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iseu state Kisr. locui' PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday The IPfl-AT APR 1 3 1982 Consolidated With the Nehowkt Enterprise and Elmwood Lecder-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County families VOLUME 81 TWENTY PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY. APRIL 12, 1962 (SECTION A) TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMHF 1 1 JOURNAL MIHIKrillilll f II m ' IHIFTIWl r frag J.ll J MM MltJltoll iliiilljMUMMMIiMJ AVAST, TIIF.RH! Gov. Frank Morrison was in riattsmonth to address the Lions Club meet ing Tuesday night and to bestow the rank of Admiral in Great Navy of the Slate of Nebraska Hulda Spahni Dies in Omaha; Rites Saturday Hulda Spahni, sister of Mrs. Fred Lugseh and a former Plattsmouth resident, died Wed nesday in Omaha. Her home was at 418 So. 38'h Avenue, Apt. 27. She was born here, daughter of i the late Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf : Soahni. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at N. P. Swanson Chapel, 32nd and Harney, Om aha. Graveside services will be at Oak Hill Cemetery here at 2:30 with burial in the family plot. Miss Spahni is survived by her fis'er; brother Ralph, Fremont; three nieces and two nephews. Commander's Banquet at VFW Sunday Activities of the year will be climaxed with the Commander's banquet that is held annually by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and their Auxiliary, Sunday. Cocktail hour will be at 4:30 with the banquet following. Installation of officers will be held i.i the evening. Dale Bowman, past depart ment VFW Commander, will be in-tailing officer for the Vet eran.?, and Mrs. Lloyi Fitch, de partment VFW Auxiliary Jr. vice president will nscall th3 officers of the Auxiliary. Harold Dukes, retiring Com mander, and Mrs. Wayne Dash er, retiring President of the Auxilary, will be hosts for this social event. Presentations of awards and i citatio.u will feature the eve ning's program. Journal Want Ads Pav Mrs. Georgia Creamer Tells. . . . What Was Nebraska Like When Buffalo Roamed? "The buffalo are gone and those who saw the buffalo are gone." Carl Sandberg HV IU'TII MILLER Xehawka Special Correspondent , Did you ever wonder what it . must have locked like then? Nebraska in those long ago days when the Indians and the buffalo roamed the plains and the few whitcmen lived in one-room log cabins? Few are the people now who can recall those days but their memories paint a very different picture cf Nebraska-land. Among these few are Mrs Georgia Creamer and Mrs. Lu'.u Wu!f, both daughters of George Shrader. On-oHor rnmp tn Nehrnskn iVii. from Virginia in 1368 with his, hrnthprs Andrew J. and Zach. i Two of the brothers built logs cabins within hollering distance of each other in the Rock Bluff; irei and there raised their chi!- riren. Mrs. Creamer was born there dians were along the road be Mav 20. 1873. he fourth of 3 chil- tween your home and the old dren. The rolling hills must have looked much different then, There were no roads, for the pio- Governor Says Here: 'Mean What In Struggle against Reds The United States must take a stand against Communism and then "do what we say we'll do," Gov. Frank Morrison told a meeting of the Plattsmouth Lions Club and guests Tuesday night "We can't live in a world of hypocrisy. We must mean what we say or not say it, if we expect to have the confidence of our own as well as foreign peoples," the Governor said. Hunger and destitution are ere-1 people easy prey to power-hun- gry politicians and purveyors of tyraj'.ny, Gov. Morrison said. "There's an opportunity for all individuals and service clubs and organizations to do some think ing and create sound plans for better understanding throughout the world, to find methods of marketing our great surpluses of foodstuffs to the hungry of the world." He said: "Government is for benefit of people, regardless of political party or social standing not for one political party to get its nose in the public coffers ! at the expense of the other party." People are behind the Iron Curtain because previous gener ations took no interest in politics and let groups of men take over through their own selfishness and greed, the Governor said. "Communism creates tech niques of fear and suspicion of each other and an atmosphere into which powerful government moves," he said. Besides speaking, the Gover- nor made two presentations of the rank of Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska to Bill Spradlin for his work in Scouting and boys club work; 1 i Georgia Creamer neers followed the Indian