Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1956)
Another In The Series: ft.. Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles carrying the complete report of the recent study for the County School System. Read ers are urged to keep each of the series along with accom panying charts and graphs for future reference in this vital question. In summarizing the economic situation as it now exists in Cass County, it is quite obvious that it ranks well above the Ne braska average. The density of population, which can be sup ported on each square mile in an agricultural area, is one indi cation of the potential produc tivity of the area. There are nearly fifty per cent more peo ple per square mile in Cass County than the average, for the state as a whole. This, in part, accounts for the continued existence of the many small service centers in the county. Likewise, the decrease of popu lation in Cass County is some what lower, percentage wrise, j than in other areas of Nebraska fcecau.-e of the native fertility cf the soil. What is happening in Cass County follows the trend of change, differing only by de gree, which is taking place throughout Nebraska and the United States. Our American economy and the movement toward more complete mechanization of agi culture contributes to a natural change in the business and serv ices rendered in the small vil lages, particularly those which Beginning and Advanced Acrobat Lessons Beginning and Advanced TAP Private Class Instruction Charlene Lewis Phone 7978, Plattsrnouth -i-MK. jHtn-u.: r-w.-J3i-. : fc ( - . sr. Uu "ssr- ! , J1 f a - 13 Scili depend upon volume for their continued existence. The volume (either in merchandise or serv ice) in many cases, is very closely related to the number of families and the total popu lation which an area supports. As the population decreases, the competition becomes greater and greater until certain serv ices are discontinued or consoli dated. Most services in the towns and villages exist as a service convenience to the im mediate agricultural area. For example, the elevators and feed stores in each of the service centers exist primarily to serve the marketing or distribution of agricultural produce in the sur rounding area; the service sta tions and fuel distribution agents exist for the purpose of provid ing fuel to the farmers in the area; and likewise it can be noted that the appliance and equipment stores are those which provide the implements needed on the farms, particular ly the small machinery. A lim ited amount of dry goods is pro vided through the local grocery stores, leaving the major items to be purchased at more dis tant points and larger service centers such as Lincoln, Omaha, Plattsrnouth and Nebraska City. These distributive services have undergone considerable change in the past two decades, parti cularly with the improvement of roads and communications. The school system has likewise un dergone some changes, particu larly in very recent years. In the highly competitive sys tem in which we are now liv ing, it is only natural to expect the change to continue to take place into the future. As our social, cultural and economic patterns of life change as peo ple of their own choice move about and shop around for the necessities, conveniences and services needed to live a full and productive life. There is no evidence available at the pres ent time to indicate that cer tain services within the com munity tend to strengthen it or cause it to hold its population. Rather, it can be definitely pointed out that the economic AUTHENTIC JEANS 13.75 OZ. STRONG &tHttt w V BOYS' SIZES 10 to 16 $2-89 oenniaisen Study conditions within the community which support the population it self, probably tend to control the increase or decrease in popula tion more than any other fact or. In other words, as the eco nomic level of the community raises to where it can support a larger population, then it is only natural that people will be attracted to it. This accounts, at least in part, for the continued growth in population in the larg er centers and the gradual de crease in population in the very small centetrs. Information available at the present time, indicates that the school system in the community has little or no effect upon in crease or decrease in population. Rather, it can be shown that the loss of accreditation rating of the school is the last recog nition which begins to reflect a depopulated area. In other words, the population in most small communities had dwindled considerably before the school system appears to be affected. This would certainly be true in Cass County. The existence of a high school in a small town does not of itself determine the town's continuance as a service center; the quality of the educational program available to the com munity very definitely does ef fect the quality of living in a community. All evidence points to the fact that an uneconomic and small staffed school, which is run at considerable expense to the small district, is a defin ite disadvantage and discourage ment. The high tax levy, requir ed to support an inefficient and limited school program discour ages capital investment and cap ital improvement of business and services within the district. Likewise a poor school discour