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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER VOLUME 74 A tovn-by-tovn rally heralding the coming of the Cass County Fair on" Aug. 23 through 26 will be held Fri day all day by boosters from Weeping Water, sponsored by the Weeping Water Junior Chamber of Commerce. Booster tour will start at 8:15 a.m. Friday at Avoca and end with a 5:30 p.m. date at Manley after a tour of all towns in the county. The caravan will be under the Twelfth Queen Candidate Is Announced Miss Dsloris Beins, 18, Is the 12th candidate for King Korn Queen to be named by platts mouth organizations. She is the i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beins and is sponsored by the Eagle Auxiliary of Plattsmouth. 1 1 Deloris Beins ; Miss Beins was graduated from Plattsmouth high school in 1954 where she was active in various programs including the Pep Club for two years; a cheer leader for two years; pre sident of the junior class; presi dent of the Plattsmouth band and a band member.. She was in the senate four years and the chorus four years. Sht. is em ployed in an Omaha insurance office as a stenographer. V 3 1 t t Patricia Brown Other girls who have been named and their sponsors are Joan Ault, St. John's Altar So ciety and Guild; Dorothy Lee Piper, Garden Club; Elna Bom berg, VFW; Carolyn Hobinson, Methodist church; Yvonne Nel son, Legion Auxiliary; Jackie Reno, Rebekah Lodge; Jo Non Albin, Junior Women; Janice Caldwell, W o m e n's Division, Chamber of Commerce; Joann Koubek, Holy Rosary Altar So ciety; Evelyn Henry, First Lu theran church; Patricia Brown, Circle Three, Presbyterian Church and Miss Beins. Car Stealer Caught By Deputy Sheriff Des Moines, Iowa, authorities are enroute to Plattsmouth to pick up Melvin J. Morse, 35. a Chicago former convict, who was arrested Sunday night here by Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rhoden. Rhoden took the man into custody for investigation and found that the car Morse was driving had been stolen in Des Moines, Sunday. Journal Want Ads Pay THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth. Nebraska. August 11-12-13-14, 1955. High Low Prec. Thursday 84 48 Friday 84 48 Saturday 86 50 Sunday 90 46 Forecast: Today (Monday) continued warm, high near 92, tonight partly cloudy, low about 65. ETme Pilaw Consolidated With SIGHT PACES wuy ifOBir il(ioir n direction of Cass County Sher iff Tom Solomon. Nucleus of the booster trip will be provided by the Weeping Water high school band. The -Cass County Agricultural Society will distribute favors and fair programs as the tour travels from town to town. The caravan will halt in Louisville at noon where the American Legion Auxiliary will provide a hot meal for a nomi- , nai iee. Leaving Weeping Water at 8 a. m. Friday the caravan will halt in Avoca at 8:15 a. m., for 15 minutes; arrives at Nehaw ka at 9 a. m. for a 15 minutes; arrive in Union at 9:30 a. m. for 15 minutes; Murray at 10 a. m.; Plattsmouth at 10:30 a. m.; Cedar Creek 11:30 and Louis ville at 12 noon. The tour will leave Louisville at 1 p." m. to ar rive at South Bend at 1:30 p. m.; Ashland 2:15 p. m.; Greenwood 3 p. m.; Alvo 3:30 p. m.; Eagle 4 p. m.; ELmwood 4:30 p. m.; Murdock 5 p. m.; Manley 5:30 p. m. with a scheduled return to Weeping Water at 6 p. m. Farley Amick of Weeping Wa- ter is in charge of the tour. Some highlights of the Fair this year, including all depart ment exhibits and contests, will be features such as the "Miss Cass County" contest in which entries from most communities are expected; a safety poster contest; a" crochet contest with entry in the national contest; three parades which will include the Grand Parade at 2 p. m. on Aug. 24; a 4-H parade at 2 p. m. Aug. 25; and a Veterans parade at 2 p. m. Aug. 26. A total of $2,500 in cash prizes will be awarded in various de partments. Cafe Breakin Here Admitted in Court Donald Charles Bott, 21, sta tioned at Offutt Air Force Base, is being held in county jail in lieu of a $1,000 appearance bond after entering a plea of guilty in Cass county court to charges I of breaking and entering. Bott was arrested Aug. 12 by Cass County Sheriff Tom Solo mon and admitted in a signed statement that he entered the Nu-Way Lunch in Plattsmouth June 28 and removed