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W w w -i CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER e (PiLAinr PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY Monday - Thursday an D Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo- Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 74 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1955 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 93 - r-. T T, (" mi Lorn a n The question of how Valley View addition to Platts mouth could get a connecting sidewalk on Chicago Ave nue brought a few hot words but mostly a spirit of co operation at a meeting of the Plattsmouth City council Monday night. This was likely the largest item of the meeting for a council which lost its last experienced councilman with the resignation of D. L. Grove, whose letter stating this was read, accepted and placed on file. His post was taken by Douglas Wotier. leaving councilmen all freshmen. (See seperate story in today's Journal) Mr. Grove handed in his resig Councilman V. y Appointed a member of the city council from the first ward by Plattsmouth Mayor Leo Mei singer and approved by the council Monday night was Douglas Woiter, 34, of 416 Whit man avenue. He succeeds D. L. Grove, who resigned. Mr. Wotier came here from the Allied Chemical plant in Hopewell, Va., as a construction inspector while the Nitrogen Division plant was being built north of. Plattsmouth in 1948. He and his wife and daughter, Jacqueline, 6, have lived in Plattsmouth since. He works in the plant en gineering office at the Nitrogen Division plant at present. Gapen Services Set Saturday . Murray Church Funeral services for Lloyd Gapen, once a prominent, farm er in the Murray vicinity, will bp held at the Murray Chris tian church at 10 a. m. Saturday. Mr. Gapen, who was 85, died at the home of his son at Ben kelman, Neb., Tuesday, Oct. 11. He had been ill for four months. Rev. Robert E. Larson will conduct the Saturday rites. Bu rial will be in Horning cemetery. Mr. Gapen was born on Oct. 13. 1869, at Plattsmouth, the son of Joshua, and Maria Eikenbary Gapen. He was married m 1891 at Murray to Catherine Young, who preceded him in death in July, 1952. Mr. Gapen and his family moved to western Nebraska m 1919. He was a retired farmer. He is survived by one son, Oliver Gapen of Benkelman. A daughter. Villa Mar, died in 1955. Sattler Funeral Home at Plattsmouth is in charge of ar rangements. Police Court Guy Long, 402 South Eighth, Plattsmouth, $3 and $4 costs, failing to yield right of way to pedestrian at corner of Main and Fifth. Walter Heil, 920 Second Ave nue, Plattsmouth, failing to stop at school stop sign; $3 and $4 costs. W. Earl Dyer, 128 North Sixth, Plattsmouth, $10 and $4 costs, speeding. John Selwyn, Achia, Wyo., for feited $25 bond, speeding. Richard B. Smith, Waterbury, Neb., forfeited $10 bond, speed ing. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station. Plattsmouth, Nebraska. October 10, 11, 12. Date H T. Prec. Monday 78 48 Tuesday 83 54 Wednesday 82 52 Forecast: Today (Thursday) sunny, cool and dry, high 70, to night fair and cool, low about 40. A boom P-T.A. Va I lev View no Walk nation last week, the second councilman in a month to do so. Howard Hirz resigned in Sep tember, both saying they need ed more time for the business. Mr. Grove had been elected pre sident of the council at a pre vious meeting. Both Hirz and Grove were experienced council men. Valley View residents, who said they were alarmed at the danger of the children walking to school along Chicago Avenue, which carries the heavy traffic of Highway 73-75-34, were at the council meeting in force to ask the council to do something about it. But property owners along the strip, from Louisville road to the Valley View turn, were also present. One plan sub mitted by Engineer Robert Mann of Plattsmouth would tile the ditch -along the west side of the highway where it runs too close to the road to build a walk. This appeared costly. A second plan was put forth by Raymond Smock, for his father, Jack Smock, who owns abuting property. The use of concrete tile to cross the ditch was of fered by Mr. Smock along with an easement on his property on the west side of the ditch so that the walkway could be brought south to cross where the ditch swings west, making room the remainder of the walk on the east side. A bridge wouid cormeot-them. The coun cil voted to have an engineer draw up plans and specifications in line with Mr. Smock's plans. Financing