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f. -. , , , ,,..,, U :-' M vcnn TME IPD-AiTTSIOdDQJTtH J(IMJ05IMIL Consolidated With the Nchawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo -Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED 1 SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday VOLUME 78 EIGHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY. MAY 18. 1959 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 52 PINNED Forty-one Plattsmouth High School scholars were given Honor Pins by the National Honor Society at last Wednes day's honors convocation. In the picture, from left, are: front Gay tiansemer, ( arlissa Barnard, Winifred Sporer, Marilyn Mor ris, Susan Lebens, Rita Kamge, Linda Long, Jane Fauquet, Mar jorie Grosshans, Karlene Senf; 2nd row Suzanne Murdock, Patricia Lidick, Noveta Humiston, Danna Luther, Bonnie Way, Joyce Buechler, Patricia Markham, Shirley Foster, Caroline Ger- Athletic Banquet Thursday Herb Freeburg, chairman of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce Banquet Committee, an nounced today that the Cham ber's Annual Athletic ' Banquet will be held at the Plattsmouth High school gym on Thursday, May 21, at 6:45 p.m. He said the speaker for this year's banquet will be Paul Sch neider of the University of Ne braska. Schneider is an out standing speaker, has been a member of the Nebraska Ath letic staff for several years, and Is a recognized authority on physical conditioning. Chamber manager, Dale Bow man said that this year's ban quet would follow the usual program with the Chamber pro viding trophies for both the out standing player and captains of the various sports.. He said the banquet was open to both men and women, with tickets at $1.50 each. Those who desire to spon sor a boy or need tickets of their own may get tickets by calling the chamber office, 7190, or con tact Bill Hawkins or other mem bers of the coaching staff at the high school. No tickets will be available af ter May 20, except by phone re servation prior to noon. The menu for the dinner will feature steak as the meat course. Mrs. Delbert Switzer Life Long Resident Of County Dies Mrs. Estella Switzer, a life long resident of the Avoca-Nehawka communities died Saturday afternoon at 12:20 at the Hest Haven home in Weeping Water where she has been cared for the past week. She suffered a stroke two weeks ago. She was born in Lincoln April 4, 1880, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Buchanan. She was married to Delbert Switzer, pro minent resident of the Nehawka community, at Avoca February 8, 1899. Mr. .Switzer preceded the wife January 29, 1952. Surviving children are Mrs. Floyd Mosher and Mrs. Erma Harshman, Lincoln; Mrs. George Haer, Omaha, sons, Clyde and Randall of Nehawka; eight grandchildren, six great grand children. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 oclock at the Methodist church at Ne hawka, Rev. C. E. Weideman of ficiating. The Hobson funeral home of Weeping Water in charge of arrangements. PTA Council Has Meeting, Installs Officers PTA Council met . Tuesday evening at the Central building The Story Hour sponsored by the Council during the summer months was discussed. William Landis is to find a suitable place tp hang the pla que given the Council for its achievements during the past year. New officers were installed by Mrs. Lloyd Fitch, as follows: Mrs. Wayne Greene, president; Mrs. Kay Simmons, vice presi dent; Mrs. Lewis Eaton, secre tary; Kathryn Stapp, treasurer. Mrs. Fitch thanked members for co-operation during the past year. A social hour was held after the meeting. Harshman Heads Nehawka FFA NEHAWKA (Special) Jerry Harshman was elected president of the Future Farmers of Ameri ca when they met recently at the school. Other officers are Terry Briley Bill Johnson, reporter; Duane Hobscheidt, sentinel. Some of the officers plan to attend the FFA leadership camp at Fullerton this summer. THE WEATHER May 14, 15, 16, 17, 1959 Date Hi. Low Prec. Thursday 57 40 .00 Friday . . 