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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Jm Pbattsimi Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 80 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1960 VTEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBTR 7 Keep In Touch Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Kallna who have been visiting here in east ern Nebraska with relatives and old friends, are returning to their home at Binpen, Wash. They have been making their headquarters at the home of ' Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Swatek, the latter a sister of Mrs. Kalina. Charles W. Hula, retired Mis souri Pacific Railroad employe, departed Wednesday for Seda lia, Mo., where he was employed for a great many years In the shops In that city. He will be latest of his brother and wife, Mr, and Mrs. Mike Hula and en joy meeting many old friends In the shop force. Mrs. Clifford Cooper, Weep ing Water, entered Immanuel Hospital In Omaha Tuesday for surgery Wednesday. Laurence Eidenmiller, Weep ing Water, had his leg set Mon day at St. Mary's Hospital in Nebraska City. Mr.' and Mrs. Max Tunnell and Mrs. Wayne Sealey of King City, Mo. were here Tuesday to attend the funeral of George Lushinsky. They also visited with Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Tunnell before return ing home. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Mumm of Vernal, Utah, were here a few days this week visiting with Mrs. Mary Mumm, mother of Ira, as well as with old school day friends of Mr. Mumm. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fulton departed by train Saturday night for Tombstone, Ariz., where they will visit with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grassman and Joyce . . - Mrs. Elizabeth Solomon and brother John David of Omaha left by plane Tuesday night for Wichita, Kans. They received word of the death of George David, a brother, of that city, who died Tuesday morning. Fun eral services were today. Leonard Stoehr, well known Duroc-Jersey swine breeder, has just returned from Peoria, 111., where he was in attendance at a meeting of the United Duroc Swine Registration. There were 130 at the meeting and some fifteen states represented. Mrs. Fred Rea fell and broke her hip Monday morning. She was coming down a flight of stairs about 6 a.m., and fell. She is a patient at Community Hospital in Falls City, where she underwent surgery Tuesday morning. She is in room 204. Amos Doty of Omaha was here Wednesday visiting old friends. Mr. Doty and family owned the Missouri river ferry at this place, disposing of the boat and equipment to John Richardson who operated the ferry until the building of the traffic bridge over the river in 1930. Michael Bajeck, one of the early day residents of the city, was taken to Omaha Wednes day where he entered the Meth odist Hospital for observation and check up. Mr. Bajeck who is 91 years of age is in very good health for his age. He has been a resident at Hillcrest Home west of this city. THE WEATHER Dec. 5, 6, 7, 1960 Date High Low Prec. Monday 40 22 .00 Tuesday . . 32 19 .00 Wednesday 38 16 .00 Forecast: High near 40; low mid 20's. Not quite so cold to night, and partly cloudy. Sun sets tonight at 4:59; rises Friday at 7:34 a.m. SHOPPING DAYS U ) Till Christmas ?v 1 V . i ' -A 'J r r it- : v f , I k : M' f fc. AtlaJLiAJi fc.-ni, i't tu Ll :J PLATTSMOUTH SENATORS Among mem- Regina Nelson, Shirley Foster, Suzan Lebens, bers of the Plattsmouth High Student Senate are Kenneth Price; second row Roger Hutchinson, the students shown above. Others were busy with Sandra Spangler, Marilyn Morris, Joe Arn; back athletics or other school activities and couldn't Tom Beckman, Charles Wondra, Steve Kern be present for the picture. From left are: front and Jim Seay. PHS Student Senate Helps Requlate School Activities The Student Senate at Platts mouth High School is a group of 20 students who promote student activities and act as the official liason between the faculty and the student body in policy mak ing matters. Two members are elected from - each-class ach year-po that the membership includes two ninth graders, four tenth graders, six 11th graders and eight 12th graders. The constitution of the organi zation includes the following responsibilities: To regulate student conduct in halls and on the school grounds. To provide for the safeguard ing and proper use of school lockers and keys there-to. To provide for and regulate inter-class contests and class ac tivities to the extent that such regulations does not conflict with faculty regulation. To provide for and supervise school elections, including class elections. To provide for committees empowered to present regular entertainment and special edu cational activities for the bene fit of the school; but such ac tivities shall not interrupt regu lar school work more often than once each week and must be scheduled with the principal not