Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1958)
KEL.1. ii7AL i.iji. 1500 R ST. LINCOLN, KE2K. TlHIE IPlLATTSiMjaDUTtH JJdDOJKFtfAIL CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 77 SIX PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1958 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 33 Mynard Community Club Meets The March meeting of the My nard Community Club was held Thursday night with a large at t( nd en.ee. Community singing was led by Rev. Melvin Shafer accompan ied by Mrs. Roy Cole . Roy Cole, president, was in chargp of the business session. Mrs. George Mumm, program chairman, introduced the Merry Workers Club who presented a very interesting program. A skit was presented by Mrs. Joe Loch man and Mrs. Henry Vinduska wherein characters in ancient portraits came to life and tried to use some of our modern equipment. Mrs. Robert Kiser was narrator for this skit. Next a television program was presented from station MCC-TV. Linda Snell played two accord ion solos. A preview of the 1958 Easter bonnets was eiven. Mrs. Neil Snell described each bonnet as it was modeled. Soft music was played by Mrs. Willis Cole. Models Included Judy Cole, Mrs. Kenneth Todd and daugh ter. Mrs. Fred Beins, Shirley Hild, Marilyn Vinduska, Mrs. Joe Lochman, Mary Anne Loch man, Mrs. John Hild. Mrs. Rob ert Kiser, Sharon Kiser, Mrs. Ralph Hild, Mrs. Verner Hild, Mrs. Carl Kraeger, Mrs. Tom Meisinger, Mrs. Cecil Bond and Linda Snell. All kinds of hats were model ed including bird nest and cloth esline hats. Judy Cole was next heard in two piano solos. Mrs. Fred Beins presented her verson of the television program "It Could Be You." Interesting bits from the lives of the follow ing were given: Royal Smith, Joe Lochman, Marilyn Vindus ka, Herman Meisinger. Mrs. Henry Vinduska. Neil Snell, Mrs. Robert Kiser, Carolyn Vin duska and Mrs. Roy Cole. Mrs. Willis Cole gave a spec ial news broadcast to interrupt this program. At the close of the program, refreshments were served by the refreshments committee. Union Stores Burglarized Burglars broke out front store windows with a rock at the Ed Morris Grocery and Donald Mer edith groceries in Union either early Friday night or early Sat urday morning. Two Union residents returning home passed the grocery stores at about 9 and 9:15 p.m. Fri day night and thought they saw a person inside, one of the business places. A resident living across the street stated he turned his room light on at 2:30 a. m. Sat urday and observed what he thought to be a pickup truck parked in front of one of the grocery stores take off at a high rate of speed headed east. Tire marks in front of the Mor ris Grocery indicate a vehicle left that scene at a high rate of speed. Sheriff Tom Solomon who in vestigated stated at the Morris Grocery the intruders removed four cartons of cigaretes and a carton of gum. At the Meredith store the intruders removed ci garettes and also took with them collection receipts which were the property of the Village of Union Wrater Department and the Consumers Public Power District. Solomon said he believes the breakins were committed by one person. Fingerprints were found at the Morris Grocery but not at the Meredith Grocery. Evi dence gathered will be sent to the FBI office in Washington for comparison with a suspect's fin gerprints under investigation by the sheriff's office. Plattsmouth FFA Chapter Honored The Plattsmouth FFA Chap ter received a special honor this week when Ak-Sar-Ben. Omaha civic organization recognized the group for its community ser vice in conducting a commun ity livestock show. J. L. Thurmond, chairman of the Ak-Sar-Ben public affairs committee, said a total of 41 FFA chapters In Nebraska are receiving similar community service awards. Handsome framed citations are being mail ed to each chapter. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 I I p rAj LIU LIU ij jVJQ ip nuni i'it3 U7;wn raatrvn i i ri rz ' 1 J! ! Secondly m. . r rwnfl.. 