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XXX 13C0 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER TD PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY Monday - Thursday "IflfC si LJ 1 L Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 74 TWENTY-TWO PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1955 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 51 MEER. STATE i 1? Plattsmouth high school's seniors will attend last ex ercises at 8 p.m. Friday at the high school auditorium when a commencement program is held for them- Dr. G. W. Rosenlof of the University of Nebraska will be the speaker of the evening, on the subject entitled "Today and Tomorrow". 2 DAR Awards Are Presented At Exercises Karlene Senf and John Kaf- ! an instructor in the department fenberger were recipients of of elementary education, and D.A.R. good citizenship awards history and principles of educa Wednesday night at the Platts i tion from 1922 to 1927. In 1934 mouth eighth grade promotion j he became professor of second exercises. J ary education and in 1940 be- Rev. Max Kors presented the i awards to the two students who were chosen by vote of the stu dents and faculty on the basis of effort, honor service, cour age, leadership and patriotism. The Fontenelle chapter of the D.A.R. presented the medal lo cally. Such medals are present ed in schools on a nation-wide basis. Sixty-four eighth graders Rpv F.rwin Kip nnstnr nf thp I First Methodist church in Plattsmouth, gave an address. On the program were Nan nette Cognac who gave the class history; the eighth grade chor us under the direction of Miss Marion Urbach; and Jane Fau quet who gave a piano solo. Mrs. Zilpha Seward and Mrs. James Holy presented the class. Dr. W. G. Brooks, president of the Plattsmouth board of edu cation presented the certificates of promotion. Heart Fund Drive Leaders Are Given FullMemberships Dr. L. S. Pucelik, local Heart Fund chairman will be given membership into the Nebraska Heart Association in recognition of his fund raisin? efforts. Dr. L. S. Pucelik Other Heart Fund leaders in this area who will receive mem berships are: Mrs. W. R. Cook, Ashland; W. S. McGrew, Jr Louisville; and Farley Amick, Weeping Water. Dr. Frederick GGillick, Asso ciation president, reveals "This is regular membership including full voting and office-holding privileges.' This is the first time since the voluntary health organiza tion was founded in 1949 that regular memberships are to be awarded to Heart Fund leaders. With memberships being ex tended to 175 chairmen, it also will be the first time that lay members have outnumbered professional men. Last year there were 120 physician-members and 20 lay members. Free membership will be ex tended to Heart Fund chairmen every year that they serve. The Heart Association presi dent pointed out that this is a "fitting year for initiating- the new membership policy" be causeof the greatsuccess of the 1955 Heart Fund drive. AHVtnnnh a final rrm Ti f n-nn't be available untilafter June 30, the drive already stands at $114,000 which is $14,000 over the goal and" $52,000 more than raised last year. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth. Nebraska. May 16, 17, 18. H'"-h Lr"' Prec. Monday 82 50 Tuesday 82 50 Wednesday 82 48 Forcast: Thursday, cooler with occasional showers or thunder storms tonight. Are Dr. Rosenlof received his B. Sc. degree from Hastings College in 1916; in 1922, his A. M. from the University of Nebraska; and his Ph.D from Columbia Uni versity. He received on hon orary L.L.D degree in 1945 from Hastings College. He joined the University of Nebraska faculty where he was came dean of admissions and inter-institutional relationships. k I Dr. Rosenlof T. I. Friest, superintendent of Plattsmouth schools, will pre sent scholarship honors; Mollie C. Gobelman will present the D. A. R. history award; Dr. Wiley G. Brooks, president of the board of education will present the diplomas. Others appearing on the pro gram will include Carol Davis and Margaret Eiting who will play for the processional and recessional; a mixed high school vocal group under the direction of Melvin McKenney; a boys quartet; William N. Floyd, high school principal, who will pre sent the class; Rev. Erwin Kiel, pastor of