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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday JJflWUD&rMIL CIAIC ixscoui - OCT 2 62 Consolidated With tht Nehawka Enterprlw and Clmwood Leader-Echo Reod Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VULUME 81 EIGHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1962 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 92 fi n Cass County Well-Rated in Herdsmanship Ca-ss County was awarded a blue rating for herusmanship at the An-Sar-Ben Livestock Show in Omaha. It was among 22 counties so-rated of the 104 In the show. Twenty-two re ceived purple ratings. The herdsmanship contest is designed to encourage exhibit ors to keep assigned quarters lor their animals in the 4-II livestock building at Ak-Sur-Ben Field as orderly and at tractive as possible. The stalls and adjacent al leys occupied and used by ex hibitors iroin the 104 counties in the contest were checked daily, with ratings posted for each day. On the basis of 100 points, the highest ranking counties were given purple ribbon plac ings covering the 5-day show period for the various classes of livestock. Blue, red and white awards were given on progres sively lower point totals earned per county. All counties receiv ing purple or blue awards were awarded plaques by Ak-Sar-Ben; while reci-rated counties received ribbons. Ratings were based on the following categories: Animals clean with groom ing apparent. Adequate bedding, reason ably clean and kept in place; beef animals tied correctly; no feed boxes or water pails left before cattle after time period allowed lor feeding. Courtesy and conduct of exhibitors. Exhibitor's share of alley area kept clean; dust kept set tled in exhibitor's share of al leys and areas. New Books at Public Library New titles added to Platts mouth Public Library: Ruark, Robert, Uhuru. His la test novel about Africa. Hoyle, Fred. A for Andromeda. A good science fiction tale that caused a sensation in England. Wellman, Paul. Magnificent destiny. Historical novel about the great secret adventure of Andrew Jackson and Sam Hous ton. Foresterd, C. S. Hornblower and the Hotspur. Another in the series of the fabulous Hornblow er adventures. The Gordens. Menace. A good who-dun-it to read at one sit ting. Life Nature Library. The mountains. A beautifully illus trated book on mountains. Architectural Record. Record houses of 1962. Modern house plans. Fine, Benjamin. The modern family guide to education. Treats of all aspects of education. One of the best on the subject. Yerby, Frank. Griffin's way. Yerbey's latest novel, post Civil War setting. Call Your News Ana Social I-tems to 2141 'v v . - - ; . v.' - ? i. . - ' ' - " . ' ' ' : MASK TASK For the younger members or the royal party t Koronation here last weekend, the question of what to do about he costume masks was a big one. For one, the mask was too good a th Cub Pack 399 Presents Awards Cub Pack 399 held their first fall meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the High School Audi torium. Den 3 led the opening cere mony; Den 7 won the flag for a month as the cen having the best display; Den 7 also gave the skit for the evening. Den 6 won for the best at tendance. At hte 'first fishintj contest Steven Whitehouse caught the t list fish, and Terry Barnes caught the biggest fish. Harry Porter captured all the honors at the second contest. The following boys received these awards: Burton Hill, Lar ry Barnes, Webelos; Brent Shan holtz, two silver arrows after wolf; Bruce Hill, silver arrow after Wolf; Freddie Lorenson, gold and silver arrow after Wolf; Warren Loar, silver ar row after Wolf; Randy Grant, silver arrow after Wolf; Ken Winters, Bear badge, 1 year pin. Also Mike Simpson, Bear badge, 1 year pin; Tom Mc Knight, Bear badge, gold and silver arrow after Bear, 1 year pin; James Philip, Bear badge, 1 year pin; George Martinson. Bear badge, 1 year pin; Rick Brendel, Bear badge, 1 year pin. Cub Master, Ivan Hill an nounced that on Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the VFW Club Rooms, there will be a chili supper for all Cubs and their families. There will be a 50cents charge per family. On Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the High School Auditorium, officials of the Covered Wagon Council will be here to see if there is enough interest in form ing a new Cub Pack. All parents of prospective Cubs are urged to attend. The winter swimming pro gram started Sept. 30, at the Jewish Community Center in Omaha. The hours are 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. It will con continue every other Sunday as long as the sessions are well attended. There was no other business so Den 1 brought the meeting to a close. The next Pack meeting will be Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. FB Talent Find' Contest Planned Cas3 County Farm Bureau Women are planning their an nual Talent Find and Talk Meet for children and young people of all Farm Bureau members. Tentative plans are now to hold the contest as part of the Annual Meeting Tuesday eve ning, Oct. 16, in Weeping Water unless more contestants apply to participate than can be handled at that time. In this event a sep arate program meeting will be held. The winners of this meet will represent Cass County at the State Farm Bureau Talent Find and Tlk Meet in Lincoln Sun day, Nov. 11. For further information, in terested parties are to call Mrs. Ervin Albert, Louisville. "i 1 J TV tfh ml w Ivi .. An ' :tl Jt ifiM K w - o n . . ..