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EES. CTAT" IJIST. SOCIETY XXX 1500 n ST. LINCOLN, KEBH. No Matter What The Weather It's. Spring In Plattsmouth Stores UTIM J) (DCS 1MB. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER "Otoe PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Coss County Families VOLUME 76 CowbdcdD Delays Board Boosts Wage A new salary schedule for teachers with pay hikes ranging ffom $200 to $400 per year has been announced by the Platts mouth board of education. Th schedule was drawn at a special session Tuesday night before which appeared represen tatives of teachers in the Platts. mouth school system. The pay scale ranges from $2,800 in class 1 to $3,200 in class 4. Class 1 includes teach ers who have earned at least 65 hours of college credits but less than 96. Class 2 Includes teachers who have earned 96 hours or more but less than a degree. Class 3 Includes teachers with a bacca laureate degree. Class 4 is teach ers with master's dgree. The $2,800 starting salary giv en teachers in class 1 with no teaching experience represents a raise of $200 over the old sched ule. The highest a teacher can go, salarywise in class 1 is $3,200. Beginning salary in class 2 is $3,000 with a limit of $3,500 after six years. Teachers in class 3 under the new schedule will begin at $3, 300 and in eight years can reach a yearly pay of $3,900. In class 4, teachers begin at $3,500 and can reach top pay of $4,200 in 10 years. However, the school board has announced the above is a minimum salary schedule and the board reserves the right to pay any sum in excess of the mentioned figures at its dis cretion, particularly in certain .speclallged fields or in fields wherein a shortage of teachers might exist in any schoolyear Excluded from the new salary schedule are the administrative staff and instructors in special areas such as vocational educa tion and music. These positions will be considered separately by tne board. The board also announced new teachers In the system shall re ceive the same experience credit for previous teaching in schools comparable to Plattsmouth. Not, however, to exceed a maximum of three years. Previous exper ience in class 1 and class 2 schools shall constitute, on-half credit for each year taught, not to exceed three years. The board also said each teach er shall obtain college credits required for renewal of certifi cates. Teachers holding a profes sional life certificate shall earn a minimum of six hours of co leglate credit in each six-year period after the Issuance of the certificate. Units of credit under the sched ule currently are valued at $50 each although the values may be changed at any time by board action. Credits are given for such activities as coaching, sponsor ing clubs, coaching plays and to elementary principals. Electrical Storm Heralds Arrival Of Needed Moisture Rain and hail slashd into Plattsmouth and vicinity Wed nesday evening to be followed Thursday, by skiffs of snow. The Wednesday moisture which totaled .40 of an inch, was accompanied by a roling bar rage of thunder and streaks of lightning. Fall of hail varied in differ ent sections surrounding the city. Near Mynard hail barely was perceptable while on the city's north side the ground was reported nearly covered. Farmers of the area received the moisture with grins as they scanned parched crop lands and fervently hoped for more to come. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. March 11, 12, 13, 1957 Dates Date Hlh Low Free, Monday 70 40 .00 Tuesday 72 30 .00 Wednesday .. ..73 42 .4 Forecast: High near 40. Low tonight in 20 s. Colder air will drop temperatures Friday. Sun sets tonight at 6:29. Sun rises Friday at 6:36 a. m. .i n,i iiiiniiiwijli4.iw,i A nA - TWENTY PACES Mrs. Born Dies At Home Of Daughter Mrs. Henry Born, 76, lifelong resdent of Cass County, died this morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hennings, with whom she has made her home. Death came as the result of an illness that has covered the past five and a half years. Mrs. Born was injured in an acirient five years ago and has been an Invalid for the great er part of the time since her injury. Christina Margaret Born was daughter of John and Catherine Tedsen Ahl, born at the farm home of her parents at Louis ville, Sept 28, 1880. She spent her girlhood in the community where she was born. On Feb. 27, 1902 she was married to Henry Born, member of one of the pioneer families of Cass County. She was baptized February 1881 by Rev. Oattenhausen and confirmed in the Lutheran faitli on April 7, 1895 ,at the Luth eran church at Omaha by Pas tor Fresse. Mr. and Mrs. Born made their home after their marriage on the farm west of Plattsmouth were they reared their family, and remained until 1934 when they moved to Plattsmouth to make their home among the old friends of many years standing. The happy wedded life was bro ken Jan. 4, 1947, when the hus band and father was called to the last long rest. In the long years she has spent In this community Mrs. Born has endeared herself to a large circle of friends by her kindly and thoughtful acts and deeds. She has been a very ac tive member of the St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church, being an officer and one of the outstanding workers in the ladies organization of the church. She was also a mem ber of Home Chapter 189 of the Order of the Eastern Star, and of the Four Mile Extension Club, where her pleasant personality was so much enjoyed by her associates. Surviving her passing are one daughter, Mrs. Herman Henn ings of Plattsmouth; two sons, Leonard Born of Plattsmouth and Donald Born of Riverside, Calif; four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 16, at St. Paul's Evangelical and Reform ed church. Rev. O. E. Seybold, conducting the service. The in terment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in this city. Visiting hours will be Friday at the Sattler funeral home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m. The Sattler funeral home in charge of arrangements. ill uh;?.. k- ht ! r ''"'v- &f . V mn inin mi iinf mi ii, :ilii...iiilri"ii ir mt it V1 - , ail h.m. i.