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NEBR. STATE III3T. 1500 It ST. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER LXSCOLS. KEBR. M J MM AH PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday LAUT Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise end Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Thon 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 77 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1958 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 49 TlKIE yr'r' ' ' ' " ' 1?U ill s l Mrs. Wayne,Jorton, past president of Central PTA, presented; a life membership pin to Al Fairfield Monday night at a regular1 PTA meeting. The purpose of the award is that local units, coun cils or individuals might pay tribute to someone in their group or the community who had given outstanding service to children and youth. The money paid for the membership goes in a scholar ship fund which would provide tuition in State Teachers Colleges for promising students preparing to teach. A Life Membership is solely honorary. Mr. Fairfield has just completed his term of office as president of Central PTA. Science Wave Hits Hard at Bestor School, District 42 Science and the search for more science career seekers has been big news for almost a year since the state of the nation's science learning and teaching came under scrutiny. You wouldn't expect the sci ence tremors which are shaking the country to get around so fast but they've been felt on the elementary school level in Ne braska. Proof of this "Was the full-fledged Science Fair held at Bestor School, Rural School District No. 42, five miles west on the Lou-isville-Plattsmouth road and one quarter mile north. The school of 12 pupils from kindergarten through 7th grade (execpt for 5th) and their teach er, Mrs. Richard Beverage of Plattsmouth went all out to pre sent an exposition of science as they have experienced and ob served it. The one-room school was tran sformed into a Science Fair with the Brussels World Expo sition symbols on the windows. Walls were decorated with ch arts, paintings, drawings and tables depicting science as learn ed by the several grade levels of the school. More than that, pupils had on their own studied and absorbed scientific material far beyond levels which might be expected of them. Mrs. Beverage said: "You've no idea how these children have worked at this." But, there was an "idea" for everyone who came to the "open house" Sunday. Some of the slogans the pu pils had posted as main head lines were: "Good Books Lead to Knowledge," "Science Is Fun" and the group of queries "How Old is Old?", "How Fast Is Fast?", "How Hot Is Hot?", and "How Big Is Big?" Striking was a mural painted by Teddy Wehrbein of the Meso zoic Era. 130 million years ago when the dinosaurs roamed the earth. Gene Stoehr, a sixth grader, was one of the chief guides Sun day and willingly helped with explanations. His projects inclu ded a display of horse bones found in "Horse Thief Canyon." He said the canyon is within sight of the school and he knows Arm Caught in Washing Machine AVOCA (Special) Mrs. So phia Emshoff was rushed to Sy racuse Hospital Monday after catching her arm in the wring er of a washing machine. Mrs. Emshoff pulled the ma chine to the door where she was seen by a passer-by, Louis All gayer. Galord Bose who heard her cry out also hurried over to help free her. Elmer Hallstrom and Albert Base took her to the hospital. She lost a lot of blood. It was not immediately known how bad ly injured her arm was. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 it's named that because he and the other kids call it that them selves. Another of Gene's projects was a display of army and navy machines, ships and planes. He's interested , in a career in ser- ! vice, and believes that man may I some day reach the moon. Space travel occupied a big share of the main science hews display covering the entire fro" walls of the schoolroom. Pup ils clipped and posted the photos and articles on science, found in current publications just since March 1. The science fair was not a dis play alone. Friday, the pupils each lectured on their projects for a Mother's Day tea. Projects included constellation shadow boxes by the 6th