less than one week in advance. To provide for school activities of a patriotic nature. To provide for the welfare of Robert Beck, 3, Of Kennard Dies Funeral services were at Ken nard. Wednesday for the three year-old son of a former Louis ville couple. He was Robert Beck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beck who lived at Louisville until about two years ago when they moved to Kennard. The boy died early Monday following an appendicitis opera tion. Christmas Programs Planned at Union UNION (Special) Schools and Churches are all busy pre paring Christmas Programs to be given within the next few wee.'cs. Union school will have a pro gram at the school house Dec. 16. Methodist Sunday School will present a Pageant Dec. 22 at the church at 8 p.m. The Baptist Sunday School Program will be held at the Baptist Church Dec. 18. A Classified Ad In The Journal cost as little ns 50 cents. S ; " r3 'v 30fc;,; U -. -..I'M f -M students in other fields not speci fically provided for otherwise here-in, if such is not specifical ly prohibited here-with. Current members of the Sen ate are: Kenneth Price, president, Su zan Leben3,- vice ( president; Shirley Foster, secretary; Re gina Nelson, treasurer, and Roger Hutchinson, Sandra Spangler, Marilyn Morris, Joe Arn, Tom Beckman, Charles Wondra, Steve Kern, James Seay, Betty Newsom, Barbara Newsom, William McGraw, Jim Stewart, Connie Pfeifer, Bill Nettleman, Jim Webb and Den nis Campbell. Jr. Fairlandcrs Set Xmas Party SO. ASHLAND (Special) The Junor Fairlanders Exten sion Club will have their annual Christmas dinner at the home of Mrs. Leonard Roeber Dec. 13 at 12:30. There will be an exchange of gifts and the secret pals will be revealed. 35 Jobs Filled By SES Office Plattsmouth and Cass County action in the State Employment Service Office embraced 36 jobs filled of which 25 were on farms. 11 new nonagricultural job open-1 ings received, 19 persons direct-! ed to nonfarm job opportunities, 23 new applications for work and 107 visits to the office. The labor supply was 54, 32 men and 22 women compared to October with 25, 9 men and 16 women. Trinity Lutheran Choir in Concert SO. ASHLAND (Special) The choir of Trinty Lutheran Church near Murdock will pre sent their Christmas music con cert at the church Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Call Yoiii News And Social Items to 2'i Beginning Friday, Stores To Be Open lightly Here The Chamber of Commerce has announced these retail store hours for Plattsmouth: Beginning Friday, and all days except Sunday, stores wi'.l be open each night until 9 p.m. through Dec. 23. Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, stores will be open until 5 p.m. Most merchants are reported planning to observe these hours. Grocery stores will close at 5:30 p.m. Christmas Eve and at 6 p.m. New Year's Eve. All other stores will close at 5 p.m. those two days. ; Shop in w . " 1 1 Mrs. Hermie (James) Scdtak Dies at Church Early Today Mrs. Hermie M. Sedlak, 67, lifelong resident of Plattsmouth, died this morning at 6:30 while attending the early mass at Holy Rosary Church, she suffered a sudden heart attack. ; She was born April 12, 1893, 'at Plattsmouth, daughter of Vac lav and Mary Semrad 'Jfltneftv She spent her lifetime in Platts mouth. On June 16, 1913, she was mar ried at the Holy Rosary Church to James Sedlak. They have made their home since marriage in the residence on west First avenue. Surviving are the husband, James of this city; five daugh tres, Mrs. Eleanor Schomak, Plattsmouth; Miss Lillian Sed lak, Omaha; Mrs. Mary Ann Hayes. Newark, Del.; Mrs. Ter esa Hoist, Lakewood, Calif.; Mrs. Josephine Keller, Lake wood. Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Ann Zitka, Omaha; Mrs. Mary Gruidcl, Omaha; Mrs. Lillian Jaske, Los Angeles, Calif.; six grandchildren. Mrs. Seldak was a lady de voted to her home, church and family down through the years. Th,ose who knew her will miss a good friend. . She was a member of Holy Rosary Church and active in the Altar Society of the church. Funeral services will be Mon day, Dec. 12, at 9 a.m. at Holy Rosary, Father Walter Banach, officiating. Burial will be in Holy Sepul- chre Cemetery. Rosary will be Sunday evening at 8 o'clock at the chapel of the Caldwell-Linder funeral home. Visiting hours Sunday are af ternoon and evening 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 at the chapel. Interstate Bridge Opened to Traffic SO. ASHLAND (Special) The new overhead bridge over the Interstate highway near the Orie Sowards home has been opened to the public. This is much appreciated by folks in this vicinity. It was very rough driving over the new road while it was being graded. Plattsmouth for Best Buys Fire Fund Past $2,200 Page One Fire Fund 2-24. . The. Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department's volunteer campaign for funds has passed $2,200, by two cents, according to latest figures released by de partment secretary John Svobo da. The fund is to be used to pur chase additional firefighting and lifesavlng equipment. Since last report $77 was con tributed by these donors: $50 Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Corp. $5 Mr. and Mrs. Keener Price. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Halmes. S3 Mr. and Mrs. James J. Holy. L. B. Topliff. S2 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kalasek Prank Schmid. Ed. Kohrell. SI Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Adam. Mr. and Mrs. John Kubicka. Thomas Linhart. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bayly. Miss Marie Prohaska. Repair of Roof Of Bell Tower Arranged Here Baburek Metal Conditioning Co. of Plattsmouth has been hired to repair the roof of the bell tower of the County Court house here. That's the final step in repair of the roof of the Courthouse. Previously Tiekotter Building Service of Plattsmouth had re paired the rest of the roof. The bell tower roof repair will be largely a matter of sand blasting and repairing the cop per covering. The County Board of Commissioners said there are some .22 caliber bullet holes in 'he metal from too-enthusiastic plg"edn snipers of years' gone by. Vandalism Probed At Union Depot Special Agent R. C. Nicely of the Missouri Pacific Railroad was in Union Monday to investi gate vandalism to the depot which occurred Saturday even ing. Vandals tore off the bulletin board, broke a thermometer and turned water on in the restroom, flooding the depot. Nicely turned the names of the youths who committed the dam age over to the sheriff's office. Journal Want Ads Pay - ! ... w 'J . 1 VWW SANTA'S CANDID CAMERA Mmmmm! Santa and one of his small constituents examine one of the candy canes Santa Rives as mementos of youngsters' visits with him at the Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Santaland in downtown Plattsmouth. William Howland Named Head of Masonic Lodge Monday evening Plattsmouth Lodge No. 6 AF AM held elec tion of officers for the ensuing year at thefr lodge rooms in the Masonic building. William Howland, one of the active young leaders in the order was selected as worshipful mas ter of the "lodge for the ensuing year. Charles W. Armstrong, named as senior warden and Dean Morrison as junior warden. Maynard Ramge was named as treasurer and Emil J. Weyrich, veteran secretary of the lodge was re-elected to the post he has so efficiently filled for the past years. Appointive officers will be an nounced later by the newly elec ted master and the installation of the officers will be held on Thursday, January 5th. Sailors Who Stole Gas at Union Caught Two AWOL Sailors from Great Lakes Naval Training Station were apprehended at Princeton, Mo. Tuesday evening after at tempting to pull a gas theft like one they pulled at the Hilltbp Service Station at Union about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. The men in a car which they stole Sunday at Iowa City pulled into the Union service station and ordered the tank filled. Af ter filling the tank and without paying for the gas the youths sped off. The youths told officers they had been in Omaha prior to driving to Union Tuesday morn ing. FBI agents said Federal Dyer Act charges will be brought against the sailors, ac cording to Sheriff Tom Solomon. Burglaries at Eagle, Union Two burglaries occurred in Cass County either Monday night or Tuesday morning. The Underwood Service Sta tion in Eagle was entered after the front d,oor glass was broken out. Pennies from the register were taken and the outside soft drink machine forced. The Atteberry garage at Un ion was likewise entered in the same manner. Three new tires were reported taken. Similarity in forcing open of soft drink machines at both bus iness places lead Sheriff Tom Solomon to believe the breakins were committed by the same person. Subscribe to The Journal Now 5 & .4, chool Board Picks Architect The problem of securing addi tional classrooms for the 1961 1962 school year here was dis cussed Monday night at the regular meeting of the Platts mouth Board of Education. The firm of Cecil A. Martin and Associates, Omaha, was Dear Santa . . Dear Santa Claus: I would like a pair of sking sticks lor my skies. I would like to have 40 in. sking sticks and a Indian scout rifle bandolier and holster set and a writing disk. Your friend, Paulie Stapleton Jr. (Plattsmouth, Route 2). Thank you fore everything. Dear Santa: I want a big doll, a diaper bag for my doll, a pair of ice skates, a mixer, a carriage and a ring. From Brenda Cheryl Engle. Dear Santa: I want a bride doll, a set of dishes, cleaning set, a ring and would you please bring my baby sister a teddy bear. Thank You, Santa. Yours truly, Diane Carol Engle. Dear Santa Claus: I have written you a letter but my mommy is writting this one so you'll be sure to know what I want. My name is Ginger Ann Ston er and I'm 3 years old. I've been a good girl and would like for you to bring me a baby doll with a bed, dresser