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0 i TV?" XXX w 4 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday LAWS Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 78 SIX PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, IANUARY 19. 1959 TEN CENTS PER COPY TDflE r7 Proposed I'nit for Louisville Methodist Educational Building for Louisville Church Planned The accompanying picture is on an architect's drawing of the educational unit for the First Methodist Church in Louisville. The unit is to be located east of the present church building, between the parsonage and the church. Besides having accomodation for approximately 100 children, the unit can be opened into an assembly room on each floor of the two floor unit. The structure will measure 2G feet wide and 80 feet long. A church school supply room has been proposed by the archi tects, Clark & Enersen of Lin coln, to be located In the lobby connecting the existing church to the educational unit. The unit is to be made of cin der block material with a dark Work Started on High Signal Tower East of Louisville LOUISVILLE (Special) Work has been started In pre paration for the erection of a high signal tower on the farm occupied by Kenneth Stander east of Louisville. Abel Construction of Lincoln has prepared the ground and steel for the tower has been brought in. The U. S. Department of Com merce and the Civil Aeronautics Administration of Kansas City are cooperating on installa tion. The Omaha Public Power Dis trict has Installed a 15 kva trans former to handle the large a mount of electricity for the sta tion. Charles Gaebel New Louisville Carrier LOUISVILLE (Special) Charles J. Gaebel has been nam ed rural mail carrier out of the Louisville post office, to suc ceed W. L. Blair, who retired a bout a year ago. Gaebel is a veteran of World War II and has been employed by C. J. Pankonin & Son for the past several years. He was born and raised in Louisville and has a very wide acquaintance among the people of Cass, Sarpy and Otoe Counties. Blair retired because of his health after 36 years of ser vice on the route. The substitute carrier, Joe Habel, has been do ing the work tince Blair's re tirement. It is expected that Gaebel will make his first trip Jan. 24. Library Board at Louisville Plans LOUISVILLE (Special i At its regular meeting, the Library Board welcomed Mrs. Esther Stohlmann as a new member and discussed plans for its win ter program. The first date for a special activity was set for Jan. 29 at 8 o'clock. Contacts have been made with members of a group who have been discussing books at coffee hours over the last two years. They have expressed their willingness to sit as a panel to discuss their January book selec tion for the interested public at the library. This is a novel. "The Enemy Camp," by Joseph Weid nian. More details of the winter pro gram will follow later. Call Your News And Social Items To 241 brown brick trim to match the sandstone church building. Thursday at 6:30 p.m. there will be an all Church loyalty din ner as a part of the two week fund campaign under the direc tion Dr. Harold Bryant. Community Church Incorporates, Names Officers At its annual congregational meeting, Jan. 13, the Platts mouth Community Church adopted Articles of Incorpora tion and elected trustees and other church officers for 1959. Thus the Community Church became a fully organized and legally recognized religious body in the city, the Church consti tution and by-laws having been adopted at a special meeting Oct. 27. Trustees elected at the meet ing were Donald R. Aylor, War ren Nelson and Chester M. Wall. Other church officers elected were Richard A. Keen, secretary; Donald Aylor, treasurer; David E. Ashby, financial secretary; John D. Hoschar, missionary treasurer; David Ashby, Sunday school superintendent; Mrs. Warren Nelson, president of the Women's Missionary Society, and Norma E. Scott, superintendent of youth work. The Church Executive Com mittee elected is as follows: Rev. George L. Smith, chairman; Richard A. Keen, secretary; David Ashby, Donald Aylor, John Hoschar, Warren Nelson, Chester Wall, O. D. Black. All elections were unanimous. Reports of all treasurers and department heads were read and approved by the congrega tion. The 24 charter members are as follows: David Ashby, Mrs. David Ashby, Donald Aylor, Mary Ay lor, Orville D. Black, Marlene Black, John Hoschar, Mrs. John Hoschar, Lois Johnson, Richard Keen, George Dale Kiel, Dorace Myers, Phyllis Myers, Warren Nelson, Mrs. Gloria Nickles, Earl Redd, Almeda Rohlfs, Norma Scott, George L. Smith, Mrs. George Smith, Timothy Smith, Chester M. Wall, Mrs. Chester Wall. The Sunday School also elect ed its officers and teachers for the coming year. They were Da vid Ashby, superintendent; War ren Nelson, assistant; Mrs. War ren Nelson, secretary; Mary Ay lor, assistant; Mrs. Smith, trea surer; Lois