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TTEH1E PLATOMOTTIHl J(MJ PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 79 TWENTY TWO PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1960 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBCR 101 TOM Fire Fund Totals $1,589.50 The total of donations to the current Plattsmoulh Volunteer Fire Department's fund drive was $1,589.25 this week, accord ing to John Svoboda, secretary of the department. Addition of $243.50 In contri butions was made since The Journal's last report. Contributions can be given to any volunteer fireman, mailed to the department or brought to Svoboda at Plattsmouth State Bank. The new contributors: S25 Epperson Construction. Riverview Home. $13 Mr. and Mrs. M. H. William son. $10 Stephen M. Davis. $5 Mr. and Mrs. Ben II. Speck. Greth H. Oarnett. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Wiles. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schiessl. Verna and Harriett Goos. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Loren een. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Land. Clem Kroliskl. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Clinken beard. Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Han sen. Marvin Petereit. Llnder Firestone. VFW Auxiliary. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. P. Kelly. Mr. and Mrs, Floyd Becker. Art Relmer. Chris Zimmerman. Arthur Hild. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wohlfarth. Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Tschir ren. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Kaffen berger. Mr. and Mrs. John Altschaffl. Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Harris. $3 Victor J. Stoehr. Louis Naeve. -W. C. Maston. Mrs. George E. Jacobs. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Warga Sr. Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Kocian. $2.50 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lochman Jr. $2 Mrs. E. J. Lutz Frank Parkening. John Chappell. Anonymous. Henry R. Vlnduska. Ralph J. Wehrbein. Mrs. Erna Yenney. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Walling. V. E. .Handley. Antonia Vanek. Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson. Kenneth McCarthy. $1 .' Wayne E. Hendrix. Sybil Hetrick. 1 Mrs. John Becker. Mrs .Emma Kaffenberger. Rose Day. John Chovanec. Mrs. J. D. Worsham. A Classified Ad in The Journal cost as little as SO cents. m I f AT 'COURT OF HONOR ' 1L ' 'A L' r 4! 1. vi Af if, 't y ' "' ' J " " 'Zm-m I - " ,'-Ti ' -a ui'Y ..nr ' -i Iti i rtrtim inYt ri -Hi fir rrrrm tiiii-B-- - ' '-j i J- -- swf-'- tkM. Ttmu.tiMiM-Hv, , u.t n J Court of Honor Monday night at the Lions Club, left to right, are: Fr. Robert Hodgson; Lloyd Fitch, Jr., chairman of the display committee; Don Story, Carl Schreiner, Charles Mann, Gary French, Billy Spradlin, Scoutmaster Bill Spradlin; Glen Pan- FLAGS FOR SCHOOLROOMS The Platts mouth American Legion Post Tuesday night pre sented the first of flags it is getting for local schoolrooms as part of the post's Americanism program. Legion Commander Kenneth Young VFW Backs 'Lights On' Vote Drive "Let's LIGHT up for demo cracy on election eve and LIGHT out for the Polls on elec tion day" is the slogan sung by the local VFW Post 2543, na tional program to promote all householders and business places to light up their homes and business establishments on election eve between 8 and 9 o'clock. "The veterans fought brave ly for the right to vote," Com mander Jack Barnard said in urging1 all veterans to exercise j this treasured privilege Jand do everything In their power to en courage others to do the same. National statistics of recent elections which showed at best nearly 40 percent of the elect orate who did not cast ballots reminds all of Us what to do this Nov. 8, Barnard said. "The VFW wants to have all Plattsmouth citizens light their homes from 8-9 p.m. to re mind the world that they too must light out for the polls election day," he said. The local VFW Auxiliary will baby sit for any voting citizen between 2 and 4 p.m. Nov. 8 at the local VFW Club rooms. Nov. 6, Commander-in-Chief Ted C. Connell of the VFW will be the guest of Dave Garroway on his TV program "Monitor" and at the same time there will be 200 other prominent VFW leaders throughout the U.S. on their own local NBC stations to discuss the 'Lights On' pro gram. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 Shown at the Tlattsmouth Scouts' N eil Lancaster Named Co. Supt. Neil Lancaster of Plattsmouth Tuesday was appointed Cass County Superintendent of Sch ols effective Dec. 1 by the Coun ty Board of Commissioners. He will succeed L. A. Behrends who resigned effective that date. The unexpired term runs until January, 1962. Lancaster, a 1938 graduate of Plattsmouth High School, has had 19 years teaching experience and presently is teaching 4th grade at Avery Sqhool south of Omaha. t. .; Prior to that he taught five years at Mt. View Rural School in Douglas County, also 4th grade, and also taught in Cass County. Camp Fire Girls, Blue Birds Here To Sell Candy Nov. 9-30 are the dates set for this. year's Candy Sale to be conducted annually by the Camp Fire Girls organization and its junior members, the Blue Birds. This is the only fund-raising drive made by this