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V9m mm T" mr 9 W9 m 9 9 9 9' m m'9r ' 'f '"' m mTS mm 9 9, 9 9. "y ttTTyir1 I.TDR. STAIC !'TCm 1553 It 57. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monctay-Thursctay saaoiu Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leader-Echo- Read Twice Weekly by More Thon 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 77 SIX PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA. MONDAY. APRIL 23, 195S TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 46 m 9 m m m,9,9" a ERIE m 321 Students Here Need Salk Shots A current local Sulk polio vac cination survey reveals that 154 high school students and 167 boys and girls in the elementary grades In the Plattsmouth pub lic schools have not as yet re ceived even one shot of the re commended three-shot series of Salk anti-polio vaccine, it was reported today by T. I. Friest, school superintendent. This is 23.8 per cent of the 1,350 total public school enroll ment here. "It seems almost unbelievable that there should still be unvac clnated children three years af ter the Salk vaccine, developed under March of Dimes research grants, was officially pronounced safe and effective in preventing paralytic polio," the superinten dent said. With large numbers already protected by the vaccine, nation al statistics for 1957 Showed the smallest number of new cases of crippling since 1942, the sup erintendent said. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has suggest ed that with universal polio vac cination before summer this year new cases could conceivably be almost eliminated. According to health officials, the three-shot series requires a. bout eight months for complet ion, Friest said. The first two shots are given approximately one month apart with the third shot following the second by a bout seven months. Eagle FFA Has Annual Banquet EAGLE (Special) The Eagle Chapter of Future Farmers of America annual awards and Re cognition banauet was held Ap ril 21 at the Eagle High School Auditorium. Toastmaster was FFA presi dent Ronald Johnson. Welcome address was by FFA vice pre sident David Paswaters. Those two and the other offi cers. Larry Umland, secretary; Roger Walker, treasurer; Jerry Weyers, sentinel, and former of ficers took part in the opening ceremony. Guest speaker was G. A. Spi del of the Nebraska Grange. Da vid Paswaters spoke on soil con servation and others who talk ed were O. L. Schmeiding, sup erintendent of schools, David Mack, and voc-ag instructor, Glenn Barth. . A girls quartette of Marilyn Bird, Mary Weyers, Ruth Prange and Bethel Wulf sang. David Paswaters sang a solo. Rev. Prange gave the invocation. Boat Club's Organizational Meeting May 2 The organizational meeting of local boating enthusiasts will be held at 7:30 p. m. next Friday, May 2, at the Fire Hall here. Officers will be elected, by laws including a name for the organization and amount of dues, etc. will be considered. Boaters met first last week to test Interest in a boat club. Four teen persons turned out and the following committees were nam ed: By-laws, Mr. and Mrs. William Coakley, Ray Herring and Jam es McMillian. Organization, Bob Cappell, Ralph Gansemer and Clair Shel lenbarger. Sports Banquet To Be May 6 It was announced today by Ray Fuller, Athletic Chairman, that the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce will hold the An nual Athletic Banquet at the Plattsmouth High School gym on Tuesday May 6 at 6:30 p. m. The banquet will be an award banquet honoring all three ma jor sports. Football, basketball and track, as well as the award ing of the trophies for the most out-standing player in each sport. There also will be the awarding of the Captain's awards. The award will be made following the banquet. Tickets will be sold on an ad vanced sale, at $1.50 per person and may be picked up at school or from the Chamber of Com merce office. All athletes will be sponsored either by the Cham ber of Commerce or their fathers. The banquet wlM be open to both men and women. If Ray Story (right) seems a little grim as he eats his steak while Cecil Karr gingerly attacks his beans, it's all because the Plattsmouth Lions Club attendance Contest teams, captained by them, ended so close that Story seemed worried that the steak Miss Gerheling, Horan Reign as Prom