Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1962)
J ..n MiTr iiT'rr- slf.ii ia PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday LOTS Mi (LI IM JflDtUCSIMIL Consolidated With th Nehawk Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Thon 3500 Can County Families VOLUME 82 SfXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1962 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 1 I ii m i w mini inn. i mi i ""fP ' V ' f' , ' - ' fx " C """" - c - r n ..-V l rr:: J(i"f 'Vk'-- ' An -h r J Ysl " --t ttm'liii J-Iiri4 r f "'-""- ' .lis&. Jul GOOD-BYE GIFT ("apt. I.ins-Morstadt are shown as I t. the Louisville Missile Base Officers Missile Base Commander Given Farewell Capt. Juan Llns-Morstadt, bat tery commander at the Louis ville Missile Base, and Mrs. Lins-Morstadt were honored at the Base last weekend at a fare well party given by the officers of the battery. The Captain will leave soon to take further schooling at Fort 8111, Oklahoma, and then be re assigned. He was presented a gift from the officers. He was also made an honorary member of the Cuss County Military Rod and Gun Club. The party was also a welcome for Capt. and Mrs. Thomas Kp- person of 2204 Andes Street, Plattsmouth. He will assume Missile Site command of about Jan. 1. the Oscar V. Roberts, 77, Dies at Weeping Water NEHAWKA (Special) - Oscar V. Roberts, 77, died Tuesday night at a rest home in Weep ing Water from a heart attack. Funeral services will be Fri day at 2 p m. tt Lett Funeral Home, Nebraska City, with the Rev. Willis Dewey officiating. Burial will be In Oak Hill Cemetery, Weeping Water, with LeRoy and Jerry Fleming, Earl Clester, Jimmy and Michael Hamilton and Steven Roberta, all grandsons, as pallbearers. Mr. Roberts wag born Nov. 22, 1885, in Hickory County, Miss ouri, son of Mr. an& Mrs. Jessie Roberts. He was married April 19, 1908, In Hickory County to Lizzie Ray. She precedeci him In death Feb. 24, 1058, at Nebraska City, Surviving are Daughter Oladys Fleming, Omaha; Thel ma LaVern Hamilton, David City; Darleen Ryan, Oakland, Calif.; son Donald, Sheridan, Wyo.; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; bro ther John of Nehawka and sis ters Vlri'inla and Fountain Eng land, both of Frlstoe, Mo. A son, Claude, preceded In death In 1910. him Mrs. Lillie, 82, Dies in Lincoln; Funeral Saturday Mrs. Kittura Lillie, 82, who Uvea on a farm in Cass County until moving to Lincoln In 1928, died Wednesday In Lincoln. Funeral services will be Sat urday at 1 p.m. at Umberger Chapel In Lincoln. Burial will be in Lcwlston Cemetery near Union at 3:15 p.m. Caldwell Funeral Home Is In charge of arrangements. Mrs. Lillie was born Feb. 21, 1880, at Weeping Water. She was married to Albert C. Lillie. He preceded her In death. Survivors are sons Roy E. Lil lie of David City and Arnold Lil lie of Portland, Ore.; daughters Mrs. Margaret Willis and Mrs. Leona Hudson, both of Lincoln; three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Mrs. Lillie was a member of the Gospel Tabernacle. anil Mrs. Juan Robert Hicks of Club pre Weekend Schedule For Public Schools The remainder of this week will be busy for Plattsmaul'h public schools before they break for the holidays at 2:30 p m. Fri day. School will be out until the regular starting hour Wednes day, Jan. 2. This U the schedule: Elementary Schools Friday Santa w.ll visit all the elementary buildings In the morning and afternoon kinder garteners after noan; individual rooms will have parlies and the Individual buildings will arrange their own programs of enter tainment. High, Jr. High School Today The Junior High Chorus went caroling in the High School building this morning. Tonight Christmas Concert by High School Vocal Music jPept. at, the School Auditorium, h pm.; no anmission cnarge. Friday High School Madrigal Singers will carol in all the schools. Friday night The High School Chorus will go c3roling through out the community. Saturday night Christmas Dance sponsored by the High School Platter Staff; wml-forrn-al; 8 p.m.; coronation of Yule tide Royality. Alberta R; Hughes Dies Wednesday Mrs. Alberta R. Hughes, 88. died Wednesday at the Nebras ka Masonic Home here. Funeral services will be Fri day at 2 p.m. at Forrest Lawn Chapel In Omaha with burial In Forrest Lawn Cemetery. Visiting hours are today, 4 to 6 ano 7 to 9 p.m. Mrs. Hughes was born March 21. 1874, at West Liberty, Iowa, daughter of Charles F. and Mary Abbie Bowlesby Regnier. 