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1500RSsE "I5T'. S0CIETY XXX Lincoln Published semi-weekly Monday-Thursday CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 76 TWELVE PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1957 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 97 '-y v f LIFT FOR VETERAN The Veterans of on(ay niishl at a VFW meeting. Also shown, Foreign Wars here literally gave a veteran, left to right, are Rudy Stoll, trustee; John Ah- George Moore, Rock Bluff, a lift. It's the hy- rens, quartermaster; Jess Jorgenson, Murray, draulic hoist shown above which will help the senior viee commander; and Leonard Lutz, polio - paralyzed World War II veteran get Murray, junior vice commander, around a little better at home. It was presented Rotary Hears Talk about England England is working hard to try to get out of the financial plight which has plagued her since World War II, the Rotary Club was told by its speaker Tuesday noon. Speaking was Dick Huebner, son of Rotarian program chair man Al Huebner. Young Hueb ner spent 2 M; years In the Air Force tn England. He Is now a law student at the University of Nebraska where he graduated In business In 1954. Things England is doing to help itself, Huebner said in clude cutting back defense spending; limiting the amount of pounds of sterling which can be taken out of the . country, this to try to stabilize mone tary values: disbanding its Home Guard, equivalent to our National Guard; strictly enforc ing its inheritance taxes, a measure which has prompted opening of baronial estates as tourist attraction; raising of other taxes; and maintaining goovernment housing extensive ly. Huebner said there are great differences between England and the U. S., as seen by a Plattsmouth native. These include differences in personal income, an intermed iate step in civil service with which he was familiar drew only $108 a month salary; cars, wash ing machines and television sets are extreme luxuries, and carry a C6 per cent luxury tax. Huebner said gasoline is strictly rationed in England and when he and his family left to return to the U. S. was selling for 70 cents a gallon. Of this, 42 cents was tax. During the Suez crisis, gas sold at $1 a gallon. Huebner was allowed 4 gallons a month, the average civilian gas ration. In England, the ariman was purchasing and contracting agent. He and his fellow airmen were honorary members of the Peterborough Rotary Club while stationed in Northamp tonshire. Another guest of Al Huebner at the meeting was Dr. R. W. Tyson, Murray, young Huebner's father-in-law. Edward Bornemeier Of Elmwood Dies ELMWOOD Edward Born emeier, 74, retired farmer, died Wednesday afternoon at Bryan Memorial Hospital, Lincoln. He had been there three weeks. Funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Elmwood EUB Church. Jr. High Football Came Postponed The Central 7th-8th football game with Glenwood, scheduled here for Wednesday night, was postponed because of flu and weather. Glenwood's squad is hard-hit by flu. t -i- 4 jK 'V ft i 'Change' Artists Are Fined Here Two Miami Beach, Fla., men,, Frank D. Francisco, 22, and Warren H. Williams, 21, forfeit ed $25 bonds each in County Court here this morning for vagrancy after being arrested on suspicion of working a short change racket in stores here. The men were taken into cus tody Wednesday by the sheriff's office after short-changing a clerk $5 in one of five stores they visited here. Clerks in the other stores detected the seem ingly Innocent "mistake" in change maneuvering. The clerk who was caught off guard realized it soon afterward, however, and gave officers a description of the men and their car license number. The arrest at Lincoln followed. In a signed statement to the sheriff, the men admitted their scheme. Francisco said he had been working the racket most of his adult life. Williams said he had been so involved iust a short time. Plans Complete For World Day Mrs. Fred Campbell. Murray, president of United Council of Church Women held a meeting at her home Oct. 21 to complete plans for the observance of World Community Day, Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. at the Christian Church in Murray. This is an annual observance. Mrs. Joe Richter of Murray made plans for a program. Oth ers attending the meeting were Mrs. Barr, Mrs. Howard Davis, Mrs. Robert Humiston, Mrs. J. B. Cook, Mrs. Raymond Lan caster and Mrs. Charles Spang ler. Mrs. Campbell served coffee and cookies. Grid Game Sunday For Injury Fund The Plattsmouth VFW town football team will play the Amer ican Legion team from Traynov, la., Sunday at 2 p.m. at the athletic field for the benefit of the High School Athletes Injury Fund, for which $245.50 has been raised so far. The two teams played last Sunday at Traynor, Traynor winning. 