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.4 1 4. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nchawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 79 EICHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1960 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 86 THE ATT Miss Potts KKK Queen Candidate Dorothy Elaine Potts, 20, of Weeping Water, a stenographer for Ash Grove Lime and Cement Co. at Louisville, is a candidate for the title of Queen of the 1960 Kass Kounty King Korn Karn ival. She Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Potts, Weeping Water. Miss Potts is a 1958 graduate of Weeping Water High School. There, she was active in volley ball, band, as a cheerleader, in glee club, triple trio, was Home coming Queen, senior class president and on the Student Council. She has also been active In Rainbow for Girls, being Past Worthy Advisor and Past Grand Worthy Associate Advisor of the state. Dorothy Potts Miss Potts is a member of the Methodist Church and has .been a Sunday school teacher and choir member. Her father was born at Ply mouth and came to Weeping Water In 1935. He has been em ployed by the Soil Conservation Service there since then. f Her mother was born in West ern. She is employed as a re lief cashier in the Omaha Pub lice Power District Office in Weeping Water. The Potts have a son, Jim, a junior in high school. 73 Candidates Look Ahead to Coronation Date Ths time is nearing when one of 13 candidates for the title of Queen of the 1960 King Korn Karnival will be named. A reception for the Princesses (one of whom will be Queen) was held at the, Hotel Restau rant. The Women's Division of the Plausmouth Chamber of Com merce were hostesses. Twelve of the thirteen Prin cesses were in attendance, with a member of the organization sponsoring each Princess. Tnose i-nncesses attending were: Barbara Banning, Union. Sharon Charling, Elmwood. Esther Crom, Union. Shirley Hild, Plattsmouth. Roberta Knaup, Weeping Wa ter. Kathleen Nielsen, Elmwood. Linda Norris, Weeping Water. Lynn Paasch, Union. Marilyn Pollard, Nehawka. Leveny Ronhovde, Eagle. Winifred Sporer, Murray. Janet Wright, Louisville. Also attending were some of the ctficers of the King Korn Klub, and chairmen of this year's carnival, and members of the coronation committee. Refreshments of cake, punch, coftee, nuts and mints were ser ved from a table appropriately decorated with the Queen's crown and scepter. Members of the Chamber of Commerce Women's Division who assisted with the serving were Mrs. Raymond Bourne, Mrs. Robert Paris, Mrs. Wayne Schneider and Mrs. Harold S.nock. The Queen's identity will be revealed at the coronation Thursday, Sept. 22. State Fire Marshal To AddreSs Lions State Fire Marshal Joseph F. Divis will be the guest speaker at the Lions Club meeting Tues day evening. Chief Joe Kruntorad invited Mr. Divis to speak on local fire problems. ryy l'ff'''liwwiwiwejigwfjiiiitiip'yi u v f . - . .-' ' i ' j J f I.. . i". : - , U.Wi;: A teammate offers Haltsmouth's Dave Wilson (8) sideline encouracei.ient on an end nin during Friday night's game with Tecumseh here. Players on the bench also -tensely I 14-Foot Bean Plants Here Defy Imagination Even of Texans. Petition Reported Asking Joint School Superintendence A petition has been reported being circulated in Cass County to combined the county super-' intendent of schools omce tur Cass and Otoe counties. Reportedly, the petition is to ask Carl Gawat, Otoe County superintendent of schools, to take a position as superinten dent for both counties if such a move were made. Gawart Friday said he had not heard of any petition. L. A. Behrends, Cass County superintendent of schools, re signed effective Dec. 1 and the County Board of Commissioners is seeking a replacement. Combining of the two school offices would Wave to be by joint action of the County Boards. Mr. and Mrs. Behrends plan to move to California. Behrends announced his in tention to resign at the County. Teachers Institutee here and some mention was made then by some teachers of the possi bility of combining county school offices. CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT The regular first September meeting of the City Council will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at City Hall. i . - .':-te.J- tow, 5 rv0t4WM BEANS ARE TEXAS-TALL Airs. Flossie lal castor bs'an seeds" by letter from a friend in Redd of North 4th Street is shown with the 14- Texas. Now, she has trouble convincing her foot tall castor bean plants the Redds raised Texas friend her tale of the tall beans Isn't just at their home. Mra. Redd said she got 12 "orien- a tall tale. i. i