cash. . Bott told the sheriff that on that date he assisted Mary Col bert, the operator of the cafe, in closing up for the night in the front part of the building. The rear had been secured for the night by Harry Albin, the owner, shortly before. Bott said he observed one door had been left unlocked so he re turned after everybody was gone and, entering through the un locked west door, removed cash. Mr. Albin said the loss was $127.60. "Funnybone Follies77 Action Set for Thursday Night Here Playlets, songs, dances, and specialties set the pace for the two hour "Funnybone Follies" show to be staged this Thurs day and Friday, Aug. 18 and 19, j at the Lions Community Build ing under the sponsorship of the Lions Club. Curtain time is 8:07 p.m. Action of "Funnybone Fol lies" is based at TV Station FUN, which is to be emceed by Walter Smith and Janet Moore in the roles of Groucho Marx h v,iXiT of TV personalities are high - lighted throughout the show as Mrs. Ray Lancaster, Barney Eiting, Irene Smith. Chris Bulin, Bill Spradlin. Bill Babbitt, and Olin Morris take cast roles. The "Here Comes the Bride" scene, an all-male womanless wedding has Bob Vallery and Bart Scan- ;lon in the role of the aunt and uncle; Bill Bootin is the reluct ant groom who is held fast with a rope by Ken Weaver, the best man. Others in the scene in clude Leo Scanlon, Ray Lan: caster, Mert Jochimsen, Duff McLean, Al Linder, Lloyd Fitch and Don Warga. In the opening Toyland scene, Sally Babbitt and Marilyn Lutz preside as the Magic Lady of Toyland in a scene which in volves 41 children. Talcing part in the story are Carl Schriener, Carol Schriener, Dixie Wilson. Donna Steppat, Chuck Weaver, the Nehawko Enterprise iLilA $ , a J:, 1 . Wp I t --tJV.O 1 cV - -v u 0 :. An expression of friendship and sympathy went out to Mrs. Roy Tschirren and son, Kenneth, at the Roy Tschirren farm last week when friends and neighbors gathered with 25 tractors to plow a 70-acre field in one morning. Roy Tschirren died unex pectedly at his home the week before. These are the women and some of the children of the families taking part. Present for the plowing were the following and their families: Donald Borh, Embezzlement Charge Brings Innocent Plea Richard S. Rhoades of Platts mouth. and employe of the Clark & O. W. Finney construc tion company in Plattsmouth. pleaded innocent to a charge of embezzlement in county court at Plattsmouth Saturday morning and was bound over to district court for trial on a $1,000 ap pearance bond. He was released when the bond was posted. Information contained in the charge alleges that Rhoades embezzled money from Clark Finney in a series of acts start ing July 14, 1954, amounting to $423. Rhoades waived preliminary hearing in county court. Charges were filed against Rhoades by Clark Finney on Aug. 12. In custody, Rhoades told Cass County Sheriff Tom Solomon in a three-page state ment that he had been employ ed by Clark Finney from 1948 to 1952 and from 1953 to -Aug. 6, 1955. - He - said that during the latter period he had not ac counted to Finney for Finney's two-third interest in $42383 earnings. Rhoades also said that he had been instructed to use earnings for operating ex penses when caught short of needed money while on the job. Rhoades also said he was due back pay from Mr. Finney of $285. Rhoades operated a ditch-digging machine for the Clark and O. W. Finney company and col lected for some jobs as they were finished. Mrs. C. M. Miner of Omaha was in Plattsmouth on business Saturday. Roger Heedum. Kathy Lutes, and Tommy Hansen. Eight pre school children will be in a Baby Ballet routine and song and dance specialties will be ex ecuted by some students of Janice Wiles and Nancy Sie moneit's dancing classes. Twenty high school girls add a bit of glamour to the ravue as they form chorus lins and execute routines in corful i Dav Contest is being held ! - ' - , - t14 r,nri,c 1 iT. vote containers are in stores in the business district and it's a penny a vote idea for them to be crowend Queen and win first prize of a Crosly portable radio. The winner will be announced Friday night. The girls will al so receive votes according to the number of tickets they sell which will be added to the amount in their containers. Tickets are on sale through members of the