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Uncolw, spw ' .. - CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Time SPilattsimkiddtih JJadtoimo. Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elm wood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families ' PUBLISHED, SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday VOLUME 76 FOURTEEN PACES ' PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1957 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 77 CymicflB inn Q$ IT Li'1 koys 'Nuts - School Days In Plattsmouth September 3 "Nuts," said the general to Germans asking the surrender of Bastogne. And "nuts" say Plattsmouth children to the op ening of school. Hut unlike the gallant de fenders of Raslogne, local kids will surrender on Sept. 3, wh-n they report for the first day of school. However, before youngsters of ficially end their summer va cation, school authorities have planned two events which will smooth the road to actual be ginning of classes. Superintendent of Schools T. I. Priest today announced high school registration for new stu dents and students wishing to change their spring registration would be held from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Tuesday, Aug. 20. Hut he emphasized this does not refer to Incoming ninth grade students who will have an opportunity to register during Freshmen Day program on Monday, Aug. 19. Superintendent Friest said stu dents who have other committ ments for the Aug. 20, regis tration, may call 5278 for ap pointment to register at another time. In referring to Freshmen Day, the superintendent said this e vent has become an annual af fair and all freshmen who plan to attend Plattsmouth High School are not only invited, but urged to attend the program. Friest said activities will begin at 9 a.m. with regis tration and will continue through the morning with a picnic lunch at noon and ending at 2 p. m. with mo tion pictures. ' A teachers' workshop also will be held on Aug. 29 and 30, Friest added. Purpose of the workshop is to orient teachers to the Plattsmouth school sys tem, familiarizing them with routines here. In an advertisement carried on an Inside page of today's Journal, the Plattsmouth Board of Education urges completion of high school work necessary for diplomas. The educators point out the necessity of "book learning" in today's high-geared economy. Elderly Driver Is Injured In Tuesday Accident The 78-year-old driver of a northbound auto was injured Tuesday when his car went out of control and smashed into the west side of a building housing by Ruback's Super Market. John Bergman, 623 Ave. O, sustained a fractured shoulder and cut hand when his car jump ed the curb at Chicago Ave., and 7th street at 12:15 p. m. Bergman told Investigating of ficer Chief of Police John Hob scheidt he believed he went to sleep at the wheel. Chief Hobscheidt estimated damage to Bergman's car at $600 and said the inside wall of the market was cracked. No charges were filed against Bergman. Lightning Fouls Power Lines In City Territory Plattsmouth, Union, Murray and Nehawka, had their long est power outage in years Tues day night from 6:05 to 6:55 p.m. after lightning struck the pow er line a little over a mile south of the city. Manager Ernest Elliott of here said it was the third time in his 30 years in Plattsmouth that a lightning strike came in on the "out going" power line and caus ed damage. That kind of trouble does more damage than a strike on an "incoming" line, he said. About eight power company men worked at the substation just south of town Tuesday night to repair the damage. The lightning power surge on the line blew off arresters all along the line to the station and blew transformer fuses included . ; J k- V) " ' J ( ' ' ' Mrs. Muriene iWiTeck Three Teachers Added To Staff Rhoden Resigns Deputy Post; To Open Store Shrader Rhoden has resign ed as deputy sheriff -of Cass County to enter business. In his letter of resignation to Sheriff Tom Solomon, Rho den said he was leaving his position effective Aug. 17, to devote full time to a grocery business which he plans to be gin operating in Murray Sept. 1. Shrader was deputy under Solomon from 1947 to 1949 when he resigned to return to the car business. He returned as deputy in 1953 and has served since. Solomon today praised Rho den for "outstanding work as deputy sheriff." Through his ef forts, last year