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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday W W 1 Tr"sT M 'rrt Consolidated With the Nehowka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 79 SIXTEEN PACES PL ATTSMOin H. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 1960 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 83 1MB Miss Nielsen, Elmwood, Is Queen Hopeful Kathleen Joann Nielsen, 17, of Elmwood is a candidate for 1900 Uueen of the Kass Kounty King Korn Karnival. A green-eyed brunette, Miss Nielsen is the daughter of Mv and Mrs. Svend A. Nielsen, Rt. 1, Murdock. She is a graduate of Elmwood High School, where she was eal utatorian of her graduating class this year. In school she was active in music groups, athletics and the Pep Club and was an officer four years. Miss Nielsen was a class of ficer four years, was editcy of the school annual and was on the school paper staff. She was homecoming queen at tendant in. 1959-60. She won a regents scholarship and the Marie L. Story scholar ship this year. She plans to at tend Wesleyan University. rr ' J f s Kathleen Nielsen Korn Karnival participation will not be new for Miss Nielsen. She was a KKK Page in 1949 and a KKK Countess In 1959. A member of the Peter Van Fleet Memorial Methodist Chur ch in Elmwood, she has been active in choir and YOuth Fel lowship. She helped with chur ch schol, Vacation Bible School and study classes. She attended Cascade and Wa bash rural schools until the sixth grade when she transferred to Elmwood schools- Her father's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Nielsen, came to Cass County in 1900 and Sevend was born in Cass County. He's lived in the county all his life, farmed and worked as a carpen ter. He is a member of the Elm wood Board of Education and an active churchman. Mrs. Nielsen is a member of a prominent Texas family and is active in the church. The Nielsens have two other children, a daughter who teach es at Beatrice and a son in the fourth grade. Kathleen Nielsen is 5-6Vi and weighs 123. (One of 12 candidates for KKK Queen, being introduced by this series of articles, will be select ed to reign over the 1960 Kar nival along with a King to be chosen from the Plattsmouth community). The Karnival is Sept. 22-23-24. Let Holiday Weekend Be One of Rest The last summer holiday weekend of the year, Labor Day, is always a major killer on the highways of the country. Falling on Monday each year one of the few holidays which does it offers everyone a long weekend. Because the weather there after turns cool for swimming and boating, and because mil lions of young people must re turn to school or college short ly thereafter, Labor Day is ob served with unusual gusto. The idea of Labor Day is re cognition of the millions of working people, and no better holiday observance could be imagined. Yet four or five hun dred people might lose their lives in the coming holiday per iod. Remember, then, when you make your plans for the holi day that it would be good to observe Labor Day, 1961, and to be around for the event in fu ture years. Make this holiday one of rest not frenzied driving and haste. HOOK MAKKKKS I'lattsmouth Schools this fall will put into service about 2.500 new books. Thev all had to be stamped and marked prior to next Tuesday's school opening, Karen Keil, left, anil Nancy liiilin worked at the job of stumping books and are shown before a table stacked with hundreds of the texts they marked. . 'Normal Frost Date Might Hurt Corn Belt' - "55 days from corn silking to maturity" denotes the fate of much of the nation's corn crop this year. This figure, presented by Iowa State University, merely states that after corn is 75 per cent silked, it takes 55 days for it to reach "physiological maturity," which indicates a maximum yield beyond the harm of frost. Since most corn was planted late and summer temperatures have been below normal, a nor mal frost date would be quite harmful to many fields. In general, the moisture situa tion this year has been quite favorable. No drought area of large size has appeared. August rains have covered many of the very important corn producing areas rather thoroughly. Many parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana have been favored with rainfall normal or abeve. Some western areas in Kansas, Nebraska arid South Dakota have suffered-loss from lack of rain, as have southwest ern and northern Minnesota. But, in general, the drier areas have been those on the fringe of the corn belt while the favor ed ones have been areas of high production. Crop reporters in late August most often indicated the corn i crop condition as "good" with'ter Elsie C. Bogenrcif; son Mel- the "very goods" and "fairs") about, balancing each other. Corn insect enemies are al-1 ways present and this year in aacuuon 10 ine coin oorer, uie , corn leaf aphid and corn root- worm are most often mentioned. ' The rootworm causes corn to ; Mr. Barr grew up in this corn lodge heavily in fall rains .and ; munity where ho was educated winds because its larva eats off in the local schools and for supporting roots. At times, the , some years was engaged with adult beetles may be so num- i the BREX shops as long as his erous as to eat off silks, which! health permitted. The greater reduces pollination. Heavy in-! iesiauons nave oeen repuneu from Nebraska, South Dakota and Tennessee. The leaf aphid or "plant louse" appears every year in varying numbers. It congregates on the tassel and upper leaves in bluish green clusters, which j at times almost completely cov-' er the surface. Damage results j in barren ears, decreased ear! size, or ears with poor fill. Aphids have been reported ; this year from many states, but j no heavy infestation has been ' indicated. 5 Bids on Trucks For Street Dept. Four local bidders and one from Omaha bid here Monday to furnish the city two trucks for the Street Dept. The bids were taken under advisement, will be tabulated by Councilman Warren Rhylander ; and a special meeting is set for Saturday morning to consider; the bids. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 THE WEATHER Compiled for the Plattsmouth Journal at the Masonic Homo Weather Station, Plattsmouth. Nebraska. August 29, 30, 31, 1960 Date High Low Prec. Monday 72 69 .00 Tuesday 85 73 .00 Wednesday ... 86 75 .CO Forecast: low in 70's. High in mid. 90's, Continued fair and hot. Sun sets tonight at 6:57; rises Friday at 5:51 a.m. Si... - I institute Cass County Teachers' In siitute for teachers of Class 1 Schools will be held on Friday, Sept. 2, at the Lions Club Rooms in Plattsmouth. Registration will begin at 8 o'clock at the office of the Coun ty Superintendent in the Court house. George M. Barr Dies after Long Illness Wednesday George: Melvin Barr, 76, died Wednesday night at the family home, 617 North 9th. St., fol lowing an illness that covered the past two years. Mr. Barr was a resident of Plattsmouth almost all his life.1 V I - ,... "- - , . ... 1 . : ., , . being brought to thu city by j Cub Scout committee mem his parents when 11. I berg and den mothers are ask- He was born April 13, 1883,1 ed to attend a meeting Wed at Havrisburg, Pa., son of Peter j nesday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. and Christina Bartlebaugh Barr. jn the Blue Flame Room of The family later moved west the Gas Company. Attendance and setiled in Plattsmouth thatj js urged by news reporter, Mrs. ha3 been the home for many , Oscar Mussman. years. Mrs, Mussman suggested any- On October 2, 1907, Mr. Barr one desiring to become a den was married to Miss Mary Eled-; mother please come to the ge of this city. Surviving are the wife, daugh-, vin W. Barr, all of Plattsmouth: oranrisnn Kenneth Schroeder: granddaughters Lois E. Coakleyj and Sharon D. Barr;' great: grancson james w. (ua!s.iL,y unu a sister, Mrs. Marietta Long. Plattsmouth. I part of his lifetime was spent ! in scenes oi ms yuuui, uiung nic Missouri River where for years he was engaged as a commercial j fisherman, one of the best known in the state. 1 He was a man possessed of . many friends in the community,1 while his health permitted his getting around, Funeral will be Saturday, Sept. 3, at 2 p.m. Sattler Funeral Home. Rev. J. W. Taenzler, pas- tor of First Christian Church, will officiate. Visiting hours will be Friday afternoon and evening 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 at Sattler's. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Elmwood School Opens Monday ELMWOOD (Special i School wjii begin Monday, Sept. 5, 8:40 a m. to 2:30 p.m. j Tuesday is a regular clay 7:30 to 5 with classes 8:40 to 3:45. I Noon intermission is part of the ; school day. Driving at noon or visiting downtown will be permitted only j Pointing out that special com with the consent of one of the , nliUet,s and ticket selling loca i school faculty, the school said ! Bus drivers are Orvjlle I.enz, j Mitchell Shelley, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bornemeier. Clarence Fieischman will substitute for I Lenz the first week. j Hot lunch will be served on Monday at the regular price of 30 cents a meal. Monthly meal tickets of 20 meals each are $6. Semester meal tickets 90 meals leach are $25. Kindei garden milk tickets are $2 a semester. A Classified Ad in The Journal cost as little as 50 