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EEB2. STATE HIST. SOCIETY XXX 1500 E ST. -r-::-LlftCOLH, K5B3, CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1957 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 27 VOLUME 76 FOURTEEN PACES Asir inra Co) 0(51 TOO 'a PL TOtiE 15) (Q) .f,rv w, , ,. r . .r,Hnof-'-'nt .f.,rr. ryr- ' v ' " ' - . ' Z 4 ? . - - . " ?- . , j-r ' r ""S , I .- Iti ,7,, , ' irwi'' ,.ll.,,..l,.-a-,.JM.lf.n.-,ii , 1i.lriNi..h, r,.,,....,! PREPARING kits for volunteer workers in Sunday's Ileart Fund march are Mrs. Gordon Wasson (eft), and Mrs. Bill Knorr. The kits are to be used by members of the Junior Women's n uyDiueer inieor Plalttsmouth' Heart Sunday volunteer army, bringing the 1957 Heart fund drive to a cli max, will move on every sec tion of this community from 2 to 4 p. m. Sunday to collect contributions for the mass cru sade against heart diseases. The house-to-house canvass in this i city will be led by the sponsoring Plattsmouth Junior Women's Club headed by Mrs. Rose Mary Wasson, Mrs. Rene Zwanzig and Mrs. Margaret Knorr. Similar projects are also slat ed Sunday in other towns of Cass County. This is the first annual Heart Sunday drive conducted by the Junior Women's Club and a goal of $720 in contributions has been set for the volunteer army. The mass, house-to-house col lection here will be similar to Heart Sunday collections being conducted in nearly 5,000 other communities throughout the Uni ted States at ' approximately the City, County To Crackdown On Old Tags City and County law enforce ment officials will on March 1, begin a crackdown on delinquent license plates users, it was an nounced here today. The announcement was made in a joint declaration by Platts mouth Chief of Police John Hob- scheidt and County Sheriff Tom Solomon. Both officials warned motor ists 1957 plates must be display ed on all vehicles on March 1, and also said drivers must have registration certificates avail able. Chief Hobscheidt and Sheriff Solomon said the usual number of persons, exempting military personnel, have gone outside of Cass County to obtain license pates. And they inferred some drivers had -obtained out-of-state license tags. The officers said such offend ers will receive court notices upon being halted. The chief and sheriff urged public cooper ation in reporting such offend ers because such acts deprive Cass County of due tax on auto mobiles. In connection with the impend ing crackdown on delinquent plate users, County Treasurer Alice Jayne McShane reported her office had sold 6,470 license plates for 1957. Journal Want Ads Pay THE WEATIIER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Febr. 18, 19, 20, 1937 Dates Date Ilieh Low Prec. Monday 60 22 .00 Tuesday 39 26 .00 Wednesday .. ..38 22 .00 Forecast: High in low 40's Low tonight in mid 20s. Con siderable cloudiness will continue Friday, with intermittent show ers. Sun sets tonight at 6:05 Sun rises Friday at 7:io a. m. Club of Plattsmouth as they make a house-to-house canvass in search of contributions to the heart fund drive. Journal Photo n n same time, Heart Sunday Chair man Mrs. Wasson. said. . . "Never before, in the four w . irs Heart Sunday collections have been conducted nationally, have so many communities join ed in the effort," Mrs. Wasson added. "In each of these community drives, Plattsmouth's ' among them, the object of the Heart Sunday army is to give the aver age householder an opportunity to contribute, easily and priv ately. In a sealed envelope, to the C Of C Ladies Make Plans For Gala Day Preliminary plans were made Tuesday night for the third an nual "Homemakers' Day" spon sored by the Plattsmouth Cham ber of Commerce. This year's event will be held April 30 in the nigh school audi torium, it was announced by Helen Lessman, chairman of the women's division of the chamber of commerce. Miss Lessman said further de velopments will be made when committee rosters are filled. "Homemaker's Day" is finan ced by the chamber of com merce through selling of booth space to C of C members. The event, a day-long affair, is fill ed with programs of particular interest to homemakers. Admission to the auditorium is by reservation only, Miss Lessman said, and invitations shortly will be mailed by the women's division. Clarence Ham Acquitted Of Reckless Driving In the city municipal court this week, Judge J. H. Graves has had a very quiet time with few persons charged with vio lations of the law. Louis G. Meisinger was in court charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The arrest was made bv Of ficer Chappell. The defendant made a plea of not euiltv and bond was posted in the sum of $150 and hearing set for Feb. 23. On Feb. 18 hearing was had on the complaint filed against Clarence L. Ham, charging him with reckless driving with a motorcycle. The defendant made a plea of not guilty, hearing was nad, with testimony offer ed by both the state and de fendant. After the hearing of the