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T ' firyip.,i-fni,i,i i fwm www ri ' ' mini iMnnwnnnwttMmniM'l wnwwwxwwwwt'W' CASS COUNTY'S CREATEST NEWSPAPER TtHlE (PlATTSIMdBOJIlHl JJtfDUCSrMO. 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 PLUS SUPPLEMENT PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY. JUNE 29, 1959 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 64 'Sweet 16 ... j v " 1 Sharon Davis Miss Davis is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Davis, Louisville. Her activities in clude Pep Club, Chorus, Vari ety Show, County Government Day, Glee Club, Operetta, FHA, 4-H Club. She was a junior-senior banauet server. She is a member of the Christ Lutheran Church, Sunday school and League. Her hobbies are draw ing, painting, sewing and cook ing. Susan Sharp Miss Sharp is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Sharp, Plattsmouth. Her activities in clude Band, Chorus, National Honor Society, Operetta, Mad rigal Singers, County Govern ment Day, Job's Daughters, Hon or Roll, 1959 Girls State, Class Play and Annual Staff. She Is a member of Presbyterian church, sings in the church choir and belongs to Youth Fel lowship. Susan is working this summer. Her hobby is reading. Dorothy Farris Miss Farris is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Far ris, Murray. Her activities in clude Pep Club, Glee Club, Job's Daughters, Chorus, Honor Roll and FHA. She was attendant to FHA Queen, Prom Queen and ; Sweetheart Queen. She is a member of Murray Christian Church, vice president of Sun day school class and vice presi dent of Youth Fellowship. Fire at Local Cafe Friday Friday noon the fire depart ment was called to Fran and Estil's Cafe on North 6th Street during the noon hour. The call was occasioned by grease catch ing fire on the range in the kit chen. The fire was put out by the employes at the place and con fined to the stove. The loss was onlv of the food on the stove, spoiled by water and other fluids thrown on the blaze. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins and son Larry have been on a motor trip west and escaped the "thrill" of the fire. j ' -' : f ' I i C m J V V I I f ' , 1 . I. J. Queen' Pictured on this page are the seven candidates for the title Sweet 16 Queen. The contest is sponsored by the Plattsmouth Mrs. Jaycees. Containers bearing the pic ture of a candidate and abrief write-up have been placed in different stores, and voting is a penny a vote, the money to be dropped in the container pro vided for the girl for whom you Intend to vote. Lois Keilison (Miss Kellison's picture will appear in Wednesday's Journal). Miss Kellison is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Kel lison, Plattsmouth. Her hobbies are cooking and sewing. She en joys caring for children. She enjoys most sports and popular and western music. She is work ing this summer at the Dairy Queen. She is a member of the i First Methodist Church. It's Holiday Time Saturday It's holiday-time come Sat urday for nearly everyone here with businesses mostly closed and only essential services to be performed on the 4th of July. The Post Office windows will be closed all day but mail will be worked and dispatched as usual. There will be no delivery. The Courthouse will be clos ed Saturday, open Friday and Monday as usual. Plattsmouth State Bank will be closed all day Saturday. Practically all retail business places will take a holiday. Some eating places and services sta tions will be open as usual. The Journal will be publish ed Wednesday instead of Thurs day this week. Reading Program Well Attended Great Interest has been shown at the reading program held in the basement of the public li brary. Those in charge are: Mrs. Lois Simmons on Monday; Mrs. Phyl lis Miller on Wednesday and Mrs. Bernice Fogelstrom Friday. The past week the reading program was sponsored by the Wintersteen School PTA. Approximaely 25 children at tend the classes. Stohlmann Lumber Office Burglarized The Stohlmann Lumber Co. of fice at Louisville was broken Into the night of June 25. The intruders entered through an east window after breaking out the glass. Eight dollars in change was reported missing along with some new tools. Sher iff Tom Solomon