cents. LOTS OF SCIENCE Much is racing the rest of the world toward science goals in this Space Age. It would seem the schools are doing a pretty good job of preparing youngsters for their place in a more complicated life. The table above at the high school holds almost entirely science books for elementary school pupils. eacners s ay Miss Mary Dodson, Consult ant for the Macmillan Company of Chicago will feature the ses sion with a workshop center ing on the language arts area of the program of studies. Mrs. Myrtle V. Day, Associate Director of Health Education of the State Department of Health will assist teachers in planning the health program in the schools. "How Do Others See Us and How Can They Know Us Bet ter", will be discussed by Paul S.hubach, public relations direc tor of the Nebraska State Educa tion Asociation. Cub Scourers To Meet Sept. 7 meeting or call her at 7238. It js estimated four den mothers are still needed to carry on the work of the Cub Scouts. Drainage Problem Ecar Kief aopeared before irricf tne City council Mcnaay nignt ' witn the mayor casting the to ask the city to take care ofdeciding vote t0 breal a tje. drainage prooiem aiiecimg his property on Wintersteen Hill, j He said runoff water from lstj Street goes down 5th Avenue and is eating away at the bank! alongside his property. ! The Council said it would look ! inlQ tne pr0biem. The Dick Tincher family spent, the weekend in North Platte, where they visited the Wayne Reike family and also the Shrad-1 er Rhoden family who recently ! moved to North Platte. I Rotary Sponsors Appearance Rubinoff To Play Violin Concert Here Nov. 7 The Plattsmouth Community for his concert the fabulous (including local school children) I Stradivarius voilin which, in- ! light Nov. 7 when Rubinoff and I his Violin, internationally ed nonular concert artist, an-; pears at the high school audi torium here under sponsorship of the Plattsmouth Rotary Club. "We feel indeed fortunate in beins able to bring such a great artist to Plattsmouth," A. W. Huebner, club president said to-! clay in making the announcem- ent. "and we are sure this will :be an outstanding event tions would be announced soon, Huebner said Rubinoff's appear ance will be staged as a benefit for the Public Schools Music Dept. Rubinoff and His Violin, a long-favorite American comb ination, is well-known to mil lions both from his current con cert appearances, nationwide ra dio broadcasts with Eddie Can tor, television guestings, and his motion picture engagements. This tour is heralded as a con cert "in tune with the times." The musician will bring here l'J T v : said these days about America's Roof Renewal For Courthouse The County Board of Com missioners in a special meet ing Tuesday decided to accept the $9,995 bid of Carl Tiekot fcer of Plattsmouth for renewal of the Courthouse roof. : Work will include all new metal for the drainage facilities and replacement of the slate roofing with asbestos shingles. ' The job does not include the roof of the cupola or bell tower Work is to be done yet this fall. The Commissioners had twice advertized for bids on repair or renewal of the roof but had not received a bid. Funds are in cluded in the current budget for the project. The roof of the building has never been renewed but has been repaired several times. The Courthouse Is almost 70 years Qld. Qff-Sale Liquor License Asked An application by Keener I. Price, 316 Chicago Ave., for an 'off-sale package liquor license for that address is to be con sidered by the City Council at a hearing set for Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Price's application came be fore the Council Monday night at its special meeting. Price previously was denied a Class C (on and off sale) li quor license for the Chicago Avenue address. The Council's decision was 3-2 Intersection OK The State Dept. of Roads has given the City permission to in stall the approach to Thayer Street which is already under contract for paving. The department's "OK" was needed because Thayer inter- sects with Chicago Avenue, U.S. 73-75-34. Design calls for widening thej intersection beyond the width which has been in usage. i "possess the most beautiful fam-ltonal qualities in the entire world:" and a new program of favorites, such as Warsaw Con- certo, Chopin's Polonaise, De- Bussy's Clair de Lune, and Ger-- shwin's Rhapsody in Blue. These ' compositions will have their pre- mier performance as violin solos j arranged and maestro Tickets will be available soon. r.F- 4 Rubinoff inn 1 Mrtimi'T rwi i ' Copper Dollar Champ Horse W-M Cattle Co., Plattsmouth,! won two grand prizes and six j other awards in the annual Ne braska