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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Thursday, November 28, 1963 Ex-Plattsmouth Girl Mentioned In 'Newsweek' An article in Newsweek, Nov. 25 edition, pictured the "Big l;oo"i" at the Dilworth School in San Jo.se, Calif. A former Plattsmouth girl Is principal o.' this school. Currently, "School of the Month" in the Nation's Schools masaine, as well a.; aves. Dilworth has social 'space and through simulated educational advant- photography showed what as i tronomers have deduced about California, which already has ; more schools, more teachers, and j more pupils than any other state, ; now may have the nation's largest classroom. The 3.840 square-foot teaching' arena in i the year-old Nelson S. Dilworth ; Elementary School in Sin Jose i accommodates four teachers and 1 10 .second and third graders who can be instructed either in small groups or in masse by specialists in math, art, or .science. When a youngster in a lower level reading 'roup progresses to a more advanced group, rathir than leave his friends and move to a new classroom he simply walks across the room. Chief problem for architect Kai H. Porter of San Jose, wh" designed the $822,000 school, was to muffle the noise that! emanates from 110 children. The j solution: wall-to-wall carpeting, i "It cost $7,000," says the prin- eipal, Mrs. Jan Goss. ''However it's been worth every cent." Mrs. Goss is the former Janet Westover of Plattsmouth. Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Westover and family lived here for several ! years. Mr.s. Goss' aunt, Mrs. Har-! vey Gamer, is a resident of Plattsmouth. Journal Want Ads Pay BLUE ROCK ABOUT I MILE NORTH OF NEHAWKA SUNDAY, DEC. 1st 12:30 P.M. SUITABLE PRIZES THE PUBLIC INVITED SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION Not Responsible for Accidents . GRAND OPENING SPECIAL Emerson NEW 1964 PORTABLE TV BIG PICTURE LIGHTWEIGHT PORTABLE TV American-made quality with these extra features Full Power Super Distance Chassis Automatic Amplified Gain Control Scratch-proof bonded glass safety lens 16" picture tube Front-projected sound One-knob control with top front illuminated channel indicator Personal listening jack Hideaway antenna Decor ator cabinet molded front and back. GIANT 19" LIGHTWEIGHT PORTABLE TV Supr distance chassis 19-inch picture tube with bonded scratch-proof glass safety lens . . Personal listening jacK illuminated channel indicator Front-projected FM souna Up-front tuning High impact lightweight molded cabinet MODEL 615 lit Ave. WARGA Plattsmouth 'Universe' Takes Rotary Way Out A very plausible trip into out er space was "taken" by the Plattsmouth Rotary Club Tues day noon at its regular meeting at Winter.set Inn. The club saw a film, -Universe," produced by the National Film Board of Canada. It told of the order that exists in the bodies which exist in the makeup of outer space which stretches for millions of billions of miles, showim? the iilm was the Rev. Ralph Ritzen, counsellor and public relationsman for Midland College, Fremont, who is also an astronomer. He said Midland is unique a Tsong church schools In that it has 15 telescopes for the study of astronomy and will soon build a million-dollar science build ing which will include a 30-foot planetarium from which three telescopes will be trained simul taneously at the sky. He said the college plans in tensified short courses in as tronomy for .science teachers when the building is completed He w as introduced by program chairman Raymond Evers, also an amateur astronomer. Among guests at the meeting were Jerome Shellenbarger. son of C. E. Shellenbarger; and Ron jSvoboda, Weeping Water attor- ney. High school Rotarians the past month told of their plans after graduation, Bob Miller to attend either Omaha University or the University of Nebraska and Ronald Kief to attend the Radio Engineering Institute in Omaha. 160 SALES & SERVICE Prion 2124 If X 1 mt ... ' L , CRADl'ATED Mrs. Larry Chri.stenson, the former Mar jorle Grosshans, daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gross hans, has recently been grad uated from the Nebraska Me thodist Hospital School of Nurs ing. She has accepted a position at Douglas County Hospital in Omaha. Warren Richards, 80, of Wabash Dies Tuesday Warren Richards, 80, Wabash, died Tuesday morning at an Eimwood nursing home. He had lived most his life at Wabash, was a retired employe of Army Corp. of Engineers. He was born Nov. 15, 1883 on a farm north of Wabash, son of Horace T. Richards and Edith Foote Richards. His wife, Clara, preceded him in death Nov. 3, 1963. Surviving are sons, Ralph, Wabash; Lloyd, Lincoln; sister Mrs. Blanche Stinson. San An tonio, Texas; a granddaughter, Mrs- Myrna Davis, Grand Is land. Funeral services will be Fri day at 2 p.m. from Hobson-Dorr Funeral Home in Weeping Water with the Rev. I. C. G. Campbell