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KECa. STAIE MJr. 1300 R ST. LINCOLN, KES3. TME PLATIM1(D)UTIH JJfflHU&RIM PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monctay-Thursctay CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 77 TWELVE PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JUNE 12. 1958 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 59 This 'n That In Agriculture The first soil sample for fall plantings was received this week This is a less rushing season in the soil lab. so prompt service can be obtained. By the way, the Soil Testing Service is now offering to include a nitrogen test in addition to those for po tash, lime and phosphorous. Insects and plant diseases are numerous. Leaf Spot was re ported in first crop of alfalfa some time ago by Wilmer Har shman of Nehawka. To avoid losses of the leaves he cut his crop early. Harold Rice of Mur ray reported this week a heavy infestation of pea aphids in his new seeding of alfalfa. His neigh bor has a lot of pea aphids on the 2nd crop of alfalfa. Another kind of aphid was found on another crop. Oreen bugs have been found in early fields. These lice will really sap oats and barlev plants which are growing on soils of lower fer tility. There are aphids on roses too. These plants of beauty are now In bloom. To keep the plants healthy, why not inspect the plantings and give them every opportunity they require? Hoppers are hatching. Harlon Stock reports that a field which was in "Soil Bank" last year was literally alive with young hoppers a few days ago. Fence rows, waterways, pastures and In waste areas is where young hoppers can be found. Later they will move into growing crops. Strawberries are in abundance in Cass County this year. A lot of folks are on their "prayer bones" these days reaping the bountiful berry harvest. Short cake and toast with strawberry preserves should be popular next winter. June is Dairy Month. Ice cream and strawberries is a dessert very few persons would turn down. Cass County will be represent ed by five solid citizens at 4 Club Week. Dates for Club Week are June 10-14 at Lincoln. At tending from Nehawka are Bo- nlta Lacy, Gladys Nixon, Sharon Dodson and from Plattsmouth, Leonard Hild and Diana Wiles. Four thousand Clarke McNa ry trees were planted in Cass County this snring. They can de velop some fine windbreaks. A few cultivations will be in order to keep weed competition down. The time required to keep wees under control will ay big divi dends. Clarence Schmadeke, County Agent. Residents Of Murray Community Call On Governor There was a large delegation of residents of the Murray com munity at Lincoln today to visit with Governor Victor Anderson and State Engineer L. N. Ress and taking up with the state of ficials the matter of the impro vement of Nebraska state high way No. 1 from Murray west. This highway was the first state designated highway in Nebraska and has received but little attention in the pass ing years. The delegation was headed by Charles H. Boedeker, president of the Murray State Bank. Labor Reps for County Listed Local labor representatives in Cass County have placed 49 wor kers on jobs in the current sea son, according to Clarence Ran kin, Farm Labor Interviewer of the State Employment Ser vice. Farmers or other employers se-eking worker in the various communities of the county can contact local representatives who as a civic endeavor fill local jobs with local workers. Cass County's labor represen tatives this vear are: Avoca, Fred Marquardt; Elmwood, Ted Hall; Louisville. Willard Mc Shane; Nehawka, Ed Stanley; Plattsmouth. Dale M. Bowman; Union, Andrew Garfield; Weep ing Water. Hy D. Kirckhoff; Weeping Water, Harold W. Thorns. Journal Want Ads Pay 1 . v FIIA OFFICERS Plattsmouth FIIA officers and sponsor who attended a workshop at Crete last weekend are shown above, from left: Mar tha Haa.se, parliamentarian; Sharon Haecke, sec- FHA Chapters Receive 'Honor -County- Honor chapter certificates were presented to three Cass co unty Future Homemakers of America chapters at the 14th annual FHA Leadership Work shop held June 5-7 at Doane College, Crete. The certificates went to Ne hawka, Plattsmouth, and Weep ing Water. In addition, several Cass coun ty FHA members were elected to district offices or given other awards. Mary Lou Briley, Nehawka, was one of six awarded the State Homemaker degree. Sharon Davis. Plattsmouth, was named District Vlll recrea tion chairman and was nomin ated as a candidate for state FHA publicity chairman. Marilyn Pollard, Nehawka, was named District Vlll histor ian. Cheryl Weik, Nehawka, was nominated for state FHA pub licity chairman. Helen Mather, Weeping Wrater, was named District Vlll parlia mentarian. 