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HEBR. STATE HIST- SOCIETY XXX 1500 R ST. LINCOLN, KE3IU CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leader-EchoRead Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 77 TWELVE PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 195S TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 23 Woman's Club Hears Story: 3 Local Men Ambassadors Of International Good Will The Plattsmouth Woman's Club met with Mrs. Dale Phil pot Monday and were treated to a most Interesting and In structive panel discussion on In ternational Affairs. Members of the panel were Mrs. F. I. Rea, Mrs. Win. Woolcott and guest panelist the Rev. Tom Pueelik. Mrs. J. n. Cook served as mod erator. In Introducing; the program, Mrs. Cook .said "In these days of fast travel and means of transportation, our world has become so small that great se curity measures must be taken. The best way to make for this security Is to have a beter un derstanding of the nations of the world." She stated the panel would discuss the topic not from a political or military angle but from the human side. Mrs. Woolcott told the story of Harry Morgan and his "People to people" adventure. How as a young American he launched his own grass roots program for international friend ship when his eye caught a headline in his local paper "Hol land Inundated; Thousands Homeless." He recalled his grandfather's saying that the "best way to find out a fellows good points, as well as show him yours, is to catch him when in need-then go over and walk his furrows with him for a spell" -and that is just what this young man did, launching himself on a one man good District Court Cases Settled Or Continued The first week of the Febru ary term of District Court will pass without a jury case com ing to trial. . Those scheduled were continued or settled with out trial. The case of the State vs. Ar chie Stull was settled when the county attorney was given per mission to file an amended in formation and Stull pleaded guilty to "unlawfully permitting1 the procurement and gift of al coholic liquors to a minor under the age of 21." Originally, the charge was "contributing to the delinquen cy of a minor." Stull pleaded "guilty" to the amended information and was found guilty and fined $100 and costs by Judge John M. Dlerks. The complaint was originally filed after an alledged Feb. 15, 1937 incident. The case of the State vs. E noch Elwood Heilig, "refusal to support child" was continued at (he request of his attorney for future assignment later in the count term if not otherwise settled. State vs. John Robbins, "as sault and battery" was to be heard today but was continued for future trial assignment on agreement of consel. Max S. Warren was found guilty by the court of "refus al to support family" and wis placed on probation for two years. The court found ludgment of $2,292.76 in favor of the plain tiff on the suit on a note by Harry Brunner vs. John Klimm and Buelah Klimm. Virginia Gardner was award ed an absolute divorce on a cross-complaint in the case of Larry Gardner vs Virginia Gardner. Court Is scheduled to re-con vene Monday at 9 a. m. Enrollment for Course in Teaching Set for Feb. 12 A proposed off-campus course in elementary school teaching "Every Teacher's Problems,' will be explained here Wednes day night at an orientation and registration meeting. A representative of the Uni versity of Nebraska which of fers the course will be here to tell about it and register and col lect fees from persons Interest ed in enrolling. The course will meet one night a week, the night to be select ed by majority vote of the en- rollees. There are no prerequis ites for enrollment. All elemen tary teachers and those want ing to be reinstated as such are invited to enroll. Wednesday's meeting is at 7:30 in the high school library. will mission that provided an example of President Eisenhow er's doctrine that people-to-people helpfulness can be the surest way to understanding and the "truest path to peace." In this regard the fact was brought out that a local boy, Harney Eiting, who is studying in Mexico has been helping the people of that country. They have been suffering severe snow storms and are not prepared to meet conditions. With other vol unteers he carried 50 pound bags of food and clothing into the mountains to succor starv ing peoples there. All this helps Improve international relations, and makes for friendship. Mrs. F. I. Rea told of the International Friendship) League originating in Boston, Mass. Her bert Hoover was one of the sponsors