more than 93 per cent of outstanding delin quent taxes owed by Cass Coun tians and turned over to the sheriff's office were collected, Solomon said. The sheriff said Rhoden will remain as a bonded special de puty subject to call only under direction on the sheriff. Solomon has not announced a successor to Rhoden. Man Serving Out Traffic Case Fine James K. McBride, Sr., 47, Elmwood, is serving time in county jail in lieu of payment of fine for reckless driving and failure to transfer registration. Sheriff Tom Solomon said today. The charges were filed by Solomon after McBride 's car went out of control Saturday at Elmwood and did $700 dam ages to gas pumps at Dennis station. McBride told Solomon a dog jumped onto his shoulder from the back seat and distracted him. His total fines was $46.80 six $75 ones in the station. Elliott said the time-consuming part of the repair was tlw switching which had to be done to isolate the sub station for safety of workers during the repair. Twelve sets of switches and discon nects had to be opened in dividually by one man to in sure greatest safety. The surge of power on the line set an "A" pole (two poles set together like the letter "A") afire. It also burned out a stor age battery used to operate swit ches inside the substation. Elliott said this is the time of year when lightning gives power companies most trouble In this part of the country. It's since It augments municipal "hotter" lightning, is closer to the ground and strikes more often, he said. To Begin Mis. Martha Gibb Three teachers have been ap pointed to the staff of the Plat tsmouth school system for the Sept. 3, opening of school, it has been announced by T. I. Friest, superintendent of schools. Latest appointees are Mrs. Martha Glock Gibb, Mrs. Mar ilyn Meyer McPeck and John D. McPeck. Mrs. Gibb, who will replace Marilyn Van Nostrand as home economics teacher, hails from Ulysses and holds a degree of bachelor of science from the University of Nebraska. She graduated from the university in 1955 after attending on a re gents' scholarship. She is a 1952 graduate of David City high School. While at the university Mrs. Gibb was president of Kappa Delta sorority and YWCA; acted as district representative of uni versity and group leader, and also was an Air Forces Officer Wives Club handicraft instruc tor. Miss Van Nostrand, who is to be married and will make her home in California, has been re leased from her contract. Mrs. Glock will asume her duties Aug. 19. Mrs. McPeck was named vocal music instructor for elementary, grades. Last year she tjaught vocal music in the American school at Frankfurt, Germany, while her husband was serving in the armed forces there. Previously she taught music in schools at Filley and Dunn ing. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and Ber trand High School. McPeck will serve as English instructor at the high school. He is a graduate of Harvard High School and the University of Nebraska. He completed his military service this year, re turning from overseas in time to enroll for summer session work at the university. Cass County's Greatest Newspaper The Plattsmouth Journal Nebraska City also had some power trouble Tuesday r.i'.it since it augments municipal power by buying some energy from Consumers. The worst outage Elliott could recall for Plattsmouth was several years ago, cau sed by .line damage during a sleet storm. It lasted V-i to l'i hours. Tuesday night's blackout caused some inconvenience but wasn't too bad because it wasn't fully dark. Shop pers in stores were given flash lights and continued their shopping. Cashiers, however, had to recall their 'rithmctic and tabulate by hand since most cash registers are power run. Cass Theater goers had a 15 mlnute wait for the movie to start. l Engineer Revises Preliminary Estimate; Now Council Monday nitfht approved a whopping 14-page resolution of necessity for sewer mains and laterals on the city's westnide and heard engineer Douglas McKnight revise downward earlier estimates for the sanitation pro ject. In presenting detailed plans and specifications for construction of mains and laterals Mcknight's revised estimate set the cost at approximately $40,000, nearly $3,000 less than the original figure. Council riisnAKeri of routine Youth Injured In Fall From Moving Truck An eight-year-old Plattsmouth youth today is reported rest ing as "comfortably as can be