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( flHIE PLATTTSMflDDTIH JJflMU PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday HECK. STAJS usr. zxiiu 1 - - . , i. . . .v . Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 79 TWENTY TWO PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1960 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBfR 99 RrMfl. $10,250 Verdict in Roads Case A District Court jury Tuesday deliberated from 4:40 to 10 p.m. before returning a verdict of $10,250 In the condemnation ap peal by the State Dept. of Roads vs. Emil Koukal, et al. Evidence in the case was heard by the jury Monday and Tuesday. The Dept. of Roads appealed the case to District Court after County Court-appointed apprais ers had assessed damages to the Koukals of $15,329.90, Nov. 26. 1957. The Koukals, in their answer in District Court, assessed dam ages at $25,000. The condemnation was for ap proximately 24 acres of land taken from the Koukal farm for relocation of U.S. Highway 73-75 (the by-pass which skirts Platts mouth on the west). The koukals were represented by ex-Governor Robert B. Cros by of Lincoln. Trying the case for the Dept. of Roads was W. L. Strong of Lincoln, an assistant attorney general. On the jury were Bill Schmad er, foreman, and Kenneth Roe ber, Cecil C. Fosberg. Mrs. Hazel Wiles, Asa Kellison, Geo rge C. Stander, Mrs. H. E. Blai kle, T. J. Mendenhall. Mrs. Nel lie Shea, Wra, P. Goerlng, J. Clark Gonzales andMrs. Ralph Wiles. Next scheduled case in the current jury term Is Dept. of Roads vs. Faith Arnold Davies, condemnation appeal, set to be gin Monday. Rock OK'd for Rock Bluff Road The City Council voted Mon day nitrht to spend up to $200 s needed to help resident? of Pock Bluff Road apply rock to the portion of the heavilv- trav elled road Inside the city. S Streets and Allevs Committee Chairman Bill Highfield In recommending the assistance said prooertv owners on the road had collected a sizeable fund of their own to apply rock. The citv Street Dept. is grading the road and has it nearly ready for rocking. Highfield said he thought the thoroughfare is so busy that the city generally has some ob ligation to help keep it in shape. In its general usage, he said, it is much like Chicago and Washington avenues. The motion to help buy rock passed 3-0. Councilman L. W. Moore being absent. Students Work To Help 'Willie' The Student Council and stu body of Plattsmouth Junior High are spending some time during their holidays from school today and Friday doing a good turn. They're working on a special fund raising project for the benefit of the "Help Willie See" Fund. The students are raking lawns and doing odd jobs they can find in a house-to-house canvass. Money earned will be turned in Monday and given to t h e fund to send Willard (Willie) S:mons of Plattsmouth to New York City for a corneal trans plant. Simons has been blind nine years since being shot in the eyes with tear gas. The students will assemble at 10 a.m. again Friday at the school armed with rakes and other tools. Council President Roger Hee dum and Vice President Pat Kolliway are in charge. Delegates Attend IOOF Convention L. Harland Hurst attended Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Conven tion at Fremont Oct. 20 as a del egate for the Platte Lodge No. 7 IOOF. Mrs. Fred Vincent was delegate for the Rebekahs. The banner was presented to Platte Lodge No. 7 for having the most new members percent age wise this year. Attending the convention were Mr. Hurst, Mr. and Mrs. Vin cent, Mrs. Earl Marler, Mrs. A. E. Johnson, Mrs. Roy Aylor and Mrs. Joe Stibal. Mrs. Stibal and Mrs. Aylor were in the Memorial Services Thursday evening. . JrrLZJk ... !.!'.l.l"HUll'l J ' ...'"l1"1 1 L" " '"" t!' . HIND'S READY Plattsmouth High School's "A" Band routines they will use in the Nebraska State Prep Band March paused long enough during its Wednesday morning workout to ing Contest at Pershing Auditorium in Lincoln Nov. 5. pose in the stands at the athletic field. They had first rim through Oliver C. Loyd Died Monday at Home on Farm Oliver C. Loyd, 81, long time resident and highly esteemed citizen of the Murray commun ity, died Monday at the family home following two years of failing health. He was born March 12. 1879, at Albia, Iowa, son of William and Jane Bell Loyd. He came to Murray as a young man of 21 vears and has lived his later life in that community. On June 23, 1915, he was married at Nebraska City to- Linnie Pearl Kniss. Mr. Loyd was engaged as a blacksmith in Murray for some 30 years, moving into Murray in 1900 where he was a well known figure and highly es teemed citizen. He was broueht ud in the Latter, Day Saints church and was a man' of good" deeds to his neighbors, when on the farm looking after threshing jobs for the neighbors in that section of the county. Surviving are: wife, Linnie Pearl Loyd, Murray; two sons, LeRoy Loyd, Omaha; Harley Loyd, Murray; two brothers, Henry Loyd, Fort Morgan, Colo.; Alonzo Loyd, Puyallup, wasn.; two half-brothers, Harry Bailer, Glenwood, Iowa; Roy Bailer, Tabor, Iowa: two half sisters, Mrs. Ethel Tackett, Glenwood, Iowa; Mrs. Pearl Hostetter, Murray; four grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. (today) Thursday at the chapel of the Caldwell-Linder funeral home. Rev. Joe Parr of Murray Presbyterian Church officiated. Music was by Dale Wohlforth, solosit, and Mrs. Twyla Hodge, organist. Burial was in Lewiston Ceme tery,' southeast of Murray with E. W. Bintner, Grant Deterd ing, Harry Henton, Tony Klimm, Will Minford and Ople Morris as pallbearers. Visiting hours were Wednes day afternoon and evening at the chapel. Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Improvement Of Diamond Street Asked Another request to have Dia mond Street on Wintersteen Hill improved was made of the City Council Monday Night. George Bax and two other residents of the street were pres ent to make the request, one which has been pending atten tion more than eight years, Bax said. He said the people who live on the street are willing to cooper ate by providing the right-of-way needed and will rock or other- wise surface the street if the city j m rro t tn mviHp n Hrivo. I able roadway. ahio rnoHwnv The Council agreed to survey the situation Saturday morning. Councilmen Bill Highfield arid Warren Rhylander said they'd at' looked the situation over times past and could see no ready solution to deal with a pre cipitous slope. Inmates Work Inmates of the County Jail are being kept busy this week raking leaves in church yards. CharK-i able groups who desire such j satisfied with the pins and al work done may contact the j most every" Junior High student sheriff's office, the sheriff said. ' purchased one.'' Cass Countyans To Aid Worlds Many Cass County youngsters, instead of "raising cain" this Halloween, will devote their tricks-or-treats energy to rais ing the hopes of. children a round the world. Several communities, led by churches or organizations, are sponsoring UNICEF (United Na tions International Children's Emergency Fund) parties for Halloween. Children will call on house holders and ask for a donation to UNICEF. The fund is ad ministered through the United Nations to feed, clothe and give medical care to children in many countries where help is needed. Rev. Victor Schwarz of Mur ray and Weeping Water Christ ian Churches who spearheaded a' drive to give UNICEF solicita tions particular attention this year gives these examples of what a contribution can do for a needy child: One cent will provide 5 glasses of milk. 'Help Willie See' Fund: $1,401.04 Contributions to the fund to send blind Willard (Willie) Sim ons of Plattsmouth to New York City for a corneal transplant next month today reached $1. 396.04, according to L. W. Moore, president of the Lions Club which initiated the fund. Among recent donations was $15 from the VFW Auxiliary. Donors: Previous $1,338.04 Anonymous 1.00 VFW Auxiliary 15.00 Vernon J. Galland 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Munice 5.00 Al Fairfield 5.00 Mr. and Mrs.' John Wondra 1.00 1 Mrs. Mary Rea, Falls City 2.00 Joseph M. McNeil North Platte 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Hedrick, North Platte 2.50 Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. McNeil, North Platte .. 2.50 Mr. and Mrs. Joe York . . . 2.00 Anonymous 2.00 Siemoneit & Schmidt 5.00 Student Council Of Jr. Hi Meets The Plattsmouth Junior High Student Council met Tuesday i at the high school building. Noon-hour activity was dis cussed with some "valuable criticisms" given, a Council member said. It was suggested dancing would be improved by keeping non-participants seated and quiet and that referees should be appointed for basketball on the three days it is played. The "Help Willie See'' tund was discussed and the Council decided to rake yards with oth er junior high -volunteers at "moderrate prices" and donate money earned to the fund. Roger Hetdum and Pat Holli- way are in charge. Junior High booster pins went on sale Tuesday. The i council reports "everyone Was i Trick - Needy Five cents will provide penicillin to cure a child of yaws. Twenty five cents will pro tect 25 children from T.B. Fifty cent will protect four children from malaria for a year. $1 will provide sulfone tab lets to cure a child of leprosy. And food is needed for many hungry youngsters the world over. Many millions still go to sleep hungry every night. Many are fed the equivalent of one school lunch every two days. Avenue C Access To By-Pass Asked Access to the Highway 73-75 By-Pass from Avenue C extend ed has" been requested of the city by Clark Jarvis, 2223 Ave nue C. He asked the City Council Monday night to cut the street through westward to the high way. The Council told him the state would first have to grant access. A request will be made to the State Dept. of Roads for access. The by-pass is a limited access highway. Jarvis said he thought the street should be extended to eli minate some of the need for us ing the Cemetery Road crossing where a fatal accident occurred this summer. He described it as the "worst intersection" he'd ever seen. 12th St. Paving Objection Fails The City Council Monday night passed resolution declar ing that objection to a paving district created by the Council for South 12th Street from 4th Avenue to the north end of Oak- mont Drive was insufficient and ordering construction. A petition of objection had been presented to the Council. It had been signed by 11 per sons. Monday night the city attor ney