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1 i.L-:.. CIA 2 HI3?. societ ): i;;a ji sr. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elm wood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 79 El CUT PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY. APRIL 25. I960 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER -16 Mrs. Detmcr Heads County Cancer Crusade Mrs. Arnold Detmer, Weeping Water, was elected Cass County President of the American Can cer Society at the Crusade meet ing held at the Congregational Church, Weeping Water, Tues day evening, April 8. Naomi Day, Plattsmouth, was elected County Treasurer of the Society. Other officers held over are Mrs. De Forest Philpot, Vice President and Mrs. Herbert Oehlerking, Elmwood, Secretary. Mrs. Orlie Ragoss and Mrs. Merle Ragoss were presented pins of recognition "for their unselfish service rendered for the good of the Society." Richard McCord,' Field Rep resentative showed the film, "To Smoke or Not To Smoke." The film "Time and Two Women" was also shown. j ' Crusade material was distri-1 buted to the workers present. The precinct and town workers who were not present are asked to contact Mrs. Clarence Nor-j rls, Weeping Water Crusade; Chnirnv-m. j All Cancer Crusade collections j and memorial funds may be: sent to the new treasurer, Naomi Day, or . the Crusade chairman. Mrs. Clarence Nor- ri.s. Roy Smith Has Alpha Zeta Post LINCOLN David Whitney of Humboldt has been elected Chancellor of Alpha Zeta, agri cultural honorary fraternity for undergraduate students at the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture. Charles Holomka of Western is retiring Chancel lor. Other officers named at a meeting of the group Thursday night include David Armstrong, Clearwater, Scribe, Richard R. Frahm, Lyman, Censor; Roy L. Smith, Plattsmouth, Chron icler; and Russell Edeal, Over ton, representative to the Ag Ex ecutive Board at the College. The slate of new officers will be installed in May. Journal Want Ads Pay Local Commandery Co-Host At Nebraska Templar Conclave i I I . .: Edward F. Wednesday and Thursday, the 88th annual conclave of the Knights Templar of Nebraska was held at Falls City, Mt. Sinai Commandery No. 8 of Falls City and Mt; Zion Commandery No 5 of Platt'smouth being co-hosts of the event. Edward F. Wehrbein of this city, retiring Grand Commander of the Templars, presided at the convention he'.d at the city audi- torium. The opening of the conclave was by Mt. Sinai commandery and was followed by the recep tion and introduction of Grand Commander Wehrbein. Plattsmouth members of the grand commandery had commit tee assignments. Raymond E. Story, commander of Command ery No. 5 was on the committee on doings of grand officers. Wil liam F. Evers. past grand com mander was on the Triennial committee. Sir Knight and Mrs. Raymond E. Story were on the committee on grand command er's reception. Story was in charge of registration. The grand commandery at their session on Thursday elect ed as grand commander for 1960-61, C. Harold Edwards of Omaha who served as deputy grand commander under Grand Local Students Honored at The Ag College Twenty-four sophomores in the College of Agriculture at the University of Nebraska were initiated in Alpha Zeta, honor ary agricultural f raternity Thursday night. Three of the honorees were from Cass county, Daniel and Roger Wehrbein, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wehrbein of this city and Leroy Harshman of Nehaw ka. State Senator John Cooper of Humboldt was chief speaker at the event. Roger Wehrbein Block-Bridle Award Winner LINCOLN A College of Ag riculture student from Buenos Aires, Argentina took top hon ors in the livestock judging con test conducted by the Block and Bridle Club. He is Fernando Lagos who totaled 922 points out of a pos sible 1,000 points. Announcement of his placing was made at the annual Block and Bridle Club honors banquet here Friday night. He was awarded a watch by Nixon and Company of Oma ha. Runner-up honors in the con test went to Larry Williams. Johnstown with 912 points follow ed by John Joyner. Lincoln, with 911 points. Roger Wehrbein, Plattsmouth was named winner of the merit trophy award made annually to an outstanding member of the Block and Bridle Club. The a ward is based on scholarship, Block and Bridle Activities and other college activities. Wehrbein currently is serving as president of the Ag. Execut ive Board, member of the Stud ent Union Board of Managers, public relations committee, and treasurer of Corn Cobs. He is a member of Alpha Gamma Rho social fraternity and Alpha Zeta, honorary agriculture fra ternity. In 1956 Wehrbein was awarded a $100 University Reg ent Scholarship and a $200 Sears scholarship. Junior division livestock win ners included: cattle, Frank Puis, Manley. Wehrbein Commander Wehrbein. Preceding the grand com mandery the Past Commanders Association held their annual banquet at the Hotel Stephenson. Raymond Lancaster of Murray, president, and Harold H. Thorn of Omaha were in charge of this meeting. - The ladies of the party were en'ertained during the sessions with tours of the city by bus, luncheon at the First Presbyter ian Church, a memorial service at city auditorium and a card party at the Masonic Temple reception room. The grand commandery ban quet was held on Thursday for the Sir Knights and ladies. Public installation of officers was Friday evening to close the three days of activity. Those attending sessions from here were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wehrbein, Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond E. Story, Marion Reed, Roy Moore, Clayton Rhylander, Clement Woster, Leslie Potts. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Evers, Cecil Karr, William Smith of Murray. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Noell. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Sulli van and Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Noell were at the past com manders banquet. Price Wins Teen-Age Road-E-O Keener Price, 18, a senior at Plattsmouth High School Sun Jay was winner of the Teen-Age ioad-E-O sponsored by the uutsmouth Junior Chamber of , Second place wi t to Dennis j Brink. 17, a senior and third to! Albert Wetenkamp, 1(5, a junior. Price had a total score of 284. 144 in tiie written quiz on road rules and skills and 140 in the driving eompetion. It was the best driving score of the. day. Brink had 148 in the quiz, the top score in that section, and j 13a i. the driving test for a 278 ! total. Wetenkamp scored 120 in the quiz, 130 in driving for 250. Others who won certificates in the Koad-E-O included three girls. Certificate winners were Carolyn Vinduska, score of 241; (Miss ) Pat Smock, 237; Ruth Mann, 212; and Roger Johnson, 183. Driving competition included driving a straight line and a serpentine course, olfsct driving and parking. Price scored a perfect 50 (no demerits i in the straight line test. It was the only perfect peri'orma.'.ce in a driving exer cise. Bri:,k had 40 (one demerit each) in serpentine driving and parking. Wetenkamp had 40 in the ser pentine test. Dean Biles was the chair man in charge of the contest for the Jaycees. Mayor Grant Rob-! m.nps nave been remits or, riausmoiun since June, to , nne ti ts awarded the prizes and ie f stationed at O f utt. Sergeant tummmgs met his wife in Eng crtificites 1 1 "n a vls "h,le ne was on a tour of duty in Germany. The The contest was held on Main1 London vHtors are enjoying their stay in the States Pictured are ureM hPtwPPn ?rH nnd 4th Sail'''' Mitz the Iooc!le. Oean, Mrs. C'ummings, Mrs. Adams at right, Streets with traffic re-routed during the time the course was set up and the contest run off. Helping with judging were members of the State Highway Patrol and the City Police De partment. ' Price qualified to enter the state Teen-Age Road-E-O which leads to a national competition with scholarships as top prizes, j Jerome Smith In Creighton's Scholastic Elite Names of the top 48 students at Creighton University for the Sast year were released Friday y the Very Rev. Carl M. Rein ert, S. J. Creighton President. This group will be honored at a banquet Saturday. April 30, in the main dining room of the University Student Center be ginning at 6:30 p.m. Father Reinert will speak briefly and a color slide presentation, "The Creighton Story," will be shown. Attorney Joseph Leahy will ser ve as master of ceremonies. , " The group, representing the top two scholastically from each of Creighton's 23 classes, in cludes, Jerome Smith, son of I TVfr nnH Mrc Waltpr Smith n sophomore in the college of bus iness administration. Call Your News And Social Iten-s to 241 'CfX:'? - , I SI Journal Want Ads Pay I o'clock at City Hall. Hill V&F ' e tV Aw '""'""LiT SSu" ' ' ' v- ''fl'e4ZJmlma" "''ll",' "" W "n " WMiifclHiW IIM .nil . ' ' T. M RAILROAD CAR This is a little different kind of railroad car than ordinary. It was seen here last week when Burlington officials evidently wanted to inspect some of the line's track. Driv ing an automobile on railroad trucks is a neat trick. j V7 I 4J' 5fc iL SPECIAL EASTER G TESTS Sergeant and Mrs. Stanley J. Cummings and their pre-sehool children, Larry, Sally and Dean of 3(;5 IJilHrest had special Easter guests from England. Arriving by plane April 6 were Mr. and Mrs. II. G. Adams of London, par ents of Mrs. C'ummings. They will be here this month. The Cum- - est son, was too bashful to have 38 Trees Planted Here at am Site on Thirty-eight trees were plant- d he Arbor Dav at Hill city Dam Site, which is now part of the city park system. The planting by 14 organiza tions and individuals was clone under supervision of the City Park Board and was the first step in improvement of the site of flood control dam 10-A. Several of the organizations contributed and planted , several trees, one planting 10. Included in the Arbor Day ob servance were the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Senior Women's Club, Lions Club, American Le gion Auxiliary, Mrs. Jaycees, Plattsmouth Garden Club, Jay cees, Blue Birds, Camp Fire Girls, Sunbonnet Garden Club, VFW Auxiliary, Oak Leaf Ex tension Club, Roy Clark and Mrs. LeRoy Covert. The Park Board, Lloyd Fitch chairman, assisted donors in selecting suitable trees. Planting can still be done for any groups or individuals who want to do donate trees but were unable to be at the Arbor