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1 15 03 It ST. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER J (U K RIM PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 76 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. MARCH 21. 1957 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 35 Second District To Finish Mail Koads Second district commissioner Ray Norrls, announcing the be ginning of spring road grading in his bailiwick, advised only 5'i miles of mall route which has not been graded and hard surfaced, will be finished this year. Norrls said the mail route mileage is a portion of 16 miles In his district which has been marked off for grading during the spring push. He also announced the set ting up of plans for a federal aid road connecting Weeping Water with the Nehawka rond. The project, he said, will be worked as soon as funds are available. T. H. Pollock Is Honored By1 Valley Group T. II. Pollock, chairman of the Plattsmouth Harbor and Dock Board and for many years a Supporter of the Mississippi Val ley Association recently was honored with a life membership In the association at Its annual convention In St. LouLs. The "Mississippi Valley News Letter," which carried a full account of the convention, said life memberships were awarded to several members, among them, T. H. Pollock as a "pio neer and consistent supporter of water resource development." Mr. Pollock until two years ago had been a regular attend ant at association conventions. This year the conclave attract ed more than 1,300 persons from 30 states and the District of Columbia. Association President March told the assembly: "We have acquired a great obligation in becoming the lead ing entity In promoting the con servation, development and pro per use of the precious water resources of the midcontinent area. We reflect the combined vice of many businessmen in a large and important segment of our country. "Local groups could not pos sibly accomplish by themselves what has been done by com bining with other areas through out the Mississippi Valley into a cohesive force." Chief of army engineers Maj. Gen. E. C. Itschner said: "The Mississippi Valley is ap proaching a new area of oppor tunity as Industry and popula tion move westward Into the heart of the Valley. To Uke advantage of this opportunity the Valley's water resources must be conserved and put to economic use." License Sales Up Sale of license plates in Cass County has exceeded that of 1956 in a similar period, it has been announced by the county treasurer's office. On the last check, made Feb. 28, the of fice had sold 7,456 tags. For the same period in 1956, 7,337 were sold. Lions To This Of Atom Blast A report on the effects of an atomic blast will be given by an eye-witness to members of the Plattsmouth Lions Club at their meeting In the Lions Com munity Club Building March 26. He Is Walter D. Behlen, presi dent of the Behlen Manufactur ing Company, Columbus, who will show color pictures which he made on the scene along with his report. The event is one of wide ap peal to the numbers of the community, and the club Is hold ing guest night as an opportun ity for others to hear the re port. Each Lions Club member may bring a guest to the meet ing, it war. explained by Fred J. Feldhousen, president. Hugh Stander Is program chairman. The dinner meeting begins fct 6:30 and Behlen is expected to speak about 7:30. Behlen, a Columbus manufac turer of metal products and buildings, was one of a group of observers who saw the bla&t Year The commissioner indicated construction should be com pleted this spring on a federal aid project road north of Ne hawka. Norrls broke a long silence when he defended his district's actions of last fail when a new motor patrol was purchased. He said in view of the fact one maintainor had broken down, it was the only sensible thing to do, using the old grad er as a down payment and pay ing the balance in monthly in stallments. Norris said with that accom plished, his district is now ready to begin the heavy spring road program with good equipment. He also qualified purchase of the patrol by saying when the new one was bought he was anticipating the need of open ing drifted roads. He felt people who are snow bound appreciate but little the fact a grader may be out of service. The commissioner handed out a pat on the back for County Surveyor William Coakley. Nor rls said "we are fortunate in having Bill Coakley as our sur veyor. He is getting a lot done and is a good man for the county." Norris also said his district had been handed a compliment by State Auditor Ray Johnson on a recent visit. Norris said Johnson