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meaner. wvCUi APR 3 1962 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Time IP elm urn ail Contolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County families VOLUME 81 EIGHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1962 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER -10 mm J . at WATERS RFC FDING W a t e r from Hie flooding Missouri River had already receded some seven inches when this picture was taken Saturday just east of the ( II &, () Railroad tracks past East Main Street. The buildings are on the Flood Waters Receding Here Flood waters from the Mis souri River continued to recede today and damage on the river bottom here from a week of flooding was surveyed. These observations were noted: There appears to be no major damage to Plattsmouth's new Sewage Treatment Plant although Board of Public Works Manager Jim Markham said it would be impossible to tell until ground seepage water in the diked plant area goes down as the river drops. The county road to the river east of Main Street is damaged with a great amount of debris of all kinds and huge logs on the road and shoulders. Other bot tomland roads are in the same condition. The dike at the south edge of the Waterfowl Management Area north of here was washed out in places and the area was almost 100 per cent unundated. Damage to roads has not been ascer tained. All corn unpicked on the river bottom was lost. Picking was curtailed by the early and Dorothy Woster Spelldown; Miss Dorothy Woster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Woster of Plattsmouth, Saturday won the annual Cass County spelling con test over 20 other contestants representing county schools or school districts. An 8th grader at Plattsmouth Junior High, Miss Woster won by spelling correctly the word "arpeggio" which the runnerup Christine Uher of Plattsmouth, had mispelled with only one "g", and then correctly spelling "squeamish." Miss Uher is an 8th grader and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Uher. About 75 to 100 persons attend ed the spelldown in the District Court room of the County Court house. The spelldown, besides naming the county champion also se lected the winner as an entrant in the upcoming World-Heraid Midwest Spelling Bee in Omaha. Last year Sherry Simons of Plattsmouth Junior High was champion and took part in the Midwest Bee. Other contestants here Satur day were: -K -K -K cpn I lT, CONTESTANTS ' rf-. ,a A Kir?. 1 - , , , c i i.iania "j""u, i.tu ,-iiauin-i, iiuurri uo master, wiuiam wenr- district or school spelling contests who competed in the annual bein. Ted Vogel, Gene Tschirren; back Glenda Ewine Kathleen Cass County Spelling Contest here Saturday; front G e o r g e j Hartman, Susan Stohlmann, Victoria Lepert, Gloria Dasher Char Sachs, Donna Sporer, Christine Iher (runnerup), Dorothy Wos-; lene Vogler, Susan Livingston, Penelope Moore and Anna Jean ter (champion), Cheryl Elston, Ruth Rathbun; middle row I Albers. long winter and many operators. didn't get corn out before the water rose. The river began to recede Sa'urday after a high sometime Friday or Friday night. By this morning it was possible to slog In on foot to the Treatment Plant. County Civil Defense Direc tor Chas. Land said the river by this morning was down five feet from the high Friday as guaged in Omaha and was expected to continue dropping except for a rise, not dangerous, when waters of the Sioux River reach the Mis souri. The Pla'te River was also dropping and no new rise is anti cipated, Land said. Markham said this morning after visiting the Treatment Plant that he saw no damage to the dike around the plant. He said there was about 4 feet of ground seepage water inside the dike. At its lowest, point, the in stallation is about 2 feet lower than the outside ground level. At its deepest, seepage water was about feet inside the plant site Friday. Wins County Uher 2nd District 2, Horning, Victoria Lepert; District 5, Rock Bluff Penelope Moore; District 6, Rock Creek, Ruth Rathbun; District 17, Union, Kathleen Hartman; District 22, Weeping Water, Leo Stander; District 28, Stull, Gloria Dasher; Distrcit 31, Cedar Creek, Cheryl Elston; District 32, Louisville, Charlene Vogler; Dis trict 33, Dutch Academy, Ted Vogel; District 41, Pleasant Ridge, William Wehrbein. District 42, Bestor, Gene Tsch irren; District 45, Little Brick, George Sachs; District 56, Mur ray, Donna Sporer; District 57, South Bend, Glenda Ewing; Dis trict 63, Cot'age Hill, Anna Jean Albers; District 79. College Hill Susan Stohlman; District 88, Heil, Susan Livingston; District 104, Eagle-Alvo, Robert Bow mas'er; District 103, Nehawka Marcia Ryherd. Mrs. Dean Meisinger of Platts mouth pronounced the words. Mrs. Wayne Green and Jose phine Campbell were judges. County Supt. of Schools Neil Lancaster was in charge of the contest. Shown from lpf ulnntn ' ? jno former T. II. Pollock place. The machinery is part of much equipment hauled to high ground last week by farm operators who work the land along the Missouri River bottom. The only material damage ap parent so far, Markham said, is a "tilt" to the clarifier. He said ex'ent won't be known until seepage water goes as the river level drops. There could be dam age