expected," in St. Mary's Hos pital, Nebraska City, where he is undergoing treatment for a fractured skull. Stevfn Tilson, 302 Dykes, was injured about 1 p. m. Tuesday when he fell from the rear of a panel truck near Cloidt's Service Station at Main and Third Street. The truck was operated by Marion Taylor, Jr., of Platts mouth. Chief of Police John Hob scheidt, who investigated the ac cident, said Taylor told him he was not aware the lad was riding the truck. Taylor was driving north on Third and Chief Hobscheidt said when the ve hicle hit rough spots in the street young Tilson apparently was thrown to the pavement, landing an his head. The chief said when he ar rived at the scene the youth was bleeding severely from the ears, which an attending physi cian pronounced indicative of skull fracture. Tilson was takej. to the hospital by a Caldwell Linder ambulance. Taylor told Chief Hob scheidt he first became a ware of the accident when a truck behind blew its horn. Taylor said he looked in the rear view mirror and spot ted the youth lying in the street. He said he first thought he had run over him. Young Tilson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tilson of the Dykes street address and will be a third grader at Columbian School this fall. No charges were filed against Taylor. Cotner Bus Goes Back Into Service Cotner Bus Line today resum ed service on a three-round trips basis between here and Omaha after a 30-day period of in activity. Line officials said the opera ting schedule would be: Leave Plattsmouth: 8:20 a. m., 1 p. m. and 4 p. m. Leave Omaha: 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. The company will operate on a six-day per week schedule with no service on Sundays or holidays, it was announced. Cotner was granted a 30-day suspension of service in July to make necessary repairs on the bus which hauls passengers between here and Omaha. Sus pension was okayed by the Ne braska Railway Commission up on request of the bus line. Repairs to the vehicle have been completed, officials said, and should, barring unforseen circumstances, insure trouble free operation for at least two years. Cotner boards its northbound passengers at the corner of Sixth and Main, directly across from the Plattsmouth Hotel. Plattsmouth Jaycees will hold a regular meeting at 8 p. m. Thursday at the Plattsmouth Ho tel. Movies on football highlights will be shown. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. August 12, 13. 14, 1957. Date High Low Prec. Monday 99 62 .00 Tuesday 95 70 .27 Wednesday 94 63 .00 Forecast: High in 90's with mostly sunny continued Friday. Sun sets tonight at 7:24. Sun rises Friday at 5:34 a.m. Set At $40,000 business before plunging in to the lengthy resolution of necessity which found Mayor Bruce E. Gold "saving" City Clerk Albert Olson's voice by reading the resolu tion. After reading council unani mously voted passage of the resolution and orderd it publish ed in the Aug. 19, edition of The Plattsmouth Journal. Date for public hearing on the matter was set for 8 p. m. Sept. 3, in council chambers at city ,hall. Hearing is to be held in order to give property owners fin affected areas an opportunity ;io voice protests or suggest chan ges to the resolution. I Mayor Gold Wednesday said if no objections or changes are voiced the resolution then will !be passed and written and the city will proceed to advertise tfor bids on construction. He 'said if some revisions are made 'the resolution will be changed and then passed as revised. Speed with which the city is moving to obtain sanitary sewer facilities for the city's westside is revealed in a sta- tement of Mayor Gold in which he advised grade sta kes for the two sewer mains contained in the project would be set by McKnight this week. Before taking up the resolution touncil listened to a request by Charles Fulton, 1702 Ave. B., who asked his property be Included in the benefit district determin ed by the resolution. McKnight informed officials inclusion of Fulton's two lots was feasible and couneil altered orig inal boundaries of the district to Include Fulton's property. Hut all wasn't peaches and cream, however, as Oscar Jescke instituted pro test against a lateral to be constructed at the end of the Ave C main. Rather than make any chan ges in the description council advised Jescke he and his neigh bors could at the public hearing protest out the proposed