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r v w w .4. - i CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 74 SIGHT PACES PLATTS MOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1955 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 92 Srodl Council Ion MountST! 0 HIqs Council P mosi ost it Was a Freshman's Worst Day Second Plattsmouth city councilman has turned in I u: ; a? 'ii i -i ms resignation witnin a montn. He is D. L. Grove, councilman for the first ward who handed a written resignation last week to Mayor Leo Meisinger. Grove said in the letter that the, expansion of his jewelry store and the need to keep in closer touch with his business prompted his resignation. Grove had been elected presi- . r l ii a. ii i i. ueni ui nit cuuiiuu ixi uie id.ii meeting, replacing Howard Water System Construction Colors Water Dark appearance ol Platts mcuths water supply at the fau cet is nothing to fear and is a result of new water mains now being laid by the Anchor Con struction Company of Omaha, a part of a large expansion of water service by the Board of Public works. Bob Cappell, supervisor for the board, says that the red ap pearance results from the dis turbing of the mains in this pro cess and is composed mostly iron which has collected in the pipes. The water is as good and usable as ever. The Anchor company has al ready completed six blocks of new water mains and will prob ably be finished with the pro ject in the next 60 days. . A new well to increase the water supply has been dug un der one of the contracts let by the Board of Public Works. This is about 600 feet east of the pres-1 ent pumping station northeast of town. The well house also has been constructed but the pump has yet to be set. This is being constructed by the Lane-Webster company. A new water tower is being built on the Lapidus property, located just south of Rock street fourth Avenue on Maiden Lane. The concrete base for the tower was poured on Thursday. This contract is held by , the Pitts-burg-Des" Moines Steel company; the same contractor as for the Northern Natural gas line across the Missouri river at Platts mouth. Scarcity of fittings and oth er material has held up water line construction this fall but supplies are reported coming in slowly at present. Hirz, who resigned on Sept. 13. Mr. Hirz also gave business reasons for quitting the council. Robert Whelan was appointed by the mayor as councilman to replace Mr. Hirz. The resignation of Mr. Grove will come before the council in regular meeting set for tonight (Monday). Both Mr. Hirz and Mr. Grove were veteran councilmen, Mr. Hirz was serving his fourth year whei he quit. Mr .Grove, elect ed last spring, had served a term as councilman earlier. Four Beers Downed Cost Car Driver Heavily in Fines It cost a driver heavily in car damage and fine money to snap cff four guard posts on High way 73-75, three miles north cf Plattsmouth at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. A car driven by Frank J. Hol zapfel,30, of Omaha was travel ing north on the highway and rounding "Dead Man's" curve when he lost control and ram med the guard rail fence, an investigation by Cass County Sheriff Tom Solomon showed. The driver told Sheriff Solomon that he was the only occupant of the vehicle and that before he left Plattsmouth he had consumed four beers. He said that as he rounded the curve he blacked out and lost control of, the vehicle. He was lined $100 and costs and his' driver's license was sus pended for six months when he entered a plea of guilty to a charge of drunken driving in Cass county court Monday be fore County Judge Raymond J. Case. Stanley Pospisil Elected Southeast Officials President Stanley Pospiisl of Wilbar was elected president of the Southeast Nebraska County Of ficials Association at a fall meeting of the organization at Plattsmouth Thursday. He succeeds Harry D. Bryan. Calvin Olson of York was elected vice-president. Dean Brent of Beatrice is the new secretary. The new officials were chosen by a nominating committee headed by Ray Norris of Cass county and elected by acclama tion. - Senator Roman Hruska and Congressman Phil Weaver of District 1, addressed the assem bled officials. A total of 230 attended the meeting here with a catfish lunch served at noon by the Plattsmouth Lions Club group meetings following program. CONSUMERS MEETINGS Ernest Elliott, manager of the Consumers Public Power District at Plattsmouth, was in Colum bus Friday, at a general meet ing and is in Lincoln today for a budget meeting. m. It, "ssfc. Mr X x i ) f . t: if r -sl ( I - - i : f ': V if yj 1 A 9V ; : ir , i Bike Too Slow For Get-Away Arrest Shows A Nebraska City youth learned Saturday night that a bicycle is no good for a get-awav ve hicle in the atomic age. The 14-year-old was arrested minutes after breaking into the Seybolt service station at the Murray corner Saturday night. His arrest came about through team work of a number of indi viduals. It all began when Sher- ff Tom Solomon, in checking the service station after dark, discovered the front door open. Sheriff Solomon talked to Rich ard Sack and George Minford, who were working m the barn just south of the service sta tion. They told him that in going to the barn they passed to the rear, of the service station and saw a bicycle parked in the driveway. A search was began for the bicycle. It was found to be gone. Solomon summoned Deputy Sheriff Rhoden to assist. In arriving at the scene and upon being told of the circumstances Rhoden said he had met a ooy on a bicycle headed for Platts mouth. A quick return to Platts mouth by Solomon and Rhoden caught the youth just south of town. After questioning by Sheriff Solomon, the boy ad mitted entering the station by breaking out a north window and reaching in and unlocking the door. He said just after he entered he was scared away, ap parently by the vehicle which contained Sack and Minford. He told the sheriff he ran away from home Saturday night and was headed for Omaha when he stopped and entered the service station. Owing to his age he was turned over to his parents, who came to Plattsmouth for him. Juvenile charges will be filed against him. Termed! Snuccess 23 SS United State Senator Roman Hruska and Congress man Phil Weaver got in some political plugs for the Ei senhower administration and a few for themselves here Thursday-at, a meeting of the Southeast Nebraska Coun ty Officials Association. Well over 200 county officials from the southeast part of the state, some travelling from as far away as Hebron, took part in the all-day affair. Ray Norris. chairman of the Cass county Board of commis sioners, said many county, offi cials congratulated the county on the program and dinner, and they were impressed with the nice way in which they were treated in Plattsmouth. ,The county officials meeting came to Plattsmoutn tnrougn the suggestion of Cass County Commssioner William N o 1 1 e who invited officials last spring at a meeting in Lincoln. Hungry Teenagers Return Cow Bells A Mynard farmer will be able to get his cowbells bur glar alarm back today. Cass County Sheriff Tom Solom on has them. The bells had been placed on the farmer's gas storage tank to warn him that his gasoline was being stolen. The bells were stolen along with apples from another farm. Sheriff Solomon question ed three teenage boys and two teenage girls from Lin coln this morning regarding the theft. Th group, return ed the cowbells but confess ed they had eaten the apples. No charges have been fil ed yet. Plattsmouth High School Freshman John Furlong knocks out a shine on the toe of the shoe of Cheerleader Pat Carr. - This occurred at one point during Freshman Day" at the school Friday .T Upperclassmen showed their dominance that day. In a Kangaroo Kourt later, freshmen got penalties for infractions of the one-day rules. Other cheerleaders in this photo are Joann Kee leyr second. JEf right, Sharon Harbaugh, Rose mary Nelson and " Minnietta Frazer. Journal Photo by Butch Furse. v Mayabb Sale Told Sale of the George and Shir ley Mayabb dwelling at 422 North Ninth street in Platts mouth to Doris and Bill Oliver has been announced by Steve Davis, local realtor. The Olivers took possession of the property Oct. 1. Dr. George H. Gilmore, Murray Physician, Areheologist, Dies and the John Socnnichsens Moving to Denver Mr. and Mrs. John Soennich sen and family, formerly of Plattsmouth, have moved to Denver, Colo., where he will be come assistant merchandise manager at the Joslin store. Society Initiate Miss Wetcnkamp Miss Edith Wetenkamp, a sophomore at Westmar College, was initiated into Phi Sigma Chi, honorary scholastic society for elementary teachers, at the candlelight pledge service on Oct. 5, the college has announced. Mrs. Ann Mason of Miami, Florida arrived Friday by plane for a few days visit with her brother, Fred Busch. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station. Plattsmouth, Nebraska. October 6, 7, 8 ,9, 1955. Date H L Prec. Thursday 72 , 53 0.42 Friday 73 44 Saturday 72 34 Sunday : 76 34 Forecast: today (Monday) mostly wrarm, sunny, high near 84. H. Gilmore, 89, of Murray will be held Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 2 p. m. at the Murray United Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery at Plattsmouth. Rev. Roy P. Mor ris will be in charge. Grave side services will be in charge of Plattsmouth Masonic Lodge. Dr. Gilmore, who had served the Murray areas as a physician fcr over 60 years, died Sunday at his Murray home after several months illness, several weeks of which were at an Omaha hos pital. George Harrison Gilmore was born in Cass county (Mount Pleasant) , Nebraska Territory, on Aug. 20, 1866, the son of John Gilmore-Nancy Helen Massie. He was educated at Peru State Teachers College and Rush Med ical College from which he was graduated in 1835 as a doctor of medicine. He was married on Oct. 30. 1901, at Murray to Eliz abeth Walker. She preceded him in death on Nov. 14, 1951. In 1890-31 he taught school at District No. 15, Bismarck town ship, Platte county, and began a practice of medicine in Mur ray in 1895. In 1910 he became interested in archeology and, with Dr. T. P. Livingston, dis covered the house ruin of pre historic man in the old steam boat town of Rock Bluffs. In 1911 he discovered a prehistoric village of nine houses in Rock Bluffs cemetery, excavated by William D. Strong of the Smith sonian Institution. Since 1911 he had made many discoveries along the Weeping Water and Missouri rivers in Cass county. In 1932 he discovered Turtle Mound south of Rock Bluffs and in 1933 discovered an earth lodge village north of St. Helena in Cedar county; excavated house sites near Table Rock, Pawnee county, for the University of Ne braska the same year. He made several discoveries near the mouth of the White river in South Dakota and in 1935, with Earl Bell of the University, ex cavated the Behrnes site near Nehawka; in 1933 opened burial mounds of prehistoric man near Nehawka. He was interested in 4.-"v"s - '' t - 1 ft Ay.' y i Plattsmouth Band Gets 40 Uniforms Plattsmouth high school band made a sharper appearance than usual at the Texas A & M Uni versity of Nebraska football game Saturday. Forty new uni forms were on display at "Band Day." The uniforms arrived last Fri day, a duplicate of the eld ones. Caps are blue with a white bill; jackets are blue with a gray wrist decoration; pants are gray with blue stripe bordered in white down the trouser leg. Offices Will Close At least two places of business in Plattsmouth will be closed Wednesday, Oct. 12, Columbus Day. The Cass county courthouse offices will be closed, except law enforcement and the Platts mouth State Bank will close. The postoffice will be open in Plattsmouth. Dr. George II. Gilmore geneology and a contributor to the Nebraska State Historical Society. He was a member of the Ma sonic Lodge and received his 50-year pin in 1948. He was a member of the Knight's Temp lar; past commander of Ameri can Legion post No. 157; a mem ber of the Cass County Medical Society; the Nebraska State Medical Society; Society of American Archeologists ; presi dent of the Cass county Histori cal Society, and a member of Nebraska Sons and Daughters. In World War I he enlisted in the U. S. Army on Aug. 5, 1918, and commanded part of the Sec ond and all of the Third Bat talion as medical officer and was a captain at time of discharge. He was a lieutenant colonel in the Army reserve. He was a member of the Pres byterian church. He is survived by one son. Dr. John E. Gilmore of Santa Mon ica, Calif., and a granddaughter, Jo Anne Gilmore, 6. A son, James Walker, and a daughter, Helen, preceded him in death. Visiting hours at the Sattler Funeral Home in Plattsmouth will be Tuesday, Oct. 11 from 3 to 5 and from 7 to 9 p. m. Former Eagle Man Promoted to Major In Air Force Unit ST. LOUIS Promotions for Air Force Reserve officers resid ing in ; the St. Louis area and participating in training with units under the St. Louis Air Reserve Center, were announced by Lieut. Colonel Raymond J. Morse, commander of the Cent er. Nine were promoted to Lieu tenant Colonel and eighteen to Major. One of the latter group was Noel J. Fischer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Fischer of Eagle, Nebr. The officers now resides in Collinsville, 111., near St. Louis with his family and is the as sistant manager of New York Life Co. located at the St. Louis Mo. office. He has been serving in the active and reserve Air Force since 1942. During his ac tive duty he was a pilot instruc tor of the air-cadets advanced training school and later, in the Bomber Pilot training duties. Being "checked-out" with sev eral types of air-craft. He now serves as one of the officers in the administration offices at the Air Reserve Center. McMaken Rites At Cemetery Here Graveside services were held at Oak Hill Cemetery on Oct. 4, for Joseph Allen McMaken, in fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe N. McMaken of Omaha. Rites were conducted by Rev. S. C. Haynes of Gilbertsville, Ky., the baby's grandfather. Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Miss Pamela. Ann, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. McMaken of Plattsmouth, and Rev. and Mrs. St C. Haynes of Gilbertsville, Ky., aunts, un cles and cousins. Legion Membership Drive Is Opened Hugh J. Kearns nost of the American Legion at Plattsmouth started a recruiting drive this week, it was announced at a meeting of the group at the 40 and 8 club Friday night. Pres ent paid up membership for 1956 is 84. The post also noted some dates coming up. A Veterans Day program has been set by the post for 40 and 8 Club at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 11. A program at Plattsmouth schools was turned over to the Amen canism Committee for arrange ment. A Halloween party has been set for Oct. 29. NEWFNS FATHER-IN-LAW IS DEAD IN CALIFORNIA Adrian Newens, Lincoln Tele phone and Telegraph company manager at Nebraska City, for merly Plattsmouth manager, has received word that his fath er-in-law, Arthur L. Babcock, died last week at a Long Beach Calif., hospital. He became ill about 30 days ago. Burial was at Los Angeles. Miss Domingo Is Countess Of Ak-SarBen Miss Mary Lea Domingo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Domingo of Weeping Water, has been selected as one of the countesses of Ak-Sar-Ben. Also selected has been Miss Mary Catherine Burdick of Mal vern, Iowa, daughter of Eugene Burdick, whose grandfather is Henry A. Schneider of Platts mouth.,. , . - . - ( --Miss Domingo, 20, a co-ed at the University of Nebraska, is president of Delta Gamma. Her other affiliations include Alpha Lambda Delta, Freshmen Wo men's Honorary, Pi Lambda Theta and Association of Wo men Students board. She is attending the Universi ty on a regents scholarship. Her brother is attending school in Germany on a Fullbright schol arship. Her . paternal grandparents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Do mingo, settled in Cass county in the 1880's. Her maternal grandfather is Lewis Noble of Weeping Water. Miss Burdic is also from a line of pioneer Nebraskans. Her pa ternal grandmother, Mrs- Bess Meador, arrived In Omaha by steamboat in 1869 and lived near Sixteenth and Douglas streets. Her paternal grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Burdick, arrived in Nebraska in 1875. Subscribe to The Journal Now! - : - .1 s f -I 1 t, - 1 - - - x I ; ."-A ,1 ," j - - - 3 Miniriifiini1irilti,i --nr--i- JL"--' Journal Want Ads Pay Court House A petition has been field in district court at Plattsmouth by Alma E. Johnson, guardian of Walter A. Johnson, asking the court to set aside a deed given by Mr. Johnson in the sale of property, NEV4, Sec. 3, Twp. 10, R. 13, in Cass county, Boyd A. and Betty I. Mayfield. The plaintiff indicates in the petition that the property is worth more money and that Mr. Johnson was not competent to make the sale. County court: Edwin Hackett, Tarkio, Mo., fined $10 and ordered to pay $4 court costs, speeding. L. J. Hoile Dies At Masonic Home Leurtes John Hoile, 86, died at the Nebraska Masonic Home Friday. A former Wayne real estate and insurance man, Mr. Hoile was admitted to the Home through Crofton Lodge No. 273, AF and AM. He had been at the home for one month and 20 days. Caldwell - Linder Funeral Home here made arrangements to send the body to Wayne for services and' burial. Mr. Hoile is survived by four daughters. They are Mrs. Ger aldine Landis, Belmont, Calif.; Mrs. Helen Harrison, Santa Monica, Calif.; Mrs. Dorothy McMasters and Mrs. Margaret Urabec of Los Angeles. One brother, Byron Hoile, of Norfolk survives. Eagles Pat Donlon Burlington Award Winner as Future Farmer VFW Football Play Here Tuesday Plattsmouth Veterans of For eign Wars football team will open their season here Tuesday at 8 p.m. when the m Peru State B team visits. Receipts go toward a college scholarship for a Plattsmouth athlete. Lions Speakers Rev. Raphael Chonta, assist ant pastor of St. John's church here, and Charles Ingalls of Omaha, architect, will speak be fore the Plattsmouth Lions Club a the Lions Community Build ing Tuesday night. - They will discuss the new school which is to be built for St. John's in Plattsmouth. EAGLE (Special) Pat Donlan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Don Ian of Eagle has been selected as one of the Burlington Award tTr: i . iiti i m v. : I winners, m