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IKE PUAnrSMflDlUTIH JJflMUKrMIL PUBLISHED 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 SIX PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA. MONDAY. JUNE 9. 1958 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 58 CASS COUNTY'S CREATEST NEWSPAPER Cap! Ben Mere For Kiddie Day Captain Ben is coming to town! That's right, boys and girls, your KMTV favorite is coming to Piattsmouth for "Kiddie Day" June 20. Plattsmoi!h merchants and business people want every child to see and meet him. And. . . you can, too, by being in the Big "Kiddle Day Parade" which starts at 10 o'clock that morning. Every child who enters the parade will be given a ticket to see Captain Ben and his 1st mate as well as receiving other treats. This is in addition to the pri zes that will be awarded for the best entry in the various divis ions of the parade. There will be at least 5 divisions and you can choose the one you wish to en ter. These will be, decorated bicy cles, pets, hobbies, small ve hicles, such as tricycles, dolly buggies, etc, and finally larger animals such as ponies and hor ses. This parade Is destined to be one of the most colorful ever seen on the streets of Platts mouth if you kiddies get to work right now and plan your entry in this event. After the parade the winners will be announced and in the afternoon Captain Ben and his Liquor License Here Suspended For 2 Weeks The City Council Saturday at a special hearing suspended the on-sale liquor license of Ray mond Uher (Ray's Liquor Store) for two weeks from the close of business June 14 to the opening hour June 30. The action was taken as the result of a purchase of liquor at the store March 15 by a 19-year-old Iowa girl. At that time, local police who saw the girl coming from the store with a package questioned Uher about the sale. The girl had told Uher she didn't have iden tification to establish her age but that she was 21 and mar ried, Uher said. Investigation showed the girl would not have been 20 until June this year. Nebraska law requires a person to be 21 for liquor purchase. At the time the violation was reported to the City Council by the police chief no disciplinary action was taken. A report of the sale to the girl was sent to the State Liquor Control Office without recommendation in re gard to Uher's license which was subsequently, renewed prior to the May 1 deadline. Delay in the hearing until Saturday occurred while the city through its attorney sought information in the Council's responsibility in the matter from the Liquor Control Officer and the attorney general. May 20, an attorney general's opinion written by assistant at torney general Edward F. Car ter Jr. was received. It said: "Any conviction of a violation of the Liquor Control Act in a court of law constitutes a dis qualification of a license for the next five years. "The statutes do not, however, have the same effect in proceed ings before a city council or be fore the Nebraska Liquor Con trol Commission and a finding of guilty by either the city coun cil or the Nebraska Liquor Con trol Commission does not and will not have any effect upon the licensee to. obtain a renewal. "Thus, if your city council concludes that it can and should take some action against the licensee, the right of the licen see to obtaining a renewal will not be effected unless the coun cil revokes the license." The City Council's decision to suspend Uher's license two weeks was unanimously made. Uher said he thought the pen alty severe and that he was con sidering appealing to the Liquor Control Commission. Council To See Budget Estimate The City Council tonight will take its first official first look as a group at the budget esti mate for next year when it meets in regular session at 7:30 at City Hall. The estimate was drawn by the Council's finance committee, the city clerk - treasurer and mayor. monkey will put on a big show at the Lions Auditorium. Admls sion to this show will be free to every child who has a ticket showing that he or she partici pated in the parade. Merchants arranged for Cap tain Ben to be here instead of the cartoon movie that was first contemplated. They feel sure that every youngster in the Piattsmouth trade area will be on hand to enter the parade in the morning and thus have an opportunity to see him in person that afternoon. Young Airman Drowns at Holman Beach A3c Daniel Shadrick, 17, De trait, stationed at Offutt Air Base, drowned at Holman's beach north of here on U. S. 73-75 Saturday. Shadrick had gone to the beach with Alc Don Drogos, of Offutt about 1 p.m. Drogos said Shadrick had eat en a big dinner at noon and that Shadrick had said he couldn't swim too well before going into the lake. About 50 feet out from the bank, Shadrick began to strug gle in the water and called for help. He came up for the third time and bystanders thought he was joking until he failed to surface after going down again. His body was found in about 12 feet of water by George Law rence of Silver City, Iowa and Drogos. Artificial resuscitation was be gun immediately and Sheriff Tom Solomon was summoned. The county resuscitator was brought into action and after working on the body almost an hour, Solomon acting as coroner declared Shadrick dead and his body was taken to Offutt Air Base Hospital. The body of A3 