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Baa. uisi. s 1500 a St-- li' uw PUBLISHhD SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday The Piuotsmoiutihi Mmmi 62 Mitt Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Lecder Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 81 TWENTY PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA THURSDAY, MARCH 15. 1962 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER V yv ""T " K'ym ' .Msgr. George Agius, I). I)., J. ('. I). Msgr. Agius, Pastor Here, The Rt. Rev. Monsignor George Agius, D. D., J. C. I)., for nearly 30 years pastor of St. Joh.i the Baptist Church in Platts mouth, died on Tuesday, March 0, in Malta. He was U0. Msgr. Agius had retired to the Island of Malta in October, 1956, alter resigning from the Platts mouth Parish, with the title of Pastor Emeritus. Msgr. Agius was born in Malta January 10. 1872. lie .studied in the seminary at Victoria, Malta, and was ordained December 21, 1895. lie continued his sautes at the Papal University in Rome and earned his Doctorate in Div iiity and the Doctorate in Can on Law. During his post-graduate stud es, he was a classmate of Eugenio Pacelli, who later become Pope Pius XII. The then Father Agius came to Nebraska in 1902, at the In vitation of Bishop Thomhs Bon acum, the First Bishop -of Lin coln. He was named Chancellor and remained in that post till 1912. While Chancellor, he was in charge of the Church in Ag new. In 1912 he became Pastor of Seward till 1916. He then be came pastor of Geneva where he remained till 1927. In 1927, he came to St. John's, Plattsmouth, where he remained until his retirement in 1956. Merger of Heil, Keil School Districts Proposed A legal notice was published today by the Cass County Com mittee for Reorganization of School Districts setting March 27 a 8 p.m. as the time for a hearing at the office of the County Superintendent of Schools in the Courthouse here. The hearing is in response to petitions filed by legal voters of School Districts 88 (Heili and 97 (Keili to dissolve Disiricl, 97 and annex the area and assets to District 88. Call Your Kews Social Items to And 2141 CORNSHKI.LEKS The men v Cr4-- ' - X .v p?-r:4"- V 2M J,jl- ?EM"' -n.-T' 30 Years Dies at 90 While in Plattsmouth in 1936, he was named a Domestic Pre late with the title of Right Rev erend Monsignor. In 1937, he was named Dean of the Plaits mouth District, wh'ch position he held till his retirement. In 1945, the 50th Anniversary of hi.s Ordination was splendidly celebrated, in the presence of Bishop Louis Kucera, then Bish op of Lincoln, and nearly 50 priests from all over ihe State of Nebraska. During his long pastorate of neatly 30 years in Plattsmouth, he accomplished much. On ar riving, he found a burdensome debt of $4,000.00 on the parish property. This he soon liquidat ed through hi.s zealous efforts and the generous help of the people. Many repairs were made on (Continued on Page 3 Section B) Letter Tells of Funeral Rites A letter telling of the funeral for Msgr. Agius was received here this week. The information appears on Page 4 of this section. Cass Counryans of the Week Grandfather Buell's Recipe for Preserving Fruit Dates to 1841 By RUTH MILLER Nehawka Special Correspondent I have a recipe for you this week taken from Grandfather Buell's family record. Some of you may have trouble following it though, for this recipe calls for spring water. In Mr. Buell's charming Old World script is recorded the fol lowing: "Beat well together equal quantities of honey and spring water. Pour the mixture into an earthen vessel. Put in fruit all freshly gathered and cover them up quite close. When any of the fruit is taken out wash it in cold water and it will be fit for immediate use.' Thus recipe dated February 22, 1869, was to keep Peaches and Plums for 12 months. shown above posed during corn Cedar Creek Road 'Eligible For Urban Matching Funds' Preliminary engineering- for proposed improvement of Cedar Creek i Cemetery Road was dis - cussed bv the City Council Mon- day night. The stretch of street has been added to the State's secondary road system and as such is eli gible for urban funds under the V e d e r a 1 Matching Program, Francis Casey and Ray Story who are interested in seeing the road improved told the Council One preliminary survey of cost will be clone by an Omaha engi neering firm. Councilman War ren Rhylander suggested a Lin coln firm also be invited to make a survey. He said a comprehensive sur vey of usage of the entire area ot Cedar Creek Road and the ef fect of the street's improvement on properties shou'd be consid ered. The Lincoln firm will be con tacted. Casey suggested a "clover leaf" for the intersection of Cedar Creek Road and the U. S. 73-75 By-Pass might