Day activity. (The Journal photographed several groups during the plant ing ceremonies. These photos 1 . . - i - . W-i ' I J regular session tonight at 8 :-"y,, vU. his picture taken.) Arbor Day were to have appeared in today's Journal but the photos were de layed in transit to such an ex tent that engravings were not available today. They will ap pear Thursday.) Mrs. Walton Extension Tea Speaker May 3 Mrs. Peggy Walton, Home Ec onomist with the Nebraska Wheat Commission will be the featured speaker at the Home Extension Council Spring Tea, on May 3. The annual Spring Tea will be held at the Weeping Water Agri cultural Auditorium, commenc ing at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Lucille Dyer, Director of Public Welfare. Plattsmouth, will make a presentation on Civil Defense. Mrs. Walton will tell of her trip to Lausanne, Switzerland in 1959 to be in charge of an International trade fair's dem onstration kitchen. Through a series of slides and a short mov ie, the audienc ewill stop in Lon don, Rotterdam, Lausanne, Rome, and Madrid. The tea is held each year in observance of National Home Demonstration Week, the first week in May. v. ?.... w..- SPFCIAL WHEELS The car little wheels fore and aft that hold Ihe ear on the tracks as the tires rid tha rails. The sets of Vinduska Soil-Water Chairman .Henry Vinduska of Platts mouth is the new chairman of I he Cass Soil and Water Con servation District. The election was he'd at the Apr! meeting of the Hoard. Oth;jr officers and directors are; Eldon Mrr.donha.ll of Elm wood, Vice Chiirrnan; Harold Meisinier of Weeping Water, secretary; Wayne Weyeis of Elmwood, tieasur?r; and board member Clarence Engelkem.'ier of Murray. Engelkemicr served as chairman of the board for the past few years. Mendenha'.l, Weyers, and Mei singer were recently elected to the board, for four-year terms. Clarence Schmadeke, County Extension Agent. Announcement On Kindergarten Testing Made Announcement was made to day of the annual special tests for children eligible for early entrance into kindergarten. Application forms and a list of qualified examiners in the testing program will be mailed to parents of eligible children on request to the office of County Supt. of Schools L. A. Bern-ends. The program for testing for early entrance into kindergarten is approved by the State Department of Education, and it is controlled by the reg ulations established by the de partment. Children whose fifth birthdays fall after Oct. 15 but prior to Jan. 1 are eligible to take this examination. The state regulation requires that the child have a mental age of five years and six months by the time school opens in Sept ember in order to be eligible for entrance into kindergarten. These standards are required not as a means of excluding children from school, but rather to safeguard the younger child who is entering the school sys tem, and thereby more nearly insure success in his early edu cational experience. The fee for this examination as set by the State Department of Educaion is $5, payable at the time the examination is given and before a report is released. The parent must provide evid ence of the child's birthdate. This is best accomplished by the birth certificate which must be taken to the examiner with the applicaion Form C. Only qualified examiners ap proved by the State are eligible to give these examinations. Appointments for .examina tion are made by parents, not by the county superintend ent. There will be no testing center j at Plattsmouth. All testing should be clone in May 'and June. No examinations should be given after Aug est 15, except under very un usual circumstances. The Nebraska School Law pro viding for entrance into kinder garten by the testing program is permissive only. It does not re quire that a school district ac cept a child under legal age by i the testing procedure. City Council Meets Tonight ' ... ...... -i-v- - . . is equipped with are rimmed to regular rubber wheels fold up when not in use. OldUmers say cars were used a lot in this way in the past but for many of us ate a little unusual. Awards VFW at Sunday afternoon and eve ning Lepert-Wolever post No. 2543 'Veterans of Foreign Wars held annual past commanders banquet and awards of honors to the residents of the commun ity for outstanding service. The banquet was presided .ver by Lloyd Fitch. There was a largf group of distinguished ' nests and visiting representat ives of VFW from over the s'ate. Among those presented by Fitch included Harold Smock and Mrs. Smock for their work iii the Chamber of Commerce and Junior Chamber of Comm erce; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Sch neider of the Junior Chamber; Charles E. Ault, for his serv ices in Scout activities; Robert Gall, John Ahrens Sr., com mander of World War I Veter ans, Paul E. Fauquet, for his services in the conservation and flood control work; Robert Lowe, state quartermaster of the VFW, Mrs. Lloyd Fitch, president of the local Legion Auxiliary; Mrs. Paul Harmon of Omaha, Mrs. Stocking of Falls City, president of district No. 6 of the VFW Auxiliary. Those receiving awards were: Winford Dasher, for outstand ing service in the community, long and faithful membership