congratulated him on the job being done in the dis trict. Norris admitted the job of running a district isn't easy, but he urged constituents with recommendations to talk them over with him. Mrs. Perry Dies; Final Rites Saturday Mrs. Glenn Perry, 80, passed away at her farm home south of Plattsmouth Wednesday aft ernoon, March 20. She had been in poor health for many years, being confined to a wheel chair since a fall several years ago. With her at the time of her death was her companion. Mrs. Becka Clemmons. Mrs. Perry was a member of one of the pioneer families of Cass county, her parents being the late Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Pittman, early day residents of the Murray community. Her son, Russell Perry, of Harlingen, Tex., and her daugh ter, Mrs. Paul Iverson, of Key ser, W. Va., are on their way home. Services will be held at the First Presbyterian church, Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Keith Delap, officiating. The Sattler funeral home will be in charge of the services. Visiting hours will be Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 and Fri day evening from 7 to 9 at the Sattler Funeral Home. Those wishing to, may con tribute in her memory, to the Presbyterian church memorial fund. Hear in the Atomic Energy Commission-Civil Defense test, "Oper ation Cue," at Yucca Flat, Nev. The observers were at Media Hill, about 8 miles from ground zero at the time of the blast. One Behlen building was lo cated 6,800 feet from ground zero, and although damaged, survived the blast and was of ficially credited with providing good protection from the ele ments. The building later was returned to Nebraska and now is on view to visitors on High way 30 at the Behlen plant. The second building was at 15,000 feet and suffered but minor dam age. The presentation which Behlen makes is believed to be one of the very few programs of this ! test which has been made avail able to the public. He has been called upon to give it scores of times in cities across the na tion, including Kansas City, Dcs Moines, Omaha, Santa Monica and others, as well as In com munities in Nebraska. it ' i IT'S PERPLEXING City Patrolman out the formality of feeding a parking meter. Wayne Schneider scratches his head in puzzle- At last report Schneider eave up the task as a ment as he surveys M-ven cars parked in slots bad job. A good guess, however, would be new for six. The tough part for Schneider cane in stall lines soon will be pointed on Sixth street, fignirlnff out just which car had slipped in with- Journal Photo Junior Class Presents Play Friday Night The curtain will rise at 8 p.m. Friday on the comedy drama "Rest Assured," which is to be presented in the high school auditorium by the junior class Under the direction of Dale Gleason the cast features Larry Cole and Betty Smiley in the leading roles of Mr. and Mrs. Morelock. Tickets to the play are pric ed at 50 cents for general seat ing and 75 cents for reserved seats. The plot revolves about Mr. Morelock, a fidgety, nervous old fellow who likes nothing but money and his refusal to allow his daughter to become engaged to Joe Lanconl because Joe's papa is poor. Joe's Dad, Luigi, and Mr. Morelock engage in a feud which should end with the . death of Luigi, It doesn't because Luigi gains permission to return and haunt old Morelock. Morelock blows up under the pressure, and he too, keels over dead. The play begins to move toward its startling climax as Morelock, dead as a two-weeks beached whal?, sees his doctor making overtures of marriage to Mrs. Morelock. The end? Well, for that, at tend the play. Plattrmouth Man Charged With Refusal To Support Children A preliminary hearing for Don ald McClintock on charges of refusal to support his children has been set for 2 p. m. April 2, in county court. Bond in the case was set by Judge Raymond J. Case at $1, 000. McClintock is charged with failure to pay five monthly in stallments of $60 each toward support of two minor children. Overheated Stove Causes Small Fire This morning the fire depart ment was caled to North 10th and Ave. G on an alarm that the residence occupied by the Ralph Aldrich family was a fire. When Chief Joe Kruntorad and his fire fighters arrived on the scene, it was found that an overheated stove had caused the alarm. The stove pipe from the stove was too close to the lo'st and charred some of them ,r'ie danger was soon undr n-n'-ol and the loss held to $25 to the building. . Mattie Egenberger has moved to a comfortable nursing home at 1035 Olive Avenue, Long Beach. Calif. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. .March 18. 