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i - ---- ' v- ' --:','rTtt " ' '---'' i WHOOPS! The "largest history" hecame the slowest Wednesday afternoon when the tow went aground on the Iowa side of the river about a half-mile up stream from (he new elevator at Koi'k Bluff south of here. The I red W. Oliott of Chemical Itarge Lines was southbound from fx. -; v (. ( j DFC'KS of the rearmost tallow barges . of Plattsmouth took this shot from a motor were awash when Photographer Marshall Hill boat Wednesday afternoon. VFW Here Has Meeting The meeting of athe Veterans of Foreign Wars was held Tues day night at the VFW Club Commander Fred Draper presid ed at the business session. Report of the Barbecue way given by Leonard Lutz, chain man. Due to several committee members' reports not fully com pleted the total of proceeds for Barbecue will be given at the next meeting. The project Is an annual af fair and proceeds are used for a scholarship for a qualifier, student of the senior class at Plattsmouth High School. . Th student awarded this scholar ship may attend any teachers college of his choice. Plans are being formed to as sist in the King Korn Karnival in September. Announcement was made o1 a free dance as scheduled for Saturday, July 7 at the VFW Club. The music will be furn ished by the "Cass County Boys" and is for members and guests. Discussion was held on the youth camp that is being plan ned for opening at Crestview Lodge in Papillion, with com plete information not available no plans for this project were scheduled. KNEE HIGH! This picture was taken on the 4th of July when corn traditionally is supposed to be knee high. Howard Wiles posed on his farm south of Plattsmouth with Eddy John son of Plattsmouth. Wiles and son Emerson tow in I'pper Missouri Kiver - 4J :...-,,..rr'.- Countyans To Grand Island 'Witness' Meet More than 25 hundred Jehov ah's Witnesses from Nebraska Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and other parts of the United States are expected to attend a three day assembly at Fonner Park Grand Island, July 6-8. Several families from Platts muoth, Avoca, Weeping Water and Cedar Creek are planning tc attend this "Courageous Minis ers Assembly," Kenneth Em shoff, presiding minister of the Plattsmouth Congregation said The purpose is to give advanc ed ministerial training, he said. Flood Control Dam Inspected State Soil Conservation Serv ice officials from Lincoln were here Monday to inspect flood control dam 4-A, just northwest of Winters Trailer Court in north Plattsmouth. They had a couple suggestions for minor work to be done before the dam is officially accepted. Dam 12 A, jut south of Valley View, is almost completed. Com pletion date is July 14. . !V W FT - JT A iAj t-Ok L N5 have 500 acres sel and some feed all their for their feeding operations. Omaha with six barges of tallow acropper. Late Wednesday, Olcotf separated the tow, tied up the barges singly along the river at Kock Hluff and went to Omaha for another barge which had been intended as part of the original tow but left out because of delay. ! ? - i ,hmr t L--t.Z,ZJt m Pack 93 Meets Cub Scouts of Pack 93 held their Pack meeting June 29 at the St. Patrick's Hall in Man ley. Steve Massoth and Michael Isaac presented the colors and led the flag ceremony. Cubmaster Elwin Isaac pre sented the following badges: Dennis Erhart, Wolf badge, Mic heal Lau, Wolf badge and Mic hael Isaac, 2 silver arrows under the Bear badge. The Cubs" ' told the audience what they liked most about the Ash Grove Cement Plant. The Cubs and Scouts and their fam ilies toured the Plant June 16. The Cubs had made picture frames and put their pictures in them for a Fathers' Day gift These and the two scrapbooks they had made during the past year, were on display. The covers of the scrapbooks were decorated in Cub Scout colors and a group picture ol the Cubs appears on the cover of each. A date will be set for the group to take and present them to St James Orphanage in Omaha. :riwr -Mil Kir "r-v II W f i fc in corn, some of which is in tas is already silking. Wiles and Son corn to cattle and this year, even with a good crop, will have to buy some corn and grain when the tow came Boy Scouts on 24-Hour Campout Troop 93 of Manley went on a 24 hour Campout last week end, where several of the 2nd Class Scouts worked on advance ment toward. their 1st Class rank Scou'master, James Dietl and Assistant Scoutmaster Elwin L. Isaac ins t r u c t e d Tenderfoot Scouts on 2nd. Class require ments, as this was the first campout for our Scouts who en tered the troop from the Cub Scouts. This campout was classed as a physical fitness camp in which the Scouts tried to duplicate the camping conditions that they will find at Camp Cedars. Troop 93 will