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it.-i wab LlSi Z0ZLLt 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 EIGHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1960 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 94 2 Here Are Commended as Merit Scholars Two seniors at Plattsmouth high school have been honored for outstanding performance on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test . given last spring. Each student who Is endorsed by his school receives a formal Letter of Commendation sighed by his principal and the presi dent of the National Merit Scholarship Corpooration. Wavne Rodehorst, the school's principal, has announced that the commended students are: Suzanne Murdock and Larry Tnothaker. John M. Stalnaker, president of the National Merit Scholar shin Corporation, has said: "Letter of Commendation are being awarded to some 28,000 students throughout the United States in recognition of their excellent performance on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. "While these bright young sters did not reach the status of semiflnalists In the 1960-61 Merit Program, they are so out standing that we wish to single them out for special attention. The semlfinalists and com mended students together con stitute less than three per cent of . all high school seniors, and this certainly signifies note worthy achievement." The National Merit Scholar ship Corporation gives recogni tion to two groups of students who achieve high scores on the NMSQT. The semiflnalists group is composed of the high est scoring students in each state and in United States ter ritories. Some 10,000 semlfinal ists will take a second examina tion in December to establish further their eligibility to re ceive Merit Scholarships. "The Letters of. Commenda . tion provide tangible recogni tion of the commended stu dents' high ability," Stalnaker continued. "It Is our earnest hope that the recipients will continue their education, and thus benefit not only them selves but also the nation. "The Merit Program has sev eral objectives. One is the selec tion of Merit Scholars from a mong the semiflnalists. How ever, we also strive to foster the pursuit of excellence among all highly able students. We urge the students honored today to make every effort to attend col lege, and to develop to the fullest their promise of achieve ment." The commended students were among the high school juniors in more than 15,000 schools who took the NMSQT last spring. The test is a three hour examination which covers five separate areas of educa tional development. It was the first step in the sixth annual Merit Program. This year's program will con clude about May 1, 1961 with the naming of students who will receive four-year Merit Scholar-' ships . to the colleges of their choice. The commended students and the semiflnalists who do not win Merit Scholarships are -con sidered for certain other schol arships which are offered through the facilities of the Na tional Merit Scholarship Cor poration. The annual Merit. Scholarship competition is open to all high schools in the United States and its territories. Approximately 3,200 Merit Scholars are certain ly enrolled in about 400 col leges and universites. Almost 500 Merit Scholars ' have been graduated. Scholarship awards are made from the resources of the Na tional Merit Scholarship Cor poration and through sponsor ing corporations, foundations, associations, and Individuals. $31,176 in County Taxes Delinquent The Cass County Treasurer turned over to Sheriff Tom Solo mon last week 633 distress tax warrants totaling $31,176.74. Solomon stated this was about a third higher than In pre vious years. An almost-hundred-per-cent collection of taxes from persons still residing in Cass County last year will be the goal of this year's drive, according to the sheriff. ' Mrs. Robert Longmore enter ed St. Josepph Hospital In O niaha a week ago and under went surgery. She is expected home this week. I - MRS. LORENE I'RISH is shown at her desk thement dinner, marking her 34 years as book In Consumer's Public Power District Office. The keeper and cashier, utility will honor her Tuesday night with a re- Mrs. Urish To Retire after 34 Years at CPPD Here Oct. 31 marks the end of a career for a lifetime Platts mouth resident, Mrs. Lorene Urish. ' . Her retirement comes after 34 years and five months as a bookkeeper and cashier for Con sumers Public Power District here. Mrs. Urish began her work with four other office girls a cross the street from the present Consumers building under the management