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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1956)
S ST. i.i f a jr. 3W 7 jZV ' 15 ' ' ' . .... m t I- - --J ' ' . M-J t Z . ' "- . j hi r-j ( . f j . I I . . ' " ... 4 I J i . .wtm-ji ' . , . tr .... i. - - . IT " r " - , . ' - " r - r , .5 s . ;: d395 aLtr--2" -" . - ... " . The Local Flood Control Committer Wants To Make Certain There Is No Recurrence Of Floods Like The One Which Drowned Platts mouth In 1901. Shown Are The BREX Shops. A Building Where Smith's Store Now Stands And Sixth Street Looking South. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER POATiT Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elm wood Leader-Echo -Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY Monday - Thursday VOLUME 75 EIGHT FACES PLATTS MOUTH CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1955 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 53 SoSS injure Many rj ! ! 1 s n. O ITD 1 tr 0 LI v Two Million Mile Driving Record Of Edwards Is Broken See Pictures on Pa?e 6 1 - nctc: reticle ac- 4" 9- II cidents in trie Cas County area kep la's." enicrcemsn. officers ! cu5v during the past several i days. ! A 51-year-cId Crestcn, Icsra. i u-cman has not yet recovered ; full ccnscicusness in an Omaha j Hcspital where she is being f treated for multiple injuries re-i ceived in a crash Friday mom-; ing three miles west cf Murray. -The victim, Mrs. Ina j Parker Gidley, daughter of i Mrs. Anna Parker of Weep in? Water, is in serious con dition suffering- a broken vertebra of the back, and chest and head injuries. j Sheriff Tom Solomon said! Mrs. Gidley, enroute to pay a j surprise vacation visit -with her; mother, apparently lost control i v My Daddy Is Best Because: Girl's Poem Nominates Her Dad As City's "Father of the Year Piattsmauth youngsters still vited to write their letters i I ihave three more days in which j telling why they think their t to norninate their daddy as j father should be chosen for the i "Father cf the Year." j big honor and the jackpot cf The father chosen for the jP-izes. It b a happy young 1 honors by a secret committee j 5er, who cn r ather s Day, can 1 f of judses win be showered with i present to his daddy the gifts 2 ' more "than a score of gifts ! ranging from popcorn popper fxQzn Platts mouth merchants. ' to guest i.imp. Members of Plattsmouth Flood Control Cornrnittee today appealed for a bi turnout at tonight's special meeting- scheduled to dLcu5s all aspects of the group's plans for putting a watershed project into actuality. The public meeting is scheduled for 8 o'clock at the Lions Community Building:. Paul Fauquet, committee chairman, will be in charge. ' - 4 The father will be i the cham- & - &- he: C3 and it crossed the road and struck the oncoming auto cf Jess L. Gibson, 25, of Murray. Mr. Gibson received a pain ful cut cn the head and his Robert Farris. 23. -! TT C 1 '1 T4 O V r "! J (W . i. .J, CO-iC.CU t t cu: which required 20 stitches to close. Mrs. Gidley who is the sister of Ida Cotner of Piatts mouth rode from her home as far as Plattsmouth with her husband. He left the car with her here and went to Omaha by bus and she start ed to Weeping Water to see her mother. Mrs. Gidley was pinned in her auto and rescue workers were forced to pry her free. Both cars were demolished. The two and one-half million mile safety record cf Fred M. Edwards of Plattsmouth ended abruptly yesterday when his car RECEIVING JOURNAL AWARD Publisher Ronald R. Fur-e is shown at left receiving the Journal's second place national award for serv ice to agriculture. Making the presentation to Mr. Furse is A. A. Caruso, field sales manager, of Northern States Envelope Company, sponsors of the agricultural awards given at the annual banquet of Better Newspaper Contests of the National Editorial Association in Louisville, Ky. The Journal was judged second of newspapers with more than 2.000 in circulation. The paper taking first prize was the Maccn, Ga Tele graph, a daily and Sunday paper. 