trails which wandered almost aim-j lessly around the trees and along j the high spots of ground. j And imagine going to school: never knowing how manv In- Lewiston School Modern kids hop into their cars expecting, at (Continued on P. 2, Sec. B) I I . ... "1 on Hill Spradlin and Kay Story, right and left center. Paul Fauquet is at left. The certificate is emblematic of the rank of Admiral. We Say' Vital and to Ray Story for civic lead ership and for founding the Eye Bank sponsored by Lions Clubs of Nebraska while he was dis trict governor of Lions. Gov. Morrison was introduced by Paul Fauquet. The chief ex ecutive was accompanied by his son, Jon, and B. H. G. Eiting, formerly of Plattsmouth, now di rector of the Department of Motor Vehicles in Lincoln. was Jn c of thjj meet,ng and introduced guests Entertainment presented by program chairman Fred Feld housen was by music students of Plattsmouth High under direc tion of Beverly George. The Beed Sis'ers trio and Vicky FitzPat rick sang. Accompanists were Claire Julian and Carol Smith. A report was heard on the tal ent show to be held Saturday at the High School Auditorium. Nine acts had been entered up to Tuesday. Murray Fire District Boundaries Set; Union Lines Pend Boundaries of the Murray Rural Fire District were set Wednesday by the Cass County Board of Commissioners. They differ from those submit ted in the petition for formation of the district in that adjustment had to be made to eliminate some overlap between the Mur ray District and the proposed Union Rural Fire District. County Clerk Chas. Land said the overlap was about nine and one-quarter sections. This was divided equally between the two districts. Land said a notice describing the boundaries of the Murray District in detail and setting May 1 at 8 p.m. as the time for effect ing permanent organization cf the district will appear in Mon day's Journal. The meeting May 1 will bo in the Commission Room at the Courthouse. A hearing to determine bound- nripc nf thp TTninn Tlistrir't ic scheduled for toniehL at 7-3(1 pt. the Legion Hall in Union. Com ment will be heard from anyone owning property in the proposed district. Cass County and Otoe County Commissioners will be present, the latter because Dart of the proposed district extends into Otoe County. J J' Mejsinger, 85, Mrs. W. H. Meisinger received word of the death of her brother-in-law. J. J. Meisinger, who died April 10 at Santa Ana, Calif. Funeral services were held this morning (Thursday) in Melrose Abbey, Orange, Calif. Surviving are three sons, Lloyd, Herbert and Gilbert; daughter, Mrs. Cleone Chand- Iers- His wife preceded him in death in 1959. J- J- Meisinger was born at Cedar Creek, son of the late Mr. uuu 1VII- J- " Meisinger and Mrs. J. H. He celebrated his 85th birth day March 16. j Call Your News And 1 Social Items to 2141 Electrical Ordinance Passed Here The City Council Monday night passed an ordinance to license electricians and reaula'e and in spect electrical installations. It was evolved after meetings of City Counc:l representatives wi.h the City A'torney and represen tatives of local electricians. The ordinance will become ef fective July 1, 1962. It has not ye', been scheduled for publica tion Seme of the provisions of Or dinance No. 1025: The previsions of the Nation al Electric Code for the year 1959 are adopted as part of the ordi nance. The office of Electrical In spector is created to enforce pro visions of the ordinance. The In spector wiil be appointed by th mayor. He may be an electrician engaged in installing electrical apparatus in Plattsmouth but he wiil not inspect his own work; there may be alternate inspec tors. An Ins'allation Permit shall be obtained by licensed electri cians $7.50 for wiring any new single family residence or addi tion to an existing residence; $15 for wiring a commercial building or multiple family dwelling; $3 for the installation of single ap pliances such as dryers, air con ditioners or furnaces; $3 per cir cuit for installation of three phase circuits, up to a maxi mum of $15. No permit is required for such minor repair work as re pairing flush and snap switches, replacing fuses, changing lamp sockets, etc., but the work must be done in compliance with the code. Appliance dealers are per mitted to install single appli ances sold by them after having paid the inspection fee, without having an electrician's license. Application for license will be made to the City Clerk-Treasurer; the applicant will be re quired to submit to and pass nrj examination on his qualifications to do electrical work; the exam ination will be given by a Li cense Examiner designated