grade, clay molds of pre-historic ani mals by the 4th grade, miner als, rocks, a rabbit, bantam rooster and hen, ring snake, i namsier, paraKeei,, snapping un tie, gold fish, cotton, a family tree, pictures of the human ear, heart, a skeleton, spiders, mos quitos, a table of elements and a display of fossils. Pupils are Teddy and Steve Wehrbein, Danny Hanika, Kathy Sparks, Gene, John and Mary Tschirren, Delores Stander, G. Stoehr, John and Billy Stoehr and Robert Halmes. There was just one sad note. The day after the fair, the rab bit died. It was interred with full ceremony. t - . ... u in--" '"IJ T - ..fed iiii.ni.wiil..j tmmmi i. n.u im u mmi i u.wwi .jim-iwwiiJiiWHHw;; . ". W,WV '-'"4 S,i ;,. V.VT if . WcA :';' ;! . . v A WW I lo " i f r i , --' 7 i'VW frf! AT THE FAIR Exhibitors and visitors are shown at the Bestor School Science Fair Sunday. Ladies from left are Mrs. George Stander, Mrs. Fred Hobbs and Mrs. Fred Wehrbein. Pupils are, from left: back Billy Stoehr and Deloris Hobbs; and front Forrest Stoehr, Deloris Stander and Gene Stohr. Polls pen - , h Fred W. Essert Dies Suddenly On Wednesday Fred W. Essert, 64, well known ! resident of this citv, died sud 1 di nly at the family Iv.H.ie, 6i.j No. 12th street, Wednesday i morning at 5:30 of a heart at- taek. ! Mr. Essert was born April 12, I 1894 at Millard, Neb., son ot i Carl and Johanna Baekhaus Es- sert. j lie was married on April 16, ! 1922 at Wahoo to Miss Clara Mi ners. Following their wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Elsscrt made their ho me on a farm near Ashland in Cass County, for a period of i twenty years before coming to Plattsmouth in 1941 to make their home. The last several I years Mr. Essert has been em- uloved at Oi'fntt Field air base in the supply department, He was a member of the First Methodist Church and quite ac tive in the church affairs. Mr. Essert was a veteran of world war I serving in France two years, and following his re turn home he became one of the charter members of Gretna nnd nf the American Leeion : Since locating here Mr. Essert has been a member of the local ! VFW Dost in which he has taken! a great interest. Surviving his passing are: the wife, Clara, two daughters. Mrs, Hazel Andrews, Mrs. Lucille McLean, both of Plattsmouth: one son Marvin F. Essert, Fre mont ; one grandchild Funeral services wdl be held; honors by his fellow athletes Friday at 2 p. m. at the First: and coaches came to a group of Methodist church. Rev. E. S. ! Plattsmouth High athletes Tues DeSpain officiating. j day night Burial will be at Oak Hill! cemetery with the Plattsmouth VFW in charge of full military honors at the graveside. V1S1UI1H I1UUI3 will uc mua; (Thursday) 4 to 6 and 7 to 9j i ,J 11 T!,1 fn,n1 ai ine litlUWtii-ljiiiuri luucini home chapel. Caldwell-Linder funeral home in charge of arrangements. Avoca Graduation Dates May 11,13 AVOCA Graduation exercises for Avoca High will be held on ; the following dates, Superintend dent Andrew C. Hansen announ-j ced today: tsaccaiaureaie, sunaay, may g D m. at the Congrega tional church. Rev. J. A. Aesch bacher will preach. Commencement, Tuesday, May 13, 8 p. m. at the high school auditorium. W. A. Lerner. sup erintendent of the Nebraska Home for Children will speak on "Job or School." Graduating will be: Seniors Carrol Carsten, Lor en Haveman. Willis KnaVe, Rob ert Marquardt, Phillip Tritsch, Omer Voyles, Betty Rietsch. 8th Graders Steven Carsten, Roger Ehlers Michael Koever, Sharon Stubbendick. Ifi , -a i School O wi B a Iratf r u-ULr rS3rr jvJ BOARD REORGANIZES Board of Education reorganized Monday night at its first session after the April 1 election. From ,e'l. abve, are: John Cloidt, vice president; onors The highest award an athlete can win selection for annual llltj WtlC UUllUi t V.4 a O JXl 1 KJl the annual ail-sports banqvet sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce to honor athlcte.vof ,,, t th cpl1nr,l fhj p Vr P t ai . Ken Dasher, Bob Hutton, Ron Louisville Sells 'Refund' Bonds i LOUISVILLE At a special meeting of the Local School Board, it was decided to refund the outstay" ig bonds after the June 15 payments have been : made. The balance of outstanding bonds at that time will be $135, 000 which are currently drawing 3 per cent