12-0. Admission will be 75 cents for adults, 35 cents for children. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Oct. 21, 22, 23, 1957. Date High Low Prec. Monday 65 40 .40 Tuesday 58 52 .30 Wednesdav 50 .00 Forecast: High in mid 40 s. Cloudy and colder tonight and Friday., .. Sun sets tonight at 5:30. Sun! rises Friday at 6:46 a.m. ' --' f ' .3 - 4 , t According to Sheriff Tom i Solomon, the men arrived in1 Omaha in a 1957 model car Oct. 8 and opened checking accounts at a bank there. From then un til Tuesday one of the men had banked $400 without apparent employment. The two drove to Plattsmouth Tuesday afternoon. Williams said he is an ex-serviceman and was once stationed at Offutt Air Force Base. The men work their racket this way: they make a purchase of less than $1 and present a $10 bill; when the clerk returns a $5 bill and 4 ones, they say they would rather not have the ones and return them, asking for a $5 bill; usually the clerk realizes there are only 4 ones and asks for the other; after putting down another one, the "flim-flam" artist asks if h e can have a $10 bill instead and throws down a $5 with the 5 ones; unless the clerk Is follow ing the maneuvers she may give him a $10 bill for his $5 bill and HER 5 ones. Besides posting bonds, the sheriff today required the pair to Dost money to cover loss which micht be claimed by mer chants of Plattsmouth and the expense of their arrest. The men also had to oay for light bulbs in the "bull pen" at the county jail which were knocked out during their stay. Funeral Of Old Resident Of Murdoek Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Murdoek for ; Mrs. Augusta Emelia Schlaphof, 93, one of the long time resicients j of that community. Mrs. Schlap-1 hof was born in Germany Au gust 9, 1864 and has been a res ident of Cass county for many i years. , I Services were at the Ebene-1 zer Evangelical United Brethern church with Rev. John Ohler king officiating. Mrs. Evelyn Schewe gave two vocal solos accompanied by Mrs. Elmer Miller at the organ. Burial was at the Callahin cemetery with Silas Schl Marcus Stock. Wesley and David Rieke, William von Speckelsen and Verle Stock serving as cas- j ket bearers. County TB Board Met At Avoca Cass Countv TB Association Board met at the Congregation Church in Avoca Wednesday eve ning at 7:30. Mrs. Duane Sack president of the Association pre sided. Plans for the seal sales were discussed under the direction of Mrs. John Schutz, seal chair man. Mrs. Sack attended the Miss issippi Valley TR meeting in Omaha Oct. 10. 11 and 12. She gave a report on the meeting to the local board that proved very interesting. Remodeled Knorr's Opens Friday A. M. Friday morning the doors open tt the new and completely remodeled Knorr's 5 cent & 10 cent Store in the Masonic build in;;'. The new store will occupy, not only the part of the building where it has been located for the past 23 years, but also the part formerly occupied by the Ladies Toggery. During the past months the work of tearing out the wall separating these two stores and the complete remodeling and re finishing of the additional ,spa?e and the installing of new fix tures has been carried on with out loss of one day's business save for the one day closing Thursday (today) for the finish ing touches. The remodeling work was un der the direction of Albert Young, local contractor, who had plenty advise from sidewalk superintendents during the tear ing down process. Decorating of the interior and laying the floor coverings was done by Biles Paint Co. The store is a family affair, being owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Knorr who entered the variety store business in Plattsmouth in 1915. The store is now managed by their son, Roy W. Knorr Jr., known as "Bill". The Knorrs came to Platts mouth from Hastings in 1915 and opened the Popular Variety Store. They later moved their store to a location between 4th and 5th Street on Main Street and in 1929 moved to their pre sent location. Their progressive policies made their store a growing suc cess and they undertook moder nization steps in 1951 and again in 1953. The new store is com pletely modern. Keeping step with the times, it is laid out for self service, much the same as the super markets. "Bill" Knorr was raised in Plattsmouth, graduated from Plattsmouth High School, and attended Doane College two years before joining the Coast Guard during World War II. He served 3'4 years. He is married to the former Margaret Heine man of this city. Their announcement of the re opening appears in this issue of the Journal. Halloween Party For Youngsters Set at Union UNION A Halloween party will be held for the school chil dren of the community, sponsor ed by the American Legion Auxiliary. It will be for grades 3 through 3. The committee appointed at the last Auxiliary meeting to arrange for the party includes Mrs. Elsie Frans, Mrs. Fred Baker, Mrs. Ed Ruby, Mrs. John Pearslev, Mrs. Charles Crook and Mrs. Kenneth Hoback The Auxiliary heard a report J on th County Auction when $307. 