be included in the planning against the time when a second lane of the By Pass is constructed and an un derpass of the highway becomes necessary for safety. In the Matching program, fed eral funds administered by the State Dept. of Roads are used Fire Fund: $1,897.75 The voluntary fund drive for purchase of new lifesaving and firefighting equipment for use of the Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Dept. in this fire protection district today stood at $1,897.75 with these new donations: Slu Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Pilny. So Ed and Win, Fitzgerald. S2 Victor M. Noi'd, Anna Roberts and Bill Tarns. SI Fred S. Vailery. The recipe along with others is found in the back of a Jan uary, 1841, New Genesee Farm er, forerunner of the Country Gentlemen. Its owner is Frank Buell of Elmwood, grandson of the original owner. The magazine contains mcmy articles pertinent to life on the plains, including one on the care of honey bees. Anybody interested in buying a plow? The "Farmer" had the latest on that too. Whitings Wisconsin Plough, a one-horse sod breaking plow was the very latest by dint of a new position of the mould boards. An advertisement reading as follows explained with meti culous care just how and why the plow was an improvement: shelling at the Buell place near F.lmuocxl in 1910. , for construction of approved i projects when matched 50-50 by j municipalities. I 'v v !'w . " J j PLATTSMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH The drawing shows the design of the sanctuary and educational building of the Plattsmouth Baptist Electrical Wiring Discussion Set For Monday Here A meeting to discuss electrical i wiring in Plattsmouth has been set by the City Council for 7:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall. The meeting is the result of a letter written by a representa tive of the State Fire Marshal's Office in Lincoln and containing some adverse comment on elec trical wiring and wiring prac tices in Plattsmouth. The representative volun teered to come here and discuss the matter with the Council and ' electricians and to assist wi'K, establishment ot regu latory measures if they should be desired. Mayor Grant Roberts today said anyone interested in the subject to be discussed is urged to attend. "The inventor of this plough became full convinced that the reason earth adheres to the mould board is none other than that the mould boards being so short and crooked as to form a hollow that catches the dirt in stead of a plain flat surface that would receive equal pres sure as it passes through the sward. His next step was to con struct one so as to avoid the difficulties common to other ploughs without the least im pairing its usefulness. And after taking one of the common poughs, and using it in the prairie soil until such dirt as would naturally adhere to the! board had become fully com- pressed, he examined it and (Continued on P. 3, Sec. Ci j radustrioS Corporation Formed, Hailed as 'Step Vv . 1 J) .'. r. -,... Fauquet Files For Co. Att'y. As Democrat Paul Fauquet, Plattsmouth at torney, Wednesday filed for County Attorney as a Democrat in the May 15 primary election. A race for the office in the Fall election is thus assured. Incum bent Republican James Begley had previously filed to seek re election. A resident of the County for 22 years and of Plattsmouth for 18 "ears, Fauquet has been active 'n legal and civic affairs in vari ous capacities. He has been active in the Boy Scout program for the past 20 years. Fauquet is a graduate cf Wahoo High School and received Bachelor's Degrees from the Col lege of Agriculture and the Col lege of Law, both of the Univer sity of Nebraska, graduating in law in the Spring of 1940. He was admitted to practice in the State and Federal Courts at that time and is a member of the Ameri can Bar Association, the Ne braska State Bar Association and the Nebraska Trial Attor neys Association. Fauquet started the practice of law in Weeping Water July 1 1940, and practiced there until his appointment in 1943 as Coun ty Judge of Cass County; he served in that office for five years and has practiced law in Plattsmouth since. He served as City Attorney for both Plattsmouth and Louisville. Fauquet is married and father of five children. He is a Mason, a charter member and past presi dent of Plattsmouth Lions Club; he was one of the founders of the Lions Club Building Corporation which cwns and operates the Plattsmouth Lions Building. He is a former secretary treasurer of the Cass County Ag ricultural Society; former Secre tary of the Cass-Weepir.g Water Creek Watershed Association: and is presently Flood Control Administrator for the Platts mouth Watershed. He is a former secretary treasurer of the Nebraska Coun ty Judges Association, past pres ident of the Plattsmouth Band Parents Club, and past State president of the Nebraska Wel fare Association. He was pres ident of the Cas.s County Bar As sociation for a number of vears. ?