-lr ty!'amiMti-ik&'&,2 t .A SEEKING support Tuesday were these mem bers of the riattsmouth Chamber of Commerce free bridge committee. They toured the city's downtown section soliciting aid for the program i , ",Aifl1tliiiirflniilbiirtl. iftuA!rtVuitfulft..lft,ultu friiiiulfiiii PLATTSMOUTH, Action 01 S Scale For Spring Opening Set By City's Business Firms Spring, to put it quaintly, has "sprung:," in Platts mouth and Cass County, anil merchants of the city have scheduled a Ra!a preview of the latest in spring fashions gadgets and quality merch andise for every endeavor Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16. Merchants the city over have stocked the last word in spring clothes; garden and yard equipment with the ac cent on color; spring jewel ry; furniture. In fact, just about anything the spring conscious buying public wants will be found in Platts mouth stores this weekend. Packed into 18 pages of to day's edition of the Journal, readers will find many a bar gain beckoning to thrifty pocketbooks. The "P" in Plattsmouth long has stood for "Power" the purchasing power of your dollar. And this week end's Spring Opening will emphasize this fact. Murdock Fire Truck Arrives; Test Is Slated MURDOCK A brilliant "new red fire truck arrived here Thursday morning to take up duty with the Murdock Rural Fire Protection District if it is accepted by the Nebraska State Inspection Bureau. Costing an etstimated $1300 the truck was driven from the Luverne, Minn., factory to Mur dock by Jim Leicher, a com pany employe. The truck was slated for a three-hour test Thursday at the hands of the Nebraska Inspec tion Bureau. That agency's ap proval of the aparatus will de termine either acceptance or re jectance of the truck. Built on an International chas sis, the truck is the last word in firefighting equipment. It car ries two reels of hose, a 500 gallon per minute water pump and a 500 gallon tank for water. It is aslo equipped with 1,000 feet of 2'2 inch hose, 34 feet of ladders, a portable 200 gallon auxiliary water pump, gas masks and hand fire extinguish ers. It was built by the Luverne Fire Aparatus Co. In short, Leicher said the truck is designed to meet and com ply with underwriters' rural re quirements. En route here, the truck stop ped in Plattsmouth where mem bers of that city's volunteer fire department inspected it iii.tfi tfiinrt lit I CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, Teachers Haswell Bound Over For Trial In Higher Court Gene Haswell, 25-year-old Plattsmouth resident, Monday was bound over to district court to stand trial on a statutory rape charge. The preliminary hearing was held before County Judge Ray mond J. Case. Haswell, who has entered a plea of innocence to the charge, was represented by his coun sel. Francis Casey, with County Attorny James Beglcy handl ing the county's side. The $2,500 appearance bond under which Haswell has been released from jail, was con-i tinned by Judge Case. Date for Haswell's trial in district court will be decided later. Haswells arrest stemmed from a farmhouse raid where the defendant was found with a 15-year-old girl by Sheriff Tom Solomon and Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rhoden. The girl has voluntarily been committed to Good Shepherd Home, Omaha. Eight other persons were ar rested in connection with the raid. Seven, including the farm owner, Archie Stull, were char ged with contributing to the de linquency of a minor. Stull currently is appealing a 60 day jail term rendered in the case. Two others, Dewitt Haley and Richard Sampson, rlraiu 1-rlav Tail cpntpnpps Thf others drew fines and costs. The eighth person, a 17-year old girl, has been committed by Judge Case to Geneva Train ing School. Jury To Return cor Court Duty Early Wednesday Prospective jurors will report for duty at 9 a. m. Wednesday March 20, when district court resumes action in the case of Donald Hilgenberg vs. W. R. Fink involving suit on a note. In court this week an appeal by Roy M. Nolte on a drunk driving conviction was dismis sed at the defendants request. Nolte has settled with county court a $100 fine plus $4 costs and surrendered his driver's license for a period of six months. A damage suit scheduled for trial between Thomas R. Griffin and Marion Archer was settled out of court. A break of contract litigation set for jury trial was scheduled for hearing April 11 and 12 when both parties, Mid-Continent Re frigerator Co., and Dewey C. Reed, waived the jury. District Judge John DIerks Is presiding over the sessions held in the district