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J TSIMKDJIUTIHI JflDUKNAIL l:::?ol: I Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo -Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 79 EIGHT PACES PL ATTS MOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY. MAY 16. 1960 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 52 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday r w CONSERVATION STUDY The Rock Bluff 4-II Conservation Club Tuesday saw conserva tion pract'cs first hand on a lour of farms in this area. Above, Al Rhine, conservationist from Corn Prop Deadline Is May 18 The deadline for placing 1959 crop corn under price support loan in Cass County is May 18, the Cass ASC County Office an nounced today. This date has been set by the Cass ASC County Committee to allow time to inspect the storage structure, measure the corn, and take samples for grade and moisture tests. Commodity credit corporation regulations require that these items and all the necessary loan papers must be completed not later than May 31. Corn price support may be obtained by means of a nonre course loan on either farm-stored or warehouse-stored corn or through a purchase agreement with the government. All corn of the 1959 crop is eligible pro- vided it is of acceptable quality. Here in Cass county, the sup port rate is $1.08 per bushel. Ear or shelled corn must grade No. 3 or better except that corn grading No. 4 because of test weight only is eligible lor loan. To be eligible for a price sup port loan, cornwnust be stored in an approved structure and during May must not contain more than 16.0 percent moist ure, if in the ear, or. 14.0 percent moisture, if shelled. ,' Purchase agreements are a- vailable through May 31 to those who do not care to place 1959-crop corn under loan. Un der purchase agreements the owner pays nominal service tee for the agreement and may de liver the speciiied quantity of corn to CCC at the tune the regular loans mature. Since no money is borrowed, there is no interest to pay. Another feature is that pur chase agreement corn is not graded or tested for moisture until time for delivery to CCC. Delivery of the corn to CCC is optional' with the owner. He cannot, however, deliver more corn than is specified in tne agreement. Corn loans and purchase a greements being entered into at this time will mature July 31. Since the maturity date is on a Sunday, corn under warehouse lean may be redemmed through Aug. 1. Farm-stored corn un der loan may be redeemed any time up to the moment it is delivered to the account of CCC. At maturity, the grain, if it meets eiigiDnity requirements, may be reseated and kept in storage for an additional parioa. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 . THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Piattsmoutn, Nebraska. May 12, 13, 14, 15. 1960 High Low Prec. Thursday 81 44 .00 Friday 74 57 .00 Saturday 83 54 .00 Sunday 71 61 .60 Readings taken at 8 a.m. Forecast: High in upptT 70's: low in mid 50 s. Thunderstorms tonight. Sun sets tonight at 7:30; rises Tuesday at 5:04 a.m. -tV71 - ft 6 Weeping Water, was telling about waterway plantings on the Leland Meisinger farm south west of Plattsmouth. Rock Bluff 4-H Conservation Club Sees Practices on Farms Rock Bluff 4-H Conservation Club Tuesday was taken on a tour of conservation projects in this area by Clarence Sehma deke, County Extension Agent, and Al Rinne, unit conserva tionist of the Soil Conservation Service, eeping Water. Members saw several sites, two of them an earthen dam on the Leland Meisinger farm and another dam on the Charles Spangler farm. Rinne explained methods of conservation and types of plantings for grassed water ways. The tour was made possible Tuesday because the Rock Bluff School was being used as a vot ing site in the primary election. Club members on the tour Supreme Court Sustains Cass District Court The Nebraska State Supreme Court in a decision Friday, sus tained the Cass County District Court in denying a writ of man damus seeking to compel the Board of County Commissioners to rebuild a bridge and to main tain a section line highway north of Elmwood. The case was brought by Louisa Kunz, Golda Haithand Kenneth , Haith against 'the commissioners, H. L. Borne meier, W. F. Nolte and Melvin R. Todd. County Attorney James F. Begley represented the county in the action. The opinion concluded that the Board of Commissioners did not in any way abuse its discre tion in the use of county bridge and road funds by denying the request to restore the road. First Christian Church AAarks 100th Year First Christian Church is celebrating its centennial this week. The Centennial church serv ice was Sunday at the regular church hour. A special Old Fashioned Revival Service was held Sunday night. Wednesday night at 6:30, the Centennial Banquet will be held in the church's Fellowship Room. Rev. Fred Coley, pastor of Broadway Christian