officiating. Burial will be in the Wabash cemetery Hobson-Dorr Funeral Home in Weeping Water is in charge of arrangements. Rest Haven News Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Ted Carries visited Anna Ball. They were neighbors at Springfield. Friday, Mrs. Melvin Thorns came to inquire about bringing her mother, Mrs. Emma Lange as a guest a. she is recovering from a stroke. Saturday morning Mrs. Melvin Thorns and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lange and daughter brought Mrs. Emma Lange. Mrs. Harold Thorns accompanied them. Mrs. Henry Thorns visited Mra, Emma Lange Saturday af ternoon. Mrs. Melvin Thorns re turned again Saturday night to see her mother. Collen Ball and famiiy visited his mother Anna Ball Saturday night. Friday and Sunday Jim Mc Vay visited his father, L. R. Mc Vay. Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Glen King of Omaha brought his mother, Alice King, back after having had surgery at the University Hospital. , Sunday visitors Ann Freeman i visited her brother George Kunz. ; Verna Fillmore visited her sis ter, Margaret Rauen. from Plattsmouth. Mr! and Mra. Wm. Schmidt of Cook and Mr. and Mrs. John Blanche Ennen. Roy Waldo of Nehawka visited ; his wife Mildred. Lloyd and Mary : Ellen Ranney visited Mark Wiles. Mrs. Rasmus Lauritsen visited her mother Agnes Olsen. Mr. and I Mra. Art Ebeler, Sophie Gaddis, J Alfreda Heimers and August Doe- den all of Auburn vLsited Mrs. Alvina Fey. Mr. Doeden Is a brother of Mrs. Fey. The Wo jmen visitors were Mr. Doeden's daughters. Store of Former Elmwood-Alvo Man Is Robbed ! ELMWOOD (Special) A i former Eimwood and Alvo man, j Stanley Hall, 64, was tied up a ! long with eight customers of Hall's clothing store In Los An ! geles by armed robbers who rob ' bed the store of more than $2,000 iNov. 20. I Hall's German shepherd dog ! attacked one of the robbers when jhe began to tie Hall but Hall called the dog off for fear of the dog's life and shooting which ! might endanger lives of those In j the store. The robbers used rope they j had brought with them to tie victims until they ran out; then used J3.50 neckties to secure others. Hall said he had been robbed at his store last January too when a clerk was shot. Hall, brother of Ted Hall who operates Eimwood Grocery, thought the Nov. 20 escapade a poor present, on his birthday. KEEP IN Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bierl will be hosts Thursday with the tra ditional turkey dinner in their home honoring their children and their families. Around the Thanksgiving table will be the hosts, and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Harris, all of Columbia. Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bierl and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vinduska and family. Ed Bierl, son oi Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bierl, will be coming from Wisconsin and Carolyn Vinduska will be home from Creighton University in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Ohnoutka and daughters will be Thanks giving Day guests of her sister. Dr. and Mrs. Edward O'Connor and family in Omaha. Mrs. Nellie Moore will be host ess Thanksgiving Day to her children and their families. Guests will be Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adkins and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Whelen and son Kenneth Nuzum, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ballinger and children. Kenneth Nuzum, a 163" graduate of the Plattsmouth Schools, has completed his basic training in the Navy in San Diego, Calif., and is here on a two weeks leave. His next assignment will be in Florida. Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Amato were hosts at a pre-Thanksgiving din ner Sunday in their home here. Guests were their daughter, son-in-law and children of Denver, Colo. They are Mr. and Mrs. Pat Barrett, Beth, Shawn, Shelly, and Theresa. They left Tuesday morning for Lawrence. Nebr.,; for a visit with Mr. Barrett's , parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bar-j rett, before returning to their i home in Denver. ' Fred Hild entered the Clark son Hospital in Omaha Thurs day. Mrs. Maude Aikenhead, moth er of Mrs. L. A. Amato, left by I plane recently to spend the win ter months In California. She will be a guest of her two sons iand a daughter In the Martinez and Los Angeles areas. Mrs. Betty Doody and daugh ter Debbie of Seward will join Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Doody of this city at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Doody and family in Omaha for Thanksgiving dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Glenn and family left today for Texas to spend the Thanksgiving Holiday, and to help her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hill of Cross Plains, Texas, to celebrate their 50th an niversary. Mrs. John Vallery will be re turning home Wednesday night from Wayne where she has spent !a few days visiting her daughter, ) Mro Hurr Doula Rha mill ha home In time to prepare the tra ditional Thanksgiving family dinner- Coming from a distance will be Mr. and Mrs. Larry Vat lery and daughters from Doni phan. Nebr, Also expected home are grandsons, Gene Vallery, student at Westmar College in LeMars, Iowa, and P. J. Ding- man, from Wayne State College. I Mrs. Davis will be going to Den- ver to spend the holiday with her "? "-.!"