who had been directed to check the signatures reported that of 14 property owners of record only six had signed as objectors. He also said that va lid objections failed to repre sent a majority of the front footage concerned. More than 50 per cent ob jection is required to defeat a Council-initiated paving project. CORRECTION Two errors in fact appeared in a Monday Journal story about a traffic accident on Chicago Avenue. Carol Hart, a passen ger in a car struck from behind, was not thrown from the car as reported. The car which struck a parked car was that driven by Kenneth L. Daniel, not the one driven by A-lc Ban jamin Crowley as reported. THE W RATHER Oct. 21, 25, 26, 19G0 Date High Low Prec. Monday 04 43 .00 Tuesday 70 37 .00 Wednesday 63 36 .00 Forecast: Fair to partly cloudv: hich in 70's: low in An-c Sun sets tonight at 5:26; rises Friday at 6:50 a.m. or - Treat Children , Many are doomed because of lack of effective care. You can help. UNICEF drives will be made in Elmwood, Friday night; Eagle, Monday night; Weeping Water, Monday .night; Murray, Monday night; Cedar Creek, Monday night. Other communities may also be sponsoring drives. At Murdock, children will trick-or-treat for the benefit of the Lions Club Eye Bank, a slghtsaving project. Today's Journal Church Page is devoted to UNICEF. - FHA To Work For UNICEF ."The Plattsmouth Chapter of the Future Homemakers of America will be trick-or-treat-ing starting at 5 p.m. Monday to aid UNICEF. By contributing to the Uni ted National International Chil dren's Emergency Fund, you will help to improve health standards in underdeveloped areas of the world," the girls said. 'Spiritual Crusade' At Elmwood Church ELMWOOD Emmanuel and Ebenezer EUB Churches of Murdock and St. Paul's EUB Church of Elmwood are spon soring a "Spiritual Crusade" at St. Paul's Oct. 30 to Nov. 6 with services each night at 7:45. The Rev. Harvey J. Schroeder of Omaha is guest minister. There will be group singing and special music at the services. Rev. O. W. Matzke and Rev. Frank Schroeder are ministers in charge. " 1 I1I1m : I -"j V . j.-. i.. II in i i'i linn i );-"""" ' - - j.. ....... li i CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS Demo cratic campaign headquarters here are in the hotel buildiag on 61b Street, the first time in many yean headquarters has been operated tier durtaff election. Mr. Vrrn Hendricks and Most Families Will Pay 'Sewer Passage An ordinance regulating the sewer system of Plattsmouth and setting a sewer use fee to be charged monthly to all prop erties connected with the city sewer system was passed Mon day night by the City Council For practically all residential; householders, the fee will be the r-o Yi . i 7 w n l!inK rendered for the months of W w. wr Tr ? Bard : January or February where such of Public Works which oversees , ,.,, J ,, the sewer system, said more than 90 per cent of property owners or tenants will pay the minimum fee. Jaycees Sponsor Teehage Dance Halloween Night Bob Embury, spokesman for the Jaycees, said the organiza tion is sponsoring a Teenage Halloween Dance Monday night! itl, mc nigii i;uuui ituuiiui nun. The dance is free to all teen agers, and begins at 8 p.m. Music will be furnished by Lord Williams and His Court an Omaha Band. Also on hand will be a disc Jockey from radio KOIL. Scouts To Have 'Court' Monday Plattsmouth Scouts will stage a Court of Honor Monday night at 7:30 at the Lions Community Building. Besides presentation of awards (local Scouts won many at en campments this summer and fall), passing of ranks and an address by the Scout executive for this district, of special in terest to parents will be a dis play of complete Scouting equip ment by local Scouts who will explain the equipment and its use. The display can be seen start ing at 7 prior to the Court and afterward. Speaking will be Ted Hanley, South District executive who will speak on administration. Also present froh Omaha will be Col. William Wilmer who will talk about adult training. Toothaker on Panel At NSEA Meet Larry Toothaker of Platts mouth High School is one of 11 students who will participate in a panel discussion Friday at a general session of the Dis trict 2 convention of the Nebr aska State Education Associa tion. The panel will discuss "Foundations for Success in College." Robert Christie of Omaha South High is moderator. Con sultant is Dr. Clifford Hardin, chancellor of the University of Nebraska. The convention is at Civic Auditorium, Omaha. Fd Fitzgerald of the local volunteers who worked to set up anil man the headquarters are shown looking over campaign material in front of one of the displays. $1 3 Month e' rdi on The charge will be based on the contribution of sewage by a user to the sewage system, based on water usage. For residential users, the monthly contribution of sewage will be considered equal to one- half Uie wapr coim;mod by thc user as shown by the water bill JiiilVlkJ Cl 1 V IWltl Ui-tll Willing VI I , to the average of those months 1 when meters are read monthly. January and February were used because out-of-doors water use (as for sprinkling and wash ing automobiles) is at a mini mum in those months. The contribution of sewage from a commercial user will be considered equal to the amount of water consumed