i mil p. ii. ii i,?xi,lw'lr,'lCTT sy.ww f1" " Castor bean plants so big that owls roost iin their branches. That's the justifiable claim of Earl Redds, North 4th Street, Plattsmouth. The plants the Redds roised from seed sent by a friend in Texas really are that big. The "oriental castor beans" are 14 feet tall, have stalks three to four inches in diameter and leaves which measure up to 27 inches broad. Mrs. Redd says a family of three young owls nightly come to the side of the house to roost in the plants they probably ask "Whoo. are you?" of the big foreign "trees". Mrs. Redd says she planted the bean seeds, which are about the size of ordinary garden bean seeds but have a brown and tan design like a fancy beetle, this rpring at the time she set out her flower bulbs. She planted them about two or three inches deep like she does other seeds of like size just to see what they'd do. They did now she has trou ble convincing her friend in Texas where tales of bigness are commonplace that the plants actually grew so tall. Mrs. Redd thinks a picture will do the job of convincing her friend. The plants produce "hairy" pod clusters of three seeds to a cluster. ' What's the practical applica- r l ,- 9 . ' ; ' . ' f H .''1 watch the play in the season's football opener. Line Coach Cecil Mi Knight is in the foreground. Tecumseh won the game, 13-0. ( s e story and other photo inside). tion of the plants? you may ask. How else can you get shade from a seed in a single growing season? Bids To Be Taken On Storage Buiiding Bids will be taken late this month on a steel building to be erected on Burlington Railroad right-of-way near the BREX Shops for use as a city equip ment storage garage. The building will be about 40 feet by 60 feet. Presently equipment is stored and parked adjacent to City, Hall where space is inadequate.. Karr and Sochor To Do City Audit The City Council Friday moved to employ Karr and Sochor, Plattsmouth accountants, to aud it the. city's accounts. The audit will be for the 1959-60 fiscal year. Mr. and Mrs Henry Vinduska and daughter Carolyn attended a reception by the Right Rev erend Carl Reinhart, S. J., the president of CreiRhton Univer sity. Snndav afternoon. Carolyn is residing in Ag New Hall on ; i the Campus. She is majoring in Medical Technology. TO ft T Hearing on Liquor License Is Continued A hearing on the application by Keener I. Price for an off- ale package liquor license for 316 Chicago Ave. Friday morn ing was continued until Sept. 20 The hearing was to have been Thursday night but was contin eud first until Friday morning. Price and four proprietors of liquor establishments were pres ent. Each spoke. The four proprie torsElmer Wurtele, Ira John son, Ernest Schultz and Ray Uher said they thought there are sufficient liquor licenses lor .he present population. The possibility of Price's pur chasing an already established business was mentioned and the continuance of the hearing would allow time to pursue that possibility if cared (to. llie Oity-Council by taw must complete the hearing and make a recommendation to the State Liquor Control Commission within 30 days after having been notilied of the license applica tion, in this case by Sept. 25. trice earlier had been denied a Class C on-and-off sale license cn recommendation of the City Council, the vote being 3-2 with the mayor voting as required to break a tie. Application for license is made direct to the Commission which notifies the City Council. The hearing procedure and the Council's recommendation to the Commission iollow. 5 Bidders on Loader for City Five companies submitted bids front end loaders. The Council is considering purchase of a new loader. Bids are to be tabulated and considered at tonight's regular Council meeting. No further action was taken Frtday because of the absence due to illness of Councilman William Highfield, chairman of the Streets and Alleys Commit tee which orersees the Street Dept. Bids were: From Fehrs Equipment Co. on Allis-Chalmers models, a four-wheel drive for $11,988 and a two-wheel drive for $9,895. From Anderson Equipment, Ottawa, $7,995. From Nebraska Tractor and Equipment Co., Hough, $10,354.1 From Reynolds Machinery Michigan, $9,775. And from Construction Ser-1 vice Equipment Co., Trojans, $9,250 for a 62 horsepower and $10,500 for an 80 horsepower. Attorney W. L. Dwyer of Weeping Water, was here Friday to attend the docket call in the district court. THE WEATHER Compiled for the PlattsmoutVi Journal at the Masonic Home Weather Station, Plattsmouth Nebraska. September 8, 9, 10, 11, I960 Date High Low Prec. Thursday .... 71 62 .30 Friday 69 46 .00 Saturday .... 