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- - r m "-, i. lEEl. STAIE KI5T. 20CICIY XX lsoa a si. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday .WrMQ. Cartsolidared With th Nchawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 82 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1962 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 5 School Site Query Still Unanswered The question of whether the City would consider relinquish ing part ol the Lapidus proper ty park site In west Pla.tsmouth for a school site regains unan swered. The City is In process of ac quiring the 27-acre site for a city park. Plattsmouth public schools are badly in need of a site for an elementary school which is recommended for that vicinity. Monday night, Maxine Cloidt, Raymond Bourne and Robert Hirz of the Plattsmouth Board of Education and O. F. Mass man, Superintendent of Schools, appeared at the City Council meeting to ask the Council's sentiment about the schools' hope to purchase a site. The question about the park proper ty had been broached previous ly also. Mu.s.sman said seven acres on the north edge of the property opposite what would be 16th Street would be Ideal for a school site to take care of elementary needs of the southwest part of the city and eventually the over flow from Central School. The Council told the Board members plans for utilization of the proposed park site are only now being drawn by an archi tectural planning cla.s.3 at the University of Nebraska and are not expected to be available be fore the first of the year. A Councilman asked whether the Board had considered pur chase of land for use in an ex change for an equal amount of land from the park site. Muss man .said this had been considered. Arlie Persinger Trains in Germany BOBUNGEN, Germany', Army Specialist Four Arlie L. Persinger, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Persinger, Cedar Creek, Neb., recently partici pated with other personnel from the 96th Transportation Com pany In Exercise M A R N E ROCK, a two-week field training exercise conducted In Southern Oermany. The exercise was designed to maintain the Individual soldier's over-nil combat readiness and effectiveness, with emphasis on small unit tactics. Persinger, a heavy-truck driv er In the company In Bobllngen, entered the Army In July 1960, completed basic training at Fort Hood, Tex., and arrived over seas In June l!62. Specialist Persinger Is a 1955 Rraduate of Louisville High School. Before entering the Army, he was employed by the Ash Orove Cement Plant In Louisville. His wife, Marlene, Is with him In Oermany. Elmer Hallstrom In 2nd 50 Years As State Banker AVOCA (Special) Elmer Hallstrom of Avoca recently celebrated 50 years in the bank ing business. He worked at Murray and O maha and came to Avoca In Feb ruary, 1919, where he has since been associated with the Farm ers State Bank. One intermission In this career was when he served In World War I. He received a plaque from the Bankers Association for long service. Moore, Stewart, Rhylander, Story, Casey To Start . . . but . . . Faculty Strategy 'Dark Secret7 For Booster Joust The finer points of the game of basketball will be demonstra ted, If only by contrast, here Friday night. At 8 p.m. at the High School Auditorium the Plattsmouth High Athletic Booster Club and the High 8chool Faculty square off In a benefit basketball game which organlzera promise will be a high point In entertainment. If not In refinement. Both squads are donating their servicei. The only winner (In the event no point la scored) will be the Booster Club's fund which U used solely to promote high Bchool athletic. 0A (il.EANKnS Members of Murray Christian , nual Harvest day Church Youth Fellowship picked up dropped Murray, eais of corn Saturday during the church's an- I Murray Church Has Harvest Day Saturday was Harvest Day on the "Murray Christian Church Farm." Members of the church farm ground on the Martin Sporer farm northwest of Murray andv a share from the harvest goes to the church's treasury. Working at harvesting along with Pastor Victor Schwarz were John Stones, Ray Lancaster, Fred Campbell, Dale Nickels, Marion Worthan, Richard Wor than, Emil Siemoneit, Reuel Sack, Robert Nickels. Perry Nic kels, Ople Morris, Bill Rice. Paul Rice, Clarence Jacobson, R. A. Noell. Bert Worthan, Martin Sporer. Richard Sack, Lewis Rogers, Vearl Smith and the fol lowing members of the Christ ian Youth Fellowship who pick ed up dropped ears of corn: Mrs Sheldon Smith, sponsor; Alan Worthan, Gene Noell, Vicki FitzPatrlrk, Connie FlUPatrick, Oenene, Nolte, Kathy Rice, Pat 8chlelp, Dana Hoschar and Carol Smith. These women of the church prepared the noon meal at the church: Mesdames Lauis Sack. Harold Rice, Verle Smith, Fred Campbell, Clarence Jacobson, Perry Nickels, John Stones, Lew is Rogers and Bert Worthan. Others also contributed food. Hearing Dec. 7 On RR Agencies At Avoca, Nehawka A hearing has beer, set for Dec. 7 before the Nebraska State Railway Commission at the Cap itol Building In Lincoln on an application by the Missouri Pa cific Railroad Co. to "combine or dualize the station