leave Manley for Camp Cedars Sunday, July 3 at 1 p.m. and will return July 14. Further Farm Consolidation Is Forecast LINCOLN A University of i Nebraska agricultural economist says that future economic grow th in the western Corn Belt will be characterized by: Further adjustments in farm consolidation; Expansion in agribusinesses which serve agriculture; Limited non-farm industrial development. Dr. Howard Ottoson, chair man of the Department of Agri cultural Economics at the Uni versity, made these comments in a speech to members of the Farm Credit Board of Omaha meeting at the Nebraska Center. "We are going to see continued consolidation of farms and much more in the way of capital and land per worker in agri culture," Dr. Ottoson said. "With the rapid growth tak ing place in the western U.S., we are undoubtedly going to see an increase in the agricultural in dustry, particularly in the field of agribusiness composed of businesses that service agricul ture. "One of the chief increases may be in the field of cattle feeding. Instead of exporting feed and livestock, more of our feed will be fed to livestock and the resulting animal products' will be processed in this area before shipment to other parts of the nation. "There will be some limited non-farm industrial activity mainly in the large urban centers like Omaha, Lincoln and Denver, a.s well as other medium size farm cities. People in small towns often do not realize how difficult it is to attract and develop new industries," Dr. Ottoson said. Grouse Increase LINCOLN Grouse popula tions in Nebraska continue tc rise, according to the Game Commission's recently complet ed 1962 spring counts. Prairie chicken populations are up 34 per cent and sharp tails increased 20 per cent over 1961. Compared to the average for the past five years, ptairie chickens are up 25 per cent sharptails 32 per cent, and both species show a combined in crease of 29 per cent. The cen suses were conducted on is routes in the primary grouse range. 1 Progress "George Washington could broadjump 23 feet, a record in those days." Today we have politicians who can sidestep far ther than that. Bristol Herald-Courier. Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 jJzsiphu Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bruns and children were in Nebraska City and Dunbar on Thursday evening. They visited with Mr and Mrs. Henry Bruns and Mrs. Melinda Porter in Dunbar. Gail and Karen remained at theii grandparents home for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Free man and children spent Father's Day with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Holscher at Cook. Raymond is home for vacation this week from his work at the Ash Grove Plant in Louisville. Mrs. Harold Wade and girls attended the picnic at the Man ley School grounds on Sunday. It was held at the close of the summer school session of the Manley Catholic Church. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Cook of Nehawka and Mrs. Ella Cook returned home after a week's visit with relatives in Colorado. Enroute home they visited with Ralph Cook and family of North Platte. Mrs. Dorothy Darling of Denver returned home with them for a week's visit. She vis ited with relatives in Weeping Water, Omaha, Nehawka, and Fremont. There were forty Brownie and Girls Scouts who went to Syra cuse on Tuesday morning to en roll for two week's swimming instruction. They will be taken to Syracuse by the parents. Twenty-one Cub Scoute enroll on Monday morning. They will take instruction from Red Cross instructors for two weeks. Mrs. Sigvald Jensen and parents will take the boys. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Free nan, and children were Tues day overnight and Wednesday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence King and family of Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vincent of Los Angeles, California were in Weeping Water for a visit with friends. They had been visiting relatives in the east and were on their way home. Mrs. George Kirchhoff and boys were guests of Mrs. Thomas Green in Lincoln. Leroy Zessin was a Sunday evening guest of Mr, and Mrs. Walter Anderson. Georgia Ludwick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ludwick, attended Girls' State this past week in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lauritzen and family of Corpus Christi, Texas arrived on Tuesday for a visit with his parents, Mr. and. Mrs. Rasmus Lauritzen, Sr. Mogens Johnson of Avoca has suffered a light stroke. He is confined to his trailer home. His daughter Mrs. Kenneth Boyd lives in Weeping Water. Mrs. Ethel Hermann, Betty Hermann and Mrs. U. G. Stoner returned home on Monday from a two week vacation trip to Tuc son, Arizona. They visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Hermann and Rocky. Rocky returned home with them and will visit until the middle of August, when his parents will come af ter him. Enroute home the three ladies and Rocky visited with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Samland and family at Jensen. Mrs Grace Harter and Mrs. Gertrude Stoll of Nebraska City visited for a week with Mrs. Nellie Saap of Lincoln. They re turned to Weeuing Water Mon day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Van Horn were Monday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Irons and family of Avoca. Mr. and Mrs. Van Horn visited on Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs Lee S;ratton. Mr. ana Mrs. Ralph Vincent,1 of San Francisco, caniornia visited with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cook and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene iv.y. Mr. and Mrs. Donner Zanders fHC PLATTSMOUTH, NTBRASKA, SrMI-WCrKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Thursday, July 5. 1962 Gradoville Misses Record 30 by Inches, Records 31 Joe Gradoville of Plattsmouth Wednesday came within a few inches of setting a new record lor the nine-hole Country Club golf course here. Gradoville shot 31 to equal the course mark set last fall by Don Bell of Denver and dupli cated by Ray Wooster of Oma ha a couple weeks ago. He needed a birdie putt ol about eight feet on the 280-yard 9th hole for a record 30 was short by a few inches. His round In cluded an eagle 2 on the 225-yard 7th. Gradoville played in a four some with Wooster, Tony Sud duth and Francis Casey. Legion Wins, 13-12, at Dunbar with Counter-Rally Plattsmouth's Junior Legion baseball team won a game oi counter-rallies Tuesday night at Dunbar, 13-12. Plattsmouth got four runs In the fourth and two in the fifth for its margin of victory. Roger Heedum, Bill and Dave Nettelmann and Roger Lanum Are You Sure Is Vos a Gizzard Shad? LINCOLN Fish have more names than almost any othei living creature, or so it seems. Nearly every fish has a few mis nomers attached to it, accord ing to fisheries personnel of the Game Commission. Four of the most frequently misnomered fish in Nebraska are the quillback, blue catfish gizzard shad, and flathead cat fish. There are few quillbacks in the state, but people often call the river carpsucker and plains carpsucker by that name. Blue catfish, also a rarity in Nebraska except for the Miss ouri River, are often called white or silver catfish. Most of the so called blue catfish taken from lakes and streams other than the Missouri are actually large channel catfish with a bluist color. Flathead catfish is locally known as the mud, yellow, wil low, or appaloosa catfish. The gizzard shad also goes by the name of skipjack and hic kory shad. Goldeye are ofter confused with shad because oi taxonomic similarities. Largemouth and smallmoutr bass are generally mislabelec "black bass." Although these two species are properly named "bass," they belong to the sun fish family. The white bass and the recently introduced striped bass are members of the true bass family. Some of the colloquial names for the various fishes found ir Nebraska are paddlefish (spoon bill or spoonbill catfish); north ern pike (northern or pike); grass pickerel (grass pike) ; carp (German carp, leatherback, or mirror carp) ; white suckei (common sucker) ; s t o n e c a t (stone roller). Burbot (freshwater cod, ling, eel pout, or pocket eel); green sunfish (sun perch or sunfish); bluegill (sun perch or sunfish); sauger (sand pike); walleye (pike, walleyed pike, pickerel or dory); bowfin (dogfish oi grindle) ; and freshwater drum (drum, sheepshead, or croaker). Irrigation in Egypt Began 6,000 Years Ago LINCOLN The people of Egypt are rebuilding irrigation systems in areas which boasted extensive irrigation some 6,000 years ago. That's just one of the observa tions made by Prof. L. W. Hurl but, chairman of the Depart ment of Agricultural Engineer ing at the University of Nebras ka. He and his wife just returned i from a three month assignment in Egypt for the Food and Agri-! culture Organization of the United Nations. ! Hurlbut, who served as tech- j nical advisor to the dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Alexandria, said j that Egypt is trying to increase ! the irrigated acreage to boost agricultural production. j "At present they are unable to produce enough food to meet and two children of Council Bluffs, Iowa were Sunday guests of Mrs. Bonnie La Rue. They visited in the afternoon with Mrs. George Ellis and Kathryn Ellis. i His card: Par Gradoville . .443 434 444-34 .443 443 234-31 Midgets Win Sunday alternoon the Louis ville Midget baseball team play ed Westwood Heights at the Mil lard field and won their fiftl game of the season. This gives the Midgets record of five wins and two losses. Five more games remain bo fore the Midgets go to Wilben to play in the District tourna ments. No schedule has beer received as yet. The next game to be played a.t Louisville will be against Gretna July 11 at 8 p.m. led a 12-hit attack with two hits each. Butch McGraw was the win ning pitcher. Plattsmouth (13) ab r h rbi Heedum, ss 2 2 2 2 Gruber, If 4 0 0 0 B Net'mann, rf-lb 3 0 2 1 Adams, p-3b 3 1 1 1 Lanum, c 3 4 2 0 Webster, cf 1 2 1 0 Dillon, cf 1 1 0 0 Christensen, lb ... . 