(KK Organization Meeting Tcnlsht Organization ''leeting of the Kass Kounty Korn Karnival will be held ot ths Chamber of Com merce Office at 7:30 tonight. Representatives of local or- j "anizations and indiv'duals are i urged to attend this meeting j in order that a good start can j be made to put the 19G2 show on ! the road, a Karnival official ! said. President Al Hansen said that1 " t takes the cooperation of a j large number of people to stiae ' 'his annual event and an early : start will assure this area a fes- j tival that can be a pride and I joy to the whole community." I ( hurrh which will be built this Spring and Sum mer. Groundbreaking is Sunday at 3 p.m. on the church site on South 15th Street. Groundbreaking Here Sunday for Baptist Church Groundbreaking for the sanc tuary and educational building ol Plattsmouth Baptist Church will be Sunday at 3 p.m., Pastor Calvnr Miller said today. The groundbreaking will be on the second anniversary of the church here. It was organized in 1960 and now meets in the Lions Community Building on Main Street. The church is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Con vention. Funds for the building pro graTi were provided under loan from the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Conven tion, Atlanta, Ga. The building will be construct ed on a three-acre tract of land on South 15th Street in south west Plattsmouth near the junc tion of Highway 34 and tho Louisville Road. Completion is scheduled some time this summer. The main facade of the sanc tuary will face South 15th Street and the educational building will parallel the street. The building will be con structed of light buff brick with a wood paneled entrance on the sanctuary side. The sanctuary and the educa tion unit are planned to accomo date 175 persons each. The sanctuary will be 70 feet long and the educational unit 91 feet overall. The entire building will be prefaced by a parking lot with ample parking area for the membership. De-ign was by a Lincoln architect and Hill Construction of Plattsmouth will do the con struction. Rev. Miller said the bu'.lding has been an important emphas is In the church for the past, year. Two groups have devoted much extra time and effort ta it: The Board of Trustees com posed of Ted Tedder, Marion Hollass, Bobby McGee, Don Dake j and Ed Hayes, which completed j the legal work involved. And the Building Commit tee, comuosed of Max Cameron, Don Krliey, Tom G fford. Albert Poweil, Joe Naranjo and Ted ders. "It is the firm hope of every one in the church that th? Plattsmouth Baptist Church will contribute in the future to the re'.igiou-5 life of the city of Platts iiiouth," Rev. Miller said. The Evaluation Committee's Report: Following is the last of three stories dealing with the report of ; an Evaluation Committee of the j State Department of Education! which visited the local schools' this winter. i 1 The report was summarized in ,hose '1ar,s bV Plattsmouth Stnt. of Schools O. F. Mussman. This is the last (lf thnse summaries. i This portion of the report of j the Evaluation Committee deals I with the Senior High School and) in Progress jls To Promote and Secure Employment Opportunities' I What is being hailed as "One I of the biggest steps for progress j In the history of Plattsmouth" j was formulated here over the weekend when groundwork was laid for organization of a Platts mouth Industrial Development Corporation. A Chamber of Commerce pro ject headed by President Ray Siory and Clem Wnsier, chair man of the Industrial Commit tee, the corporation will be cap italized at $50,000. Following careful .study and research on the part of repre sentatives of the Chamber co operating with the Nebraska Resources Division, a special meeting was held last Friday. Details were worked out and corporation by-laws and articles were established. Attending this meeting were Story, Carl Schneider, Steve Davis, Warren Rhylander, Al hert Young, V. V. Clark and Chamber Manager R. R. Fur.se, acting as temporary secretary. Purpose of the Industrial Cor poration is "to encourage new industry, assist present industry and to prepare Plattsmouth to deal intelligently with prospec tive new industrial and civic programs. "The Corporation will be au thorized and capable to nego tiate directly wilh companies interested in securing new loca tions for plants, for expansion of existing industries, securing of land locations, and respon sible for compiling and furnish ing prospects with detalied in- 'Platte, Missouri Flood Threats Recognized1 A flood threat