- - . LEGION OFFICERS Officers of the Amer ican Legion attending the District 12 Conven tion here Saturday included, from left: front Merle I). Mcisinger, Plattsmouth Post Com mander; William Galbraith, Department 'Com mander; Loren Cottrell, Department Senior Vice Missionary Conference Here Oct. 7-14 A Missionary Conference is scheduled at Plattsmouth Com munity Church Oct. 7-14. There will be a different Missionary speaker each night. Featured Sunday, Oct. 7, will be Mrs. Fern Peterson and her daughter Linda. They are re turned missionaries to the West Indies and the Island of Bar bados. Linda will play special music on Swiss bells. Monday, Oct. 8, the speaker will be the Rev. Maynard Lon borge, Missionary to Alaska. Tuesday, Oct. 9, the Rev. Kenneth Swain, missionary to Viet Nam ,.and Thailand, will speak. Wednesday, Oct. 10, Mrs. Kenneth Swain will speak. Thursday, Oct. 11, the speaker will be the Rev. Garland Thompson, from the Open Door Mission, Omaha. Featured Friday and Satur day evenings and Sunday morn ing and evening will be foreign students of the Bible from Yen- j nard College: Jonah Chesen geny, from Africa; Ing Wong, Taiwan; Lilliam Jiminez, Costa Rica; Ruby Del Cid, Honduras; and Lil Nonturiol, Costa Rica. Mr. Chesengeny will be main speaker. Special music will be furnish ed by the missionaries and other guests. There will also be a parade of native costumes and slides from the different countries. All evening services start at 7:30. A Classified Ad in The Journal cost as little as 50 cents. to give up even when the order the masks made good nibbling. i i sters held fast to the Queen's robe and never shirked their duty, If v Vf 'V . A J'i ! .-. iiniinfrr.iiiM.mit i mfarinJI j AUXILIARY OFFICERS Legion Auxiliary post after their District Convention. Mrs. Russell Annual Scout Fund Drive Scheduled To Start Tuesday The annual Scout Drive for funds will get under way Tues riav npt 9 Vnlnntpprs will con tact' eve " business and every hn.p tn S(,pk the financial snn- ! nort necessary for the Scouting program in our area. The Covered Wagon Council budget for 1963 is $173,705; 99 per cent of this budget will be spent in 'he Council area. No government funds are used to support the Scouting program. Voluntary contributions re ceived from people who believe in the program of Scouting are the Council's only income. More than 16,000 boys took part in the Scouting program j longtime resident of Plalts during 1961. Membership this mouth, died Saturday, at Doc- year is greater and the potenti.il for growth is tremendous if on'v to unmask came. For two others Through it all, though, the young Commander; Glenn Deweber, Area C Vice Com mander; back Ray Oltman, assistant Depart ment Adjutant; Warren Baker, Department Adjutant; Herman Jacobs Assistant Department Service Officer, and Jim Hurlbut, Department Service Officer. Officers of session of the hostess for the SchaJK presi- the funds and the necessary workers can be secured. The financial support of the community is essential for con tinuing the Cub Program, the Scout Program, the Explorer Program and to provide for the needed growth ot the opportuni ties made available through Scouting. George F. Shryock, 71, Dies Saturday; Funeral Tuesday Frank George Shryock, 71, ; tors Hospital in Omaha After retiring from the BREX here he moved to east Omaha where he lived with his son at 2309 No. 16th St. Mr. Shryock was born Jan. 13, 1891, in La ITarpe, 111. Hi1 is survived by five sons, Elvin, Louisville; Kenneth, Omaha; Merle. Tulsa, Okla.; Virgil, U. S. Army in Germany n :d Wayne of east Omaha. Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Geraldine Harvill, Davis, Calif.; Mrs. Jane'te Dawson, Waverly, Kan.; Mrs. Betty Jean Fletcher, San Antonio, Texas; brother Ward of Waverly, Kan.; sister Alice McBean, Peoria, 111., ar.d 1G grandchildren. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Fusselmann Funeral Heme Chapel in Louisville with the Rev Wm. Bavi.s officiating Audrey S einkamp soloist and Laura Gcss, organ ist. Burial will be in Riverview Ceme'cry,, Louisville. Keith Hiart Has Bad Eye Injury MURRAY (SpeciiM Keith "intt, 15. son of Mr. and Mrs. Dude Hiatt of Omaha, is at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha with a serious eye injury. Ynimr Hiatt wis injured when It it in the eye by a clod of dirt n a hi;;h school FFA feedlot tour. Tc-rtay. the report was that the ye'.s condition was still critical. The Hiatts are former Murray j residents. the I 12th District Convention of American Legion Held Here The 12th District Convention of the American Legion and Auxiliary was held in Platts mouth Saturday. The Legion program held at the 40 & 8 Club Rooms opened wi h schools of instruction for commander, adjutants, service officers and child welfare of ficers. Marvin Schultz of Beaver Crossing, District Commander, presided over the business ses sion. Ronald Furse, Secretary of the Chamber 0f Commerce wel comed the Legionnaires and Auxiliary in the absence of Mayor Roy Moore. Loren McNeil of Utica was elected District Commander. Repor s from Department, Dis trict, and Post Officers and the naming of Weeping Water to host the convention in 1963 con cluded the business session. R. Joe Case, Russell Schalk and Albert Johnson served on the registration committee. E. O. Vroman, and R. T. Cuthrell were in charge of the Dutch Lunch. Merle D. Meisinger, Eu gene Krings, Art Warga and dent of the Plattsmouth Unit who was official session is at right, back row. . , Mrs. Lancaster, 76, Dies Sunday; Rites Wednesday Mrs. Lawrence (Celia Madi sen) Lancaster, 76, native of Plattsmouth, died early Sunday evening at St. Joseph Hospital, Omaha. She had been in poor health for six years and last week was hospitalizal after she fractured her hip. Survivors are her husband, Lawrence E. (Jim); sons Pete R. and H. Neil, Cass County Superintendent of Schools, all of Plattsmouth; an elderly bro ther, John, of Luverne, Minn., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at Caldwell Funeral Home Wed nesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Walter Steinkamp of Wesleyan Methodist Church in Wayne of ficiating. Music will be by Mrs. Twyla Hodge. Pallbearers will be Fred How land, Herbert Freeburg, William Tarns, Max Bowman, Frank Mc Cormick and Robert S h e r a. Burial will be in Oak Hill Ceme tery. Flowerbearers will be Mrs. Frank McCormick, Mrs. Max Bowman and Mrs. Fred Arnold. Visiting hours will be Tues day from 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 at Caldwell's. Ugh i BY P. J. DINGMAN . Plattsmou h has been experi encing rather "Londonish" weather during the last three wil! be;u: , t , i IUS II1UI Ulilg 'Up IU vv received .08 of an inch. Grand Island had the lowest in the state with 31 during the last 4 days. The chart: (I. M.) Day Time Pres. Hi. I.o. Prec. Thurs. ... 6:40 56 76 Fl'i 4:40 66 69 Sat 8:00 59 66 Sun 6:00 51 67 Averages 6:20 58 70 42 43 47 52 46 Total .59 Total precip. so far this year (including this morning's .08) 16 SO inches. Highest 'emperature so far this year 95.1 Aug. 19. Lowest temperature so far this year 16.6 Jan. 20. - Journal Want Ads Pay Don Warga also served on the convention committee. The American Legion Auxil iary meeting was held in the First Me. nudist Church. Mrs. Katherlne Wehr, District 12 president, presiding. Mrs. Russell Schalk local convention chairman welcomed the guests, Mrs. William Strabel of Elm wood gave the response. Louisville Unit was in charge of the Joint Memorial Service at 11:40 a.m. The Auxiliary was joined by post members. Greetings were extended from the Department Commander, District Commander and Child Welfare Chairman. Mrs. Karl Grosshans was Luncheon Chairman, lunch was served In the dining room of the church. Members of the Junior Amei ican Legion Auxiliary presented a musical program under the direction of Mrs. James Dren nen. Carol Schrelner and Mary Jane Franke gave reports on their week at Girls State. High School Library Notes: The P:attsmouth High School library opened for use and loan service this year with the new librarian, Mrs. Mildred Stewart, in charge. The south wall has had five fine rows of adjustable shelves installed, thanks to Mr. Mc Knight. The books of Fiction have all been placed in this new section. The Biography book.? have been moved to the former Fiction sec tion. Dictionaries and two sets of Encyclopedias have been put on east and west walls to permit usage from either side of the study hall. The final count of new books ordered the past year is 342. There are several- due on 'back order.' Last year'j records show a total of 2584 books. New books have been ordered, valued at $119. as well as some necessary supplies. The Bulletin boards have been utilized by the librarian and as sistants and one Membership Drive bulletin board was arrang ed nicely by the Future Home makers of America. We are hop ing for another large bulletin board to be made and installed in the near future. The present bulletin board caption is "Fill Your Cup With Good