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CDQJTtHl JJflDUKIMIL STATE HIST, eccilty x 1303 a ST. n::coi:i. is-.. ' Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 79 TWENTY-FOUR PACES THREE SECTIONS PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY. MAY 5, 1960 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 49 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Plattsm Poppy Day Memorial Is Saturday Millions of red paper poppies, colorful memorials to America's war dead, will be worn through out Plattsmouth, Saturday. The annual observance is di rected by the American Legion Auxiliary, which uses the serv ices of volunteer workers to dis tribute the memorial flowers. Mrs. Donald Warga, Auxiliary Poppy Day Chairman, has an nounced that 50 volunteers from the Plattsmouth area will be on the streets offering the veteran-made poppies to the public. Poppy Day has been observed In Plattsmouth for the past 39 years. Mrs. Warga said the American Legion and Auxiliary adopted the poppy as the offic ial memorial flower shortly af ter the first World War. ' Origi nally silk poppies were made by war widows and orphans in France for distribution in this country. But soon afterwards, disabled American veterans be gan making the now-familiar red popi.ies out of crepe paper," Mrs. warga continued. "The poppy was a familiar sight to servicemen In Europe duiing Jie first World War. The hardy little flower, which was immortalized in Lt. Col. John McRae's poem, 'In Flanders Fields,' bloomed in the war-torn battle'fieds and offered a touch of color to our soldiers' bleak surroundings." "When the men returned home In 1918 they remembered the poppy and soon adopted lt as a symbol of their comrades who had died in battle. It be came a bright memorial to American dead of three wars and is also a tribute to our liv ing, disabled veterans," Mrs. Warga said. All money received form Pop py Day goes directly to disabled American veterans or members of their families. Elbert Wiles, Life Long Resident of Community, Dies Elbert Wiles, 77, lifelong resi dent of this portion of Cass county, died Tuesday, May 3rd at the farm home south of this city as result of an heart at tack. Mr. Wiles has been in fail ing health for the past five years. He was born at Plattsmouth November 27, 1882, son of James and Martha . Gapen Wiles. Growing to manhood Mr. Wiles followed farming and stock raising as his life work and was one of the outstanding farmers of the county. On August 11, 1912 he was married to Ogia Minford, at the Minford home at Murray, the bride being daughter of one of long time families of the Mur ray community. Surviving is: Wife, Mrs. Ogla Wiles, Piattsmouth; .three brothers, Ralph, Glenn and My ron Wiles, all of 'laitsmouth; two nephews, Clark Wiles, Plattsmouth; George Minford, Murray; one niece, Mrs. Frances Schliefert, Louisville. Mr. Wiles was tne eldest of four sons. The father and mother preceded him in death several years ago. Mr. Wiles was a most success ful farmer and his reputation as a breeder of fine Belgian was nation wide, his stock being shown at the Nebraska and Iowa state fairs, also at the Amencan Royal stock show at Kansas Cuy, Mo. He served for over forty years as a oxiecoir of scnooi district No. 3 and was a in a a tngu.y esteemed for his business aou ity and Interest. 1.1 tne cOium un ity in -wnieh he has made ms home. , Mr. Wiles was a lifetime member of the Evangelical Uni ted Brethern church at Mynard and active in us affairs. Funeral services will be Fri day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Caldwell-Linder funeral home, Rev. Melvin Shafer of the Mynard church officiating. Mrs. Melvin Shafer will be soloist and Mrs. Roy O. Cole as organ ist. Interment will be at the Horning cemetery with George Minford, Orville Muller, Carl Schliefert, Glenn Schliefert, Clark Wiles, Emerson Wiles as casket bearers. Visiting hours will be today (Thursday i 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 at the chapel of the funeral home. Journal Want Ads Pay A - t J . t ; . f M , i A i I A - -ps? - r-H-, s COSTUME WINNERS Judy Baumgart, right, daughter of Mrs. Melvin Moritz, was selected "Miss Junior Poppy" here last week. Judith Ann Ohiioutka was second in the contest. Both girls will help with the local poppy sales Saturday, May 7, Poppy Day. Miss Baumgart is chairman of the Junior group, Miss Ohnoutka an active member. Juniors will wear their Poppy costumes, selling Poppiespoppy day. Judges in the contest were Mrs. James Dren- nen, Mrs. John Kalasek, Mrs. De Forest Perry and Shirley More-head. School Board! Reoraa n izes The School Board met Mon day evening at 7:30. The old Board transacted preliminary business and listen ed to Mrs. Elmer Gochenour and Mrs. Dale Jackson, repre senting Wintersteen PTA, con cerning a request for a new pi ano for the Wintersteen School. The Board suggested that the PTA investigate prices and work with Supt. O. F. Mussman in securing a piano. Miss Leonard Honored by PTA Council Miss Verna Leonard, Platts mouth librarian, Tuesday night was honored by the Plattsmouth FTA Council for her public ser vice. She was presented a life membership in the PTA "on be half of all the children she has helped so faithfully all the many years she has been libra rian." Presentation was by-O. F. Mussman, superintendent