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ST. LOCUS XX II. SIA1E HI 1553 R w n "IT RUE PLATirSIWKIIHUTIHl qD(D)(UKNM PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday AUG 2 8 1961 Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 80 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY. AUCUST 24, 1961 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 81 MONSIGNOR HONORED Shown at festivities honoring Mon- signor Joseph Przudzik of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church here are (from lelt): Mike Long, Kevin Case, I Monsignor Honored on Anniversary The parishioners of St. John's Parish honored their pastor, the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Joseph Przudzik, on the fifth anniver sary of his pastorate by present ing a surprise program and party last Sunday. The grade school children of the parish, under the direction of Father Mike and Roger Smith, presented a variety program en titled "A Glimpse of Broadway." Featured were instrumental solos, a tap dance, a baton twirl and a vocal number by a boys' trio. The grand finale consisted in the singing of "Do-Re-Mi" by 60 of the grade school children. St. John's Adult Choir, under the direction of Mrs. John F. Bergmann, made its first public appearance at the program, pre senting two selections, "The Lourdes Hymn" and "Veni, Jesu." Ruth Moranz and Kathy Dietz, garbed as angels, presented a spiritual bouquet and several valuable and useful gifts to Mon signor Przudzik on behalf of his parishioners. Monsignor Przudzik expressed his "thanks to his parishioners for their thoughtfulness and for their cooperation during his five year pastorate." The evening's festivities were concluded with refreshments, which were provided and served by the ladies of St. John's Altar Society and Guild. Double Funeral Services Friday Double funeral services will be held Friday, Aug. 25, for Ralph E. Martin, 71. and son Robert Martin, 39, at 2 p.m. at the Con gregational Church in Weeping Water. The two were killed Instantly in a five-vehicle accident a mile north of the Weeping Water Spur of Highway 50 about 9:10 Mon day morning. Mrs. Martin, the wife and mother, was seriously injured, and was sent to Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln. She survives, as well as a son Divitt Martin of Plattsmouth; and a brother and three sisters of Ralph Martin who live out-of-state. Robert Martin was never married. The bodies will lie in state at the Hobson Funeral Home in Weeping Water Thursday eve ning (tonight) and Friday morn ing. THE WEATHER August 21, 22, 23, 19G1 Date High Low Ptpc Monday 83 60 1.40 Tuesday 77 53 .00 Wednesday .... 71 59 .00 Forecast: Cloudy and possible showers. High in mid 80"s. Sun sets tonight at 7:10; rises Friday at 5:42 a.m. A - . p v ! v : i orA yf I i.'i!: w fep Countesses Picked for KKK Countesses and their escorts have been selected for the King Korn Karnival Kornation cere mony Sept. 21, the King Korn Klub has announced here. The Countesses and their es corts are the principal "royalty" in the court of the King and Kween and Princesses during the annual Karnival Kornation. .Countesses are selected through the Cass County High schools, each community invited to be represented by one young lady. The Countesses select their escorts. The seven 19G1 Countesses will be introduced in three Thursday editions of the Journal, begin ning today. Introduction of Kween can didates will follow in succeding editions. This year's Kween is to be a young lady from the Plattsmouth community. The King will be from outside the Plattsmouth community. The Karnival is Sept. 21-22-23. Fines, Lecture For Beer Party Participants Twenty-eight youths from 15 to 20 years of age were sternly lectured and fined in County Court here Wednesday by Judge Raymond J. Case. All but one of 33 involved in a would-be beer party Aug. 12 on a farm southwest of Platts mouth pleaded "guilty'' to charges of trespassing filed by County Attorney James Beglty. Twenty-five of the youths were fined $10 and costs each. Three who had been in Court for offenses previously were fined $25 and costs each. One pleaded "not guilty" and his case was set for trial. Two youths, aged 21, who hid purchased a keg of beer for the scheduled party previously had been fined $100 and co ts each on "guilty" pleas to charges of "procuring beer for a minor." One youth is to appear Satur day and another, a serviceman, failed to appear and a warrant was issued. The incident occurred oa a Saturday evening, Sheriff Tarn Solomon came upon the group of youngsters assembled on a farmstead without the owner's consent or knowledge. To date, fines and costs aris ing from the incident total $577. Letting Sept. 8 On Paving Project The City Council Wednesday night approved a notice to con tractors for street paving in Pa tricia Heights, subdivision to bo developed by A. B. Rogers in South Plattsmouth. Sealed bids will be opened Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. The engineer's estimate of cost on the project is $35,142.34. Steve Ilaburek, Patty Smith, Roger P.rink. Sandra Stapert Sandra Stapert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Stapert of Nehawka, will represent Nehaw ka schools in the Kass Kounty King Korn Karnival. Miss Stapert's escort will be Weldon Stoehr of Plattsmouth. if j Vl f j I I n i ! Jl Pupil Quaiification for Schools Here Explained Supt. of Schools O. F. Muss man today said: "In order to prevent embar rassment of pupils at the time of enrollment, we wish to explain the Plattsmouth School District's position concerning pupils whose parents are not legal residents of School Disitrict No. 1, Cass County, Nebraska. City Schools' Faculty Completed The 1961-62 teaching staff for the Plattsmouth City Schools has been completed with the lairing of Richard Ha ugh as Junior High School Math and Science teach er. Haugh is a native of Carlisle, Iowa. He is a 1953 graduate of S i m p s o n College, Indian ola, Iowa. He taught last year At Minlcy. Inwn . 