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.. i , S ". ' HEEH. STATE CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Mondiy-Thursctay "number" si Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 77 FOURTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. MAY 22, 195S TEN CENTS PER COPY 1503 n CT. Journal ft t. t t r ? Vi ' .CJ ., 4 fV5 Aw. I i: ' - f -J iije k -iV v, 3 . ' luYl. mtmJ. k OPEKKTTA P!!IN( IP.Al.S Chief roles in (lie elementary school opereta, "The Obliging Clock," here last week were played bv: Kosilvn Taylor, the clock; Hofjer Ianum, Santa; Deborah Hoster, Jill, ami Dick Ostrrholm, Jack. Pupils of Columbian, First Ward and Hinlersteen schools presented the operetta to more than 500 persons at the hifch school auditorium. Baccalaureate Sunday at 8; 8th Grade Promotion Monday Baccalaureate services for Plaltsmouth High's !)9 seniors who will be graduated Wednes day niRlit will be Sunday at 8 p.m. at the high school auditor ium. The Rev. O. E. Seybold. pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical & Re formed Church here, will deliver the sermon. The order of service will be: processional, piano duet: invoc ation, the Rev. Fr Max Kors, St. Youngsters Get Things Rolling! The push of a button got things rolling here Wednesday but a quick exit prevented what might have been a damaging ac cident for three small boys. Mike Morehead. 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Morehead. and two friends were in the More head car parked on the hill at 3rd and 2nd Avenue here while Mrs. Morehead visited in the neighborhood. One of the boys experimented with the push-button shifting mechanism and the car began to roll, police said. It went down hill and into the front yard of the Robert Faris home at 315-2nd. Ave., where it crashed over the concrete front stoop and halted over a terrace. Luckily, the boys had presence of mind to jump out when the car began to move. They were unhurt, just seared. Only damage was to the stoop. The More-heads live at 721 Avenue E. Mrs. Fans and one of their boys wer.- in the house at the time the car hit. Cass - Otoe Road Repair Plans, Cost Are Sought Cass Count v s uoara oi c om missioners Wednesday moved I to seek a joint project with Otoe j County's board for engineering! plans and cost estimates for re pair of a mile of county line road. ! The cost would be shared 50-: 50. i The road is on the south side of Section 31. Cass County, a-1 longide the farms of G. W. Gil- I ps, R. E. Foster and J. W. Ever- j ette. i Clean Up Day Here Tuesday A citywide pickup of trash by trucks of the street department has been set for Tuesday, it was announced today. Mayor Grant Roberts pro- J claimed the Clean Up Day and! urged residents to get any trash they want removed together Monday. 1 Trash should be placed curb- ! side in disposable containers by -H ' tn. T:asf'ay when a truck will begin the pickup on bo'h the north and south sides. Pickup will continue until all trash has been picked up. rmiwgi .m urn, n yup 71JW .,, ''-1 Jfft ! . f'J r '-..i, . ' Luke's Epicopal Church of Piatt s mouth; anthem; sermon, "Choosing a Way of Life," Rev. Sry bold; anthem; benediction, Fr. Kors; recessional. Pianists will be Jane Fauquct and Patty McKinney. The choir will be composed of students from the high school mixed chorus, directed by Bev erly George, vocal supervisor. Plattsmouth 8th grade promot ional exercises will be Monday at 8 p.m. at the high school auditorium. The Rev. J. W Taenzler, pas tor of the First Christian Church here, will be the speaker. Certificates of promotion will be presented the 8th grade grad