was placed on the shoulders of Valley View resi dents and Thayer street resi dents who have children who would use the sidewalk. The council did not seem disposed to assess abutting property own ers in the usual way since they are not likely to benefit great ly from such a walk. The sidewalk question was brought to ' the council by Roy Sharp, president of the Colum bian school P-T.A. and some of the members. (Other council business is related in another Journal story today). Shop Avenue Gets Asphalt Bath - f ?N Y-d'' v it U Htlti Councilman William Highfield, Plattsmouth street commis sioner, is shown here checking the penetration of asphaltic oil poured on Lincoln avenue. The Northern Iowa Asphalt company put a penetrating coat on the dirt part of Shop avenue ail tl way to the Consumers Public Power District Substation this week. Left side of this picture shows road after sand coat was applied. This is the first treatment of three over a three year period which will be applied to this., and many, other blocks of Plattsmouth streets. The oiling is loweost and is said to be durable. Journal Photo. . t $ - .wyXt ljlwi.-lllfc'-."i-'''MHlim mmm- I I Wj r. - ''ti -,HYi'"-'' - - .n.wtf m. .;, , in ig ; "This school is built, for children," Charles Ingalls, architect, told the Plattsmouth Lions Club Tuesday night in explaining the ' proposed St. John's grade school for which bids will be opened; Oct. 20. Scaled to size for children, the new building will be 112 feet long, fronting on Fifth street; 60 feet wide, one side along Avenue C. It will provide 28 square feet of space for each child with five class rooms, a principal's office, clinic and workroom and a 40x100 hall downstairs. It will be built of masonry with Nobody Is Injured In Two-Truck Crash No injuries were reported in a two-truck accident which occured at 4 p.m. Wednesday three miles north of Platts mouth on Highway 73-75. Cass County Sheriff Tom Sol omon, who investigated the ac cident, said that a truck driven by Howard Lee Hesson, 26, of Dallas, Tex., stopped on a curve to allow a car in front of his truck to make a left ? turn. A truck, loaded -with eight tons of rock, overtaking the halted ve hicle, rammed its rear when the driver, Charles D. Brewer of Bellevue. was unable to stop his machine in time. Damage was to the rock truck, estimated at $150. Roy R. Baker Rites Time and hour of funeral rites for Roy Richard Baker, 37, for merly of Plattsmouth, who died at Beatrice, have not been set. The body was being returned to Plattsmouth today (Thursday). Notice of the funeral may be had by calling Sattler Funeral Home, 3123. No other details were available today. St. John's Future Grade School I. James Hall Rites Friday At Plattsmouth Funeral services for I. James Hall, 71, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home in Platsmouth. Burial will be in Oak Hill ce metery. Mr. Hall cued Wednesday, at his Plattsmouth home. . Isaac James Hall was' born Octr 7, 1884, at Plattsmouth, son Of Dr. Joseph Hall and Jessie Wiles Hall. After graduation from Plattsmouth high school in 1901, he was employed by the Burlington at Plattsmouth and Havelock in the supply and operating department. Later he was in the employ of the Wa bash as storekeeper at Moberly, Mo., then transferred to the au diting department at St. Louis. He then went with the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad at Pitts burg, Pa., and Canton, Ohio, in the store-keeping department. Mr. Hall retired from railroad work and was in the farming and livestock business near Mur ray for about 20 years. In recent years he had lived in Platts mouth, giving generously of his time to community service. For ten years he was superintendent of the Agricultural Hall for the Korn Karnival. He served for a time as clerk for Local Draft Board No. 1, and for many years was a member of ithe Cass county Canvassing Board for verifying the election returns. Mr. Hall was a member of the Christian Church at Platts mouth, having joined in his youth. He .was also an active member of the Plattsmouth Ea gles lodge having served as sec retary and on the board of di rectors. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. M. M. Soule, Evanston, 111.; two nieces, two uncles, Luke L. Wiles, Plattsmouth and I. R. L. Wiles. Manchester, Mo., and a number of cousins. Visiting hours will . be held from 4-6 and 7-9 Thursday af ternoon and evening at the Fu neral Home. Scanlon Rites Held Funeral services for Daniel Scanlon, father of Bart and Leo Scanlon of Plattsmouth, were held at Manila. Iowa, Wednes day. Mr. Scanlon died on Oct. 9. Court House """" A partition suit has been filed in district court by Mabel Dall and others against Ernest Mann and others asking the division or so acres of land near Manley County court: Joseph Chladek, no address given, $10 and $4 costs, over weight truck. Martin J. Robinson, Blooming ton, Neb., $25 and $4 costs, speeding at night. Earl James Goff, $11 and $4 costs, speeding. Steve Curtis, Rutland, 111., $16 ana $i costs, speeding. Clyde Leonard Bryant. Coun cil Bluffs, Iowa, $11 and $4 costs speeding. Cecil Wayne Chapman, Oma ha, $11 and $4 costs, sneedine. Arrests were bv members of the Nebraska Safety Patrol and state deputies. concrete floors. As shown in the architect's drawing, there will be one step up under porch at the entrance on Fifth. There will be 66 feet ct book shelves. Each classroom will contain a sink, drink bubbler and a library corner. Glass walls from two feet, eight inches up from the bottom and a two feet, 10-inch overhang will give double light source for classrooms. The build ing will be of masonry and steel, concrete floors and wood frame above classrooms. It is expected to cost in the neighborhood of $100,000. Farm Air Tour Is Next Tuesday ; WEEPING WATER An air tour for Cass count farmers will be held Tuesday, Oct; 18, at the Weeping Water airport. This is sponsored by the Cass soil con servation district with the co operation of implement dealers in the county and the Soil Con servation Service. Land-owners and operators and their families ate4 invited to take a free ride to get a bird's-eye rView of . their farms. Many of those who rode on the tour last year said that no other way can compare with flying to get a good look at one s farm. Planes will be available from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Minors must be accompanied by a parent. Gil more Rites Wednesday at Murray Church Funeral services for Dr. George H. Gilmore, 89, long time physician and amateur archeo logist, were .held at the United Presbyterian church m . Murray Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Roy P. Morris conducted the, rites. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery at Plattsmouth with , graveside services by , the Plattsmouth Masonic lodge. '"' : Dr. Gilmore died at his home in Murray last Sunday after an illness of several months. Music for the services was by Mr. Dale Wohlfarth, vocal : so loist, and Mrs. Olin Morris, ' or ganist. - Casket bearers were Olm Mor ris. James Comstock; Edward Wehrbein, Edward Howard, Charles Boedecker and James R. Frans. Dr. Gilmore was born in Cass county at Mount Pleasant, Ne braska Territory, on Aug. 20, 1866, the son of John Gilmore and Nancy Helen Massie. He was educated at Peru State Teachers and Rush Medical College, and practiced medicine in Murray for over 60 years. He was also an amateur archeologist, who made many important finds along the Missouri river and in the Cass county area. He was a member of the Ma sonic lodge, having received his 50-year pin in 1948: the Knights Templar: past commander of American Legion Post No. 157; member of the Cass County Medical Society; Society of American Archeologists ; past president of the Cass County Historical Society and a member or Nebraska Sons and Daugh ters, enlisted in the U. S. Army in World War I where he later commanded a medical unit, and emerged as captain. He was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. He was a member of the Pres byterian church. His only immediate survivors are his son, Dr. John E. Gilmore of Santa Monica, Calif., who was here for the funeral, and a granddaughter, Jo Anne Gil more. A son and daughter preceded him in death. His wife, the for mer Elizabeth Walker, to whom he was married on Oct. 30, 1901, at Murray, preceded him in death on Nov.. 14,. 