'i V Sr.Y 3rd 47 PLATTSMOUTH PRECINCT BOUNDARIES Shown above are the boundaries of voting pre cincts here. Arrows on dotted lines indicate that pricincts continue along: those lines beyond the confines of the map. Voting sites are large black dots the Courthouse for 1st Ward, 1st Pre Sentence n Trios Here District Judge John. M. Dierks Friday passed sentence on two threesomes of young men here. Robert C. Samsas, 22, was placed on a year's probation; Ernest W. Shirley, 19, was sen tenced to a year in men's re formatory in Lancaster county and Robert M. Coster, 20, was sentenced to 18 to 24 months in the reformatory. The three were charged with grand larceny in theft of artic les from the Joe Bender farm northeast of Weeping Water on March 12. The theft included a box of tools, extension cords, tire and tube, log chain and other items. The three men are from Otoe county. Two of three young men char ged with breaking into the Wil liam Baier farm home a mile and one-half south of the Union corner on U. S. 75 were placed on probation, the other got a pri son term. Thomas A. Harris, 20, Topeka, Kan., was placed on two years probation. Albert Johnson, 30, Topeka, was placed on three years probation. James Kirtdoll. 31, Salinas, Calif.,- was sentenced to three Miss Ossenkop To Girls State From Louisville LOUISVILLE (Special) Mar iyln Ossenkop, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ossenkop, has been selected bv the American Legion to represent Louisville at Girls State to be held in Lincoln in June. Marilyn is a member of the junior class of Louisville High School. According to rules, the repre sentative has to be from the up per half of the class scholastic ally. While at Girls State. Marilyn will study the procedure of state government. Journal Want Ads Pay THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth. Nebraska. March 27, 28. 29. 30, 1958 Date High Low Prec Thursday 54 32 .00 Friday 53 32 .00 Saturday 52 41 .00 Sunday 58 37 .00 Forecast: Highs 60-65. Cloudy tonight with possible showers. Low in upper 30's. Sun sets tonight at 6:48. Sun rises Tuesday at 6:08 a.m. nil tl ii ii iifii - pRcfc G3 3 o S' i n LZ tOU L v., nrjr,ri r 1 r hi- ... n Passed years in the penitentiary in Lan caster county. The three were charged with breaking into and looting two farm homes in Cass County on March 21. They were suspected after their car developed a flat tire and they had it fixed at a station near Union. The sheriff was told about the men and he sent word south and they were caught near Hol ton, Kan., where they'd had further- tire trouble. 'County Day7 Officials The following election results are among those of county high schools whose representatives will participate in County gov ernment Day here April 9: AVOCA Darlene Hunteman, county judge: Gwen Boehm, county attorney; Suzanne Eh lers, county clerk; Lois Bose, county treasurer; Pat Tritsch, county sheriff, and Karen Kep ler, register of deeds. LOUISVILLE Frank Puis, County Assessor; Kate Work man, County Treasurer; Emm ett Brown, County Judge; Nan cy Gauer, County Clerk; Orval Robbins, County Sheriff; Ron Hutchuon. County Surveyor; Sharon True, County Attorney; John Kahland, County Commis sioner Dan Stiffler, Register of Deeds; Sharon Isaac, Superin tendent of Schools; Marilyn Os senkop, Clerk of the District Court, and Errol Meisinger, Wel fare Director . ELMWOOD - George Blessing, County Surveyor; Judy Coat man, County Attorney; Larry Bornemeier, County Superinten dent; Dennis Drake. County Sheriff; Bruce Vogt, Counrv As sessor; Sara Jicha, Clerk cf the District Court; Larry Fi isch man, Register of Deeds: Susan Jicha, County Treasurer: Judy Drake, County Judge; Edward Sender, County Commissioner; Donna JSwarts, County Clerk; and Joan Hansen, Welfare Di rector. Elmwood Girl Is Queen Candidate Marilyn Jean Mendenhall. dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Elrlon Mendenhall of Elmwood, has been revealed as a candidate for Nebraska Wesleyan University Beauty Queen. Miss Mendenhall is a sopho more at Wesleyan where she is a member of Barbs. Future Tea chers of America. Plainsman Players. Social Committee, Wo man's Athletic Association and YWCA. n ml ii H II ,J l J U 1 war?; & f,L n n rM i i JM1 t EfJ ) ZF AT :! -7 fyk I K7nT cinct; 1st Christian Church for 1st Ward, 2nd Precinct; Cass County Motors for 2nd Ward, 1st Precinct; Cass County Maytag for 2nd Ward, 2nd Precinct; and Stites Implement Building for 2nd Ward, 3rd Precinct. Senior Class Play Enjoyed by Fine Crowd Friday evening at the high school auditorium one of the an nual treats of the school year was presented by the members of the senior class, that of the cla.ss play on which the mem bers of the group had diligent ly worked for some time. This year "Mystery in the Li brary" was the play and it