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CASS COUNTY'S CREATEST NEWSPAPER ME (PHATTSydDOJ J (UK RIAL PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 78 EIGHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY. MARCH 16, 1959 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMDER 3-4 J r J ,Vr..' I w IT"' . I ' I . . v to " I V." ; 1 "TXT 7TT fj7! v '-'.'4 - - V Legion Marks 40 Yean 'Blarney Was A Chieftain of The Irish n tllkir : i w ; r :f t '4 . READY FOR CIRCl'S This photo taken Thursday afternoon during rehearsal for the Trl-School Circus shows Ringmaster Larry Bea vers of Columbian School 5th grade and Colum bian 1st graders lined up for the grand inarch. William L. Seybolt Died Friday After Prolonged Illness Friday evening William L. Sey bolt, lifetime resident of Cass county, died after an prolonged illness that has covered the past six months. He has been for the past several weeks at the home of his nephew, Dr. R. F. Brendel, in this city. Mr. Seybolt was born in Cass county April 15, 1890, son of J. B. and Mary Seybolt, growing to manhood in the community of his birth. He was married to Miss Bessie May Brendel, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Brendel, pioneer residents of Murray, in 1911. She preceded him in death 1942. Mr. Seybolt spent the greater part of his lifetime in farming in the Murray community until In 1928 when he moved to Mur ray where he has since made his home. He was engaged as grader operator for Cass county for some time, later owning the Rock Creek service station east of Murray for some years. Mr. Seybolt was a member of the Murray Christian church for many years, was also a mem ber of the Masonic order in Plattsmouth lodge No. 6, also of the cottish Rite consistory at Lincoln and Home Chapter No. 189 of the Eastern Star. Mr. Seybolt was a man univer sal respected by all who knew him and his passing will bring a great regret to a large circle of friends. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Christian church in Murray, Rev. Victor Schwartz officiating. Burial was at the Horning cem- j etery south of this city. 1 Grade Plays School to Full Farm Bureau Of Mynard Has Meeting ! Pupils of First Ward, Winter ' steen and Columbian schools pleased a full house of spectat ors Thursday night with the an nual elementary school operetta at the high school auditorium. Director Beverly George, pub lic schools vocal supervisor, said the performance of the "Cir cus" was pleasing to all those who worked with the children as well "Everyone performed well." she said, "we're proud of all the children." She had a special word of praise for Larry Beavers, Col umbian 5th grader who was Cir- Frosting Not Appreciated Much Here i The coating of frosting Platts-, mouth and Cass County got Sat urday and Saturday night was! not appreciated much. It did turn towns and country side into a wonderland of white but it also broke some trees and shrubs with its weight, added to the trials of driving and cut down on the joys of windowshopping. The latter was the "Spring" op ening event of the local mer chants in which shoppers hunt ed for "misolaced" items in the store windows and competed for prizes. I Entries are being check ed by the Chamber of Com merce committee in charge and results will be announced.) The third snowstorm of the Spring was a rare one. It was wind w c i mr;6 ,,!"0 wh Av forged ahead n,ith , ti ,v,(h ... ".'?.;: to dethrone Murdock. 1953 cham- Pruising the American Leg ion as "one of the great bul warks of the American way of life," Mayor Giant Roberts has proclaimed the week of March 15-21 as American Legion Birth day Week. The wee k has been set apart as a tribute to the 40th birth an niversary of the worlds larg est veterans organization, born ol a caucus in Paris, Fiance, March 15-17. 