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Mm n. County y MS if open at 9 a. m. with registra tion to be held between 8 a. m. and 9 a. m. at the county super intendent's office. Behrends explained that along with all-day session providing worthwhile information on teaching, school supplies will be handed out and textbooks will be on display. A former Kansas teacher and superintendent of schools will be one of the principal speakers at the Monday institute. Alden Simpson, consultant with the Webster company of St. Louis, will conduct a clinic fn the use of supplemental aids in the Cass county, and will spend the day at Plattsmouth iov B A workshop and demonstra tion on the use of audio-visual aids in the school program will t.Vip Rt.pnhpnsnn flnmnanv. an- cording to Supt. L. A. Behrends. Plans and development of the school program for the year will be presented by the county superintendent. Fifty-three rural school teachers will be in Platts mouth next Monday for the annual pre-school workshop conducted in cooperation with the County Superintend ent's office. The 53 teachers will represent 49 Class I schools in the day-long Teachers Institute. All of the rural teachers have CJ D i. r j. been instructed to attend the UfU Party jet institute, since the day counts as p.. - a regular day of teaching. Then ror Dimes rund most of them wil1 start regular . 1 classroom work on August 31. DonOrS Are LiSted In addition to the 49 schools . , . . , , i which will operate in the county A card party has been sched- this snhnni vpar 19 r,tviorC hi le(y? TiInesJ?a nihJ' August j contracted with neighboring 22 Ac-iUb t0 bolster schools. class T inciudeS SChoolS " rZZl at Murray, Manley, South Bend, The card party will be spon sored by the Cass County Salon Cedar Creek and Wabash. The fifty-three teachers hired of the 8 and 40 assisted by the to teach in county Class I schools Junior woman s Club. It will he iur tlie t-oo scnuui year are: held at 8. p m. ' Mrs- Lucille McLean, district Meanwhile individual contri-! ?,vi Colky district 3; Mrs. butions continue to raise the to tal collections here. Late donors to the fund are Plattsmouth Li ons Club, $10; Dr. L. S. Puceiik, $5; Cecil M. Karr, John Cloidt Sr. and Dr. w. V. Ryan, $2; Mrs. Minnie Parker and Mrs. Ida Cotner, $1.60; Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Shiffer, $1. Other contributors are Leo Melsinger and Elsie G. Wiles, $5; and Mrs. Glenn Simard of Omaha, $2. Quo-Vadis Starts Sunday at Cass Theatre Here One of the all-time greats in the movie industry opens a three-day showing at Cass The atre in Plattsmouth. "Quo Vad is" starring Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr opens with an af terncn showing Sunday, August 29, running through Tuesday, August 31. The movie will be shown con tinuously starting at 2:30 Sun day afternoon through Sunday night. Monday and Tuesday night features are listed at 6:15 and 9:15 p. m. "Miss Plattsmouth" Extends Thanks The Chamber of Commerce, Cass County Motors, Platts mouth Journal and the general public today are offered the thanks of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Land and Nancy, for their role in selecting her "Miss Platts mouth" and a candidate for the county fair queen title. Miss Land rode in a car fur nished by the motor company during the Wednesday after non parade. Her entry was spon sored by the Chamber of Com merce, following public vote. Wilma Lange, district 5; Joan Colby, district 6; Mrs. Elaine Lurkowski, district 7; Betty Janecek, district 8; Janet Kala sek, district 9; Helen Klein, dis trict 10; Lois Sporer, district 11; Mrs. Betty Aufenkamp, district 12; Mary Becker,' district 13; Marcella Fahrlander, district 14; Mrs. Norma Schomaker, district 15; Mrs. Ora Guerra, district 18. Mrs. Ruth Cline, district 23; Mrs. Joy Bond, district 25; Mrs. Clara R. Becker, district 26; Edith Wetenkamp, district 27; Mrs. Helen Thimgan, district 28; Mrs. Joan Moore, district 30; Marian Alfry and Mrs. Selma Johnson, Cedar Creek; Mary El len Davis, district 33; Mrs. Vera Meese, district 