3 Irs. Furse accompanied the publisher to the convention. Thev will return early this week. . ; test was received by ! lined by the youngster who ; l writes to the Chamber of Com- j In it nine-year-old IJrda Fraz imerce before 6 p. m Thursday. ! ier cf 342 First Avenue ncmin- " All area youngsters are in-iates her dad with the poem: ) i "Dear Chamber cf Commerce. t ;I think my daddy is the father I of the vear because: r ; -1 - - V' i. - Post cards were sent to most property owners who will be assessed a fee for flood protoection work under the committee's planning. Other ways of raising monies locally to match the Federal Government's contribution will be discussed. The government, under the Kope-Aiken Act, will contribute Journal Given Seventh Place By Heart Fund "He helps me with my school work. He takes me everywhere. t He buys me food and clothing ! and teaches me to share. He j ! comforts me when I am sad. i NEW POLICEMAN Fred Tesch. Jr was appointed to the Plattsmouth Police De 1 ' i Man-Made lain May Fall .j h n p u ??- mij a no a m la 7 is? " in the expenn ' He mends my broken toys. I know he really loves me to j partment this past WPek f ol rri-rra vn oTT 1 r"c i 1 - . - r lowing me resijnaiion 01 ioi Avenue C was second in! owner of the Whirlpool Latin derette. t TV Tit,.. T-, . T , C rkUiii(jU W Kj ilX W ; a TT ,0;0 irs : -t i -r-r k j Oa SI I ae tae rearai. xiearx r una ! , i .Drive. ! She "nontinated her father be-), ! u "pape ,e cause: i ti which raised havoc here in 1949. io in uie state were ncnorea: He works an day so that we, I UrvlHU VYCI V.UiC , rvujta ia. Liu, nauicari 5e cemfcrtabie. He is not ; chairman. Winning first piace rich or croud. He doesn't dress i -- I i ' J - SSOxCO for the erection cf dams. i' obtaining property easement. . . getting cam building permits ' and administrative work. A The city Li expected to con- tribute $3C.S40 as its share of the I project during the next three .years. The committee's plans. ' call for the local financial bur- den to be apportioned to these iwho receive benefits under the i control work. The planned project will be sufficient to handle a six inch runoff with no serious flooding, the committee said. The control program, if put ;into effect, will- remove the danger of floods similar to those Brings a SI 0 Fine cic ty may soon have and the farmers" p I e.Tl 3 .iU a ici. i j was the Cuming County Dem-!fancT, but makes sure we have i o, civ. -V-I tc:- r ' i c v U"Ci Li. c sk v c , k. , r Rflllflftri' IVA n c7 1 f jacyT-no. .itim i L O' u..c f iiv l w..- t. w w- , . . , . . - : ... , . u i I T 1 U 1 J f . IV I 1 i 1 1 leuds above Cass Coun- county are invited to attend a saving in Cass Count; Auditorium in AsTiml-s an eisnt county area m i-s- Weeping ! souri and Iowa which bas ai-; the seventh place cer H"ir ate ci so-r Tike a""irv tale but Water to discuss the rainmaking j ready signed up. Headquarters ; appreciation, if alTwo'rks out as hoped it' may plans. ! for the rainmaking effort, would ; Te certificat became involved in an accident ; rove to be a true stcry. The silver lining would actually be silver iodide, a chemical u?ed by scientists to induce rainfall. And there's not a farmer to deny that successful completion of this project would mean gold in the pockets of all concerned with agriculture. Farmers from throughou Behind the rainmaking pro gram is J. L. DiSanto, region' j The cost to fan te reads: 'In recognition cf valuable ;rs in the I public service in the fight i much time to play, but he makes sure we always have lets ; of fun. He's only a daddy but ; the best of men. ... r- : ... . , I I I J I 1 . . 1 "N . 1 II I w il manager of the Water Re-; county wouia oe aoout siu or. are the nation s number one; sources Development Corpora-; two cent an acre covering a neaitn promem, ana witn 5 ASSIgnCfl TO I C3CH LStmgH TTri Pss; Cra-' M-iz. ticn cf Denver, Colo. He has already discussed his tentative plans with farmers of the Weeping Wa ter. Murray and Avoca area. 12-month peric w H . gratitude lor dist are t the i thev ecu be afforded a polls Overpass. other two car: m crash were driven by Donald Younker cf Plattsmouth and Frank H. Zutz cf Bellev.e. Continued cn Pase 6i T , Mayor Warns the Business Tax :: Will Be Strictly Enforced Now Honor Guests OnT-VVill Be Wehrbeins The City cf Plattsmouth's oc cupation tax a dust covered law little acknowledged here me special raie igt .a xnea ieaaersmp in me cam-; Q 33 teachers graduated: County is based on hopes (paign for public support of the I froril Veru Collese this spring. Otoe County will also join j 1956 Heart Fund." Both were recently placed in in the rain making efforts. j Weekly newspapers are a teaching positions.