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gtaie hist, socxeix xxx PUBLISHfcD SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday .ATI If OUR LITJCOLN, 1SB3 FEB 6 1962 Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leeder-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 81 FOURTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1962 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMDFR 2-1 Tmie Style Show Set for March 29 By R. R. Furse C of C Manager Following a meeting at the Chamber offices this week, Mrs. Jack Brookhouser announced that the date of March 29 has been set for the 1962 Merchants Style Show. Plans for this year's Pre-Euster showing of latest fashions promises to be a great-er-than-ever event, with several difficulties encountered in previ ous years Ironed out. Work on this event is already underway so we suggest the date be kept in mind. Membership Drive which got underway on Tuesday of last week Is meeting with marked success. Half-way mark of the total budget for 1902 was reached the first day in cash and pledges, a most encouraging sign that this is Plattsmouth's year. At the regular meeting of the Board Thursday, President Ray Story outlined to soliciting teams a clean-up drive to be completed by Thursday of this week. Every effort Is being made to contact each individual, however, a lot of time and steps can be saved these business people by drop ping into the Chamber office and signing up for 1962. Arrangements for our Annual Athletic Banquet are underway with Ted Ohnoutka chairman. Contacts are being made and in dications are that we will come up with a top speaker for this event. We hope to have an an nouncement within the next few days. OH and Service Station oper ators held a special meeting here Thursday night with a represen tative of the Nebraska Petrol eum Assn., present to discuss ef forts of the community to attract "tourism" for this area. The Chamber of Commerce has un derway and partially completed a plan to give tourists passing through Plattsmouth an oppor tunity to acquaint themselves with historical spots in this com munity, to visit many interesting points that even a number of our own people are not familiar. There are a number of historical sites in Plattsmouth and this area that can be developed into real tourist attractions with a lit tle effort and while here, these same tourists might drop off a few dollars. Some humorous incidents occur around this office occa sionally. Not too long ago a lady dropped in and insisted she wanted to enter our "Stork Derby". We tried our best to con vince this woman that we had nothing of the sort, that we did not feel It an obligation of a Chamber manager, and due to our marital status and age it might be a little embarrassing to attempt such a program at this time. We finally discovered through further conversation she was trying to enter her daughter in The Journal's "First Baby of the Year" contest. Life, too, can become most dif ficult in this sanctuary. Opening the office the other day, we met a blast of nauseating permanent hair waving solution odor. We found a can of push-button spray deodorizer and air sanitizer left by our predecessors and put out a few squirts In the most effec tive areas. It wasn't long 'till the place took on the odor of an "oo-la-la" joint and visitors began viewing us with a suspicious eye. Later we discovered this stuff is titled "Spring Bouquet." It's dynamite, ladies. Don't use it if you're only fooling. Groundhog Is Better Eater Than Weather Prophet The star of Groundhog Day us ually sleeps right through the oc casion. Feb. 2, the legendary weather prophet was supposed to emerge from his den and look for his shadow. Failure to cast one means an early spring and a good harvest; the sight of one. six more weeks of winter and poor crops. In fact, the groundhog hiber nates from mid-autumn until March, rarely stirring from his underground burrow, the Na tional Geographic Society re ports. He sleeps so soundly that only Lightning Spring Was Nice! liy I J. Dingman Remember how nice it was la.st spring? 52 Friday, 59 Saturday and 58 Sunday. The low temperature here Sunday was 37. Imagine. The groundhog certainly saw hLs .shadow here, if he was out Friday. Tlie temperature range: Day P.M. Heading Pres. Hi I.o Thur. 6:50 28 11 25 Fri. 5:55 44 52 28 Sat. 7:10 41 59 29 Sun. 6:55 37 58 37 A year ago U.S. high 77 at Brownsvlile, Tex.; low 13 below at Bismarck, N. D.; most precip., 2.11 inches at Waco, Tex. Two years ago High, 82 at Miami, Fla.; low, 5 at Burling ton, Vt.; most precip., 1.29 inches at Nashville, Tenn. (Hindu astrologists of India said the world would come to an end today because all eight planets are in an approximate straight line. So, in case you don't see the weather informa tion Thursday, you'll know why). Murray Polio Fund Drive Raises $204 Murray (Special) The Mur ray Polio Drive has been com pleted, and Mrs. Havley Sayers, chairman for the Murray com munity, reports that a total of $204.51 was collected. A break down of the total: Club donations $ 6.50 School cards 19.01 Mothers March 60.90 Coin collectors 6.39 Surrounding Community . . 