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STA1E I.I3T. LINCOLN, i:ees. c v w X;. 4 1 A A . CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Tim IP da RlKDJDTM JJflDUJErMIL PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Moncta y-Thu rsday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 77 SIX PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1958 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 81 s Jury Term Sept. 8; Panel Is Drawn The District Court docket for the jury term beginning Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. has 11 cases list ed, plus 10 listed on the "heel of the docket" for trial if there is sufficient time before the end of the term here. Included in the latter is the City of Plattsmouth's appeal of a condemnation award to James FB Has Six Co. Districts, Sets Meetings In an attempt to encourage greater participation of members in the Policy Development pro gram for 1959, the board of di rectors of Cass County Farm Bureau have decided to divide the county into six districts and conduct Policy Development meetings in each district in Sept ember. These meetings will be held in addition to the regular unit meet ings in the county. The county Policy Develop ment Committee consisting of Robert R. Cole. Plattsmouth; chairman; Forrest Engelkemier, of Louisville; William Gilmour, Plattsmouth: and George H. Ri eke. Union; will be in charge of the district meetings. The dis tricts, their precincts, and dates and places of meetings are list ed as follows: Dist. 1, Plattsmouth and Eight Mile Grove Sept. 12, Mynard church basement. Wm. Gilmour, chairman, Dist. 2, Mt. Pleasant, West Rock Bluff and East Rock Bluff, Sept.. 9. Murray Schoolhou.se, George Rieke, chairman. Dist. 3, Liberty, Nehawka and Avoca, Sept. 22, Legion Hall, Union, Geo. Rieke, chairman. Dist. 4, Louisville, Center, and Weepina: Water, Sept. 9, Legion Hall, Weeping Water, Forrest Engelkemier, chairman. Dist. 5, Salt Creek, South Bend and Elmwood. Sept. 15, Mur dock school, Robert R. Cole, chairman. Dist. 6, Greenwood, Tipton and Stove Creek, Sept. 11, Alvo Gy mn, Robert Cole, chairman. The purpose of these meetings is to develop resolutions that will be considered at the county annual meeting, Oct. 21. Chovanec Is Leqal Officer In Air Force Capt. Albin E. Chovanec has been assigned to Heardquarters, Central Air Defense Force, Ric-hards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri, to perform duties as Legal Officer. He practiced law here until this summer. Central Air Defense Force is one of three commands assigned to the Air Defense Command. CADF is charged with defending an area from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River. Capt. Chovanec entered the United States Naval Reserve, in 1941 and was commissioned in 1950. He served 18 months over seas during World War II. The Captain was relieved of active duty in 1952 and recalled in 1958. He graduated from Platts mouth High School in 1941. He then attended the Southeast Missouri State Teachers College in 1943 and graduated from Creighton University with a bachelor's degree in law. He has been admitted to the Supreme Court of Nebraska and Federal Ditrict Court of Ne braska District. Capt. Chovanec has been a warded the Pre-Peral Harbor Ribbon, Asiatic - Pacific Cam paign Medal, Philippine Libera tion Ribbon with one Star, World Wrar II Victory Medal and Navy Good Conduct Medal. He and his wife (the former Ellen G. Cloidt, Plattsmouth) have two children, Micheal, 5, and Timothy, 2. Bob Beverage, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beverage, entered the Clarkson Hospital Friday where he underwent nose sur gery. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heil, Jr., and son Glenn of Louisville were in the city Thursday shopping and visiting. Eden for land needed for con struction of a flood control dam. The jury panel has been drawn and notified and the names ap pear elsewhere in this story. On the trial list are: Sept. 8, State vs. Henry A. Hughson Jr., careless driving, jury waived; State vs. Terry S. McBride, careless driving, jury waived. Sept. 9, State vs. Jesse M. Nichols, drunken driving. Sept. 11, State vs. Raymond W. Warren, drunken driving. Sept. 15-16, Gladys Cook vs. Willard Gochenour, damage. Sept. 17-18, Fred P. Forbes vs. Albin J. Svdik, damage. Sept. 22-23, Max J. Kopman vs. Warren Wyant, damage. Sept. 24-25, Dept. of Roads vs. Earl F. Albert, condemna tion. Sept. 29-30, Florence Glaser, administratrix, vs. Merritt Bea ch Co., damage. Oct. 6-7, Elga A. Joy vs. Er nest Eugene Lincoln, damage. Oct. 8-9-10, In re: Estate of Arnold French, deceased, disal lowance of claim appeal. On the "heel 'of the docket" are: Joseph E. Hable vs. Booth and Olson Inc., Marie J. Dinges vs. Edw. M. Egenberger, Ruth M, Tabor vs. Evelyn M. Freuden berg, Mamie Hudson vs. Evelyn M. Freudenberg, James Hudson vs. Evelyn M. Freudenberg, Le na B. Kirkhart vs. Evelyn M. Freudenberg, dept. of Roads vs. C. A. Ruse, Dept. of Roads vs. Joseph Myron Wiles, City of Plattsmouth vs. James Eden, In Re: Estate of Arnold French, Cajka claim. Jurors drawn for the term were: Plattsmouth Marvin Peter elt, Mrs. Darrel Nolte, Perry I. Graves, Leonard Kalasek, Law rence A. Ellingson, Milton Mun cle, Mrs. Phoebe E. Lorensen, Mrs. Charlotte Gall, Dale Jack son, Frank Bukacek, W. H. Thompson, R. W. Bernhardt, Mrs. Lyle V. Ladd. Louisville Mrs. Ivan Thom as, Mrs. William H. Jardine, Mrs. Claude Heim, Victor S. Woolheiser, Max J. Burmeister. Murdock Mamie E. Mah er, William Schlueter, Leonard Klemme. Murray Mrs. Bobby Spang ler. Eagle George Oberle, Mrs. Marilyn Dietze. Ashland Mrs. Selma P. St ander. Weeping Water Theo C. Carnes, Mrs. Richard Bickford, Mrs. Florence A. Baker, Chas. J. Samland. Union Mrs. Robert Kendall. Nehawka Mrs. John Schaf er, Mrs. Howard Philpot, Mrs. John Dietl, George Kime, Mrs. Dale Reckard. Greenwood Mrs. Katherine Gerlock, Paul Robinson, Ray Borden. Alvo Marie Shiffer. Avoca Mrs. M. C. Pittman. Louisville School Begins Tuesday LOUISVILLE (Special) The Louisville Public Schools open Tuesday, Sept. 2, for registra tion and classes. Teachers are Kindergarten, Helen Brunson; 1st, Evelyn Lo vercheck; 2nd, Genevieve Funk; 3rd, Ruby Vincent; 4th Frances Schliefert; 5th Agnes Hakel; 6th Edith Haney; 7th, and principal for the erade school Avre Papst; 8th, Irene Koop. High school Jack M. Welch, superintendent; Jack W. Gell, principal: John Schaumburg, music; Richard Loeseke, Indust rial Arts; Ernest Lee, athletics; Katherine Rebbe, home-making; Selma Mulnix, mathematics; Ruth Leadabrand. English; Lar ry Jambor, science; and Lee Dierks, commercial. Members of the Board of Edu caton are Graham Jones, chair man; Dr. H. W. Worthan. sec retary, Harry N. Ahl, treasur er; Suzanne Pankonin. Gertrude Koop and John Fusselman. The grade school has hired Glen Love as custodian because of the illness of Harry Wirth, who had been the custodian for many years. THE WE.,frIIER Aug. 28, 29, 1958 Pate High Low Pree Thursday 90 60 .00 Friday 90 72 tr. Forecast: High near 90; low mid CO's. Continued clear and fair. Sun sets tonight at 7:D1. Sun rises Sunday at 5:49. X - l-y-JH NEW CHIEF Of counter intel ligence for the 13th District Of fice of Special Investigations at Offutt AFB, Lt. Col. James Ru therford arrived this week after a tour of duty with Pacific Air Forces, as assistant chief of the Counter - Intelligence Division. Col. Rutherford is a veteran of 20 years military service and spent 13 years in the Office of Special Investigations and the Army counter-part. A native of McLoud, Okla., the Colonel gra duated from Central State Col lege in Edmond, Okla. He lives on Route 1, Plattsmouth, with his wife, Helen, and their 13-year-old daughter, Helen Anne. Dam Design Almost Ready Final designs for the first flood control dam in the Platts mouth watershed may be re ceived here in two to three weeks. Flood Control Administrator Paul Fauquet was told by a Soil Conservation Service represent ative in Lincoln this week that final checking of plans is be ing done now. Printing of plans and specifications will take up most of the two-three week per iod. Dam 