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;CiLiY XXX CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehowka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 78 FOURTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, MARCH 5. 1959 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 31 Slip V Slide, Shovel V Sigh, Spring's Hero, Buy V Buy You probably slipped and sloshed and clawed the snow off your glasses and windshield and had unkind things to say about what happened Wednesday, Wednesday night and today. But, YOU KNOW SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! This was just one of those things that can't happen, but did. That fella who said Tuesday that we sure did need some mois ture Wedneday, looked around furtively at those who were get ting all fixed for Spring, and he didn't say anything. Anyway, It Is just about Spring and if you don't believe it take a look in Plattsmouth stores Roads Occupy Comi imission Here Tuesday An unused but not vacated road near Elmwood occupied the Cass County Board of Commis sioners a long while Tuesday at their regular meeting. Vic Schomaker, one of sever al petitioners who asked that the road be opened some time ago, appeared with counsel at the meeting, asking again that the road be opened. After discussion, the board de cided to have the road survey ed for center line and Commis sioner Herman Bornemeier in whose district the road Is locat ed said he would "give him (Schomaker) a way in." That would be about one-half mile, County Clerk Chas. Land said. Schomaker originally request ed opening of the road, unused for many years, to allow him access to a piece of ground he purchased. The board thought opening the road too. expensive and so ac quired a strip of land to allow requested access. Receipt of petitions to open the stretch of road between Sec tion 4-10-10 and 9-10-10 followed. In other road discussion Tues day, the board visited with R. C. Ayres, second roads engineer with the Dept. of Roads and Irrigation, about federal match ing projects. Starting of the long - pending Weeping Water East road was discussed. Ayres asked some form changes of Steve Davis and Elmer Hallstrom, appraisers on that project. Further discussed was a pro posed relocation of the South Bend West road but no decision was reached. There will be fur ther consideration of compara tive costs of routes. Visitor from India Is Getting Up in the World It took a long time but a plant rare for this part of the world has finally decided to show what It can do. The M. B. Aliens have the un usual plant called a "Sacred Li ly of India" at their home, 1222 So. 9th. It has reached 64 inches in height and its leaves are larg er than an umbrella when open ened, as they were the day af ter the accompanying picture was taken. It wasn't a short haul, get ting the plant up into the air. Mrs. Allen harbored the lily and its bulb In the fall and win ter for 10 years since getting it from a daughter in Auburn. Be fore, it only grew to a height of about 18 inches when planted outdoors in the summer. But, the bulb kept increasing in size and it now seems that it was only storing up for the big push. This winter the bulb was the size of a pie plate in diameter and "like a big pumpkin," ac cording to Mr. Allen. Then this winter, unable to wait until May when the Aliens usually put it out, the bulb be gan to sprout. Its growth has been phenomenal since. In the space of a single week recently, It grew about a foot or 18 inches. The lily has a stalk resembling a rattlesnake's skin, five or six immense leaves which are thick and dark maroon. On top Is a large appendage like an elephant's proboscis. The lily has never flowered, if they ever do. The Aliens don't know that It's called for. Nothing would be too surpris ing, though, with this character. where there are lots of Spring things for those who want to get them while the getting's good. ' Friday and Saturday it's Spring Opening time here de spite the snow, which will be Spring freshets before you know it. See INSIDE for details of the annual Misplaced Item Window Contest which offers prizes for a good time window shopping. Here Wednesday and today, driving was tricky and there were some accidents. Some mid-week Lenten ser vices Wednesday night were postponed. The street department start ed its battle with the snow at 3 a.m. today. The maintainer and two truck-mounted plows were put to work. Main thoroughfares were plow ed first and then the three plows began their circulation to cover the entire city. Street commissioner Elmer Gochenour said plowing would continue right through as long as needed. Snow on downtown streets will be windrowed to night, he said. Sanding of interesctlons and bad places was begun this morn ing, too, but snow fell too fast for lasting effects of the sand. School was in session for anyone who could make It to school. Supt. T. I. Friest said he thought attendance would be somewhere around 75 per cent. To close, he said, would be very costly and he felt it better to be in session since most of the students are within walk ing or short riding distance. It was taken for granted that out-of-town attendance would be cut. Stander Sale Now March 18 Never let it be said that The Journal didn't try. We pleaded with the weatherman to take care of the weather for Stan dees sale date, but ... he did it again. Yes . . . Once again Stander Implement had to call off his spring Machinery Auction be cause of inclement weather. Hugh Stander announced that the sale date has been postpon ed until Wednesday, March 18 at the same hours and place. Anybody having any words of advice as to how this yearly trouble can be avoided, plea.