uates by Raymond Larson, pres ident of the Plattsmouth Board of Education. Classroom work will end in the public schools here Monday. The elementary schools have classes Monday for the last day and return Wednesday at the reg ular time for report cards. High school final examina tions are Friday and Monday. Students are to return for their reports Wednesday at 9 a.m. Tuesday will be devoted to examination corrections and preparation of final grades. St. Paul's Churchwomen Over 70 Receive Honor Last Thursday St. Paul's Evan gelical and Reformed Church women members over 70 years of a!je were honored at a special party by the Women's Guild of the church. Those honored and present were Mrs. William Schmidtman Mrs. J. P. Meisinger, Mrs. Ber nard Wurl, Mrs. P. A. Hild. Mrs. Katie Hild, Amelia Mart ens, Mrs. Elizabeth Engelke-1 meier, Mrs. Elizabeth Stoehr, Mary Meisinger, Mrs. J. E. Mei singer, Mrs. Pauline Hill and Laura Meisinger. Visitors were Mrs. Minnie Bi ere and Mrs. Katherine Williams. The rarty at the church was given as a token of love and honor to members above 70 years of age. In that group but unable to attend are Mrs. An na Meisinger, Louisa Meisinger, Mrs. Frank Parkening, Mrs. Ol- CHI HdhVOMKN HOXOREF) St. Paul's church women members ov r 70 were honored last week Shown with pastor C. P.. Sejbolcl, are, front left: hack the Mesdames Katherine Wil liams and Minnie Bierl, (guests) and the Mes dames Wm. Srhmidtmann, P.ernard Wurl, Katie City Support of Buddy Poppy Sale Saturday Urged Mayor Grant Roberts bought the first Buddv Poppy offered for sale here by the VFW Post. The citywide sale is Saturday. Mavor Roberts urged backing for the Poppy Sale fund raising campaign and said: "The wonderful tilings that the VFW is doing with the proceeds from the annual Buddv Poppy sale more than warrant a gener ous contribution from each mem ber of this community. The pr ompt help given to our needy and disabled veterans, the mag nificient care given our orphans and widows of honored war dead, the fostering of true Americanism-are some of the highly commendable things being done by the VFW through the sup port given the Buddy Poppy sale bv the people of Platts moulh. "When we huv our Buddy Pop pies he said, "we may give heartfelt tharks that in a small but important way. we are able to oay interest on that ever lasting debt of gratitude we owe those courageous men who were ready to give their lives at a time when our nation could not survive without them. Thousands upon thousands did give their lives, and those men we cannot forget." 2 County Youths Leave for Service; 18s: Sign Up Two Cass County youths left May 8 for induction into the ar my, according to Mrs. John E. Sehutz, clerk of the Cass County Selective Service Office. They are Albert Joseph Thiel Jr. of Murdock and Gerhardt A. Petercit of Springfield. Mrs. Sehutz again reminded all prospective draftees that the law reauires 18-year-olds, sub ject to heavy penalty for viola tion, to register with their local Board of Selective Service Sy stem within five days after they turn 18. According to Mrs. Sehutz, some boys have been slow about reg istering and reports have been received by the local office on several persons who have turn ed 18 and are still unregistered. The Selective Service Law must be obeyed for the welfare of the nation, Mrs. Sehutz said. Extension Clubs Tour Three extension clubs from the Plattsmouth area went by bus on a tour to Shenandoah, Iowa, today. They are the Fairview, 4-Mile and Merry Workers. ?. Classified An In The . jurnai costs as little as 50 cents ga Storm, Mrs. Ed Tritsch. Mrs. Lena Tritsch, Mrs. Alice