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5) AAnPrfs, Me irk 1IIC rLATTSMOUTIl JOURNAL PAGE FIVE Monday, May 2,' 1955 PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY President Eisenhower, acting on the urgent plea of Vice Pres ident Nixon, recently asked Con gress to appropriate $75,000,000 to rush the construction of a Pan-American Highway to the Panama Canal Zone in the next three years. This would give a two-lane highway all the way from Alaska to the Panama Canal. Women's League Bowling Champs TOBACCO A new production control pro gram for 1955 burley tobacco has been announced by the De partment of Agriculture, which calls for a cut of about 13 per cent from previously announced planting allotments. The .new program will be submitted to growers for their approval or re jection at a referendum on April 23. v ' if i I " it 2 .3 . ' v a. ,8 3k. ' I K Journal Want Ads Pay ' r i i -.n rn ii 1 1 in mi m wnii iii'Mihii 5 111 IT S3 I I AUTHORIZED g SALtS AND SERVICE I jfis& G POWER MOWER Ql 1 ! g) & WEED CUTTER V WPrtu o Kill, O LAWN BOY I O SUNBEAM MOZ-ALL I O SENSATION I O REO 1 O MOTO-MOWER i bsi en b? ras ra j? i is j m 1 n j3 .-ii rs w a1 -i I Hardware M 9 1 ! ".V ti rt 4 v x Wife,, , 4m.- f i s 4? 3 n 1 1 4 t M 7s '-cr 3 t. :-Jfc fl 2 -4 4 J J Cass Bar squeaked out top team in the Women's Bowling League as the playoffs were ended at the Bowlero last week. They won it by one game. Members of the team in the photo ' If : here, from left, Mrs. Hazel Andrews; Mrs. Gladys Halmon, Mrs. Helen Alexander, Airs. Blanche Jungles and Mrs. Lois Buchholz. (Journal Photo). ng Community League Eighth Week . Teams W L. Pins St. Paul's 20 4 17810 Cass Drugs ... 17 7 16635 Babbitt's 16 8 17139 Platts. Cleaners ..16 8 16610 Platts. Bank 12 12 15051 Murray Lockers .. .11 13 15472 Swatek Hdw 10 14 15286 Platts. Transfer . . 7 17 13904 Alexander Motors 6 18 15856 Knorr's 5 & 10 5 19 15603 Season records: High team game, Cass Drugs, 884. High team series, Cass Drugs, 2387. J. Howard Davis LAWYER Phone 264 506 Main St. PIattsmouth Louisville Track Men Pick Up Cass County Championship High individual game A. Woeh- 1 ler, 227. i High individual series, W. Bab bitt, 602. Weekly Records: High team game, Babbitts Bulldozers, 789. High team series, St. Paul's Men's Club, 2242. High individual game, P. Wey er, 211. High inividual series, P. Weyer and R. Matney, 536. L Pins 9 20404 11 17430 ll;i2 17979 12 19118 12 19050 12 18748 13 19780 14 18506 15 18561 15 18256 17 18612 20V2 17703 PLEASE NOTE We are remodeling our law office building at 416 Main Street. For the duration of that operation we have vacated the building and are now occupying the District Judge's office on the 3rd floor of the Courthouse. James F. Begley and Richard C. Peck Independent League Ninth Week Teams W Platts. Motors 18 Standers 16 BREX office . A5Y2 Woodman .... 15 BREX Carmen 15 Soennichsen's 15 Twin Gables . . 14 Smith's 13 Metz Beer 12 Fran & Estel's 12 Lions Club 10 Minor Pontiac 6V-; Seasons records: . High team game, Plattsmouth Motors, 910. High team series, Plattsmouth I Motors, 2500. ! High inividual game, C Cuth ! rell, 234. j High individual series, L. Swo- boda, 584. I Weekly records: I High team game, Standers I Implement Co., 897. i High team series, Standers I Implement Co., 2476. I High individual game, J. Cloidt, I Jr., 233. ; High individual series, J. Horn, i 569. Merchants League Ninth Week WAKE UP YOUR LAWN J ( WITH Scott Cm 'VI Grass needs a helping hand long before apple blossoms and spring fever. Scotts spring-beauty program takes only a few minutes with'a Scotts spreader. TURF BUILDER -The grass friendly feeding - just what your lawn needs for extra sparkle and vigor. Ike rc 9 inn n it . 