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KEEIi. STAU ;; ; . R ST. LINCOLN, KEEi. PUBLISHED CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER HE IFILU U SNAKUMU II IN nUPWimiL SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 77 EICHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA. MONDAY. MAY 5, 1 958 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 48 T ROTAKIANS, Gl EST CIIT Shown chat ting after the Tuesday night meeting of Platts motith Hotarians and their ladies at the Pres byterian Churrh are, left to right: president Lester Dalton, vice president L. A. Caldwell, Death of Harold J. Peterson, Sr. Suddenly Saturday Harold J. Peterson, Sr., 51, prominent farmer and trucker of this city, died suddenly Satur day afternoon at his home in this city, result of a heart at tack. Mr. Peterson had just com pleted shaving in the bathroom at the home when stricken and fell to the floor, death being in stantaneous. The death came as a great shock not only to the members of the family circle, but to the entire community, where Mr. Peterson had been an active figure for the past twenty-four years. Mr. Peterson came here from Hastings, Neb., twenty four years ago and has been en. gaged in farming and conduct ing an extensive trucking bu:i ness here since that time. Dur ing a period of twenty years he was engaged in farming of Pet erson's island southeast of this city. He also was largely en gaged in later years in opera tion of custom shelling work for the residents of this locality in which he was assisted by his sons. Mr. Peterson was a man known to- a great many here and held in the highest esteem by all and will be greatly missed by the friends and acquaintan ces. Harold J. Peterson was born July 28, 1906, at Hastings, Neb., son of James J. and Ada Wil liams Peterson, growing up in that community where he re sided until moving to Platts mouth. On December 24, 1935, he was married at Plattsmouth to Mary E. Sutton, who survives with the following: three sons, Harold J. Peterson, Jr., Plattsmouth; Gil bert L. Peterson, Huron, S. D., John Wendell Peterson, Platts mouth; one step-daughter, Mrs. Ephrain Trautman, Geneva, Neb. Also father, James J. Peter son, Warsaw, Mo.; three sisters Mrs. Ralph Keever, Fort Dodge, la.; Mr-, R. Swectwood, Omaha, Mrs. Earl Albee, Plattsmouth, nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be Tues day at 2 n. m. at the chapel of the Caldwell-Linder funeral home, with Rev. J. W. Taenz lrr. pastor of the Christian ch urch conducting the services, Dale Wohlfarth of Murray, solo ist and Mrs. J. L. Hodge accom panist. Burial will be at the Oak Hill cemetery with Tom Grosshans, Charlie Haecke. Sterling Ingwer-! son, Shrader Rhoden, Newton Sullivan, Charlie Tasler, as cas-l ket bearers. I Visiting hours will be today Monday 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m. at the Caldwell Linder Funeral Home. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth. Nebraska. May 1, 2, 3, 4, 1958. Date Hiffh Low Prec Thur day ... . 73 40 .00 Friday 72 53 .00 Saturday 71 52 .00 Sunday 74 51 .00 Forecast: High in lower 70's. Low tonight in 50's. Possible lieht scattered showers tonight. Sun sets tonight at 7:26. Sun rises Tuesday at 5:15 a.m. ...v """ '"" ,l"lJ-WMaia Ham Fata Sly William D. Day, 89, was fatally injured Saturday afternoon at 6:30, while watching the level ing of ground at his home on South 6th street. Mr. Day was standing in the yard when a bulldozer accidently struck a pipe that flew up and struck the aged man in the head, inflicting fatal injuries. Mr. Day lived about an hour following the ac cident, Mr. Day came to Cass county from Mountain Grove, Mo., twenty-six years ago where he had been engaged in farming and in 1931 moved to Platts mouth where he has since made his home with his children. William D. Day was born Aug ust 14, 1868, at Ava, Mo., son of William and Dorothy Miller Day. He spent the greater part of his lifetime in Missouri. He was married to Nancy S. Martin, who preceded him in death May 1, 1940 at Platts mouth. Surviving are daughters and son, Mrs. Curtis Hobbs, Platts mouth; Mrs. Opal Brown, Law rence, Kan.; Mrs. Lester Ma this, Wichita, Kan:; Clovis Day, Plattsmouth; Mrs. Dorothy Skil- Fred Masters Gets Award For Service LOUISVILLE (Special) Fred M.ifters reci ily was pre sented with a gold watch and a framed certificate showing he had been an employee of the Lyman - Richie company con tinuously for 41 years. Presentation was at the Ly-man-Richie Safety Banquet given at Omaha. Others from Louisville attend ing were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Koop and Mr. and Mrs. Don Ur win. Li Wi LINCIITIME Feeding a lamb brought to the high school just for that purpose (by Gary Morris) was a bi? moment for youngsters at tending Spring Play