of schools, and was made during the regular May meeting of the Council at Central School cafe teria. New officers of the Council for the next term were sworn in. They are: Mrs. Ray Bern hardt, president; Mrs. Dale Jackson, vice president; Mrs. Albert Hansen, secretary, and Mrs. J. W. Taenzler, treasurer. Mrs. Green, Council president, presided at the meeting. Neal Parsons Named Weeping Water Supt. WEEPING WATER ( Special i Neal B. Parson has been selected by the Weeping Water board of Education to be the superintendent of the school for the coming year. He has signed a two year contract. Parsons has been superinten dent of the Shubert school since 1952. Mr. Parsons has a Master's Degree and is working for a Doctor's degree. He served in the Navy during World War II as Lt. Commander and has served in the Union, Wahoo schools and also at York College and at Wesleyan. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons have two chil dren, a son in high school and a daughter who will be in the 8th grade. A Classified sd In The Journal cost a little as 50 cents. The Board then adjourned. Ray Larson, president, express ed the gratitude 'of the Board to Al Hansen and Fred Herre for their faithful service to the School District and invited them to as many of the future meetings as they might wish to attend. They are retiring Board members. The Board reconvened and elected the following officers lor the 1960-1901 term: President Ray Larson Vice-Preildcnt John Cloidt Jr. Secretary Maxine Cloidt. Board members sworn in were Miss Cloidt who was re-elected and Harold Lebens, to full terms, and Leslie Hutchinson, to a one-year term. The board decided to accept federal aid in remodeling the high school science laboratory. The resignation of William Landis as elementary supervisor was accepted. The contracts of Rachael Block, an elementary teacher, and William Todd, as a sci ence and math teacher were approved. The Buildings and Grounds Committee of the Board is to meet with Mussman to study needs and recommend the a mount of summer maintenance work to be assigned to the 1960 1961 school budget. PROM KOYALTY Plattsmouth High's Junior-Senior Prom )ueen and Kin? are shown with their attendants. Quoen Diana Allison is at center and to her left are 1959 Queen Linda Long Commissioner i&aces Interest Cass Body Still Not identified Circumstances surrounding the finding of a body in timber land tour miles west of Orea polis siiil remains a mystery. The body of a man was lounti at 3.4.3 p.m. Tuesday aiternoon on groundo owned oy me Watte River ! t-filing Co.jpa .y. 'two employees ol the company, Jack McCieuan and bernaiU Gra bow, made the discovery and suisuiiuned Snenn 'l'oin soio- mon. i no body was located about a hmt mile north of the farm house which has bee.i vacant since ast August. 'Ihe County Corner James Beley was summoned to tne scene by the sheiut and oilieers conducted their investigations to' ether. 1 Vlie oody is that of a man 1 over 45, live feet tall, weighing about 130 pounds, white, witn hgiit brown nair, partially bald, iiu tipper or lower leeth. The body may have lain there six months or longer and evi dently wild .a.iimais had torn it apart and much of the cloth ing was torn loose and missing, the sheriff said. No identification papers were found on the body or in the im mediate area. Oniy one arm re mained and fingerprints from the remaining hand could not be obtained. The man wore size 4 shoes and because he was only five leet tall was first thought to be a young man but the balding head and no teeth lead officials to oeiicve him to be much older. Tne man s hat carreid the la bel ot a new oi k store and a Key lound under tne body with a sta;nped number on it car ried the name "Lancaster, Pa." In the man's pocket, was found a razor which indicates L may of been a transient in asmuch as many transients carry shaving equipment in their pockets. The man had been wearing cotton gloves which may indi cate he died during the winter months. Sheriff Barkus of Glenwood veiwed the body Wednesday and told Solomon that a man fitting the size and figure of the body found, was ia Glenwood dar ing the month of December seeking shelter. The Lancaster, Pa., police department was furnished with the information and is checking flies of missing persons. The body is being held at Sat tiers Funeral Home until the investigation is complete. If no identification is made, burial will be at Plattsmouth. Men Face Charges For Gas, Oil Theft Three Lincoln men face petit larceny charges in County Court Friday after stealing 15 gallons of oil and 10 to 15 gal lons of gas from the Fred Schuelke farm two miles north of Alvo shortly after midnight Sunday night. Sheriff Tom Solomon said the men put the gas in their car and used some of the oil. Committee Tonite Picks 'Queen A special committee is to meet tonight to select the win ner in the Chamber of Com merce "Queen for a Day" Con test. Entries were asked in a con gest to pick a deserving mother for the honor in observance of Mother's Day Sunday. Tne win ner will be notifed by the select ion committee. Entrants were to write in 100 words or fewer why their nomi nee is deserving to be "Qaeen for a Day.'' Following is a list of mer chants cooperating by donating gifts for the winning motner. Seaman's, Gamble', Swatek's; Jochimsen's, Ray & J o h n s Knorr's, Soennichsen's Dry Goods, Soennichsen's Grocery O'Connell's, Ruback's, Beauty Box, Ladies Toggery, Schreiner's, Hinky Dinky. Style Shop, B & H Shoes, Feld housen Drug, Biles Paint Store, Plattsmouth Paint, Stibal's, Linder Firestone, Brown Floral Shop, Style Shop Beauty Shop, Grove Jewelry, Cass Drug and The Journal. Extension Service Seeks Office Change The Cass County Extension Service Board has asked the County Commission for permis sion' to move the Extension of fice from the Fair Board's Agri cultural Auditorium to another building in Weeping Water owned by the Fair Board, just across the street. It's a build ing being remodeled with Ak-Sar-Ben grant assistance. Elmer Sprague of Louisville, Extension Board chairman, and board member William Klemme of Nehawka were here Tuesday to ask the Board of Commis sioners for approval, rV ,Tne Commissioner took the request under advisement. $11,300 Seen In CD Road It appears Cass County will be able to get $11,300 in Federal Civil Defense assistance toward bridge and road repair and re building necessitated by flood damage this spring. The County Board of Com missioners Tuesday signed pa pers forwarded by the State Dept. of Roads which adminis ters the assistance program. Receipt of that amount is contingent on the county's do ing specified repair and re building projects and standing the balance of the cost, esti mated at about twice the fed eral assistance figure. This is work which the county would have to do anyway, since it all is on the regular road sys tem. To get the. assistance, the county must have started work on the designated projects by July 1. The projects include the road from the grade crossing of the Burlington Railroad below low- and attendants Noveta Humiston, On King Francis Lebens's right are 1959 King Tom Mincer, Larry Christenson, Bill Farris and Galen Pritchard. Journal Photo by Krner Prica Zone Ordinance 'Advanced' Here The City Council Monday night acted to advance a city zoning ordinance to a second reading. Further reading of the ordin ance will be at a subsequent meeting. The Council has a reg- Paving Gets City Council Attention Street improvement got City Council attention Monday night following a zoning ordinance 1 hearing at a special meeting. The Council passed a motion ordering creation of a street improvement district on Avenue C from 10th to 15th. The Council ordered prepara tion of an ordinance creating the district. A petition purporting to con tain signatures of more than 60 per cent of resident property owners for a proposed district was received. It was for: "That part of the alley in Block 12 in Thompson's Addition to the City of Plattsmouth lying north of the south property line of Lots 8 and 19 in said Block 12 . . . and extended thence north to the north property line of Diamond Street, also known as Seventh Avenue. "Diamond Street, also known as Seventh Avenue between Block 5 and Block.12 in Thomp son's Addition to the City of Plattsmouth, together with the Included intersections." The petition which contained six signatures, some of them husband and wife signers, was referred to the Council's Streets and Alleys Committee for study and recommendation and to the City Attorney for checking of signatures. for County Assistance er Main to the river, Also included are bridge pro jects near Union, Avoca and Nehawka. The bridge in the Union vi cinity was undermined and col lapsed this spring when record winter snows melted. The Commissioners Tuesday authorized Highway Supt. Fred Clark to negotiate with the State Dept. of Roads for a sur plus state bridge for the Union j site. Several state bridges which aie being replaced are known to be available. They are about 120 to 130 feet long. THE PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL Official County and City Paper Established In 1881 Published Semi-Weekly, Mon days and Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass Coun ty, Nebr. Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 8. 1879. Susan Lebens, and Judy Niekles. ular session next Monday night. The move to advance the or dinance followed the Council tiearing on the proposal which was attended by about 20 per sons, including several members of the City Plan Commission vhieh acted as a Zoning Com mission to prepare the proposal. As at the prior Zoning Com mission hearing, most of per sons who attended came to make inquires about portions of the ordinance. As a result of the discussion, the ordinance will be amended slightly in a couple places for clarification. Councilman Warren Rhylander suggested that the area east of the Highway 73-75 by-pass be zoned "commercial" south to the city limit. He saia that when there is commercial growth it will be westward. He said he felt it would be "easier" for a person wanting to get a zone changed to have "commercial" rezoned "resi dential" initially. The proposal calls for a "com mercial" zone for that portion of the area which has already been designated as the luture site of Winterset Manor, a restaurant-recreation area business location. This was the only question raised about the proposed ordin ance, except for the minor clar ification. Passage of ordinances requires three readings; however, second and third readings can be by passed by suspending the rules