was most pleasingly given by the young people. It was filled with suspense for the audience. Many thrilling episodes of the play kept the audience on its to es until the fall of the final cur tain. The setting was the basement of the Clarke College library where the members of the edit orial staff of the college paper were engaged in their confer ence. Many thrilling develop ments were brought out in the course of the plot. Dale Gleason was coach and director of the play. Members of the cast were Jim Morris, Larry Cole, Mac Freeman. Sheila Marsh, Con stance Land, Herb Kraeger, Ja net Friedrich. Shirlee Gerbeling, Betty Dolezal, Dan Wehrbein, Gary Toman, Jay Speck, Gary Horan and Bill Sullivan. In the afternoon Friday, a pre sentation was given for the ju nior high, First Ward and St. John's school pupils. $33,367 Is Settlement For Award A condemnation award of $43. 367.70 was settled bv judgment of District Court Judge John M. Dierks here Friday for just $10,000 less than that, $33,367.70. The state deDartment of roads and Rosie Stull Wolski and Stan ley Wolski and their counsel had agreed on that settlement and it was entered as a judg ment by Judge Dierks. Award had been made by three County Court-appointed ap praisers Nov. 26. The award had then been appealed to District Court. The Wolskis live near the via duct south of the Platte River where widening of U. S. 73-75 is taking privately owned lands for right-of-way. The award.was for damage to lands due to restricting ingress and egress and for damage to houses, other buildings and fix tures. Jim Kraeger, student at West mar College, LeMars, la., is home spending Easter vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kraeger and brother, Alan of near Myrytrd. Vote Here 8 Rogers of j Union Files j For Assessor Lewis Rogers, 57, Union, Sat- urday filed for county assessor j on the Republican ticket, provid-1 ing the second contest in the j primary coming up May 13. 1 Clara Olson, incumbent, also' filed for re-nomination on the Re- j publican ticket. I Gustave Brubacher, Murray has filed for the Democratic nomination for the post. The other race so far for the , primary is on the Republican j ticket for county commissioner j from District 2. Melvin Todd, in- i cumbent serving out the unex- j pired term of Ray Norris who j resig-ned this winter, and F. H. j Bronson, Louisville, are candid- j ates for that nomination. Rogers has lived in the Union area 16 years, farming three and one-half miles northwest of the town. Eight of those years, he has been assistant county asses- ; sor, serving first under the late W. H. Puis. It is his first bid for public of-; fice. He is married and has two married sons farming in Cass County. He is past master of Nehawka Masonic Lodge, has served on school boards and been presid ent of the Union Farm Bureau unit. Murray Fire Fund Donors Give $489 MURRAY (Special) The Murray Volunteer Fire Dept. lists those who contributed to the current drive. The total a- mount was $489. j The donors: Charles Boedek er, Jim Boardman, Don Camp bell, Ray Chriswisser, Willis Cole, Ray Creamer, Carl Cross, Searl Davis. Frank Dill, Joe Dietl. Les Dill, Charles Dysart, Da vid Dysart, Clarence Engelke meier, O. W. Finney, John Fis cher, Bill and Ed Fitzgerald. Fd Gansemer. Les Gansemer, Ralph Gansemer. John Gilmore. Laurence Gregg Roy Gregg, R. 3. Harris, John Hobscheidt. John L. Hostetter, Keith Hostetter, Ed Howard, Ho ward Hutchman, Bert Jamieson, Glen F. Kraeger, Earl Lancas ter, Raymond Lancaster, Min nie Lillie, Oliver Loyd. Leonard Lutz. Marie Lutz, Len nle McVay, Charles Mead, Alvin Meisinger, Fred Meisinger, Geo rge Minford, William Minford. Earl Mrasek. Frank Mrasek, Bud Nickels. George Nickles, Perry Nick els, R. A. Noell, William Nolte, Eugene Nolte, Norris Grain, Ben Novak, Howard Philpot, Wayne Propst, Bob Ramge, Hen ry Rice, Shrader Rhoden. Ruell Sack. John Schafer, Phil ip Schafer, Bob Schlictemeier, Carl Schneider, Bill Seybolt, Lawrence Smith, Sheldon Smith, Bob Spangler, Charles Spangler. Martin Sporer, John Stone, Bronson Timm. Delbert Todd. Glen Todd, Ike Todd, Mel Todd. Orville Todd. Mick Toman. Dale Topliff, LeRoy Topliff, Dick Tr itsch. Elmer Tritsch. George Troop. R. D. Ward. James E. Wiles, Harry Wilson, Pauline Wilson, Bert Worthan. Parr Young, Mrs. Margaret Brendel, Al and Eliz abeth Linder, Edward L. Miller. Glen Sawin, rural route 2 mail carrier has been ill at home with a heart condition the past two weeks. Mr. Sawin is improved and hopes to return to his work soon. Durng his absence Frank Bierl i3 carrying the mail. aster Hiunt Saturday The Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce under direction of Al Linder will hold Its annual Eas ter Egg Hunt at the Plattsmouth City Park Saturday April 5, at 10 a. m. Junior Chamber of Commerce members will assist. Approximately $100 in cash pri zes will go to the children wno find the lucky eggs. This year, the Chamber has doubled the number of eggs to be hidden. " me f ' w- ' I -...., -M. ' 9 I ill " I h ' I ,f ' if &uLi t- - ?