8he was married In 1910 to Frank A. Hughes. He preceded her In death In 1958. Mrs. Hughes was a former teacher at the School for the Deaf. She entered the Masonic Home In 1961 through Vesta Chapter No. 6 of the Eastern 8tar. A U BUNDLED UP FOR CHRISTMAS Matt Sed lak of the local Post Office force was surrounded by Incoming Christmas packages when this pic i sented a farewell Rift to (apt. I.ins-.Morslailt retiring base rummandrr, ai a party last weekend. Raking Leaves Helps Fight Fires How raking lervcs can hf,l'.5 1 fight .fires has been shown V I Plattsmouth Junior High stu dents. Last' fall, students raked leaves for residents around town as a fund-raising project. This week, the Student Coun cil, voted to donate $10 to the Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire De partment's campaign for funds. The department uses contri butions for purchase of addi lional firefighting and lifesaving equipment. Mail Delivery Schedule Listed Postmaster Vern Hendricks today listed the schedule Of Post Office window .service and de liveries to handle the Christmas mail; Dee. 22, Saturday Service windows open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. j Dec. 23, Sundiy No window! service; no rural delivery; city! carrier service, one trip; special ' delivery of perishable and gift; packages. Dec. 24, Monday City and ; rural delivery. Dec. 25- No city or rural de livery; special delivery of per ishable and gift packages. Hendricks said that a check of the first three-fourths of the Christmas mailing season, through Dec. 18, showed that stamp sales and Incoming parcel post volume were down from last year; Incoming letter mail was up sharply and cancellations of letter size mall were up slightly. These were the Dec. 3-18 fig ures: stamp sales mot gross re ceipts, down 7.7 per cent; pieces of Incoming letter size mail up 41 per cent; Incoming parcel post (truck delivery!, down 22 per cent; cancellations (letter size), up 2.2 per cent. L . " KAlfMhMsT M I ii il A i faiiiTlldSritftiB si J i il 1 1 $ r"' v ' imHIH Christmas Services Sunday thru Tuesday V. V. Clark Directors Reorganize For 1963 At ? reorganization meeting of j tne Hoard or Directors oi me Chamber of Commerce here Thursday following their annual election, V. V. Clark was named President to head the Chamber for 1003. Vic Schreiner was named to fill the post of vice president; George Smith was reelected sec- j retary and Ron Schneider, a i rrweomer to the Board, was i mimed treasurer. j Clark is area manager of the! Lincoln Telephone and Tele-! graph Co., in Plattsmouth and: has been mo't active In Cham-j ber activities during his more j than five-year residence here.j He has headed several commit-! tees and has done yeo.man work j in many activities promoting in- i tf rests of Plattsmouth and this community, not only with the Chamber of Commerce, but in other organizations as well. Vic Schreiner, a past presi dent of the Chamber and a part-- nnr In Rhrlnr r Ppvnll TariKT has nifain volunteered his serv- Ifr.a oa on vnriihun In Chntnhpr ! : promotions for 1063. His past ex-; ! perlenre as head of the organ!--' jzation will prove invaluable dur-J j ing the coming year. George Smith, reelected Sec- retary, resumes a post in which he has served for several years. , Owner of Smith's Men's Wear, i he has been active in Chamber I affairs and a heavy contributor! ! since taking residence here ten years ago. I Ron Schneider, of Plattsmouth State Bank, takes on duties of ; Treasurer. A native son and only j recently returning to Platts- j mouth following four years In j military service both in the S'ates and nhroad, he assumi s his post fulfilling a long policy of the Chamber in selecting young er businessmen for positions of responsibility. Newcomers to the Board of Directors are Carl Ofe of Ofe Oil Co., Don Loren.'.en of Soennich srns Inc.. C. E. Shellenbarger of Shelly's Sinclair, Schneider and Schreiner. Reelected were Ted Ohnoutka of Plattsmouth Lum ber Co., and Herb Freeburg of Oambles. Other members of the Board are Ray Story of Kent Cafe and Motel, 1962 President; Clem Woster, of Woster Realty, 19G2 vice president; Walt Gleason of the Gas Co., Boyd Llnder or Llnder Firestone, Bill Knorr of Knorr's 5 and 10, Joe Zastera of Cass Drug and Steve Davis of Steve Davis Agency. Committee Chairman and members of the several commit tees are being named and will ! be announced at the January meeting. School's Out at St. John's Friday St. John's 8chool will dismiss Friday at 11 'a.m. or after the Christmas