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- T T i. 1 . 1 - CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 70 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1951 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 72 High School Ind;"jJ Sim maba IParade;: Wednesday Night Legiomi Pays Plattsmouth High School Band will parade in Omaha at 11:30 a.m., August 18, representing Hugh Kearns Post American Legion at the Thirty-third annual conven tion of the Legion, Department of Nebraska, it was decid ed at a meeting held at the 40 & 8 Club rooms Friday night. With all expenses paid by the Plattsmouth Legion, the band will make the trip in two chartered busses, with each member of the organization given an additional two bit piece for a snack following the parade. Other business transacted at Hail Strips Corn In Ft. George Area Thursday : A five mile area north and west of Ft. George corner was severely hit by high winds and hail late Thursday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bruns re vealed while on a business trip to Plattsmouth Friday. They said an area extending five miles north and one west of Ft. George was hit by the hail. Corn in the vicinity was stripped and extensive crop damage was reported. Meanwhile Cass County's har vest season drew to an abrupt close over the week end. Only one or two combines were ob served in fields late in the week. And with the harvest out of the way. fall plowing has start- ed in earnest through most of the county. Farmers are hopeful of getting much of the ground plowed in time to catch some of the " hoped for" August mois ture. Several farmers had com pleted plowing in small fields by midweek, while most of them made rapid progress during the week end. Except for that area hit by hail, corn has shown rapid growth in recent weeks after its Blow spring start. ' New Office Hours Are Announced By Draft Board Ti'.e Cass County Selective Service office, today announced new office hours. The hours were approved by members of the board at their meeting Sat urday. The office will be open from 8 to 5 o'clock Monday through Friday. It will be closed all day Saturday. Previously the office had been open Saturdays and closed Mon days. jResurfacing Of Highway 73-75 Moving Rapidly Resurfacing has been com pleted on approximately one mile of Highway 73-75, on the 12-mile project started recent ly by the Francis Orshek Con struction Company of Fre mont. The completed resurfacing ex tends approximately one mile north of the Union corner. Crews are making rapid prog- j ress with the resurfacing in ! that area. j The highway will be resur- ! faced from Union north to Mur- ! ray. and will be resurfaced and widened from Murray to Platts- mouth. ! In addition other sections of i the highway have been re paired and readied for resur facing. Several breaks in the old highway surface have been filled. Just north of Murray, where one bridge is to be replaced, a slight detour is necessitated. One-way traffic is maintained at all times where crews are working. From Murray north to Platts mouth road beds have been cut down or filled in to allow for widening the highway two feet on each side. The road is rough and dan gerous in many points and care while driving on the highway is urged. One-way traffic only is possible at scattered points along the 15-mile road. Crews are also busy on the one-mile road leading to Ne hawka from Highway 34. Con tracts for both projects were awarded to the Fremont con tractor. Mrs. William Kief and grand son. Rickey, departed Saturday for Denver where they will en joy a visit with Arthur Kief for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Becker of Union, were in the city Saturday to attend to-' some matters of business. io I the meeting Friday night in cluded a report by Vroman that the 1951 membership of the Plattsmouth group now , totals 330. Commander Don Warga re ported that a total of $259.50 had been contributed by the Legion and its members toward the Plattsmouth Flood Fund aiding disaster victims in the Kansas flood at Florence. Members nominated to rep resent Plattsmouth Legion at the Annual Convention to be held in Omaha August 18. were Warga, Krings, Patton and Dun lap. Alternates included Peck, Friest, Begley, Herbster and Cane. It was also voted to send cig arettes to member Jake Keller, who at present is confined in St. Joseph's hospital in Omaha. Commander Warga presented his final report of the year's