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J ETIIC HIST. SOCIETI XXX u NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETT Lincoln, Nebraska NOV 29 1993 PUBLISHED " SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday PlLATTSIKDXlJTM JfMrMO- Consolidated With the Nchawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 83 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1963 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 5 Brighter Lights for Avenues OK'd A pronosal by Consumers Pub lic Power District to upgrade street lighting on Chicago and Washington Avenues was ap proved by the City Council Tues day night Besides addition of seven new loca'ions, the proposal was lo change the size of existing lights to lighting eleven times brighter. Ernest Elliott. CPPD manager here, presented the proposal which had been requested by the City Council and which was drawn alter consultation with the Council's Lighting Commit tee. The Junior Chamber of Commerce had urged attention to the lighting. There will be 27 street light lo cations, instead of the present 20. Lights will be of 11,000-lumen size, Instead of the present 1,000 lumen. The Increased cost to the city will be $43.13 per month, Elliott said. Now, the city pays 95 cents per light per month on the two avenues, or $19.00, less $833 city discount for a net of $12 67- The 27 larger-light locations will cost the city $3.10 per light per month, or $H3.70 less $i!7.fl0 discount, or a net of $55.80. Elliott said the change In street lighting will cost CPPD more than $3,500 in labor and materials. He said materials would be ordered immediately and Instal lation would be In the near fu ture. He also asked the Council if it wanted CPPD to work up a plan to revamp the city's residential lighting and to increase the light ing power on Main Street. He said a plan he evolved last fall to Increase Main Street lights to 20,000 lumens each and to install 7.000-lumen lamps In place of 1,000-Iumen lamps in residential areas would then have resulted In a cost to the city of $440 per month for" the1 lighting, compared to the cur rent cost at that time of $329. The Council took the question of a broader lighting Improve ment program under advisement- Prayer Service at St. Paul's Church A union prayer service In memory of President Kennedy was held here Monday at St Paul's United Church of Christ. Conducting the service were the Rev. Russell F. Mertz, pas tor of the Church, and the Rev. Harold Onwller, pastor of Lib erty EUB Church of Mynard. . it" , . '"-w f -v j . 4-.. s-,f f .- .. v . - ff - C" ' 7 r - r-fex i , t ' ; J P f Ml. . I , .,.,!,, I ,., ..,.,,. ,. .J ' 1 James Eden, 61, Dies Tuesday; Rites Saturday James Eden, 61, died at his home here Tuesday. He was an interior decorator by trade and managed the Rock Motel here for five years. He was born Aug. 18, 1902, in Virginia, son of Bert and Nellie Blake Eden. He was maried Oct. 14, 1930, to Ann Miller in Washington, Ind. They lived later at Dan ville, 111., coming to Platts:iiouth in 1930. His wife survives. : Mr. Eden was a member of the IMethcdlst Church, Danville. I Funeral services will be Sat urday at 2 p. m. at Caldwell Funeral Home Chapel here with the Rev. J. W. Scott of First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visiting hours are Friday, 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m. 1 AT THE lltXM Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, shown above last December when he and the late President John F. Kennedy visited SAC Headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, was sworn in as the nation's 3ith President within the hour after President Kennedy died from an assassin's bullets in Dallas, Tex , Friday, Nov. 22, 15)63. This photo of President Johnson was taken by William E. Steward of Plattsmouth, 'My Captain Lies, Fallen Cold and Dead' Petitions Filed Asking Vote on Sunday Beer ' Petitions bearing 877 signatures today were filed with the City Clerk here. The petitions state: "The undersigned voters of the City of Plattsmouth, Neb., do hereby petition that the .sale of beer on Sunday within the corporate limits of our city be referred to the voters of the city for their rejection or approval." A spokesman for the petition ers said circulation of the peti tions was by laymen and lay women from eight churches. He said about three-fourths of the area of the city was covered in the circulation. An ordinance permitting sale of beer on Sunday was passed 6 to 4 by the City Council and became effective after Nov. 7. It &i V,:. ivrrr 1 T Mfc- ' : rir l . .Ji,.' 1 'Mti. I li STOP SIGN OK'D The City Council Tuesday night unanimou.sly passed a mo tion to install a stop sign at 14th Street and 4th Avenue, to stop traffic from the west on 14th on entering 4th Avenue. Seven property owners of the i area had requested the sign and the Streets and Alleys Commit tee recommended Its installation. Thanksgiving Union Service Tonight at First Methodist Editor's note: Congressman Glenn Cunningham (R.-Nebr. has requested that we cancel his regular column for this week, substituting for It the following poem by Walt Whitman: "O Captuln! My Captain!") O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought Is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and dar ing; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. rise is O Captain! my Captain up and hear the bells; Rise up for you the flag flung--for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and rib boned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying j mass, their pacer faces turning; ! Here Captain! dear father! This firm beneath voor head! It Is some dream thnt on the deck You've fallen cold and dead. My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will; The ship is anchored safe and sound, Its voyage closed and i done, I From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won! Exult, O shores! and ring, O bells! But I, with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. ft d " - i::-var-: 1 r nt. .wan . M k v- h v j, ... SCF.NE AT ARLINGTON This view Is of a portion of Arling ton National Cemetery In Virginia, across the Potomac Itiver from Washiniton, D. C. The nation's 35th President, John F. Kennedy, was buried (here Monday as memorial services were held here and elsewhere in Cass County, as well as In churche throughout the country. Estimate to Enlarge .Fire Barn Door . . Accepted by Council An estimate of $082 to enlarge the door of the Fire Dept. Gar age Tuesday night was accepted by the City Council. Fa ye Jose submitted the esti mate which was accepted. An other estimate of $936 had been submitted. The Fire Dept. requested the Council to authorize enlarge ment of the door in anticipa tion of arrival of the depart ment's new truck which is on order. A community Thanksgiving Service with churches of Platts mouth participating will be this evening iWednesday) at 7:30 at First Methodist Church. Speaker for this year's Union Thanksgiving Service will be the Rev. Russell F. Mertz, pastor of St. Paul's United Church of Christ. Other pas'ors of the commun ity will participate and everyone in the Plattsmouth area, along with their Thanksgiving guests, are invited to attend. A combined choir from the co operating churches will sing. Mrs. David Miller will direct the choir and Mrs. Fred Fischer will be the organist. Evening Store Openings Begin Friday with Santa's arrival. Plattsmouth's Christmas-season retail evening store opening schedule begins Friday, Nov. 29. Many, stores will be open until 9 p.m. 'starting Friday, through Dec. 23. The Chamber of Commerce has scheduled these Christmas season events: Santa's arrival, Dec. 11. Santa Sleigh rides for kiddies from 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. Santa Land, open the eve ning of Dec. 11 for the first time. It will be located at St. John's Hall. Crowning of Miss Merry Christmas, Dec. 11 to coincide Muslo by the High School Band. Treats for the kiddies. ' Santa Land will also be open the evenings of Dec. 18, 21 and 23. School Vacation Plattsmouth public schools dismissed this afternoon (Wed nesday) for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Classes will reconvene at Mon day morning's regular school hours. CAROL SERVICE NEHAWKA (Special) The Methcdist Youth Fellowship plan to have s Christmas Carol serv ice at the church Sunday eve ning, Dec. 1. Julia Mitchell will narrate the Christmas story with the hymns. The public is invited. Refresh ments will be served following the service. Call Your News And SociDl Items to 2141 r - 4 ; PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S BURIAL PLACE overlooks the na- taken earlier this month by William E. Steward of Plattsmouth tion's Capitol. This photo and that in Arlington Cemetery were when he was In Washington on duty.