-law' Mr """ """" 0v, Uftl.ni(ni .nu - mrnin "d " tn hau morning, and was to have surg ery this morning. He is In room 355. Church Leader at Weeping Wafer WEEPING WATER (Special) Jenny Doidge, nationally known church leader and Christian Educator, spoke at the First Congregational Church In Weeping Water Friday, shortly after the assassination of the late President John F. Kennedy. Miss Doidge was recently back from a world survey of missions and took as her topic the work in India, Pakistan and Nepal. It was illustrated by a series of color slides. The emphasis was on the pro gress, interdenominational co operation, new seminaries and church buildings, as well as ag ricultural work and the work of the Bible Society in these coun tries. Special guests were the ladies of the Avoca Congrega tional Church and of St. John's United Church of Christ in Sy racuse. An opportunity to visit per sonally with Miss Doidge was given during the social hour which followed when coffee and cookies were served by Mrs. Alma Berner and Mrs. Wm. New ham. Earlier Miss Doidge had been a dinner guest of Pastor and Mrs. Campbell who took her down to the Bethel United Church of Christ in Nebraska City for an evening meeting. Journal Want Ads Pay TOUCH Thanksgiving week visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E Norman Is their son and family, Mr. and Mrs "'"James Norman and daughter from Des Moines, Iowa. Louie Lohnes, former Platts mouth resident, now of St. Louis, Mo., was a weekend vis itor of relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gansemer will entertain family members Thursday at dinner in their country home. Ouests will be Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gansemer and daughter Susan of Denver who will arrive here Thursday morn ing; Mr. and Mrs. Ed McMaken and .sons and Mrs. Janet Mc Maken of Omaha; and son Jim Gansemer and his bride-to-be, Jackie Parriott. Mr. and Mr3. Ray Herring, Dr. and Mrs. Joe Stlbal will be guests of relatives Thanksgiv ing Day. Their hosts will be Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ketelsen and family, Omaha. James Bulin and daughter Edith will entertain Mr. Bulin's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bulin, of Omaha at Thanksgiving Dinner here. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ca.se and family will Join other family members for the holiday dinner In the home of Mrs. Case's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hall strom, Avoca. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Minniear will have as their guests Thurs day for a family dinner Mr. and Mrs. Harley Meisinger, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Meisinger and fam ily. Mm. Alice Crane, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Harley Minniear and children Ed and Kim of Central City, Nebr. The Harley Minniears will arrive Wednes day night. Gue.sts for Thanksgiving din ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Philpot will be Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Philpot, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Deterding, Mm. John J Koch, Miss Vera Wormley, Mr. and Mrs. John K. Koch of Oma ha, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Froemmlng of Rockford, 1(1. Phillip H. Tritsch On USS Monticello AVOCA (Special! Phillip H. Tritsch, engine man fireman son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Trit sch, Otoe Is serving aboard the dock landing ship USS Monticello which recently completed two week of amphibious exercises. The exercise was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of ships and units In amphibious warefare operations. Ampiblous Squadron Fire in cluded ten of the ships and led the training exercises. The exercises ended Nov. 15 and ships and units returned to . their normal base of operations, i Tritsch Is formerly of Avoca be- ing a graduate of Avoca High , School. Cass Go-Certers The Cass Go-Getters 4-H Club held its meeting at the home of Joan Wehrbeln Nov. 19, six members and three leaders pres ent. The lesson was on "Seams and Seam Finishes." Mrs. Herbert Meisinger made j several different kinds of seams, ' and the members also made them. j They Judged flat felt seams; which Mrs. Roy Engelkemier had made. , Next meeting will be at the home of Sandra Meisinger Dec: 27, at 2 p.m. The'club will have ; its Christmas