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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED . SEMI-WEEKLY Monctay-Thursdny Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 77 TWELVE PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1958 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 87 MWDOnriHI JdDTOrMiL Time PLAITS Teosinte Grass In Limelight i Editor's note: the following information on corn icorn has been reason for the King Korn Karnival clown through the years i was supplied by Martin Sporer, chairman of the Cass County Historical Society, who says: "As the KKK days are with us again maybe a little history of our wonderful corn would be in order." Maize means our life. Corn or maie was developed from a wild teosinte plant or wild grass which grew only In Southern Florida and Central and South America. It was first cultivated by the Indians alter subsisting by it self, seeding itself as frost or other natural cause stirred the ground. "Maize" found in the Indians, thus, a friend who crudely but effectively scratched the soil and doubled the chance for the plant's survival and develop ment. Where it had been choked by plant enemies and starved for air and sunlight, if found in the Indian a friend who cut down and kept off its competitora. Where it had been destroyed by animals before maturity it found the selfish protection of the savages. Planted in patches instead of struggling: here and there as chance dictated, the teosinte grass solved its multiplication problem. There were a multitude of pollen grains floating in the air. By slow degrees, teosinte re sponded to its new environment by bearing more and bigger seed. As the seed kernels increased in number and size, the cob that bore them grew in length from two, the rows of kernels increa sed to four, to six, to eights, to 14. Here again, the selfish motives of the Indians served to help the plant in its adaptation for only the largest ears and those with the best kernels were sav ed for seed. So under cultivation, the wild grass almost disappeared and in its place there came the adapt ed and transformed Indian Corn! (Luther Burbank in 18 years of scientifically controlled re search developed corn from the wild teosinte grass that it took the American Indian thousands of years to develop.) U. S. - Sponsored Science Library At School Here Science will be emphasized, underscored and pointed up dur ing the current year at Platts mouth High School. Stanley Cole's application for participation in the Traveling High School Science Library Pro gram has been accepted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and 200 outstanding, evaluated, up-to-date "best seller" type books in the sciences and mathemat ics will circulate to the school library from Washington, D.C. All branches of science will be covered and the reading lev el will range from books the brilliant iunior-high student will find interesting to some that will give the outstanding high school senior a taste for advanced work. The collection lists for more than $1,000. The idea for this experimen tal program, aimed at interest ing more students in scientific and technical careers, originated with the National Science Foun dation, an agency of the Feder al Government established in 1950 "to promote the progress of science..." The AAAS was requested to administer the pro gram. See the Stock At KKK Barn The chairman of the KKK Livestock Show, Don Hansen, has announced that the King Korn Klub show at the present time expects 87 calf entries. He says they will be able to show not only the calves, but also the hogs at the livestock ; pavillion located at the south- east corner of the athletic field, j Hansen says that a livestock show will be held at half time at j the Beatrice - Plattsmouth High ' School football game Friday evening. The livestock show be gan at 10 a.m. today. f ( w: His Majesty ridoy of Plattsmouth High's football squad, in good shape with the exception of one player injured in last week's 7-7 opener at Crete, Friday makes its home ciebut. The game is at 8 p. m .