Shadrick was sent by train Sunday night to Center Line, Mich., where fun eral services will be held Wed nesday with burial in the Center Line cemetery. Visiting hours were held here Sunday afternoon and evening at the chapel of the Caldwell-Linder funeral hbme, in charge of the arrangements. Man Hurt at Holman's Beach Patrick H. Casey, 20, Omaha, was rushed to an Omaha hospi tal after receiving first aid in Piattsmouth for a deep lacera tion of the right arm incurred at Holman's beach Sunday after noon. Sheriff Tom Solomon who in vestigated said Casey had run his fist through a window at Holman's tavern building after becoming angry at some other Omaha youth. Casey lost a con siderable amount of blood while attempting to hide from author ities after breaking the window. Charges of intoxication and malicious destruction of pro perty were filed against him to day in County Court. Cass County Young Men To Fort Carson Two Cass County young men were entrained the last of the week for Fort Carson, Colo., where they enter their basic military training. This covers the quota for the county. The inductees were Lloyd Ree son of Louisville and Dennis Sindelar of Piattsmouth. Eagles To Attend State Meeting At Omaha June 13-15 The meeting of the state aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Nebra ka, will be held on Fri day, Saturday and Sunday, June 13, 14 and 15th, at the home of the South Omaha aerie. There will be a very large number of members of the local aerie No. 365 to attend the meet ing inculding John J. ODonnell, state trustee; Mrs. Irene Smith, state trustee of the Eagles Auxi liary; Mrs. Dorothy Janasek, state membership director of the Auxiliary. Delegates from the Piatts mouth aerie are Sterling Cole, Robert Gall. Marion Barnard, and from the Auxiliary, Mrs. Honey Lou Cole. Journal Want Ads Pay Man Tries RR Tracks in Car Jerry M. Bushman, 20, Omaha, forfeited a $104 bond in County Court this morning on drunken driving charges. Bushman was arrested shortly after midnight Saturday night by the sheriff's office after his car became high centered on the Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks north of My nard. Two farmers nearby hearing Bushman's car horn, notified authorities. Bushman told Sheriff Tom Solomon that he had attended his brother's wedding in Omaha Saturday afternoon and that after 5 p.m. he doesn't remem ber what happened. Traveling south, Bushman ended up in My nard and then chose to drive north on the Missouri Pacific Tracks. He had driven about one quarter to one-half mile on the tracks before his car became high centered. Bushman told Deputy Wayne Schneider he thought he was driving on South 13th St. in Omaha while driving up the tracks. Band Schedule For This Month Summer Instrumental Instruc tion begins 3 p.m. Monday, June 9 at the High School Band Room. Private and class instructions will be given as well as rehear sals for large instrumental groups of beginning, interme diate and advanced level. Large groups will receive both concert and marching exper ience. All instrumentalists in grades 5 through 8 will rehearse between 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Fridays. The High School Band will meet at 7 p.m. Monday June 9 and will rehearse evenings throughout the summer session. Concerts will be given at the City Park by the advanced and intermediate Bands. The first concert will be Friday, June 13 at 8 p.m. Tentative A Band Schedule for June is as follows: Rehearsal the 9th; concert in the Park, 13th; rehearsal the 17th; 20, 21, 22, appearance at the Cass County Rodeo; rehear sal 23rd; concert in the park 24th and rehearsal the 30th. Lo uisville Street Work Progresses LOUISVILLE (Special) Work started last week on Fifth Street east from Maple. Excavating is being done on the north side for the footing for the retain ing wall to be put in. The large trees have been re moved from the south side of the drainage ditch and the ditch will be eventually covered with concrete. - - ' . Father's Day Is Sunday Forty-eight years ago Mrs. John Bruce Dodd was the driv ing force in starting Americans to celebrate Father's Day. Since 1910, the third Sunday in June has been observed as Father's Day, although it is not usually declared a legal, holiday. This year Father's Day comes on the 15th of June. Each year on Father's Day, emphasis is placed on a closer father-child relation as a means of building a better world. In the average family in Piattsmouth or any other com munity in America, the father is away from the home during the major portion of the day. Children do not have an op portunity to become as well ac quainted with their father as they do with their mother. All of us realize how Import ant it is to the proper develop ment of a child to have the sym pathetic guidance of "Dad." Too often fathers, weighted down with the responsibility of making a living, fail to devote enough of those precious mo ments to the youngsters. The important role that a father plays in molding the character of his children has been recognized through the ages. Aristotle wrote, "From good parents comes a good son." "One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." George Herbert. "Character is largely caught, and the father and the home should be the great sources of character infection." Frank H. Chaley. Youths Escape Serious Injury