0 Riclurd Haugh 1 i ' y. IWWiilinMl- niiMil milium 1 1 Terry Long, Msgr. Przudzik and Photo by Frank Grimaldi. Sept. 21-23 Judy Fitzgibbon Judy Fitzgibbon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Fitzgibbon of Elmwood, will represent Elm- wood schools in the Karnival Kornation. Her escort will be Charles Green of Elmwood. "First, a legal resident is a person 21 years of age, who has resided in School District No. 1 for 40 days, who owns real or personal property which was as sessed in his name at the last assessment or who has children of school age living in the dis trict. "Such a person need not pay tuition to this school district However, children living in the district with a relative or friend must pay tuition since their par cnts are not legal residents. "If the child plans to attend school in School District No. the relative with whom the child is living must establish legal guardianship or must establish that the child was Dlaced in their (Continued on Page 2) Operators Licenses Promised County By Sept. 5 The State Dept. of Motor Ve hicles "hopes to supply many of tne larger counties with Opera tor s licenses by Sept. 1. , .and all cnuniies will receive their IJcen es by Sept. 5," County Treasurer Gwen Scoles has been informed. Licenses are being printed by Jacob North Printing Co., Lin coln. Lights for Tark The City Council Monday nielv approved addition of three lights for Garfield Park. Prev iously, two had been approved and another was added because of the wading, pool being con structed by the Junior Cham ber of Commerce at the park. ' i X i fik - k ' i W t 1 JemmtP1--'-'- ' Consumer Salute by Merchants On Saturday, the merchants of Plattsmouth will salute the con sumers of this trade territory with an assortment of the great est values ever seen in any shop ping center. See the "Salute of Values" page of this edition of the Plattsmouth Journal and Vis itor for details. Friendly Community Sales receipts and bank de posits show that Plattsmouth is soaring ahead as a regional shopping center. There are many contributing factors to this con tinuous growth. Plattsmouth for years has been referred to as a friendly community. Progressive mer chants, courteous salespeople, an understanding and efficient city government and a friendly citizenry are the greatest assets any community can have. Platts mouth has all these assets. Confident Future Plattsmouth is an industrious community. Our civic leaders are always looking for new in dustries that will bring gainful employment and additional rev enue to our people. Our edu cators, spiritual leaders, mem bers of the medical and legal professions and progressive farmers have all made outstand ing contributions to our com munity, and have the facilities to meet the challenge of our continuous growth. Consumer Given Credit You, Mr. and Mrs. Consumer, deserve full credit for our growth as a commercial center. Your shopping habits, knowledge of merchandise and buying skill stand as a constant challenge to our merchants to bring you quality merchandise at a price you are willing to pay. The Plattsmouth Journal and Visitor serves as a messenger to bring buyer and seller together. We admire your shopping habits, and are proud to join the follow ing merchants in a Salute to You, Mr. and Mrs. Consumer: . Soennichsen's, Farlvy Furni ture. Plattsmouth Cleaners, Ofe OH Company, Knorr's:, Ray & John's Sales Service, Chas. Warga Sales & Service, Linder Firestone Store, Story's Kent Cafe, Style Shop, B & H Shoes, Feldhousen Drug, Cass Drug, Ladies Toggery, Gambles, Wee Wardrobe, Plattsmouth Paint Store, Plattsmouth Lumber Company, Jochimsen's Market. Ray's Auto & Truck Service and Scanlan Brothers. Murray School Opens Sept. 5 MURRAY (Special) Murray Public School will start Sept. 5. It will be an all day session. Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 j I,; r- - ;t''S.v ' 1 P r P? . - :- . , : .;',Wf i 4 t p , ;;y Ji XJ:i' -.".: ?. r , ; r - 1 r - j i p i . AV. , , -1 I p 'j -;, r t -v X: -:p i f, . s ; '- . 7 'V, , v-.'. . X'JLs,, ' : t y V'-. ? t 'Vs1 : xy pp::y,z-i VW''t' xX'."-' ' P"n u spkpp''t: tl . P p.P-PPp n?