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............ WCWW WW j- o o A SS CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Time (Plotsm! PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leoder-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 77 County Fair Gets $500 From A-S-B The Cuss County Fair at Weep iig Water, has received $500 for fair grounds Improvements from the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben. Granting of $500 to each of Nebraska's county fairs is being continued for the fifth consecu tive year by Ak-Sar-Ben. Omaha civic organization. This Is one of a series of projects of finan cial assistance to county fairs, made possible by funds from Ak-Sar-Ben's annual race meeting. The popular county fair im provement program follows the "dollar matching" Principle, in that Ak-Sar-Ben agrees to put up $500. provided the people of each county also raise at least an equal amount. In 1957, most of the 0!) counties that took advan tage of the p-'-ants raised fa more than $500, resulting in greatly increased faculties, In addition to the $50,000 Ak Sar Ben sets aside each year for the improvement program, it makes available approximate ly $100,000 a year for county fair premiums, part through the State Racing Commission and part raid directly to exhibi tors by Ak-Sar-Ben. According to Mr. Thurmond, Ak-Sar-Ben plans to continue these projects as long as the money is avail able for it. President G. L. Heneger and Secretary E. E. Lorensen of the Cass County Agricultural Society said the Ak-Sar-Ben grant and the county's matching fund will be used to construct a new building on the fair grounds. Rev. DeSpain To Leave Church After having served the First Methodist Church here for two years. Rev. E. S. DeSpain has had to yield his charge. He suffered a severe heart at tack early this year. During his pastorate here, Rev. DeSpain received 132 per sons into membership and bap tized 62 children. He says: "Mrs. DeSpain and I I hate to leave Plattsmouth ! We appreciate our many fr iends here and in Union." (Rev. DeSpain also served the Union Methodist Church). Offutt Commander Tells of Plans For Coming Months County boards of Cass and Sarpy counties as well as may ors of Plattsmouth, Papillion and Bellevue were entertained at the officers mess at Offutt Air Base last week to hear the future plans of this great organi zation of SAC discussed. Col. William B. Campbell, com mander of Offutt Air Base, told of present and future plans for this great air base which is in the process of expanding and will be for several years. The commander spoke of the alarm that had been caused by the fact that runways were b Ing constructed for the use of the giant KC 135s and the noise that the planes might cause as the result of their being station ed at the bass. The runways are being expanded and streng thened for the heavier loads that might be used as refueling units of the Air Force. Some alarm had been caused caused in nearby communities of the noise that might be cau sed by the use of the giant air craft. Col. Campbell outline dthat noise pads would be construct ed in rjarking areas and in Warm up acreas to minize the noises of the four big iet engines on each of the planes. He said that fly ing time would be regulated as much as possible during the nor mal waking hours of the people in the various communities of and Plattsmouth. Col. Campbell outlined that the influx of the new wing in the area would create a con tinued demand for additional housing. He indicated that the move toward Offutt Field would decline the outer units of Oma ha and Council Bluffs and oth"r outlying communities but would Boulevard. La Platte. Fort Cro ok and other close communities. Fr. Victor Vacations Father Victor Stachowiak. as sistant pastor of St. John's church in this city, is enioying a vacation in the ea t. visiting: at.rChiea?o and at Pittsburgh, Pa.', where his parents reside. He has two weeks more of the vaca tion, to enjoy before returning to his parish charge. 8 PACES AND SUPPLEMENT .m ,.!, nymnyiyminmi iin., m, ,ii .ywijili llljilij, 'Will11 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ! -W: 1 i ' l ' !-: Tre i NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE LION'S CLl'B were installed by International Counselor Ed Ernst at the regular meeting: last Tuesday evening'. Shown above are Ted Ohnou tka, secretary; Frank Bierl, 3rd vice president; Alva I). Linder, president; John Svoboda, trea 33 Ca;s County school districts received a total of $11,333.50 this week from the Insurance Tax Fund distributed from the state fund through the county superintendent. The funds are derived from alien or foreign insurance com panies (outside Nebraska) which pay 2 per cent of the gross a mount of the direct writing pre miums during the preceding year. Districts and amount re ceived: Dist. No. Amount 1 (Plattsmouth! . . . .$3,940.66 2 (Horning) 78.20 3 (Jean) 60.07 5 (Rock Bluff) 43.07 6 (Rock Creek) 48.73 7 (Lewiston) 66.87 C-7 (Murdock) 572.34 9 (Fairview) 57.80 10 (Fairview) 13.60 11 (Sciota) 20.40 12 (Taylor) 40.80 13 (Swan) 38.53 17 (Union) 173.40 20 (Avoca) 260.67 22 (Weeping Water) . 