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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER VOLUME 77 r ' """" " ' "rrnTT frT-,!-r .Lv' "yf DRUMMERS CHECK BEAT Band director from left, Elmer Richard Kucera, right, ran through a number Lewis and Roger before Monday's concert with A Band drummers, t - -r r t rr , i ""tt " f fir IfTTTT7 f 1 TUNE UP TIME Tim Fischer gave the Sammy Zwanzig of the percussion section. Fis pitch as clarinetists Kay Casey, left, Larry Fitz- cher plays French horn, gerald and Karen Zajic tuned up. At right is Sears' Bond Set at $3,000 Appearance bond of $3,000 was set by Judge Raymond J. Case In County Court here Wednes day morning when Henry J. Sears, 28, Danville, Ind., was arraigned for breaking and ent ering. Sears pled "not guilty" and Judge Case set preliminary hearing for March 7 at 2 p.m. Sears and Mike Simon. 48, of Omaha are charged with bur glarrizing Soennlchsen's Store here Feb. 8. Simon posted $5,000 appear ance bond and was released shortly after his arraignment last week. Sears was still being held this noon. Sheriff Tom Solomon said Sears does not want to post his bond here because Columbusi sent a warrant here for Sears stating that appearance bond there would be $10,000. Columbus in Platte County wants Sears for a breakin Feb. 11 at which Simon and he were caught and which led to discov ery of items stolen from Soen nichsen's. Sears told Solomon he is a college Journalism graduate and that he worked on several Neb raska papers. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth. Nebraska. Feb. 24. 25, 2G, 1958. Date High Low Prer Monday 54 34 .00 Tuesday . . 59 29 .00 Wednesday . . 59 47 .10 Forecast: High in mid 30's. Cold front to sweep over the .state bringing snow and fall ing temperatures. Sun sets tonight at 6:13. Sun rises Friday at 7 a.m. id Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise SIXTEEN PACES CPPD To Ernest Elliott, Plattsmouth's district manager for Consumers Public Power District, today an nounced that CPPD would sp end about $101,000 in 1958 for construction and euipment to improve electric power service in the area. Elliott explained that the mon ey to be used in the four cities in the Plattsmouth District was included in CPPD's recently-approved 1958 statewide construc tion and eauipment budget of $5,826,540. Work on electric distribution systems in at least four of the communities in the Plattsmouth district will mean an investment of about $42,600; sub-station pro jects will cost about $30,400; work on transmission lines have a budget figure of $17,000; rur al or farm line improvements will cost an estimated $9,000 and about $2,000 will be used for the purchase of tools, equipment, of fice materials and supplies and miscellaneous goods. Elliott said present 1958 plans call for partial rebuilding and general overall improvement of the electric distribution facilit ies in Plattsmouth. Mynard, Mur ray and Union. CPPD, out of Plattsmouth, al so serves Nehawka and has a "standby" agreement with Neb raska City. Nebraska City is a wholesale customer of Consum ers while the other five are ser ved at the retail level. Elliott explained that much of the other work (on sub-stations, etc. also is a move linked to expand and Improve service. The sub-station program calls for CPPD to install two 300-kilovolt-amperes (KVA) trans former at the Plattsmouth sub- mm o PLATTSMOUTH, if i 'I i v-' Gochenour, Ron Reimer, Bud Roberts, Spen in Areo station to provide better service for the ever-increasing load ser ved out of that "sub." The in stallation of other equipment at various other "subs" through out the Plattsmouth District will mean an investment of about $18,900, Elliott said. Most of the $9,000 for rural or farm line work, he said, would go into the purchase of equip ment to imm'ove service to old er customers as well as take care of new ones. One of the big items for the year, Elliott said, would be the relocation of CPPD's 34.500-volt and 7,000-voll lines near Platts mouth In connection with the construction of the new highway bypass. Of course, he said other transmission line work would be carried out throughout thn v -ar but that the relocation v ork would be the bitTst Jct. CPPD also nlans to construct a $15,000 "Butler-type" building at the Plattsmouth "sub' for add itional storage and garaive fac ilities. Elliott