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,- KESR. STATE 'III 37. SOCIETY XXX 1500 P. ST. LINCOLN MM. PUBLISHED SEMI - WEEKLY Monday - Thursday CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER IMIODOJ EH Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elm wood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Th an 3500 Cass County Families NUMBER 80 VOLUME 75 PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1956 TEN CENTS PER COPY EIGHT PACES . - - - " v 1 r " - v , . - - - " .... . . - a. -w;.r! JB - . T ..,. 1 , . .... .' "t'lm-T- - -5. r""-r1 .:. : V " !?- f ! in the Tommy Thompson 'ff-h"S ' home north of Plattsmouth Friday night in an attempted , 'iB?! arson. Quick work on the part T . iV J of Plattsmouth fire depart- ' " . v " ' - :v 4-V- s r'v.fe; - " 5 J ment prevented extensive w", , ' - V damage. Faster action on the ' ' - V " ' ! ' -J J Part of Sheriff Solomon land- j J ( -' . ' . t e5' ed guilty parties in county -- " " 14' jail, thanks to a big assist -1 , '. T ' 1'" .A-riMV om Hob Hirz. --v - ''f. ' '.M'r. Journal Photos A V V ,-! Omaha Man Is First Louisville Lake Victim An Omaha man, Trinidad Gaitan, 58, became the first drowning victim at the State Lakes at Louisville for 1956. Mr. Gaitan lost his life, Saturday; afternoon. Gaitan , on a family outing with his family, dove into the lake in an attempt to save his. daughter, Mrs. Gloria Lon?oria, who, while swimming got into trouble and called for help. ; The father, while sitting en the bank fully clothed and with shoes on dove into the water to ! assist her. After reaching Mrs. Longoria, he also was overcome j and sank in about 20 feet of j water. 1 The daughter wTas rescued by: her husband, Fred. i Larry Luken and Joe Mather, j both of Louisville, were summon-j ed from nearby and recovered) Gaitan's body about 15 to 20 feet from shore. The Louisville Fire Department was summoned along with the sheriff's office. Every effort was made to revive the man with equipment from the Cass County mobile unit, but he failed to respond. ' Sheriff Solomon acting as Cass County Coroner ruled it an ac cidental drowning. Witnesses stated they believed the body remained in the deep water for 10 to 20 minutes be fore it was pulled to shore. 15) n r S DDI A ft &(5Q Gave Cass County (Queen To Wrong Domingo Family A Journal story announc ing the naming of Cass Coun ty's new queen for 1956 car ried Thursday gave "Miss Weeping Water," Yvonne Domingo, to the wrong fam ily. Information supplied the Journal was in error and correction was not received until after the first section had been printed and dis , tributed. Miss Cass County is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Domingo of Weeping Water. - Band Director Richard Kucera Starts Today Richard Kucera, recently ap pointed director of the Platts mouth High School Band, arrived over the weekend and took up his new duties today. A busy schedule faces the new director with three band trips during the current week. The Blue Devils, 78 strong, will ap pear at the Otoe County Fair at Syracuse Thursday, at the fair in Columbus on Friday, and at the Nebraska State Fair Mon Two men, Robert Thomas Payne, 27, of 1538 South 29th St., Omaha, and Robert Lee Christensen, 29, living in a farm house between Plattsmoath and Louisville, were taken into cus tody Saturday morning on char ges of breaking and entering and attempted arson. The two men appeared in county court Saturday and were bound over to district court by Judge Case with bonds set at $1000.00 each. They made bond and were released Saturday night. Payne was taken into custody at his home in Omaha late Fri day night. Christenson was ar rested at his home west of Platts mouth early Saturday morning. Under questioning by Sheriff Solomon, both men admitted in a three-page statement their part in breaking into the Tom my Thompson home north of 1 s Director liichard Kucera day, Sept. 3. The band's most recent exhibition was on Fri day ar the Cass County Fair in Weeping Water.. Director Kucera ia a grad uate of the Crete High School and of Doane College. During the past year he was band di rector at the Ashland High School and during the summer months attended courses at the University of Nebraska School of Music. A sergeant in the National Guard, this past week was spent in training with his company at 'Little Falls, So. Dak. He is a member of the National Guard band. Mr. Kucera is 24 and unmarried. Sheriff Investigates Break-Ins At Eagle Two minor breakins were in vestigated by the Sheriff's of fice at Eagle during the past I week. 1 1 Thursday night an intruder ; entered the Trumble . Grocery 1 and removed 50 pennies. Friday night an intruder threw a rock through the window of the ele- 1 1 vator, reached in, unlocked the - window, and entered the busi- 'ness place. I When departing the person i closed and locked the wandow on his way out. Several wrenches and a screw driver were the only articles ound to be missing. Solomon stated the breakins appeared to be the work of teen agers. A Classified Ad in The Journa costs as little as 35 rente THE WEATIIFR Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Horn' Weather Station, Plattsmouth Nebraska. 