activities at the meeting and ; the following new officers were! instniiPri- I Commander Gene Krings 1st Vice-Commander .... Kenneth DunlaD ; 2nd Vice-Commander Giles Bishop Adjutant Donald Warga Finance Officer Les Niel Chaplain Art Warga Historian Tom Walling Sereeant-at-arms . . Carl Hula Service Officer Tom Friest Guest at the meeting was State Commander Art Melies who presented out-going Com mander Don Warga with a Past Commander's pin. At the close of the meeting a luncheon was served by com mitteemen Vroman Schmidtmann. a n d Otis Barnes, 71, Dies Monday Of Heart Attack on n-oc fi toc-.ay . t was parked on the highway near 1 th? iSTr't If p,o SI, h?a road-block wheri one-way w IS Smh I traffic only was permitted. The fn" K hS1!?" S I Olbb car was behind Tulene s. I Ivhich h? was usin- 'to S3 ' When Daeer wa unable to stP ' trash to the dumn naul i his car collided with the Gibb j Sheriff Tom sitomon. acting ! S;d ntS'rllSn "ah ! county coroner, said Mr. Barnes - f to Tulene s car. All ! nnnnrpntiv snffWcrt o hoort ot , three were headed north. tack. He was found about eleven o'clock by passers-by. Mr. Barnes had left his home about nine o'clock for the dump. He was not found until two hours later. Surviving are two daughters. Mrs. Tom Mendenhall. and Mrs. Charles Mendenhall. both of Plattsmouth. Funeral arrangements are pending. The body is at Sattler Funeral Home. Journal Want Ads Pay! Eleven High Operate In There will be only 11 high scnoois in Cass county instead of twelve when school starts this fall, according to Superintend end of Schools L. A. Behrends. Behrends disclosed recently that the Manley school will be come a class 1 school next year. The move was voted by residents of the district. But the twelve schools in the county with both elementary and high school last year served a total of 2,646 students in both departments, the annual report of the county superintendent shows. Elementary students totaled 1,804 while the schools served 842 high school pupils. Two more boys than girls were listed in the elementary grades, 903 to 901, while the boys out numbered girls in high school, 439 to 403. Receipts for the 12 schools was $535,993.25 with $377,618.60 being derived from taxes. Another $70,074.99 came from tuition, $13,204.05 from state apportion ment, and $4,798.61 from the federal government for voca tional agriculture. Four schools, Plattsmouth, Louisville, Nehaw ka and Eagle received the voca tional ag funds. Meanwhile expenses were $459,937.27 for the 12 schools, the report states. Plattsmouth had the greatest expense, $119, 737.60, with Louisville a distant second with $48,046.31. Total expenses reported for Eagle were $62,650.66 but $10,272 ! Nine selections are on tap for Wednesday night s band con ' cert which will be held at City : Park starting at eight o'clock, i The selections were announced I today by Director Ward Pscher- er. Fifth in the current summer series, the concert will include several marches, at least two popular numbers and a selection by a cornet trio. Rehearsal for Wednesday night's concert will be held at the high school building tonight. Senior band members are urged to be present. The Wednesday night program includes the following: Semper Fidelis March j Fantasy for Three . .Cornet Trio Gianina Mia Selection The Thing Popular March Militaire March Mexican Overture ....Overture On Top of Old Smoky. .Popular Bohemian Girl Selection A Warrior Bold March National Anthem Mr. Pscherer also disclosed that six out-of-town engage ments' are on tap for the sum mer band during the next six weeks. Included on the sched ule are an August 11 engagement at Pa pillion: Springfield. Aug ust 17; Weeping Water, August 22, and Syracuse, August 30. In September, the group will perform, at the Nebraska State Fair at Lincoln. The band will go to the fair September 2. "omerT Dtemfur 15 ai Sley-, Iow,a; on the. ZDti- Marilyn Warga will play the special selection, On Top of um omoKy on the accordian as an extra leaiure oi me concert Wednesday. Three Cars Are Damaged Near Murray Corner The middle man doesn't al ; ways come out on top. ! That was proved when three ! cars were involved in a chain collision hist south nf t.h Miir. ray corner this week end. j Damage to the Ronald Dale jGibb car, second of the three i cars involved was placed at $250. j Both the front and rear ends j were damaged. I Others involved were Donald i J. Daeger, 26. of Omaha, and j Warren Tulene of Plattsmouth. , Sheriff Tom Solomon's acci I dent report states that Tulene The front end of the han's car was damaged while the rear of Tulene 's auto was slightly damaged. MrsLillie Gibb was a. passen ger in the second car. and Mrs. Dorothy Daeger was a passen ger in the third vehicle. No one was injured. , Mrs. Kenneth Dunngan of Grand Lake, Colorado, a sister of Mrs. Lepert is here for a visit at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lepert. Schools To 1951 - 52 was for a building. Another $7.