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Tme Plattsmout&s V V i-1 , ; - - Consolidated With the Nehowka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 80 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA THURSDAY. APRIL 6, 1961 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 41 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Jerald Heim To Be Named 'Area State Star Farmer' Jerald Helm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ford Heim who farm west of Plattsmouth, tonight is to be awarded the degree of Area State Star Farmer. The award is being presented at the State FAA convention at the College of Agriculture in Lincoln. In the annuoncement to Don Hansen, high school vocational agriculture instructor, Glen Strain, State FFA Advisor said, "I am happy to inform you that Jerald Heim is being selected as one of the Star Farmers of Nebraska. This is one of the highest awards made in the State each year, and you can be justly proud." Only four of the over 5,000 FFA members in Nebraska are selected by the State Associa tion of the Future Farmers of the Future Farmers of America to receive this honor. One of the four selected Area State Star Farmers will receive the award of State Star Farmer. The a ward is based upon Jerald's out standing achievements during his four years of work in voca tional agriculture in the Platts mouth High School. Jerald is presently president of the local chapter of FFA and has been active In showing his purebred Yorkshire hogs at the state fair for the past three years. After graduation from high school this spring he will con tinue to rent land and farm. His farming program has consisted of swine, wheat, corn, soybeans and oats. J. W. Hendricks, 82, Dies Here; Funeral Friday John William Hendricks, 82, retired farmer who spent his en tire life in the Plattsmouth com munity, died Tuesday at his home, 515 4th Ave. He had been ill for a year. Funeral services will be Fri day at 2 p.m.' at Sattler Funeral Home with the Rev. Fr. Robert Hodgson, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, officiating. Buri?.l will be in Oak Hill Cem etery. Visiting hours will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today (Thursday). Mr. Hendricks was born Nov. 28, 1878, here, a son of William and Mahala Hendricks. He is survived by his wife, Neva; son Vern, Plattsmouth; granddauhgter, Marilyn Hend ricks, Plattsmouth, and sister, Mrs. Albert Lillie, Lincoln. He was preceded in death by Lis parents, three sisters and a brother. Strike Ended The strike at Allied Chemical Company's plant at LaPlatte ended Monday on its 62nd day when members of the striking Omaha Metal Trades Council voted 174 to 56 to accept a con tract offer. The contract was evolved in negotiation Thursday, Friday and Saturday last week in the last of several bargaining ses sions during the strike which began at midnight Jan. 31. For 280 hourly employes in the bargaining unit, these mea sures are included in the con tract which runs to Feb. 1, 1963. 17 cents an hour increase the first year for Class 11-12 operators (Class 12 is the most skilled). 15 cents an hour increase the first year for Class 9-10 operators. 13 cents an hour increase the first year for all other classes. 8 cents an hour increase the second year for all classes. An Increase from $9 to $13 a day for hospitalization room benefits. An increase in surgical benefits, up to $250. An Increase in disability compensation from $36 to $46 a week. An increase from 20 to 26 weeks as a maximum time for drawing disability compensa tion. The return to work Tuesday morning was orderly. There was no incident. The union members had re moved pickets at the time of the meeting Monday night at the Lions Club here. Pickets had - - Jerald Heim For the past two years, Jer ald has rented 160 acres of land of which 150 acres are in crops, i Resolution To Vacate Roads The County Board of Com missioners Tuesday passed a resolution to vacate 29 stretches of unused county roads it feels are no longer needed in the road system. The Highway Superintendent is making a study of these roads and will report in writing to the Board within 30 days with recommendations on the pro posed vacations. Prior to vacating any of the roads, the Board will publish a legal notice describing the pro posed vacations and will have a hearing. The Board met and organized as, a Board of Equalization on tax assessments. Melvin Todd, Union, was nam ed Equalization chairman, with Herman Bornemeier, Elmwood, vice chairman. As only two complaints were on file, the Board adjourned to reconvene April 19. Appointments for appearances before the Board may be made through Chas. Land, County Clerk. The Board is required to meet not fewer than 3 days nor more than 60 after April 1. Deadline for filing complaints is May 