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r.'V.V.v.-JVfTT ; KESS. STATE 1113?. SOCIETY .isoa a sr. 1 : LIKCOLUt t!EE3 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday TME PiLATTSMdBUTlH! JJflDlUCSrMIL Cansolidated With th Nchawka Enterprise and Clmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families SjSAN 8 1963 VOLUME 82 SIX PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1963 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 16 Commissioners The Cass County Board of Commissioners will meet Tucs - rinv tn rnrni,. f, ., naming a chairman and assign ing other responsibilities. Also, the Board Is to consider a proposed Roads Program for 1903-64 which Is being readied by Highway Superintendent 1962 Had More Hot Days, Cold Days than Average By P. J. DIN UMAX Aug. 20, 00.7 Aug. 7, 90 4 May 7 The year of 1962 saw 28 davaland July 5, 90.3 June 22, 90.2 mat a reacned 90, this was 103 5 per cent of the normal 27 days. These days were: 05.1 Aug. 19 04 8 Julv 1! 04 S Mhv S UX 0 Jn'vl 2. 7 and 10 93 3 Aup 22 93 2: l2 also saw 18 frleld days Architects, American Society of Aug. 27, 03 o' July 3 and Aug 29, i when the mercury fell to 0 or Planning Officials, and Commu 92.2 Aug. 8, 02 0 July 6. 91.5 May lower, thus Is 128.6 per cent ofnlty Planning Association of 10, 91.0 Aug. 21, 90 8 June 19 and tlie normal 14 days. These days! Canada. i were: -16.6 Jan. 20, -15.9 Feb. 28. In addition to his current as- Faye C. Spidell, 57, Dies Friday; Funeral Tuesday Funeral services will be Tues-1 The average max. tempera day at 2 p.m. at the Caldwell I turc for 1962 was 62 09 (1.5 ce Chupel for Faye C. Spidell, 57, ; grces above normali. The aver who died Friday at 5:45 p.m. age mln. temp, was only 40 52 from a heart attack. ju degree below normali. The Mr. Sniriell was born Nov. 16,jave. temp, was 51.31, 0.21 de 1005 at Pacific Junction, Iowa, green above normal. son of Calvin and Bertha Shuf-1 fler Spidell. He was marrl-d ; that the mercury slipped below I eluding aerial shots for typo April 10, 1927 at Mi lvern. Iowa freezing (104.1 per cent of the'Kfnphy platting. This informa- to Le0 Karr. .""ll,u jn ttuiu 111111 in death. ,8UdVih1( r, hi MfC' R?,h r!i s daughters, Mrs. Richard (Normal Blntner, Omaha and nirs. jonn .iweuai ,-viorse, u- maha: brothers, Glen Spidell, HopKins, Minn., FranKim bpi dell, Milwaukee, Wis., Dale Spi dell, Omaha; sisters, Mis. Don Miner, San Diego, Calif., Mrs. Harold Campbell, Corning, Iowa; four grandchildren. m Before coming to Plattsmouth he lived at Pacific Junction, Iowa and at Omaha. He had lived here 34 years and was time keeper for the BREX. He was a member of the Methodist Church and the Eagles Lodge. At the services Tuesday, Rev. J. W. Scott, pastor of the Meth odist Church, will officiate. Bill Knorr will be soloist, accompa nied by Mrs. Twyla Hodge. Pallbearers will be Robert Painter, Harold Gaines, Eugene Vroman, Clarence Cuthrell, Cliff Dasher and Fred Toman. Flower bearers will be Mrs. Robert Painter and Mrs. Clarence Cuth rell. Visiting hours art today Mon day 1 afternoon and evening, 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 at Caldwell Chapel. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cem etery, Plattsmouth. Library Gets Book As Memorial Dr. and Mri. Paul Heineman have presented a copy of Indians of the Americas published by the National Geographic Society to the public library here. The book gift was in memory of Miss Barbara Gerlng. 'IN THAT BIO HOOP?' (ing Johtiton of Plattiimnuth eyes the banket ani wnmlerx what all the fuss I about anyone niieht l be able lo grt the ball through a great, big hoop like To Reorganize Fred Clerk and on which a pub ' "c hearing will be held. ! Last Thursday after the swearing-in of County Officers elected last November, the Hoard met with Clark and dis cussed the roads program. Also next Tuesday, the Board is to consider bids on county lcril printing for the year and transact other business. May 12 and Aug. 6 and 30, OO.l Aug. 9, 90.0 June 30 and July 11, Aug. 15 and 28 and 89.5 (rouncl ca off) on July !. Remember '' "I i -14.7 Mar. 1, -10.9 Dec. 12, -8.8 'Jan. 10. -6.6 Jan. 11 and Dec. 26. i-6.3 Feb. 27, -6.1 Jan 0. -6 0, Jan. 22, -5.9 Feb. 22, -5.0 Jan. 19. 