59 32 .00 Saturday 62 40 .00 Sunday 67 53 .00 Forecast: High near 70; low near 55. Partly cloudy, chance of showers' tonight. Sun sets tonight at 7:39; rises Tuesday at 5:02 a.m. i a. S. FDC The Fire Direction Control section giving instructions about procedure of sending of the tactical problem demonstrated at the Re- fire missions to the mortars. Cpl. Richard Glaie serves Open House is shown above. In eharge of is at the plotting table. In foreground is Cpl. the section was Sgt. Edward Moranz, right, shown Dwayne Noell. dts; 3rd row Teddy Mann, Pamela Fulton, Janice McKenney, Kay Casey, Kay Kelley, Helen Herger, Jackie Zajic, Mary Wohl farth, Sharon Haecke, Carolyn Vinduska, Susan Sharp; back Tim Fischer, Edward Bierl, Tom Smith, John Kaffenberger, Neil Cole, Charles Stoehr, Francis Lebens, Charles Toman and Larry Christenson. Larry Toothaker and Jim Stewart who also received pins were not present for the photo. Mrs. Sutton Resigns As Home Ec Agent Mrs. Charles Sutton, Cass County Home Extension Agent, has tendered her resignation to the County Extension Board. Starting May 18, she will be em ployed as Assistant Home Ag ent in Lancaster County. Mrs. Sutton started her work in Cass County in July, 1958. The Home Agent vacancy, to date, has not been filled. Mr. Sutton also has employ ment in Lincoln where they have purchased a home at 4424 "P" Street. Equalization Hearings Begin; Board to Meet The Cass County Board of Commissioners will begin sit ting as a Board of Equalization on tax assessments today at 9:15 a.m. The equalization term will last 40 days. Hearings are mostly by prior appointment through the Coun ty clerk's office. The Board will also meet in its regular session Tuesday and Wednesday at their chamber in the courthouse, beginning about mid-morning each day. Memorial Services At Wabash Cemetery MURDOCK (Special) Mem orial services at the Wabash Cemetery will be Sunday after noon, May 24, at 2 o'clock. The speaker will be Rev. Nor man Armstrong of the Elm wocd Christian Church. : V f. ... V rr'r.Kl-. Q Z Dance Band Draws Large Crowd at Peony Several Plattsmouth people were in attendance at Peony Park Sunday night enjoying the music of the Plattsmouth High School Dance Band. The band played from 7:30 to 8:45 featuring Carol Long as vocalist. The Combo was to have been a special attraction, but Tim Fischer xylophonists broke his arm, therefore the Combo not being able to perform. Members of the dance band under the direction of Richard Kucera are Eileen Porter, Dave Albert, Mary Wohlfarth, Jackie Zajic, Kenneth Price, Keener Price, Roger Beverage, Lonnie Muller, Joe Rizzi, Linda Stand er, Neil Cole, John Fauquet, Larry Christensen, John Carr, Jack Fairfield, John Kaffenber ger, Roger Roberts, Jane Fau quet and Bud Lewis. The band rehearsed from 3 to 4 before the night performance and later had dinner at an Oma ha restaurant where reserva tions were made for 52. Bornemeier Heads Murdock Board MURDOCK Alfred Borne meier was named chairman of the Murdock Village Board at its organizational meeting. Other assignments: O. B. Lup ardus, treasurere; Wallace Rich ert, street commissioner; Dick Trutna. water commissioner; and Bob Lichtenberger, trustee. The board approved a budget estimate for the coming fiscal year of $6,150. Call Your News And Social Items To 241 Honors Night Is Meld at Louisville High LOUISVILLE (Special) Hon ors Night Program was held May 13 at Louisville High School Auditorium. The following program was presented: Introduction of sen .ors, Errol Meislnger; class his tory, Sylvia Saltmarsh; class will, Julie Johnson; National Honor Society, Jr. Federated Woman's club; citizenship a ivanls, Richard Brown; student council honor students, Jack Geil, principal. E.ghth Grade Honors, Avre Papsc, principal; girl's athletic awards, Richard Loeske; Pep Club awards, Katherine Rebbe; typing awards, Lee Dieiks; mus ic awards, John Schaumburg; speech awards, Ruth Leada brand; mathematics awards, Selma Mulnix; and boy's ath letic awards, Ernest Lee. Baccaiaureate was Sunday evening at First Methodist Chur ch. The Rev. Ronald Webster, pastor of the church, gave the sermon, "What Image?" Dr. A. Lentz of the Christ Lutheran church . gave the invocation, scripture reading and benedict ion. Mrs. Laura Gess was or ganist. Commencement Friday Friday, May 22, at 8 p.m. com mencement exercises will be held at the high school auditorium. Mrs. Hazel Dolan will furnish the instrumental music and a mixed chorus will sing. The Rev. Lyle Mueller of the Immanuel Lutheran church will give the Invocation and the benediction. John Fusselman on behalf of the school board will award the diplomas to the seniors and Superintendent Jack Welch will give the Eighth Grade diplomas. Awards and scholarships will be given by Mr. Gell, high school principal. The speaker of the evening will be Dr. Vance Rogers of Ne- braska Wesleyan University, who will talk on "Coats, Books, and Manuscripts". Dr. Rogers is a native of Min nesota and his earlier educa tion was obtained in that state. Later he studied at Northwes tern University and Harvard. He got his Dr. of Divinity de gree from Wesleyan in 1955 and his Doctor of Laws from Mount Vernon College In Ohio, in 1958. He has been a Methodist min ister, a chaplain in the Navy and at present is president of the