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dDOJTM JJflMJRNM Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 80 EICHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA MONDAY, JULY 17. 1961 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 70 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Piattsm " KwM Sfli- T-? !.'. r i A I tj JM f f: rr V; " . ; ' v .-- -v. . g .1 In Tl - miffiiii JliL, ... . M.. 1tkt4Mim'mn.ttiJAMX.t.ti4!. .... ... t KOYAL SALl'TK Sweet 16 Queen Barbara Newsom receives a peek on (he cheek from C'has. Warga, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce after she was crowned Sweet 16 Queen in t ) MISS PLATTSMOl Til Nancy Bulin was selected Miss riatts mouth of 1961 by a special committee of the Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce. She is 17, will be a senior at Flatts mouth High this fall. (Photo by Keener Price). Nancy Buiirt Selected 1961 Miss PloHssnouth Mrs. Harold A. Smock, Presi dent of the Women's Division of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commeiee today announced that organization has selected Miss Nancy Bulin as Miss Platts mouth for 1961. Miss Bulin will represent Plattsmouth and the Chamber of Commerce in the forthcoming Miss Cass County Contest to be held during the Cass County Fair at Weeping Water August 9th. Nancy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bulin and a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs James Bulin, long time local! parents were the late Mr. and t Mrs. Joe Samek, early settlers1 of Saunders County. Nancy's activities are many j and varied. She is a member of j the National Honor Society. A j member of the Plattsmouth ! High School band, Nancy plays ; the clarinet, has been a major ette for three years, and at the present time is the Drum Ma- ; jorette, and is Secretary of the band. Nancy is a member of the Pep Club, has been a cheerleader for two years, and has been elected ! to act as cheerleader for the ! coming year. She has been active in FHA, girls glee, small vocal groups, and has accompanied small and instrumental groups, as well as accompanying for graduation V I and baccalaureate. Nancy participated in County Government Day, the Junior Class play, and the coming year she will be Assistant Editor for the yearbook. Nancy was select ed alternate to Girls State this year. In 1960 the Plattsmouth Mrs. Jaycees crowned her Sweet Six teen Queen. A member of the First Presby terian Church, Nancy's Moder ator of the Youth Fellowship, sings in the church choir, ac companies for Sunday School, and, is doinS church secretarial Nancy is a member of Job's Daughters, and is now serving as Marshall of that organiza tion. Nancy's family, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bulin, are most active. Her father is active in the Platts mouth Chamber of Commerce, and the immediate past presi dent. He is vice president of the Lion's Club and President of the Lion's Building Corporation. Chris is a member of the Ma sonic Lodge, and is active in the Plattsmouth Band Parents or ganization. He is now acting on the Session snd is Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Bulin likewise is most ac tive. She is a member of East ern Star, is active in the Band Parents Organization, is an ac (Continued on Page 8) a ceremony following the carnival parade Friday niyht. She was vek'ri queen over six other contestants. i "Barbara Newsom Elected Miss Sweet 16 Queen Barbara Newsom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Newsom, was crowned Miss Sweet Sixteen in a contest stayed by the Mrs. Jay cees of this city.. Voting ended Friday at 5 p.m. when the Mrs. Jaycee-, tabulated containers placed ir. tha si:;res for candidate votiiv; teach penny placed in the ct. 'it. liner was counted as a vote). The candidates, Barbara Ne'v som, Connie Pfeiffer, Judy Cur tis, Valerie Gcrton, Janet Petcr eit, Carol Jacobs and Carol Dasher, rede in the Jayee parade at 7 p.m. Friday, and wore later escorted to the Chamber Office where a decorated throne was dwr-iiinv; the new Mis;; Sweet Six teen. Harold Smock, ; Chamber of Commerce Manager, wis nmtciv of ceremonies and introduced each candidate a,id gave her qualifications. David XYihcn, Allan Governor To Two Plattsmouth youths, Al lan Hansen and David Wilson, will share the spotlight here Wednesday night with Nebras ka's Chief Executive. The youths, sons of Mr. and Mis. Albei't Harscn and Mr. and Mrs. LcRoy Wilson, Plattsmouth, will become Eagle Scouts in a special Doable Eagle Court of Honor at 8 p.m. that night at David 1 r-iiialJ I " w-' , Joy Winters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Winters, was crown bearer. Charles Warga, Jaycee presi dent, placed the crown on Miss Newsom 's head.' First runner-up was Valerie Gorton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gorton; second runner-up was Connie Pfeiffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Pfeiffer. Mrs. Robert Faris, Mrs. Jay cees president, presented Miss Sweet Sixteen with a nosegay and brare'et. The contestants and their par ents were given a reception at the Gas Company in the Blue Flame Room where Miss Sweet Sixteen received her gifts from I he mcrehants, the Jaycees and Mrs. Jaycees. Other contestants also received fif.-;. At the reception, punch and cookies were served. Mrs. Tom Martin served punch. Hansen To Be Honored Wednesday Speak at Double Eagle Court of Honor the High School Athletic Field. Gov. Frank Morrison will be principal speaker, making his first public appearance as a ;peaker here since becoming governor. His Excellency will be intro duced by O. F. Mussman, super intendent of Plattsmouth schools and a Scouter. The Governor's address will be Wilson vv c"" 1 1 n Wading Pool Fund Donations to date to the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce fund to purchase material for the wading pool it plans to build at Garfied Park are: Jaycees $100 Mrs. Jaycees 50 W. E. Cady Co. 25 Huebner's 66 25 Rubin Auto Inc 25 Faris Electric 25 Chas Warga Sales-Service 25 Ruback's Supermarket ... 25 Schrelner Rexall Drug . . 25 Mr. and Mrs. Bob White 5 Donations are to be made to the Wading Pool Fund in care of the Chamber of Commerce Of fice. They will be acknowledged in The Journal. Judge Upholds -Valuation on Hotel Property Judge John M, Dierks in Dis trict Court here Friday found for the defendants in the case of Louis E. Lipp, Executor, et al vs. the Board of Equalization of Cass County, an appeal from the equalization ruling on the Plattsmouth Hotel property. The Judge upheld the Board's adjusted valuation of $9,420 for the land and $40,290 for im provements (this was valuation determined for the 1960 tax per iod, in advance of the fire which destroyed the Hotel building June 23). The Dunscombe Investment Co. and the Estate of the late Erna Lapidus had appealed the equalized valuation, claiming the improvements only worth $16,000 for a total of $25,420. In his docket entry, Judge Dierks wrote: "Plaintiffs have failed to establish by clear and convincing proof that the valua tion fixed by the Board of Equalization was unreasonable, excessive, erroneous or unjust and discrtrnMMory. Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 the climax of a program in which public and civic groups and officials and Scouts will take part and which will lead up to presentation of Scouting's top achievement, the Eagle a ward. Following are sketches of the two Scouts to be honored: Allan Hansen Allan Marshall, son of Mr. and Allan Hansen Mrs. Eva 'B1 Band To Practice Thursday Plattsmouth School "B" Band practice will begin Thursday, July 20, at 1 p.m., director Alan Kreglo said today. Other summer practice dates for the "B" Band are July 25 and 27 and Aug. 1, 22 and 28. Governor Speaker Gov. Frank Morrison is sched uled as principal speaker at the regular July 27 meeting of the Cass Ccunty T-Bone Club. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at an Omaha cafe. The club is a group of Cass Countyans engaged in or inter ested in agriculture. Youngsters Lectured Eight Greenwood children be tween the ages of 11 and 14 were lectured by Sheriff Tom Solo mon last week after it developed they had entered a locked home west of Oreenwood while the oc- oupant was in Florida. Any further action will wait until the owner is contacted, ac cording to the Sheriff. Mrs. Albert M. Hansen, was born Aug. 29, 1942, in Omaha. He was baptized as an infant and con firmed into the Lutheran faith in 1957. He is now an active member of Christ Lutheran Church. Allan attended Plattsmouth Central grade school, Junior High and was graduated from (Continued on Page 8) I Becker, Union, and Cireat-Grandchildren Mrs. Eva Becker, Union, Has Found Great Reward By Ruth .Miller Nehawka, Special Correspondent Cook, chauffeur, maid, nurse how many jobs does a mother have? Enough that few would care to take on the added du ties of store keeper, field hand, and assistant mill manager be sides. Yet, Mrs. Eva Becker took on all of these. Her daughter, Mrs. Otto Ehl ers, says of her, "I doubt if there's any woman ever worked harder, and she's so kind. Mom never said a cross word." The 