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1 rirr rt rT PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY Monday - Thursday CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER n 11 Lt Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elm wood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 76 EICHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1957 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 22 DT3SlrD v.- " u 14 i', r r 5 ira FTD SMQD For ilew Members V . - '1 v . . 2 ' 3 i 5 W V EMPLOYES of Plattsmouth district of Con- right) : Millard Mehring, William Ilighfield, Ger sumers recently were honored at a safety award aid Otterstein, Jack Glaze and Frank McCormick. program at which this district was presented Back row (left to right) : Neil Henry, Ernie El a plaque for over 12 years of work without a liott, Charlie Christensen, John Schutz and Ken lost time accident and several safe driving ny Wright. Journal Photo awards made. Shown are (bottom row, left to C Of C Speaks Out Against Sales Tax Bill Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce, through its manager, Dale Bowman, last week joined five other chambers of com merce in opposing at a Lincoln public hearing two legislative bills on a 2 per cent sales tax and an income and retail sales and use tax act. Included among the cities en tering opposition to the propos ed bills were: Fairbury, Tal mage, South Sioux City and Omaha. Lincoln, an inland city, offered the only chamber of commerce favoring a sales tax. Bowman read before the hear ing a petition signed . by the chamber's retail division and al so spoke of the increase in Iowa business crossing the Missouri River following the last rise in Iowa state sales tax. Plattsmouth C of C represent ative Bowman did not take a stand for or tigainst the Income tax as he was uninstructed on that particular phase of the leg islation. However, the Omaha Board of Education entered vocal oppo sition to this section even though the proposed bill would give schools a large part (60 per cent) of the income tax. The Omaha Board of Educa tion called the bill "poorly writ ten and misleading." County's Christmas Seal Total Short Of Last Year's Mark Cass County in January still had approximately $60 to go to reach the total sale of Christ mas seals for 1955. On Jan. 5, the county had re corded $1,316.12 in sales for the 1956 campaign. On Jan. 6, 1956, the county had collected a total of $1,209.40. Final figures for 1955, how ever, disclosed $1,377.30 in Christmas seals had been sold county residents. SUFFERS HEART ATTACK Lintner McVay of Murray suf fered a heart attack this morn ing. He is in St. Mary's hospital in Nebraska City. Mr. McVay is the father of Mrs. Roy Gregg. I'D uaapj Although not quite reaching expectations in attendance, the Sunday afternoon tea given by the women's division of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce for city school teachers nevertheless was considered a success. With Mrs. Ed Ernst acting as hostess, and members of the C of C assisting, the tea was held between 2 p. m. and 4 p. m. at the First Methodist Church in this city. The program was under the general direction of Helen Less man, chairman of the women's division, with x Mrs. Lyle Grove in charge of table decorations. . Continuous music was played during the afternoon affair which was designed as ti "get-acquainted" event for teachers of the Plattsmouth school system and 1 IIL.IJ.'""1 II1'"' : 'V Driving And Drinking Has Sad Results While the past week was rath er drab and quiet in the do main of Police Magistrate James H. Graves, the close brought in a very good financial "take" in the windup. Two were before the court this morning. Robert Satterlee of Glenwood was in court charged with operating a car on a sus pended license that cost him $25, reckless driving that netted $10 and drinking in a car another $10 or a grand total of $49. James F. Wiley, also of Glen wood, drew $10 and costs of $4 for drinking in a car. - The men were apprehended by Officers Schneider and Chap pell and brought to court by Officer Jenkins. .- . . . The financial settlement was made, the parties sent on their way, but hot rejoicing. State To Call For Road Bids North Of City Nebraska is going to make another attempt at finishing the bridge north of Oreapolis which now stands as a fine structure with two exceptions cars can neither get on nor off because there are neither ap proach or exit roads. The state first asked for bids last fall and contractors ap parently ignored the call because no bids were entered- for the project. Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Department of Roads and Irrigation at Lin coln until 10 a. m. February 23 and at that time bids will be publicly opened. " The state is calling for grad ing, concrete pavement, culverts, one viaduct, guard rail, crushed rock at course, asphaltic con crete surface course and inci dental work. The proposed work consists of constructing 1.1 miles of paved road. Each bidder must be qualified to submit a proposal for any part or all of this work as pro vided in legislative bill No. 187, of the 1955 legislative session. business and professional people. Playing for the tea were: Keenan Eiting, Jim Morris, Jeannie Weiss and Jeanine Fau quet. All did solo tricks at the piano. Tr? tea was described by some of those attending as "one of the most beautifully appoint ed teas ever held in Platts mouth." The 10-foot serving table was covered with a pale pink cloth under white nylon lace. The cen ter piece, a huge heart of car nations, flanked by candel abrum. Pouring were: Mrs. Harry Pein, Mrs. Carl Schneider, Mrs. Ellie Caldwell, Mrs. John Schreiner, Mrs, - Roy Knorr, Mrs. ' Hugh , Slander, Jr., Mrs. Roy Moore and Mrs Cleo Baker. s Too Syccess' Local Power District Sets Unique Record Employees of Consumers Pub lic Power Districts' Plattsmouth District were honored Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 29 during a special safety meeting held in Plattsmouth. Employes of Consumers Plattsmouth District have a most unique and commendable safety record, having worked over a period of 4,606 days to Jan. 1, 1957 and a total of 487 078 hours since May 22, 1944, without a disabling (lost-time) accident. Consumer's Safety Supervisor M. M. Mehring of Columbus, praised the employes for their safe work without injury over the 12i2 'year period: ' - Although six other districts worked without a disabling in jury during 1956, Plattsmouth District employes are the only group to ever achieve such a long period without a personal injury accident. In addition to the personal safety record, Plattsmouth Dis trict employees operated all motor vehicles without a single accident during 1956. Mehring pointed out that to achieve the record established by the local employes over, such a long period of time was net a matter of luck, but was the result of each employes coop eration to work every job in the safest possible manner. Framed safety award certifi cates were presented to Manager Ernest Elliott and all employee drivers received safe driver a ward cards during the meeting. Nitrogen Division Transfers O'Reilly To New York G. B. "Jerry" O'Reilly, pay master at the Allied Chemical and Dye Corp., plant north of Plattsmouth since its opening three years ago, has been pro moted to a central payroll di vision in the New York office, it was announced this week by E. F. Fielder, director of ad ministration. While Mr. O'Reilly and family have made their home in Omaha since coming to Nebraska, they have many friends and are well known in Plattsmouth. Mr. O'Reilly departed to take over his new position over the weekend. His wife and daughter, Barbara, will move to New York following the present school term. ' Dale M. Naylon has been pro moted to succeed Mr. O'Reilly as paymaster of the Nitrogen plant. Mrs. Ruth Patton Triplett, for mer Cass County Treasurer and for the past three years per sonal secretary ot Manager Riggs, has been selected to take over editorship of "Nitrogen Di vision Life'.', company monthly house organ, for the Omaha Division, a position formerly held by Mr. O'Reilly. County Board Meet Cass County commissioners at 10 a. m. Tuesday will meet in regular session in commission offices of the county courthouse. County Clerk Charles Land to day said as far as can be deter mined at this time the meeting will be "routine" with major action centering about approval of bill for payment. M 'Ma others esu The Mothers' March Thursday evening to gather funds to con tinue "the fight against polio," collected $341.98 but March chairman Mrs. Lloyd Fitch said she anticipated further collec tions would swell the final tab ulation. The $341, however, mirrored the lag generally noted in all portions of Nebraska and the nation in this year's campaign for -funds. The Mothers' March in Plattsmouth last year col lected $429. But Mrs. Fitch said she and other Dimes officials were "quite pleased" with the Thurs day evening results for they didn't expect donations to reach the figure they did. 4White Elephant' Sale Goes Over Early Estimates Saturday's "White Elephant Sale" conducted in Plattsmouth today was termed a "definite success," by Helen Lessman, chairman of the women's divis ion of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce. The