in the Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department rendering ser vice to the community when needed. The annual scholarship award given by the VFW was awarded to Patricia Smock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Smock. The scholorship being to the Methodist Hospital at Omaha for nurse training. This was pre sented by Harry Porter, past commander, on behalf of the post. Caroline Gerdts was awarded a $25 check for her success in winning the VFW essay con test in the high school. Award for community service was presented to the Platts mouth Journal for its services in advancing the community wel fare and progress in the past year. This was presented by Rudy Stoll, commander of 1959 60. Certificates of meritorious ser vice in the Red Cross drive as presented by the American Leg ion to th VFW post and Auxil iary, by Mrs. Lloyd Fitch, Leg ion Auxiliary president and Frank Smith for the Legion. Mrs. Patricia Baburek, presi dent of the Auxiliary presented gifts to her officers for their services and Rudy Stoll, present ed gifts to his assisting officers for the past year. Mrs. Sophia Wolever was pres ented a national award pin for her work in the membership drive the past year by Mrs. Harry Porter. Certificates of merit was pre sented Rudy Stoll for the success of the post by the state depart ment for the past year. The address of the banquet was given by Mr. Lowe, giving high compliment to the Lepert Wolever post for their splendid record in keeping their mem bership at a high mark for many years as well as their commun ity work. The speaker also discussed criticism of various groups and organizations attacking the pro- for rights won for the men gram of veterans legislature, "seeking to destroy the long fought for rights won for the men who served," among these are Given by Banquet the right for hospitalization. Investigation had shown that charges "that many were treat ed there who had means of other hospitalization" was unwarrant ed he said. He also urged that World War I veterans be given considera tion by veteran Rroups, as nil the legislation tli;vt benefited the present day ' veterans had been secured with help of World War I veterans including the GI Bill of Rights for World War II veterans, insurance features and opportunity for education. He urged that further legisla tion in regard to pensions be taken up to iron out the "In equalities" of the new law. Mr. Lowe then installed the officers for 1960-61, the Eagles Hall, as follows: Commander. Jack Barnard; senior vice-commander, Fred Draper; junior vice commander, Arnold Buechler; quartermas ter, Harry Porter; judge advo cate, Lloyd Fitch; Chaplain, Glen Staack; physician, Dr. R. F. Brendel; three year trustee, Kenneth Wohlfarth. The officers of the Auxiliary were installed by Mrs. Paul Harmon of Omaha at the Eagles hall in a very impressive, man ner. The officers installed were: President, Ruth Porter; Sen ior Vice President, Lillian Dash er, Junior Vice President, Nor ma Wilson; treasurer, Sophia Wolever; secretary, Margaret Fitch; chaplain, Pearl Myers; conductress, Helen Liddick; new trustee, Amanda Davidson; color bearers, Clara Price, Max ine Bowman, Phyllis Barnard, Juanita Baburek; flag bearer, Clara Rhoden; banner bearer, Millie Uher; historian, Doris Tibbs; patriotic Instructor, Pat Baburek; musician, Marge Wil lis and assistant musician, Luc ille McLean. Golf Meeting Tuesday Night A meeting of the Plattsmouth Country Club will be held Tues day night at the Lions Commun ity Building following the Lions Club meeting, Boyd Linder, chairman of the group develop ing a golf course here said to day. Further action in promotion of the course needs to be taken. The course northwest of here was seeded a couple week ago, a lot of grass is up and needs a shower. Furse Picked To Attend Journalism Awards Program Two University of Nebraska School of Journalism Advertising students were selected to attend the 15th annual College Awards Program in St. Louis Sunday through Tuesday (April 24 thr ough 26). The program is sponsored by the St. Louis Advertising club. Twenty-two students from mid west schools are selected to at tend. The two Nebraskans who will attend are senior Ron Furse of Plattsmouth and junior Mary Lu Keill of Lincoln. They will be accompanied on the trip by journalism advertising profes sor Conrad Hill. Advertising Club spokesmen said that the University of Nebraska representatives would have an opportunity to hear and discuss operations of advertis ing agencies and company ad vertising departments, national manufacturers and retail depart ment stores. They will also meet and talk to advertising execut ives from all levels of the pro fession. On Tuesday at a luncheon the students will receive certificat es of achievement and meet the St. Louis Cardinals basebail team. THE WEATI'KK Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weal her Station. Plattsmouth, Nebraska. April 21, 22, 23, 21, 1960 High Low Pree. Thursday 79 01 Friday 88 70 Saturday 80 66 Sunday 85 58 .00 .00 .00 .00 Readings taken at 8 a.m. Forecast: High near 80; low in lower 50's. Chance of thun derstorm and showers. Sun sets tonight at 6:41; rises Tuesday at 6:18 a.m.