1919. The local American Legion post ar.d its Auxiliary will cel ebrate with a party Tuesday night at the 40 and 8 Club, be ginning with dinner at 6:30 p.m. As the Legion marks its 40th anniversary, it is a signal ob servance. It marks the comple tion of 40 years of service by the American Legion to its com munities, its states and the na tion. The 17,000 posts of the Legion and their 14,000 Auxiliary units, have a risrht to he nrnnrt nf thpir ! accomplishments during the past tour decades. The American scene and the world have under gone profound changes since the American Lesion was founded at the historic caucus of dele gates from the first AEF in Par- r,. . . . , . . nance, iviarcn io w LI, 1USI cus Ringmaster. Most of his role; after tne first w ld w;rJ . was impromptu delivery and hej jg & woim War ln handled it verv well, she said i tV ,..! T u In the cast wore: ,LmCric,a? V0" h Hnrlw.t RMo,o rv,l,K..J 1 nauru , uut uniy in us Ol rm L Louisville High's wonderful! basketball versatility carried it to the Class C state chamnion- Chances are the blarney will be as thick as the shamrocks when, the Irish honor St. Patrick March 17, Tuesday. But the original "blarney" was an Irish chieftain who proved Vrm nrn ..till : j--u sun win even n vou . ... . lose I M1,P lu J-'i'aoin Saturday alter- When the castle of Blarney! Tn OVOr SL Ct'Cel,a "igh was besieged by the English,! T! ,?s' the lord of the manor concluded f 1 as Jt 'fT ST an armistice with the English? "lori,yT w,hi('Ih1 had led Coacn commander. According to the Krme Lfe S Lions to the hlBh- the; z . : cmui a lUMury imu DlOUglll H iSe Wins irowin he Behind Larry from left are: Sharon Groves, Mar vin Isles, Danny Newburn, Berl Thornton, Barry Jose, David Shepherd, Mike O'Donnell, Joel Cat ron, Gene Long and Terry Flint. Circus House 1st grade. Animals, Wintersteen 1st and 2nd. Square Dance, 4th grades. Clowns, Columbian 2nd grade boys. Fortune Tellers, Columbian 3rd grade girls. Tin Band, First Ward 1st grade. Sellers, Columbian 5th grade. Cowboys, First Ward 3rd grade boys. Darine Ladv Fair minmhian! " "npam racror in the 2nd grade girls. i J mensions. It is todav a 3-war organization: It has not changed in its patriotic character, in its ideals, in its objectives and in its integrity. Keeping America always American is still its continuing goal. It is still true to the original purposes set forth so vividly In 1919 in the pream ble to its constitution. The good impact on the Am erican scene of the American Legion is immeasurable. It has been an important factor in the research department of World Book Encyclopedia promised to surrender the old; homestead to an English garri-i son in Cork on a certain date. The Englishman waited nnlite- ly for the terms of the armistice to be fulfilled, .and waited.. and waited. The Lord of Blarney held him off with promises and flattery, until the commander became the laughingstock of the court of England. And the name "Blarney" iron ically teiok its place in the "Eng. lish" language, as a synonym for sweet talk. its first state title. Louisville played the last vital contest this may have proved minutes of the championship I fatal for a team with less deptli game without two of its starting aad grooming, stars but its huge loyal follow- Hut others came through fin ing of home fans and the rest Lou,.svilh. and when Don Vogler of the throng at thi' U of N Col-; canned four-for-four from the iseum saw overall class pay off.) flTe tnrow llni, wilh snmfi , ine j,ions lost the top scor er of the game, Dan Stiffler, in the fourth quarter, anel quar terback Doug Alfrey in the third. In a nip and tuck showdown Salcsrv S Commissioners Meet The Cass County Board of The Plattsmouth Board of Education has made adjust ments in the teacher salary schedule and authorized distri bution of continuing contracts to teachers. Notices of contracts were given out last week and teach ers have until April 6 to make decisions about signing con- I tracts for next year. i The adjustments in salaries make a combined total of about $11,500. The board said the increases are "quite comparable to those given in the past few years and are pretty much in line with salary increases given in most Nebraska schools." Following is the new minimum I salary schedule, with amounts The Columbian Parent-Teach- i h he Previous schedule indic- iinii mnnti t.. i ated m parentheses below new figures where changes were made: Years I II III IV 0 2,900 3,100 3,700 3,900 Commissioners will meet Tues day and Wednesday for their regular semi-monthly session. They'll convene about mid morning each clay. Teacher chedule Columbian School, 3 units (was 2i. An addition to the general provisions was: Teachers and administrative staff shall be eligible for five days per year sick leave without loss of pay. This leave shall be cumulative from year