the First Methodist church, and Rev. Keith Delap, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. There will be valedictory and salutatory speeches. No Oil Boom Seen From New Company A legal in today's Journal can not be interpreted as the fore runner of an oil land leasing and drilling boom locally, At torney Francis M. Casey said. The K. C. Land Company in corporation notice, with the principal place of business at Plattsmouth, is merely a move to protect any oil interest the Casey family may have on a ranch in Wyoming. Mr. Casey's father re cently died while owning the ranch, which is under oil lease, and the corporation is to pro tect certain rights. There is no oil production on the ranch at present. Local District Gets Safety Award Plattsmouth district employ ees of the Central Electric and Gas company have worked seven years without a lost-time acci dent. This was revealed in a joint meeting of the Plattsmouth Dis trict safety committee and the Division safety committee Tues day afternoon. Louis Langhus, chairman of the Division Committer, pre sented the North Central Elec tric association's "No Lost Time Accident' 'award for 1954 to the Plattsmouth committee. Nehawka Officer Serves in Germany 1st. Div.. Germany Second Lt. Arthur E. Hansen, 22. son of John G. Hansen, Nehawka. Neb., is nlayin'; soft bq 11 this season in Germanv while serving with the 1st Infantrv Division Lieutenant Hansen, who is pmmunition officer of Service Batterv of the division's 7th Field Artillery Battalion, arrived overseas in June 1954. A 1954 graduate of Nebraska Agricultural College and a mem ber of Sigma Phi Ensilon frat ernity, he entered the Army in January of the same year. Journal Want Ads Pay ft V - ' ' - v:..Ky.vt:'::-1'..'''' & V Poster Winners ToldbyVFW; Sale Is May 28 Results of the V. F. W.'s Pop py Poster contest, preceding sale of the flowers in Plattsmouth, were announced today by the organization. Jane Fauquet, eighth grade student at Central, won first; Linde Hanika, Horning school eighth grader, was second; Sher ry Simons, Wintersteen second grade, third; Roger Lanum, Win tersteen second grade, fourth. Sale of Buddy Poppies in Plattsmouth will take place on May 28 to raise funds for vet erans rehabilitation. While a small portion of the proceeds from the sale of Vet erans of Foreign Wars Poppies is distributed nationally to fur ther the rehabilitation service work of V. F. W., the bulk, of the monev collected in Platts mouth wrill remain here to help carry on veteran welfare activi ties in this community, Com mander A. C. McLean of the V. F. W. Post No. 2543, explained here today. "Every citizen should realize that when he makes his contri bution for a Buddy Poppy, he is not only bringing much needed assistance to needy veterans in our own community, but is also helping those veterans who are confined to hospitals throughout the country," he said. This year the V. F. W. hopes to sell more than 16.000.C00 pop pies throughout the nation. Pro ceeds will be used to assist needy and disabled veterans, war or phans and widows of veterans, and to implement the V. F. W.'s extensive rehabilitation prop-ram for war veterans and their fam ilies. "It doesn't matter where a vet eran is from," declared the com mander, "we always stand ready to help him, if possible. This goes whether he is a V. F. W. member or not." "For example," Commander McLean continued, "a war vet eran in a neighboring stcte may need assistance in establishing a disability claim, a veteramfrom still another state may seek aid in proving-pension or compensation-right or entitlement to other Veterans' Administration benefits. In all such cases the V. F. W. gives prompt and free aid." Funds from the annual Buddy Poppy sale facilitate the service which the V. F. W. extends. "We sincerely hope that the citizens of our community will be even more generous this year than they have been in the past," McLean concluded. ' Selective Service Sends One to Army Richard Eugene Rauth of Wa bash was Cass county s contri bution to the armed services through the county selective ser vice board for May. He left Mon day for Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. 