superintendent of Plattsmouth schools said Monday morning that his ten tative plan to set up the vac cinations in Plattsmouth for Wednesday has now been called off and further plann ing will await the appearance of the vaccine. Mr. Friest and Mr. Behrends visited in Lincoln last weekend to seek information about the arrival of the vaccine but Mr. Behrends said the state direc tor had no further information on the arrival of the vaccine. Mr. Rogers, however, issued a letter to all county chairman outlining the recommendation of Dr Salk that the vaccine is much more effective' when a time schedule different .than was used last year was planned for this year." The letier said (In part: "His recommendation, based on extensive studies of the im munity level produced by many different methods, is to give the second injection from two weeks to four weeks following the first, and to delay the third injection for seven months or longer. "The National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis has accepted this recommendation, and are sending us enough vaccine to give only the first two injec tions. It will be impossible for them to supply vaccine for the third or "booster" dose, but it is a necessary part of the series in order to produce a high level of long-lasting immunity. Therefore, parents should be ad vised to take the children who have had the series this spring, to their family doctor this com (Continued on page eight) 100 Attend Omaha Deanery Meeting - Father Henrv Rnhhin nf Shenandoah, la., was the feat ured speaker at the afternoon session. The meeting is held each spring and fall in various towns in the Omaha Deanery of eight counties in en stem Nebraska in spring and fail. Rev. Max Kcrs, of St. Luke's Epsicopal church in Plattsmouth was celebrant at the Eucharist with Father Aboe, rector of St. Mary's church at Nebraska City, assisting:. COURTHOUSE WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY The Cass county courthous? will be closed Friday, the office of County Clerk, Charles Land, announced Monday. The occasion? it's Arbor Day. il ill ,rk, A t . 4 t