10-A will be in west Plattsmouth. The local flood control committee and city of ficials are hoping to get this dam and 18-A, southeast of the city, built this fall or early winter. Fauquet said the SCS has in formed him that dam 7-C, just north of the city limit on the Alvin Smock place, might also be built this fall. Including it could delay starting 10-A con struction as little as 10 days, the SCS estimates. No Injury in Car Crash Near Union A car driven by Mrs. Doris M. O'Connor of Nehawka was making a left turn at the Union corner Friday about 1 p. m. when it collided with a south bound car driven by Wayne E. DeLay of Nebraska City. A third car said to have caus ed the accident left before Dep uty Sheriff Wayne Schneider ar rived to lnvistigate. There were no injuries and damages to both vehicle.; amoun ted to about $200. Wahoo Sheriff Gets Dog Sheriff Joe Divis of Wahoo was in Plattsmouth Thursday to pick up his missing coon dog which was found running loose in Plattsmouth rSii 2: j$vW ' ' " "" - - - ' - --.rii ... j .' 1 ruiiimii iiiijiiiiipiiiiL PEE WEE RUNNERSUP The Cardinals finished second in the Pee Wee League baseball playoff here. They are, from left: font Eddie Chappell, Bradley Bourne, Stanley Adkins, John Kole, Calvin McDaniel; back Manager Henry Eggert, Ronnie Murray, Henry Eirgert Jr., Bobby Riser, Darrell Draper and Dennis Dasher. Also on the team but not on photo was James Drennen. School Voter Will Be Legislator (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the one of a series of 10 articles be ing published to inform voters about the nine proposals to a mend the constitution of the State of Nebraska wheh will ap pear on the ballot at the genera election in November. It is a service of the state press associa tion.) From Nebraska Press Assn. News Service Nebraska voters will become legislators when they step into their voting booths next Novem ber. They will be asked to approve or disapprove nine proposals to amend the state constitution. Now, you may ask, why must we vote on these amendments? And further, why do they keep changing the constitution? The state constitution is the basic law of Nebraska. It is the document from which all other state and local laws derive their authority. Only the voter can change the constitution. The re cord shows, too, that Nebraskans do not consider their state con stitution as something fixed and unalterable. They wish to keep abreast of changing times and conditions. The present constitution was approved by the people in 1875. In 1919-20 a constitutional con vention resulted in 41 amend ments. No convention has been held since then, so instead of a general revision such as we had in 1919-20, we have attempted to All Traffic Must Stop For School Bus Sheriff Tom Solomon has re minded motorists that the state law regarding school buses on the highways "will be enforced to the letter." v.- The law requires that any per son approaching from any direc tion toward a place where pas sengers are getting on of off a school bus shall come to "a full stop and shall not start until said school bus has started." NFLA Officials To Attend Meet In Columbus Officers and directors of the Cass-Otoe National Farm Loan Association of Weeping Water will attend a regional Federal Land Bank conference at Colum bus, Sept. 8. Twenty coopera tive farm loan associations from eastern Nebraska will be re presented at the meeting. Discussions will center around current trends in the long-term lending field and methods of providing the best possible farm loan service to farmers and stockmen. Representing the association will be Clifford O. Cooper, Weep ing Water, president; H. C. Kup ke, Murdock, vice-president; Ivan G. Althouse, Waverly, and Marion Sisco. Otoe, and Walter C. Reimer, Syracuse, directors; and H. C. Elliott, Weeping Wat er, secretary-treasurer. The Cass-Otoe NFLA makes Land Bank loans in Cass and Ot oe Counties. k 4M'J peons Ty esdloy oft keep the constitution "up to date" by amending it piecemeal, according to Dr. Jack Rodgers, Director of the Nebraska Legis lative Council. For