agencies of Avoca and Nchawka.'' Anyone Interested in the ap plication can appear and give evidence in support or oppasi tion. HELP RESEARCH SAVE LIVES IctMHiM u trying to find ballw wayt ol dlafnoaloa; nd trutiaa; TB. wy ol pratocttaa; fy body tqtlut tubcrculoolo. Hlp vital nmicb with your Cartel ma 8al contribution. FIGHT TB WITH CHRISTMAS SEALS The Boosters, admittedly, are out to score big and take con trol from the start. Faculty strategy will remain a dark secret until game time. The B.iosters, coached by al most everybody, list this start ing lineup: Forwards Francis "One Shot" Casey and Ray "All American" Story. Center Warren "Hook Shot" Rhylander. Ouards Roy "Buckets" Moore and Merle "Dirty Player" Stew art. Others on the Booster squad- s" . ' , HARVEST HOME Corn Is elevated into a bin In a final step In the year's operation of the farm by members of the church congregation. Kneeling to keep corn flowing to the elevator is the Kev. Victor Schwarz, pastor of the church. Report on Livestock Nebraska farmers will be asked to count and report the number of livestock and poultry on their fr.rms and ranches in the December ration-wide sur vey of livestock and poul ry numbers, the State-Federal Divi sion of Agricc.lUral Statistics an nounced today. Rural mail carriers will dis tribute postcard report forms to a sample of farmers on each rural mall rou'c about Decem ber 1. The report form, prepared by the Statistical Reporting Service of the U. S. Depp.rtment of Agri culture, asks each farmer or rancher recelvli";2 the card to re port number of each class of livestock and poul ry on hand on December 1. Information from the survey will be tabulated and reported by the State-Ffderal Division of Agrlcul'ural Statistics. The in formation also will be Included In Na'lonal annual livestock re ports Issued by '.he USDA Statis tical Reporting Service, in Washington. A. V. Nordquif.t, State Agri cultural S'atis'.lclan, said lnfor ma'ion on livestock and poultry numbers makes It possible for producers and others to follow the trend In population of live stock and poultry and use these trends as the basis for business decisions. apparent are listed as Del Hee dum, Dick Spangler, Charles Christcnsen, Leo Osterholm, Bill Hawkins, Dan Huebner, AI Dash er, Bill McCormick, Bill Bab bitt, Tom Conls, Clifford Ken nell and Hodge Eaton. Coaches Jae York and Oscar Mussman of the faculty list these starters: Forwards Paul Toms and Lowell Johnson. Center Bob Humphrey. Guards Bob Medina and Gall Heffelflnger. Other faculty squad members: Cecil McKnight. Gary Zimmer man, Lyle Wathler, Bob Mulder, mm at the 'Church Farm" near Davis Attends Farm Management Annual Conference Steve Davis of Plattsmouth at tended the Annua.1 Conference of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers at Chicago, Nov. 25-27. Davis, along with managers and appraisers from throughout the United States and Canada, learned of some of the latest de velopments In professional farm business management and land value determination. Included in the program were talks on Government programs, agri-business trends, common market, and of fanning with computors. Twenty-nine well known manufacturers, distribu tors and producers of agricul tural products had their wares on exhibit. The American Society was founded in 1929, now has more than 1,400 members. Dave Miller, Gary Mikkelsen, Jerry Mangels, Warren Dyke, Don Freeburg, Norrls Hals, Lar ry Swett and Bill Todd. The faculty players have no nicknames Just a reputation for being mean. . .on the basket bull court. Officials assigned by the Boaster Club are Bob Gall and Rex Wilson. Tickets will be on sale at the door, or are available at school or from Booster Club and facul ty members. Admission Is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. Bids Asked on City Lot Lease The City of Plattsmouth is advertising for bids on lease ol the lot east of City Hall and part of the City's shed there. Lease will be for the calendar year, 1963. The notice to bidders stipulates that "suitable mer chandise be stored thereon and the driveway be kept open and that the bidder assume any change in insurance rates." The lot currently is rented to Bryant Motors which uses it to store new automobiles. John Beckman To Get Masonic Service Award York Rite Masons of Nebraska will hold a three-day meeting Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day at the Masonic Temple at Onaha. An attendance of 300 is expected, Including distinguish ed guests from Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, South Dakota and Wyoming. The General Grand Chapter Distinguished Service Medal will jbe presented to Dr. Leonard J. Owen, Lincoln, Meritorious a wards will be given to Orrin C. Garton, Lincoln; Arnold E. Dra per, Gurley; Ora Collons, Oma ha; and John L. Beckman, Plattsmouth. Peter Mumm, 96, Dies Wednesday; Funeral Saturday Peter Muram, 96. resident of the Plattsmouth community 72r,o:m ' prl(.e's Xvrnne Bar. years, died Wednesday at his nnma ruin i Vor& nffn r.Un.t 1 ....v. nwc LC7i tt niJUJ L , Illness. Funeral services will be Sat urday at 2 p.m. at Sattler-Fus-selman-Perry Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Harold Onwiler, pastor of Liberty EUB Church of Mynard, officiating. Burial will be In Oak Hill Ceme tery. V .Visiting noun will ! Frlc!av from 3 to 5 and 7 to p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Mumm was born Aug. 20. 