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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1958)
On Wonder Cures Krorn time to time, the average citizen is confronted with reports that some herb doctor, or wizard of the arts, has cured cancer, polio, or some serious heart dis eases with a new or simple method. It is surprising how many Americans fall for these reports and seek out the so-called wi zard and pay large sums of money for miracle treatments. The worst part of this susceptibility is that it sometimes prevents those taken in from being cured at all. Hope for some mysterious, simple cure has often led to postponement in seeking a specialist, who could have cured the disease if he had caught it in time. Not caught in time, the disease often proves fatal. Those seriously sick should seek a thoroughly accredited doctor, or a special ist in the field concerned. There are no miracle cures, and no miracle-makers. The ignorant patient who lets himself believe in such is ruining his health or his pocket book, or both. The Trend in Weather Ths winter has been a rugged one, as was predicted by at least one famous al manac, and as had been predicted by more than one weather expert. One notable weather expert, writing in h national magazine last fall, noted that sunspots indicated a return of bitter win ters. In other words, the frequency of sun spots has lessened and therefore colder weather can be expected. Moreover, it was pointed out by this weather expert that weather ran in forty year cycles. The forty-year cycle toward warmer and warmer winters has just con cluded, acording to this theory, and we are now entering a forty-year cycle of colder and cohler winters. While we are not the final authority on weather matters, it seems that this win ter's weather has backed up this theory ad mirably. It has backed it up to the extent that most of Florida's produce crops, and much of her citrus crops, have been ruin ed by several severe freezes. The sustained freezing weather in the southeastern part of the country, and in the southwestern re gions to some extent has been unusual and abnormally harsh. . If the expert who predicted a forty year trend toward colder and colder win ters is correct, by the 1960's we will be feeling the trend even more severely, lly then, according to this prediction, we will be experiencing weather which, comes nearer the bitter winters of the 1880's than any-we have seen in many years. ; ' The Plallsmoulli journal Official County and City Paper - ESTABLISHED IN im Published Semi Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, Phttsmouth, Cass County, Nebr. Entered at the Tost Office at IMattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 8, 1S79. Contents of The Plattsraouth Journal are the sole property of this newspaper and use of, or reproduction, in whole or- in part, is expressly forbidden to any person, persons, or publications other than legal newspapers (as flefined by Nebraska statutes) without written consent of the publisher. HOWARD LINDQUIST .... Editor and Publisher EUGENE SCARLETT Publisher MARGARET D1NGMAN Woman's Editor H. M. JOHNSON Advertisinf? Manager DON WARGA Shop Foreman PHONE 241 SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $4.00 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $5.00 per year elsewhere, In advance, by mail outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 25 cents for two weeks Howard's Homespun " Religion involves a willingness to give other people a square deal. The development of intelligence in cludes an appreciation of solitude. Study may provide intelligence but it takes thinking to develop wisdom. Culture is the product of versatility and leisure, aided and abetted by some cash. The human race will be greatly im proved when men attend to the business of improving themselves. x -k The urge for tolerance is closely as sociated with those who are quickest to accuse other people of intolerance. Modern industry has developed many gadgets for smart people to own that only the very rich people can buy. Down Memory Lane )r YEARS ACO Sunday afternoon at St. Paul's Evangelical church occurred the marriage of Miss Estella M. Parkening, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Parkening and Mr. Ford V. Heim, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ileim of Louisville. Rev. G. A. Pahl, pastor of the church, read the marriage lines. The bride was attended by Miss Alyce Duffy of Omaha and the groom by Maurice Group of Louisville Papillion was victorious 2o to 11) on the Pappio court. Papillion held the edge 11 