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LAlTSIMldDUTim JJflDttJKrMD- 7 E ULZU, SIA'iL LIST. SOCIUY ' ti w 4 Consolidoted With the Nchowka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leader-Echo Reod Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 79 EICHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 24. I960 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 98 PUBLISHED ' SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday . - v " ' v . . 4 4 r: "v-.... i iw7-i-i -a. ' w fit fzJl:, ' KEEP YOUR EYE ON NO. 12 Rev. Robert E. Hodgson, pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal Church here, posed recently in full "field uni form" for The Associated Press. He'll be at Grill No. 12 when the field of 25 American. Cook-Out finalists take to the barbecue line at' Honolulu Hallowe'en Party Oct. 27th Sponsored by VFW And MVVA All children of school age in Plattsmouth and the surround ing community are invited to participate in a Halloween Party the evening of ' October 27th. sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The invitation was extended today by Fred Draper, general chairman, who stated that the event will be geared to prove especially attractive, to school children. ' Boys and girls have been ask ed to sign pledge-cards which say "I promise to respect the property of other people and will cooperate with leaders to make this party a success." Pledge cards will serve also as registration in the Witch Wagon ' game. According to Mr. Draper, the party will start at 7 p.m. and will be held at V.F.W. Hall, where costumes will be judged, souvenirs, and refreshments dis tributed. The chairman also stated that a special feature will be the "Witch Wagon", attended by a number of witches in typical Halloween style, who will award special prizes to five of the cos tumed paraders, who can be found at home thirty minutes after the curfew is sounded end ing the celebration. Souvenirs and prizes consisting of Perma-! last Dart Board Game. Handj What'll he do with $10,000 Telescope, Stuffed French Pood-j should he win? le, Keymonica Blow Accordian ; He said he'd like to make a and Desk Writing Folio have donation to his church, pay off been donated by Modern Wood-i a note at the bank and buy a men. Other donations were 1 much-needed new car. made by Ladies Auxiliary of Competition will be tough and , VFW. dishes tender at Ale Aie K;xi Mr. Draper called attention Gardens of the Hawaiian Village to last year's Halloween Party ' Hotel. Each of the finaHsts was in which 350 children partici- chosen for an outstanding re-, pated. and stated that he felt cipe and screened to make sure' confident that this year's event he's good at the grill. 1 ; would draw a still larger crowd Winners following the bar of participants. He urged par- becuing will be announced by cnts and school authorities to Joan Crawford, movie star. She encourage children to take part will crown the Champion at an Jn the event, stating that "simi- j awards ceremony, lar affairs here and elsewhere The contest is sponsored by ; have proven their worth in pro- ; Foil Division of Kaiser Alumi- ' moting enjoyable, sensible Hal- num. loween celebrations." j i Clem Woster, local representa- j Bluebird New s ' i five said, "Modem Woodmen of: ! America is sponsoring similar j The Columbian Bluebirds had costume parties in hundreds of: our weekly meeting Wednesday communities in the United Sta-jat Janet Gil.son's house, tes as a part of its" program for ; We practised on our part in the furthering the general welfare j Fatlier-Daughter-party coming of the youth of the nation, and soon. in conformity with its policy j Refreshments were served by of contributing to local com-j Marjorie Miller. Janet Gilson munity progress." reporter. ! Fr. Bob' Cooks for $10,000 SAN FRANCISCO Twenty four amateur barbecue special ists including the Rev. Robert E- Hodgson pastor of St. Luke's ; Episcopal Church, Plattsmouth Neb., left here by plane Sunday for Honolulu to participate in America's Cookout Champion ship. For ''Fr. Bob" it is the second time in the finals for 25 back yard chefs who won entry by submitting favorite recipes in a national contest. Accompanying Fr. Hodgson, a bachelor, is his mother, Mrs. of Lafayette, Thomas Hodgson Colo. They'll return to San Fran cisco Oct. 29. One of the finals contestants will bring home top prize of $10,000, after they've grilled their best and been judged by a panel of nationally known food editors. Four runnerup winners will receive Jeep station wagons. j Last year in the finals, Fr. Hodgson prepared stuffed meat roll. This time his winning re-; cipe was lor