of the late F. I. Rea, district manager. At this time the business was known as the Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Company. It was united with the gas company. In 1941 the business moved to the present location, and Mrs. Urish was among the three of fice girls retained. In all the more than 34 years Mrs. Urish said "yes sir" and "no sir" to only two bosses, Mr. Rea who retired in Dec. 31, 1954 and Ernest Elliott, now d i st r i c t manager, who was formerly a supervisor under Mr. Rea. In her busy days as a career woman Mrs. Urish reared two sons who were just small boys when she began working, now are married and have children of their own. John Urish follow ed' somewhat in the footsteps of his mother; he is sales super visor for the CPPD office at Columbus. The other son, Vir gil Is a resident of San Leandro, Calif. Mrs. Urish stems from a pio Roebers of Murdock Get Soil Award The Kenneth Roeber family of Murdock has been honored by selection as Cass County's Con servation Award winners for this year. ' Announcement was made at the Nebraska State Soil and Water Conservation Convention at Fremont Oct. 1-3. Award, families from all the state's Conservation Districts were honored at a banquet and aerial photos of their farms were flashed on a screen as there were introduced. The families were seated at a separate elevated table and a spotlight was trained on each family as its members were in troduced. Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District supervi sors attending the banquet were Henry Vindusa, Clarence Engel kemier, Eldon Mendenhall and Mrs. Mendenhall. Acting Cass County work unit conservationist Cloyd Boydston and Mrs. Boydston also attended. Bank To Close Columbus Day Columbus Day, Wednesday, Oct. 12, will be business-as-usual day here for everyone ex cept the Plattsmouth State Bank. The bank will be closed Wed nesday, but will be open all day Thursday, instead of closing at nocn. Schools will be in session and the County Courthouse and Post Olfice will be open as usual. -J I .4. neer family. She is the daughter of Mrs. J. G. Meisinger and the late Mr. Meisinger. She is a lifetime member of St. Paul's Evangelical and Re formed Church of this city; a member of Eastern Star, Home Chapter No. 189, American Le gion Auxiliary member and a member of the Women's Divi sion of the Chamber of Com merce. Tuesday, a dinner will be I given in honor of Mrs. Urish at ! a local restaurant. Employees and their wives or husbands will be present for the occasion Also expected there are Lloyd Lun deen and Howard Haase of the Columbus general office; also Mrs. Urish's son John and his wife of Columbus. 'Oct. 15 is the last day at work for Mrs. Urish. She leaves Nov. 1 for a visit with her sons for a few weeks, and a sister, Mrs. H. E. Comstock, at Los Angeles, Calif. She plansto locate in an apartment in San Leandro. Democrat Fund Raising Dinner Here Oct. 27 A Democratic Fund Raising Dinner will be held in Platts mouth at the Lions Club Build ing Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m., accord ing to ah announcement made today by Francis M. Casey, county Democratic chairman. Casey said "this will be an opportunity for those present to meet and talk with all of the candidates on a state and na tional level and to hear from Robert Conrad, Frank Morrison and Joseph Benesch, candidates for Senate, Governor and Con gress respectively. The principal speaker will be someone of national importance whose identity will be revealed at a later date, according to Casey. Mail Volume Here Last Year Up To $54,571 A new all-time high in the na tion's mail volume was reached during liscal year 1360 ending June 30, which continued the steady uoward trend of the past seven years at a rate which even exceeds the population growth, according to advance informa tion from the Annual Report of the Post -Office Department which has been made available to Plattsmouth Postmaster Les lie Nicl. Although subject to last min ute revisions, the year's total has been estimated as 63.6 bil lion pieces of mail which includ es about one billion pieces of parcel post. It was stated that this would 'mean an increase of nearly 25 per cent over the cor responding ligures for 1953 when the annual volume was 50.9 bil lion pieces. During this same period, it was nointed out, the revenue of the Department also has shown an impressive gain with an in crease from $2,091,714,000 in fis cal year 1953 to $3,276,800,000 for fiscal year I960. Here in Plattsmouth, receipts of the post office climbed from $32,341 in. 1953 to $54,571 