of this League. A part of their program is the Pen Pals project started by a Scandinavian Swen Knutson who felt if people of the world could get to know each other better It would be a big step toward world peace. Pen Pals have become acquainted through some 300,000 million letters that go overseas. Mrs. Rea stated "Pen Pals would never think of fighting each other when they grow up." She also reviewed the CARE package program-whieh now not only includes food packages but the sending of tools and farm ing equipment-thus aiding in patterning a program after out our 4-H work in the States. In speaking of Venezuela which has been prominent in todays news she said much progress has been made in the past five years in this country because of their receiving modern road building equipment opening up a big avenue toward peace. To the moderator's question "la the Crusade for Freedom still needed?" Mrs. Rea applied in the affirmative because it is bringing the truth to people behind the iron curtains, com bating propaganda put out by Russia and her communist re gime. Regarding the red threat in Guatemala it was brought out that much money has been ex pended by the U. S. in helping (Continued on Page 8) 300 Expected at Cass-Otoe County Farm Loan Meet More than 300 farmers from Cass and Otoe Counties are ex pected to attend the annual members meeting of the Cass Otoe National Farm Loan Ass'n, Weeping Water, Feb. 12. The meeting will be held in the Agricultural Auditoruim with the business session at 10:30 a. m. A noon dinner will be served by the ladies of the Methodist Church of Weeping Water. Clifford C. CooDer of Weeping Water, vice-president, will serve as chairman. At the afternoon meeting, a documented Russian film will be shown and the commentary given by Mr. R. J. Graham, assistant director of public re lations of the State College of Agriculture. A Land Bank report will be given by Jack Bristowe, regional manager of the Omaha Land Bank. Entertainment will include in strumental music furnished by members of the Syracuse High School Band and several vocal numbers given by a mixed quar tette consisting of Jane Fauquet, Jim Morris, Janet Campbell, Dan Wehrbein. accompanied by Marilyn Morris, all of Platts mouth. Two directors will be elected for three-year terms to succeed Herman C. Kupke of Murdock and Clifford C. Cooper of Weep ing Water, according to Harold C. Elliott, secretary-treasurer of the association. Women's Division Of Local C of C Meets Monday Women's Division of the Ch amber of Commerce will meet Monday at 7:30 p. m. at the Ch amber office to elect a new ch airman and plan the year's pro gram. Thp announcement was made by Helen Lessman, the 1957 div ision chairman. She urged all women members, women empl oyes and wives of members to attend. f, f " llt i ? . I I - V f v. M r r, H H 5 " GOLD FOR HEART FIND Mayor Brute Gold was first to contribute here to the 1958 Heart Fund. The fund drive opened Feb. 1 and continues all month. Accepting the initital fund donations are Mrs. DeForest Perry, left, presi dent of the American Legion Auxiliary, and Mrs. A. C. McLean, president of the VFW Auxiliary. Schedule for Science Lectures Here Listed Aspecial meeting at 7:30 Mon day night at the high school fea turing Ervin Hoffart, traveling science teacher from Oak Ridge, Tenn., will be open to the pub lic and attended by science tea chers from this region. Plattsmouth schools have in vited science teachers from 26 schools to hear Hoffart who is to present a week-long series of lectures and demonstrations to stimulate interest, particularly among high school students, in scientific careers. , ' Most of the lectures are to be given during science class per iods but all are open to the pub lic. Following is a schedule of the lectures (the public invited to nany of themt: Monday - 9-10 a. m., gener-l al high school convocation in the auditorium; 11-12, four general science classes; 1-2 p. m., gen eral science and chemistry clas ses; 3-4, Central 7th and 8th grade classes in Central audit orium ; 7:30, neighboring sci ence teachers at high school. Tuesday through Friday 9-10 a.m., physics and three bi ology classes; 10-11, general sci ence individual class appearan ces by lecturer; 11-12, repeat for general science classes; 1-2 p. m., chemistry and general science classes: 3-4, 7th and 8th classes in Central auditorium. Feb. 20 Is One Reserve Deadline The deadline for signing ac reage reserve agreements on spring-planted crops under the soil bank program has been changed to Feb. 20. Previously the deadline was set for March 7. Reminder