Appaloosa Horse Club Show at Columbus. . j W-M's Copper Dollar was j named grand champion per- j formance horse and high point horse. ' j Other W-M prize winners: j Copper Valentine, 1960 stallions; ! Copper Penny, 1960 fillies; Cop per Dollar, junior western plea sure horses, rescue race, camas prairie stump race and bare back Indian style. $23,141.90 Bid Taken On Sewer A bid of $23,141.90 for con struction of a sanitary lateral sewer in Lincoln Avenue South and Ideal Heights Addition Mon day night was accepted by the City Council, subject to approval of the Board of Public Works. The bid, by Anchor Construc tion Co., Omaha, was the only one received on the project, 5,556 lineal feet of sewer and 16 manholes. Anchor has the contract for construction of a sanitary out let sewer to be built in connec tion with the sewage treatment plant, scheduled for start of construction soon. The engineer's estimate on the Lincoln Avenue sewer was $23, 288. The sewer was requested by Andrew Epperson, developer of Ideal Heights, and several meet-: ings were held to determine whether dpposition was sufficient to block the project. Resident! owners of 51 per cent of prop erty (measured by front foot-1 age i to be assessed were need-; ed as objectors to keep the re-! quest from being granted. Objection was substantially short. Construction is to begin soon and be completed within 60 days of beginning. Cass GOP Plans Fund Raising Banquet Sept. 9 The Republicans of Cass Co will have a Fund Raising Ban quet in Murdock School Audi torium at 7 p.m. Sept. 9. Tickets are $5 each. Mrs. Ivan! Balfour is in charge of tickets; and her committee is busy sell-; ing tickets. Sen. Roman Hruska and Representative Glenn Cun ningham wil be guest speakers, j Robert Cole of Plattsmouth is the new Republican Chairman;' Mrs. Gwen Scoles, Union,! vice chairman; Mrs. James East- j ridge, Murray, secretary; Mrs. F. H. Brunson, Louisville, trea- i surer, and Mrs. Arley Clements, Elmwood, manpower chairman, f CrOUD Plans District Conference The Plattsmouth PTA met in the High School with a very good representation from all units of the local schools. Mrs. Wayne Green reported that the summer story hour at the library had been a worth while project. Plattsmouth PTA council will be host for the fall District con ference. Meetings will be held at the high school auditorium, Oct. 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All units will be participat ing in some way to make the conference a worthwhile one. The program is being planned by the State Office. It is hoped that there will be a good attendance. in rs. Koke Dies, 6 Murt in Cor Accident Here Mrs. Grace Koke, 51, of Platts mouth was fatally injured and six other persons, four from PlattsinouUi, were injured in a two car accident here Wednes day. Mrs. Koke was a passenger with four other Plattsmouth women returning from work in Omaha. Mrs Susan Titus was driving the car in which the Plattsmouth women were riding. It and a car driven' by Albert S. Lutrick, Omaha, collided at the intersection of the Highway 73-75 by-pass and the Cedar Creek (Cemetery) Road. Mrs. Koke sutfered head and internal injuries. She died en route to the hospital. Mrs. Koke, widowed mother of two sons, was seated in the back seat of the Titus car next to the right door which wnsi the point of the impact, according to She ril f Tom Solomon who in vestigated. Most seriously injured of the other Plattsmouth women was Mrs. Beverly Sutton, listed as "critical" this morning after an operation for a ruptured spleen. Mrs. Charles Shafer, Mrs. Freda Smalley (Mrs Koke's sis ter), and Mrs. Titus were listed as in "fair" condition today. Lutrick was not injured but his wife, Donasis, and daughter, Diane, 12. were hospitalized. The accident occurred at about 4:15 p.m. The sheriff said Mrs. Titus told him she was following a truck and when she approached the Cedar Creek intersection she made a left turn. Lutrick told the sheriff he i was northbound, at GO milos an! hour as he met the truck and the car turned across his lane of traffic. The impact sent the Lutrick car spinning and 'Jt stopped fac ing south. The Tljua car wound up alongside tTie northeast shoulder of the intersection. The car faced northwest. Almost the entire right side of the Titus car was demolished. 