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Time MdDdJTnW JJflDQJD&rMIL PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monctay-Thursdiy Consolidated With the Nehawka 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 19. 1959 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 35 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Window Contest Winners Mrs. Iona Oleason, 901 First Ave, and Mrs. Grover Cundall, Jr., Herold Apts., tied for first place in the window guessing contest. The contest was in conjunct ion with the Spring Opening put on by the Merchants. The Misplaced Item Contest had been postponed clue to the pre vious week-end storm. Most Plattsmouth merchants participated displaying items in their windows not sold at that place of business. Mrs. Oleason and Mrs. Cundall made the most complete and acurate list of the misplaced items, and each was awarded a $17.50 in gift certif icate. Mrs. Wayne Dasher, 1101 Her-' mie St., placed third and won for herself a $5 gift certificate. Following is the list of cor rect misplaced items in the stores participating in the con test: Wee Wardrobe, Hen Egg. Swatek Hwde., Hair Curler. Platts. Lumber, Ash tray. Jochimsen Mkt., dish. Firestone, Socks. B & H Shoes, window 1, Cig arettes, B & II Shoes, window 2, Hat (womens). Cass Drug, Baby Socks. Soennichsen's, window no. 1, Book Bank, window no. 2, But ton Hook. Gas Company, Skillet. Feldhousen Drug, Baby Shoes. Style Shop, Tie Tack. Browns Floral, Cookies. Farley Furn., Planter. Behmer Furn., Band-Aids. O'Connell's, Tack Hammer. Schreiner's, Padlock. Knorr's, window no. 1, Girdle, Knorr's, window no. 2, Fishing Fly. Smith '6, Plastic Bunny. Groves Jewelry, 3 Buttons. Ladles Toggery, Socks. Schmldtmann's, Nail File. Western Auto, Plastic Funnel. Biles Paint, Benjamin Moore Paint. Cloidt's Service Sta., Padlocks. Ray's Sales & Serv., Thumb Tacks. Platts. Paint, Electric Light Starters. Gambles, Necktie. Platts. Journal, Pencil Clips. Ray's Liquor, Oertiels Beer ("92"). Scanlon Bros., Belt Dressing. Larry's Texaco, Shoe Polish. Ruback's Mkt., Rubber Stamp Pad. Bryants Mtrs., Can of Glade. Warga T.V. & Elec, Ash Tray. Jay's Texaco, Shaving Cream. Tom's Standard Sta., Credit Card Applic. Hinky Dinky, Sealing Iron. Stibal's Variety, Orange. Kent's Cafe & Oil, No Entry. Robbins of Louisville All-Stater One Cass County player, Orval Robbins of Louisville, was nam ed to the first team and two others were mentioned on the Omha World-Herald Class c all state basketball team today. About Robbins, the Herald said "he was the senior wheel horse of the champion Louis ville five. He hit a 15-point pace, rebounded well and showed de fensive savvy on a well-balanced club." Also mentioned as "standouts" were Mike Stacey of Weeping Water and Doug Alfrey of Louis ville. On the all-state five with the 6-1 Robbins were Richard Mu ma, Chadron Prep, 6-2; William Meisgnbach, Hastings St. Cecil ia, 5-11; Keith Johannes, Leigh, 6-1, and Tom Collins, Bancroft; 6-3. Louisville won the Class C state title and was named World-Herald Class C season champion. THE WEATHER March 16, 17, 18. 1959 Dae Hi. Low Prec Monday 42 18 .00 Tuesday 38 24 .01 Wednesday 69 29 .0i Last snow storms registered .70 of moisture. Forecast: High in upper 50's: low near 30. Partly cloudy to night and cooler Friday. Sun sets tonight at 6:35; rises Friday at 6:28 a.m. I' ' 11 ' """" 1 m pmyvmmw' i tafcf ' , M M ' wiM. m v I hz, j-y J (1'ILTINO'S SOCIAL Lots of chatter goes with quilting a quilt as shown in the picture. Working on the quilt and evidently enjoying their work are (clockwise from lower left): Mrs. Henry Starkjohn, Mrs. Philip Lepert, Mrs. Les Churchwomen Quilt for School Fund By Margaret Diugmaii St. John's Hall on Main Street is a busy place when the Altar Society members gather to do a bit of quilting, rug making or what-have-you. Many a yarn is spun over a quilt-top we im agine the conversation flows as fast at one of these quilting bees as it does with men at a farm sale. The ladies of the Society are members of the St. John the Baptist Church of Plattsmouth and the profit from their works Is given to the school fund here. The ladies meet each month with extra times if need be to hurry-up a project such as they were working on the day the photos were taken. They had sat around the quilt all day, stopping only to partake of the potluck