1 1 1 1 McGraw, p 2 1 1 1 Groce, 2b 1 0 0 1 D. Net'mann, 2b . . . 2 12 2 Bierl, 3b 3 0 0 1 totals 26 13 12 10 Dunbar (12) ab ' r h rbi Weiter, c 3 1 0 0 Lanston, If 3 2 1 0 K. Landwehr, ss-p 4 2 3 5 G. Rinne, 2b 4 1 2 2 L. Landwehr, p-ss .3 0 0 1 R. Rinne, lb 3 0 0 0 Lanston, 3b 2 2 0 0 Winkler, cf 0 1 0 0 B. Rinne, cf 1 1 1 0 Brey, rf 0 1 0 1 D. Rinne, rf 2 1 1 2 totals 25 12 8 10 Plattsmouth 124 4213 Dunbar 354 0012 Nehawka Swine Club The Nehawka Swine Club met at Frank Warden's June 29. Roll call was "approximate weight of hogs." Kenny and Don Ahrens gave suggestion on the fair. After the meeting Mrs. War den served lunch and members played games. July 8, the club will have a swimming party at Nebraska City's Steinhart Park. report er, Don Ahrens. their own needs. Although in creased irrigation will help them produce more food, the popula tion is rapidly expanding," Hurlbut said. Although large dams an? being constructed to facilitate irriga tion, Hurlbut noted that the wa ter table is only 2 to 6 feet below the soil surface in some areas. Farmers In such areas raise the water with a water wheel equip ped with little scoops. As the wheel revolves, scoops pick up water which runs down the spokes and into a nearby ditch. The water wheels are powered by oxen. "It's unbelievable to see how much hand labor goes into crop production," Hurlbut said. "Al though most of the tillage oper ations are carried out with oxen, they are interested in mechan ized agriculture. At present, they are trying to organize cen tral, tractor machinery services for custom work. However, it will be difficult to move mechanized equipment because there are no rural roads'. Transportation is limited mostly to oxen and camels." FOR FAST, FRIENDLY EFFICIENT SERVICE AT REDUCED LABOR PRICES! DEPENDABLE WORK DONE ON ALL CARS, TRUCKS AND TRACTORS CALL 2564 Plattsmouth Motors 318 1st Ave. 42 Wins Mixed Golf Tourney A 42 by Mrs. Pat Bosking and Tony Sudduth won the mixed two-ball foursome event at the Plattsmouth Country Club July 4th. Other scores: 43, Joe Grado-ville-Ann Harvell: 44. Marlene Tincher-Bill Brookhouser, Lucy Albin-Jack. Brookhouser, Marge Julian-Ray E:vers; 45. Janet Cun-dall-Bill Babbitt; 46, Darlcnc Blotzer-Merle Stewart, Flo Kv-ers-Orville Julian; 47, Sally Babbitt-Larry Cundall, Charlenc Brookhouser-Buzz Blotzcr; 49 Ditty Aim-Bob Brookhouser Peggy-Biookhouser-Bob Hump hrey; 50, Lucille Williamson-Dcl-berc Albin; 51, Phyllis Brookhouser- Jim Harvell, Dee Schu-etz-Mike Brookhouser; 55, La Verne Sudduth-Bill Williamson; 60, Dee Humphrey-Bob Aim. 47-73, 53-33 In S-Ball Here! The Plattsmouth Recreational Girls' Sofetball Teams played July 4th morning at Pollock Field. The Tom Cats won over the Cardinals 41 to 13; the Orioles played the Bulldogs and won 53 to 33. Team Standings are: W Tom Cats 4 Cardinals 3 Orioles 2 Bulldogs 1 L 1 2 3 4 Pet. .800 .600 .400 .200 The next games are schedul ed Wednesday night at 6 at Pol lock Field; Tom Cats vs. Orioles and Cardinals vs. Bulldogs. 10,000 Funseekers In Cass County An estimated 10,000 persons used Cass County Recreation areas on the 4th without any major accidents, the Sheriff's Office said today. The 4th of July celebration at Weeping Water was attended by one of the largest crowds. Six arrests were made by the sheriff's office Wednesday foi various violations, from fight ing to intoxication. Body Recovered From Platte River The body of Dorsey E. Straw, 27, Omaha, who drowned Sun day afternoon in the Platte River was recovered this morning by Sheriff Tom Solomon and Deputy Sheriff Joe Kruntorad. County Surveyor William Coakley who viewed the drown ing scene advised officers that in his opinion the drowning oc curred on the Sarpy County side of the Platte River, althougt the search and recovery of the body were left to the Cass Coun ty officers. Bill Weiss Returns To Air Base Duties Airman Second Class Bill Weiss returned this morning by auto to his station at Charles ton, S. C. Air Force Base. He reports to his former dut-" ies in the air transportation ser vice July 9, having spent his leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weiss, relatives and friends. 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