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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday mi ;v3 Z ST. LINCOLN, r.22Rm Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 79 TWENTY PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1960 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 43 .Av.,vy.:.j(.-.yN,. LETTER BOX I 9 . I II To The Editor: Here is an answer to the letter written by "An Angry Reader "Angry Reader" surely Is not a tax payer. For we tax payers know that we are going to have to build a new elemen tary school as well as a dispos al plant. Thess two major facts were kept very qu.et before the election. A swimming pool will not solve all Juvenile Delinquency, as "Angry Reader" implied. It could, to the contrary be a con tributing factor. With Taxes in creasing yearly mothers are going to be forced to work out side the home to help pay them and dad will have to take on extra part-time job to pay for the necessary repairs on the foundation and patch the roof on the old home. With no supervis ion or guidance in the home, how many Juveni es will not be come delinquent? I believe that the best place to build up Juvenile Decency Is In the home net at the Swim ming pool. I believe, also that the home is where Delinquency starts. It would be real easy to send the Juveniles to the pool to get rid of them for the after noon, evening or all day. I do not say or even think that we do not need a swimming pool. I am the mother of two Teen-age children, and I know there if always a need for whole some, clean, decent, entertain ment for our young folks. Surely there is some way to finance such a project other than taxes. Taxes would burden the older people, the disinteres ted ones, and the "tongue Cluck ers". We parents of young Juv eniles haven't the right to ask or expect that of them. We should take care of our desires and responsibilities ourselves. Why not conside lndivdual subscriptions and volunteer la bor? I'll wager the Juveniles themselves would put forth a lot of "Elbow-grease" for such a project. Perhaps a tract of land at the edge of thecity or. in the Country could be.obtain-i ed for a very small fee. , I am sure this will not be printed and certainly not on the front page, but I Just had to "Blow off Steam." Now I must get back to my ironing. "A Happy Reader." Warren R. Fink Dies Tuesday Of Heart Attack Tuesday evening at 7:30 while Warren R. Fink, 52 was at his office at the Plattsmouth Motel on Chicago Avenue work ing on his books, he was sud denly stricken with a stroke. He fell to the floor of the office where he was found. Sheriff Tom Solomon was called and applied the county resusltator and the patient seemed to revive but a second stroke some 15 minutes later proved fatal. The body was taken to the Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home. Mr. Fink was a resident of this city for the past 12 years and an active figure in the busi ness life of the community. He, with his brothers, Jack and George, operated a large auto agency and sales business here that later was sold to T.H. Pol lock and Herbert Minor. Later Mr. Fink secured the Platts mouth Tourist court on Chicago Avenue. During his residence here he served as deputy sheriff for Sheriff Tom Solomon for some time. Mr. Fink was born at Saxton, Pa., Feb. 19, 1907 son of Wes ley and Tillie Fink. Surviving are two sons, Jacke and Bobbie Fink, Dayton, Ohio, three brothers and four sisters. Funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Miamisburg, Ohio. Bur ial will be there. Visiting hours were Wednes day evening at the Caldwell Linder Chapel and the casket taken to Omaha at 11 p.m. for shipment by train to the old home in Ohio. THE WEATVER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. April 11, 12, 13, 1960 High Low Prec. Monday 66 41 .00 Tuesday 71 59 0.1 Wednesday 67 43 .00 Readings taken at 8 a.m. Forecast: High in 60's; low around 50. Mostly cooler, south east tonight. .i-yf-A', ill) J La 'I; .'UK- maam Easter Services The following Good Friday and Easter Sunday church ser vice notices were . taken from those regularly submitted to The Journal: Union Good Friday Service I p.m. at First Methodist church. Easter Sunrise Union Service Sunday, 5:30 a.m. at Horning Cemetery. First Christian ' Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Plattsmouth Baptist Sunday II a.m. First Lutheran Friday, 7:30 p.m., service with communion; Sunday, 8:30. Christian Science Sunday, 11 a.m. St. Luke's Episcopal Friday, noon to 3 p.m., the Good Fri day Liturgy; Saturday, 4:30 p.m., First Matins of Easter; Sunday 7:30 and 10 a.m., com munion. St. John's Catholic Friday, 7 p.m.; presanctified communion; Sunday, masses at 6, 8 and 10 a.m. Wesleyan Methodist Sunday, 11 a.m. First Methodist Sunday, 11 a.m. Reorganized Church of Jesus Chlrst of Latter Day Saints Sunday, 11 a.m. First Presbyterian Sunday 8:30 and 11 a.m., sacrament