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CXIEIY XXX T tnrsT CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER The Plot PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 78 SIX PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1959 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 22 Minafer, Nehawka Oats OJCd Minafer Oils Recently, the oat variety known as Minafer was approv ed as a recommended variety to be grown in Cass County. It is an early maturing variety, quite similar to Andrew Oat with yellow grain color, medium height, high test weight, good yield and resistance to oat smuts. Nehawka Oats An oat variety which will be available for planting In I960 has been named Nehawka. It will be a recommended variety in Eastern Nebraska. Nehawka Is an oat variety developed at the Nebraska Experiment Sta tion. Nehawka oats are similar to Nemaha and Cherokee but are superior to them in a number of ways. Seed Cleaning Oat seeding time is not far away. In fact, to avoid spring season rush, seeds for spring planting may well be cleaned during late winter days. It's still time to get a germination test run on home grown farm seed. Clarence Schmadeke, County Agent. Mrs. Mary Zoz Died Sunday At Murdock Mrs. Mary Zoz, 75, long time resident of Cass county, died Sunday at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's church in Elmwood, Father James P. Hennessey officiating. Rosary will be Tuesday at 8 o'clock at the home in Murdock. Burial will be in the Elmwood ceme tery. Surviving are daughters, Miss Edna Zoz of Omaha; Mrs. John F. Naylon, Lincoln; Miss Rose Zoz, Hastings; Miss Clara Zoz, Lincoln; sons, Martin, Alvo; Joseph, Robert, Walter and Lawrence of Lincoln; five grand children and one great grand child. Serves Bank For Forty Year Period Elmer Hallstrom, Avoca bank er, is serving his fortieth year in the organization January 26th his anniversary in the bank. Mr. Hallstrom, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hallstrom of this city, entered the service of the bank at the close of world war I. He has had a great part In the development of the bank and the Avoca community and is one of the best known bankers In the state. He is a brother of Mrs. Alpha Muncie of this city. Commission Meets The Cass County Board of Commissioners will meet Tues day, beignning about mid-morning. It's a regular meeting. Journal Want Ads Pay Cub Scouts The Cub Scouts. Pack 399, have recently been given these a wards: Den 1 Larry Ahrens, silver arrow after wolf; Robert Fuller, gold and silver arrow after wolf, bear badge; Tim Kalasek, sil ver arrow after bear, 2 Year ser vice star; Douglas Mahlman, Freeman Candidate For Academy Of Merchant Marines WASHINGTON, D. C. (Special) Augustus M. Freeman, Jr., 18, 812 South 9th St., Plattsmouth, has been nominated for appoint ment to the U. S. Merchant Mar ine Acedemy. Young Freeman, a 1959 grad iate of Plattsmouth High School, will compete against a maximum of CO Nebraska boys nominated by the state's two Senators and four Congressmen for the three appointments to the Academy alloted Nebraska in the class starting this July. Charles Mead. Too The name of Charles Mead should have been included in a list in Thursday's Journal of those receiving certificates at the AF and AM Lodge installa tion. The name appeared incor rectly as "Reed". Subscribe to The Journal Nw! af,iK MJf ft . , f" i , e . , - ICE WAVES The Missouri during the recent cold spell. The Tentative Plans For Historical Building Here The Cass County Historical Society met for luncheon in the Hotel Dining Room Jan. 28. The regular monthly business meet ing followed with the president, Alvin McReynolds, presiding. Miss Grace Livingston read the minutes of the last meeting and reported the Society has $7,762.44 on hand. A letter from the Omaha of fice of Internal Revenue infor med the Society any gift or be quest to the Cass County Histor ical Society will be deductible for individual Income Tax pur poses. The following action was tak en: 1. In compliance with the ori ginal By-Laws of the organiza tion a board of directors was elected. In order to initiate the system of rotation it was de cided the members would ser ve according to votes received. Maxine Cloidt, five year term; Alice Pollock Perry, four years; Martin Sporer, three years; Al vin McReynolds, two years and Dale Bowman, one year. Mrs. Henry Hild was elected to serve as secretary and resi dent clerk. Dale Bowman pre sented a tentative plan for an historical building that would be suitable on the lot west of the theatre. This sparked a very In teresting discussion. Alice Pollock Perry 'informed the Society the lot mentioned will be presented by T. H. Pollock if the location meets with the approval of the organ ization. A Building Committee was elected composed of Emma Egen berger, Dale Bowman and Mar tin Sporer. As the society is on a calendar year basis dues of $1 each mem ber are due at this time, 19 mem bers were present and $20 for memberships was received. The next meeting will be held Feb. 25 at noon at the Hotel Dining Room. The society invites all w'ho are interested in preser ving the early history of this area to join the Historical Soc iety and attend the monthly meetings. Get Awards bear badge, gold arrow bear, 2 year service star after Steve Baburek, gold arrow after wolf, 4 silver arrows after wolf, 1 year service star; Bill Pankonin, wolf badge gold and silver arrow after wolf; Gene Sands, wolf badge, gold arrow after wolf. Den 2 Freddy Buechler, sil ver arrow after wolf; Scott Smith, silver arrow after bear, lion badge; Craig Smith, silver arrow after bear; Larry Smith, .silver arrow after bear; Garth Mammoran, denner, 2 year ser vice star; Dick Spangler, .