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LINCOLN. KEBR, TTlWE PlLAIM(UTEHi JflWUKrMQ. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 76 So It 'Ain't' Hot? Temperature Hits Torrid 100 Degrees Here On Wednesday The heat Is on In Plattsmouth. But It's not the kind which sends denizens of the under world scurrying for cover. Rather, it's the kind which sends little beads oi perspir ation coursing crazily down your face, launching you on a frantic hunt for kand kerchief, rag, paper, or any thing to serve as a mop. These beady Ittle "wet jew-. . els" of summer have a most exasperating habit of using the Young Linhart Gains Ground; Condition Better Joe Linhart, who received critical injuries Friday when he fell 50 feet from a water tower, today is reported "improved" in Dodge County Community Hos pital, Fremont. The 19-year-old Plattsmouth youth incurred three broken vertebrae, a crushed pelvis and dislocated hip when he was knocked from scaffolding on the tower. His parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Linhart, 1302 Ave. A, re turned home from Fremont Tuesday evening and reported their son's progress. Although he has been removed from the hospital's critical list and Is considered Improved, young Linhart still is carried as "poor" by the hospital doctors. City Recreation Plan is U A citywide summer recreation program for children Monday was kicked off with 109 boys and 40 girls turning out for registration. The recreation program will be conducted each after noon Monday through Friday Program director Gary Ashbaugh said first days of the program for boys are being devoted to organiza tion of pee wee and midget baseball leagues. Pee wees are boys who fall in the 7 to 9 age bracket while midgets are boys from 10 to 13. At present the pee wee league has three teams with six teams in the midget loop. Ashbaugh said a tentative schedule has each team playing two games each week. Games are slated to be played from 6 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. on the high school diamond. Two games will be played evey Monday Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings beginning next Monday. The athletic field will be divided so two games may be played simultaneously. Teams in both leagues, Ash baugh said, will be furnished ball caps and different colored T-shirts. The director indicated aft er league play begins after noons will be devoted to oth er sports and activities. Some of these include: vol leyball, basketball, track, crafts, archery, badminton, horseshoes, bowling and swimming. Six New r - i f I V. J Sandra West SIXTEEN PACES nose for their race track. And while you ponder a few of the following statistics, please don't let those beads use your nose for a springboard to this page. The temperature yesterday climbed to a smoking 100 at 3 p. m. This isn't hot you say? Well, let's skip back to June, 1956. That was hot, was it? Nope. It was warm but it definitely wasn't hot. High temperature re corded June 6 that year was 82 13 degrees less than yes terday's 95. Oh, you meant it was hot this time in 1955? Hmmmmm. How wrong can you be? Journal records indicate temperature high on June 6, 1955, was a cool 70. Even worse, the preced ing day in 1955 high mark was 64. And if you want to feel even cooler, on Saturday, June 11, 1955 high for the day was a frigid 56. That was summer? All kidding aside, friends, sum mer, with its hot, sticky weath er has arrived in Plattsmouth. Here's your verification: One friend dropped in at the office Wednesday morn ing, lustily massaging his face with an already damp handkerchief. His only words: "Gee. I wish it was winter!" (Editor's Note: This is the same guy, who last winter stood shivering in a great coat on Main street and said: "Gee, I wish it was summer"). ndervay However, he said definite ar rangements have not been made for obtaining a swimming pool but should be completed in the near future. Afternoon program for boys is divided: lads 7 to 9 wil partici pate from 1:30 to 3 p. m. and boys from 10 to 13 from 3 p. m. until 4:30 p. m. Girls recreational program is under the direction of Sharon Harbaugh and will be held daily. Monday through Friday, at City Park. Beginning time is l';30 p. m. and will continue until 4:30 p. m. Miss Harbaugh said no di vision has been made in the program and girls 6 to 13 are urged to enroll. Activi ties for girls include: acro batics, sewing, baton twirl ing, softball, bowling, bad minton and volleyball. Director Ashbaugh said plans also are being made for a fish ing contest for al children in the program. He also said