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r;r:rn. ctats i::ct. society xxx 1530 a ST. LINCOLN, r.zc". CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER JtfDTOfML PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise end Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 77 FOURTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1957 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 9 P LATH'S TWIE T'-n i'fi W I Til ' 'hc v- 1.1: J.J U.- H-j f K ;LA1L..MJ FFA ROYALTY CROWNED FFA Sweet heart Sheila Marsh and King Dan Wehrbein were crowned here Friday night at the high school. Crowning them Sheila Marsh, are the Dan Wehrbein Honored by FFA Sheila Marsh was crowned as Plattsmouth Chapter of Future Farmers of America Sweetheart and Dan Wehrbein was crowned King for 1957 at an installation meeting and party of the chap ter and the local Future Home makers of America chapter Fri day night at the high school. Miss Marsh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Marsh, has held the offices of treasurer, secret ary and vice president of her lo cal FHA chapter. She has been active in Pep Club and Nation al Honor Society. She is also an officer of hei church Youth Fellowship and is on the high school annual staff. Wehrbein, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wehrbein, is a charter member and president of the lo cal FFA chapter. He is active In music. He is also a member of the Honor Society and Student Sen ate and was president of his jun ior class. Wehrbein's farming program consists of dairy, swine and corn. Mrs. Martha Oibbs is :'aculty adviser of the FHA Don Hansen, of the FFA. Knights Templar Elect Officers Monday Evening Knight Templar of Mt. Zion commandery No 5 held their meeting Monday evening at their lodge rooms in the Masonic building with a pleasing attend ance of the members. R. A. Noell, commander pre sided and the chief matter of business was the selection of elective officers for the coming year with the following being selected: Marion Reed, com mander; Ray Story, generaliss imo; Cecil Karr, captian gen eral; L. W. Niel, treasurer; Leo nard Born, recorder. The appointive officers will be named by Commander-elect Reed and officers will be in stalled at the meeting in Jan uary. Courthouse Closes At Noon Tuesday The Cass County Courthouse will close at noon Dec. 24, Christmas Eve. The Board of Commissioners moved Wednes day to give county employees an extra half-day holiday. School will dismiss for the Christmas holidays after class es Friday. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Dec. 16, 17, 18, 1957. Date H'en Lw Prec- Monday 50 32 .tr Tuesday 45 35 .15 Wednesday . . 42 35 .00 Forecast: High in mid 40 s. Cloudiness, rain changing to snow, colder tonight, low in upper 20's. Sun sets tonight at 4:57. Sun rises Friday at 7:46 a.m. past year's - Christmas Services at City, County Churches Are Noted Plattsmouth and Cass County churches will observe Christmas with special services, some Sun day, some Christmas Eve and some Christmas Day. This is the schedule, as notices have been submitted to the Journal by the churches: First Baptist - Christmas ser vice, music and program, Sun- i day at 7:30 p.m. Plattsmouth Community Worship, Christmas message, Sunday at 11 a.m.; Sunday school program, Sunday at 7:30 p.m. First Methodist Christmas service, Sunday at 11 a.m.; Choir cantata, Sunday at 7:30 p.m.; church school program, Monday at 7:30 p.m. St. Paul's Evangelical and Re formed Christmas service and Communion, Sunday at 10:30 a.m.; Sunday school program, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. St. Luke's Episcopal Festi val of the Nativity, the Christ Mass, Tuesday at 11:30 p.m. Holy Rosary Midnight mass, Tuesday; low mass 8 a.m. high mass, 10 a.m., Christmas Day. St. John's Catholic Midnight mass, Tuesday; low masses, 7:30, 9, 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., high mass, 8 a.m. Christmas Day. First Christian Christmas service and Communion, Sunday at 10:50 a.m.; Bible school Christmas program, Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Fire At Baburek Machine Shop Wednesday Wednesday afternoon the fire department was called to the Baburek Brothers Machine shop, 312 First Avenue, by a small fire started in the gar age where a car was being re paired. John baburek was engaged in welding a shock absorber in a car, and having just comple ted the job, was crawling out from under the car when he struck the gas line and the gas oline caught fire, but fortuna tely Baburek escaped without serious injury. The firemen soon had the fire stopped but with considerable loss to the garage and the car. It is estimated that the loss to the garage building was $500 and damage to the car was $300. The car that was damaged was a 1957 Ford belonging to Joe Vanpula, 3050 So. 17th, Oma ha. The loss was covered by in surance. Work of the fire department Is to be commended as they were right on the job in keep ing the fire from spreading. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Dunning of Bennet. Colo., are in the city for a pre-holiday visit at the Garfield Dhnning home. The Colorado visitors will spend the winter months in North Platte with their daughter, and came here for a short visit with the brother. Sweetheart and King, Sharon Ramge and Gary Rieke. Attendants were Hunter Ingwerson, left back, Jim Furlong, Rita Ramge and Marge Grosshans, right back. First Presbyterian Christ mas service, Sunday at 11 a.m.; Christmas music program by choir, Sunday at 8 p.m.; church school program and nativity ser vice, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Christ Lutheran Christmas Eve "program, Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.; Christmas service, at 10:30 Christmas Day. St. Paul Lutheran, Weeping Water Children's Christmas service, Monday at 7:30 p.m.; Christmas service, at 8:30 a.m. Christmas Day. Immanuel Lutheran Child ren's Christmas Eve service, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.; Christ mas service, 10:30 a.m. Christ mas Day. Alvo Methodist Christmas Eve service, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Nehawka EUB Christmas service, Sunday at 10:45 a.m. Community Presbyterian, Ce dar Creek Service, Sunday at 9:30 a.m.; dunday school Christ mas program, Monday at 7:30 p.m. United Presbyterian, Murray -Service, Sunday at 11 a.m.; Christmas program by Sunday school, Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Plattsmouth May Be Contacted About Disposal Plant Plans Sixteen municipalities, includ ing Plattsmouth, hold the key to "cleaning up" the state's rivers and streams, T. A. Filipi, chief of the State Health De partment's Sanitation Division, says. When"" sewage treatment plants have been established in Sioux City, Omaha, Bellevue, Plattsmouth and Nebraska City on the Missouri River; Seward and Wilber on the Big Blue; Hebron on the Little Blue; Red Cloud and Franklin on the Re publican; Scottsbluff, North Platte, Kearney and Columbus on the Platte and West Point and Fremont on the Elkhorn, the state's tributaries will be "fairly well cleaned up," Filipi says. He was given permission Mon day to contact the governing bodies of these towns to d"ter mine their needs and p!a:: for construction of facilities. Plattsmouth has long i cog-h nized the need for a sewage treatment plant and has al ready had engineering estimates of cost. The mayor has asked the Board of Public Works to take over jurisdiction of the sewage system and initiate steps to ac quire a site and make plans for a treatment plant. He also sug gested the board ready a bond issue proposal for next spring's flection. Federal funds are available under the Water Pollution Con trol Act for muncipalUies on a matching basis. Congress has not yet appro priated funds for Nebraska for the next fiscal year but esti mates are that the state may get about $675,000 to be matched on a local basis. The fsderal Embezzlement Plea 'Guilty' Alvin Lashh'V, 52, entered a plea of guilty here Wednesday to embezzling a $10 Cass county check. Lashley was road foreman for Commissioner Herman Borne meier for about 5 years and left the countv employment ear ly this year to go to work for the Highway Dept. at Rushville. Since leaving Cass County it was learned that Lashley, while working for Cass County, sold a used "I" beam for $40 and failed to remit the money to C:iss Countv. Lashley further admitted in court Wednesday that ho had sold another beam for $6.50 which money' he failed to turn over to the Coun ty Treasurer. j To his plea of "guilty" Judge Raymond J. Case ordered Lush ley to remimbursc Cass County for the two "I" beams, pay the costs of returning him from Rashvillle and pay a $10 fine. Lashley was released from cus tody Wednesday evening after paying the due amount. Eisenhowers Eat Mince Pie From Plattsmouth Mincemeat from Plattsmouth has graced the table of Presi dent and Mrs. Eisenhower, jno less! ' Ladies of St. Luke's Episcopal Church Parish make mincemeat annually as a project. It is sold locally and sent on order throughout the U. S. William Metzger, senator of Nebraska's unicameral, sent some of the mincemeat to Fred A. Seaton, secretary of the in terior with the suggestion he pass a quart on to the President. Seaton did, and soon this letter came here in response: The White House Washington Dec, 10, 1957 Dear Friends: I want to thank all of you for your kindness in sending the delicious mincemeat which was made into a pie by Mrs. Seaton. You were most thoughtful to provide us with such a welcome gift. My warmest appreciation to you for adding such pleasure to our Christmas holidays! With best wishes. Sincerely, Mamie Doud Eisenhower County Clerk and Mrs. Char les Land departed by train Sun day for Bell, Calif., where they will spend the Holidays with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Arnold and son, Jim. share would be 30 per cent, the municipality's 70 per cent. Filipi said he singled out the 16 towns because of the amount of sewage being contributed to the respective streams and be cause of the effect the discharge has on a stream or basin. Mayor Bruce Gold today re ceived a letter from Filipi ask ing the city to submit a pro gress report on disposal plant planning before Jan. 1. . If ff 1 I'll' k A heavenly choir with an angelic organist was the display treated by Margaret Svoboda, PlattNinnuth junior, for the open house and Christmas U at Eli.a Morgan Homim'i Re Coss efufi 'Toys for Needy' Distribution Set Friday 7 to 9 p.m. The local VFW and Auxiliary announced that tovs and cloth ing in the units' project to pro vide these items for needy chil dren at Christmas time can be picked up Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Persons wanting toys or clothing or knowing of persons who need them are asked to note that thev may be picked up at the old store building on lower Main Street, the first building east of the courthouse. The VFW and Auxiliary have been repairing and refinishing used toys and clothing and as sembling donations of new items for the distribution for some time. Thev ask that the items be picked up so better choice of what is wanted and needed can be made. 