(a half hour later than the other three home games because of the KKK) and the opponent is Bea vrice. Plattsmouth's scouting report on Beatrice is to the effect that the visitors will come in as a solid, capable high school foot ball team. This considered appraisal is in spiti of the team's opening loss at Falls City, 19-6, last Fri day. In that one, Beatrice played without veteran halfback Mike White who was counted on to carry the Beatrice offense this Plattsmouth Gl 'Right Hand Man' To a General USATCA, Fort Knox, Ky. A private from Plattsmouth re cently enjoyed the honors and privileges which go with being an enlisted aide to a one-star general. Pvt. Lyle Phillip Hild, son of Mr. and Mrs. Verner W. Hild of Route 2, Plattsmouth, was chos en "Outstanding Trainee of the Day" for Sept. 5., 1958, at the U. S. Army Training Center, Armor. On that day. Brig. Gen. Sher burne Whipple, deputy com manding general of USATCA, in terviewed his new "right - hand man." and asked him to offer constructive comment on the training he ha received so far. The outstanding trainee, a member of Co. A, Specialist Training Regiment, was chosen on the basis of training achieve ment, discipline, military bear ing and courtesy, attitude and personal appearance. When conditions permit, the trainee, wearing a red arm band with one white star, and the general make a tour of training facilities at USATCA. Hild is a 1953 graduate of! Plattsmouth High School. ' J-4 1 4 Next the Moon? season. Reports of the Falls City game are that the score and per haps the result could have been different with the veteran back present. Beatrice is big and rugged at the tackles and center, the scout ing report says. Plattsmouth this week worked a lot on offense and did some polishing on defense which was a strong point at Crete. Lauren Todd was running at halfback in place of Jim Shown who suffered rib bruises al Cr ete i.nd will not play Friday. Todd will be at halfback Fri day, coach Bill Hawkins said, but titherwi.se he expects Lo start the same lineup which started at Crete. That would be: Fnds Roger Noell and J. C. Draper. Tackles Ed Hohman and Ken Pritcliard. Guards Jerry Wurtele and Jerry Haase. Center Larry Christ enson. Quarterback Tom Winscot. Halfbacks Todd and Al Dash er. Fullback John Konfrst Also making their first home appearance of the 1958-59 athlet ic season will be Plattsmouth's corps of cheerleaders Judi Meisinger, Jean Marler. Fancy Hirz, Sharon Harms, Susm Le bens and Sandra Spangle". Commission Rules On Hauling Stone The State railway commission has authorized the Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy Railroad to eliminate the expiration date of October 31 on rates for hauling rip-rap stone from Weeping Wa ter to South Sioux City, Neb. School's Out Friday P. tA. Plat'smouth public schools will be dismissed Friday noon so that school students can at tend t lie King Korn Karnival and participate in or view the school parade which starts at 1:30 p.m. Grid Debot 1 King Korn Karnival, three days of entertainment for all ages, bcfan today and continues through Saturday night. Parades, band contests, corn, flower and livestock shows, many other entertainment features and tonight's Kornation of King and Kween of Kornland are among the events. The Kornation is at 8:15 at the Main Street platform. There'll be something doing almost every minute for the three days of the Karnival. The kiddies parade is to be held in conjunction with the school parade, commencing at 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon. Thursday, Sept. 18 7:00 P.M. Portsmouth High School Band Drill. 7:15 P.M. Omaha Choral Society, Mrs. Cladys H. Crimm, President. 8:00 P.M. Introduction of Old Kings and Queens 8:15 P.M. Kornation - Kornland to Spaceland. Margaret Fitch VFW Aux., and Ra mona Ccolbaugh, Mrs. J. C.'s Co Chairmen. ; 9.1b P.M. Reception - Lions Building, Holy Ro sary Altar Society, Mrs. John Svobo da, Chairman. 10:00 P.M. Koronation Dance, Lions Building, Music by Portsmouth High School Dance Band. Friday, Sept. 19 10:00 A.M. Livestock judging at Ball Park, Don Hansen, Chairman. 10:00 A.M. Korn Show Judging, Harry Niel- son, Chairman. 10:00 A.M. Hale's Shows of Tomorrow on the mid-way. District Gov. Of Rotary Talks Here If little problems are dealt with one a local level we can keep them from becoming big problems. Rotary Dist. Gov. Har old Teachout of Shenandoah, Io wa, told the local Rotary Club Tuesday noon. On his annual visit to Platts mouth, the governor gave the club a pat on the back for its "congeniality" and a. pep talk in which he Quoted the slogan of the president of Rotary Interna tional: "Help Shape the Future by Daring to Face the Present." In Rotarv which is a club whose membership represents the various professions and vo cations of a community "it isn't so much what we do as how we do it," Teachout said. The modern era in which there has been more change in the last 50 years than in the .receding 1,000 has brought prob