interest. The interest calculated to maturity on these bonds would amount to $20,250. Bids for refunding the present bonds and reselling the new bonds were received from four bonding firms. Wachab-Bender Corp., was the lowest bidder at an interest rate of 2.083 per cent. The Board asked for bids on two plans, one beng identical to the present plan of payment of $15,000 per yea'r plus interest for a period of nine years. The low bid on this plan was 2.1229 per cent with interest calcula ted to maturity not to exceed $14,330. The other plan which would increase the yearly payment to $20,000 plus interest for six years and a final payment of $15,000. Appraisers OK'd By Road Dept. Appointment of Elmer Halls trom and Steve Davis as ap praisers on right of way through j ! a 40-aere piece of ground for a ; federal matching project road at Weening Water has been ap proved by the State Department of Roads. The County Board of Supervis ors received word of the appro val at their meeting Tuesday. The county road project is a 4t2 mile stretch east of Weeping Water. Elmwood High Graduates 16 ELMWOOD Sixteen seniors will be in the graduating class of Elmwood High School next week. Baccalaureate is at the Metho dist Church Sunday at 8 p. m.. Dr. Story preaching. I Commencement is Thursday at ; the church at 8 p. m. Edward i W. Janike, associate director of the University of Nebraska Ag Extension Service, will speak. The school picnic is Friday. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 50 cents to 8 TO oard Re The Plattsmouth Kruntorad, Jim Shown, Roger Noell, Tom Martin and Larry Cundall received special awards. For Dasher, it was a long night of award receiving. He was named "most valuable pl ayer" in both football and bas ketball, honorary co-captain in basketball and captain in foot ball nd track. Besides that the basketball guard, football halfback and tr ack middle distance runner was School at 2.083 This results in the interest rate of 2.083 per cent with a total in terest calculation to maturity of $10,935.75. The Board said that although the bond lew will be slightly higher next year, the refunding of the bonds at this time will result in an interest saving of $9,314.25 to the district and will reduce the payment years from nine to seven. Plattsmouth Boat Club Organizes It's the Plattsmouth Boat Club officially, now. Boating enthusiasts here have adopted that as the name of their new club, formed officially Friday night at a meeting with 14 members present. They elected Robert Reade, commodore; Bernard Klinger, i vice commodore: Jim McMill-; ian, secretary; Mrs. Ray Her- i ring, treasurer; and William Coakley, Mrs. Lowell Hamblen George Kalasek and Dr. L. S. Pucelik. members of the board of directors. ; A membership committee ap- pointed is Ray Herring chair man, Robert Cappell and Clair j bhelienbarger. The club's proposed by-laws are being revised and will be considered at the next meeting. May 16 at 8 p. m. at the 40 and 8 Club. Weeping Water Royalty Named The Weeping Water High Sch ool has enjoyed one of the high i spots of the school year, an e- " r - " ms vent that is always looked for- j bunday or tne year. tne arrang ward to by members of the sen-! ed for a special Mother's service ior and junior classes. This is in a Philadelphia church, and the annual junior-senior prom j asked that white r,irnations be at which time the king and j worn by those attending the ser quf en are revealed. I vice. This was the origin of the This year the choice of the! white and red flv-vers, which students was Sam Beck and Lin- j da Norris. Crowning the royal ! couple were Philip Rhodes and Ro alie Massoth. Attendants for; the royal party were Richard Anderson, Dorothy Colbert, Dor othy Potts and Charles Seeber. Preceding the prom a banquet was held at which Richardson officiated as toastmaster. r i uesaav ininnicoirv - elects Maxine Cloidt; Russell Nielsen; Albert Hansen, secretary; George Smith, retiring member; Steve Davis; Ray Evers, retiring member; T. I. Friest, superintendent, and Raymond Larson, president. thletes awarded his certificates for se lection for Ak-Sar-Ben and Twin Rivers all-conference honors in basketball. Bob Hutton, a forward, was named co-captain along witli Dasher in basketball. Ron Kruntorad