Royalty The 1956-57 King Gary Rieke and Queen Nancy Lancaster gave up their thrones Saturday evening during the Junior-senior prom to the new king, Gary Horan and Queen Shirley Ger beling. The banquet, an annual affair was prepared by the VFW Aux iliary and served by Winnie Sporer, Diana Allison, Beverly Searls, Sharon Davis, Sharon Haecke, Connie Diggs, Betty Knutson and Janet Jacobs. Also Charles Stoehr, Jim Shown, Larry Marler, Francis Lebens, Brian Nelson, Larry Christen sen, Al Dasher and Keenan Eit ing, all sophomores. Al Hansen, secretary of the school board was the guest speaker at the banquet using as his topic Philosphy of Life for a senior. Karlene Senf, president of the Junior Class extended the wel come on behalf of the junior class. Other junior officers are Marge Grosshans, vice president; June Lambert, secretary and Mary Iverson, treasurer. Kathy Johnson, senior class president gave the response. Russell Nielsen gave the Invoca tion. The junior girls triple trio sang two numbers. Theme of the prom was Aqua marine Fantasy. Heading the decoration committees were Nancy McConaha, Carlissa Bar nard, Jane Fauquet, Janice Flei schman and Nanette Cognac under the direction of their sponsor, James Robinson. Attendants to the new king and queen were Ken Dasher, Janet Campbell, Tom Winscot, Carol Pfeiffer, Jane Fauquet, Lauren Todd, Jean Marler, Ken Pritchard. Following the banquet guests enjoyed dancing to the music of the "Starlighters" from Syra cuse. 18 Dozen Pairs Of Cloves Taken At Freight Depot The loss of 18 dozen pairs of work gloves, color green and yellow, from the freight room of the Burlington Depot here April 8 is still under investigation. The loss from the locked frei ght room Is being investigated by Mike Owen, special agent of the Burlington Railroad, Sheriff Tom Solomon and members of the FBI whose interest in the case results from the fact that the articles were interstate ship ment. As far as the officers know, the freight room was not bioken into. The loss possibly came from someone who had come in to possession of a key to the freight room. The investigation has brought out the fact that many keys to the freight room were but, both to present em ployees of the railroad and for mer employees of the railroad. The gloves were enroute to a local store. 4 Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 50 cents The Story of the Beans n "' ' A-' "I 5 ; ' ' O ''"A & The Law Serves Everyone The intangible force that mat os freedom and progress poss ible is, of course, law. It is law that brings order into the affairs of menthat enables them to lift their sights above mere sur vival, to accumulate possessions, to develop the arts, to pursue knowledge, and to enjoy life a mOng their fellows. Law gives the Individual se curity that he could obtain in no Iowa Man Refuses Extradition on Bad Check Charge Dean Phillips, 23, Carson, la., Is being held in the Pottawatta mie County jail after refusing to waive extradition back to Cass County to face check charges ponding here against him. Phillips' arrest came late Sat urday afternoon after a week long investigation into his where abouts was conducted by Sher iff Tom Solomon. On April 4, Phillips, posing as a Manley, Nebr., resident pur chased truck plates from the Cass County Treasurer and paid for them with a $417.50 check. The following day Phillips re turned and paid additional tax es in the amount of $30.50 by check. In due course both checks! were returned marked "Insuf ficient Pounds" by jrn Oakland, Iowa, bank. Monday a warrant was turn ed over to Solomon for Phillips arrest and the investigation re vealed that Phillips never was a Cass County resident. After a week's search Solomon late Saturday afternoon located Phil lips in Oakland, la., where he was preparing to depart for Chi cago with a load of merchan dise. Phillips was taken to the Pott awattamie County Court House where he refused to waive ex tradition to Nebraska. The truck plates and the tax receipts were returned to Cass County Trea surer by Sheriff Solomon in or der to cancel out the $443. in checks. Another attempt is being made today by Sheriff Solomon to get Phillips back to Nebraska. In the event he continues to refuse to return to Nebraska, County Attorney Jim Begiey indicated he then will beein pxtradiri; n nro- ceedings in order to get Phil-j lips back to Nebraska to lace the charges filed. Mrs. Will Cook was taken to the St. Mary's Hospital at Ne braska City Friday by Caldwell Linder Ambulance. THE WEATIIER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. April 24, 25, 26, 27, 1958 Date High low Prec Thursday 52 35. .00 Friday . . 