if the change of date was madj this week by Wilfred R. Nelson, chairman of the Nebraska Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation com mittee. Nelson said the main reason for the change In final sign up date was due to greater than expected sign uo tor acreage reserve on spring-plain f-d crops coupled with the possibility '.hat funds might be exhausted be fore March 7. Interest in the acreage re serve program has far exceed ed all expectations. At the same time the Nebraska budget lor acreage reserve payments was cut from $32.5 million in 1957 to $23.5 million in 1958, the ASC official said. Nelson said the present price uncertainty for many field crops coupled with harvesting prob lems in the fall of 1957 may ac count for the increased interest in the acreage reserve program. FILM AT UNION UNION A Post?.l liim called "Men, Mail and Machines" to be shown at Union Community Or ganization meeting on Monday evening, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p. m. at Union School House. A Classified Ad in The Journa1 costs as little as 50 cents City Stands To Gain $3,100 In CPPD 'Lieu of Tax' Funds Action which might mean as much as $3,100 added revenue for the city of Plattsmouth was initiated in Lincoln Tuesday when action was started to constitutionally assure tax mon ies and in "lieu of tax" pay ments to about 300 incorporat ed cities and villages in Ne braska. The move to pay an all-in-clusivo 5 per cent tax on gross revenue from sale of electricity sold in incorporated cities at retail by public power districts, was kicked off Tuesday by of ficials of Consumers and Omaha Public Power Districts. If successful, it would mean that the present payment of $3, 100 a year (made since 1941 by Consumers) to Plattsmouth would be approximately doubl ed, Ernest Elliott, manager of Consumers here said. The Gas Company, a private company, pays 3 per cent on its gross sales here as occupation taxes. Mayor Bruce Gold said he be lieves it "a step in the right direction to relieve the load of property taxes which has been placed on taxpayers through ex pansion of governmental services in recent years." Tuesday, the power companies filed the necessary papers in the office of Frank Marsh, Ne braska secretary of state. The filing is necessary before start ing to circulate petitions and to obtain 56,792 signatures needed to put the proposition up to vot ers Nov. 4 in the form of a constitutional amendment. Petitions are available and anyone wanting to sign can con tact Consumers office here. In Cass County, Consumers sells electricty on a retail basis in Plattsmouth. Murray, Nehaw ka and Union. About 1,200 signatures are needed as Cass County's "quota" Elliott said. I ' t VOLLEYBALL CHAMPS Shown above is the Cass County high school girls volleyball conference championship team of Elmwood. The team won 7, tied one match this season (with Eagl). Left to right are: front Coach Dalt The red heart-shaped coin boxes were placed in the business places here for the rest of the month to serve as collectors and reminders that February is Heart Month, Boy Scouts Tom Smith, Joe Rizzi and Mike Scanlan distributed the coin boxes. . If the campaign is successful, the districts' present "in lieu of tax" payments to the various taxing bodies would be ratified by the constitutional amend ment. The 1959 SCtate Legi.sia ture could pass implementing legislation to raise the over-all 'tax payments to 5 per cent of the retail revenues. President R. A. (Dick) Free man, of York, speaking for Con sumers, said: "The approval of this consti tutional amendment and final fiction by the Legislature will assure 257 incorporated cities and villages served electrically at retail by Consumers a guar anteed or sure source of tax monies. Tax income, of course, should grow as our retail sale of electricity increases." Freeman pointed out that the constitutionality of the present "in lieu of tax" payments is being tested in Scotts Bluff Coun ty Court. He said If the pres ent program is ruled unconsti tutional, cities, school districts, counties and other taxing bodies would lose "in lieu of tax" pay ments made by CPPD, OPPD, and others, unless the constitu tional amendment is approved. CPPD's president said that in 1957 Consumers paid out about (Continued on Page 8) County Board Business Routine The Cass County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday in regular session. It was devoted primarily to routine consider ation of claims and acquaint ing new District 2 Commission er Melvin Todd with the work ings of the board. Todd, of Union was apppointed to fill the term (through 1958) of Ray Norris, Weeping Water, who resigned. 