- 419 was spent for redemption of bonds thus cutting the expense to $42,776.85. Other schools' expenditures were: Murdock $31,391.39 Union 18,313.35 Avoca 16,346.08 Weeping Water 41,308.05 Greenwood 18,886.21 Elmwood 32,314.21 Manley 5.792.61 Alvo 28,607.30 Nehawka 36,543.50 And as in rural schools, teachers salaries claim the greatest share of expenses. Ex cluding school superintendents, the 12 schools paid out $63, 403.83 for 22 men teachers, and $190,654.66 for 88 women in structors. Average salary was $285 a month for men and $235 a month for women. Superintendents were paid another $40,420 by the 12 schools for an average annual salary of $3,674. Top salary drawn was $5,000 while the low was $2,970. A total mill levy of 267.2 was levied on the assessed valuation of $15,930,067 for general school purposes. Greenwood had the high levy of 32.8, while Mur dock levied 13.8 mills. Manley is not included in these figures. The eleven accredited schools that will have high school next year have asked for $379,802 in 1951-52. The miU levies have (Continued on Page 6) !l HMMnMHMHaMM-MaMMKWWHMiMMmS IIIIIIBIM I I t iV"' , ' if i i BWfW1,. fl.r- - - V- . t - -' , ) " x ' ' I - -- - - - -... . , -J. ,j Members of Plattsmouth Aerie. No. 365. Fraternal Order of Eagles are wondering when and why the above picture was taken. t , , . t. . . . ... It was discovered in their file recently and current officers are unfamiliar with happenings associated with the picture. Some- where among the several thousand Journal readers, someone may identify the group, when it met, and above all, the circumstance's .. . ;.i, : describing the get-together. , Motorcycle-Truck Collide Here; Rider Injured A motorcycle and pick truck collided here over up the week end with the motorcycle coming out with the least dam age. In Depniy Sheriff Kenneth Dunlap's report of the accident, j Policemen Jackson and damage to the truck was said j Schlieske at three o'clock Sat to be $75 while the motorcycle t urday morning after they at lists $50 damage. The accident occurred on Washington Avenue as H. L. Kruger, driver of the truck, at tempted to make a left turn. The motorcycle was driven by Both were eolne west nea Kent Both were going west near K.eni Cafe at the time of the mis hap. Rahn said he was at tempting to pass the truck when the accident occurred. Rahn sustained a slight in jury to his right leg. The mo torcycle received fender, crash guard, pedal and seat damage. The left front fender, bumper and steering rod were damaged on the truck. Miss Plattsmouth Will Be Selected By Popular Vote "Miss Plattsmouth" will be selected by popular vote, mem bers of Plattsmouth Business Men's Ad Club decided at a meeting Friday morning. Voting will begin Tuesday. August 7 and will close August 15. Ballots may be obtained at business places of members of the Ad Club. A vote may be cast for each purchase made. Names of candidates will be placed in the window of each store where voting will take place. Nominated up to press time today were Geraldine Wood. Al vera Haase, Thelma Wilson. Eliz abeth Painter, Janice Hutton, Karen Kalasek. Marilynn Stoehr, Carol Rakow, Janis Arnold, Mar garet Richter, Charlene Holou bek, Ann Girardot, Rita Fulton. Also nominated were Norma Campbell. Joyce Fauquet. Shir ley Humerickhouse. Barbara Mevers and Valeria A. Holman. Mary O'Donnell. JoAnn Cecil also were nominated. ' The successful candidate will enter the contest at the Cass County Fair to be held at Weep ing Water, August 22. 