Church, Council Bluffs, will speak. On the Centennial Committee are P. F. Rihn, Mrs. Dale Jackson, Mrs. E. B. Thomason, Kenneth Wright and Rev. J. W. Taenzler, the church's pastor. Following is a section of ma terial included in a Centennial pamphlet the church prepared tor the observance: Commissioners Meet The Cass County Board of Commissioners are scheduled to meet Tuesday and Wednesday for their regular second May meeting at the courthouse. Vote Being Canvassed Mrs. Fred Bourck and Mrs. A. W. Huebner Friday began the job of canvassing the Cass County primary election votes. First they canvassed votes on the Salt-Wahoo Watershed Dis trict proposal, will continue with the Democratic, Republi can and non-political ballots. were Mitch Shera, Vickie Moore, Margaret Mohr, Gail Sullivan, Kenny Moore, Donna Morris, Billy Mohr, Nancy Shera, Mary Hull, Ted McCormack, I Kay Hull and Marilyn Mohr. The teacher, Mrs. Betty Lam bert, and Mrs. Art Mohr accom panied the club. Mrs. Mohr, Schmadeke and Rinne drove cars. Afterwards, Schmadeke bought a treat in Plattsmouth for the club members. Marilyn Mohr is club reporter. Mayor Proclaims Armed Forces Day May 20 Mayor Grant Roberts today proclaimed Friday, May 20, as Armed Forces Day in Platts mouth and called on citizens here and invited those of sur rounding communities to take part in the observance. He said the day is "set aside to honor men and women of our armed services for their part in the past and presently in keep ing America strong.'' "It is our duty as Americans to support these efforts and to recognize the importance of the contributions of the men and women of the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard," he said. There will be a military par ade here at 7:30 p.m., followed and preceded by viewing of mil itary displays and window dis plays on Armed Forces Day. There will also be a concert by the Strategic Air Command's Band, and free bingo sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Mile Stones We began with the early settlers of Nebraska Terri tory. In 1854. Richard Brown a member of the Christian Church in Missouri, crossed the Missouri river and staked out a farm. In October of the same year, a Christian preach er, Joel M. Wood, located in the same community. These two men staked out a town site and called it Brownville. In January of 1855 first Christian Church of the territory was organized at Brownville. James Conoran, an Iowa preacher, was instrumental in organizing the second Christian Church in 1858 in Rock Bluff a thriving town about eight miles southeast of Platts mouth. In 1858, Thomas Jefferson Todd and his wife Mary homesteaded five miles northwest of Plattsmouth. They began holding meetings in homes and schoolhouses. In May, I860, Charles Evans came to Plattsmouth and First C hristian Church romotion for 69 Sth - Promotional exercises will bf held for G9 eighth grade gradu ates of Cass County Class Ont schools Saturday, May 21, at . p.m. at the Louisville Schooi Auditorium. Rev. Win. L. McCord. pasto. ot Louisville Methodist Church, will address the graduates. Dip:on:as and awards will be presented by L. A. Behiends. c n u nty superime.-d-nt of schools. . welcome will be given by Jak vu'icn, ouisvilie juperm tcnclent. ' Members of the graduating class, will b? heard in various selections. The graduates are: District 2 Francis Cook, Bob by Marchand. District 5 Marilyn Mohr, Lto. ard Williams. District 6 Sharlene Kahler, Johnny Morris, Roberta Ramge, Marilyn Studey. District 7 Donna Campbell, Delores West. ' District 10 Wanda Hostetter. District 11 Edward Atkinson, Sharon Morton, Shirley Morton. District 12 Geraldine Bond, John Carneal, Linda Hoback. District 17 Allen Crom, Mary Lechner, Linda Morton, Gordon Ried, Ellen Stine. District 25 Sharon Kiser. District 28 Carroll Bashus, David Oelke. District 31 Norma Baker Charles Bunkhouser, Edward Piner. District 33 William Leddy, Donna Tlustos. District 37 Bobbie Rader. District 41 Patricia Meising er. District 42 Alfred Major, Gene Stoehr, John Tschirren. District 45 Terry Tilson, Sandra Toman, Terry Wiles. District 47 Darlene Dean, Steven Group, Gary Read, Mary Sprieck, James Ti.idle. District 50 Ralph Wiles. Large Barn On Henry Dietl Farm Swept By Fire , Friday afternoon the Platts mouth lire department was called to the Henry Dietl fram five miles west of Plattsmouth where the large barn on the place was reported on fire. The Louisville fire department was on the scene and both de partments were unable to check the fire that had gained great headway before it was discovered by neighbors. The Dietl family were absent from home at the time and it was not until after the arrival of the department that Mrs, Dietl returned home. Cause of the fire is unknown and no estimate can be given of the extent of the olss. Fortun ately no live stock were in the building at the time of the fire. The contents were largely hay and a few pieces