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tr t r v Ti'OKrt't'r'r wwwwww -m-w-w- A si'e l;i3T( 1303 R ST. Lincoln, kek;. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday IATTS 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, APRIL 14, 1958 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 42 Time JOURNAL Here's How ACS Dollar Is Spent "These days we are ask ing the citizens of Cass County to support the 1958 Cancer Cru sade. We believe they would like to know that sixty cents out of every dollar they give will stay right here in our state to be used for regional cancer control programs." This statement was made by Mrs. Arlle Ragoss, local cru sade chairman of the cancer campaign, who today released a breakdown of the American dancer Society's current budget. The ACS drive, which began April 12, has set its sights on $30,000,000. When you ask people for mon ey to support the work of a voluntary agency, they have the right to know exactly how every dollar will be spent. Of course, the Society's books are audited and made public annually. She is proud of the way the can cer dollar Is used, and believes this efficient breakdown is im pressive. "Since sixty per cent of the money we raise will remain with the Nebraska Division of the American Cancer Society for state and local cancer control programs, that leaves forty per cent for the national use of the Society. "Twenty-five per cent is al located for nation-wide research projects of more than a thousand top scientists In some 127 insti tutions. Twelve per cent covers professional and public educa tion, service, administration and fund raising. And three per cent provides medical grants, and fel lowships for advanced training in cancer diagnosis and treat ment, more than 1,000 fellow ships grants have been award ed under this program since it was launched in 1948. "It will be seen that not a cent of the dollars collected for the fight against cancer is was ted. The fight is gaining mom entum. More talent, time and money are going into the basic research program of the Cancer Society than ever before. News papers, magazines, radio and television are publicizing more and more of our life-saving in formation. More volunteers are dedicated to the Cancer Crusade. And more lives are being sav ed: for one in three cancer pa tients is now saved as against one in four a short time ago. "It is obvious that this inten sive and cooperative effort must ultinlately bring cancer under control as other diseases have been controlled. The more prople enlist in the war against, can cer, the more dollars contribut ed to pay for that war, the soon er the victory against the num ber two killer in the United- Sta tes today." Local Weather Observer Cited Mrs. Sophia Wolever, 623 Av enue B, has been honored by the U. S. Dept of Commerce Weather Bureau for service as a weather observer. She received the following let ter recently: Dear Mrs. Wolever: On behalf of the Secretary of the Dept. of Commerce and the chief of the Weather Bureau, it is our privilege to present you a token of appreciation for long and faithful service as Weather Observer. The enclosed emblem represents 10 years of unselfish weather service to your com munity, state and nation. You have added valuable data to the store of climatological in formation by keeping accurate records in all kinds of weather. We are grateful for your dil igence over the years and it is a genuine pleasure for us to hon or you. Very truly yours, Gil bert Steeall, supervising climat- ologist, Kansas City, Mo. David Porter, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Por ter, entered the Clarkson hospit al, Omaha, for observation. TnE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. April 10, 11, 12, 13, 1958. Date HiRh Low Prec Thursday 62 43 .00 Friday 61 23 .00 Saturday 64 39 .00 Sunday 65 33 .00 Forecast: Sunny today and fair tonight. High in 60's; low in mid 40's. Continued mild. Sua sets tonight at 7:03. Sun rises Tuesday at 5:44 a.m. I'-'hLL LI -1 iU I .... 