iamD putties mo- zarella. Wednesday. Above he gets his eligibility certif icate and flight tickets from William R. Sachse, representative of the contest sponsor. The 25 finalists left San Francisco for Hawaii by plane Sunday. ' v M , i 11 Pottery Company At Louisville Has Been Sold LOUISVILLE The directors of the Kahler Pottery Company, F. H. Brunson, Mrs. Beulah A. Brunson, and F. Ward Brunson, have announced the sale of the company and its assets to the Ceramo Company of Jackson, Missouri. Kahler Pottery manufactured clay flower pots, and was start ed in November, 1912, by Philip Kahler and F. H. Brunson. The first stockholders in the Comp any besides Kahler and Brun son were T. E. Parmele, James Stander, H. A. Funke and Er nest Pautsch. The factory had been in con tinous operation up to Oct. 15, the date of the sale. It has shipped fiower pots to florists in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri. The Ceramo Company is equipped to supply this territory with tlower pots, ana win nave a warehouse in Louisville which R. D. Frederickson will operate. The manufacturing equipment at Louisville has been dismantl ed and part of it already ship ped to Missouri. 6 from County Attend Museums Meet in Lincoln Four members of the oass; County Historical Society and j two members of Turtle Mound! Museum in Murray attended the Third Annual Nebraska Muse ums Conference at the Univer sity of Nebraska Friday. They were Mrs. Alice Perry, Dale Bowman. Maxine Bowman, and Mrs. C. T. Woster of Platts mouth and Mr. and Mrs. Mar tin Eporer of Murray. Mrs. Perry particiuated in a morning panel discussion with; six , ether staff members rep-! resenting museums throughout Nebraska. Their topic was ; "Problems of the Small Muse-i urns. The morning session also in cluded a tuur of the Nebraska State Historicr.l Society Museum. During the afternoon session I the conference members toured ! the University Art Galleries and: Museum. A Classified Ad in The Journal cost as little as 50 cents. Licenses Denied, Suspended The Nebraska Liquor Control Commission in Lincoln last week denied a package liquor license sought by a Plattsmouth man and ordered a 14-day suspen sion of a Class C license held by a license man, after separate hearings Monday. Keener I. Price had -applied for a retail package liquor li cense for 316 Chicago Avenue where he lives and operates an auto repair business. "He applied to the City Coun cil which denied the application in a 3-2 decision. The Liquor Commission hear ing followed. Price appeared with his attorney, Rudolph Tesar of Omaha. The State was ltrjiesented by Edwafd F. Car ter Jr., an assistant attorney general. Evidence was submitted on be half of Price. Sheriff Tom Solo mon of Plattsmouth appeared as a haracter witness ana to testi fy about patroling in Platts mouth. The City Council of Platts mouth was represented by Mayor Grant Roberts. Councilman Warren Rhylander was also pre sent. The Commission's ruling, an nounced in a letter to the city clerk: the evidence fails to show that the City Council acted ar bitrarily and without good and sufficient cause . . . The applica tion should be denied. Price 'was assessed costs of $15. After the other hearing, the Commission ordered the Class C license of Ralph Timm for Tim's Bar, 525 Main, suspended for two weeks. Timm appeared on his own behalf. Carter represented the State. The Commission ruled: 1. that the licensee did on Sept. 20. maintain the licensed premises in an unsanitary con dition not condusive to public health and welfare, In violation of Rule 19 of the Nebraska Li quor Control Commission. 2. that the licensee failed to observe in good faith the intent and purposes of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act. 3. that the license be sus pended for a period of 14 days. The suspension begins after business hours Oct. 26 and lasts until the regular opening time Nov. 10. Timm "was assessed costs of $15. The proceeding was Initiated after an inspection of the bar by a Liquor Control Commission agent. 