example, since 1920 voters have approved 20 amendments to the constitution, 12 of them since 1952. Since 1931, the legis lature has considered 182 re quests to place amendments on the ballot. In the last session, for instance, 16 bills proposing amendments were introduced, but only seven received the ne cessary three-fifths vote of the senators to place it on the ballot. The voters may also place amen dments on the ballot by circulat ing initiative petitions and se curing the necessary number of valid signatures of voters. Two such amendments appear on the ballot next November. The amendments on the bal lot next November must meet two conditions to become a part of the basic law of Nebraska: 806 in County Get $550,584 In Old-Age Insurance Benefits A total of 806 retired salaried workers and self-employed per sons in Cass County received $550,584 in old-age insurance benefits last year, according to A. J. Piccolo, field representa tive of the social security dis trict office In Lincoln. ! In addition to retirement benefits, $231,948 was paid to wives, widows, children, depen dent aged widowers and parents, and to insured, disabled per sons. The total paid last year in Cass County amounted to $782, 532, representing an increase of 46.3 percent over the previous year. "There were several reasons for the increase in benefits over last year," Piccolo said. "One was the payment of benefits to people who were brought under the law for the first time in re cent years farm families, for example. Other reasons for the increase were the reduction in the retirement age to 62 for wo men and the starting of dis ability insurance benefits to dis abled people aged 50 or over." In the 17-county area served by the Lincoln district office, a total of $15,742,848. was paid last year to 25,536 beneficiaries of the system. $13,291,944. went to 20, 920 retired persons, and their wives or dependent .husbands; $2,319,648. to families of decea-. sed workers; and $131,256. to insured, disabled persons. In Nebraska, $59,047,200. was paid last year to 94,844 retired persons, and their eligible de pendents and to the families of deceased workers. The disabi lity insurance trust fund paid out $589,200 to 708 eligible dis abled persons who had fulfilled certain work requirements but can no longer engage in gain ful employment. In the nation as a whole, 11, 128,897 persons were paid $7, 396,304,000. last year in old-age and survivors ' insurance pay ments and 149,850 disabled per sons received a total of $130, 843,000. Not counting social security y. jm- If-' - ft MIDGET RUNNERSI P Shown above are the Braves, run nersup in the city recreation baseball Midget League playoff. From left: front Dick Spangler, Butch McGraw, Chuck McClan ahan, Roger Heedum, Billy Fan-ell; back Manager Al McClan ahan, Todd Wilson, Larry Ahrends, Bobby McClanahan, Leland Pritchard and Philip Fischer. A majority of the voters voting on the proposal must approve; and the vote in favor of each a mendment must equal 35 per cent of the total votes cast at the election. Just how are voters being ask ed to amend the constitution next November? There are iwo initiative peti tions. The first one on the bal lot authorizes the legilature t impose a five per cent tax on the annual grass revenue de rived by public power corpora tions selling electricity at retail in villages and cities. This tax revenue would be in lieu of all other state and local taxes, with certain exceptions. Public power corporations are not taxable, but have been making payments in lieu of taxes. The second initiative petition would authorize the legislature to license and regulate bingo games conducted by non-profit associations. benefits, 19 per cent of the re tired couples had outside in come of less than $75. during the year nd 28 per cent had additional income of less than $300. Half of all retired couples had more and half had less than $180 for th eyear, besides their social security benefits. Half of the family groups widowed mothers and children had more and half had less than $2,830. income last