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Tf V Mil i'VAT,; mrroiuc.Vw society Lincoln, Nobruoka KSD3. STATE HIST. SOCIETY XXX -t n I C$ PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cast County Families VOLUME 80 FOURTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1961 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 57 AW 'Rid Dump Of Rats, Order Here A State Department of Health lnspccton -Monday "visited eJty dump southeast of Plattsmouth and recommended that immedi ate action be taken to rid the dump of rats. Everett Rapp, the Division of Sanitation inspector, also re commended that dumping of raw garbage at the site be dis continued immediately and a landfill disposal operation ini tiated. Rapp was shown around the area by Sheriff Tom Solomon and he also visited with County Attorney James Begley and City Councilmen L. W. Moore and Warren Rhylander. The Sheriff said Rapp plans to meet him in Louisville June 12 for an inspection of that area and then plans to meet with the Plattsmouth City Council at its regular meeting that night. City dump near here is pri vately operated by Emery Rozell of Plattsmouth. The City has a contract with him for lease of the dump for use of city resi dents. Rozell uses the dump in his refuse hauling service. Wednesday, the County At torney addressed a letter to Rozell telling of the Department of Health recommendations and ordering the required steps to be taken. The letter: "It has been called to the at tention of this office that there is" an excessive infestation of rats at the city dump adjacent to Plattsmouth ... A representa tive of the State Health Depart ment has surveyed the dump and recommended that imme diate action be taken. "In addition, it has been ob served that raw garbage is be ing disposed of at the site, al lowed to remain above ground in its decaying state and serves (Continued on Page 2) Student Council Of Junior High Honors Miss Maurer Mrs. Doris Maurer, who has taught 7th and 8th grade science for the past two years at Platts mouth Junior High, was recog nized and cited by the Student Council 'for her fine example as a teacher, her outstanding sense of duty and responsibility to her students, and for her de votion and service to the school." Roger Heedum, Council presi dent, presented Mrs. Maurer, who will is leaving the Platts mouth schools, a Certificate of Merit. V sciiULAKsmrs . Among scholarships awarded Wednes day night to graduates by Supt. of Schools O. F. Mussman were those to Sandra Spangler, left above;. Glen Barnard, right above, and Suzanne Murdock, below. Assessments OK'dfor4 ' St. Districts The City Council Wednesday night at a special meeting lev ied assessments in four of five paving districts in which work was completed the past year. A decision on District 146 (Avenue C) was withheld and the hearing on that portion ad journed to the next regular Council meeting, June 12. Mean while, special engineers are to re-evaluate properties for as sessment according to zones in relation to proximity to the im provement and according to the area a ditch encroaches on par ticular zones of properties. The ditch was the basis for several requests for adjustment of proposed assessments. In District 147, Thayer Street, adjustment was made on assess ments against three properties because of incorrect assumption by the engineers that Spring Street there had been vacated. In District 150, North 7th Street, an adjustment of one half on a lot owned by Leon ard Kalasek was made because of a ditch. Assessments in Districts 148 and 149 were levied as proposed. Mrs. L. A. Dasher's Father Dies L. R. Tipton, 68, of Valley died May 24 following a heart attack and a short illness. He was the father of Mrs. L. A. Dasher and grandfather of Linda Dasher of Plattsmouth. Mr. Tipton was born in Agra, Kansas, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Tipton. He made his home the greater part of his lifetime at Valley, and for one winter lived in Plattsmouth while working in the Plattsmouth Schools. Survivors include the wife, Georgia; five sons and three daughters; six grandchildren; two brothers and one sister. Services were Saturday at 2 p.m. at Valley with interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery near Val ley. THE WEATHER May 29, 30, 31, 1961 Date High Low Pree Monday 80 64 .00 Tuesday 67 58 .81 Wednesday 83 64 .01 Forecast: Fair to cloudy; high near 80. Low mid-50's. Sun sets tonight at 7:51; rises Friday at 4:53 a.m. Muster Day Set Here June Muster Day, Cass County's Civil War Centennial observ ance, will be held here June 11. It is sponsored by the Cass County Historical' Society in co operation with civic, patriotic and military organizations of the county and the State Histor ical Society. The main program will take place at the Cass County