2 from County Receive U of N Home Ec Awards LINCOLN Seventeen Uni versity of Nebr. students, two from Cass County, received a wards for outstanding activity and service to Home Economics Club at the annual Ellen H. Richards event, Thursday eve ning. This function is held each year at the College of Agricul ture to commemorate the found er of Home Economics. Seniors recognized included Sharon Ramge of Plattsmouth. Juniors receiving awards In cluded Janet Umland of Eagle. Mary Rokhar of Lincoln, mem ber of the University Home Ec onomics Staff, spoke to the group and presented a travelogue of "Home Economics Around the World." Miss Rokhar is internat ionally known for her work with home economics in foreign coun tries. Car Destroyed By Fire on By-Pass Friday night the Plattsmouth fire department was called to the by-pass of highway 75 north of this city where a car was report ed as burning. The car was a 1950 Oldsmobile, owned and driven by Dick Bar neski of Falls City and is prob ably a total loss. Barneski informed Cheif Joe Kruntorad of the local fire de partment, that when he left Falls City last night he smelled gas, but it was not until just north of Plattsmouth that the dripping gas on the cars mani fold broke out into a fire, that practically consumed the car despite the hard work of the firemen. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 Fund Drive By Fire Dept. Hits $1,345 The Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department's continuing drive for funds today reached $1,345.75, department Secretary John Svoboda said. A total of $434.25 had been atlded since The Journal's last report. The fund is to be used only to buy additional lifesaving and firefighting equipment for the department's use in this fire protection district. It will not be used for general department expense. Contributions can be mailed to the department or given to any department member or Svoboda at Plattsmouth State Bank. i The new donors: $25 Mr. and Mrs. J. G. McMaken Farmers Mutual of Nebraska Mrs. Eda G. Herold Knorr's 5c to $1.00 Store $15 B & H Shoes $10 Kent Oil Co. Hermie Spies Schuldice Mr. and Mrs. Alan McClana han Mr. and Mrs. Don Steppat Siemoneit & Schmidt Mrs. V. W. Perry Mom's Cafe $5- Mr. and Mrs. Herman Elling son Mr. and Mrs. Guy Long Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Strough Mr. and Mrs. Glen McClure Mr. and Mrs. David Ruther ford Philip Hirz Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Swatek .Mr. and Mrs. Leonard C. Stoehr Mr. and Mrs. Merle L. Stew art Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Tlustos Miss Mary Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lepert Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shafer ....Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Win borne ,- - - ' Mr. and Mrs. Hal G'arnett E. L. Morehead Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hamblen Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Snod grass Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hirz Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hirz Dale & Lillian Philpot O. L. Newsom Roy O. Cole Arthur Sprieck John F. Wehrbein Lillian B. Livingston Mr. and Mrs. Paul Applegate ' L. C. Likewise Frank Linder Guy Wiles Mr. and Mrs. George M. Hall Cecil M. Karr Joseph F. Zastera Mr. and Mrs. Adolph J. Kou bek Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Ruther ford $3.75 Chas. Warga Electric $3 Wallace Warner Dale Harms Ellsworth E. Taylor Ray Abel Ed H. Tritsch Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Janda $2.50 Kenneth Tlekotter Helen Tiekotter $2 Ida M. Read Mr. and Mrs. Otto Lutz Mr. and Mrs. Tim Woster Mr. and Mrs. Wm. L. Heinrich (Continued on Page Five) 150 Attend For Teachers, The Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce were hostesses Thursday evening at the Lions Club Rooms to the annual Teacher-Merchant Mix er. General Chairman of the event was Mrs. Thelma Baker. The banquet tables were dec orated in the Autumn colors and at each place setting were fav ors for the guests. Guests were greeted by recep tionists Mayor and Mrs. Grant Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smock and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bulin. Mrs. Baker's chairmen were: food, Mrs. Dorothy Meisinger; dining room, Mrs. Phyllis Brook houser, decorations, Mrs. M. E. Brown, and Mrs. D. L. Grove; tickets, Mrs. Zulemma Dye and Mrs. Marie Richards. Vera Solomon was toastmist ress and Introduced Mrs. Har Band Wins G. Parade Trophy Plattsmouth High School's "A'' Band Saturday won the first place trophy in parade competition among Class A schools at the 1 9(30 Harvest of Harmony at Grand Island. The annual band invitational was begun in 1938 as a goodwill venture and some of the most outstanding bands in Nebraska high school history have com peted. Saturday, the Plattsmouth band. 63 gtrong including nine Joe C. Wheeler Dies Sunday At Hospital Sunday afternoon at 6 o'clock Joseph C. Wheeler, 72, mem ber of one of the prominent long time families of Cass county, died at the community hospital at Syracuse. Mr. Wheeler has since 1957 been a patient at a rest home at Weeping Water, for the last two weeks has been very critical and was taken a few hours be fore passing away to the hos pital