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T i CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Delivered Twice Weekly to More Than 3000 Cass County Families VOLUME 75 EICHTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1956 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 23 KSER. STATS IIICT. ZD 1500 R ST. Boirdl Splits Bock Plattsmouth teachers have a whole year of social se curity payments to brin up to date, under a new program, but they will get three months to do it. This was decided by the Plattsmouth board of education in a meeting Mon day night. The Social Security program, voted in by teachers last fall, is retroactive to January, 1955, and gives most teach ers two retirement plans when added to a state program already in effect. But they have to pay two per cent of their last year's salary to catch up. : The board decided that teach Mrs. Wm. Kief Funeral Rites Held Thursday Funeral for Mrs. William G. Kief, 76, of 806 South Ninth av nue. Plattsmouth, was at 2 p. in. today (Thursday) at Sattler Funeral home. The Rev. G. E. Scybold officated. Eurial was in Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs. Kief died Feb. 6 after an illness of several months. Emma Emelia Kief was born Sept. 29, 1879, at Carbondale, Kan., the daughter of Martin and Rosina Erlicher Heisel. She was married Aug. 10, 1904 at Pekin, 111., to William G. Kief, who survies her. She came to Plattsmouth in 1914 where she was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church. Besides her husband, she is survived by nine children: Mrs. Pauline Tanner,. Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Emelia DeRosa, LaSalle, Colo.: Airs. Dorothy Huddleston, Miami, Fla.; Mrs. Leona Noel, Kansas City, Kan.; Franklin, Edgar, and Louis Kief of Platts mouth; Arthur, Wheatridge, Colo.; August of Pekin,-111. ; Two sisters surviving are Mrs. Bertha Miller, Pekin, 111., and Mrs. Rose Balsinger, Havana, 111.; two brothers, Leo Heisel, Canutillo, Texas; Carl Heisel, Niantic, 111. Sixteen grandchild ren and 10 great-grandchildren survive. Two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. Tritsch Rites Friday 2 p. m. At Plattsmouth Funeral for Philip E. Tritsch, 78, will be at the Sattler Funeral chapel in Plattsmouth at 2 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Keith Delap will conduct the rites. Burial will be in Glendale cemetery at Louisville. Mr. Tritsch died at his farm home in Cass county Tuesday, Feb. 7, after an illness of five years. Visiting hours at the Sattler Funeral home will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today (Thursday). Mr. Tritsch was born in Cass county on Sept. 22, 1877, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Vo!k Tritsch. He lived on the same Cass county farm all of his life. He was married on Aug. 24, 1904, to Myrtle Massie, at Oma ha. She survives him. Besides his widow, he is sur vived by a daughter, Mrs. Eliza beth Miller, of Lincoln; a son, Maynard Tritsch, of P 1 a 1 1 s mouth; a brother, Jacob Tritscn of Louisville and 10 grandchild ren. Vern Starr Elected W.W.CofCHead' WEEPING WATER (Special) Vern Starr is the new presi dent of the Weeping Water Chamber of Commerce elected at a recent meeting of the Chamber. He succeeds E. T. Stacey. New vice-president is F. D. Philpot; secretary is Tom Beins. Clarence Schmadeke is treasur er. Mynard Community Give Polio $245.65 MYNARD A total of $245.65 has been raised here for the March of Dimes drive for polio funds. L. A. Krecklow, drive chair man, reported the proceeds to day. ' Chilson, Grand Prairie and Manley school districts children contributed -$14.65 in dimes; a bake and auction sale last week brought in $75 and $156 in cash had been contributed. ers may pay in a three month installment plan if they wish. The back payments total no more than $34 for each teach er. T. I. Friest, superintendent of schools, told the . board that $4,700 was set up in the budget for the school district's part of the program (two per cent of each teacher's salary) and that he estimated the program would cost the district about $3,000 on back payments. Monday night school board al so: 1. Approved the contract of Mrs. Don Yocum as third grade teacher at First Ward school, replacing Mrs. Vivian Kizer, who resigned. Eldonna Gobber, sec ond grade teacher, was made building principal. 2. Decided to buy drapes for the east windows of the high school gymansium to prevent bright sunlight in the morning from disturbing classes there. 3. Gave Bill's Pest Control per mission to examine the high school building for termite in festation. 