Ashby and Lois Johnson, pianists and CYC Dir ectors; Tim Smith, librarian; Mrs. Nickles, cradle roll director. Sunday School teachers are Rev. Smith, Norma Scott, John Hoschar, Mrs. Smith, Richard Keen, Mrs. Georgia Biles, Dor ace Myers, Lois Ashby, Phyllis Myers. Substitute teachers are Mary Aylor, Marlene Black, Donald Aylor, Warren Nelson. The Community Church Is in its 5th year in Plattsmouth. Herman Smith Now In Phoenix, Ariz. Herman Smith, well known resident of the Nehawka com munity, is now enjoying the win ter season on the west coast and in Arizona. He stopped for a short time in Phoenix and then onto California where he visited a daughter. He states that he was able to get many pictures of the Rose parade at Pasadena. He is now at Phoenix with a daughter at that place. He was greatly shocked to learn of the death of Delbert Thorne of Ne hawka. Journal Want Ads Pay JC Awards Banquet Is Thursday Kite ThQ Plattsmouth Jaycees' se cond annual awards banquet will be Thursday, Jan. 22, at 6:30 p m. at the Lions Club Building on Main Street. Jaycee President Wayne Sch neider said this is one of the big banquets of the year. This year, along with the pre sentation of the Distinguished Service Award and Outstanding Young Farmer Award will be the presentation of the Outstanding Boss of the Community and a Certificate of Appreciation. This is the first year that the Local Jaycees have made a pre sentation of the Outstanding Boss Awards although other chapters throughout the state has been doing it for some time. It is an award to one of the Jaycee Bosses, and is based on the Boss's own civic work and his record of helping his em ployees. Main speaker for the banquet will be Nebraska State Jaycee President Byford Elwonger of Auburn. The Distinguished Service Award will be presented by Dis trict Vice President Jim Hill of Falls City and The Outstanding Young Farmers Award by My ron Milder, state chairman of the OYF from Omaha. The Jaycees will have plenty of tickets on hand for the ban quet. Anyone wanting a ticket can contact chairman Jay Win ters. The price is $1.50 per person. Recommendations For Bingo Law Changes Presented The state chairman of the Veterans of Foreign Wars bin go committee today was to pre sent recommendations for chang. es in a proposed legislative bill on bingo to sponsors of the bill. The recommended changes, a- greed upon by the VFW, Amer ican Legion, Eagles and Moose lodges include: An exception to the section limiting games to 20 which will allow more games to be play ed in single days at fairs and bazaars; providing for 10 per cent tax on amounts received from $500 to $1,C00, 20 per ceiit from $1,000 to $1,500 and 30 per cent on $1,500 and up; including merchandise among prizes which can be offered. .Also: that fines be $100 to $500 on first conviction of vio lation, one-year sentence or $500 or both for second conviction, and five-vear sentence or $500 fine or both for third convic tion. Sponsors are Sam Klaver, 6th District: William Skarda, 7th; Terry Carpenter, 42nd, and John Munnelly, 8th. The veterans and fraternal or. ganizations met several times in the past six weeks to drait recommendations for changes. Richard Stones underwent surgery for a hernia Saturday morning at the University Hos pital. He is getting along fine and is expected home today. He is the son of Mrs. Delores Stones. bis; ? .v ' v :,u . . TV. J 1 REVVIV I P This lineup of classy cars of the day was await ing the start of the Auto Parade in the 1916 Fall Festival here. Do you remember what makes these tars were? Notice that some are it 9. 4 a' .. . . X DKFENDING CHAMPS Mattsmouth HiRh defends its Ak-Sar-lien ('onference bnsketball tournament title at Bellevue be pinniiitf Tuesday. Plattsmouth drew Bellevue its first game and plays at 8 p.m. On the varsity squad are, from left: front Brian Field for ASB Meet is Tough Plattsmouth High, seeking aj comeback after three losses in a row, faces a tough role as de-! fending champion in the Ak-Sar- j Ben Conference basketball tourn- j domestic science class ot Mur ament beginning at Bellevue on dock High, the main item of Tuesday I busine s was the arrangement In the field are fiplH tire twn nf the three teams which lowered the Blue Devils cage mark after a 4-0 start. Westside huns; a 56-38 defeat on the Devils Jan. 9 and Paw- nee Citv won here 56-48 the next ! night. j Crete added more to the Platts-! mouth load on its road to recov-! ery with a 79-53 decision Friday night. So. Coach John Adkins of Plattsmouth is taking nothing for granted as the tourney gets closer. Bellevue is his team's first opponent and though it has not had an impressive record it must be considered a danger ous foe Tuesday at 8 p. m., bav in f the home court advantage as it does. Other first round games are Ashland vs. Tecumseh, Tuesday at 4:30, Ralston vs. Blair, Tues day at 6:15. Wednesday, Pawnee Cnty meets the Ashland-Tecumseh winner at 4:30. Auburn plays the Ralston-Blair winner at 6:15 and Wahoo is paired against Westside at 8 p. m. Semifinals are Thursday at 6:30 and 8 and the title game Friday at 8:15. pd Westside in the ehamnion-! ship game to avenge a defeat of earlier in that season. If Plattsmouth wins Tuesday night, it will have a place in the ; semifinals and will play Thurs-J day at 6:30. Its opponent will be the winner of Wednesday game between the Ashland-Tecumseh winner and Pawnee City. In the lower bracket. Auburn will play the Blair-Ralston win ner to see who meets the Wa-hoo-Westside winner in the oth er semifinal game. i jff L ''r? k i a -.