1 Ausust 23, 24, 25, 26, 1956 High Low Prec. Thursday 94 52 .00 Friday 83 59 .00 Eatuurday 89 62 .00 Sunday 100 b4 .00 Forecast: Partly cloudy. Tem perature high near 100. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents the city, looting it and then set ting fire to the house "just to see it burn." In their statements, the pair j stated they were returning f rom ! Omaha when Christensen point ed out the Thompson home when they passed it on the highway. He stated the house was vacant but had furniture stored inside. Payne stated Christensen sug gested they stop and see what the furniture looked like. He agreed. Payne, driving a 56 model station wagon, pulled into the driveway of the Thompson home and finding the door locked, kicked it in and entered. After searching the house, the men admitted carrying out a ladder and several sheets of beaver board. They planned to take an elec tric refrigerator, but due to its age decided against it. Upon departing, the men stated they set fire to paper on the kitchen floor and to an ironing board and mattress in the front room. Then according to their confessions, they opened the front door to give the fire "ventilation." Once the fires had a good start they got into their car and head ed out of the driveway onto Highway 75. Entering the high way, the car nearly collided with one going north driven by Hob Hirz, who with Mrs. Hirz and his brother Bob and wife, were on their way to Omaha. Mr. Hirz jotted down the li cense number of the vehicle and later gave it to Sheriff Solomon after the fire was discovered. This license number proved to be the clue that broke the case in short order. Sheriff Solomon found it was register ed to a 53 model car in the name of Payne and carried a Plattsmouth address. Continued On Page Seven Murdock Fire District Is Now Approved Cass County commissioners Saturday gave approval to re quests for creation of a rural fire protection district in Mur dock and vicinity. Petitions had been circulated for the ior matiori of this district some time ago. Representing the petitioners was Attorney Edwin McHugh ofMurdock at the hearing before the board. Objection of two landowners was received,their property was set outside the new district by the county board. (This represents a successful effort of residents in that part of Cass County to secure ade quate fire protection for their farm property in the north west section of the county, long badly needed. It will place this part of the county in line with other areas for adequate fire protection. Meeting for the election of officers will be held on Sat urday, September 15th at 8 p. m. at Murdock School. Hitch Hiker, 94, Picked Up Here Normally hitch-hikers picked up by the Sheriff's office are of the teen-ager group, however a call to the sheriff Thursday noon was just the opposite. A caller informed the gendar mes that a man was lying down in a ditch about four miles south of Plattsmouth. Checking, Sher iff Solomon found the man, Abe Rarick, of Kearney, resting in the ditch due to what he stated "his heart acting up." Rarick was returned to the courthouse where he informed officers that he was 94 years of age and was enroute to New York City. A. check with Kearney authorities brought information that Rarick ran away from a nursing home in that city. Rarick was held in custody and turned over to Kearney authorities who came after him. Rev Mina Smith To Wesleyan Church Here The Wesleyan Methodist Con ference and Campmeetmg of Nebraska met for , its sessions Camp Ground located six miles east of Atkinson. Pastors and delegates are pre sent from 21 churches through out the state. Conference sessions opened August 14 with an open- 'ing message of welcome by Rev Gordon Goodsell of Grand Is land. The following conference of ficers were reelected for the coming year: President - Rev. Charley Phipps of Atkinson; Vice Pres ident- Rev. Gordon Goodsell o Grand Island; Secretary-D. H iRasmussen of Lincoln; Treas rarer-Neil - Lancaster of- Platts mouth; and Sunday School Sec retary- Rev. Fred Warringron of North Platte. The Ladies' Missionary So ciety elected Mrs Lois Grosen bach of Gordon as president Mrs. Lora Olmstead of Venus as vice president, Mrs. Orlena Hansen of Red Cloud as sec retary, Mrs Ethel Dooley of Pal mer as treaasurer, and Mrs Teletha Strope of Venus as sup erintendent of the Young Mis sionary worker's band. The youth department of the church elected Rev. Morris Bud ensiek of Wayne as president, Rev. Dale Hornback of Grand Island (formerly of Scottsbluff) as vice president, Rev. George Francis of Tryon (formerly of Plattsmouth) as secretary, and Mrs. Paulette Warrington of North Platte as treasurer. Rev. Mina Smith, formerly associate pastor at Atkinson was named pastor of the church at Plattsmouth replacing Rev. George Francis who was trans ferred to Tryon. Delegates from Plattsmouth to the conference were: Neil Lan caster, and Elbert Schwenneker. ! Villi1! ''AJ 3 r $ I I $-,....