courtroom of the county courthous. which is said to bring one million dollars yearly into the city's economy from Iowa. Shown are (left to right): Herb Freeburg, Bill Knorr, Dale Bowman and Howard Ruback. Journal Photo THURSDAY, MARCH 14, eweirs Citv council Monday night took a healthy conversational bite into the subject of Platts mouth's "private" sewers but after considerable chewing de ckled to let the matter rest until the next regular session when it again will come up for discussion. In other actions, councilmen heard attorney Paul Fauquet peg progress on the flood control program by saying the commit tee is in near agreement with owners for the purchase of three cf four pieces of ground needed as a site for dam 10A. Mayor Bruce K. Gold stuck with his guns in questioning the legality of private sewers. And while the main opposition was furnished by Councilmen James MacMilllan, he didn't contest the question of legality. MacMilllan in protest against a city "grab" of sewer lines lying underneath and substan tially parellel to city streets in dicated the council might be snatching a lion by the tail. He said if the city were to take over all such sewer lines now existing the municipality would become liable for their operation, repairs as needed. Both MacMilllan and Council man William Highfield, who also expressed some opposition to the mayor's plan to declare private sewers under public city pro perty, believed the cost of put ting such sewer lines into top condition might be prohibitive. Although Councilman Ray Wiysel favored the mayor's plan and Highfield seemed to be wavering in that direction, it was decided to circulate the plan mentally for the next two weeks and then revive it for further discussion. Council accepted a proposal by Arnold French who is building a home on North 11th street, by okaying the close of an alley apron (where no actual alley exists) and telling French to go ahead and lay a sewer line. The city will construct a man hole where French's line ties into the city main and also will loan French a compressor to tamp and pack the earth where the sewer line crosses the alley. French also will build a curbing across the alley apron French had been faced with the dilemma of building a "wan dering" sewer line across the street in order to reach a posi tion where he could tie into the McMaken "private" sewer for a fee of $100 or going down the street toward a city main. Commander Leroy Wilson of the Plattsmouth Veterans of Foreign Wars post appeared be fore the council to advise of the impending visit of the national senior vice-commander. The VFW bigwig is to visit this city on March 29. Wilson invited the council to attend a smorgasboard dinner for the visiting dignitary and urged the council to seek de coration of downtown streets with welcome flags. Council repealed a resolution banning parking on one side only on sixth street between third and fifth streets. On side parking on Seventh street was left as is. Council urged specifications for road oiling equipment be drawn as quickly as possible in order to expedite its purchase. City officials figure the job of oiling streets can be done with more dispatch and economically with city-owned epuipment. Purhcase of No. 2 tile for a culvert job near the Kent Oil Co. was ordered by the council. The job is made necessary to correct a bad situation left by the paving district Council also set March 25 (next regular meeting date) as liquor license hearing session. Seventeen Students Sec Omaha Firms On Day-Long Tour Seventeen students of the Plattsmouth secretary training class plus two sponsors Tues day traveled to Omaha where they visited several companies and offices during working hours. Purpose of the tour was to giv class members an idea of the different places of secretar ial work and a knowledge of how and where to apply for a position. Journal Want Ads Pay 1957 AW JUST RESTING Herb Freeburg, left, and business all day Saturday. Alter midnight Fri- his son Wayne, catch a little shuteye prior to day the store will offer hourly specials for the holding Gamble's 36-hour "sellathon" Friday late-late shopper in Plattsmouth. Incidentally, and Saturday. The Gamble's store will open the pajamas and sleeping caps will be "uniform at the usual time Friday morning will remain of the day and night" during the "Sellathon". open throughout the long night, and will do Journal Photo Steen Soys Production A Mel Steen, director of the Ne braska Game, Forestation and Parks commission, Wednesday night told 125 persons attending a widlife dinner they primarily had been interested in the har vest of game but soon might change to thinkng of production. Speaking at a banquet staged by the Plattsmouth Wildlife and Recreation Assocution in 40 & 8 club rooms, Steen said his department's primary objective always had been one of pro duction. He said harvesting can be con trolled by law but to increase production requires finances and sometimes visible results seem a long time coming. He asked his listeners' patience as his de partment seeks to solve the rid dle of increasing the various species of wildlife. Steen advised the audience the last tree at the new game re fuge north of Plattsmouth will Seven Drivers Assessed Fines In County Court Three drivers charged with speeding were among seven who appeared this week before Coun ty Judge Raymond