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The PiiAinrsM JJaioMM PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday VOLUME 80 Does Lime Pay on Corn? It Is hoped that some concrete answers will be found to the question "Does Lime Pay on Corn?" Two lime on corn test plots put out this week In Cass Co. On both fields the lime re quirement per acre Is 3 Tons per acre. ViflH t.psta will hp mnHp this fall. The plots are located on the Clarence Engelkemier and Lloyd Althouse farms, near Murray and Alvo respectviely. Out State Testing Circular 92 "Corn & Grain Sorghum Fertili zer Experiments in Nebr. 1960" Is available at the County Ex tension office. The circular gives valuable in formation on responses given to Corn & Grain Sorghum with fer tilizer applications in a number of tests throughout Nebraska. Clarence Schmadeke, County Extension Agent. Burglars Hit 2 Murray Businesses Burglars struck at two busi ness houses in Murray early Fri day morning. Tim's bar was entered, after a window was forced. Next door, the Collins grocery was entered by breaking out the front door glass. Sheriff Tom Solomon, who was checking the county, came upou the breakins at 2:30 a.m. and summoned the businesses own ers. Merchandise piled up and left on the floor In Tim's indicated the Intruders might have left in a hurry or were frigtened away. A footprint on the stove In Tim's bar where the intruders dropped down from the forced window indicated one of them was small and wearing about a 6l2 to 7 shoe. Omaha police are checking out two license num bers of vehicles seen in the area a day before. Thp manner In which the breakins occurred and the type of articles taken may connect the intruders with breakins which occurred in Otoe County two days earlier, Solomon said. Sandra Lee March Dies Here Sunday Sandra Lee March, infant - 1 t t Ifn.llTin daughter oi uona a anu Koukal March, died Apr u w ai thP famllv home. 816 5th Ave., Plattsmouth. She was born March 5, 1961. Survivors include the parents, as well as brothers and sisters, Donnie, Laurie, Karen and Rickey; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Koukal, Mrs. Julia Ann March, all of Platts mouth. The Rev. Msgr. Joseph Przud zik officiated at graveside services today (Monday) at 2 p.m. at Holy Sepulchre Cem etery, Plattsmouth. Sattler Funeral Home was In charge of arrangements. Subscribe to The Journa' Now! -T r -T7 -r p " rTTT l , , H i, : . .... !l j ' ! : i - Jr.." -1 : S . : - w rr . On a bright Thursday afternoon these Plattsmouth Lions covered the town with anti-litter posters. The event was a joint venture of the Lions and the Chamber of Commerce as a Clean-l p Week send-off. In the picture are Cecil Karr, Harold Smock, Chris Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise EIGHT PACES II - '& t- , .., . ' I II '4 et r II II -rv, ,. . ". II .4 A ki:., fc) - -T ( " ' l r IV Sr-J SPECIAL AYV'AKD WINNERS Shown above are winners of special awards at Plattsmouth Junior High, from left: front Pat Holliway, 8th grade girl with highest two-year grade average; Betty Meisinger, DAR Citizenship Award; Sherry Vern Hendricks Nominated as Acting Postmaster Vern Hendricks, longtime clerk at the local Post Office, has been nominated for the post of Acting Postmaster upon the retirement of Les Neil the last of May. " The nomination was made by a committee composed of the city delegates to the last demo cratic county convention. , If confirmed, Hendricks will assume his new duties June 1. Board of Education Reorganizes Tonight The Board of Education of Plattsmouth School District will tion at its " ;:.," tonleht. begin- lliivc no n-"'b .VI , ; HTBh School. ning at 7:30 at the High School. Leslie liuicninson aim xvcij mond Bourne, electad last month to three-year terms on the board, Board offi- W IU 0w" " , for tho vpar will be named. ! The agenda of business will include plans lor commencement, week, some teacher contracts and next year's school calendar. Class Visits Journal Patti Huff's fifth grade class from Central' School visited The Journal Friday afternoon to see some of the mechanical oper ations connected with news paper production. They have been studying the newspaper in class PLATTSMOUTH, Elmer H. Meisinger Of Ashland Dies Elmer H. Meisinger of Ashland died Sunday evening, April 30, at the Clarkson Hospital in O maha. His death followed a long and lingering illness. He was born on a farm near Cedar Creek. March 6, 1888. the son of George G. and Alice Stoehr Meisinger. He spent his lifetime in the Plattsmouth and Ashland Communities. July 4. 1935, he was married to Lucy Goldsmith. He is survived by his wife, of Ashland; a daughter. Mrs. Char les Hawkins Jr. of Canoga, Park, Calif.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Jack Hatcher of Tallequah. Okla.; six grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Louis Baumgart and Mrs. Albert Cotner of Platts mouth. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Clarence, and an infant brother. Funeral arrangements are PendinS- . , Marcy Funeral nome oi flbii- iand is In charge Cub Scouters Meet Wednesday a mpptinir of Den Mothers and Cub Scout Committee members will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Gas company. Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 Bulin, Bill Spradlin, Ted Ohnoutka, Fred Tesch, Fr. Robert Hodg son, Rev. G. E. Seybold, Ray Story, Fay Jose, Arthur Helwlf and Scout Commissioner Mike Maguire, recently moved to Plattsmouth from Denver, Colo. ond Elmwood Leader-Echo CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA Simons, Student Council Citizenship Award, School and County Spelling Champion; Stanley Bahde, 8th grade boy with highest two-year grade average; Walter Witte, Student Council Citizenship Award. Mew Blue Bird And Camp Fire Groups Formed The District 8 Camp Fire and Blue Bird School Registration and Mother's Organizational Meetings have been completed and thfire. are now five new Blue Bird groups and three new Carnp Fhe groups In Piansmoutn ana Murray. This brings the total to 12 Blue Bird and eight Camp Fire groups now active in this district. Leaders of the new Blue Bird groups are Mrs. Robert. Gall, Mrs. Lloyd Loffer, Mrs. Don Huffman and Mrs. Jack Berlett. all of Plattsmouth, and , Mrs'.' Forrest Beal of Murray. . : New Camp Fire Leaders are Mrs Norman KelJison and Mrs. Ted' Ohnoutka of Plattsmouth and Mrs. Frank FitzPatrick of Murray. Instructors from the Omaha Council of Camp Fire Girls .will be in Plattsmouth May 9 and 10 for. a Leaders Training Course. All leaders, ' assistant leaders and interested mothers are eligible to attend. Training for Blue Bird Leaders will be May 9 at 9 o'clock. Train ing for Camp Fire Leaders will be on May 10 at 1 o'clock. Both meetings will be held at Con sumer's here. A Classified Ad In The Journal cost as little as 50 cents. : ...f,. ii.. ..t-iw ij.i itui iifcinnrtf-v,-"---:'-'--il Read Twice Weekly by MONDAY. MAY 1. 1961 Here's Info on Early Entrance To Kindergarten The program for testing for early entrance into kindergar ten is a Droeram approved by the State Department of Educa tion, and it Is controlled by the regulations established by this department. Children whose firm Dirtnaays fall after Oct. 15 but prior to Jan. 1 are eligible to take this examination. The state regulation requires that the child have a mental age of five years and six months by the time school opens In Septem ber In order to be eligible for en trance Into kindergarten. These standards are required not as a means of excluding children from school, but rather to safe guard the younger child who Is entering the school system, and thereby more nearly insure suc cess in his early educational ex perience. ' ;.The Nebraska School Law pro viding for entrance Into kinder garten by the testing program Is permissive only. It does not re quire that a school district ac cept a child under legal age by the testing procedure. . nnlv nnnlified pxaminers ar- proved by the State are eligible to give these examinations. The fee for this examination as set by the State Department of Education is $7.50, payable at the time the examination Is given and before a report is re leased. All testing, should be done in May and June. No examinations will be given after September 1, except under very unusual cir cumstances. Appointments are made by parents, not by the ! county superintendent. It is necessary that eacn child's parent or guardian sub mit to the examiner the follow ing: a. A birth or baptismal certi ficate or some other authentic statement by which the exami ner may determine accurately me cnncrs age. h Form C. Amplication for Ex amination. This must toe signed i ii . x xi I by fhg parent, the secretary of f the board "of the schoil district in which the child will attend and the County Superintendent in all Class I Schools. In class III Schools, the City Superintendent must sign. (Class III Schools are Plattsmouth, Weeping Water, and Louisville.) In Class II Schools, they may be signed by either the City or County Super intendent. Application Form C and a list of qualified examiners may be secured from the office of the County Superintendent. New Chorus In Last Week Of Practice The Plattsmouth Community Chorus is in the last week of practice for its Spring Concert. rnis win oe tne nrst pudiic appearance of the newly organ lzea group. The concert will be open to the public at no charge and will be presented on Sunday afternoon, May 7, at 4 p.m. in the High School auditorium. A varied program of choral and solo numbers will be pre sented, under the direction of Miss Beverly George. Cedar Creek Scout, Cub Units Chartered Thursday night, Albert M. Hansen and Bill Spradlin were in Cedar Creek to charter a new Scout Troop and Cub Pack. The Community Presbyterian Church will sponsor the two groups. Rev. Joseph L. Barr Is pastor of the church. Boyne Parson will be institu tional representative for both units. Errol Meisinger will be Scout master. G. W. Ault will be Cub master. Mrs. Rose Meisinger will be Den Mother. The committee representing both units will be: Gerald A. Meisinger, Eugene Knutson and Wendell Coulter. The Scout meetings will be held at the Cedar Creek School and the night of the meetings will be decided later by the group. Even though there