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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER liTh ME n PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY Monday - Thursday it UWIN Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elm wood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 75 SIXTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1956 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 47 CI ST e V4. Duroes Choice Purebred Pigs Arc Given To The Youths Friday Nine area boys have each be come the owner of a purebred Duroc pig. The youngsters were given the pigs this past Friday as part ot the Sears Foundation work ap proved and carried out in Cass County. Those receiving the pure bred pigs were Ronald Puis, Stephen Wehrbein, Bill Sul livan, Albert YV'etenkamp, David Waterman, Terry Wiles, Larry Jones, Tom Gregg and Hunter Ingwer son. The purpose of the Sears proj ect is to help as many farm boys as possible to get a start in swine production using the best management practices available through the state 4-H office and the Cass County Ex tension Service. The 4-H swine project started in Cass County in 1954 when Sears Foundation approved the county as a cooperating unit. Eight purebred Duroc weanling gilts were purchas ed from the Miller & Beck ett herd at Shenandoah, Iowa. The pigs went to eight boys in the Murray Union area. Ray Cundall of Murray was leader of the 4-H Club, known as "Master Breeders 4-H Swine Club." Sears Foundation provided funds to purchase a purebred Duroc boar, to which the gilts were bred in the fall of 1954. In the spring of 1955 each of the boys turned in one of their top gilts and these eight gilts were turned over to eight more boys at Elmwood. The Elmwood club is known as Westside Rooters 4-H Club. Howard Pool was the leader in 1955 and Donald Fredenburg is their present leader. The pigs turned over to the new owners this past Friday are from the Elmwood boys. The 1956 members will each turn in a top gilt in 1957 to another group of boys to keep the chain intact. An extra link was added to the chain this year as nine pigs were distributed. The original 4-H Sears Advis ory Committee , which has di rected this oroject includes Frank Frohlich of Eagle from! the Cass Extension Service Board, R. A. Noell of Murray and W. N. Sullivan of Platts mouth, Cass County 4-H Com mittee members; Ray Cundall of Murray, leader of the first club and Clarence Schmadeke, Cass County Extension Agent. In addition to this group, How ard Pool and Donald Freden burg of Elmwood and Bob Jam eson have served or are serv ing in subsequent years. Harold Gregg leads the 1956 club and thus becomes a member of the advisory committee too. The Sears Foundation pro vides premium monies and rib bons for Cass County Fair exhib its of these projects. Drs. F. E. Ziegenbein of Nebraska City and Gordon Wasson of Plattsmouth have offered their services free to the boys in vaccinating- the prize pigs. Reading, 'Riting, 'Rithmatic See Pictures Page 5 By Jerry Sharpnack Journal Stalf Writer Two Plattsmouth High School i 3 Stanley Cole - ' " I i , S o r- - V If Ipr- : j '1 T -" Vr j Kindergarten ... - .-Jr.-lf ' j ?f r-i C y'o jChildrert Are ... ''f z - K I ! t o Register 1 O, r' .-. 1 - 1 'x 'J i i'-.-.-iiiiiiir.iii :u.-mlri. i.-.j 'iiMwiiffMrn-MTi-ni -mL-- n -i if -TtTin-flifii 'fflinnmw i-j m mmi " -- - - M'ith their pigs are, left to right, Ike or Estes, Which? eks Plattsmouth voters as well as those throughout the State of Nebraska will have a chance in 12 days to cast their ballot for the presidential candidate of their choice in their respective parties. Republican voters of District One on that day will also de cide who they want for the party standard bearer in a much "closer to home" election that of county commissioner. Two candidates names appear on the GOP ballot. They are William F. Nolte, the incumbent, a retired farmer, and Earl Albert, a farmer, who seeks to win the party's nod from him. The winner will face Edward Fitzgerald, another farmer, who Nebraska Heart Membership to Dr. L. S. Pucelik Full membership in the Ne braska Heart Association has been awarded Dr. L. S. Pucelik, Plattsmouth Heart Fund chair man in recognition of his fund- raising efforts. Dr. O. A. Kostal of Hastings, President, today announced that 376 chairmen have been approv ed for regular membership, in cluding full voting