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EDITORIALS Vanguard and Weather It is difficult for us to realize how a tiny satellite, such as the Vanguard which was recently successfully fired at Cape Ca naveral, can tell us much about the weath er. However, the presently-orbiting Van guard will give weather scientists valuable information. Inside the twenty-inch satellite are two photo-cells, which will scan the earth's surface and spot cloud formations. These photo-cells distinguish between cloudy and clear areas on the earth in daylight, also reflect sea and land masses, and records them as electrical impluses. These are stored on a tape-recorder within the satellite and transmitted to ground radio stations which receive the data. Since the satellite is spinning, it was necessary to equip it with two transmitters, so that one would always be receivable. The launching was so timed that the satellite will always be in sunlit areas when it is at its lowest point or perigee of its orbit. This is slightly more than three hundred miles out from earth. The extent of cloud cover over the earth, where it is, and how extensive it is in various localities, is valuable informat tion. Heretofore we have been finding out about clouds from below them, and now the satellite will allow us to find out about them from above. Just how much valuable information obtained from above clouds constitutes is not now known. But when one considers the fact that the top of the layer of weather is not an even layer of gases but a series of valleys and mountains, with clouds and currents running down into valleys from the higher "mountains of air" one can realize to some extent, the value of observation from above. In summary, it is too early to say that the Vanguard now circling the globe will provide a weath of usable information, but it is certainly the first stey in tracking the weather from above as well as below. Down Memory Lane f YEARS AGO J Cass county officials, are facing a payless pay day as well as others having claims against the general fund of the Cass county treasury as flow of cash to be cre dited to this fund has not been flbwing in. The TC Contents of The Piattsmouth Journal are the sole property of this newspaper and use .of, or reproduction, In whoje or in part, is expressly forbidden to any person, persons, or publications other than legal newspapers (as defined by Nebraska statutes) without written consent of he publisher. Capliol News By Melvin Paul Statehouse Correspondent The Nebraska Press Association LINCOLN A lot of attention will be given to state employes in this session of the Legislature. There are numerous proposals affecting pay scales of employ es, including many judges. Also in the legislative hopper are measures on pension plans. There are about 30 bills await ing legislative action affecting salaries of state employes. More than a dozen bills involve retire ment proposals. The number of salary bills ap pears large but actually is not much bigger than in previous sessions in recent years. The cost of living is one of the fac tors that influence the number of proposals on pay checks. Until recent years, pay of state employees, especially those in the statehou.se, was unusually low. Standard now for most ex ecutive department heads, with some exceptions, is $8,000 per year. The previous figure was $6,500. It has been the policy of the Legislature in past years not to look at salary hikes in a block but separately. This probably Is more design than accident since scrutiny of pay proposals in one package could result in lower salaries possibly, and in some cases, no raise at all. So such bills have been scat tered through debate, although unsuccessful attempts have been made to study them all at once and thus get a better picture. One practice, however, has been stopped by the Legislature paying of department heads from more than one fund. This method developed as a means of boosting pay of de partment heads in order to keep the appointed ones on the job and to stave off attempts of pri vate industry to pick them off. Platlsmouth Journal 241 PHONE When the lawmakers decided state executives should be paid from one fund, the result was a higher level of salaries. Brooks Statement Gov. Ralph G. Brooks made a statement in Washington af ter the Legislature abandoned the recount of the governor's race that caused a fuss. Asked for comment on the re cent matter, Brooks said: "Now I am master of all I survey in the great state of Nebraska." At a news conference, the new Democratic governor said he in tended the remark to be humor ous but from the amount of cor