last year. H 1 'Help Willie See' Fund: $881.04 Following are new donors to a fund begun by the Plattsmouth Lions Club to raise $1,000 for Willard (Willie) Simons, Platts mouth man who was blinded by a tear gas charge nine years ago. That amount is needed to pay for transportation to and trom New' York and hospital ex penses during and following a corneal transplant which a sp ecialist has advised Willie may restore sight in one eye. Contributions to the fund may be sent or given either to L. W. (Roy) Moore, Lions Club presi dent, or The Journal. Checks should be made payable to Wil lie Simons Fund. The total of contributions to date Is" $881.04, including $181.50 contributed since The Journal's last report. The new contributions in cluded $6 from the Busy Blue Birds who had that amount in their treasury and decided to turn it over to the fund. In the group led by Mrs. L. A. Dasher and Mrs. Chas. Wondra are Linda Lee Ashlock, Peggy Aspedon, Roberta Aldrich, Linda Ann Dasher, Jennie Brouhard, Kay Cowen, Malinda Jarvis, Mary McQuin, Elain Sharp and Janice Wondra. Donors: Previous Mr. and Mrs. Donald $689.04 5.00 1.00 Whipple Anonymous (Elmwood) .. ! Harold Wade, Weeping I Water Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mogensen, Weeping I Water j Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ulrich 5.00 10.00 10.00 Roy, Betty and Elaine Tlustos Frances and Garland Lockhart Navy Mothers Club Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Huebner Anonymous Keener and Ken Price , . Minerva Coolman Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Seybold Mr. and Mrs. Havley Sayers . . Anonymous . . . . 4.00 2.00 5.00 3.00 1.00 2.00 Busy Blue Birds Mr. and Mrs. Marion A. I Taylor . . ; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Biles i Mr. and Mrs. Otto Weber Eagles Auxiliary Rt. Rev." Joseph j Przudzik i Walter Neuman, Murdock j Reuel and Lillian Sack, i Murray i Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hutcnison Dr. W. V. Ryan Dr. Phillip Cuba . . ... Marge and Elmer's .. .. Naomi McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Iverson Jim Wondra Mrs. Nell Cloud, Hardy . . Miss Grace Circo, Omaha Roy E. Greenlee, Sidney Mr. and Mrs. Merton Markle, Yutan ......... W. C. Soennlchsen Cecil Karr ;. . Caldwell-Llnder Behrner Furniture John Kaufman Beverly Sutton , CITY COUNCIL The City Council will meet at 7:30 tonight at City Hall for its regular first meeting of October. 10.00 $12-15,000 Fire Damage To Truck An estimated $$12,00 to $15, jOJ damage was done to a semi trailer truck and its load in a .lie Thursday night on the .lOinsvilie Road about six miles list of here. Piattimouth's Volunteer Fire Oept. sent two trucks and about 5 men to the fire, flnalfy suc ceeding in cutting about three- I quarters of the trailer loose f.rom the rear part which was : ourning beyond control when .he firemen arrived. They thus taved part of the .cau and the tractor. Hre Chief Joe Kruntorad said he Farmers Mercantile Co. .ruck of Red Oak, Iowa, driven jy Clilf Wcleman of Red Oak .vas Carrying bagged tankage and corn meal and liquid tallow ;.n 55-gallon drums. Wtileman told the chief he had detected rear tire trouble as he came through Lincoln but decided to. drive on through to Vlattsmouth to get the tire Vixed. ' He came through Louisville and about half the distance irorn there to Plattsmouth be fore fire broke out In a rear tire. He pulled over to the side of U.S. 66 and tried to douse the olaze with a fire extinguisher. Fainng he headed for help. That was at 7:10. At 7:20 the local department ot the fire call, placed at the Ralph Wehrbein farm home Vvest of where the truck had been stopped. When the department arrived minutes later, the rear quarter of the 40-foot aluminum trailer was ablaze. A second Plattsmouth fire truck was sent for when it be came apparent water on the first was insufficient. The chief said it was a dang erous lire, because of mag nesium in the aluminum con struction which explodes when heated and produces a toxic gas. i'- Finally, Winlord Dasher of the volunteers came back to Piattsmouth' lor a cutting torch and with tne truck driver's, con sent, cut the rear portion of the truck free. The floor of that part of the trailer had burned though and allowed the load there to col lapse to the ground. Traffic on the highway was held up until the fire in the rear part of the trailer sub sided. Takes .New Job Thelma Garringer who has been employed at the sheriff's office for the past two years has 'accepted employment at the new Brandeis Store in Omaha, effective this week.. In n I I I:' fc 5.00 1 I - ; 5.00 ; ,'.f tf ' i . ' ' x I i , -; if- . " r - '','--; 2.00 ' - ' ' , i, A ! 