where he died. Joserjh C. Wheeler was born March 26, 1888 at the farm home south of this city. He was the youngest son of-William D. and Mary Cook Wheeler and spent his childhood days on the farm. He was educated in the rural schools and the Platts-. mouth high school. Joe was for some years en eaeed in railroading, later in farming 'in this section of the state. He was for a number of years engaged as custodian at the state canitol at Lincoln, lat er resuming his activities at farming as long as his heaitn permitted. He was much interested in public affairs, quite active in political circles being a very ar dent democrat and a close friend of the Bryan family, both of William J. Bryan and Gover nor Charles S. Bryan. There is surviving his death two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Church and Mrs. Robert Patterson of Plattsmouth; one brother, Percy J. Wheeler, Plattsmouth; nieces and nephews, Mrs. Shirley Wheeler Kuhns, Beatrice; Mrs. Charlene Schwab, Fairbury; Robert Wheeler, San Antonio, Tex. Preceeding him in death is the parents and one brother. Funeral services will be Wed nesday at 2 p.m. at the chapel of the Sattler funeral home. Burial will be at the Horning cemetery. 'Help Willie See' Fund: $1,338.04 Another addition to the fund to send Willard (Willie) Simons of Plattsmouth to New York City for a corneal transplant has brought the fund total to $1,338.04. Ira Frasure of Offutt Air Force is a new contributor, giv ing $21. Former Resident Dies Report has been received here of the death of Ray Royal, 75, member of a pioneer family of Rock Bluffs in early days. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Royal, who for many years made their home in this county. 'Mixer Here Merchants old Smock, the Women's Divi sion president; Harold Smock, Chamber of Commerce manag er; Chris Bulin the Chamber's president. Later Miss Solomon introduced a high school barbershop quar tet of Tom Smith, Tim Fischer, Albert Wetenkamp and Larry Toothaker who sang two num bers. Chair Julian favored the group with two piano solos. Following the musical pro gram, a game of skill was play ed and prizes were awarded for placing beans along vertical, horizontal and diagonal rows of numbers. Officers of the Women's Divi sion other than Mrs. Smock are Mrs. Marie Richards, past presi dent; Mrs. Phyllis Brookhouser, vice president and Mary Alice Oschlager, secretary-treasurer. Approximately 150 persons at tended the Mixer. majorettes, was in the parade competition with 52 bands. The parade was about two miles long and took about a half-hour to complete its route. Plattsmouth won over Kear ney and Grand Island in Class A., . . Director Robert Williar.)s said today, "We're pretty proud." The band, however, can't rest on its laurels. It has the Nebr aska State Marching Band Con tent coming up at Pershing Auditorium in Lincoln Nov. 5. 1 Thirty-six bands will compete. Saturday, the band left here at 6ji.ni. in two chartered buses. It returned at 10:30 Saturday night. . The trophy the band brought home, showing a majorette with baton, can be seen at the school. A casualty of the trip was Gene Engelkemier who suffered a broken finger in a freak acci dent on the return trip. 3 Hospitalized After Traffic Accidents Here Three persons were hospitaliz ed by two traffic accidents here over the weekend. Patsy Downy, 17, 620 Chicago Ave., suffered two broken bones in the pelvis, leg and hip injur ies and face cuts when she was thrown from a car from which she was alighting in front of 614 Chicago Saturday at 7:40 p.m. Another passenger in the car, Carol Hart, 19, 614 Chicago Ave., was thrown from the car and suf fered a broken tooth and chest injuries. Miss Downey is at Methodist Hospital, Omaha, Room 972, She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Downey. Miss Hart of Wct Virginia, a guest at the home bf her sister, Mrs. Garmon Whitenack, is at St. Catherine's Hoioital, Omaha Sun porch, third fibor. The girls were riding in a car driven by A-lc Benjamin Crow ley, 25. of Offutt Air Force Base who had stopped to let them out. The car was struck from the rear by a car driven by Kenneth L. Daniel, 24, of Plattsmouth. Miss Downey was thrown more than 20 feet to the pavement, Police Chief Fred Tesch who in vestigated said. Also thrown from the car was another pas senger, A-2c Pat Egizio, 18, of Offutt AFB. He was thrown onto the boulevard and . suffered a knee bruise. In County Court today, Daniel pleaded "guilty" to a charge of drunken driving and was fined $100, sentenced to 15 days in County Jail and his driver's lic ense was ' suspended for six months. Tesch said the Crowley and Daniel cars