10. The Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution Tuesday annexing three half-sections of land in Township 10 North, Range 12 East to the Avoca Rural Fire Protection District. There was no objection. at Allied Monday been on duty continually since the strike began. Strikers pulled about 8 hours of picket duty every three days. Allied continued operation during the strike with about 100 salaried employes living inside the plant maintaining produc tion, according to the plant manager. I -fr-- i ... J, n w-infr---'- -- - ' WELL DONE! Monsigner Przudzik awards Bob MrClanahan a well-deserved chevron for his outstanding; basketball play this year. Bob scored a total of 200 points, an average of 17 a game. Citizens Tour of School Begins at 7 p.m. April 14 With the cooperation of the city schools, the Plattsmouth Council of the Parent-Teacher Association is planning a Citi zens tour which should be of interest to everyone in the com munity. The tour will begin at the High School auditorium at 1 p.m., April 14. Guides will assist at the various schools and a 1 1 will return to the Central Cafe teria for a fellowship and a dis cussion period. Tha PTA Council "feels this is a good opportunity for every one to become better acquaint ed with their schools, and ex tends a most cordial welcome to all citizens to attend." Father of Dean Morrison Dies Hubert Morrison, Sr., father of Dean Morrison of this city, died at a nursing home in Paw nee City Tuesday evening. He had been ill four months. Prior to this time he made his home in Burchard with his wife N."a. Survivors include the wife, son Dean and two children of Plattsmouth; son Hubert, Jr., and three children of Burchard; son Dale and three children of Shennadoah, la. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Morrison left Tuesday evening for the family home in Burchard. Funeral services are pending. School Bd. Hears Plea For Vo-Ag The Plattsmouth School Board Monday night at its regular meeting heard objections to an nounced discontinuation of the vocational-agriculture program at the High School. A delegation of persons in terested in continuing the pro gram was present. The Board agreed to investi gate feasibility of ideas present ed for continuing the program one was that space outside the school plant be rented for the program. Discontinuation, the Board had said, was necessary in order to secure classroom space for next year's influx of students. The Board's Buildings ana Grounds Committee reported spirea bushes were to be pur chased for planting on the em bankment between the upper and lower playground areas at Central School. Russell Nielsen said, weather permitting, Boy Scouts will do the planting April 15. The Board approved the con tract of Mrs. Gloria Noell as an elementary teacher. Tuesday, April 18, was set as a meeting date for the Finance Committee to begin work on the 1961-62 school budget. Huebner, EHbySandei' Seamed To Council; Hutchinson, Bourne on School Hoard -!.. C1C Cass County WOLFE, SNODGRASS TOP VOTE GETTERS UNION (Special) Results in Tuesday's Village Board election here were: On the printed ballot Earl Wolfe 55, Howard Snodgrass 49, Jim Attebery 40, Den Meredith 33, George Stites 17, Jack Han sen 14. Write-ins-Fred Clark 33, Jim Burbee 5, Marvin Attebery 2, George Lechner 11, William Whipple 1, Horace Griffin 1, Ed Morris 1. Mary Becker was elected vil lage clerk with 76 votes and Elsie Frans, treasurer, with 77. Total votes cast were 90. 93 VOTES CAST AT .MURRAY Murray A total of 95 votes Tuesday named six persons to Mrs. Fentiman, 66, Dies; Funeral Saturday Mrs. Ray (Mae) Fentiman, 66, resident of the Elmwood and Unadilla communities most of her life, died Wednesday night at a Lincoln hospital from a heart attack. She had been ill two days. Funeral will be at Elmwood Methodist Church Saturday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. James Hansen officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Visiting hours are Friday af ternoon and evening at Cald-well-Linder Funeral Home here. Mrs. Fentiman was born June 10, 1894, at Avoca, daughter of Henry and Wilhelmina Gollner Brockman. She was married to Ray Fentiman June 18, 1913, at Lin coln.. Mrs. Fentiman was an active member-of Elmwood Methodist Church. She was a member of Royal Neighbors. Survivors are her husband of Unadilla; daughters Mrs. Elbert (Viola) Miller of Elmwood, and Mrs. Gene (Pearl) Parson of Lincoln; son Glen of Unadilla; five grandchildren; sisters Mrs. Henry Rockman of Humboldt, Mrs. Frank Linder of Platts mouth and Mrs. Harry Fisher of Los Angeles; brothers Dewey Erockman of Boise, Idaho, Hel ment of Kewanee, 111., Henry of Potter, Arthur of Azusa, Calif., Everett of Elmwood and Fred of Salina, Kan. A son, Bert, died in 1918. St. Johns The third annual St. John's athletic banquet was held at St. John's