4 I L : x - . iff J 1 P--" THE JUDGE TELLS ALL County Court he explained part Judge Raymond J. Case had his back to the Co. Court to high camera but was the center of rapt attention as Government Day Lions Here Host District Governor Tuesday evening Plattsmouth Lions hosted Ford Bates of O maha, district governor for 38 B of Lions International. This was his official visit to the local club. In his address, he traced the early history of Lions in 1917 to the present time. Ted Ohnoutka, chairman of the Easter Breakfast Committee reported the affair was a suc cess. The club presented a birthday gift to "Mom" Tritsch, cateress for their dinners. Consumers Sets Op en House Here Thursday, Friday Consumers Public Power Dis trict of Plattsmouth will hold "Open House" at its office on Thursday and Friday, April 17 and 18. The "Open House" will start at 8 a.m. and continue un til 9 p. m. One of the highlights of the "Open House" will be the Trea sure Chest which contains some very nice prizes. The Treasure Chest can only be opened by cer tain "Magic" keys that have been sent to Consumers custom ers in the area. Another of the features of the "Open House" will be the auc tion of a 20 foot Hotpoint Home Freezer. This will be sold to the person submitting the highest bid. Representatives of the Hot point Company, along with Con sumers District Employees, will be on hand to demonstrate the newest appliances for better liv ing. . . electrically. Free gifts for everyone and free refreshments will .be serv ed by your hosts during "Open House" at Consumers Public Po wer District. L. W. Egenberger was an maha business caller today. O- - MJIUHIMIWIM "x-" m - 11 mill 1 .'PTTWWyyT'WWW f i iff V r t - r HINTtR I.VC.WERSON, left, showed two Florida FFA visitors a boar which is part of his hojr project in FFA. At left is Bob Kelly, in the center Bill Brace. The boys from Arcadia, Fla., L rrZ Carol Long, Roger Smith and Jim Morris Win Talent Awards Vocalist Carol Long, accord ionist Roger Smith and pianist Jim Morris were winners of the three divisions in the Lions Club's annual Talent Contest on Friday night at the Lions Com munity building. A fair-sized crowd saw the three win the top awards in 3 divisions and earn the right to enter the district contest at Hooper. Winners there advance to the finals at the Lions Club convention at Hastings May 26. Miss Long was judged best of six entries in the junior division. Other entries in the division were Debbe Woster vocalist, al ternate winner: Allen Schmidt, vocalist ; Jackie Godbey and Ma ry Larson tap duet; Ronald Mayle, soft shoe dance. Roger Smith's accordion per formance was judged tops among seven acts in the intermediate division. Alternate winner was Antholee Rizzi, tap dance; and other en tries Mary Schmidt, piano; Pat Markham, vocalist; Judy Cur tis, accordionist; freshman triple trio, Pat Markham, Sammy Zwanzig, Janice O'Donnell, Ka ren Keil, Joyce Buechler, Shir ley Foster, Sally Dunham, San dy Spangler and Beverly Reimer baton group, Carol Dasher, Lin dy Ramge, Sharon Porter, Mar cella Exline. Morris won over 14 other sen ior division entries. Drummer Buddy Lewis was al ternate winner and other entries were: clarinet quartet, Jane Fauquet, Noveta Humiston, Lar ry Fitzgerald, Kay Casey Hung ry Five, German band, Larry Cole, Keener and Kenneth Price, Tom Dunham and Larry Fitz gerald. Also, Patty McKinney, pianist; Jane Fauquet, clarinetist; John Fauquet, baritone horn soloist; brass ensemble, Marilyn Hend 'I r ' i . J J m '' ' ' tv ill' I ' h' ' . "' I J ,1 Z" . M -a Sir ' if 9 LI I ' 4 ' ' of the records system of school Juilges-for-a-day at Co. at the Courthouse last week. ricks, Keener Price, Jim Morris, Larry Colo, John Fauquet, Roger Johnson; vocal quartet, Jean Mailer, Irene Lambert, Sally Dunham, Marge Grosshans; Lar ry Christenson, baritone horn soloist; trumpet trio, Marliyn Hendricks, Keener Price, Lonnie Muller. Also, junior triple trio, Jean Marler, Jane Fauquet, Judi Mei singer, Mary Iverson, Marlys Lane, Irene Lambert, Nannette Cognac, Karlene Senf and Marge Grosshans; Kenneth Price, bass