organization. "Nearly 140 girls, represent ing 15 groups in the Platts mouth vicinity, will be soliciting your support through your pur chase of dollar boxes of choco lates,'' one of the adult leaders said. From each box pf candy sold, 40 cents is realized for the sup port of Camp Fire Girls. Five cents of this remains in the girls group treasury. (Continued On Page Seven) konin, Neighborhood Scout Commissioner for this area; and Ray Story, institutional representative for the Lions Club which spon sors the local troops. Spencer Davis, Scout who was in charge of the Court program, is not shown. presented flags for Junior High and Central grade school rooms to Mrs, John Acl kins, presi dent of Central PTA, prior to the regular PTA meeting. Lancaster holds a baccalaur eate degree and has had 15 graduate hours toward his mas ter's degree. He attended Omaha and Denver Universities and the University of Nebraska. He Is unmarried. Mr. and Mrs. Behrends will move to California. $65 and $19 in UNICEF Drives UNICEF collections at Mur ray raised $65 and at Cedar Creek $19 on Halloween night, The Journal was Informed. The Murray solicitation was jointly sponsored by the two churches. The Cedar Creek can vass was made by the Presby terian Church. On Halloween, youngsters In many communities instead of going trick-or-treating ask for donations to UNICEF, the Uni ted Nations Internation Chil dren's Emergency Fund. The fund is used to feed, clothe and provide medical care for young sters in underdeveloped areas of the world. $2,190.75 Check For Cass County Consumers Public Power Dis trict manager Ernest Elliott Tuesday turned over to the Cass County Treasurer a check for $2,190.75, the frist-half "in lieu of personal property and real estate taxes" payment to the county. The payment is in addition to the 5 per cent tax on the public utility's gross revenue. Polling Sites for '8 to 8 Votirag Tuesday Listed for Cass County Election : Procedures Stressed County Clerk Chas. Land, elec tion clerk for Cass County in Tuesday's general election, to day listed the following proced ures in conection with the elec tion, contained in a letter to him from Secretary of State Frank Marsh. Ballot placement All elec tion board members who hand ballots to voters should be thor oughy briefed on the procedure with special emphasis on the point that the blue ballot, con taining the proposed Constitu tional Amendments submitted to the voters by the Legislature, should be placed on top of the stack of ballots when handed to the voter. Authenticating ballots Un der no circumstances are elec tion officials to sign anything other than their own name on the back of the official ballot. It has been reported that' one election Judge was observed signing his name and the name of the other Judge on the back of each ballot. Campaigning near polling places Numerous complaints have been received of campaign, ing by interested persons closer to the polls than the designated one hundred feet restriction. Otto Schafer Of Nehawka Dies at 73 .Otto Schafer, 73. oe of the best known prominent residents of Cass County, died Tuesday night at 11 o'clock at an Omaha hospital as result of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was ill two days. He was born August 27, 1887, at the farm home north of Ne hawka, son of Jacob and Mary Egger Schafer, early day resi dents of that community. Here, he has spent his life time, assisting In building the farming and stockraising busi ness. His father died when he was young and he assisted the mother and members of the family in developing the family interests and holdings in that section of Cass County. February 25, 1915, he was married to Miss Carrie Terry berry, member of a pioneer family of near Louisville, who preceded him in death January 23, 1958. Surviving are sons and daugh ters, James Schafer, Nehawka; Mrs. Florence Heeter, Clrcle ville, Ohio; Mrs. Kathleen Boe tel, Mrs. Ruth Gift, Mrs. Betty Schmitz, all of Omaha; Mrs. Norma Beatty, Hancock, la.; Lyle Schafer, Nehawka; Mrs. Marilyn James, York; brother, Philip Schafer, Nehawka; sis ters, Mrs. Christena Friedrich, Fontana, Calif.; Mrs. Rose Wohlfarth, Murray; nine grandchildren. Mr. Schafer was known over this section of the west for his raising of purebred Angus cat tle, showing his cattle in sec tional and national shows with high honors. He was a member of the Cass County Feeders as sociation and for many years an active booster and served as president of the Cass County Fair board. He was also an ar dent booster of 4-H work in Cass County. Mr. Schafer was a member and strong supporter of the Christ Lutheran Church, seven miles west of this city on the Louisville Road. Personally a most genial gentleman, Mr. Schafer posses sed a wide circle of friends over all Cass County. Funeral services will be Fri day at 2 p.m. at Christ Luther an, Dr. A. B. Lentz, officiating. Burial will- be in St. John's Cemetery north of Nehawka. Pallbearers will be Roy Engel kemeier, Eugene Fitch, Fred Hike. Arthur Hild, Oliver Mei singer and Howard Philpot Visiting hours will be today (Thursday) 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 at the Caldwell-Llnder Chapel. A Classified Ad In The Journal cost as little as 60 cents. See Sample Ballols-lnside Today's Journal contains samples of the ballots to be