6.00 !V ; , - ; , . " K 1 ! 5-oq 'j,.- ' r ; : 1 5.00 l. ' - t ' i 2.00 ' ' ' 10.00 h".' , s , t 5.00 'V ' ! , ' 1 5.00 . -, ; U N: 2.00 ' ' ' . 2.00 ' . ' ' ' ''.;'. ' 5.00 I ' 5.00 i 10.00 I- ' ' . , loo ' - - ' . 5.00 , ; 2.00 r . ' !'i t 2 ' 5.00 ! V Ik 10.00 Vllm-v, 5.00 10.00 7 50 1.00 1 1 SPACE AND TIME The storage space in the Equity I'nion Grain Co. terminal elevator on the Missouri in Rock Bluff is mostly ready but time (lack of it before the river is closed to barge traffic) may keep the new facility from operating; this year. The tanks and bins of the elevator have total capacity of 2G5.000 bushels. 'Mixer' Set For Merchants And Teachers The annual Merchant-Teacher Mixer will be held on Thurs day evening, Oct. 20 at the Lions Club, according to Mrs. Harold A. Smock, President of the Wo men's Division of the Chamber of Commerce, the sponsoring organization. Merchants will be contacted shortly regarding this affair, and tickets will be $1.50. The following committees were announced by Mrs. Smock: General Chairman, Mrs. Thel ma Baker. Dining Room Chairman, Mrs. Phyllis Brookhouser. Decorations, Mrs. Dorothy Meisinger. Entertainment, Miss Vera Solomon. Seating, Mrs. Marie Richards. Tickets, Mrs. Marie Richards and Miss Helen Lessman. Revival at Church Here Oct. 12-23 Special Revival Services will be held at the Wesleyan Me thodist Church, 619 So. 10th starting Wednesday, Oct. 12, and continuing each night through Sun., Oct. 23. Meetings will be held each evening at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Melvin Winkelmann from Tryon, Neb., will be the special speaker. Many of his years have been spent working with the American Indian. The public is invited to at tend these special meetings. Thursday's Journal Will Interest Thursday's Journal will be' of special interest to readers. The interesting reading will Include the ads of Plattsmouth Merchants who will be offering sensational buys for" Dollar Days Friday and Saturday. Read your Thursday Journal carefully and be on hand for the bargain buys Friday morning. THE WEATHER , Oct. 6, 7, 8, 9, 1960 Date High Low Prec. muisaay ...... o u .uu Friday 68 49 .00, Saturday 70 41 .00 Sunday 75 43 .00 Forecast: High in lower 70's; low in 40's. Partly cloudy, ocT casional showers tonight. Sun sets tonight at 5:52; rises Tuesday at 6:31 a.m. i oy S co rive Underway The annual Boy Scout drive i for funds here was to begin to-, day and culminate in a final j push Tuesday, Oct. 18. j Voluuntcers will begin their j work of contacting every fam ily this week. . I The cost of operating the Boy i Scout Drotrram. like evervthinu , else, has been affected by infla tion so it will be necessary for Local Scouters Participate in Council Showando The first Showando (show and do) conducted' by the Covered Wagon Council was held Oct. 8 at Camp Cedars near Fremont. Showando is a training event for Scouters (adult Scout lead ers!. Ninety Scouters, includ ing Scoutmasters William Sprad lin and Robert M. Mann of Plattsmouth, attended. Scouters arriving at Showando were registered and then or ganized into patrols of about ejght members each. Each patrol made a journey, spending 20 minutes at each of 14 stations where they received instruc tions in specialized Scouting sub jects. Instructors at each sta tion first explained and demon-i strated his subject, then each member of the visiting patrol tried his hand at that skill. Spradlin served as an instruc tor in rope whipping and knot tying. Mann instructed in lash ing. Each Scouter prepared his own evening meal from raw vege tables and meat, over an open fire without cooking utensils After the Scouters had pre pared and eaten their evening meal, they were treated to a feast. A "bean-hole" and an "imu" were opened. The day was closed with a campfire program. Both Platts mouth Scout troops were hon ored by being awarded a pro ficiency shield for showing growth of at least five new members each during the month of September. 