23 and 24. She will ride in a float entered by the Ad Club. At Tit Cms Cwsty Court House Bernice Lyon has been named clerk in the county court. She started at her new duties Fri day. License for marriage was is sued in Cass county court Thursday to Mervel Gene Reed, 21, of Waverly, and Edith Louise Althouse, 21, of Lincoln. License for marriaee was is sued in county court Saturday iu nuDert Anthony GrabowsKi county and state lairs, of Bridgeport, Penn., and Don- j Guests were Miss Schultz, Jo na Dea Frans, 18, of Murray. Ellen Nixon, Mrs. Dewey Jones. Mr. Grabowski is 23. They were 1 Mrs. Paul WThipple. Mrs. Dick married the same day by Rev. i Switzer and Mrs. Wildon Swit Edward Tuchek. Jack Frans of ! zer. Murray and Patricia Hadraba of i Suzy Switzer and Peggy Sand. Plattsmouth were witnesses. S two clothing members are most Gordon Lewis Bishop, 41. of happy with their new sewing Des Moines, Iowa, and Ella Mar- ; machines. guerita Lawton. 43, of Harlan, . All enjoyed the refreshments Iowa, were married by Judge served. Raymond J. Case, Thursday, ! The next meeting will be Aug August 2. 1951. j ust 8 at the home of Shirley Marriage license was issued j Switzer. Others assisting her in county court Thursday to ; will be Francine Jones, Norma Roger Franklin McWilliams. 23, i Ford and Suzy Johnson. of Lincoln, and Letha Marie j Brunkow, 22, of Murdock. I Journal Want Ads Payi Teenagers Caught j Speeding; 2 Men Face Charges Two teenage Plattsmouth bovs and a 15-year-old girl from out j of the county, are being held in county jail awaiting juvenile proceedings later this week. The trio was arrested by City tempted 10 outrun tne city po- lice car. Schlieske said he had to drive at speeds up to 70 miles i an hour to catch them. Thp trin nrimittri tn Rhpriff i Solomon that they had been drinking beer. The girl, in a signed confession, said the two arrictrf n-ith hPr hari a. men arrested with her had as saulted her without force, north of Plattsmouth Friday night. She also furnished the. names of 12 other young men in Platts mouth and Murray that have assaulted her during . the past year. Another youth under 21, ana ' Q oA.vpar-nid man hnvp signed 1 statements admitting they furn- ished tne trio wun a case oi i beer Friday night. Charges will j be filed against the two, Solo- t mon said. The case is under further in- ) vestigation by the sheriff's of- i fice. Solomon said he has been j furnished names of other teen- ; age girls who will be questioned. Muenchau Named Dealer At Eagle Keith Muenchau has been named the Frigidaire dealer at Eagle, according to an an nouncement received today. A formal opening will be held at Eagle August 9. Included in the day's activities will be dis tribution of prizes to persons attending the opening Thurs day. Girl 4-H Clubs Receive Special Help In Judging Miss Pearle Schultz, county home extension raent. gave spe cial help in judging to the Cass County Cooks, Modern Misses. Cass County Homemakers and Cass County Canners 4-H clubs at the home of Marjorie and Marilyn Whipple Wednesday afternoon. July 25. Gladys Nix on assisted as hostess. Janice Switzer led in the flag salute and the 4-H pledge. Marjorie Whipple demonstrat ed the mitered corner in making a bed and Marilyn Whipple "Our Coffee Table," recently complet ed from native black walnut. She showed the rough lumber and gave the steps in finishing the result of much time and effort a lovely table. Miss Schultz led in action songs at demonstration day in Weeping Water and most worth while help was given to the four clubs in judging classes of cookies, bread, aprons, slips, dishtowels, pillow slips, aspara gus, beans and raspberries. The eirls will have a busy time planning demonstrations, completing their projects and nxenarine for achievement, Jock iirlksmioii Four Omaha Boys Face Charges In Plattsmouth - ,ur mana 0Uvhs and a fourteen year old Plattsmouth gjri ere arrested by Citv Pc- licemen Jackson and Schlieske ' early Sunday morning on charg- c,s. of disturbing the peace and drinking alcohohc beverages, They Were turned over tQ ger iff Tom Solomon. The Omahans are Harold E. Perkins, 17: William E. Caldwell, 16; Oene W. Richardson. 17. and Fred'C. Wedemeyer, 16. They were held in county jail and released on bond Sunday. The 14-year-old girl was taken home. Solomon said it was the sec ond time the girl had been found in the company of Omaha men. They were picked up at 1:30 Sunday morning. David Friest Is On Navy Cruise Off East Coast Midshipman David T. Friest. ' USNROTC. son of Mr. and Mrs. l. l. riiesi ui rjii l&hhjuhi. lie parted from Norfolk. Virginia. Aueust 3. on a one-month cruise to U. S. and Caribbean ports. The cruise is a part of the Navy's annual summer training program for reserve officer candidates. The Iowa State College stu dent, was taken to Ames last week by his parents. From there he went to Norfolk, where he went aboard the U.S.S. Dearing. The cruises provide "on-the job" experience in all phases of Navy shipboard operations each summer for more than 9.000 U.S. Naval Academy and NROTC midshipmen from colleges and universities. Five ships of the Atlantic ; ugs Missouri make up the ttm ; i . . j : . l i .!...