lems. It's up to local communi ties to help solve them and Ro tary needs to play a part in that, he said. Touching on the world strug gle. Teachout said one-third of the peoples of the world are Communist, one-third Democra tic and the other third of sever al other beliefs. It is that other third and the way it is influ enced that holds the key, he said. Rotary can play a part, being a truly international organiza tion, the governor said. Rotary International will number 10.000 clubs by July 1, more than half outside the United States. At the meeting, vice president Fr. Max Kors presided in the absence of president L. A. Cald well. Prelim '58 Corn Support Rate Is $1.32 for County A preliminary average sup port price for 1958 crop corn produced in compliance with acreage allotments in Cass Coun ty is $1,32 per bushel as announ ced by Ivan G. Althouse, chair man of the Cass ASC county committee. The final official rate will be announced after the beginning of the marketing year, Oct. 1, 1958. but will not be less than the preliminary rate. To date no announcement has been made as to whether price support will be offered on non-compliance 1958 crop corn. The announcement of support rate on 1958 crop soy beans is f2 02 per bushel, farm stored. Soy beans must be in the bin at least 30 days and have not more than 14 per cent moisture to be eligibU for a loan. Prizes will be given to all win ners in the following classes: class in both the kiddies parade comic strip characters, pets, de- and the school parade will be corated vehicles, costumes and asked to be in the Merchants miscellaneous. j parade on Friday night at 7:15 The kiddies parade will formiP-- and in the organizational at the triangle parking lot at'Pa''lde 011 s"turday eht at Hinky Dinky's, and all children entering the Kiddies parade will receive a ticket for a free pony ride for Friday afternoon. The chairmen for the kiddies parade are Mrs. Robert Faris, Mrs. DeWayne Freeburg and Mrs. Orval Kahler. T. I. Friest and L. A. Behrends are co-chairmen of the school parade. The Amendment on 'Residence' (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one of a series of 10 articles being published to inform voters about the nine proposals to amend the constitution of the State of Ne braska which will appear on the ballot at the general election in November. It is a service of the state press association.) From Nebraska Press Assn. News Service On the ballot in next Novem ber's election there is a proposed amendment which reads this way: "Constiutional amendment to change the provisions requiring certain executive officers to re side at the seat of government." This amendment was placed on the ballot by the 1957 session of the legislature which approv ed the proposal almost unani mously. The reason for this amend ment goes back to another le gislative act, this one passed in 1953, which reorganized the State Department of Health. The reorganized department is head ed by a State Board of Health, instead of a director. The Board is appointed by the Governor with the consent of the legisla ture. In so doing, the Board members came under the clas sification of "executive officers of the state" because they are i Coin Collectors To Have Great Showing At Festival One of the attractions of the annual fall festival here will be furnished by the local coin col lectors at various stores along Main Street, including some of the biggest and best coin collec tions in this part of the state. Raymond J. Larson, secretary and past president of the Am erican Numismatic Assn., is hav ing his collection shown in the window of the William Schmidt mann store. This is one of the best collections in this part of the west and represents many years of work and research on the part of Mr. Larson. Charles E. Ault, one of the younger collectors, is having his large collection at the Smith Clothing store window. "Chuck" has devoted a great deal of time in recent years to gathering this fine showing of coins and it will be well worth seeing. Cross-Rods Auto Show Saturday Plattsmouth Cross-Rods' first annual Rod and Custom Show is scheduled from 2 to 9 p. m. Saturday in the basement of the Chevrolet Garage. Cars from surrounding hot rods clubs in this area will be on exhibit. There will be from 20 to 25 cars. Visitors can vote for Miss Auto Show. The top three winners in each Jumbo, the elephant, will lead the kiddies parade. Following the kiddies parade and school parade there will be free entertainment for the children the remainder of the afternoon, including a pie eat ing contest which will be open to all children of school age, with first, second and third 1 :30 P.M. School Parade, T. I. Friest and L. A. Behrends Co-Chairmen. 