1958-59 District School Transfers In County Listed The following Cass County par ents have filed for temporary school transfers for the 1958 59 school term, (transfers must be renewed each school year): . Glen Terrvberry, Louisville, from School District 91 to Sch ool District 9: Herbert Easter, Union, 10 to 13; Clarence Engel kemeier, Murray, 25 to 91; Al bert Bose, Avoca, 50 to 5, Otoe County; William Splitt, Murray, 10 to 7; Robert Maack, Ashland, 34 to C-7;. Charles Koke, Louisville, 31 to 97; Arthur H. Toman, Platts mouth, 3 to 45; John Morrison, Plattsmouth. 27 to 25; Ernest Read Louisville, 79 to 47; Harley Morton, Union, 10 to 11; John Mockenhaupt, Murdock, 33 to C-7. Mrs. Art Mohr, Plattsmouth, 5 t o2; Virgil Stnder Plattsmouth, 28 to 37; Earl Puis, Manley, 79 to 96; Malvin E. Wiles. Ashlnd, 57 to C-7; Frank E. Barkhurst, Louisville, 96 to 79; Lawrence A. Jones, Plattsmouth, 42 to 41. L. Vernile Pullen, Murray, 13 to 7; Kenneth P. Petereit, Louis ville, 47 to 88; Eugene Meisinger, Plattsmouth. 27 to 25; Glen F. Kraeger, Plattsmouth, 25 to 91. From Otoe to Cass County; Mrs. Earl Lutz, from District 96. Otoe, to District 20. Cass (Avoca); Mrs. Willard Briley, Cass (Nehawka). Cancellations: Erwin Steffen son, Ashland, from District 58 to District 1. Saunders: John E. Ahrens, Weeping Water, 40 to 22, Cass: Leon Gansemer, Murray, 55 to 56; Milford Mei singer, Murdock. 58 to 57; Ivan E. Forrest, Louisville. 79 to 32; Vernon L. Waterman. Platts mouth, 3 to 1; Wayne D. Wiles, Nehawka, 40 to 91. New Court Case Newly filed in District Court here is: Gecrge A. and Elma D. Stites vs. Beulah Niday and John Klimm, Dorothy L. and Fred Trader, and Harry Brunner, partition of real estate. '; f'j!- it'-'1 Here, in County Chapter' Award -Plattsmouth- Six Plattsmouth Future Home makers of America Chapter of ficers and their adviser were at the Crete FHA Workshop last weekend and heard their chap ter designated as an Honor Chap ter. They also witnessed the elec tion of Sharon Davis of Platts mouth as district recreation chairman for the ensuing year and her nomination as one of two candidates for state FHA publicity chairman. The state election will be in connection with the state FHA convention next spring. The district includes several counties. Besides Miss Davis, those at the workshop from Plattsmouth were Dorothy Faris, Marge Gros shans, Rita Ramge, Sharon Hae cke and adviser Mrs. Verone Gibb, homemaking instructor at the high school here. The group left Plattsmouth Thursday at 11 a. m. While at the workshop they stayed on the Doane College Campus in Frees Hall. Workshop sessions were an crafts such as earrings, trays and table mats and on leader ship and officer responsibilities. The Honor Chapter award is the highest state honor a chapter can receive. Basis for the award is the chapter's activities all year according to a schedule of re quirements. The girls and adviser returned Saturday afternoon. County 4-H Clubs Have Installation Of New Officers Installation of Officers was conducted for the "Better Hea 1th," "Cass County Cooks', "Cass Countv Canners" and "Modern Miss" 4-H Clubs when they met June 2 at Nehawka Methodist Church. A candle lighting service was used and each girl received a plant from the leader. Roll calls were: "A sign of Good Health". "The Method of Cooking I prefer", "The Type of Jar I Like" and "My Fav orite Material". Darlene Eaton, a new "Let's Cook" member, led in the 4-H pledge and Opal Coster led in the American Flag Salute. Bonita Lacv. Sharon Dodson and Gladys Nixon will attend club week June 1013 in Lin coin. They are looking forward i to a wonderful time. The girls are now freezing and canning asparagus, spinach and strawberries. Gloria. Margie and Hazel Mil ler served refreshments. Next metine will be June 16 at the Methodist Church at 2 o'clock. The girls will report on club week. Band Concert Here Postponed Plattsmouth High School's Band ranks have been depleted this week due to vacations, church camps and employment. Therefore, the concert schedul ed for this Friday at Garfield Park at 7:30 will be postponed until a later date. i . t jk i il Ml, V I I hi 1 .1 l, .1:: retary; Rita Ramge, president; Sharon Davis, vice president; Marge Grosshans, degrees chair man; Dorothy Farris, treasurer, and Mrs. Verone Gibb, sponsor. Local Youth Gets Honors at Creighton Prep Jerome Joseph Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Smith of Plattsmouth, was a member of the graduating class of Creigh ton Prep in Omaha. At commencement exercises