dinner at noon. How long does it take to quilt a quilt Well, it depends on the size of the quilt, how much de sign goes into the quilting and naturally how many ladies can squeeze around the quilt frame at one time. i President of the Altar Society is Mrs. F. I. Rea, a fervent worker in the church for many years. The society is made up of the older women - of the church, and the St. John's Guild, led by co-chairmen Mrs. S. Schu ster and Mrs. William Boyle, is made up of the younger set of the parish. The quilt top was made and donated by Mrs. Don Reichart of this city. We were amused at the lad ies working on the rug loom. They are sisters, Mrs. Frank Bierl and Mrs. Josephine Ul rlch. An outsider listening to their conversation might get the thought they are quarreling, but we are told they are the life of the quilting party. CELK.BRATIXO One of )bserved his birthday St. Patrick's nis political party, can reaony could almost pernict your future is irank Smith, the roving reporter for The Plattsmouth Journal. Sure and b'gory we thought the leprechaun himself was blowing out the birthday candles! Plattsmouth Journal employees paused for awhile Tuesday to partake of Mr. Smith's birthday cake and extend best wishes. v .Its?, RUG-ED WORK Mrs. Joseph Bierl and Mrs. Josephine l lrich right, who are sisters, work on a rug. Sewing carpet rags of bright Baptist Mission Doing Survey Members of the Plattsmouth Baptist Mission began a com munity survey of Plattsmouth and immediate areas this week and will continue for a few days to cover as much area as pos sible before the Easter holiday. Preparations are being com pleted for a revival to be held April 12 through 19 in conjunc tion with the Baptist Jubilee and advance. A worldwide Baptist plan for simultaneous revival is the occasion. Completed plans will be announced at a later date. The Mission is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Mission and is sponsored by the First Baptist Church of Bellevue. I'lattsmouth's best loved citizens Day a man who loves people,: -aig up your past , ami we think, r ' ft TJ -. i l w t- f ;! J 7 y'i & !l (iaylord, Mrs. Ed Ruffnrr, Mrs. J. C. Petersen, Mrs. F. I. Kea, Mrs. James Nowaeek, Mrs. Her man Maaseit, Mrs. V. C. Matson, Mrs. John Berg mann and Mrs. Ruby Iverson. Party at 40 and Legion's 40th Tuesdajl evening Hugh J Kearns Post No. 56 of the Am erican Legion and its Auxiliary joined in the observance of the 40th anniversary of the founda tion of the organization, at the club rooms of the Forty and Eight Societe. There was a very large attend ance of the membership present to join in the observance. The dinner served at 6:30 was held in the lounge of the club rooms that had been most at tractively arranged with the white and green settings to mark St. Patrick's Day. Green sham rocks were used on the white cloths of the tables to carry out the color scheme. The large birthday cake was in the form ' of a book. The dinner was serv-! ed buffet style. j Favors were shamrocks for j the men and perfume vials for ' the ladies. ! Commander Merlin Jochim-I sen presided over the evening as master of ceremonies. j Following the dinner. Jochim-' sen called upon the past com- i manders of the Legion and the presidents of the Auxiliary for a : few remarks relative to their j experiences in office and the ben-' Elmwood Names Elmwood School District Cau cus was held at the Con'vmun-: ity Building March 19 with a good turnout. Candidates for two: three-year vacancies are Dwiaht li Clements and Swain Neilsen, in-! irumbents. and Ted John and ; Richard Pratt. j Following the caucus, the! school problem was discussed' at length. ; ! Before adjournment, ballots1 were passed out to get the sent iment (if those present concern-: '"6 i ruiMucung. me result was overwhelmingly in favor of a : centralized high school Ted John of here Tuesday to attend to uumwuuu was i matters at the courthouse for lew hours- 1 No Bargains Today, Sonny 'inflation has made quite an impression on the young er set, too. A boy called at ( ass Drug: here to buy a postcard. Joe Zastera showed him what the store had to offer. "Oh, no," said the boy, "I want the kind witli the stamp on it." "You'll have to get those at the Post Office." "Oil. They're charging 3 cents for them up there." Co-incidence: Sale, Nice Day The first really nice day in : the American Legion, Auxiliary, weeks