22 was collected. j A joint Armistice Day cele- j bration will be held with the Le gion Nov. 10. The Auxiliary won first prize : with its scrapbook at the dis trict convention in Weeping Wa ter. Mrs. Kenneth Hoback is publicity chairman. Meeting hostesses were Mrs. Roy Mullis, Violet Dye, Mr. Robert Kendall and Mrs. Alma I Hathaway, ; Motion Filed for New Trial Here A motion for a new trail in the case of the State of Nebras ka vs. Gene Raymond Haswell has been filed in District Court here and will be argued on a regular court Friday. The motion then will either be sustained and new trial order ed or overruled and sentence passed. Haswell was found "guilty" of statutory rape of a 15-year-old girl in the case which was tried Oct. 14. Stolen Generator Found Abandoned A portable generator stolen from the Beatrice Construction Co. site at Louisville Sent. 14 has ben recovered, according to Sheriff Tom Solomon. He said the cenertor was found abandoned in a ditch near Council Bluffs. 129b Absent f Schools, 5y t . . . , Motor Vehicle Homicide Found By Jury Here A District Court jury here Tuesday night returned a ver dict of "guilty" in the case of the State of Nebraska vs. Clyde F. Neidigh. The charge was mo tor vehicle homicide. j The charge was made after Fern E. Wisman, 62, Ashland, was killed in a collision of Nei digh's and his car Sept. 1, 1956. on Highway 6 in Cass County. N'eidigh, 39. is a master ser geant at the Lincoln Air Force Base. The penalty range for the crime is: 1. A fine not to exceed $500; 2. up to 6 months in the county jail; 3. from 1 to 10 years in the state penitentiary; 4. fine and Imprisonment. Specificallly, Neidigh was char ged with the following in Coun ty Atty. James Begley's infor mation: engaging in "the un lawful operation of a motor ve hicle in two particulars: a. by driving upon the left half of U. S. Highway 6 and, b. by failing to pass to the right of another motor vehicle proceed ing in the opposite direction, and failing to give other vehicle '. . .at least one-half of . .the roadway; ..and while so enga ged did cause his vehicle to col lide with another driven by Kern E. Wisman, thereby cau sing death of Wisman." The jury deliberated from a bout 4:15 until 8:05 p.m. Rich ard L. O'Donald was jury fore man. Other members were Nor man C. McKerlie, Mrs. Dixie Bucholz, Otto Keck, Robert L. Lewis, Mrs. Betty Morehead, Mrs. Meta Mueller, Eric J. Charling, Mrs. Margaret Beck man, Mrs. Susie M. Cook, How ard Schwenneker and Omar J. Persinger. The trial started Monday morn ing. City Projects Coming Along One city project is progressing and another is about to be start ed. Work on a sewer drain for the fire and street department yard was largely finished by today in preparation to extending the fire building to house a new fire truck on order. And, Robeck Construction Co., Omaha, is moving in in prepa ration to starting work on the Distrct 14 sanitary sewer pro ject. Some pipe has been brought in and the trenching machine is due here Friday, after being routed through Louisville because it could not be taken across the U. S. 75 Platte River Bridge. Will Dedicate New Stain Class Windows At St. John's Church The new stained glass windows in the choir loft of St. John's Catholic church will be dedica ted on Sunday. October 27th. The ceremony will take place just before the 10 o'clock mass. These windows have been giv en as memorials to Miss Joanne Keeley, Miss Judith Sikora, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Libershal and John A. Libershal. A new missal stand of antique gold finished wrought iron will be blessed also. This has been given by an anony mous donor. Boy Scouts To Trim Districts The present seven districts of the Cornhusker Council Bov Scouts of America, will be re duced to five. Leo Hill of Lin coln, Council president has an nounced. The present Arbor Lodge and Indian Cave districts are to be combined to form a new dis trict embracing the eastern half of Cass County and all of Otoe county except Palmyra, Doug las and Unadilla. The North Star district will embrace the north half of Lan caster countv. north of J street in Lincoln and include the com munities of Greenwood. Mur doek, Elmwood, Alvo and Eajle. UCW World Community Day Nov. 1 World Community Day by United Church Women is set for Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. at the Murray Christian hurch. World Community Day is a spiritual undertaking through which 10 million church women rededicate themselves to build ing life, friendship, and univer sal peace, those