governing passage and reading the ordinance by title only those times. The ordinance proposal is an 11-page document. It would be published as a legal notice for the first time alter passage ,before becoming effective.. . ; Contract for Use of Roads Being Negotiated A contract between Cass County and an Omaha trucking firm which will unload and truck equipment for the Con sumers Public Power District power station at Hallam near Lincoln is being negotiated. The firm asked and got tenta tive approval to use a route on county roads from the Platts mouth dock area on the Mis souri River front to the point where the route enters Lancast er County. Tuesday, a representative of the firm was at the meeting of the County Board of Commis sioners to present a contract. Some additions and changes were advised by County Attor ney James Begley. The Commissioners agreed to furnish a road patrol (grader) at $15 an hour to follow the caravan of trucks hauling the heavy and big equipment. The patrol would smooth out any ruts left by the trucks. Because of the size of equip ment, it will be moved by coun ty roads. Shoring of bridges, moving of power and telephone lines and tree trimming will be necessary. Widest pieces of equipment are nearly 30 feet wide. The equipment is on its way by train a..d river barge, hav ing been bunt at Phnauelpiaa. Dr. and Mrs. P. T. Heineman motored to Burwell the past weekend lor a field trip of Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, a state wide organization inter ested in birds. They watched the prairie chickens and saw 58 different birds. THE WEATMKK Complied for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. May 2, 3, 4. 1900 High Low Prec. Monday Tuesday 72 . 55 .00 . 75 53 .00 . 83 59 .40 Wednesday Readings taken at 8 a.m. Forecast: High in 60's; low near 50. Showers and thunder storms will decrease tonight. Sun sets tonight at 7:26; rises Friday at 5:15 a.m. County ?3 Seek Each District One Nomination Races for nomination for Commissioner from District One (the Plattsmouth area are of particular interest in Cass County in Tuesday's primary election. Three candidates each are seeking Republican and Demo cratic nomination. Incumbent William Nolte of West Rock Bluff Precinct is seeking nomination for elect tion to a fourth term on the Re publican ticket. He is opposed by Gerald (Jack) Ault of Cedar Creek and Chester Sporer, West Rock Bluff, both seeking office for the first time. BALLOTS INSIDE Samples of the official Re publican, Democrat and non-political ballots to be voted Tuesday at the pri mary election can be found on pages 4 and 5 of Section C of this edition of The Journal. v This issue also contains several political advertise ments of persons seeking nomination for candidacy hi the November runoff elec tion. Polls Tuesday will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in all Cass County's 21 precincts. Klection returns will be tab ulated Tuesday night by the office of county clerk in the Courthouse here. On the Democratic ticket, Dale Bowman of Plattsmouth, Harold Gregg of West Rock Bluff and Jim Markham of Plattsmouth seek nomination. All are first-time political of fice seekers. Other county offices, all 'non political, are without competi tive races. . - County - Judge .Raymond J. Case of Plattsmouth is unop posed for re-election as Is Dis trict Judge John M. Dierks of Nebraska City who serves this district. Edwin McHugh of Murdock, incumbent Cass-Sarpy county senator in the unicameral, seeks re-election. Edwin Clas sen of Bellevue is also on the ballot and since two candidates will be named for the November runoff there is no race except perhaps to indicate a trend for the Fall. Brief sketches of the Com missioner nomination candi date's follow: Republican Nolte W. F. Nolte, 68, lives and farms in West Rock Bluff where he has lived since 1918. The Noltes have a married dau ghter in Iowa and a son, Eu gene, at Murray. Nolte has long been chairman of the County Public Welfare Dept. as a Com mission assignment. Ault Gerald (Jack) Ault, 48, has farmed and been in busi ness in the Cedar Creek com munity for 30 years. He attend ed high school in Nehawka, Louisville and Plattsmouth and Park College, Kansas City, Mo. Sporer Chester Sporer, 55, farms northwest of Murray. He was born north of Murray. He's a graduate of Plattsmouth High School and attended the Agri culture College of the Univer sity of Nebraska and Nebraska Wesleyan University. Democrat Bowman Dale Bowman, 40. is a barber here and manager of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce. He is a 1937 Platts mouth High graduate. He is ac tive in veterans affairs and or ganizations and Is a past state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Markham Jim Markham, 55, has lived in the county 31 years and has served 19 years as ad ministrator or supervisor l:i government service. He has a civil engineering degree and served as surveyor and highway commissioner for Cass County in 1949 and 1950. Currently, lie is in engineering and construc tion work. Gregg Harold Gregg. 43, farms and feeds cattle in West Rock Bluff. He has lived in the county 14 years, has been ac tive in several farm groups and 4-H work. He is a member of the Livestock Feeders Associa tion and the Cass County Com mittee for Reorganization of Districts.