ages professional people from living in the community. Author ities agree that every commun ity should have good educational services conveniently available to each child. The actual physi cal location of the plant or at tendance center is not an im portant consideration. The school district system in Cass County was established approximately 100' years ago, YEARS j . tV. I A I A IAA ft? ft IG SMITH'S 40th ANNIVERSARY HEAVY WHITEBACK BLUE DENlM WELT OUTSEAMS, FELLED INSEAM5 BUILT FOR SADDLE COMFORT FULLY SANFORIZED WITH ZIPPER FLY 9 ana nas unuergone uiuy lamui changes in that period. The change winch has taken place has been only in very recent years. In many districts of Cass County, particularly the rural districts, contracting for instruc tion has become a common practice. This is being done for at least two reasons; first as an economy measure, where a very small enrollment is to be educated in a district, and sec ond is to receive a high quality of instruction in a neighboring school, which can provide a broader curriculum because of larger enrollments and better facilities. These makeshift prac tices have, in some instances, temporarily relieved a serious problem but in no instance have they solved a problem. Contract ing, in most instances, shifts the responsibility and consequently creates a greater problem for those districts making an effort to support good education. It has been stated many times that the purpose of the school district in America is to pro vide a local source of financial and governmental support for a system of free public education. At the time that our school dis tricts were established in Ne braska, while the country was being homesteaded and develop ed as an agricultural state, our districts were organized to pro vide the basic requirements of that period which, for the most part, were simply beginning skills in reading, writing and arithmetic. Since then great changes have taken place in our way of life. The diversity of em ployment in Cass County, as in dicated in Table I, is an mdica tion of the wide range of interest and education needs. (To Be Continued) DRIVER, 3, CRASHES DENVER, COLO. Robert Daniel (Danny) Dillon, Jr., 3, dragged a chair up to a cab inet where the car keys were kept, fished out the keys and went out to the car. He took the automatic drive out of re verse, started the car and put it into reverse again. Off went the car down 20 feet of drive way across the 24 foot street and up over a 30-foot lawn into a vacant house. It smashed into the kitchen and stopped against an inside wall cracking the wall. Danny was unhurt but the car and house suffered damages to the tune of about $500 each. 3 r-r. . SIZES 28 ro 38 Eagle News: Vacations Dominate Eagle News In Pre-School Activities Mrs. John Fischer Tele. 7304 Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Briggs of Indiana, visited Mr. Brigg's mother and a sister, Mrs. Keith Lee Fischer of Alvo, Friday eve Trumble'and family a few days ning at the Elmwood Christian last week. Mr. and Mrs. R, C. Hushes and daughter, of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, arrived in Eagle last Sunday evening at the home of- Mrs. Hughes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wenzel for a two weeks visit. Mrs. Hughes is the former Esther Wenzel. The guests will also visit Mrs. Hughes' brother, Mr. and Mrs. Naval training station at Chi Clyde Wenzel and family. cago where he has been under- Mrs. Verna Habel and daugh- ter Marilyn, arrived home last Friday, after enjoying a trip and visit to California. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Phinney of Omaha, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reynoldson ana son, iasi tounaay. t j . . . . merzger S riome Lincoln, attended the funeral Chaplain and Mrs. Ernest services of a cousin, Mr. Ru Metzger and two daughters left dolph Beccard, at Nebraska via their car, last Friday morn- City Tuesday afternoon, ing after enjoying a several The Women's Society of Chris- weeks leave and visit with rela- tives, for their new home and day August 29th instead of the assignment at Norfolk, Va. Mrs. following week as formerly plan Metzger's parents, Mr. and Mrs. ned, due to the State Fair this Jess Wall received a message stating, they d arrived , at their destination on Tuesday evening and all feeling fine and had a nice trip. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Umland enjoyed a trip to Sinton. Texas. accompanying Miss Mabel Hart- zell for a couple of weeks re- turnine home last. Sunrinv ThPv enjoyed the pleasure of seeing the Gulf of Mexico, enjoyed the na ai mun rocn at ijl"t;ui" city of Corpus Christi and manv Rev. and Mrs. Christensen are other southern pleasure triDs. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gay and familv of Des Moines. Iowa. are visiting Mrs. Gay's mother. Mrs. Laura West, during Mr. Gay's vacation from the office at State Capitol Building. Mrs. G&y is the former Florence West and a graduate of Eagle Schools. . Mrs. Bertha Caddv had a sur- prise visit recently, when her nephew, Mr. and Mrs Paul Blair and two children and also a niece, Mrs. John Winslow of Hastings, called at her . home enroute to Oakland, Calif., soon where Mr. Blair will. teach in one of the City's High Schools. The guests have been visiting the Nebraska relatives before bia, Mo., is visiting her daugh leaving for their future home, ter and family, Mr., and Mrs. Mrs. Ray Reynoldson has been H. N. Erskine's Jr., having ar ill for a few days and unable rived last Wednesday. On Sat to assume her duties as clerk Urday afternoon Mrs. Erskine at Lincoln. However, we are and Mrs. Wibble visited Mr. and glad to report she is recover- Mrs. Rueben Aden and Mrs. ing satisfactorily and plans to Aden's mother, Mrs. Amos Ad return to work soon. en. at Lincoln, formerly of Mr. David McKay has been having an attack of a virus in- fection and with medical atten- tion is recovering satisfactorily, moving to Eagle and Waverly Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reynold- communities. The Wibbles mov son of Albion, spent last week- ed later to Colombia Mo., where end at the home of their son they now reside, and family, the Ray Reynoldsons Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Erskine returning home on Monday. jr., and family and Mrs. Ers Mrs. Tina Butts returned kine's mother, Mrs. Wibble of home last Sunday after spending Colombia, Mo., attended the the weekend at the home of her Anderson-Wibble family reunion daughter and family, the Emil at the Waverly Grange Hall, Glaser's at Lincoln. Miss Pam- Sunday. The relatives are for ela Glaser spent the previous merly from the Council Bluffs, week at her grandmother's iowa, community. The reunion home, during her school vaca- is held the 3rd. Sunday of Aug tion. Mrs. Butts celebrated her ust each year. . . birthday at the daughter's home Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nor on Sunday. dell and family of Moline, 111., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wulf spent visited his cousin, Mr. Edward last Saturday and Sunday with Gerhard last weekend and at- their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wulf at Ralston. On Sun- day, they tripped to Minden, Iowa, and visited the former's cousin, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kadle at that city, returning ,to Eagle, Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doran and family of Denver, Colo., visited relatives at Eagle, a cousin, the Ivan Dorans and al- so a brother, Melvin Doran fam- ily at Alvo, recently. Les is a former Eagle School graduate. The "Syracuse" town baseball team and "Eagle" town and legion team played at Eagle last Wednesday evening result- ing in Eagle's favor. The "Eaglle midgets" baseball team played Sterling Midgets" on Friday evening resulting in Eagles favor. On Saturday evening the Midget team played Lincoln Midgets and later won at Lin coln. The Eagle Midgets will play the Lincoln Midgets at Eagle Tuesday evening the 21at. Wednesday evening at the Methodist Church the Methodist Youth Fellowship had a back wards party. Guests arrived with their attire on backwards, and, if anyone did not, they had to change their clothes. Two inspectors were appointed to check each person as they came in. Also invited were the Alvo M. Y. F. members. After playing a couple of games, introductions were made telling grade in school, age, of fice held in the M. Y. F. Punch and cookies were ser ved. Several Eagle relatives of Lee Fischer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fischer, of Alvo, attended the wedding ceremony of Miss Phyllis Ebeler of Elmwood to Church. Those attending were. Mr. and Mrs. John Vickers, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vickers, Mr. and Mrs. Orin Lanning, Mrs. Walter Jacobmeier and Mr. and Mrs. John Fischer and Kathy Ein- feldt. Robert Walker, Jr., S.P. of the Navy arrived in Eagle Saturday morning from the Great Lakes going the boot camp training, for several weeks. He will en- joy several days leave, before returning to his assignment for schooling at a Naval station in Maryland. Mr and Mrs. William Ketel- hut and Mr. Otto Ketelhut and a sister, Mrs. Kate Oberle of tian Service will meet Wednes- week. The Eagle Schools will dismiss students on Wednesday for their attendance to the fair, The Evangelism committee of the church have formed a trans- portation committee, for those wishing to attend church, The Methodist Youth Fellow. shiP enjoyed a social gathering al ine cnurcn last vveanesaay evening and had a swimming Party on Wednesday, August sponsoring the group and the young folks are co-operating. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wagner daughter, Marilyn, the lat ter's friend, Miss Marlene Schmits and Mr. Henry Beck, brother of Mrs. Wagner of Hu ron S. Dak. visited Mr. Wag- ner's brother Mr. and Mrs. George Wagner and family Fri- day evening remaining over- night continuing on their trip from Huron S. Dak., to Dallas, Texas, Denver, Colo., and other stop-over visits with relatives enroute to their home Visit In Eagle Mrs. Allonzo Wibble of Colom Eagle. The Adens and Wibbles were also former neighbors and folks in Greeley County prior to tended the family reunion at Lincoln, Sunday, returning home Monday. Eddie Vader who has been spending the summer with his sister and family near Syra- Cuse, returned home Sunday and will attend school this fall, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wulf of Ralston and Mr. and Mrs. Wil- ham