who was call ed to investigate said the in truders evidently wore gloves and it looked like a "local lob." Song Birds Are Protected by Law Bird lovers here today remind parents of boys with sling shots and guns that it is against both state and federal laws to shoot or molest song birds or to dis turb their nests. Journal Want ao.s Pay irNw ' VT";: Kr'v vv 1 X A t iUr f t&v I ,v. s.,, j f) LIONS CLtB OFFICERS New officers of the Lions club who were installed at the last meeting art, (left to right) Joe Zastera, K. R. Voting Underway The winner of the contest will be presented gifts, compliments of the local merchants, and each girl entering the contest will receive a gift. Proceeds from the contest will be used by the Mrs. Jaycees for charitable contributions and local projects, Mrs. Lloyd Fitch and Mrs. Harold A. Smock, co-chairmen, said. The Sweet 16 Queen will be crowned Friday morning, July 10 in conjunction with the Cham ber of Commerce Ridiculous Daze retail promotion. Results of voting will be an nounced in the Journal. No standings will be published for the final four days of the con test, thereby creating more en thusiasm, the co-chairmen said. An additional sponsor for this contest, not listed previously in the Journal, is Miss Helen Ei ting's Wee Wardrobe. Corn Falling Over? Prior to the latest showers, it was observed that corn plants in many fields were not rooting well. Particularly the anchor roots were not taking hold. This may have been due to one of two things. The dry sur face soil may have been re sponsible or it may be due to a fungus organism infection. In either case the showers receiv ed since the dry period in ear ly and mid June likely will stimulate more nearly normal root development. "The corn plant has amazing root regeneration powers and If given half a chance it will re establish itself." Early Corn Borers Early corn (there is not much of it in Cass County) is pretty well infested with the first brood corn borer. When leaf feeding is found in three-fourths of the plants, it's time to spray. Any corn which withing the next few days reaches 30 inches in exten ded height may well bear watch ing for corn borer infestation. Hogs Like It Cool Hogs over 100 pounds in weight make highest gain and most ef ficient use of feed when temp eratures are 70 degrees F. It's economically sound .or hog rai sers to cater to the whim of the hog. Shade, sprinklers, or san itary wallows are the simplest ways to keep Mr. Porker com fortable. When temperatures get up to 95 to 100 degrees, the hog may not' gain at all, in fact it may lose weight. Hogs under 100 pounds are not as sensative to hot weath er. Clarence Schmadeke, Coun ty Agent. Court Reporter Roy Peterson Resigns Roy Peterson, district court reporter for Judge John M. Dierks and several predeces sors, is leaving the post he has filled for the past 14 years. He is expecting to move from Ne braska City this Fall. Peterson will resume court reporting for Judge Norris Chad derson at Holdredge in the 10th judicial district. Jenes, John Svoboda, Bill Babbitt, Maurice Sheil, Roy Moore, Ted Ohnoutka, Paul Fauquet and Alva Linder, retiring president of th club. Carolyn ViiuV.iska Miss Vinduska is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vin duska, Plattsmouth. Her activ ities include Band, Pep Club, Office Work, National Honor Soc iety, Class Play, Musical Small Groups and 4-H Clubs. She was recipient of the Underwood Best Typist Award. She is a member of St. John the Bap tist Catholic Church and is ac tive in the youth groups. Eileen Porter Miss Porter is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Por ter, Plattsmouth. Her activities include Band, Pep Band, Chor us, Glee Club, Dance Band, Class Play, Operetta, Platter Staff. She is a member of Meth odist Church and Youth Fellow ship, is a substitute Sunday school teacher and plays the organ at church. Janet Jacobs Miss Jacobs is the daughter of Merton Jacobs, Plattsmouth. Her activities include Pep Club, Chorus, Junior Class Play, Glee Club, Librarian, Sophomore Sextet and Honor Roll. She is a member of Presbyterian Church, secretary of Youth Fel lowship, sings in the church choir. She is working this sum mer. Her hobbies are cooking, sewing and reading. KKK Dates Set Sept 24, 25, 26 President Harold Smock of the Knig Korn Karnival Klub has announced the dates for the 1959 King Korn Karnival will be Sept. 24, 25 and 26. The committee in charge has set the theme as The Show Boat's Coming. The Karnival this year will also commemorate 100 years of banking in the city of Platts mouth. Plans call for the issue of a wooden nickel (worth a dime), the Chamber of Commerce Of fice reports. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. Asks New Hike Northern Natural Gas Com pany recently announced to Cen tral Electric and Gas Company and other of Northern's utility customers that Northern would file in the near future with the Federal Power Commission an application for a gas rate in crease. This Is the pipeline company's eighth application for increase in gas rates since 1950. Central will request the Commission to suspend the effective date of the new higher rate for five months maximum allowable under the Natural Gas Act. It,' is not expected that the Commission with their heavy work load will be able to hold hearing and render a decision on the application within the five months suspension period. It is further expected that the applied-for rate will become ef fective under bond and subject to reund on or about Dec. 27. 1959. The refundable rate will be collected until the Feceral Power Commission can, after investigation, determine a fair, just and reasonable rate, a rep resentative of Central Electric said. Central said it has not seen Northern's application and does not at this time know the af fect of the requested increase. Central said it will intervene in the proceeding as it has in Northern's previous cases and will "actively and diligently op pose the applied-for rate." In the five previous cases which have been settled by the Com mission, Northern has received an average of about one-half of the amount applied for. . Northern's rate cases No. 6 and 7 are still pending before the Commission. Both, rate case No. 6 effective Aug. 27, 1957, and case No. 7 effective Nov. 27, 1958, are being collec ted under bond and subject to possible adjustment and refund upon- final determination by the Federal Power Commission. House Struck by Errant Light Pole LOUISVILLE (Special Last week an OPPD truck carrying a load of light poles on a trail er hit a dip on Cherry Street near the Orville Robbins home. The trailer broke loose and one of the light poles broke loose from the trailer and tore a hole through the south corner of the Rudolph Meisinger house on Cherry Street. Considerable damage was done to the house but no one was injured as the Meisingers were not at home. A a rule, Mrs. Meisinger sits in that corner at about that time to read the paper before going to work. But, they had spent the day in Omaha and were late getting home, which was a good thing as otherwise she could have been seriously hurt. Vince Kelley Elected To National Office At the recent Bowling Propri tor's Convention in Miami Beach Florida, Vince Kelley a former Plattsmouth resident now of i Omaha was elected as a Nation al Vice President from the Mid west region. The Bowling Proprietors Assn. of America is made up of 4,200 operators owning a total of 60, 000 alley beds, or about 80 of the lanes in the country. One of the events sponsored by the B. P. A. A. is the All-Star tournament which is to be held in Omaha next January. This event will bring all of the top bowlers of the country to this area for 10 days, and give every one a chince to see them in act ion. Mr. Kelley Is married to the former Laura Mrasek of Plattsmouth. 2 Youths Admit 6 Break-ins Paul Edward Brown, 17, and Lee Arthur Shipley, 18, both of Plattsmouth were being held in the Cass County jail today after admitting to Sheriff Tom Solo mon six breakins at Union early Friday morning and. three at Atchison, Kans., June 14. The youth told the sheriff they drove to Union about 3:30 a.m. Friday morning and parked their car in the northeast part of town. They said they broke into the Charles Meredith Gro cery, Wm. Whipple Creamery, Morris Grocery, Snodgrass Gro cery, Johnnie's Cafe and Pick ering's Liquor Store by breaking out front door glasses and win dows with a tire iron. The youths said they