2 City Youths Faced Car-Theft Charge in Missouri Two Plattsmouth teenagers were to face charges In Clin ton, Mo., today an auto theft. The youths told FBI agents they stole five cars during their flight from Plattsmouth to Mountain Home, Ark., where they were arrested. The youths stole Sylvester Hardman's car in Plattsmouth the night of Oct. 3 and aban doned it at Wymore. The youths told officers they were enroute to Little Rock, Ark. Work on Terminal Elevator Is a Race against Time Work to complete Equity Un ion Grain Company's terminal grain elevator on the Missouri River front in Rock Bluff south of here is a race against time. The huge elevator of the reg ional marketing organization in which farmer-owned elevators stockholders is being built on die property of Harold Hull. ' The elevator silos are com pleted but other work is still in progress. Completion date of construc tion is still not deiinite. It's a race against time which will close nver to barge movements this year. It had been hoped that com plet.on would be early enough to permit some shipment at .ea.it, in order to te t equip ment and procedure prior to the aeavier movements of a fuli season. The race may vet be won before low water or iieeze- up stops barging for this year. I l.on, and these Kiain.s will come Work is progressing taiijfact-1 .itsily Horn Weoraska and Cfl.t orlly, but delays in starting con- ; rado. At thi , tune about 30.U0J stiucuon eau-xd by a lat un- avOi-ab:e spring-start has dofi aitely delayed ihs final com pletion. 'ihe elevator ha a capacity of 265,00 oushels; is 161 feetl Loaning, unloading and .ail, with 7 lull sztd concrete ! handling of all grain through anks, one hail-lank and 10 in-lout the port facility and ter erstice bins. It rests on someminal. will be completely auto il)0 piling driven to 35 feet. The j mated with electric power. Even structure is 30 feet from the riv- barges will be winched into the er bank, which eliminates necessity of a long loading con eyor to take grain from the lot Fund everyone interested in scouting to increase their investment in the Scouting program, Cam paign Director O. F. Mussman said. This increased investment will provide continuance of the many beneficial experience presently a part of Scouting, he said. A special "Friend of Scouting" certificate will be given to iliose Investing $12 or more. This $12 is the estimated cost of sup porting one scout for one year. Mussman said: "Scout train ing helps guide boys toward good character, citizenship and personal fitness. Boys are fac ing many problems and tempta tions as they grow up. Scout ing works with boys of all races, creeds, and economic levels. It provides activities of fun and adventure while training them to be useful citizens. "Your dollars will help more than 6,000 volunteer leaders re ceive the assistance ,and sup port that they need to direct more than 17,000 boys in scout training." August Kupkc Killed in Tractor Mishap August Kupke, 53,- prominent farmer of the Murdock com munity, was killed Friday while at work in a field on his farm. He had left the house for the field at 9:30 Friday morning and when he failed to return home at the noon hour the mem bers of the family started a search. Mr. Kupke was found lying where he had been dragged by a power takeoff of a tractor. His clothing had been caught by ! the take off and he was unable to extricate himself and had been killed. His skull was badly fractured and an arm was bro ken. Mr. Kupke was a member of one of the pioneer families of western Cass County, where he was born and since made his home. He was active in the com munity life of that portion of Cass County. Surviving are his wife, Paul ine; daughter, Mrs. Margaret Shavlick, Denver; Lucille and Helen, both of Murdock; two sons. Gerald and Norman, both of Murdock; sisters, Mrs. Louis Zock, Taylor, Tex.; Mrs. Amelia Huntington, Tulsa, Okla.; bro thers, Herman, Greeley, Colo.; Rev. George, Webster, Minn.; Christian, Grand Junction, Iowa and Walter of York. Funeral was to be today (Mon day) at 2 o'clock at Trinity Lu theran Church at Murdock. Burial was in Trinity Cemetery. elevator to the barge loading ipouts. It has two, fast operating, 8,-COO-bushel les, to permit hand .aig of incoming grain receivrd by truck, and loading of barges imultaneou.-Iy. A combination" 60-foot, 50-ton truck scaiC is de signed to handle both semi- or long-base trucks, as well a.; .hort-ba.e or farm trucks. "This is our tirst d a r g e operation and it is aimed at pro vui ng more eiticient service tor ih members of our coopera te e," exp.au:ed Robert r.a'l, manager of the Equity Union. The grain wi.l Le trucked to the elevator, loaded on barges ai.d shipped to New Oilcans for expert, said Puelz. Sh.pping this ;i;iin by barge will result in cheaper op rating co. ts for the company. Sinail main, as well as corn. will oe u.sed in this barge opera- bushels ol gram can be tian.,- .Hnieu in (a.-li bui'sje, and later as the Mi suari River Channel is deepened, that figure will be : doubled. dock with electric machinery. which provides optimum con trol, Fuelz said.