Haffke, Mrs. Anna Gansemer and Mrs. Emma Kaffenberger. At the party, the program con sisted of a piano solo by Mrs. Ferd Nolte, accordion music by Ilene Kaiser and Linda Herre and a reading by Donnie Rap Adkins. Refreshments was ice cream, angrl food cake, coffee, and mints. On the program and decora ting committee were Mrs. Fred Herre. Mrs. Carl Kraeger, Mrs. Orval Kahler and Sophie Krae ger. The kitchen committee was the Mesdames Henrv Kaffenberger, John Sehutz, Ferd Nolte. Edgar Meisinger, Clara Fornoff and Elmer Stoehr. In all. 46 attended. ; -' '. v ... If 1, P t J 4.- r v t -. - - -.. - ' .- . -.'1 nTJ i -Cp - f . f J SC. V. 1 i. i .... v ,' '!f ; f !i: & 1 A f r';3?.;;'-''.V:;;. ? ir" -vr' v j tf iM a ...... r FIRST Bl l)l)Y POI'l'V sale of the first FV Buddy Poppy here was ta Mayor (Irani Roberts, center, by Leonard I.utz, senior vice commander of the Plaltsmouth VFW Post, left. Commander Harry Porter is at right. More High School Awards Following are additions to an earlier list of awards presented at the annual Plattsmouth High School awards convocation last week: Track letters, Kenny Dasher, Don Pierce, Ron Kruntorad, Mac Freeman, Denny Todd, Leonard Hild. Tom Winscot, Ron Toman, Bryan Nelson, Charles Toman, Roger Noell, Lauren Todd, Ron ny Williams, Lee Hackler, Ken ny Russell, Larry Toothaker, Jim Stewart. Track managers, Earl Curtis, Larry Marler, John Konfrst, Kenny Pritchard. Track full blues. Kenny Dash er. Ron Kruntorad; half blues, James Stewart, Larry Toothak er, Don Pierce, Roger Noell, Charles Toman, Tom Winscot. Football letters Seniors J'm Morris, Loren Fleisehman, Den nis Todd. Duane Heim. Kenny Dasher, Tom Martin, Bill Long, Bob Hutton. Lowell Rieke, Tom Dunham, Larry Cundall, Toby Allbee, Gary Iloran; juniors, John Konfrst, Tom Win. cot. Jer ry Wurtcle, Ed Hohman, Jerry Sayers, James Draper, Jerry Haase. Chester Bowman, Lauren Todd, Kenny Pritchard; sopho mores, Al Dasher, Larry Christ enson Jim Shown. Roger Noell. Meisinger, Jim Gansemer, Jim Eledge. Choral Music Awards Albert Wetenkamp, Sally Dun ham, Kenny Price, Joe Arn, Joyce Buechier, Sammy Zwan zig, Larry Toothaker, Sandra Spangler, Pat Markham, Shirley Foster. Rainfall Totals 5.02 Inches Tuesday's showers here rais ed this year's rainfall total to 5.02 inches compared with 7.13 inches at the comparable date last year. May rains have been good this year but rainfall for the year to date compared with 19 57 lags because of comparative ly poor receipts of moisture in March and April. In 1957. Plattsmouth had 1 86 inches of rain in March and 2.70 inches in April. This year, the March rainfall was only .67. The April figure was 2.06 inches. Last year's complete total of rainfall here was 30.68 inches, most in the past several vears. All the fisrures above are those measured and recorded by Schreiner Drug Store where a current rainfall record is kept posted. - e.ufc if- : Hild, Elizabeth Engelkemeier; P. A. Hild, and Rev. Sejhold: front - Mrs. Pauline II.M. Miry Meisinger, .Mrs. J. Ed. Meisinger, Amelia Mar tens, Laura Meisinger, Mrs. J. P. Meisinger and Mrs. Elizabeth Stoehr. H- t - i , 1 -1 Hl llTlll litl'lfll I I Marilyn Morris, Larry Cole, Darrell Suriduth, Jim Morris, Nancy Lancaster, Marlys Lane, Sheila Marsh, Sharon Davis, Jean Marler, Irene Lambert, Janet Friedrich Eileen Porter. June Babcock, Larry Christenson, Novetta Hum iston, Kathy Johnson, Bill Brink, Bette Smiley, Danna Luther, I rene Meisinger, Tom Dunham. Dan Wehrbein, Mac Freeman, Jackie Zaiic, Betty Knutson, Kay Casey, Nanette Cognac, Marilyn Hendricks, Janice Mc Graw, Marge Grosshans, Den nis Meisinger, Ruth Mann. Outstanding