wore gloves while com mitting the breakins. Solomon said the big lead in the case was a 50-cent piece which was taken from the cash register at the Howard Snod grass Grocery. The coin piece had a hole through it and Mr. Snodgrass remembered it and told officers. The youth returned to Platts mouth about 6 a.m. and Shipley ate breakfast in Plattsmouth us ing the 50-cent to pay for his meal. A short time later the cafe owner paid the morning bread man with the 50c-cent piece. The bread man then headed south to Uniorl and at the Snod grass store he gave the coin to Mr. Snodgrass for change. Mr. Snodgrass readily identified the 50-cent piece and notified Solo mon. An all day investigation fol lowed and the two youth were taken into custody about 8 p.m. Saturday. In their statement to the sheriff the youth said they were in Atchison June 14 where they broke into a lumberyard, service station and pool hall. Atchison County Attorney Ro bert F. Duncan w?as in Platts mouth Sunday to question the youth about the Kansas thefts. Brown is currently on parole and Shipley previously was on parole out of Sarpy County. Iowa Commission QK's Relocation Of Highway No. 34 The Iowa State Highway Com mission in Ames Wednesday ap proved ?. 56-mile relocation of U.S. Highway 34 which would by-pass all Mills County towns. According to L. M. Clausen, deputy chief engineer for the commission, the new route would by-pass Red Oak to the south, enter Mills County about two and one-half miles south of Emerson, run about halfway be tween Hastings and Strahan, miss Malvern by about two mil es and would be four miles south of the present location through Glenwood. Mr. Clauson informed the Glen'ood Opinion-Tribune that the new route is still in the re location stage, "No surveys have been made and I can't ev en guess when any program ming would be done." According to Iowa papers, the Highway Commission estimates a rerouted 34 could be built for $9,090,000 and it would cost over $11,000,000 to improve the pre sent route. Mrs. Jack Brookhouser is home and recuperated after having dental surgery at an Omaha hos pital. Helen Lessman has returned '-""i a shnrt vacation and Ls now back on the job at Cass Drug. I ...m -f . The .Misses Diana Wiles (center) Plattsmouth; Jeanne Jac quot, Anselmo, and JnAnne Olson, Wakefield, were among 325 4-H hoys and girls attending "Omaha Day". The girls are shown as they attended a special Interior Decorating demonstration in a department store in Omaha. The Chamber arranged for special career day visits to Omaha business firms by the 4-H'ers in ad dition to hosting them at a special evening banquet in the Omaha Livestock Exchange. Following their day's activities the youths were returned by train to Lincoln. Road Case Will Continue July 10 District Court JudRe John M. Dierks Friday recessed the case of Louisa Kunz, Golda Haith and Kenneth Haith vs. the Cass Coun ty Board of Commissioners un til July 10. Friday, Judge Dierks heard first evidence in the case in which three property owners in the Elmwood vicinity seek a writ of mandamus to require the Commissioners to open a section line road in that area. Attorneys for the plaintiffs, Johnston and Grossman, and Gas Can Must Be Red and Be Labeled 'Gas' Gasoline, tractor fuel or "Oth er kindred explosives" can be purchased by the can only in a "Vermillion Red" container "labeled with the name of con tents plainly marked thereon In English," Fire Chief Joe Kruntorad says. His statement followed two occurances here. The first was a fire at a honip after a resident dropped a glass container of gasoline near a water heater in a basement. The other was a visit Thurs day by a deputy state fire mar shal who made the rounds with Kruntorad to familiarize gaso line dealers with the state law on selling gas by the can and also to post warning notices. Kruntorad said the fire in question was minor but could have been serious, even fatal, if the container had been filled with gas instead of only partly filled. He and the deputy marshal, L. S. Crain, said violations of the 1943 statute on gasoline most often occur because of lack of information. His and Kruntorad's visit to dealers was to remind or inform them of the regulations. The penalty for violation