34; Nancy Won derchek, district 37; Erma Cox, district 40; Mrs. Ana M. Chris wisser, district 41; Mrs. Dorothy Meisinger, district 42; Mrs. Laura Mae. Webb, district 43; Marie Toman, district 45; ;Mrs. Mabel Ingram, district 47; Evelyn Freudenberg, district 50. Ella Mary Nielsen, district 55; Mrs. Mabel Tasler, Mrs. Betty Lambert and Mrs. Thelma Hos char. Murray; Mrs. Olga Camp bell and Mrs. Marie Dill, South Bend; Mrs. Lassie Billings, dis trict 53; Sylvia Jean White, dis trict 63; Mrs. Vernice Johnson, district 76; Mrs. Frances Schlie fert, district 79; Mrs. Anna Straub, district 80; Mrs. Thelma Coatman, district 81; Mrs. Caro lyn Hradsky, district 82; Mrs. Abbie Hutchinson, district 83; Mrs. Josephine Reihart, district 86j,Mrs. Ethel Meisinger, district 88;' Corrine Wiles, district 91: Mrs. Alta Burd and Mrs. Verna Brauckmuller, Manley ; Retha rens, Wabash; and Mrs. Emma j making r00m of the Plattsmouth Final Rites for Alice Plybon Held Sunday NEHAWKA (Special) Funeral services were held Sunday aft ernoon at the United Brethren church at Nehawka for Mrs. Alice Plybon. Mrs. Plybon died at a Nebraska City hospital on August 19 following a week long illness. She was 81 years old. The Rev. A. B. Small officiated at the last rites for which Ar thur Johnson, Bert August, Al vin McReynolds, Claude O'Con nor, Merritt Dodson and Clif ford Trotter were casket bear ers. Burial was at Mt. Pleasant cemetery at Nehawka. A native of Pennsylvania where she was born August 17, 1873, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har mon August, she came to Ne braska at an early age and had resided at Nehawka much of her lifetime. She was married to Louis G. Plybon at Nehawka on March 26, 1898. Mrs. Plybon was a member of the United Brethren church of Nehawka and Royal Neighbors of America. Surviving are a son, Chester Plybon of Redbluff, Calif., and three grandchildren, Beverly Giles of Denver, Colo., and Ivan and Entrilla Plybon of Redbluff. Also surviving are three broth ers, William August of Nehawka, Albert August of Fremont and Earl August of Laurel. Her husband and a daughter preceded her in death. Mrs. . Plybon had been in ill health for several years. HllttllililllllilSli T I - - 3$ "t tl i i'i h i IH Hi h ill J v .MA? ,s&t II fi'y PF 4 I fe55,; "iXl c' ?&r Iffra J! 1! f x? Qz : Ji THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, August 26, 1954 - PAGE FIV, Re-Enlistment Bonus Hiked For Army Vets CHRISTMAS IS COMING Rounded up in Alaska and pictured in Seattle, Wash., 13 reindeer get tha VIP treatment from youngsters with visions of Santa Claus in their heads. The reindeer were en route to Northpole, N. Y., where Santa has a workshop. Burlington Vets Slate Reunion at St. Louis, Aug. 21 Members of the local chapters of the Burlington Lines Veter an's Association and Ladies' Auxiliary are making plans to travel to the annual system wide reunion in St. Louis, Aug ust 27 and 28. The meeting at St. Louis, one of the . major gateways on the Burlinffton Lines, is the 30th an nual reunion for the railroad's I election board in each precinct veterans. I (each precinct in Cass County As an inducement to make the U. S. Army a career, all men Who wen; discharged on or aft er 17 April, 1954, will find that Uncle Sam is willing to give; them a bonus up to as high as $1513.50, for re-enlisting into the Army within 90 days after dis charge. This is in marked con trast to the old bonus bill which allowed a maximum of $3G0.00 for a re-enlistment for six years. Some of the major factors considered in the passage of Public Law 506, 83 rd Congress were: A. The high cost of training and equipping replacements for the continuous turn over of per sonnel ($3,200 in the case of a basically trained soldier). B. Adverse effect on opera tional efficiency cause by a con tinuously heavy turnover in per- i sonnel. As an example, 2 and 13 two-year inductees equal I one four year enlistee because i of training overlap. j C. The necessity of increasing j the number and percentage of "t.rninpH rrnffs;i,-nls" tn serve New therapeutic