'Outstanding Young Man' Search On Do you know an outstanding young man who has been active in community affairs and is a big asset to our community? If you do, the Plattsmuth Jaycees want to honor him with the Distinguished Service Award for 1957. The Junior Chamber of Com merce is looking for the young man between the ages of 21 and 36 who has been active in civic affairs and contribu'id to the general community welfare dur ing the year 1957. Nominees will also be judged on evidence of leadership and personal or busi ness progress. Any individual or organiza tion is encouraged to make a nomination and as the deadline is Jan. 10, why not give some serious thought to your choice and make that nomination now! Official nomination blanks may be secured from Ray Evers at the Masonic Home, Bob Bogle at his NAPA store on Sixth Street or Bernie Friedrichsen at 1703 Hill Street. W. F. Evcrs Receives High Masonic Honor At Lincoln Friday William F. Evers of this city, superintendent of the Nebraska Masonic Home, was one of the twenty-two Nebraska Masons in vested with the rank of Knight Commander of the Court of Honor during ceremonies on Friday at the Scottish Rite temple ai Lincoln. Mr. Evers election to K C C H came at the biennial session of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite Freemsonary at Washington in October. Governor Victor Anderson was among those invested with the Knight Commander rank. i 1 I t.B . , ft ... J. : unity nd ETO a Dear Santa . . . Following are letters written by local youngsters to Santa Claus. They are being forward ed to their proper destination. The Chamber of Commerce has arranged for all letters to be answered. ) Dear Santa: My name is Gail Moore. For Christmas I want a high chair, record player, and some rec ords. A doll bed, ironing board, a doll stroller, a typewriter, a game. This year I do not want a doll. You can give it to some one who doesn't have as many dolls as I do. We will leave you some cook ies on the television. Gail. Dear Santa Clause, Here is what we want for Christmas. We have been pret ty good. Deanna wants a danc ing doll and a wagon and a re frigerator. Cheryl wants a bride doll, a Teddy bear, some dishes and a stove. We hope you come to onr house. Deanna, Cheryl. Cost Of Highway Land Condemnation To Be Studied The State Highway Advisory Commission Monday decided to look into the mounting cost of awards ito property owners whose land has to be acquired for controlled-access state high ways in Nebraska. Property owners, by rejecting the state's offers and forcing the state into condemnation pro ceedings are "getting away with murder" in these courts Commissioner C. E. Metzger of Cedar Creek is quoted. He said he knows of a man who bought a piece of land for 25 hundred dollars, put a , 'shack on the property and was award ed 30 thousand dollars for the property by a jury in condem nation proceedings. The commission decided to meet in February with Fred Gardner, head of the State Highway Department's right-of-way section, and Harry Sal ter, head of the department's legal staff, to see if some meth od can be devised to cut down the property acquisition costs. D. J. Hollingshcad Dies In California Word has been received here by relatives of the death Tues day of D. J. Hollingshead, well known to older residents of the city. He passed away at his home in Plavadel Rey, Calif. His wife is the former Harr iett Peacock of this city and cousin of Mrs. Frank Cloidt of Plattsmouth. Journal Want Ads Pay : r : i . -. - ... .A .1 I! ' ' " I i : sidence Hall on the Peru State Teachers Col lege Campus. Faculty members and other guests were given an escorted tour of rowls quarters which were decorated lor the Holiday .Season. pens A. H. Duxbury Vill Be Speaker at Chamber Banquet The Chamber of Commerce is very happy to announce that j A. H. Duxbury, manager of the; Regional office of the Veterans1 Administration at Lincoln, will ; be the speaker of the Chamber j of Commerce banquet to be held on Monday, Jan. 6. The banquet will be held at the Lions club auditorium with Ed Ernst, program chairman presiding. The acceptance of Mr. Dux bury will assure a fine message from this popular former resi dent of Plattsmouth and Cass county. Mr. Duxbury was long a prominent figure in this com munity, serving as county judge for some 20 years and as a leader in American Legion circles in the state being called to Lincoln to enter veteran ac tivities. The ticket committee of the Chamber of Commerce will con duct the ticket sale soon at $1.50 per plate. South Cass County Shows Large Yield Of Corn and Milo Can any Cass County farmer beat this yield? G. W. Weik, Nehawka, deliv