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W .. 44 via li::ccl:i, risen. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER TME PLATTSMflJQJTTIH JJdDOJCSIMlL Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday VOLUME 78 EICHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY. MAY 25. 1959 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 54 CominnieinicemeirDft Ds Wediraesdtay 4- . t t V o it ' II I '"If? ' I , - I 1 C '' " -3 V '" i' i IRIPLE DOUBLE Shown three sets of twins who will be in class at the high school Wednesday niht. Ron John Fauquet and Don Dietl are at the left and right front ' . All but 14 of Local Faculty Members to Teach in 1 959-60 All but 14 of faculty members who taught In Plattsmouth schools this year will be back again in the fall for the 1959 60 term, Supt. - elect O. F. Mus sman said today. The Board of Education has already named four new tea chers whose photos and brief biographies appear on this page. The following have signed contracts for the next school year: High School Jessie Whalen, assistant prin cipal, social studies, guidance and counseling; John Adklns, social studies, basketball coach, assistant coach in other sports; Barbara Barkmeier, vocational homemaking; Stanley Cole, sci ence, assistant coach; Cecil Comstock, English; G. Dale Oleason, English. Orval France, science, mathe matics; Don Hansen, vocation al agriculture; BUI Hawkins, physical education, football coach, assistant other sports; Madelyn Hilgenfield, commer cial; Bernard Matthies, social studies; Cecil McKnight, man ual arts, track coach, assistant other sports. Dean Melsinger, mathematics, mechanical drawing; Margaret Kroese, English,, mathematics; Theodore Witt, science; Joe York, distributive education, mathematics. Special Departments Beverly George, elementary and high school vocal music; William Landls, elementary sup ervisor; Richard Kucera, instru mental music. Junior High Lucille McLean and Zilpha Se ward, 8th grade; Irene Albert, 7th. Central Beverly Sheil, principal and 6th; Viola Stewart, 6th; Rose Prohaska and Patti Huff, 5th; Iona Gleason, 4th; Mary Bevsr age, 2nd; Bonnie Fauquet, 1st; Joan Mulford, kindergarten. Wintersteen Muriel Ellis, 3rd and 4th; Luc ile Rosencrans, principal and 1st and 2nd. First Ward Joyce Miller, 3rd; Arlene Ko hout, 1st; Julia March, kinder garten. Columbian Ruth Applegate, principal and 5th; Marilynn Melsinger and Joyce Von Seggern, 3rd; Eldon na Forrest, 2nd; Beula Albin, 1st; Donna Miller, kindergar ten. Mrs. Emma TJtottsmnuth has! j" been contracted; to teach first .a. . grade. She has kl' been a teacher at West gate Af School, District , 66. Omaha: Dls-A A, trict 40, FortlTi. -,.V Crook; and in Mrs. Holoubek rural schools in Cass, Sarpy and Boyd counties. She is a graduate of Spencer, Nebr., High School and the University of Omaha. Other teachers newly con tracted are: I I above are the (not necessarily the graduating Furlong at left Mary Ann Lammers Mary Ann Lammers of Lex ington will teach business edu cation, and social studies in the high school. She is a graduate of Lexington High and the Uni versity of Nebraska, B. S., 1959. Pat Koahler Pat Koahler of Geneva will teach 2nd grade. She is a grad uate of Geneva High and Ne braska Wesleyan. Janice Magill Janice Magill of Herman will teach 4th grade. She is a grad uate of Tekamah High and Ne braska Wesleyan University. Those not returning next term are James Gollehon, commercial, (Continued on Page Three) . . v-J i V V '; t - . . , i in that order), Jim and John and right back and Jane and seated and standing center, r PHS Losing 75 Per Cent Of Twins Although only 20 per cent of Plattsmouth High's student pop ulation will graduate Wednesday night, the school will lose 75 per cent of its current twin popula tion. Three sets of twins will be a- mong the 84 graduates at com mencement. This will leave only Karen and Sharon Farris of Murray, who will be sophomores next Fall, as twins among the current high