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TUT Pl.ATTCMOIJTH, NTBRA5KA, SrMI-WrrKLY JOURNAL PAOE EIOIIT Thursday, December 15, 1960 Study Shows Education Pays in Future Earnings WASHINGTON, D. C. Secre tarv of Labor James P. Mitchell said the derision to quit hli?h school pan rost, 'a younpr man thousands of dollars in future earnings. The Secretary based h i s statement on a detailed studv, Just released, of thp earlv work exnerlenre of hinh school drop out and praduates who teri inatcd fphoolinf between 1052 and 1057. Four thousand youths were interviewed in seven com mi'iitiPs apross thp Nation. Theso were anions? the facts revealed: Younr; peonle who drop out of hit'h school earn less than prndiates. havp to take less fkilled lobs, and have higher rates of unemnloymrnt. Differ pnpps in earnings tend to be romp greater as vears out of school increase, reflecting the better basic edupation and pro motion potential of praduates. Whpn interviewed, 15 percent of the bov dropouts were earn ing less than $40 a week, as pomnarpd with onlv 3 nerppnt of the prnduatps. A weekly sal ary of .R0 or more was beinq; earned by 31 nereent of the graduate but by only 20 per cent of the boys who had quit school before pomnleting their hlph school studies. A similar pattern of wage dif ference existed among the pirls. Nparly 40 pprpent of the Fir! droDOuts earned less than $40 a week, compared with 14 nereent of the graduates. Near ly half thp girl praduates were in the $50 to $79 waee bracket, while only 16 percent of the dropouts were in this category. Unemployment among bovs was three times greater for dropouts than for graduates, pnd amonp pirls it was four timeq greater. The pronortion of bov gradu ates in skilled and semi-skilled jobs was much greater than for drooouts. many of whom were employed as service or unskill ed workers. The majority of girl praduates found jobs in offices, whereas girl dropouts were more likelv to be employed as waitresses or in other unskilled work. According to the study, grad uates advanced at a swifter rate Into more highly skilled lobs. The new labor, Denartment publication, which follows an earlier and less detailed report published this spring by the Funeral Services For Mrs. Clara Arnold Tuesday Funeral service for Mrs. Clara Arnold were held Tuesday after noon at 2 o'clock at the chapel of the Caldwell-Linder funeral home with a large attendance of relatives and friends from this section of Cass County. The services were conducted by Rev. John Hoschar, pastor of the Community church of which Mrs. Arnold had been a mem ber, who paid tribute to her many years of life here and her devotion to her home and family. Music was by Mrs. Twyla Hodge organist. Burial was at Oak Hill ceme tery with Tom Burns, Everett Rozell, William Padeo, F. J. Smalley, Archie Thornton and Bill Triggs serving as casket bearers. CORRECTION The following Is a correction of a list of survivors in the no tice of the death of Elmer Wet enkamp: He is survived by his wife of Las Vegas; daughter Mrs. Bet ty Jean Lolich, Omaha; moth er, Mrs. A. A. Wetenkammp, Omaha; sister, Mrs. Mary Jan- ney, Omaha; and brothers Glenn and Arthur Wetenkamp, Plattsmouth. All attended fun eral services. SAVE! SAVE! SAVE! EVERY ITEM IN OUR STORE HEDUCSD DURING OUR ANNIVERSARY SALE! 20o Off On HARDWARE SPORTINC GOODS AND OTHER ITEMS SHOP & SAVE NOW! RAY SALES - 5th fir Main Plattsmouth Phone 233 Bureau of Labor Statistics, noted that dissatisfaction with school (including boredom with school subjects, dislike of teach ers, and other general com plaints) was the single major reason given by both girls and boys for dropping out of high school. The second most im portant reason tor girls was marriage; for boys it was "to go to work." Mr. Mitchell said industrial and technological advancement today and in the next decade calls for more skill and train ing on the part of workers. But many young people will not be sufficiently trained for the kind of work that society needs to have done. He said the study found that a great majority of both graduates and dropouts had no plans for further educa tion or specialized training, i When asked what kind of workj they would like to do, they mentioned, with few exceptions, jobs which were already within reach. Copies of the new bulletin, entitled "School and Early Em ployment Experience of Youth," may be obtained from the Gov ernment Printing Office, Wash ington 25, D.C., for 50 cents each. Fire Alarm This Morning Proves to Be Groundless This morning a force of work ers were engaged in clearing off some lots in the south part of the city, site of the A. B. Rogers housing project, in course of their "work it being necessary to burn sheds and