9 I Evers Named To School Board Here Raymond Evers, assistant superintendent of the Nebraska State Masonic Home, Mondav night was appointed a member of the Plattsmouth Board of Education to fill an unexpired term. The board appointed Evers to serve until May 1 In place of Dean Dunham who recently left Plattsmouth. Albert Hansen was designated board secretary to replace Dun ham In that capacity. Spring Election Nearing Voters in the city of Platts mouth are soon to be called upon to nominate their candidates for the various city offices, the date of holding the meetings being Tuesday, February 25th, City Clerk Albert Olson states. This year the voters will be called upon to name candidates for mayor, police magistrate, one councilman each from the first and second wards, and school district No. 1 will select two nominees for the board of education for a three year term. Mayor Gold has announced that he will be a candidate for re-election, but otherwise there has been no one else to announce their candidacy. It is expected that Police Magistrate J. H. Gra ves will be available for re election. In the first ward councilman L. W. Moore is completing his term and in the second ward William Hiehfield is also round ing out his term. On the board of education George Smith and Dean Dunham are members whose terms are expiring. Mr. Dunham is re moving from the city and will not be available for service. It has been the custom to select four candidates lor the office, the two highest being elected. The date of the spring elec tion is the first Tuesday in April which will be April 1st. Notices of the city caucus and school meeting will be announ ced by the chairmen of the Re publican and Democratic com mittees and secretary of the board of education. Soil Test Day Set Tuesday Richard L. Harmon, manag er of CaSs County Non-Stock Coop Assn., announced today that the association is sponsor ing a Soil Test Day Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. (Feb. 11) at the Weeping Water. All farmers are invited to at tend and brine their soil samp les, he said. Clarence Schmad eke, County Extension Agent, will be present to check in the samples. Warren Dewlen, manager of Consumjrs Coop Assn., will be present to discuss latest in formation on the use of fertiliz er. Also present will be P. L. Barret, manager of Agricultur al Chemical Division, CCA. t-A 1 IP" Vanderford, K. Kirchhoff, S. Jirka, I) Bornemei er, S. Jicka, W drones, L. Whittemore; bark S. Shelley, J. Hansen, K. Nielsen, R. Miller, J. Coat man, N. Ahrens and I. Irons. (Photo by Bud Clements, LI m wood) Membership s in Chamber membership chair man, Del Heeduni, announced today that the first phase of Commerce nK'mber.sliip drive had reached a successful con clusion with 98 per cent of all 1957 members contacted to date, either in person or by letter, and 131 members signed. Heedum expressed his "deep est appreciation for the wonder ful cooperation of not only the members but all the Plattsmouth business and professional pimple. He said "both teams had a new peak in membership with only 2 members advantage to the North team." At the present time there are slightly over 20 firms or business houses yet to be signed up and most of these are due to the fact that th.y have not had enough time to get their pledge cards returned from either their home office or owners were C C Commitee Chairmen Named Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce committee chairmen have been appointed by Preside nt Herb Freeburg. They are: Membership, Del Heedum. Retail, Bill Knorr. Christmas, Ernest Schultz. Bridge, Chris Bulin. Industrial, Walt Gleason, Ed Ernst and Ernest Elliott. Education, Tom Friest. Easter Egg Hunt, Al Linder. Women's division chairman, to be elected by women's div ision. Cass County Has 238 Bids For Farm Bank Land Nebraska, one of the four sta tes, Nebraska, Illinois, Maine and Tennessee, selected for sub mission to the new Soil Bank plan, has responded with some 15,666 bids for pulling their farm lands out of action. The bids range from $6.50 an acre to more than $100. State officials in charge of the program that a compromise may be reached on the o mount to be paid, $25 an acre i;.