-1 : training squadron that will visit New York. Colon. Panama and Guantanamo Bay. Cuba. Local Riders Place Well In Fremont Show Four local riders placed with their mounts in the Fremont Horse Show Sunday afternoon and evening. Wayne Lewis, Jr., came through with two top places. He was third with Glen Weten kamp's pony and riding his own placed second. Others placing were Bobby Winters, riding K. W. Grosshan's pony, fifth; .Al len Wiles, riding his own pony, 4th; and E. E. Howschultz was third m the fine harness class. The show was rated one of the best, with many good horses and a large audience present. Flood Relief Activity Continues Full Speed Actual deposits in the Platts mouth Flood Relief Fund climbed to $1,884.45 during the past few days, Dick March, chairman of the relief commit tee disclosed today. " The amount includes $92.75 collected at the BREX shops last week. The individual con tributors have already been listed. And as the fund grows, addi- tional clothing. food. and Mrs. Martin Peterson. clotVng, household donations are com- j utensils: Robert Cappell, matt ing in, March said. Because i ress; Richard Biery, clothes, the response in recent days has j furniture; Ray Abel, clothing, been so good, another truck load , fruit; Mrs. Louis Naeve, cloth of materials will have to be de- j mg; John Fitch, clothing; Mrs. livered to the Kansans, March : Glenn Carneal. clothing, toys; disclosed. A, large semi-trailer ! M(. and Mrs. Clarence lei took a load down over the week j singer. bedding; Mr. and Mrs. end. ! Harold Smock, clothing: Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Dick March and j Oscar Gapen, clothing; Masonic Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sedlak, : Home, seven mattresses; Mr. and who were in Florence, Kansas, j Mrs. Earl Hardison, fruit: Mr. this week end. returned with and Mrs. Roy Knorr. clothing; additional stories of the need. ! Lt. and Mrs. P. H. Crompton. and the tremendous clean-up ! clothing; Mr. and Mrs. Phillip operations now in force. j T-enert. clothing; Mr. and Mrs. March said that the goods re- j Otis Sudduth. clothing; Mrs. ceived from Plattsmouth is be- j Nellie Spangler. pillows; Mrs. ing rationed to the needy. He James Hollenbeck, bedding: Lee said Florence officials are doing Eastridge, stoves; Carl Speck, a wonderful job of getting the j clothing; Mr. and Mrs. Clark goods to the needy people. j Finney, clothing; Mr. and Mrs. Additional donations reported Bob Kiser, clothing: Mollie Gob today include $25 from sale of ; elman. bedding; Mr. and Mrs. hay, donated by John B. Kaf-1 (Continued on Page 6 '('AMP McCOY, WIS., for the wind I would have rifle range the other day, mouth reservist who completed the army two-week train ing course here said after firing a 188, hijrhest score of the training battalion. The 20-year-old "veteran of the firing line" said that the hijrh score he did make was because of the advice the officers and his buddies in company II, :."th regiment, 89th division, stationed in Plattsmouth, offered him dur ing drill periods earlier in the year. Purse Containing SI 03. 15 Returned Luck was with Mrs. Ruby S. Loper of Brooksville, Florida. Sunday night, when she lost her purse in Plattsmouth. And honesty has paid off for the three men who found it and turned it over to Sheriff Tom Solomon. Mrs. Loper and her hus band were vlsitin? at the home of their soldier st n in Plattsmouth. While touring the town Sunday, she lost the purse containing $103.15. Three Tecumseh men. Leonard and Floyd Koerner and Paul Hitzeman found the purse and turned it over to Solomon. Mrs. Loper found the con tents intact and rewarded the three men with ten dol lars. Mrs. Bell, 78, Ex-Plattsmouth Resident, Dies Mrs. Elizabeth Bell 78, 723 N. Garfield avenue, Burlington. Iowa, died at 8-: 45 pm. Friday, j July 27th. after an extended j illness. Mrs. Bell was a resi-1 dent of Plattsmouth for a num- ; ber of years, leaving here in 1909 for Burlington, Iowa, later i going to California and then j returning to Iowa. She was a member of Beth- j any Lutheran church, the ladies , aid of the church, the Eastern ) Star at Davenport, Iowa, and the Degree of Honor at Platts- ; mouth. Born December 27. 