to 1U at half time, and were able to hold the late rally of the Blue and White. Ron Rebal and VVooster were the only Platters to score field goals, Claussen, center of Pappio scored fifteen points for his team During the Washington Bir thday holiday someone was locked in the court house building or seeking entrance damaged the locks so that when John Kopp, one of the custodians sought to lock up the damage was discovered. It was ne cessary to provide temporary means of locking up until the locks could be repair ed Robert Ramge was injured in a car truck accident south of this city. E. G. Wel ler, driving a truck, was coming south on No. 75 and had just come along side a road maintainer, as the car driven by Ramge came north, the car and truck crashed. Ramge had several teeth broken off and sustained minor, injuries that required medical attention. The accident occurred when there was considerable fog which ob secured the vision of the drivers of' the vehicles -- Fifty men were ordered back to work on the WTA project of completing the road to the Missouri river dock and the rock surfacing of Lincoln avenue which was adoptes as a project by the county and city and donations by citizens. i nr YEARS ACO I - V The alumni of the University of Ne-' braska in Cass county, held a meeting in this city to enjoy a banquet served by the ! Q Z society of the Presbyterian church. The tables were arranged in the scarlet and cream of the university in the observance, of Charter Day. There were fifty present1 and John E. Turner, president of the local association, presided. Remarks were made! by C. C. Wescott and Searl S. Davis, both alumni of Nebraska. In the election of of ficers, Mr. Turner was elected president and Miss Jessie Robertson, secretary-treasurer Russell, ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Arnold, was suffering from ; appendicitis. He was packed in ice to check! an operation The annual parish dinner of St. Luke's church was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herold. The dinner was presided over by Father Stanley Jones, of St. Martin's c hurch, South Omaha, who is supplying the local church. The mem bers later adjourned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Turpin for a lecture by ! Father J. H. Levers of Lincoln. Squeeze Play r j Lethal Pipe Line Your car has a maze of pipe lines, carrying gasoline, brake fluid, oil, water and exhaust gas es. That last one, exhaust gas, contains death-dealing carbon monoxide. A warning from an automotive research bureau sta tes the pipeline carrying this lethal eas should be absolutely tight. If it isn't, seepage of ex haust into the car (especially in slow-moving winter traffic when windows are closed) can cause headaches, sickness or worse. Exhaust leaks should be check ed on a lift like the one in your service station. Chile recently reaffirmed its 200-mile off-shore limit. 560,000 Visit Parks Last Yedr A Nebraska state park attend ance of more than 560,000 was listed Jn the 1957 annual report prepared by Jack D. Strain, the chief of the Game Comrnlssfort's Innti-rfiahagerYrerrt and park div ision. The 1957 attendance at the seven state parks and one state park facility represented an in crease of about 50,000 over the previous year. The total dwarf ed the 1950 attendance of 219, 724. From a factual standpoint, Strain said, attendance should more correctlv be termed visit ation, as attendance figures act ually reflect the number of vis its made to an area rather than tbe number of individuals who attended the parks. Last year, Strain reported, Ji,078 persons used overnight facilities in the parks. Type of use: rental cabin guests, 5,367; organized camp guests, 2,543; campers, 11,168. These persons spent a total of 38,304 guest nites in the parks. Type of use: ca bin guest nights, 11,163; organiz ed camp guests, 11,360; camp er guest nights, 15,781. The average cabin rental In the parks was for five days, with an average of 2.8 persons per occupancy. Strain concluded that "Neb raska state parks are operating THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAOE TWO Section B Thursday. February 27, 19C8 very close to maximum Capab ility. It, Is essential that the sy stem be broadened In the near future if we are able to adaqute ly provide for Nebraska's cit izens and visitors." tfhat tVifh Warrtiatf You've probably heard a var iety of opinions on how your car Should be" warmed up in cold weather. Some people think the longer you let your engine Idle before starting, the safer you are. Others have different opin ions. The latest word, is that you can