-e see Hugh Stander. ( Watch for additional ads in the Journal, 's Murray School Caucus Tuesday MURRAY (Special) The Murray School Board Caucus will be held at the school at 8 p. m. Tuesday, March 10. All patrons of the school district are urged to attend. THE WEATHER March 2, 3, 4, 1959 Date Hi. Low Free. Monday 43 38 .00 Tuesday 46 31 .00 Wednesday 45 30 .00 Forecast: High in low 30's; low in 20 s. Colder tonight, decreas ing cloudiness. Sun sets tonight at 6:19; rises Friday at 6:51 a.m. : f ni .... .. LILY FLOURISHES A "Sacred Lily of India" plant is shown in the home of the M. B. Aliens here. This winter it suddenly took a notion to really grow after 10 years of a rather disappointing annual showing. (fci.iiiXi i " '' 'TfTrTf Tri 1 ii I iili ! i Ifli Hfl uniinrm "ii THE BACKWARD LOOK Above Is a pic ture of the 4th car to appear in Cass County, a Ford belonging: to the late John Crabill, father of Mrs. Clem Woster of this city. The auto was freighted here by the Burlington train and its arrival caused a great deal of excitement on Main Street. Mrs. Woster ppoke to the Cass Pvt. John Frankc Gets Recognition Pvt. John Franke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Franke of Plattsmouth, Route 2, who is stationed at Fort Ord. Calif., re ceived a nice recognition in the past week. Mike Rhode, Dick Harustac and John Franke placed second in a test for speed in mounting and adjusting the 81 mm. mor tar. There were 200 In their com pany divided into groups of three. Some 65 groups partici pated. Only the top six reeelv ed a qualification score. The first and second place win ners received three-day passes. County Christian Fellowship Meets At Murdock Sunday MURDOCH. The Murdock Evangelical. United Brethren Church will be host to the Cass County Christian Fellowship on Sunday evening, March 8. The speaker for the evening, is Marvin Herrick, pastor of the j Southminster EUB Church of Lincoln. The service will begin at 7:30 p. m. The Cass County Fellowship meets bi-monthly in churches a cross the county. It gives finan cial support to Nebraska Coun cil of Churches and the Nebras ka Temperance League. Following the evening service, the young people are invited to a fellowship hour sponsored by the Youth Fellowship of the Mur dock Church. Nominees Named At Murdock MURDOCK Caucuses here Monday and Tuesday resulted in the following nominations. Board of Education Jess Stock, Mrs. Ezra Luetchens, Warren Rikli and Henry Klem me Town board Alfred Borne meier, Richard Trutna and O. B. Lupardus. s . , r' ' 4 I'1. . .:!. : -.J I Historical Society Has Meeting The Cass County Historical 'Society met last week at the Hot el Coffee Shop for lunch and a meeting with 19 members pre sent. Rev. Hutchman gave the invocation. President Alvin McReynolds opened the meeting followed by the flag salute. It was voted bv the Society to send a letter of thanks to the American Legion Post 56 for their offer of a site and cooper ation in regard to an Historical Building. It was deemed unad visable at this time, due to the financial status of the society A note of thanks was compos ed to T. H. Pollock for his gift of the lot west of the Cass The ater for a building site. Two new members, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Thomas of Louisville were introduced'.-Mr. and Mrs Frank Buell and Miss Augusta Robb of Elm woodv sent in their 1959 membership dues and Miss Robb also sent a contribution for the Museum Building Fund. Mrs. Clem Woster was elect ted as news reporter for the en suing year and Alvin McRey nolds, Martin Sporer and Rev. Hutchman the new program committee. Mrs. Alice Crabill Woster pre sented an interesting program entitled "My Father's Car of 1907," the 4th car in the county, which came in on the Burling ton train. The train crew held up their own departure to watch Mr. Crabill's car make its way up Main Street. Near the courthouse, Mrs. Wos ter said, the car stalled and af ter considerable time they dis covered the car was ju:t out of gas. The program brought many recollections of early automo bile days. Missouri River Activity Starting Early In April Activity on the Missouri river that has been in the mothballs since the commencement of the winter season is looking up, re ports from the US Corps of En gineers at Nebraska City state. Buoying operations will begin about March 30 between Rulo and Omaha. Water is to be re leased from upstream April 4 or 5 and the river should be na-' vigable about April 10. Employment is also expected to pick up during April. The Ne braska City office reports it will shortly begin hiring extra help mostly for the Meriweather Le wis dredge. Construction on the river is also expected at opening of the river according to the engineers. Bids will be opened April 2 on levee repair on the Nishnabotna river in southwest