Reading" and the newer book jackets dis played. Mrs. Stewart has a corps of student assistants Rheda Boardman, Mary Hendrix, Con nie Gawehn, Shirley Welstead. Marilyn Mohr, Mary Ballaln and Joyce Newton. Three or more as. sLstants are still needed. Much use has been made of the library for reference work, dictionaries, research, as well as the Card File Catalog and the Abridged Readers' Guide The Library Rules have been approved, printed and posted. The school has the privilege of Interloan Library Service. We would be pleased to have you visit the library. If we do not have what you need, we can send for materials. Use of the Library in Septem ber: Books on biography. literature, government. science, philosophy, etc .351 Reference books 544 Fiction 20J Magazines, other periodicals and newspapers 2006 Total . 3102 Cars Damaged In Accident A two-car accident Saturday evening a half mile south of the junction of State 1 and 50, on Highway 50, caused damage to both vehicles but no injuries. A northbound car driven by Frank Sorrell cf Syracuse was in the process of passing a truck when it and a car driven by Henry Thorns of Murdock, who was in the process of backing out a private driveway on the west side of the highway, collid ed. Thorns said he had been north bound and had pulled into the driveway to head back south. Sheriff Tom Salomon who in vestigated said the Sorrell ve hicle ended up in a ditch on the east side of the highway. Mrs. Frances Swanson, Mil ford, was elected District presi dent and installed by Depart ment President Mrs. Nova Pres ton. A joint banquet was held ut the Lions Building at 6:30. James Begley was Toastmaster. Mildred Hall presented u pro pram of musical numbers by three grouus from the local high school. Cecil Karr led in group singing. Department Commander Wil liam Galbraith wus banquet speaker. Other Department and Dis trict officers present were: De partment Sr. Vice Commander, Loren Cottrell, Lincoln; Nation al Executive Committeeman Ed ward Foster, Omaha; Depart ment Adjutant Warren Baker, Lincoln; Assistant Dept. Adju tant, Ray Oltman, Lincoln; As sistant Dept. Service Officer Herman Jacobs, Lincoln; Area C. Vice Commander Glenn De weber, Pawnee City; Dept. Americanism Chairman, John Keriakedes, Omaha; Dept. Sgt.-nt-Arms John Scott, Lincoln; Dept. Service Officer, Jim Hurl but, Lincoln, and Veterans Em ployment Representative for Ne braska, Roger Gibson. Auxiliary guests included: Mrs. Nova Preston, Lyons, Dept. President; Mrs. A. C. Wehr, Lincoln, District Presi dent; Mrs. Francis Swanson, Milford, District Vice President; Mrs. John Horstman, Lincoln, District Secretary - Treasurer; Mrs. R. D. Stogo, Parliamen tarian and National Committee Woman; Mrs. Mary McVickers, Lincoln, Dept. Secretary-Treasurer; Mrs. Blanche Rancey, Fremont, Dept. Constitution and By-Laws Chairman; Gene Mc Glassen, Lincoln, Rehabilitation Chairman; Gladys Yost, Mil ford, President ol Girls State. Poppies were used in the tablo centerpieces at the luncheon at the Methodist Church. School Plan Told at Nehawka NEHAWKA (Special) A special meeting of the patrons of Nehawka District 103 was held Monday evening at the school. Mrs. John Chandler, school board president, presi ded. Duane Everrett, superin tendent, explained the new pro posed consolidated district plan No. 3. A committee selected it from four plans. Everrett gave the total valua tion of the 23 districts, $11, 372,593. The area at the longest point is 20 miles from north to south and 12 miles from east to west. The possible enrollment for 1962-1963 is estimated at 897. The committee made a study of schools within Nebraska which were somewhat similar, to arrive at a possible cost of operation. The schools are Ge neva, Aurora, Springfield, Cha dron, Fairbury, Ogalalla, Au burn, Minden and Seward. Approximately 60 patrons at tended. There will be four meetings early in October at Nehawka, Union, Plattsmouth and Mur ray, when the plan will be ex plained to patrons of all the dis tricts concerned. The Nehawka meeting is October 4 at 8 p.m. at the school. The public is in vited. School District Reorganization Hearings To Start First public hearings on "mer its of a proposed school district reorganization plan involving any or all parts of the eastern school districts of Cass County and to consider objections. . .to change of school district boun daries..." are scheduled this week. Hearings are at 8 p.m. Tues day, Oct. 2, at Murray School and at 8 p.m. Thursday at Ne hawka School. The hearings were scheduled by the Cass County School Dis trict Reorganization Committee. Other meetings are at 8 p.m. Oct. 9 at Union School and Oct. 11 at the District Courtroom here. COMMISSION TO MEET The Cass County Board r' Commissioners will meet Tuc day at the Courthouse for its regular first meeting of October, beginning: about mid-morning. r