planning the day said. Parcels for Peace this year will be shared with the forgot ten little children and homeless men and women who, as refu gees, are still in camps in Eur ope, the Middle East and South east Asia. The offering will go toward United Church Women's pro gram for peace and for special self-help projects in under de veloped areas. The observance is an opportunity to express the responsibility for helping to meet the needs of emerging peoples; it will advance under standing of world affairs and of the work of the United Nations, the planners said. Used clothing may be left at any of the member churches. William F. Evers Receives High Honor In Masonary William F. Evers, prominent Nebraska Mason and Superin tendent of the Nebraska Mason ic Home in this city, was hon ored Tuesday by being elected to one of the outstanding ranks in the Masonic order. The Supreme Council of 33rd Degree Masons, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Mas onry, Southern Jurisdiction, meeting at Washington, D. C. Tuesday elected Mr. Evers as Knight Commander of the Court of Honor of the Scottish Rite. The notification was received by Mr. Evers from Joseph W. Seacrest, Sovereign Grand Com mander of the Scottish Rite Masons of Nebraska, who is at tending the meeting of the grand council. Mr. Evers has been an active figure in Nebraska Masonry for the past thirty five years and has served as head of the local Masonic bodies, Platts mouth lodge No. 6. A F & A M, Nebraska Chapter No. 3, R A M, ; and Mt. Zion Commandery No. I 5 Knights Templar. Mr. Evers is a former grand commander of the Knight Templar of Nebras j ka. Mr. Evers is a member of the Masonic Homes Executives As sociation and served as presi dent. This organization is nation wide. He is a member of the Omaha Consistory of the Scottish Rite ; and the Shrine at Lincoln, i He has served as superintend : ent of the Masonic Home in : this city since 1920, and seeing i it grow into one of the largest and best Homes that this great j order has provided for the aged : and members of the Eastern Star. It will be most pleasing to the I residents of Plattsmouth and 1 Cass county that their native i son has been so honored for his j long and faithful service in the 'order that he holds so dear. St. John's School Finds Hot Lunch Program Popular The hot lunch program at the St. John's parochial school has proven a very popular feature to the students, adds to the com fort of the students attending from parts of the city quite a distance from the school. The program has been helped a great deal by genrous dona tions of food by Mr. and Mrs. Mayle. Mr. and Mrs. William Pittman, Mr. and Mrs. Paul j j Shera. Mrs. F. I. Rea and Mr.' : and Mrs. William Keeley. 1 Mrs. Lester Gaylord, Mrs Henry Starkiohn, and Mrs. John; j Hobscheidt prepared two and a! ! half bushels of applps ready for j ! the locker on Monday. to Enm Public Parochial Flu Seen as Cause as 228 Students Miss Classes Here ; Absenteeism from school here Wednesday was 12 per cent in the public elementary schools, 13 per cent in high school and 1 a little more than 50 per cent in St. John's Parochial School. It was hard for school officials to determine how much of it may be attributed to illness or specifically to flu but il was certain that flu was a cause. Normal absenteeism in the public schools is from 2 to 3 per cent, Supt. T. I. Friest said. Numbers absent Wednesday ni if i I morning when a check was rro Among 39 Schools In 'Study' Plattsmouth High is one of the 39 selected Nebraska secon dary schools participating for a second year in the Science Teaching Improvement Pro gram Study on the Use of Sci ence Counselors. Nebraska Schools cooperating in the Study, all members of the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, are Alliance. Ansley, Arapahoe, Battle Creek, Beatrice, Beaver City. Blair, Broken Bow, Cam bridge, Chase County (Imperial) Cozad, Deuel County (Chappell), Harvard, Hebron, Holdridge, Gering, Gordon, Gothenburg,, Howard, Hebron, Holdrege, Kearney, Lexington, Lincoln Northeast, Lyons, McCook, North Bend. North Platte, Ogal ala, Ord, Perkins County (Grant Pierce, Plainview, Plattsmouth, Schuyler, Se w a r d, Sidney, Stromburg, Superior, Tecumseh Wahoo, and West Point. This Study was made pos sible by a grant to the Ameri can Association for the Advan cement of Science from the Car negie Corporation of New York. The University of Nebraska ser ves as a coordinating center for the Study in Nebraska. Sim ilar Studies are underway in Oregon, Texas and Pennsylvan ia with the Universities of Ore gon and Texas, and Pennsyl vania State University, respec tively, serving as cooperating universities. Through the activities of the Study's science counselors, each cooperating school is receiving into its permanent custody two Geiger counters, two radiation survey meters, two dosimeter charges and two dosimeters. In case of emreency the school will make these instruments available to the local Civil De fense unit. Local science instructors re: Samuel D. Bell, general science Stanley Cole, biology: Burdette Hansen, general science and physics, and James Robinson, chemistry. 