of ihe Lord's Supper. St. Paul's Evangelical and Re formed Sunday, 10:30 a.m. service with communion. First Baptist Sunday, 10:50 a.m. Christ Lutheran, Louisville Road Friday, 7:30 p.m., com munion; Sunday, 10:30 a.m., services with communion. Immanuel Lutheran, Eagle Friday 8 p.m., service with communion; Sunday, 10 a.m. Ebenezer EUB. MurdocK I Sunday, 6:30 a.m. Youth Sun rise Service and breakfast; 9:30, worship. Trinity Lutheran, Murdock Friday, 10 a.m., communion; Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Union Methodist Union Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Hearing on Zone Proposal Set May 2 May 2 at 7:30 p.m. is the time for the City Council's official hearing on a' proposed zoning ordinance for Plattsmouth. The date was set Monday night by the Council after Chairman Bob Way and Paul Fauquet of the City Plan Com mission appeared and reported the ordinance is being given final touches before presenta tion to the Council. The Plan Commission had its own hearing on the proposal March 29, ordered minor changes and the final draft is ready for last checking. County Cancer Society To Meet April 19 at WW A Crusade meeting of the American Cancer Society of Cass County is to be held Tues day, April 19 at 8 p.m. at the basement of the First Congre gational Church in Weeping Water. Dick McCord, field director, will be present and will show a Cancer film. Reports will be given and a business meeting held. Everyone i3 invited to attend. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 M Robinson Wins Council Race at Weepi ing Water WEEDING WATER (Special) The disabled voters ballot was opened at the Council meeting Monday evening and it was for John Robinson so the count for councilman, first ward was 51 lor Robinson and 49 for Ed ward Van Horn. Van Horn is the incumbent and would have tied if ihe single ballot not counted after the polls closed April 5 had been lor him. Mrs. Janet Simons Dies Monday At Omaha Hospital Monday evening Mrs. Janet Simons, 67, lifelong resident of riattsmouth, died at St. Cath enne's Hospital, Omaha, fol lowing a week s illness, Cause of death was a heart attack. Mrs. Simons was granddau ghter of Spenser S. Billings, a pioneer resident of Plattsmouth who built a great many of the homes in the south part of the city at an early day. She was born June 14 1892, at Plattsmouth, daughter of James and Harriett Billings Hunter, the fa'ther being an ear ly day employe ot the Burling ion railroad at their local of uces. Oct. 12, 1912, she was married to John William Simons at riattsmouth. He preceded her in death March 24, 1929. Surviving are three daugh tersMrs. Gus (Irene) Weiss, Ottertail, Minn.; Mrs. Cliff (Grace) Ricketts, Yutan, Neb.; Mis. Lloyd (A. ma Maej Nice hdser Peru; three sons Rob-, ert L., Vuan; iiaymqnd F. and Willard u. Simons, riattsmouth; j a granddaughter, raised by Mrs. Simons, Mrs. Merlon (Janet) Markle, Yutan; a brother, Paul Hunter, Bilmont, Cahi.: 23 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. A son, William and a daugh ter, Mrs. Harriet Baker, preced ed her in death. Mrs. Baker died m 135 at 20. Mrs. Simons was an attendant at the Christian Church in this city. She was a lady deeply devoted to her family in her lifetime. During the war times and fol lowing, she was a worker at the BREX shops. Her service cover ed sor.ie 17 years. She retired Jan. 1. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary and a member of Union No. 16 Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of America. Funeral services were held to day at 2 p.m. at the Caldwell Linder chapel with Rev. J. W. Taenzler officiating. Music was by Mrs. Twyla Hodge. Burial was in Oak Hill Ceme tery with members of the BREX as pallbearers, Ray Aylor, Clif ford Dasher, Tony Lahoda, Ed ward Gradoviile, Harry Porter and Frank Rebal. Final Vote Total Here Is 1,460 The final total vote April 5 here was 1,460, surpassing a re cent high of 1,451 in 1952, the canvass of votes by the City Council Monday night showed. There was no change in re sults as previously announced except for tabulation of seven mail ballots. Local Restaurants Aid Fund for Crippled Children A boost was given the Easter i Seal Crippled Children's Fund by local coffee drinkers and business Friday, April 8. Giving coffee proceeds to the fund were the Hotel Restaurant. Mack's Kitchen, Kent's Cafe. Schreiner Drug, and Cass Drug. Coffee proceeds for Friday. April 1 were given by Mom's Cafe. EASTER EG (J HINT MURRAY (Special i United Presbyterian Junior Fellowship will on April 16 hold an Easter Egg Hunt for children up to second grade. The Hunt begins at 9:30 at the Murray park. .... ROAD BATTERED The county road east Engineers and Lloyd Morehead bulldozed the to the river here took a beating during the flood, worst of the accumulation of logs and mud off being under 6 to 8 feet of water for 19 days, the road to permit the Engineers to