54 32 .00 Saturday 54 42 .00 Sunday 56 39 .20 Forecast: Partly cloudy to night with low in mid 30's. High today near 60. Sun sets tonight at 7:18. Sun ri;es Tuesday at 5:24. and the Steak miht yet be taken away. These pictures wre taken during the "award dinner" at which time the winners of the contest which had been running since Jan. 1 enjoyed "Nebraska Steaks" while the losers ate "Western Nebraska Beans." other way; it protects the fam ily and other groups organized for the advancement of common interests; it permits the growth of great cities and the develop ment of vast enterprises. In oth er words, it is the cement, that holds our free society together. Law Day, U.S.A., is dedicated to an understanding of this pow erful force and to more exten sive use of it for the benefit pf mankind. Men attain the high state of social, political and economic development we call civilization by thinking and working togeth er. The strength of one man a gainst the forces of nature is little; but many men, pooling their ideas, their skills and their strength, become mighty. Power is sometimes attained through the mastery of a few men over many so that great energy is directed toward com mon ends, as in Soviet Russia. But this means tyranny and the suppression of ideas initiative, and all creative impulse, except that which the state wishes to exploit. (The American Bar Associat ion will observe Law Day, U.S.A. nationally on May 1, the same day on which the Soviet May Day is celebrated.) Oil Industries Hold Organization Tuesday evening the Oil Indus tries Association were host at dinner at the Coffee Shop in the Platt-mouth Hotel Building to the local dealers and to perfect an organization. The matter was discussed and a local organization named. A. W. Huebner was selected as gen eral chairman, C. E. Shellen barger as co-chairman together with Don Wall and John J. Cloidt. Jr. I KOU-ir,"- Pin liKK DKSIUOYS SHED This was the scene last Tuesday at the Neal Snell farm west of Mynard after fire had destroyed a machine shed. Loss was about $3,500 in shed and machin ery and tools. Tht Tlattsmouth Voluntaer Fir Hansen To Be School Supt. In Iowa Town ; Burdette Hansen, high school instructor and football coach here for three years, will be come superintendent oi schools at Ashton, Iowa, this fall. There Hansen will teach two mathematics classes as well as fill the administrative post. Hansen. 28, coached Platts mouth teams to a 6-18 won-lost record. Losses were mostly to Class A schools, with the ex ception of defeats by Ashland Hansen's first year here and by Crete, the Class B state cham pion two years. Plattsmouth is a Class B school in state athletics. Hansen said he appreciates the good cooperation he receiv ed here from school officials and the board of education. He said interest in football has gr own with the formation of the Booster Club and facilities have been Improved with addition of a movie camera for taking ga me films and a "whirlpool" bath for use in treating sprains and bruises. Ashton is a town of about 600 population with about 180 in the school system. It is about 10 miles from the Minnesota line in northern Iowa, about 30 miles from Spirit Lake. Western Union Office Moved The Western Union Telegraph Co. office, formerly at 421 Main St., has been moved to the base ment of Carl Chriswiser's home, 205 So. 7th. Messages can be sent by bring ing them to that address or call ing the same phone number wh ich has been in use. AAV t; it':, mr T f Tom Mine avina isonas uo For 2.09 The City of Plattsmouth Thur sday night sold a paving bond Issue of $120,000 at 2.0909 per cent interest, one of the best interest rates the city has ever had on an issue and the best in the state this month for bonds of similar maturity. Successful buyer in the auction bidding at a special City Coun cil meeting was Wachob-Bender Corp., Omaha which outbid 1st Trust Company of Lincoln, the la t of five other bidders to withdraw from the auctioning. The issue covers $30,000 in assessment