Wesleyan University at Lin coln. There are twenty-three sen iors, 10 girls and 13 boys grad uating and 14 eighth graders, six girls and eight boys. More Music Awards In addition to thj awards pre sented in the music department at Plattsmouth High School as announced the past week, the following also received honors. Alan Hansen, an award; Bud Lewis, a pin, and Dave Goch enour and Jackie Zajic, chev rons. Free Film Free films, sponsored by the Plattsmouth Wild Life and Re creation Association, will be shown at the. Public Library Tuesday night at 8:00 o'clock. The program will Include "Wy oming's Wonderful Waterways" and "Along The Gaspe Road.' MORTAR CREW In one of the mortar crews which took directions from the FDC and simulated firing were, from left. Pvt. Arlie Dra- per, Pvt. Jerry Fulton and Sgt. 8th Grade Promotion Set Wednesday at Nehawka Eighth grade promotional ex ercises for Cass County rural and village schools (Class 1) will be held Wednesday, May 20, at 2 p.m. at Nehawka School Auditorium. Seventy-two students from 28 school districts will be graduat ing and will take part in the program. Announcement of the honor scholar list, the top 10 per cent, of the graduates, will be made at the exercises by County Supt. EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES Class 1 Schools Dist. 2 Teacher, Mrs. Jo Ann Kaffenberger: William Halferty. Dlst. 3 Teacher, Mrs. Eoma Lee Kussman; Connie Gawehn, Lin da Gregg, Mary Kay Hendrix. Dist. 7 Teacher, Mrs. Velma F. Kief: Kenneth Hostetter. Dist. 9 Teacher, Mrs. Josephine Reihart: Sandra Blunt, Rolland Hild. Dist. 11 Teacher, Mrs. Sarah Rich: Ronald Dale Everett, James Roddy. Dist. 12 Teacher, Mrs. Merna Thalmann: Leland Bennett. Dist, 13 Teacher, Mary L. Becker: Leroy Baler, Ellen Paasch, Richard Redding. Dlst. 17 Teacher, Mrs. Ina Mehlhop: Robert Harrah, Gloria June Hathaway, Elmer Henderson, Delbert Keene. Dist. 25 Teacher, Mrs. Dorothy A. Gruber: Bob Lochman, Gene Vallery, Richard Worthan. Dist. 28 Teacher, Mrs. Helen Thimgan: Viola Holman. Dist. 30 Teacher, Mrs. Patricia Porter: Fay Marie Garringer. Dist. 31 Teacher, Mrs. LeVerta Cox: Carolyn Piner, Wayne Reed. Dist. 37 Teacher, Mrs. Carol L. Gllmour: Lois Rader. Dlst. 41 Teacher, Mrs. Eleanor Irons: Ronald Puis. Dist. 42 Teacher, Mrs. Lois Gillette: Steve Wehrbein, Ted Wehr- bein. , Dist. 45 Teacher, Mrs. June Ross: John A. Wetenkamp. Dist. 47 Teacher, Mrs. Mabel Ingram: Donna Bentley, Gene Engelkemier. Dlst. 50 Teacher, Mrs. Dorothea Wiles: Nancy Bose, Bonita John son, Beverly Wohlers. Dist. 55 Teacher, Margaret Toman: Rheda Boardman. Dist. 56 Teacher, Mrs. Clara R. Becker: Theodore Emmert, Vicky FltzPatrick, Patty Foster, Connie Hoschar, Dana Hos char, Sherrl McKulsky, Lloyd Murphy, Gene Noell, Olin Redden, Paul Rice, Patricia Schleip, Carol Smith, An toinette Stones. Dist. 57 Teacher, Mrs. Hilda Stnith: Joyce Campbell, Mark Car nicle, Bernie Dill, Dwayne Hill, Leon Parrish. Dist. 79 Teacher, Mrs. Mary I. Nannen: John Ossenkop, Frances Scott, Susan Stohlmann. , Dlst. 82 Teacher, Mrs. Carolyn A. Hradsky; Elizabeth, Hammer, Marvin Miller, Charles Stander, Jane Stickney. Dist. 86 Teacher, Mrs. Myrna Smith: John Bruning, Rosalie Con ley, Gail L. Duerr. Dist. 88 Teacher, Mrs. Orpha Severn: Shirley Meislnger. Dist. 91 Teacher, Mrs. Norma Rupp: Linda Engelkemier, Lyle Engelkemier, David Kraeger, Gene Wehrbein. Dist. 96 Teacher, Mrs. Anne M. Straub: Barbara Arends, Larry Erhart, Judith Leroy, Alice Massoth, Wendell Plunkett, Bernard Straub. Dist. 98 Teacher, Mrs. Viola Maloy: Siegfried Ortlieb. 1 50 Attend Open House of Army Reserve Unit Here In observance of Armed For ces Week May 10-17, Heavy Mor tar Company, 355th Infantry Regiment, Plattsmouth, held open house from 8 to 10 Wed nesday night at the U.S. Arm ory. Approximately 150 persons attended during the evening. Regular training was conduc ted, consisting of company in spection in ranks with arms by the company officers and a tac. tical problem demonstrating the duties required of each section In the company under assimil ated combat conditions with an explanation of the various phas es of training. The problem included placing the 4.2 mortars in action by squads; the Fire Direction Con trol Section operating as a team and sending down fire missions to the gun crews. The visitors were given the opportunity to observe all phases of training. Bill Booten. Sgt. L. A. Behrends. Rev. C. F. Weideman, pastor of the Weeping Water and Ne hawka Methodist parishes will be speaker. Behrends will present the dip lomas and awards. The welcoming address will be by R. N. Ward, superintendent of Nehawka schools. Nehawka High School students will take part