His torical Museum on Main Street, between 6th and 7th Street, the pre-program ceremony on Win tersteen Hill. In case of rain, the program will be held at the High School Auditorium. Special Civil War equipment and other relics of that period will be on display in the Museum along with other items of in terest. The program for Muster Day, commemorating the pre-muster activities of Company A, First Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, the state's first Civil War troops: Pre-Program Ceremony 1 p.m. Flag raising at Com pany A marker, Wintersteen II11J, South First. and Livingston Road, Mayor Grant Roberts in charge. Program 1:30 p.m. Band concert. Plattsmouth High Band. 2 p.m. Invocation, Rev. Robert O. McLeod. First United Pres byterian Church: Introduction of Guests, Dale Bowman, M. C; Welcome, Mrs. Virgil Perry, Pres. Hist. Society. 2:15 p.m. Presentation of Flag to . Historical Society by "B" Btry., 6th Missile Btn., C a p t. Rutan, CO. 2:25 p.m. "Our Heritage". Au brey Duxbury, Regional Direc tor, Veterans Administration. 2:40 p.m. History of Company "A," First Nebr. Volunteers, Dr. W. D. Aeschbacher, Director, Nebraska State Historical So ciety. 2:55 p.m. Re-enactment of the Pre-Muster Ceremonies. Clem Woster. as 1861 Mayor of Platts mouth in charge. Benediction, Rt. Rev. Joseph Przudzik, St. John's Catholic Church. I -vi j? ; ic4 c ?i y v-,.- .; 4, - VETERANS HONORED Cass County ser vicemen who gave their lives for their country were honored during Memorial Day services at Oak Hill Cemetery here. Wreaths were placed at the Legion marker in the cemetery in token of that honor by Mildred Hall, Legion Auxiliary president, and Mrs. Wayne Dasher, VFIV Aux iliary president. Watching left to right, were Le gion Commander Kenneth Young, VI'W Com nan MIMMH ,V : Program 11 S.A.C. Drill Team Ex- 3 p.m hibition. 3:30 p.m. Army Sentry Dogs Demonstration, 6th Missile Btn. k -fc WANTED TO BORROW Any items of Civil War Period for display at Museum on Muster Lay, June 11, 1961. Call 6297 or 3111. Report Given On Finances Of Cemetery A May 1 balance in the Gen eral Fund of $7,786.07 is shown in the financial report of the Plattsmouth Cem e t e r y Board, Mary Peterson, secretary-treasurer. The report was submitted last week to the City Council. General Fund balance May 1, 1960 was $9,007.46. During the year, the General Fund receiv ed the following: for service, $2,897; from foundations, $1, 292.50; from lot care, $340; from commissions, $215.50; from in terest, $1,088.80; from sale of vases, $26; from insurance ad justment, $3.30; from levies, $5,317.60 total $11,180.78. Ex penditures totaled $12,402.17. The Lot and Improvement Fund showed a May 1 balance of $4,995.59, compared with $3, 944.84 the previous May 1. A total of $1,166.25 had been re ceived from sale of lots. The Perpetuad Care Fund had a balance of $38,000 in bonds and $838.75 cash balance. $1, 506.25 had been received dur ing the fiscal year from sale of lots and perpetual care. Expenditures from the Gen eral Fund were $2,499.05 for superintendent's salary; $7,001.35 for labor; $1,197.10 for mer chandise; $174.71 for insurance and $529.06 for truck expense. CHURCH PICNIC WEEPING WATER (Special) The 30th annual picnic of the Congregational church and friends will be held on Sunday, June 4, at noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Norris. mander Harold Dukes, the Rev. Robert O. Mc Leod of United Presbyterian Church who was main speaker at the service, and the Rev. Fr. Ro bert Hodgson of St. Luke's Episcopal Church who gave the invocation and later spoke at services at Horning Cemetery. Part of Plattsmouth Army Reserves firing squad is in background. (Journal Photo by Keener Price). Full IKIouse Sees Gov. Gets City View On Schools Gov. Morrison Wednesday got the Plattsmouth Board of Edu cation's view on current school problems during a meeting of Omaha area school officials. The meeting was to dicuss school problems of districts in the area but degenerated into a contest of words between O maha and Westside district representatives. , However, Plattsmouth was able to make its statement of Board policy to the Governor through spokesman Supt. of Schools O. F. Mussman and the Governor promised a statement of opinion by Monday. Besides Mussman, Board President Raymond Larson and Board Members Russell Nielsen and Harold Lebens attended the meeting in Omaha. The Board's statement: "The Plattsmouth Schools, like the Papillion Schools are finding it necessary to ask their patrons to assume inequitable tax loads in order to maintain .a minimal program of education Jor the children living in our Community. "Basically, the Plattsmouth Board of Education is for equal educational opportunities for all children in the State of Nebras ka. We feel that the present System' of school