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TDDE IPlLATirSMflDllJTIHl J)(H)(UTOAi. Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday VOLUME 77 SIX PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1958 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 10-4 ress Plans P . ' a 1 - feu .M .-.- a. LOADED Greenwood's newly expanded co-op elevator is full nearly to capacity with just enough spare for operating capacity. The flat storage building was built this spring, finished just in time for the winter wheat harvest. It is interconnected with the main elevator by an au ger which bridges the railroad tracks. The flat building which has 8 aereators is filled with Corn Picking Good Deed Done GLENDALE (Special) Five pickers and 8 men Tuesday morning picked the corn for Mrs. Don Derby. About 3500 bushels were crib bed. Bringing pickers were Floyd Gauer, Leloyd Zeorium, Elmer Sprieck, John Group, Edwin Al bert. Other equipment was brought by others. Helpers were Wm. Zeorian, Ed Group, Arthur Sjogren, John Grahm, Melvin Reed, Boyne Par son, Marlon Stone and Bob Stander of Weeping Water Beau ford Clinkenfeand, Oren Derby, Jim and Leroy and Arthur Der by. Dinner was prepared and ser ved by Mrs. Isabel Clinkenbeard, Mrs. Kay Derby, Mrs. Peggy McKinstery, Weeping Water, Mrs. Oren Derby, Springfield, Mrs. Ervin Albert, Mrs. Elmer Sprieck, Mrs. Jim Derby, Platts mouth, Mrs. Leroy Derby, Mrs. Arthur Derby and Mrs. Roy Der by. Dinner was served at the Beauford Clinkenbeard home. Afternoon lunch of pie, cake and coffee was also served by the ladies. . Good Neighbors LOUISV1LE (Special) Nov. 6, friends and neighbors, with 18 pickers, 39 tractors and 24 helpers came in and picked and cribbed about 120 acres of corn for Mrs. Glenn Meisinger. Sev eral of the neighbor ladies help ed serve the dinner to some 40 men in the Immanuel Lutheran Church basement. Firm Here Adds TV Technician Leo Scanlan of Scalan Bros, announced today the appoint ment of Jack Little as television technician for the firm. Little is probably one of the best train ed men in this field in the Plattsmouth area, Scanlan said. He has received months of training with the U. S. Air Force, working at Offutt AFB with closed TV color circuits as well as black and white. Little recently graduated from 400 hours of training conducted by RCA. The course included studio operation and mainten ance of TV cameras and recei vers. "We are fortunate to have a man of Jack Little's ability con nected with our firm", Scanlan said in making the announce ment. Suffers Injury At Rendering Plant Marvin Winters Jr. of La Plat te, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Winters of this city, suffered in juries to his feet and ankles at his work at the rendering plant at LaPlatte last week. It has been found that no bones were broken and he is getting along as well as could be expected. THE WEATHER Nov. 13-11-15-16 D?e Hi. Lw Prec. Thursday 70 39 .00 Friday 60 45 .00 Saturday 62 47 .tr Sunday 69 58 .tr Forecast Clouds and rain (.25 inch to 11 a.m. here) Sun sets today at 5:03, rises Tuesday at 7:16. . ' ? ' - t , f s. i i .f. ..w 1 1 i .... .' " m m i ,..7 . - - " f I If' 'II St. John's 'Centenary Project' Of Construction During the last two weeks, a number of St. John's parishon ers have spent many hours on St. John's Centenary Improve ment Project. The new 40 by 16 Sacristy is completely under roof. Last weekend, it was to be wired for electricity, so that volunteers can come in for evening work, to finish the interior. The main task during the past week has been the digging and laying of sewer pipes to the new Sacristy, to the Church base ment kitchen, and to the rest rooms which will be constructed in the church basement. Water will be connected to the new This 'n That In Agriculture 4-H Committee members for County Commissioner District TTT uprp plprtpH rpppntlv Onp man and one woman were sel-1 ected for each of the seven pre- cincts. They will serve three i year terms along with members from other precincts in the county elected during the past two years. The new committee members are Mrs. Willis Lorensen, Wal ter Saxton, Donald Fredenburg, Mrs. Harlan Kunz, Mrs. Elmer Umland, Clyde Althouse, Elton Erickson, Mrs. M. R. Hansen, Raymond Eikerman, Mrs. Sam Long, Warren Rikli, Mrs. Del bert Humston, Leonard Roeber and Mrs. Charlie Bell. Congratulations are in order to Hunter Ingwerson of Platts mouth. Announcement was made this week that a 4-H Club Con gress all expense trip