freshman. Sally Dunham: honorable recognition, Pat Markham. Outstanding senior boy, Larry Cole; honorable mpntion, Jim Morris. Outstanding senior girl, Kathy Johnson. iilrfHt)l NEW COACH HERE Above is William Hawkins, newly ap pointed Plattsmouth High School football coach. A native of Beatrice, he played football three years at the I'niversity of Nebraska. He'll begin his con tract here in August in time for the first date on which high schools are allowed to begin fall practice. By JOE KVAIML Washington, I). C. I can't tell you what the staid and stuffy in Washington, D. C, were doing May 4, but at the Kenneth Nash Post of the Amer ican Legion Hall, a number of former Plattsmouth people were dancing the waltz, polka, two step, sc hot Use he, muxurka, tan go and other twirling numbers. The occasion niarki d the 195!! reunion of Plattsmouth folks who are presently re iciing and employed in and around the Na tion's capital. As soon as p:d Hruby's Bohemian Orchestra be gan playing, not only did feet fly fast in fancy footwork for four hours but vervone s eined to be aware of a deep sense of nostalgia for it seemed the hall became a veritable Hugh J. Kearns Post Ko. 6 of the American Legion Hall in Platts mouth of the '30's when Czech dances flourished. The affair beuan at 6:30 with supper served buffet style. There was hot chicken and noodles, dumplings and sauerkraut, fresh pork, potato salad, bean salad, kolaces, apple strudel. poppy seed rolls followed bv coffee. Senator and Mrs Roman Hrus ka of Omaha honored the group by their presence and Miss Lib- 1 -4 4 wn r m i . , I - P . ... - t. ' ' J Psottsm iSecfs, The Plattsmouth Chapter of the Nation, il Honor Society of! the local High School lias re leased the third quarter honor ( i oil along with the names of the newly elected officer.-; for next year. John Konfrst has been elected president; Donald Williams, vice; (resident ; Linda Long, see re- ' tary; and John Kafienberger, treiurer. The new officers succeed Betty Dolezal, president: Marilyn Hen drick', vice president; Mai hew Wiyrel, secretary; and John Mc- i Bride, treasurer. ; Miss Jessie Whalen and Mrs. T. I. Friest are spon-ors of the National Honor Cr- :.p'.y chapter here. The 5 A jorie third quarter honor roll: i -- Sliirlee Gerb.'ling. Mar- ; Grosshans, Kathy John- , son. Dan Wehrbein. 4 A, 1 B Edward Bierl. Lois Gerdts, Caroline Vinduska, Don-: aid Williams. i i 4 A Marilyn Hendricks, Con- j st a ice Land, James Morris, Car- ' lisa Barnard, Jane Fauquct, j John Kaffenberger, Linda Long, ' Rita Ra"ige, Karlene Sent', ! Larry Christenson. 1 4 A Sharon Haeck", Noveta J Humiston, Francis Lebens. Dan- ; : a Luther, Charles Toman. Mary Wohlfarth, Neil Cole, Sally Dun ham, Shirley Fo ter. Susan Le bens, Marilynn Morris, Suzanne Murdock, Larry Toothaker, Sammy Zwanzig. 3 A, 2 B Kola Gardner, Ca roline Gerdts, Carole Pfeii'fer, Patricia Toman, Diana Wi.es. 3 A, 1 B Leonard Hikl, Hun ter Ingwerson. Sh.aron Jorn, Jan ice McGraw, David Cappell. Bet te Knutson. Brian Nelson, Susan Sharp, Winifred Sporer, Jacque line Za.jic, Joyce Buechier, Pat ricia Markham. Kenneth Price, Kenneth Russell, James Ste wart. 2 A, 3 B John Fauquet, Pat ricia Liddick, Patricia McKin ney. 2 A, 2 B Beverly Eeckman, Betty Dolezal, Janis Fleisehman, John Konfrst, Joyce Rozell, Kay Casey, Sandra Kasion. Churl. -.s Stoehr, Judith Armentront. Jan ice Brooks, Rose Marie Gochen our, Karen Keil. Janelle Meis inger, Roger Mrasek, Dennis Smith. Patricia Smock. Sandra Spangler, Albert Wetenkamp. 2 A, 1 B Paul Molck. 1 A. 4 B Kay Faris, Darlene Jacobs. Lorraine Lowther. 1 A, 2 B John McBride. 