ered corn from one acre of non irrigated land at the south west edge of town Monday afternoon. After Ed Stanley, Manager and Paul Brown at the Farmers Co op Elevator totaled the tickets, they presented Weik with a re cord yeild total of 145 bushels I and 40 pounds. Mr. Weik's only regret is that he had but one acre, but doubts any other corn producer in the county can beat his fig ure. Production in thp Nehawka Union area is in the top brack et this year. Lloyd Mansfield, farming his father - in - law's (William Ost.) land, had a little more than 10,000 bushel of milo delivered to the elevator from 200 acres. He reported that he could have delivered 12.000 bus hel if the early snow had not knocked a good percentage of it down where it could not be picked up by combines. Top yield will probably go to a river-bottom farm with near ly 600 acres of milo southeast of Union. Now in the process of harvesting, William Ost stated this is one of the best crops he has ever seen and wouldn't hazard a guess at what the ac reage average would be - - "It will be plenty, though," he add ed. Farmers Elevator at Nehaw ka has to date handled more than 150,000 bushels of milo. all of which was run through dry ers to reduce moisture content before shipment could be made. It's about the same story com ing from George Stites at Un ion, head of the Stites Grain Co. Mr. Stites said volume has been the greatest in many years, but problems of moisture is the worst on record, unless the 19 09 crop year could come up to this one. Corn coining into Un ion is averaging around 19 per cent moisture and is being dock ed at 10 cents a bushel. "This' isn't as bad as it sounds, how ever," Mr. Stites stated. "They are selling us a lot of water and if left to dry out shrinkage would account for a uood share of the loss. Farmers are losing around two to three cents a' bushel on this wet corn." Sewer Digging Continues Here Excavation for sanitary sew er is being done now on 15ih street between Avenues A and B and the street is temporarily blocked off. Traffic can Proceed on Ave nue B. down 15th to the Ceme tery Road. Mrs. Gary Ashbuugh was back on the .lob at the Chamber office Mondav, following her trip to the West coast accom pnnins her parents to California. Hood j Unanimous Decision Made Tuesday The Cass Countv Board of Commissioners Tuesday unanim ously moved to approve a pet ition from 53 electors and open a section-line road which has been a matter for discussion several weeks. Official board minutes of the portion of the meeting dealin T, with the board decision read in part: "Commissioner (William) N"l te admitted in open meeting that he had erred by building the bridge (across 4 Mile Creik a bout three miles south and two west of here in Commission Dis trict One) before the road was legally opened. "Commissioner (Herman) Ror nemeier said that in view of the fact that 53 electors petitioned for establishment of the road and taking into consideration the public good, that in his opinion it would be to the best interest of all concerned if the road were opened to a 66-foot width." Commissioner Nolte moved that the petition be approved and the road opened. Borne meier seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was three "ayes." Commissioner Ray Norris noted before voting "aye" that he couldn't condone the action Nolte took in build ing the bridge without all du" formalities but that he would vote "aye" because opening the road "is for the public good." Taking of the vote followed a bout 90 minutes of discussion and argument about the bridge and road and other matters. Nol te had had the bridue built this I year across the Creek on an un opened mile stretch of section line. Since then, damage claims had been filed bv a farmer and the Omaha Public Power Dist rict, the former for fence mov ing and the latter for movim; a 3-pole power line setting. Those damage claims, the on ly ones filed, were withdrawn Dec. 11. County Atty. James Begley had in past weeks advised th'j commission, first that, the bridge (which cost about $2,200) was illegal and had to be removed and later that the bridge could be allowed by law if the com mission opened the road, thus ratifying the bridge construct ion. Atty. Paul Fauquet, Platts mouth, counsel for the petition ers, was present at the meeting Tuesday and told the board his clients would pay the minor cost incident to the hearing on the road proposal and notification of appraisers. Bornemeier. board chairman, had said he felt the petitioner;; ought to bear thoe costs to show they want the road. At one point in the meeting, Fauquet rose to ask the com missioners to leave personalit ies out of the discussion and con sider the question at hand and what is best for the people of Cass County. The commissioners agreed this was right but personalities did manage to er.ter the dicus sion from time to tim . Mrs. Dyer Acting Welfare Director The Cuss Countv Board of Commissioners h: s apvintcd Mrs. Lucille Over acting rlire t or of the County Welfare Offi-e succeeding the bite Coivtti Pfann. Mrs. Dyer lias been a eg ' worker in the office for about 10 years. Miss Pfann wi:; direc tor for about 10 v(ars before her d-ath "eccntlv. V-' V 4 k l ',V Shopping Christmas i J " 'i' iiTIiiM.jiT.ikH ,i ..Oi ..!.