Party, Classes will resume Jan. 2 at the usual time, 8 a.m. Mass. mm- . ."' if ' 1 ture was snapped Wednesday morning. Although packages were piled nearly everywhere, it wasn't unusual; just normal Christmas rush. Named President of Chamber j "0.. . ,y tiT"li I I V M i MilHimiJ I III Hi II. . NEW CHAMBER PRESIDENT V. V. CLARK I checks a graph showing business activity in Devaney Obtained as Speaker For PHS All-Sports Banquet The only University of Ne braska football coach to take a team to a post-season bowl game victory will f-neak here May 21 at the All-Sports Banquet hon oring Plattsmouth High School athletes. The Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce Office today an nounced Bob Devaney, head Tips Given On Schoolj Bond Issues The Plattsmouth Citizens Ad visory Committee on Education got some tips on presentation ! and promotion of s. school bond ; Issue "straight from the horse's ; mouth" Monday night, i Speaking in a town where classroom space is seen as an ' educational problem, M. D. ; "Mhc" McKenney, principal of Nebraska City High School, told i of Insights his own town gained i in getting a bond issue ap ! proved, on the seventh try. ! Things he feels should be done i In promoting a bond Issue: i ' Take Information to all civic i groups and citizens. I Open the mind of the skep i tic, show him compromises are possible, but not at the expense of a sub-standard educational plant. Seek PTA supoort (he said PTA suimort in Nebraska City was poor until it become appar ent that walling was costing). Include the teachers In pro motion efforts. Stress deficiencies in facil ities. Use all means of getting in formation across and stress in terest shown in student's wel fare. Inform the taxpayer about what effect the Issue will have on taxes, exactly. Also present and sneaking was Cecil Martin. Omaha architect re'alned by tlv Board of Educa tion. He said Plattsmouth needs are different from Nebraska City s and a somewhat different approach wouid be needed. He advised that a site or op tion on a si'e should be obtained so that cost figures could be de veloped. He suggested a 12-acre site to allow for further expan sion. President Raymond Bernhardt presided ut the committee's meeting. He appointed a nominating committee of Llovd Fitch, chair man, Dale Jackson and Joe York, to nresenl a slate of of ficers for the committee. Next meeting will be Jan. 21 In the High School Library. Santa at Avoca Saturday P.M. AVOCA (Special ) Santa Claus will be at Avoca Saturday, Dec. 22, from 2 to 4 p.m. There'll be treits for the kid d'en. coffee and donuts for the adults and door prizes. The visit is sponsored by the Firemen and Lions Club. Husker football coach, has con sented to speak at the annual af fair sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. In his first season as Nebraska coach, Devaney led the Huskers to a 9-2 season's mark, including a 36-34 Gotham Bowl victory over the University of Miami last Saturday at Yankee Sta dium. Snowfall Here 2.3 Inches BY P. J. DINGMAN This morning's snow (up 'til 8 a.m.) totaled 2.3 wet inches. This snow is the biggest of the season and the most since 3.6 inches fell on March 7. Since the last paper, Ne braska's high temperature was 70! at Imperial. The highs for the last 5 days here in Plattsmouth were: 49.7, 61.0, 57.2, 57.2, and 49.2. It seems as If autumn was giving his last bit of effort before being ushered out. The chart: ' (P.M.) Day Time Pres. Hi. Lo. Prec. Mon. ... Tues. . . . Wed. ... Averages 6:10 5:45 6:05 .6:00 38 47' 44 43 57 57 49 54 28 27 37 31 Total .00 Resolutions By County FB Presented The Cass County Board of Commissioners is reported to have reacted "very agreeably" Tuesday when a copy of "Coun ty Resolutions" adop'ed by the County Farm Bureau at Its an nual meeting was presented. County FB President Calvin Carsten of Avoca presented these "Resolutions" to the Com missioners: "Resolved the County Board of Commissioners be requested j to improve the maintenance of county Roads. "Resolved the County Board cf Commissioners be asked to consult the Soil Conservation Service prior to new road con struction. "We resolve that every valley in County, State or Federal reads that has a fill and where the water can be restricted with out damage should have a drop inlet to silt fill gullies, control erosion and slow the water to prevent floods. "We resolve that County roads maintenance men be instructed to replace immediately any traf fic sisns which may be removed for purpose