later als. In making his protest, Jescke told officials he had a good sep tic tank, in addition, owned all lots fronting the lateral and did not want to go the expense in volved. Another action found council deferring action for further stu dy on a new design plan from Henningson, Durham and Rich ardson on an alternate site for a sewage dispoal plant site. In the new plan the engineering firm located the site further east of the city than orginally proposed. Before closing shop coun cil also cast eyes at up coming winter months by approving purchase of a snow plow attachment for one of the city's trucks. The attachment will cost an es timated $000. With this attachment, offic ials believe street department crews can do a quicker job of snow removal because a truck is more maneuverable on streets than the grader. It also will give the city two snow removal units preventing near catas trophe In case of breakdown. McClintock Given 30-Day Suspended Jail Term, Probation Gerald McClintock last week was given a 30-day suspended jail sentence and placed on pro bation for six months by County Judge Raymond J. Case. McClintock, who originally was charged with felonous assault, In the beating of Tom Troop, Nehawka farmer, faced the re duced count of simple assault, when he appeared In court. Judge Case also ordered Mc Clintock to pay the $4 court costs and $7.80 sheriff's fee. Troop was severly beaten a bout the head and face several weeks ago In an altercation In a parking lot at Wlmpy's cafe He was hospitalized in Neb raska City where 28 stitches were taken to close cuts in his head. I . 1 j , rimirn. iimnii ifli CAGED but not apparently conquered is this regal appearing Rhode Island Red roosier. This magnificient masculine hunk of chickenhood is one of the many displays currently on exhibit at Laurel Ann Bornemeser AAiss Cass County Of '57 WEEPING WATER Laurel Ann Bornemeier, Murdock, Wed nesday night was crowned "Miss Cass County of 1957," by John Svoboda, kind of the 1956 Kass Kounty King Korn Karnival, at the county fair here. Miss Bornemeier, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred (Mike) Bornemeier, scored the win in a contest which held entries from nine other county cities and villages. 'A junior in high school, the new Miss Cass County is ac tive in school life, an accomp Irehed pianist and singer, County Cost - Per Are Revealed By It cost $163.98 to educate each elementary school child in Plattsmouth last year and $316.11 for each secondary school student, a report compiled by the office of the county super intendent of schools here shows. Enrollment here for 1957-58 was 916 for elementary schools, 427 for secondary. , In Cass County, the report compiled for the Nebraska De partment of Education from re ports submitted by the county's school districts shows, enroll ment was 2,073 in elementary schools, 973 in secondary, in Class 2 and 3. Total enrollment in class 1 (rural) schools, (Union, Mur ray, Manley, Cedar Creek and South Bend) was 862. The county school census tak en in June shows 1,656 children under five years of age and June, 1956, figures: 1,825 and 4,722. Following are 1956-57 enroll ment figures and per pupil costs based on average daily attend ance in Class 2 and 3 schools: Class 3 Plattsmouth 916 elementary, $163.98; 427 secondary, 316.11. Weeping Water 290, $155.28; 118 $455 22. Louisville 216,, $240.90; 122, $457.62. Class 2 Varies Precipitation Here Rain came to Cass County Tuesday night and, in the opin ion of many farmers, dumped moisture in the "nick of time." The county's corn crop urged along by early season rains was beginning to feel the effects of a prolonged dry spell coupled with hot weather. But the rain was of capric ious nature, dumping as much as two inches in some areas while practically ignoring other territories with dribbling mea surements of .50 of an inch and less. Those farmers, while feeling "every little bit helps," profes sed a definite yen for at least "two more inches" in a hurry, before blistering sun rays shri vel corn stalks Into nothingness. Meanwhil Mother Natura "A ',iJ and participates in her church choir and youth fel lowship group. Other entries in the contest included : Linda Norri.s, Weeping Water; Janet Campbell, Platts mouth, Sharon Ehlers, Nehaw ka; Judy Leadabrand, Green wood; Lois Hauschild, Manley; Barbara Jewell Bourelle, Louis ville; Jolene Spahn, Elmwood; Rita