by the Mayor with approval of the City Council. The Examination Fee will be $15 and upon renewal of li cense an annual license fee of S2 will be paid, the examination fee to include the license fee until the following May 1. No person working under di rection or supervision of a li censee as an employe or appren tice will be required to obtain a license and can do such work as long as the licensee is on the premises and responsible for the other person's work. Prior to license issuance, an electrician's bond of $1,000 will be filed with the City Clerk Treasurer. Violations of the ordinance may be punishable by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100. SIDEWALK ORDERED The City Council Monday or dered installation of a sidewalk on the west side of Chieago Avenue, to continue the walk from Valley View north to pav ing adjacent to the Old Louis ville Road. Legion Urges Community To Demonstrate Patriotism Residents of this community today were urged to participate April 19 in a nationwide demon stration of patrio ism and nation al unity, to be proclaimed by the ringing of bells. The promotion here was an nounced by Melvin Moritz, com mander of Hugh J. Kearns Post of the Legion. Moritz announced that the American Legion, with the co operation of other national or ganizations and asscciatoins, is urging this dramatic demonstra tion of a dynamic conviction of Americanism to dispel all doubt concerning America's unity. He pointed ou'. that National Commander Charles L. Bacon of The American Legion had ap pointed Adm. Arleigh A. Burke. (USN) (Ret.), to head up a "Bells-Across-The-Nation" Com mittee to which Commander Moritz has been aopointed as a personal represen'ative of the Legion's national commander This national committee seeks the organization of community committees throughout the Uni ted S a'es to join in this nation wide demonstration of national unity. E. jt'f aha. 'X ... ' fku f i & aV le t v vvi l . ' , - Hill 1A I'll f 1 -ilV' T' I'll?' ,.p fi s. SHERIFF'S CLl'ED Mrs. Marie Lagerstrom, clerk in the; Office of the Cass County Sheriff, explains operation of radio! units to some of the students who were elected Shcriff-for-a-day Lots Rezoned As Sale Outlet For Flagstone The City Council Monday night rezo.ied six lots in extreme northwest Plattsmouth from "residential" to "commercial'' following a postponed hearing i at which intended usage of the property was detailed. Maynard Tritsch had made the request for the change but until Monday night had not given the Council information on utilization of the property. He and his attorney described his proposed operation, display KVf "ile of decorative construc tion flagstone. The Council motion, passed 3-0 in the absence of Council man Roy Moore who was called away from the meeting for a time, was that the lots be re zoned commercial for the sole specific purpose of serving as a sales outiet for the flagstone which Tritsch said will be ship ped in by rail precut and ready for sale. He said his outlets will be building contractors and in dividuals who want to do dec orative sto'ie work. Tritsch said he has a farm in Arkansas wiih a quarry of marble rock of several colors. No "manufacturing" will be permLssable on the property in its "commercial" designation and the lots would revert to "re sidential" if the declared usage were discontinued. Charles Wondra and Ray Story, two of the owners of ad jacent property who previously had objected to rezoning when no usage was declared, were at the Council meeting and after the long discussion said they would have no objection to re zening for the usage as describ ed. Another owner, by proxy, was said to have no objection. In announcing A d m i r a 1 Burke's appointment, National Commander Bacon said. "We have been io!d by Nikita Khrush chev that the freedom which was born July 4. 1776. is inevi ably to be buried. I cannot believe that America will permit free dom to die. either by slow decay or b" thermonuclear holocau-t. "However. I do believe that 'here is need for the entire world to understand and to correc tly , assess America's commitment to freedom. Unless we can convince foreign governments that we mean what we say, that we cher ish liberty as greatly today as d'd the founders of this nation, we take the terrible risk of war by miscalculation." i The na'ional commander of The American Legion has urged the ringing of bells across the nation to give further emphasis of America's declaration of unity. err j 100 County Students Attend Boys-Girls Gov't. Day Here About 100 Cass County high school students, named to coun ty office for a day, Wednesday got a practical lesson in