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STATE HIST. SOCIETY XXX isco it si. .-lur.; LINCOLN, Tfl-flE IPLMTSMdDtlJTIHI JJ (Ml OS 1MB. Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elm wood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday 1 6 6t VOLUME 80 EICHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA MONDAY. MAY 15, 1961 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMHFR 52 jr? J V ' u f , J APPALOOSA TALK FFA boys visiting here last week from Lampasas, Tex., got the word on Appaloosas Friday from Wayne Meisinger of W-M Cattle Co., west of Plattsmouth. Meisinger was telling about W-M Copper Dollar, founda Come And Get It! Come and get it! This remark sounds like the last call to break fast, but actually I wasn't refer ring to mealtime. I was calling prospective 4-H members. June 1 is our annual deadline for organizing new 4-H clubs. We only have 2 weeks left before that deadline date is here. I'm certain there are boys and girls in your neighborhood, who do not belong to a 4-H club and may not know about the pr gram. If you have the names of some prospective members won't you send them to me at the Ex tension Office in Weeping Wat er? Or if you are a prospective member and would like to know more about 4-H perhaps these comments will help out. Last year there were 551 boys and girls enrolled in 4-H in Cass County. We won't know our en rollment this year until after June 1, but we would like to see an increase. Through such projects as Bak ing Cakes & Pies, Let's Make a Skirt & Blouse and Learning to be a Homemaker girls learn to be future homemakers. Boys can enroll in livestock projects or for boys in town such projects as woodworking, photograpyor automotive care may be of in terest. If you live in an area where other boys & girls are not inter ested in the program you may carry projects as an orphan member. In other words you do not have to belong to a club to be a 4-H member. Please contact us real soon if you are interested in being a 4-H member this year. Remem ber June 1 is our deadline for enrollment. Mrs. Kay Leid ing, County Extension Home Agent. Fire Marshal Asked To Help Investigate Blaze The state Fire Marshal has been asked by Sheriff Tom Solo men to join his office in investi gating a vacant house farm fire West of Plattsmouth which pos sibly occurred Wednesday or Thursday of last week. It is not known if the house caught fire from an adjoining timber fire or was dellbertly set, the Sheriff said. A farm tractor in a nearby building had been driven around in a open field by unknown per sons, he said. No one saw the fire but a resi dent nearby reported seeing smoke coming from that area Thursday afternoon. THE WEATHER May 11, 12, 13. 14, 19G1 Date High Low Prec Thursday .... 81 03 .00 Friday 80 65 .tr Saturday 74 64 .00 Sunday 68 52 1.01 Forecast: Cloudy, cooler, dim inishing winds with highs in GO's. Fair tonight. Sun sets tonight at 7:36; rises Tuesday at 5:05 a.m. i i tion sire of the W-M Appaloosa herd. From left are John Phillips, Trent Lancaster and Wayne' Boultinghouse of Lampasas and Larry Engelke mier of the host Plattsmouth FFA. i iLif AJ off yw 'i Immi OVER THERE! The Texas visitors were taken on a tour of the Waterfowl Management Area here and Manager Harold Edwards hoped to show them a pair of Canada geese which bad stayed over here to raise a brood of young, the first such instance noted here since the Water fowl Area was completed several years ago. ! j 33.1 t;- ... tit. ' t m , ,j,JMjMUil IIIIMI ' I' " "I f l AiMj irriMiwiiir-"--""1 Ji -.owni i It'll ( 'V Titi f i GRAIN TERMINAL The boys visited Equity Union Grain Terminal Elevator on the Missouri River at Rork Bluff. They saw a barge loaded with wheat from the 265,000-bushrl rapacity eleva tor for a 15-day journey downstream for export from the Gulf. COMMISSION The Cass County Commissioners will meet Tues day and Wednesday this week, sitting in regular session and also sitting as a Board of Equal- i i ii ifc.t,iii ti Edwards, standing on the running board of the truck pointed out the nest where the goslings had hatched to, from left: RoIIin Terry berry, Plattsmouth; John Phillips, Wayne Boulting house and Trent Lancaster, the Texans; FFA advisor Don Hansen, Jim Ingwerson and Larry Engelkemier. Lf1ll Board of,ization and Adjustment on tax assessments. Commission sessions begin about mid-morning each day. m.M t i ii hi mi .iiJi..A.j.j.tAAAAAiAA.Aftft.a o A niimn no ' PJH Variety Show Set for Friday at 2 The 7th and 8th grade stu dents of Plattsmouth Junior High will present their second annual Variety Show on Friday, May 19, at 2 p.m. in the High School Auditorium. This year's theme is "Around the World." Home Room acts, as well as individual acts, will be used to carry out the theme. Admission is free, and the public is invited to attend. The show is co-sponsored by the Music Department and the Junior High Student Council. In 'Blue Key' MONMOUTH, 111. J a m e s Morris was chosen for member ship in Blue Key on the Mon mouth College campus. Blue Key is the honor frater nity for junior and senior men of outstanding character and abil ity who have won campus dis tinction for service, leadership, and scholarship. The purpose of the fraternity is to serve actively the school, student life, and the community. James is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Olin E. Morris of P. O. Box 3, Murray. Youths Admit Theft of Car Two youths aged 15 and 16 were returned from