also. Following is a list of the grad uates and their teachers: Communications network was set up having communication to each operating section. The administration and sup ply sections were busy with their normal duties. The mess section served refreshments dur ing the 9 o'clock break. Groups of visitors were con ducted through the Armory and shown the facilities available for proper training. Plattsmouth may well be proud of this Ar mory, as it is one of the best facilities for Reserve training in the State of Nebraska. The second hour was a 50 minute film in color showing the organization of the Pentom 1c Army and the various wea pons now in use by the Pen tomlc Army. This proved inter esting to the visitors for it was probably the first time they had had the opportunity to become (Continued on Page 8) Harold Wagner, platoon sergeant is at center. At right is Sgt. Ernie Woods, acting as section sergeant. Nehawka Has Exercises NEHAWKA (Special) A wards were given to the grade and high school along with eighth grade graduation Tues duy evening at the school aud itorium. Superintendent Nell Ward ac cepted two volumes contributed by the Nehawka Woman's Club, they were "The Spirit of 70'! by Commager and Morris. The club voted to present a gift of a book to the school each year. Outstanding awards: A medal to Marion Eaton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Eaton, who received the matha matics award. She entered the national math contest. The DAR history medal was given to Barbara Chandler, not only for her scholastic standing in American history but also for the Interesting contributions she made in class through the year. Outstanding all around stu dents were Jim Johnson among the boys, Nancy Ehlers and Car ol Reys among the girls. Medals were presented to Jim Johnson and Carol Reys who received the medal for the girls because she Is a senior. Awards were also given in athletics, music, FFA, FHA, pep club, dramatics, student coun cil, editors of the annual and school paper. Perfect attendance awards to date went to Maxine Behrns, 2nd grade; Bobby Brandt, 4th grade; Leonard Jones, Neil Bal four, 5th; David Johnson, 7th; Charles Eato, Nancy Ehlers, 9th; Jim Johnson, 10th; Milton Bond, 11th; Marlon Eaton, 12th, Those who received a B or better during the year were: freshmen Ann Briley, San dra Stapert; sophomore Jim Johnson; seniors Ed Janssen, David Llndsey and Mary Lou Briley. Mary Lou Briley received the Betty Crocker homemaking medal. Principal Duane Everrett pre sented the DeKalb agricultural award to Ted Brannon. He re ceived a medal, certificate and a plaque with his name engraved for outstanding ' work in voca tional agriculture. Ted also re ceived a medal In FFA founda tion awards in farm mechanics and as Chapter Star Farmer. Donald Harvey was awarded a medal In farm electrician work. The eighth graders are Bar bara Chandler, Jackie Dodson, Raymond Coster, Glen Fornoff, Karen Hoback, Albert Johnson, Janet Jones, Cheryl Kearney, Junior Nixon, Donna and Stan ley Roberts, Sandra Turner, Lois Whittington. Volunteers To Sell VFW Poppy Each year, the Veterans of Foreign Wars offer Buddy Pop pies for sale to the people of this community. It is the only time they ask the general public to participate in their worthy cause in behalf of this nations sick and disabled war heroes. There might be those who question the word hero, but who can deny that those who still pay the costly price of armed conflict are indeed, heroes. It seems appropriate that the Veterans of Foreign Wars should have taken this assignment upon itself, for all of its members have learned the true meaning of the word comradeship under the most hazardous conditions. Members of the VFW served us well during time of war. Today they serve our community, and perhaps more important, they continue to erve their former comrades-in-arms. All of the members of this community can express their gratitude and appreciation to the VFW by purchasing a Buddy Poppy. In this manner we car in our own small way do our part to help those who preserved our way of life. Won't you wear a Buddy Poppy, Saturday May 23? Rudy Stoll, Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2543 announced that Poppy headquarters would be held at the VFW club rooms on South 6th, St. Laverne Liddlck is Pop py Day Chairman for the post and Mrs. Lillian Dasher, is Chairman for the Ladies Auxil iary. Assisting, will be Auxiliary members, daughters of members of the Post and Auxiliary, Cub Scouts, Camp Fire Girls and Bluebirds. A Buddy Poppy window dis play, will be held at the Gas Company, as a symbol of re membrance, to honor the dead by helping the living.