- Mr DiSaro told the farmers! i-JaiiLu luau. i.j.j.-.a ; viiai lactor m me rise 01 neart j iney are: Treat tmciai rainiau cannot; ae UTr,t coiiections Irom So.oc:0 mi Wiiiard E. Mason of Louis II ; but when condition- are right j 1943 to S1S5.CG0 this year. ! vill who will teach at Callaway ;and water bearing clouds arej Dr. L. S. Pucelik of Platts-this fall and Janet C. Christen S overhead they can be induced! mouth was the local drive i sen of Weeping Water who will j to produce rainfall. j chairman. ! teach at Nehawka. ! He said there are probably six j ito eight times a month the sil-j U ' Pn;nf;nn flin Tnn Pari ber iodide method could be used 1 n- j uimniy 1 w"n vwu MURDOCK A local man who, after several too many drinks, decided to take over a cafe here Friday spent the night in Cass County JaiL Charles Williams was ar rested by Sheriff Tom Sol omon after Helen Johnston, proprietor of the Murdock Cafe called for aid. She told the sheriff Williams just walked in and decided to "take over." For his short-lived reign. Williams paid a fine of S10 and costs of SI in Cass County Court. ! 1SCT and other years Only this past wee the Fed eral Government released the necessary funds for the flood control work here. Unless match ing funds are made available ; locally the federal funds cannot : be used. 3.. oO with seme exceptions t j- this area jor.es col-! for mast firms doing business ; lected far the program would here, whether they are local es-; be turned over to a hoar(i of di- j I will now be enforced, Mayer, tafclishmeGts cr outside onvs i Bruce E. Gold announce a today. : xhe council is now consider- 1 1 to vote enforcement of the law ; ravor said. B ! - Uo-. .. J w- ... i'jf... iw ! rectors e dir 12 fin The Ralph We cf Plattsmouth will be featured, as "guests of honor" over WOW-TV at nocn Friday. The family was selected as fa: iv cf tne week and will be interviewed during the station's farm portion cf Four Star News. The interview will be con ducted by Mai Hansen, Radio WOW and TV farm service di rector. o: paving a iee tor cii agreed informally to start ; this year under the old law will enforcing the law at a planning; actually be saving money as the meeting this past week. ; new ordinance will bring about The law requires a Hat tax cf higher fees, the mayor forecast. A Chance to Serve Your Country: Ground Observer Corps Be Formed Tonight r-i --- n'T'QC? f" -V fVl ' 2 C. v j -. JO kw v . r- -rT v. ci ' S1, 55mH 5-3.Zin -t- -;:- ciA fh rnm - panys efforts produced much needed rain in the Meadow Grove. Oakdale, El gin, Norfolk, Madison, Ge noa and Columbus areas, Albion is also takin; part in a rainmaking project and the most recent issue of the Albion News claims rainfall totals are now runnnig above nornuL i m a f 'm ck n in Shenandoah, he said. ! W J J J $ rectors would, in turn.; f i eanri 1 o liiri m go Julian Faces Thomason in Legion Vote ; Hugh J. Reams Post, Ameri ' can Legion, nominated officers for the annual election at a ; meeting Thursday night. Seeking office are Orville Jul ; ian and Charles Thomason. com ;mander; Lloyd Fitch, first vice s commander, and Art Warga. sec ! ond vice commander. Fourteen are seeking election ;tc the nine member executive committee. nose running icr - mm : cu:..:;...v.etr. a.uc .s 1 m e - l v a in SSSSIJSS ei Up City thai Eugene . Plan . 1 V , . lJ, i.Q. e Wehrbeins always have, r..--.