stressed CPPD's look toward the future in the Plats mouh district by pointing out that much of the equipment will be purchased and installed after careful planning to assure the 2.500-plus customers in the area of Plattsmouth continued better and low-cost service in 1953 and the years ahead. MURRAY BENEFIT MURRAY The annual fire men's card party and box social will be held here Friday at 7:30 p. m. at the school. Children and adult box lunch es will b auctlonsd. and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA, Valus Values Valyous All the work of the month of February by the merchants of PlattsiMouth comes to its fulfil ment on Friday and Saturday when DOLLAR DAYS, cram med full of money-saving- speci als are offered by these mer chants. There are real VALUS, no mat- i ter how you spell "values." ' Everything from groceries to car lubrications are included in the offerings. Hardware, not- ! ions and wearing apparel, most I of it purchased especially for j this event will be offered at ri diculuously low prices during the two big shopping days In Platts- mouth. J Readers of the Journal will find the time well spent in read ing the ads of Plattsmouth mer chants in this issue. To those who are not regular readers of the PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL, an invitation is ex tended to subscribe to this news paper and twice a week read the messages of Plattsmouth mer chants as well as the happen- ings of the city and surrounding territory. People who know, re peatedly say, "It pays to shop in Plattsmouth." Death Comes To Lifetime Resident of Cass County Michael Kaffenberger, 67, life time resident of Cass Countj , died Wednesday at Doctor's hos pital in Omaha. Death came as the culmination of an illness that covered 10 years. Mr. Kaffenberger was born Aug. 18, 1890, at Cedar Creek, son of Adam and Wilhelmina Noltlng Kaffenberger, spend ing his boyhood in the commun ity of his birth. He was married April 26, 1916, at Plattsmouth to Miss Anna Henrich who survives. Others surviving are son Henry. Platts mouth, three grandchildren, th ree sisters, Mrs. George Stoehr, Louisville, Mrs. Luella Meising er, Louisville, Mrs. John Kauf mann, Plattsmouth, one brother, Fritz, Plattsmouth. The parents, a sister, Mrs. Mary Hilficker, three brothers, John. August and Adam, preced ed him in death. He was a well-known and hon ored figure in the Plattsmouth community for his years and for five years has resided on a farm five miles south of the city. Mr. Kaffenberger was a mem ber of the St. Paul's Evangelic al church for his lifetime and was much interested in the wel fare of the church. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 o'clock at the Satt ler funeral home, Rev. G. E. Seybold, pastor of St. Paul's, of ficiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cem etery in this city. Visiting hours will be Friday from 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m. at Sattler's. Assessing To Begin On Saturday Saturday, March 1, is the as si ssment date for Cass County, Clara Olson, county assessor, an nounced today. All persons except those liv- j ing in Plattsmouth can expect an assessor to call on them some time between Saturday and Ap ril 20, final day for making as sessment schedules. In Plattsmouth, property own ers are required to call at the assessor's office in person and fill out their schedules. Business es must fill out an inventory. The inventory is a new require ment this year: it is kept con fidential and will be seen only by tax officials. Several new laws passed by the last legislature will go into effect this year. L B. 553 has repealed the for value to be used rather than basic value for arriving at the assessed value. The assessed va ( Con tin ued On Tag 7) TBI THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, Tesch OK'd as Chief j Fred Tesch Monday night was ! confirmed as chief of police for Plattsmouth by unanimous ac tion of the Citv Council. I Mayor Bruce Gold proposed I Tesch as chief again Monday j night as he did Feb. 10 at the ; last previous Council meeting. At that earlier time, the Coun ! cil tabled the matter for further i consideration following the res I ignation of John Hobscheidt as chief. Monday night, the motion con- firming Tesch as chief was pas i sed without discussion. Tesch has been on the police force since June. 