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Tirrr''i f - i" f rr t" r t ? r '," p KEER. STATS IIIST. ZZZlZVi XXX 1500 R CT. LINCOLN, i:eer. Welcome Cass Jtiomemmer OJTIHI JJflDHJ&rMIL PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER lATTI Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 76 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 46 EIGHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1957 County ybhe Ml" 1 1 I ""1 MMMM""!! ' ': .. " ..-,- vii-? '. !. 1 ; .III . , . i i - r -'v.-) R'J v--:::.:s' '.V'-- ' ! ' V v. iff, , - v. . : ;fif " - - ; :; Supt. T. I. Friest and Robert Hay, Platts- Norman E. Thorpe of the University of Nebraska, mouth, plant Chemist of Allied Chemical and main speaker for Career Day. Journal Photo Dye Co., discuss afternoon sessions with Dr. n n m iai. 3. career Eays Held Thursday Fridav Last Plattsmouth's Tenth annual high school Career Conference opened here last Thursday with a noon luncheon for speakers and guests in the Central School auditorium for day's educa tional instruction followed Fri day with senior students spend ing the day in local business establishments. Career Day was orficially un derway when T. I. Friest gave an address of welcome at 1:15 In the High School Auditorium. Dale Bowman, secretary of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce, extended greetings to guest speakers, and pointed out to students the cooperation they car? expect from local business people in selecting their career. Dr. Norman F. Thorpe, prin ciple speaker, was presented by W. O. Brooks, principal of the local schools. Dr. Thorpe Is First Aid Class Completes Work Lucille Dyer has been engaged for the past several weeks in instructing a class of Platts mouth ladies in a First Aid course as a part of civilian de fense program of the nation. The cours covered some twenty hours of study and practical demonstration, that was thor ough and complete in every dp tail in this important part of the defense program. The study periods have been held in evenings at the Colum bian School in the south part of the city. The class have completed their work and awarded their cer tificates for their duty in the tasks that may arise. The members of the class com prised Mesdames Norrine Bish op, Betty Jean Ault, Lillian Dash er. Betty Tlustos, Vennie Bern hardt, Kenny Way, Madge Far rell, Darlene Miller, Mrylin Herfordt, Norma Wilson, Shirley Wiles, Barbara Hass, Janice Christensen, Lulu Rhoden, Faye Rhoden, Margaret Halth, LaVern Kennedy, Blanch Highfield, Cla ra Belle Eaton. Ruby Eaton and Dorothy Hutton. These Plattsmouth ladies have completed a course that will be Invaluable to the community in case of an emergency or in the national defense. NOTICE Plattsmouth State Bank Will Be Closed All Day Tuesday, April 30 In Memory Of H. A. Schneider associate professor of secondary education at the University of Nebraska, is principal of Uni versity High School and direct or of teacher training at the University. Dr. Thorpe carried a message to seniors on the importance of choosing the right goal, of setting a standard, then making the effort to achieve it. In pres ent day lviing standards, the day is past when average stu dents can achieve success with out proper training no matter what profession or business they intend to follow, he pointed out. Graduates of hieh schools in the past have lived through the horse and buggy days, the auto mobile age, and now the air age, but we are fast approach ing the age of electronics and guided missiles. The future holds untold opportunities for young people to train themselves for a place in this great future cf the world, but it will take prepar ation in the field they select to be successful. Following the opening of the session in the auditorium, stu dents and sponsors broke up in to groups covering fields they had selected for first-hand know ledge from guest speakers for the day. Included were Harold F. Duis, director of agricultural educa tion department of education of Nebraska, for vocational agri culture and forestry. Miss Jean Zook, Lincoln School of Com merce, sooke on business edu cation, while Dr. Thorpe of the University pointed out the quali fications for a successful teach ing career. R. W. Way, plant chemist of Allied Chenical and Dye Com pany at the Nitrogen Division plant near Plattsmouth. present ( Continued on page 4) Mrs. Rathbun Dies At Masonic Home Mrs. Florence Ann Meadows Rathbun, 79, died Thursday, A prll 25th at the Nebraska Ma sonic Home in this city. Mrs. Rathbun has been a resident at the home since December 1954, being admitted from Nebraska lodee No. 1. AF & AM. She was born at Missouri Val ley, la., youneest of eleven chil dren born to J. A. and Amanda Jones Reed, pioneers of that sec tion of Iowa, who homestpaded near Missouri Valley in 1850. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Henry O. Meadows, who she married in 1912 and passed awav In 1931 and John L. Rathbun, who pass ed away in 1948. Survivors are daughter. Mrs. Mildred Tonnington, Littletor. Colo. Interment was at the Bronw Cemetery at Loveland, la.. Cro-by-Kunold Mortuary of Omahi in charge. William Mead Of Union Dies From Injuries Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Porter-Lett funeral home at Nebraska City for William M. Mead, 52, of Union,who was injured Thursday in an accident while he was repairing a shovel on a caterpillar,. the machine turning over and catching him and inflicting the fatal injuries. He was taken to Nebraska City to St. Mary's Hospital where he passed away Friday night. William Mead was born May 11, 1904, in Fairplay, Mo., son of Lonnie and Nettie Wakefield Mead. On September 24, 1924 he was married to Ethel Hathaway of Union at Sidney, la. He has liv ed in the Union community most of his life. Survivors are the wife: Ethel, two daughters, Mrs. M. O. Greer Wichita Falls, Tex.; and Mrs. D. R. Price, Murray; one son, Thomas of Union; father, Lon nie Mead, Nebraska City; broth er, Harry, Fremont; sister, Mrs. Nell Hathaway, Van Nuys, Calif, two grandchildren, Helen and Michael Price, Murray. By occupation he was an oper ating engineer. Funeral services were conduc ted by Rev. Merrill Willis. Interment was at the East Union Cemetery with Arthur, Stanley and Ronald Mead, Ray mond Beck and Robert and Les ter Hathaway, Robert L. Har ron and S-Sgt. Eldon Busch as casket bearers. Journal News Editor Shows Improvement Earl S. Dapp, Journal news editor, who underwent serious surgery in St. Joseph's Hospital, Denver, Colo., early last week, is reported showing marked Im provement and expects to return to Plattsmouth within a week to 10 days, a rtport from the fam ily states. Editor Dapp, who had been In poor health recently, submitted to a hernia operation. He is in room 357 of the Colorado city hospital. Undergo Surgery Clayton Rhylander, who has been in Methodist Hospital the past week under observation, entered surgery this Monday morning for a stomach disorder. While not serious, it Is expect ed he will be confined for a period of a week or more. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. . April 25, 26, 27. 28. 1957 Date High Low Prec, Thursday 81 46 86 Friday ' 80 52 .00 Saturday 69 46 .00 Sunday ... 73 51 .00 Forecast: Hiuh in unper 70's Low tonleht in mid 50 s. Little temperature chancre Tuesday. Sun sets tonight at 7:19. Sun rises Tuesday at 5.23 a. m. Girl Quartette Wins Top Title District Meet Plattsmouth contestants, win ners of the local Lions Club Talent show a couple of weeks ago, vied with winners from twelve other communities in this district, before a capacity crowd at Millard Friday night for the chance to go to the state con test which will be held in con nection with the Lions State Con vention at Gering on May 26th. Winning the right to represent the district at the state meet were the Plattsmouth High School Girls Quartette in the Senior Division, and Jane Fau quet, piano soloist, in the inter mediate division. The quartette, composed of Sharon Harbaugh, Rae Mae Henry, Maryann Ryan and Carol Davis. District winner in the Junior Division was a 10 year old boy pianist from Oakland. Nebr. The winners of the district cnotest willl be presented pla ques and will receive an all ex pense paid trip to the State meet. A number of local Lions and friends of the contestants accom panied the Plattsmouth contest ants to Millard. They included Ray Story, Dr. W. V. Ryan, Tine Harbaugh, Mr. and Mrs Ed Ernst, Mrs. Frank Bierl and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Paul r auquet and Danny and Mrs. In.i Jean Bridges. Edward F. Wehrbein Grand Generalissimo Of Knights Templar The grand commandery of the Knights Templar of Nebraska closed their commandery at Mc Cook Friday night. -- ' Donald A. Keyes of Lincoln was selected as the grand com mander for the ensuing year. In the selection of officers for 1927-28, the grand commandery honored one of the leading young men in Masonic work in the state, Edward F. Wehrbein of Plattsmouth. A 4 ' J- Edward F. Wehrbein Mr. Wehrbein was named to the post of grand generalissimo, third ranking officer of the com mandery. Mr. Wehrbein has been ac tive in the various branches of York rite Masonary locally, hav ing served as worshipful master of Plattsmouth lodge No. 6, grand high priest of Nebraska chapter No. 3 Royal Arch Ma sons, commander of Mt. Zion commandery No. 5 Knights Templar, past Illustrious Master of Adoniram council No. 5, Royal and Select Masters. Also attending the grand com mandery from Plattsmouth in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Wehr bein were Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Evers. Mr. Evers is a past grand commander and at this time is superintendent of the Nebraska Masonic Home. Edward F. Wehrbein Lawrence Brittain Suffers Severe Cuts Lawrence Brittain received se vere glass cuts of the right hand last week on the Job at the Base Exchange at Offutt Air Force Base. Mr. Brittain was handling a lemonade glass cooler when the large glass container burst in his hand. It was necessary to have surgery on the injured hand. It Is expected he will be off the job for sometime, due to the injury. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 " w' i , - JohoitdkeiI Wflims Top Hoinioirs Henry A. Schneider Dies At Home Here Saturday Plattsmouth lost one of Its most respected citizens early Sat urday morning, April 27, 1957, in the death of Henry A. Schneider who passed away at his resi dence, 609 Avenue B, following an illness of approximately a year. Born at Cedar Creek, Nebr., H. A. Schneider was one of a group of fast dwindling native pioneer sons. Having reached the age of 81 years, he had spent the greater portion of his years in the banking business. He was chairman of the board of the Plattsmouth State Bank at the time of his death. He was the son of Jacob and Anna Schneider, early pioneer residents of Cass County and na tives of Switzerland. He was married to the late Mary Stucker in 1897 and spent several years following as a farmer and later operated a general store in Ce dar Creek, at that time a fine town near the Platte River west of Plattsmouth. In 1900 he was elected register of deeds of Cass County and moved to Plattsmouth where he served in that capacity for eight years. In 1908 he was named postmaster of this city and re tained that position until 1913. While acting as postmaster here. the new Plattsmouth postoffice was constructed. In 1914, Mr. Schneider pur-f t. Poppy Poster ; Winners Named Posters depicting the spirit and purpose of the memorial poppy, drawn by students in the art classes of the local schools. will be displayed in downtown store windows during the week before Poppy Day, May 4, Mrs. DeForest Perry, American Leg ion Auxiliary Poppy Chairman, has announced. Awards for the best poster 30 to the following: Clast; 1: Sherry Simon; 2nd, Pamela Beed and 3rd, Neal Er ras. Class II: 1st, Sammy Zwan zig; 2nd. John Carr and 3rd, Donald Yelick. The two first place winners will be sent to Department Con vention to compete in the state contest. Approximately 250 Cass Coun ty feeders and guests attended the Annual Cass County Corn Belt Live Stock Feeders Associ ation banquet in the Lions build ing in Plattsmouth on Thursday evening. Included in the group were numerous local business men and wives, an a number of visit ors from the Livestock Exchange in Omaha, including Mrs. Ne braska, Mrs. Hugh Martier and husband. Newton Sullivan, retiring president acted as toastmaster. Invocation was by Rev. Keith Delap, pastor Plattsmouth First Presbyterain Church. Hart Jor genson, executive director of the Livestock Foundation of Omaha, introduced guests from the Exchange, Mr. and Mrs. Reed Clatterbuck; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zak, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rapp Mr. and Mrs. Lee Clatterbuck; Dick Van Heckman: Harold Gro nau; Mike Cockrill; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hunter; Mr. and Mrs. Allan Martier; Mr. and Mrs. Hueh Martier; Paul Niel sen and Frank B. Anderson. Don Magdanz. secretary of the state association, in present ing a resume of state activities for the year, told of efforts to present a more orderly market ing of livestock as feeders have been quite concerned over the uneven pattern of past years. He declared this does not apply to hogs or lambs, as the con dition was cleared some time a- go. Goal is to have feeders limit and spread out the number of fat cattle on the market eacn day in order to secure better r v Henry A. Schneider chased banking interests in Red mond, Ore., and spent a little over two years in the west, returning to Plattsmouth in 1915. Early the following year he pur chased controlling interest in the Plattsmouth State Bank where he remained for a period of over 40 years. During this per iod he built the local bank into one of Nebraska's strongest fi nancial institutions and gained wide respect in financial circles throughout the midwest. In 1937 he was chosen president- of the Nebraska Bankers Association. Under his direction, the (Continued on page 4) Union Teacher Dies Suddenly UNION (SpeaciD Mrs. Wert, teacher of the 6th, 7th and 8th grades of the Union School, died suddenly Sunday April 21st at Wayne, where she had gone to spend Easter with her daughter and family. She was taken ill on Saturday and was taken to a hospital where she passed away. Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at Elk Creek Nebr., her home, at the Metho dist Church. The Union Schools dismissed at noon on Thursday in order that the teachers and others might attend the services. Those from Union who were in attend ance at the services were Mrs. Dorothy Todd, Mrs. Evelyn Morris, Mrs. Jane Roddy, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson and Mrs. L. G. Todd. i Fdl Ihb 3BtP ffBf NESfci V I. V ' -. s p if. . k : MRS. NEBRASKA guest of Cass County Feeders at their annual banquet held in Plattsmouth Thursday evening. Mrs. Martier is shown here with her husband Hugh. Journal Photo prices and deprive eastern buy ers of a tool for depressing pri ces. Killing of the "Brand Bill" before the state legislature was another achievement that is a Again in 1956 the Plattsmouth Journal won the coveted honors of first place in "General Ex cellence" of all Nebraska news papers published in cities of more than two-thousand popula tion, which places it in a dis tinguished position of being one of the few Nebraska newspapers to take this honor twice and place consistently in the top brackets. The awards were presented Friday evening at the Ak-Sar-Ben Banquet held in connection with the 83rd Annual Nebraska Press Association meeting held in Lincoln. The Journal also won first place in this division in 1952. Cass