prevent engine wear by avoiding long periods of warm up. They tell us that in cold weather you shouldn't sit warm ing up" your car engine, but should drive off evenly as soon as the engine has been started and the oil pressure is up to normal. This usually takes about ten seconds. By doing this, you will actual ly shorten the time it takes for the temperature to come up to normal and this Is quite Import ant because warm-up accounts for about 90 per cent of engine Wear in evervday driving. You should not race a cold engine. You can do a lot of dam age to your engine by driving it hard before it has warmed up. The proper way to do it is to run the car at a normal, steady speed until the temperature comes up to normal, Journal Want Ads Pay The . International Teamsters Union Includes membership of 3,500 dairy farmers. ft" TODAY Some PRESCRIPTIONS CAN Actually BUY TIME . . . many times the Ingredients of a prescription will hold back, retard the growth of harmful bacteria ... thus giving your body t!1" to build up its natural defenses against germs, bacteria, viruses. This is just another reason why prescriptions today are oni of the biggest bargains in history. ol SCHREINER Rexall Drug Plattsmouth, Nebr. Capitol Corner By Hep. Glenn Cunningham Nearly two months have pas sed since this second session be gan, and very little legislation has been acted upon. Despite the headlines and news reports which give the Impression of much activity in Congress, this session is off to the same slow start as last year. I expected more action this year, since the Congress was al ready organized and committees had finished hearings on many bills during the last session or during the recess. But there is still a lot of dragging of feet on the part of committee chairmen and the House leadership. It's time we got to work and saved the taxpayers some money. blizzard, Postmaster General Summerfield lived up to the best Post Office traditions. He insis ted on coming to Capitol Hill to testify before the House Post Office Committee, of which I am a member, despite snow, high winds and drifts which closed many roads in the area . He evidently practiced the Post Office motto that "neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night shall stay these couriers from the swift complet ion of their appointed rounds." Again this year I have written Kep, John T.'ber, ranking Rep ublican on the House Appropri ations Committee, pledging my suoport for his efforts to reduce government spending. Last year I gave Kep. Tabcr the same pl ( dge and voted for every reduc tion recommended by the Ap propriations Committee . Here's another postal hint to save some pennies. If you use stamped 3-ccnt envelopes pur chased from post offices, you I may receive a discount for j quantity purchases. Individual 1 11 vc iujh 3 iu.li i cema rani uui in lots of 50 the price is $1.82, a savings of 18 cents for the 50 envelopes. Jug fishing and float lines (except jugs or floats made of glass,) and throw lines, trot lines and bank lines are legal in Ne- ! braska, unless otherwise post i ed. LETTER BOX Mr. Editor: The appearance of Main Street in any town reflects on the val uation of all the property in town. If the city administration spends time and money keeping the Main Street clean at all times, it is not being done for the merchants alone, but for everybody that lives in that town, and the property owners will receive lust as much value out of it as the merchants on the downtown street. What impression would an out-of-town guest have of your own home if it was not in the best possible order? A Businessman The day after Washington Carp, buffalo, suckers and oth er nongamefish may be spear ed between sunrise and sunset from April 1 to Dec. 1. History records indicate ths first successful introduction of the ringnecked pheasant into the United States was made by O. N. Denny, who brought his birds i into Oregon's Willamette Valley in 1380 and lo81. Pheasants were j first seen in Nebraska during1 the years 1900-1904, when indi- j vidual birds were shot in the j vicinity of Pawnee City and Ta- ble Rock. I H .V''"!.' B it V - KT ' ii f ii, . I Aii i- ! il"- 't V.'."-. -rt'. S I I t4 r - n ro i v j I si i j 1 1 m it n y vx vyv vi r ii ij c - n .v i c . bi hi mi b Ul LTUUUUUL I rnM7rn n n n AUJ ra n ID! f:i;-;:::;::i:v;,:i,;-SINW.:i&:M :i;s!'S: :f: mm ImM WXm'- f IM v i ar . i mm 5TII & MAIN PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. $m$r,, &3 iYS... FRIDAY & SATURDAY DOLLAR DAY SPECIAL Come In . . . Bring Your Family . . . 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