1956. His pay as chief will be retroactive to Feb. 11. the date on which the mayor made him acting chief. The Council also confirmed appointment of Ambrose Claus as a regular police officer to bring the force back to regular strength. Claus is a native of Plattsmouth and is married and has three children. Following the two motions, Councilman Rov Moore moved that hereafter when any regul ar city position is open, the pos ition be advertised in the news paper and the Council and may or screen the applicants togeth er. Moore said he thought this should be done in fairness to the I npnnlo nf thp tnun nnH thn Pnnn- Cil. The motion was passed unan imously. Stander Sale Postponed, Set For March 13 It was announced this morn ing bv Hugh Stander Jr. of the Stander Implement Co. that the machinery auction schedul ed fro today (Thursday) was cal led off on account of the weath er. It is planned to have it on March 13. Watch the Journal for future announcements regarding this event. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 50 cents 1? ' ' n Wit THERE WE ARE Looking CouneiiiTteii, ScSii B Mavor Camdfldat es N if W - f . -. I P. ' - I ... ' I I i ' . ...JJ,-, , ? where they now are were four Plattsmouth High left are Robert KhJers, Dennis Todd, Leonard School Future Farmers of America members. Ilild and Hunter Ingwerson. Arcadia FFA They were selected to participate ivn a student members will visit here the week of April 7 xihange with the FFA chapter at Arcadia, Fla. M More Than 3500 Cass County Families 1958 School Bob Way, Steve Davis, Ray Bernhardt and Ru.ss Nielsen j Tuesday night were nominated j as candidates for the Platts-! mouth Board of Education at a ! caucus of school voters at the high school library. The four will be voted on in this spring'.1; school election, the, two receiving most votes being elected to three -year terms on the board. Terms of Dean Dunham and George Smith are to expire. Ray Evers is serving out the term of Dunham who moved from the city. Also proposed as nominees were the names of Bob A.spe don, Harold Lebens and Al Fair field and three persons who de clined to be voted upon. A veteran observer of school district caucuses said the approx imately 30 voters who turned out for the meeting was a bet ter than usual attendance. Al Huebner presided after be ing elected by the. caucus. Al Hansen was named caucus sec retary. Clara Olson Files for Assessor County Assessor Clara Olson, serving her first term in that post, Tuesday filed for re-election to the post on the Repub lican ticket. Miss Olson has had a long experience in this office, one of the most important in the coun ty. She has served in the office as clei' from 1943 to 1947 and later was appointed as deputy in the office and served most efficiently in the post. She was elected as county assessor in 1954. defeating E. C. Giles, at that time assessor to fill a vacancy caused by the death of W. H. Puis, who for many years was county assess or. Miss Olson is a native of Cass County and has had a great ex perience in clerical work. She has been an. active fig ure in the life of the community and is familiar with the con dition in all parts of the county. This is the first filing for the office of county assessor. Sattler Ambulance took Les ter Taylor to St. Joseph Hos pital, Omaha, Monday. f 1 ' t i y z,rt - -", f A! ' mi on a globe at The four left Feb. 22 for their week's rin from KECa. STAIE lilST. 1300 R ST. LINCOLN, f.'EBI?'. TEN CENTS PER COPY Democrats In opening a night of city cau cus' the Democrats held the first place, their meeting was scheduled for 7 p. in. and the attendants were assembled in the cool evening breeze to a wait the opening of the doors of the courthouse. Sheriff Tom Sol omon arriving with the keys to the Big House shortly after 7 to get the proceedings underway, In the absence of City Chair man B. II. G. Eiting, John J. Cloidt, Jr. opened the meeting, followed by the selection of Paul E. Fauquet as chairman of t lie caucus. The Democratic meeting roll ed along in fast order. Grant Roberts of 113 So. 9th Street, was placed in nomination for mayor and nominated unani mously by the representatives For police magistrate, Judge J. II. Graves, present incumbent, was named without opposition. The convention divided into the north and south side groups to name their candidates for councilman and members