school enrollment of about 115. But, there are two sets of twins among the county's eighth grade graduates this year, Steve and Ted Wehrbein of District 42 and Margaret and Mary Taenzler of Plattsmouth. Shepherd twin girh, Platts mouth eighth graders recently moved away. Following is information on the twins who will be graudated Jim and John Furlong, 18, (they celebrated their birthday May 19) are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Furlong, RFD 1. Both were active in band three years and FFA four years. Both are employed Jim at Gamble's and John at Plattsmouth Lum ber Co. John and Jane Fauquet, 17, will be 13 Oct. 17, are twins of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fauquet. They have been outstanding in the music department and also aca demically. John plans futhering his music, is a recipient of a schoarship to Hastings College, but is undecided where he will enroll. Jane plans entering the University of Nebfaska Ag Coll ege, majoring in Home Econo mics. Ronnie and Donnie Dietl, are the only identical set among the twins. They are the sons of Mr and Mrs. Joe A. Dietl of Platts mouth. They were active in sports at the high school, and are popular bowlers-Ronnie has an average of 175 and Donnie 164. Both boys are employed.' They are 18. Saturday To Be Holiday Here for Nearly Everyone It'll be a holiday for nearly everyone here Saturday, Mem orial Day. The courthouse, post office, bank and most business places will be closed. Eating places and service stations will do bus iness as usual. Because of the Saturday hol iday, stores ordinarily open Sat urday night will be open Fri day night instead. There will be a clerk on duty at the post office Memorial Day, dispatching mall. The windows, however, will be closed all day The Journal this week will be published Wednesday instead of Thursday because of the shortened business weekend. Most communities, including this one, will have Memorial Day observances to honor the nation's war dead. A program and story of the local obser vance will appear in Wednes day's edition. --8th Grade- Sixty-eight eighth graders will receive promotion certificate? in exercises at the high school auditorium tonight at 8. President Raymond J. Lar son of the Board of Education will make the presentation The address, Some Tests for All of Us, will be by Rev. Keith Delap, pastor of First Presby terian Church. Following Is the program: Processional played by Claire Julian and Marcia Mc- Quin. Invocation, by Rev. M. L. Shafer. Mynard EUB Church. Class history, Carol Schrein er. Solo, May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You, Sandra Kellison. Duet, Let Us Break Bread Together, Margaret Taenzler and Shirley Welstead Address. Quartet. Around the World, Carmen Pfeifer. Sharon Lam bert, Ann Freeman and Cheryl Toman. Presentation of DAR Award by Jessie Robertson. Triple trio, This Is My Coun try, Wanda Jenkins, Elanita Meyer, Marcia Lagerstrom, Mary Ann Sharp, Linda Stan der, Valerie Gorton, Martha Winters, Carol Schreiner, Sally Wurtele and Carol Jacobs. Presentation of classes, Mrs. Lucille McLean, Mrs. Patty Niebrugge and Mrs. Zilpha Seward. Presentation of certificates of promotion. Benediction, Rev. Shafer. Director of music is De For rest Hughes, junior high 'music instructor. Accompanists are Priscllla Woster, Carol Schreiner and Re becca Beed. Ushers are Christine Dunca'n. Joan Fairfield and Nancy Ha den. In the class to be promoted are: Claudia Aldrich, Karen Allen, Harvey Austin, Dale Baker, Re becca Beed, Roger Beverage, Gary Brennan, Jerry Brown, Larry Cadwell. James Chap pell. Beverly Coolman, Catherine Curtis, Carol Dasher, Gary Deen, Perry Dingman, Patric ia Downey, Sharon Dunlap. Ad- ella Exline, Norman Felton, Ann Freeman. Carol Gochenour. Valerie Gor ton, Sharon Gunsolley, Patric ia Haley, Dennis Horn, Joyce (Continued on Page Three) THE WEATHER Mav 21. 22. 2.1 24 Date Hi. Low Prec. Thursday 83 fis nn Friday 56 50 .00 Saturday 66 50 .00 Sunday .... 