at the Civic Auditorium in Om aha June 4, he received a Latin English diploma and the Neb raska Association of Church Col leges scholarship. This award is given to the hon or student selected by a commit- Jerome J. Smith tee on scholarships of the Creigh ton University High School and is valued at $250. Jerry will enroll at Creighton University in September and ex pects to take a teachers course majoring in mathematics with a minor in languages. In his four years of high sch ool, Jerry received class honors his freshman year and first hon ors in each year. He was active in the sodality and apostleship of prayer, being a sodality of ficer his sophomore year. In 1957, he was a delegate from Creighton Prep to the Summer School of Catholic Ac tion in August, in Chicago. As basketball student manager for three years, Jerry was highly commended bv the school's ath letic authorities for his ardent work. As a graduation gift, Jerry ac companied his father to Wash ington, D. C, recently. He spent a week visiting the places of in terest and attending sessions of Congress, Supreme Court and Senate Committee hearings. Jer ry is employed at the local Hin ky-Dinky store where he has been working the last year and a half. Larry Stones Wins Acquital On Driving Charge In City Court Tuesday in the city police court before Judge J. H. Graves, Larry Stones of Murray won a verdict of "not guilty," on a charge of reckless driving. The alleged offense occurred on Sat urday, Mav 31. and hearing set for June 3rd. later being 'con tinued to June 10th. Mr. Stones was represented in the hearing by Attorney Francis M. Casey. Terry McBride was witness for the defendant, and aid after hearing the evidence offered, the court held that the evidence against Mr. Stones was not rufficient to warrant a con viction. Matthew Herold of New York City was a guest of his mother, Mrs. Henry Herold, also a guest pf the Unlvftoity of Nebraska and his former achoolmates. S ' t, V. " ": : i" 6 , $224,640 Budget Estimate for 195 8 - 59 Adopted by Council Kiddie Day Plans Are Almost Set Preparations for "Kiddie Day" in Plattsmouth are nearly com plete with committees and kid dies all busy getting ready for the big event which takes place June 20. Dozens of prizes in merchan dize and cash have been donated by Plattsmouth business firms. These will be displayed in the Gas Company show windows. Highlights of the day will be a parade starting at 10 o'clock in the morning and the perform ance by Captain Ben at the Li ons Building in the afternoon. Additional fun for the day has been announced by the Lions Club of Plattsmouth. During the day, "Dude" Fellows and his gang from the "Red" Foley TV show will appear on the streets and the day will be climaxed by a two-hour show at the Lions Building. Merchants have made special purchases for the event and will have Kiddie Day Specials for thrifty shoppers. The parade will form at the lower end of Main Street and led by the Plattsmouth High School Band will proceed to 6th and Main where it will make a "U Turn" and return to the start ing place. It is expected that "Dude" Fellows and his gang will also participate in the parade. This will give him an opportunity to give the crowds a sample of the kind of music and singing they can expect at the regular performance that evening. It is possible that he will stage an other free performnace on the streets that afternoon. The committee in charge of the event expects this to be a day to be remembered by all and the start of rn,any future "Kiddie Days." A complete program of the day's events will appear in Mon day's Journal. New Applications For Police Work Arc Available Applications are now available for anyone interested in police work here in the future. Mayor Grant Roberts said Monday ni ght at the City Council meeting. - The new application form was approved by the Council, can be had at the office of the city clerk. Present police personnel will fill out the applications to pro vide the city with a personnel record. Others interested in jobs as they arise can fill out applications for a standing file When future appointments are made, the applications will be re viewed by the mayor and City Council. District Court Gets Drunk Driving Case The case against Jesse M Nichols of Nehawka charging drunken driving Monday was bound over to District Court here. Nichols had pleaded "not guil ty" June 3 when arraigned in County Court on a charge of third offense drunken driving. Monday at the hearing on the charge, the complaint was a mended to fourth offense drunk en driving. Nichols pleaded "not guilty" and was bound over. Appearance bond