J. Case in answer to traffic violation tick ets. Robert R. Veale, Des Moines, la., paid $15 for speeding; Wil liam H. Andrews, Kansas City, Mo., was assessed $20 on a sim ilar count; and Ronald Gene F'rench.Omaha, posted a $14 bond on a speed charge. William Tony Mills, Compton, Calif., paid $54 for over gross; Frank J. Fisher, Falls Cty, was assessed $54 for overload on axle; Stanley Ketl paid $23 for intoxication; and Clyde O. Rob Ison, Salem, Ore., $14 for Im proper passing. rsaversitv Band I O B LINCOLN -The Unversity of: Nebraska Symphonic Band, rat-. ed the number one collegiate band in the Midde West, will present a band concert Thurs-j day, March 21, at 8 p. m. in, the Louisville High School Audi- i torium. This event, to be one of the highlights of musical entertain ment in Louisville this spring,; is sponsored by the Louisville ! High School Music Parents': Club. j Admission will- be $1 for a duts and 50 cents for high school j students. Grade school students accompanied by adults will b ; admitted free. j Funds will be used to pro mote the Louisville High School 1 Band and to assist in purchas-' ing band uniforms. TEN CENTS PER COPY "-I J ' .i ame be felled today (Thursday) and the department immediately will go ahead with its original plans of planting the now bare 1,200 acres to crops. Questioned on the subject of an apparent refusal by Iowa's game authorities to establish a game refuge near Pacific Jun ction because of the proximity of Offutt Air Force Base, Steen felt it was not close enough to hamper the Plattsmouth game refug'p as a haven for geese and other wild fowl. Also appearing on the program were Kent Strain, nine-year-old Iowa State Band Slates Concert Here The 75-piece Iowa State Col lege concept band will present a program March 26, in Platts mouth. The concert will be giv en at 8 p. m. in the high school auditorium. This spring the band is mak ing its 20th annual tour, appear ing in 9 cities on a 450-mile swing through southwestern Io wa and Nebraska. Director of bands at Iowa State College is Frank A Pier sol of the department of music. Tour programs feature a var iety of music from standard classical selections to modern offerings. Solo and ensemble by members of the band will add further interest to the pro grams. Concert band members at Io wa State are carefully .selected from the personnel of three oth marching band whose precision formations lend color to football games, the varsity band, made up of less experienced musicians and the basketball band. The University Symphonic band consists of SO members, practically all of whom are from Nebraska cities and towns. A mong the members are: Walter Hutchinson of Louisville; and Wendel Friest of Plattsmouth, both trombonists, Wesley J. Reist. instructor of woodwinds, is director of the band. A University of Nebraska graduate, he is taking over the baton from Prof. Donald .A Lentz, who is on a four-month leave of absence in the Orient to record native music. The members of the band were chosen last fall from an application list of several hun dred younjr musicians. The band rehearses three times a week during the school year and spends extra time during the 'H-ftJ " Held in NUMBER 33 A: ' 7 i ,r 4 Agency world champion goose caller from Missouri Valley, la., and Buzz Campbell, who later this year will vie for the world duck calling title. Several dignitaries of the game department in addition to Steen, attended the banquet. Included were: Eugene Baker, chief of engineering and instruction; Bob Munger, chief of informa tion; Lloyd Vance, chief of game Glen Foster, chief of fisheries; Jack Strain, chief of parks; and Bob Hall, Omaha member of the commission. Other out of town guests in cluded: Ward Brainson, Louis ville; Dr. E. Kotib, Nebraska City: Jonn Trent, Bellevue; Mar I vin Robinson, state chairman, Ducks Unlimited; and Harold Aln;er, president. Iowa-Nebraska Missouri River Wildlife Associ ation. Occupation Tax Meet On Friday For City Council Unpaid city occupational tax es will be given a thorough go ing over Friday evening at a special session of city council to be held in City Clerk Albert Olson's office on Main street. The session was set upon the recommendation of Mayor Bruce E. Gold who told council "some thing must be done about delin quent occupation taxes." The mayor Indicated a rood portion of occupational taxs due the city May 1, 1956, still re main unpaid, and he reminded council new occupational taxes would be due this May 1. Mayor Cold told the council no occupational tax money was collected in January; $328.75 in December; $1,071.88 in Novem ber; $37.50 in October; and $45 in September. concert ouBsvsHe I football season perfecting the j half-time marching formations, j In addition to appearing at ...Mil ...... .... .iuih-u i. vrui3 uuu 1111111:11 1 l views, the band plays for com mencements and other special university functions and present concerts annually in Lincoln. Many of the young people In the bend Intend to beconv pro fessional mu.sleims rr teach mu se in Nebraska public school. Many others will no out to Ne braska communities as business men, farmers, and homcmakers. But all will carry with them an Interest in T""d muslf, dre er and strotver became t uy have halped make it. Their (il:n in presenting concerts is to shire their knowledge and love of mu sic with their fellow Nebrm-kans