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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday UIA'IS 2JI3T. ZOCLZ'i'l X it sr. LINCOLN, Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 79 EIGHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1960 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 44 Oratory Winners Listed Winners, of the first annual Plattsmouth Junior High Ora tory Contest, sponsored by the Modern Woodmen of America, were announced late last week, as follows: 7th grade, Homeroom 107 Kathy Albrecht, Charles Mann. 7th, Homeroom 108 Paul Brimberry, Pat Holliway. 7th Homeroom B 2E Ray Spencer, Annette Williams. 7th Homeroom B 1 W Joe Shown. 8th Grade, Homeroom 101 Clair Julian, Steven Gold. nth. Homeroom 103 Marvin Lancaster.. Tom Hansen. 8th, Homeroom Bl - E Bar bara Brittuin, Carolyn Camp bell. An inter-school ora.ory con test will be held Airil 22 i" the high school auditorium at 3 p.m. Judges will be Supt. Oscar Mussman, High School Princi 'pal Wayne Rodehorst and Ele mentary Supervisor William La-dis. Student Council awards will be presented at the contest. The public is invited. This n That In Agriculture Feeders Day, April 22 Dean Weber, will be the fea ture speaker at the 48th Annual Feeders Day at Lincoln. Dr. Weber, Dean of Agriculture at Kansas State University, will' discuss the topic "Adjusting to Changes." Reports on beef cattle experi ments conducted during the past year will be presented by Drs. Matsushima and ClaJitan, A special program for the lad les Is pn the agenda. In 1959 Cass Co. 4-H'ers com peted in 26 State Contests. In those 26 contests these boys and girls were winners in 6 contests and alternates in 6 others. Leonard Hild was winner of the National 4-H Conference trip and alternate in achieve ment; Hunter Ingwerson was al ternate in Boys Record; Marilyn Pollard was canning champion, champion Holsteln Girl and al ternate in General Dairy, Rich ard Lorensen, alternate, in the Roberts Dairy Award, Sharon Dodson, alternate in Frozen Food, Herbert Heil, alternate in poultry contest, Charles Stoehr winner, swine award; Weldon Stoehr, winner, Soil & Water Cons. Award and Paula Ludwig winner in Junior Leadership contest. Teen-age 4-H'ers in Cass Cou nty are now preparing their 4-H awards and reports. The dead line to file them at the Co. Ex tension office is April 20, for 1960 awards. Random-Sample Tests A total of 7,816 eggs were plac ed in incubators March 29 at Lincoln to mark the beginning of the ISth annual Nebraska Random-Sample Turkey Test. The eggs came from 12 states and Canada to make up a total of 30 entries. Both white and bronze varieties are represent ed and these will be grown in an intermingled flock having nearly equal numbers of each color. The Nebraska test is the sec ond oldest Random-Sample Turkey Test in the nation and is considerably larger than most of the 'other tests. It is one of the few tests in which Bronze and White birds compete direct ly with each other in the same buildings and range area. The 1960 test will be conducted on the farm of Herbert Heil at Louisville. Clarence Schmad eke, County Extension Agent. Car Plunged into Water Here Sunday Three Omaha persons eraly Sunday morning had to swim af ter the car in which they were riding dropped off into deep water on the water plant road here. - Two men "took off" and a woman passenger turned her self in to the sheriff's office for help. The car wag Impounded at the sheriff's office. I TTIip i i mi & i il COLUMBIAN RECOGNITION and school custodian F. W. Merger were honored by Columbian PTA last week. They were piesented life memberships for service to schools and community. Prospects for Civil Defense Aid for Road Repair Brighten Prospects for getting federal aid in Cass County for repair of flood-damaged bridges and roads brightened last week. Fred Clark, County Highway Superintendent, toured the co unty Tuesday with a ranking dis trict official of Civil Defense and again Thursday with two in spectors from the Federal Bureau of Public Roads Office in Lin coln. Clark said all three men seem ed impressed with the extent of damage. He said he believed Henry Sander Dies At Age of 94 At San Pedro, Calif. Henry Sander, resident of Cass county for many years, died on Friday, April 15th, at the age of 94 at San Pedro, Calif., where he has made his home for the past fifteen years. Mr. Sander was born June 29, 1865 in Germany and came to the United States when eighteen years of age. He