of $500 was set. Leonard Hild Gets 4-H Soils Honor LINCOLN Eight 4-H coun ty champions in soil conserva tion were honored at a special luncheon Tuesday sponsored by Station WOW of Omaha in con nection with state 4-H Club Week at the University of Ne braska College of Agriculture. Included was Leonard Hild, Plattsmouth. THE WEATHER June 9, 10, 11, 1958 Date High Low Prec Monday 93 72 .00 Tuesday 92 82 .00 Wednesday 88 72 .33 Forecast; High in 70's; low near 60. Partly cloudy and cool er tonight. Sun sets tonight at 7:57; rLses Friday at 4:50 a.m. -5 fo Father Thomas Pucelik Thomas Pucelik To Be Ordained Priest Friday Father Thomas Pucelik will become a member of the clergy for the diocese of Lincoln at or dination ceremonies Friday, June 13, at St. John the Baptist Church here. In a 10 a. m. ceremony, the powers of the priesthood will be conferred by the Most Rev. Jam es V. Casey, Bishop of Lincoln. The 25-year-old ordinand Is the oldest son of Dr. and Mrs. L. S. Pucelik and has three brothers, Dr. Jerome, James and Robert. Officers of Fr. Pucelik's first solemn mass which will take place at 12 noon Sunday, June 15, will include the Rt. Rev. Jo seph Przudzik, pastor of St. John's the Baptist Church, arch- priest; Fr. Victor Stachowiak, deacon, and Charles Kelliher of Hastings, subdeacon. Fr. William Kelligar of Om aha will deliver the sermon. Following graduation from St. John s grade school, the new priest attended Creighton Prep in Omaha. After high school, graduating in 1950, he attended St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Minn., for collegiate and philos ophy studies. His theological courses were pursued at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul. A dinner honoring Fr. Pucel ik will be held in the school aud itorium Sunday following first mass and public reception will be held in the evening from 6 to 8 o'clock. Jerome Pucelik Is M. D. Now Dr. Jerome Pucelik Dr. Jerome P. Pucelik, second son of Dr. and Mrs. L. S. Puc-j elik, received his Doctor of Med icine degree from Creighton Un iversity June 4 at commence- j ment exercises. I Jerry, as he is better known to his friends of Plattsmouth. ', was graduated from St. John's grade school here, Creighton; Prep in Omaha and received his Bachelor of Science in Med-( icine in 1954, completing a four-1 year course in three years and! graduating Magna Cum Laude.i He is a member of the Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fraternity, and in December, 1957, received ; a membership in the Alpha O mega Alpha, national honor i medical society for "scholarship.1 personal honesty and potential ; leadership in the field of medic ine." He is married to the former Joan Earhart of Great Falls. Mont., and has one daughter, Cathy. He will leave June 28 to begin his internship at Los An-; geles County Hospital. Los An Seles, Calif. J Meeting about Sewage Treatment Plant Here Soon Council and Nebraska Public j will meet sometime soon to talk .. i( about a sewage treatment plant for Plattsmouth. KODcri tauoeii, nianagei iui : the Board of Public Works, Mon day night at the Council meet ing a.skeci the Council if it want ed to sis in on a meeting sug gested by the Health Service. The Council wpnts to be pre sent, Capp"ll was told. He also asked a go-ahead for the board to engage an engin eering represemauve w e seni ai uie nit-fung . rie wu.- told the Council had turned ov er jurisdiction over the sewer system (and the treatment plant to-be to the board and the Coun cil had full confidence in the board. Councilman George Kalasek, however, suggested it might be to advantage for the city to have more than one enginering re presentative present at the or ientation meeting. He said he thought the eventual engineer ing cost might be less if two or more firms were consulted initially. Other councilmembers said they thought the cost would be a definite percentage of the plant cost in any case. A motion to leave meeting ar rangements and engineering re presentation to the board passed 30, Kalasek passing. C. A. Johnson, chairman of the board, attended the Council meet ing with Cappell. Flood Fund Pledges To Be Solicited Unpaid flood control fund pled ges here will be solicited in the near future. Paul Fauquet, flood control ad ministrator, Monday night ask ed the City Council for city help in preparing statements of un paid pledges so that he and oth er members of the flood control committee can call on persons who pledged funds but as yet haven't paid. He told the Council fund re ceipts were at a virtual stand still and the only apparent meth od of collecting is solicitation. Money colected will be used