move to their When the water went down last weekend, debris headquarters on the Missouri River front Mon- was left on the road and damage in the form of day, gaping holes in the grade showed up. The Army Arthur Helwig St. Commissioner Arthur Helwig 623 No. 10th St., Monday night was appointed street commissioner by the City Council. The Council had advertised for a street commissioner with experience in construction work or engineering. Helwig is em ployed with a construction com pany and will report for work as head of the city street depart ment after giving his present employer notice. lie will succeed the late kl mer Gochenour. Petition Opposes So. 12th Paving A petition Opposing a propos ed paving project for two blocks of South 12th from Third Street to Oakmont Drive was present ed to the City Council Monday night. made that the Council consider such a paving district. The mat ter was in the hands of a Coun cil committee for study. Monday night, the petition was referred to the city attorney for checking of signatures, standard procedure to authenticate a petition. Calling All Egg Hunters: Hunters: the time is near. Sharpen your eyes but don't bring your gun. The target is the Easter egg, the day Saturday, the time 10 a.m., the place Garfield Park two blocks south of 5th and Main, the requirement that you're bet ween 2 and 9 years of age and eager for a little fun, the event the annual Chamber of Com merce sponsored Easter Egg Hunt. There'll be prize eggs among those hidden for 2 to 4, 5 to 7 and 8-9 age groups, redeemable! for 25 cents each at some 80; sponsoring firms. Al Linder is in charge again with help from the Boy Scouts. Perish the thought, if it rains the event will be at the Lions Community Building across Main Street from the Courthouse. A 9 w .!-- u - , ' . . ,. -V ',t t 11 if grgw t ..- -- ESCAPE VALVE This concrete bridge and opened to get the water draining. Most of the culvert was the escape outlet for water trapped water was gone in a few days but low spots still by the river road in the acreage north of the have accumulations, road. Sunday the culvert, long covered, was Hearing on Alvo-Eagle Merger Off; New Petitions Received A public hearing set for April 20 concerning petitions to dis solve the Alvo School District and annex it to the Eagle Dist rict has been cancelled, County Supt. of Schools L. A. Behrends said today. Pleasant Hill Paving, Sewer, Water Requested Petitions requesting paving of streets in Pleasant Hill addi tions in south-west Plattsmouth were Dresented to the Citv Council Tuesday night. f.-nm vm.mr nnrt Jose, developers of the area, the other from a group of residents of last year's addition, repre senting 85 per cent of residents, it wa6 said. The petitions were referred to the city attorney for checking of signatures and paving district ordinance preparation if signa tures prove sufficient. Young and Jose also are pro ceeding with plans to install sewer and have the Board of Public Works install a water line as soon as possible. Young said they are ready to begin building houses. New Police Car The City Council Monday night accepted the quotation of Rubin Auto Co. for a 1960 Ford for use as a police car. Quota tions were asked from local car dealers. The price was $970 with trade in of the 1959 Chevrolet police i car. r ... : V The cancellation came after the petitions were withdrawn. New petitions from the Alvo and Eagle Boards of Education are in the hands of Behrends, ex-officio secretary of the Coun ty Committee for Reorganiza tion of School Districts. A meeting of the committee has been tentatively set for Monday night to consider the new petitions. A legal notice cancelling the public hearing appears in this issue of The Journal. Schools Here On Vacation Plattsmouth Public Schools were to close today at 2:30 p.m for the Easter Holiday and re convene Tuesday, April 19, at regular school hours. St. John's Parochial Schools dismissed at 3:15 Wednesday and will resume regular school hours a0ain on Wednesday, April 20. Style Shop and Soennichsen's, Too The names of The Style Shop and Soennichsen's were inad vertently omitted from a por tion of a Mondav Journal storv listing firms who contributed! er concrete pipe would with door prizes at the Spring Style j stand sewer gases and acids as Show last Thursday. we" as clav- Monday night, the Also due credit was not given 1 concrete representatives gave Mrs. Harold Smock who is presi- an emphatic "yes" answer, dent of the Women's Division! Specifications have alternates of the Chamber. Mrs. Smock for concrete and clay pipe. also wrote the script for the .snow. i1 n- i LSI . L.I3IUII Ul Elmwood To Get 50-Year Honor fifty years is a long time for an individual to pursue his pro fession. This however, is a goal which ten additional Nebraska phyoicia.is nave attained. tor this reason this group of men will be the honored guests at the Annual Banquet of the Nebraska Slate Medical Asso ciation. The organization is holding its meeting at the Hotel Cornhusktr in Lincoln on April 25-28. 