1 A, 3 B -- Janet Campbell. Larry Cole, Mat hew Wiysel, Ed ward Hohman, Marly.s Lane, Jean Marler, Judi Meisinger, Robert Morris, Marlene Svo boda Sharon Clark, Elmer Goc henour, Lynn Hendrix, Barbara Wiy.sel. 5 15 Francis Kelli on. 4 B Janet Baumgart, Lau ren Fleisehman, Edith Kam meier, Nancy Lancaster, Sheila Marsh, Betty Smiley, James Bulin, Dennis Brink, David Al bert, John Carr. Keith Hoback. Lois Kcllison, Carol Spangler. 3 B Robert Hutton. I bye Jirka of South Omaha, who fined in the U. S. Naval Hospital , 'twinsi. ae.e ll ; Alan. 10; "ha r is cn the sf nator's staff. aU at- at Belhseda. i.d , where he u i- les. : Naivy 4; and B.;tty. 6 tended. Representative Glenn , derwvnt "iinr Mirgery just a ! uti.iith.s r;.nr- up !:. : l..!..::n.:'-, Cunningham and his wife had I few davs jn-eviou.,. 1 'd-- '-" in ''t-t'W.n.ier. ' s 'Ted" who 1-. the son ui :l.e their hearts set in attending and ; Captain Theodore Libershal. i f-'r-mk I 'ber-ha's i rc bringing their six children, but his wife, Bertha, and their six i ' J, ,1's.ni,,' t'i tli" nnv'l i Mr. Cunnitmliam was still con- children. David and Robert ' 'l,,jjj,'.',,r,r'(' .tr,T Fort 'iU -- j fttt,. 'it' e ?. f v . ' v -v ' '... . ) 4 , A , i ,''- v -t,s', 4 Mr. and Mrs. John Iverv tn tiihti sh.itt'd tlir sMti'ht with Sonntor and Mrs. I'nman Hrusk.i al the riatlsnumth nuinoii in W-ishingtnn, l. ( ., May I. J4. i li 'in r I 4k ,vj i' Ml'KDOCK KI.EVATOK ADDITION Six concrete tanks, cap acity Hi8,000 bushels, are beinif added to the Farmers Co-op I le vator at Murdock. The cost will be about $83,000. The addition is to he completed in time for this year's wheat harvest. The tanks will be I'll feet tall when completed. School District Secretaries Can j Air Problems Here j Paul E. Seidel. director of fill-! mice of the State Department' of Education, will conduct a workshop for school district secretaries of the second and third class at the office of County Supt. L. A. Behrends Tuesday afternoon, May 27. All Class II and III school dis trict .seirctaries are urged to be present. Many of the common troubles in bookkeeping and re porting will be discussed. School secretaries of Class I (rural and village i having ques tions are also urged to at lend. Board secretaries of Otoe and Sarpy counties have been re quested to attend. County Court Robert J. McNerney, Lincoln, $14, speeding; Larry W. Robin on, Randolph, $19, .speeding: Howard S. Williams. Memphis. Tenn., S104, ovi r gross weigh! truck. i V,, . 4 ' lV 1 J V'J,'y " V,T "l jf - A i''" , i ' , t' '' A -3 "i ' I V.edl.-s.'.;.V 7" ") " V 4 ' ' ll 1 ' rei a-t 111.:". ,.; M.r: le.v " - ' -' ' ' T mini I'll-- nril - i ' ' - " -' ' ' J- ' "' 1 i e i T3T we (.flu fi - - ... 'Hi A. vs - fv- WW Has 30 Grads WEEPING WATER i Six-rial I Baccalaureate servin s was held Sunday evening in the Metho dist Church for the member.-; of the Weeping Water gradua ting class. Rev. C. V. Weideman, pastor of the church, gave a talk on "This is the Dav". The following are tin 30 e.rad- nates: Rick Anplee.ate. Beck. Ed B-U'gmann, Sanuit! Joanne Milton -, Jerry Boyd. Critser, Friesel Hubert Cappell, LuVei ii Dokt i Alfred Gansemer. R'.n- ald Gansemer. Leola H. titer. Richard Barter, Leonard Her mann. Alice Hohman. Walter Ka.ssube. Larry Knott, Phyllis Krogh, Gar McDonald. Rosalie Massoth. Linda Norris. Lois Pat ton. Dorothy Potts. Dorothy Pluukett, Lorine Pointer, Sue Pointer. Phillip Rhode,. John Saatholf. Charles Sepger Myrna Van Hoin ai.d Paul Wile; Journal Want Ads Pay " : bird. Mo., bavin" lie n i lin e a- bout 1 .'e:s. i Dorothy Hi'V D v and her hus band. 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