1866, In Schlesswig-Holsteln, Oermany, son of Hans and Ka therine Mumm. He came to this country and to Plattsmouth in 1890. Mr. Mumm was married to Anna Wilhelmina Goos here in 1894. She preceded him in death in 1921. He Is survived by sons Clar ence and Carl of Omaha and George of Plattsmouth, seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Clara Twiss, preceded him in death. Mr. Mumm farmed In this community since 1890 until his retirement. He was a member of Sons of Herman Lodge here. He served In the army In Germany before emigrating to America. Weather Stagnates In Moderate Rut BY P. J. DING MAN The weather pattern during the past two days has been al most the same, quite heavy fog and temperatures which seem completely s' ailed (for over 10 consecutive hours with the same temp, on Tuesday) about 10 de grees above normal for this time of year. The chart: (P.M.) Day Time Pres. Hi. I.o. Prcc. Mon 10:10 48 52 35 T Tues 8.40 46 48 42 T Wed 6:45 50 51 44 T Averages . 7:52 48 50 40 Total T L-1 Mm A X-Mh MONS GET FLAG Bill Snradlin left, form- sentative for er I.ions Club member here and official of the Covered Wagon Council of Boy Scouts, and Lloyd Fitch, Lions Club organizational repre- Vote Recount To Begin b and 12th Numbers for Just eight more days. That's right . . . Just eight more days to make purchases and get those free "Gift Bucks" with every dollar you spend in Plattsmouth with the 27 cooperating merchants who are .responsible for this big event. Saturday night, Dec. 8, will ring down the curtain on the giving of "Bucks" by the merchants and then those who have them will have a few days to count and bundle up their "loot" and prepare for the auction to be held on Plattsmouth streets Wednesday evening, Dec. 12. Promptly at 7 o'clock that evening, Auctioneers Rex Young and Ed Morris will start the auction which will con tinue until every one of the $3,500.00 worth of merchandise items have been sold to holders of gift bucks. Bill Knorr, Chairman of the Retail Division of the Chamber of Commerce, urges persons residing in the Platts mouth trade area to do their Christmas buying before the Dec. 8 deadline and "pile up the bucks," for the more bucks you have . . . the more you can buy at the auction. Fire Fund Total Hits $443 The Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Dept. Fund Drive total today reached $443, according to department secretary John Svo b(jda, with addition of these re cent contributions: S20 Kent Oil & Kent Cafe. $10 n n n,ifi i.h,, John E Frat, Mr and-Mrs. J ' t A CH.,,,U- A. W. Cloidt, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Mur.cie, E. E. How schultz, Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Shaler, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cloidt Sr., Alice Sharpnack, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Keil Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blerl, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow McGraw.. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Altschaffl Sr.. Raymond L. Herron, Mr. and Mrs. Henry S'arkjohn, Raymond and Hettic Larson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Jacobs. $3 Miss Naomi Day, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Propp, Elmer Tschir rcn, Sonhia Kraeger. S2 Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brittaln, Mae Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Janecek, Mr. and Mrs. C. Ed Miller, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Helnrich, Mr. and Mrs. Dcl mont Heedum, Mrs. Frank Parkening. SI Carl Oschlngcr, Mrs. Paul Roberts, Wm. Tarns, Charles R. Bahde, Anonymous. Cases Settled Out of Court Settlement of three cases out of court the past few days has relieved the District Court Jury of duty until Dec. 5. That date, the next docketed case, Allyn J. Meredith vs. Carl Lange, damage, is .scheduled for trial. These cases were settled: Ed mond O. Cornell vs. Robert Ma jors et al, damage; Mary O. Hedges vs. the Rev. Peler Tsch etter, et al, damage; and Mar vyn B. Francis vs. Zella Traudt, damage. Evidence was taken Monday and part of Tuesday before a Jury in the Cornell-Majors case before it was settled and the Jury dismissed. Flag presented preciation of Its ...... . ? Are Magic Gift Bucks Cross-Compliance Of 1963 Wheat Program Explained Farmers were cautioned today about the "cross-compliance re quirements" of the 1963 Wheat Stabilization Program. Ivan G. Althou.se, chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee, said that particular care Is being taken to make sure that farmers understand provisions when they sign up to participate In the wheat program. Very briefly, the chairman de clared, "cross - compliance" means that a farmer who is par ticipating in the 1963 wheat sta bilization program by diverting a wheat acreage on one farm will have to comply with the allot mentor small