of farm equip ment. Building Dale to 1S74 Graders District 50 Connie Fitzpa ,.ck, Linda Martin. Ron Nolte, ucy "Sparer, Ellen Sprieck, Joe Timm, Patricia Wohlfar'th. DijUiet 7 - Connie 3oidan. District 58 Jean Reinke. District 63 vVesl-y iaus-' jhild, Paul Johnson. District 79 Mark Heil. District 81 Jean Gillespie. District 38 ' Ronald Barn hart. District 96 Ronald Berg ;ann, Ralph Puis, Larry Shee han, Linda Slreehan, Raymond Sluyter. District 97 Jerry Garringer, Kirby McGlll, Barbara Schneid er. District 105 Fredrick Neu melster, Katherine Neumeistcr, Rita Neumeister. Graduation For 35 at Louisville LOUISVILLE (Special) Thirty-five seniors of the Louis ville High School will receive diplomas at commencement ex erises on Friday, May 20, at 8 p.m. in the High School Aud itorium. Baccalaureate will be held on Sunday, May 15, at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The address at commencement will be given by Cecil Stanley, assistant commissioner of Vo cational Education for Nebr aska. His topic will be "Now is the Time for Greatness". Diplomas will be presented by John Fusselman and Rod ney Bender will present class awards and scholarships. Members of the graduating class are: Volene Albert, Douglas Alfrey, Frank Baker, Dennis Barnes, Joe Citta, Sharon Dietl, Sandra Doty, Patsy Dobbs, Gerald Em- i.bury, Judy Funkhpuser, Jack imager. Janice Graham, Janice Habel, Norma Heard, Herbert Heil, Janice Hennlngs, Mary Heil. Paul Herbic, Barry Hermanson, Roy Hinkle, Janean Hubbell, Gary Knutson. Jerry Luken, Mary Mayfield, Connie Meisinger, Wayne Miller James Monohon, Rita Reed, Ruth Ann Sprieck, Danny Stohl mann, Sandra Stohlmann, Le Mar Vogler, LeRoy Voigtman, and Robert Weisneth. High School Band Elects Officers 1960-61 high school band of ficers were elected at the school Friday morning according to band director Richard Kucera. Officers elected were presi dent. Kenneth Price; vice presi dent, John Carr; secretary, Su san Lebens and treasurer, Joyce Buechler. Journal Want Ads Pay held a meeting in the home of Isaac Wiles. In the Eileen berry School house, a log structure with slab benches located three miles south of Plattsmouth, our church was organized with 14 charter members. T. J. Todd was elected elder, Benjamin Jenkins, John Chandler and Jesse Jenkins were elected deacons. The following year, James Conoran came across the river from Iowa to preach one Sunday a month. The Con gregation slowly increased in numbers. They met in private homes, the courthouse and other public buildings until 1874 when they bought the Congrega tional Church for $700. In the fall of 1874, seats were bought costing $173 plus freight of $21. The building was 36 x 40. Several years later (Continued on Page 8i ft &. ' . .... i 4 ...... ? - . " . . .. i Interior Remodeled by & f cQ r-v H? AWARD WINNERS Among the special award winners at the Athletic Banouet Thurs day were the boys shown above, from left: Jim Stewart, most valuable in track; Al Dasher, most valuable in football, co-captain in basketball; Jim Shown, most valuable in basketball and free throw champion; Brian Nelson, co-cap(ain in Dasher, Shown, 'Most Valuable A crowd of about 150 turned out Thursday night to honor Plattsmouth High School boys who participated in athletics the past school year. The occasion was the Cham ber of Commerce's annual Ath letic Banquet at the school auditorium. Besides honoring - all the school's athletes and managers, the event paid tribute to boys winning special awards for the past seasons and letter winners were announced. Named "Most Valuable'' were Al Dasher in football, Jim Shown in basketball and Jim Stewart in track. In football and basketball the MVP awards winners were cho sen by vote of the squad mem bers. In trak, the award is giv en to the athlete scoring most points during the meet season. Dasher was an all-around backfield star, a standout on both offense and defense. Shown was one of the basket ball squad's fastest players, a good playmaker and scorer. Shown also won his third straight trophy lor free-throw accuracy, shooting better than 72 per cent. Stewart, dash man, anchor man on the 880 relay team and broad jumper added to a great season last week by winning the 100 and 220 and anchoring the winning 880 relay team as Plattsmouth won the Class B District meet at Seward. Named honorary co-captains in the three sports the past sea sons were: football Roger Noell, end, and Don McKulsky, tackle; basketball Dasher, forward, and Noell, center: track Brian Nelson, half-mil-er, a id Jim Hurst, dash man. Special awards were given to three basketball players: Larry Marler won the varsity sportsmanship trophy. INUn of th Church Denny Campbell won the tro phy as the most improved re serve player. Tom Smith won a special re serve sportsmanship trophy do nated by Robert Gal), local re serve game official. Letter winners announced by Bill Hawkins, football coach and athletic director; John