party at that time. 1 Members will exchange gifts. The lesson will be "Fitting and : Cutting Out Patterns." Members, will Judge accessories for dress- up clothes. reporter, Katherinei Engelkemier. Donald Nolan, 34, Dies in California Donald Nolan, 34, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Nolan, 619 Hart ford Street, Huntington Beach, Calif., died Monday morning in California from a heart attack enroute to a hospital. Plattsmouth area residents will remember Mrs. Nolan as the former Estella Tritsch, daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mike TriUch, Plattsmouth. Mrs. Frank Palacek, the form er Florine Tritsch, aunt of the deceased of Galesburg, 111., flew to California for the services. Donald lived in Plattsmouth for a brief period in his pre-! school days. j He served in the armed forces. He is survived by his parents; ! his aunt, Mrs. Palacek and Mrsr; W. J. Petter, the former Miriam j TriUch, St. Louis, Mo. Marvin TriUch, an uncle, who made his home with the Nolans, preceded him In death this past summer. 1 Johnny Stander Is 'Improved' Johnny Stander, 12, Manley Scout who was among 10 per sons hurt in an accident near Louisville Nov. 20, has Improved at an Omaha hospitPl and has been taken off the "critical list." He was reported to have re gained consciousness early this week. Mrs. Gerald Snodgrass, 34. Louisville, who was driving eight Manley Troop Scouts to Omaha for swimming, Is also reported "getting along fine." She was listed as "critical" shortly after the accident. Six other Scouts and a Lin coln couple in the other car in volved were also injured. Council Passes 2 Resolutions The City Council Tuesdny night passed two resolutions re lating to parking and flop sigt,s. One established one-side park ing on the east side of So. 12th Street from 4th Avenue to Oak mont Drive; and one-side park ing on the north side of 3rd Ave nue from 15th to 16th Streets. The other was an omnibus measure ratifying the city's parking and stop sign measures where signs have been erected f"r those purposes throughout the city. This was to eliminate the necessity for referring to the historical procedure on each in dividual measure when viola tions occur. Provisions of the appropriate ordinances were adoptui in that connection for enforcement. SHOP IN PLATTSMOUTH AND SAVE WI'H Ullllll) Ml IIHIII.I1IIHWWI nil I I i nil HI M9A ., ... Fancy Fairmont's Fairmont's Br.dgeMm CASHEW Assorted Flavor. DAIRY FAIR CANDY or NUTS CREAM SHERBET 'l Cal. Carton l Cal. Carton 9c lb 9gc 69c 49c TUKY RAYETTE CONCESTAID SQUIBB'S Wind" Weather AQUA NET WOM VICRAN M HAND HAIR CPDAY VAPORIZER Multiple Vitamins CREAM A' $1.58 Value $3.29 Sixe $1.00 79c 79c $2.29 CHRISTMAS CA Ribbons - Wrapping Papers HERE YOU WILL FIND THE LARCEST AND FINEST ASSORTMENT IN TOWN. ALL PRICED TO MEET YOUR NEEDS. Double GREEN STAMPS On Purchase Of $1.00 or More For A Limited Time. STORE HOURS: Mo;;t;hrM8a.m.to9p.m.Sun.9a.m.tol2N. We Give S&H GREEN STAMPS HIM We've Got It The question of who owns the Livingston Road overpass of the Burlington Railroad's BR EX Shops trackage has evidently been solved. The city owns It, according to a contract, a copy of which was obtained from the railroad and shown to the Council Tuesday night. A question arose about main tenance of the road surface on the viaduct. The state has done some main tenance in the past but recent ly the question of ownership arose. Lloyd Morehead of the Streets and Alleys Committee reported the City Street Commissioner is contacting the State Dept. of Roads to try to arrive at a mutual agreement for mainten ance. Maintenance has been badly needed for some time. Journnl Want Ads Pay THE A & W DRIVE IN AND THE TRIANGLE DRIVE IN Will Both Be Open From 4 P.M. to 11 P.M. THANKSGIVING DAY """gift boxed CHOCOLATES WITH THAT WONDERFUL TRIRY FRESH FLAVOR 100TO 5 A Mm ' j ii ... .MB If ,mV,, T , I i Resolution Asked On 7th Street 'No Parking' The City Council Tuesday in structed the City Attorney to prepare a resolution to prohibit parkins on 7th Street from Ave nue A to 1st Avenue. Presently, the two blocks are posted "No Parking" because the street Is bring used as one of the detour routes while 6th Street is closed between Main and 1st Avenue for storm sewer reconstruction. Before that temporary ar raneement, one-side parking on the west side of the .street was allowed. It was noted that the Sunday church service exreption to the regulation would apply a.s it does in other places. Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 FEIDHOUSEN'S is serving up a value feast of things to help make Thanksgiving happier and healthier for your family. This is our way of giving thanks for your wonderful friendship and patronage. We will always merit your confidence by supplying you with fop qua lity products at everyday low prices, and by giving the kind of service that makes friends and keeps them. DRUGS