of the city committee. In the First Ward William Spradlin, 601 No. 9th Street, was selected as the candidate for councilman. George Thun was named as committeeman and Lucille Horn Gaines as com mitteowoman. In the Second Ward. William G. Highfield, present council man, was re-nominated for his office, John J. Cloidt, Jr., was selected as committeeman and Mrs. William H. Woolcott as com mitteewoman. Mr. Roberts was presented, pledged the convention that he would give the office his very best attendance, striving to give a fair and unbiased administra tion of the office, protecting the interest of the taxpayers of the city at all times. Mr. Highfield thanked the con vention and promised to carry on the work of his office to the best of his ability. After naming B. H. G. Eiting as city chairman and Helen Ei ting ns secretary and empower ing the committee to fill any vacancies on the ticket, the con vention adjourned. Nehawka Names 4 NEHAWKA A school dis trict caucus here Monday night nominated Boyd Mayfiekl, Har ry Knabe, Ivan Hansen and Malcolm Pollard as candidates for the school board. Mayfiekl and Knabe are In cumbents. 7' jr sit' - 4 If? ., - .1 f 1 1--. '4 1 I 1 . ) -. i , ' ; 1 j SOCIEi XXX PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monctay-Thursctay NUMBER 29 one Republicans Republicans of the city met in the auditorium of the public library al 7:30 Tuesday rule and at once was underway, with City Chairman, Carl J. Schneider, presiding. Mr. Schneider was named as chairman of the meet ing and Miss Muxine Cloidt nam ed as secretary. Nominations for mayor was the first order of business and the name of Mayor Bruce Gold was given the meeting for re nomination. The name of E. O. Vroman was presented to the convention but lacked a second ing motion. Ttie name of War ren Rhylander was presented. Rhylander was present and de clined. The nomination of Mr. Gold was made unanimous by the convention. Mr. Gold gave a short ad dress covering a resume of his administration of the past two years and its accomplish- i ments, pledging to carry on his plans for the city advancement. I Mr. Gold received a very warm I reception from the members of the convention. The convention also named Judge J. H. Graves for re election to the post of police magistrate. The convention was then di vided into ward groups for tne purpose of naming the candi dates for councilmen and mem bers of the citv committee. In the First Ward. Roy Moore, present councilman, was unani mously named as a candidate for re-election. W. H. Schmtdt mann was selected as commit teeman and Mrs. Alice Woster as committeewoman. In the Second Ward James McMillian, former councilman was named candidate for the council post. On the city com mittee Lloyd Fitch was selected as committeeman and Mollis C. Gobelman as committeewoman. The convention then adjourn ed to join the group moving to the high school building to at tend the school meeting. Mrs. Gaines Files for Recorder This morning at the office of county clerk Charles Land, Mrs. Lucille Horn Gaines, who has so efficiently filled the office of re gister of deeds, filed for re-nomination on the Democratic tick et for that office. Mrs. Gaines scarcely needs a introduction to the residents of Cass County where she has mad-? her home for the greater pait of her lifetime. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Philip A .Horn, she was born at the farm home west of this city where her girl hood days were passed. In later years she was a student at Peru State College and the Univers ity of Nebraska summer school, and followed the teaching pro fession for some y?ars. In 1912, Mrs. Gaines was appointed as deputy register of deeds in the office of Mrs Ger trude Gorton, being elected in the fall of the same year as reg ister of deeds. She has a family of two chil dren. Mrs. Sally Tress Stcuhe of Hastings and S-Sgf. Robert Gai nes, with the Marine recruiting office at Janesville, Wis. Mrs Gaines is a member of the Navy Mothers Club. Veter ans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and Catholic Daughters of Am erica. Elmwood Nominates 6 For Board ELMWOOD Robert Borne meier. Rov Jeffers, Orval Gerb ling, Ted Hall, Ed Parriott and Richard Engles were nominated here at the villaee caucus Tues day night as candidates for the village board Three are to be elected for two-year terms. ara, d