was married at Denison, la., to Hannah Tompson. Jan uary 18, 1889. They came to Plattsmouth to make their home, here in Cass county spent many happy years and reared their family. Locating in this city Mr. Sanders was engaged in wnrkinir at tho Riirlinfrtrm roll road shops for a number of years. In 1906 the family moved to the Cedar Creek community where he was engaged in farm ing. In 1918 Mr. Sanders re turned to Plattsmouth and fo a great many years was em ployed at the local postoffice in hauling mail. Mr. Sanders was a man of genial nature and made a great many friends in the years he made this city his home. He was a member of the Ger man Presbyterian church and later joined the St. Paul's Evan gelical and Reformed church in this city. Survivors include, Mrs. Phil ip Albert, Long Beach, Calif.; Henry Sander, Omaha; Mrs. Henry Albert, Plattsmouth; Miss Anna Sander, San Pedro, Calif., John Sander, San Pedro;' 12 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and 5 great great i grandchildren. Preceding him in death were the wife and one son Andrew. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Sattler funeral home .in this city. Visiting hours will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 on Wed nesday afternoon and evening at the chapel of the funeral home. April 21 Deadline April 21 is the closing date for acceptance of applications for substitute clerk and substitute city carrier in the Post Office here, Postmaster Leslie Niel said today. The Itev. Keith Delap, left, there was a good possibility the county will get some assistance. 'They gave us a lot of encour agement," he said. At this stage, no one in the county knows how much help might be given, but Clark said he was sure it would be an out right grant when it is given, not a loan. He said the grant would be on 1 Mussman, Elementary Supervis a percentage of what it costs to-f or -William Landis, and Board do the repair. He thought the federal share might be "better than half." An early estimate by Clark and the County ' Board of Commis sioners was that some $60,000 damage --had been done to bridges oat in the county and to bridges and roads on the Miss ouri River bottom east of here. Work is scheduled in the next ("few days to replace a small bridge leading south off the river road about a block east of the Burlington Railroad tracks here. Clark said worst damage out county was to bridges in the Union, Avoca and Nehawka area where creek flooding was parti cularly bad. . A bridge near Union and one near Avoca are so badly damag ed, Clark said, that roads are closed. Clark expects to hear soon about Civil Defense aid. He said the state as a whole may receive an allotment which would be apportioned on the basis of greatest need Cass County was the first county to be surveyed by the Bureau of Roads, acting as the inspection agency for the Civil Defense Authority. Hi hd ii :mi'lkm if A ! , fJ t .A Yf vffl -".A';.:t ' ''"i i STUMP AND A HALF Sawmill operator Clayton Pierce is shown with the stump (actual ly only half of it) of a maple tree he removed from the Elmer Tschirren property near the Ma sonie Home in north riattsmouth. II said the Rev. Delap, Herger Given PTA Honors The Rev. Keith Delap, pastoi of First Presbyterian Church, and F. W. Herger, custodian ai Columbian School, were recip ients of the Columbian PTA Hon orary Lite Memberships at the meeting Tuesday night. Herger was escorted to the seat of honor by Donald Kohout and Mark Gall. Rev. Delap was escorted by his two sons, Steven and David; and his daughter, Paula, presented him with the membership pin. Certificates were presented to both by Mrs. R. W. Bernhardt. Mrs. Paul Applegate, princi pal, told in clever verse about Herger's work at school. Mrs. Wayne Green and Rus sel Nielsen spoke of Rev. Delap's community and school activi ties. Mrs. Bernhardt narrated "A Day with Mr. Herger," and "A Week with Rev. Delap", while the following children took part in pantomime: Nancy Nielsen, Bonny Coolbaugh, Christine Bruns, Mike Brookhouser, Alan and John Bernhardt, Leslie De Brie, Steven Miller and Steven Nielsen. Mrs. Donald Miller sang a solo "We Would be Building Temples Still Undone." She was accom panied by Mrs. James Drennen. Durine the well-attended meeting It was decided to pur- chase a record player for the school. Volunteers were obtain- ed for the Summer Reading Pro gram at the library. Mrs. Jack Brookhouser re ported for the nominating com mittee. The following slate