rights. Although a final count won't be available until June 30, the Nebraska Heart Fund has now raised about $165,000, including memorial gifts. This is $20,000 over the goal and $47,000 more than collected last year. Suit Is Settled Out Of Court This Week A personal injuries suit was settled out of court this week shortly after a district court jury was empanelled. Plaintiff John B. McCallan of Omaha had asked $18,076 dam ages from Robert Tinnean of Greenwood as the result of an auto collision. graduates are among six new teachers hired to city school posts for next fall, it was an nounced today by Superin- Patricia Colby Primaries Po . v I I i - - """ - f !l - - H i ' ' " i "-I S " , I 1 ' i 7U. ;--Sl3I ..if linlyrs T St Terry Wiles, Larry Jones, Tom Story at left. S is running unopposed, democratic primaries. Voters will also elect dele gates at large, district dele gates and gubernatorial candi dates for their respective parties. Also listed on the ballots are the offices of lieutenant gover nor, secretary cf state, auditor of public accounts, state treas urer, attorney general, railway commissioner and congressman. Atty. Francis M. Casey of Plattsmouth is listed among the candidates seeking: the democratic nod for alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Atty. Casey said today he was actually uncommitteed as to his preference for democratic pres idential candidate. Still Time to Sign Up for Chamber's Clean-Up Program Only a small number of Platts mouth home owners have enter ed the home improvement con test sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Chamber Manager Dale Bow man urges all those interested in this clean-up week contest to make their entries now to be come eligible for the awards. Prizes will be awarded to owners of homes which show the most improvement during the clean-up week, he added. Clean up week ends Saturday May 5. Mr. Bowman also urged those wishing to have their trash pick ed up by the city street depart ment to leave it on the curbing. Cancer Drive Will Wind Up This Week Mrs. Clovis Day, Plattsmouth American Cancer Society Drive chairman expects to wind up the campaign this week. Mrs. Day said the drive was given an extra boost by a $25 donation by Mrs. W. H. Coffelt given in memory of her late husband. tendent T. I. Friest. The local teachers are Stanley Cole and Patricia Colby. Mr. Cole graduated here in 1952. He is now attending Dana College and will receive a bach elor's degree in physical science and social studies. He will assume duties as as sistant athletic coach and will teach high school science and social studies courses. Miss Colby graduated fro.n Plattsmouth High School in 1948. She has had several year's teaching experience in Cass County rural schools and will finish a two year's teacher's training course at Peru College this spring. Miss Colby will teach eighth grade classes. Carolyn Luttman is from Cook and will also complete the Peru College teacher's course this spring. She will teach kindergar US; Alt in the I 1 1 1 a" Gregg and Hunter Ingwerson. eroote However, the local candidate did say he felt he was morally and legally bound to support on at least the first ballot the candi date who wins the democratic primary in Nebraska. Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee appears a "shoo in" for the Nebraska nod as his name is the only one on the democratic ballot. A space is reserved for a write in candidate. President D wight D. Eisen hower shares the same position on the republican ballot. r"L5 liTitiT r r-m m i ?c?i ht a t oil Trio tito 7 f county commissioner all the way up to president has been very quiet in Cass County and one would hardly know that comes May 15th there will be a vote. The only indications are the numerous campaign posters in shop windows and on trees, the scattered and quiet visitations of some congressional candidates and the passing out of a few political cards. The ballots for the primaries are now being printed by the Plattsmouth Journal. "Sneak Day" Trip To . Kansas City Enjoyed By The Local Seniors The seniors of Plattsmouth High School enjoyed "Sneak Day" Wednesday with a trip to Kansas City. The party left in two buses at 5 a.m. The seniors enjoyed a tour of the Ford Motor Com pany, the zoo and the Kansas City Board of Trade. They also had five hours of free time to spend as they wished. Sponsors were Miss Esther Lamb, Phillip Kaldahl, Joe York and Miss Jessie Whalen, teach ers. Some 71 students took part in the trip. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Mike Brookhouser has return ed from Children's Memorial Hospital, Omaha, where he en tered for X-ray and observation. ten at Columbian School sue ceeding Mrs. Nancy Tritsch. Mary Margaret Trail come; from Nebraska City. She attend ed Nebraska Wesleyan and Peru College. Miss Trail will replace Joyce Eikenbary at the Colum bian First Grade. Mrs. Eikenbary will teach at Omaha Westside next fall. Muriel Rieke will come here from her home in Nemaha. This spring she will complete the teacher's training course at Peru College and will teach sec ond grade at Central School re placing Mrs. Wynn Babbitt. Norma Armstrong is a grad uate of Auburn High School. She will complete her third year at Peru College this spring. She will teach first grade at First Ward School replacing Dorothy Engler who plans to return t o Wayne State Teacher's College to complete work on a bachelor's degree. Ail children who expect to en ter the kindergarten next fall are invited to register from 1 to 3 o'clock next Wednesday after- noon, T. I. Friest, Superinten- J - X 1 i .1 . ueni, announced loaay. Mothers are asked to take their children to the school lo cated in their own school zon?. If it is impossible to register at this time, parents should call the principal of the school building in their section of the city for an appointment to register at another time. It is now' a legal requirement that children who wish to enter kindergarten for the first time must have attained the age of 5 years on or before October 15th following enrollment in school. Children not listed in the school census should have birth certificates with them. Eagle Woman Hurt in Crash Of Her Auto EAGLE (Special) Mrs. Mar tin Schildt was able to return home this week after her auto mobile was involved in a serious accident three miles wrest of this village. Mrs. Schildt's auto was struck by a gravel truck as it headed towards the village and it was knocked sideways down an em bankment and into a telephone pole. RVio cnffoT-oH a HrrYL-pn untie and bruises of the tf ace and other minor injuries. The auto was badly damaged. Mrs. Schildt was taken to a hospital by ambulance. Red Cross Drive Is Now at $551 .04 The Chairman Says The Plattsmouth Red Cross drive climbed to $551.04 in total collections today, according to Walter Smith, local chairman. Among the latest contributors are: So Donations Mr. Paul Lutz, Fraternal Or der of Eagles, Joe and Frieda Stibal, Smith & Lebens, Begley & Peck, Dr. L. A. Amato and Robert M. Walling. S3 Donations Karr & Sochor, Western Auto Store, Fouchek, Garnett & Long and Mr. and Mrs. Orville Niel son. $2 or More Ernest Elliott, American Le gion Auxiliary No. 56, Wm. Schmidtmann. Marine Tritsch, Mrs. Henry Starkjohn, Claude May abb and Henry Nolting. $1.00 and Under Mr. and Mrs. Ronald March, Mr. and Mrs. Don Warga, Mrs. John Donelan, Miss Dora Fricke, Mrs. J. W. Holmes, Mrs. J. P. Meisinger, Mrs. Christy Hickey, George Lushinsky, Clem Woster, Anna Wiles, Mrs. Fred Arm strong, Mrs. W. E. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Maston, Mr. and Mrs. John Stone, Laura Engel kemeier. Henry Engelkemeier, Edwin Younker, Glen Vallery, Mrs. Wayne Gorton, Mrs. M. H. Worthen, Mrs. Herbert Baurn gart, Mrs. Carl Ohischlager, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Neeley, Eliza beth Stoehr and E. W. Henter. BREAKS FOOT IN FALL Glen Wetenkamp broke two bones in his right foot Monday in a ladder mishap. Mr. Wetenkamp started to fall from the ladder and tried to jump free, but landed on the foot. His injuries are not seri ous. THE WEATIIER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home tVeather Station, Plattsmouth Nebraska. April 30, May 1, 2, 1956. High Low Prec Monday 48 28 Tuesday 49 40 .40 Wednesday .... 