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Army Recognizes Peacetime Heroes With Soldiers Medal WASHINGTON The Armv lias long leuu-iuzea mat hero- ! ism does not exist solely on the battlefield. Since 1926, the Soldier's Me dal has been awarded to more than 13,000 officers and enlist ed men for heroic action involv ing neither actual combat nor anal flight. Established by Congressional action, the medal consists of an ea?le standing on the tradition al fasces a bundle of rods be tween two groups of stars of six and seven. The eagle is dis played on a one and three eiuhth inch bronze octagon For Valor" is written across the face of the medal. One of these peacetime heroes was Sergeant Vincent Lecchi- Lecchi, stationed with the 1262nd Army Service Unit was at the rifle-grenade range at Fort Dix in November, 1952, when he heard an explosion in the impact area. He discovered a detail of men had entered the area on their way to a brush fire and had detonated a live grenade. Fully aware of the density of unexploded grenades in the area, the 24-year-old sergeant of New London, Conn., ran in gave first-aid to three wounded men prevented panic and led out the detail. While guiding the men, Lecchi heard a se cond explosion. Coming back he found four men injured and the range of ficer killed. Again he admin istered first-aid, prevented pan ic and led the remaining men of this second group to safety. For his prompt and selfless action, Lecchi was awarded the red - white - and - blue ribbon that represents the Soldier's Medal this past January. Private First Class David C MacNichol of New York City, received the award this year for his' heroic action near the Charleston, S. C, Transporta tion Depot in February. MacNichol, then with the 534th Transportation Detach ment, was in the vicinity when a civilian employee of the Depot rLmto tne Cooper River . There was a swift tide flow ing. MacNichol, without hesita tion, plunged into the water iully clothed. He swam approx imately 25 yards to the man's rescue, overpowered him and swam with him to a nearby tugboat where the two men were pulled out of the water by by-standers. The prompt action of the 23-year-old soldier saved the man from drowning. In the citation of his award, MacNichol's courageous action" is deemed reflecting "great credit upon himself and the millitary ser vice." He is now with the 7278 General Reserve Unit, Tranpor tation Terminal Command at tsanin Island, Labrador. Chaplain (Major) Edward A. Curran of Washington, D. C, is another from the group of heroes. Stationed at Camp Drake, Honshu, Japan, in Sep tember, 1953, he was called to the scene of an attempted sui cide and found an enlisted man perched atop a 70-foot smoke stack, threatening to jump to his death. immediately, the 48-year-old chaplain climbed to the peak of the stack, took a posi tion directly under that of the soldier and clung to a steel upright for support as the man tried to dislodge him. After a 50-minule conversa tion, the chaplain succeeded in persuading the soldier to descend a ladder to safety. Chaplain Curran is now with the 4052 Service Unit Antiair craft Artillery and Guided Mis siles Center, Fort Bliss, Tex. These heroes are of every rank and include also service men of Allied nations. Some are inductees ; others enlistees. Some are combatants; others, like Chaplain Curran, are non- comoatants. They have one thing in com mon, though voluntarily, they gambled their lives to save the lives of others. Now You See It; Now You Don't ! .49 f - - . -r' u ?t t " - h--".L-,i,-,'' -Iriv V.. f- J n - IS) y0' 1 47 '-'XL. ri ? :-. Plattsmouth Midget Manager Bob Richter, right, and Tom Winscott, the Platters double-no-hit pitcher, had the District B American Le gion tournament trophy in their hands Friday afternoon but today Beaver Crossing has it as an umpire developed -a few anti-fans. Platts mouth defeated Beaver Crossing in the finals of the tournament at Louisville Thursday night by a score of 19 to 4 but .the victory wouldn't stick. The plate umpire called a Beaver Crossing bats man out on a dropped third strike. An inning a half later, Beaver Crossing protested. Saturday the protest was allowed at Hastings. Saturday, the twro teams played the game over from the fourth inning and Beaver Crossing won 7 to 6. Richter is now protesting the protest allowed. Journal Photo-. Syracuse and Beaver Crossing Win District Legion Tourney A Borrow the money you need NOW! Take the vacation you really want. 