farm base, if this is larger on other farms in which he has an interest in the wheat crop in order to be eligible for any program payment or price support. Althouse said Uhat a farmer who ha.5 an interest in the wheat crop on more than one farm would not have to divert wheat acreage into a conserving use on all his farms. But, if he wishes to participate in the Wheat Stabilization Pro gram by diverting acreage on any one of his farms, he will not qualify for the diversion pay ments, for the regular price-support loan or purchase agreement, or for the extra price-support payment available under the wheat stabilization program un less he at least complies with the allotment or small farm base 'if this is larger) on his other farms. "Otherwise," the chairman pointed out, "it would be possible to offset acreage reductions on the grower's participating farm by acreage increases on his other farms. Obviously, this would be contrary to the pur poses of the wheat program, which Include the reduction of unneeded wheat acreage." fHE PLATTKMOITTH mnifvA. J Official County and Citv Paoer Established In 1881 Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as sec ond class mail matter in accord ance with the Act of Congress oi Marcn a, 1H7. Published Semi-Weekly, Mon- na-g and Thursoavs, at 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass Coun ty. Nebr. (Subscriptions: 25 Cents foi i Weeks by carrier inside Platts mouth; By Mall $4.00 per year. 'jass and adjoining counties 0 Scouting, display the Nebraska to the club by the Council In ap Interest in Scouting, Wednesday Sheriff Race Result Challenged Recounting of votes cast for the office of Sheriff of Cass County in the Nov. 6 General Election will begin Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 9 a.m., County Clerk Chas. Land said today. The recount was ordered Mon day by writ issued by District Judge John M. Dierks after In cumbent Sheriff Tom Solomcn filed a Notice of Contest of the Election In District Court Mon day morning. V . Solomon, dtfeated 2,389 to 2, 360 by Republican Fred Tesch Nov. 6 according to the official vote canvass, claimed in his notice that "Illegal votes were received and legal votes were rejected at the polls in sufficient number to change the result of the election." The writ ordered Land to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots, compare the list of voters in the poll books and cer tify the result to the Court. Land served Solomon and Tesch Wednesday with notices cf his intention o proceed Wednes day at 9 a.m. Only Land and the candidates andor their attorneys can be present for the recount. The County Clerk said the probable first procedure will be to check the poll books against the totals of votes tabulated for Sheriff in the various precincts. From there, (he task could get involved. The curdklales could ask for examination of the bal lots in any or all precincts. Land said it will not be his function to rule on validity of any contested ballots, only to conduct the examination and record the results. Should Indi vidual ballots bfj challenged and such contest be unresolved, they will be marked and the infor mation given to the Court for action. Asked how long the recount might take, Land said it could be completed in "a week of full days, or could take a month." -The next term of office begins Jan. 3. Should the contest of the election not be resolved by that date, Tesch can post bond and I assume the office as the regu- iarly-elected Sheriff, pending a ruling, Land said. Pipeline Bridge Here World's 'Most Beautiful' Did you know that Platts mouth is the si'e of the "most beautiful pipeline bridge in the world?" Plattsmouth Lions and their guests learned that Tuesday night at their regular dinner mee'ing when Howard Sorensen of Northern Natural Gas Co. pre sented a film showing the build ing of the bridge crossing the Missouri liver just south of the city. Filmed in color during the over-a-year period that it took to 1 ompieie me construction Ol me I bridse, Ihe camera went down SU It-CTi illtU LIIU glUUllU Willi tilt sand hogs aid hundreds of feet into the air with the steelwork ers. Men who lived here at the time the bridge was built ad mitted they had no idea of the work that went into building this structure. Bill Spradlin, former member of the club, representing the Covered Wapon Council of the Boy Scou's, presented a Nebras ka Flag to the club for their ac tivity in promoting the work of Scouting in Cass County. Lloyd Fitch, Organization Representa tive, accepted it for the Lions Club. Spelling Contest Tonight Between Jr. High Schools Spelling contestants from Plattsmouth Junior High and St. John's Junior High will match wits tonight in a contest begin ninp at 8 o'clock in St. John's Auditorium. The inter-school spelling bee Is the first such here. It will be used to determine representa tives for the annual Cass County Spelling Bee as well as to pro mote better spelling among stu dents of the schools. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Smith will be judges. Mrs. Lyle Wath ier will pronounce the words. Each .school will have 16 con testants.