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TV ffptj n-'"" p T tv vv CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER VOLUME 74 Thre tSicp Hod The things a rodeo rider won't try to stay aboard few. are This is borne out by the list of animals which will be released from chutes at the Plattsmouth Horse Show grounds, Highways 73-75 and 34, south of Plattsmouth, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights during the Cass County Horse Show Association's second annual Rodeo. p0 instance, with all events T-Sgt. Leamon Lawson Service Held Monday Funeral services were being held 2 p.m. today (Monday) at the Christ Lutheran church in Plattsmouth for Technical Ser geant Leamon Lawson, 27, a member of Headquarters Squad ron, 312th Fighter-Bomber Wing, of the United States Air Force stationed at Clovis Air Force Base. Rev. A. B. Lentz, D. D., con ducted the service. Burial war in Oak Hill cemetery at Platts mouth. Sgt. Lawson died in an air plane crash May 30 near Ala mogordo, N. M. He had spent nine years in the armed services. He was born on April 29, 1928, in Blount county, Alabama, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Lawson, who preceded him in death. He was married on Dec. 22, 1948, at the Christ Lutheran church, to Evelyn Siemoneit, who survives him. Besides his widow, he is sur vived by two sons, Steven A. and Leamon Randall; a daughter, Barbara E.; brothers, D. T. Law son, and Odell Lawson, all of Guntersville, Ala.; Arnold Law- son of the U. S. Army, stationed 1 in Maryland; G. P. Lawson, Crown Point, Ind.; and Bui Lawson, San Diego, Calif. 'Sis- I ters surviving are Mrs. Ethel i Hester, Mrs. Edna Shirley, Mrs. Vollie Scott, Mrs. Bertha Walls, Mrs. Jay Martin, and Mrs. Vera Rice, all of Guntersville, Ala. Pallbearers at the services were brothers D. T. Lawson, Woodrow Lawson, Odall Lawson, G. P. Lawson, Arnold Lawson, and Birl Lawson. Members of the honor guard were TSgt. Gor don, Sgt. Belcher, Sgt. Capps. Flower bearers were Mrs. Walter Weiss, and Mrs. Hugo MeLsing er. Offutt Air Force Base per sonnel were in charge of mili tary rites at the grave. Caldwell-Linder funeral home at Plattsmouth was in charge of arrangements. People from out of town at tending were D. T. Lawson, Woodrow Lawson, and Odell Lawson, all of Guntersville, Ala.; Sgt. Arnold Lawson, Maryland; Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Lawson, Crown Point, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Siemoneit and Ervin Ray of York; Mr. and Mrs. August Peteriet, Herbert and Gary of Louisville, Neb.; TSgt. LaVerne Gordon, escort from Clovis, N. M., Air Force Base; T. Sgt. Eu gene Gordon, Connelly Air Force Base, Waco, Tex.; Sgt. Belcher, Offutt AFB; and Sgt. Capps, Of futt AFB, the last three being the honor guard. Summer Recreation Fund Total Is Up Fund total to finance Ports mouth's summer recreation pro gram was ud today as the com mittee reported in contributors. A total of $113 was listed from individuals to go with $100 from the American Legion and $100 from the P-T.A. council. Contributors reoorted today were T. I. Friest, $5: Albert Han sen. $5; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Haith. $2; Howard Schwennek er, $1; Louis Kief, $2.50; Mrs. Bronson Timm. $1; Mrs. Robert Miller, $1; Warren Lillie, $10; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Alexen, $2: Mike Liddick. $2; Mrs. Eusene Exline. $2; Towner Livingston. $5; John Svoboda, $5: John Bergman. $2: Plattsmouth State Bank. $50: Perrv Dineman, $1: Frank Gunsollev, $1: Robert Dreamer, $5: Richard Beveraee. $5; Dale Kent, $2.50; Dwayne Ahrens, $3. Mrs. Elsie McClintock, clerk at the Selective Service office has rptur-M from a vacation in Atlantic, Ga. IITEO nil lit don're a Hum OWN and LIVE Copyright V Wolt DUnty Prodion Wis ,srvfl nnnr Consolidated With EIGHT PACES open, and you can. try it if you want to get your entry in by 8 p. m. Wednesday, busters will climb aboard bareback broncs, saddle broncs and, if there are any of them left, they will try out those big Brahma bulls. Trained horses will also be up against fine competition in the cutting horse class for, as one of the rodeo promoters put it, "Those calves look like they will be hard to turn this year." Other competition will include calf roping and stake races. Most of these events will go on each evening. For other entertainment, a rodeo clown will be mixing in the activities along with varied specialty acts. The Plattsmouth band will be on hand. Rodeo stock will be furnished again this year by Art Fritchard of Henderson, la., who has a reo utation for bringing in salty critters for the edification of the local and visiting cowhands. The show opens at 8 p. m. Wednesday evening and at the same time on Thursday and Fri day. Fine cutting horses are listed from the Art Miller stables at Omaha; the Dave Martin stable at Denton; Bill Foreman stables at Beatrice and from several others. Art Fritchard claims he has the better rodeo stock this year than ever before with bucking horses led by the famed "Ridge Runner" and "Wagon Wheel." He will put into the area ail new