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Fr -wir firm n CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER TME PiLATTSMdDaiTtHI JKMJRNAL Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families PUBOSRED-SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursctay VOLUME 77 TWELVE PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 28, 1958 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER S! . Jt. Wi.i ...a,...t.lM,.d Jtot jjqlrm.i.,.!..!. .... j. A & MOVF. J 1 1 .A I 1JKK THIS! Coach Bill Hawkins, who played a lot of football as end anil back at the I'niversity of Nebraska, demonstrates a blocking fundamental with a squad member as State Fair Will Open Saturday A. M. LINCOLN -Gates to the 1958 Nebraska Slate Fair will swing open Saturday morning, Au. 30. The various competitive events for which outstanding entries have been received, and the in dustrial show, for which all available .space has been sold, will share attention with such nationally - known entertain ment figures as Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, The Andrews Sis ters, the Mariners Quartet and Sliep Fields and his orchestra. Judging in the competitive e vents will start on Sunday morn ing, get into full swing Monday morning, and be completed by Wednesday night. Premium money offered has been boosted to a new record total of $79,853. In addition, the Fair Board will offer trophies and placques valued at approxi mately $1,200. The hundreds of ribbons to be awarded will cost the board another $1,800. Entertainment includes big car auto races on Sunday, Monday and Thursday afternoons; a 200 lap 'stock car race on Friday afternoon; the Sam Howard Wa ter Frolics on Wednesday after noon; and the Aut Swenson Thrillcade of Friday evening. This year's industrial show is attracting a number of farm machinery exhibitors that have not been represented the past few years, according to fair of ficials. Among the special exhibits will be the Hall of Health, sponsor ed by the Nebraska State Medi cal Association and cooperating organizations; and expanded fish and wildlife display by the State Game Commission; and histori cal and scientific displays by the University of Nebraska State Museum and the State Histori cal Society. More4-H Fair Results Following are further 4-H re sults from the Cass County Fair, supplied by the County Agricul tural Extension Office: SlMMI It SCHOOL OUTFIT Blue Carolyn Kay Edwards, Shanlyn Lindell, Mary L. Det mer, Susan Umland, Elinor Urn land; Red Jane Robertson, Jean Rieckman, Carolyn Vin cent; White Lynne Root, Kathrvn Elliott. WINTER SCHOOL OUTFIT Purple Linda Rehmeier; Blue Judy Panska, Judy Trut na. Janet Von Spreckelson; Red Linda Long, Kathy Dorr, Ja net Umland, Marlys Cline, Pa mela Rase. SIMPLE TAILORED OR DRESSMAKER SUIT Red Bonnie Lacy. TAILORED SUIT OUTFIT BLUE Mary Schmidt. DRESS I P OUTFIT Purple Marilyn Pollard; Blue Diana Wiles; Red Karen Tilson. DRESS, COAT ENSEMBLES Purple Maribelle Elliott; Blue Susan Wood. POSTERS CLOTHING P,!UC. Linda Johnson. FOODS Blue Beverly Rippe; Red Anna Jean Albers, Donna Lange; White Shirley Sue Albers, Deanna Bond. Rasann Jaeobson. HEALTH Brii Jacqueline Dodson; White Sharon Dodson. SAFETY Blue John Dean Groes er. OTHER POSTERS Blue Herbert Heil; Red John Harter. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 mS Grid Squad Proaress Pleases Plattsmouth's High's football squad, just four days along in practice, Wednesday began to "hit" and had good 30-minute sessions on both offense and de fense that morning. Coach Bill Hawkins says he's pleased with the progress the boys .have made so far, that the units into which the squad was divided from the first day have already learned most of the plays and assignments. Hawkins is using a tight-T formation. He's not quite ready to desig nate first and second team all gnments but already has a pretty good line on the squad of 46. Wednesday afternoon, the squad worked out in shorts, hel mets and shoulder pads as a re- Heier Family Reunion Held The Heier family reunion was held Aug. 17 at the city park in Elmwood. About 50 attended the basket dinner. Following dinner a short bus iness meeting was held with an election of officers for 1959: president, Howard Root, Eagle; vice president, Mrs. Ervin He ier, Greenwood; secretary, Mrs. Henry Knaup, Weeping Water; treasurer, Mrs. Carl Backemey er, Murdock. The 1959 reunion will be held the third Sunday in August in the city park in Elmwood. The ones from the farthest distance were Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Rodenberg