10 Graduated At Eagle High School Program EAGLE (Special) Commence ment exercises for ten Eagle high school seniors were held here Monday night. Dr. Thorpe, principal of Teachers College high school, gave the address. Baccalaureate services were held Sunday night, May 15, with Rev. Luebke giving the sermon. Sharon Wall played proces sional music for both programs with Rev. Luebke providing the invocation for both. Others appearing on the Sun day program were Robert Wal ker and a girls sextette. Marilyn Habel was salutator ian and Faye Erskine valedictor ian of the class. Diplomas were presented by Floyd Althouse, president of the board of education with O. L. Schmieding, superintendant of schools, presenting awards. The Eagle senior class roll: Keith Ayres, Pat Donlan, Fay Erskine, Marilyn Habel, Myrna Luebke, Sarah Moss, Duane Os trander, Lowell- Umlancl, Helen Wenzel and Richard Weyers. Eighth graders promoted at Eagle schools this year include Kay Adkins, Sharon Donlan, Bill Mack, Susanne Oberle, Grace Phillips, Glenda Wall, Judy Rockenbach, Beverly Ronhovde, Carole Simonds, Conni.? Trum ble, Larry Umland, Eddie Vader, Roger Walker and Richard Wen zel. Bible School Opens Classes on Monday Plattsmouth Community church daily vacation Bible school will be held from 9 a. m. to 12 noon for two weeks, beginning next Monday, May 23, it has been announced. All classes will be held at the Columbia school building on South Eighth street with a bus running daily. Another T a 4. . Six beautiful new homes are to go up this summer in a new housing addition to Plattsmouth, it was announced this week. Lo cated just west of Hillcrest Ad dition north of Fourth Avenue, the six homes will ha"e an un obstructed scenic view of the city and the Missouri river bot toms. Idea was conceived by D. M. Babbitt and John Cloidt, Jr. The area has been divided into six lots. Both Babbitt and Cloidt will build new homes, along with L. J. Hutchinson, and Wm. Sheil, a newrcomer to Platts mouth associated with Allied Chemical and Dye Corp. Two remaining lots are now under negotiation. It is expected build ing will get underway within the next 30 days. Pictured ebove is a view looking southeast through Hillcrest; at left, James R. Hutchinson stands by a giant bulldozer that has been moving tons of earth at the site. Jour nal Photos. Michael Hild Rites Friday At Plattsmouth Funeral services for' Michael Hild, 84, long time Plattsmouth resident, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 20, at St. Paul's church in Plattsmouth. Rev. G. E. Seybold will conduct the rites. Burial will be in Oai: Hill ceme tery. Mr. Hild died at 1 a.m. Wed nesday, May 18, after an illness of four days. He had been in fail ing health for several years and Saturday, May 14, he became ill and Sunday was taken to the Methodist hospital at Omaha where he died on Wednesday. Bearers for the funeral will be Raymond Hild, Arthur Hild, Henry Hild, Verner Friedrich, Hugo Meismger and Harold Mei singer. Mr. Hild was born on Jan. 14, 1870, at Pekin, 111., the son of Adam Hild and Eljsabeth Kath rerina Hild. He -was married on Feb. 22, 1894 at Plattsmouth to Anne Katherina Meisinsrer who preceded him in death on Mayj a, 1934, at Plattsmouth. Mr. Hild farmed five miles west of Mynard until 1906 when he moved to Plattsmouth and was in the furniture and under taking business until 1916. He served eight years in the office of the county treasurer and for 10 years a part-time assistant in the county assessor's office and somtimes for the county clerk. He was a member of the St. Paul's Evangelical and Reform ed church and served on the church council for 18 years. He was a member of the I. O. O. F., and the AF & AM., and the O. E. S. Surviving children are Emil H. Hild, Council Bluffs, la., Sophia A. Parkening, Platts mouth; grandchildren, L a Vaughn Shaw, Redwood Falls, Minn.; Bruce Hild, Des Moines, la.; Ralph Parkening, Platts mouth, and Katherine A. Ayers, Los Angeles, Calif. Five great grandchildren survive. Surviv ing brothers are F. J. Hild, Louis ville, and Fs L. Hild, Murray. Sattler Funeral home is in charge of arrangements of ser vices. Delinquency Charge Filed in Larceny Delinquency charges have been filed in Cass county court against a 13-year-old youth after he admitted to Sheriff Tom Solomon that he entered a Manley grain elevator and re moved cash. He also admitted taking money from another establishment the same evening. Sheriffs office records indi cated that the youth had also been involved in removing cash from a service station some months ago. No action was tak en at that time because of the youth's age. Subscribe to The Journal NOW! New Housing ..