respondence he got that impres sion apparently had not been conveyed by the news stories. Donner Resignation Sen. John Donner of Elgin, who submitted a letter of resig nation to Gov. Ralph G. Brooks, changed his mind and reported back to duty in the Leg islature. Donner wrote the letter after being miffed about the Agricul ture Committee reporting to the floor a bill on brand area chang es. However, he sent the letter to the wrong place. It should have gone to the presiding officer of the Legislature. After word of Donner's inten tions got out, the lawmakers gave him a vote of confidence, to which Donner was the only dissenter with the comment that the senators had more import ant matters on their minds. Committee Hearings Several bills were re-scheduled for public hearing before leg islative committees this week. The reason: Nebraska's March snowstorm which cut to a hand ful the number of persons who appeared when the measures were heard. Among them were measures to give the Civil Air Patrol $10, 000 from the aviation gasoline tax collections. The money in the fund goes for rejuvenation of local airports on a matching basis. The fund has been exhausted, 85 per cent of the anticipated levy spent and until funds are available no warrants will be written on the general fund. The poor re lief fund is also overdrawn and claims are paid as available. The general fund in the past has been used to aid the poor relief fund and is cause of the financial situa tion The Missouri river at this point has opened up as the result of warming weath er releasing the ice and starting the flow of the dammed up water and caused some overflow on the bottom land east of the city. The Platte river also is running at flood stage uodJielping in the overflow of the lowlands. With the river now open the overflow is expected to soon run off Fire Chief Dr. O. Sandin was honored by the department on the occasion of his fifty-sixth birthday and the twenty-sixth anniversary of his service in the fire de partment, lie was enrolled as a fireman in 1913 and since 1917 has served as chief the department Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stoehr are happy over the arrival of a son at the St. Joseph hospital at Omaha The Social Worker's Flower club observed their 25th anniversary at the Mynard community hall. The club was organized by Mrs. W. A. Taylor and the first meeting held at her home. Silver and white decorations were used in the hall. Five young ladies, Mary Ann Lepert, Velma Shrader, Mary Ellen Kaufman, Edith Vandervoort and Alyce Sharpnack served in the dining room. Messages of greeting were received from Mrs. Grace Wiles Hall and Elizabeth Hall, of Grant, Neb., Mrs. Nolle Taylor Fur lonf, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Mrs. Emily Troop, Kearney, and Mrs. William Daily of Omaha. Mrs. George Mumm gave a his tory of the club. -k YEARS ACO piattsmouth lodge No. 739 of the Elks held their election of officers, naming Dr. K. P. Westover as exalted ruler; Hilt Martin, leading knight; John A. Griffin, Loyal knight; Ralph Petring, lecturing knight; James W. Holmes, secretary; Sid ney W. Pell, treasurer; Charles K. Pestor, tyler; William J. Strcight, trustee Wil liam II. Shopp, well known world war vete ran, was at the Fitzsimmons Veterans hos pital at Denver receiving treatment for lung trouble from which he has suffered several months Miss Grace Lindner and Clair Ferris were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Keinackle near Mur ray. Rev. J. C. Stewart of the Murray Pres byterian church read the marriage lines for the young people. The young people are to make their home on a farm south west of Murray. Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1SS1 Published Semi Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, Piattsmouth, Cass County, Nebr. Entered at the Post Office at Piattsmouth. Nebraska as secom class mail matter in accordance with thl Act of Congress c March 8, 1879. HOWARD UNDQUIST Editor and Publisher EUGENE SCARLETT Publisher MARGARET DINGMAN Woman's Editor H. M. JOHNSON Advertising Manager DON WARGA. Shop Foreman SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $4:00 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $5:00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside of the city of Piatts mouth. By carrier in Piattsmouth, 25 cents for two weeks. Another was a measure to give farmers permission to shoot fireworks in their fields to scare away sons and game birds mak ing a meal out of their crops. Commented Frank Foote of the Game Commission: Farm ers don't have time to stand in their fields and shoot off