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kets. ct;.tz mar. society in 15C3 n ST, CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER VOLUME 75 All But the Head and n n Proves By Jerry Sharpnack Journal Staff Writer High cn a Piattsmouth overlooking the Missouri River a pig was roasting. It turned slowly -over a smok- j in:; charcoal flame, changing' from pink to excuse the ex- j pressiont charcoal brown. j The pig lacked from its an-' atomy cnly its feet, head and j most vital organs. Still attach-!' d were two ears and a tail, j This pig could be the prop-! erty of cnly one man as Piatts- j mouth, gourmets can tell vou j Dr. R. F. Brendel, local chefi anc physician Although Doc estimates 350 ! pounds of meat have passed i tnrouzn his outdoor kitchen in th'- past year and a half, this i-: tr.f first time a whole pig was the victim of one of his e picurean feats. re searched the country- i fid- in search of a pig the exact s:zf he needed. Still he could i;c: find the precise size thus X'v- absent head. The "approximate-sized" pig was finally procured from Leo nard Born. Dec is still a little sad over this as he thought 'what could be better than a pig with an apple in its mouth?"" At any rate, head or not. we However, he seemed a little feel the lo guests who, Sunday, unsure of the outcome a feelin consumed the animal in con- which was shared by his wife! siaerubiy less time than the Mrs. Brendel suggested thev hhr;! -nd. a 5?" Jours " took ! serve nut cups filled with bi to coo,, li. will tell you it was Carb tablets. a iast for the "gods". When we queried Doc as to tn pound dressed ouarimnPri hi,!n0t I0 Quat answer seemed simple enough i "sit, watch, hope." I Things Arc More Quiet Now? Driver of Auto in Louisville "Rat Race" Goes to Cass Jail The driver of a car which caused quite a commotion as it raced up and down Main Street in Louisville early Sun- clay morr.insr is now snfTirtino . 30 days in Cass County Jail, j Robert Bauers, 22, of Weep- ing Water, was fined S10 in ! Cass County Court on charges j c: disturbing the peace and j received the 30 day sentence for driving after his license ! was suspended. He pleaded ) Begley said today, guilty to both counts. j Yesterday Don Fleming, Bauers was one of eiht teen-'1 23, ot WeePS WTater, drove asers and persons in their early " car to Pla"smouth to show 20s who rrncrtediv disturbed!1 sheriff peUet marks alleg the peace bv racin" alon th e y make hen Mr- Ossenkop streets of Louisville in thre 1 flr,ed on the cars- cars irom la m tn 4 c m ' halted" boweve" whn i fi? Jl t:hy o:d man walked hniK. nrH f r.d fired a shot to quiet ; things down. Bauer stepped out of one cf 1 Several Hurt in Car Accidents Near Weeping Water, This City Several persons received rain-, Solomon the front left whepi nf cr r injuries in three auto ac- j laents m Cass County within j wur. in cuuuiv wimin i u;t p lv,u Mrs. Vera L. Crom of Mur-' ray ana her passenger, Mary Lou Lutz. 17, of Murray, were shaken ud Mrs. Crom told Sheriff Tom ; Piattsmouth Lady Injured in Mishap At Nebraska City NEBRASKA CITY Mrs. Jack Meredith cf Piattsmouth was injured Saturday after be ing involved in an auto ac cicent here. liiiti received bodv i t,.. 5i , ; Albert PnirfiP H twihU- j oruises Wednesday when their j three miles north of the Quarry s rnilkinan who beats the sun to car crashed on US 75 two and j city on Nebraska Route 50 ' the draw ever' of the year, one-hai miles north of Piatts-; Eueene L. Lorenson 2S told ' took first Prize m the recent She was treated at St. Marvs!when car swerved to miss ! Hospital. Mrs. Meredith suffered a bro ken pelvis, but her condition was described as "satisfactory-! by physicians. i Mrs. Meredith was riding in a car driven bv Paula Graham ! which collided at an intPrsprtin-. v.