70.48 Teen Activities 34.73 Boy Scouts 6.50 Total $204.51 Mrs. Sayers thanked "all those responsible for helping her make this drive a huge success." The total Is up $12.25, this year. "A special thanks to the Marching Mothers and Commun ity Marchers, Mrs. Joe Richter, Mrs. Frank Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Joe Hoschar, Mrs. Dale Wohlfarth, Mrs. Ron Hostetter, Mrs. Leon Gansemer, and Janet, Mrs. Chas. Martin, Mrs. Henry Hobscheidt, Mrs. Raymond Lancaster, Mrs. Eugene Nolte, Mrs. Laurance Gregg, Mrs. Harold Rice, Dor othy Farris and Boyd Rouse," she said. "The Boy Scouts held a party and dance this past week and the proceeds were donated. For this we owe thanks to Scoutmaster Olin Morris." John Collins of Col lins Grocery helped the teen agers in their project for Polio. Dana Hoschar, teen chairman, along with Clarissa Gruber, Charles Sayers, Olin Redden, Dennis Richter, Carol Collins, Orville Albers, Ellen Sprieck, Carol Faris, Nancy Mrasek, Patty Wohlfarth, Ginger Vest, Bessie Read, Paul Rice, Gene Noell, Janet Gansemer, Sherri McKulsky, Connie and Vicki Fitzpatrick, also helped to make the teen activities a big success. A hayrack ride will be held later for those assisting Miss Hoschar. THE WEATHER Feb. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1962 Date High Low Prec. Thursday 40 20 .00 Friday 54 30 .00 Saturday 60 30 .00 Sunday 58 16 .00 Forecast: Cloudy, windy and snow showers. Highs in teens. Sun sets tonight at 5:45; rises Tuesday at 7:31 a.m. a sensitive instrument can tell whether he is dead or alive. Wakes l'p Hungry Unlike many of his rodent cousins, the groundhog, or wood chuck, does not store food for the winter. He lives on body fat accumulated in a summer of steady eating that may balloon him to four times normal size. When the groundhog does awake in early spring, looking much thinner and trimmer, he apparently gives no thought to weather. He's thinking only of romance and food. One woodchuck may eat a ton of hay in a season; he can put i (Continued on Page 8) BOY SCOUT WEEK m .fpf'f Boy Scout Week To Be Marked In Plattsmouth Feb. 7 thru 13 National Boy Scout Week will be oberved by the local Scouts and their leaders Feb. 7-13. The theme features the fam ily, emphasizing the important part it plays in the development of boys, of Scouting and of Am erica. During this week Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Explorers are interpreting this program to the public. The local Scouts will observe this week with a display of ac tivities, projects and equipment at Consumers Public Power Co. All Scout officials are co operating in a comprehensive program that will be of interest to all. Participating are: Pack 399 Cub master Harry Porter, sponsored by V. F. W. Post No. 2543, and 63 Cubs. Pack 399 Leader Fred Fisch er, sponsored by V. F. W. Pest No. 2543, and 8 Webeloea. Pack 368 Cub master John Herfordt, sponsored by St. John's, and 16 Cubs. Troop 368 Scoutmaster Ger ald Otterstein, sponsored by St. John's and 23 Scouts. Troop 369 Scoutmaster Wm. Spradlin, sponsored by the Lions Club, and 43 Scouts. Post 399 Advisor Russell Nie l.sen, sponored by Ji Chamber of Commerce, and 20 Explorers. The displays will be open for public viewing Feb. 7-13 from 7 to 9 p.m. each evening. Demonstrations and lilms will be shown Saturday, Feb. 10, M. R. Cooley, 72, Dies; Rites In Omaha Today M. R. Cooley, 72, Omaha, former Plattsmouth resident, died Friday morning, Feb. 2. He had been ill one week and was a patient at Veterans Hos pital in Omaha. He was born 1890 at Audubon, Iowa. He was married to Edna Baker of Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 8, 1919. They had no children. The couple lived in Platts mouth 17 years when he work ed with the Army Engineers. Prior to this time, they farmed near Murray. They had made their home in Omaha, 4108 Lafayette, since moving from Plattsmouth. He maintained his member ship in the American Legion Post No. 56 of Plattsmouth. Surviving are the wife, three brothers, Harold of Mt. Etna, Iowa, Howard of Corning, Iowa, and Ted of Anita, Iowa; Three sisters, Mrs. Ivan (NeaD Marshall of Cozad, Mrs. Georgia McDonald of