equipment . a hard core" around which for home uso is now available to a rapid expansion could be ac crippled children throughout COmplished in times of emergen Nebraska through the equip-1 cy ment pool of the Omaha Par- j Basically, the new bonus plan ents Council on Cerebral Palsy : works as follows: and other Handicaps. For m? flr&t .enlistments Members of the organization mnitinlv one month's base oav have spent many hours this j times the number of years of New Therapeutic Equipment Ready For Use in Home FHA Tea Planned For Freshmen Homcmaking Girls Composed of employees and retired employees with 20 or more years of service, the Vet eran's Association was founded in 1920 at Havelock, Nebr. From the founding group of 18, the Association has grown to j its present memDersnip oi near ly 6,400 members and 35 chap ters in cities along the railroads' 11,000-mile system in 14 states. The Auxiliary has more than 4,200 members in 32 chapters. ASC Election Board Heads Announced A county election board com posed of the County Agricul tural Agent, Soil Conservation Service Work Unit Conservation ist, Farmers Home Administra tion representative, and a rep resentative of the Farmers Un ion, has appointed a community summer painting and decorating' tne future enlistment. For the arucies given w mem.uy rcua second re-enlistment, fcnuitipiy Iota chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, 23rds of one month's pay times women's professional sorority, i tne number of years of the fu- ; Laoor was aonatea oy iocai car- unM6X49ftt'. v ft-. .,'. shall be designated as a com munity and bounded by the pre cinct) composed of three farmers penters. other than incumbent commu nity committeemen ene of whom was designated chairman. The finished pieces are now ture enlistment. For the third re-enlistment, multiply l3rd of one month's pay times the num part of a pool to be distributed ber of years of the future en- 4 1 request on a loan basis. Mrs. - listment. The community election board! Walter Downs, 2152 South 62,, All veterans interested in this in caio,t o ciofn nf ton UrriKio 1 St.. Omaha. Nebr.. chairman.! mpw hnnus nlcn rr.av Rprnre full will select a slate of ten eligible nominees for the precinct elec tions. In addition to the nomi nees selected by the Community Election Board there shall be in cluded on the slate of nominees the names . of eligible persons who are willing to serve and whose names have been present ed to the chairman of the com munity election board not-later than August 27, 1954, the date St., Omaha, Nebrv chairman, I new bonus plan may secure full and Mrs. John Nagengast, 3030 particulars at the U. S. Army Larimore St., president, may be i Recruiting Station located at contacted for iaformation on' Room 202, Post Office Building, the project. j Nebraska City. This is the first time hands'" use articles nave oeen avanaDie Tf mriVP. .tomatoes uro raised HIGH HAT-A new interpre tation of the Mexican hat dance is given by Sarah Lee Lynch at Miami Beach, Fla., as she bal ances on the edge of a large sombrero, to make a .pretty. spicy picture. Rawalt, district 105. The teachers institute will 90 REMEMBER. 0U Contact LifHS Fields STTHE 3 miles east and 1 mile north of Louisville Phone: Louisville 3237 Omaha, Jackson 4975 high school on Tuesday, August 31, at four o'clock in the after noon. , Hostesses will be the F. H. A. girls, honoring the new fresh men girls enrolled in homemak ing. A program is planned dur ing the tea. Any upperclasman, enrolled in homemaking, and interested in becoming members of the F. H A. are welcome to attend. In vitations have been issued to the chapter mothers, Mrs. Ramge, Mrs. Sporer and Mrs. Cecil Shown Legislative SIDELIGHTS.. ' by . BERNIE CAMP Information Director Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation : The minimum wage law is often used as an argument for price support for agriculture. While the comparison is good, it does not apply to all price sup port plans, nor do all factors in volved in minimum wages apply to price supports. Flexible price suports for farm roducts come closest to compar ing: with minimum waees for la bor both basically provide a floor man; - West Rock Bluff, Henry beyond which the value of faim Hobscheidt. Mail ballots will be Stanley Kahlcr Observes Birthday Mr. and Mrs. Orville Kahlcr entertained Sunday in honor of their son, Stanley's third birth day anniversary. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kahler and Katherine of Ben nington; Mrs. Henry Dornacker and Mr. and . Mrs. Art Tesarek of Omaha. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Ruhmann and ! daughter of Lincoln, Mrs and through the pool. Some of the in tne home garden than can be new equipment consists Of' frpeV, it nsnnllv navs t.n ran children's stand-up tables, par-( thPm Tf' tr.mat.nos must, he allel bars, standing ; tables, toys,! bought for caning it may be ; Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Mike &Auy ucouidbcu better to duv tnem already can-, vaffpnhprper. Mr. and Mrs set for the election by petition ' ,aw"6 i T i nea- 11 laKes D0Ul-1 pounas oi hi fn r ml .lww. ! ments and many, special items. fresll tomatoes to make the The hope that this equipment, equivalent of a No. 303 can of would reach many children in , tomatoes the state was expressed by Os- Ripe tomatoes should be kept car D. Mardis, president of the , under refrigeration. Mature neprasKa oocieiy ior npgieu green tomatoes about to turn children, whose Easter Seal(Color will ripen ind00rS. spread signed by ten or more eligible voters. , . -The- chairmen of the commu nity boards are as follows: Avo co, John Baier, Jr.; Center, Cyrus Livingston; East Rock Biuff, Robert Rea; -Elmwood, William Blum; Eight Mile Grove, Hugo Meisinger; Greenwood, Robert Hilt;. Liberty, Cecil Klein; Louis ville, Ervin Albert; Mount Pleas ant, Roy Engelkemeierr Nehaw- !ka, Boyd May field; Plattsmouth, Donald Born; Salt Creek, A. D. Bachman; South Bend, Louis Kupke; Stove Creek, Walter Oehlerking; Tipton, Wayne Wey- ers; Weeping Water, Mark Hoh funds aid in the support of the school. products or labor will not fall. Flexible price suports would permit movement up or down of Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) loan values on certain designated basic farm commod ities in response to' supply and demand. When supply is high and certain conditions under law are met, farmers would be given price support through CCC mailed to eligible voters on Sep tember 13. 1954, and ballots de Tomato Selection And Care Advised By Nutritionist them out at cool temperatures 60 to 70 degrees F. in the cel lar or ' on a porch. Light isn't needed to produce too red color after tomatoes are picked. Rip ening on a sunny, window sill is poor practice. Immature green tomatoes will not ripen and are Tomatoes' in season find a iV A t w ti 5' Place for themselves on nearly JoSn !fte?DtektaSr every homemakers menu, says,oon alter picking. Ethel Diednci'tsen, extension ' food and nutrition specialist at1 the University of Nebraska". . Journal Classified Ads Get Results Henry Kaffenberger and' son, Mr. and Mrs. Art Ruhmann and Mrs. Marie Wheeler. .According to Keep America Beautiful, national anti-litter organization, Georgia has the toughest state laws to curb lit terbugs. A. Gecgia offender can be. fined as much f? $1,000 and jailed for six months. i . Dr. Cordon B. Wasson VETERINARIAN 320 Whitman Ave. Phone 279 Whether you grow your own hvered to "the county office must J toes at-home or if you buy be received no later than 5 p. m., September 13, 1954. If eligible voters fail to receive a ballot by mail they . may come -into the Cass County ASC office in Weep ing Water, Nebraska, and cast their ballot in person. NO CASH NEEDED ! Buy This New 7' 1954 Model Philco Refrigerator Reg. $199.95 NOW $149.95 Or Buy This New 40" Phiko Electric Reg. $299.95 Now Range $239.95 Blue Ribbon To Eight in Poultry Show Eight blue ribons were award ed in the poultry 4-H exhibits at the Cass county fair in Weep ing Water Wednesday as Ne hawka and Elmwood 4-H poultry club members shared honors. One of the better poultry