42 50: feed J O.O0C sa ft - $7.85 1 0 Scotts. LAWN SEED -Makes deluxe lawn in sun 1 or moderate shade. Each pound crammed with millions of perennial seeds. You need only a pound or two per 1,000 sq it. ? lb -$1.85 2'i lbs -$4.50 5 lbs -$8.85 Scctti. SPREADERS - Help you tend your lawn like -m an expert. Jr. - $7.95 No 25 -$12.85 L IVi 9 9 10 11 12 Vz 13 17 17 I6V2 19 20 2 WJ p d h ri h 1 1 E THE REXALL STORE 521 Main Dial 4114 Teams W Mack's 19 V2 DiTrovirioTir 1 & Bryants 18 Steve Davis ... 17 Schreiner's ...16 Jim's Std 14I2 Cass Motors . .14 Gas Company 10 Woster Shoe . . 10 Kents 9l2 Cass Theater . 8 Ernie's Bar . . . 6V2 Seasons records: High team game, Kitchen, 868. High team series, Kitchen, 2534. High individual game, J. Beg ley. 232. High individual serie: Clanahan, 580. Weekly records: High team game, Kitchen 868. High team series, Kitchen, 2534. High individual game, A. Mc Clanahan, 203. - High individual series, B. Mc Clanahan, 580. ; - r "ill : '--! 'i Xi rodamatton WHEREAS. Poppy Day is an annual activity of the American Legion Auxiliary as a means of providing comfort and happiness for the disabled veterans and their families, and. WHEREAS, on Poppy Day the members of the American Legion Auxiliary will give to all America, a message from those who have sacri ficed, the symbol of their heroism the Poppy. NOW, THEREFORE, may we proclaim Peppy Day, May 7, 1955, as the day for all members to volunteer service and urge everyone tc keep Americans remembering by wearing a Poppy. Leo R. Meisinger MAYOR OF PLATTSMOUTH LINCOLN Cass county ath letes cracked three records here at their annual meet at the Wes leyan college track. In spite of a gusty wind, new marks were put up in both hurdles and the mile relay. Louisville picked up the team title with 5212 points in an all around scoring spurt. Weeping Water had 43 for second; Eagle scored 39; Alvo 321-; Elmwood 30 V2; Nehawka 22 1 2 and Avoca 4. Greenwood and Murdock didn't score. Louisville's mile relay team set i new record for the meeting with a 3:53 effort, cracking :01.8 off the record set by last year's Louisville team. . Larry Wade of Weening Water 17979 ! slipped over the high hurdles in :16.9 to set a new record. How ard Gansemer, Nehawka, set a 180 lows record of :22.5 seconds. Two double victories stood out. One saw Lowell Umland. of Eagle win the shot and discus and the other found Miller of Weeping Water with firsts in the 100 and 220-yard dashes. Summary: 100-yard dash Won by Mil ler, Weeping Water; 2 Weyers, Eagle; 3 Neben, Alvo; 4 Hall, Elmwood; 5 Umland, Eagle. Time : 11.2. 220-yard dash Won by Miller, Weeping Water; 2 Vincent, Al vo; 3 Weyers, Eagle; 4 Umland,- Eagle; 5 Neben, Alvo. Time : 25.3. 880-yard run Won by Mueller, Elmwood; 2 Arwin, Louisville; 3 Stacey, Weeping Water; 4 Colbert, Weeping Water; 5 Wal berg, Eagle. Time 2:15.3. . Mile Won by Hansen, Elm wood: 2 Hiem. Louisville: 3 Roelo?., Alvo; 4 Hass, Alvo; 5 Taylor, Weeping Water. Time 5:08.2. 120-yard high hurdles Won by Wade, Weeping Water; 2 Welton, Louisville; 3 Gansemer. Nehawka; 4 Luhring, Weeping Water; 5 Headley, Louisville. Time : 16.9. Betters record of :18.3 by Johnson of Nehawka in 1954. 180-yard low hurdles Won by Gansemer, Nehawka: 2 Wade, Weeping Water; 3 Vog ler, Louisville; 4 Snyder, Ne hawka; 5 Hall, Elmwood. Time :22.5. Betters record by Ruhge of Avoca in 1954. High jump Won by Wyers, Eagle; 2 tie between Rueta, Elmwood and Snyder, Nehawka; 4 tie among Eager, Louisville; Mueller, Elmwood and Neben, Alvo. Ht. 5-4. Broad jump Won by Neben, Alvo; 2 Mueller, Elmwood; 3 Workman, Louisville; 4 Snyder, Nehawka ; 5 Miller, Weeping : Water. Distance 18-7 V2. Discus Won by Umland, Eag- : le; 2 Wyers, Eagle; 3 Thorn- i as, Elmwood; 4 Workman,! Louisville; 5 Lipskey, Alvo. Dis- : tance II4-IOI2. i 880-yard relay Won by Weep- ' ! ing Water (Miller, Stacey, j Harshman, Wade) ; 2 Louisville; ' 3 Alvo: 4 Elmwood. Time ! j 1:40.8. j ! Mile relay Won by Louisville (Hiem, Nessen, Urwin, Work ;man); 2 Eagle; 3 Weeping i Water: 4 Elmwood. Time 1 3:53. Betters record of 3:54.8 by i Louisville in 1954. 