evidence offered, Judge Graves gave a decision finding the defendant innocent ard ac quitting him of the charges. Routine Meet County commivioners at p. m. Wednesday adjourned a two-day-meeting which contain ed no special business. County Clerk Charles Land said com missioners spend most of the session scanning and approving voucners presented the county ior payment. fight against cardiovascular di seases," she explained. Heart fund proceeds are used to support the crusade against heart and blood vessel diseases conducted by the Nebraska Heart Association and the Amer ican Heart Association with which it is affiliated. A major portion of the money collected by the 57 affiliated heart associations and their chapters remains in the area and in the state of collection for the support of local research, education and community ser vice programs. Of that portion of Collections which goes to the Amercian Heart Association, more than 50 per cent automatically Is used to support research. A total of almost 20 million heart fund dollars has been channeled into research in the eight years since the American Heart Association has been organized as the only voluntary public health agency devoted exclusively to cardio vascular diseases. Grazing Deadline On Soil Bank Land Extended In County Permission to graze Soil Bank acreage reserve land in Cass county has been extended from Jan. 31 to Feb. 28. The grazing of land under acreage reserve agreeements is prohibited by law, Chairman Iv an G. Althouse of the Cass Coun ty agricultural stabilization and and conservation committee, explains, except in emergency conditions on certification of need by the governor of the State and with the consent of the secretary of agriculture. While under the program far mers and stockmen may graze only their own livestock on their own land. Leasing Soil Bank land for grazing is prohibited. Farmers most affected by the current emergency grazing ex tension are those ' who have acreage reserve agreements for 1957 crop winter wheat and who have planted a cover crop on the designated acres. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents Corn-Raising Kids' Robert Ehlers and Herbert Kraeger returned recently from Kansas City where they were honored for their corn growing ability by Spencer Chemical Company. Selected from among 1,250 en trants in a 16 state efficient corn growing program, sponsor ed by Spencer, Robert and Her bert were given three-day, all expense paid trip to Kansas City (Feb. 7-9). Robert's father. Otto Ehlers, accompanied them on the trip. The three days of activity held in Kansas City for the winners included tours of a fertilizer manufacturing plant, automo bile assembly plant, and a tour of the city. The trip was cli maxed with a banquet at the Hotel President at which Robert 3 Caucuses To Nominate All Candidates Three separate caucuses will be held Tuesday in Plattsmouth to determine candidates for two posts on the city council and three seats on the board or education. The caucuses are those of the Democratic and Republican par ties to select candidates for the city council and the school dis trict No. 1 for expiring terms on the school board. All caucuses are to be held in different lo cations. Republicans will gather at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday in the pub lic library while Democrats will convene at 7:30 p.m. the same day in the district courtroom of the Cass County courthouse. The two parties will select candidates to seek the city council seats currently held by Ray Wiysel and James McMillian. The school board caucus is to be held at 8 p. m. Tuesday in the library room of Pattsmouth High School. This caucus will choose four candidates to run for the school - board1 posts now held by George Conjs and Joe Zastera and two nominees for the unexpired term of one year now being filled by Les Hutchin son. The two school ' board seats are for the regular terms of three years while the pair of council seats are for two-year hitches. The general city election is to be held on Tuesday, April 2. Land Partition Suit Is Filed In Court Here A suit seeking partition of land has been filed in district court by William L. Schlueter with Stephen Davis, guardian of Lillian Schlueter, incom petent, as defendant. In his litigation, Schlueter claims ownership of undivided half interest in the east half, northwest quarter, section 16, township 11, north range 10 and west, half, of southwest one quarter, section 16, township 11, range 10 and lots seven and eight of block four in Murdock. The plaintiff said the other half was owned by Earnest F. Schlueter who died Dec. 31, 1956. In his answer, Davis admits to Schlueter's ownership of his half, but declared the deceased was not the sole owner of the undivided portion. He contends it was held in joint tenancy by Earnest and Lillian and upon Earnest's death the land passed to Lillian. Davis asks Mrs. Schlueter be declared owner of one half of the portion described