of Drummond. Okla., Mrs. Verna Chestnut of Billings, Okla., and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Engelman and son of Enid, Okla. Nebraska towns represented were Lincoln. Humboldt, Rulo, Ashland, Murdock, Weeping Wa ter, Greenwood. Louisville, Eag le, Alvo, Nehawka and Elmwood. Journal Saturday The Journal will be printed Saturday this week instead of next Monday, Labor Day. The Journal office, like most Platts mouth businesses and public of fices, will be closed Monday. Subscribe to The Journal Now! treet Pavin engineer fiirea Engineering work on five blocks of street paving here will be started soon but is unkUkely any concrete will be poured until next spring. The City Council Monday night hired Henningson. Durham and Richardson. Omaha, to do the!ject runs past the completion engineering. A representative of j period (probably 45 daysi would the firm said he thought it doubt-! be $25 a day and costs. ful that a contractor could be brought in yet this fall. He said it would take about 30 days to draw plans and speci fications, even though his firm began next week. Legal publi cation and contract letting would take another 30 davs, he esti mated. The engineer advised the Coun cil to ready the plans and then try for a winter contract letting for better price results. He said contractors then would be done with the current season's work and in the market for work for next year. Mayor Grant Roberts suggest- ed. too, that further work could be added to the project in the meantime. The engineer said the engtnering work will be done so that additions can be made and w 4 ti in 1 1 faiiinfci in1 ii target during the first Plattsmouth High practice session Monday. The field was damp for the first morning session but the squad went at conditioning" with a will anyway. spite earned by the morning's hard contact practice. Plattsmouth opens Sept. 12 at Crete and plays its home open er Sept. 19 against Beatrice. On the squad, so far divided only into backs and linemen, are: Backs John Konfrst, Lau- Roger Smith Named Delegate To Chicago School Meeting Roger Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Smith of this city, has had the honor of being selected to represent Creighton Prep high school in Omaha to attend the summer school of Ca tholic Action that is meeting at Chicago. The summer school is held each year for students of Cath olic schools over the nation. Ro ger, who is a student at Creigh ton Prep was selected to attend the meeting for his school. He is a graduate of the local St. Johns School. Meetings are held at the Hotel Morrison at Chicago. Omaha Firm To Design Sewer The City Council Monday night selected Henningson, Durham and Richardson, Omaha, to do the engineering on the proposed sanitary sewer district on Chica go Avenue and Thayer Street. A field trip of Council mem bers with the engineer will pre cede start of work on the de sign. Mrs. Ward Schade Has Heart Attack While Enroute From Outing Mr. and Mrs. Ward Schade of this city were returning home from a fishing trip to Canada when Mrs. Schade was stricken with a heart attack. She will remain for a week or more in the hospital at Oliva, Minn. Mrs. Schade has been an active figure in the community and is Junior superintendent of the First Christian church Sunday school. n n n included in the same project. Henningson's fee will be 3!2 per cent on the project if the bid price is $50,000 or less, 3 per cent if it is more than $50. 000. Per diem charge for engin eering supervision, if the pro- Before a survey party of the engineering firm begins work an engineer will tour the pro posed paving areas with city Council members to see any par ticular problems envisioned for the project. Also on the tour agenda will be visits to spots where "faults" have been created in past pav ing projects. The Council said it hopes by this means to avoid further errors in construction A councilman had said that apparent improper grades had resulted in earlier projects. The engineer commented that Plattsmouth is a difficult place to engineer streets because of the hills. It is particularly hard he said, to work in intersections at flat grades. Hits'; Coach ren Todd, Tom Winscot, Mike Horn, Tom Russell, Dave Wilson. Mike Kerston, Jim Shipley, Jim Stewart, Al Hansen, Steve Kem, Wayne Molck, Al Dasher, Jim Bulin, Larry Toothaker, Dennis Campbell, Dave Albert, Albert Konfrst and Jim Shown. Linemen Harold Williams, Jerry Wurtele, Albert Weten kamp, Lee Hackler, Ray Ford, Wayne Williams, Ronnie Wil liams, Larry Marler, Roger