- tiwifl aim n m a mi GOING TO PHONE HIM? Jay Winters won't be sorry if any number of people call him Tuesday and ask for something for nothing. He and others on duty at the Winters service station will be taking requests for free transportation to and from the election polls here. It's a Junior Chamber of Commerce-sponsored project to help Ciet Out The Vote. The number to call is 4102. A Jaycee member will call for you and take you home after you vote. The polls are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Do You Count the Right To Vote a Great Possession? Next Tuesday, and again in succeeding weeks this spring, Plattsmouth and Cass County residents will have a privilege which is one of the most import ant they possess. They will be given the opport unity to vote; to select their own government over school, munic- Tractor Fire Causes Damages Estimated $800 Thursday afternoon the city fire department had a call to the property of Louis Schiessl on Lincoln Avenue where a tract or was reported on fire. It was found on the arrival of the fire fighters that a 1953 Internation al tractor had developed a short in the ignition system. The tractor was standing idle when the fire started in the ma chine and Schiessl was on the tractor at the tim". It Is estimated by Fire Chief Joe Kruntorad that the loss will be between $700 and $800 to the tractor when the machine is thoroughly checked. Dutch Elm Disease Meeting April 8 j At Weeping Water j A lot of publicity has - been given to Dutch Elm Disease, this spring. The disease affects! only elm trees and as yet is not: in this area. It is known to be in Eastern Iowa and at Kansas Ci ty, Mo. There is no cure for the di.s-: ease once it hits the tree, therp- i fore, the answer is prevention, i Dr. John Weihing, extension plant pathologist, will discuss ; the tree disease at a meeting to be held in Weeuing Water. The; meeting scheduled for Tuesday1 evening April 8 will be held in: the Lesion Hall and is open to I the public. Sponsoring the meet-j ing is the Weeping Water Cham ber of Commerce and the Cass County Extension Service. i The age grouos will be: Groun 1, for children aucd 2 throueh 4: Group 2, children aged 5. 6 and 7: and Group 3, children aged 8, 9 and 10. The Eg? Hunt is open'to ail children 10 years of age and younger so. come help the Eas-1 ter Bunny in his disti ibution ofi eggs. In case of rain, the hunt will be held at the Lions Community j Buildlre ' Egg to Tyesdby r ipal or village, county and state affairs. ' The understatement of the ag es, but which must be repeat ed again for all to see, is "BE SURE TO VOTE. IT'S IMPORT ANT!" Too often in this day of varied interests and hurry to get in on everything in the way of enter tainment and miss nothing, too many people don't take the trou ble to vote. They, perhaps, consider it a duty and shirk it. But, it is one of the great free doms w?hich we in America take for granted. If we, who pride ourselves in our great liberality and freedom, do not take enough interest in our own government to want to know and take part in it, how can we expect the en tire world to yearn and strive for democracy? If you do vote, why not try to interest your friend or neighbor in it too? You are each as important as any other person who goes to the polls; or as indifferent as the other non-voter if you don't. Your vote will count ONE, the highest score possible. The Journal Phone Directory Coming Out Soon The 1958 phone directory for Plattsmouth, Murray and Louis ville is in process of production and will be distributed this week, according to Ed Ernst, manag er for the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph office here. I Books for Murray which hadi a change in dialing