auditorium Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Thirty-one athletes and their parents were the hon ored guests. The auditorium lights were decorated with red and white Chinese coolie hats and the stage curtain had a large red Jaybird, the team emblem, as a central theme, flanked by the word, "Jays," in large red letters. The letters which were later given to the athletes were alsoJ fastened to the stage curtain. Individual pictures of the! 0 - This group of St. John's athletes were award ed letters during the athletic banquet Tuesday evening. They are from left first row, Msgr. Przudzik, pastor; Waller Smith, Steve Willett, Chris (huily, Kathy Dillon, Mary Jo Lebens Christine I' her, Kathy Long, Fr. Pleskac, second School Board, Village Election Results public office here. John Collins, George McKul sky and Frank Fitzpatrick were elected to the Village Board; Maxine Richter and Harley Loyd, to the School Board; and Joe Richter, village treasurer. The results: Village Board Collins 53, Mc Kulsky 48, Fitzpatrick 41, Perry (Continued on Page 4) Reorganization Study Urged By Committee A Citizens Advisory Commit tee, formed by invitation of the Board of Education to 18 com munity organizations to send representatives, We d nesday night met to organize and al ready has made a recommenda tion. The group, with 14 organiza tions of 18 contacted sending re presentatives, voted to advise the Board of Education to study district reorganization. The group was formed to study problems connected with ex pansion of school facilities here. It has another meeting sche duled for 7:30 p.m. April 19 at the homemaking room of the High School. Wednesday night, Supt. of Schools O. F. Mussman explain ed the intended purposes of the committe e among them to study all aspects of expansion plans before work is begun and the community obligated; and to remain active until facilties desired have been secured or until the Board of Education feels the group has served its purpose. The committee named Carl T'kotter, chairman; Jack O' Donn'ell, " vice- chairman, and Mrs. Harry Porter, secretary. Organizations repr e s e n t e d Wednesday night were: Columbian PTA, Ken Tiekot ter; First Ward PTA, Don Ska lak; Wintersteen PTA, Melvin Dittemore; PTA Council, Mrs. J. Adkins; BRC and A Local 16, O'Donnell; American Legion, E. O. Vroman; Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. James Drennen; VFW, Lloyd Fitch; VFW Auxiliary, Mrs. Por ter and Mrs. Lillian Dasher. Chamber of Commerce, Ted Ohnoutka and Tiekotter; Mrs. Jaycees, Mrs. Wayne Schneider; City Plan Commission, Albert Young; Lions Club, Harold Smock and Ernest Elliott: School Honors Athletes athletes lined the walls of the auditorium, and under each pic ture was a poem describing the athletic feats of each of the players. Group pictures of the basketball and volleyball teams were also featured. Baked ham dinner was serv ed by the ladies of St. John's Altar Society and Guild, under the direction of Mrs. Sylvester Schuster. The young ladies of St. John's CYO were the wait resses and the CYO boys served as bus boys. The program consisted of: A word of thanks by Father ;-. :-r: 1 , t ' ii.od?$.i . rani lartMMrtiMwr TMf i iMmi "wry i w a j- MISS GOLD IS WINNER Kathy Gold, district art contest winner, is shown with her teacher, Mrs. Lucile Rosencrans at Win tersteen School. Kathy points to another painting of hers in a first grade classroom display. Kathy Gold Is Winner In District Art Contest Kathryn Gold, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Gold Jr., is winner of a First Place Award in the Nebraska Federated Wo men's Clubs District Art Con test March 24, it was announced today. Typing, Shorthand Courses To Be Organized Monday There will be an organization al meeting for courses in Begin ning Typing and Beginning Shorthand in Room 204 at the High School Monday, April 10, at 7 p.m. All persons interested in these courses are encouraged to attend at this time. These courses will be organi zed as the previous adult classes have been. The classes will meet once a week, two hours each evening for six weeks, total of 12 hours of instruction. A dollar per hour of instruc tion is assessed. A minimum of 10 persons is needed before a clars uay be offered. Myron Pleskac, assistant pastor of St.' John's, to all those who participated in the athletic pro gram at St. John's and contri buted to its success. Jerome Smith, coach of St. John's basketball team, then in troduced each of the members of St. John's basketball team and commented upon his perform ance during the 1960-1961 sea son. He concluded by emphasiz ing the importance of an ath letic program in the school cur riculum. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Przud ( Continued on Page 8) mm( .J , . , I ,,."" " Jerry Smith, coach, Gene Fees, Joe Aschrnbren cr, Tim O'Farrell, Rob MrClanahan, Hill Far rell, Dave Kimble, Ken Pohlmeier, Mary Weber, Linda IVIorchead, Susan Shaffer and Sylvia Kraft. Photos by Frank Grimaldi. Kathy, a member of Mrs. Lu cile Rosencran's first grade class at Wintersteen School, won in the division for kindergarteners and first and second graders with a painting, "The Jungle Lion." The painting will be in com petition at the State Conven tion of NFWC at Grand Island April 10-12. Kathy's painting was "entered in the local art contest spon sored by the Plattsmouth Wo men's Civic Club and Platts mouth Woman's Club, then sent to Lincoln for the district con- test at'Miller and Paine. 1 Scout Troop 369 Has Visit from Omaha Scouts Monday night, April 3, Scout Troop 369 met at the High School Gym for its regular weekly meeting. There were 24 Scouts and three adult leaders present. The Troop had a surprise vsiit from Troop 94 of Omaha. Troop 94 is sponsored by the Lefler Methodist Church at 15th and Madison Streets, the meeting place of the troop. Scoutmaster Frank Kudera, the assistant scoutmaster, and two committeemen transported the 16 Scouts to Plattsmouth for the visit. After the meeting was over, it was learned that the Scouts of Troop 94, had given up a "swim" in order to visit Platts mouth and Troop 369. The two troops became friendly during recent camp outs. Troop 369 Scouts were pre sented their new "Camp Cra bill" neckerchiefs which are orange and have a design show ing several scouts by the camp site ent-ance. Camp Crabill is located on North 6th Street. THE HEATHER April 3, 4, 5, 1961 Date High Low Prer Monday 67 37 .05 Tuesday 58 35 .00 Wednesday 48 28 .00 Forecast: High in mid 50's. Continued fair and warmer. Sun sets tonight at 6:54; rises Friday at 5:58. Council, School CITY COUNCIL 1st Ward 1st Pet. 2nd Pet. 57 69 23 32 Huebner Crove Rhylander BOARD OF Bourne 52 55 93 34 63 297 Fitch 23 24 42 21 20 130 Hutchinson 49 69 83 34 67 302 Nielsen 34 53 85 30 66 268 v . r. A. W. Huebner, Warren Rhy lander, Les Hutchinson and Ray Bourne Tuesday were elected to posts on the City Council and Plattsmouth School District Board of Education. Only 515 votes were cast. Huebner, Democratic incum bent, was elected to another two year term on the City Council, 126 to 55 over Republican Lyle Grove, in the 1st Ward. Rhylander, a Republican, was named to his second straight term on the Council, 203 to 130 over Democrat Glenn Dlggs, in the 2nd Ward. Other Council members are Republican Roy Moore, 1st Ward, and Democrat Bill High field, 2nd Ward. Mayor Grant Roberts is a Democrat. The Council will reorganize at its second April meeting, the 24th. In the non-political Board of Education election: Hutchinson, serving a part term now by appointment, was top vote getter with 302. Bourne, seeking public office the first time, polled 297. Incumbent Board member Russell Nielsen recieved 268 and Lloyd Fitch, a first-time office seeker, got 130. Board of Education terms are three years. The Board will re organize at its next regular meeting the first Monday in May. Other members are Raymond Larson, current president; Har old Lebens, Maxine Cloidt and John Cloidt Jr. Write-in votes were: For City Council Fred Toman 2, Rev. Hoschar 1. For Board of Education Leo Glenn 2, John Hoschar 2, Mrs. Cecil Shown 1. The tabulation made by City Clerl? Albert Olsen.as: election clerk appears below. Wilfard Waldo To Be T-Bone Cfub Speaker Parr Young of Nehawka, pro gram committeeman for the April 13 meeting of the Cass County T-Bone Club, announced that Sen. Willard Waldo of De Witt has been secured as speaker for the meeting to be held at Marchio's Cafe in Omaha at 6:30 p.m. Recently, Sen. Waldo has re ceived much notice as the co sponsor of the LB 421 sales-income tax bill but he will also be remembered by many as the former Cass County Extension Agent. On the committee with Young are Clarence Jacobson and Don Ressco. The T-Bone Club is an organ ization of men which meets once a month "to enjoy a good steak and hear many worthwhile speakers." It Is open for all stockmen, farmers and others in terested in Cass County agricul ture. Present officers are: Lauranrc Gregg, Nehawka, president; John Dietl. Nehawka, vice pres ident and Dwight Clement, Elm wood, secretary-treasurer. Death of Paul Morgan Learned Here Word has been received here r,f the death of Paul Morgan who lived in Plattsmouth in the early 1900's. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morgan, his mother, the former Birdie Swift. The Morgans owned a clothing store on Main Street (where the presunt Grove's Jewelry Store is located.) He was married to Ethel Bal ltince, a teacher in the local schools, they later making their home at Hay Springs, Ncbr., where Mr. Morgan was in husi- Board Results 2nd Ward 1st Pet. 2nd Pet. 3rd Pet. total 126 55 130 203 71 91 28 33 31 79 EDUCATION