Lions Club, cast and chorus and will be sold at the door both nights. A limited number of reserve seats are available at a ten cents extra cost. The Cass Drug Store is Reserve Seat and Ticket Head quarters. Margaret Eiting is pianist for the entire revue which is under the direction of Virginia Maze of Kansas City, Mo. and Elmwcod Leader-Echo PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, Friends, Indeed. Are These Friends Search on for Pair Old Police, Numbers Two old "police numbers" are being sought by the Cass coun ty sheriff's office. They are Carl Matthews and his wife, the former Myrtle Brizendine, of Plattsmouth. Sheriff Tom Solomon said he would like to question the pair about a McDonald grocery store breakin at Avoca on July 6. ; Missing,, x aiong - wttn o, large quantity of merchandise, were 20 blank checks carrying tie McDonald Gorcery store nam. Since the breakin, four of these checks have been filled out and cashed, each in the amount of $96. The checks bore the names of Carl Matthews' and Myrtle Brizendine. Solomon said checks previously passed by the pair had similar handwriting to these four checks. Sheriff's office records show that both individuals spent time in prison for past offenses. Three Injured Auto Mishaps Over Weekend F o.u r accidents involving three injured persons were in vestigated by the Cass county sheriff's office over the week end. ! Friday at 2:35 p.m. a car driv en by LeRoy D. Baughan of Lin coln was traveling south when it struck the rear of a farm tractor driven by Martin Sporer, 57, of Murray. Baughan told Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rhoden, who investi gated the accident, that he was following a truck south when it pulled suddenly into the left lane forcing the Baughan ve hicle back into the right lane. Returning to the right lane, the Baughan machine struck th3 tractor which had been in front of the truck. The accident oc curred a quarter mile south of the Murray corner, on Highway 73-75. Mr. Sporer was thrown from the tractor. He was taken to a Nebraska City hospital, suffer ing cuts and bruises. Two traffic mishaps were in vestigated on Saturday. At 7:15 a.m., a car driven by Thomas Wolfe of Union was traveling north six miles south of Plattsmouth on Highway (Continued on page 3) Faux Sentencing Delayed to Aug. 26 Kenneth Faux, 25, Weeping Water, entered a plea of guilty and sentence was deferred bv District Court Judge John Dierks "ndflv until Aug. 26 for furth er investigation and further consideration of probation. Faux was the fourth member of a gang of five charge with breaking and entering an Avo ca tavern on Feb. 9. Apparently an attempt was going to be made to find Faux a job which would be taken in to consideration for probation ary terms. Faux had been in California and was taken into custody by Sheriff Tom Solomon on return here last week. Three other men have been dealt with on the charges and a fifth is sought. Delivered Twice Weekly to Gene Nolting, Art Penke, Leonard Born, Elmer Stoehr, Sam Gal loway, Bill Holmes, Max Vallery, George Stander, Edgar Meising er, Philip Kehne, Peter Holmes, Weldon Stoehr, Paul Stapleton, Kenneth Petereit, Carl Potschies, Earl Becker, Gerald Keil, Fred Wehrbein, Lyle Meisinger, Bill Starkjohn, Claude Mayabb, Victor Stoehr, Marvin Petereit, Sterling Ingwerson, Charles Grosshans, John Halmes, and George Kaff enberger. For photo of men tak ing part, see elsewhere in the Journal. Journal Photo. John Jorgenson Dies in Iowa After Illness NEHAWKA (Special) A former Cass county resident has died at a Davenport, Iowa, hos pital following a heart attack. He is John Jorgenson, 57, of Davenport who had been ill two weeks before his death' at 9 p.m. Thursday. .. . ' Arrangements for funeral ser vices are pending. Mr. Jorgenson was born May 10, 1897, at Avoca the son of Peter and Mary Jorgenson. He was married to Zora Hillman of Weeping Water, who survives him. He had lived at Avoca and Weeping Water until moving to JDavenport three years ago. Also surviving are two sons, Major Gerald Jorgenson of Texas and Dr. Reginald Jorgen son of Davenport, along with five grandchildren. , Brothers and sisters surviv ing are William Jorgenson and Mrs. Elise Midkiff of Nehawka; Mrs. Lena Behrns and Henry Jorgenson of Avoca; Louis Jor genson of Manhattan, Kan.; Mrs. Clara Cole, Imperial; Mrs. Mable Johnson and George Jor genson, Nebraska City, and Mrs. Marjorie Dalboe, Omaha. Funeral services were ! held Sunday afternoon at the Con gregational church at Weeping Water with burial at the Weep ing Water cemetery. Rev. Roger Grow officiated. ST. JOHN'S REGISTRATION SET FOR FRIDAY MORNING Registration at St. John's grade school in Plattsmouth will be held from 9, a.m. to 12 noon Friday, Aug. 19, it has been an nounced. Feasting f vr y : 'Xj a, JnJl I ,.; L.r . t il w . 