Noell, J. C. Draper, Ken Pritchard, Ed Hohman, Dave Hohman, John Carr, Ronald Boardman, Jim Seay, Paul Anderson, Brian Nel son, Francis Lebens, John Neil, Gale Pritchard, Jerry Haase, Chester Bowman, Richard Kel lison, Larry Christenson, Lynn Hendrix, Ted Bowen. Teachers Workshop Being Held Here Meetings were held today and will be held Friday In Central and High School buildings dur ing the 7th annual Teachers Workshop of the Plattsmouth City Schools. Guest speakers include Steve Davis, member of the Board of Education; Herb Freeburg, pres ident of the Chamber of Com merce; William Landis, super visor of elementary education here; Plattsmouth High princip al O. F. Mussman: Dr. Neal S. Gomon, president of Peru State Teachers College and W. A. Schindler. consultant in school administration for the State De partment of Education. Besides the general sessions, sectional meetings both days concerned subject matter to be taught and classroom techniques and problems. School begins Tuesday at 9:30. Local People At Indian Pow Wow At Macy Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Clement Woster and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rosencrans and Mrs. Zel phia Seward, were at Macy, Nebr., Sunday where they en joyed the annual pow-wow of - i the Omaha Indians. The event is one that is wide , ly known over the west and i brings members of the various tribes from all over the country. The visiting tribes are quarter ed at Macy for the various events that mark the annual gathering. The various tribal dances and ceremonies were observed with due ceremony and the partici pants garbed in the full regalia for the dances. It was a sight well worth seeing and attended by a large crowd from this sec tion of the state. Dr. Rifle from the Rosbud agency of South Dakota was the speaker at the ceremonial Sun day. Police Salary Increases OK'd By City Council A raise in police department salaries here will be retroactive to Aug. 15, the City Council de cided Monday night. Granted were raises in the chief of police salary from $310 to $350 a month, veteran patrol men from $285 to $295 a month. New patrolmen start at $275. The Council also granted uni form allowance of $50 a year, to be paid in November and May, the middle and beginning of the city'g fiscal year. Journal Want Ads Pay LocoS Reserves' Runaway Youth Steals Truck Here, Is Caught A 16-year-old runaway youth from Missouri Valley, Iowa, ad mitted in a signed statement Tuesday night to Sheriff Tom Solomon that he was the per son who stole K. W. Grosshans' truck from the Grosshan's home a.bout 5 a.m. Tuesday, abandon ed just south on US 75 with damaged motor. The youth said he ran away from home in Missouri Valley Monday night and stole a pick up truck from a farm south of Missouri Valley and abandoned it about a mile north of Platts mouth after it ran out of gas. The youth was traced to Ne braska City and was one of two youth picked up for investiga tion by Chief of Police Iverson in Nebraska City and turned over to Solomon for questioning. Wednesday morning the youth was turned over to Logan Coun ty, Iowa, authorities to face Juvenile charges pending a gainst him in that county. The Grosshans truck sustain ed about $250 damage, which is covered by insurance, according to the sheriff's office. Cus Cakemeier Old Resident Dies At Murdock Gus Gakemeier, 68, member of one of the pioneer families of the Murdock community, died suddenly Saturday at the fam ily home. Mr. Gakemeier was sitting in a rocking chair at the home awaiting supper when he dropped into the last sleep. He is survived by the widow, Anne and one daughter, Mary Ann Stohlman. The death came as a great shock to the many friends in the east part of the county where the family has long been active in community affairs. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church of which he was a devout member. Burial was at the church cemetery. Check 'Artist' Works in County An unidentified check passer who left his mark in Union in the amount of $47.50 Aug. 14, is wanted by many Kansas officers, according to information recei ved by the sheriff's office. The man is using three different names on a crosscountry check passing spree. Sheriff Tom Solomon said the subject enters a town and selects the name of a prominent resi dent which he uses as the sig nature on the check. He next appears at a hardware store, implement establishment or lum ber yard and purchases stand ard farm necessities such as calf feed, barbed wire, staples, ce ment, pipe etc., and presents the forged check in