4. Gave the go ahead on plans to buy a new sofa for the home making department or the high school. Mrs. Hild Wins Mileage Contest Mrs. Henry Hild of Platts mouth was winner of the wom en's division of a truck mileage driving contest held by the Stites Implement company Wed nesday. Mrs. Hild won by making" 19.9 miles per gallon in an Interna tional pickup truck on a course laid out on Louisville road, at the edge of Plattsmouth. Kenneth Bird and E. E. How schultz tied for first in the men's division with 20 miles per gallon each. Ernie Schultz, president of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce, was second in the men's division with 19.9 miles per gal lon. Mrs. Gardner Hamilton was second in the women's division with 19 miles per gallon. Effa B. Norwood Dies Masonic Home Mrs. Effa B. Norwood, 78, a former photographer at Nelson, died at the Nebraska Masonic Home Wednesday, Feb. 8. The body was taken to Nelson for burial. Mrs. Norwood was admitted to the Home through Nelson Lodge No. 77, AF & AM, and had been here about a year. She was a member of the Pres byterian church. She is survived by a niece at Lincoln. HOME GOING UP Another new home for Platts mouth is under construction by Glen Diggs at 118 South 9th St., this week. A three bedroom, one story frame structure, the house is being built on a base ment home the family has oc cupied for the past two years. Albert Young, of Young's Build ing Service, Plattsmouth. is con tractor for the home. E Total free tuition paid to high schools by Cass county for the first semester of the 1955-56 school year was up by $10,855 over the same period last school year, figures released this week by the office of County Super intendent of Schools Lloyd Beh rends showed. The free tuition fund was left in the hole at the end of last school year because not enough money was collected and val uation dropped by $212 million causing the free tuition levy to go up to 6.3 mills this year. Increase in tuition paid the r A..ZXI" w. ' .jte- WAS CHIEF OF POLICE John Hobscheidt telling these two workers they .would have to put a nickle in the parking meter, left, before they could stop holding up that safe and park it? It's doubtful and a crane is holding up the safe. This was a scene that attracted a large group of sidewalk superintendents at Plattsmouth Monday as Steve Davis moved a money safe out of his office. Journal Photo. March of Dimes Total Is $882; Drive Goes on Plattsmouth March of Dimes fund reached a new high today as money came in from schools and organizations. The total at noon today was $882.82, Naomi Day, Plattsmouth polio fund treasurer, reported. Next event on the drive sched ule is a sale to be held at St. John's Hall on Main street Sat urday. The sale will open at 11 a.m. Miss Mildred Hall, Platts mouth Dimes drive chairman, said donations of baked goods, bazaar items, "white elephant ' articles or anything for a rum mage sale will be accepted for sale, the receipts going to the March of Dimes fund. A pick up service will be in action for articles for those who do not have transporaticn. Call 6103. Women of Plattsmouth churches are sponsoring the sale. Saturday will also be "tag day" when high school organi zations will sell blue crutch tags for the fund. Future Homemak ers will sell on the street in the morning; the Pep Club will sell in the afternoon under the di rection of their sponsor, Miss Lynas Schwendemann. Latest contributors to the Dimes fund: American Legion, $10; Mothers' March, $2; St. John's school, $35.75; Platts mouth public schools, $238.63. Dog Crackdown The Plattsmouth police de partment announced today that the number of dogs lurking near grade schools bothering child ren, has brought another crack down. Friday police will start pick ing any dog running in th? street, whether or not it ij wearing a license. 3 tLflDtDim first semester this year was due largely to a raise in tuition from $9 to $10.50 per week per student , on Sept. 18, 1955. School districts having no high school pay this tuition to the high schools where the student attends. A total of $56,308 was paid by through county superintendent's office to high schools in free tuition the first semester in 1955, up from $45,523 for the same period in 1954. Here are the payments to high It m ' "V- .