'r-w f- i i in.. ..iriii.-iirf- -i ir-t .--t n w.R.r- . tt -Zm,. AI While a good share of the crowd on the Hereford -tour Friday continued to feast their eyes on cattle, this group stepped across the highway at the Minford farm and started on a stack of ice cold .watermelon, one of the big attractions looked forward to by most everyone in the caravan. Here are Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pool, of Elmwood, in a family group. Little More Than 3000 Cass County Families 1955 Plattsmouth People Injured in Mishap Near South Omaha Two Plattsmouth people were iiij uicu do was cut uiiutb mi. ( Force Base man when cars in which they were riding were in accidents at the same corner at the south end of Omaha's 36th street. The scene is two miles west of Highway 73-75, be yond the Lyman-Richey gravel company. , ' r ' Sunday at 10 p.m. Jimmy D. Eaton of Offutt was the driver of a car which crashed south through a dead end street there, tearing down a wire fence and rolling over. With him was Shir ley Allen, 19, of Plattsmouth. Both were hospitalized at Doug las county hospital. Sheriff Artz of. Sarpy county said. Sheriff Artz said the driver apparent ly failed to make a turn to the left at the dead end intersection. Both were reported with leg gashes. At the same corner, Sheriff Artz said, Mrs. Leo P. Eledge, 254 Seventh Avenue, Platts mouth was the driver of a car which apparently was going east when it rolled over on its side in the ditch at 6 a.m. today (Monday). Two children, appar ently hers, were - with Mrs. Eledge, Sheriff Artz said. He thought they were taken to Douglas County hospital and their injuries were light, but his investigation remained incom plete this morning. VACATION IN CALIFORNIA Leaving Sunday for a three week vacation in California, were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rebal, who will visit their son-in-law and daughter, Lieut and Mrs. Jim Doody, at Corona Del Mar, and other relatives at Los Angeles and Bakersfield. on Melons and KZER. STATE HIST. SOCIETY XXX 1500 It ST. LINCCLTJ, KEBR . FIVE CENTS PER COPY irp)S Prospect Ace till An inch and a half rain in Cass county last week and that "The 1955 crop picture area. Queen Nominations To Close Wednesday Nominations of queen can didates will be closed on Wed nesday, King Korn Karnival officials have disclosed. Any candidate to be in com-, petition must have her name submitted by a sponsor by midnight, Aug. 17. Candidates must be from Plattsmouth. Balloting will start on Aug. 22 with ballots which may be picked up at Plattsmouth businesses who are members of the King Korn Karnivals organization. Veteran One of The Journal's veteran carrier boys is Bob Pucelik, son of Dr. and Mrs. L. S. Pucelik, 308 North Third, Plattsmouth. Bob, who goes to St. John's school, has served as a carrier boy four years for The Journal and one year as a 'substitute for his brother, Jim, who was also a carrier for the newspaper sev eral years. His hobby is model ships. He carries 65 Journals on north Third and Fourth streets and Avenue A. Loughridge Rites Are Tuesday Here Funeral services for . Mrs. Claire L. Loughridge, 73, will be held at the Caldwell-Linder Funeral Chapel in Plattsmouth Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs. Loughridge died at the Nebraska Masonic Home here Sunday. She had been at the Home 11 months after entering through the Blue River Lodge No. 30 at Milford. She was a member of the Pres byterian church. Survivors include two broth ers, Clyde Lester, Walla Walla, Wash., and Guy Lester, of Lin coln. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents Herefords Hi 44 rr'fk 4 . . 