1951. The Cub Scouts of Den 5 and Mrs. Delores Hansen and Mrs. Velma Kief enjoyed a wiener roast on the river banks of the Missouri, Tuesday evening after school. Gary Hild !s Candidate for Rotary Plum Gary Hild, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hild and a student at the Nebraska University of Agri culture, has been selected as Plattsmouth Rotary Club's can didate for a Rotary Student Fel lowship, it was announced at Tuesday's meeting by President Steve Davis. While Hild's selection as a candidate in no way assures him of this opportunity as he will by comoetingr against several others from this district, it does honor his high character, ability and scholastic records. If award ed the honor, Hild would have an opportunity to spend a year in a foreign country of his choice for study at Rotary ex pense. Other reports included a un animous vote to cooperate in the drive by making solicitation in designated areas as a special assist to Mrs. L. A. Amato, local chairman. It was also announc ed a' "new" piano should be in place by next meeting, replacing one that has seen service for about 25 years also better days. Guests were Emil Wurl, for mer member now residing at North Platte, and Junior Rotar ians, Verne Kaffenberger, senior, and Bob Beverage, junior. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Kalina left Tuesday for Bingen Washing ton where they will make their home. Council Names Jim McMillian President Succeeding Grove Jim McMillian, Plattsmouth insurance agent, was elected president of the Plattsmouth city council Monday night. He succeeds D. L. Grove who resign ed. Mr. McMillian is the third council president since the body organized last May following the spring election. Howard Hirz then the senior council mem ber, resigned his council post and - the presidency in Septem ber. Mr. Grove was named pre sident on Sept. 27 but also step ped out of the council when his resignation was approved Mon day night. Both gave business resasons for resigning. The council also approved Mr. Grove's successor- as council man He is Douglas Wotier, an Allied Chemical plant employe. Besides talking to Valley View residents about a sidewalk, the council Monday night also: 1. Declared O. W. and Clark Finney low bidders on a sani tary sewer for the Highland ad dition to Plattsmouth. The Fin nev bid was $2,061.25. Engineer's estimate was $2,420. The only other bidder, Anchor Construc tion company, placed a bid of $2,271.08. 2. Accepted street improve ment, districts petition for as phaltic oil on Tenth avenue, Avenue D to Avenue G; 14th street. Main street to second ave nue: Avenue F from 10th to 11th, and turned them over to the city attorney for checking. 3. Allowed a curb cut on Clin ton street for Robert Slavicek; allowed W. A. Swatek to break the curb on Main street to en large his driveway; approved a sanitary sewer excavation across Ninth street for Marion Taylor imsftinuic'fiaoini ods pemiDinig 4. Johirar s Bids for construction or St. John's Parish School building in Plattsmouth, a project which may involve $100,000, will be opened on Oct. 20. Starting date will be as soon as possible after contracts are signed. This was explained to the Plattsmouth Lions Club at a meeting Tuesday night here by Rev. Raphael Chonta, assistant pastor of the parish in charge of the project, and Charles Ingalls, architect. Rev. Chonta told the Lions Boy Scout Fund Drive to Open Here Oct. 25 Boy Scouts fund drive Plattsmouth will jump off in on Oct. 25. Mrs. Louis Amato, drive chairman has announced. Mrs. Amato has sought the help of all Plattsmouth organiz ations and has the promise of several. Representatives of co-operat ing groups will meet with the chairman at Mack's Kitchen at 8 p.m. next Tuesday to lay cam paign plans. In outlinging her campaign, Mrs. Amato appealed as follows: The Boy Scouts of America are ready and eager partners in every community effort to build boys into men of character and train them for their citizenship responsibilities. Scouting is a program in which boys, from eight years old upward can learn how to do things for them selves and for other people. It is a program that develops psy sical fitness,- skill, self-reliance, courage, and high ideals of ser vice to God and country. Thest things are accomplished in partnership with the home, the school, the church, and other institutions which accept responsibility for the proper guidance and education of the boys and young men of the com munity. . ' -: Boy Scouts in this area have made steady progress in mem bership and in the training of adult leaders. In order to furth er expand this vitallv important program, Plattsmouth will con duct its annual budget cam paign Oct. 25. Every citizen is invited to assist the Boy Scouts of America as they strive for their financial objective. Fall Breaks Wrist Ronnie Richards, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rich ards of Plattsmouth has his arm in a sling today after he fell at school and broke his wrist. He was treated at St. Catherine's hospital at Omaha and has re turned home. He is a fourth grader at Central school. Tyc Acreage Sold Sale of the Herb and . Katie Tye improved 40 acres just west of Plattsmouth to John and Helen Altscha'ffl has been an ounced by Steve Davis, local realtor. The Altschaffls will take oosession on or before Nov. 15. Jim McMillian and an excavation on south eighth for Charles Janacek; an excavation on north 10th for Leslie Potts. 