440-yard dash Won Work man (Louisville); 2 Nessen (Louisville); 3 Vincent (Alvo); 4 Umland (Eagle); 5 Harsh man (Weeping Water). Time :55.9. Shot put Won by Umland (Eagle); 2 Nielson (Avoca); 3 Persinger (Louisville); 4 Wiles, (Weeping Water); 5 Nessen (Louisville). "Distance 40-10. - Pole vault Tie for 1-2 between Grry (Louisville) and Snyder; t Nehawka : 3 Lipskey 1 Alvo ) ; 4-5 tie beween Roelof?z (Alvoi - CRETE Plattsmouth's two ! mile relay team nulled a surprise i here Friday when they hung up the best time of the season in the State for the distance in Class B and cracked the Twin River Conference record. Vern Kaffenberger, Ed Egen berger, Bob Carr and John Eng land added up four half mile stints for a total of 8.47.6, crack ing the old two-mile relay rec cord of 8:54.7 set by Beatrice. Falls City, however, rolled to a win in the meet when they posted 90 points to second place ! Beatrice with 77. Fairbury had 21 2-3; Crete 17 V2-3, and Ne braska City and Plattsmouth tied with 17 each. Speedy George Peterson of Nebraska City broke the 100-yd. dash record and ' came within a tenth of a second of the 220 yard dash mark. Both marks were set by Peter son last year. The fast stepping 1 Pioneer actually ran the 100 m :10.2 in the preliminaries in the afternoon, but the time wras not considered for a record because of the wind. Event winners: 100, George Peterson, NC, 10:3 (betters his own record of :10.4) ; 220, George Peterson, NC, :23.2; 440, Dick Svoboda, Beatrice, :52.9 (betters own record of :53.1V, 880, Werner, Crete, 2:06.6; mile, Lowell Gaither,.FC, 4:43.7 (bet ters own record of. 4: 47.4). 120-yard high hurdles, Nels Kjeldsen, FC, :15:3; 180-yard low hurdles, Nels Kjeldsen, FC :20.9. 880-yard relay, Falls City, 1:34.8 (betters own record of 1:35.3); Mile relay, Beatrice, 3:39.2; Two-mile relay, Platts mouth, 8:47.6 (betters old record of 8:54.7 set by Beatrice). Shot put. Tie between Cook, Sands and Fisher, Beatrice, 48-0 (betters old mark of 46-5 set by Bob Lewis, FC); High jump, Jer ry Collier, FC, 6 0 (betters old record of 5-9 set by Rex Sterm of Fairbury); Discus, Jerry Sands, Beatrice, 131-8 1-4; Broad jump. Tie between Jerry Collier and Jim Sefried, FC, 20-3 1-4; pole vault, Gary Adams, FC, 12 0 (bet ters own record of 11-2 1-2). Mrs. Neva Read Correspondent little Rhonda have returned ; some of the time with his ncph home after a nice long visit in I ew Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brend California. J el and little ones in Plattsmouth. Mrs. Arthur Taylor and little l Mrs. John FarrLs is in the St daughter Mishell Lynn returned Marys Hospital at Nebraska City home from the hospital last Fri day morning. The mother and little one are doing fine. A great many friends have called on the new little res ident. Murrav I 1 Secret Marriage j Mr. Jack Faris and Nola Jane Weiss were secretly married last Friday in Kansas. They are liv- i J ing in an apartment in Platts- i Mrs. LydiaLeyda has just re turned home after a two weeks visit with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Overholser and family at Papil Iion. School District No. 26 went to Weeping Water last Tuesday J mouth. Jack is the son of Mr. undergoing treatment for an arm ailment. Mrs. Ruby Johnson, Mrs. Ruth Fitch and Mrs. Ann Topliff drove to Lincoln one day last week to attend the Ladies Division of the Chamber of Commerce. nup?u night to attend the grade school program. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lutz took the load. The Master Swine Breeders 1 4-H club met at the home of Richard Schnot last Wednesday night. The meeting was "regis-' tration of pigs". A lovely lunch was served hv the hostess. The German Lutheran Ladies Aid Society had their guest day last Wednesday. The Murray churches were invited, around 25 ladies were present. A fine time was had by all. Mr .and Mrs. Lewis Rogers entertained the following guests last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Rol land Petersen and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Ruell Sack and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Rogers. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Read, ac companied by Mrs. Ralph Read of Ashland and Mr. Frank Read of Seattle, Wash., dice to Al mena, Kans., last Saturday to spend the weekend with a sister, Mr. and Mrs. Iver Standish. Mrs. Florence Bradley and and Mrs. Curtis Faris of Mur ray and Nola Jane is the daugh ter of Walter Weiss of Platts mouth. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Dick -Gregg of Tarkio, Mo., were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gregg. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gregg were Sunday guests at the home of Mrs. Maude Ruhge at Avoca, Nebr. Mr. W. L. Seybolt has been feeling bad ' for the last week or so and has been spending RE-EASER VC. 1 1 DoubU4.95 Right er left A strouc, furra-fitllng wuhib! mpport. I'- - jcing ujusutie. Nnapi up In front. Adjust- ble lei strap. 8ft. flit (trotn pad. No iti-ei or leather bunds. I'nfuelled for romrurt. Also us?d m after operation upport. Far men, ttimta, ' children. Mail arders aive measura around lowest part of abdomea and ttata right or latt aida ar double. SCH REINER DRUG THE REXALL STORE 521 Main Dial 4114 USAR 34 53 Storz 29 58 Pins 20377 20179 19046 20272 19636 18399 18801 18750 18013 18020 18250 17787 Mack's Mack's B. Mc- Mack's Mack's Bryants Pick Up First Place In Duck Pins Bryant held to a one-game lead in the duck pin Plattsmouth Bowling lead after last week. The team did this while losing a 2 of-3 set to Stander. J. Horn led the Stander victor? with a 191 high game and a 501 high! 'series as Al Fairfield ran up i Bryant leading scores with 180 and 463. USAR rolled a two of three victory over Timms, dropping Timms into second position. Ed Kief rolled USAR highs of 155 and 390 as Joe Case posted i Timms high game of 164 and C. Zimmerman hit 433 for high series. VFW pulled into a tie for third with Corner Bar as they posted a 3-straight series victory over Feldhousen, J. Stoll led VFW with 212 and 477 as L. Forest rolled high series, 420, and M. Bintner high game, 165, for Feldhousen. Firestone won three straight from Corner Bar as C. Thorn ason led Firestone with 204 and 485 and S. Harold led Corner Bar with 165 and 425. Ofe won three from Eagles. P. Porter led Ofes with 182 and 426 with Bob Gall rolling 165 and 417 to lead Eagles. Stites won 2-of-3 from Ernies. D. Wuelling led Stites with 193 and 463 and Les Steinbach had 161 and 442 to lead the losers. Paint Store took 2-of-3 from Welcome Inn. Bob Brookhouser led Paint Store with 182 and 408 with R. Stoll leading Welcome Inn with 155 and 360. Myers picked up three wins on a forfeit by Storz. The standings: W L Bryant's 55 32 Timms 54 33 VFW 51 36 Corner Bar 51 Stander 50 Feldhousen 48 Firestone 47 Paint Store 45 Ofes 42 Stites ..' 40 Ernies 40 Myers 38 Welcome Inn 37 REAL ESTATE LOANS! .s 5 Percent Interest Charge Reduced for Each Monthly Payment Plattsmouth Loan & Building Ass'n. Ate You Your H Losing J f ome Termites can be at work eating up your prop erty. DONT TAKE CHANCES. Call us for a free inspection . . . we will be glad to check your property at no obligation to you. 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