a shot gun every five to 10 minutes to scare away the birds. Said Howard Elm representing the Nebraska Grain and Feed Dealers Association and Neb raska Fertilizer Institute: "The bill in its original form was "un workable and vicious." Veterinarian Dr. O. H. Person of WV.hoo has resigned as State Veterinarian and Dr. F. . Ziegenbcin of Ne braska City, replaced him. Person emit after the office of Gov. Ralph G. Brooks indicated he would be replaced. Ziegen bcin, on duty this week, has been a member of the Nebraska City council. Person is a former state senator who had only recently taken the post of state veterin arian. This department is tech nically under the State Agricul ture Department and looks after the health of livestock in Neb raska. Bill Introduced A bill was introduced in the Legislature by its revenue com mittee concerning lists of stock holders. The bill is designed to block anyone from getting in formation from the state tax commissioner regarding owner ship of stock in foreign corpor ations. These groups are asked by the tax commissioner's office to fur nish a list of their Nebraska stockholders for tax purposes. There is no law to force them to do this, but most comply. The bill states such 1 informa tion in the future would be for the use of the tax commissioner only or his agents. As The law now stands someone could de mand the list of companies who reported stockholders and see if a certain firm had reported. II the person owned stock and "I just hocked practically everything to pay my income tax." LOUISVILLE NEWS Mrs. Ralph Wildrick Phone 25 It Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mather are parents of a daughter born on March 7 at St. Mary's hospital in Nebraska City. She has been named Cindy Jo and weighed seven pounds, 15 ounces. Mrs. Mather was Alyce Jane Proctor of Omaha. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mather, Ches ter Proctor of Louisville and Mrs. Evalina Hein of Omaha. Great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Arch Baker of Louisville. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wagner and sons of Ashland were Sun day afternoon and evening gu ests at the Jack Ward home. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Renner of Weeping Water and Mrs. Floyd Renner of Louisville. Callers at the Elwin Isaac home in Manley were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sheehan and Cindy. Manley School was closed on Thursday and Friday because of the snowstorm. Visitors at the home of Mrs. Dave Ziers and family Satur day afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. Gladden of Omaha. Mrs. Glad den is a sister of Mrs. Ziers. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Urwin, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Barnes and Mr.) and Mrs. Kenneth Heard were Sunday evening supper gu ests of the ladies' mother and brother, Mrs. John Melsinger and Floyd in South Bend. The occasion was the birthday of Mrs. Meisinger. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. James Dwy er of Glenwood. Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Milford Meisinger and family of South Bend. Mrs. Bob Dolan and Mrs. Dar rell Reed were caught in the re cent snowstorm and stayed at the Francis Ritter home in Pa pillion. Sunday evening guests at the Joe Habel home were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wildrick and Mrs. Laura Holder and family. Katherine Rebbe. home ec teacher at the Louisville High School, attended the Nebraska Home Economics Council Board meeting Saturday in Omaha. Fred Myres Jr. entered Clark son hospital in Omaha Monday and underwent surgery for an old ailment in his hip Tuesday. He is coming along fine but will be unable to work for six months and will probably have to wear a cast for at least six weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Heil who have been visiting their son Gor don Heil and wife in Washington for six weeks returned home last week. They said they never en countered any bad weather until they came home. Mrs. Robert Sell entered the Methodist Hosp'tal Thursday for observation and. returned home Tuesday. Card and Geraldine Beck, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Beck, had a bout with measles Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brown attended the basketball tourna ment in Lincoln Saturday eve ning. After the game they vis ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Robertson and family in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beck were Sunday dinner guests at the Edward Grell home. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Robbins visited Mrs. Robert Sell at the Methodist Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Brunson and Mrs. Brunson's sister. Mrs. Emma Zimmerman of Lincoln are back from a two week tour of Florida. They stopped over a day at Macon, Mo., because of siorm warnings and waited lor luaua iu oecume pussaoie. in Florida, they visited Ensign Roe er Edson and wife and daughter at Pensacola and called on Mr. and Mrs. Les Blair in Home stead. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Coonts and family were Friday evening didn't want to turn it in for taxation, it would be difficult for enforcement officers to find this out . Now the list is public informa., tion. I callers at the Howard Dobbs home. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Myers call ed on Fred Myers Jr. at Clark son Hospital. Cy and Susie Rauth were Sat urday overnight and Sunday gu ests at the Charles Sluyter home In Manley. Dinner guests at the Edward Stander home near Murdock were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stander and daughters of Weeping Wa ter, Mr. and Mrs. Gerlad Stan der and family of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stander and fam ily, and Dick and Clifford Stan der and Miss Suzanne Slattery at Weeping Water. The occas ion was the birthday of Mrs. Ed ward Stander. Bob Naw of Malmo and Miss Lois Ann Hauschild of Lincoln were Sunday visitors- at the Ir- vin Hauschild home in Manley Elmer Wendt who has been in the hospital for some time returned home Sunday and is do. ing very well at the present Irus Gerdes, Elmer Sprieck and Elwin Isaac went to Omaha on Tuesday to give blood to the Blood Bank on behalf of Elmer Wendt . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wildrick were Sunday dinner guests at the Fred Wildrick home in Weep ing Water. Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Isaac and sons of Manley were in Platts mouth last Tuesday so Michael could see an eye doctor. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kobler have moved into the basement apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Don Urwin. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Kelley and daughters Janice and Joy left Thursday to make their home in Norwood, Mo. Mrs. Kelley will be close to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Heard who have both been in ill health but are slowly improving. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brockley and sons of Lincoln were Sun day evening supper guests at the LaRue Williams home. j Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stohl-j mann and family were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis James and fam ily in Omaha. Guests Sunday at the A. C. Hinkle home were Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Hinkle of Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Deloske and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Scholting and Mike, all of Spring field. Afternoon callers were Mrs. Austin Finlay and Howard. Mrs. Ben Scholting and Mike returned home last week by: plane from a visit to Mrs. Schol-i ting's sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Miller and chil-: dren. The Scholitngs left here, about the last of January and! expected to be gone about a' month, but while at the Miller, home in Mesa, Ariz., Mrs. Schol-i ting was hospitalized with a rup.! tured appendix and was not al lowed to come home till last week. Mr. Scholting came home earlier in their car. Mrs. Charles Masters return-; ed home Thursday from a few days visit at the home of dau ghter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Scott and daughter in Auburn. She took care of Mrs. Scott who was ill with flu. Wesleyan Service Guild The Wesleyan Service Guild met at the church. Guests pre sent on guest night were intro duced. A film. Village Reborn,; was shown and explained by Muriel Webster and Muriel Bcrner Next meeting will be on March 18 Lunch was served by Genevieve Williams WSCS Evcnine Circle The EveninE Circle met March 4 with 12 present. A program was given by Dora Lou Hrabik concerning the "true meaning of holidays for families." Lunch was served by the hostesses, Eileen Miller and Kathryn My ers. 4-H Helpers The 4-H Helpers met at the home of Judith Stohlmann Thurs- day afternoon. Nine members answered roll call by telling the i colors of materials they will use for their sewlnft projects. Ach ievement awards were present ed to the members who finished their projects last year. The girls started working on their napkins for their luncheon sets. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Stohlmann. American Legion Auxiliary Due to the storm, the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary meeting was held March 6 with Pauline Frederlckson in charge. Hostes ses were Hattie Schllefert, Phyl lis Griffin, Zoe Haggard and I della Landgren with Henrietta Alfrey, Jean Webb and May belle True iu charge of the program. Hostesses for the April meet ing will be Anna Johnson, Vera Miller, Margaret Wirth, Irene Fleck and Sarah Doan. Beulah Brunson will have the program. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Leroy of Manley were Sunday evening callers at the Howard Dobbs home. Tuesday evening, Dickie John son entertained the boys of the Fourth Grade class to a supper in honor of his birthday. Mrs. Edward Grell and sons were Wednesday afternoon call ers at the home of Mr. and Mrs Ernest Beck. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wollen and daughter. Kristine of Lincoln were guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Johnson and family. The Jolly Workers 4-H Club had -a farewell supper Wednes day evening at '-he Anton John son home for Janice Kelley who left Thursday with her parents to make their home in Norwood, Mo. Nancy Saltmarsh was an additional guest. The group pre- sented Janice with a nice gift. Mrs. Max Burmeister was a 1 caller Saturday morning at the j N. F. Hennings home. Monday ! dinner guests were Mr. and Mrs. j Oliver Hennings of Lincoln. Tues-; day callers were Rev. Lentz and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hennings 1 of Avoca. Wednesday evening callers were Mr. and Mrs. Ver ner Hild and Mrs. Lyle Hild of Piattsmouth. Thursday morning caller was Ernest Hennings. Sunday afternoon guests at the Don Urwin home were Mrs. Richard Norris and Steve of Av oca. Pat Vaugh, who was six years old Wednesday, celebrated his birthday by being allowed to sit up in bed for a while. He had been down two weeks with meas les. Sunday dinner and supper gu ests at the Henry Doermann home were Mr. and Mrs. La moine Thomas and sons of Ne braska City. The Tobias High School bas ketball team coached by Boh Gess of Louisville had a success, ful season this year to become one of the teams in the Class E state tournament at Lincoln. Paul Addyman, W. L. Blair and Dick Meisinger left Sunday for Hot Springs, Ark., to attend the races. Mrs. Vernon Urwin said she saw her first robin of the spring Wednesday afternoon during the recent snowstorm. Mrs. Paul Doty and son Scott, THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND OWNED BY THE ESTATE OF J. C. MEISINGER, DECEASED VILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION, AT THE SOUTH DOOR OF THE COURT HOUSE IN PLATTSMOUTH, NE BRASKA AT 2 O'CLOCK P. M. ON MONDAY. The NE!4 of the NE'i of Section 15, Twp 12, Range 12 and the WL. of the SW't of Section 11, Twp. 12, Range 12, all in Cass County, Ne braska. This is a well improved unit on a good road. The buildings are on the 80 acre tract. These two tracts will be offered separately and as one unit. The NW'4 of Section 30, Twp. 12, Rge. 13 and the NW4 of the SW. of Section 30, Twp. 12. Rge. 13, Cass County, Nebraska. This is also an improved farm in a very good community. Abstracts showing merchantable title will be furnished. TERMS: Cash cn delivery of deed and abstract. POSSESSION: Buyers will get landlords share of 1959 crop and be given pos session subject to rights of tenants. No. 1.110 March Hi, 13, THE PLATTSIMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL IrJrTW Monday, March 16, 1959 Mrs. Chris McGrew and Mrs.J W. S. McGrew drove to Grand Island Wednesday to visit with Mrs. Bert Alfrey and family. They came home that afternoon In the heavy snowstorm and found driving very hazardous. Gertrude Brammer of Indian apolis came back by plane Fri day and spent a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brammer. Mrs. Elmer Pearson and Mrs. Anna Harms were callers last week at the home of Mrs. Fred Lorensen and Mrs. William Seh roeder. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Puis and sons of Manley and Frank Itcis ter and John Roeber of Murdock attended the basketball tourna ment in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Arch Baker en tered the University Hospital in Omaha last week. Mrs. Baker underwent surgery and both are getting along as well as can be expected. Sunday visitors at the Herbert Keckler home were Mr. and Mrs. Maurice DeCabooter of Om aha and Cvril Vervaecke of So. FULL-DOOR LOWBOY TV : WITH ELECTRO FINE TUNING SET IT ONCE! NO MORE FUSSING Wl FINE TUNING! ------ --i. THE GLEN SIDE BERKSHIRE. 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