all day sale, held in the Woster building, was sponsored by the C of C's women's di vision. Articles which were placed on sale were donated by inter ested city residents and business houses and Miss Lessman said proceeds exceeded the amount originally anticipated. - ' " ' County Marks 13 Accidents On Saturday Icy conditions Saturday on the stretch of highway south of Plattsmouth were said to be re sponsible for a flurry of acci dents which plagued Cass County sheriff's office and members of the Nebraska State Safety Pa trol. Thirteen separate accidents were recorded during the after noon and evening as a moist drizzle which froze almost instantly on contact with the highway filmed the artery. Law enforcement officials were kept so busy the Safety Patrol found it necessary to send in two extra troopers to aid in keeping tab on the crack ups. Two five-car accidents occur curred almost simultaneously. Shrader Rhoden was investiga ting one five-car pileup south of the Murray corner, Safety Patrolmen were called to probe a second five-car smashup north of the Murray corner. No personal injuries but con siderable property damage was noted in the 13 accidents. Sunny skies Sunday soon clear ed the road of its dress of ice, and it is reported today traffic is moving normally. Small Cash Sum Taken In Brcakin At Greenwood School An investigation by Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rhoden is con tinuing today into an early Sat uraay morning breakin of the Greenwood High School which resulted in the theft of $5 in cash and property damage a mounting to $27. The illegal entry according to Rhoden occurred sometime after midnight Friday and the thieves gained entrance by breaking window glass in a door to the school gym. Rhoden said the money was taken from the superintendent's office. The deputy sheriff said a car bearing Lancaster County plates was observed in the vicinity Friday night and the office is checking the numbers. RETURN HOME Esther M. Marler has returned home from the St. Mary's Hos pital in Nebraska City where she had surgery. R ts rch For In City Area Dimes drive authorities the nation over this year have had to combat a general feeling of apathy stemming apparently from the misleading belief "since the advent of Salk vac Cine the fight against polio has been won." The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis repeatedly has stressed as long as there remain victims of polio the battle must continue because those inflicted must be rehabili tated to the greatest extent pos sible. In connection with this polio story, the Journal would like to correct an erroneous statement mg they wished to make con appearing in the last Thursday tributions and she also disclos Speeders Form Bulk Of Cases Before Court Drivers answering summons for traffic violations within Cass County nearly deluged Judge Raymond J. Case Friday and Saturday as 27 appeared before the tribunal. Speeding was the major traf fic sin as 18 stood before the judge to answer charges. Charles Larsen, Grove City, paid $54 for overweight on in terior axle; Warren G. West, Lincoln, $14 for speeding;; Eddie Ifl'JelfeTsrOmaha; $19 for Speed ing; John Buskirk, Lincoln, $29 for speeding; Orval Graham, $14 for speeding. Conrad R Baugh, Omaha, $14 for speeding; Maxine Mande, Omaha, $19 on a speed count; Thomas E. Wharton, Lincoln, $14 for speeding; Jan Blythe McWilliams, Sidney, $14 for speeding; and Loren Charles Hackins, Lincoln, $5 for no op erator's license. Rita L. Beinden, Omaha, $14 for speeding; Billy Ray Garrett, Dallas, Tex., $104 for overweight on group of axles; John D. Cor vig, Lincoln, $14 for speeding; Glen A. Beinhoff, Franklin, $19 for speeding. Bob L. Poehling, Waterloo, $14 for speeding; Lee Haddix, Belle vue, $14 for speeding; George R. Best, Omaha, $14 for speed ing; Jesse E. Coward, Lincoln, $29 for speeding; and John W. Marchant, Beatrice, $14 for im proper passing. James H. Easter, Union, $14 for failure to stop at a stop sign; Bessie V. Sullivan, Omaha $14 for speeding; Henry C. Quell Minneapolis, Minn., passing of crest of grade, $14; Boyd H. Claycomb, Greenwood, $14 for speeding. William T. Mills, Los Angeles, Johnson, Pawnee City, $19 for speeding; Fred Ledford, Jr., Akron, Ohio, 14 for no trip per mit; Frederick Stann, Kansas City, Mo., $28 for overweight on capacity plates. COLORADOAN VISITS Earl Troop of Delta, Colorado, is here for a visit with rela tives in Cass county, being on his way home from Chicago where he has been attending a farm meeting. Mr. Troop is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Troop and brother of George and Tom Troop. heiriiffff's