were a "total loss' The impact of the collision sent Crowley's car into a car parked on the boulevard. It be longs to Florentino Savala of Offutt AFB who had parked it near the home of friends while he was away on duty. Crowley suffered cuts of the hands and knee. Daniel has chest injuries. William Tarns, 72, of Platts mouth suffered cuts and abras ions and complained of a hip in jury after being srtuck by a car at 6th and Main Sunday at 9:10 a.m. Tesch said Tarns was crossing Main Street on a green light when a car driven by Ed Koh rell, 67, of Plattsmouth, also moving on a green light was making a left turn from 6th onto Main, after having been stopped for a red light. The police chief said Kohrell scid he failed to see the pedes trian because of shadows along the street and bright sun in his eyes. He stooped when he felt the impact, he told the chief. Tesch said the car was travl ing very slowly. Tarns was taken to the hospit. al for observation. THE W'E.ITHKK OCT. 20. 21, 22, 23, 1960 Hate HiRh Low . rrcc. Thursday 42 29 ' .00 Friday 63 42 .00 Saturday 69 39 .00 Sunday 73 40 .00 Forecast: High near 70, low near 40. Warm trend to con t inue. Sun sets tonight at 5:30; rises Tuesday at 6:46 a.m. County 4-H Achievement Day Oct. 27 Judge W. J. Sehepmnn, will present his acts of magic at the Annual 4-H Achievement meet ing. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday evening Oct. 27 at Weeping Water. Schepman is Johnson County Judge at Tecmnseh. A total of 551 Cass County 4-11 members will be closing the I960 club year by attending the County meeting. The Weeping W'ater Chamber of Commerce, Co-sponsors of the affair will serve refresh ments following the program. Other highlights of the pro gram will bo presentation of County 4-H Champions, pre sentation of Awards, trophies, medals and Chicago trip win ners. Two trips are .sponsored by the Murray .State Bank.t The meeting will be held in the Agricultural Auditorium starting at 8 p.m. An election of 4-H Council members for the 6 precincts in Commissioner District No. 2 will be held. One man and one woman will He elected from each of the following precincts: Nehawka, Liberty, Mt. Pleasant, Avoca, Center and Louisville. The term of office is 3 years. Hours Listed For Museum The Cass County Historical Museum schedule for visiting hours is 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays, and 2 to 8 p.m. Saturdays until further notice. Mrs. Virgil Perry, president of the Cass County Historical So ciety said the Museum would be opened by appointment for school classes and other groups and out-of-town guests.- The new window display de picts a portion of a kitchen of the early 1900's with prepara tions for fall canning in. full swing. The toys of the same per iod show the typical furnitural of that time in miniature. Thay. are loaned for this exhibit by Mrs. Guy Wiles. The spice cabinet, a choice relic, belonged to the parents ef Maude McCullough. The walnut kitchen table came to Cass County by boat, all the way from Washington County, Pa. in J861 when James M. Patterson and family settled in Rock Bluff. It was given to the Museum by Mrs. Virgil Perry, a granddaughter of Mr. Patterson. Cars Stolen, One Found Abandoned On Mynard Road A 1961 model car was stolen in Omaha about 11 p.m. Friday night and abandoned on the My nard road near here after being driven almost 100 miles and af ter striking some object which was possibly red. Edward Novak of Omaha told Sheriff Tom Solomon the c r was parked in his garage with the key out when stolen. It is be lieved that a group f youths took the car. A number of foot prints were seen in Novak's ga rage. Then, during the night, a 1959 model car, the property of James E. Blunt of Pl.ittsmouth. wis stolen. Blunt said the keys were not in the car but the switch was in an unlocked position. Plattsmouth Police Chief Fred Tesch today said he'd had word the Blunt car was recovered by the Highway P;4roI eight miles west and three north of Platts mouth. It had been abandoned. School Holidays Thursday, Friday Public schools here will dis miss for the week, after regular classes Wednesday, resume at the regular hours Monday. Teachers Convention is Thursday and Friday. Platts mouth is in District 2 whose convention is in ()m:iha. Most of the local teachers will at tend there although some may attend the District One conven tion if closer to their homes. Because of the convention. Plattsmouth High's football game this week will be Wednes day instead of Friday. Game time is 7.30 at Nebraska City. COl'NdL TOMCIIT The City Council meets to night at 7:30 at City Hall for its regular second meeting of October.