district organi ze tiqn in our State is antiquated, and that the present system of financial support for schools is Inequitable. : "It is our position that the present crucial problem facing Plattsmouth and Papillion is one which is touching other com munities in Nebraska, and that as Nebraska becomes more in dustrialized, as we hope it will the critical situation we now face will endanger the educa tional quality of a lar,ge portion oi xne cnnaren in our oiaie. "Although it is apparent that the quality of Plattsmouth edu cational program will have dif ficulty maintaining even its present level in the face of in creasing resistance from patrons who are unhappy because of the inequity of our tax structure, we are not seeking a crash pro gram for immediate relief. "Rather, we would suggest to the Governor that he recom mend to the Legislature the es tablishment of a Legislative Committee to study the problem of school district reorganization and state support, not only in the Omaha area where a pecu liar problem presently exists, but rather looking for a solu tion to wnat we consider a Statewide problem. "We feel that one approach to the problem would be the for mation of County School Dis tricts with substantial financial support from the State, the necessary revenue to be secured through the use of an equitable balanced tax system. ljiiiw I! if K ; ' ... .... - - ..12 GRADS IN PAIRS Graduates come in pairs this year for two Murray families. Murray, Plattsmouth High School anil Omaha University share the unusual oceurrance. Shirley Foster and Mrs. L. B. Todd are shown at left, Marilyn Morris and Mrs. Olin Morris, at right. The younger ladies are 1961 Plattsmouth High graduates. Their mothers both will receive B.Sc. in Education degrees from Omaha University June 5. The ladies actually received their dip lomas earlier but will take part in commencement at OU June 5. Mrs. Morris had two years at Tarkio Teachers College and Mrs. Todd a year at Peru State College previously. The ladies completed their degree work summers and nights at OU. The girls will both attend Wesleyan University in Lincoln this fall, are planning their music recital together also. Junior High Awards Here The Plattsmouth Junior High Student Council made its 4th Quarter scholarship awards pre sentations Wednesday to 29 seventh grade students and 28 eighth grade students. Roger Heedum, Council presi dent, awarded Certificates of Merit to students who had grade combinations of "A" and "B" in Langauge Arts, Social Studies, Science and Math. 2 Accidents Vi South of Murray Corner Memorial Day at 11:45 a.m. an accident occurred one-half mile south of the Murray corner on U. S. 75. A family approach to the new bridge South of Murray was the direct cause of the acci dent, Sheriff Tom Solcmon said. Wednesday, a state road crew filled the dip with asphalt pav ing. Charles A. Salkil of Nevada, Mo., was not injured in the one vehicle accident but more than 800 bushels of corn was almost a total loss. About 500 bushels spilled out onto the 'pavement when the southbound tractor trailer struck the dip and burst open. Later at about 3:45 p.m. work men were in the process of un loading the remainder of the load when a three-car accident occurred just south of the un-i loading operation. Seeing a flagman ahead, Mrs. Grace W. Hamlin of Omaha 1 brought her car to a stop. Be hind her Shelby C. Winingham brought his car to a quick stop. The third car was driven by Harold, R. Stilen of Omaha and he, with his view blocked as to what was stopping cars was un able to stop. His vehicle struck the rear of the Winingham car and in turn the Winingham car struck the rear of the Hamlin car. Both the Winingham and Ham lin cars had to be towed from the scene. Five of the occupants in the three cars, all women, re ceived various sprains and bruises but none was believed to be serious, according to Solo mon. Heck Home Rifled The Ernest Beck farm resi dence west of Louisville was en tered May 30. Listed as stolen: 4 pounds of bacon, one-half-gnl-lon of fresh cream, 7 loaves of bread and 10 pounds of potatoes. Graduation Mere Scholarship Wednesday The students aid their home rooms : 7A Connie Rhylander, Nancy Smalley, Donna Steppat, Kathy Waterman and Debbie Woster. 7B Phil Fischer, Bob Loffer, Jeri Payton, Mary Schuetz and Ed Olsen. 7C Tanis Baldwin, Candy Carper, Jack Gorton, Dixie O' Donnell, Leo Sand, Dick Spang ler and Sharon Weddle. 7D Linda Arends, Linda Bow man, Kathy Eggert, Dale Fogel strom and Dick Osterholm. 8A Laurie Nettleman. 8B Dennis Bernhardt, David Nielsen, Carl Schreincr, Gloria Senf, Jill Sutton, Judy Winters and Ken Hamilton. 8C G a r y Cluistensen, Jim Coolman, Roger Heedum,- Ailene Kellison, Jerry Lagerstrom, Carol Toothaker, Barbara Satcher and Bob Couch. Special recognition was given to students who had straight 'A" in all subjects: 7A Garth Mamoran and Wal ter Fulton. 