-Mn.v : . : - w, ;. -'i. , piss F7 Klemme Rites Set Saturday At Murdock WEEPING WATER A fun7 eral for August D. Klemme, 84, of Weeping Water will be at the E. tj. B. church at Murdock at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Callahan cemetery. Mr. Klemme died at his home in weeping Water Wednesday morning. He is survived by. his widow, Minnie; three daughters, Mrs. James Remaly, Elmwood; Mrs. Orlie Sowards, Ashland; Mrs. John Beck, Englewood, Colo.; sons, Leonard of Murdock; Wil liam of Nehawka; Walter and Edgar of Big Springs; seven grandchildren. Hobson Funeral home at Weeping Water is in charge of arrangements. Court House County court traffic -fines: Martin Johansen, Kansas City, Kan., $150 and $4 costs, over weight truck. Schulenberg Bros., Falls City, $10 and $4 costs, no license plates. Duane H. Pasco, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., $16 and $4 costs, speeding. Pauline Zvonar, Aleqeuppa, Pa., $16 and $4 costs, speeding. Thomas J. Wallace, Route 2, Winterset, Iowa, $16 and $4 costs, speeding. Robert Kant, Rockford, 111., $11 and $4 costs, speeding. Jerry J. Warner, Omaha, $10 and $4 costs, speeding. Eugene Reliford, El Paso, Texas, $10 and $4 costs, over weight truck. John Spriggs, Kansas City, Mo., $10 and $4 costs, excessive width. schools first semester 1955: Avoca, seven students, $2,583; Murdock, six students, $1,107; Plattsmouth, 125 students, $22, 626; Weeping Water, 52 students, $7,812; Ashland, 29 students, $5,149.80; Alvo, four students, $738; Nebraska City, Two stu dents, $393; Greenwood, two stu dents, $372; Union, 11 students, $2,025; Nehawka, 11 students, $2,035.50; Elmwood, seven stu dents, $1,302; Waverly, one stu dent, $187.50; Louisville, $6,061-.50. Goal for Heart Fund Is Cited As an Increase 1 A goal of $500 has been set for the 1955 Heart Fund Drive to be conducted locally through out Februray. Dr. L. S. Pucelik, Heart Fund Chairman, announced the goal today as the local share of the Nebraska Heart Fund goal of $145,000. The new goal represents an increase over the $435.90 collect ed in the last local Heart appeal. -. "I am confident everyone will want to support this fight against heart and blood vessel diseases which cause half our deaths," he said. Three-fcurths of all contribu tions will be used' within the state for the research, public and professional education, and community service programs of the Nebraska Heart Association. . The chairman pointed out that this money helps support re search at both medical schools in the state, local cardiac con ferences for doctors, a business industriaredmcation program, a literature request program and a statewide speakers bureau, among other activities. The remaining 25 percent goes to the American Heart Associ ation, which along with its af filiates, have invested $13,000, 000 in research since being re organized in 1948. "Research is the cornerstone of the heat program," said the Chairman. "Although medical science 1 has made tremendous progress, much lemains to be accomplished. "As a matter of fact, the basic causes of rheumatic fever, high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries conditions re sponsible for 90 percent of all heart cases are not yet known." The chairman added that the local appeal will be one of 300 community Heart Fund , Drives led by State Chairman, Robert B. Crosby the former governor. Henry Nolting Gets Royal Arch Award OMAHA Henry F. Nolting of Plattsmouth, past high priest. Nebraska Chapter No. 3, Royal Arch Mason, has . been made chosen as one of the companions in the state to receive an award known as "Knights of the Royal Arch." The wards were presented to individuals at the Grand Chap ter Convocation. The awards were presented to The award was presented by the grand chapter of Nebraska for distinguished service over a long period of years in Royal Arch Masonry. Horn Funeral Held Tuesday At Plattsmouth Funeral for Ross Edward Horn, 66, of Pacific Junction, Iowa, -formerly of Plattsmouth, wras at the Sattler Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. G. O. Durken of Pacific Junction conducted the rites. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery at Platts mouth. Mrs. Horn- died at a Council Bluffs hospital Friday after an illness of two years. Music was by Mrs. Robert Painter, soloist, and Mrs. Ferd inand Nolte, organist. Bearers were Richard Green, Wayne Lincoln, Harry Russell, Walter Ling, Oscar Good, Wil liam Mullica. Mr. Horn was born May 15, 1889, at Elmo, Mo., the son of Reuben and Nellie Davis Horn. He was married Oct. 3, 1938, to Elaine Kennedy. He lived in Plattsmouth before moving to Pacific Junction. He was a member of the Pilgrim Holiness church. Surviving children are Leon-, ard, Steven, Robert, Roland, Ivan, Collen and Roxanna of the home at Pacific Junction; Ed ard of Salinas, Calif., and Iva Hanna of Blancnard, Iowa. REV. CARTER TO PREACII UNION (Special) The Rev. W. D. Carter of Blair will oc cupy the pulpit at the Baptist church in Union Sunday at both 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.