payment. Another man gave a Platts mouth resident, a check for mer chandise in the amount of $250 a W'eek ago. It was returned marked "no account." Solomon traced the subject down to a Detroit address and asked De troit police to pay him a visit. The man said he issued the check on the wrong bank and quickly wired the Plattsmouth resident a $250 money order. $105,640 Damage Suit Filed Here A $105,640 suit for damages from alleged injuries resulting from an automobile accident has been filed in District Court here. Plaintiff is Charles E. Hadden. Omaha, seeking damages from Thomas R. Baker, Louisville. The suit mentions an accident June 27 on Highway Spur 150 about two miles east of South Bend. Another case recently filed is Gertrude Record vs. Darrell Re cord, divorce. "A" Band To Columbus Today Plattsmouth A Band mem bers boarded chartered buses at 6:30 this morning and departed for Columbus where they will appear today. Two adults sponsored each bus. Thera were 70 members making the trip. Repair of Cemetery Rd. Is Topic What's to be done about Cem etery Road? The City Council Monday night discussed the street which is be coming badly pitted with holes and on which heaviet anC hea vier trafic is moving. Mayor Grant Roberts brought up the subject and said he felt something ought to be done a bout repairing the street. Coun cil members pointed out thai it would be a little late in the sea son to get anything done yeti this fall. Bill Highfield, chairman of the streets committee, said the str eet has become so rough largely because of newly-created heavy traffic on it since the Louisville Plattsmouth Road (State High way 66 was closed for the start of surfacing. He said there is a lot of truck traffic as well as a big volume of car traffic using the street. Highfield said he doubted that oiling the street would be a so lution since the truck traffic would be so hard on new oil. It was suggested the state might be solicited to help keep the street in shape if it is being used as an alternate route to Plattsmouth from the western part of the county while High way 66 is under construction. Mayor Roberts and a council man were to make inquiry In that direction. information on Dutch Elm Disease Made Available Want some information about Dutch Elm Disease? You can get it free from the Plattsmouth Park Board at the Plattsmouth Paint Store. The board obtained material giving instructions about treat ment and care of trees and pre cautions to take against the dis ease. The board feels making the information available is import ant to overcome an apparent apathy about the disease which is deadly to elms and doing great damage as it moves west across the country, carried by a beetle. Information for distribution was obtained from the Lincoln Park Board. Watch School Crossings! School crossing signal lights are being operated in advance of school here to helu acquaint motorists with them before the heavy school pedestrian traffic starts. This has been the practice for several years and it was approv ed again by the City Council Monday night. r . , ' - , , . . if i . - ' f m " ;. ' J i : ' -' . i ' 1 r ' if 1 , SENATOR. LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATE Francis M. Casey, I'lattsmouth candidate for Congress, left, is shown on the Capi tol steps in Washington D. ('., recently with Sen. John Kennedy (D-Mass.) Casey is a Democratic candidate for representative from the 2nd Nebraska District. Training You Drive Labor Day Weekend, Drive Carefully How many people will die on Nebraska streets and highways during the long Labor Day holi day weekend? Col. C. J. Sanders, Nebraska Safety Patrol, answered that question today when he stated, "On t lie basis of past experience during the past five years, Ne braska could experience two traffic deaths as it has for the pa t three years or as many as six as it did in 1953." He added, "Not one single traf fic deatli need occur in the La bor Day holiday traffic if every driver will: Stay away from the wheel if they have been drink ing, avoid excessive speed, guard against improper passing, and not follow other cars too close." "These rules make up a sure fire formula for minimizing holi day traflic trouble," said the Pa trol Head. "The size of the La bor Day toll will depend on how many drivers follow them." "Members of the Safety Pa tiol will be working in full force, as it does on all holidays, to keep drivers from killing them selves." he fomented, "It seems only reasonable to ask the dri vers to cooperate." 