was a warded to Hunter. The award is based on the fact that Hunter was declared 4-H Meat Animal State Champion for 1958. Herb Kraeger, on magazine cover. This may not be as gla morous an achievement as for a beautiful girl to have her picture on a glamour magazine cover. Never the less, Herbert was honored to have his picture on the cover page of the Nat ional 4-H Club News magazine along with two other 4-H'ers, one from Montana and. the other from Oklahoma. This magazine has wide cir culation and goes into many homes all over U. S. A. All 4-H Club Leaders in Cass County re ceived the magazine, compli ments of the Cass County Bank ers Association. Clarence Schmadake, County Agent. JUNK CAR BURNS The fire department was cal led out Saturday morning by an alarm that an auto was burning along the road on the Missouri river bottom, east of the city. When the department arrived on the scene it was found that it was a junk car being burned by the owner. The fire had been seen by some of the dwellers on the hills near the scene and the de partment called out on the false alarm. Ul LI il wheat. The co-op has in storage a total of 520, 000 bushels wheat, 170,000 bushels milo and 15, 000 bushels corn. The total is GOO, 000 bushels leaving 50,000 bushels operating room. The small building in the foreground is a new 24x44 foot office building under construction. It will have automatic scales, a moisture testing lab. etc. Progresses Sacristy and basement in the near future. Work has been started on dig ging the footings for the new enlarged Vestibule of the Church. The east side footings have been laid and about three feet of wall has been raised. This week, it is hoped to pre pare the footings for the exten tion of the Sacristy on the west side. The goal is to get the new Vestibule under roof before the bad weather breaks. The drive to provide funds for the Centenary Project has pas sed the half-way mark. Within the next two weeks, The Twelve ! Apostles, the central committee for the project, will start con tacting those parishoners who have not yet indicated their con tribution. Work has begun on compiling materials for the history of the Parish and of Catholicism in general in the Plattsmouth vic inity. It is interesting to note that as far back as 1514, Father Juan de Padilla accompanied the Cor onado Expidition as chaplain to the troops. The Expedition camped for some considerable time at the mouth of the Platte. Thus, Father de Padilla was the first clergyman to spend any time in the Plattsmouth area, the first to preach here to the troops and Indians inhabits the area, and to conduct servic es of religion. Law Student From Here in Annual Contest Pairings for the annual Allen Moot Court Competition which begins Nov. 20 at the University of Nebraska have been announ ced by the College of Law board of advisors. Qualifying and semifinal rounds will be held this fall. The winners of the semifinal match will participate in the final round next spring, and winners in the qualifying round, all sophomores and juniors in law. will again argue cases next spring to determine next year's semifinalists. All cases, except the final round which is in the Nebraska Supreme Court chamber, will be heard in the Moot Court room, first floor, College of Law. The teams and time argu ments Include: John Haesslor, Le.shai.i, and Richard Huebner, Plaitsinouth, v. Kennard Kelly. Lincoln, and Ken Nakagawa, Honolulu, Haw aii, Nov. 24, 2 p.m. James F. BegSey On Bar Association Committee George Turner, clerk of the Supreme Court of Nebraska, has announced members of the committees of the Nebraska Bar Association. Among the members of the committee on American Citizen ship is James F. Begley, county attorney of Cass County. Other members are L. F. Otradovsky of Schuyler, chairman Charles W. Baskin, North Platte, Rob ert H. Downihg, Superior, Les lie H. Noble, Beatrice, Dewayne Wolf, Kearney. Happy Birthday, Joe Zastera! More than 30 businessmen and friends converged on Cass Drugstore Friday morning to wish Joe Zastera well on his 65th birthday. f A number of well-chosen mementos of the occasion were presented after which coffee and donuts were served. Joe started working in a drug store 50 years ago at the age of 15. He has been a licensed phar macist for 45 years. He and Mrs. Zulema Dye have operated the local drug store since 1944. Chris Gerlach of ; Greenwood Recovers Car Taken Wednesday Saturday Chris Gerlach , of Greenwood was in the city to have titles and