iMeuraiK-a,. x ina award is based on the achieve ment made in Future Farmer of America projects and other F. F. A. activities. Every year the railroad makes awards to out standing F. F. A. boys in the territory serving to encourage Future Farmer work This award is used toward paying expenses to the National Convention in Kansas City. The Burlington will be host at the National Future Farmers of America Convention in Kansas Citv on October 11 at a break fast eiven in honor of all Bur lington Award winners. Pat has been active in F. F. A. work the past four years. Start ing with a sow and litter and a beef calf in his freshman year, he has expanded his farming program each year until It now consists of Yorkshire hogs, Here ford cattle, corn and wrheat. During his junior year Pat was secretary of his F. F. A. .chapter and during his senior year he was elected president. At the annual Parent and Son ban quet in April. Mr. Utemark, Vo cational Agriculture instructor t Farle, presented Pat with the Dekalb Award and Star Chapter Farmer Award. The Dekalb award is presented to the boy who has shown the most pro gress in his superived farming program. At the State Convention in Lincoln last April Pat received the highest award a Future Farmer can receive on the state level when he was elected to the degree of State Farmer. Only wijt: iinir.'ir iTi i;.i7'.n,' i"ig-.-Ty ' n 1 1 rr" : 1 r 1 r Senator Hruska Senator Hruska told the group Thursday that peace is the most important goal for the United States at present and that the Eisenhower adminis tration is the type of govern ment to lead the people to this. He said this generation will not go down in history for introduc ing world-circling satelites or atomic bombs but for its ability to work together. This coopera tion should be present in for eign affairs. One of the best pla ces for working together is at the county level, he said. Congressman Weaver teed off on the give-away programs of the United States, especially to Tito of Yugoslavio; called for an equal chance for farmers in the nation's markets; and said he was all out for keeping the Veterans hospital in operation at Lincoln. A party of women from the meeting took a tour of St. Luke's Episcopal church under the guidance of the Chamber of Commerce, where Rev. M. Kors showed them many articles which have come down to the present from the founding of the church in 1866. Later they visited the Nebraska Masonic Home where they were shown through by Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Evers. Ray Story, who headed the Lions Club members serving the county officials at noon Thursday, said 212 were served. Registration totalled 230 includ ing those who came in the af ternoon. Election of officers for next year was held. (See separate story in The Journal today.) Entertainment was by Robert and Larry O'Neal of Hebron; Mary Lou Hubka of Beatrice; Robert McMeen of Havelock; the Thrifty Stichers cf Platts mouth, and a comic quartet from Eagle. Fa: Donlan two per cent of the 6,000 mem bers in the state can receive this degree each year. At the closing meeting of the convention Pat was elected to the office of State Secretary. In connection with his F. F. A. work, Pat received a scholarship to attend Camp Miniwanca, a christian leadership training camp in Michigan, the last two weeks in August. He also receiv ed a scholarship from the Sears Roebuck Foundation to attend the University of Nebraska Col lege of Agriculture. Pat is a garduate of the Eagle High School and is now attend ing the College of Agriculture. He, along with the other state officers, will leave Monday, Oct. 10 to attend the National Con vention in Kansas City. Cass Countians On 'Sweethearts' Staging Committees PERU Seven student com mittees have been appointed for Peru State College's Nov. 8 pro duction of Victor Herbert's "Sweethearts," according to student chairman Junior Karas, music education junior from Mead. The student committees will work out details involved in staging Herbert's popular oper etta. Announcement of princi pal roles will be made later, choir director Darryl T. Mann ing said. Student directors will be Fred Clements, Elmwocd, music edu cation senior; Bob Jones, senior in music education from Peru, and Karas. Miss Marilyn Slagel, sophomore in music education from Falls City, will be piano accompanist. Student committee members will include Margaret Svoboda, a member of the costume committee. SOXNICIISEN'S REDECORATE Sonnichsen's Depart ment Store is in the midst of a redec orating job on their display windows. Plans are to renovate their entire display space.