-;ih a car driven by Lois M. Crowner. The cars col- ::aea at right angles. Two children riding in the Crowner car were not injured. I IT Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly SIXTEEN Apple! r r s s ll o v. V 4f J i Dr. Brendel Bastes If the bi-carb was needed it !was because of high quantity- AIso served was a huge tur- key, salads, shiskabob, sauer-i the cars and started for George Ossenkop, but stopped in his tracks when the Louisville man reloaded his gun and pointed it at tv.o n ii uit mutuni. During the ensuing disturb- ance Sheriff Tom Solomon was cailed and Bauer was ar- rested and others involved Questioned. Additional charges may still be brought in the case. Assistant County Attorney Jim i "P aaiu ne urea a 22 caliber shell loaded with hirfi chnf irtrk tVic nil r.4- i 1 the "rat racing." The man said! lhe listsned to the noise long ! ; enough and decided it had to be stopped so his ill sister I j could get some much needed sleep the car went off the road onto! the soft shoulder causing her to i me sort shouider causing her to ! ;lose control. The car was dp- molished. Two Weepin- Water men were frvH inirpH'in hlw. Sheriff Solomon h tpshs rtrivi ' south when he apparently fell L.'."-ia L Op i ! I ! y hill i L3 tiuivj lucauav aner il rrasnpn - mumuiui iui.u ; asleep. The car struck a cement ' i culvert. ! For his efforts he gets an i Riding with Lorenson waslextra six ys vacation and ! Robert Hoiman, 28. Both were ' even better- S150 to spend while ! found at 5:30 a. m. in a dazed ! he?s eijoying the additional (condition in the car and were! 111118 ; rushed to Weeping WTater for ! "Al" the whistling milkman medical aid. They suffered num- with the jolly laugh was not I erous cuts and bruises Thp I only the ton man ir. his o-mnr auto was a total loss. ! James E. Lvons, 19, of Piatts-! mouth, told city police he was ! going only 20 miles an hour another auto, struck a tree and ! then smashed into a utility pole at Lincoln Avenue. The Dole was ! broken 111 half b impact, (every day for the past six and Police said they found noi0116-13 years, delivering milk trace of the other auto. ,ftA car operated by Carl West, Vi 1UU11' liU a pickup truci driven bv Donald Frp j burg of Piattsmouth collided on Chicago Avenue yesterday. Nei- damages were not extensive; city police said. RDr ATT U LJ-ru PACES yroiets infest His Headless Pis kraut and assorted dressings. Those fortunate people attend ing the banquet included: Mr. and Mrs. John Glaze, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nolting, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Born, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Meisinger, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wehrbein and Mr. and Mrs. John Schreiner and John Dean. Cass County Wheat Quota Cards Ready At Weeping Water (Special To The Journal) WEEPING WATER Ivan G. Althouse, chairman of the Cass County Agricul tural Stabilization and Con servation Committee a n -nounced today the 1956-57 wheat marketing quota cards are now available for farmers at the ASC Office in Weeping Water. Farmers may call for the quota cards at the ASC Of fice or send a written re quest to the office asking the card or cards be mailed to them. RODEO IS COMING The Cass County Horse Show AccrvrtiotiAn Dl .;n i i -i i June 28, 29 and 30 at the Horse Show Grounds, Route 73-75. becye Sometimes It Pays To Get Up! sariy ii o isedl early Hoc Snmos mm ilk a iHi IHia Pirn By Margaret Dingamn Journal Womans Editor frPttTrtCr nn KofAra 4-Vir-v r... I.,-. lts advantages sometimes. contest conducted by Alamito Dairy Products Company of but of the dairy association which deludes 48 drivers. He Promoted 60 new customers wirich won 1x1111 the award. He 5aiQ UJS 'ouia not have been Pssible if it weren't for his old - UiW3IIiers vino gave rum leads, Al has risen at 4:45 a. m Monday through Saturday, in cluding all holidays with the ex ception of Sundays. He finishes his day between 3 to 5 p. m. after serving customers south" to the "curve" on Hiarhwav 75 to North to La Platte "and houses west of 73-75. Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield have ft r i m n i u u JvJU Cass Student Nurse Drowns At Merritt7s The prolonged heat wave took its first Cas-s County victim Tuesday when a 19-year-old Yv'eeping "Water student nurse was found dead in the shallow waters at Merritt's Beach. She is believed to have drowned. Dead is N o r 1 e e n Slattery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Slattery. She was taking nurse's training at St. Cather ine's Hospital in Omaha. 