necessary pa pers of ownership to his 1955 Ford car registered. Mr. Gerlach had just pur chased the car, and before the papers were completed, the car was stolen from his garage at Greenwood. The car and a truck were in the garage. Wed nesday when he retired for the night, when he arose the next day, the garage was open and the car was missing. The party or parties taking the Ford had pushed the car through a field to get to the highway. The par ties had left a Pontic car with Omaha license at the garage. Mr. Gerlach reported the mat ter to the state highway patrol and was informed later that his car was found abandoned in a ditch near Hamburg, la. The parties has stolen another car at Hamburg and left on their way. 'Hero' Pleases -Audience at High School The "Acidental Hero" as pre sented by the Junior Class of Plattsmouth High at the school auditorium Friday night proved a delightful experience for a good sized audience. Appropriately the scene of the 3-act play was the stage of a high school auditorium where a play within the play was cast, rehearsed and presented with many humorous sidelights. Faculty director of the "Ac cidental Hero" was G. Dale Gleason. Student directors were Bette Knutson and Diane Alli son. Appearing in the cast, by or der of appearance, were Fran cis Lebens, Kennan Eiting, Bri an Nelson, Lynn Hendrix, Mary Wohlfarth, Winnie Sporer, Pat Smock, Noveta Humiston, Janet Jacobs, Marlene Sitzman, Den nis Brink, Stan Weber, Sharon Harms, Charles Stoehr, Susan Sharp, Charles Toman, Larry Christenson, Eileen Porter, Car olyn Vinduska, Kay Casey, Bob Hild, Keener Price, Duane Ham ilton. Shirley Lutz was business manager; Mary Schmidt and Nancy Hirz, in charge of public ity; Sharon Davis and Sharon Haecke, programs; Jacqueline kajic and Danna Luther, pro perties; Bob Lagerstrom, Larry Marler, Jim Shown, Albert Dash er, Sharon Clark, Ruth Mann and Sandra Parriott, stage hands; and Shirty Warga, Sharon Miller, Arlan Cundall, Don Neal, Shirley Gunsolley, Loretta Thornton and Bob Reade, ushers. Between acts entertainment which made a big hit with audi ence was by a combo of band members, John Kaffenberger, Bud Lewis, Roger Roberts and Tim Fischer. 2-Day Farm Sale Begun At Eagle Today was the first day of the Clyde Wenzel 2-day farm auct ion at Eagle. Machinery and farm equipment were to be sold today. Thursday, the 224 head of livestock which includes 141 head of Hereford cattle will be sold. Rex Young of Plattsmouth and Ed Morris of Ashland are the auctioneers. Howard Ruback is under me dical care at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha. Hs is expected to re main there for a few dy. t Wm irnri ; f ;uw WiHT II in r" s,itrtM Ik. SWEET 65 A Journal photographer snap- Les Neil (partially hidden behind Zastera) Dale ped this picture of the honoree and some of the Bowman, Walter Gleason, John Schreiner, Dr. guests at the impromptu 65th birthday party A. E. Johnson, Clem Woster and Bill Spradlin. for Joe Zastera Friday morning. From left to All together over 30 business friends attended right, Orville Julien, Cecil Karr, Joe Zastera, the party. Homemaking News Notes "Can she bake a cherry pie?" The Cass County 4-H girl who bakes the best cherry pie will be eligible to compete in the State contest for a free trip to Chi cago. Entries for the county 4-H cher ry pie baking contest are due I in the County Extension Office by Nov. 22. 4-H members who are eligible to compete are those ,14 years of age oi . older by ' Jan. 1, 1959, who have success- fully completed the Baking Cake and Pies project or who are en rolled in this project for 1959. The county cherry pie contest will be held during the first part of December. 4-H members who would like more information a bout the contest should contact their 4-H leaders or the Exten sion Office. Ninety Home Extension club officers met November 10 at the Agricultural Auditorium in Weeping Water to review their club duties for the coming year. New group chairmen for the five newly formed group train ing centers In the county were selected. They are Mrs. Henry Hild of Plattsmouth - North east center; Mrs. F. O. Sand of Nehawka, South East center; Mrs. Ronald Halverson of Eagle, South West center; Mrs. John Murdock of Murdock, North West center; and Mrs. Earl Puis of Manley, Central center. A newly organized group in the Plattsmouth area has be come the 41st Home Extension Club in Cass County. Officers of the new club are Mrs. Ed ward Williams, president; Mrs. Orval Kahler, vice