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VESBL. SHIS KI37. OCISU XXX 13TCOLS, ir"- The Plat PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday NOV 6 1S82 Cantolidated With th Nehawk Enterprise and Clmwood Leader-Echo-Reod Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cots County Families VOLUME 81 EICHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1962 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 102 F f 1 'IIS ; , . A;':- J4 ' GIFTS FOR VETERANS HOSPITAL were wrapped and sent to the Veterans Hospital in Lincoln for the Veterans to choose as their Kift to loved ones for Christmas. The gift milking and contribution is an annual project of the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary of Post 56. Mrs. Clarence Akeson, rehabilitation chairman, and her co workers completed the project this week.The Christmas package consists of eight gifts for women, (two fur hats, two blouses, a pin and earring set, pearl necklace, lingerie and a golden white purse), four gifts for men, (two T-shirts, Education Meets Challenge The 42nd annual American Education Week will be nation ally observed the week of Nov. 11 through 17. The theme for the 1962 AEW observance Is "Education Meets the Challeng; of Change." The activities for the week, keyed to that theme, will call atten tion to the vital role of educa tion in preserving the American way of life in an ! ge ot rapid technollgtcal and sociological change. I . American Education Week ac tivities In Plattsmouth will be part of a nationwide observance during which an estimated 30 million adults will visit their schools and colleges. Millions more will be made education conscious through newspapers, magazines, radio, and television plus other special AEW pro grams and projects. National sponsors of AEW are the National Education Associa tion, American Legion, National Congress of Parents and Teach ers, and the US. Office of Edu cation. Activities planned for Platts mouth will Include an Open House for parents having chil dren In grades 7 through 12 at the Hi?h School the evening of Nov. 15 from 7:30 to 9:30 with a refreshment table provided by the PTA of that school. Mrs. Lillian Box, 67, Dies Saturday; Funeral Tuesday Mrs. Lillian M. Box. 67, Elm wood died Saturday evening at her home in Elmwood. She was born July 14, 1895 at Murdork, daughter of Fred and Hrnrlette Schllngmeier Dlek mann. Surviving Is a daughter, Mrs. Melvin Bu.sklrk, Louisville; four sisters, Mrs. Henry Rueter, Grand Junction, Iowa, Mrs. Min nie Towle, Lincoln; Mrs. Elsie Cramer, Lincoln and Mrs. Carl Anderson, Lincoln; brothers, William Dlekmunn, Manley and Fred Dlekmann, Lincoln. She was preceded In death by her husbund, John Box, March 11, 1961. Funeral services are Tuesday a. 2 p.m. at the Elmwood Chris tian Church with burial In the Elmwood Cemetery. Rev. William Bavls will offi ciate. Hobson-Door Funeral Home Is In charge of arrangements. Notice about Parking Postrnnster Vern Hendricks who says the Pla'tsmouth Post Office has had "trouble with public parking Interfering with the 8tar Rou'es which bring mall In the evening" today made this statement: "Absolutely no public parking In the Post Office maneuvering area by order of the Regional Office of the Post Office Dept. Following this notice, cars will be towed away at the expense of the owner." Paul W. Murdoch Dies at Lincoln; Funeral Tuesday Paul W. Murdoch, 62, of 4211 Holdrege St., Lincoln, former Nehawka resident died Sunday. He was born May 1. 1900, son of the late John W. Murdoch and Emma Baler Murdoch. He Is survived by his wife, Tressle; sister, Mrs. Vilas Ke' elhut, Nehawka; brother, John Murdoch, Murdock. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Hobson-Dorr Fu neral Home in Weeping Water. ' The Rev. Francis A. Belole of Lincoln will officiate. Burial will be In Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Nehawka. Plattsmouth, Weeping Water Bands Compete Plattsmouth and Weeping Water High School marching bands are among 35 bands scheduled to compete for honors in the 6th Nebraska High School M.uchmg Band Festival at Pershing Auditorium In Lincoln Saturday, Nov. 10. Weeping Water's band Is among 11 school e-.itrles who will compete In Class C In the after noon session beginning at 2 o'clock. Wcepli.g Water Is the first-scheduled, slated to step out at 2. Platstmouth Is among six en tries in Class A and is scheduled to appear at 10:01 p.m. The evening session begins