19, 20, 1937 Dates' Date High Low Prec, Monday 50 43 .57 Tuesday 45 30 .00 Wednesday 54 24 .00 Forecast: Highs in 50-55. Low tonight near 30. Southerly winds will continue to keep tempera tures mild. Sun sets tonight at 6:37. Sun rises Friday at 6:25 a. m. J if r. County Assessor Reminds Residents Of Filing Deadline County Assessor Clara Olson today reminded county residents April 20 is deadline for filing personal property assessments without a penalty. Miss Olson said the filing of assessment returns is moving at "an average pace." She said returns from precinct as sessors are spotty in that each assessor waits until several have been collected before mail ing them to her office. The assessor estimated 300 applications of approximately 1, 500 due in Plattsmouth have been filed with her office. Eleven Persons Pay Toll For Traffic Sins Eleven persons the majority charged with traffic law offen ses appeared before County Judge Raymond J. Case early this week. Walter Leroy Keefer, Colby, Kans., paid a total of $54 for overweight on group of axles; Charles F. Euteman, Tecum seh, was assessed a total of $24 on two charges', speeding and passing on hill. Florian J. Petroski, Omaha, paid $39 on count of dumping refuse on a highway and pos session of an alcoholic beverage by a minor; Donald A. Dahl berg, Omaha, paid $14 for speed ing. Kenneth J. Ondracek, Omaha, was assessed $29 in fines and court costs and given 15 days in jail to think over two char ges of a minor in possession of an alcoholic beverage and oper ating a motor vehicle with a suspended driver's license. Johnnie W. Gates, Topeka, Kan., paid $20 for speeding; Robert W. Ryan, Blair, paid $39 for speeding; and Eugene O. Pearson, Omaha, $19 on a sim ilar count. Roy Curtis Robinson, El Mont Calif., paid $54 for over gross: Ida B. Norris, Omaha, paid $14 for speeding; and Fred Will hite, Chicago, was assessed $14 for driving an auto with an ex pired license plates. Chamber Dinner For C. C. Wesccir Slated For Friday A dinner honoring C. C. Wes cott and sponsored by the Platts mouth Chamber of Commerce will be held at 6:30 p. m. Fri day in the Lions Club Building Tickets to the dinner arc priced at $1.50 each and are be ing sold throughout th? city by members of the chamber. Mr. Wescott, whose business career in this city covered more than half a century, Is leaving Plattsmouth March 28 to make his home on the east coast He operated for many years the men's clothing firm of C. E. Wescott & Sons. The business was sold in 1951 to L. E. Cald well who, in turn, sold to George J. Smith. Mr. Wescott will spend a por tion of his time with a daugh ter, Miss Alice Louise Wescott, in Baltimore, Md., and a son, Dr. Mason Wescott, New Bruns wick, N. J. 1 X-afH Wf-0 if A. Cass Society Plans Drive For Museum An estimated 1,000 letters to individuals and project clubs will be mailed by the Cass County Historical Society in launching a new fund drive to promote a county historical museum. Society President Martin Spor er, Murray, told members at a regular meeting Wednesday: "We are on the, threshold of a new drive for funds for the Cass County historical museum. It should be successful for in terest in early history is state wide. "Important legislation now pending at Lincoln, if passed will be a great help to local groups endeavoring to collect and preserve the relics of early days." Cass County, one of the state's earliest, was described as "rich in hiftory." And the impending drive is an effort not only to promote the museum but to in crease interest in the society. Following the business end of the session, Mrs. Guy Wiles gave a talk on early settlers, includ ing her great great grandfather who came to Nebraska in 1855. She also gave information on locations of early day schools, churches, homes, bridges, mills and trails. Funeral Of Ha r ley F. Cecil Friday At Caldwell-Linder Funeral services for the late Harlcy F. Cecil will be held Friday afternoon at 2 p. m. from the chapel of Caldwell Linder funeral home. Rev. E. S. DeSpain, pastor of the First, Methodist Church conducting the service. Bill Knorr will be soloist and Mrs. George Jacobs organist. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery with Harold Alkire, Dale Bowman, Frank Gunsolly i Granviile Heebner, Les Hutchin son and Cecil Karr as casket bearers. Plattsmouth lodge No. 6, AF & AM in charge of graveside Masonic services. Visiting hours will be held Thursday afternoon and evening from 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 at the Caldwell-Linder funeral home. Two Plattsmouth High School cagers were among 12 named to berths on the Twin Rivers Con ference basketball team. Blue Devil center Bob Bever age was accorded a place on the first five which holds play ers from five different schools in the loop. Larry Long was bracketed with seven players named to fill out the 12-man honor guard. Both men are seniors and closed their prep cage careers in the class A regional spine-tingling tournaments los to Omaha Holy Name, which went on to grab the state title. Four of the front five are ti oumtcyjCBKes Era on Lcsboir Acairket FFA Members Tell Rotary Of California Trip Four FFA vocational students from Plattsmouth High School appeared before Rotarians Tues day at their regular luncheon at Hotel Plattsmouth Coffee Shop. Included in the group were Gary Riecke, Charles Stoehr, Herbert Kraegtr and Roy Smith. Three of the boys, Riecke, Kraeger and Smith, have just returned from a 10-day student exchange trip from Santa Paula, Calif., where they spent several days as guests of the local schools and civic groups. While in Santa Paula, the trio studied and observed agricul tural methods, animal husband ry, soil conditioning and other methods used in the propogation of citrus and garden crops, ma jor agricultural products of the region. While in California, the boys appeared before several civic organizations in Santa Paula. There they presented Nebras ka grown and processed hams to school and civic authorities, gifts of the Plattsmouth Cham ber of Commerce. It is expected that within two weeks, three youths, members of the Santa Paula FFA group, will arrive in Plattsmouth for a stay here of several days to make a fiit-hand inspection of farms and agricultural meth ods of Cass County and Ne braska. Ralph Wehrbein was present-; ed to the club as a new nvem- j ber. Don Hansen, vocational i agricultural instructor of the ! local schools, was also a guest, j District Court Jury Hears Testimony In Suit On Note A district court jury this morning began the second day of hearing evidence offered in suit on a note involving Donald Hilgenberg, plaintiff, and W. R Finke, defendant. Jurors reported for duty in! the trial at 9 a. m. Wednesday.! Judge John Dierks is presiding over the litigation. Next case on the court dock ets is the litigation between Joan K. Solomon and the Nebraska Department of Roads and Ir rigation on condemnation pro ceedings. The trial will get underway at 9 a. m. Monday and is dock eted for a three-day period. The suit seeks damages because of the elevation of six feet of high way and the blocking of a drive way to a business establishment operated by Mrs. Solomon. Chamber To Meet A "bread and butter" meeting of the Pattsmouth Chamber of Commerce wil be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the auditorium of Consumers Power District of fices. Sponsored by the chamber retail committee, chamber mem bers are urged to turn out for what is described as an "Im portant" session. seniors with Falls City's Jim Poage the only junior on the quintet. Others named to spots on the club areMerritt James, Nebraska City; Larry Morgan, Beatrice; and Doug Hokenstad, Crete. Filling out the 12-man roster are: Sid Regnior, Fairbury; Larry Bartels, Beatrice; Mar vin Drevo, Crete; Dick Place, Nebraska City; Bob Gibson. Falls City; and John Christen son, Nebraska City. The first five is a skyscraper unit with three of the players going over six feet. Beverage punches 6-5 into the strato sphere while Jamei Is fl-3 and age, Long Monned 1 - Conf erence Team BT7a btem Break Murdock Board Okays Drawings Of Sewer Lines MURDOCK The village board in a recent meeting authorized engineers to draw a new set of prints showing the exact loca tion of sowers in alloys instead of streets. The motion was made by O. B. I.upardus and seconded by Dick Trutna who requested the above be carried out as far as possible. Board members also named election board officials for the April 2, balloting as follows: Judges Edna Rikli, Herman endt and Otto Rieckman Clerks-Helen Gakemeier and I renn Elseman. Balloting will be hold in the R. N. A. Hall, it has been an nounced. Before adjourning, the board also approved for payment bills presented by several firms and Individuals. Trio, Soloist To Spice City Band Concert The Hastings College Concert Band, which will appear at 8 p. m. Friday, March 29, at the high school auditorium will fea ture a talented clarinet soloist and a cornet trip on its 1957 spring tour. No admission will be charged but a free will of fering will be taken. Norman Walkr, a senior at Hastings College will play the popular "Adagio and Tarantel la" by Ernsto Cavallini, ar ranged by George Wain. Walker is majoring in music at Has tings College and plans to be a high school band director upon