was picked as "most valuable" in track on the basis of most points scored fc meets. A dash man, KrntiyiR j has made nearly a clean sweep of the dash events in meets this year and has anchored Plattsmouth relay teams to im portant wins. Picked for all-conference bas ketball honors along with Dash er were Martin, a center and Cundall, a forward, in the Ak-Sar-Ben and Cundall in the Twin Rivers. Those certificates were awarded Tuesday night too. Shown, a guard, won the bas ketball squad's own trophy, the award for best free-throw per centage for the season. He shot gift tosses at a .696 clip, just .08 of a percentage point off the school mark. The trophy was purchased from a fund the play ers donated by giving a penny for each missed free throw the past season. Noell, a forward, won a new basketball award, a trophy for the reserve player who showed most improvemtnt the past sea son. Coach John Adkins said the award may become an annual one. Football coach Burdette Han sen, Adkins and track coach Cecil McKnight each introdu ced his squad members and man agers and presented the awards. ! Letter awards will be given at a school awards assembly. ! Hansen got a surprise award, 1 a gift of a basketball from a group of 4th grade boys with whom he worked out in the gym Saturday mornings. Present to (Continued on Page 7) Mother's Day, 1958 -A Day To Remember Mother's Day, observed this 'days in the United States, the year in the Untied States on custom of giving presents on May 11th, is an American holi-i this special day has arisen, day, originating in this country,; one thing every member of and having spread to all of the ! the human race has in common other continents. It dates from js tne fact that he had a mother May 1907, and the lady given ! And, in the United States, we credit for originating it i; Miss avo prm,d to say that the aver Anna M. Jarvis, of Philadelphia. agP mother has more help, scien- Miss Jarvis' idea was that sons, tifio aids and comforts, than nnv and daughters should pay tribute : to th.ur mothers on at lea.t one, will be worn by millions of A- mercans on May 11th. Since that time, the second Sunday of May has been the ac- cepted Sunday to observe Moth er's Day, and the date varies with the calendar, so that it may range anywhere between May 8th and May 14th. As is usually the case with special Larson Cloidt, Hansen Also Retain Board Offices The Plattsmouth Board of Ed ucation Monday night reorgan ized alter seating two new mem bers elected in the April 1 elec. tion. Raymond Larson was re-elected president, John Cloidt Jr., was named vice president again and Albert Hansen, appointed to fill the secretarys post after De an Dunham left the board this spring, was elected secretary. Treasurer of the board aut- matically is the city treasurer, ; a. Behrends, incumbent, is un Albert Olson. oDoosed for rountv superinten Retiring board members Geo rge Smith and Raymond Evers were also at the meeting at the high school. The "old" board's last function was to hear the reading of the minutes of the April meeting and consider and approve the treasurer's monthly report and the current bills. Voting for officers followed im mediately by ballot. New members of the board are Steve Davis and Russell Nie lsen. Maxine Cloidt is the other board member, besides the of ficers. Two members of the Central School PTA, Mrs. Warren Scott and Mrs. Fred Bishop, appeared to ask on behalf of the PTA that Central's playground facili ties be improved with fencing of the area, placement of a con crete slab for games requiring hard surface and fencing of a special play area for kindergar teners. The board accepted the writ ten requests and promised to give them consideration. The ladies said the playground is inadequate both In area and type or surface. They said the PTA has been purchasing equip ment for recreation as it has had funds. Other matters considered by the board Monday night included teacher contracts and the distri butive education program on which they heard a report from director Joe York. The meeting lasted four hours. Mincer Named President of School Band The Plattsmouth High School band today had election of of ficers for the ensuing school term. Tom Mincer was named pres ident. Other officers named were