- the amount that Ad ministrator Robert Webb of the State Agriculture Conservation and Stabilization (ASC) has sug gested. Cass county ranks twenty first in the list of bidders from he niney three counties of the state. The number of acres in Cass County affected by the bids amounts to 28,276 acres. There have been 233 bids from Ca.ss County. Of the origir.jl 410,000 acres set aside for Nebraska, the US DA has made available between ?R,500,000 and $7,000,000 to cover the cost of the soil bank oper ation. January Sets Record Here for Mortgage Filing January was a record month for Cass County in collection of fees for chattel mortgages, County Clerk Chas. Land said today. A .summary of the month's bus- i iness showed the clerk's offkv collected $741.25 in fees for fil ing the following: 443 chattels. $221.50 in fees: miscellaneous filings, $18.75; 421 auto titles. $421: 132 auto liens, $66; 7 duplicate titles, $14 total $711.25. Only in Anril. 1953. when S450 n fees were collected for school bond filing did a single month's fee receipts exceed January's. Miss Fauquet Is Honor Graduate Of San Jose State Joyce Aleen Faunuet, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Fauquet. Plattsmouth, was grad uated with great distinction from Ran Jose State College, San Jose, Calif., Jan. 31. She was one of 415 students who received degrees at com mencement exercises marking the end of the fall semester. Miss Fauquet majored in ac counting and was awarded a B, A. degree, In addition to gradu ating with great distinction, she also received departmental hon ors. She is a 1952 graduate of Plattsmouth High School. 5 Years not available when contacted. Total membership to date of the Chamber exceeds that of any time during the past five years. Heedum said that those remaining will be contacted by the membership clean-up team and that he believed that this would be completed within the next 10 days. Total new membership for 1958 is 28 with a great deal of hope this will number over 35 by the end of the membership drive. Heedum said that he believes the fine membership showing Is a strong indication that the people of this community not only believe in the Chambers programs and operations but. that they have a strong con fidence in the future welfare of the entire community and wish to make our town their town. Truck Hit; Oil Soaks U.S. 73-75 Fuel oil flowed like wine south of the Murray corner on U. S. 73-75 Monday night. About 2,000 gallons of furnace oil was spilled when a i'ully loaded transport and a semi loaded with 18'2 tons of fertiliz er sideswiped on a 19 foot, 9 inch-bridge a half-mile south of the Murray corner about 9:45. The northbound grain truck was driven by Charles E. Ander son, Breckenridge, Minn. He'd picked up his load in St. Joseph, Mo., was hauling It to Fargo, N. D. He was driving for a Brec kenridge :"irm. The southbound transport was driven by J. A. Cook of Veidon, Neb. The truck was owned by Richardson County Coop, Ver don. headed home. On the gas truck were 1,750 gallons of regular gas, 485 gal lons of ethyl gas and two com partments of fuel oil, 1,050 and 1,950 gallons, the latter in the rear compartment. As the trucks, each 8 feet wide, passed on the Harrow bridge, there would have been a marg in of only 15 inches between them and between the trucks and the bridge railings, if they had been perfectly centered. They weren't. They sideswip ed. Two sets of the gas truck's dual wheels were torn off. The tank dropped to the paving and the oil compartment burst. The truck continued on about 400 feet up an incline before stopping. The grain truck, its cab duals damaged, left the highway a bout 400 feet north of the bridge and wound un in a corn field a bout 600 feet from the bridge. Neither driver was injured but damage will run into the th ousands, Sheriff Tom Solomon who investigated said. The drivers told the sheriff they were going 50 mph when the accident happened. Cook said he saw the other truck's lights flicker as he approached the bridge and understood he was to cross first. Anderson said he blinked his lights from low to high beam to get a better view of the br idge. The drivers were lucky, Sol omon said, to emerge without injury. It was fortunate there was no further accident, he said, because of the greasy high way. The highway department sanded the area. Norris Gets Pipe On Retirement Retiring Cass County Com missioner Ray Norris Tuesday was given a pipe and uipehold er by courthouse employes as a farewell gift. Norris retired as District 2 commissioner effective Feb. 1 after 11 years on the board. Subscribe to The Journal Now! THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Feb. 3, 4, 5, 1958 Hate High Low Prec, .00 .00 .00 Monday 25 -4 Tuesday 40 17 Wednesday .... 38 17 Forecast: High in mid 20's. Mostly fair tonight, low near 10. Sun sets tonight at 5:10 rises Friday at 7:50 a m. Sun