Hermance, Alvo; and Lois Erskine, Eagle. Contest was held on a stage erected in front of the Agricul tural Auditorium before a good crowd. Miss Boiwmcltr sue- - Pupil Figures Superintendent Murdock 145, $217.50; 49, $618.92. Avoca 49, $322 20; 39, $497.66 Elmwood 135, $216.13; 59, $603.19. Alvo 65, $310 84; 23, 791.98. Nehawka 126, $293.90; 76, $509.99. Eagle 131, $258.90; 55, $698.35. Class 2 and 3 schools had a total of 79 elementary teachers, 75 secondary. Class one had 49 teachers and the average cost per pupil was $264.40. The high was $578.67 in Rural District 8 (Kenosho School) which had eight pupils at the start of the school year but only two at the close. The low was $153.74 in District 25 (8 Mile Grove School) which had 22 pupils. The county last year had 36 one teacher schools, 14 with two or more teachers and three which sent pupils to other schools for instruction. Financially, the county got $77,884.99 in receipts from spec ial aid, as follows: from county fines and licenses, $31,508.50; from insurance premium tax money, $11,555.80. and from sta te approtionment, $34,820.69. The county paid tuition under the free high school tuition law for 254 students for a total of $91,822. The mill levy for this was 7. thunderously cracked her knuckles and launched pier cing bolts of lightning at Plattsmouth, she virtually turned her back on the city as far as rain was concern ed. The rain guage at Schrei ner's drug store measured .2(1 of an inch, and .23 of an inch at the (TIM) substation. But at the Art Toman farm, seven miles south and west of the city, 1.10 inches fell during the early evening and night. Further west at. the Henrv Vin duska farm, a fraction over one inch was recorded. However, north and west at Bill Gil mour's, a scant one-half inch dropped. To the south, in the Murray area, farms were also reported better than two inches of mois ture. Leroy Elliott, two miles southeast of Murray, estimatad 1 t . .iff i 'If' , "" WI the Cass Counly Fair in Weeping Water. The fair, which began Tuesday, will continue through Friday night. (Journal Tlioto). j ceeds Yvonne Domingo, Weep ing Water, as Miss Cass County. Crowds attending the fair thus far are reported as "good," and the annual event will continue through Friday night. Meanwhile, the Fair wai moving ahead on other fronts with I'lattsmouth con testants forging to a lion's share of purple ribbons and . class championships. Results of contests held to date are: Swine showmanship (sen ior division): Charles Stohr, Plattsmouth; Arlcne Cundull, Murray; Hunter Ingwerson, Plat tsmouth. Swine showmanship ( jun ior division): Ted Wehrbein, Plattsmouth; George Pool, Elm wood . Several purples wore award ed in the swine show: G;uy Fitch, Nehawka, two Hampshire purple gilts, purple hanmshtre boar, breeding litter and reserve champion market hog. Julian Johnson, Nehawka, pur ple hampshire gilt; Arlen Cun dall, Murray, (purple market hog; Hunter Ingwerson, Platts mouth, purple lnndrnee hog; Lin nea Ingwerson, Plattsmouth, purple hampshire hog; Sharon Jane Albers, Elmwood, cham pion market hog, crossbred. Arlen Ctindall, champion dur oc pen of three market hog: Jay Speck, hampshire reserve cham pion pen of three market hog. Dairy: Larry Bond, Avoca, purple holstein calf. Sheep: Allan Neben, Alvo, purple market lamb. Tractor Operator's contest: Herb Krae.nrer, Plattsmouth; Robert Engelkemeier, Louisville Weldon Rtoehr, Plattsmouth. Crop judging: Roy Smith, Plattsmouth; Herb Kraeger, Leonard Ilild, Plattsmouth. Purples n gardens went to thimon P"R lapulS s.ijjKij,') Nelsoii, both of Greenwood. Beef showmanship (senior di vision): Nancy Todd, Union: Loren Todd, Murray; Barbara Philpot. Nehawka: Bmee Jami son, Nehawka: and Herb Krae ser, Plattsmouth. precipitation at his farm a two inches, and more than two inch es was reported at the Charley Mead farm. At the Frank Wehrbein farm south of the Lutheran Church on the Louisville road, more than one inch oT rain was recorded. But at the Ralph Wehrbein farm, which lies on the Louisville road, one half inch fell. Smallest amount of precipi tation at. any of the farms con tacted fell at the Frank Bierle farm, north of the Louisville rnad and five miles west of Plattsmouth. where .30 of an inch was estimated. Although not official, a report reached the Journal which Indi cated Weeping Water received 1.50 inches percipitatlon and Ashland vicinity more than cm Inch.