1,219.49 25 (Eight Mile Grove) 64.60 27 (Cottonwood) 27.20 28 (Stulli 53.27 30 (Cullom) 61.20 31 (Credar Creek) .... 92.94 32 (Louisville) 1,037.02 33 (Dutch Academy) . 34 (Fairland) 37 (Taylor) 40 (Sunny Side) 41 (Pleasant Ridge) 42 (Bestert 45 (Little Brick) 47 (Glendale) 50 (Pinet 55 (Amick) 39.67 34.00 57.80 39.67 65.73 34.00 56.67 43.06 46,47 24.93 56 (Murray) 310.54 57 (South Bend) . 58 (West Grove) . . 63 (Cottage Hill) . 79 College Hill) . . 81 (Happy Valley) 82 (Ash Grove) . . 86 (Oak Grove) . . 88 (Hell) 86.13 24.94 37.40 51.00 hO.80 28.34 49.87 28.33 Two Cars Crash At Union Corner Thursday Night The Union corner was scene of another auto accident Thurs day night, occupants of the cars suffering only minor injuries but one of the cars being badly damaged. One of the cars was a 1953 Oldsmobile driven by Frank Bataillon, Nebraska City, pass engers included his wife, Jean, his mother, Mrs. Joseph Bat aillon and Mrs. Rose Witt. The Bataillon women were injured slightly. The Bataillon car was badly damaged in the front. Driver of the other car was Mrs. Lorin Williams of Union and with her was her sister, Joyce Renter, 12, Valley. The Williams car, traveling north and making a left turn, was hit on the right side. The passengers were not seriously The state highway patrol in vestigated the accident. $11,3 iSehoo To Cass istricts 91 (Oxford) 41.93 95 (Elmwood) 604.08 96 (Manley) 106.53 97 (Keil) 32.87 98 (Wabash) 28.33 102 (Alvo) 239.14 103 (Nehawka) ......... 593.87 104 (Eaglei 578.01 105 (Neumeister- Stone) 38.53 In order to be eligible for the funds, a school nrst meet the state requirements for accredita tion or approval, hold at least 9 months of school, engage all certified teachers and be open and in actual operation. The funds are allocated to schools on the basis of the num ber of pupils in average daily at tendance. Bold Daylight Thieves Sought Officers are continuing their investigation today in an attempt to find the bold thieves who Sunday afternoon, after finding a door to Elmer's Tavern here unlocked, entered and stole cash and merchandise. According to the sheriff's re port, Jerry Wurtele left the building about 1 p. m. Sunday after doing some cleaning in the business place. As he departed out the front door the latch ev idently failed to lock and the door, though closed, was not locked. About 6 p. m. three men were seen coming from the tavern carrying sacks. They got into a car occupied by three addit ional men and drove off. Witnes ses said they were not sure if the car bore Douglas or Sarpy county plates. The men were believed in their twenties and were strangers to the Platts mouth witnesses. It is believed the men, not knowing that beer is not sold in Plattsmouth Sundays, went to the Wruteles tavern and up on finding the door unlocked entered. Once inside and find ing no one present they remov ed about $80 in cash from the register and then sacked up a quantity of beer and whisky and departed by the front door. Elmer Wurtele discovered the loss about 8:30 and immediately notified Sheriff Tom Solomon. A search of the Plattsmnv.h ar ea was made. Sarpy cou. ty sher iff's office joined in by check ing recreation spots. Witnesses who saw the three men come out of the tavern said they had their arms load ed down with sacks and were laughing as they calmly walk ed out to the waiting car. Otto Schafer Is Soon To Return The friends over Cass County will be pleased to learn that Otto Schafer, well known and highly esteemed resident of the Nehawka community, is soon to return home from the Metho dist Hospital in Omaha, Mr. Schafer on last Mondav underwent an appendectomy at the Methodist Hosoital and has been showing marked progress and is expected horns at any time. PLA7TSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA. surer; John Cloidt, 2nd vice president; and Paul I "a liquet, 1st vice president. Others elected but not in the picture are Leonard Born, Lion Tamer; out of camera range and Warren Rhy lander, Tail Twister, not present for the installation. 'Not Guilt Verdict in Assault Case V. L. Austin, marshal of Lou isville, was found "not guilty" ot assault and battery in Coun ty Court here Thursday. He had been charged after complaint ot Leon Wendt of Yutan. Judge Raymond J. Case hand ed down the judgment after hearing the principals and wit nesses for both sides. Wendt's complaint arose out of a June 1 incident at Louis ville. Wendt said he was shoved gainst a building as he (Wendt) held his 18-month-old baby. Wendt said Austin had told him that he (Wendt) would have to pay $6 for damage done when the baby stood on the fender of Austin's car and scratched it. Wendt said Austin declared pri or to the "shoving" that he was arresting Wendt for malic ious destruction of property on failure to pay the damage. Wendt said the baby's head was bumped when he was "shov ed." Austin said he had told Wendt about the damage and asked him to pay. Austin said he mov ed to take Wendt to his office to talk about