1960. Phslcians to be honored in clude Dr. O. E. Liston, of Elm wood. - They will receive a fifty year pin and individual ecognition. Lions To Purchase Trees for Dam Site The Plattsmouth Lions Club voted Tuesday to spend $20 for the purpose of planting trees in the new city park around Hill City Dam Arbor Day. The members decided to buy pin oaks for the planting. - ' t'r iT Students Hear Part Of Court Case Students from nine county high schools, here Wednesday for the American Legion and Auxiliary-s ponsored County Government Day, heard part of an actual law case on trial be fore a District Court jury. The case, Elaine Stanley vs. Ralph V. Lane, damage, con tinued today. A jury heard one-day's testi mony in another case Monday before counsel and principals conferred after the day's ad journment and settled the case out of court. That case was Lillian A. Brat ten vs. Richard L. Hart, damage. Next scheduled case is Will A. Minford vs. R. B. "Dick" Wilson Inc., et al, damage, list ed for trial Monday-Wednesday next week. Pitch Made for Concrete Pipe Representatives of a concrete pipe manufacturer appeared at the City Council meeting here Monday night to make a pitch for concrete pipe in the sani tary outlet sewer and treatment plant porject up for bid letting April 18. A previous letting resulted in rejection of two bids and relat ive merits of concrete and clay pipe were brought up. A question asked was wheth- Journal Want Ads Pay Request Made For Change in Club Licenses The local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and the Eagles Aerie Monday night asked the City Council to make changes in the present municipal regulations governing licenses anil fees in regard to "clubs." The request, .signed by Dale Bowman, chairman ol t lie VFW House Committee, and John J. O'Donncll, chairman of the Eagles Board of Trustees, read: "1. That club licenses be re duced to $250 for on and olf sale liquor and beer, as provided by City Ordinance 953 winch is of a later date than the License Ordinance 885. City Ordinance 953 provides that no non-profit organization shall pay an oc cupation tax which is in con flict with the city practices of charging clubs occupation tax. "2. That that section of City Ordinance 885 and all other city ordinances dealing with ciubs be repealed. It is not the desire oi the lraiernal, patriotic, and civic organizations to operate their clubs every Sunday; how ever, under Hie present la we cannot legally hold a meeting, dinner, convention or etc. on Sunday inasmuch as the clubs by ordinance must obey the laws governing public houses. It is our prayer that this Council will assist us by enacting the above requests." The request also said the State of Nebraska notified clubs April I that "they cannot hold a public license and that the city cannot issue one as the state is the issuing authority and they will not issue a public license to a non-profit organiza tion " The request was referred to the Council's License and Jud iciary Committee for study and recommendation. Hi School Speakers For Rotary Meeting Two high school speakers were heard by the Rotary Club Tuesday noon at its regular meeting at the Lions Building. Kay Casey and Keenan Kiting presented pro and coa sides oi the topic federal Aid. 'lheir presemations, which each worked up independently, weu of debate type, though the pro gram was not a debate. Miss Casey said she prepared her "for" presentation irom in formation in Congressional records in her father's law ol fice. Eiting's material sources were magazines and other publica tions, he said. Harold Edwards was program chairman lor, the day. Horse Show Set For June 19-25 Final arrangements have been completed by the Cass County Horse Show Association for a horse show and rodeo to be held in Plattsmouth during the week of June 19-25. The horse show, the first to be held in Plattsmouth since 1955, is scheduled for Sunday, June 19, with afternoon and eve ning performances. . Twenty-five separate classes are listed for judging with near ly $1,000 in prize money plus 23 trophies and 108 ribbons. A few of the events listed are: five-gaited stake, fine harness open, parade class, three-gaited open, men's and ladies western pleasure (junior and senior, pon ies and 1958 and 1900 foals. Tom Grosshans has been named as chairman of the horse show. This year's rodeo will be held on Thursday, Friday and Sat urday nights, June 23, 24 - 25, starting at eight o'clock, ac cording to Col. Dale Shaffer, rodeo chairman. It will be pro duced by Billy Merritt of Glid den, Iowa. This is the seventh annual rodeo to be sponsored in Plattsmouth by the Cass Co unty organization. The rodeo grounds are located at the Plattsmouth Sale Barn, south of Plattsmouth on high way 73-id. Call Your News And Social Items to 241