Atlantic, Iowa, and Mrs. Eunice Nelson of Wlota, Iowa. Services were today at 1 p.m. at Swanson's Funeral Home in Omaha. Burial was in Oak Hill Cem etery, Plattsmouth. Dale Gleason Gets M.A. at Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. G Dale Gleason of Plattsmouth re ceived a master of arts degree at mid -year commencement ceremonies Jan. 27 on the Uni versity of Arkansas' Fayetteville campus. Approximately 740 candidates received degrees. Seven candi dates were awarded the doctor of philosophy degree and 12 re ceived the doctor of education degree. ft m kirn from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Febr. 11, each Scout will attend church. Pack and trjop 368 vi! attend church at St. John's. Pack 399 will attend service at the First Methodist church. Explorer Post 399 will go to the Pre;byterian Church. Troop 369 will attend the Presbyterian Church. All Scouts are instructed to wear their Scout uniforms throughout this week of observ ance. All Scouts urge interested cit izens to visit their display. What Is Scouting? WHAT IS SCOUTING? Scout ing is a boy looking up to a man and wishing in his heart that he could be more like that man and the man admiring the boy and wishing he were more like him. Scouting is a group of boys sitting around a campfire in silence. No words are spoken, but the group is being welded into a team. Scouting is a group of boys pulling together with a group of men for the common good. It is men doing things with rather than for boys. Scouting is mother sewing on merit badges and an entire fam ily proud of each advancement. Scouting is noise and action and food and fun. It is play and release from restraint, yet it is purposeful and resultful. It is a boy setting his owni goals and pushing himself to ward their accomplishment, it is a man rating high what a boy is reaching for. Scout is the President of the United States and the newest eight-year-old Cub Scout. It is the youth of America to day in earnest about America's tomorrow. Walter McPeck. Mrs. Lucille Wiles Earns BS Degree Mrs. Chester (Lucille) Wiles was graduated with a BS Degree in Education at the Omaha Uni versity. Mrs. Wiles was among the 255 graduates participatiing in cere monies at the Field House, Jan. 27. She has been a teacher in the Kindergarten at Brown Park! School for the past five years. Mrs. Frances Schliefert of Louisville also graduated with a BS Degree. 'Oklahoma' Has Brilliant History The musical "Oklahoma!" has been famous since 1943. It is one of the best-liked musical plays in the United States. Before it was made into a mo tion picture, "Oklahoma!" had been seen and heard by more people than any other musical in theatrical history. "Oklahoma!" will be pre sented Feb. 16 at 8 o'clock at the High School Auditorium, by the High School Vocal Department. Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 Sgt. Berlett Kiiled in Laos Accident The death of Sgt. Theodore James Berlett in a training ac cident in Laos (Southeast Asia) has been reported. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eclwaid Berlett ot Platis mouLh and was stationed with the 82nd Parairoop Division in Laos. Sgt. Berlett had been in the paratroops since 1951. Details of the accident were not reported. F u n e r a 1 arrangements are pending and will be announced later by Cakhvell-Linder Home here. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Przudzik of Si. John uie bap us i Catholic Church will officiate when services are held and burial will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery here Sgt. Berlett was 29. He was born Aug. 5, 1932, at Fort Crook, son of Edward and Anna Pillar Berlett. He was married at Fayetteville, N. C, in 1960 to Elsie King. She survives along with his parents; brothers Edward George and Thomas of Omaha and John of Plattsmouth and sisters Rita Ann and Grace of Omaha and Louise of Platts mouth. Sgt. Eerlett spent his life here until joining the paratroops. He was a graduate of St. John's School and attended Platts mouth High School. He was a member of St. John's Church. He was reported killed Jan. 28. Groce, Molck Can Seek Appointment To Naval Academy Washington, D.C. (Special) Two Plattsmouth youths have been named to compete for ap pointments to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. Congressman Glenn Cunning ham told The Journal today that the Plattsmouth boys are Fred G. Groce, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Groce, and Gary Vt . Molck, son of Mrs.t William Molck. The two Plattsmouth boys will compete with four other Ne braska boys each for top alter nate spot in the Academy selec tion process. Cunningham had two vacancies