- services. IOWA COUPLE MARRIED Charles Francis Burrington, 20, and Waunetta Viola O'Dell, 18, both of Malvern, Iowa, were married by Cass County Judge Raymond J. Case at Platts mouth Monday. sinn)inn)nssnin) I TP ' rs n 1 ni 1 U . Adit, toe Assault Case App eal Goes District Court An appeal from a 30-day county jail sentence has been filed in district court at Platts mouth by Victor Sasek, 37, after he pleaded guilty to an assault and battery charge and was sentenced in Cass county court this week. He was released on a $200 appeal bond. According to the Cass county sheriff's office the incident oc curred at the home of the couple about 4 p.m. Jan. 27 west and south of Elmwood corner. Mrs. Gladys Sasek, 34, told Cass County Sheriff Tom Solo mon that an argument started between her and Victor Sasek, her husband of a month. She said her husband got hold of a rifle and fired several shots in side the house then struck her twice with the butt of the rifle. She told the sheriff that when she was down on the floor, he struck her again. She went to a Lincoln hospital where 24 stitches were taken on her head and she remained there for several days. Mr. Sasek was arrested Mon day on a warrant after Mrs. Sasek signed a complaint. Offices to Close The Plattsmouth State Bank and -the- Cass-county courthouse will be closed on next Monday in observance of Lincoln's birth day, which occurs on Sunday. This is a state holiday. The United States Postoffice will be open Monday, since it does not observe that holiday, closing for Washington's birthday on Feb. 22. Commissioner Over Building, First District Commissioner? William F. Nolte removed his coat from the closet in the meet ing room of the Cass county commissioners at the court house in Plattsmouth Tuesday afternoon and walked out after throwing a handful of claims on the desk and making a proclam ation about them. It was one incident of many which has split the first district commissioner from the other two of the board, Third District Commissioner Herman Borne meier of Elmwood and Third District Commissioner Ray Nor ris of Weeping Water. Commissioner Norris had just refused for the second time in a month to sign a claim for wir ing done on a recently built ma chine storage building in Dis trict 1. Commissioner Bornemei er would not sign the claim eith er. Commissioner N o r r is and Bornemeier claim that Commis sioner Nolte is spending county money foolishly on the machine shed and other items and this was their way of stopping him. But that isn't the only burr under the saddle. The trio is at loggerheads about the spending of mail route funds, money spent on bridges, roads, and fed eral aid. It's been going on for over two years. Norris and Bornemeier . claim Mr. Nolte spends his money fool ishly on buildings, bulldozer rental and keeps "his district broke. Nolte claims he doesn't get his fare share of the money and that county bridge work is done in other districts first and when the crew gets to his there is no money to spend for it. County road money is split on the basis of 23 per cent for the first district; 33 per cent for the second district; 40 per cent for the third district on the ba sis of miles of road in each dis trict. Commissioner Nolte says that it has been conspired to divide the bridge money that way- too and mail route funds. He points out that it is illegal, according to an attorney gener About the best summary which can be given of a meeting of the Cass county board of commissioners Tues day at Plattsmouth is that it was a bad day. Tuesday a delegation of citizens from south of Weep ing Water arrived to demand action on a road and in the afternoon a delegation from Nehawka made- the air hot in the meeting room. Then the board split and First District Commissioner William Nolte walked out in a huff. Board Chairman Ray Norris V 'I VI V 'V. 1 1 - NEW THIRD grade teacher at First Ward school in Platts mouth, since Monday, Jan. 30, has been Mrs. Donald Yocum She replaces Mrs. Vivian -Kizer who resigned. Mrs. Yocum taught at North Platte the first semester this year and prevl ously taught at Cozad a year She attended Doane College for two years and at Colorado State at Greeley one summer. Mr. Yocum is superintendent of schools at Avoca. Split Widens Mail Routes al's opinion, to divide mail route money but that it has been done one way or another and the third district has reaped the benefit as well as the second district. Mr. Nolte told the Journal that mail route funds were divided on a percentage basfs in the