-ilver arrow after wolf, silver arrow aiter bear, lion badge, 2 year service star; Jay Cloidt, wolf badge, gold and silver after wolf; Phhlip Fischer, 2 year ser vice star. Den 3 Steve Nielsen, sil ver arrow after wolf, 1 year ser vice star; Gary Claus, wolf badge. Den 4 Dicky Chappell, wolf badge; Denny Dasher, silver ar row after wolf, denner's stripe; Chuckie Ault, bear badge; Eddie Trively, wolf badge, 1 year ser vice .tar. Den 5 Ronald Marsh, 2 year service star. Den 6 Allen Ollis, denner; Steve Miller, assistant denner. Den 8 Lloyd Fitch, silver arrow after bear, 2 year service star; Dick Osterholm, 2 year ser vice star; Gary Way, 2 year ser vice star. v River here was "frozen over" fast cold threw up ridges formed Look Back at the 'Good C B&Q Band Provided Entertainment Here The CB and Q Band was a part of the Plattsmouth scene for many years and it was a "good one," one of its members, C. E. Ledgway, veteran clerk of Dis trict Court here, says proudly. Weekly concerts were played at Garfield Park, at a Main Street bandstand or on the county courthouse lawn. Organized in 1916, the band was a volunteer one, though it bore the CB and Q name be cause most of its members work ed in the BREX shops here. Members bought their own in struments and uniforms and played mainly for the enjoyment of it, Ledgway says. Once in a while, there was a dollar or two from someone for playing at an event. Farm Hiring Day Scheduled Feb. 20 Farm Hiring Day here has been set for Febr. 20, the Cham ber of Commerce has announced. The program ii co-sponsored by the State Employment Service and the Agricultural Committee of the Chamber, Ted Ohnoutka chairman. It will be held at Stander Im plement Co. Department Commander To Washington Early Saturday morning Dale W. Bowman of this city, depart ment commander of the Veter ans of Foreign Wars of Nebraska, with Benjamin Hoden of Council Bluffs, department commander of the VFW of Iowa, departed for Washington, D. C. They are to attend meetings of the Veterans Affairs com mittee of the U.S. House of Rep resentatives where legislation relative of the war veterans will be considered. While in Washington they will attend the dedication of the new Memorial building erected by the VFW as their national head quarters. Mr. Bowman and Mr. Hoden will be quartered at the Statler hotel. Script Calls For 6 Weeks Of Winter Six more weeks of winter was the prospect here, providing the groundhog is a normal charac ter in these parts. For, he must have got bcth his eyes full of sun and a snoot ful of snow when he nosed out of his den today. Tradition says that if the fur ry beastie sees his shadow this day six more weeks of winter will follow. He has been known to miss it a little. Cultured Pearl? The question is : what mikes a pearl cultured? Seems a Plattsmouth man was ating- oyster soup re cently. He found a tiny pearl, a bout twice the size of a pin head. This oyster fancier hap pened to be a member of the Plattsmouth Hoard of lalucation. Perhaps if he'd eaten it it would have been a cul tured pearl. Just a thought. Journal Want Ads Pay ff rVnv, mT by freezing of ice floes and water. To the eye, the river seemed j stopped here but of course its Old Days' Shown in the picture taken by Olson Photography during the 1916 Fall Festival, are, from left: Front Row 1. Unidentified (do you know him?) 2 Jim Bajeck, deceased, spent 15 years in the Regular Army. 3. Anton Bajeck (Jim's bro ther!, was a cigar maker, is still here, now retired. 4. Dr. Oscar Sandin, veterin arian, deceased. 5. Tom Gradoville, was black smith at the BREX, left to go to Burlington, Iowa, shops, now re tired there. 6. Cyril Kalina, was upholster er at BREX, now lives in Bingen, Wash., retired. Back Row 1. Richard Avard, band direc tor, had shoe store here, deceas ed. 2. Gene Engert, was director of band at Glenwood School. 3. Frank Aschenbrenner, work ed in Lorenz's Butcher shop in building on Sixth where The Honeycomb is now. He is de ceased. 4. George Lutter, was a paint er for Frank Gobelman, now at Springfield. 5. Anton Toman, was machin ist for Burlington Railroad, now in Omaha. 6. Pete Gradoville, was paint er at BREX, deceased. 7. James (Birdie) Ptacek, was painter for the Burlington, de ceased. 8. Bert Reeves, "imported" trombone from Omaha. 9. C. E. Ledgway, was machin ist at BREX, has been clerk of District Court since 1931. 