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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY OURNAL PAGE FOUR Thursday, May 16, 1957 Quarry City P-TAInstalls New Officers WEEPING WATER (Special) The Weeping Water Parent Teacher Association met Mon day evening May 13. In the school auditorium with Mrs. Truman Lytic, president, open ing Me ineeung wuu Uio Has salute. Rev. C. W. Severn led In pray er. Mrs. Van Horn read the sec retary's report and Ed Van Horn gave the treasurer's report In the absence ol Mrs. Harold Do mingo. Vern Harter reported the teen age canteen will be closed for me summer and a new cliair man will have to be chosen for next lail. Rev. Fred Gardner Is moving away and he was the chairman. The group voted to give $100 to the school for school needs. Twenty-five dollars Is to go for books for the grade school li brary and the remainng $75 Is to be used for a film strip cab inet, projector, screen and the strips. Rev. Severn installed the new officers in an Impressive cere mony. New officers are Mrs. Arnold Detmer, president; Mrs. Vern Harter, secretary, and Ed Van Horn, treasurer. Mrs. Re nos Anderson, vice president, and Mrs. Harry Potts, corres ponding secretary were unable to be present. 1 The dramatic club, under the capable direction of Truman Ly tle, presented a one act play. Lytle told the group this Is the first year the dramatic club had been organized and they had en tered the district contest at Peru this year. They won two superior ratings, one excellent and one good and Lytle said this was very good. The title of the play was "Under tow". Following the meeting Mrs. Detmer asked for suggestions on what the group would like to be done In P-i'-A. next year. The mothers of the fifth and ninth grade were hostesses and served cookies and coffee. James S. Marshall Academy Graduate Specialist Second Class James S. Marshall, 23, wnose wlie, Eu nice, lives on Rte. 2. Optlika, Ala., recently was' gruuuaiea from the Seventh Army Non- Commissioned (Juicer Academy In Munich, Germany. Specialist Marshall, a wheel vehicle mechanic in Headquart ers Company of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment's 2d Battalion, has been in the Army since 1947. A veteran of the Korean coiulict, he holds tne Silver Star and the Purple Heart with two Oak Loaf Clusters. His father, J. Nlssley Marshall, lives in Weeping Water and he is the grandson of Mrs. Grace De Les Denier of Plattsmouth. By Margaret Dingman Phone 241 Joe Grauf, of Omaha was en joying a day off from his work with the OPPD Monday to visit here with his friends. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Babbitt and daughter, Barbara Lynne, depart ed by plane Tuesday morning lor Moitn Littla Rock, Ark., to spend he week with Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Babbitt and two chil dren. Dr. Babbitt has an ani mal clinic at North Little Rock, locating in that city in February Death of Mrs. Flora Colby, Desnct, S. D. Plattsmouth friends will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Flora Colby, B2, -Wednesday at Desnet, S. D., where she has been a patient at the Desnet hospital for some time. Death came to Mrs. Colby in her sleep. Mrs. Colby was a resident of Plattsmouth for several years, being engaged as a member of the staff at the Nebraska Ma sonic Home. She has been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Colby Root, who is teaching at Desnet. Funeral services will be Fri day at Onawa, la. Reverend G. E. Seybold, pas tor of the St. Paul Evangelical Church, and Robert Aspedon de parted Wednesday morning to at tend the Iowa-Nebraska Synod at the Savory Hotel in Des Moines, la. One hundred and thirty-two churches will be represented at the meeting from Wednesday to Friday. Mrs. Theodore Ptak who un derwent surgery Tuesday at the St. Catherine's Hospital In Omaha, Is reported as coming along line. She Is In room 341). Mr. and Mrs. Clair Snellen barger will 'attend the Vei- shea Festival In Ames. Ia., Fri day and Saturday at Iowa State College where their sons, Jer ome and Mike are students. W. II. Polley returned home Tuesday evenng following a hospitalization of six weeks at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dean Miler and children, Karen. Larry and Maria of Omaha spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen L. Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Ray. Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Jones was Mrs. Rosa Beaudette, Mr.and Mrs. Clarence O'Mara, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Farnhotz, all of Walt hill. Also visiting was Lena Hill of Union and Verna .Austin of Omaha, Mrs. Beaudette's sister. All enjoyed a dinner Sunday and a good visit. Also attending the dinner was Mr. and Mrs. Harold Austin, Sr., and Robert Austin. Mrs. Wayne Rleke, former Jo Non Albin, left Monday morning by train to join her husband, Sgt. Wayne Rieke, who Is sta tioned at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Wayne is there for twelve weeks with the Medical Corp. Deloss Bond entered the Methodist Hospital in Omaha Monday for dental surgery. Third Of Series Highway Problems Discussed By Commission Secretary BIKfHS Son iiy UHfc.r J. nonius, ed in the late 2u s 'was around, a son, Michael Jon, 4 pounds, Secretary .Nebraska isiate 1'hree Billion Dollars. But such 1 14 ounces, was born April 27,at Highway Commission , facts have not been driven home St. Joseph's Hospital In Omaha During tne 20 s when the hlgh-to the taxpayers. Drivers fail to to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hol- Tony LaHoda returned Monday night from the Methodist Hospital at Omaha. He has been there under treatment for an infec tion of the liver. Journal Want Ads Pay NOW in Decorator Colors! MIST GREEN WHITE SAND DESERT SAGE FRENCH GRAY v. x " V&Mr- 1 "w S A WEEK Siimii liter small down payaeat THE NEW Remington THE ONLY PORTABLE WITH MIRACLE TAB Printers Publishers Office Supplies The Plattsmouth Journa way tranic was growing rapid ly and when State and Federal taxation was relatively ugnt com pared 'to present rates, it was possioie to levy new 'taxes to linance new highway capacity wunout serious uuncuHy. 'ihe gasoline tax which provided an increasing proportion ox the xunos for the expansion of hignway ca pacity during the late 2U's was the most novel of the new taxes. It was accepted as a reasonable impost, with the depression of tne aus the dinicuny of levy ing additional taxes to meet the requirements oi tne growing trai fic became greater. .With World War n, ana tne increase in Federal taxation, opposition to additional taxes became more pronounced. Buyers were willing to pay higher prices for auto mobiles because automobiles were produced by private cor porations in a competitive econ omy, lhey might, and did, grum ble about the increase in prices but tney paid. They had the choice of paying that price or doing without tne automobiles and they chose to pay that price. But when it comes to providing the highways, users relied on governments rather tlian bus lness organizations. Governments could not say that as the cost of construction had doubled they could either pay a doubled gasoline tax or not use the high way. Governments had to ask the people for additional reven ues. There was no take it or leave it basis but a "Please Mister, can you spare a dime for a poor highway". There was rarely an effective device for putting across the idea that additional revenues had to be secured if the citizen was not to pay still larger a mounts in terms of higher acci dent costs, higher maintenance charges, greater time lost. As a matter of fact, it has been shown time and time again that driv ers pay more for the use of poor roads than for the use of good roads. For instance, the cost of highway accidents alone, which last year cost the lives of 40,000 persons, due in large part to inadequate highways, with an unestimated economic dollar loss. The total gasoline tax collect- see themselves as owners of the ; oubek. The occasion was on the roads. If they were stockholders mother's birthday. Michael has in General Motors and did not; two brothers, Alan and Daniel, like the dividends, they could Paternal grandparents are Mr. sell out- If they worked for X and Mrs. James Holoubek. Ma- Company and did not like the foreman, they could quit and go to Y Company. But if they drive ternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Ahrens. Mrs. Holou bek is the former Enid Ahrens. over Highway No. 2 and don't I Daughter like it, it does not occur to Born to Mr. and Mrs. Oswald them that there' is anything ! Baier, Weeping Water, a daugh they could do or that increased, ter. May 12, at St. Mary's Hos taxes would save time and mon- pital, Nebraska City. Mrs. Baier ey. .was iormeriy veioa uixen This year the Highway Depart ments will have the greatest hlchwav construction nroeram. measured by dollar volume, in, Michael, born May 14 at the Son Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cole are the parents of a son. Timothy CANVAS S!10 Why not bring the entire family in today for "P-F" Canvas Shoes ... the shoes that help yoy play or work longer in greater comfort. Kiu'e choice of styles and colors. POSTURE FOUNDATION 1. The Important RIGID WEDGE help! keep body weigh! en outside el normal foot, reducing foot and leg Drain . . . Increasing comfort. 2. Sponge rubber cu:hlon. the history of this state I mean on the State Primary and Second ary Systems; this does not take into account the monies that are planned to be used on -the Interstate System. It is my belief that we in Nebraska are very fortunat'3 since the improvement on our State Highway System is deter mined by the Sufficiency Rat ing System. Every Mile of our State Highway System is thor oughly investigated by our En gineers as to its structural ade quacy its width, surface, sight distance, bridges and so 'forth. Every mile receives a "gradu" on each of these factors. This ligure is then computed with the traffic volume into a "rating." That rating is exactly like a re port card from school if a mile of highway is rated under 70 per cent, that means the road has "flunked", and that immed iate improvement is needed. The new roads we build are, of course, given a rating of 100 per cent. The roads which we will lose this wear are those which will be graded under the passing mark of 70 per cent ana that mileage will be great er than the mileage which we boost above the acceptable score by our improvements. It is a losing battle under present circumstances. We know, fact ually and statistically, that as the traffic volume continues its inevitable climb to further dizzy heights, we are going to drop further and further behind, bas ed on our present highway revenue. St. Mary's Hospital In Nebras ka City. The infant weighed 7 pounds. Mrs. Cole is the former Joan Lewis. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Roy "Shorty" Cole and Mrs. Ermal Lewis. Great grandmother Is Mrs. Mary Ir win of Nebraska City. Son Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gray of Louisville are parents of a son, born May 14 at St. Mary's Hos pital In Nebraska City. Mrs. Gray was formerly Miss Ruth Persinger. Son PFC and Mrs. Ronald Heil, a son, Douglas Allen, born in Stut tgart, Germany, May 10, weigh ing 7 pounds and 3 ounces. Mrs. Heil is the former Corrine Wiles of Weeping Water. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sprieck of Louisville and Mr. and Mrs.Ster ling Wiles; great grandparents, are Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sprieck of Louisville, Mr. and Mrs. John Heil of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wiles and Mr. and Mrs W. P. Wright of Weeping Water, "Blinkers" Read Faster Are you a "blinker". If you are, chances are you're a better than average reader. According to statistics from the Murine Company of Chicago, good read ers blink more often than poor ones. It is generally believed that the blinks make it pos sible to ignore non-essential ob jects, such as punctuation marks and other gaps in the text. Nor mal persons seem to blink at about the rate of 25 times a minute. Fatal Fallacies by Ted Key m2 B & H SHOES Shoes For The Ent,re Famiy Main W W 1 4)B Plattsmouth, Nebr. Ml' ORlH:01H'Ui2-lcCU 112.1. , ,W' '1 ;V'i .UlSIV..".''" ' 'fill.. 'Hi.',., 'V1 ,,,li 'ii,i;V ' . ' The Travelers Safoty Service lowan Proves Telephone Is Handy Gadget Telephones these days are mighty handy little gadgets to have around the home and office. But they prove even han dier if, as Delbert Houston, you could carry one with you. The Red Oak, la., resident, a communications truck dri ver for the CB and (, was nailed Wednesday afternoon for a reciprocity violation over the use of an Iowa li cense In Nebraska. Ticketed by Richard Krej cl at the state scale house north of Plattsmouth, Hous ton decided he wanted to' confer with company powers that be in Chicago. Without further ado he climbed a telephone pole near the scale, and plugged in his phone. Chicago, after talk ing with Houston, wanted more details, so Krejci shin nied to pole top and from there settled the issue. A short time later Houston paid $10 in fines and $4 in costs levied by County Judge Raymond Case for the reci procity violation. And thus ended another saga of the age of marvels. Jose Ferrer Stars In "The Great Man1' "The Great Man," the Universal-International picture star ring Jose Ferrer which opens Sun., Mon., and Tucs., May l!) 20 and 21, at the Cass Theatre, is a screen adaptation of the controversial novel by Al Mor gan that enjoyed a long stay on the best seller lists. The screenplay, which was written by the author of the no vel, is faithful to the original la detailing the fascinating story of a radio-TV star known as "America's beloved humorist" whose death In an auto accident brings about the revelation that in his behind-the-scenes life he was hated by nearly everyone who knew him. In addition to Ferrer, the cast boasts such names as Dean Jag er, Keenan Wynn, Julie London, Joanne Gilbert, Jim Backus, Russ Morgan, Robert Foulk and, notably, Ed Wynn, in his first serious role on the screen. Fer rer himself directed under he production guidance of Aaron Rosenberg. Psying loo math The United Automobile Work ers convention voted to set up a public review board to guard against any possible corruption or racketeering. King Hussein said his nccrnt. ance of $10,000,000, in United States aid would nnt. treaty commitments for his coun try. Plattsmouth Motors CAR LOT 8th & Washington Phone 225 ' yr ; j INSURANCE); INSURANCE If you're a "cnrcful drivpr" . . , but are not insured with Slnto Farm, you may be paying too much for your auto insurance! State Farm aims to insure only "careful drivers" the kind who have fewer accidents and fewer claims. ThiH lowers insurance costs... and the savings are passed on to you. II pays Is know your STATE FARM A(ent James McMillian 1104 3rd Ave Plattsmouth Dial 3928 ARNOLD DETMER Weeping Water, Nebr. E 2 ON A NEW Act Nov! This is a One Time Deal When Present Stocks Are Gone This Offer Will Close! Compare This Automatic Washer With Any Other! 339.95 VALUE WE ALLOW $120.00 Trade-in On Your Old Washer. 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