was a severe wind and dust storm, there was a good turn-out of parents and boys. Cftll Your News And SOclal Items to 2141 More Thon 3500 Cos County Families f 1 1 'y (: BEST DRIVERS Winners of the Jaycees' Safe Driving Road-E-0 here Sunday are shown as Jaycee President Jay Winters presents the first-place plaque to Dennis Smith, second from Dennis Smith Wins Driving Contest Here Dennis Smith, 17, son of Mr and Mrs. Dennis C. Smith, a senior at Plattsmouth High School, Sunday won the Safe Dr'ving Road-E-O sponsored by the Plattsmouth Junior Cham ber of Commerce. Dennis scored a combined to tal of 293 points out of a poss ible 400 in the written examina tion on safety rules and driving knowledge and in the driving test on a course set up by the Jaycees between 3rd and tn Streets on Main. The local champion qualifies to enter the State Safe Driving Road-E-0 which will select a Nebraska entry in the national finals. Runnerup Sunday was Bill Timmlns of Weeping Water with 288 points. Third place for the second straight year went to Albert Wetenkamp of Plattsmouth with 276. Others competing were Daniel Goering, Gary Reed and Jack Welsch, all of Louisville; Eldon Severn, Weeping Water, and Robert Hanika, Harold Austin Jr., Karen Zajic, Mike Brink and Mary Wuelling, all of Plattsmouth. Assisting the Jaycees in pre senting the contest were Swatek Hardware, Chas. Warga Sales and Service, Scanlan Bros. Ru bin Auto and Cass County Mo tors. Judges were Stuart Halpin of the State Patrol; Bill Robinson, Bellevue police chief; Ed Hob son, police officer; and Don Pet terson, Springfield. THE WEATHER April 27, 28, 29, 30, 1961 Date High Low Prec Thursday 57 35 .0C Frldav 58 37 .UU Saturday 63 42 .0C Sunday 67 41 .ui Forecast: High in 50's. cioua- iness to decrease tonight, cool er. Sun sets tonight at 7:21; rises Tuesday at 5:20 a.m. LOCAL ART Art work by was featured at the Art Exhibit TEN CENTS PER COPY 150 View Exhibit Sunday 33 Artists Work Shown At Cass County Museum The Cass County Historical Museum w a s a popular place Sunday afternoon as more than 150 guests came to view the col lection of pictures done by 33 Cass County artists, and re mained to visit and enjoy the refreshments served by the His torical Society. Mrs. Dale Bowman, Mrs. Al bert Young and Mrs. Fay Jose were in charge of the refresh ment table. An encouraging nun.ber of nw memberships, renewals and donations for the Museum Fund were received, the Society re ports. The exhibit included a wide variety of style and type, using several medlas, including oils, water colors and black and white. The most unique entry was a scene of Venice, Italy, done al most 100 years ago by Mrs. John Doud, Ralph Doud's grandmoth er. She used for the background a sheet of fine black sandpaper, scraping away the surface suffi ciently to get the shadings re quired to make a clear and ar tistic picture. Her only tool was a small penknife. Two pictures done almost en tirely in black were unusual; one by John Dean Schreiner, "South 6th Street at Night," and Wayne Rodehorst's "Train in the Night." Mrs. Amelia Balfour, 71 year old lady of Nehawka, well known for her black and white sketches entered two made within the year. Mrs. Frank Payne entered two paintings done by her mother, Mrs. Rose Retelsdorf, when she was' almost 80 vears old. They were painted from memory of scenes from her childhood home Plattsmouth, thus also had a "Grandma" artist. The work of Mrs. rV. G. Brooks, the former Etha Crabill, carried the viewer through the teasons and to several states. The warmth of color and variety (Continued on Page 3) Cass Countyans and Tea at the Cass County young visitors a If 7 V'' n Pr : r Ii NUMBER 48 left. Bill Timmins of Weeping Water and Albert Wetenkamp of Plattsmouth, riRht, were setonrf and third respectively. PTA Council To Have Public Meeting May 4 Plattsmouth Council of the Parent-Teacher Association is planning a public meeting to be held Mpy 4, 8 p.m. In the High School Auditorium. At this meeting the Council of ficers, representative's of the schools of Plattsmouth, will be installed. An Honorary Lite Membership will be awarded to some person who has given out standing service to youth. A feature of the. evening will be a sound film, "Watch for Ollie." The key figures in this new Nebraska State Education Association film are a wistful, freckle-faced boy, a man de pressed by a personal tragedy and a group of community peo ple. It is designed to impress local citizens with the import ance of qualitv education and the urgent need for funds to support it. A most cordial welcome is ex tended to everyone in the com munity to attend. A social fellowship will follow the program. Al Hansen Is New District Scout Chairman Al Hansen of Plattsmouth last week was elevated to the post of District Chairman for the South District of the Nebraska Scouts. Tne district is one of eight in j the state, includes part of omana nnrt pxtpnris south to Murray and west to Mynard and near Papil lion. There are 2,600 Scouts in the district. Previously, Hansen was Ex tension Man for the South Dis trict. Historical Museum Sunday. Two examine a rack of paintings.