clarinetist; Nannette Cognac, o boe soloist; and Eileen Porter, alto saxophonist. Judges were Jack Wells, dir ector of music at Bel'evue: Mi.s. Rufus Livingston, Bellevue; and Richard Stehno, South Omaha Lion. Bill Sheil of the Plattsmouth Lions was emcee. Ray Story of the Lions told the history of the contest here. The Hungry Five entertained the audience and other contest entries while the judges were de liberating. Cass Drug Has Special Event A penny may do the work of dollars this week at Cass Drug Wallgreen Agency during their current One-Cent sale all this week. The folks at Cass Drug say "It's our way of saying 'thanks' to our customers for their past patronage. Naturally we hope to make new friends too." COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT The City Council meets in reg ular session tonight at 7: 30 at City Hall. The Council asked members of the Park Board to meet with them to discuss the flood control project in this watershed. g if" . v ' 1 Wye .,v,.v;i"J - I - . , spent last week here on the retrun part of ex change among members of the two Future F'ar mers Chapters. Farmer: Don't Shun Acre Duty Chairman Ivan G. Alt house of the Cass Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation Commit tee todaV urged local farmers to be careful about their responsib ilities under the acreage reserve of the Soil Bank during tne com ing crop season if they want to get the full benefit of that pro gram. In a planting season reminder to farmers, Althouse pointed out that the signer of an acreage reserve agreement has under taken a binding commitment to hold his reserve tract out of pro duction during the 1958 growing season. "It will be too bad," the chair man said, "if the farmer goes in to the acreage reserve conscien tiously and means to comply but fails to keep informed about re quirements and deadlines and loses his payment through care lessness." With regard to the acreage re serve tract (land on the farm diverted from allotment crops to the reserve). Althouse cited 3 main requirements as follows: 1. Planting. No crop may be planted on the acreage reserve before Jan. 1. 1959, except that with the approval of the state committee certain crops may be planted in the fall of 1958 for harvest in 1959 or later, where that is the normal practice. I 2. Grazing. The acreage re serve may not be grazed before Jan. 1, 1859, except under cer tain emergency conditions and with a reduction of the farmer's payment. Leasing of the land to others for grazing purposes is prohibited. 3. Harvesting. No crop may be harvested from the acreage re serve during the calendar year, 1958. In addition to observing these requirements on land placed in the acreage reserve, Althouse said, the farmer must comply with any other acreage allot ments on his farm and must keep within the farm's total per mitted acreage. The permitted acreage is the Soil Bank base two-year aver age of grain and row crops less land placed in the Soil Bank. By willfully failing to comply with his acreage reserve .agree ment, Althouse said, a farmer will lose his payment, and may, under certain circumstances, be subject to a civil penalty equal to 50 per cent of the payment he would otherwise have earned. Murray Fire Fund Is Now $563.50 MURRAY (Special) : , Addit ional contributors to the Murray Volunteer Fire Department are listed below. This brings the to tal donations to $563.50. Present plans include purchasing of new hose and a dry powder exting uisher to afford greater protect ion for the community. The donors: Greeley Beil, Roy Engelkemier, Charles M. Read, Arthur Hild, John Schafer, Wil son Grain Co., Rex Young, Ken neth Todd and Clarence Cuth rell. The village of Murray furnish es the fire house, heat for same and carries insurance on 15 members. In addition, the an nual budget carries a $60 allow ance for the department. i rv r- j-.