10 Commandment Displays for Schools Here Each of the public and paro chial schools here and the city library has been presented a beautifully-printed and illustra ted reproduction of The Tin Commandments bv the local Aerie of the Fraternal Order of j Eagles. i The attractive reproductions! have been artistically framed and are on display in the seve-l nil buildings for pupils to see.! Preparation and presentation' of these were part of a national j movement directed and super vised by the Youth Guidance1 Commission of the Eagles. The Local Eagles Auxiliary, had committee which arrang ed for the local presentations, i Auxiliary president is Mrs. Owen Willis and secretary Mrs. Dennis Smith. Other committee! members are Mrs. Charles Jan acek, Mrs. Sterling Cole. Mrs Edith Haley. Mrs. Lillian Ren ner. Mrs. George Jordon and Mrs. Francis Barnard. Bishop James V. Casey; Will Confirm Class Here November 5th On Tuesdav, November 5th at I 7:30 p. m., His Excellency Bish-j op James V. Casey, bishop of : the Lincoln diocese of the Ro man Catholic church, will con firm the large class at St. John: the Baptist church. ; This is Bishop Casey's first, formal visit to the parish. A1 dinner will be served by the ladks of the parish to locnl and visiting clergy. made were 106 of 833 pupils in public elementary schools, 57 of 473 students in high school, and about 65 of 130 pupils in SI . John's. Total absent from schools here was 228. The St. John's absenteeism be gan Monday and grew steadily the first days this week. Schxl is in session there all week. Public schools dismissed after Wednesday for the rest of the week because of the Nebraska State Education Assn. Conven tion in Omah. Friest said more high school students were absent Tuesday than Wednesdav. Wednesday, just one public, school teacher was absent with the flu. St. John's has not had a staff member out wilh illness this week. Several public school teachers have had the flu but have recovered and returned to school. It was pointed rnU that while Asiatic flu is progress ing westward and causing much concern in some cities many of the flu cases here niifiht be "ordinary" flu which seenvs to be "in sea son", Friest said he was not overly concerned with the pubic school absenteeism. "It has not reach ed alarming proportion," he said. St. John's officials are much concerned but have not taken extraodlnarv measures yet. An official at the Burlington Refrigerator Express Co., hen said there has been little more than normal absenteeism there, about one or 2 per cent. A local physician said he is administering Asiatic flu vaccine to persons as they want it and it is available not limiting it to any activity or age groups. Another ohvscian said he was temporarily out of vaccine but expected to cet a supply in the next few days. The vaccine is a killed virus type for active immunity. It is a preventive and to be effective must be administered before the incubation stage of the flu. Old Resident Of Eagle Laid To Last Rest EAGLE - -- (Special i Funeral services for Ester Cornes Horn. 88. was held at the Eagle Meth odist Church, Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. with Dr. Lapthorne officiating. Music was furnished by Mrs. Raymond Manners and Melvin Adams, with Mrs. John Fischer at the piano. Dr. Lapthorne is a former pastor of the Eagle Methodist Church and served there during the active membership of both Mr. and Mrs. Horn. Both will be well remembered bv their many friends in Eagle for their services to the church. Mrs. Horn was born in Eng land, had been a resident of Eagle for more than fifty yt ars. the husband, J. W. Horn, pre- ceded her in death. July 1949 Soon after his death clue to 111 health, she was moved to Weep ing Wnter to the nursing home She leaves to mourn her d ath nieces and two brother-in law, Frank Horn. Hill City, K .an.. Jess Horn, Modesto, Calif ces, Mrs. Edith HaiviUe nie- an d Mrs. Edith Haves of Fairplay Mo.: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hon and Rev. Marvin Horn. Andcr son Calif. Burial was n the Eagle c 'iii- etery with old family friends serving as pall bearers. John Virkers. William Tiumble, J .ihn Fischer. Charles Scattergood Oren Lanning. Davie Trumbl" Hobson funeral home of Wi ing Water was in charge arrangoments. ep of Mrs. Herman Tiekotter is spending this week with her sis ter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cro.s at Mollne, 111. r i nfti nTi if- tn 1tii"n n i n