Iowa and the Papillion creek at Fort Crook, north of this city. These will include 25,000 cubic yards of embankment, 30,000 cu bic yards of excavation and 15, 750 torus of stone. Bids on the two jobs are restricted to small business concerns, according to the Nebraska City office. Subscribe to The Journal Nowl jt-M.w,. Wb- - County Historical Society group Wednesday about "My Father's Car of 1907." Passengers are Mal don Brown, driver and seated to his right Is Mrs. John Crabill; back, seat Mrs. Howland King, sister of Mrs. Crabill and Lorene Northcutt. Photo by Mrs. Wiley Brooks, rephotographed by The Journal. Francis M. Casey Named To State Aeronautics Post ' Francis M. Casey, prominent Plattsmouth attorney and active in the air safety program of the Civic Air Patrol, was named Monday to the State Aeronau tics Commission by Governor Ralph Brooks. Mr. Casey is a licensed pilot and has enjoyed a great deal of experience in air force activities, last year had a tour of many of the European countries in the interests of Civil Air Patrol act ivities. The appointment became ef fective March 1 and continues untll February 24, 1964. He suc ceeds W. W. Cook of Beatrice former chairman of the com mission. An enthusiastic follower of air development and practical ex perience in this line of work, Mr. Casey should make a very val uable addition to the state com mission. Elmwood School Caucus March 10 ELMWOOD The annual school caucus will be Tuesday, March 10. The board which has been con sidering reorganization intends to present the matter to school patrons at that time. It is anticipated that many of the patrons will wish to attend, and to accommodate everyone the meeting will be held in the Elmwood Community Building, beginning at 8 p.m. Journal Want Ads Pay SPRING OPENING Misplaced Item Retail Promotion Postponed To March 13 and 14 Rules Listed in Ad On Page 1, Section B Will Apply Caiuicwses 2. Incumbents, 2 Others Are School Nominees Tuesday evening the annual! meeting of School District No. I 1 of Cass County was held at the i high school In this city for the ( purpose of nominations of cand-, idates for the Board of Educa tion at-the forthcoming election Tuesday, April 7. The meeting was held at 8 o' clock following the close of the political conventions, the mem bers of the two bodies being al so residents of the school dis trict that includes Plattsmouth and adjacent territory. President Raymond J. Larson of the Board of Education pre sided and A. M. Hansen, secret ary of the board, was secretary of the meeting. According' to law, the meet ing selects twice the number of candidates as there are offices to be filled. This year Raymond J. Larson and John Cloidt Jr. are the two retiring board mem bers. They were re-nominated to gether with Merle Stewart, for many years a teacher and ath letic coach here, and R. W. Bern hardt, in charge of personnel at Allied Chemical Co., at the com pany's LaPlatte plant.- " The two highest vote getters of the four candidates at the e lection will serve as members of the board for a three-year term. County's Bridge Work Contractor Granted Increase The County Board of Commis: sioners Tuesday reached an a greement with Melvln Thomas Co., Ashland, for the ensuing year's county bridge work. Thomas was paid cost plus 10 per cent the past year for con struction and maintenance work on Cass County bridges. He had asked the Commission for an In crease because of rising costs. The agreement which will be drawn in contract form was for cost plus 20 per cent. Thomas told the board he wouldn't be insterested in con tinuing at the old rate. County. Clerk Chas. Land said the increase would make an es timated $1,000 to $1,200 differ ence in expenditure this year. The board also ordered a short carload of bridge lumber for a bout $1,900 from Midwest Lum ber, Lincoln. Mrs. Joe Kruntorad entered the St. Joseph hospital Monday for observation and treatment. RR Spur Prooosed ' Local persons met here this week wltn Burlington Railroad officlais to discuss a railroad spur from tne Burlington tracks to the Missouri River front. The spur has been requested to serve at least one industry whose establishment on the riv er front Is expected momentar ily, as well as others the Indus trial Development Committee of the Chamber of Commerce feels will locate here as soon as init ial activity on the river front is begun. Mid-Continent Milling Co. is the firm expected to start build ing an installation shortly. An import-export company which will transport by river barge, it is expected to built its molass es storage facilities and a grain elevator first. Dale Bowman, local C of C manager who represented Mid Continent at the meeting, said that firm had intended to start construction about March 1 but has been delaved. He said the firm has some materials in stor age here. He said it was evident from the meeting that the railroad feels the cost of the spur is too great for it to bear alone and industrial participation in con struction is desired. Meeting here were: Carl Bentz. freight superinten dent of the railroad's Lincoln division. Bob Schmidt, Omaha, traffic department of tt.e railroad. Mr. Splitzberger, of the rail road's industrial development division. Mrs. Alice Perry and James