outbuildings. Residents of that section see ing tha blaze, turned in the alarm for the fire department, only to find it was an authorized blaze. A force of men and bulldozers is at the scene to stop any possible clanger from the fire. VFW Auxiliary Gives Talent Show at Hospital The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, pre sented a talent program Tues day night at the Veterans hospi tal in Omaha. The program under the direc tion of Mrs. Paul Baburek, hospital chairman, and Mr. Ba burek as master of Ceremonies with assistance of several mem bers of the auxiliary was render ed in a highly favorable manner and was received with, enthusi asm by the audience at the hospital. The following is a cast that participated and the program presented. Donna Porter and Mary Helen Svoboda in a dance, "Stompin' at the Savoy"; Carol Dasher, baton, "The Marr Cha Cha"; Linda Herre, accordian "Tic Toe Polka"; Dixie Wilson, dance "Sunny Side of the Street," Mary Lou Porter, piano "Silenf Night." Gloria Dasher, dance ' Ain t she sweet:" Connie Rae Adkins. reading "A Christmas Story"; Christine Uher and Sharon Wed dle, 'dance; Angelo Holman, ac cordian solo; Karen Evans, dance "All Gods Children": Plattsmouth High Hungry Five with Bob Williams Instructor of Plattsmouth High School Band as director Name Is Omitted on Committee Post In the list of those arranging for the Forty and Eight Christ mas party, appearing in the Journal Thursday, thro error the name of E. O. Vroman was omitted. Mr. Vroman, a charter member o the voiture, has been one of the hardest workers on committees. We regret very much that It ocurred. SERVICE Sheriff Talks At 'First Aid' Course Banquet A 15 week course in th,e "Case of the Sick and Injured" was climaxed Wednesday night with a banquet at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha. The course, the first in the nation put on by a university, had a total of 22 doctors partic pating in the instruction of the group. Eighty-seven persons attended the course including Sheriff Tom Solomon and Deputy Sheriff Joe Kruntorad of Plattsmouth. The class selected Sheriff Sol omon to give a talk of thanks to the hospital staff at the ban quet and also to make presenta tion of certificates to each doc tor and a plaque to the Univer sity. Kucera Selected To Band Clinic Richard Kucera, instrumental music instructor at the Robin Mickle Junior High School in Lincoln, has been selected as one of the musicians to play in the Sixth Annual All-Ameri-can Bandmasters' Band in Chic ago, Dec. 14-17. The All-American Bandmas ters' Band is composed entirely of band directors who are care fully selected from applicants from all over the United States and Canada to appear in con cert once each year in connec tion, with the Mid-West National Band Clinic. This select group of approxi mately 100 directors meets in Chicago, rehearses for three days, and presents a concert for the 5,000 music directors, school administrators and guests who annually attend this music meeting. Director of this year's Ail American Bandmasters' Band Is Arthur Fiedler, distinguished di rector of the famous Boston "Pops' Orchestra. The group selected to play in the Ail-American Band masters' Band is chosen on the basis of ability,- experience and music ianship. Mr. Kucera will be play ing first chair alto saxophone in this year's band Mrs. Kucera will accompany her husband to the Clinic. .Mr. Kucera is the former in strumental music instructor in the Plattsmouth City Schools, leaving this past year to join the Lincoln School System. "All the Fine Young Cannibals" Coming to Cass Coming Sun., Mon., Tues., Dec. 18-19-20 to Cass Theatre, Platts mouth, Nebr. Natalie Wood and Robert Wag ner, two of the screen's "most popular young stars (they're Mr. and Mrs. Wagner in private life) appear together for the first' time in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "All the Fine Young Cannibals." Co-starred are Susan Kohner and George Hamilton, in his first picture since "Home From the Hill,' with another top role played by famed singer Pearl Bailey. A strong drama of today's Pyouth facing a changing world, "All the Fine Young Cannibals" Is as unusual as its title, which stems from the picture's theme of the struggle of four young people to find happiness, a struggle in which they come close to destroying each other as well as innocent bystander who happen to get In the way. Chad Bixby (Robert Wagner) is the offspring of a Dallas minis ter who has shown nothing but indifference to his only son. Salome Davis (Natalie Wood) is the eldest daughter of puritani cal parents. Catherine and Tony McDowall (Susan Kohner and George Hamilton) are spoiled children of wealthy parents. In their search to find love, the