every effort Is being made to make the recre ation program a safe one for children. And he urged any par ent interested in donating time to supervising any of the above activities or umpiring ball games contact the chamber of com merce telephone 7190. Teachers - -?.V I- Iona Gleason Main Street Grease Spot Mystery Solved Mystery of the grease spots on Main Street sidewalks is solved. Many a pedestrian the last few days lis been eyeing dubiously these spots which suddenly seemed to pop from nowhere to adorn north side walks of Main street. But no one came forth with a solution until Mayor Bruce E. Gold who, admittedly, had been just as puzzled, ob served the antics of a couple of kids in front of his store and presto the case was solved. It seems Plattsmouth's younger generation has tak en to buying a soft drink contained in a small bottle. Biting off the top, kids the Biting off the top, kids then gurgle contentedly as they suck out the liquid. But when the bottle is emp ty, rather than coming up with a mouth full of good chomping paraffin as in days of yore, today's modern kids toss the wax away. And there is the story of Main street's mysterious grease spots. County Entry In Road-E-0 To Red Cloud Cass County's entry into the Jaycee-sponsored state teenage road-e-o, Danny Wehrbein. will leave for Red Cloud at 5:30 a. m. Saturday. He will be accompanied by four members of the Plattsf mouth Junior Chamber of Com merce: Wayne Schneider, Har old Smock, Jay Winters and Dick Gerbeling. Young Wehrbein gained en trance to the state road-e-o a couple of months ago in a drive off held in Plattsmouth. The state road-e-o in Red Cloud is to be held Saturday and Sunday. While there, contestants will be taHen on tours of the Re publican Valley, Harlan County Dam, Webster County Historical sites, and to the geographical center of the United States near Lebanon, Kan. The Plattsmouth contingent is scheduled to return home Sun day evening. Swim Pool Question Pops Again In City Warm weather causes grass to grow and flowers to bloom, and at 7:30 o'clock a contro versial question which has lain dormant through winter months again will bloom In Plattsmouth. "Shall the city build a swim ming pool?" will come up for another turn at bat tonight when interested persons gather In Con sumers Power District auditor ium to debate the question. The meeting is an open one and interested persons are urg ed to attend in order to pre sent their yiews on the subject, ject. Question of a swimming pool for Plattsmouth narrowly miss ed approval during November, 1956, general elections when a pool bond issue just missed ob taining the required two-thirds vote. Since then the situation has remained static but apparently not forgotten. Contracted For f P7 Bernard Matthies PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JUNE 6. 'Let's Roll Up iTD . jsr AN ESTIMATED 500 members of the Ma- rently is holding its annual meeting in Omaha sonic Grand Lodge Monday toured facilities at and the tour here was part of the session's Masonic Home here and then took part in a agenda. Journal Photo picnic lunch on the grounds. Grand Lodge cur- ran nspects Prison Escapee Serving Time For Cass Theft An 18-year-old reformatory in mate who held two women and a girl hostage Monday at their farm home was serving a sen tence for auto theft imposed In district court at Plattsmouth. But it now appears as if John Eutzy will have a much longer "stretch'' to do, for Tuesday he pleaded guilty in a Lincoln municipal court to charges of escape from pri son, and assaulting and threatening and detaining a person by an inmate. He was bound over to district court there for trial. Eutzy escaped from the re formatory Monday in a state truck which he later abandoned. He stole a shotgun and forced farmer Adolph Neeman to drive him to the Nellie Sullivan farm near Denton. There he held Mrs. Sullivan, her housekeeper, Mrs. Maude Acker, and her 2-year-old grand daughter, Jolene, hostage until he was forced to surrender. Eutzy on Jan 11, in Platts mouth was sentenced to 18 months in the reformatory and ordered to pay costs of $51.52 by District Judge John Dierks. On Jan. 5, the Omaha youth had stolen an auto from Platts mouth Sale Barn lots and was apprehended hours later in a police road block at Horton, Kans. To Undergo Surgery Robert Sedlak, 19, critically injured nearly two weeks ago in an accident which claimed the lives of three other teen agers, today was scheduled to undergo surgery in St. Joseph's Hospital, Omaha. Sedlak, who lives in Burbank, Calif., was visiting relatives and friends here when the