president; Mrs. Art Tesarek, secretary; and Mrs. Melvin Flint, publicity chairman. How can you tell when your Thanksgiving turkey is done? To tell whether turkey is done, press the fleshy part of the drumstick with your- fingers, protecting them with cloth or paper. It is done if the meat feels soft. Or move the drum stick up and down. If the leg joint gives readily or breaks, your turkey is done. If you use a meat thermome ter, your turkey will be done when a thermometer placed in the center of the inside thigh muscle registers 190 degrees Fahrenheit, or when one placed in the center of the dressing re gisters 180 degrees F. Be sure to follow manufacurer's direct ions for using a thermometer. After the turkey is done, al low it to stand in the roasting pan 15 to 30 minutes so that juices may be absorbed. Remove all trussing equipment, such as skewers and cord. Place the bird on a warm large platter. Use a simple gar nish. Don't over do it. Carve at the table so every one can enjoy the full glamour using a very 6harp, thin-bladed knife and a fork with a guard. Mrs. Nancy Sutton, Home Extension Agent. $950, 000 Damage Four suits asking a total of $950,000 in damages were filed Friday in District Court here. They were filed on behalf of Arthur Taylor and Lawrence Smith of Murray and named as defendant, R. B. "Dick" Wilson Inc., a Chester, Neb., trucking corporation. A Wilson truck was Involved in an accident at Murray corner Nov. 8 in which Mrs. Taylor, 27, and Mrs. Smith, her mother, 51, Louisville Ships '765 Trains of 725 Cars Each' LOUISVILLE (Special) A few figures given out this week show that a lot of shipping has been done from Louisville this year. Agent Earl Hurlbut at the Burlington, says that the Bur lington handled 14,465 cars of cement, rock, gravel, etc., from January 1 to October 31 withi most of it being done between April and October. Using a train of 125 cars as average the two men at the Burlington station handled the paper work for the shipping of 115 trainloads with another train of 100 cars added. It is estimated that the men at the Missouri Pacific handled about 3,700 cars, mostly ce ment with a few cars of grain and the Rock Island handled about 2,500 cars. Added together they give Louisville a shiping total from the three railroads of about 20,665 carloads of materials and products, ' or more than 165 train loads of 125 cars. 3-Year Sentence For $20 Robbery A 32-year-old Omaha man was sentenced for armed rob bery to three years in the state penitentiary in Lancaster Coun ty Friday in District Court by Judge John M. Dierks. He is Albert George He pleaded "guilty" Harrod. to the charge. Harrod was arrested in Ne braska City Oct. 14, minutes after holding up a filling sta tion at Union Corner of U. S. 75. In the robbery, Harrod took $20 after holding what appeared to be a 22-caliber pistol on the station attendant. The "gun" turned out to be a chrome cigaret lighter. Harrod drove south after leav ing the station, the attendant phoned the Cass County sheriff and the Otoe County sheriff made the arrest. Commission Meeting; The Cais County Board of Commissioners will meet Tues day and Wednesday here in reg ular session, beginning about mid-morning each day. iyM I - i Suits were killed and in which the Taylors' 16-month old daughter Teresa was seriously injured. Also killed in the accident was Ralph Gentry, Falls City, dri ver of the gasoline transport. The transport and a car driven by Mrs. Taylor accompanied by Mrs. Smith and the two Taylor children collided on U. S. 75 at the intersection of the Murray Road (Highway 1). The women were thrown from the car and burned. The child ren were taken from the car by two hitchikers who were at the intersection at the time of the accident. Will Minford, working at a corn crib into which the truck plowed after the collision, pul led the truck driver, believed dead at the time, from the cab of the truck before flames from burning gasoline engulfed a wide area. Specifically, the four damage suits are: Lawrence Smith, special ad ministrator of the estate of Elsie May Smith, deceased, vs. R. B. "Dick" Wilson, Inc. of Ne- Arthur Taylor, father and next friend of Theresa Diana i Taylor, a minor, vs. same., j $200,000. Arthur Taylor, special admin istrator of the estate of Joan Taylor, deceased, vs. same, $150,000. And Arthur Taylor vs. same, $300,000. Francis M. Casey, Platts-1 mouth attorney, is legal repre-I sentative in all four suits. Each suit alleges the truck j was operated