to year, not to exceed a total of 30 days (was 15 1. Dad's Show Features PTA At Columbian Queerest Ladies, Columbian 3rd grade boys. Wild and Strong Men, Colum bian 3rd grade boys. Bell Band. First Ward 9nri grade boys. Square Dance, First Ward 4th grade. Roustabouts, 5th grade boys. Avoca Wins County Title In Volleyba The Avoca High School Las sies won the Cass County Vol leyball Tournament at Nehawka last week by defeating Murdock in two out of three torrid games Avoca won the opening round 10 to 8 in an overtime and Mur dock took the second 8 to 6 in another overtime game. The third game was a nip and tuck aff.nir until Vi , j .... .. v...... v.ic nxu iiunuie ur j with ?. coating which was crusty by morning but which didn't last long under a bright morning sun. By Sunday afternoon, there i were snow flurries again which brought comments of "Oh-oh score of 10 to 5 The Mynard Unit of Cass County Farm Bureau met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Royal Smith Friday evening, March 13. Eight families were represen ted and guest speaker and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bowman. Several songs were sung un- j der the direction of Mrs. E. G Ruffner and accompanied by! How dynamite caps made their Mrs. R. O. Cole. , way into the wasterpaper bas- The committees then submit- j ket at the auditorium building ted their reports. : at Weeping Water during assess- Royal Smith, our County Le-; mem time is being investigated gistation chairman gave a brief by County officers, report on a tax situation. ; The caps were found Wednes- State Legislative chairman ; day morning in the room being Richard Cole gave a detailed re- j used for county assessment pur port on all the bills presented ! poses. The caps, in the waster that we all are interested in. I paper basket had been rolled in Next meeting will be at the a paper towel taken from the Mynard Community Hall April men's rest room 10. The btate Fire Marshall from 1 Sheriff Tom Solomon Lincoln win present the pro pion, by the Ihe.Se two tPtvmo hnirc n tended for county honors for the past three years, Avoca winning! in 1957, Murdock in 1958 and Av-I oca again taking the title in the j r,,t v. t , . , , , , , uta again laKing th ?nV lh,?,i1UmeS dldn 1 developl recent tournament Snowfall here was 3 to 4 inch es. Dynamite Caps In Wastebasket gram. President Richard Cole intro duced Bowman, who gave a talk on "things of which we all should be vitally aware," and which "make us more conscious of national affairs." A discus sion period followed. Lunch was served by the hostess. said "ac i ix Liittiice Miai sumeuiie entered the locked room during the night with a key. Cigarett butts had been found on the floor Wednesday morning at opening time despite the fact that the floor had been cleaned Tuesday evening. Officers are attempting to trace the caps from their paper number tabs. Elmer Wendt of Louisville was j Mrs. George Jordan entered a Plattsmouth business caller St. Catherine's Hospital in Oma Friday. He recently underwent ha Monday and underwent sur surgery and was released from I gery Tuesday. She is getting a the hospital the past week. 0ng fine For third place, Eagle, co champion with Avoca for' con ference honors, had little troub le in disposing of Nehawka by the score of 11 to 3 and 15 to 2. In the consolation games, Al vo defeated Weening Water 15 to 1 and 10 to 7 for fourth place honors. The tournament, wis m-trr. i inally scheduled to be held a week earlier but was postpon ed because of severe weather conditions. Sunt. Russell Neil WnH v,., superintendent, presented e awards to the winning schools at the close of the tournament and expressed his appreciation to coaches, players and audienco for the fine suunort and sports manship shown throughout the tournament. Docket Call Is April 10 Judge John M. Dierks signed an crder in District Court here Friday changing the date of doc ket call for the next term of court irom March 27 to 10 a m i on April 10. When the first docket call date was set it was not noticed that it would fall on Good Friday. The term of court is to begin April 20. high level, in raising the pop ular level of education, in the great increase of home owner ship, in the enlightened stream lining of child welfare concepts, in pioneering in the modern care of the disabled and