of officers was elected: President, Capt. George Sarv er; Vice President, Mrs. Harvey Bruns; Secretary, Joyce VonSeg gern; treasurer, Mrs. Miller; Council delegate, Mrs. Bern hardt. Mrs. Green was presented the Past-president pin by Mrs. Stan ley Cowan, presiding chairman. A great deal of interest was shown in a panel discussion on school problems. Supt, O. F. of Education Members Russell Nielsen and Albert Hansen were panel members. Issues discussed included: the need for outside classrooms; increasing enroll ment, school .library, new text books, achievement tests and federal funds; The consensus was that the greatest .heed confronting our school system at present is funds. Road-E-0 Entry Blanks Available Entry blanks for the annual Teen-Age Road-E-O here are available at the office of the High School, Jay's Skelly Serv ice and Tom's Standard Serv ice. The driving and driving rules competition will be held Sun day, April 24 between 3rd and 4th Streets on Main. The contest is sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Com merce. Local winners advance to a state contest and state winners, to national competition. Entry is open to youths under 20 years of age. Journal Want Ads Pay A, if- V vv I h iO A CLERKS BRIEFED Cass County Clerk Chas. Land shows a record book to the "County Clerks" who visited his office Wednesday as part of Boys and Girls County Government Day, sponsored LUNCpEON GROUP The group above was among county high school students and county official who were guests of the Legion and Auxiliary at the 40 and 8 Club Wednesday. The Auxiliary prepared and served lunch to Govern ment Day participants. Around the table from 'Tree Donations Still Wanted Arbor Day An Arbor Day tree planting ls scheduled for Hill City Dam Site in' west Plattsmouth, the City Park Board has announced. Several local organizations have already announced dona tion of trees to beautify the site which is now part of the city park system. It is hoped others may want to contribute trees and plant them Friday, on Arbor Day. Any group or 'individual in terested is asked to contact Lloyd Fitch, chairman of the Park Board. Planting will be done between 5:30 and 7 at the dam site which can be reached by driving out 'FIT tree was about 8 feet in diameter at its biggest and in order to haul the stump away he and his men had to cut it in two with a chain saw. It was one of the bigget maples he'd ever cut, Piercfl said. r -v V.. ' wViSK by the local American Legion and Auxiliary. The group, all elected "County Clerk" by their schools, was in the records vault in the clerk's office. Planting Scheduled Here Main Street to its end and then taking a jog to the left and a jog to the right. The Park Board will be on hand to assist with the planting and will also advise beforehand about kinds of trees most suita ble for planting. Muncie Donates To Offutt Project Pictured in the Air Pulse, Of futt AFB newspaper, April 8 edition was M. M. Muncie of Plattsmouth with Col. Thomas F. Osborne, base vice-commander. Muncie, Deputy Director of Civil Engineering, presented his $100 donation that week for the "Falcon's Nest", USAF Ac ademy's proposed stadium. The presentation was made in mem- I ory of Lieutenant James E. Mauzy, Bombadier, who was shot down over Germany Aug. 16, 1944, and buried in Belgium.! y mursciay. instead ot taK Mauzy was the son of Mrs. Mun- i'-g a half-holiday as usual, cie. The Courthouse will be open. April 15 was set as the start-' Formerly, the Courthouse clos ing date for the drive to raise, ed Arbor Day but when Satur the $3,500,000 needed. ' day closings were put into effect Muncie's contribution was ac- Arnot' Day was dropped as a cepted by Col. Osborne, project! holiday. officer for the drive. The contri-j Schools will be in session and bution will entitle Mr. Muncie' there'll be postal service and to a nlaoue on a seat, in the stadium engraved, "Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Muncie, Offutt AFB Nebraska." Elmwcod and Avoca Area Sites For Atlas Missiles 'The U. S. Air Force has an nounced sitns for additional missi'.e launching as part of the defense system in the Lincoln area. One of the sites is near Elm wood while the vicinity of Avo ca will provide another new un it as well as one at Palmyra in Oto county. . left were Kathy Elliott, Jean Marie Kieckman and' Carolyn Vincent, all from Alvo, and the fol lowing from Weeping Water Kay Clark, Judy Sheehan, Jeri Michelsen, Kathy Keplinger, Bon nie