at 7:30, Class A s'arting at 9:22 after In termission following Class B competition. There are four schools In Class D, 14 In Class B. This year's Judges will be Fred Ebbs, director of bands at the University of Iowa; Ernest O. Caneva, band director at Lockport, 111., High School; and Dean Kililon, band director at Texas Tech College, Lubbock. Judging wll be unique Inas much as It will be done by means of a new "soundscriber" and each band will receive on-he-spot judging and records will be given each band participating so they may listen afterward to their own performance. i - i c- HALLOWEEN III-JINKS Residents of the Nebraska Ma sonic Home here donned masks and costumes for their annual Halloween celebration Wednesday after supper, helping prove again thai It's not only the youngsters who have fun on the night two ties), five gifts for boys, (two cord ties and two wool stocking caps and a Western belt). Also In the package are voluntary gifts of aprons made by Mrs. Clarence Favors, Mrs. Don Warga, Mrs. Akeson, Mrs. Al Johnson, Mrs. Merle Dean Meisinger, Mrs. Helen Wooleott, Mrs. LeRoy Cov ert and Mrs. Carl Zimmerman. Articles in the package will be displayed in the gift shop at the hospital and may be selected by the veterans free of charge to be Holiday wrapped and sent to their loved ones. Athletic Field Bldg. Donations: These latest contributions have been reported to the fund begun by the Eagles Aerie to fi nance building of rest rooms at the High School Athletic Field: $100 Plattsmouth Sta'e Bank. $25 Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Dept. $15 W. E. Cady Mfg. $10 I Woster ' Insurance, Btandcr Implement, Ray Story, Eagles Auxiliary 365, Knorr's 5 St 10. $5 S w a t e k Hardware, Hurst Trailer Court, Lloyd Morehead, Ray Smock. $3 Joe Kruntorad, Clarence Cuth rell. $2 Glenn Dlggs, Fred Herbster, Leonard Kalasek, Chet Mlnnier, Leo Hohman. $1 , Ira Harris, Russell Nielsen. Charlie R. Hall, 78, Dies Saturday; Funeral Today NEHAWKA (Special) Char lie Robert Hall, 78, was found dead at his home here Saturday. Funeral services were today at Lett Funeral Home Chapel, Nebraska City, with the Rev. S. P. Hackley officiating. Pallbearers were Marion Ho back, Frank Warden, Arthur Wjlph, Albert Anderson and Floyd Joerger. Burial was in Wyoming Cowel Hills Cemetery, Nebraska City, With graveside rites by IOOF Lodge No. 214, Nehawka. Mr. Hall was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hall Sr. He was mariit-d to Lola Bell Malcom Feb. 15, 1912. 8he preceded him in death July 12. He was a retired oil dealer and was a member of the IOOF Lodge at Nehawka. Near relatives surviving are a sister, Mrs. R. B. Stone of Ne hawka and brother C. B. Hall of Snoqualmlc, Wash. in Polls Po Is will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday for voting In the General Election. At stake for Cass County and this Congressional District are 11 county offices of which four have contests, the Joint Cass Sarpy County seat in the State Legislature, the district's seat In the U.S. House of Representa tives, seven state offices includ ing Governor and five other of flees on the Non-Political ticket including three for directors of Public Power Districts. Grant Roberts, Plattsmouth mayor for the two terms preced ing the current one, seeks elec tion 83 Senator In the Unicam eral from Cass and Sarpy Coun-: ties. He is opposed by Dale Payne of South Omaha. The of fice is non-political. Glenn Cunningham, Repub lican, seeks re-election to Con gress from the Second District of which Cass County is a part. His opponent is Thomas Bonner of Omaha. Governor Frank Morrison, Democrat, is opposed for re election by Fred A. Sea ton, Miss Vinduska, Engelkemier Win '62 4-H Trip Awards BY CLARENCE SCHMADEKE County Extension Agent Larry Engelkemeier and Mar ilyn Vinduska are winners of the Murray Bank 4-H Awards for 1962. The award Is an all ex pense trip to C'-.icago ard the Interna'ional Livestock show which Is held in late November. Larry, the oldcit son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Engelke mier of Murray, is enrolled at the University of Nebraska. He has completed nine years of 4-H club work. He recently earned the Gold Medal, as the top Judge In the Slate 4-H Crops Judging contest. Marilyn Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vinduska of Plattsmouth and Is a Junior in the . plattsmouth High School, 8hf has completed sever) yents of 4-H work. FARM-CITY EXCHANGE The 7th