60 48 .00 Sunday 74 45 .00 Forecast: Fair, cooler. High in upper 60's; low near 50. Sun sets tonight at 6:39 p.m.; rises Tuesday at 6:02 a.m. , , V - - . : .. .. J i i Willms Sentence Sept. 23 Harry Willms, CO, Plattsmouth Friday pleaded "guilty" in Dist rict Court here to counts of hit and run and drunken driving. District Judge John M. Dierks found Willms "guilty as charged on each count'' and referred the matter to the probation of ficer for pre-sentence investi gation, routine procedure. Judge Dierks continued the case to Sept. 23 at 9 a.m. when he will pass sentence. He con tinued bail bond of $10,000 and Willms was released lor appear ance Sept. 23. Willms was charged with the two counts after the fatal in jury of Mrs. Josephine Uirich, 74, Jan. 16. Mrs. Uirich, a pedestrian, was struck by a vehicle on North 8th Street about 6:15 p.m. that day ar.d the motorist icit the scene. Another motorist following gave chase, noted the license number of a pickup truck he said he saw strike Mrs. Uirich and the youth then returned to give assistance to the victim. Willms shortly was arrested at his residence here. He ad mitted in a statemennt to the sheriff that he had struck a person but "was too scared to stop." Ins arraignment in County rnnrt a "not, puilt.v" nlea at a preliminary hearing and a ; olnd over to District Court ioi lowed Feb. 1. Friday, Willms was present with his attorney, Francis M. Casey. County Attorney James Begley appeared for the State. Cub Den Mothers Urgently Needed Persons interested in tne Cub Scout Program met at the Gas Cofnpany Wednesday. Several of the past officers were on hand to assist in the scouting pro gram for this year. Ray Simons Is Scoutmaster assisted by O. F. Mussvnan. The following mothers were assigned to dens: Mrs- Calvin Strange, Den 1; Mrs. MeJvin Dittemore assisted by Mrs. Melvin Whitehouse, Den 2; Mrs. Cecil McKnight and as sistant Mrs. Harry Porter, Den 3; Mrs. James Drennen, Den 4; Mrs. Wayne Rodehorst assisted by Mrs. Helen Ware, Den 5; Mrs. William Grant, Den 7; Mrs. Mel vin Flint, Den 8. No Den Mother has been as signed to Den 6; with this vac ancy and two additional Dens. Den Mothers are still urgently needed. Couples may take over a den. also. Anyone interested in assisting with this program may call Mrs. O. F. Mussman, Phone 7238. Pack meeting is set for Sept. 30 at the high school auditorium at 7:30 p.m. One of th Cubs' projects will ! get underway at the KKK in the j sale of candy, Mrs. Mussman, I reporter. County Extension Office Moved to New Location The Cass County Extension office has moved its location in Weeping Water. The new office is in the Coun- j y Fair Annex Building across, the street east of the Agricul tural Auditorium, where the of- ! fice has been located for several years. With more space available, the Extension Service hopes to be of greater service to all pa trons, County, Agent Clarence Schmadeke says. Office hours of the Extension office are 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Miss Norris Has 2 Sponsors Linda Norris of Weeping Water, a candidate for the title Queen of the I960 King Korn Karnival, is sponsored by two organizations, The Journal has been informed. Co-sponsors of her candidacy are the Weeping Water Chamber of Commerce and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. In a story about Miss Norris, The Journal had said the latter organization was sole sponsor Mrs. Jaycecs Plan Reception After Coronation The Plattsmouth Mrs. Jaycecs announced today that their plans are progre.'-.sini1. tor the recep tion honoring the King and Queen of the King Korn Karnival, to be held at the Lions Club im mediately following the corona tion on Thursday evening, Sept. 22. The committee in charge re minds everyone that the reeep- i tion is open to the public. The committee of the Mrs. I Jaycees in charge o'fthe reeep-! tion is Mrs. Robert Bogle, chair man, Mrs. Orvall Kahler, Mrs. J Wayne Schneider, Mrs. Harold j Smock and Mrs. Charles Warga ; Jr. Tool House Near Greenwood Rifled The Proctor Engineering Co. tool house was broken into' some time Sunday a mile and one-half east of Greenwood. The company is building the pumping station on a cross country gas line passing through Greenwood. Sheriff Tom Solomon was in that area today, investigating the theft. Country Club Committees Named Thursday night, a budget and membership committee for the ensuing year was appointed at a meeting of the Plattsmouth Country Club. On the committee are, chair man Steve Davis, Bill Babbitt, Ray Bourne, Clem Woster, Ray Evers, Leo Scanlan, Carl Willett, and I)b Hirz. The current officers of the club president Boyd Linder, secretary Bill Knorr and trea