3Iiss Slattery was one of five student nurses who went to the beach for re lief from the over 100 de gree heat which stifled the area. Miss Siattery's body was dis covered by another bather, Mrs. Betty Green of Bellevue, who was wading in three feet of water about 20 feet from shore. The nurse's friends said she I was only in the water for 10 i or 20 minutes before the body was discovered. The other nurses Paul me Curran, 19, of Omaha; Lou Ann Iiitzdorf, 1", of II Dwells; Anne Stockage, 19, of Omaha, and Betty Walsh, 18, of Battle Creek, Iowa said they were visiting with each other on the beach, paying no attention to Miss Siattery's activities. The body was discovered by Robert Haworth of Bellevue and (Continued on Page Six) Hot Weather And Rainfall Aid the Crops The weatherman told us of ficially today what we've known in Piattsmouth for more than a week now. It's summer. Area residents don't need a calendar or an official broad cast to let them know the season. The skyrocketing mer cury is indication enough. But for the record, today, June 21, is the first day of the summer season. For the past week temp eratures have been in the tipper 90's, going above 100 by three degrees Tuesday. But along with the heat came some welcomed tidings rain. During the past two and one half days two and two-tenths inches of rain fell on the area in heavy showers. The showers cooled the air only monentarily, but the rain soaked down into the soil brightening the farmers' outlook somewhat. However, the iarmers said more rain is needed to make up for the lack of water through the earlier parts of the growing season. Several days of good rainfall and some more real hot weather would be just what the doctor ordered, they said. ! . - - I mt mm mm fed mm m 'mW mm mm U "V. . - . - -- ...... -. -j.--. - . ' . . ,- - i. : : . ... - - - . - " , . --.,- Alamito Milkman Albert Fairfield And Son Plan Vacation three children Allen, Jackie and Joan Kay. He has won other contests taking home a Mixmaster, tri cycle, fountain pen, pop-up n VUVUJ THURSDAY, (F TP r on ooDTiinniokeir T ! J "', - WMU-TO4PMIH. I, 111 I X MIL i ill . J. m'rr.-m, . . . ; ( ----- -: ": " " ; ' '. . " :.7- I j-'. ' ; . . .. h - " e ' - v -f-' j f '- r . ; . , 4 , .,4 --' -'Mi Mi,) i - SEEKING STOLEN ARTICLES Two Omaha couples are shown in the office of Sheriff Tom Solomon trying to identify their belongings among the possessions of six men taken into custody following car looting at Holman's Beach. Deputy Sheriff Shrader Ithoden, back to camera, is checking off the items. However, the four from Omaha were unable to identify any of the articles as theirs. Journal Photo. 6 From After Series Cass County Jail became "jam packed" for the first time in ages Tuesday when Sheriff Tom Solomon locked up six Omaha youths all with po - Uce records following a series of thefts reported at Holman's Beach. The six picked up on the theft investigations brought to 17 the number being held in the local lockup that day the sher iff said. Four of the theft suspects were subsequently freed and the remaining two were released on bond. They were identified as being members of the gangs which were seen near the cars. The car load of six was pick ed up by Omaha City Police after Sheriff Solomon radioed a description of their auto after he was called to the beach by Dwayne Stuvick and Robert Dietl of Piattsmouth, who he Farm Acreage Release Needed Before Soil Bank Monies Paid Special To The Journal j desire to put under the acre Cass County farmers who have I age reserved in order to receive wheat or corn acreage insured with the Federal Crop Insur ance Corporation which they vLDSe e toaster and other numerous items, but feels this contest is his greatest! His plans for those six extra days are indefinite. by More Than 3500 Cass JUNE 21. 