district paving and $96,000 in intersection paving, dating from 1953 to 1956. The city's saving will be the difference between the 2.0909 per cent interest and 4 per cent which has been paid on warrants for the paving carried by the Plattsmouth State Bank. A change in the bond market this year made a bond issue de sireable. Representatives of the bond companies bidding Thursday ni ght said the successful bid was the best in Nebraska this month for that type of bond. The $30,000 district bonds will mature in 7 years, $8,000 the first year, $4,000 foe three years and $3,000 for two years. The $96,000 intersection bonds span 9 years, $1,000 the first nine years and $6,000 the 10th year, 1968. Carl Schneider, local bank pre sident who was resent as an observer, said afterward that the Mrs. Arnold French Awarded $101,441 In Damage Suit Mrs. Arnold French of this city was awarded $101,441 in a directed verdict in the United States district court at Omaha Friday. Mrs. French had sued the Buckingham Transpor t a t i o n, Inc., and the Buckingham Trans fer, Inc., for $303,300 for the death of Mr. French who was killed about three miles south of Plattsmouth on US highway No. 75 on Apirl 4, 1957. Federal Judge Richard Robin son directed the jury to con sider only the amount of da mage. He said the jury must find for Mrs. French. It was alleged that Mr. French had pullpd to the side of the highway to avoid a collision but the Buckingham truck driven by Philip Stoddard, 41, of 6801 Mason street, Omaha, crossed to the wrong side of the road hitting the French car. A mistrial had previously oc curred as the result of testi mony about pictures taken at the scene of the collision. Dept. answered the call but the fire was too far along for them to save the building. The con crete block part of the shed was in left back ground, the voodn part at center back. load Here bidding and result of the sale were "exceptionally good." He said the low bid "reflects the good credit rating the city enjoys, thanks to the good ad ministrations the city has had in past years and the policy of decreasing the city's indebted ness." The actual successful bid was 2 per cent, plus a premium of $975. which figured out to the 2.0909 A quarter per cent on the issue figured to just over $1,350. Bidding was begun at 3 per cent, par, and lasted about 45 minutes. State Tax Amendment Petitioned A meeting offering anyone in terested in getting a state con stitutional tax amendment on the November Nebraska ballot a chance to aid a drive for petit ion signatures will be held Thurs day at 7:30 p. m. at the public library auditorium. The amendment, proposed by the Nebraska Tax Equity Coun cil, and supported in main by five state groups is: "Sec. 1A. After January 1, 1959, property taxes shall not be lev ied for the use of the General Fund of the Statfi : and the Leg islature shall appropriate an an nual sum for the common sch ools to be distributed as the Leg islature shall direct and in a manner that will assist in reduc ing local property taxes." One of the persons working lo cally on the meeting said "a sig nature on a petition is not a vote for the amendment." The initiat ive petitions are necessary to get. more than 59,000 signatures re quired to have the amendment placed on the ballot for a vote of the people. A proportionate num ber of counties must be repres- ented In the total signatures. A meeting called last Thurs day to organize petitioning had only four persons in attendance. This Thursday's meeting is to get petitions into the hands of those who want to circulate them and to map circulation areas. A total of 741 signatures are sought in Cass County. Organizations backing the move to get the amendment on the ballot are the Nebraska State School Boards Assn., the Nebraska Assn. of School Ad ministrators, the Nebraska Home Builders Assn. and the Nebraska State Education Assn. The drive for signatures state wide and locally will be May 2. City Council, Administration Organize Tonight Plattsmouth's current mayor and City Council will have their last meeting tonight beginning! F1 d Althouse. chairman or at 8 o clock and the officers elec- thc Cass Countv Committee, op ted April 1 (only the mayor's j pointrd Alvin oehlerklng, W.i post will see a change) will be bash, and Herbert Stander, Lou sworn in and