48 Expected Here For County Institute Forty eight Cass County rural and village school teachers were expected here today for the an nual Cass County Teachers In stitute. A workshop conducted by Ro bert Stepp, head of the Bureau of Audio-Vi.-ual Instruction of the University of Nebraska Ex tension Division was a main part of the day's program. Murray School Begins Sept. 2 Murray school begins Sept. 2 with : full-dav session. Out-of-town kindergarten children will be taken home on the bus at 11 a. m. Teachers will be: kindergar ten. Mrs. Opnl Martin; 1st and 2nd, Mrs. Gloria Noell; 3rd and 4th. Mrs. Evrlvn Morris: 5th and 6th. Mrs. Donna Brungardt: 7th and 8th. Mrs. Clara Becker. Rifle Stolen I An intruder entered the James Chappel home in the west part of Plattsmouth Tuesday afternoon and made off with a .22 Winchester rifle, special pump. The intruder was seen leaving the home and a search was im mediately begun by the city pol ice and the sheriff's office. Se veral acres of weeds in the area provided the intruder with hid ing. '',v t l- ": i. . J 1 ; i r 'Good' Sgt. Rogers, Union, Gets Unit Citation Local people can look with :i great deal of pride on the mem bers of the Heavy Mortar Com pany, 355tli Infantry Regiment, for performance of their work during unit training. This was tfie comment of Capt. Cecil Karr, commanding officer of the unit which wound up two weeks of field training at Fort Carson. Colo., Sunday. He said the Army Reserves of the company met the strict standards of training set up by the Continental Army Command "efficiently and effectively . . . at all times." Again this year, the 355th trained as an individual unit. Although the efficiency rat ing of the unit has not been made known, it is believed It will receive a high rating for the training period as it always lias in the past. Karr said the members of the 355th maintained high moral, desire to do an outstanding job and esprit de corps. He said these ingredients are necessary for effective functioning of a unit of this kind. Sgt. Clifford Rogers, Union, this year received the units ci tation as" "outstanding soldier of the year for 1957-58." The 355th arrived at Fort Car son Aug. 10., performed the nec essary duties of "housekeeping" and was ready for field training early the next morning. "The unit, received excellent training and accomplished a great deal by doing that train ing at camp which cannot be done at the armory," Karr said. He said it also gave the com manding officer a chance to evaluate the training done dur ing the year in the regular ar mory sessions, determine what corrections ought to be made and decide on emphasis for sub sequent armory sessions. Training at eunip consisted of: Tactical field exercises, in cluding selection and occupa tion of mortar positions and as sembly areas. Heavy mortar company on at tack, and on defense. Special tactical operations, delaying actions, approach march, setting up company plans for fire support of the re giment. Two days of firing on the range with 4.2 mortars. Two night of bivouac with ta ctical night problems. Karr said the men in the ad ministrative and supply sections did an outstanding job. Aug. 15. the full 355th Infan try Regiment, marched in review with Gov. Victor Anderson of Nebraska in the reviewing stand. Aug. 16, tile 89th Division par ade completed the first week of training. The company had an outing at Rainbow Valley Lodge over the weekend. Now back at the civilian occu pations, the company is Mill looking forward to armory train ing, Karr said. The former Wiy sel Garage building which the unit occupies has been condi tioned for training. As a final notation. Karr notes "excellent chow was enjoyed at camp. Heavy Mortar had its mess steward and two cooks in the mess hall. They did a fine job." Car Prowled A car belonging to Bernard Hor'.on of Omaha was broken in:o near the Platte River Brid ge between 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. liorton was working on the pipeline on the Platte River bridge at the time of the break in. He reported $70 missing from his billfold. The sheriffs office is investigating. 2-Year Probation Stanley M. Caldwell Jr. of Douglas County pleaded "guilty" to a charge of issuing a no-l'i.nd.s check in District Court here last week and was placed on two years probation bv Judge John M. Dierks. I HE WEATHER Air;. ''.I, 2(1, 2T, l'.-,S rlich Low Tree. Datr : Monday Tue-day . . Wed icsdav Forecast: low in 60' ... '.0 CO .15 ... 7G 72 .00 88 72 00 High in mid 30V. Partly cUir.dy tn- ; night. Sun .-.cM tonight at Friday a! 5 47 a m 04; ri.se "fll ft,..