to wiring. He said he hopes to replace motors in the Control House with in two or three days to get re circulating equipment function ing again. Other motors may not be replaced for a week or 10 days when the "dry out" is furth er along. Meanwhile, the outfall sewer's flow will be allowed to by-pass the plant as it has since the Hood rose. Sufficient natural dilution make this procedure acceptable. Boys-Girls County Gov't. Day April 11 Rosters for Boys and Girls County Government Day April 11 in Plattsmouth are being re ported to James F. Begley, in charge for the sponsoring Platts mouth American Legion Post. Delegates from Avoca High School are: Bernie Straub, County Asses sor; Ronnie Wohlers, County At torney; Sharon Wohlers, County Clerk; Christy Kepler, Clirk of the District Court; Rob ert Knake, County Commission er; Bonita Johnson, County Judge; Cathy Norris, Register of Deeds; Roger Rietsch, County Sheriff; Larry Meyer, County Su perintendent; Dennis Stub bendick, County Superintendent; Mike Boehm, County Surveyor; Lee Dumke, County Treasurer; Nancy Bose, Welfare Director; Louis Van Ackern, Welfare Di rector. 'Watch Out for Scrap-iron Invader Rural residents today were cautioned about putting too much faith and trust in "scrap-iron" dealers who are invading the county. Sheriff Tom Solomon said a Nehawka man was "taken" for 2,000 pounds of scrap iron by an out-of-county man who weighed the material in Omaha. The man was approached by the Sheriff's Office and made restitution to the Nebraska resident. Solomon said once such mater ial reaches Omaha junk yards it is almost impossible to trace. i.k-j t o i r,.., Mrs. Ella Exline, 78, Dies Sunday; Rites Wednesday Mrs. Ella Delilah Exline, 78, lifelong resident of the Union community, died Sunday after a long illness. Funeral services will be Wed nesday at 2 p.m. at the Bap'ist Church in Union with the Rev Jerry Dunn of Omaha and the Rev. C. W. Severn of Weeping Wafer officiating. Burial will be in East Union Cemetery. Pallbearers will be six nephews of Mrs. Exline. Le t Funeral Home of Ne braska City is in charge of ar rangements. Mrs. Exiine was born Sept. 6. 1883, in Otoe County, daughter of j William and Mary Hill . She was i married in 1904 in Plattsmouth ' to William Edward Exline. He i preceded her in dea'h at Union in 1937. She is survived by sons Eu gene, Plattsmouth, and Abe. Union; daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Reeder, Plattsmouth, Mrs. Violet Easter, Union, and Mrs. Mildred Neumeister, Weeping Water; 17 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren; bro her Charles Hill Thurman, Iowa, and sister Mrs. Louise Wood, Plattsmouth. ! She was also preceded in death by sons Jack, in 1957, and David, fcur brothers and two sisters. Lillian White, 79, Dies Here Today; Rites Wednesday Miss Lillian White, 79, died early this morning at the Ne braska Masonic Home here. She had been in failing health two years. She was born Jan. 3, 1883 in Cass County, the daughter of George E. and Alice Snyder White. A member of a promin ent pioneer family, she made her home in Cass County her lifetime. She was Cass County Register of Deeds, worked 11 years for the County Judge and several, years was employed in the office of the late A. L. Tidd. Miss White was a member of the First Presbyterian Church here and of Home Chapter Or der of Eastern Star, Chapter No. 189. Surviving is a sister, Georgia White of Omaha, two nieces and three cousins. Funeral services will be Wed nesday at 1 p.m. at Caldwell Linder Funeral Home, with in terment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Plattsmouth. Visiting hours are 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 Tuesday afternoon and evening at C a 1 d w e 1 1-Linder Chapel. 'Slave Auction' Brings $120 Auction of 31 Scouts of Troop 369 here Saturday brought about $120, the receipts to be used for development of the Scouts' Camp Crabill in north Platts mouth. Scouts were auctioned off to highest bidders for service as "slaves" for a full day's work at the arrangement of the "slave" and "buyer." Rex Young did the auctioneer ing, assisted by John Hobscheidt as spotter. There were not many buyers but they bid spiritedly. A Classified Ad in The Journal cost as little as 51) cents 3 7 . ... ... . 11 Offices To 0 Nt. N T i' . HEAVY LINES on the map division of the city in the new voting in Tuesday's municipal Precinct Division Detailed The new division of the city into voting precincts, passed this winter' by the City Council, establishes four Wards with three of them deivided into two Precincts each. On the City Council, from this election on under regulations governing Cities of the First Class, there will be eight Coun cilmen, two from each Ward. Wards, Precincts and polling places are as follows: First Ward (Courthouse) All territory north of 2nd Avenue and east of 7th street. Second Ward All territory north of 2nd Avenue and west of 7th Screet, divided into two Precincts. The First Precinct (Christian Church) is all ter ritory north of Avenue C. The Second Precinct (Methodist Church) is all territory between Avenue C and 2nd Avenue. Third Ward All territory ly ing south of 2nd Avenue ,a;nd west of 9th Street extended south to 7th Avenue, thsn -east cne-half block to Porter Street, then south on Porter Street to Holdrege Street, then west on Holdrege to Hermia Street, then south on Hermia to Lincol'i Avenue to the city limit. This Ward also includes Blocks 54 and 55. The Ward is divided into two Precincts.