7B John Thompson and Kathy Wondra. 7C Susan Evers and Dorothy Woster. 7D Cheryl Tesch. SA Stanley Bahde, Sherry Si mons and Ray Spencer. 8B Pat Freel, Marilyn Hutch inson, Betty Meisingcr, Martha Toothaker and Pat Holliway. 8C Kathy Albrechl, Linda Barnard and Gailain Brunk. if a sLudent managed to main tain an "A" average for three consecutive quarters, he was al lowed to keep possession of the "A" Scholarship Pin. The stu dents who qualified were Garth Mamoran, John Thorn ps o n, Susan Evers, Dorothy Woster, Stanley Bahde, Pat Holliway and Shcny Simons. Accident at 73-75 Underpass An accident occurred Memor ial Day at the U. S. 73-7o Bypass underpass north of Plattsmouth. Ellis SUeltcn of LaPlatte ap parently lost control of his car i and alter traveling more ihan ; 300 feet on the shoulder and knocking over several guard rail : posts the car then turned over on its side in the ditch. I Sheriff Tom Solomon, assisted by many volunteers, removed Skelton from the car and the cm- was righted. Skelton was taken to an Omaha hospital with back and pelvis injuries. Skcltcn operates a cafe in LaPlatte. Honor Grods Give Addresses A capacity crowd was on hand Wednesday night as Plattsmouth High School's Class of 1961, 83 strong, received their diplomas and took part in their last func tion as students of the school. It was u warm, humid night. Graduates and their guests heard an address by Dr. Vance Rogers, president of Wesleyan University; saw scholastic hon ors awarded by Supt. O. F. Mussman, DAR awards given by Mrs. Mollle Gobelman and diplo mas awarded by Raymond J. Larson, president of the Board of Education. They also heard addresses by three Honor Graduates of the Class of 1901, summarized be low: "New Frontiers Ahead," by Suzanne Murdock "No other generation has had so many opportunities in this age of scientific achievement; never theless, we also have many great responsibilities and chal lenges to meet. "These are the 'new frontiers' of the space age, human better ment, and human brotherhood. "On each of these new fron tiers, much has already been achieved; yet it is the responsi bility of this generation to ad vance still further. "We owe a great deal to our parents, friends, and teachers, who have made our high school education possible, mid who have given us a fine heritage of freedom to preserve and culti vate." ' "From Day-Dreams to Real ity," by Marilyn Morris "Though the word 'commence ment' signifies a closing, in the case of all graduating classes it is really a beginning. "Through our four years of high school, we have dreamed and planned our futures with highest hones. We have dreamed of fame, fortune, and success. "Now the time has come to put our hopes and plans into use the best way possible. "What we have gained from our high school years will do a great part in determining how far we shall po in the future. We are faced with complex prob lems of the cold war and the space age. "Instead of seeking solutions to these problems in our imagi nations, we must now give them the attention they need and come forth with some answers. "When we first entered high school, our transition from child hood to maturity began. Now that our graduation is here, we can look back with a feeling that much has been accomplished in the past four years. "High school is over for us now and we are still far from being completely mature, but we believe that through these years we have learned how to shake ourselves out of the dreams of childhood and transfer ourselves into the realities of life." "Not Words Alone," by Larry Toothaker "We would like to salute our teachers. They have put up with a lot these past four years They've heard us complain about long assignments or a bad grade, yet they knew by these tests and assignments we would learn to pass the tests and as signments which would come later in life. "Our school board deserves our thanks. All too often they are criticized when things go wrong. They get little credit when things go right. Always, the board must be ready to sac rifice individual pleasure for school duty and to smile in the face of lack of appreciation. "Parents, too. deserve a re sounding salute. No one knows how much parents sacrifice that their chi'dren may have advan tages that thev lacked in their own youth. "Townspeople s houl d be thanked for the interest they they have shown in school affairs throughout the years "Schoolmates, we remember the way vou have worked for betterment of the school classmates, we wou'd like to ..,,,. , ,,, ,r . i.uu v- yiiu .Mill u'U 111 OUT iU - complishments, your dreams. May memories of Plattsmouth Hich bring you increased de sire to forge ahead to greater things." Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 r