John Fauquet, vice president; Marge Grosshans, secretary, and Bud Lewis, treasurer. THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska., May 5, G, 7, 1958. Date High Low Prec Monday 73 68 .00 Tuesday 70 49 .00 Wednesday 68 40 .00 Forecast: High in 60's. Low in 50's. Possible thunder showers. Sun sets tonight at 7:29. Sun ri. es Friday at 5:12 a.m. other in the world. Nevertheless, her job is often a tiring one For the job of raising a fam ily, and making a home, and beng a mother, and a wife and provider, is certainly the great est job of all the jobs perform ed on earth. To our mind, the greatest call ing, and the noblest pursuit, is that of being a good mother. The fine, unselfish instincts de manded, and the long hours of care, worry and work are ne cessary in great measure. This year, on Mothers Day, rememb er your mother and honor hen with your thoughts, your atten- tion, and vour deeds. TSeveral Races Interest in Cass County Voters in Cass County's 24 pre cincts will go to the polls Tues day between 8 a. m. and 8 p. m. to select Republican, Democra tic and non-political tickets for next fall's election, Nov. 4. The primary election Tuesday will also include selection of co unty convention delegates in 14 precincts on the Democratic bal lot. There are some interesting ra ces for nomination on the three ballots. (Sample ballots appear in this edition of the Journal). On the non-political ballot, L. dent of schools; and five men seek the Third District post in the Legislature. The two highest vote getters will be on the Nov. 4 ballot. The five are H. L. Gayer, for. mer Plattsmouth resident, now of Papillion; Edwin T. Mcllugh, Murdock; Tom Dooley and Jo seph G. Strawn, both of Papil lion and Gerald Kiltz, Bellevue. The Democratic ticket provi des major interest for Cass Co unty persons. Francis M. Casey, Plattsmouth attorney, is opposing John T. Salistean, Omaha for the Second District nomination for Repre sentative in Congress. On the county Democratic ti cket, there are races for sher iff and commissioner nominat ions. Incumbent sheriff Tom Solo mon is opposed by Cass Sylves ter and William Spradlin. All are of Plattsmouth. For the District Two commis sion place on the fall ballot, Leo W. Thimgan, Louisville; Ot to Schafer. Nehawka. end Lu cian Banning, Union, are candi dates. No candidate filed for the Dis trict Three commission post on the Democratic ballot; also none for clerk of district court, trea surer, attorney or surveyor. Others on the county Democra tic ballot, all unopposed, are: W. J. B. McDonald, Murdock, for county clerk; Mrs. Lucille Gaines, incumbent, for register of deeds, and Gustave E. Bru bacher, Murray, for assessor. Races for sheriff, assessor and Second District commission no minations feature the Republican ballot. Clyde Jackson and Lawrence Chappell of Plattsmouth and Ray Becker of Union are sheriff no mination candidates. Melvin Todd, Union, incumb ent by appointment to fill an un expired term, and F. H. Brun son, Louisville, are opponents for the Second District commission nomination. For assessor, Clara Olson, in cumbent of Plattsmouth is op posed by Lewis Rogers, Union and Ernest Giles. Plattsmouth. Incumbent H. L. Bornemcier of Elmwood is unopposed for the Republican nomination for Third District commissioner. Others on the county Repub lican ticket without opposition are Charles Land, Plattsmouth, incumbent clerk; C. E Ledge way, Plattsmouth incumbent clerk of district Court, Mrs. Gw en Scoles, Union, for treasurer; James F. Begley. Plattsmouth, incumbent attorney ; and Curl E. Tiekotter, Plattsmouth, for sur veyor. The Republicans have no can didate for register of deeds. Howard Clark Has Severe Accident To Right Hand Howard Clark, of this city, employe of the Lyman-Richey Co., at their new Springfield sand pits, suffered a very severe injury to the right hand Mon day morning. He was working with some machinery when the hand was caught and drawn into the machine with the result the first two fingers of the hand were lacerated and torn and one finger broken. Howard was taken to the Clarkson hospital in Omaha where the injuries were treated and the patient remained for further examination and treat ment. Call Your News And .Social Items to 241 ' iii1.iiiiiMNiiiim