66 40 .30 Forecast: Cloudy, occasional showers, high 'in 60s Warm front moving south easterly. Sun sets today at 7:23 p. m. Sun rises Friday at 5:18 a. m. Si Jail Sentence For Pair Who Took Vehicle J ack L. Liddick and Leon L. Mink, both of Plattsmouth, paid heavily for taking a car for a "joy ride." They damaged the car, owned by Ralph Timm, when they lost control of it near Glen wood Sun day. The men pleaded guilty to a joy-riding charge at a Cass County Court hearing this week. Each was sentenced to serve three months in county jail and was fined $100 plus court costs of $4. Both were ordered to pay double the amount of damage done to the car. Church Services Are Aimed at 4-H Youth Of the Rural Areas By Fearl Groesser Home Extension Asrent WEEPING WATER On Sun day at 7:30 p.m. at Weeping Water Methodist Church "Work ing Together For World Under standing" is "the chosen theme for Rural Life Sunday. This is to encourage 4-H mem bers to stand for the high ideals of the church, school and other social organizations and to help youth to understand and apprec iate the people who work with the soil. It is also to help 4-H members understand the "Heart H", to help 4-H members and " leaders interpret spiritual activities i n eyerday living, to recognize the. spiritual value and character building qualities of 4-H Club work. And, to give 4-H members opportunity to work with their community groups and enable all 4-H members and leaders th? advantage of their American heritage "abundant life" and "pursuit of happiness." 3 From Cass County Taken Into Voiture OMAHA Alva D. Linder. Orville Julian of Plattsmouth and Albert Peterson of Weeping Water were initiated into Voiture Locale No. 1218 LaSociete des Quarante Homme Et Huit Che vaux at the annual spring "Wreck" of Voiture No. 206 at Omaha this past Sunday. Chef de Chemin de Fer Wil liam P. Schlupp of Chicago, 111., was the honored guest. Also attending from Platts mouth were William Schmidt mann, Dr. Paul T. Heinemann, Dr. A. E. Johnson, Louis Baum gart, Arthur Warga, Donald Warga; from Louisville, Wilbur Fitzpatrick, Richard Streeter. John Jackman; from Weeping Water, Joe Johns. Local Woman Hurts Her Hand In Washer A local woman received a badly lacerated hand yesterday when it became caught in a washing machine. The woman, identified only as a Mrs. Henderson of 707 North Ninth Street, was treated by Dr. R. F. Brendel. Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rhod en and the doctor were called to the scene. Free Band Concert Coming; Features SAC Musicians See Picture Page 4 A concert and variety show will be presented by the Strate gic Air Command Band at 8 p.m. Monday in the kigh school aud itorium. Admission will be free. The presentation will be spon sored by the Chamber of Com merce and the Plattsmouth High School Music Department. Chamber of Commerce Man ager Dale Bowman said the group is composed of the most outstanding musicians in the Strategic Air Command. The program, he added, will include not only the concert band, but also their Gay 90's Variety Show consisting of a iTtT T OTTQ The doors of downtown Plattsmouth stores will be open tomorrow night as the merchants put into effect the new Friday evening sales hours. Many special sale items will be featured throughout the shopping area to help make the opening night a suc cess. The stores will remain open until 9 o'clock. The Friday night opening was Rain Spoils Sweep Campaign Here, But All Is for the Best Plattsmouth businessmen were expectantly preparing to man their brooms Mon day morning- for the annual sweep-down of Main Street contest. However, the clean-up week event was cancelled because of the rain. Chamber of Commerce Man ager Dale Bowman has been accused of causing the rain fall in order to get out of sweeping. The manager has not denied this and in fact says he will always be glad to take blame for such a crop-encouraging precipita tion. Poppy Poster Winners Told By Mrs. Warga Winners of the American J gion Auxiliary's Annual Poppy Poster contest have been an nounced by Mrs. Don Warga, unit president. Winners in Class I are: Ron nie Miller, fourth grade Winter steen School, first place; Don ald Deen, fourth grade Winter steen School, second place; Val erie Gorton, fifth grade Central School, third place and Patricia Morris," fifth grade honorable mention. Winners in Class n are Sherry Leona Fuller, first place; Sharon Clark, second place; Barbara Stinson, third place and honor able mention to Connie Diggs. The posters will be entered in the. state contest where three winners will be selected to rep resent Nebraska in the national contest. Posters can be .seen in the win dow at the Central Electric and Gas Company, Plattsmouth. Judges are Mrs. Lloyd Fitch and Mrs. L. B. Todd. Chamber Awards For Membership Unit Activities Don Wall of Conoco Service Station and Bill Wetenkamp, lo cal real estate and insurance