the damage when Wendt tried to pull away and thus fell against the building. A little later the $6 was report ed paid to Austin on behalf of Wendt and the incident closed. Was Object Which Shattered Window a Bullet? The Paul Kerston family of Plattsmouth consider themselv es lucky today after a near ser ious incident Sunday about 8:15 p. m. while out for a drive on the river road. Paul was driving with his son in the center and his wife seat ed near the right front door. Their other children were seat ed in the back seats of the sta tion wagon. As they were proceeding north on the river road near the Heeb ner quarries, an object which possibly could have been a stray high powered rifle bullet struck the right front window and made a large hole the ob ject or bullet sprayed glass on the Kerstons. Mrs. Kerston who was nearest the window received many cuts, the largest being on her right shoulder and requiring two stit ches. Kerston received glass cuts on his right arm. Kerston immediately notified Sheriff Tom Solomon and inves tigation was begun. Some you ths from Omaha who were on the west side of the road said someone had been firing a gun along the bank of the Missouri on the east side of the road. There also was a car parked on the highway side of the Mis souri River at the time of the incident. The area where the bullet could have been fired is being checked todayHo see if an emp ty shell casing could be found. Carl Keil returned home Tues day from the St. Joseph Hos pital where he had surgery. He is getting along fine. rash An Omaha woman was killed, her husband critically injured and four Louisville youths In jured,5 one critically, in a two car accident two miles east of South Bend on State Spur 150 Friday at 7 p. m. Killed was Mrs. Charles E. Hadden, 59. Her husband is in critical condition from chest in juries. atment Plant Talk Wednesday A meeting to discuss the city's future sewage treatment plant has been arranged by Robert Cappell, manager of the Board of Public Works, for Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. at the board's office. Present will be the board, ma yor and city council, attorney and clerk, and representatives of the State Department of Heal th and the Board of Public Works engineering consultant. The meeting was requested by the State Department in or der to orient local authorities on the city's plant needs. Other Nebraska river towns are going through the same pro cedure The federal government and state have required that municipalities treat their sew age waste before dumping it into the rivers. The Federal gov ernment participates in construc tion of plants. The 8tate Health Department is the regulatory body on con struction, standards, etc. Here, the Board of Public Works has jurisdiction over the sewer system and the' treat ment plant to-be, a responsibility assumed by the board this spr ing on request of the City Coun cil The Council and mayor asked to be included in the prelimin ary planning meeting. The engineer to be present Wednesday is from the Omaha firm, Henningson, Durham and Richardson. Jaycee Member Drive July 1 The Plattsmouth Javcees an nounced today their annual mpmbershio drive will begin July 1 and be a continuing drive. Jaycee president Wayne Sch neider urged all young men from 21 to 35 to give serious con sideration to joining and when contacted bv one of the mem bers to "think it over carefully." Schneider said that "Junior Chamber members of today are the community leaders of to morrow." Present membership here is 48. The goal for this year is a total membership of 90. A membership team will cir culate to contact eligible men and explain the organization. Equalization Board Completes Work The Cass County Board of Equalization wound up its hear ings last week, the 40 days it Is allowed by law to meet ex piring Friday. The board (the county com missioners, clerk and assessor) . . heard complaints of 36 proper ty owners on tax assessments made this spring. hi -J f" : GREENWOOD CO-OP EXPANDS Tiers of steed posts mark the place where a new 400,000 biishel grain storage building will be added to MONDAY, JUNE 30. 1958 Kills The Haddens to their cabin South Bend. Their car collided at the crest of a hill with an eastbound car driven bv Thomas R. Baker, 20, Louisville. With Baker were Quenton Peoples, 20, listed as still in critical condition; Ronnie Peo ples, 18, and Ferda Kelley, 18. Baker is in "fair" condition. Baker's three passengers arc all native of Missouri, were working at Louisville for the summer. 3 County Men in Great White Fleet Which Gets Honors Three Cass. County men were members of the Great White Fleet which circled the globt 50 years ago and which will be honored July 3. Honors will be paid at the Bay area off San Francisco by the units of the First Fleet which will pass in review. County members of the dwin dling ranks of that historic cruise were Ward Pittman, Fred Durham and the late Robert Chapman who carried mail out of Nehawka for 30 years. The veterans of the coal burn ers on the cruise are few now. Their ages are between 70 and 80. Their ranks were thinned by World War I. They manned 18 dreadnaughts and auxiliary ships in the fa mous voyage of 14 months as the "big stick" of President Ted dy Roosevelt's "speak softly" policy. Veterans of the Great White Fleet have been invited to get touch with the 12th Nav District Public Information Of fice in the Federal Office Buil ding, San Francisco. THE WEATITER June 26, 27. 