'Repay later in easy monthly installments suited to your budget and on the day you wish to pay each rranih. I 0 N CASH - - Loans for Any Purpose $20 to $1000 Any Time AMERICAN LOAN PLAN Opposite Soennichsens Phone 3213 Rev. Roger Crow Resigns as Pastor WEEPING WATER The Rev. Roger D. Grow, pastor of the First Congregational Church here, has resigned effective Sept. 1 to accept a call at the First Congregational Church at Beresford, S. D., it has been an nounced. Rev. Grow has been pastor at the Weeping Water church since Jan. 1, 1953. New Coach Signed At Louisville High LOUISVILLE A new high school coach has been signed here. He is Ernie Lee, a 1954 gradu ate of Omaha University and a former tackle on the Indians' football team. He will serve as all-sports coach here. Lee replaces Bill Plasterer, who resigned to take a job as assistant coach at Grinnell Col lege at Mount Vernon, Iowa. Cass County's Greatest Newspaper The Plattsmouth Journal r WATEK HEATER CLASS LINED -i 30 Gal. $99.50 20 Cal. $89.50 10 Year Warranty SWATEK HDWE. UNUSUAL ACCIDENT. SALZBURG, Austria. When lightning struck an electric cable which supplied power for a cable elevator high in the Austrian Alps, the elevator jarred to a sudden stop, throw ing about 50 persons 100 feet down a steep slope. Two were killed and thirteen seriously in jured. The break in the power line- immediately put on the emergency brakes. . LEAPING LENA? HOUSTON, Tex." While Fred Raemer was sitting in his car waiting for a red light to change, another car plunged off j the roof of a three-story park- ing garage and fell on Roemer's ! car. The second car belonged to jElvin Steen, 35, who had it up i on jacks while making some re I pairs. He forgot the engine was running and in gear ana let tne car down off the jacks. "It just took off," Steen said. Raemer was not hurt but his car was a mess. . LOUISVTLLLE A sad-eyed ! group of Plattsmouth ball play ers left the field here Saturday after they dropped a protest playoff to Beaver Crossing and fell out of the American Legion Midget, baseball tournament. It was tough because they had won it once, scoring 61 runs in three games in the Class B play off here. The Plattsmouth Midgets broke out of a 4-4 tie with Beav er Crossing in the seventh in ning of the final game on Thursday to score 15 runs and to win the district playoff over whelmingly. They brought home the trophy but they didn't keep it long. Legion officials at Hast ings allowed a protest by Beav er Crossing that the umpire was wrong in calling out a Beaver Crossing batsman with two out in the fifth on a dropped third strike. The playoff Saturday started at that point, the score tied 4-4. Beaver Crossing went on to win 7 to 6. Syracuse staged an uprising to whip Louisville and take the Junior Legion section of the Class B tournament on Thurs day. Louisville led 11 to six go ing into the last half of the seventh inning when Syracuse came up with six runs to win the final game. . Beaver Crossing and Syracuse will represent the district in the regional playoffs at Wymore opening Monday night. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. The thieves which broke into a ! Cheltenham township home re cently took only one thing a piggy bank owned by Stanley Craig, president of the Elkins Park National Bank. Safety Inspector Positions Are Open The United States Civil Ser vice Commission has announc ed an examination for Safety Inspector for positions paying $3,410 and $5,060 a year in the Bureau of Motor Carriers, In terstate Commerce Commission, in various cities throughout the United States. . ... A written test will be given. Appropriate experience is re quired. Successfully completed college study in transportation or mechanical engineering may be substituted for all of the ex perience required for positions paying $3,410, and for part of that required for the higher grade. Further information and ap plication forms may be obtain ed from Henry A. Hughson, sec retary, Plattsmouth Post Office. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday, August 1, 1955 PAGE FIVE - Cood Old Days Were Not So Cood as Now CHICAGO The good old days weren't as good as right now when it comes to work accidents. The on-the-job accident rate for 1954 was the best on record, according to the 1955 edition of the National Safety Council's statistical yearbook, "Accident Facts," just off the press. It marked the eighth consecutive year in which the accident fre quency rate of the Council's in dustrial members has come down. The 1954 rate is less than a fourth of the 1926 rate. Kostal Heads Heart Group in Nebraska Dr. O. A. Kostal of Hastings takes office this week as presi dent of the Nebraska Heart As sociation. The Hastings heart specialist was elected in February to suc ceed Dr. Frederick G. Gillick of Omaha. The new president-elect is Dr. George W. Covey of Lin coln, editor of the Nebraska State Medical Journal. Dr. Kostal is the first non Omahan to serve in the presi dency since the Association was founded in 1949. Honored as a fellow in four honorary medical organizations, Dr. Kostal also is a commander in the U. S. Navy Medical Corps, Reserve. He is on the Naval Af fairs Advisory Council for the Ninth Naval District and is a national director and Nebras ka president of the Navy League of the United State Five other officers assuming duties this week are: Dr. Ed ward Langdon, secretary, and Mr. David F. Davis, treasurer, both of Omaha; Dr. J. E. Meyer of ' Columbus, first vice-president, and Dr. H. A. McConahay of Holdrege, second vice-president. Twenty-six trustees also are starting new terms, including re tirement President Gillick. The creignton Meaicai scnooi uean will serve three-years on the Ex-' ecutive Committee, too. These officers and trustees will direct a budget of $118,000 to fisht heart disease, almost double the previous year. They will guide the Heart Associa tion's program of Research, Ed- vice. HOUSE STOLEN. fATNRVTT.TE Oa The sheriff's office was recently no tified by Mrs- Margaret Seay that someone had stolen her house, located on Thirteenth Street. When last seen Dy tne owner, the two-room house was wearing white paint and black screens. ' JIZBA & JIZBA Registered In Engineering: and Architecture Design, Surveys, Estimates, Supervising 5417 Ogden Omaha, Nebr. Phone PL6361 Twice-a-Day Service Plattsmouth to Omaha Also Bellevue Offutt Field and LaPlatte Plattsmouth Transfer Plattsmouth 5255 Omaha HA 6733 Get on -the MR n , . " - I ' ' ' - - : i -1 . . . i - ' - - - w Vrv V D -nKWWi WW Save 3 Ways! Your sovinfl. begi" with the great deal we can make you on a new Ford during our SELL-a-brat.on! Your avi8 continue while you drive your dependable Ford ... the car that', built to g.ve jrw wmvi Yoe save again when you trade again of Ford traditionally high resale value! , becavse f.DAJ. 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Mrs. Rummel died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Louise K. Graves at Burbank, Calif., on July 25 after an ill ness of five years. Music for the funeral was by Mrs. E. A. Ernst, vocal soloist, and Mrs. J. Howard Davis, organist. Flower bearers were Mrs. Wayne Gorton and Mrs. Wil liam Schmidtmann, Jr. Casket bearers were George A. Kaffenberger, Fred Tschir ren, Ed Meisinger, Victor Mei singer, John Wehrbein and Les ter Thimgan. Mrs. Rummel was born at Darmststadt, Germany, on March 11, 1872, the daughter of Henry and Catherine Falter Hoffart. She came to Platts mouth at the age of 10. j She was married on Feb. 23, i 1893, to William Rummel. They I lived on a farm west of Platts-! mouth until they retired and moved to Plattsmouth to make their home. They had 60 years of married life. He preceded her in death on Oct. 22, 1953. Mrs. Rummel was a member of the First Presbyterian church in Plattsmouth and a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Home Chapter No. 189. 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