surer Bob Way will serve with Hubert Shellenberger as a no minating committee. Election is to be held this Fall. A special committee to buy a used tractor for .course main tenance is compo.'M of Linder, Shellenberger, Bill Thompson and Hugh Stander. The meeting was held at a stag for club members at the course. Theft of Money Results in 90-Day Jaii Sentence Albert Joe Miller, 21, of Atchi son, Kan., entered a plea of "guilty" to petit larceny here Sept. 5 and was given a 90-day County Jail sentence. Miller, a brakeman for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, ad mitted in a statement to Sher iff Torn Solomon that he remov ed close to $100 from a billfold belonging to a fellow railroad worker Sept. 2 east of Weeping Water. Miller said after removing the money he tossed the billfold out of a moving work train. The bill flod he threw away still contain ed an additional $150 in a secret compartment and was recovered bv a search party from Weeping Water. The Weeping Water chief of police held Miller for the ser if f's office after the case was called to his attention. A Classified Ad in The Journal cost as little as 50 cents. NEW PASTOR Rev. Theo dore II. Voxel, above, is new pas-! tor at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Louisville,) and St. Paul Lutheran, Weeping Water. He, delivered his inaugural sermons at the churches Sunday after: his installation in a oint ser-j vice a i im.imanuei wie previous Sunday. Rev. Yopel was form er y pastor at Rawlins, Wyo. 5' 1 Vj if rff Dr. Brendel Heads Local Fire Dept. Dr. R. F. Hrendel Tuesday night was elected president of the Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Dept. Other officers named are: James Begley, vice president; John V. Svoboda, secretary; Frank J. Koubek, treasurer; Joe Kruntorad, chief; Winlord Dash er and William Brittain, assist ant chiefs; Leo Holuiian, Waller Bryant and A. W. Htiebner, driv ers; William Allgeier, chemical man, and John Iiergniann, hook and ladder man. Classes for KK Flower Show Listed Classes for the Plattsmouth Garden Club's King Korn Kar nival Flower Show at the Plaits mouth Hotel building have been li.sted by the club. Karnival dates are Sept. 22-23-24. The committee in charge sug gests that exhibitors clip and save the class list and the rules so they have them when entry time arrives (they will not be ptiDii.shed again) Committee members are Mrs. Sara Gilmour, Mrs. Born and Mrs. Nellie 1 he Flower Show Leonard Span;1, theme ler. "tall Fantasy." The classes: Artistic DUisioti Section 1 Arrangement i accessories permitted 1. Depicting theme: Any material. Section 2 Arrangement fall (accessories permitted I 1. Flowers of one color and own foliage. Section 3 Arrangement 1. Miniature not over 5 inches high. Section 4 1. Oriental grasses. 2. Gourds Collection of five. 3. Dried material.. 4. Weathered wood (accessor ies permitted). 5. Vegetables. Section 5 Juniors 1. Miscellaneous Under 10 years. 2. Miscellaneous 10-12 ears (Continued on Page 3j State Fair Results These State Fair 4-II results have been noted in addition to those already mentioned in The Journal : The 4-11 Booth red award for Cass County was won by the Livewiro Electric Club. County dairy judging teams placed 7th in Guernseys, 4th in Holsteins and 13th ' combined. Members were Clayton Streich, John Roeber, Marilyn Vinduska and George Pool. Thirty teams were entered . Streich placed second in both Guernsey and Holslein judging. Cass County's livestock jud ging team placed 30th in a field of 50 teams. Rut County A"ent Clarence Schmadeke notes, there were less than 100 points be tween the Winning team and the Cass County team of Ted ami Gene Wehrbein, Clayton Miller ard Paul Rice. The county's poultry judine, team placed second and Mar': Heil was fourth as an individual. Cn tie team wire Marp.aret Lorensen, Phyllis Hohinan, Mark IL'il and Sieve Gump. 1h crop v.iding team of Ralph Puis, Wayne Thoren and Robert an.l Gene f Iiwlkemicr tor.k third place and Puis was fourth 1ih:!i irdividt; i!. George Pool was 10th in dairy showmanship. A large song group red awaid was won for O-tss Cmi'itv bv ,hi Pusy Bees Club of Weenin;; Water, Mrs. Arnold l)c..'n;r. club leader. A small song croup blue for Cass County was earned by the M'-dern Teens Club of Weepiiv; Water, Mrs. Clarence Norris lea-'c Ri iMNf; m'fi.- iuMtsi: I NDI It S 1)1)1 K "'hi'n - Heniiis 1 e t e r i t. Plattsmouth rj v. K nr. iiorsi: Pi-role Jerry Heim. P'iMs motith: blue Jim Ingwerson and Linr.ea Ingwerson. Pli" month: red Kirby MeOill. Louisville. nrri K class I 'MM K )K YI-'AU Blue Kirby McGlll. Louis ville; red Jim Ingwerson and Linne.i Iiigwe rson, Plattsmouth.