Larry E. Adkins, Piattsmouth, narrowly missed receiving ser ious injuries after the car he was driving left a curve on Cut Off Street here, traveling some 100 feet and struck a power pole breaking it off. Joannie Collum, Piattsmouth riding with Adkins. . received a knee injury. Adkins told Sheriff Tom Sol omon his speedometer was brok en but though he was traveling about 35 miles per hour when he lost control of his car on the curve. The accident occured about 3.30 p.m. Sunday. Adkins was charged in County Court today with careless driv ing. He pleaded "not guilty" and a hearing was set for June 16. Carl Keil of this city underwent surgery at the St. Joseph hos pital in Omaha on Thursday. He is reported as doing well. Mr. Keil is in room 270 at St. Joseph hospital. Careless Driving Fines Paid Here Two Piattsmouth youths paid fines of $35 and $25 in County Court today, pleading guilty to charges of careless driving. Their court appearance fol lowed an incident In which an accident occurred Sunday about 7:30 p.m. in the new Piatts mouth by-pass of U. S. 73-75. A car driven by Henry A. Hughson Jr., Piattsmouth, was going south on the dirt bypass when it struck an open ditch. Kathryn Gerdes of Louisville, a passenger in th Hughson car, suffered a mouth injury. Witnesses to the accident told authorities Hughson and Don nie Ray Jenkins Piattsmouth, in another car were apparently drag racing at the time of the accident. In court, Hughson was fined $35 and costs, Jenkins $25 and costs. Sheriff Tom Solomon investi gated the accident. h Funds Available To County Farmers For Conservation Ivan G. Althouse, chairman of the Cass County ASC Commit tee, announced today that it ap pears that adequate funds will be available for all farmers who desire to establish conservation practices on their farms in 1958. Even though farmers have been active in requesting cost sharing for established conser vation practices on their farms, many farmers have been unable to carry out these practices be cause of extremely high mois ture conditions. Under normal conditions, ap proximately $128,000 in govern ment funds would have been obligated by the 1st of June. However, because of high mois ture conditions this spring only about $53,0000 has been obliga ted during the same period in 1958. Althouse points out that the reduction in the number of practices completed has result ed in the release of funds nor mally spent for conservation practices earlier in the year. These funds can now be used to establish conservation prac tices normally carried out later in the year. Since the acreage reserve pro gram will likely not be offered next year, there is an excellent opportunity to establish conser vation practices on this crop land this year while it is idle. Even though it appears that funds are more ample than in past years, there Is still a like lihood that they will be exhaust ed before the year is over, so Althouse suggests that farmers who desire to undertake conser vation work on their land this year contact the County ASC Office as soon as possible. Crop Aire Crop progress at this early date are reported as "very good" from practically all areas of Cass County and this region of Nebraska. Cass County crops look about as good as they possibly could at this point. Rains have been frequent enough to provide good Fair Board Seeks County 'Pioneer Farm Families' Gordon Heneger, president, and E. E. Lorensen, secretary, of the Cass County Fair Board, are seeking the identity of local Missing Boy, Vz, Found at School Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mougey, relatives, friends and neighbors spent a frantic hour and half Saturday evening before Kenny Mougey, 3l2. was found. Little Kenny turned up mis sing about 6:15 as the Mougey family, 514 Avenue C, were sil ting down to supper. The family searched, then as worry mounted, relatives and neighbors were enlisted to help. The police were called and the sheriff's office notified. The neighborhood was scoured, boys and girls on bicycles helped to seach neighboring areas. Finally, Mrs. Mougey spotted a moving shadow inside one of the St. John's Parochial School doors. This turned out to be Kenny, bobbing up as he held the door handle and tried to see out. Kenny was crying and plenty scared but otherwise alright. The school had been searched during the early part of the hunt but Kenny had been overlooked. In the school, Kenny had a can of kitchen cleanser and had apparently been trying to help with the janitor work for both hot and cold water taps in rest rooms were running. Too, Kenny may have decided to do a little laundry for he was clad only in a shirt and one shoe, the other was found soak ed. It all turned out alright but for Kenny's family it was a try ing 90 minutes. Equalization Board To Meet Wednesday The Cass County Board of Equalization will meet again .Wednesday, clerk Chas. Land said today. Application for ap pointment with the board can be made at the office of the county clerk in the courthouse. THE WEATHER June S, 6, 7, 8, 1958. Date , High Low Prec Thursday ' 76 60 .00 Friday 76. . 58 .00 Saturday 80 58 .20 Sunday . . .85 62 .00 Forecast; Highs in. 80's; low mid 60's. Thunder showers early evening. - ' . Sun -sets tonight at 7:56; rises Tuesday at 4:50 a.m. . : K . . ' . 