accident occur red. I Mary Long Sleeves' GComivo Loocge O I Plattsmouth Masonic Home Monday played host to an esti mated 500 members of the Grand Lodge at a picnic lunch con and tour of facilities. The group, drawn from ov er the United States and with one couple from Venzuela, arrived at 11:30 a. m. in nine chartered buses and many private autos. Monday's tour here was part 't an agenda for annual' meet urg of - the S rand Lodge which currently is being held in Omaha. Many Masons on the tour met and renewed old acquaintances among residents of the home and hashed over old times dur ing he picnic which was ser ved in a tree-sprinkled section west of the home. Following their visit here Ma sons journeyed to Fremont where they inspected the children's home in that city. During a recent session of the Grand Lodge in Omaha, Roy L. Babbit, Scottsbluff, was named Grand Master. He succeeds Merle M. Hale, in the post, as is the 92nd Grand Master in the 100-year state history of the organization. Former Plattsmouth resident Ray C. Cook, was reelected to the position of Grand Custodian. He moved to Omaha last year from this city. Strollers Great If Caution Used Strollers are great devices for opening new horizons for the younger set. But for Vicki Bangert, who will be one-ycaf-old Father's Day, the yen to wander in her stroller ended in near tragedy. Attempting to broaden her education in Valley View, by travel, the young lady pushed her stroller over the edge of a driveway and nose dived to the concrete below. Although her accident caused only a few scratches, it nearly earned her father, Vernon, a Journal employe, the nickname of "Jet." For that's the way he left work when notified of the mishap. FcsGEleties Plattsmouth School t4 Ik I i.4 A" t Y; j . it.. Elizabeth Meacham 1957 I! Meet v.s Masons Here Acting County Judge Fines 14 Violators Acting County Judge Harold Lebens had some "business" ear ly this week as 14 persons ap peared in court to answer char ges ranging from traffic law violations to breaking fishing laws. Joseph M. Berry man, no ad dress given was fined a total of, $29 for possession of an al coholic beverage by a minor; Okley Gibbs, no address given, was fined $29 on a similar count; William A. Weygint, Lincoln, paid $29 for careless driving. Bonnie Joe Blakely, Norwalk, Calif., paid $54 for overweight on group of axles; Monte G. McLean, L'ncoln Air Force Base ,was assessed $14 for speeding. Don R. Bearrow Lincoln Air Force Base, fined $14 for fail ure to register a motor vehicle; James R. Green, Omaha, as sessed $19 for speeding; Allen L. Ehlers, $14 for fishing without a permit. Thomas L. Burnette, no ad dress given, sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guil ty to assaulting one Ronnie Fogle at Holman's Beach. He also was ordered to pay $9 costs. Carol A. Ehlers. fined $9 for fishing without a permit; Naomi R. Compton. fined $9 for fishing without a permit; Malcolm Pol lard, Nehawka, assessed $14 for no directional signal on truck. Joseph W. Collette. Offutt Air Force Base, $14 for no operators license; Orland Prentice, Ne braska City, Donald Allen, Shen andoah, la., both fined $27 for possession of alcoholic bever ages by a minor. Routine Meet Cass County commissioners Tuesday zipped through a one day "routine" meeting in court house offices. Top item of ac tion was approval of bills pre sented for payment. Six new teachers have been added to Plattsmouth Schools for the year beginning in Sept ember, it has been announced by Superintendent of Schools Tom Frlest. The six who have signed con tracts to teach here will come to Plattsmouth Schools with a wide variety of teaching exper ience. Ready to take up duties are: Mary M. I on--Falls City elementary grades. Three years college work at Peru State College and seven years teachlm; experience. Bernard Matthies. Ohiowa Graduate Doane College, high school social studies. I iizabcth Meacham, Dorch ester Oraduate Doane College, li'pli school commercial subjects and girls physical education, and Girl Pep Club Sponsor. TEN CENTS PER COPY Set Important Session To Plan Program An all-important meeting from which will evolve a tentative program for the 26th annual Mass Kounty King Korn Karnival will be held at 7 ::$() p.m. Friday in chamber of commerce offices. The session was called by President Ernio Schultz who said: "Let's roll up our sleeves and get behind this important program. New-Found 'Friends' Disappear Along With Clothes, Purses An afternoon outing and newly-formed beach "friend ships" yesterday apparently cost two out -of-state girls clothes, purses, money and