bulldogging steers; new brahma bulls and all new rop ing calves. Whether the riders will go for day money or by points will be decided among them before ac tion gets under way Wednesday. Tickets may be purchased from members of the Horse Show Association, or at the gate. Salk Chairmen To Plan Second Shot for Later Cass County Board of Health Secretary L. A. Behrends for warded to all county chairmen of the Salk polio vaccine inocu lation program in Cass county the best answer available in Ne braska on when the second inoc ulation may take place. This was the brief of a letter from the state board of health office, Briefly, the letter said ' that the time and date supplies of vaccine for the second shot re mains an unanswered question. Chairmen were asked not to set any dates for the second shot. The state health office says that it has received assurance that vaccine supplies are now being manufactured and cleared under the new standards of safe ty and potency and that Nebras ka will get its supply oi vaccine to give the second inoculation, 'possibly within a month from now." Also, says the letter, Dr. Salk has given assurance that the lengthened interval of time be tween the first and second inoc ulations is not an indication of omiuing the second one. He con siders the second shot necessary in order to produce a useful de gree of immunity. Doubt as to the desirability of giving the first inoculation in the presence of a polio outbreak has been i given, but this apparently aoes not apply to the second shot since the first gives some pro tection. It would seem advisable, said the letter, to prepare to com plete the second shot even though it is late in the season. Chairmen should also sched ule "make up" inoculations for those children who missed out earlier this spring, before the polio season gets under way. A small supply of vaccine is on hand at the state office for com pleting these first rounds. Court House . Marriage licenses issued: Joseph Hannon, 29, and Mary Lee Boner, 19, both of Council Bluffs, married by County Judge Raymond J. Case at the Cass (Continued on. page seven) 8th Daws the Nehawka Enterprise PLATTSMOUTH, Two Injured When CarCrashes v . . r ' , s Sp- J Two Nebraska City people are in St. Mary's hospital after a car in which they were riding went out of control two miles south of Platts mouth on Highway 73-75 Friday afternoon, sheard off three guard rail posts, bounced off and rolled over on its top across the highway. They were Mr. and Mrs. William Rambat who Two Real Estate Sales Announced Steve Davis, local realtor, an nounces completion of sale of Mary Propst dwelling at 909 Ave. D to R-r. and Mrs. Harold Buech ler. Davis also completed sale of Harold Buechler home to Mr. and Mrs. John Potter of Ash- land. The Potters have taken possession ana are completing remodeling of their purchase. All-Night Party Brings Arrests By Authorities Five outstate young people were taken into custody Sunday in Plattsmouth and released following posting of bonds. The Cass County sheriff's ofT fice gave this story of the in cident: Two men Patrick J. Cad wallader of Hubbard and Don ald W. Schmuecker of Emerson, Neb., checked in at a local cab in court late Saturday night. Af ter checking in three women, Mrs. Darlene Lehman, Mrs. Li la Miles and Miss Shirley A. Cos grove all of Walthill, Neb., en tered the cabin with the two men. After an all night party the group departed taking a blan ket with them. Shortly after the owner discovered damages to his cabin, he notified authorities. Chief of Police Chappell and Sheriff Solomon investigated. The group were found in Platts mouth and taken into custody. Lehaman, Cosgrove, Miles and Cadwallader were charged with vagrancy and released on bond. Schmuecker was charged with petty larceny and also released on bond. Damages of $25 to the room was posted by the group. Their cases were set for this morning, but they failed to show up their bonds were forfeited. Knake Is Serving On Far East Duty PACIFIC FLEET (FHTNC) Aboard the attack carrier USS Hornet en route to the Far East for a tour of duty with the 7th Fleet is MoFrts F. Knake, sea man, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knake of Avoca, Nebr. and Elmwood Leader-Echo CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, . v Legion Nominates Officers at Meet; Election in July Hugh J. Kearns post of the American Legion put out some nominations for new officers in a regular meeting Thursdav 'night hf-e. preparing for elec- The new members also discus- sed their Junior Legion baseball program, transportation for it, and the first game which was scheduled against Weeping Wat er there Sunday. Biggest prob lem with the Juniors now is transportation which is usually furnished by Legion members. The following nominations for new officers was announced but more may be added from the floor at the July election. Nominated ; for commander were Joe Zastera and Al Linder; for first vice-commander, George Conis and Charles Thomason; second vice-commander, E. O. Vroman and Rob ert Slavicek; for executive com mittee, Richard Peck, Bill Schmidtman, Russell