at a high rate of ! speed (70 mph), was on t!.e ! wrong side of the road, and that j the driver failed to apply the ! brakes, swerved the truck to the left or east side of the road j and failed to swerve to the right' in order to avoid an accident, j At the time of the accident, the truck was going south on U. S. 75. The car had just turn- ed onto highay from the Murray i Road. The suit .seeking damages for j injuries to Teresa Taylor says ; her injuries included a brain I injury, skull fracture, lacera- j ted spleen, kidney injury and : cuts and bruises. Terry Taylor 'Some Improved7 Terry, 16 months old daugh ter of Arthur Taylor and the late Mrs. Taylor is somewhat improved at Childrens' Memor ial Hospital in Omaha. It was necessary to remove the child's spleen, according to the child's grandmother, Mrs. Taylor, she is somewhat im proved. Terry's mother, Mrs. Joan Lea Taylor and grandmother. Mrs. Elsie May Smith were killed at the Murray corner Nov. 8. Terry and her 4-year-old sister, were passengers in the car from which the women were thrown. iwhiiiiM mm Developments Don't Panic City Groups Thp Plattsmouth city Council and Board of Public: Works will continue to further plans for the city's sewer disposal plant and haven't been panicked by news developments the past week. Mayor Grant Roberts made this statement Saturday and added that further procedure toward the disposal plant will be discussed by the Council at its next meeting as well the in tention before last week's de velopments. Those developments were: Receipt by the mayor of a let ter from State Health Director E. A. Rogers notifying the city of a "ban" on new sewer exten sions because Plattsmouth like five other communities was "showing no activity of suffic ient importance to Indicate steps are being taken to abate pollution." And news stories in the Omaha papers telling of a U. S. Public Health Service official's reminder to the six towns of their responsibility to discon tinue dumping raw sewage into the Missouri River and the story of the federal ban on further sewer extensions in the six towns. Besides Plattsmouth, they are Belleyue, Nebraska City, Dakota City, Niobrara and South Sioux City. The reason for the develop ments is believed to be the fact that Omaha at the general elect voted bonds to finance its sew er disposal system and work is contemplated next year. Heretofore, some downstream towns have been reluctant to procede with treatment facilit ies until Omaha, the much lar ger polluter, did something. In Plattsmouth, however, the city has had preliminary plan ning for its plant done for some time and has been accumulating a sinking fund to finance a dis posal plant by a mill levy. Both Roberts and Robert Cappell, manager of the Board of Public Works, said planning for treatment facilities here will continue in an orderly fashion. To interpret the federal "ban" on sewer extensions, Roberts talked late last week with T. A. Filipi, state sanitation director, in Lincoln. Roberts said the interpreta tion he got is that service con nections can be made to exist ing sewer but that no new ex tensions can be installed. He said the Thayer Street sanitary sewer in an area where housing is being built has al ready been approved and is not affected by the federal order. Both he and Cappell said it is unlikely there will be any re quest for further extensions be tween now and spring in any case. Judge Dierks Extends Picket Injunction On Platte Bridge District Judge Dierks has ex tended hearings on the tempor ary injunction issued to keep peace at the site of construction of the new bridge over the Platte river north of this city on highway No. 75. The order extending the in junction was made while ex tending to a later date the hear ing on the petition brought by the contractor. Jensen Constru ction Co. of Des Moines, la., against the International Union of Operating Engineers, local 571 and other unions which have been involved in picketing t lie job. Labor union contend the Jen sen company is paying sub standard wages on the state project. Yule Tree for Louisville Town LOUISVILLE - A committee ot the Lions Club has planted an 11 -foot spruce tree near the south entrance to the park on Third Street. The tree was don ated by Lion member C. S Hir sch. It will be lighted each year and as the tree grows in sie the liyh'ing will be increased so that in future years - there will be a tree that will be a beautiful sight during the holiday sea son." the Lions Club hopes.