-,' '-'. I - " f ' ' h " '""v- . CHANGING HYDRANTS OVER Fire Chief Joseph Kruntorad is shown looking over the switch of hose connection threads on city fire hydrants. A standard thread was adopted upon the ad vice of Bruce WTilson, state chief of, vacation for fire depart ments. Others in the picture are Geo. Holman, local fire de partment truck driver, and Don Wall, a fireman. Journal Photo). Cub Scouts Make Field Trip To State Capitol Tuesday Sixty-five Cub Scouts of Pack 369 left Plattsmouth by bus at 8 a. m., Tuesday, for a field trip to Lincoln. Accompanying the group were R. F. Schald, pack chairman, and the following mothers and assistants. Mrs. Mary Bowen of Den 1; Mrs. Marion Garrison, Den 2; Mrs. Mary Joe Nielsen, Den 3; Mr. Royer, Den 4; Mrs. Helen Liddick and Mrs. Don Wall of Den 5; Charley Christensen, Den 6; Mrs. Dorothy Dittemore, and Mrs. Eraas and daughter, Janet, of Den 7; Mrs. R. F: Schalk, Den 8; Mrs. Joe Rich ter and Mrs. Gene Gruber of Den 9, Murray. Also den chiefs, Warren Mc Millian, Brian Nelson, Kenny Price and Duane Haith. The group arrived at the State Capitol at 9:30 where a guided tour through the Capitol build ing was enjoyed. From there al took a guided tour through the University of Nebiaska Museum. Dinner was enjoyed at the YMCA. After dinner the group explored the Old Pawnee Indian Council Cave; from there through KOLN-TV, and a trip through Miller and Payne Can dy Factory. En route home, they stopped at a drive-inn ice cream stand for a stretch and a cone of their choice, arriving in Plattsmouth at 5:45. During dinner the following Cubs were presented prizes won at last falls pack activities: Tommy Dittemore, balloon busting contest; "Rust" Schalk, Rickey Harbaugh and Danny Schultz, yo-yo contest. Prizes were cub scout bill and change purses. Fifth Annual Teachers' Work-- shon will get underway at the ( Auditorium, High School con- High School Auditorium here Thursday at 8:45 a. m. and will continue through Friday. Climax of the two-day meeting will be a Business Education Dinner at 7 p. m., Thursday evening at the Lions Building I where teachers and business men will join in a get-to-gether meeting. Dr. F. B. Decker, Ne braska Commissioner of Edu cation will be guest speaker at the dinner. Tickets for teach ers can be secured from their building principal. Businessmen can secure tickets from the Chamber of Commerce. While main meetings will be held in the auditorium, others ference rooms, library, class rooms 202, 203, 205 and 112, Central class rooms and Cen tral cafeteria. Other guest speakers include: Dr. Wiley G. Brooks, Princi- j pal, Plattsmouth High School, Mr. D. Dean Dunham, Secre tary, Board of Education, Mr. Derwin R. Ferry, Enrollment Director, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Mr. Bruce E. Gold, Mayor, Mr. Donald F. Kline, Executive Sec retary, Nebraska State Educa tion Association, Dr. Mary L Mielenz, Supervisor of English, University of Nebraska, Mr. L. Row, Peterson and Company, Publishers, Mr. George E. Rot ter, Director of Conservation, Education, Department of Edu- will be held in Central School cation, Mr. Ernest Schultz, Pres ident, Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Jack Zys- man, Representing Playtime Equipment Company. Meeting will take off with a gathering of Supt." T. I. Friest and school principals at 8:45 a. m. First general session -will get underway at 9:30 in the High School auditorium. Sectional meetings to be held Friday include the Elementary Division, with Miss Helen Ned- denriep,' chairman; Junior High Division with Miss Naomi Owen and Mrs. Zelpha Seward, co chairman; High School Division English, Miss Jessie Whalen, group leader, Social Studies John Adkins, leader; Science, Burdette Hansen, leader; Math ematics, James, Robison; Vo- cational Education Donald Han- Teenage Girls Contribute 523 To Pool Fund Interest might be lacking in some quarters in building a new swimming pool for Plattsmouth, but among the younger gener ation they are looking to the future with anticipation. The Friendship Club, a group of teenage girls ranging in age from 12 to 14 years, are doing their part in making a fine pool a reality in this community. a hoist at the time. I u . When Mr. Howschultz reached Boous caimy aiwaiga naraware wmcn iieueu ine entire amount was turned over unselfishly to the Swimming Pool Fund. Fourteen members form The Friendship Club headed by