-! f i : V? J"2? -t' ' ' V First Cass County Polio Case Noted Cass county has its first . new case of polio reported for 1955. She is Linda Sutton, age 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Sutton of Alvo. Confirmation was received at Plattsmouth by Mrs. So phia Wolever, secretary of the Cass county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The child is in St. Eliza- beth's hospital at Lincoln where her physician is listed as Dr. Harry Shaffer. She entered the hospital May 12 after onset occurred on May 10. Friends say she is getting along in a satisfactory man ner. Linda is not in the age bracket of those who re ceived Salk polio vaccine shots earlier. "vZK CfP & : - v . ".'".. 4 j , stjf . i ir?5 v "Slow Down end Live,, , r p- , - T Vl ' P -I-'-'-" If! it P; ; & j.- i J r ' ' I ' V ' ? V wi r"" 5.':.: " ' . v ' - v;:';:IS1' ' : - 1 Fo - ; V: -t "r:tf i. V . , , ,n .. II J.. t - fc,. f 1 Roger Wehrbein of the Plattsmouth Future Farmers of America, left, and Sharon Ramge, of the Future Homemakers of America Chapter hold the results of work by chapter members in gathering promises from Plattsmouth auto driv ers that they will "Slow Down and Live." Sheets neld by the two contain more Project N - "' -4-., ' Z. '" -i iff Plattsmouth Unit Annual Inspection Rating "Superior" OMAHA The Heavy Mortar Ccmnany, 355th Infantrv (Later Readv) of Plattsmouth, was awarded a rating of "Superior" as a result of the general in spection for the Fiscal Year 1S55. The insoecion was made by Captain Gene Crislip of the Ne braska Militarv District, Omaha, serving as Acting assistant, In spector General, Fifth Army. Captain Crislin stated he found the appearance of the officers and men of th unit to be narticularly outstanding. This as the second consecutive year the Plattsmouth unit has achieved the coveted "Superior" rating. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Thorns and Mrs. Wayne Lewis attended funeral services, Wednesday for Mrs. Henrietta Thorns, ' at Ne braska City. than 900 signa 31 Iheeir Bon IScBDinis Detd Cass county farmers were giving the sunny skies a somewhat cloudy glance today after promised showers failed to drift in on rapidly drying fields. central Nebraska, which had Flood Control Gets Further Analysis Here Plattsmouth's city council Tuesday night sat down with a federal engineer and tried to figure out a proposal which might bring federal aid to a project to reduce floods follow ing .heavy rains in the citv. It was an informal and unofficial meeting which will probably bring a proposal to the city council later. - Rolland Phillips, planning nartv head for the Soil Conser vation Service, whose team has made extensive surveys of the area, summed up some of the problems for council members and how engineers believe it can be licked An overall estimate of $175,000 to do the job was shown to con tain many dollars worth of work which would be done anyway by the city and others without a direct cash outlay. The problem appeared complex but solvable. Present at the meeting were Mayor Leo Meisinger, council- men William Highfield and L. u. Grove, with council members Howard Hirz and Jim McMillian absent on other business. Flood Control leader Paul Fauquet al so took part in the discussion. It was finally agreed that a prooosal of $25,000 furnished by various methods in Plattsmouth might be worked into a propos al which wrould pass federal scrutiny and bring federal help. Phillips agreed to draw up a pro posal on that basis for submis sion to the council for discussion and later for a possible applica tion to the federal government. Phillips pointed out again that federal help in this situa tion was an unknown factor to any of the state office and an application be the first to reach Washington under the Hope Aiken bill. Commissioners Set Equalization Dates For Hearing Later ' Cass county's board of com missioners became the county board of equalization this week but, after examining claims and consulting the county assessor, decided to set hearing for June, at specific dates to be decided. Hearings on claims will be heard by appointment. The commissioners also had several visitors on other business but took care of only routine business, passing some- routine resolutions. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Nielson were hosts to members of the E. C. club Sunday evening at their home on Oakmont Drive, honoring their son Stuart, a member of the Club. Progresses tures with final total expected to be well over 1,000. The chapters have also distributed over 3,000 safety pamphlets and literature.' June 4 the members start auto bumper safety sticker distributions. Safety drive will cover a period from May 30 through labor day. Journal Photo). hies West begun to ache for water, and to have strong thought Qf sell ing off their cattle, where a drought relief program got un der way, at once had a change of viewpoint when rain poured down in a 10-county section of North Central Nebraska. Ord re corded 3.25 inches and the pre cipitation had reached Lincoln by Wednesday. Cass county was nearly equal last year in moisture, or at least the Plattsmouth area was, as the official rain guage at Platts mouth registered a total of 3.10 inches as compared to 2.08 for the same period in 1954, but it was dry anyway. More than 27 Nebraska towns recorded rain in the past two days but none of it had re lieved Cass county. The weath er Bureau expected the rain to move into southeast Nebraska Thursday night. Though Cass , county wasn't crying "drought'1 yet, a good soaker would be welcome. Plattsmouth Night Officer Captures Escaped Convict An alert Plattsmouth night of ficer took into custody an es capee from the Nebraska peni tentiary at Lincoln Monday night and will get a $25 reward, to be paid by the state. Arrested was Robert F. Spi dell, 33, Nebraska City, who es caped while serving a three-year sentence for forgery on April 18, 1955 by skipping off a work truck Plattsmouth Night Officer Delbert Green stopped Spidell Monday night at about 11 o'clock and questioned him when the escapee was -hitch-hiking through Plattsmouth. Finding no identification on him, Green turned Spidell over to Cass County Sheriff Tom Solomon. Spidell admitted in further questioning that he was an es capee from the penitentiary. Penitentiaay authorities Tues day morning transported Spidell back to Lincoln. He had begun this term on March 15, 1955, but had served time for robbery and 4 burglary. Solomon said Green will be eligible for the $25 reward which the state offers for all peniten tiary escapees. Rotarians Hear Music, Oration at Tuesday Meeting A program of music and prize winning oration greeted Platts mouth Rotary members Tuesday at their regular meeting at Hotel Plattsmouth. Carol Lou Davis and Mike Shellenbarger entertained the Rotarians with a piano duet, then he gave them a piano solo. Carolyn Robinson gave her prize winning oration. "One Na tion Under God," which won first in the American Legion contest at Plattsmouth and sec- rond in the district contest. The high school students were introduced by Melvin McKenny, music instructor at the high school. Al Dudley of Council Bluffs, la., was, a guest. Injuries Arc Light In Bicycle Mishap A ten-year-old Plattsmouth bicycle rider escaped with minor injuries Tuesday when his ma chine collided with the rear of an automobile at the corner of Sixth and -Main in Plattsmouth at about 4:30 p.m. Mark Weaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kn Weaver of Platts mouth lost control of his bicycle when the drive chain came off, and crashed into the rear of a' car driven by John E. Schutz. He suffered a sprained arm. scratches on his left arm, and a bruised left leg, police said. There was no damage to the car and little to the bicycle ac cording to the report. Former Local Man Will Be Honored Dr. Bert Morrow of Seward, will be one of several doctors to be honored by the Nebraska Medical Association in Omaha Dr. Morrow was born and reared in Cass County. The family liv ed at Murray for a number of years, with Dr. Morrow graduat ing from Plattsmouth Hih Schoolr This family produced two doc tors, as did the Brendel and Gil more families, an all resided in the Murray area during their youth.