- The First Pre cinct (Armoryi includes ail ni Blocks 54 and 55 and all territo ry south cl the 2nd Ave .ue linj and west of th.3 9th Sct li :c as iar south as Holdrege Street. The Second Precinct (Wiysjl's Garage) includes all territory south of Holdrege Street includ ing the Old Louisvilie Road. Fourth Ward All territory south of 2nd Avenue and east of the 9th Street line previously described, including all east of Lincoln Avenue. The Ward is divided into two Precincts. The First Precinct (Columbian School i includes all territory cast of 9th Street line and west of Lincoln Avenue north to 2nd Avenue. The Second Precinct (Wi.iters'.een School) includes all territory south of 2nd Avenue and east of Lincoln Avenue to the city limit. Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. VOTE! Be V smear above indicate Four Wards for flection. Dotted A WRD 5 s -1.1 I .Z.,.... Style Show Draws SRO Crowd Here Thursday Mite A standing-room - only crowd , The Show, entitled Spring estimated at between 900 and j Interlude, was presented by the 1,000 (by some estimated larger than that) turned out here Thursday night for the third annual Style Show at the High School Auditorium. It was the biggest crowd for the Show in its brief history. Those people saw more current fashions in clothing and ap pointments and more displays by local merchants concurrently shown around edges of the Aud itorium, than ever before. And, more prizes donated by merchants were awrded in the drawing which followed. fit. ' k M I ' f I i 's-';':- .:H V j . " f j . ' ... i " - i. 'SPRINt; IXTERI.I I)E Beckv, Tarn and Pat Bead are shown in the opening scene of the an nual Style Show here Thursday night. They were seated on a bench in the park and sang to intro duce the showing of styles by local merchant. illecS t 1 I MAW ! A ' lines Indicate division of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Wards into two precincts each. For details, see story below. Women's Division ot the Cham ber of Commerce in co-operation with the Chamber. Mrs. Jack Brookhouser was narrator. She and Mrs. Earl Carr, chairman of decorations and scenery, painted the back drop which was pari of the park scene which was the show's .set ting. They and their committer readied the Auditorium .stage for the show. Mrs. Raymond Bourne and Naomi Day prepared the script. Mrs. Win. Maston fashioned flowers for the decorations. (Continued on Page 3) Tuesday Mayor, Council Races Interest; Polling 8 to 8 PkittMuou'h city anil school district voters Tuesday will c,o t' the poll,, to elect. 1 1 officials for terms of office be i lining later this spring. The election is of mm. ual in terest here Iii can of I'lat ' -" 1 c i '. i ' h " i elrui"e lroni a city of Sci'oihI Class to a city of the First ( !a ill: past ait 'r 01 eer'.ilir.ition o! the city's papula tion of C.2 17 a; shown by Hi.' I!fti0 census. The chaiK'c to First Class brought the need for division of the city in':) at leas', four Wards aid i epre.scntat ion on t he City Council of at lea st t'.vo mi tu bers from each Ward. Consequently, with t'.vo hold over member., of tii" Coum il, si-t Councilme.i must Ik l.r'eil. Of great i.itens, too, are Pif race for Mayor wh to there ar" three candidate.; for the first, time in many y .irs; the eleeli ii lalthoimh withou a r.ieei of a City Clerk-Ti'ca.ai r r for Hie first time and voline, f ir m li bers of the Board id' F.iir'.i'io i. Pslls will be open from li a.m. to 8 o.m. Tuesday. On the ballots will be: For Mayor L. V. iRoyi Moore. Republican, operator of a Nursing Home bus.iie s a id curr. lit Ciiy Councilman; .AIIxt. A. lRe.li V)u:i'?, i lemoei a t , partner in a construction bu;i ncss; and Fred T. Fiseh.-r, nom inated by petit i i. -ei'ouii'a it, at Allied Ch-inieai Co., lti-W.e. Incuinbf .ot Mayor fiver.' lens will be a candidate for Senator in the State Legislature in the May 15 prima.! y ncim-m. For City Council--- Firt Ward Elmore (Toots) Brink, Democrat, member of the iirm of Bryant Motors; a d John Speck, Republican, em ploye of Lyman-lilciuy Sand and Gravel Co. Second Ward, oni'-year tnrm Frank K. Biles, Republican, paint -.store operator and paint ing contractor; aid Robert. Asp; -don, Democrat, paint store operator and painting contrac tor. Second Ward, two-year term Lloyd Morehrad, Democrat, conservation contractor and farming operator; and E. C. (Ernest i Giles, Republican, em ploye of a Bollcviie construction company. Third Ward, one-year term -Robert Aim, Republican, partner in well drilling contracting firm; and Raymond Fuller, Democrat, operator of a soft water .service here. Third Ward, two-year term M. W. (Bill) Shcil, Democrat, employe of Allied Clvmical; and James McMiHiari, Repub lican, insurance agent. Fourth Ward -Do. iaid Aylor, Republican, employe of the CREX Shops; anil Kenneth (Continued on Page 3) . A3, -"Iff " j f ; 9 fb i I1 (I'heto hy Steward Studio. This pirtnre and others to appear subsequently of models, enter tainers and merchandise displays are available from Steward Studio). i. m i r - i r i n t i