- LEONARD HILD, right, of Plattsmouth's Carey Carleton of Arcadia, Fla., cattle in a feed FFA Chapter shows Allan Copeland, left, and lot on the Strling Ingwerson farm near here. Dr. Stibal Heads IOOF District Lodge for 1958 Dr. Joe Stibal of Plattsmouth Is president of the Platte Lodge No. 7, also called the Greater Omaha District, of the IOOF for 1958. The district includes all of O maha and Plattsmouth. Vice president is Glenn II. Kru eger who lives In Omaha but belongs to the Platte Lodge. A meeting of the district was held at the Lodge Hall at 25th and Leavenworth in Omaha with about 200 members attending. Louis Armentrout was named as delegate. Two of the Plattsmouth mem bers, George Winscot and Ben jamin Anderson received the Grand Lodge Degree, conducted by the Grand Lodge members and the Grand Master of Ne braska, Oscar II. Webber, Oma ha . Other local members at the ceremoney were Ray Carey and Fred Vincent. Jewels for continuous mem bers of 25 to 35 years were pre sented to five members, Krueg er making the presentation as Deputy and to the Grand Mas ter of District 7. The district will have another informative meeting in Septem ber. The Plattsmouth Rebekahs of the Bud of Promise Lodge No. 40 are also active in the district. More Donors To Red Cross Fund In County Listed Additional donors to the 1958 Red Cross Fund Drive in Cass County are: Murray Pleasant Hill club, Avoca Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Brandt, Mr. and Mrs. Spen cer Ledger, Rev. and Mrs. J. Aeschbacker, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Baler, Mr. and Mrs. John Norris, Mr. and Mrs. John Dank leff, Mrs. Paulene Ludwig, Mrs. J. W. Brendel, Mr. and Mrs. Win Maseman, Mrs. Emma Rawalt. Housekeepers Union, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ruhge, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kammann, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ludwig, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Behrns, Mrs. Myrtle Wolph, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hav eman, Don Harmon, Mr. and Mrs, W. F. Wulf. Harry Brockhoff, Mr. Mrs. Elmer Wessel, Mr. and and Mrs. John Emshoff. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dodenhaff, Mrs. George Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marshall. Mrs. Pearl Vette, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hen nings, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall strom and Albert Sill. COMMISSION TO MEET The Cass County Commission will meet in regular session on Tuesday at the Courthouse, be ginning about mid-morning. Mrs. Tillie Bomberg returntd home Tuesday from the St. Cath erine hospital, Omaha, where she underwent surgery. IT- Sypprt Set for This Yeor High School Lists Honors In Attendance Plattsmouth High School stu nor absent the third quarter are: 9th Grade Judith Armentrout. Ruby Bar nard, Joyce Buechler, Ronald Bullock, John Carr, Leona Chap pell, Neil Cole, James Eledge, Harlan Oarringer, Elmer Goch enour. Ardyth Haden, Jerald Helm, David Hohman, Jerry Kellison, Michael Kersten, Karen Keil, Lois Kellison, Marie Konfrst, Su san Lebens, Sharon Lockhart. Robert Luck, Suzanne Mur dock, Janice O'Donnell, Susan Petereit, Emma Pschenica, Bev erly Reimer, Kenneth Russell, James Stewart, Donald Yelick, Elizabeth Yelick. 10th Grade Sharon Clark, David Hagar, Lynn Hendrix, Janet Jacobs, Bette Knutson, Sharon Miller, Jerry Moore, Marlene Sitzman, Winifred Sporer, Carolyn Vindus ka, Shirley Warga, Stanley We ber, Mary Wohlfarth. Uth Grade Joan Allgeier, James Bulin, Edward Hohman, John Kaffen berger, John Konfrst, Linda Long Robert Morris, Carold Pfeifer, Donald Pierce. Laurel Stoehr, Karen Tilson, Ronald Toman, Tom Winscot. 12th Grade Arlene Cook, Tom Dunham, Duane Helm, Gary Koran, Ver non Kelsey, John McBride, Da vid Meisinger, Gary Morris, Ka ren Starkiohn, Dorothy Stoehr, Kathryn Thimftan. These students had perfect at tendance for three quarters: 9th Grade Ruby Barnard, John Carr, El mer Gochenour, Ardyth Haden, Jerry Kellison, Susan Petereit, Neil Cole. 10th Grade Jerry Moore, Marlene Sizman, Mary Wohlfarth. 11th Grade Edward Hohman, Linda Long, John Kaffenberger. 