ring. Jean Stanhope. Omaha, and Mary Walters, Missouri Valley, la., told Sheriff Tom Solomon they met two fel lows while swimming Wed nesday at Holman's Beach. During the afternoon the quartet struck up a friend ship and it was decided the two fellows, known only as "Don and Arnie", would es cort the girls home. But when the girls went to change, their clothes, purses were gone as were the fel lows when the young wo men returned to the meet ing place. Feel Like 50" Says In the household of Thomas and Mary Kerr Pollock at their home at Kankakee, 111., June 6, 1867, there was a great deal of stir and excitement, a son whom they christened Thomas Herbert, had come to share their life. Today the son, "Bert" Polock, as he is better known, is cele brating his 90th birthday at his home in Plattsmouth, very quiet ly with memories of a long and useful life, filled with accomplish ments for the community, that he has called home for a period of 70 years. "Bert" has had the opportunity of rubbing shoulders with the pioneer days in this part of the west as well as seeing the won ders the past 50 years have brought. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pollock and their family arrived in Plattsmouth in 1870 from their Illinois home, crossing the Mis souri river on a fery, railroad service stopping on the east side of the river The frontier settle ment was a wonder to the new comers from the east. Here was the frontier to the great west, great freighting trains drawn by oxen, starting from here to Denver and the west. "Bert" early in life, started the career in business that was to be his way of life through the years, as a newspaper carrier while attending school. He grad uated from the high school in the class of 1882 and is the old est living graduate of Platts- System lone Messerschmidt Gleason Ponca elementary grades, two years college training at Wayne State Teachers, six years teaching experience. Sandra West Peru prim ary grades, two year teacher training course at Peru State College. Mrs- Irene Albert Louisville elementary grades, equivalent of two years college training at Peru State, University of Ne braska and Omaha University and 11 years teaching exper ience. DRAWS DOWN FINE Wednesday in the city mu nicipal court Orville M. Lewis of Omaha charged with having run a stop sign at 3rd and Main streets. Judge Graves assessed a fine of $5 and costs for the offense. 90th NUMBER 57 Friday In emphasizing the meet ing's Importance, Schultz indicated Friday night's ses sion would set up the bud get for the Karnival and al so said he would make of ficial appointments. The president stressed it as an open meeting and urged everyone to attend. He said: "If you know of anyone with any suggestions or complaints, tell them of the meeting." In additon to setting the bud get and clearing other details for the Karnival, Schultz indi cated an oft-talked about, but never acted upon project again would be attempted. He was referring to "Pio neer Day," when early set tlers of Cass County would be invited to attend the Kar nival and to accept recogni tion as county pioneers. Other ctivities to be put in the planning stage Friday night are "Organization Day" and the kiddies' program. The King Korn Karnival this year will be held Sept. 19 through 21. ollock On rthday mouth High School. On completion of his school work, Mr. Pollock started into more active touch with the bus iness life of the community, be ing engaged with the First Na tional Bank as bookkeeper until 1894. In the year 1895 he became superintendent of the Platts- r 1 ty; -v. 5 t. , if- ;V t J ?,;-';'.; p : h Thomas Herbert Pollock mouth Water company which position he held until 1909. One of the outstanding fea tures of his business life was his part in organizing of he Independent Telephone Co., in 1898, serving this city and sur rounding communities. Mr. Pol lock was one of the leaders in the move that wrested the con trol of this part of the state from the Bell Telephone inter ests. In the year 1912 the Platts mouth Telephone Co., with its branches, was sold to the Lin coln Telephone and Telegraph Co., that has since become one of the great systems of the west. Mr. Pollock, foreseeing the great development of motor traf fic in the comlm' years, with oth (Contlnued On Page 8) THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. June 3, 4. 5, 1!):.7. Date High Low Prec. Monday 84 50 .00 Tuesday 87 55 .00 Wednesday ... 92 C4 .00 Forcast: High in low 90 s. Lit tle temperature change with possible thunder showers to nir.ht. Sun sets toninht at 7:51. Sun rises Friday at 4:51 a.m.