organized imedi- isville to sprve wlth nlmself t0 ately afterward. meet with a tiniiiar number Democrat Grant Roberts will I from the Saunders County Corn become mayor at the swearing-, mittee May 2 at Wahoo. in ceremony, he and re-elected! phii, hrWa in h counciimen Roy Moore and Wil- nan. xiiRnnem ana pouce juoge i committee and the county sup J. H. Graves being administer-: e: Intende nts. ed the oath of office by mayor I ' ' Bruce Gold, Republican. ; Holdover councilmen are Geo-j FOUOER AKKFSTFD rge Kalasek nnd Louis Swoboda. j Don Study, 21, no permanent At the conclusion of the regular! address, was taken into custody Council meeting, the recently-, in Plattsmouth Wednesday by elected officers will be sworn. the Sheriff's office on a general The council will then organize i pickup order issued by the sher and, if custom is followed, the! iff's office of Oillette. Wyo. city's appointive offices will be! Sheriff Tom Solomon said Stu filled and Council committees i dy had been charged in Gillette will be named. j with "uttering a forged instru- With approval of the Council. ment" April 9. Sheriff Ted Hol the mavor appoints a city attor-' deman of Campbell County, Wyo ney, city clerk, street commis-l came for study Thursday after- sioner. notice rienartment,. ritv I I physician and members to those terms expiring April 30 on the library, cemetery and park bo ards. Terms on the board of public j works expire Jan. 1. Wi E-O Tom Mincer, 17. son of Mr. j and Mrs. Don Mincer. 603 Chl j cago Ave., Sunday won the Cass County Teen-Ace Road-E-O championship over 15 other drivers here. . y Mincer, a junior at Platts mouth High School scored 4084 point out of a possible 500 in the written and driving portions of the test to beat out David Meisinger who had 380 points for second place and Dennis Mei singer who scored 377 for third. The winner's score was 168 (84 x 2 as the scoring was kept) in the written exam and 240' on these sections of the driving test: straight line, 64 out of a possible 78; serpentine, 61 out of 87; curve and offset, 54 V2 out 1 of 60; and parallel parking, 61 out of 75. The only girl entrant, Pat Smock who was competing on her 16th birthday, totaled 233. The other scores: Ed Bierl 374'2, Jim Iloloubek 361, Mac Freeman 351, Wayne Lewis 339, Jerry Sayers 3382, Bernard Ku hns 336'i, Keener Price 334, Tom Dunham 325',?, David Schleip 323'2, Ron Pohlmeier 321, David Allbee 306 Vi, Dean Davis 29812. Mincer besides winning a pla que from the local Jaycees earns the right to enter the state con test next month. The three win ners received certificates. In the Sunday's test on a cour se up on Main Street from 3rd to 4th which was blocked off from traffic, entrants had to dri ve their left wheels down and back a straight line course with tennis balls set on tees to form a lane with only four inches clea rance on either side of the tires; drive through a narrow winding course marked by barrels and flags (both forward and back ward) and negotiate the curves and parallel parking courses. ,- Plattsmouth. Bellevue and Ne braska City police chiefs were judges. The highway patrol and JC members assisted with run ning the tests. Scanlon Bros. Appliance Store was used as headquarters, Chns. Warga Electric furnished the P. A. system and local motor com panies provided some of the cars. Don Born and Bob Nickles were Jaycees in charge. JC Pre sident Harold Smock was on the P. A. system. The program, sponsored an nually nationwide by the Jay cees, leads to a national contest with a college scholarship as top prizes. Petitions Would Affect District 81 Of Cass County Petitions have been filed at the offices of the Cass County and Saunders County Superintend ents to dissolve School District 69 of Saunders County and annex part of the area to School Dis trict 81 of Cass County and an other part to School District 3 of Saunders County. Since the proposal Involves territory in two counties, it will be necessary for a joint county committee from the school disr trict reorganization committees f the two counties to review and make recommendations to be sent to the slate committee for the reorganization of school ' districts. a later date before the joint noon. MARRIAGE LICENSE County Court issued a license to wed here recently to Oeorcre Andrews, Avoca, and Florence Loder, Lincoln. r 1