90-Day Sentence For Theft of Missile Site Tools Floyd H. Utterback, 39, RFD Plattsmouth, entered, a plea of "guilty" to "petit larceny" Mon day in County Court and was given a 90-day sentence in the county jail, plus being ordered to make restitution of $198. Utterback was taken into cus tody Saturday night by Sheriff Tom Solomon on charges of tak ing certain items and tools from the Missile Base site at Nehawka during the previous week. About $300 dollars in tools were found in Utterback's car in Plattsmouth and at his home by the sheriff. All items were identified as property of the contractors, the sheriff said. Solomon said that taking of articles from missile base sites in the county has been a "daily occurance" and "persons, found to have such equipment and tools in their possession coming from one of the base sites are going to face similiar action." The Omaha FBI Office was notified of the thefts and are being kept posted of the sheriff office's investigations. Mrs. Marcella Maddox of Jerome, Idaho is visiting here in the homes of Mrs. Ed Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ake-son. St. Johns School Open ecesses General registration for St John School was completed on Tuesday, Aug. 30. A toial of 155 children were registered, which is an increase! of six over the 1959 registration. Of the total enrolled. 25 chil dren are from Holy Rosary Par-' ish. . j The school faculty for the : 1960-1961 school year is as fol-l lows : Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Przud-; zik. PhD., is Superintendent! and instructor in Religion for- grades 1. 2, 3, 6, 7 and . Rev. Myron Ple.sl.ac, M.A.. is. ! instructor in Religion for the, 4th and 5ih grades and instruct ; tor in History for grades 6, 7 and 8. j I Sister Mary Lewis, O.S.U., is Pieces of wreckage and person al effects of the passengers were scattered widely. The women were en route home from Nagl Manufacturing Co. where they work. The sheriff said the I.ut'lck car left 56 feet of skid marks be fore tlje impact which he said occurred just west of the east edge of the highway. County Attorney James Bei', ley was also at the accident scene and investigated. Funeral Service Saturday at 2 Grace Arnold was born Feb. 7, 100!), at Willlamslown, Mo., daughter of Virgil and Clara Lancaster Arnold, the family later moving to Nebraska where they located at Plattsmouth. On January 20, 192C, she was married at Plattsmouth to Char les D. Koke, Sr., who preceded her in death Nov. 21, 1957 in this city. Surviving are: two sons, Char les D. Koke, Jr., Phoenix, Ariz., and Vtrlin L. Koke, Platts mouth; four grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. Clara Arnold, Plattsmouth; four sisters, Mrs. Mable Rouse, Mrs. Gladys Har ris, Mrs. Freda Smalley, all of Plattsmouth, and Mrs. Hetty Hathaway, Denver and two brothers, Wallace A r n o 1 d, Plattsmouth, and Russell E. Arnold, Rock Port, Mo. Mrs. Koke spent the greater part of her lifetime in Platts mouth and was a lady devoted to her home and fa-nily. She possessed a great many friends in the community where she so long made her home. She was engaged with the Nagl Baking Co., of Omaha for some time and was en route home from there when fatally injured. Funeral services will be Sat urday at 2 p.m. at the Cald-well-Linder chapel, Rev. A. L. Embree of First Methodist of ficiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visiting hours will be Friday . afternoon and evening, 4 to 0 and 7 to 9, at the chapel. Take It Easy State Patrol Chief Advises Whether driving "across town or across the state" over the Labor Day weekend, take it easy, motorists were advised today by Col. C. J. Sanders of the Ne braska Safety Patrol. Colonel Sanders reported that the traffic accident records showed that Labor Day week ends in Nebraska for the last 10 years have witnessed the death of 38 persons in traffic accidents. This averap.es out to just about 4 deaths for each La bor Day weekend. The worst years of the last ten, were 1952 and 1953, when 6 persons lost their lives each year. He added, "From these figures we can see why many thought ful drivers hesitate to plan long trips over the Labor Day week end. The Safety Patrol hopes every Nebraskan will have an enjoyable Labor Day weekend. Motorists can help to make it that way by driving with arert ness and caution, avoiding ex cessive speed and passing." Untel Tuesday Principal and home room !. :u n er for grades 6, 7 and 8. Sister Mary Francis. O S.U., is home room teacher for the 4th and 5th grades. Sister Charles Joseph, O.SU., is home room teachir lor the 3rd and half of the 2nd evade. Sister Jean Richard. O.SU., is home room teacher for the 1st and haif of the 2nd grade. School was to open officially today (Thursday, September D, with Mass in honor of the Holy Ghost at St. John's Church at 8 in the morning. There was to be only half a day of school today, and then a vacation till Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock, Sept. 6. On that day a full schedule of classes will begin.