and Stander's postponed ' Mrs. Helen Vroman president; tale date arrived simultaneously i "e Catholic Daughters. Helen with everybody happy. Woolcot; and the Rotary Club, A . , , ' . Jerry Eiting, special chairman. A large crowd of enthusiastic l If individual is not af buyers was on hand with the re-I fillated with an 01.ganization suit that practically everything j ftnd wouIld like to vohinteer hLs &oia IL I services, he is urged to contact Already Hugh Stander Jr. Is , the chairman," Mrs Fitch said, trying to pick a date for next! Organizing of the fund drive spring's auction that will be just ; began Tuesday after Vern Starr iiKe Wednesday or this week. - . i a y yy; i n ff4ri. -: if;ri7i colors are, from left: Mrs. Henry Meisinger, Mrs. Richard Otterstein and Mrs. August Kopp. 8 Marks Birthday efits they had derived from their Legion associations. Past commanders present were Mrs- Tiekotter, Phone 4159 Leslie W. Niel, E. O. Vroman, ! James Begley, Eugene Krings, j I In inn PrvirPC Alva Linder, George Conis. ! U" JCI T,v"t: Ray Larson, Don Warga, Arthur; Af FlrttUnnrl Warm Rjiscoll MipK-on cnH R i"l U1II1WUUU T. Cuthrell. Past Auxiliary presidents re sponding were Mrs. E. O. Vro man, Mrs. Don Warga, Mrs. Ray Larson, Mrs. Mollie Gobelman, Mrs. Edgar Glaze and Mrs. W. C. Maston. F ollowing the dinner and the brief toast list, the members of the group played games staged under direction of Arthur War mm m "'" ,' ' . t.'' Ml'- ii li tmii Mus. iirttiiWina.imia. A..uayjafe I.KC.ION, AIXILIAKV UFADS j " i'-i .uiii.ii v prrMnenis nidimris who auciMion np 4iiin Club Tuesday leht. (VMrs r, dent or commander). From left - 1959 y Larson, Hied ipyinidl sS A Red Cross Fund Drive, the first in three years here, is be- m organized tor Piattsmoutn under the chairmanship of Mrs. i Lloyd Fitch, president of the VW Auxiliary. : Officially, the drive began to - I day even while work is still be - j ing done to organize a house-to- 'house and business-to-business t important among these is the leaders to assist in this worth ! solitications. j Blood Program which must have j while drive. For 'any additional i Organizations already having i funds to process blood and make information, call 9240. agreed to assist with the drive j it available for emergency use i "At this time the Red Cross is ire the VFW, Harry Porter, com mander; the VFW Auxiliary; Bloodmobile To Be Here On April 3 Mrs. Mabel Tiekotter, Platts mouth chairman of the Blood mobile program, has announc ed the unit will be in Platts mouth April 3. from 12 to 6 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Every minute every day more than eight bottles of blood are used in this country to treat the ill and injured. Eight bottles every minute totals more than four million a year! "Wen t you give" urges Mrs. Tiekotter. "Just one pint of your blood and less than one hour of i " " B your time may mean life to I too4k no actlnH ' c A someone, perhaps yourself or apA representative of Scott and hMp RpihPr mmp!Co' Engineers, Omaha, appear- dear one. Remember, someone must GIVE before another can RECEIVE!" You must be between the ages of 18 and 59 years. If you are under 21, you must have the written consent of a parent or legal guardian unless you are married or a member of the Armed Forces. You must weigh at least 110 pounds. You must wait at least eight weeks be tween donations, and you can give no more than five times a year. Eat normally up to four hours before donation. If you want to get your name on the roster as a donor, call ELMWOOD (Special) March; 22, the Union Palm Sunday serv - ice will be held in the Method - ist Church at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Armstrong will preach the ser mon. March 26, the Union Com munion service will be in the EUB Church. March 27, Good Friday, Un ion Services will be held in the Christian Church from 2 to 3 p.m. axttri n i, iMt &ftakimhMXMtm ' - Shown above are present ano American 1-esion I'osl com- nirtnn:iv n:iriv ai ha in auri s th . hih L J" I. ' Presidents. Mrs. E. O. Vroman. 1931; Mrs. Wm. Maston, I'chtinff, ' . Cross rove for hoprng Mere , of Weeping Water, county j chairman, visited here and told i ot the urgency of tins years; fund campaign in the county. Each community must do its j part, he said, including Platts- j 1 mouth, if the Red Cross pro-' j grams so vital to the entire! 