above. Davis said description of the land as carried In the plain tiff's litigation was incorrect. He said it should have read the east half of northwest one quarter, of section 16, northwest one quarter of southwest one quarter and lot four in the south west one quarter of southwest one quarter of section 16, town ship 11, north, range 10, east of 6th p. m. In Cass County. and Herbert told of the meth ods they used to improve thelr corn-growing efficiency. To qualify for the trip, each participant was required to grow at least two acres of corn. On one plot, he followed usual corn growing practices employed on his fa:rm. On the other, he used practices which, in his own jud gement would contribute to a more efficient and more profit able yield. The aim of the pro gram was to increase the par ticipants knowledge and use of efficient, up-to-date practices. Efficiency was stressed above maximum yield.' Average yield on plts where new practices were employed wa"s 114 bushels as compared to 74.6 from the usual practice plots. Despite greater expend!- Sheriff Investigates Disappearance Of Cash From Bar Register i The disappearance of $35 from a cash register in Ernie's Bar early Sunday morning still is being investigated by Sheriff Tom Solomon. i Several strange facts confront ed the sheriff in his investi gation among them: no signs of forceable entry were discover ed, leading the sheriff to be lieve the intruder could have hidden in the bar's basement until after closing hours. ! Sheriff Solomon said the in truder touched only paper mon ey, leaving $25 in hard cash in the till and dropping a $10 bill on the floor. (The theft is believed to have occurred sometime after 5 a. m. Sunday. Ernie Schultz, owner, said the loss is covered by insurance. Cash Is Taken In Breakin Of City Cafe Loss of $40 in cash and some cigarettes in a breakin this morning was reported to Cass County Sheriff Tom Solomon by Hlarry Albin, owner of the Nuway Cafe. Albin told the sheriff he dis covered the theft at. 6:30 a. m. today when he opened, the cafe for business. Sheriff Solomon said the in truder, in his search of the pre mises, had left the cover from Jan ice cream freezer and inas much as the ice cream had melt ed very little, officers believed the breakin occurred shortly be fore Albin arrived at the cafe City policeman Frel Tesch said he checked the place twice during the night and on those occasions found "everything in I order." I The intruder gained entrance to the cafe by breaking .the front door window and reaching in and unlocking the door, Solomon re ported. District Court Calls Docket For March 1 1 Opening Judge John M. Dierks at 10 a. m. today called the docket for the district court term be ginning March 11 in Cass Coun ty. The docket today contained cases both criminal and ci?il in nature. Docket call for cases in equity will be issued at 10 a. m. May 24. During the court term, regul ar sessions are held in the dis trict courtroom of the Cass County courthouse on the second and fourth Fridays of the month. Farmers Sign A total of 26,205 farmers made agreements the past week for the corn soil bank in Ne braska's 61 commercial corn counties. In Cass County the fig ures show 653 farmers have signed for the corn soil bank in the county, the acreage re serve on agreement is 11,393.2 compensation on acreage re serve is $431,917.15; conpensa tion for additional acres on a greement, 181,640.52. Subscribe to The Journal Now! Enjoy tures for seed, fertilizer and herbicides, the increased yield by employing the new practices caused a 20 cent average re duction In per-bushel production costs from 82 cents to 62 cents. This made the average prokt per acre $68.09 for the new plot as compared to $39.36 for the old. The chief practices which were added or intensified in establish ing the new practice plots were use of fertilizer and additional corn plants per acre. The aver age stand per acre was increas ed from 9,600 to 13,800 plants per acre. Average fertilizer ap- wk ed from 27.5 to 97.7 pounds for nitrogen- 27 3 to 65 8 pounds for phosphorus and 23.9 to 65.1 pounds for potassium. Trip Lester Da I ton Named Rotary Club President Lester B. Dalton, Plattsmouth lumber dealer, was named presi dent of Plattsmouth Rotary Club at the organizations regular noon meeting Tuesday. Stepping into the vice presi dent's slot was L. A. Caldwell, of Caldwell-Linder Mortuary. . Other officers named by mem bers to, guide Rotary through the 'Coming year were: Gene r Lester B. Dalton L. A. Caldwell Sochor, secretary John Schrein- er, - treasurer. '. . ' Selected as ..directors .were: Carl. Schneider, Al. Huebner, Fred Lugsch and J.' Howard Davis.. . ' 1 ' Formal installation of. the of ficers will be held . July 1. ' . Tuesday's program was in charge of - Dr. L. S. Pucelik with Rev.. Max Kors as speak er. Father Kors told Rotarians to "take your work seriously, but don't take yourself serious ly." The guests attending the meet ing were John