year, including social security bene fits. As of December 31, 1957, 507 Nebraskans out of every 1,000, aged 65 and over, were receiving old-age and survivors insurance benefits last year. One hundred ten out of every 1,000, aged 65 or over, were recipients of old age assistance, under the state welfare program. In the nation as a whole, 550 of every 1,000 aged persons were receiving old age and survivors insurance pay ments and 165 of every 1,000 were on the old-age assistance rolls. A total of 818 retired salaried workers and self-employed per sons in Otoe County received $581,112 in old-age insurance benefits last year.. , In ' addition to retirement benefits, $211,308 as paid to wives, widows, children, depen dent aged widowers and parents, and to insured persons. The total paid last year in Otoe County amounted to $792, 420, representing an increase of 57.2 per cent over the previous year. 722 retired salaried workers and self-employed perons in Saunders County received $502, 152 in old-age insurance bene fits last year. In addition to retirement benefits, $170,736 was paid to wives, widowschildren, depen dent aged widowers and parents, and to insured, disabled persons. The total paid last year in Saunders County amounted to $690,888, representing an in crease of 52.2 per cent over the previous year. in Fall Briefly, by general title, here are seven amendments placed on the ballot by the last ses sion of the legislature. 1. Exempts members of cer tain types of state boards and commissions from the present constitutional requirement that executive officers reside at the seat of state government in Lin coln. 2. Authorizes the legislature to clear property titles by releasing real property from tax and asses sment charges when they remain unpaid for fifteen years or long er. 3. Authorizes the legislature to provide for succession to the office of governor when neither the Leutenant Governor nor the Speaker of the Legislature is capable of performing the duties of the office. 4. Authorizes the legislature to determine who shall manage all state charitable, mental, reform and penal institutions. 5. Increases the salary of mem bers of the legislature. 6. Authorizes the legislature to authorize cities or villages to acquire, own and lease real and personal property to manufac turing, indutrial and commercial enterprises, and to issue revenue bonds to pay for the costs. (Next: The proposed tax on public power corporations.) State Commander Dale Bowman Back From New York Dale Bowman, state comman der of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Mrs. Bowman, are back from the national conven tion of the organization In New York City, with memories of a week of memorable events that they will always chernsh. They made the trip by car and enjoyed many delightful visits both to and from the con vention with old friends and seeing many interesting sights. At Joliet, 111., they visited with an old army associate of Dale, Antony Yurkvich, who resides there, visiting with the family for a day. They stopped at Beaver Val ley, Pa. taking in the many places of interest as they neared New York City. The convention opened on Sunday with the memorial ser vice being featured by Francis Cardinal Spellman conducting the service. Sunday evening they attended the reception given to the national president of the Women's Auxiliary to the VFW. On Monday the VFW and Auxiliary held a joint session that was addresed by! John Foster Dulles, United States sec retary of state. In the Monday session a great deal of the time was taken up with the presentation of awards and Mr. Bowman had the plea sure of receiving the community service award to the Lepert WoleVer post 2523 of Platts mouth, seventh in the nation. Tuesday the delegates and la dies were guests at a reception given by Governor Averill Har riman of New York. Tuesday evening was the grand parade viewed by 3,000, 000, onlookers, the parade in the heart of the national metropolis, starting at 7 p.m. continued until 1 a.m. Wednesday, a most colorful event with floats, drill teams, drum and