School last week. Home making class members with the children on the far side of the fence are, from left: Fatty Hugh son, Judy Meiiinger, Emma Pschencla., Joyce III n ;,pJt M ti, Theodore Iladraba (counselor of the American Embassy at Vienna, Austria who spoke on Aus tria), Mrs. Theodore Iladraba, program chair man J. Howard Davis, Mrs. Davis and Joe Ilad raba, father of the speaker. Dav, 89, at w Injure len, Akron, Ind.; Mrs. Everett Newton, Miss Naomi Day, Platts mouth; seventeen grandchild ren; fifteen greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be Wed nesday at 2 p.m. at the chapel of the Caldwell-Linder funeral home. Rev. J. W. Taenzler, pas tor of the First Christian church, of which faith Mr. Day was a member, will officiate. Burial will be at the Mt. Plea sant cemetery north of Nehaw ka. Visiting hours will be held Tuesday afternoon and evening 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 at the funeral chapel. Joint School Committee Meets Cass-Saunders Joint School District Reorganization mem bers Alden Novak, Cedar Bluffs: Verner Hedlund, Valparaiso; Joe Hageman, Ithaca, Floyd Althou se, Eagle, Herbert Stander, Lou isville; Alvin Oehlerking, Mur dock; Elizabeth Ellison, Wahoo; and L. A. Behrends, Plattsmouth met at Wahoo May 2 to con sider petitions from School Dis trict 69 of Saunders County and School District 81 of Cass Coun ty. Althouse was selected as ch airman of the joint committee. The committee could find no ad vantage in offering a better edu cational program by the reali zation of such plan and as it is not a part of the comprehen sive reorganization it would not be instrumental in bringing out about more desirable education al opportunities for the child ren concerned. The proposal will be sent to the state committee for review this month. M . : : f Murray Man Injured in Car Crash A. F. Marchand of Route 2, Murray, is reported in fair con dition at a Nebraska City hos pital today after being involved in a one car accident two miles south of Plattsmouth on the curve about 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Sheriff Tom Solomon who In vestigated said the Marchand vehicle was southbound and left the highway after knocking down six guard rail po:ts. After striking the posts the car con tinued on into a field and ended up wedged in a water ditch on the north side of the highway. Two pa sing Plattsmouth youths discovered the accident after observing the vehicles headlights in the ditch. Marchand was unconscious and pinned between the clap board and seat. Wading in wa.ter and mud, Sheriff Solomon gave Marchand first aid in an at tempt to stop lacerations of the head and nose. The injured man was rushed to the hospital. Mar chand al o suffered internal injuries. Smock Named JC State V-P; Local Chapter Honored Harold Smock, current presi dent of the Platt.mouth Junior Chamber of Commerce, Sunday was elected one of nine vice pre sidents of the Nebraska Jay cees. Election was during the or ganization's annual convention in Omaha. Byford Elwonger of Auburn was named president over Mike Milder of Omaha after an un precedented 11th ballot. The Plattsmouth Jaycee Chap ter won the annual state One Year Milestone Award on its scrapbook after one full year of operation. Smock accepted the rward for the chapter at a special a wards luncheon Saturday. Also at the awards luncheon, the Plattsmouth Mrs. Jaycees chapter was presented Its char- , ter. Mrs. Harold Smock, chap ter president, in accepting the charter thanked the Auburn Mrs. Jaycees for "extending" the Plattsmouth chapter (assist ing in its organization). Car Driven Info Platte River Today An accident this morning at 3:30 a.m. at the south end of the Platte River bridge sent Keith Engstrom of Offutt Air base to the hospital for a check up. According to Sheriff Tom Solomon, Engstrom, northbound in his 1958 model car missed the south end of the bridge and end ed up 150 feet out into the Platte River in about waist deep water. Engstrom got out of the car and waded to the bank. It took Solomon, Roy Sharp and R. L. Aldrich 2 hours to get the car out of the river. The car was a total loss. Journal Want Ads Pay ir. - I . ' Buechler and Garolyn Ruse. Children in front of them, from left, are: Maria Jean Petersen, Mike Adkins, Leona Ohnoutka, Lonnie Hansen, Carol Jean Lockhart, Cheryl Keen and Mary lies. Homemaking students at extreme left roar are Carolyn Gerdts and Carol Ann Spangler. Other girls and children wert unidentifiable. Presbyterians ' S m. I ., ; ALLIED BARGE DELIVERED The fore most barge in the top photo was delivered to the new river dock area here Thursday by the river tow boat Kansas City, shown broadside in Well Known Men Figure In Changes In Telephone Jobs The Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co., in avnouncin., changes