28, 29, 1958 Date Iliffh Low Tree Thursday 79 50 .00' Friday 87 47 .00 1 Saturday 87 75 .00 Sunday . 93 66 .00 Forecast: High in 90's; low around 70. Partly cloudy to night. Sun sets tonight at 8:01; rises Tuesday at 4:54. ...''' : . ...... i i TEN CENTS PER were driving i The accident occurred In a located near I bout the center of the gravel i road, Sheriff Tom Solomon said. Baker, Ronnie Peoples and Kelley in their statements to the sheriff said they were return ing; to Louisville and were with in 10 feet of the Hadden car be fore they saw it. They estimat ed their speed within the limit. They said the ir car was in a bout the center of the road as it crested th chill. The accident report said the Hadden vehicle left 66 feet of Hadden Death Car at Right KKK Meeting Tuesday Nite President Harold Smock of the King Korn Karnival announ ced today that there will be a KKK meeting at the Chamber of Commerce office at 8 p. m. Tuesday July I. All committee members, dir ectors and other interested per sons are urged to attend. This meeting will include the setting of a fixed date, budget and pro- gram planning for King Korn Karnival. Lions To Have Picnic July 8 Plattsn.outh Lions will hoi:" their annual family picnic at the Frank Bierl fn.-m n CpHh,. Creek Road this year. ine event nas peon set tor the evening of July 8. ' Greenwood Adds 400,000 Bus. In Grain Storage GREENWOOD Farmers Union Co-operative Assn. here is adding a grain storage build ing which is the first of its kind to be constructed in Nebraska, president Walter Woitzel of the association says. It wMl be 50 feet wide, 300 feet long and 30 feet tall and have capacity of 400,000 bushels. The building's uniqueness comes from it height, only two others of that type that tall having been built by the con tractor. Neither was in Nebras ka. The concrete floor has been installed and part of the steel 1 fl ; f ' the Farmers I'nion C o-op facility at Greenwood. Special two-way augers will conned the new huilsling to Hie elevators. NUMBER 64 .skid marks before the impact. Ted Neneman, brother-in-law of Hadden who was also en route to the Hadden cabin, dis covered the accident and went for help to a farmhouse. Ron nie Peoples also went for assist ance. Besides Solomon, investiga ing were Co. Atty. James Begley, Deputy Sheriff Wayne Sch neider and a state trooper. The injured were taken to the hospital by Ashland and Louis ville ambulances. Police-Sheriff Night Dispatcher Setup Added Here John Elliott has taken over the position of police and sher iff's office night dispatcher, ac cording to Mayor Grant Roberts and Sheriff Tom Solomon. John will continue operating his radio repair shop here with his father. His night hours on the dis- pateher board will be -from 6 i p. m. to 2 a. m. weekdays and from 2 p. m. to 10 v. m. Sun days. Elliott will answer the sher iff's phone and radio equipment when the sheriff is not in at night and the city police phone after it rings three times. The dispatcher will give the Pc neuer response to then- especially emergency The dispatcher's salary i ' , : will be paid jointly by the city and county. Capacity superstructure is up. It is located across the main Burlington Railroad line from the association elevators in Greenwood. A special reversible angering system will permit transfer of grain between the elevators and the new building. A special tres tle will support the augering equipment where it spans the tracks. The new building will have aereators and hot spot detectors. About 130 tons of steel will go into the framework of the new building. It will have gal vanized steel covering. The association built its 125, 000 bushel concrete elevator in 1951 at a cost of $95,000. In 1954, it built its 240.000 bushel con crete annex at a cost of $120,000. Both facilities were paid off promptly. Last fall it installed a grain dryer at a cost of $20,000. ThLi I new7 building will cost about j $115,000 to $120,000. And raise I total capacity to more than j million bushel. J Members and people of the i community have pledged over ; $80,000 of which over $60,000 is now in hand. Additional capital I will be obtained from the Oma j ha Bank for Cooperatives. J Tlie Association is also plan ning a warehouse for feeds, fer llilier and other merchandise, i and a new office building. "Greenwood is a small com munity but each time the As sociation has reconnized a need the members and people of the community have always re sponded nobly with capital ti put tlie job over." the associa tion president says. Floyd H. Graves is manap.er of the elevator. i Since the accompanying pho to was taken, work has pro gressed or, the nw building ar.d if is almost finished.- COPY 59