-. ay for the ified for observing aircraft and cf a Ground Observer ; types cf weatner. ; Wilham J. Ycnavich of Offutt Louisville School Head Takes to the active in farm progra "a Mr Wehrbein is chairman 1 high school auditorium tonight f the Cass County 4-H Council. I at 8 p. m. The puchc is m- Fieid will be in charse cf the ; A " I , ii- Mir; vjeib Licenbt Mrs. Wehrbein is a member i vited to attend. cf the Four-Mule Club. The Ground Observer Corps Thv have four bovs. Roger. ' has alreadv established itself in Daniel, Steve and Ted. ; E 1 m w o o d. Greenwood, and : Sram. Roger, a member of t Weeping Water. These posts this year's graduating class at : have been active since the early Plattsmouth High School, was part cf 1S55. awarded the Harriet Case Me-i Tonight's session is one cf a mcrial Award for scholarship; s?r;33 c three. The ether two and activities. He plans to at- -.ee tin s will be at later dates, tend agricultural college this , A: t ed cf ,,e third meet. be held meetinss. He aeared earlier this year at Plattsmouth High School and gave a lecture to the students cn the GOC. About 150 students sisned for the pro- A ground observer usually Daniel is junior i r-T a tr"3 r2" ti."! wIl works a lew tours a week witn ; other volunteers in this area. J There are thousands cf people who are active in this type cf j program. j When a ground observer spots j cr: plane or an - foTT t 0 .aha Filter I mouth High School and Steve j 2nd certificates will be awarded j Center and the plane's course and Ted are in the sixth grade. '- to the graduates who are quai- . is traced and intercepted. LOUISVILLE (Special) Donald Lavine, Louisville school superintenent, should have no trouble jetting to school on time next fall. Mr. Lavigne recently pas sed tests for a private fly insr license. The "flying school teach er" is a member of the Civil Air Patrol. He now plans to get a commercial instructor's ratin?- so that he may teach in schools having a flying cuniculaxa. By Margaret Dingman journal voman s r-cuior 1 As the television tooth paste 1 commercial goes, "You'll won- i cer where the yellow went". j Well, one who knows very , well where the "yellow went" j -is Roy Crawford, city street de- j ... partment worker. j "-':- He been putting the yellow J r. 'where it belongs. ' ' The other morning as I walked ! to work I noticed how clean the 1 Plattsmouth streets appeared after the night before bath, j -There was Mr. Crawford down , cn his knees marking the park-1 ing snace areas with the bright est of yellow p Rembrandt if your imagination ! took the best of you as it did with me. He was putting forth i his best efforts to make each ; line neat ana within its bound aries. : Firings. Art and Den Warga, Les ; Niel, George Conis, Dr. A. E. Johnson. Rav Larson and Joe j otoncus job than to paint line ; Zastera. "5 after line cf yellow and how ; a vote cf thanks was given. to this searl Davis, Sam Giimcre, Rex disturbing it must be rs" tn 5pp cars nark si- vm-mr n-A nrrc'i fr.i hazardly. pacing the flags cn veterans f i This nniTtir,? ioh is not too ' eravps for the Memorial Dav 4 i Is a very important cne. a donation cf $1C0 was voted In carrying c Mr. Crawford used 20 tne projec. to e C:ty recreation progra: gacns c . sponsored by the "Chamber cf a int. plus a large quan-1 commerce. j 1 -ne cass ounty Am.encan .e- Ee wore cut four top quality ; convention will be held In paint rusr.es cn yeucw ai-ne. Enicn June 22. -1 tity . j pan. ; j And n he s irted on the ' J - r -" i red paint for seme gutter mars-- THE WEATHER t i.e3. Comniler! for thp P'afttrrrnrrw H It is things like this which; Journal at the Masonic Horns A make cur city "click." Through; Weather Station, Plattsmcut ' " 4 such efforts Plattsmouth be- Nebraska. comes more and more attract-; June 7.2. 9 10 1S5 i - " . When you park your car, try j I to stay within your parking spot I so ether cars may use the : f ! space that was outlined by this r I street department worker. PJ 1 Can you imatne a mere mcn- ive both to we who live here and the hundreds who drive ough the city daily. :-pj We salute Roy Crawford for ; sturdav s coci -.. u e.iur Cii-: q-... lay High Lew Pre.. . E3 60 . 87 52 92 S4 5 ry ou. a jo uc ,-, Forecast: Kizhs today in $n rr in "srh'fh he r?ne.c Wp u'.ir.t ; t ; - -n . .. ; iu a , co- j . .morrow ccn- a.e ..e j s .. - - -J a--. ai 1 sets todav at 7:57 n c,. r2-1 rises Tuesday at 4: cr any ether color. i him to know we appreci: interest he takes in painting 0 city whether it be yellow,