of repair. "Whereas there being no pres ent restriction or controls cov ering trailer courts, city dumps and other undesirable uses of rural areas, we resolve the County Board of Commissioners and County organization adopt and adm'nistcr a county zoning ordinance." A Classified Ad In The Journal cost as little as SO cents. PLATTSMOUTH' '.A 0 v Plattsmouth at the Chamber of Commerce Office following his election Monday. Cent Reduction In Firm Gas Rates Announced Western Power and Gas Co. today announced a one-cent re duction in firm gas rates effec tive Dec. 27. The company said the reduc tion was made possible by the Federal Power Commission's re cent decision requiring Northern Natural Gas, Western's supplier, to make a decrease In its de mand charges effective the same date. The new rates to be effective Dec. 27: First 699 cu. ft. or less, $1.50 per month (stays the same). Next 1,400 cu. ft. $1.40 per MCF (was $1.41). Next 3,000 cu. ft. $1,057 per MCF (was $1,067). Next 5,000 cu. ft., $.94 per MCF (was $.95). Next 40,000 cu. ft., $.864 per MCF (was $.874). Next 50,000 cu. ft., $.785 per MCF (was $.795). Next 100,000 cu. ft., $.725 per MCF (was $.735). County Offices Closed Monday County officials met Wednes day and the following decided to close their offices Monday, Christmas Eve: Clerk of District Court, Asses sor, Treasurer, Surveyor, Super intendent of Schools, Welfare Office and Register of Deeds. County Court will close at noon Monday. TO CHRISTMAS PLATTSMOUTH STORES OPEN EVERY EVENINC TIL 9 P.M. Following only! ue( Shoppmp t - VJC DAYSMfi ": -- "sxmyi .... -- - r - - ., s Children's Programs Also Scheduled Cass County Churches have Christmas services scheduled Sunday, Christmas E.'ve and Christmas Day. Many have Sunday School Programs set for Sunday and Monday nights. The following listing of Christ mas services was taken from no tices regulary submitted to The Journal for publication: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Sunday, 11 a.m., Church hour. Christian Science Society Sunday, 11 a.m. Church service. First Baptist Sunday, 9:45 a.m., Christmas Program; 11 a m. Morning worship; 7:30 p.m. Evening .service. St. Luke's Episcopal Sun 'day, 7:30 a.m., Communion; 9:30 a.m. Christmas party for Church 'School; 10:30 a.m., Morning prayer and sermon; Christmas Eve, 11 p.m., Communion and sermon; Christmas Day, 10 a.m., Communion. First Meth.odi.st Sunday, 11 a.m., Morning worship; 7:30 p.m. Christmas Program by the Sun day School with the Meth xiist Adult Fellowship. First Christian Friday, 7:30 p.m.. Christmas Program by Bible School; Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Worship .service; 7:30 p.m., Christmas Program in song by the choir. St. Paul's E and R Sunday, 8:30 a.m., Worship service with Communion; 7:30 p.m., Sunday School Christmas Program. First Lutheran Friday, 6:30 p.m., Strength by Sacrifice Sup per Meeting; Sunday, 9:30 a.m., Worship .service; 6:30 p.m., Chil dren's Christmas Program: Christmas Eve, 7:30 p.m., Wor ship service; Christmas Day, 9:30 a.m., Worship service. Holy Rosary Catholic Christmas Eve, Midnight Mass; Christmas Morning, Masses 7:30 and 9 a.m. Firjit United Presbyterian Thursday, 8 p.m. Christmas Vocal Concert at the high school auditorium; Sunday, 9:30 a.m., Church School in the Christian Education Building on South Chicago Ave.; 9:30 a.m. Adult Church School Class in the Church Fellowship Room; 11 a.m. Worship Service In the sanctuary; Monday, 7 pm. Christmas Eve Candlelight Ser vice of Worship. Mynard Evangelical and Uni ted Brethren Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Church School; 11 a.m. Morning Worship; Christmas Eve, 7:30 p.m. Childrens' Christ mas Program. Plattsmouth Community Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School, 11 a m. Worship Service; 7:30 p.m. Evening Worship. (Christmas Program was previ ous Sunday night). Plattsmouth Baptist Sun day, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School; 11 a.m. Morning Worship; 6:30 p.m. Training Union; Christinas Eve, 7:30 p.m. Christmas Pro gram; Christmas Day, 10:30 a.m. Special Christmas Service. Wesleyan Methodist Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School, 11 a.m. Worship Service, 7:30 p.m. An nual Christmas Program by the boys and girls of the Sunday School. " Saint John the Baptist Cath olic Solemn Midnight Mas.i, Celebrant: Ms,r. Przmlzik, Dea con: Father Pleskac, Sub Dea con: a Columbari Father. Con (Continucrl on Page Six) Yonder Star .'