graduation. He was active in music cir cles throughout his high school days at Ord High School, has held the first chair position in the clarinet section of the col lege band all four years, and has been a member of the Has tings Symphony Orchestra. Members of the cornet trio are Miss Susan Yost from Red Cloud, a junior at Hastings Co lege who is majoring in band directing and was a featured soloist of the 1956 tour; Duane Johnson from' Goring, a senior who is also majoring in band directing; and Robert Rist from Wymore, a junior whose major is chemistry. They wil play Wal ter M. Smith's "Bolero." The repertoire of the band program will be highlighted by the playing of Puccini's fantasy Bavarian Dances by Edward El gar. Works by Bizet, Zimmer man, Charrosln. Bowles and others will complete the varied program. Approximately 1,200 miles will be covered on this year's tour which will take th 52-piec? concert band to 22 communities in Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa. Touring since 1934, the concert group has won wide acclaim as one of the leading collegiate bands in the midwest. Hokenstad stands at a shorter 5-11 and Poage, at 5-10, is the midget of the group. Beverage, an in-and-out shooter during the early sea son, began to find the range in the latter stages and capped his hU.h school career with a scintillating 45-point perform ance against Auburn in the class A regional. That figure stands as a state class A district tournament rec ord as dof the 83 points scored by Plattsmouth in the same game. Beverage hit 319 points for the season, against 231 scored a.s a Junior. He took 213 shots Steps Cass County commissioners have taken the first steps in a program they hope eventually will load to a more "even break" for the county kibor mark't. Commissioners Herman Born iineier, William Nolte and R:iy Norris, sitting in regular ses sion at the courthouse, declared dead a resolution putting a lid on pay for chief deputies and hiked $5 the monthly pay of .several clerks in the county system. The officials also svt July 1, as date for revision of the en tire county wage scale system. Commissioners are in agree ment salaries offt red by the county are not attractive to competent help. And the prox imity of high wage centers such as Allied and Omaha puts the county in position of "second best" in bidding for employes. Clerks currently are started at $150 monthly pay-far below the $200 plus being offered in Omaha for similar jobs. It is felt a revision of the wage scale will give the county a better shake lor top person nel and also w. ill enable county offices to retain employes, who, because of more money, might be tempted to other positions. In another action commis sioners rejected without preju dice to any of the parties in volved, a motion to vacate a road near South Bond. Closing of the road had been sought by Kerford Quarries with opposition furnished by several residents of the area. Other Items coming before the board for action were of the routine variety. Amateur Contest Slated Monday In Lions Building A host of talented young per formers Monday night will take part in an amateur contest sponsored by the Plattsmouth Lions Club. The program, to which the public is invited, will be held in the Lions community build ing and will get underway at 7:30 p. m. - . Lions Club officials said a large numbers of entries have been received and indicated the. roster probably would grow, be cause other performers have signified their intentions of . ap pearing in the contest. . Winners of the Monday night competition will go to the, dis trict contest which will be hold at a location to be announced later. District winners will go onto a contest held in connec tion with the state Lions con vention early this summer in Gering. RRB Meet Set A representative of the Rail road Retirement Board will be at the Burlington Refrigerator Express Company In Platts mouth on Tuesday, March 20, at 9:30 a .m. Persons having retirement, wife's or husband's annuities, unemployment In surance, sickness benefits, or who are interested In railroad employment are urged to call on her. making good on 94 for a .441 average. At charity lane the lanky center firod 11 times, con nected on 131 for a .608 aver age. Hl.s per game average this season was 15.2. I.o' g's forte was rebounding but his 12.1 point average over the season-long haul, proved the ex-grid husky could take his place on the basketball firing range. Long tallied 242 points in the campaign. He pulled the trK'cicr on 328 attempts and hit the tar got on 104 for a .317 average. He picked up 70 free three ichanees and droppod In 34 for ! t average