to till at the Naval Academy and is required by Navy regulations to select one principal nominee for each vacancy, plus five "competitive alternates" who will be given consideration when the princi pal lails to qualify or for other national vacancies. Cunningham said he had an unusually fine group of appli cants this year. He said Platts mouth has consistently produc ed more than its share of out standing candidates during his five years in Congress, and he has been pleased to give nom inations almost every year to Plattsmouth boys. Tractor Test Summary Is Available LINCOLN A summary of 26 tractor tests conducted by the Nebraska Tractor Testing ; Station in 1961 has been pub- j lished by the University of Ne braska. Copies may be obtained at County Extension Offices throughout the State. j Tractors produced by eight different companies were tested during 1961, according to L. F. 1 Larsen, engineer-in-charge of tractor testing at the College of Agriculture. The tractor test summary in cludes horsepower ratings .on power take-off or belt pulley as well as drawbar. The drawbar tests were expanded this year to include fuel consumption at 50 per cent, 75 per cent and maximum horsepower. In addition to results of trac tor tests conducted in 1961, the Nebraska Tractor Test Sum mary includes results of tests conducted on all tractor models which were on the market Jan. 1, 1962. Larsen says the 1962 tractor testing season will open about the middle of March. A total of 26 tractors have been registered for testing in 1962. Commission To Meet The Cass Couny Board of Commissioners will meet here at the Courthouse Tuesday, begin ning about mid-morning, for their regular first session of February. Extension Eterort Year's Service in - v . !! -I iVA " Wi'F'J' V m Mi - -- Y1 LJ & - 'i ife ft aMSteflEa iiKi i .;.iLO1PtA - - ' CHAMPION Many Extension Service events point toward the annual Cass County Fair al Weeping Water. For 4-H'ers it's the climax of the year's project preparation. Diana Dietl of the Cass County Fancy Feeders 4 -1 1 Club of Nehawka showed the Grand Champion in the 4-11 Beef Show at the Fair. Cass Countyans of the Week i Koubeks Symbolize Bohemia's Contribution To Plattsmouth By Ruth Miller Nehawka Special Correspondent H. A. Koubek's earliest mem ories of this city are of two rows of houses settled over-compla-cently along a dirt road amidst an endless sea cf prairie and along with a few businesses, bearing the name "Platts mouth". The houses were north of the shops and mostly occupied by Shops workers. Mr. Koubek came to Platts mouth when he was just 4 years old. His wife, also of an early family, came here when she was 17. Mr. Koubek pointed out that most of the early Bohemian set tlers came first to La Platte to work in the quarries and then moved on to the Plattsmouth Shops. They had been farming fam ilies in their own country and ,io they settled on the west edge of town, which was largely unset tled timber, and raised geese ducks and gardens. Mr. Koubek's home place was 46 acres r.orth of Maiden Lane He recalls walking from there to work in the Shops, oftentimes through hip-deep snow. That was before the eight-hour day had become a household phrase and the Shops workers were on the job from early morn ing until 8 to 10 at night, and sometimes as late as 12 o'clock. James Rebal's broom factory stood just west of where Mr. Koubek now lives. As a young man Mr. Koubek worked there for $15 per month. He and Mr. Rebal turned out 50 dozen brooms each month to sell to the Burlington Those of you who are now re ceiving good wages in the Shops consider this: Mr. Koubek's wages were 12' 2c an hour! And these of vou who have a few pri vate opinions about taxes after having made out Income Tax will be interested in the fact that taxes on the Koubek home when Mr. Koubek first bought it were just $12. At the time Mr. Koubek worked in the shops the entire engines were constructed there There was even a brass foundry where the bells were cast. There was also a planing mill and blacksmith si.oos. An immense lumberyard with 40 foot piles of lumber kept 4 gangs constantly ou.sy. r" i In addition to the shops, other businesses were early attracted to Plattsmouth. The streetcars were installed here even before Omaha got them. There was a well, 20 feet across, out by the cemetery from which the water came for power. There was a jelly factory, too. Many of you will remember the canning factory of not too long ago but do ycu recall that there was another one even before that? Julius Pitts' dad raised and picked peas for that concern. Speaking of peas, Plattsmouth had a gardener just on the edge of town. He paid