Noble and Mary Stubbendeck. Hill City Dam (Dam 10-A in the flood control program for this watershed) was built last summer and fall and was dedi cated last summer, along with two other dams as the first step in the flood control program. The City Park Board partici pated along with firms and in dividuals in financing acquisi tion of the site for the dam. Dams were built by the feder al government. It is hoped the Hill City site can be developed into a park picnic area by the Park Board. Planting of trees is one of the first steps toward that goal. Bank Will Take Arbor Day Off It'll be business as usual Fri day, Arbor Day, here for all ex cept Plattsmouth State Bank. The bank will be closed all day Friday but will be open all mail deliveries as usual. THE WEATI'FK Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. April 14. 15, 16, 17. 1960 High Low Prec. 71 53 .00 77 55 .00 57 37 1.2 49 34 .00 Readings taken at 8 a.m. Forecast: High in lower 60s: low in 40 s. Fair and warmer, no precipitation is predicted. Sun sets tonight at 7:07; rises Tuesday at 5:39 a.m. $17,560.70 Awarded in Damage Suit The biggest award in an auto mobile accident. damage suit in nearly 21 years in District Court here was made by a jury Thurs day night. At 10:10 p.m., after having de liberated about two hours, the jury awarded Mrs. Elaine Stan ley of Greenwood $7r(i0.70 for expenses and injuries she said she sustained as a result of an accident July 13, 1957. Mrs. Stanley had brought suit against Ralph V. Lane of Mil lard, seeking $41,346.20 for al leged damages. Evidence in the case was heard before Judge John M Dierks and the jury Wednesday and Thursday. The award was the largest in that kind of suit since $17,594 was awarded by a District Court jury here Nov. 22, 1939. The accident occurred on State 50 two miles south of Louisville and involved a car driven by the defendant in the actiton and one driven by James C. Knight of Lincoln with whom Mrs. Stanley wafi riding. Last Monday, another suit in connection with the same accident, Marlene Wilson Rnd dolph vs. Ralph V. Lane, was filed in District Court. Mrs. Rud olph seeks $50,462.30 for alleged damage due to injuries and ex penses. She, too, wa.s a passen ger with Knight. Here Wednesday and Thurs day the jury was composed of Albert Kraft, Mrs. Dorothy Dod son, Frank M. Smith, Richard E. Brown, Harold C. Wilken, Mrs. Hettie W. Larson, W. S. McGrew Jr.. Bob Hirz, Mrs. Leta Rogers, Mrs. Madge V. Farrell, Herman Bose and Mrs. Richard Helm. Brown was foreman. Death of Bohumil Baburek Saturday At Omaha Hospital Saturday moraning at 8 o' clock, Bohumil Baburek, 77, died at St. Joseph's hospital at Omaha, where he has been a patient for the past six weeks. He has been in failing health for the past three years. He was born June 7, 1882 in Czechoslovakia, son of Edward and Rosena Kunz Baburek, spending his boyhood in the land of his birth and in 1904 came to the United States. Mr. Baburek was married October 15. 1907 at Omaha to Anna Floral. Surviving are: wife, Mrs. Anna Baburek, Plattsmouth; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Play har, Missoula, Mont.; Mrs. An na Rejda, Sargent, Neb.; four sons, Joseph, Omaha; William Ansley, Nebr.; John and Paul, Plattsmouth; 20 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren. Mr. Baburek farmed in the Comstock, Neb., community for many years and also engaged in carpenter work. He retired some ten years ago. He was a member of St. John's (Continued on Page 6) Alert Attendant Foils Possible Station Robbery An alert station attendant's actions here Sunday about 11 p. I m. possibly saved the station ' from being robbed. A ear containing three men ! pulled up to the station, with mud smeared over its plates, , and one man got out and walked S towards the office. The attend- ', ant observed the man conceal I something behind his leg. so he ; reached for a wrench. One of the men still in the car i saw the attendant get the wren ch so he yelled at the man who . had gotten out. Quickly the man returned to the car and they I sped off. In returning to the ear. the i man dropped his concealed wea I pon which wa.s a foot long. piece of lead wrapped in tape. The attendant furnished the sheriff's office with a descrip tion of the men and the car. Commission Meets Tuesday, Wednesday The Cass County Board of Commissioners are scheduled to meet Tuesday and Wednesday for their regular second April meeting. Sessions are to begin about mid-morning oh day.