10. W. R. (Roy) Holly, was with his father in a clothing store where the Welcome Inn is now, is retired and lives at Lake Man awa, Iowa. r ; - i II,. .,' -W.J,'f f'f & -A O u 1 m . , .' 4 , jk THE PLATTSMOUTH BAND Plattsmouth's community band, called the CB&Q Band, is shown as it posed on a sunny day j in 1916. The band was in existance until about 10 years ao. The i photo was taken on the east side of the building at 4th and Main! (Tkt Coraer Bar aw fronts on Main ia the building). The Iargt mighty flow continued, subsurface. Meters Here To Get Quick Bath Soon New cleanliness is in store for the City of Plattsmouth's park ing meters. The City Council last Monday night arranged for purchase of a meter-washing machine which its salesman said will add "3 to 5 yeari" to the life of the meters. He said to operate at maximum efficiency for any length of time a meter should be cleaned at least once a year. With the machine, the mech anism of the meter is cleaned, rinsed and dried in minutes without taking the meter apart, except to remove the mechanism from its housing. Meters here have been cleaned up to now by serviceman Dick March by tearing down each mechanism and washing the parts In solution. The $325 machine will circu late a cleaning solution through the mechanism, rinse it thor oughly and blow it dry. The salesman said all the city's approximately 225 meters can be cleaned easily in a year's time. He said he was convinced that trouble the city has had with meters sticking and failing to function right is due to dirt. Damp and cold are also hard on meters, he said. The machine is expected in about 30 days. It will be purchased out of the parking meter f'.ir.d, the CouncU decided. Local Boy Wins Prize In TV Show Saturday morning on "Junior Auction" shown on WOWTV, Darrell Draper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Draper of this city, was winner. The judging was by votes and Darrell was winner by a large score. Darrell is a stu dent in the local schools. Operation Old Glory Set Here The Band Parents of riatts niniitli are readv to launch "On- Irratinn nld Ciloiv" to introduce the new 49-star flag symbol of America's entry into the space age to every private citizen and business ogranization in Platts mouth. The Band Parents have been preparing for what they recog nize as a major event in Amer ican history. Their U. S. Flan; Drive, formally designated as "Oneration Old Glory," will bring the new flag to the town; in the quickest possible time and "will spur an educational campaign locally on the history of the flag and flag etiquette." "A maior purpose is to bring back the traditional custom of displaying the flag on official holidays," said R. C. Humiston, chairman. "You don't see much of that any more and the Band Parents feel something should be clone about it. The new flag provides an excellent opportun ity to remind people of the cus tom and urge them to observe it." Simultaneously, the campaign will serve as a fund-raising drive for the Band Parents, "who must every year replenish their treasury for community and youth service." They are the on ly Plattsmouth organization au thorized to conduct "Operation Old Glorv." a nationwide effort, a Band Parents representative said. The present 48-star flag will, in a very short time, become a valuable heirloom. The 46-star flag flown up to 1912 signalled America's emergence as an in dustrial and world power. The 48-star flag took the coun try through the development of the nation as an international force for freedom. The new flag representing Al aska's addition as a state, will carry the nation into the atomic age and through the pioneering of the space' age, the Band Par ents said. Whether or not a 50th star will eventually be added, this flag will still have a sig nificance all its own." "A flag in every home in Plattsmouth" is the slogan for "Operation Old Glory." Countyans Get U of N Degrees Degrees awarded at mid-year commencement exercises Satur day at the University of Ne braska included Joe C. York, Plattsmouth, Mas ter of Education. Norman E. Hutchinson, Louis ville, B. S. in Civil Engineering. Robert E. Wilson, Eagle, B. S. in Civil Engineering. Oscar A. Sandberg, Ashland, B. S. entrance then led to law offices upstairs where Dr. IMetz and Karr & Sochor, accountants, are now located. The "Restaurant" spare at right is now Smith & Ibens law office. For identifications, see accompanying story. (Photo by Olson, print by Hob Paris). March for Polio Fund Braves Storm Snow and slick streets may have slowed the Mothers' March on Polio Friday night but didn't stem it. More than GO mothers were "on the march" in Plattsmouth. When the final count is in Mrs. Russell Sehaik, mothers march chairman expects more than $500 will have been collected. Those not solicited and wish ing to give, may do so by .send ing their contribution to Mrs. John Scluitz, director. The VFW Club was used as headquarters for the Mothers u.nrh ,.olfee and ciomits were furnished and served the work ers by Mines Sehaik, Don War ga and John Schutz. Soliciters