93-year-old Mrs. Becker was born in Cass County not far from Union where she now re sides. A simple log cabin was the birthplace. The lath for the cab in was made from small willows hauled from the, river. Mrs. Beckers father, Henry F. Taylor came to Cass County in 1864. He was married that year to Barbara Lynn who came to the county with her parents in 1857. Eva was one of twelve children. The Otoe Indians were a com mon sight when Eva was young. They would file by in strings as much as half a mile long. Often they would stop at the house seeking food. One time the children were delayed returning to school at noon because the Indians were burying something on the hill above the school house and the children were afraid to go by them. Eva helped her mother make most of the family's clothes. Among other things they made the men's overalls and knitted all tiie stockings. Eva's sister hand-pieced 13 quilts. They didn't have much enter tainment in those days as we think of it now. life was their entertainment. They did have neighborhood dances and on Friday nights everyone gather ed at the schoolhouse for spell downs and ciphering contests. When she was nineteen Eva married A. L. Becker and they farmed 1 mile east and Vz miles north of Union. Their homo was a spacious red brick mansion with an ele gant southern flair. They managed a mill and hauled corn meal to Nebraska City with 4 mule teams. The mill ran on steam power. In addition, Mrs. Becker often took the team and went to the field herself! Supplies came up the river by steamboat for their store. They were hauled to shore by smaller boats if the Indians didn't man age to steal them. Mrs. Ehlers recalls that her father often came home from the store at the stroke of twelve with unexpected guests but Mrs. Becker was never caught short. There was always plenty of food in the table for the family and anyone who might drop in. mi: vi:atiii:r July 10, 11, 1, 1961 July 13, 11, 15, 16, 1961 Date iligh Low I'rec Thursday 73 60 .11 Friday 83 65 .00 Saturday 85 57 .00 Sunday 84 63 .00 l'Oieca.st: Highs near 90; low in CO'.s. Mostly fair. Sun sets tonight at 7:55; rises Tuesday at 5:06 a.m. In the days of long dresses Mrs. Becker always wore white, and somehow she managed to always stay scrupulously clean. Mrs. Becker remembers well the blizzard of '88. Her husband had gone to some neighbors and was sitting out in the front yard when the storm suddenly came up. He started home at once but by the time he got to the 5 foot gate half a mile from home it was drifted to the top. Mrs. Becker also remembers the grasshoppers coming in a (Continued on Page 8) Co. Offices Askings Near Same Askings of Cass County's elec ed officials to run their offices for the next fiscal year are up a little in some cases but gener ally are about the same as for the past year. County Clerk Chas. Land com piled this list of askings, amount asked for the previous fiscal year (in parentheses) and the a mount actually spent last year: Clerk $13,695 ($13,695), $12, 139. Treasurer $23,250 ($21,600), $20,135. Assessor $25,000 ($24,500), $23,914. Judge $15,602 ($14,877), $13,119. Surveyor $11,848 ($11,848), $11,676. Register of Deeds $8,075 ($7,895), $7,735. Clerk of District Court $8, 400 ($8,340), $7,658. Highway Superintendent ' $11,120 ($11,030), $9,588. Superintendent of Schools $9,375 ($9,1951, $9,042. Attorney $7,182 ($6,428 1, $6,230. Elections $5,830 ($5,505), $4,291. Buildings and Grounds (cus todial) $26,500 ($28,450), $19,- 714. Veterans Service Officer $1,575 ($l,575i, $1,521. Sheriff $20,760 ($13,390), $16,465. Jail $11,750 ($10,890i, $9, 559. The County Board of Commis sioners will officially consider the proposed budget, which will also include other general fund items besides the officials' ask ings, the county road and bridge estimate and mail route and federal matching proposals, next week. The hearing on the proposed budget will be July 26. County Clerk Chas. Land said this morning that the requests for funds may have to be re vised in the light of a letter re ceived Saturday by County At torney James Begley from the State Attorney General. The letter advised that deputy salaries are to be increased to $312.50 a month as of Oct. 9. according to new legislation passed by the State Legislature this summer. Earlier this month, the Board of Commissioners had revised to deputy pay scale ceiling to $265, a month. The legislation calls for min imum salaries of $5,000 a year for elective county officials, ef fective for the next term of of ice, and 75 per cent of that fig ure (or $312.50 a month i for deputies.