procedure! have already been delivered. ! County Democrats Have Meeting Cass County Democrats had thf-ir first rally of this political year Thursday evening at the Lions Hall in Plattsmouth. Rep resentatives of the party from many parts cf the county were in attendance. Principal speaker was Robert Conrad of Genoa, executive sec retary of the Nebraska State Dnnocratic Committee. The meeting was presided ov er by Paul Fauquet. county ch airman of the partv. A number of local candidates were in at tendance as was Frank Morrison.! a candidate for U. S. Senator, j Bernard S. Boyle of Omaha, j National Committeeman from Nebraska, and George Abdourh.i also of Omaha and a member of the State Executive Committee, made short talks. Walter J. Wunderlich. Nehaw ka banker, was in the city Thurs day to attend the Democratic im-etlr.g held at the Lions Club. Municipal, School Posts To Be Filled Plattsmouth voters Tuesday will elect two members to the Board of Education, a mayor, two councilmen and a police jud ge. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p. m. (See the map on this page for precinct boundaries and the cap tion for voting sites. Anyone un sure of his voting precinct or pol ling place may call city clerk Albert Olson for Information). Four men are candidates for the Board of Education and the two receiving the highest vote in the citywide balloting will be elected. Candidates are Ray Bernhardt. Steve Davis, Russ Nielsen and Bob Way. All four have youngsters In school and all four have been active in PTA. Terms of George Smith, incumbent, and Dean Dunham expire. Dunham left Plattsmouth and Ray Evers was appointed to fill out his term. Incumbents are running for all four city posts, each of which is for a two-year term. Mayor Bruce Gold, Republic an, is opposed by Grant Rob erts, Democrat. It is Roberts' first bid for public office. First Ward councilman Roy Moore, Republican, Is opposed by William Spradlin, Democrat, seeking office for the first time. Second Ward Councilman Wil liam G. Highfield, Democrat, is opposed by a former councilman, James McMillian. Republican. Police magistrate J. H. Grav es was nominated by both part ies at their caucuses Feb. 27 and will be unopposed on the ballot. On the ballots, the order of list ing in municipal election will be Republican first, Democratic se cond, following the state statute that the candidate representing the same party as the Nebraska governor in office shall be listed first. In the school election, ballots for each precinct will list each candidate first an equal number of times. Democrat Casey Files For Congress Francis M. Casey, a well known local attorney and a life long Democrat today filed as a candidate for the office of con gressman from the Second Con gressional District. In filing, Casey stated: "The taxpayers are indignant at the present give away program. A merica cannot afford to send money abroad when we have laboring men in bread lines and the farmers in financial peril. The federal tax load had reach ed the saturation point and the people will not tolerate addition al taxation which is a neces sary element of the foreign aid give away program. "The greatest fear in the Uni ted States today, is that Rus sia is attempting to encourage our self destruction bv unlimit ed and deficit spending. The socialists of the middle 19th Cen tury, who were the forerunners of the present day communists, advocated a graduating tax on all income and all other taxes so as to equalize the income of all. This was to be accomplish ed by legislation. Are we not to day, in the United States, head ing down the path toward so cialism? "The only answer to our pre sent predicament is an imme diate stop to deficit spending and foreign aid give away. Fr iends cannot be bought, partic ularly at such a high price as we are now paying. A continua tion of the present program will surely destroy our free enter prise system, which is the bul wark of the greatest form of government ever conceived by man. "I am an old fashioned Dem ocrat who belii ves that the hour has arrived when we must de termine whether this government shall be restored to the control of the people and be administ ered in the interest of all, or whether it shall remain an in strument in the hands of a few bureaucrats for levying tribute upon all the rest." Chet Mlnniear is a patient at St. Catherine's Hospital, Omaha.