ls $50 fine or 30 days in jail, or both. Seller and purchaser both could be held liable. Kruntorad said he would in spect periodically to see If reg ulations are being followed. Assessments Next On Thayer Street Sanitary Sewer A plat and schedule of as sessments in sanitary sewer district 15 here will be forth coming soon from Henningson, Durham and Richardson, engin eers on the project. Mosday night, the City Coun cil approved the certificate of approval on completion of the project and ordered the final amount of the total cost of 16.410.70 paid t-Ateuuiiig iihu me new jieasani' : , . Hill addition to the citv lust north of Valley View. It is some 1,360 feet long. A-l Plumbing of Lincoln had the contract. Kids Day Report By CC Office The Chamber of Commerce Office reports 4,739 children's rides were given here on Kid die Day recently. Also, 1,000 ice cream bars, 50 pounds of popcorn and 48 individual Driz es for paraders were distribu ted. Langemacher of Lincoln, called Mrs. Lucille Gaines, county register of deeds; Chas. Land, county clerk; Anne Hlner, de puty In the county treasurer's office; Bill Coakley, county sur veyor; Vic Shumacher, proper ty owner in the area in ques tion; William Nolte, County Commissioner, and William Speece, consulting engineer, as witnesses. Evidence for plaintiffs took up all the time spent on the case Friday, first day of the trial. County Attorney James Bog ley ls defense attorney. The stretch of road in ques tion was used years ago, hasn't been used for many years but was not vacated. A petition asked the Commission to open the road for travel. Several meetings with property owners, acquisition of a special access road to one property, a Com mission decision to deny the petition and finally filing of the District Court suit followed. Monday, Judge Dierks will begin hearing evidence In the equity case of Emma Olson vs. Adolph L. Fedde, et al, injunc tion, quiet title and damage. Valparaiso U Students Visit Area Churches Valparaiso, Ind. (Special) Twenty-three student represen tatives from Valparaiso Uni versity were to arrive in Omaha Saturday for a unique three week visitation program at five Omaha and seven small com munity churches. The summer visitation pro gram of the Lutheran Univer sity is now In its ninth year. Purpose of the prgram ls two fold: the students call on the congregation members to ac quaint them better with the work and nature of the univer sity and also invite congre gational members to become university patrons. The five Omaha congrega tions scheduled for the student visitation are Zion, Cross, Peace, Bethany and First Lutheran churches. The area churches are Im manuel of Louisville, St. Paul of Weeping Water, First of Platstmouth, Trinity of Mur dock, First of Papillion, Trinity of Fremont and TriniW of Blair. The students are 14 girls and 9 fellows. Lightning Hits at Clifton Mcisinger's Lightning struck at the Clif ton Meisinger home, 1117-3rd Ave., about 2:30 a.m. today in Ika Vtnf.vUf iUn 4 U . , r U ... i - The bolt hit an oak tree, fol lowed a television antenna and leadin to the house where it scorched paint on some of the siding and broke a siding board. No damage was reported in side the house but the occupants were "good and scared." Bark from the trunk and limbs of the oak were scattered about the yard. Boys Admit Thefts At Louisville Lakes Two 13-year-old Boys Town youth were taken into custody at Louisville Friday and admit ted to Sheriff Tom Solomon in a statement four separate acts of larceny at the State Lakes. The youth said they ran away from Boys Town on Monday and hung around the park until Friday. The articles they took were taken from sleeping park campers.' The youth were re turned to Boys Town. Ed Ernst, area manager of the Lincoln Telephone and Tel egraph Co., Friday was honor ed at Nebraska City with a 30 year pin for his services to the company at Syracuse, Auburn, Plattsmouth and Nebraska City. The presentation was made at his office at Nebraska Citv THE WEATHER June 25, 2G, 27, 28. lS.'if) High Low Prec. Thursday 81 74 .00 Friday 90 74 .00 Saturday 89 75 .00 Sunday 88 73 .50 Forecast: High near 70; clou dy and showers to continue through tonight. Sun sets to night at 8 01; rises Tuesday at 4:54.