McPherson, Kans., Saturday morning to face auto theft charges filed against them here. The youths told Sheriff Tom Solomon they ran away from Boys Town early Tuesday morn ing and made their way to South Bend where they hid in a va cant house. Wednesday night, they said they ransacked a Rock Island Railroad caboose taking a radio, two jugs of water and the crew men's food. Later that night, they stole a car belonging to Gordon Thiessen of South Bend, they said. After taking the car, the youths entered a garage belong ing to Frank Ohm of South Bend and siphoned the gas out of his car and they said they drove to Kansas where they were arrested in Linsburg. A Classified Ad in The Journal cost as little as 50 cents. Fred Hild Wins Prize In Art Exhibit Drawing Fred Hild of plattsmouth was announced today as winner of the door prize of the Cass Coun ty Historical Museum Art Ex hibit. The prize is a painting, Cass County in the Fall, by Mrs. W. G. Brooks of Plattsmouth, and a copy of the song, Nebraska in the Fall, donated by Mrs. George Dolan of Louisville. The prize was delivered to the winner today. Drawing was held for the prize Saturday at 5 p.m., with Art Warga, clerk of the Plattsmouth State Bank, stirring the registra Toothaker, Stewart Qualify Larry Toothaker, miler, Jim Stewart, dash man, and last weekend qualified in the Lincoln Class A District track and field meet for this weekend's State Meet. Toothaker finished second In the mile, losing to Beatrice's Wally Weekes by about 10 yards and four seconds. Weekes was timed in 4:31, Toothaker in 4:35. For Toothaker, it was his best time ever (his previous best was 4:38) and gives his followers hope he may win in the state test. Weekes earlier this season beat Toothaker by about 20 yards in the Twin Rivers Con ference Meet. , Weekes' and Toothaker's times were best in all the state's dis tricts. Stewart ran :10.4 to finish sec ond in the 100 yard dash to Lin coln's great Bobby Williams who won in :10. Stewart also appeared to be on the way to earning a state berth in the 220 when he pulled up lame about halfway. This weekend, Stewart will run Friday in the preliminary heats of the 100 about 2:15; and Tooth aker will be in a field of about 15 milers for a running to begin Saturday about 3 o'clock. Larry Cadwell Friday finished fifth in the high hurdles but was disqualified because he ran around a hurdle to avoid hitting a boy who had tipped a hurdle and staggered. Plattsmouth's two-mile relay team, and each member, ran their best time of the year but were about 7th at 9:09 in the time comparisons. On the team are Duane Haith, Ted and Steve Wehrbein and Dennis Adams. : Dave Nettleman qualified for the finals of the low hurdles but failed to place in the first four who qualify for the State Meet. He was timed in :22.8. He was third over the last hurdle but was passed in the. stretch and finished 6th. ' ( . - 8 and 40 Area Meeting Held at Union UNION (Special) The 8 and 40 Area B Meeting was held at the Legion Hall in Union Thurs aay. une o'ciock luncheon was served by the American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 235. Mrs. Harry Gobleman, demi chapeau of the Area, presided. Mrs. Charles Attebery acted as her secretary and attended to the registration. Mrs. Ethel Strabel of Elm wood, Cass County chapeau served as hostess. Mrs. Gladys Snell of Lincoln Lancaster County Chapeau, was endorsed for Area B demi cha peau. Mrs. Rose Golding of Lincoln, National Constitution and By Laws Chairman, reported on the mid-winter meeting and spoke on Constitution and By Laws. Mrs. Edna Mekota of Crete, department Nurse Scholarship Chairman; Mrs. Josephine Lam born, department Finance Chair man from Palmyra; Mrs. Esther Jeperson, Lancaster County secretary of Lincoln and Mrs. Marie Poggemeyer, Otoe Coun ty chapeau of Syracuse, were other officers attending. Six past state chapeaus were present. tion numbers and drawing the winner. A total of 222 persons of high school age or older had signed for the door prize during the two weeks of the exhibit. A total of 160 exhibits were entered in the non-competitive showing. They had been painted by 37 artists. A total of 410 signed the guest book. A special preference "vote" showed that the painting, Boy and Dog by King Clark of Union, had a special appeal to younger exhibit visitors. It received most voles. Karr, Cloidt Judges for PJH Oratory Cecil M. Karr ana John Cloidt Jr. will judge the finals in the Civic Oration'Contest May 18 at 8 p.m. in the high school audi torium. The theme of this year's contest is, "My Country, a World Citizen." Tom Detwiler, Student Coun cil Sponsor, announced that the judges will use the point system in rating the finalists, with 100 points the highest possible score. The following distribution ot points will be made: 50 for sub ject matter; 10 f o r length of speech (3-5 minutes); 20 for de livery and poise; and 20 for dic tion and enunciation. The 1st and 2nd place winners will each receive a trophy. Five additional gold pin awards will be made. Presentation of indi vidual awards will be made by Clem Woster, local Modern Woodman representative, whose company is the contest sponsor. The permanent school trophy, which covers a 5-year period in this instance from 1960 to 1964, will be engraved with the winner's name and current date. The finalists are Darrel Drap er, Phil Fischer, Jill Sutton, Dick Osterholm, Laurie Nettleman, Pat Holliway, and Marilyn Smock. Stibal's Announces