treasurer's office beginning wth July 31, 1950, report and con tinuing manv months until a rulinsr from the attorney gener al's office said that should not be done but the total funds should be used for all the coun tv. Mr. Nolte savs that under this ruliner all districts should keot abreast of each other cn mail routes but that only the third district has nearly com pleted rebuilding all of its mail routes. He says the mail route funds are no longer divided in the treasurers offire but this is now done in the county clerk's office, he believes without good legal basis. Mr. Nnlte said that if his dis trict is broke, this is one of the reasons. He said the other two commissioners told . him they would not sign his claims if he rMd not follow their way of do ing things. Claims are paid on two signatures. Commisioners N o r r is and Bornemeier say they refused to ci?n the claim on Mr. Nolte's second machinerv storage -fched because he has built it foolish ly spending too much money and making more room than he "eeds. They say they authorized the buildin of the first struc ture and aereed on the money. 6 000. from the sale of another buildine, but they did not know J about the" other building until the claims bef?an to come in and they objected to it on the erounds that Commissioner Nolte does not need it and he is trying to pay for it out of gener al funds. Commissioner Nolte says both commissioners knew of the structure and approved $3,500 he put in the budget. for build ings along with $2,000 for the (Continued on Page Four) 1 eirs Dsif caught most of the bolts of dis- satisfaction hurled at the board. Why? asked the delegation from south of Weeping Water (names not available) hadn't Mr. Norris completed grading a road in his territory which a school bus uses and the lack of which lost part of a mail route in the section? The Nehawka delegation hit in the afternoon. And the air was hot. Why? hadn't Mr. Norris graded and fixed and graded a secondary highway leading from Nehawka to State Highway No. 1 north of there? In this delegation were Ne- hawka's leading citizens Wal ter Wunderlich and Bob Wun- derlich. Dr. R. R. Anderson, Frank Hogue and James Chris wisser. The road is six miles long, three miles in District 2 and three miles' in District 1. Mr. Norris told the Journal that the people have waited two summers after he and Com missioner William Nolte promis ed to fix the road and that he expects bids to be let this spring. He said that at first it was intended to make the road a federal aid road but that feder al funds were not available and he expected to save up enough county road money to fix the road, but couldn't. Federal aid has now become available again and it is expected to go ahead with the road. The Journal learned, how ever, that three rights of way have not been obtained near Ne hawka, because prices asked are too high. This would require condemnation proceedings, which have not been started. Commissioner Nolte said all the rights-of-way have been ob tained on his end but he does not have the matching money right now. He said the federal office told him the road could be built with the commissioners paying only current expenses with matching funds coming from next year's budget after July 1. He also said he suggest ed to the other two commission ers that mail route funds could be used on the road, since part of it is a mail route. They re jected that plan. (For further word on mail route fund hassle among commissioners, see another story today). Mr. Nolte laid the lack of a good road from Nehawka north to Highway No. 1 at the door of Mr.. Norris, saying that Com missioner Norris built another federal matching road after he promised the Nehawka people their road improvement. The Journal was unable to learn further details of the ob jections of the other delegation from south of Weeping Water, but for the third item in a big day at a commission meeting when Commissioner William Nolte put on his coat and left, see the Journal's other story to day. RETURNS TO HOME Mrs-. J. A. Donelan has re turned to her home in the Coro nado apartments, after recuper ating from a fall. She has been at the home cf her daughter in Papillion. Mrs. Donelan arrived home Wednesday after an ab sence since Dec. 5. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Heme Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Feb. 6, 7, 8. High Low Prec. Monday 41 20 Tuesday 40 20 Wednesday ... 38 20 Forecast Tomorrow a little cooler, high in the low 30's, partly cloudy, , sunny today, highs in mid 30's, lows 15-25. Sun sets Thursday at 5:50 p. m. Sun rises Friday at 7:26 a. m.