in their officials in this section of the state note the ad vancement of two of their vete ran employes, both of whom ser ved in Plattsmouth and are well known to the residents hers. Adrian M. Newens, former manager here, later area man ager at Nebraska City, advan ces to commercial engineer on the staff of the general com mercial superintendent at Lin coln. Robert H. Gray, area manager at Seward, is named as area manager at Nebraska City to succeed Mr. Newens. Mr. Gray was engaged here in 1935 as wire chief for a short time, going in 1939 to Weeping Water as man ager where he remained until 1950 when he was advanced to area manager at Seward where he has since been located. While a resident here Mr. Gray was married to Miss Elsie Puis, dau ghter of the late W. H. Puis and Mrs. Puis. Mr. Newens was area mana ger at Plattsmouth from 1946 until his transfer in a similar capacity to Nebraska City in 1951. Merger of 4 County School Districts Asked Petitions were presented to the secretary of the Cass County Committee for the Reorganiza tion of School Districts Satur day by legal voters of School Districts 2 (Horning), 3 (Jeani, 27 (Cottonwood), and 45 (Little Brick) to dissolve said school districts and unite the area into one school district. The county committee is sched uled to review the petitions on Wednesday and make recomm endations to present to the State Committee for, the Reorganiza tion of School Districts. Public hearings will be announced at a later date. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 50 cents 31 Thirty-one small rays of sun shine added a lot to the spark le of life at Plattsmouth High School the past week. The Homemaking Depart ment of the school was host to 31 pre-school children at the Spring Play School. The School was divided into morning and afternoon sessions and held under supervision of the homemaking classes and Mrs. Martha Oibb, homemaking Attend Mark v- School Board Reorganizes Here Tonight The Plattsmouth Board of Education meets tonight in its regular first-Monday - of - the month session at 7:30 at the high school. Taking their seats as board members for the first time will be Steve Davis and Russell Niel sen, named in the April 1 school board election. Included in business Monday night will be the board's reor ganization, election of a board chairman and secretary. Stand ing Committees will probably be named at a later meeting. Other members of the board are Raymond Larson, chairman, Albert Hansen, secretary, and Maxine Cloidt and John Cloidt Jr. Other business on the agenda includes consideration of tea cher contracts for the next school year. Consumers Building New Store House At Sub-Station Crounds The Consumers Public Power Co., are engaged in building a new structure on the grounds near the sub-station on highway No. 75. The new building is all fire proof and will be used to house the truck, machines and tools cf the service department. It is being erected by the force of i the service department. j District Manager Ernest Elliott j is hoping to have the structure i ready for service by June. It will j make a much needed feature to i the plant in Plattsmouth. Check Artists j Two women and a man are! being held in the Otoe County j jail after being arrested in Ne- ' braska City Thursday on check j charges in that county. The Cass County Sheriffs office checking1 to see whether or not the trio ; passed any forged checks while ' passing thru Cass County. The trio gave their addresses; as Watertown. S. D.. and used' local names on checks the pas sed. ! instructor. During the five days of Play School, the children planted flowers, played with tame rab bits, fed a lamb and were en tertaned with books, toys, re cords, color books, dolls and fin- Commissioners Meet The Ca&s County Board of CommLs -loners will meet Tues day, beginning near mid-morning. It's a regular meeting. Ploy School i 100th Year If ' J :f the lower picture. The other two barges contain ed 900 and 700 tons of steel far Omaha. Allied Chemical of La Platte loaded its second barge of the season with liquid nitrogen. Local Musicians Win One and Two Ratings at Enid Plattsmouth High School musicians won two Division One and two Division Two ratings at the 26th annual Tri-State Music Festival at Enid, Okla., late last week. Winning Division One were a trombone quartet of Larry Cole, Marge Grosshans, Larry ChrLs tenson and Sally Dunham, and baritone horn soloist Larry Christen.son. Kenneth Price, bass clarinetist, and Larry Cole, tenor vocalist, won Division Two ratings. The music students were in competition with hundreds of others in each section. The fes tival included more than 10,000 participants from 13 states. The name "Tri-State" was attached to the festival at the start when only three states were represent ed. Plattsmouth