ex hibits ever staged at a Cass county fair, the entries were judged in three classes, pullets, cockerels and trios. Award winners were Pullets Blue Marilyn Pollard, Nehawka,- Austra White; George Pool, Elmwood, White Rock; Carolyn Spohn, Elmwood, White Rock. Red Shirley Ross, Ne hawka and Norma Ross, Ne hawka. White Rock. White Niel Bailer, Nehawka,- White nock. Cockerel Blue Marilyn Pollard, Aus tra White; George Pool, Elm wood, White Rock; Carolyn Spohn, Elmwood, White Rock. Red Norma Ross, Nehawka, White Rock; White Neil Bai ler, Nehawka, White Rock. Trio Blue Carolyn Spohn, Elm wood, White Rock and Marilyn Pollard, Nehawka, White Rock. Red George Pool, Elmwood, White Rock; and Shirley. Ross, Nehawka, New Hampshire. White Norma Ross, Nehaw ka, White Rock; and Neil Bailer, Nehawka, White Rock. loans at an indicated percentage t.v. . . u,,,,,,, of parity (generally between 75 A seasonal rise m building ac and l 90 percent) according to the tivity carried July construction to the percentage in month7 Pe,ak f. $3,- whorfcrnniv -n ripnmnri on-1 500.000,000, according to a joint proach balance, flexible price 'report by the Commerce and support rises (flexes upward). Minimum wages provide lor labor a legal protection against any employer paying less than 75 cents per hour. The law does not guarantee any laborer a job: nor does it guarantee that an employer must' retain him. of "Seven Year Itch." The minimum wage law is simp-: Labor Departments. The total for July was 5 per cent above June's figure and 6 per cent higher than that for July of last year. Tom Ewell signs for the film ly a floor to protect labor from A Classified Ad in The Journal Has deep well cooker jiffy griddle automatic full size oven broil under glass. DON'T MISS THIS DEAL! Matney Furniture Go. IRANIAN OIL The costly fight over nation alization of the Iranian oil in dustry was settled when Iran and eight international oil com panies initialed an agreement to resume output and sell the fuel. Iran will get at least $420,000 in the next three years and will ::::pay the Anglo-Iranian Oil Com- pany $70,000,000 compensation '' it A. over me next ten years. exploitation when an employer i is willing to employ. The idea basic in both mini mum wages and flexiole sup ports is that neither is effective until emergency situations arise which require protection against exploitation. As minimum wage legislation limits employers to not less than 75 cents an hour for labor, so does flexible sup port provide that those tempted I to exploit and over-suppiy of I farm commodities are limited to naying not less than 75 cents on j the parity dollar value of a pro tected commodity;, with that; limit moving upward as the dif ference between supply and de mand narrows. Just as the min-l imum wage law is inoperative i when labor supply is less than j demand so is flexible support inoperative when supply of a farm commodity is less than de mand. Both protections act on-1 ly as floors, allowing supply and ! demand full play to set a ceil ing. - - . , ! Minimum wages and flexible farm price supports are com-' patible with the idea that while the government. owes no m.an a living, it at the same time owes every citizen legal protection asrainst exnloitation hv indivi-l i duals and groups in a more ad-j costs as little as 35 cents them at your local grocery, se lection is important. In buying fresh tomatoes, look for those thaVare well shaped, plump, smooth, firm, of good rea color, and free from blemishes. Shrunken and bruised tomatoes are poor quality. Bruised toma toes may develop undesirable flavors and spoil quickly. To keep bruises to a minimum, to matoes which are shipped and sold in retail stores are often packaged and wrapped. Packag- irtcr hut. t.hp prist, mnv hr nffspt by ' the prevention of 'Joss by spoilage. ' Irregularly shaped tomatoes are not necessarily poor giade tomatoes and they may be a good buy for cooking. The well-; shaped tomatoes are better for ! slicing, for stuffing with salad. I or broiling. 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