along the Platte and Missouri Rivers is becoming apparent, County Civil Defense Director Clias. Land said here today. He said that while the Elkhorn and Niobrara valleys and some others are in more imminent danger there is also danger of flooding along the Lower Platte and the Missouri between here and Union. Land announced appointment of County Surveyor William P. Coaklcy as an assistant to help observe water levels in the county as the Spring runoff pro gresses. He also said County Highway Suit. Fred Clark has promised full cooperation of county men and machines to be employed as danger is recognized. Land said he has contacted Company H of the Army Re serves here for possible assist ance. He said C. E. Morrison. Union grocer, is working with him on observation and readi ness there, in case the bottom land east of Union along the Mis souri is endangered. Meanwhile, the speed of the warmup is the key, Land said. Elementary School Dismissal Early For Conferences Kindergarten through Grade 3 of Plattsmouth public schools will be dism'ssed one-ha'.f hour early the week of March 19-23 so that teachers may hold parent-teacher conferences', the of fice of the elementary school principal said today. Dismi-'sal for morning kinder gat ten will be 11 a.m., for after noon ki idergnrten at 2:45 and for Grades 2 and 3 at 3 p.m. The Senior High is divided into subject matter areas. 1. Industrial Arts The instructor has very fine' rapport with the students and de- mands quality workmanship.! Many ex. c lient woodworking projects were in evidence. j Suggestions: Broaden the! scope of this program to include: drawing and planning, metal! work, electricity, and general i crafts such as plastics, leather-j work and ceramics. Phitt-- "Miuth and this area. A total of 500 shares r slock wi'h a par value of $100 each will comprise capitalization of the Corporation. It will lie au thorized to commence business when a total of 30 shares are sold. The Corporation is organ ized as a profit, organization, al though its purpose is to promote and secure employment op portunities for residents of this area. Only a "small percentage of stock will be .sold at this I me," it was raid by the organizing heads. A good share of the ini tial offering has already been subscribed. However, a number of contacts will be made by pre sent stockholders in order to get a representative group of local business people in the Corpora tion. Temporary officers of Platt.s mouth Industrial Development. Corporation to act until an offi cial meeting can be held arc Chamber President Ray Story president and chairman; R. R (Continued On Page 4) Coakley Files Nomination For Surveyor William P. Coakley Wednes day filed as a Republican for nomination for the office of County Surveyor. His filing was the first for that post. Coakley, 37, has been County Surveyor since 1950, having been appointed three times by the County Board of Commissioners. He is ? Registered State Land Surveyor, having qualified when the new law governing surveyors went into effect in 1959. He has been surveying 12 years, received his start in the Army in World War Two. He also t rained in Cass County as tin as sistant to the County Surveyor for three years before his first appointment to fill an unexpired term. Coakley is a native of Cass County, of the Elmwood com munity. His mother, Mrs. Belle Coakley, lives there. He is married to the former Lois Sehroeder of Plattsmouth and thev have a son. 18 months old. Thev live tit 009 Oakmont. Mrs. McShane Files for County Clerk Another race for a county of fice in the May 15 nrimary elec tion was created Tuesday with the filing of Mrs. Alice Jayne McShane of Louisville for County Clerk on the Republican ticket. Incumbent Republican Chas. Land had filed earlier for nomi nation for re-election. No Democrat has yet filed fcr the office. The filing deadline is Friday. Mrs. McShane. 39. is a former County Treasurer of Cass County (1955-19591. Prior to th.it she was employed in the Treasurer's Of fice for 11 years as deputy. She is a graduate of Platts mouth High School and attended Nebraska We.sleyan University. She is a member of the Meth odist Church at Louisville and is its treasurer. Mrs. McShane is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Grosshan.s tf Plattsmouth. She is the wife of Willard McShane of Louisville They have a son and a d tughter. School 2. Home Economics - A verv practical type program is ret ti'i in this area. The in structors are highly respected people and demonstrate their abilities to teach home econom ics. Suggestions: Provide more equipment to make it possible to in'roduee the irls to a wider variety of homcmaking expeii ences 3 Mechanical Drawing (Continued on Page Fouri formation concerning ) ti fi fit rl