-i 4 :;,r y V:1 , - t v,- . - ; ' . t ' 'pi i t"y v '4- , , Sl'M'P SESSION Assistant Coach Bob Humphrey, with ball, runs a group of Plattsmouth High lineman through an exercise designed to develop quick reaction and movement. The grid can didates follow the ball quickly as it is held in position to direct Sewage Sold for Lions, Wives Plan Kornation; KK Theme: 'Kolorful Kornland' A committee of the Platts mouth Lions Club and their wives will handle this year's King Korn Karnival Kornation. The committee has held sev eral meetings to work out details for the Koronation, in keeping up with this year's theme which is "Life in Kolorful Kornland." The committee and their Alvo-Eagle Schools To Open Monday EAGLE (Special) The Alvo Eagle Public School will open next Monday, Aug. 28. A letter has been sent to all parents of the district. However, in case some parents have been missed, they are asked to con tact Supt. Paul E. Embree. Elementary faculty members are: Clista Nails, kindergarten; Eleanor Etzelmiller, 1st grade; Colette May, 2nd grade; Mary Waltmann, 3rd grade; Bessie Vincent, 4th grade; Florence Bone, 5th grade; Judith Bang hart, 6th grade; Mary Lundak, 7th grade, and Margaret Sted man, 8th grade. The high school staff in cludes: Fred Smith, mathema tics and science; James Nuttle, vocational agriculture and bio logy; Doris Reinholt, vocational homemaking and library; Verl Flack, commercial and English; Frederick Bull, physical educa tion and social studies; Doris Blevins, music and English. Hot Lunches will be served with Mmes. Herman Kirchhoff, Don Schmidt and Mrs. Chas. Roelofsz of Alvo the cooks. Paving District Action Taken Monday night, the City Coun cil passed an ordinance creat ing a street improvement dis trict and instructed the City At torney to prepare ordinances creating to other districts. The ordinance, which appears in full in today's Journal as a legal notice, created a district for Avenue F from existing pav ing on 6th Street east a distance of 175 feet. Ordered were ordinances to create districts by initiative of the Council for: Whitman Ave nue from the north end of 6th Street to Whitman's end, a dis tance of 3 to 4 blocks; and 11th Street from 2nd to 3rd Avenue. Plant Bonds 3.34017b wives are: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smock, chairman; Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Amato, Mr. and Mrs Chris Bulln, Mr. and Mrs. Al Hansen, Mr. and Mrs. Al Linder, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Ohnoutka and Mr. and Mrs. John Svoboda. "1 1 .fr ... 7 Harold Smock Smock Gets JayCee Life Membership Harold Smock was given a Life Membership in the Platts mouth Junior Chamber of Com merce at the August meeting of the organization. The award, "for his help in or ganizing the local chapter and tireless work in the past year," was presented by awards chair man Cecil McKnight. The JayCees also presented a certificate of ' arjpreciation to Warren and Clayton Rhylander for their assistance and for the use of their machine shop, dur ing the JayCees' street signs project. Ron Embury was presented t h e Outstanding-JayCee-of-the-Month award for July for his work on the JayCee Carnival. Bob Faris was picked as Aug ust JayCee-of-the-Month. Guests at the meeting were Eagle Scouts Allan Hansen and David Wilson and their fathers, Albert Hansen and LeRoy Wil son. Albert Hansen, South Dis trict Scout representative, thanked the JayCees for their sponsorship of the local Explorer Troop of which the Eagle Scouts are members. Lunch was served by Dan Huebner. a movement to the sides or front and back. Ihe picture was taken Tuesday just after 6:30 when the morning session started, l'raitiru under new head coach Norris Hale and assistant continues at 6:30 and 5:30 daily, except Saturday and Sunday. General obligation bonds to fi nance cost of construction of the new sewage treatment plant here Monday night were sold fur 3.3401 per .ccni at unction bid ding. The $200,000 issue lias a life of 20 years. The actual successful bin by First Trust Co. of Lincoln was 3''2 per cent, plus a premium of $3,750. Figured on the life of Die bonds, the percentage is 3 3401, The City Council and repre sentatives of the Board of Public Works were present for the .sale. Other bidders were Klikpa-trlck-Pcttis Co., Storz-Wachot-Bcnder Co., Chiles-Schutz Co., Van Home Investments Inc. and Robert E. Hchweser Co., all of Omaha, and Stern Brothers Co. of Kansas City. Last previous municipal bonds sold here carried 2'i per cent interest the first year, 2 per cent thereafter. They were a com bined issue of $96,000 intersec tion paving bonds and $30,000 paving district bonds with a life of 10 years. They were sold thro years ago. ue Devil Backfield Well Manned After four days of practice, the Plattsmouth High grhlders are beginning to work out, tlio kinks and stiff muscles. Head Coach Norris Hale indi cates that the team will con tinue two-a-day drills next week and have a single workout on Labor Day before school begins. The new Blue Devil mentor also said the squad is definitely handicapped by a noticeable shortage of experienced hands at every position. However, the backfield ap pears to have the most experi ence with returning vets Dave Nettelman, Marvin Lancaster, Fred Groce, Bill Nettelman, and transfer Jack Scott. Dave Nettelman and ficott have displayed much ability in the passing department so the current squad could have a po tent aerial attack. . Another letterwinner, Gene Noell, has performed well as a defensive halfback. In the forward wall,, tackle Albert Konfr.st and center Roger Beverage appear to be the lead ing candidates. Coach Hale says there is a possibility that the 215 pound Beverage could be moved to a tackle slot if someone else could man the center duties. Line Coach Cecil McKnight had high praise for newcomer Rodney Fleck, a junior tackle, guards Jack Fairfield and Den- (Continued on Page 7)