local government. Vote Canvassed There was no change in resuHs but a close City Council race was actually closer than unofficial re turns showed, canvass of the Municipal Election vote by the City Council revealed Monday night. Donald Avlor had been re turned the winner over Kenneth Tiekotter, 112-107, for the 4th Wei rrl Cnnnpil trpnt Tin nnnims showed the count to be 112-108. There were other m i n o r changes. The totals according to the canvass i unofficial returns in parentheses) : Mayor Young 225 222i. Moore 444 (444), Fischer 393 '391). Clerk-Treasurer Mrs. Yenncy 921 (917). Police Magistrate Judge Graves 921 917 . City Council Brink 143 H41 Speck 50 (50); Morchead 233 (C34. Giles 108 103i; Asoedon 243 (243), Biles 99 00 : Sheil 143 (133, McMillian 153 15G ; Full er 164 (162i, Aim 130 130 ) . School Board Edwards 373 (375), Evers 514 512, Hirz 558 (554), Hansen 591 (590i. Council Continues Meeting to April 23 The City Council Monday night continued its meeting to the next regular meeting nigh', April 23 at 8 p.m.. and will meet only long enough then to turn the reins of government over to the newly-elected Mayor and Coun cil, which will be sworn in wi h o her elected officials, organize and transact business. if 4 "Wv. y m l i Ok K j CHECKING IN Part of the Weeping Water High contingent to (ounty Government Part icipation Day is shown cheeking in during 'registration. Mrs. Charles Ault and Mrs. Don m 1 j A::' .1 A ML-'- -- If .'if .i and attended County Government Participation Day Wednesday in riattsmonth. - They were here for the annual Bovs and Girls Countv Govern ment Participation Day. spon-! Details for the sti!'in? or the sored by the American Legion. ! Lions Talent Con'c-! were rom Huph J. Kearns post here was I p.eted Wedne,day ni" lit. as the post sponsor locally. The students, from Platts-i mouth, Louisville, W e e p i n g Water, Avoea, Nehawka, Elm-' wood, Engle-Alvo, and Murdock were chosen for the respective offices by their fellow students. Besides visiting tht county of fices, the youngsters saw a trial demonstration, got general in formation on county government, saw movies, had lunch at the 40 Ac 8 club rooms served by the Legion Auxiliary and heard re ports from their own group rep resentatives on what they'd seen and heard. Those attending included these Plattsmouth and Louisville stu dents, no', previously listed in The Journal : LOUISVILLE Tom Moffitt, Assessor; John Ossenkop. At torney: Joyce Camobell, Clerk: Mary Franke. Clerk of the Dis trict Court: Jerry Hutchison. Commissioner: Wayne Ppooner Judge; Rarbare A rends. Regi ster of Deeds; Bob Sutton, Sher iff; Susan Slehlmann, Ruperi'i 'endent of Schools; Wayne Reed Surveyor: Judith Stohimann. Treasurer; Rosalie Conley, Wel fare Dii'c ctor, PLATTSMOUTH Rodney Fleck, Assessor; Roger M. Bev erage, Attorney; Linda Eleelke meir, Clerk: Carmen Pf ifer. Clerk of the District Court; Wil liam M. Ms'Giviw, Com mi. sinn er; Steven B. Tinm, Judge: Val erie Gorton, Register of Deeds; Gene Noell. .Sheriff: Regina Nel son. Superintendent of Schools: Krn.it y Hos'etter, Surveyor; Carol Smith. Treasurer; Vicky FitzPatriek. Welfare Director. ft Z " fi t V -is - J ft. ? i i Vi ' e:'- i rv Lions Talent Contest Saturday At High School um-e for entering it closed. 30 contestants and eonte-ling groups have entered ih" eve it which will be held at the High School Auditorium Saturlay evening at 7:30. Judges for thi.s years contest are: Mary Ann Peter, of KMT V, G'ene Piatt, and Uncle Tom Chase, bo' h nf WOW and WOW TV. M. W. "Rill" Sli. il -Ail! act e ; master of ceremonies. No admission charge is to be made for this event. The winners in eaeli of ilie three divisions wi,l go to Mill ard, Apiil 2i!!h, where iliey will compete with o'.h t wi.oi ; i from District 3R-H of Liu..- of Nebraska. Winners m th- 1) .s trict will compete ;i: th' Lion; S.aee Convention in Omaha, May 19-20-21. Tii? commits-?, composed of President T cl Oil ioiitka, Chri ; Bulin and "Lili" Khei. -emphasiz- d th u n" ni": " ".'i .-; s wiil be aeet ute.i as th-e e entries was April date for 11. Industrial Corp. To Meet Monday A special meeting of the Plattsmouth hides i ml iWi opment Corporetien. nrg.inbvr: here and incorpurati H j', ; i . - i.i few W( eks. will he i). Id at , he Kino F a n .- I'o. m el 1 1 Mend ly at 7:30 p.m. The meeting w.li temporary presnifiu Co. died 'V si I. for the purpose of -..,,.i.;., :; ,. i'a nix.it ion iA the eoi u a1 ion . He urged ali Mod. la .UU-: :, to tep-1. Ol;i -ers a id directors will he elected. i r i X sj 0v ,4. : Warga of the Legion Auxiliary and Art Warga of the Legion were attending to the registration detail.