-v trft'' "rv 1 dim '' wmm'i .--. ...... ..,..,., ,,,,,., m- :--! fr-v imn IV -N v A Tl ! . - ktTV I 'm 1$ WWW v. oss Basketbo Fe The January meeting of the Cass County School Men's As sociation was held at Murdock Jan. 14. After dinner served by the u1 ule '""W Basketball Tournament to be held at Mur dock Febr. 3, 5 and 6. Three teams were seeded in the tournament. Weeping Water was given the number one spot, Elmwood number five spot and Murdock number eight. Bye was Placed upon the number three spot and drawings were made for the other positions. At the meetinE. Eagle High coacnes by Pete Karabatsos was awarded tne six Man unampiun ;hip football trophy. CC Women Will Meet Tuesday Nite A meeting of the Women's Division of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce will be held in the Blue Flame Eoom at the Gas Company Office, Tues day, Jan. 20, at 3 p.m. Purpose of the meeting is to reorganize, hold election of of ficers and set up an activities program for 1959. Please plan to attend. . UC3th Ur JOhn Hennings At Taylor, Nebr. John Hennings, 80, member of one of the pioneer families of the Louisville community, died at his home in Taylor, Nebr. Funeral services are being held at that place today. Mr. Hennings was a son of Charles and Mary Hennings ear ly day settlers of the Louisville community and where he spent his early years. x " i s right-hand, some left-hand drive. It was suggested the well-decorated car in front must have been a Cadillac, for it looks so deer. (Photo by Olson Photography, print by P.ob Faris). Nelson, Jim Show n, Paul Anderson, Tom Winscot, Al Dasher, Larry Marler; back Jim Stewart, Larry Christenson, J. ('. Draper, Ken Pritthard, Roger Noell and Dave Albert. Standings of the high school basketball teams of the confer ence at present are as follows. Murdock leads with four wins four wins and no defeats. W L Pet. Murdock 4 Elmwood 4 Avoca 1 Alvo 0 Eagle 0 Nehawka 0 0 1.000 .800 .333 .000 .000 .000 Weeping Water is a member of the county organization, but due to the fact that their sche dule does not include the con ferece teams the school is not competing for conference cham pionship, but the school is en tered in the Cass County Tour nament and will vie fox tourna ment honors. Interest is also keen in coun ty volley ball competition. The standings of the volleyball teams to date are as follows: W L Pet. Eagle 3 0 1.000 Nehawka 2 0 1.000 Avoca 2 1 .666 Murdock 2 2 .500 Alvo 1 2 .333 Weeping Water 1 3 .250 Elmwood 1 4 .200 The county volley ball tourna ment will be held at Nehawka lirst week in March. Hawkins Will Help Coach South Stars Bill Hawkins, Plattsmouth high football coach, has been named to the coaching staff of the South squad in the Shrine High School All-Star football game at Omaha in August. He was chosen to replace Clet. us Fischer of Omaha South who has accepted a coaching job in Texas. Hawkins had his first season here in 1958. He is a former Un iversi(v of Nebraska football player, hailing from Beatrice where he was an outstanding high school athlete. He was a "Prep Athlete of the Year" winner picked by the Lincoln Journal and Star. jr.:; . . ! t , r Bloodmobilc Makes County Visit Wednesday The Nebraska - Iowa Red i Cross Bloodmobile Unit visits I Cass County Wednesday, Jan. I 21, at Elmwood Community Building from 12 noon to 6 p.m. Blood donors are needed from every community in the county. Based on 5 per cent of popula tion a "quota" of 865 units is required. A statewide meeting of Amer ican Red Cross will be held in Omaha, Tuesday at the Fonten elle Hotel and every town is urged to be respresented. Chamber Member Drive Underway Here Tuesday Chamber membership chair man Warren Rhylander of W. E. Cady Corp. announced today that the Chamber annual mem bership drive would swing into its kick-off Tuesday, at 8 a.m. following a 7:30 a.m. breakfast of the membership committee, which will be held at the Hotel Coffee Shop. Rhylander urged that all mem bers fill out their pledge sheets which is included in the annual report, so that the membership teams may complete their as signed areas as soon as possible. This year's Chamber member ship drive will be set up with the north section of town matched against the south