bugle corps and bands as well as the hundreds of delegates. Dale was marshal of the fifth division. Wednesday evening Com mander and Mrs. Bowman were guests at Ebbett's Field where the finals in the band and drum and bugle corps contests were j held, one of the most attractive ; events of the convention. Thursday was filled yith com- i W. Mahan of Helena, Montana, as commander, Louis Feldman of Pennsylvania, senior vice com mander and Ted Carmel of Tex- ' as as junior vice-commanri-er. On their way home Mr. and Mrs. Bowman visited the Gettys burg battle field and seenic Pennsylvania a well as a visit through eastern Iowa and a trip on the Miss, river then on home. 9 cloth. iFull Session Wed. after Short 1st Day School begins here Tuesday at 9 a. m. in the public schools. Supt. T. I. Friest said fiist day Mvsions in the elementary grades will last until about 10:30. The high school will operate on a 20-ininute class schedule through the entire day's pro gram and finish about noon. Kindergarten mothers are be ing asked to accompany their children the first day of school so that classes can be divided into morning and afternoon sec tions. Some of this division has already been done through pre registration. School will begin its full-time schedule Wednesday. Tuesday afternoon will be de voted to teachers meetings in each of the city school build ings. At St. John's Parochial School, classes begin Tuesday at 8:45 and dismiss at noon. On the St. John's faculty are the Rev. Msgr. Joseph Ptzud zik, the Rev. Fr. Victor Staeh owiak and Sisters Mary Lewis ipiincipal), Mary Joseph, Mary Gertrude and Angelina. The public school faculty is as lollows: Hieh School O. F. Mussman, prlncipnl; Jessie Whalen. assistant princip al, social studies, guidance and counseling; John Adkins, social studies, basketball coach, assist ant coach other sports; Barbara Barkmeier, vocational homemak ing. Stanley Cole, science, assist ant coach; Cecil Comstock, Eng lish; Dale Gleason, English and dramatics: Orval France, sci ence, math; Faith Friest, Latin, library; Donald Hansen, voca tional agriculture. William Hawkins, boys phy ed, football coach, assistant other sports; Madelyn Hilgenfeld, com mercial: Carla Jenkins, commer cial, girls phy ed; Cecil Me Knight, manual arts, track coach, assistant other sports. Bernard Matthies. social stu dies (Mrs. Wm. Schmldtmann to be interim teacher until Matt hies returns from Army train ing); Margaret Kroese, English, math; Theodore Witt, science, math; Joe York, distributive ed ucation, math. Special Departments Beverly George, elementary and high school music; DeFor rest Hughes, English, music: William Landis, elementary sup ervisor; Richard Kueera, instru mental music. Junior High Patty Colby, Lucille McLean and Zilpha Seward, 8th grade: Irene Albert, Naomi Owen and Richard Prasek. 7th. Central Beverly Sheil (principal), Vi ola Stewart and Donald Baker. 6th; Rose Prohaska and Patti Huff. 5th; Iona Gleason, 4th: Dorothy Haiek, 3rd; Mary Bev erage, 2nd; Ronnie Fauquet, 1st: Joan Nelson, kindergarten. Wintersteen Muriel Ellis. 3rd and 4th; Lu cile Rosencrans (principal), 1st and 2nd: Nita Capwell, kinder garten. First Ward Rosalie Meixsell. 4th; Joyce Miller, 3rd; Eldonna Forrest (principal) 2nd; Arlene Kohout, 1st; Julia March, kindergarten. Columbian Ruth Anpleeatp (principal), 5th; Mary Lou Welsch, 4th; Mar ilynn Meisinger and Joyce Von Seggern. 3rd; Genevieve Wilhite and Mary Hedge, 2nd; Benla Al bin, 1st; Donna Miller, kinder garten. 3 Boy Scouts From Plattsmouth Attend Order Of The Arrow Three Plattsmouth Boy Scouts were among 250 from the 20 county Covered Wagon Council at Camp Cedars near Cedar Bluffs in Saunders County for the annual fall conclave of Or der of the Arrow. They are Tom Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith; Alan Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Hansen, and David Wilson, son of Mr. and Mr-;. I.t Roy Wil son. The organization is a nation al Boy Scout Honorary camping fraternity It has business, work and ceremonial sessions at the camp. Journal Want AJs Pay