2:15 P.M. Pie Eating Contest, Jay Winters, Chairman. 2:15 P.M. Creased Pole Contest, Wayne Sch neider, Chairman. 3:00 P.M. Treasure Hunt. 3:00 P.M. Fishing Contest. 3:45 P.M. King Korn Kingo, Free to all kids Young and Old. 1 :30 To 10:00 P.M. Free Circus Acts and Pony Rides. 6:45 P.M. Judy Garland, Educated Horse, Alan Walker, Trainer & Owner. 7:15 P.M. Merchants and Farm Parade, Co Chairmen of Merchants Parade: Bob Aspedon, Vern Waterman, Chris Bu lin, Co-Chairmen of Farm Parade, Orval Kahler, Ken Tschirren. 8:00 P.M. Football game Portsmouth vs. Bea trice - Athletic Field. Saturday, Sept. 20 10:00 A.M. Livestock Sale - Plattsmouth Barn, Don Hansen, Chairman. the legal heads of an adminis trative department. And the constitution says that executive officeers of the state must re side in the seat of government; that is, Lincoln. Now, the Board does not meet every day to transact business Dunking 'Roster' For KK Listed The Plattsmouth Jaycees will "work" at the organization's dunking stand on 5th Street during King Korn Karnival. The following men can be dunked on the following days: Thursday Dan Wood, Le land Meisinger, Jay Winters, Orville Kahler, Hubert Shellen berger, Chuck Warga, Alan Wiles, Bill Allgeier, DeWayne Freeburg. Friday Bob Bogle, Grant Coolbaugh, Bob Aspedon, Don Barn, Larry Vallery, Bill Messer, Harold Smock, Dick Tritsch, Mayor Grant Roberts, Ken Kright, Bill Brittain. Saturday Cecil McKnight, Rusty Snodgrass, Stanley Co&, Lloyd Fitch, Gene Scarlett, Le roy Walton, Jim Daniels, Way ne Schneider, Alan Wiles, Bob Winters, Buzz Sayers. Sale Saturday An auction of the prize 4-H and FFA cattle and hogs from the KKK show will be held at the Plattsmouth Sale Barn Sat urday beginning at 9 a.m. in the morning. For many of the youngsters this is the conclusion of this years projects. They have fed and cared for their animals for a year. These are not ordinary animals, or are they fed in an ordinary way. They are much better than average in quality and the work that has gone into them is much above average. ii B" Band Elects Plattsmouth "B" Band held an election at One of their regu lar rehearsals this week. Major etts were elected for the coming year as follows: Wanda Jenkins, drum major and Lios Livingston, assistant drum major. Majoretts are: Carol Dasher, Peggy Liddick, Lana Anderson and Vallery Gorton. THE WEATHER Sept. 15, 1G. 17. 1958 Date High Low Trei Monday - 83 52 ,00 Tuesday 78 52 .00 Wednesday . . .74 44 .00 Forecast: Highs in 80's: low in upper 50's. Southerly winds to bring warmer trend Friday. Sun sets tonight at 6:29; rises Fri day at 6:08. prizes for both boys and girls. There will also be a greased pole contest for boys, and all boys entering the greased pole contest must have their parents permission, and must be wear ing old clothes. Then there will be a korn kob scramble, (a treasure hunt i and prizes galore ! ! Following this, will be a fish ing contest, and in between events there will be circus acts of an open air circus. These acts include a penguin show, a chim panzee and an elephant, plus pony rides, all in the open on Main Street. 10:00 A.M. Hale's Shows of Tomorrow on the mid-way. 1 :30 P.M. Talent Show - Janice Freeburg, Chair man. 3:00 P.M. Old Timers - Music as You Like It, Ed Kohreil, Chairman. 3:30 P.M. Truth or Consequences - Straight from Hollywood, Merlin Jochimsen, Chairman. 4:00 P.M. Special Attraction - Fire Fighting Show 4:30 P.M. C. I. Reception and Smorgasbord, VFW Club. 5:30 P.M. Reception for distinguished guests VFW Club. 6:30 P.M. SAC Drill Team 7:00 P.M. Introduction of Distinguished guests. 7:10 P.M. Greetings from Hon. Victor E. An derson, Governor. 7:45 P.M. C. I. and Organizational Parade. Ce cil Karr, Roy Wilson, Mert Jochim son, Harry Porter, Wayne Schneider, Co-Chairmen. 