12th Grade Gary Horan, Karen Starkjohn. Local Man On U. S. Rehab Board At a meeting held last week at the Sheraton Fontenelle Ho tel, Robert H. Reade, Platts mouth, was elected to serve a three-year term on the Nation al Board of Directors of the Na tional Rehabilitation Assn. Reade is the Omaha District supervisor for the State of Neb raska Rehabilitation Services. He said the president's commit tee combined with the regional Rehabilitation Assn. to hold the local conference which brought to Omaha several prominent fig ures in the rehabilitation and employment fields. The purpose of the meeting was to explore further the em ployment of the handicapped and to lend Impetus to greater re habilitation of physically and of mentally impaired individuals. 'f J J .1 .J . i LJ Corn price supports for 1958 have been set at a minimum na tional average of $1.38 per bush el, Ivan G. Althouse, chairman. County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, an nounced today. This is an "advance of plant ing" minimum support reflect ing 77 per cent of the April corn parity price, and based on a corn supply estimated at 4,751 million bushels 126.7 per cent of normal. The loan rate for Cass County will be announced before har vest. According to the chairman, compliance with acreage allot ments will be a condition of el igibility for price support in com mercial corn-producing counties. In counties outside the com mercial area, which do not have corn acreage allotments, the corn support rates by law are set at 75 per cent of thf "com mercial" rates. Althouse said the minimum support price of $1.36 will not be reduced, but may be Increased if a combination of the corn par ity price as of Oct. 1, 1958, and corn supply relationships as of that date indicate a higher sup port price. John Bergman Old Resident Dies Sunday Sunday, April 13, John Berg man, 76, lifelong resident of Cass County, died at the St. Joseph hospital in Omaha where he had been a patient for a week. He was born June 12. 1881, at Cedar Creek, son of John and Elsa Schlander Bergman, early day residents of the county. He soent his earlier years in farm ing but has for a great many years been a resident of Platts mouth where he was well known to a large circle of friends and held in the highest esteem by all who had the privilege of his acquaintance. Mr. Bergman was married on June 12, 1933, at Stuart, Neb., to Miss Clara Weber, who survives as well as one son. John Fran cis, two daughters, Mary Ann and Joan Clare, all of Platts mouth. Two sons, Francis John and Edward preceded him in death. Other survivors are one sis ter, Miss Elizabeth Bergman of Anaheim, Calif., two nephews. John and Herman Bergman of Man ley. The parents, two sisters and one brother have passed on. Mr. Bergman was a very de vout and active member of the St. John the Baptist church in this city. He was also a longtime member of the Msgr. Michael A. Shine Council of the Knights of Columbus and of the Holy Name Society. Funeral services will be Wed nesday morning, April 16, at 10 o'clock at St. John's. Interment will be at the Holy Sepulchre cemetery in this city. Visiting hours will be Tuesday at the chapel of the Sattler Fun eral Home from 4 to 7 p. m. Rosary recital for the Knights of Columbus will be at 7 p. m. at the Sattler chapel with parish Rosary at 8:30. New Bus Line Is Announced A new bus line offering serv ice between Omaha and Platts mouth and points south has be-, gun operation. It is the Thunderbird Trans portation Co., Inc., and is using the Hotel Coffee Shoppe as its station. Boyd Lytle of the Coffee Shoppe is the agent. An ad announcing the service appears in today's Journal. An other listing the schedule will ap. pear Thursday. Seek Probe of Fire at Sokol Park on March 28 The state fire marshal has been called in to the investiga tion of a fire that destroyed two cabins at Sokol Park, north of this city March 28. Sheriff Ernest Arp of Sarpy county states that cause of th-; fire that was reported about 2 a. m. is not definite. No one was living in the cabins that were in the process of being sold by the estate of Louis Cinek of Omaha to John Smiley of Fort Crook.