1 DAM SITE A line from the center fore ground of the picture above to the barn at the Jerry Konfrst place at top center would be the approximate center line of a proposed flood con trol dam in west Piattsmouth. The dam is one of two proposed as the initial project of a 9-dam flood control plan for this watershed. Th land needed for the sit ahov ha been iPirogress in 'Very sprouting and growth but not too frequent or heavy to delay field work too much except in a few places. To date this year, the immed iate Piattsmouth area has had 6.37 inches of rain, including .20 inch Saturday morning in a brief period around 6:30 and 7 a.m. pioneer farm families. Those who qualify will receive the Ne braska Pioneer Farm Award during the 1958 Cass County Fair. The special award, now in its third year, was designed to pay tribute to pioneer Nebraska farm families who have owned the same land for 100 years or more. The program is a joint ven ture between Ak-Sar-Ben, Oma ha, and the Nebraska Associat ion of Fair Managers. Beautiful walnut and bronze plaques, and handsome framed certificates will be presented to each family that qualifies. Eligible families are urged to contact E. E. Lorensen, Secre tary of the county fair, Weep ing Water, who will submit the nominations from this county to the state committee. Dead line for receiving nominations is July 1, 1958. Sign-up for Detasseling Jobs Thursday The season has come to be gin the organization of a force of workers for detasseling Steck ley Hybrid Seed Corn. The announcement was made by Lloyd Colbert, Field Repre sentative of the Steckley Co. Sign-up days will be held at Louisville, Weeping Water and Piattsmouth. The recruitment and sign-up of boys and girls over 14 years of age will be con ducted by the State Employ ment Service, Colbert said. The sign-up time for Piatts mouth detasselers will be at 2 p. m., Thursday, June 12, Room 301, Courthouse, according to Clarence Rankin, Farm Labor Interviewer, of the employment service. ' As in previous years, boys and girls will be transported to the fields in trucks provided by the company. It is estimated the rie tassling campaign will get un derway between July 10 and 15, if growing conditions continue normal, officials indicate. Detasseling operations each year provide a mid-summer op portunity for young workers to earn money. Preference is 'giv en to workers with experience. Height is an advantage in detass eling. S" '. Girls are required to wear laee shoes for easier walking in irrigated fields. Application blanks can be picked up' at-the Chamber of Commerce office to be filled out before sign-up day. 1 . i obtained by Good! But, although crops, lawns and gardens look so good, the year's receipts of rainfall are be hind last year's by about 3 inches to this point. By June 7 last year, Schreincr Drug Store here had recorded 9.47 inches of rainfall for the year (precipitation falling as snow not included i. Schrelner's recorded more than 30 inches last year for the best annual re cord in several years. The difference between the two years was chiefly in early spring receipts of rain. Crop reporters forecast for Ne braska as a whole: "one of the biggest crops ever." Subsoil moisture is plentiful in the state after five years of virtual drouth. While it is too early yet to harvest crops, even in anticipation, ideal conditions so far and normal conditions the rest of the growing season could bring the second straight good year for Nebraska farmers. County Grads Among 1,037 At U of N The University of Nebraska conferred degrees upon 1,037 stu dents Saturday morning, its lar gest graduating class since 1951 at the 87th annual Commence ment Exercises. Chancellor Franklin D. Mur phy of the University of Kansas delivered the commencement ad dress before nearly 6,000 spec tators. , Distinguished Service Awards conferred jointly by the Univer sity of Nebraska's Board of Re gents and Alumni Associaton, were given to: Dr. Earle G. John son of Grand Island, a physician and former president of the Bo ard of Regents; Robert A. Hardt of Montclair, N. J., executive vice president for marketing of Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.. and Allen J. Sutherland of San Diego, Calif., senior vice president of the Security First National Bank. Cass County graduates were: John Norris, Weeping Water, B. S. in agriculture; Joan Norris, Weeping Water, B. S. in home economics; Grant Peters, Mur dock, B. S. in business adminis tration; Ronald Irons, Elmwood, bachelor of music in education; Duane Mehrens. B. S. in educa tion; William Mehrens, Eagle, B. S. in education. Employment Service Fills 34 Jobs Here The Nebraska Division of Em ployment Security today issued the following report for Piatts mouth and Cass Count v for May: Piattsmouth and Cass County business included 34 jobs filled of which 10 were in agriculture, 48 persons directed to job oppor tunities, 24 new nonfarm job openings received, 28 new ap plications for work and 155 visits to the office. The labor supply was 189, 122 men and 67 women, compared to April with 157, 135 -men and 22 women. Journal Want Ads Pay 4. It easement and condemnation. The city has ap pealed a condemnation award of $3,70(1 by Coun ty Court appointed appraisers to James I den for just under 3 acres of land including the lower and lower left part of area shown. The appeal is in District Court where the next Jury term convenes Sept. 8.