4. Accepted Clifford Dasher as a volunteer fireman and plac ed his name on the records. 5. Set up a $25 petty cash fund for the police station. 6. Approved new street lights for Avenue A, east of Third; Avenue C and 10th street; Avenue C and Maiden Lane. 7. Placed on file a police mag istrate's report on 27 arrests amounting to $297 in fines and costs for a two-week period. Filed a parking meter receipts report for two weeks, amount iny to $467. V - k . -, " s t' " ' t - I r i L.hu, dL 2, Sot!! ! that. t,hf nrpspnt enrollment of 114 at St. John's school is now crowded into three rooms and that, though they might need four rooms at present, the new building will contain five class rooms in preparation for any future influx. Presently three teaching sisters at the school have an average of 38 students each, considered an overload. The school site is at the corner of Avenue C and Fifth street, just northeast of St. John's church. Rev. Chonta, in his talk, said that church schools are ' not alien to the United States and pointed to the first great uni versities, Yale, Harvard, Prince ton, which were founded by pro testant bodies. He quoted the Most Reverend Bishop Kucera, who broke ground for the school here this summer, that Catholics have no difficulties with public schools. "They have a definite purpose in American life, and Catholics without fail support these schools with the the payment of their taxes, but because Catho lics believe that their children must be trained for eternity, they are willing to impose an ex tra burden upon themselves to support a system that makes for adequate soul growth . . . Catholics want their children to know that faith is not truth alone, but life." Rev. Chonta points out that the church school here reduces the public school crowding prob lem. Later in his talk Rev. Chonta said, "Personally, I want to state that St. John's Parish is going to be proud of this new build ing of culture. We also know that you civic minded people of Plattsmouth are also going to rejoice with us over this excel lent, addition to the community. The Lion's Club is interested in these projects and we feel that you know our financial difficul ty. St. John's people .are doing a wonderful thing in supporting two school ' systems. History cannot point to a more broad minded action. When we build this new building with a large debt to ourselves, we know that you will not only respect us for it, but that you will help us with this project." Charles Ingalls, the architect for the school, outlined the de tails of the school to the Lions. Power District Puts Question To High Court Consumers Public Power Dis trict has filed notice of the Dis trict's intent to appeal a ques tion to the State Supreme court of Consumers' right to construct power plants in eastern Nebras ka. The filing took place after District Judge Emerson Koier overuled both Consumers' and the Nebraska Pubic Power Sys tems' motions for a new trial in , Platte county District Court. j Pointing out that Consumers views eastern Nebraska's pow er situation as critical. C P. P. D.'s General Manager, R. L. Schacht said. "We still believe it is our duty to provide ade quate power for our customers at the lowest possible cost." He also noted that carrying the case to the Supreme Court need not delay essential work agreed to by the Consumers' Board of Directors as being necessary to meet power needs of the im mediate future.. Consumers has already agreed to support a short-range emer--encv program consisting of a $6,400,000 transmission program proposed by the Nebraska Pub lic Power System. Consumers has also agreed to the construc tion of a large steam generating station, such as suggested by the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, providing the construction and operation could be assured on an economically feasible basis. In carrying the case to the Supreme Court, Consumers is taking steps to seek a reversal of the decision of the District Court, which would bar Con sumers from building a power plant to serve the expanding power requirements of its 100,001 eastern Nebraska customers. Clifford Sutton underwent surgery Monday at Veterans hospital Omaha. He is in Ward 7 W.