1956 Beach Are Jailed Of Thefts , said they were among those f to have their cars looted, j None of the missing articles j were found on the suspects, but ;a stolen billfold already emp- tied was found the following day in an outhouse at Holmans. Frances Mendenhall, 18, of Nebraska City, also sought the sheriff's aid when she said a $5. bill was snatched from her hand at 2 a. rn. Tuesday as she visited with three men at the beach. One of the fellows grabbed the bill and ran off, she told Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rhoden. She furnished officers with the name of the thief, but she did not know his address. Sheriff Solomon said the four men in the car who were re leased from jail could not be held any longer because of in sufficient evidence to bring their cases to court. Is011 bank Payments on this acreage were cautiond today by the Nebraska State Crop Insurance Director to be sure and get this acreage released by the corporation before put ing it to another use. "We will do all that we can to help our insured farmers utilize the opportunities pre sented by the soil bank pay ments." State Director Robert son pointed out. "However. under the business insurance proposition which we are oper- ating for farmers, insured acre-! age must be released by the corporation before it is put to! uuiei uw or put mio tne SOU uiiiiii. In addition tn risti . sured farmers in any way prac tical with their soil" bank par ticipation plans, we want to make sure that they receive full benefit from the insurance protection which we have con tracted to provide and on which premiums are now being earned. "Farmers should understand that under the insurance con tract the corporation is requir ed to appraise at least the cov erage if insured land is put to another use without a release by the corporation." he said. (Continued on Page Sixi THE WEATHER Compiled for the Piattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home vVeather Station, Piattsmouth Nebraska. June 18, 19, 20, 1956 High Low Prec Monday 92 78 Tuesday. 101 74 .80 Wednesday 93 63 Forecast: Partly cloudy and humid. High in 90's. Low in 70's. Scattered thunderstorms tonight. Tomorrow expected high in 90's. Sun sets today at 8 p.m. Sun rises tomorrow at 4:50 a.m. ' County Families TEN CENTS PER COPY W LLrlrvG U ATER hard pressed for the needed rain to aid their crops will decide tonight whether or not to go ahead with a cloud seeding: program. m The fanners will meet at 8 p.m. in Cass Countv Ag ricultural Auditorium, Weeping Water, to discuss the issue. A large turnout is anticipated and several leading farmers indicated today the rainmaking project is ex pected to be approved. Want to Save S299 The Easy Way? Try This and You Will How would you like to save S299.65. It can be done. Say you had something to sell and wanted everyone in the county to know about it. Why the cost of mail ing post cards would be at least S300. And think of all the work writer's cramps and so forth. But, you could cut that corner sharply by buying a Piattsmouth journal classi fied advertisement for as little as 35 cents and it would be read by about 15, 000 subscribers. Why not cash in right now on that old camera, fishing rod, rifle, washing machine or automobile. Buy a Journal want ad and save S299.65 and also get some extra money for that vaca tion. Dial 241 or write in care of the Piattsmouth Jour nal. Cancer Drive Shovs TGtal Of $2,609.70 Cass County contributed a whopping S2,647.08 to the Can cer Crusade, it was announced today by Mrs. Clarence Norris, chairman, and Mrs. WTalter Roberts, treasurer. Expenses for the drive; amounted to only $37.38 leaving J the net proceeds at $2,609.70 j A breakdown of collections! taken in the various commun ities and the names of the area chairmen follow: Alvo , Mrs. Grace Copple. $83.03; Avoca . Mrs. Fred Mar quardt, 72.13; Elmwood, Mrs. .Liaa Lenz, 118.90; Eagle, Mrs. ! Howard Root, 50.65; Louisville Mrs. Harry Ahl, 299.53; Man ley, Mrs. Jeanne Isaac, 21.50. And Murdock . John Mur- ;doch. 84.50; Murray, Mrs. Fred Campbell, 65.35; Nehawka, Mrs. Marion Tucker, 44.25; Piattsmouth, Mrs. Rose Day, 493.00; South Bend, Mrs. Sam Long, 2.00. Also, Union, Mrs. G. E. Patterson, 