Begley, representing owners of land the proposed spur at its present location would cross (from a point near the water plant east to the river and then along the river to a point in line with an extension of Main St.); Clem Woster. chairman of the Industrial Development Commit tee of the C of C and member of the County Dock Board. C. J. White, U. S. Corps of Engineers. Walt Gleason. president of the Chamber; and Bowman; After the meeting, the group toured the industrial site. Bow man said the railroad officials pledged support and assistance in future development of the ar ea. Another incentive to water -front development is expected to be completed as soon as wea ther permits. It is the grade crossing of the Burlington at the east end of Main. The crossing has been graded, the railroad has completed Its work, signalling equipment is in and only surfacing of the ap proaches remains to be done, Bowman said. Credit Bureau Is New Business Here Announcement was made to day of a new business here, the Credit Bureau of Plattsmouth. It is now open for member ship and has an office at 506 Main. In charge of the office Is Mrs L. A. Caldwell of Plattsmouth. Hours will be from 9 to 5, Mon day through Friday and from 9 to noon Saturday. The Bureau is owned bv Mrs. Gene Obbink who also owns the Credit Bureau of Nebraska City School Out This Noon All public schools were missed at noon today. Mr. Friest, Superintendent about school tomorrow ' dis T. I. said 'we'll just have to wait until tomor row." St. John's School also dismis sed at noon. School is tentative ly planned for tomorrow. Nehawka Names Board Candidates NEHAWKA Nominated at the school caucus Monday right at the school here were Elmer Ross. Bill Ross, Mrs. John Chandler and Mrs. Ned Nutz man. The school board election will be April 7. evj ft Inleire Huebner-Ciles, Swoboda - Rhylandcr Council Choices Last evening, a faithful few Interested in future city govern ment, gathered ut the court house and public library to sel ect nominees for the City Coun cil, the legislative body of the city. The Democratic caucus was at the district court room with B. II. G. Eiting, chairman, and Miss Helen Eltlng, secretary, selected to preside over the convention. Selection of nominees for the Council was the chief business and A. W. Huebner, well known service station proprietor, was named as the Democratic choice over Robert Whelan. a former councilman. The First Ward Committee members nam. ed are William Spradlin and Lu cille Horn Gaines. In the Second Ward, the Dem ocrats selected Louis Swoboda, present councilman, as their nominee. Committee members are John Cloidt Jr. and Mrs. Helen Woolcott. The caucus had the pleasure of hearing a few remarks from Mayor Grant Roberts, who ex pressed his gratification at the co-operation he had received from his associates on the Coun cil and in other branches of the city government. He gave praise to George Kal asek, retiring member of the Council for his interest in city affairs and hard work in his of fice. Francis M. Casey was called upon and pointed to the fact that Democratic gains were re ported in elections this year. With the authorization of the committee to fill any vacancies, the body adjourned. REPUBLICANS The Republicans met at the auditorium of the library with Carl J. Schneider ns chairman and Maxine Cloidt as secretary. These officials werP chosen as officers of the meeting. In the First Ward, the nomin ee for City Council selected was E. C. Giles, former county as sessor and long a prominent leader in Republican circles. The members of the city committep, named were former Mavor Clem Woster and Miss Cloidt. In the Second Ward, the cau cus made the selection of War ren Rhylandcr, well known com munity leader, as a candidate for the City Council. Commit tee members are Lloyd Fitch and Mrs. Lillian Livingston. The committee was authoriz ed to fill any vacancies that might occur on the election tic ket. Local Students To Attend State DE Convention March 8 and 9 marks the se cond annual Distributive Edu- i cation Clubs of Nebraska Con vention to be held at the Corn husker Hotel in Lincoln. Eight members of the local DE Club and their coordinator, Joe York, will attend both days of the convention. The convention will open Sun day afternoon with a religious service and general session. This portion of the convention program will be presided over by the State vire president, Ken neth Pritchard of Plattsmouth High. Sunday evening, the club mem bers will enioy a banquet and variety show sponsored by Sears. Roebuck and Co. Monday, the morning' session will be devoted to contests in essay writing, public speaking, job interview, window display judging and sales technique. At noon, tho members will be en tertained at an Awaids Lunch eon under the auspices of the Lincoln Sales Executive Assoc iation. The convention will end Mon day afternoon with a general business session. Representing the local club will be the following members and the contests in which they will participate: James Furlong, window display; John Furlon.. sales demonstration; David Goch enour. sales demonstration; Lar ry Henry, window display; Don Pierce, sales demonstration; Da. vid Schleip, window display, and Tom Wlrvseot, job Interviews.