section, with the committee divided into 2 teams. The dividing line will be the center of main street. The slogan for this year is "Make Way for '59 Build Platts mouth." A guage will be placed on the Chamber window showing the daily standing of each team. At the end of the first week's com petition, the team captains will be called in to pay the penalty for being behind. In case there is a tie, the Chamber President and manager must pay the pen alty. Rhylander said the drive this year is one of the most impor tant drives in the history of the Chamber and that new members must be obtained so Chamber programs can be increased to meet the competition of neigh boring areas and to take care of the increases expected from the cnlargment of SAC headquar ters and as well as the actual Development of the river-industrial area. Weeping Water Chief Ot Police Resigns Post Rasmus Lauritzen, chief of police of Weeping Water, has tendered his resignation to the city council of that place effec tive March 1. The resignation is clue to his age and health Mr. Lauriten stated. He has been an employe of the city of Weeping Water for .-.onie twenty years and has .ev ed unuer some nine different mayors. He served as chief ot police from 1938 until 1943 when lie was appointed as street, water and .sewer commissioner. He ser ved in thi capacity until 1955 win n lie resigned to undergo surgery. He was reappointed chief of police in 1957 lollowing i lie resignation of W. R. Rector. Journal Want Ads Pay Miss Susan Officially Miss 1959 The time is up . . .the con test Is over . . .it's time to wrap up the Journal 19!!) Baby Derby and declare the winner to be: Susan Marcclla Ilea man who weighed in at 8. pounds anili 11 ounces at 4 :28 p. in. Jan. 2 at St. Joseph's Hos pital in Omaha. Bring the first baby horn to Cass County parents and reg istered with the Journal as such, entitles the lucky little lady to a host of prizes. Susan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Heaman, live at 51!) North 9th St. in Plattsmouth. They moved to Plattsmouth from Omaha a year ago hut September. Her father is employ ed as a mechanic at Rubin Auto Co. Both the maternal and pater nal grandparents are Iowans, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Beaman reside at Mondamin and Mr. and Mrs. Stoker Karlywine, parents of Mrs. Beaman. live at Mis souri Valley. The arrival of Susan brings this family to 4. Brother Danny was two vears old last Sept ember and has already demon strated a big brother attitude toward her. The luckv family will start picking up the gifts this week from the following Plattsmouth merchants: Soennichsen's. $5 gift certif icate; the Beauty Box, a hair cut, shampoo and set; a baby play table from Gambles; a pretty new dress from Wee Wardrobe; $5 worth of assort ed baby foods from Ruback's; $5 worth of baby foods from Hinky Dinky; a $3 gift certif icate good on a crib, high chair or baby buggy from Farley Furn iture; a pair of shoes from B and H Shoe Store. Also, a $5 gift certificate from Feldhousen Drug Store and an other $5 gift certificate from Knorr's; Grove Jewelry will give a silver feeding spoon; a $5 gift certificate from C. A. Ruse Appliance; 20 quarts of Aiamito milk from the route man for that firm here in Platts. mouth and a six months sub scription to THE JOURNAL in order that the voting lady may learn about goings on in Platts mouth and Cass County. Lucky Susan Marcella, lucky parents of Miss Plattsmouth of 1959, for they will pick up gifts valued over $70 and that's not hay. Annual Meet Of Extension Service Feb. 2 Hilton Rogers, chairman of the Cass County Extension Serv. ice, announced this week thnt Feb. 2 is the date for the annual meeting of the Extension Serv ice. A highlight cf the program will be a report of pictures and words by Jan de Zwart from the Netherlands. Jan has spent a few months in America as an International Farm Youth Exchange student. He has staved in a number of Nebraska homes including thos, of Sterling Ingwerson and Ralph Wehrbein in Cass County. Three Extension Board mem bers will be elected, one from each of the Countv Commission er districts. All board members have tick ets for the banquet. The Cass Soil and Water Con servation District will present the Conservation Award for 19r)8 at the meeting. Recipients of the outstanding Cass County Conservation Award are Wult-'r and Wavne Wevers of Eai'le. A color aerial photo will he presented to the Weyerses. Presentation will be bv Henry Vinduska, treasurer of the Cass Soil and Water Conservation District. A Classifed Ad in The Journr.l cost as little as 50 cents THE HTAT1H K I Jan. 13. lfi, 17, 18, 19.V). f J)?? Hi. Low Prer. ; Thursday 44 10 .00 I Friday if, o .00 ! Saturday . . . ir, n .00 ; Sunday 4j 5 .15 j Forecast: High 20: low tonight 15 to 10 below vern. Clear to partly Cloudy tonight. Sun sets tonight at 5:24; rises Tuesday at 7:45 a.m.