by the user as shown by each of the month ly municipal water billings plus any water used from other sources. Users outside the city will be charged twice the rates city re- I tiHnnts mv The fee, which will be retro active to the fixst of October, was established to finance cost , of mainlaining the sewer sys ! tern and the cost of construct ing and operating the sewage treatment plant now being built. First billings of the sewer use fee are expected to be with the regular Nov. 1. water billings. About half of the city (north or south) is billed each month in a bi-monthly meter reading and billing system. The use fee is described fully in the legal publication of Or dinance No. 998 which appears in Section B of today's Journal. In abbreviated terms, charges will be: RESIDENTIAL USERS 25 per cent of the water bill as shown by the billing rendered every two months with the minimum charge for each month to be $1. I In case an apartment house Shoppers: It's A Big Weekend! All signs point to a great big weekend in the stores of Platts mouth. Just take a look at the pages of the Journal and you'll see why. The oldest store in Platts mouth is holding its 72nd Anni versary Sale. Another is also holding an Anniversary Sale, and many merchants are offer ing "Black Cat Day Specials." In addition to all this, one of the newer merchants in Platts mouth is holding a Going-Out-Of-Business Sale. John O'Con nell who opened the store at the corner of 6th and Main four years ago this fall has decided to call it quits and retire. Prior to coming to Platts mouth he managed the J. C. Penny Co. store in Nebraska City for many years. Set by nance or multiple dwelling unit is metered by one meter, the char ge shall be the same as for a single family dwelling plus $1 per month for each dwelling unit served by said meln-r in ex cess of one unit. In case the sewer rental charges are paid by the separate tenants of an apartment house or multiple dwelling unit the total charge may be computed and pro-rated among the ten ants. In the case of motels meter ed by one meter, the charge shall be the same as for a .single family dwelling plus $1 for each rentable unit in excess of the owner's or caretaker's unit. COMMERCIAL USERS 25 per cent of the water bill as shown by the water billing of each month provided the mini mum charge for each month shall be $1. In case a commercial user is jointly served by a single water meter with an apartment house, multiple dwelling unit, or another commercial user, the charge shall be the same as for a single commercial user plus $1 per month for each dwelling unit or commercial unit served by said meter in excess of one unit and in such case the sewer rental charges may be com puted and pro-rated among the respective users. The Board of Public Works estimates annual expense of about $31,000 in connection with the sewer system and treat ment plant and about $31,000 annual income from the rates as set forth in the ordinance and -from mill levies already estab lished. It estimates 1,600 users will pay the minimum $1 a month, and the 25 .per cent charge be yond the minimum will bring in $150 a month or a total of ap proximately $1,750 a month for an estimated annual total of $21,000. The current and continuing 2-mill tax levy for th treat ment plant will bring in about $8,500 and the one-half-mill levy for maintenance will raise about $2,000. Expenses are seen as: $10,000, operation of plant and main tenance of sewer system; $14, 000, bond retirement; $7,000, bond cushion. It is expected the plant and outlet sewer will be completed and in operation next year. Union To Get 'All-Number' Dialing Nov. 1 Dial central office equipment for the telephone system at Un ion will be replaced Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 9 a.m. with a new $29,000 dial system of greater operating capacity, Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co. announced. The new installation will al so provide seven digit telephone numbers which will be required later on for direct dialing of long distance calls coast-to-coast. Ed Ernst, area manager of The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Comnuny, said t h e new numbers will consist of seven numerals (instead of a combination of two letters and five numerals). This system, known as "all number cullin;'," is being introduced gradually throughout the nation, lie said, to increase the numlx r of tele phone numbers available for direct distance dialing. A tem porary directory will be distri buted. The new dial equipment was installed in a new telcph.ine exchange building' located one half block north of the pres ent office. Full selective ring ing will be provided on rural lines. F.rnst explained that this means that rural customers will not hear the rings of other subscribers on the line. They will hear only their own riusv which will be a single ring in Htcul ol clip in a code of line; and short, rings. The present dHl exchange at Union was installed in 1938. Ernst said. Since then the num ber of telephones has increased 58 percent. The sy.tein now operates 83 lines and the new system will be tqmped lor 120 l::'.'s with an ultimate capa city for 'future growth uf 200 lines. The exchange mnv sorves 193 telephone? of which 93 a:t? rural r