3 . - . ' : blond girl in the center with watermelon running out of her ears, is their daughter Linda. Others are their little cousins, Bruce and Christine Eve -land, children of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Eveland, also of Elmwood. Grandpa G. R. Eveland, with an extra large slice for himself, arrived on the scene just after this shot 'was taken Journal Photo. .f. y , PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY Monday - Thursday NUMBER 75 right brightened the crop picture caused one observer to say is still quite bright in this In the view of William -L. Owens, supervisor of the F.H.A. office at Nebraska, City: "The wheat and oat crops and the first and second cuttings of al falfa were the best in many years. The prospect of a good milo and soybean crop is at least average. It is true the corn crop is down a long way from the 50 to 60 bushels per acre pros pect of July 25th. Many acres of corn are badly damaged but the bulk of the corn in tne lattsmouth area will still make a lot of corn. Most farmers will have enough to feed and some will have a little to sell. "Most farmers will hold their own financially," Mr. Owens thinks," and very few will loia up as a result of damage to the corn crop. Mucn oi tne laier corn will respond to the recent one and a half inch rain and much corn in sheltered areas or on good fertile land should make a fair to good yieia, Owens says. Mr. Owens spoke only oi uass Otoe and Nemaha counties. He has not surveyed any other crops in southeast Nebraska and earlier reports that he had, or that he thought crop prospects were dark, were incorrect, he said. Hereford Tour Attracts Over 200 to County Over two hundred Hereford breeders from Southeast Nebras ka, together with their families, made up one of the most suc cessful tours ever staged in the state by this association, it was stated at the tour's end Friday afternoon. Arriving in Cass County at the George and Clyde Althouse Hereford breeding farm north of Eagle about 1:30 Friday after noon, the caravan of some GO to 75 cars led by state troopers got their first view of one of eastern Nebraska's most produc tive agricultural counties. At the Althouse farm, the group were shown one of the prize winning herds of the coun ty. Started in 1940 with two heif ers, the herd has been brought up to 30 cows. The herd has won numerous trophies at Grand Is land and other Hereford shows, including the Nebraska State Fair. Present herd bulls aro Plus Tradition 22nd and PV Mar vel Astor 9th, the latter owned in partnership with Munn Brothers of Waverly. Here visit ors saw cattle being fitted for fall and winter sales. Following a cut into Otoe County to the Rodaway, Fless ner and Witt Hereford farms, the tour drove north to the Minford farm at the east edge of Murray. Here Will and George Minford and Richard Sack, a Polled Hereford breeder, Join ed forces to show their fine breeding stock and herds. Will Minford got his start in 1941 with four cows and a bull. In 1945 he bought seven more cows and got into the business in a big way with his son George. At present the herd to tals over 50 head and is recog nized as one of the best in the country. With herd bulls head ed by the old member of the cast, Pioneer Shadow, assisted by a new addition this year, Battle Intense 209, and others, gives the Minfords one of the best set of herd bulls among breeders. While visitors did not get to the Richard Sack farm, Mr. Sack had a good number of his Poll ed Herefords on display at Min ford's. Richard got into the pure bred business in 1953 when he purchased five cows and heiferA with calves at side. During thii short period Mr. Sack has built up a herd that commands re spect. At present the herd sire is CB Advance Seth 6th from the Classen Farms. This anirri f alcn5 with several heifers and i cows were shown. At several stops alon? th rv,. Chambers of Commerce and host breeders treated the refreshments. At the Minford farm. Sack and the Minford? produced a tremendous pile Qf ice cold watermelon, toethp with soft drinks that held thl crowd for some time after th designated 4:30 closing hour Slight Injuries Noted in Mishap Henry Schneider of Platte mouth was slightly injured day when a car in whiehhn un riding went into a ditch oSW ar Creek road. n 0n Ced- He had a bump on hk and some body bruise? k,, was not hospitalSed arUtJ5e reported feeling fSetodaf