8:30 P.M. Fire Fight (Old fashioned water fight). Sale of the Department. This is done by a director. The Board simply meets from time to time to de termine general policies, rules and regulations of the depart ment, and the director carries them out. The Board, therefore, is not like other executive of ficers such as the governor, treasurer, auditor, etc., who must reside in Lincoln. In 1954 this identical amend ment was put on the ballot and was defeated by about 300 votes. It was generally believed the de feat was primarily caused by a general misunderstanding of the purpose and effect of the amend ment. No other state executive' of ficers are now involved except the members of the State Board of Health. There is no other ad ministrative agency headed by a Board. The residence restriction has posed a problem. Only Lincoln residents are eligible to serve because physicians, dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians and other professional pecsons re presented on the board cannot afford to leave their home com munities and come to Lincoln to serve on the board. Members re ceive no salary for their services. The amendment, therefore, if approved, will permit selection of Board of Health members from various parts of of the state and give a better repre sentation of the thinking of the people of the state, the propon ents argue. Death of Mrs. Flora Murray Union Native Mrs. Flora May, Murray, 73, native of Union and member of one of the pioneer families of Liberty precinct, died Monday morning at Rest Haven Home in Weeping Water. She has been seriously ill for the pa.st three weeks. She has been an invalid for the pa.st twenty-five years. Mrs. Murrav was born Sept ember 19, 1884, at Union, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Smith. On March 9. 1904. she was married to David Murray, who preceded her in death in 1932. She was a member of the Un ion Methodist Church. Both of Mrs. Murray's chil dren, Mrs. Margaret Alexander of West Yellowstone, Mont., and Louis Murrav of Corydon, la,, were with the mother when she passed away. Also surviving is a foster son. Duane Smith of Riviera, Calif. Mrs. Dovie Buck of Stockton. Calif., is a sister. Funeral services for Mrs. Mur ray were held today at the Meth odist church in Union with the: Rev. Arthur L. L'mbrce. pastor.! officiating. Burial was In Fastj Lnion cemeterv. Lett Funeral Home wss in, charge of arrangements. I ere King Korn Kingn. originally scheduled for Friday afternoon will be held Saturday afternoon, due to the fact that the com mit ee was able to engage th open air circus for Friday. Saturday's program, amoni? other things, will feature a tal ent show. Janice Freeburg is chairman. The show will feature; a program of local talent. Following this Ed Kohreil, chairman, will present the "Old Timers" Music as You Like It. There will also be the King Korn Kingo Saturday afternoon, and a special attraction - a fire fighting show. Louisville Has 332 Students LOUISVILLE (Special) The Louisville Schools opened Sept. 2 with a combined enrollment of 332, which is a little less than last year. One loss is the ninth grade where the number is lower than normal due to the transfer of some rural districts to consoli dated schools. Enrollment by grades is: kin dergarten, 26; first, 31; second, 25; third, 31; fourth, 22; fifth, 17; sixth. 26; seventh, 24; eigh th, 17. Total in the grades is 219. High school freshmen, 23; sophomores, 30; juniors, 36; seniors, 24. Total in high school is 113. 'Soil Banked' Farms Can Still Be Put To Use Farmers who nut all their el igible cropland in the Conser vation Reserve of the Soil Bank still will have certain "operat ing" rights on their farms, chair man Ivan G. Althouse of the Cass County Agricultural Stab ilization and Conservation com mittee said today. In the first place, he said, farmers who take advantage of the additional 10 per cent pay ment for putting all their elig ible land in the Reserve can con tinue to live on the farm. While thev cannot, of course, produce any soil bank base crops generally, all grain and row crops - these fanners can grow a farm garden sufficiently large to take care of the family's needs. If they are so set up. Althouse added, there are several other things participating farmers can do on the farm. Among them, he listed: use barns, other farm buildings, and feed lots; graze noncrop open pasture or range land that is not in the Conserv ation Reserve: manage already existing timber stands, fruit trees, vineyards, nursery stock or nut trees. The chairman urged all far mers who have questions about putting their entire eligible ac reage in the program and any otheus who are interested to con sult with County ASC officials. He said any farmer who has cropland regularly used for cul tivated crons or tame hay is eligible to take part. Mrs. F. H. Brunson On COP Committee At the Republican State Con vention at AUimcp this week, Mrs F. H. Brunson of Louisville was re-elected as a member of the s'ate committee. She was also elected vice chairman of the second conre "tonal district com mittee.