paths of these four cross, their hopes and fears are revealed, and in their eagerness to grab at life with both hands, no mat ter what the cost, they are brought to the brink of tragedy. Candy and Packages At Junior Meeting The American Legion Junior Auxiliary met at the Blue Flame Room at the Gas Com pany Dec. 9 for the Christmas meeting and party. Members arrived and were laden with, candy and Christmas packages. President Suzanne Solomon presided at the meeting. Eleven members were present; Mrs. Giles Bishop and Mrs. Joe Loper were guests. At the close of the meeting, members played games. Later Mrs. Ted Ohnoutka, the junior sponsor, read a Christmas Poem while the girls distributed Christ mas packages. Hostesses Patty Bishop and Barbara Loper and their moth ers served ice cream, cookies and punch. The junior sponsors played Christmas Carols while mem bers had refreshments. KEEP IN Plattsmouth friends of Rich ard R. Noble here in the old home will be pleased to learn that he is at his horhe in Oak land, Calif., having just under went a severe operation at a San Francisco hospital. It is thought that the operation was most successful. Corbin Davis of Fort Valley, Ga., was a visitor in the city Wednesday for a short "time, spending what time was possible with his mother, Mrs. Lelia Davis, his brother, Steven and family and his sister, Mrs. Alva Linder and family. He hasten ing home to the south to be with his family for the holidays. Ralph Timm who has had a severe siege of illness at the Veterans hospital in Omaha is now back home but will require a great deal of rest before re suming his usual activities. Delbert Puis returned home Tuesday and Is getting along fine now. He recently underwent an emergency appendectomy. Mrs. Wilson Howe Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hoff mann of Ashland were with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stewart Sunday. Mrs. Will Timblin spent Sun day with her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Timblin. She makes her home at the pre sent time with her son and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Rheo Timblin at Unadilla. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lem ing and children of Ashland were with Mr. Leming's mother, Mrs. A. L. Leming all day Sunday. Dick and Karl Lee Clark of Lincoln were with their mother, Mrs. Esther Clark, Saturday. Charley Rosenow, Mrs. Esther Clark's father has been staying at her home the past couple of weeks. George Frohlich Is staying with his niece, Mrs. Grace Linch at Lincoln at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Adams and daughters of Eagle spent Sunday afternoon and evening with Mrs. Adams mother, Mrs. Esther Clark. Mrs. Fred Llndhart and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. John Lind hart of Lincoln gave a shower for Miss Karen Howe at her home last Sunday afternoon. The guests were relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Taylor and family of Wahoo was with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vincent Sun day. Mrs. Ruth Taylor of Platts mouth was also with the Vincent family and enjoyed visiting with her son and family, the Dean Taylor's. Mrs. Barbara Champlin of Ne braska came Saturday to the Wilson Howe home and remain ed with the Howe family until Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Howe and Marva drove her to her home Tuesday. She is an aunt of Wilson. The Alvo WSCS served the receptipn lunch at the wedding of Karen Howe and Jerry Backe meyer with Mrs. Marion Kel logg, Mrs. Elmer Haas, Mrs. Arthur Skinner and Mrs. Wayne Kinney acting in behalf of their committee. Mrs. Leonard Dreamer of Lin coln and Mrs. Joy Miller of Elm wood, cut the cake, Mrs. Ray Eickerman, poured coffee, Mrs. Harry J. Weichel was at the punch bowl, Mrs. John Weichel and Mrs. Edward Brenning of Denver, Colo., served the ice cream. Mrs. Fred Llndhart of Elm wood and daughter-in-law Mrs. John Lindhart of Lincoln and Donna Miller of Elmwood were in charge of the gifts. Mrs. Ray Rosenow was at the Guest Book. Mrs. Edward Brenning came from Denver Sunday morning and left for home the same day by train, she came to attend the wedding of her niece, Karen Howe and Jerry Backemeyer. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Froh lich have returned from their trip to Hawaii. Mrs. Frohlich has a sister in Hawaii. Newcomers To This City Newcomers to Plattsmouth are Mr. and Mrs. John Brink and their five children, John, Betty, David, Mary and Jerome. David and Mary are enrolled at St. John's School; Betty is at Plattsmouth High; John is through school and Jerome is at home yet. Mr. Brink is not new to this community, he attended school here in his younger days, but sought employment elsewhere. The family came to Plattsmouth from Falls City. He is employed with the. Farm Bureau out of Weeping Water. TOUCH Mrs. Sybil Hettrlck departed this week for Concordia, Kans., where she will spend the holi days and winter months to be near her family and friends. She has rented her home to Mr. and Mrs. John Brink and family. Mr. and Mrs. Glen McClure had as their guests Monday Pas tor and Mrs. Samuel Weller of Lexington. The visitors stayed overnight and also visited with the McClure's son-in-law, K. J. Dunlap at Offutt Air Force Base Hospital Tuesday. Mr. Dunlap is a retired Master Sergeant of the Air Force. Buffet Supper Nice for Holidays An informal buffet supper Is the Dleasant kind of party for the holiday season. It's an easy kind of entertaining too, if you plan ahead. Cranberry Relish 4 cuds fresh cranberries 2 oranges 1 lemon 1 cup sugar 1 cup light corn syrup Put cranberries through the food chopper using the fine bland. Quarter oranges and le mon. Remove seed and grind. Add sugar and svrup. Stir un til sugar is dissolved. Freeze to a mush. Serve in avocado halves that have been brushed with lemon juice. Use as a garnish for cold meat platter. Green Dip 1 ripe avocado 1 3 oz. package cream cheese 3 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 teaspoon lemon juice "i teaspoon salt 'i, teasnoon pepper Peel, pit and mash avocado. Mix with remaining ingredients. Turn into serving bowl. Refri gerate until serving time. Serve on tray, with potato chips for dunking. Wild Rose Casserole Va cups wild rice 4 cups water 1 teaspoon salt 1 3 oz. can whole mushrooms, undrained 2 cans soup, undiluted 1 teasDOon Worchestershire sauce 12 slices roast turkey IV4 cup drv bread crumbs v cup melted butter Wash rice in lukewarm water several times. In a large sauce pan bring water to a boil. Add salt, then gradually sprinkle rice on water, so water does not stoo boiling. Cover. Reduce heat and cook gently for 3 minutes or until rice is tender and wa ter is absorbed. Meanwhile, cook sausage over medium heat until browned, stirring, break in pt sausage into bits, draining off fat as it accumulates. Stir in mushrooms, soup, and Wor chestershire sauce. Stir lightly into cooked rice. Spoon half of rice mixture into a greased 12 inch by 8 inch by 2 inch cas serole. Then arrange turkey slices on top. Cover with rest of rice mixture. Mix crumbs with butter. Sprinkle over rice. Bake 45 minutes in an oven 375 degrees. Be Ready for Unexpected Guests Durine the holiday season' it will be unusual if you do not have several unexpected guests drop in to visit. It's a mystery why it catches so many or us unprepared. Whv not make this Christmas one when it can't happen to vou? If you have a rreezer uus is no nroblem. However, not everyone is that lucky. There is a way to get around the prob lem of having enough food for the unexpected guests Plan ning! Keep on hand a supply of canned goods that can be made to stretch a meal or create a meal at a moments notice. Canned sausage, canned ham burgers, canned stew, canned tuna fish or salmon, are a lew meats. Keep canned new po tatoes, onions, peas and carrots on the shelf. It is a good idea to keep a supply of odds and ends such as potato chips, olives and cheeses. All of these items can be kept indefinitely. Fruit cake and plum or fig pudding are a Christmas cus tom in America. A cup of cof fee .coupled with fruit cake or pudding and hard sauce is a hard combination to beat. It is a perfect refreshment to off er a caller. If there are children in your family, have four or five inex pensive gifts wrapped and ready for the friend junior forgot to memtion to you. Have enough extra Christmas lights to re place the ones that burn out. A Classified Ad in The Journal cost as little as 50 cents. AF Plans Radar Bomb Scoring Trains OFFUTT AFB, Neb. Begin ning next spring, radar bomb scoring detachments of the Stra tegic Air Command will be placed on special Air Force trains to give jet bombers a wider range of targets to strike in simulated attacks from high and low altitudes. The first train will pull out of Hill AFB, near Ogden, Utah, about March 1, 1961. Three ra dar bomb scoring trains will be In operation, under SAC control, by September 1961. SAC training officials said the mobile scoring units will pre sent crews of B-47, B-52 and B-58 bombers with more realis tic tests of navigation and bomb ing accuracy against unfamiliar targets. Currently, 26 radar scoring de tachments are stationed in tar get complexes on a long-term or permanent basis. The new trains will stay approximately 45 days at each target site. In high altitude strikes, bom bers will approach these targets at 30,000-40,000 feet. Low level simulated attacks