Adkins, basketball coach; and Cecil Mc Knight, track coach, are: Henry F. Thun Dies Today at 89 After Long Illness Henry Friedrick Thun, 89, died this morning at the River side nursing home where he has been a patient for the past few weeks. He has been ill for the past two years. He was borji November 30, 1870 in Germany and came to the United States when a young man. He was engaged as a car penter and farmer in the past years until his retirement. He was married in 1900 to Katherine Tank in Cass county and with his wife made their home in this section of Nebraska at Louisville, South Bend, Eagle and for the greater part of the time at Ashland, where he was active in the community and known to many friends. The wife preceded him in fleath in 1955 for the past two and a half years he has resided in Plattsmouth where he was tenderly cared for at the home of his son, George and wife un til necessary to have him taken to the nursing home. Surviving are: children, Aug ust, Omaha; Henry, Springfield; Mrs. Henry Jacobs, Cedar Bluffs; Mrs. P. L. Haley, Rich mond, Calif.; George, Platts mouth. Mr. Thun was a member of the Lutheran church at Ash land. Visiting hours at Sattler Fun eral Home Tuesday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral arrangements are pending with burial at the Ash land cemetery. Inquiries may be made at the Sattler funeral home. City Grows, 1st Census Report Shows Preliminary figures on results of the 1960 census released by the office of the Omaha District: Office, Bureau of the Census, show gains in four of the five counties of the district. These Ore. figures may be enlarged as the Mr. Hostetter resided for final count is released. I many years on the farm east of Plattsmouth has shown a gain Murray where he was esteemed in the past 10 years from 4.874 ' by a large circle of friends of In 1950 to 5,336 for 19G0 so far. j many years standing. Cass County as a whole hasj Funeral will be Tuesday after shown a gain from 16.361 in i noon at 2 o'clock at the chapel of 1950 to 17.811 in the 10-year pe riod. Louisville has advanced from 1.014 in 1950 to 1.190 for 1960. Weeping Water has a slight loss in the first figures, 1,070 in 1950 and 1.041 in the 1960 figures. Sarpy County has shown the largest gain. 15.693 31.2G3 in 1960. This in 1050 to ncludes an increase of 4. 884 at Offutt Air Base. Millard in Sarpy County has tripled in th 10 years period to 1,012. trac;k Jim Hurst, co-captain In track; Roger Noell, co-captain in basketball and football; Don IMcKulsly, co-captain in football; Denny Camp bell, most improved reserve basketball player. Lairy Marlcr and Tom Smith, winners of sports manship trophies for varsity arid reserve basket ball are not shown. Stewart Athletes Football Freshmen David Nettleman, Roer Beverage. Sophomores Steve K..-;n, Emery Green. , Juniors -- Jim Stewart, Diwe Wilson, Larry Toothakcr, Leo Ilackler, Galen t'rii chard. Jon l Carr,- Jim Scay, Ronald v.'l. liams, lion iJoardman. Seniors Roger Noell, Larry Marler, Brian Nelson, J tin Shown, Francis Lebens, Don Mc Kulsky, Lynn Hendrix, Larry Christ enson, Paul Anderson, Basketball Sophomore Denny Camp bell. Juniors Galen Pritc.hard, Dave Albert, Jim Stewart. Seniors Jim Shown, Al Dasher, Roger Noell, Larry Marler. Track Freshmen Larry Cadwell, Bob Weddle. . Sophomores Albert frst, Denny Campbell, Kon- To'u Smith. Juniors Jim Stewart, Lee Hackler, Larry Tootliaker, Jim Seay, Dave Wilson Dave Hoh man, Duane Haith, Alan Han sen. Seniors Jim Hurst, Robert Akins, Brian Nelson, Roger Noell, Jim Shown, Al Dasher, Don McKulsky, Charles. Stoehr. President Harold Smock and manager Dale Bowman presided at the banquet for the Cham ber The VFW Auxiliary pre pared the meal served by the Pep Club. Dee Hostetter, Prominent Murray Resident Dies Dee Hostetter, 73, prominent resident of the Murray commun ity, died Saturday afternoon at St. Joseph hospital at Omaha where he has been a patient. He has been in failing health for the past two years. He was born March 22, 1887 at Manhattan, Kan., son of John and Raechel Gentry Hostetter. When five years of age he was brought by his parents to the Murray community where he has since resided. He was married on October 1, 1912 at Glenwood, la., to Pearl Bailors who survives, his death. Other survivors are children, Lyle Hostetter, Omaha; Louis. Kenneth, Mrs. Betty Campbell. Murray; Keith, Union: Ronald, Murray: Mrs. Maxine Younker, Plattsmouth. Mrs. Arline Top- liff . Plattsmouth; mneteen brothers, grandchildren: two Thomas Hostetter, Omaha ; Portland, William Hostetter, the Caldwell-Linder furtral home. Rev. Joe Barr of the Mur ray Presbyterian church offici ating. Burial will be at the Lewiston cemetery southeast of Murray. " Visiting hours will be today (Monday 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 at the chapel. Caldwell-Linder funeral home in charge of arrangements. A Classified Ad in The Journal cost as little as 60 cnts.