Annual Farm-City 1st Try Success For Father, Too? State Senator Candidate Grant Roberts of Plattsmouth hopes his first try for a seat In the Leg islature Tuesday is as success ful as his son's quest in the deer season which opened Saturday. Roger Roberts, a senior at Plattsmouth High, bagged a 10 point buck along the Missouri River In the Murray-Union area Saturday before 10 a.m., a few hours after the rifle deer season opened. He was hunting with Ken Hostetter. The boys estimated the buck's weight at 225 pounds. Grant Roberts' quest begins Its final stage when the polls open at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Christina Nessen, 83, Dies Sunday; Rites Wednesday Christina Nessen. 83. Louis ville, died Sunday evening at an Omaha hospital. Tentative funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Methodist Church, Louis ville, wltn burial in uiverview Cemetery, Louisville. She Is survived by a son, Clar ence Nessen of Louisville. Fusselman Funeral Home is In charge of arrangements. f - 'it .1 i(,a ... fci ...'-kcJ ?mmmd. - of witches and goblins. In the pictures taken by the administra tion of the Home are, from left: at left Mrs. Humston, Mrs. Freed, Mr. Yeast, Mrs. Horstmann, Mrs. Clemens, Mrs. Gill, Mrs. To Be O former Secretary of the Inter ior. On the county level: Wayne Schneider, Demo crat, and Fred Tesch, Republi can, vie on the bal ot for Sher ilf. Incumbent Tom Solomon, who was defeated by Schneider in the Primary Election, dec'.ar ed himself a write-in candidate. Schneider is a former Deputy Sheriff. Tesch is Plattsmouth Chief of Police.' James F. Begley, Republican incumbent, is opposed by Paul Fauquet, Plattsmouth attorney, for the office of County Attor ney. C ara Olson, Republican, is opposed for re-election as Coun ty Assessor by Richard Royer of Plattsmouth. Melvin Todd of Union, Re publican Incumbent; Victor Plunkett of Weeping Water, De-iocrat, and Fred Reichart of Louisville, candidate by petition, seek the office of County Com missioner from the Second Dis trict. These County Officers are un opposed for re-election: Chas. Land, County Clerk; Lucil'e You'h Exchange will take place Nov. 15-18. Sardra Jameson of Weeping Water and Ralph Puis of Manley will represent Cass County 4-H'ers. The Exchange is sponsored by the Omaha Chamber of Com merce Farm-City relations com mittee. The Puis and Jameson fam ilies will be guests of the Omaha Chamber on Thursday evening, the 15th. Sandra and Ralph will spend the weekend in Omaha with host families. The host families will return them to their homes on Sunday after noon. Prizewinners ) At Halloween ' Party Listed The Community Halloween party sponsored by the Modern Woodmen of America, repre sented by Clem Woster, local District manager, and con ducted by the Vc'erans of For eign Wars and their Auxiliary was held Wednesday night at the VFW Club. Pledge cards were signed by 75 children up to 12 years of age as registration for the prizes of fered following the closing of the party. Cards wore drawn from the "Witch Wagon" 30 minu'es later, and those found at home by a phone call were awarded prizes. Winners were John Ship ley, football; Betty Jean Hill, fifed travel case; Mike Coen, Elf Bank; Dennis Klldare, Spin-a-Score-game; and to Bruce Hill, was given the Memo Mule desk caddy. In the winning grouD for cos tumes, $5 was awarded to Leon ard Bobenmoyer. who was dressed as a hobo, and ribbons were given to Ricky Benson dressed as casp?r; Sally O'Don- ncll as a Beatnik, David Loper as a monster machine and Renee Wilson as a STielk. Refreshments were served by the VFW post and Auxiliary. Assisting with the registration were Norma Wilson, Auxiliary president, and Ruth Boben moyer. Souvenirs were pre sented to each child. Fred Draper commander of the Post was chairman of the ar rangements for the party. Journal Want Ads Pav pen from 8 Horn Gaines, Register of Deeds; C. E. Ledgway, Clerk of District Court; Gwen Scoles, Treasurer; William Coakley, Surveyor; Her man Bornemeier of Elmwood, Commissioner from the Third District; and H. Neil Lancaster, Superintendent of Schools, a non-political office. Also on the Non-Political Tic ket: For Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Paul White and Clarence Beck. -For Member of the State Board of Education, ' First Dis trict, Gerard Gottula and Frn.nk Landis. For Director of the Eastern I Nebraskr. Public Power District. Subdivision Six, Alvin McRey nolds (voting in all