Mrs. S. A. Zwanzig, including Sam my Zwanzig, Mickey Sutton, Joyce Buechler, Sandra Spang- ler, Zandra Nielsen, Judy Nich ols, Barbara Wiysel, Nancy Bu lin, Karen Kiel, Sally Dunham, Carol Spangler, Leona Chappell, Carolyn Garrison and Janehe Meisinger. o Suffers Injury To Left Foot E. E. Howschultz of Oak mont farm, suffered a painful injury to his left foot Thursday night. He was having some work done on his car that was on in the car for some equipment the car slipped off the hoist and caught the foot. The result was a very badly bruised mem ber that has made necessary the use of a cane in getting around. sen, and Music, Mrs.Imogene Bridges, leader. Elemntary sessions will have the following group leaders: Kindergarten, Julia March, First Grade, Lucille Rosen crans; Second Grade, Donna Hill; Third Grade, Edna Jean Schneider; Fourth Grade, Ros alie Meixsell, Fifth Grade, Rose Prohaska and Sixth Grade, Helen Neddenriep. The annual meeting will come to a close following a group dis cussion on planning programs for .the coming school year Dy nrincinals and teachers. Business men are urged to get tickets for the joint Teacher Business dinner for Thursday evening and give instructors a fine welcome to the Plattsmouth community. Court Issues License, Married By Judge A marriage license was issued Saturday morning August 25, to Raymond Kaspar, 43, Omaha, and Emma Rathe, 45, Omaha. They wrere married immediately by Judge Raymond J. Case. Wit nesses were Mrs. Florence Legg and Frank J. Wodraska, both of Omaha. "The time of grace period for not buildincr sanitation plants is over," so stated the Nebraska Department of Health at a meet ing in the Capitol building m Lincoln. Mayors of river cities includ ing Plattsmouth, B e 1 1 e v u e, Omaha, Nebraska City, Blair, Peru, Ft. Calhoun, and others, were sent a near "demand" ap pearance letter by health of ficials in Lincoln to start work on purification of inter-state waterways last Tuesday. (Mayor Gold, due to other commitments on that date was unable to attend the meeting.) T. A. Filipi, assistant head of the Department of Health, in formed the represenatives that the Federal government had ap propriated $661,000 a year for the next five years to the State of Nebraska to aid communities in construction of proper sewage disposal plants. Catch is to most communities this fund can be used for "only 30 per cent of the initial costs involved in building the neces sary sanitation plants to keep polution out of the Missouri." It was outlined that the 30 per cent gift from the govern ment cannot "include the build ing of sewrers as such," but can go only for plant construction or for "direct sewage connect ion links only." Filipi outlined that most cities along the Missiuri were "just playing against time" before sanitation would be a great fac tor in everyday health. Septic and seepage tanks were cap able of giving service for only a short time to come. He es timated that "In 10 years the problem will be upon you to such an extenct that severe health ravages could be felt." and -added,- "Now is the time you had better be planning on a way to cope with those days to come." Here in Plattsmouth, present and previous, city councils have maid studies of the costs to the city to install adequate sewage disposal system. It is estimated by engineers' the costs of plant alpnc; would total $150,000 to 200,000. Added to this would be the costs of extending and re routing sewers in many sections of the city, which wrould be an extensive undertaking, accord ing to engineers who have sur veyed the system. Officials of Plattsmouth rea lize the seriousness of the pro blem, both in river polution and financial. There is no doubt un der the ultimatum from Filipi that it will come up for some serious study at future council sessions. Say, "I Read it in The Journal" Report Loss Of Five Calllons Gas Walter M. Schmitz, residing at 1017 Avenue C. reports the loss of five gallons of gasoline, taken from a pickup truck at the Shady Nook Trailer Court. This was taken sometime Wednes day night. No Injuries In Two- Car Accident Friday A two-car accident at the Union corner Friday night re sulted in property damage to both vehicles. Drivers of the two cars escaped personal injury. Sheriff Solomon stated that a car traveling south driven by Harold J. Frank, of Coon Rap ids, la., was making a left turn at the intersection when struck from the rear by a car driven by Roy O. Gatewood of Omaha. is if j . Mr. and Mrs. Kamstia from Lafayette, Ind., are visiting at the Chester Minniear home for a few days. OFF ON PAPER ROUTE City Councilman William G. High field is shown recently off on his Plattsmouth Journal paper route. It actually wasn't his route, but that of his son, Bill. The catch was Bill was vacationing so pop took over. Best part was the substitute, didn't skip a customer. (Journal Photo). if