man, were awarded "hats" at the recent quarterly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce for their activities on the member ship committee. New members of the cham ber include Fink Motel, Albert Young, Contractor, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tesch, Jr., of Whirl pool Launderette. Miss Jackie Reno Of Plattsmouth Named Head Of Campus Unit TARKIO, Mo., Jackie Reno of Plattsmouth, a freshman at Tarkio College in Missouri has been elected district representa tive of the campus YWCA for the 1056-57 school year. Miss Reno recently attended a three day Missouri District YMCA and YWCA Conference at Camp Pa-He-Tsi near Bagnal Daei on the Lake of the Ozarks, as a representative of Tarkio College. male chorus, barbershop quar tet and other special acts. The band, located at Offutt Air Force Base, is under the di rection of First Lieutenant Er nest W. Greer. Following the regular per formance, the SAC Dance Band will play for a short period of dancing. The SAC Marching Band has performed here during the King Korn Karnival, however this will be its first local performance on the concert stage. Mr. Bowman said the audience will be seated around tables dur ing the performance. IT IT W I designed by the retail division of the chamber to afford pat rons an extra evening of family shopping and to meet the com petition of outlying areas where two shopping nights a week are common. Plattsmouth stores will also be open the usual Saturday evening hours. Lyle Grove, head of the retail division, said it appears a good majority of the city's merchants will be taking part in the new program. Among the features of the evening in many stores will be "surprise pr?ced items. Chamber President Ernie Schultz and Manager Dale Bow man will interview shoppers on a loud speaker system as an add ed highlight of the new program. The interviews will be held at the intersection of Fifth and Main Street beginning at 7:15 p.m. Several weeks ago Platts mouth merchants voted in a poll taken by the retail division to try the Friday night shopping idea. Previous studies showed Fri day night to be a favorite amonj shoppers and that a large num ber of residents of outlying areas already came into the city on Le-jthat evening to do some shop- ping. Although several merchants have declined to give the extra night a try, chamber officials said more than enough stores will remain open to make the night a success for all shoppers. All types of stoit s will be open throughout the shopping district, they claimed. Employes in various stores will be given compensatory time off for the additional hours they spend during the Friday open ings. Phil Allen of Omaha Seeks Cass Support Phil Allen of Omaha, a candi date for the Democratic nomina tion for the November Congres sional election from this district, visited in Plattsmouth Monday in an attempt to bolster his sup port. Mr. Allen visited various shops and passed out his handbills. He also met with Paul Fauquet, a democratic leader, to talk over local aspects of his campaign. The candidate spent Tuesday in the rural areas of the county visiting farmers and farm lead ers. He expressed hopes for the election of a democratic repre sentative from this district this year because of GOP farm poli cies. It was Mr. Allen who was in a hassle with Television Station WOW TV recently when his reg ularly scheduled news programs were dropped during his cam paign. The station feared FCC difficulties if it permitted his broadcasts and did not offer compensatory time to his oppon ents. Meivin Todd Will Head Bridle Show LINCOLN Meivin Todd of Union will be co-chairman of the awards committee for the annual Block and Bridle Show. The Block and Bridle Show J this year will De held in con- junction with the Farmers Fair, May 11 and 12 at the College cf Agriculture campus. Todd, a junior at the Univer sity, is majoring in Agriculture. A Quarter Horse show has been added to the list of events of the Block and Bridle show this year. Both the showman ship contest and the Quarter Horse show will start at nine a.m. on Saturday, May 12. Other events of the Farmers Fair are a two day rodeo, a chuck wagon feed and a dairy cattle showmanship contest. Marriage Permit For Omaha Couple An Omaha couple was issued a marriage license in county court during the past three days The license was issued to Ed ward F. Hron, 36, and Lela L. Edmonds, 23.