Cass County Sheriff's office Saturday night issued "the first radio pickup for three Otoe Coun ty jail escapees who made their bid for freedom after beating and locking the Otoe County sheriff in a cell. The three, described as "arm ed and dangerous," were cap tured Sunday night as they ran across a pasture seven miles west of Winona, Kan. They are: Roger McQueen, Roger Lofton and Larry Wray. Cass County Sheriff Tom Solo mon said he sent out the reg ional alarm after hearing Ne Ion Polio Gets Befter I nan Anticipated edition. It was announced then Francis Cook had been receiving help from the polio foundation. Although the Cook youngster is suffering the effects of polio, no funds have been used from the polio foundation as the Cook family insurance coverage has handled expenses to date. The March of Dimes fund campaign in Plattsmouth 'offici ally ended Thursday evening with the Mothers' March. But more contributions are expect ed. Mrs. Fitch said . since, the March she has received calls from several nersons annnnnc- Cars Crash On 34 Near Eagle During the icy conditions' of the highways the last of the week, a two car mixup on high way 34, five miles east of Eagle, caused injury to Mrs. "Georgia Penrod, 27, of Lincoln. She was taken to - the Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln. Also injured but released after treatment were Roscoe Penrod and Mrs. Dorothy Kushner. Mrs. Penrod suffered a frac tured shoulder and a fractured leg in the accident. City Church Sets Birr Fete In July The 100th anniversary celebra tion of Plattsmouth's First Methodist Church will be held Sunday, July 7, it has been an nounced by the pastor, Rev. E. S. DeSpain. Rev. DeSpain said it original ly had been intended to hold the celebration in June, but the date was changed to meet the availability of Methodist Bishop H. Bascom Watts. Rev. DeSpain said the bishop could only appear for the pro gram on that day. Other activities planned by the. church for its centennial cele bration include an afternoon program, Sunday July 7, at which Dr. A. W. Lapthorne, dis trict superintendent of the Omaha district of Methodist churches, will be the featured speaker. There also will1 be a short memorial service in con nection with the afternoon pro gram. One of the celebration's top events will be held that same Sunday evening when a ban quet is given in Lions Club building. Dr. James S. Chubb, pastor of Holy Trinity Methodist Church, Grand Island, one of the Methodist Church's outstand ing ministers will be the guest speaker. Dr. Chubb recently was named Grand Island's "Man of the Year." Rev. DeSpain said special com mittees have been formed in or der to make further arrange ments for the centennial obser vance. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents Mice braska City police called to the county jail there to investigate the breakout. Both Sheriff Solomon and De puty Sheriff Shrader Rhoden joined other law enforcement officers in setting up road blocks in this vicinity Saturday night and Sunday night. Both officers were on duty until early Sunday in the original effort to nab the jailbreakers. It is reported the successful break was made as Sheriff Ralph Hall of Otoe County was returning one of the prisoners to his cell after being allowed to make a phone call. ha ay ed receipt of a donation from Mt. Carmel, Pa., sent in by Mrc. Sybil Hetrick. A total of 35 women took part in the March with representa tives from several women's groups of Plattsmouth and vol unteers from city areas includ ed. Total donations ni Plattsmouth for the 1956 March of Dimes reached $1,780.61. To date the drive has collec ted the $341 from the March, plus another $395.70, for slightly over $700 so far counted. Those figures, however, do not contain monies which will be received from the iron lung canisters placed in business houses or school coin boxes. High Honor Is Given To Ex-Resident Louis W. Lohnes, native of Plattsmouth, long time employe of the St. Louis district Corps of Engineers, has been selected for a very high honor, that of candidate for the "Federal Civil Servant of the Year" award. This award is sponsored by the Greater St. Louis Federal Business Association and the Federal Personnel Council of St. Louis. ' The) meeting for presentation Md at' St.'oiiis or. w - nesday, Jan. 16, largely attend ed as the event was one of the features of the year in civic ac tivities. The federal employe in St. Louis are who in the past year contributed most to the pres tige of all federal employes through exemplary work per formance and outstanding com munity service was honored. Mr. Lohnes, a veteran of the St. Louis District Corps