entrants in the festival were those who won superior ratings and or were selected by the music faculty of the school. Ratings were in Divisions One through Six. Peru Dean To Speak at Sports Banquet Here Dr. Harold Hutchinson, dean of education at Peru State Col lege and a former coach, will be principal speaker at the annual athletic awards banquet at Plattsmouth High School Tues day night. About 200 persons are ex pected for the banquet, Dale Bowman, Chamber of Commerce manager who will be toast mas ter, said. Awards will be presented for all sports at the high school the past school year and announce ment of most-valuable players in each sport will be made. They are named by vote of the play ers. Awards will be given to each. Also, honorary captains for the 1957-58 year will be named. The banquet is scheduled for : 6:45. Journal Want Ads Pay ger painting. The school is held in connec- . tion with child care and baby j sitting lessons studied by the : homemaking students. I (There was also much educa j tion for the homemaking stu dents and much entertainment for them from the visits by the youngsters. ) Lunch was served to the child ren by various homemaking iaev I Centennial Banquet Is Thursday Nite The First Presbyterian Church marking its 100th Year, will have its Centennial Banquet at the High School Auditorium Thurs day night. Dr. Thomas R. Niven, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Omaha, will be the speaker. Sunday, a service of rededi cation will -be held at the 11 o'clock church service here with Dr. George Bancroft, executive secretary for the Synod of Ne braska, preaching the sermon. Wednesday, the Women's As sociation will have a covered dish luncheon and the program will be the presentation of on original play by Mrs. V. W. Perry portraying the history of the wo men's work in the local church. At the Centennial Banquet, Steve Davis will be toastmast er and Presbyterian Church pas tor Keith Delap will give the in vocation. There will be special music, introduction of guests and church officers and greetings from the Nebraska City Presbytery. Yesterday at 11 a. m. the con gregation participated in a cen tennial communion and the eld ers of the church were recog nized. The old original commun ion cup and decanter were used in the service. There was open house yester day at the Manse. The church was organized May 8, 1858, with 16 charter mem bers and now has a communi cant membership of 475 and a constituency of approximately 750. The church has been served by seven pastors since 1870. Dur ing the first 12 years several ministers served as stated sup ply pastors but there was no in stalled pastor. John T. Balrd served for 30 years and Dr. Harry G. McClus ky for 38. Mrs. George Farley and Mrs. H. G. McClusky who still live kere are daughters of Dr. Baird and Mrs. McClusky is the widow of Dr McClusky. The church here in Platts mouth was the fourth Presby terian Church organized in Ne braska Territory. Churches pre ceding it in organization were at Bellevue, Nebraska City and Florence (now a part of Omaha). Charter members of the church were Abraham Carmichael, wife Catherine, John G. Hays, J. New ton Wise, David Jardin, his wife, Margaret, Alexander Lauther, his wife Mary Jane, Mrs. Mar garet Winchell, Mrs. Lucy J. Martin, Thomas Mitchell, his wife, Samuel Maxwell, his wife, Amelia, Mrs. Mary A. Walradt and Mrs. Catherine McMaken. First services were in a small home standing where the high school now is. Later church was held at a small school building at 11th and Marble (now 3rd Avenue) . In 1865 and 1866 a new church building at 6th and Main at a cost of $3,000. It was a substan tial brick building and used as the church until 1889 when it . became a part of Hotel Riley (now Hotel Plattsmouth). The present church at 7th and 2nd Avenue was constructed in 1889 at a cost of $17,000. Now, the church contemplates still another new building, on Chicago Avenue on ground given by T. H. Pollock. Engineers Expect To Open Bids For Work In This Area The Omaha office of the U. S. Corps of Engineers are expect ing to open bids about May 15th for dike and revetment construc tion on the Missouri river in the vicinity of Plattsmouth. The work will be done between Council bend (near Omaha i and lower Civil bend north of Ne braska City, office of the engin eers at Nebraska City announce. The job will include 15.748 linear feet of dike and revet ment construction, about 49.000 linear feet of piling and 174,000 toils of stone. Revolver Found A 22 - caliber revolver, found buried barrel first in the yard of a Piatt mouth resident Ls b ing investigated by th? sheriff's office. Sheriff Tom Solomon said the gun was loaded with one shell being expended. The resi dent was under the impre sion that the gun possibly fell from a parsing aircraft.