county pre cincts). For Director of the Omaha Public Power District, South Subdivision, full term, B. H. Baer and William Metzger (vot ing in the.se precincts: Tipton, Greenwood, Stove Creek, Elm wood, South Bend, Center, Louis ville, Avoca, Weeping Water 1st Ward, Weeping 'W a t e r 2nd Ward). M-P RR Seeks Avoca-Nehawka, Murray Changes Two applications by the Mis souri Pacific Railroad affecting Cass County communities will be considered by the Nebraska State Railway Commission this month and next month. The Commission today inform ed The Journal it will: Consider the application of the railroad company for au thority to combine and dualize the station agencies of Avoca and Nehawka, "on Nov. 16, or as soon thereafter as possible." anM hold a hearing Dec. 11 at 9:30 a.m. in the Commission Hearing Room at t h e Capitol Building In Lincoln on the ap plication of the railroad com pany for authority to aose Its station at Murray-ami discon tinue the agent. About the Avoca-Nehawka proposal, the Commission said Applicant proposes to have one agent serve both stations, by being In attendance at each station a portion of each day, five days per week, that the a gent based at Nehawka can con veniently and effectively take care of the business at Avoca as well as that at Nehawka by spending approximately 4 ! i hours at Nehawka and three hours at Avoca with the extra half hour devoted to driving be tween the stations (one trio each way). The agent will be reimbursed for his driving expense?. The schedule ian be varied to conform to the public needs and convenience, telephone facilities will be available so that the a- gent can be called at either sta tion for handling the business of the other station. Applicant al egos that the combining and dualizing of said agencies will result in a net an nual saving to applicant of $5, 409.93. Interested parties desiring to make known their views in re gard to this application may do so by writing the Commission prior to November 16, 1962. If a formal hearing is necessary to dispose of this matter, inter ested parties will be notified lat er of the time and place" of such hearing. Mrs. Wii:iam Spradlin of Bellevue, former Plattsmouth resident, entered the Methodist Hospital In Omaha today and will undergo surgery Tuesday. .'v5$:; ''.'W-T IM Mi 9 1 riril ' t Gill, Mrs. Saco, Miss Goetz and Valentine and L. C. Regler; at , bine, Henry, Insel, Mable Smith to 8 Tuesday For Director of Consumers Public Power District, District 6, fu 1 term, Guy Cooper (vot ing in these precincts: Nehawka, Liberty, West Rock Bluff and all Plattsmouth city precincts). Also on the State Ticket: For Lieutenant Governor, Rudolph Andersen, Democrat, and Dwight Burney. For Secretary of State, Leon ard Foster, Democrat, and Frank Marsh. For State Treasurer, Rich ard Larsen, Democrat, and Clar ence L. E. Swanson. For Attorney General, Da vid Thomas, Democrat, and Clarence Meyer. For Railway Commissioner Fred Sorensen, Democrat, and Wayne Swanson. The.se proposed Constitutional Amendments wl 1 also be voted on: No. 1 to permit the Legisla ture to authorize lottery or gift enterprises. No. 2 to provide that the State Railway Commission shall consist of not less than three nor more than seven members, as the Legislature shall pre 4 New Faces among 5 Elected To CC Board of Directors Four new faces are among five directors of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce elected by mall vote of Chamber mem bers, results of which were an ounced today by the C of C Of fice. New directors are C. E. Shell enbarger of Shellenbarger Sin clair Service, Carl Ofe of Ofe Oil Co., Don Lorensen of Soen nichsens and Ron Schneider of Plattsmouth State Bank. Re-elected was Ted Ohnoutka of Plattsmouth Lumber Co. Holdover members of the Board of Directors are Ray Story, of Kent Cafe and Motel, president this year; Clem Wos ter of Woster Realty; George Smith of Smith'' Men's Wear; Clark of Lirieoirt Telephone and Telegraph Co.; Walter Glea son of Western Power and Gas Co.; Boyd Linder of Linder Fire stone; Bill Knorr of Knorr's 5 & 10; Sam Arn of Soennichsens; Albert Young of Young and Jose Builders and Steve Davis of Steve Davis Agency. The directors-eiect will meet with the present Board at its December meeting and the Board for next year will meet Jan. I to reorganize prior to the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting Jan. 15. Members retiring from the Board Dec. 31 will be John Sch reiner of Schreiner Rexall Drug, Dick O'Donnell of Ruback's Sup ermarket, Joe Zastera . of Cass Drug, Herb Freeburg of Gambles Rites for Infant Tuesday Morning Graveside services will be held Tuesday at ten o'clock in the morning for Gerald Gene Hughson who lived four hours after birth Friday, Nov. 2. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Hughson of Lin coln; born at St. Elizabelh Hos pital In that city. Besides the parents, he is sur vived by brothers, Robert, Jr. and Michael of Lincoln; grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hughson, Plattsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mar, El Paso, Texas. The Rev. Calvin Miller will officiate. Burial will be In the East Union Cemetery. Caldwell Funeral Home is In charge of arrangements. ' 00 h Mr. Ross; at center Chauncey right Mmes. Colby, Andrews, Ca and Cronstorn. 1 J scribe, and that such members shall be e ected from districts of substantially equal popula tion as the Legislature shall pro vide. No. 3 to permit the Lieuten ant Governor to be a candidate far the office of Governor. No. 4 to increase the term of office of the Governor and Lieu tenant Governor to four years. No. 5 to provide a four-year term of office for members of the Legislature, with one-half being e.ected each two years, and to provide for the transi tion. No. 6 to provide a merit plan for selection and term of office of the Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the district courts and judges of such courts as the Legislature may prescribe. No. 7 to provide that in re districting of the state for legis lative purposes established lines other than county lines may be followed and that primary em phasis shall be given to popula tion with prescribed weight be ing given to area. and Bruce Gold of Western Auto Associate Store. Directors serve for three-year terms. The mail vote this year Is the first such, replacing balloting at the annual meeting. The change was made to give a better tran sition of duties and allow reor ganization prior to the annual meeting. Cass County Republican Dinner Thursday Evening "The strength of the United States Is in the elected represen tatives of the people, serving the. people, Senator . Roman Hruska told Cass County Repub licans Thursday evening. He said, "Today, we-are faced with two opposing philosophies, one, that the way to greatness is through more Federal govern ment, enlarged bureaucracies. deficit spending; and the other, the Republican philosophy, that the way to national success is to create a good climate for pri vate citizens to transact busi ness and raise crops by freeing them trom all unnecessary con trols, so that they are able to make a profit and thus create more Jobs." As to Cuba, Senator Hruska stated that the thing to watch Is whether the Uni'ed States will carry through in its demands that missile bases be Inspected. Also, he said we must be very concerned about President Ken nedy's promise to Khrushchev that we will not Invade Cuba. and that our Western allies will not invade. Does this mean, he asked, that Russian troops will be allowed to remain, with the Cuban people in captivity, and that the United S'ales will be a protector of this police state. thus denying the Cuban people hope of liberation? Congressman Glenn Cunning ham was given rousing ap plause when he announced that after Jan. 7 Ihe American tax payers will no longer have to pay the bill for free shipment of communist propaganda into this country. Aside from the most important aspect of slowing this revolting flow of propaganda, the taxpayers will be saved ap proximately 18 million dollars. Congressman Cunning ham worked for 14 months to get tnis measure through con gress, and was opposed all the way uy the Administration. This will be a very crucial elec'ion, stated Mr. Cunning ham, as extreme liberals in 1he country are trying desperately to establish a beachhead In Ne braska this year. Other candidates presented at the Weeping Water Audl orium were Ray C. Johnson, S'ate Aud itor, Clarence Swanson, State Treasurer, and the following candidates for Cass County of 'ices: Clara Olson, Assessor Owen Scoles, Treasurer; James Begley, Attorney; Fred Tesch. "Sheriff; Herman Bornemier and Melvin Todd, Commissioners Grant Roberts and Dale Payne, candidates for State Sen itor, were also introduced. Dinner was served by the la lies of the Weeping Water Meth odist Church. Mary Eastridge of Murray was In charge of arrangements.