70 47 .00 Forecast: Hich near 8(1- lnw near 60. Windy and showers. bun sets tonieht at 7:45: Hsps Tuesday at 4:57 a.m. COUNCIL MEETS TUESDAY The City Council will have its regular meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at City Hall Instead of tonight. The meet ing was postponed because several councirmem bers could not be present tonight. The Council irode IProinraoflroin h Toiroiiglhifl: LEADING SCHOLARS For the second Senf, center, is valedictorian. Salutatorians are straight year, Plattsmouth High has a valedictor- Marge Grosslians, left, and Carlisa Barnard, ian and two salutatorians, shown above. Karlene Missing Girl 16, Returns Home After 50 Search An all night search for a miss ing 16-year-old Plattsmouth girl ended about 6 a.m. Saturday morning when the girl showed up at home. The search began about 11:30 Friday night when the girl called two of her friends and stated 'that she was leaving" and that she had consumed some poison. The girl s mother, who return ed home later from work, found the girl gone, the house unlock ed, the phone off of the hook and mixed poison in a glass near the phone. She quickly called au thorities. City Policemen E.til Jenkins and Sebert Lytle along with Sheriff Tom Solomon Investi gated. When the officers were un able to locate the girl, Solomon summoned the Plattsmouth Vo lunteer Fire Dept., VFW mem bers and County Attorney, Jim Begley. A search party of about 50 per sons gathered near the girl's home on the rock Bluff road and searched the entire rain soaked area with flashlights. The main search continued on until about 3 a.m. Motor Missing Wilmer O. Martin of Platts mouth reported on May 22 to the sheriff's office that his 30 horse evenrude motore was stolen from his boat on the Missouri river. The motor was a '55 or '56 model. 'V- - .i-ilrfr ' 7.7y"r- : ' ... . ' V t I i MWff ill j $650, $400 Land Awards Appraisers' awards of $65C for one . parcel of land and an easement for work on another and $400 for a second parcel of land were reported Friday by three County Court-appointed appraisers. Fred H. Rutherford. John Rie. ke and Joseph Lindsey Jr. were appraisers in a condemnation action by the County Board of Commissioners on land wanted for improvement of the Weep ing Water East road, a feder al matching project. The $650 was to Emory C. and Marvel V. Hansen for .21 acre and an easement on 1.44 acres to change the course of a creek. The $400 award was to Sadie R. and Ross Raines and Fred and Elizabeth Bauers (purchas ers under contract) for .14 acre. Fredrick Ehlers Is New Deputy Frederick Ehlers of Platts mouth has been appointed as deputy sheriff to fill a vacancy left by Wayne Schneider. Ehlers resigned his job with the State Highway Dept., to take the deputy job. Ehlers was the engineer in charge of the con struction work on the new Platte River Bridge. He had been with the Highway Dept. five years. Journal Want Ads Pay is shown above studying a plat at a recent meet ing. From left are Mayor Grant Roberts, Coun cilman Warren Rhylander, City Clerk Albert Ol son and Councilmen Roy Moore, Bill Highfield (seated) and Al Iluebner. Oxygen Available At Several Sites For Emergencies With the start of swimming season, the sheriff's office here wishes to advise the citizens of the county of sites where oxy gen may be obtained. They are the Greenwood Tire Dept., Weeping Water Fire. Dept., Lou isville Fire Dept., Plattsmouth Fire Dept., and the Sheriff's Of fice. Residents of the Plattsmouth area may either call the Platts mouth Fire Dept. or Sheriff's of fice. Both departments are equipped with resuscitators and are taking calls, the sheriff said. 3 Youths Held For Car Theft Three youth aged 17, 17, and 21 are being held by the sheriff's office of Auburn on auto theft charges. The youth admitted to the sheriff that they took Mrs. Joan Mulford's car in Plattsmouth Wednesday night and abandon ed it in Auburn. In Auburn they stole three, cars before finding one with sufficient gas for a