to finance the city's share (site ac quisition, legal and extra engin eering cost) of the 9-dam pro gram for this watershed. The first two or three dams are pro posed for start yet this summer, as soon as arrangements can be made. Fauquet reported Monday ni ght signing of an easement by Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Smock for a dam on their land a quarter mile north of Plattsmuoth on the ! west side of U. S. 73-75. The dam is situated in a valley that extends into Plattsmouth in the; Maiden Lane area. j A Soil Conservation Service! crew Monday made a test boring to about 25 feet on the Smock land. This is preliminary to lay ing out a dam site. The sub soil is important to a dam's ef fectiveness. Fauquet said a farm dam .w tl'JU 7 C on the watershed plan) is built. The earth will have to be compacted by machine, inch by inch. Other dams proposed for the first project are one in west Plattsmouth and another south east of the Burlington Shops area. Rainmaker at I'nion The Water Resources Develop ment Corporation of Denver have installed a cloud render or "rain making" device at the Union corner on US 75. James Kovar, who operates the service station at the corner runs the seeder on instruction from Denver. The machine hns been Install- pd as a part of the Southwest ern Cloud seeding project. Since May 31 when it was installed it has operated twenty-six hours. A Classified Ad in The Journal ; of Commerce is anxious to coop costs .i little as 50 cents I eralc by pnir.tlng receptacles. j No Raise In Millagc Rate Foreseen A 1958-59 budget estimate for laV i i, , 3""';.u J;L i dopted Monduy night by the " publication !'fouyr time.s as law requires was nrr)prfd The Council is expected to make the annual mill levy its first meeting in July. Council members said Monday night they expect no increase in millage. In fact, a comparative reduction is likely since the mill age is expected to be 25 as it was for the current fiscal year and Jn tne ensulnR fiscal year 2 mills will be levied for the sewage treatment plant sinking fund where only one mill was levied last year. City clerk and treasurer Al bert Olson said the amount to be raised in taxes in 1958-59 would be approximately In pro portion to this year's tax needs. Revenue for the current year for all city purposes was $217, 765.82. of which $126,765 82 was raised by taxes and $91,739.02 from other non-tax revenue sour ces. Another difference this year is that the city will not receive a share of the countv road tax levy as it has in the past. The legislature changed the law ef fective the coming fiscal year. This year the city received a bout $2,800 from that source. By law, the city can levy 18 mills in taxes exclusive of debt service. It could go beyond the 25 mill limit by 2 mills to pro vide the lew for the sewage treatment fund, required now for the first time. This current year, the city levied one mill for the plant although not required to do so. The actual receipts to be de rived from the mill levy for 1958 59 will not be known until the total valuation figure Is released by the county. One mill equals 10 cents on each $1,000 of assessed valua tion. The budget estimate is inclu ded in detail in today's Journal as a legal notice. Grade Crossing Of Railroad Is Asked Here The city has asked the Bur lington Railroad for an ease ment for an overpass of the railroad here to connect with the road leading to the Missou ri River front. That was first of two requests asked of the railroad's Omaha division superintendent. The other was enlargement of the present underpass on Lower Main. The requests were made be cause of increased traffic down Main to the river because of the elevator to be constructed on the river front and increased volume of barge loading. Requests were to: 1. provide ule luy 01,naus" ' u " Tl J I easement ior a ju-iooi grant; ! road crossing at a point just south of the Burlington depot and just north of the present underpass or 2. provide an enlargement of the present un- feet More Trash Barrels For Downtown Area The City Council Monday night voted to provide more refuse re ceptacles on downtown streets in an effort to curb "litterbug- ging." Council president William Hi ghfield brought uu the matter. He said the councilmen as well as groups and individuals were more and more concerned about littering of downtown streets and sidewalks. He suggested more trash bar- 1 rels be provided, that police be alert to ask persons who drop PaPr or other trash on streets and sidewalks to use the recep tacles and that the street depart ment empty the barrels period ically. Highfield said the Chamber