114.62; Wabash, Grover Lorensen, 1.00; Weep ing WTater , Mr. DeForest Phil pot, 153.21; rural, 1043.41. ! a f i iMvoca vcicoration c Sef For Julv InA I T JUl' nQ avoca The committee for I teieurauoii!tension SpnTjce The senrics h ici-ciiuv vsitii Airs, tari ; Zaiser to form plans. They plan to have races and a birvcle nr flnnt mHo fnr fv,o mx'- children. Food stands will be set unj and fireworks and novelties will be on sale. J Alsn nbnnpH oro o f iroirriri.f. I display and a dance with music provided by the Sparta Orch-j1 estra. Mrs. Todd Of Murray Heads Union School UNION Mrs. L. E. Todd of Murray was named principal and teacher for the Union school this fall during a recent school ' board meeting The board also voted against I having a lunch room during the! coming school term. I Baifj more Woman To Speak On Sunday Miss Mildred Meerdter cf Baltimore, Md., will be a special speaker Sunday during a meet ing of three adult Sunday School classes of the Methodist Church. The . public is invited to at tend the 10 a. rn. lecture in the main church auditorium. PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY Monday - Thursday NUUMBER 61 uuvy u u it, Cass Conntv farmprs nil Under the cloud seeding company's proposal, farmers in this area will contribute S7.000 towards a three-state program designed to induce rainfall in northwest Mis souri, southwest Iowa and southeast Nebraska. About every other area to be covered in the project is already signed up. A reduced rate was offered area farmers because the work is already planned for a nearby area and the inclusion of Cass and pos sibly Otoe Counties would bt comparitively inexpensive. Preliminary estimates indi cate the necessary funds can be raised through assessing farmers two cents an acre. I However, it is expected all far smers will not go along with the ; proposal and the levy may i reach several cents. In some areas partic i ipating in the project other j businesses were asked to j contribute on the theory that rainfall for the farmer would be a big boost this year to the general economic pic ture. The man-made rain is act ually brought about by send ing silver iodide into the clouds from land based generators. It operates on the principle rain bearing clouds are often over head, but fail to allow the water to fall. The silver iodide particles induce the rainfall. Three states Nevada, Utah and South Dakota passed laws (Continued on Page- Seven. NewMan Joins Cass County's Farm Agency WEEPING WATER A new face is added to the Cass Coun ty Extension staff for the sum mer. Paul Johnson, a senior in the College of Agriculture, will work with Clarence Schmadeke, Cass County Agricultural Extension Agent. Starting June 11, Paul will stay in Cass County until the early part of November when he will return to college and complete his course work for an agricultural extension degree. Mr. Johnson was born and raised in Harlan County and more lately his home has been ' m HoIt County. He is married and a young son. ! Slnce graduation from high school lie has farmed in Har lan County, done some ranching in Holt County, served a hitch in the Army during the Korean conflict, serviced as a Herdsman for a purebred cattle breeder and started his college educa tion. His salary during this training period is borne by the State Ex- gives to the County are offset by the experiences and training : " ! he receives by working with the loral qocrtc rcai a-nts- River Pilot I HaffiH r n 7M CICU Uil mm.J Year Record Capt. Lowell S. Hamlin of 108 Fourth Avenue is the re cepient of a 20-year civilian ser vice emblem for his services with the U. S. Department of Engineers. The award to the river man , aQe ?T vim o. Graham, c"'"uer' Mr. Hamblin, his wife and family came to Piattsmouth 19 years ago for a six week river assignment, but he liked things j here and has stayed around. He is a licensed pilot. In the citation, Mr. Graham said: "It has only been through your years cf effort and those like you that the fine accomp lishments of the corps as public servant in both peace and war could be realized."