of En gineers, was selected from this group of federal employes. He has been in the engineer ing force for the past 20 years in various capacities starting as a trainer and teacher in safety first, being engaged in the local field for some time, later sent to Denver for several years service. Later he was sent to the district, office of the Engin eers at St. Louis where he has spent the past few years. Lohnes has been a frequent visitor here in the past years with his late parents and with his brother, Elmer Lohnes and family. Mrs. Lohnes is also a Plattsmouth" native, being the former Marjorle Shopp, daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shopp. Heedum Is Named Board Director Of Employes Group Plattsmouth Hinky Dinky store manager Del Heedum recently was named to the board of di rectors of the Hinky Dinky Employes Association for 1957. He is included among direc tors named for the company's oux-01-town stores. Edward J. Eagleston, Omaha. nas been named president for 1957 of the association. d ve Break ine men pummeled Sheriff Hall then locked him in a cell. They are said to have obtained weapons from a room near the cell block and then took off in Sheriff Hall's car. During their bold bid for free dom the trio is said to have stolen at least four more cars. They were being held in Otoe County jail on l charge of break ing into a Syracuse filling sta tion on what was said to be a flight from a jail break in Topeka, Kan. They had been apprehended In Grand. IsJand and returned to Nebraska City. IFull Report To Be Given Early Tuesday A meeting slated for 9:30 a. m. Tuesday may determine whether the 1957 Chamber of Commerce membership .campaign will go over the top. The C of C's membership com mittee is scheduled to meet at that time to hear full reports on the drive for members to the organization which has been un derway here in recent days. Although the first reports gave the campaign a rather gloomy outlook, chamber of ficials expect Tuesday's ' meet ing to actually disclose whether 1957 membership will exceed that of 1956. Chamber of Commerce Vice President Don Wall, who is in charge of the membership drive, today said he was "most opti mistic" the campaign would succeed. The chamber this year set a goal of 200 members for 1957 and if reached would surpass the 157 recorded for 1956. Wall attributed bad weather as a major factor in slowing down the member drive, but he said membership committeemen would be out in force today and early Tuesday in a final all out effort to apply the clincher to success. The vice president described Tuesday's morning meeting as the "big day". And he pointed out many members of the com mittee would be making initial reports of members obtained during the campaign. - It was reported in the Hill ,City - WsJs .1 bulletin Issud cy ine chamber) last week the drive had secured 47 members. However, Wall emphasized this was only a partial report and many membership committee members remain to be heard from. The chamber during 1957 hopes to launch an expanded program and has instituted an estimated $12,000 budget for the plan. Included among chamber activities slated for enlarge ment are city recreation and the bridge program. In 1956 the free bridge pro gram attracted over 17,000 Iowa cars to Plattsmouth. The C of C hopes to increase that figure to 20,000 for the next months of operation. County 4-H Leaders Attend Lincoln Meet Nine Cass County residents were reported as among better than 400 persons who attended the annual 4-H leader training program which ended in Lin coln, Saturday, Feb. 2. Present from Cass County dur ing the four-day sessions were: Mrs. Henry Vinduska, Platts mouth; Weldon Stoehr, Platts mouth; Dale Hild, Louisville; Mrs. Sam Long, South Ashland; Mrs. Frank Nichols, Platts mouth; Ernest Otto, Greenwood; Glen Kraeger, Plattsmouth; Harold Hauschild, Avoca; and Walter Saxton, Weeping Water. The meeting included discus sions of the objectives of 4H training in various subject mat ter fields, and recreational ac tivities. Extension specialists at the college of agriculture brought club leaders up to date on pro ject materials in foods, home living, clothing, dairy, animal husbandry, field crops and soil conservation, electrical garden and yard beautificatlon and trac tor. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Horae Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Jan. 31, Febr. 1. 2. 3. 1957 Date High Low Prec. Thursday 29 20 nn Friday 34 15 .00 Saturday 25 16 traco Sunday 40 16 .00 Forecast: Low tonieht around 18. Mostly sunnv Tuesdav with mild temperatures in 30 's. Sun sets xoniKht at 5:44. Sun Hsas Tuesday at 7:32 a. m.