with a mir ror, a high chair and a stroller and little baby bottles that break. I need some little dishes to feed her out of and a-little spoon. My brother is going to leave you milk and cookies so I'll have our house nice and warm for you. Merry Christmas, Santa. Ginger Ann Stoner Hurst Trailer Park Lot 42 Plattsmouth Dear Santa Claus: My mommy is writting this for me. I'm only four years old but can print my own name and I drew an Indian Tent for you. I have been a good boy most of the time and hope you will bring me some toys. When I talked to you down town there was a white truck on the shelf behind you. I'd like to have one of them, a rubber jeep and 2 covered wagons, 1 plain wagon and horses. Santa Claus you have a nice Christmas and I'll leave a glass of milk and cookies for you to cat by my Christmas Tree. Scotty Joe Stoner, Hurst Trailer Park Lot 42 Plattsmouth Top Salesman Named In Candy Sales "Top seller" honors for the recent Camp Fire Girls candy sale are as follows: 1st Mary Kay Henningson, 62 boxes, Flying Blue Bird, Mrs. Harold Bentzinger, leader; 2nd Kiley Armstrong, 61 boxes, Happiness Blue Bird, Mrs. Claud Crace, leader and 3rd Pamela Miller, 50 boxes, Smil ing Blue Bird, Mrs. Bill Arm strong, leader. Girls selling 25 or more boxes weie Susan Lutz, Jane Wards, Susan Campbell, Connie Rich ards, Karen Cobert, Connie Ad kins, Carla Hobbs, Janet Gil son, and Lorraine Beil. Groups leading the sales were: 1st Smiling Blue Bird, Mrs. Francis Wards, candy chair man; 2nd Ot-Yo-Kwa, Mrs. Jack Brookhouser, guardian; 3id Happiness Blue Birds, Mrs. Claud Crace, leader; 4th Fly ing Blue Bird, Mrs. Harold Bentzinger, leader. "All groups made a remark able showing this year, and each girl is to be complimented on her selling efforts" added Mrs. Jack Brookhouser, chair man of the organization. A Classified Ad in The Journa cost as little as 50 cents. ' selected by the Board to serve as architects for an anticipated building program of the school district. Several meetings of the Board have already been devoted to consideration of the need f o r classroom space. This year classes are belnc held at First Presbyterian Church, St. raid's Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Public Library, in addition to use of all regular school class rooms. Monday night, the board also adopted a resolution to become a part of the School Board Policies which establish pro cedure for dealing with nun-diligent pupils in high school. Filling Stations Entered, Vending Machine Rifled Two filling station breakins and rifling of a soft drink mac hine at a laundromat have been reported by Plattsmouth police. The station burglaries are similar and also similar to two reported by the sheriff to have occurred at Eagle and Union. The soft drink machine at Econ-o-Wash was broken into by someone who pried off the door of the machine sometime Wednesday. A report was turned in by a customer who arrived to use washing facilities in the unattended building on South Third Street. Police said- the machine be longs to an Omaha vending com pany. The filling station breakins occurred early Tuesday morn ing. Kent Oil Co. on Washington Avenue was entered shortly after 5:30 but thieves got only 30 pen nies. A cook at the cafe next door told police he got to work about 5:30 a.m. About 10 minutes later he noticed the lights of the sta tion drive had baen turned on. When a station attendant didn't appear, he notified police. Burglars had entered the station by breaking the front door glass and unlocking the door. They'd evidently gone to the back room and turned on a switch which they thought con trolled the gasoline pumps. A pump hose had been tampered with, police said. After investigating that break in, Police Chief Fred Teseh and patrolmen Went to the Texaco Station farther north on Wash ington Avenue but the burglars had already been there and left. They got in the same way but this time had found a switch which controls the pumps. They had taken 16 gallons of gasoline, two 8.00x14 whitewall tires and two batteries. They left the gasoline pump running and the front door standing open as they left. Elmer Wetenkamp Dies Mondav At Las Vesfas. Nevada Elmer Wetenkamp, 64. native of Cass County, died Monday at Las Vegas, Nevada, where he has been making his home for the past fifteen years. As far as learned here he suffered a stroke Saturday and passed away Monday. He was born at the farm home of the parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wetenkamp, near Mynard and spent his early years in that community. In iater years he resided in Oma ha until moving to thr west and locating in the Nevadn citv. Survivors are the wife of Laa Vegas: one daughter, Mrs. Mary Janny, Omaha; mother, Mrs. A. A. Wetenkamp, Omaha: broth ers, Glen and Arthur Weten kamp of this city; and many other relatives. Funeral services are licin"; held today at Las Vegas. Journal Want Ads Pay Stores Open Daily Till 9 P. M. Starting Fri. Till 9 P.