trip south. One of the youth was a es capee from the Kearney Indus trial School and when he de parted from Kearney he stole a car and abandoned it in Omaha before coming south to Plattsmouth. Plattsmouth High, Class of 1959 John L. Adkins Thomas E. Akeson Benny Albln Joan K. Allgeier Carlisa Marian Barnard Retha Katherine Beed Edward J. Bierl Wally William Bishop Chester D. Bowman James C. Bulin R. W. Burgett, Jr. Nannette Evelynn Cognac Donald E. Dietl Ronald E. Dietl James C. Draper Carl B. Everett Phyllis Jane Fauquet Phillip John Fauquet Carolyn Sue Fisher Ray Ford James A. Frady Jim L. Furlong John E. Furlong David F. Gochenour Ronald D. Grant Thomas R. Gregg Marjorie Eileen Grosshans Jerry L. Haase Larry L. Henry Leonard Hild Edward L. Hohman S. Hunter Ingwerson Eliese Mary Iverson Darlene Jacobs Donnie R. Jenkins Sharon Kay Jorn John J. Kaffenberger Richard E. Kellison Darold E. Keys John R. Konfrst Patricia Ann Konfrst Barbara Jean Krings -High School- Karlene Senf, Carlisa Barn ard and Marge Grosshans have been announced as top schol ars among a class of 84 seniors who will be graduated at 8 p.m. Wednesday night at the high school auditorium. Miss Senf, valedictorian, earn ed a grade-point average of 97.719 for her four years In high school. Like the other two top scholars, she recently was a re. clpient among 41 students in the high school of the Honor Pin of the National Honor Society. The valedictorian is the loc al winner of the University of Nebraska Regent Scholarship, is a National Certificate of Mer it winner,. University of Nebras ka Associated Women Students Scholarship winner, recipient of the DAR History Award. She has been active in the local chapter of the Honor Society as well as in other school ac tivities. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Senf. Miss Barnard, who shares salutatorian honors with Miss Grosshans with an average of 95.578, Is an alternate for a Un iversity of Nebraska Regents Scholarship and winner of the VFW Scholarship to Peru Teach ers College. She Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Barnard. Miss Grosshans is also an al ternate for a Regents Scholar ship. In addition, she was nam ed for an educaitonal grant from the University of Nebraska. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Grosshans. The co-salutatorlans have al so been active in the Honor Soc. lety and received the Honor Pin this Spring. Other scholarships awarded to members of the senior class include: Alternates for Resents Schol arshipsEdward Bierl, Linda Long and Ronald Toman. Church School Scholarship -Carole Pfeifer. Omaha University Regents Scholarship Bierl, John Kaffen berger. Teachers College Scholarship Carl Everett. Sears - Roebuck Scholarship Jane Fauquet. Local FHA Scholarship Dl ana Wiles. Following is a list of acitvit ies of the three top scholars: Miss Senf honor roll, 4 years; National Honor Society, 2 years: Honor Pin; chorus, 3 years; small vocal groups, 2 years; Madrigal Singers; class presi dent, sophomore and junior; student senate, 3 years; Pep Club, 3 years; junior, senior class play cast; Latin Club; Girls State; National Merit Scholarship Certificate of Mer it holder; Betty Crocker Home- (Continued on Page Three) Irene Lambert Marlys Lee Lane Charlene LaVerne Lewis Wayne L. Lewis Patricia Marie Liddick Linda Marie Long Jean Annette Marler Nancy Lou McConaha Patricia Kay McKinney Cynthia Marie Meeks Judy K. Meisinger Tom R. Mincer R. Jerry Moore Robert F. Morris Dorothy Jane Patterson Carole Jeanne Pfeifer Larry C. Phillips Donnie J. Pierce lone Marie Pilny Sandra Jean Pink Jean Porter Kenneth W. Pritchard Rita Diane Ramge Robert L. Rea Joyce Gladys Rozell Jerry D. Sayers Karlene Kay Senf Mildred Kay Smith Janet Irene Spangler Laurel Ann Stoehr Rosemary Taylor Frederick Thomas Tilson Karen Kay Tilson Lauren Todd Ronald G. Toman John R. Tomes Agnes Elizabeth Whelan Judith Ann Wiater Diana Elizabeth Wiles Donald L. Williams, Jr. Thomas F. Winscot Jerry W. Wurtele