Nielsen, Cecil Karr, Artt Warga, Orville Julian, Howard Hirz, Albert Ol son and Les Niel. One visitor was Adrian New ens of Nebraska City. A film on Korea was shown by Cecli Karr, and Edgar Kief. Herman Mcisinger. In Hospital Herman P. Meisihger, Mvnard resident, took suddenly ill this morning (Monday), and was taken to the Methodist hospital, Omaha by Caldwell Under am bulance service. Police Court Vernon D. Schuster, Tecumseh, speeding, forfeited $100 appear ance bond. Bruce Lanham, -: Plattsmouth, drunk, forfeited $35 appearance bond. Lester Biggs, Plattsmouth, $10 drunk, $5 indecent exposure, $4 costs. Arrests were by members of the Plattsmouth police department. Delivered Twice Weekly to MONDAY, jUNE 6, 1955 were going around a sweeping curve when the car went out of control. Mrs. Rambat, 77, had two broken legs; Mr. Rambat, 81, suffered head injuries, bruises and a back injury. Upper photo shows vehicle back , on its . wheels as tow truck hooks on. Lower photo shows guard rails broken off and bent by 'impact. (Journal Photo). Harold C. Streight To Arrive Tuesday A Plattsmouth '. native, now living in .. Olewein, la., will be visiting at the home of John Cloidt, Sr., in Plattsmouth -beginning Tuesday and he would like his old friends to call. He is Harold G. Streight, a veteran railroad man and a member of a pioneer Platts mouth family. A3C Raymond Kriskey of Francis E. Warren Air Base Wy oming is spending his leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Kriskey. b !t - ytv n sj t , v The reason the bucking horses painted on Plattsmouth store windows are so real looking is that the man who painted them used to sit in the middle of one of those sunfishin' sons-of-a-guns. He is H. O. Bowen of Rock Pert, Mo., More Than 3000 Cass County Families fHl7 ir7 .. ti lf!r Tlhuuiir Beginners Class Test Applications May Be Made Now Applications " of children for examinations to enter the begin ner grade though Dresently only four years old, are now being aceepted, L. A. Behrends, Cass county superintendent of schools, has announced. Applications will be accepted for four-year-old children whose Jifth birthday falls between Oct. 15 and Jan. 1, 1956. In submitting the application, the child's parent or guardian must submit a birth certificate, baptismal record or seme other authentic statement regarding the age; an authorized form in cluding a statement by the board of education of the district in which the child will attend school that a kindergarten will be provided and that the child will be accepted. Other details may be had at the county superintendent of schools office at Plattsmouth. ' There will be no testing cen ter at Plattsmouth but appoint ments can be made with sev eral testing centers at various colleges in the state. The only tester listed in Cass county is Forrest W. Brunson of Louis ville, for the University of Ne braska. Nebraska City Couple injured In Auto Crash Mr. and Mrs. William Rambat, 1507 Fifth Corso, are in St. Mary's hospital recovering from injuries suffered when the car in which they, were riding went out of control and rolled ever on U. S. 75 two miles south of Plattsmouth Friday afternoon. Mrs. Rambat, 77, has a com pound fracture of one leg and a simple fracture of the other, se vere scalp and head cuts, and a chest injury. Her husband, 81, suffered head injuries, bruises and a back injury. Mr. Rambat told Cass County Sheriff Tom Solomon that he was driving the car around the sweeping curve when something happened to the steering mech anism and the car went out of control. It pulled off to the right of the pavement, sheared off three guard rail posts, bounced off and rolled over on the pavement to come to rest upside down. The couple was not thrown from the car, which became a total wreck, Solomon said. Mrs. Rambat was pinned in the car until rescuers freed her. Kenneth Tschirren, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tschirren, has re ceived the rating of corporal. Corp. Tschirren is stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. Buckin' Horses Are FIVE CENTS PER COPY (51 C untie cri n The Journal will adopt a stalk of corn today. It will be the beginning of a "guess how tall it will grow" contest to be conducted by this newspaper this summer. Prizes will be given for the winners who guess the nearest the height of the stalk on, 1) the Fourth of July, 2) Monday, September 5. Awards will be given during the King Korn Kar nivai later' in September. Todav. a stalk of corn, crow H. P. Dow Rites Held Monday At Plattsmouth Funeral services for Howard P. Dow, 68. of Plattsmouth, were held at the Caldwell-Linder Funeral home at 2 p.m. today (Monday). Rev. J. W. Taenzler officiated. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. . Mr. Dow- died at an Omaha ! hospital June 2 following an ill ness of a week. Music for the service was by Mrs. Carl Duncan, organist, and Mrs. Lloyd Frady, soloist. Pall bearers were Harold Gaines, Frank Rebal: Phil Rhin. Reuel Sack, Leslie Winters, and Erret Thomason. Flower bearers were Mrs. R. R. Furse and Mrs. Ed Egenberg er. Mr.. Dow was born on Feb. 1, 1886, near Ravenna, Neb., the son of Thomas and Julia Dow. He was married on Feb. 6, 1910, near Kearney, Nebr., to Flora Fester, who survives him. Mr. Dow came ;o Plattsmouth in 1922. He was retired from the BR EX shoos and had been cus todian at the First-Ward school during the last year. He was a member of the Christian church. Besides his widow, he is sur vived by the following children: Mrs. Lola Shellenbarger, Platts mouth: Charles Dow and Bern ard Dow of Lincoln; Robert Dow of Omaha, and Mrs. Audrey Big ger who lives in England. One brother, Bert Dow of Red Cloud survives along with sis ters, Mrs. Inez Morris, Rockaway Beach, Mo.; Mrs. Julia Brown, Grand Isalnd; and Mrs. Metta Krug of Hastings. Nine grand children survive. Caldwell-Linder funeral home was in charge of services. Speeder Is Nailed After 100-m.p.h. Chase by Deputy A Kansas City, Kan. man was clocked traveling south on US 73-75 at 100 miles per hour by Cass County Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rhoden Saturday eve .niner and it brought arrest. When Deputy Rhoden inform ed the speeder that he would have to return to Plattsmouth he took off on the run for his car in an attempt to escape a few words of authority from Rhoden brought him to a halt. The Kansas man told authori ties that he and his wife were enroute home from the Omaha horse races. His case is set for June 11th. Coming at left in this photo, a former rodeo bronc rider now retired after an injury, and presently a horse trainer and sign painter. His signs herald the coming of the second annual rodeo at Plattsrnouth's show grounds, for three nights, starting Wednesday. (Journal Photo). PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY Monday - Thursday NUMBER 56 ing somewhere in the Platts mouth vicinity, will be photo graphed beside a yard stick to be published Thursday, showing its height. Its growth will bo shown weekly by photographs. To win, the entry musi be that of a subscriber to The Journal, or one of his or her immediate family, except that Journal em ployees and their relatives will not be eligible. The stalx of corn, which The. Journal will adopt, will be pho tographed each Monday after noon and the height and prog ress noted in each Thursday's issue. The kind of corn, the kind of soil, last year's crop on the land will be given so that judging the height of the staik will fall somewhere within the scientific knowledge of agricul ture. An entry blank wrill be printed in the Journal starting Thurs day with which entries may be made by filling it, out and mail ing it to the Journal. Only one entry per person will be allowed though each mem ber of a family may enter sep arately. Ernst Ahrens Rites Friday At Plattsmouth Funeral services for Ernst Friedrich Ahrens, 92, were held at the Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home at Plattsmouth Friday. Burial was in St. John's ceme tery at Nehawka. Rev. Werner Elchert conducted the rites. Mr. Ahrens died May 31 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Walter Englekemeier, west of Murray. He had been in failing health for two months. He was born on March 24. 1863, at Lippe-Detmold, Ger many, the son of Friedrich and Louis Ahrens. He came to the United States and Cass county in the spring of 1887 and had lived and farmed in the Nehaw ka community since. He was married on Sept. 16, 1863 to Anna Marie Schroder. She died on Feb. 7, 1920. Music was by Mrs. Ivan Han son, soloist, and Mrs. Elmer Ross, organist. Flower bearers were . Mrs. Lewis Ross, Mrs. Fred Wes sel and Mrs. Carl Kraeger. Cas ket bearers were Albert Ander son, Roy Chriswisser, Herbert Ehlers, Alvin Horn, Merritt Pol lard, and Stanley Schroeder. Mr. Ahrens was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church in Germany and spent three years in the military serv ice there. Five children - surviving are Fred Ahrens of Riverton, Wyo,; -Mrs. Dan Anderson, Nehawka; Enno Ahrens, Plattsmouth; Mrs. Carl Meisinger, Lincoln; Mrs. Walter Engelkemeier of Murray; 11 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Winn Infant Rites Held Sunday Here Funeral services for the in fant child of Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Winn of Plattsmouth were held at the Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home in Plattsmouth Sunday afternoon. Rev. Fred W. Seigmund conducted the rites. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery at Plattsmouth. The child was born and died Saturday. June 4, at a Nebraska City hospital. Surviving are the parents, Richard and Shirley Winn; a step-sister, Margene Ann; and grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Bickett, Nehawka; Mr. and Mrs. William Winn, Downing, Mo. Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home was in charga cf services. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth fcurnal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. June 2, 3, 4, ', Hih Lom Prec. Thursday ..... .86 .62 Friday 84 60 Saturday ....... 86 ' " 50 1.13 Sunday 64 46 Forecast: Today, Thursday, high near 78, tonight partly cloudy, cool, low near 60. II