will begin from about 2,000 feet. All target and route selections will be coordinated with the Fed eral Aviation Agency, SAC of ficials pointed out, and efforts will be made to avoid densely populated areas and areas of heaviest air traffic. The three trains will be com posed of existing U. S. Army stock from the Ogden General Depot, modified to accommodate radar tracking and scoring equipment and personnel man ning the trains. Each train will carry about 65 Air Force radar technicians and other personnel to operate the train and furnish other support. The trains will be used to test the skill of SAC bomber crews in day-to-day training missions, special exercises and short-notice unit inspections. SAC training officers noted that the new mobile scoring units can allow close simulation of combat conditions and give bomb crews a great number of widely separated and unfamiliar targets which reflect a variety of radar reflections. Equipment aboard the trains also will be used in attempts to jam the bombers' radar during runs to the target. Bomber crews using electronic counter measures gear, must offiet th jamming procedures to pinpoint their targets. On low level missions bombers will drop to 2,000 foot altitudes about 400 miles away from the target and approach the target In a 20-mile wide corridor desig nated by FFA and SAC. Within a few miles of the tar get, bombers will climb to higher altitude for the final run to tar get. When the bomb is theoretical ly released, scoring equipment will measure accuracy of the drop within a few feet. Communications gear aboard the trains will be used to relay scores to the bombers' home stations. The same equipment will keep the trains in contact with SAC command posts which direct and monitor training oper ations. Each train will consist of 10 cars carrying radar and com munications equipment, fuel and supplies. The first train will depend on civilian or military facilities for billeting and supply purposes during the first few months of operation. Eventually, all three trains will be self-sustaining. Civilian train crews will move the trains between target com plexes. A similar procedure was used by the Air Force in tests last summer of the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile train. England Once Banned Merry Celebrations Christmas celebrations became so merry In Merrle Old England that they were abolished. World Book Encyclopedia notes that the Puritans prohibited the boisterous observances in the 1640's. They threw out ministers who dared to hold services on Christmas Day and jailed any one who didn't treat December 25 as a common work day. But while the Puritans' were taking over England under Oliver Cromwell, they were losing the b'-tttle of Christmas. Riots broke out in 1647 protesting the ban on the holiday. And an outraged group of 10,000 men passed a re solution declaring that if they couldn't celebrate Christmas, they'd just as soon have the king back. A few years later, the Purl tans prudently beheaded King Charles I. But the English people invited his son Charles II to come back in 1660 and Christmas, as well as the mon archy, was restored to England. Frank Sehliehtemeier Dies at Iowa Frank Sehliehtemeier, one of the older settlers of Cass Coun ty died Wednesday, Dec. 14 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. May Koch, of West Bend, la, where he had been making his home in later years. He was born Sept. 18, 1872, lived and farmed at Nehawka, later retiring at Union. He was well konwn for his farming in terests and cattle feeding; be ing honored for 50 years in this capacity by the Livestock Ex change Building of Omaha. His wife preceaeu him in death a year ago. Surviving are two sons, Ronald Sehliehtemeier of St. Louis, Mo., and Paul Sehliehtemeier of Scottsbluff; a daughter, Mrs. May Koch of West Bend, la., several grand children and great grandchil dren. Funeral services will be Sat urday at 1:30 at the Nehawka Methodist Church. Reverend C. W. Severn of Weeping Water will officate. f Designed for (lie '"IF GARDNER UV , ra irM i CASS WALCREEN PHONE I Mi 1 nr. msf?i$ 11 IDEAL -k 7V Christmas Gifts V it At it it The Plattsmouth i? Journal Hammermill Bond Stationery Other Fine Stationery in pleasing pastel shades or white; plain or printed lnformal Notes Subscriptions To The Journal Cass County, and surrounding area, and service people $4.00 yearly, six months $2.25 Outside of above territory $5.00 per year, six months $2.75. Small Filing Cabinets for home use Portable Registers, $19.75 Dai!y Reminder Book $2.80 Pencil Sharpeners $2.25 & $4.50 Desk Calendars Staplers Scotch Tape Dispensers $1.93 Many other items to choose from. 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