Heavey and family of Lin- coin, spent Sunday at the par- ents home, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wulf. Mr', and Mrs. Charley Scatter- g0od and Mrs. Scattergood's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Piersol, of Walton, drove to Denver, Colo., and other sight seeing places last week, return- ing home, the first of this week. The Methodist Church School basket dinner was well attended Sunday at Bethany Park in Lin coln. The committee in charge, had entertainment for all pre sent. Folks returned home, hav ing had a wonderful fellowship meeting of the day. The Charles Palmer family of Lincoln visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Palmer, Sunday. SLOPPY BUT POLITE LAUREL ACRES, Md When George McCreary returned to his home at night recently, he found a window had been forced open and in the kitchen there were dirty dishes at places for three. Missing was la. package of minute steaks. Oh. the table was a note of thanks lor the steaks. 'Subscribe to The Journal Nowl THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, August 23, 1956 Section B PAGE ONE Murray Notes Activities For Past Week Mrs. Neva Read Phone 6021 Mrs. Curtis Faris had the mis drtune to fall from a wagon ast Wednesday. She suffered a broken collar bone. Her daugh ter, Kay, saw her mother fall and jumped to assist her. She sprained her ankle when she jumped. Both are getting along as well as can be expected. Mrs. Grace Kidder of Sar gent was visiting last week at the home of Mrs. Margaet Bren del. Mrs. Kidder and Mrs. Bren- del are sisters. The Friendly Neighbor Club met last Wednesday at the Plattsrnouth Garfield Park for a picnic. The old members were invited to attend, whith their families as guests of the present members. A Coin shower was given at the Christian Church last Wed nesday evening honoring Mr. and Mrs. Robert Larson, Jr. $48 was given to the young Lar son's with which to purchase something for their, new home in India. Those entertaining for the shower were:holly Vest and Helen Garner, a song; Linda Gregg, Eilene Read and Carol Smith, songs; Mrs. Ruby Lan caster, a reading; mens quartet, Duane Sack, Art Taylor,. Forest Beil, Richard Sack with Merle Rogers accompanying. Pictures were shown of India by the Lar sons with Mrs. Larson Jr., ex plaining. Sunday dinner and supper guests of the Earl Mink family were Mr. and Mrs. Willard Roos and LaVerna of Dunbar, a sis ter of Mrs. Mink, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gochenour,. Jr., Denese and Ricky of Plattsrnouth and Mrs. John Durman of Syracuse, mother of Mrs. Mink. Mrs. Dur man has been spending a few weekss at the home of her daughter. Mr. Bill Seybolt and Dr. R. J. Brendel were called to the bed side of Mrs. Jeff Brendel Franklin, last Saturday. Mrs. Brendel had suffered a heart attack. The two returned home Sunday evening. A miscellaneous shower was given at the Christian Church honoring Minnie Mae Hoschar and Havley Sayers Monday eve ning. Many nice gifts were re ceived by the couple. Teh en tertainment was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Art Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lancaster. A television skit was acted out of "I have a secret." The an nouncer being Art Ttylor and SATTLER Funeral Home Dial 3123 a brilliant new blouse by jXM " iCXv : ;.; ?v Nr I. ... . . w Any way you took at it . . . thi ! flattery unlimited In our new button-back blouse. Trim tucking ... end a darling collar ... all in fine imported PIMA ond broadcloth. And glorlou colori In iijet 7 to 17. SOENNI CHSEN'S Raymond Lancaster as master of ceremonies. The panel was served by Mrs. Neva Read, Mr. Sheldon Smith, Mrs. Florence Noell,. and Mr. Richard Sack. Those sharing secrets were Min nie Mae Hoschar, Merle Rogers, Havley Sayers, Lewis Rogers, Alles Rice. Joan Taylor and Ruby Lancaster. Mrs. Glen Johnson Jias accept ed a position in the Bellevue School as music teacher and kindergarten. Rev. and Mrs. Robert Larson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Larson. Jr., and Newell entertained Mrs. Neva Read, Eilene and Ruth, to an Indian dinner last Thurs day. The young Mrs. Larson pre pared the dinner as they are prepared in India where she has spent the past five years. The food was different, but very good. It was an experience the young Read children will long remember. Mr. Oscar Nailor and son, Oscar Jr., are visiting for a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancaster. Mr. Nailor and Mr. Lancaster were partners in business some thirty odd years ago. Mr. Nailor now lives in Alton, Illinois. Several of the young men a- round Murray have gone to Colo rado for their two weeks training in the reserves. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Curt right, Donna and Leonard Bell, drove to Kearney to see Floyd Sunday. They report the boys are doing fine and have won their band honor and are plan ning on being home soon. BACK TO SCHOOL AT LINDER'S SEE OUR BACK TO SCHOOL WINDOW O BICYCLE ACCESSORIES Everything To Make Your Bike More Attractive O LUNCH PAILS With Thermos O NOVELTY PENCIL BOXES O JUNIOR FOOTBALLS O SPAULDINC OFFICIAL BASKETBALLS O BASKETBALL BASKETS COME IN AND BROWSE AROUND! YOU'LL ENJOY SHOPPING AT UNDER $3.98 bateau neck in imported PIMA Oil