Closing-out Sale A business, which for the past 29 years has b e e n a part of Plattsmouth, takes its final steps into history this coming Friday. Stibal Variety Store will hold a complete closing out aaie starting on that date. Dr. Joe Stibal, a practicing chiropractic physician lor over 36 years be fore he retired last winter,, and his wife, Freda, have operated the store in its present location since 1931. For the first few years it was operated as Golding and Stibal, but after about 6 years the Sti bals purchased the building and Mr. Golding's share in the busi ness and Mrs. Stibal has man aged the store while Dr. Stibal practiced in his offices above the store. EQUALIZATION The City Council will meet in special session Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The Council will sit as a Board of Equalization and Adjustment on assessments for special bene fits from street improvement projects. Objectors to proposed assessments will be heard. Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 I T2gsS?ITS3l -' v ) 1 ,l r o w. TO BE IN PAGEANT These Plattsmouth Camp Fire Girls are among those from here and Murray who will take part in the Golden Jubilee of Camp Fire May 20 at Ak-Sar-Ben. With um ti n t i T n--m i. m i -. f r l.rf r - mil School Ebbing School is fast drawing to a close here. The final day is May 31 when report cards will be distributed for elementary and secondary students and Commencement will be held for the Plattsmouth High Class of 1961. Elementary schools have been having room picnics for several weeks and they will continue this week and next week. Monday, May 29, will be the last regular day of school for all Mother Of Mrs. James Cook Dies Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Marshall, 91, died at a Kearney Hospital May 10 where she had been for two years. She had been in 111 health for a number of years. Mrs. Marshall was the mother of Mrs. James B. Cook of Platts mouth. Three sons also survive; they are Roy of Beaver City; Hugh of Phoenix, Ariz., and Rev erend Glen Marshall of Kearney. Ten grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren also survive. Her husband, Walter, preced ed her in death, in 1945. Funeral services were at Beav r City, First Methodist Church on Saturday. Mrs. Cook was with the ailing mother on Tuesday before her death. Plattsmouth, Murray Girls In Jubilee Plattsmouth and Murray Camp Fire Girls will take part in the program of the Camp Fire Golden Jubilee at Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum in Omaha May 20. The Jubilee is for Camp Fire in the Omaha area. All Camp Fire Girls and Blue Birds will take part in the "pro cessional or otier parts of the program. . Three groups of local Camp Fire Girls, the Netoppew, Otyo kwa and Tanwana, will be fea tured in the page.int . They will represent the Camp Fire Girls of the 1930's. At that time, -the Girls sold donuts in stead of candy as they do now as a money raising project. They went out rain or shine, so the girls will appear with umbrellas and large donuts. The program starts at 7:45 with a Youth Symphony Con cert. The Camp Fire program begins at 8:15. The public is invited to at tend. There is no admission charge. I inniiir - - - - m i i Year EKler e children kindergarten through sixth grade. Release time will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, will be a work day for teachers only with no children in attendance in the K-6 classrooms. Wednesday, May 31, cliildirii will return to their classrooms to receive their grade cards nt 8:45 a.m. They will he dismissed shortly thereafter, if all assign ments have been completed, ac cording to James Jennings, ele mentary supervisor. Jennings said the recent Kin dergarten Roundup of young sters who will attend kindergar ten next fall drew registration of 155. More registrations are ex pected, he said. Thursday at Plattsmouth Junior High, the Oratory Contest finals are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium. The 8th grade party is Friday. High school athletes will be honored at the annual Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Athletic Banquet at the auditorium May 22 at 7:15 p.m. Tests for secondary students are scheduled May 25, 26 and 2!). Baccalaureate for high school graduates and their guests is Sunday, May 28. Commencement is Wedn.seday evening, May 31. Gas Co. Presents Safety Awards The Gas Company Employees in the Plattsmouth District were presented Safe Working Awards and Safe Driving Awards at a recent company Safety meet ing. William Allgeier received a two year Safe Working Award; Clyde H. Brittain a 14 year Safe Work ing Award and 14 year Safe Driv ing Award; James W. Newburn a 6 year Safe Working Award and a three year Safe Driving Award; W. T. Gleason a 16 year Safe Working Award and 15 year Safe Driving Award. Mrs. Ann M. Gardner was pre sented with a four year Safe Working Award and Mrs. Mary J. Huebner a one year Sale Working Award. Mrs. Gardner was also pre sented with a five year Service Pin by District Manager W. T. Gleason. Couple To Observe 2-141f Mr. and Mrs. John V. Svoboda will observe their 25th wedding anniversary May 20. The couple will observe the wedding date by holding open house Sunday afternoon, May 21, between 3 to 6. Friends are invited to call at their home, 904 First Avenue. They request no gifts. brellas are I'ara Itrookhmiser, left, and Jeanie Young; with king-sized donuts, Becky Tilson, left, and Muruia Tbun. mi n t i n