Kirsten, Beatrice, and Don Guthrie, Falls City. Journal Want Ads Pay - v. ;.. . . - .. I I . - v - - r I : - 4 : . J? .A.r-' .l L:, h ? ? i , ' , - - y I 4 lVY "x"' 'V4,", t; EXAMINING scale model of a fertilizer plant of a chemivl company. Bob and Herbert were , 1V WT . , . . , , At .... , . , are otto Eh,ers (left Union, his son Bob, and awarded the fvpense-paid trip for their corn- Heroert Kraeger. The three recently returned growing ability and the elder Ehlers accom- from Kansas City, Mo., where they were gueats panisd thera. Ashland Sow Produces 23 Pigs In Litter ' The 23 pigs recently far rowed by a sow belonging to John S. Jones of Ashland, may not be a world record but the figure will do un til a higher one comes a long. The sow, a cross Chester White and Yorkshire, far rowed the tremendous litter on Jan. 23, and with the temperatures hovering a round zero, managed to save 10 of them.. Six pigs are the average litter with nine and 19 not unheard of. But this sow of Jones apparently is bent on shattering all existing re cords for in three litters she has produced 53 pigs, and saved 38 of them. The sow produced 14 pigs the first utter, saving 12; 16 the second litter, saving all; and then came forth with the 23 pigs. Jaycees Urge More Interest In Road-E-0 Plattsmouth Junior Chamber of Commerce members are con tinuing to pass out applications to the upcoming teenage road-e-o.to be held here on March 30. Latest school to be visited by Jaycees was Plattsmouth High School ' where films on ' the na tional teenage road-e-o. were shown Wednesday afternoon by chairman Wayne Schneider,' and vice chairman J. D, Winters. Schneider said 75 applications were passed out to high school students yesterday.-': Teenagers wishing to enter the competition must be between the ages of 15V2 through 19 (and must not reach their 20th birth day until September, 1957, or later). The chairman indicated two other Cass County ' schools would be visited this week with the films to be shown at Nehawka and ' Weeping Water Hten Schools. ' The preliminary qualifications rounds for entrance into the road-e-o will be held at a time and -place to be announced in next Thursday's 'edition of the Journal. Deadline for filing of applications has been set or Thursday, Feb. 28. The road-e-o is to be run off Saturday afternoon, March 30, on Main Street, between third and fourth streets'. Starting time for. the contest is 1 p. m. and it will continue until finished. In addition to tests of driving skill, contestants also will have to take part In a written exam ination. Applications may be ob tained from J. D. Winters at Jay's Texaco station on south Chicago Ave. 1 ' 'k "'?' : tFirst Comers To Be Given Nod On Pacts Deadline for farmers to sign agreements under the 1957 corn acreage reserve program March 8, Ivan G. Althouse, chairman of the Cass County agricultural stabilization and conservation committee, has an nounced. ' . . , . Agreements will be ' entered on a "first come, first served" basis, and late-comers will have to take their chances of additional funds being made available later, he declared. The chairman explained agree ments with farmers to put up to the maximum acreage under the acreage reserve program will be entered into on a firm basis as long as the county al location of funds permits. The maximum acreage for corn is 20 acres. Farmers who sign agreements after such funds are exhausted will be listed in the order' cf signing, and these agreements will be honored later only if additional funds are made a vailable through 'reallocation from other counties after, the close of' the program . sign-up. Any farmer who wishes to put an acreage under the pro gram which is larger than the allowed maximum should indi cate this at the time he signs the original agreement.' If add itional funds are allocated later, a new agreement for the lar ger amount will then be enter ed into by the farmer and the county ASC committee. Althouse emphasized 1 an d placed Into the corn acreage re serve must be specifically des ignated and identified In the a greement and only land suit able for the production of corn will be . eligible for such desig nation. ' Farmers who take part In the corn acreage reserve program must, reduce ' their acreage of the crop below the farm allot ment; must not harvest or graze the "reserved" land (except when permission Is granted In emergencies) ; and must take steps to prevent the land from spreading "noxious" weeds. In addition, they must comply with all allotments established for other crops on the farm. Commissioner Norris In Auto Crash Monday Autombolies driven by Ray E. Norris of Weeping Water, Cass county commissioner, and Char les W, Hammond, of Nebraska City, collided at the Union inter section of U. S. highways No. 34 and 75, Monday afternoon, state troopers reported. Mr. Hammond was driving south, and Mr. Norris turning ; left from the south. The cars collided at the intersection, with some damage to each vehicle.