voted in Cass County in the general ('lection Nov. 8. There will be four ballots for most of the county, five for voters in Commission District One who will elect a Commissioner. There'll be the main election ballot for national and state political offices and state and county non political offices, a ballot containing state constitutional amendments proposed by the l!).r9 and lflfit) Legislative sessions, a ballot on the amendment to the Constitution to provide for election of a Commissioner of Fducation proposed by initiative petition and a ballot on a special levy for the Cass County Historical Society. (Cotlnty Clerk Chas. Land, election clerk for the general election, suggests voters clip and save the sample ballots In today's Journal and study them before going to the polls Tuesday), ffiff i V A ( ; ,T- :M'P' 4 f:p0i- ; r in 'WILLIE' AND ESCORT Willard (Willie) Simons is shown with Ernie Schultz who will accompany him to New York City next week to check Millie in for scheduled eye surgery it is hoped will rescue him from nine years of blindness. Willie Goes to Fund Reckoning: $1,564.16 Willard (Willie) Simons, 31, will leave here Nov. 9 for New York City where he will under go eye surgery he, his family and hundreds of his friends here and elsewhere hope will restore sight to one eye. Those friends, most of whom contributed to a fund begun by the Plattsmouth Lions Club to finance the trip and Willie's stay at a hospital after a cor neal transplant, will be pulling n1 V k. if l.v4(.- i U Use ' r 1. w 5- ,i I I ' i f H i t 4 ; CHECK FOR 'W1I.I.TE' Roger Hecdum. rifilit, president of the Junior High Stut'ent Council, presents a check for S 10 to Wil lard Simons Jr., Central 6th grader, for the fund for his father, Willard (Willie) Simons who will go to New York City for a cor neal transplant. The check was Riven on behalf of the Council and Junior High students who earned S35 raking lawns last week in a special good-turn project. The Council contributed $5 from its treasury in addition. N.Y. Nov. 9; for Willie to see again after nine long years of blindness. Contributions to the fund total $1,564.16. L. W. Moore, Lions Club president, said con tainers placed at local taverns were picked up Wednesday and a final reckoning made. Contributions came from all over Cass County, from other places in Nebraska and from as far distant as California, where ( Continued on Page 7) I , -A . n 3 ,'tf k ' .'. U Change in Site for One City Precinct One change .since the primary election had been nolcd by the which today listed the polling sites for the general election Tuesday, Nov. 8. The 2nd Precinct of the 2nd Ward. Plattsmouth, which in the past voted at Cass County May tag at the coiner of 4th and Main, will vote at Plattsmouth Paint Store, 419 Main St. Persons who are not sure in which precinct they reside can cull the County Clerk, Platts mouth 421G, for that informa tion. The list of county voting sites (polls are open Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) : Tipton Precinct, Eagle Fire hou.se. Greenwood, Alvo Firehouse. Salt Creek, Pump House in Greenwood. Elmwood, Murdock Firehouse. South Bend, Community Hall in South Bend. Weeping Water Precinct, Sch ool District 50 school. Center, School District 90 sch ool. Louisville, City Hall in Louis ville. Avoca, Avoca Library. Mt. Pleasant, School District 91 school. 8-Mile Grove, Christ Luther an Church, Louisville. Nehawka, City Auditorium in Nehawka. Liberty, American Legion Building in Union. West Rock Bluff, Murray Town Hall. East Rock Bluff, School Dist rict 5 school. Plattsmouth Precinct, School District 37 school. : Weeping Water, 1st Ward, First Methodist Church, Weep ing Water. Weeping Water, 2nd Ward, Firehouse, Weeping Water. Plattsmouth, 1st Ward, 1st Precinct, Courthouse. Plattsmouth, 1st Ward, 2nd Precinct, Christian Church. Platsmouth, 2nd Ward, 1st Pre cinct, Cass County Motors. Plattsmouth, 2nd Ward, 2nd Precinct, Plattsmouth Paint Store. Plattsmouth, 2nd Ward, 3rd Precinct, Ray Wiysel Garage. Visiting Hours Listed Here for Education Week National Education Week is Nov. 6-12 and the public schools of Plattsmouth have designated specific times to welcome visits from parents in the elementary' class rooms. Central Wednesday, Nov. 9 Morning Kindergarten, 10:15 11:30; Afternoon Kindergarten, 2:15-3:15; all other classes, 2:30-3:30. Columbian Tuesday, Nov. 8 Morning Kindergarten, 10:30 11:30; all other classes, 2:30 3:30. First Ward Thurs., Nov. 10 Morning Kindergarten, 10:30 until dismissal time; all other classes 2:30 until dismissal time. Library Thurs., Nov. 10-2::i0 until dismissal time. Presbyterian Church - Tues day, Nov. 8-1:30 to 2:30. St. Paul's Church-Thursday, Nov. 10-2:30 until dismissal time. Winterstcen-Wednesday, Nov. 9-Kindergarten, anytime 9.30 11; Grade 1. 9:30-10:15: t-radc I 2, 10:15-11; grade 3, 10:15-11 and grade 4, 9:30-10:15. Absent Ballots The office of County Clerk in the Courthouse will be open Sat urday from 8 a.m. to noon to take cr.ic of persons who want to vote absent ballots for Tues day's election, Clerk Chas. Land said today. THE WEATHER Oct. 31. Nov. 1, 2, 1() Hate Hish Low Prec. Monday 43 32 .00 Tuesday 53 37 .00 Wednesday 47 29 .00 Forecast: High mid 50's; some warmin", tonh'ht, low upper 30s. Sun sets tonight at 5:19; rises Friday at G:59 am.