1 county are to be continued. Most as well as the blood itself. Mrs. Fitch said: "We wish to Commission Meets with Landowner County Commissioners Melvin Todd and Herman Bornemeier er east of Weeping Water cojt cerning the Weeping Water East federal matching road project. Part of the project is chang ing of a creek channel on the farm of Emery Hansen about four miles east of Weeping Water. Discussion Wednesday was on the amount of damages to be awarded. Mrs. W. L. Dwyer, Weeping Water, was counsel for Hansen. James Begley, the county at torney; William Coakley, coun ty roads employe, and Bill Spiess of Lincoln, state engineer who headed the project survey were also present. No conclusion was reached. The Board of Commissioners also discussed divisioYi of county cd before the board to ask about continuance of accretion lands surveying the company is doing on river front in the county. One or two townships remain to be surveyed. The board took no action. Scott and Co. did only accretion land surveying for Cass County. U of N Students, Principals of Ex Schools Confer Approximately 550 University j mimGi top danr0i vo;al numb,rs of Nebraska freshmen were to and a variety of other entevtain meet with principals of their mpnt former high schools today at the , Mrs. Toothaker is chairman fifth annual Principal-Freshman of thp event T1,krts a,.p adults Conference at the University. , 50 cents, junior high 25 cents Principals from 78 high : anri rn.,ri ' ln -,B schools throughout Nebraska in-! eluded O. F. Mussman and Jes-! sie whalen of Plattsmouth Hieh. 1 In the morning, the students 1 and their former nvinfinai h. j cussed transition from high school to university work and attempted to seek ways in which both schools may aid students rn mis period. j come members of National Al- In the afternoon, a panel dis- pha Lambda Delta. Member cussion was held at the Student! ship is based on outstanding Union on "The Role of High ! scholastic achievement. Schools in Admission Practic- The students, all freshmen. i r km k h Ik m4t s n' I' !i If.! HJ 1h 9 fl ilk f 1 .- i U: v-i,fir,lrJ,, Wit: "itim Nebr.. 192..: .Mrs. Idsar (.hue nl 191; .Airs. lion UarRa. lT.li iosi. t- r . i-?' "l": 1 "'' Conis. litii- ir. ui' ".! ?. . rell, 1912; Merlin JochimU., 1959. 1924; i appeal to everyone's sense of j Just ice to assist in replenishing the badly needed funds. Disas ter, when it strikes, plays no ! favorites. Wo'd like to feel that everyone in mis enure commun ity will give till it makes them feel good. "We uire all organizational calling on all Extension Clubs, ! PTA groups, 4-II Clubs, veterans organizations, women's clubs and other civic, fraternal and social ! groups to helii." i The Rotary Club's board of directors agreed Tuesday that i the club members will take on the solieiatiun of the business district. In order than persons or firms not contacted in the soliciation can contribute, or may want to contribute in this manner, de positories for contributions will e s,el "P ,f 1 rlatts,outn Sc j Bank- Feldhousen Drug. Sen- reiner Drug, Cass Drug, Wee Wardrobe, the Bowlero and the Journal. Local Talent Readies for Event Friday Local talent haye been prac ticing and rehearsing for tin? Central School Talent Show to be presented to the public, in tht high school auditorium Friday, March 20. Curtain time is 8 p.m. Money realized from the show will go to the Central PTA who is sponsoring the show. A member of the committee said today, "Those attending ai promised a full evening of good entertainment." Several comedy acts are bill ed for the night such as a Chor us by "George Smith and the Cass County Cuties"; Folk Songs by black-faced Fred Fischer; Sack Dance by a group of a dults; Varsity Drag by four teen, agers; Fashions to Easter Par ade by adults, and many other special attractions. Also scheduled are several specialty numbers by talented children of this citv. There will hp hntnn nunihprs n nn n t n. Marilyn Hendricks In Scholar Croup Marilyn Hendricks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hendricks, is one of 13 young women at the University of Omaha to bo will be pledged April 2. nT "' "if rlTTMmttiHiS,'M 1945; Mrs Mollis i ....,..!. . and 19.-,T : Commanders. Don'war. J-'nes m-Rley, 1 ,s Niel. lf'I8: ... 19)(i; Art Warca. 19:H: f.enrp.. Itussell Nielsen, I !." t : It. 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