County Homemakers Visit Tuesday More than 600 Cass County Homemakers will attend the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce annual "Homemakers Day" program at the high school auditorium, it was announced here today by Dale Bowman, manager of the local organiza tion. Every effort has been made by the Woman's Division of the Chamber to give visitors one of the finest programs ever pre sented here. Through the co operation of the Gas Com pany and Consumers Public Power, women will attend dem onstration clinics on cooking and baking both with gas and elec tricity. : Special speakers have accept ed Invitations to appear before the proup during the day who will bring messages of Interest and benefit to every homemak er in the county, all of whom are invited to attend. Noon luncheon, however, had to be placed on a rotation basis this year in order to take care of ever increasing crowds. Local business people are pre paring booths covering many lines of appliances and house wares. A special style show will be held during the afternoon, in addition to numerous other features for the day. Registration will start at 8:30 and continue through 9:30 a. m. There will be a continuous pro gram throughout the day. Dur ing the evening, an added fea ture this year, local housewives are urged to attend the event and learn first-hand what your local Chamber is doing to en tertain residents of the county 5 : .V-i- great aid to feeders and action on corn in storage that will give local feeders first opportunity to buy. is another goal the as sociate feels la of great help. Ed Janlke, director of cxten- 1 A honorable mention on several occasions, and placed second in this group in 1951 and 1953. Second place winner was the Crete News, with honorable mention going to the Ord Quiz; Wayne Herald, and the Chadron Record, all consistent winners in nnnual newspaper contests. Winners in this division were chosen by newspaper men of the Oklahoma Press Association, who had this to say in their comments about the Journal. "The papers in this class are very good. A half dozen could be placed first. However, we voted for the Plattsmouth Jour nal because of its excellent bal- ance In all departments and con sistency throughout the paper. Editorial page is particularly good. A good newspaper, good format, makeup good, and in side pages good." First place winners were pre sented with bronze plaques. Sec ond place winners were present ed Iramed citations, and honor able mention winners received rolled scrolls. The contest was judged by four Oklahoma publishers meet ing last month in Oklahoma City under the sponsorship of the press association there. Three complete copies of each news paper were submitted, one each for the months of May, Sep tember and December. Judges based their decisions on mech anical excellence, general and departmental news coverage, editorials, advertising enterprise literary excellence and promo tion of community interests. Winning is not new for most of the 1957 champs. Several of them have been honored before In General Excellence. Wayne Herald was. 2nd in 1956; 2nd in 1955; 1st in 19S4: 1st In 1951. and asain in 1950. Ord Quiz was 1st in 1955 and 3rd in 1950. The Journal was 2nd In 1953; 1st In 1952, and 2nd in 1951. The Journal has been honored on numerous occasions, is a three-times first place winner in Ak-Sar-Ben Community Service Contest Awards. In 1955, Ak-Sar-Ben gave The Journal top hon ors in connection with the Lex ington Herald, in Service to Ag ricuiutre, and in 1956 this news paper was awarded 2nd place in the nation among all newspap ers in the same category. As we ve said before, it takes a better than average city, to support a good newspaper and the publisher and' staff of The Journal are happy and pleased that we are a apart of that kind of community. oyet u sion of the University of Nebras ka, In the main address used as a topic, "This Changing World." He revealed that a generation ago nine out of 10 persons lived on farms, today it is only one out of 10. At that time 80 per cent of work on the farm was done with animals, only five per cent by machine. Today, 96 per cent is done by machine, and less than one per cent by horse or oxen. "It is a mechanical world we are living in. not only In urban areas, but on the farm as well," he said. With 30 per cent less man hours, in the last 35 years pro duction per acre has increased nearly 40 per cent due to fer tilizer, hybrid seeds, crop rota tion, and mechanical aids. Dur ing this period livestock produc tion had increased but 12 per cent, he stated. However, he said, the future will see great progress in feed ing operations. By 1975 the Uni ted States will have over 220 million people, but It will see two million less people on our farms and meat consumption will go up. In 1937 we consum ed 125 nounds, meat per canita, by 1956 that had increased to 164 pounds. By 1975, Americans will be consuming over 38 bil lion pounds of meat per year. A fine program of entertain ment was presented that Includ ed Carol Long, in a series of "rock 'n roll" numbers and Mer lin Jochlmsen, presenting his sensational 10-ton and 'houn do:? shlek numbers A fine menu headed with steak whs served by members of the Lions Club and their ladles.