laborers 50 cents a day to hoe his gardens. And of course in the late 1800's the "Evening News" came to town and Plattsmouth had a reg ular newspaper. Mr. Koubek worked in the shops from 1899 to 1932 when an injury caused him to quit. At that time he took up in earnest a fascinating hobby which he has kept up since. Scattered about the Koubek home you will find numerous gracefully carved items which must have required long hours of painstaking care. For instance, there is the lovely stable which holds the Christmas figurines, there is the huge ship, and the polished rack on which the clock sits. But most of all there are the bottles with the thousands of things constructed in them. One (Continued or Page ii PTA Meeting Is Open To Public The public is invited to attend a program sponsored by the Junior-Senior PTA to be held in the Central school cafeteria Feb. 6. 7:30 p.m. "What Should Be The Role of Federal Government in Educa tion" is the topic to be discuss ed by a panel of students from the high school speech class. These students will discuss the government's present role in education at local, state and federal levels and the wals the govern m cut should t ry to achieve. Mrs. Judith Westerbuhr is the teacher. The junior high acappella choir under the direction of Mrs. Westerbuhr will complete the program. Refreshments will be served following the program. 9 ell IIS County The annual report of the Cass County Extension Service for 1961, the 4th annual one pub lished by The Journal as a .spec ial section of the paper, appears in this issue. Material on county Extension affairs was prepared by County Agent Clarence Schnuuieke, Home Agent Mrs. Kay Leltling and their olfice assistant, Judy Domingo. Material of a more general agricultural nature was supplied by the University of Nebraska Extension News Service. The J o u r n a 1 added some photographs of events the pa.st year and solicited advertising from firms and individuals in terested in the .success of agri culture in Cass County. The result is the Report which appears each year in ad vance of the Extension Service annual banquet. The banquet this year is Thursday night, Feb. 8, at the Agricultural Auditorium in Weeping Water. Guests of honor will be pa.st County Agents and County Home Agents, honored because the event celebrates the centennial of the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture. For details of the meeting, for reminiscences of the pa.st year in county agriculture and Ex tension work and for a glimpse of the historical pa.st as seen through the Service, see THE 11161 REPORT OF THK CASS COUNTY EXTENSION SERV ICE, Section H, 6 pages. Extension - 1961 10 from County Get UN Degrees Ten students from Cass Coun ty received degrees, one "with distinction" Saturday morning at mid-y ear commencement exercises at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. James R. Vincent of Alvo re ceived a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree "with distinction." Other Countyans graduating: B.S. in Agriculture-Richard G. Rueter, Murdock. B.A. Larry L. Long. Platts mouth; Ned P. Totman, Elm wood . B.S.-Larric E. Bell, Alvo. B.S. in Business Administration-Roberta Knaup Poppe, Weeping Water. B.S. in Civil Engineering Roger G. Gilmore, Alvo. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering-Paul O. Kupke, Louisville. B.S. in Education V e 1 m a Smith Glantz, Elmwood. Master of Science Clarence J. Garrison, Elmwood. There were 357 graduates in all. Among 20 graduates commis sioned in joint Army-Navy-Air Force ROTC ceremonies were Second Lieutenants It i c h a r d Rueter of Murdock and Ned Totman of Elmwood. As principal speaker at the ceremonies. Dean of Faculties Adam C. Brockenrid'o told the newly commissioned officers: "During your lifetime, which will take you into the next cen tury you may face tasks of greater proportion than mas tery of technical features of military hardware. "You will be called upon to assume many of society's bur dens, even of its very survival. You will be called upon to use your intellectual talents to help develop things not now even imagined, and you will give your share of attention to the matter of living peacrlnily with your felluwinen." Freeburg Practice Teaching Here Don Freeburg. son of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Freeburg of Platts mouth, is doing his practice teaching in physical education and biology at Plattsmouth High School. He is one of 16 seniors of Tar kio i Mo. i College who are prac tice teaching. Freeburg last week was nam ed one of six seniors on the Deans Honor List at the college. A Classified Ad in The Journal cost as little as 50 cents.