not listed before were Mines A. C. McLean, Merle Diekman, Carl Haith and Albeit Pelzer. Baptist Mission Associational Here The Plattsmouth Baptist Mis. sion was host at the Lions Club here to a joint meeting of the Brotherhood and WMU. The associational brotherhood got a great blessing as Chap lain (Captain) Newton R. N. Har. din, from Offutt Air Force Base delivered the message of the evening. Chaplain Hardin challenged the brotherhood to establish and maintain contact with men and women of our armed forces. Af ter the message, the officers of the brotherhood were intro duced and visitors acknowledg ed. A roll call of churches was taken and First Southern Bap tist Church of Lincoln retained attendance banner. The Baptist Mission was 100 per cent of its men present at the meeting. Mrs. Sammie Archer from the First Southern Baptist Church of Omaha led the Associational Woman's Missionary Union in worship during which time Mrs. Pat Young of Bellevue sang a solo and several other women read scriptures. Following the worship period, Mrs. Jack Adkison of Omaha led a panel discussion "Shew ing Forth His Salvation through our Aims and Exper iences." Mrs. Adklnson is pres ident of the Associational WMU. Refreshments were served to the 75 persons attending from Omaha. Bellevue, Lincoln and Plattsmouth. THE WEATHER Dae Hi. Low Prec. Jan. 29, 30, 31, Feb. 1, 1959 Thurrday 36 18 .10 Friday 24 1 .00 Saturday 21 6 .20 Sunday 18 -7 .00 Forecast: High near 20; low a round 5 above. Few snow flur ries late today and tonight. Cloudy. Sun sets tonight at 5:41; rises Tuesday at 7:34 a.m. 1 - n J Some Changes In Dates The weather was responsible for several changes in plans at the County Extension office dur ing the past week. The 4-H Leaders Conference scheduled for Jan. 30 will be held Feb. 20 at the Agricultural Auditorium in Weeping Water. The 4-H Public Speaking Con test will take place at 3 p.m. on that date. Any 4-H Club mem ber who is interested in enter ing this contest should contact their local leader for more in formation. The craft workshop which was to have been the afternoon of Jan. 29 at Christ Lutheran Ch urch will be re-scheduled for sometime in February. Home Ex tension Club members who had indicated they would attend will receive information about the new date for this meetinp; by letter. Would you like to know more about leading group singing, games or dancing for your lo cal club group? Here is your chance to brush up on your rec reational leadership abilities. On Feb. 16. a recreation school will be held in Beatrice with workshop sessions in music, leathercraft, stunts ajid skits, quiet games for small groups and folk dancing. There will be an opportunity for an individual to attend all five workshops or attend the same workshop all clay and learn more about it. Each workshop will be headed by an individ ual well-educated in that field. Anyone interested in recrea tion leadership is welcome to at tend this day long sub-district school at the YMCA in Beatrice. A similar workshop will be held in Fremont at the First Bap tist Church Feb. 23. Home Extension and 4-H Club leaders are especially urged to attend. For more information, contact the County Extension office. "Laundry Tricks and Gadgets" is the subject of the Februray Home Extension club demonstra tion lesson. Training meetings will be held: Feb. 3 at Mis. LaMoyne Spohn's home near Elmwood; Feb. 5 at the Gas Company in Plattsmouth; Feb. 0 at the Agricultural Auditorium in Weeping Water; Feb. 9 at the home of Mrs. Robert Grunwaki near Union; and Feb. 10 at the Fire Hall in Murdock. A tip to remmeber For ten der, juicy steaks, don't stab a fork into the meat while you are broiling it. Handle the meat with tongs to allow the good juices to stay inside. Another hint on steak cooking is to sea son the steak with salt -after it is broiled before it goes to the table. Salt draws the juires while the steak is cooking and dries the meat out. Mrs. Nan cy Sutton, Home Extension A-gent. Farm Land Auction Feb. 9 Near Murray One of Cass County's better farms goes on the auction block Feb. 9, according to E:d Rosen of Omaha. The farm, now belonging to Ben Novak, is the 479 acres a mile east and about a mile south of Murray on Highways 73 and 75. This farm will be sold either as a unit or in three separate parcels, depending upon the wishes of the bidders. It has been a livestock feed ing farm for many years and has been kept well fertilized. Possession will be given on March 1 of this year. The sale will he handled bv Rex Young of Plattsmouth and Laurence Bernard of Auburn, auctioneers. Dill Estate Sale Rc-Sct for Feb. 13 The public sale of the LesVr Dill Estate, scheduled for last week, was postponed because of weather until Friday. Feb. 13. at 11 a.m. Lunch will be served on the grounds. The farm is located six miles north of Nehawka. Sheriff's Sale Here Cancelled A .'heriff's sale scheduled for Feb. 9 at the -)urt house here has been cancelled, it was an wunced today. A judgment against Conrad Reinke has been released, the sheriff office Bald.