1872. in Sheffield. England, daughter of : Jacob and Susan Fulp Rynott, she has spent the past twenty years, m duiu hBiuii. n nage to the late Charles Bell took place September 22, 1892 Surviving are a daughter and inree sons, ivirs. r,a nanman and Raymond J. Bell, Burling ton: Charles E. Bell. Davenport; William H. Bell,San Diego, Cal ifornia: a brother, Harry Ry nott, Burlington; four sisters, Mrs. Frank Dorner and Mrs. Walter Enger, Burlington; Mrs. Margaret Spangler, California and Mrs. Rose Bowen, Iowa City; twelve grandchildren and fif teen great grandchildren. Services were held Monday at 2 p. m. at Prugh's chapel, Bur lington, with Rev. M. E. Leh mann officiating. Burial was at Aspen Grove Cemetery. Subscribe to The Journal fenberger. The hay was sold at the Plattsmouth Sale Barn Sat urday. Other contributors are John Wehrbein. $10; Arthur Warga. $2: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dowd, $2; Jess Adam, $1, and Ray fcngelkemeier. $3. Also giving were Mary McCoy, Hothine: Doris Oliver, clothing: i Don Nickels, furniture; Mr. and Gecird; AUGUST 4- weren t niade a perfect score on the Pvt. Jack I). Stevens, IMatts- I stayed awake a long time the night before concentrating on all they tausht me. I went through the firing of every bul let a hundred times that lon night. When morning finally came I knew that everything would turn out." he added. Stevens, ma-rried only two weeks before coming to camp, said he has been shooting rifles ever since he was old enough to hold one. He had never fired an army Ml rifle before the big day when he was high man in the battalion of 48o trainees, but had gone deer hunting with a 30-06 a number of times. "By the time my turn came to lire I was ready to bet any one I would make almost a per fect score, but that wasn't the reason I did rav best with the Ml." Stevens asserted, "I want ed to do it lor my company and officers in Plattsmouth to show the rest of the division that we were .strictly on the ball." Plattsmouth aLso had other sharp-shooters in Camp McCoy. The men taking basic training averaged 164 on the rifle range, one of the highest group scores in camp. t Ten of the fourteen cadre officers in the second company, considered the 'crack" company of the training battalion, were Plattsmouth men. The company, with master sergeant Dale M. i Bowman as first sergeant, is re- : ported to have taken honors in drill, firing on the range and fitness of the barracks. Four Plattsmouth men were sergeants of the platoons jn the second company. These were sergeant first class Robert G. Wohlfarth. sergeant first class Donald R. McClintock. sergeant Tom B. Morrison and sergeant Robert T. Lon Other officers who made squad leaders and members of the company staff, were Sgt. Robert J. Cappell. Sgt. Joseph J. Loper, Sgt. Wynne M. Babbitt. Cpl. John D. Brad ley and Cpl. William I. Cecil. Trainees in the "crack" com pany were Pvt. Orvel L. Adkins. Pvt ; Donald R; Ayjor Pvt Wil,J iam F. Baumeart. Pvt. Euaene A. Klein Pvt Jack D Stevens Pvt ; Donaid E. Bornemeier. Pvt. , Merle M Bornemeier and Pvt. Thomas R Rohan The group returned to Platts mouth Sunday morning, after the two weeks at camp. Manley Group To Be On TV Quiz Program Monday Three farmers will try to show they are smarter than three Manley business men next Mon day night. August 13, at 8:30 when they compete on the Town and Country Quiz program on WOW-TV. channel six. The town team will try to answer questions about farm life and the country team will trv to answer local questions abcHt Manley. Representing the town team will be Fred Stohlmann. hard ware and lumber merchant: Fred Fleishman, local barber in Manley and Father J. P. Hen nessy. popular Catholic priest in Manley. The country team will have Mrs. Arlie Raeoss. Mr. Marion Earhart and Mr. Charles Sahs. Mr. Stohlmann cf the town team holds the record for the largest deer shot last year dur ing the deer season in Nebras ka. His champion deer had an antler spread of 413s inches. . Scorekeeper on the proeram will be W. H. Mikkelsen. Man ley grocer. Father Of Mrs. Earl Payton Dies Mrs. Earl Payton has returned from Buffalo. Mo., where she attended the funeral of her fa ther. Monroe Fullerton. who difd of a heart attack, July 28. 1951. Mrs. Pavton returned Thurs day after being called to her fa ther's home Tuesday. Pfc. Arthur D. Hull, of Cha nute Field. 111., was here over Saturday and Sunriav to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Hull. "If it