physically handicapped and in the Nation's preparedness against aggres sion. Thousands of American com munities are better places in which to live and raise children because of the civic works of 17,000 posts. We salute the loc al American Legion Post and wish it many happy returns as this great organization starts 'on its fifth decade of service to God and Country. On its 1959 anniversary, the American Legion here and ev erywhere rates a 40-gun salute! Murray Caucus Tuesday Night MURRAY (Special) The 'Murray village caucus will be I held on Tuesday, March 17, at I the Murray State Bank at 8 p.m. ior me purpose of nominating candidates for the village board Three board members and a treasurer are to be elected next month. er Association meeting Tuesday night opened with Miss Miller's Kindergarten class in a skit. "The Three Bears." Suzanne Hula, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hula portrayed Goldi locks. The business meeting was call ed to order by the president. Mrs. Wayne Green. The min utes of the last meeting were read by secretary Mrs. Tate Lar son. Mrs. Raymond Smock, the treasurer, read her report. A motion was made and carried to purchase materials necessary to paint one of the basement rooms in the old Columbian building. A motion was made and car ried to hold a bake sale in the near future, details to be made by the executive committee. A nominating committee was elected. Those nominated were Leo Osterholm, Mrs. Peter Net- tleman and Russell Nielsen. Mrs. Clifford Dasher had on display her assortment of Par ent Teachers Magazines. A program was put on by the male members of the PTA and proved the feature of the meet ing. It was a combination of the TV shows What's My Line 3,100 3,300 3,200 3,400 3,600 (3,400) (3,600 1 3,000 3,200 3,800 4,000 (3,500) (3,700) 3,900 4,100 (3,600) (3,800) 4,000 4,200 (3,700) (3,900) 4 3.300 3,500 4,100 4,300 (3,800) (4,000) 4,200 4,400 (3,850) (4.050) C 3,700 4,300 4,500 (3,900) (4,100) 7 4,350 4,600 (3,950) (4,150) 8 4.400 4,700 (4.000) (4.200) 9 4,450 4.800 ( ) (4,250) 10 4,500 4,900 ( ) (4,300) "Years number years previous experience; I, II, III, IV-Classes as follows: Class I Teachers who have earned at least 65 hours of col lege credits but less than 96 hours. Class II Teachers who have earned 96 hours or more but Camp Fire Marks 49th Founders Day ine seconds remaining it was uppar. ent the Lions had gone all the way. St. Cecilia kept at it to the very end, pressing for posses sion of the ball and fouling fre quently. Free throw shooting, led by Stiffler's 9 for 3, Orval Rob bins's 6 for 9 and Voglcr's 4 for 6 was a vital factor for Louis ville. Stiffler had point honors at 23 to continue the team's record of versatility in scoring. Einmctt Brown, Robbins, Alfrey and Vog ler also had shared scoring hon ors at times this season which saw Louisville post a 23-1 mark in the pre-tournament reason and follow with a clean swcon to the tourney top. Lone loss was to Syracuse ln the final of the Southeas t Eight Conference tournament after Louisville had won a regulary scheduled game earlier from the Class B state champ. Syracuse won the B crown on Saturday, 46-38, over Minden. And, if Louisville's and Syra cuse's state titles were not r. nough to put this area on the Nebraska prep cage map, To bias's winning of the Class E title added what ex ten. was needed. Tobias coach Bob Gess is a Louisville native. His team beat Wilsonville, 45-36, for its title. Other titles went to Lincoln High in AA, 61-51 over Omaha South; Beatrice in Class A. 52 46 over Holdrege, and Red Wil low in Class D. 63-59 over Bea ver Crossing. Louisville (59) fg ft pf jits 0 3 6 4 9 1 0 5 1 3 7 4 14 3 10 5 23 2 1 0 0 " earned vo nours and I've Got a Secret. William I i it,,,, o Landis was narrator. class m Tearners with J The gentlemen also had a class Baccalaureate Degree i room scene and a chorus line.! Class IV Teachers with Mas-I Participating were: Doran Bow- ter's Degree. ! man Wayne Green, Ray Bern-i changes in the additional nav Otto Lushinsky and Mrs. Ralph Mullis of Alliance have been here assisting with the care of their father, George Lushin sky who has been very ill. hardt. Peter Nettleman. Rich ard Hedge, Lloyd Fitch, George Smith, Kenny Tiekotter, War ren Rhylander and Larry Chris-tenson. A baritone solo was played by Christenson, accompanied by Beverly George on the piano. Rev. Keith Delan signed off the program for the evening. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Curtis Hobbs. Mrs. Peter I new assignment in the sched- Nettleman, Mrs. Giles Bishop iulei. who are interested T ; , 'ou'- I ls cons'antJv in demand and all Married man teacher main- who are willing to give of their taimng a home in Plattsmouth , time and talents are invited to and or head of n hnnsnhnlH inin (Mo ,.,!.... un . . .. tu .. . . . buj wui inwiuie groun i.iui.naiimig a 111 X-JUU5- mouth whose status is to be de termined at the discreation of the Board of Education 8 units (was 8 units but definition was enlarged). Athletic director 4 units (a March 17, 1959, is a special day for the nation's Camp Fire Girls for on that date they cel ebrate their 49th Founders Day. Across the . country Camp Fire Girls are thanking their com munities for the support and en couragement they have receiv ed. This day also Biarks 49 years of service to the nation by the girls. The nine districts of the Om aha Council, including Belle vue, Plattsmouth, Ralston and Missouri Valley, Iowa, serve nv. er 3,000 Blue Birds, Camp Fire i Alfrey 2 Girls and Horizon Club mem- ' Brown 2 bers. Each group will observe ' Robbins 4 Founders Day individually with j Vogler 3 parties and displays. Stiffler 7 Every member was to wear I Luken 0 her service costume to the chur- Wiesneth 0 en oi her choice Sunday, March 15. on "Go to Church" Sunday. Camp Fire Girls from coast to coast are working now on their Golden Jubilee conserva tion project for 1960 "She Car esDo You?" Activities range from tree-planting to wildlife study. To conserve plant life, the girls will be carrying out tree-planting and survey pro grams; to help maintain wild life, theV Will hp dnrlinni, tfc.. habits and needs of many anim- j PalT txia. Mrs. Albert Hansen of Platts- Totals 16 19 29 51 mouth is chairman of the lead-1 ers and sponsors group which i Louisville 19 6 17 17-59 meets monthly in the Consum- i Hastings St. Cec. 10 10 12 19-51 eis cuiioing. 'ine program of Camp Fire Girls continues to reach out to inclnrio Qn ni,.u- 59 Totals 18 23 22 o Hastings St. Cec. (51) fg ft pf pts Gillsdorf 1 2 5 4 Brown 7 A -pen 0 Kramer 2 Meisenbach 5 Tonkin 0 Randolph l Logue 0 0 2 10 15 1 3 0 0 and Leslie Nettleman. Elementary nrinclrjals Cen tral School, 4 units (was 3); and I : Vim mm- f& "rMt i w fet " i ftii-j '0 mmr r County Music Festival Is Set March 20 The Cass Cnnntv "rMiieioi r cai- ival sponsored by the Cass Coun ty Men's Association will be at Weeping Water Friday, March 20. County schools participating will be Alvo, Avoca, Eagle, Elm wood, Murdock, Nehawka and Weeping Water. Waverly from Lancaster Coun ty has been invited to partici pate and will be the only guest school from outside the county The festival will be run off In two sessions. The day ses sion will be from 9 a. m. to 4 p.m. and the evening session from 7 p. m. to 9. T . . k ,- , mwiihiii i'ir mi umitmnm oifiii Easter Egg Hunt Set At Louisville Thelma Garringer of RID riattsniouf h, above, is the new secretary for the sheriff's and surveyor's offices in the court house here, taking the place of Mrs. Betty Cabiness who resign ed due to press of duties at home. .Miss Garringer is a 1957 graduate of Pkittsniouth High. j Mrs. Albert Wheeler of south of Plattsmouth is a patient at ' St. Mary's hospital, Nebraska j City. She was taken to the hos i pital by the Sattler anihular.ee. ll'rk i n . nr V ,,V The PTA fathers Put on the are: Warren Rhylander, Ken Tiekotter I Invd k TV '",Vblian Sh'",, PTA t Fitch, Pete Nettleman, Rav B Zlt neek. Look.ng fetctunC and natural, from left, Geor6e Smith. Photr, by Bob Faris LOUISVILLE (Snerinl) .. Tk j annual Easter Egg Hunt will he held in Louisville Saturday March 28, at 2 p. m. The bus iness and professional peopi,. (-o operating with the American Legion are putting it on aain this year. , There will be balloons and a ! large number of gifts and priz- es. There will also be a kiddie 1 merrygoround again this year. .March 11. Dale Thursday . . . Friday . . . Saturday Sunday . . Forecast WEATHFK 13. 11. 15, 1 ).-,) Hi, low Tree, . . . 48 28 .00 60 32 .00 . . 57 32 Snow . . 37 22 Oil High in 40's. Sunnv and warmer Tuesday. Sun sets tonight at 6:32; rises Tuesday at 6.33 am. , . t t 1 m