4.9 Mar. 6, -3.6 Dec. 11, -3.0 i Jan. 17, -2.0 Jan. 18, -1.3 Jan. 15 , and 0.0 on Jan. 16. 1962 also brouuht 128 davs ; normal 123), 49 days when the'1"" has, and is being compiled meiiau y UIUII I get UOOVC ireez- Ing (108 8 per cent of the nor- 5' 36"5 lnch0!i ' n"' j ( 128 0 per cent of the normal 28 5"). and 30.34 Inches of nrr- j cipitation ( 108.2 per cent of the ; normal 28.04"). The most snow piled up In a day's snow was 8 5 inches on the 20th of Feb. The largest 24-hr. drenching was the May 28-29 deluge of 4.53 Inches. We also hati 118 days when wo had .01 Inch of precip. or more (120.8 per cent of the nor mal 90), 10 days with an Inch or more of snow (111.1 per cent of the normal 9i, 12 days with heavy fog 133.3 per cent of the normal 9). Yesterday the mercury tipped Itself to 43.4 degrees making the " u' wa, :l' v, '"charge of table decorations,; In the case of unpaved roads) a L,ltn M(Jm.s Cafe Catering the: tuamlre- banquet. I Strange as It i, the highest j Tickets at $1.75 each can be and lowest the mercury has secured from' the Chamber of reached in this new year have, Commerce office, or from anv occurred on the same clay, yes- teroay. Since the last paper-day we've crawled from under a dense fog blanket which hovered over head for more than 4'i days. Today should bring more melting of the snow. The chart: Time Cay 'p.m.) pres. hi lo prec. Thurs 6 .45 29 30 24 T Frl 6:15 31 31 28 T Sat 7:00 23 32 22 .00 Sun 6:45 37 43 Ave 6:41 30 34 23 TOTAL T tl i A ft" lr: f) rf r thai. Greg, 10 months old now, may someday be boosting the ball hoopward, his parents, Mr. and Mm. Lowell Johnson, admit. Dad is Plattsmouth High basketball coach. Speaker To Prevue Park Plans Emlel J. Chri.sten.sen, profes sor of Architecture at the Uni versity of Nebraska and Plan ning Supervisor of the Nebraska Resources Division, will be speaker at the annual Platts-I Banquet Jan. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lions Community Building. Prof. Chrlstensen Is a native Nebraskan with broad experience In the field of Community Plan ning, dating back to 1927 while In private practice In Colum bus, Neb. His professional af filiations Include membership in the American Institute of signmcnts at the University of i Nebraska and Nebraska Re" sources Division, he Is also Vice - ! chairman, Nebraska State Board Examiners for Professional engineers and Architects. As a part of his duties In thejjurin Svoboda said. Extension Services at the Uni versity, Prof. Christensen has assumed responsibility for plan ning city park facilities for the recently-acquired Lapidus acre age In west Plattsmouth. Several weeks ago the site was vMted. Surveys were made, In I "cic a luuqjicic program for development of rPJasniouth Memorial Park- is underway and will soon be sub- milted to City officials. Park Board and Chamber members for evaluation. Mr. and Mrs. James Holy, Mrs. Chrlstensen will give Chamber) Ernest Yenney. Banquet goers a "sneak pre- j view" of plans for "Memorial! 2 Park" as they have developed to; Mr- and Mrs- Howard Dodds, date. He will also be Interested : Mrs- H- J- Mclsinger, Mr. ana In learning from local residents Mrs. E. A. Lorenz, Mrs. Clara some of the ideas they would Sitzman. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar like to have incorporated In an:0escn. Mr- and Mrs' Gardner un-to-the-mlnute nark fac ltv. In addition to the speaker and a good dinner, Mrs. Jeanette Miller, High School vocal in structor will present several of her top vocal students In a 15 minute song fest. Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce Is In chamber member. A canvass of the business section will be made Tuesday in an effort to contact all merchants and pro fessional enterprises It Is well to remember thatinounced this week that the An- you do not have to be a mem- ber of the Chamber to attend ; this banquet. The public Is in- j vited and it coulo be the most Interesting and Instructive ; meeting of the year, a Cham- ber spokesman said. "Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1963, should be the kick-off for Platts- 19 .00!moutb's most progressive and prosperous year," he said. Journal Want Ad. av WW. 1- ' Emiel J. Chrlstensen To Tell Park Plans Fire Fund: $1,721 The current voluntary drive 'for funds to auement the fire- : fhtinir nnrl ilfpsnvlni? Pnntn- ment of the Plattsmouth Volun- , teer Fire Dept. today reached $1,721. department secretary Since last report, donations totaling $85 were made by. $10 Mr. and Mrs. George J. Smith. $5 Mr. and Mrs. Hal Oarnett. Mr. V 11 and Mrs. Ambrose Claus, Mr. scene at the time said in his re and Mrs. Giles L. Bishop, Les- , Port the highway was lce-cov- ter and Agnes Taylor, George ! Conlg( L c ukewlse, Mr. and M r-linctor T Wllna Mr one! : c An Renner Mr. 'and Mrs! i ,,, Mrrinri $3 inamuion, mrs. teiuue umj Extension Annual Meet Jan. 16; Evelyn Wolph To Be Honored By C'LAhENCE SCHMADEKE County Extension Agent Art Roelofsz, Chairman of the Cass Co. Extension Service, an- nual Extension banquet and meeting is January 18, 1963. A revision of the Constitution and By-Laws will be presented lor approval oy me memocrs Other business to be conducted will be to elect 3 board members, one from each of the Comrnis sioneer Districts. The terms of Mrs. Richard Streeter of Louis ville, Gene Nolte of Murray and Chairman Roelofsz expire. Tickets for the banquet are on sale by Board members; In adoition to Roeofsz, Streeter, Nolte, board members are Mrs. Fred Wehrbein, Mrs. Roy En gelkemler, Mrs. Dutch Rlkli. John Knabe, Eldon Mendenhall, Gerald Keil, Mel Todd Jr., Mrs. Sterling Ingwerson and Leonard Roeber. The meeting will follow the banquet at 6:30 p.m. In the Agricultural Auditorium in Weeping Water. Miss Evelyn Wolph of Ne hawka will be a honored guest at the Cass Extension Service Annual meeting. In 1962 Miss Wolph completed 40 years as a Cass Co. 4-H club leader. She led her first club in 1920 and led clubs continuously with the exception of the period from 1924 to 1928. The Extension Board will pre sent Miss Wolph with a plaque for "Meiitolous Service to the 4-H Club Program," at the an nual Extension banquet. The presentation will be made by Wesley M. Antes, State 4-H ciub leader in behalf of the Ex tension Service and all her many friends. Truly Miss Wolph is a real friend of 4-H. Jerome Herlnk, Leigh, Nebras ka IFYE who spent summer in Italy. Herlnk will show pictures and relate his experiences as an IFYE at the Annual meeting of the Cass County Extension Service. 2 Entries In 1st Baby Race So Far . . , , , , :T ?E, JM? In the 1963 Baby Derby up to the time this issue of The Journal went to press. vjiic, a si, is emereu nom the western part of the county. The other, a boy, was born to Parcels living in the Plattsmouth "one was born In Omaha, the , There may be others who have not as vet 'entered. However, time is growing short. Entries must be in The Journal Office not later than Jan. 15 to be eli gible for consideration for prizes offered by 11 Plattsmouth mer chants and Tb Journal to the parents of the first baby born to Cass County parents In 1963. 80 . . . if you are parents of a baby born soon after Jan. 1, be sure to enter the contest. 3 Injured in Accident Near Avoca Junction Three persons were Injured In a two-car accident Saturday at east of the Avoca Junction. Sheriff Fred Tesch who was 1 patrolling near the accident erea in mat area annougn roaas ! wre generally free of Ice at the ' l7ie. Cars were driven by Betty Cotton, 49, Lincoln, and Ralph G. Moeller, 34, Dunbar. Injured were Mrs. Cotton, who com plained of head and neck injur ies; Rosamie Bane, Lincoln, one of two passengers In the Cotton car, who suffered a knee injury; and Moeller, who had a shoulder injury and facial cuts. Damage was estimated at $500 to Mrs. Cotton's 1954 Ford and $800 to Moeller's 1958 Ford. . Trlday at 12:20 a.m., cars driv en by Charles L. Coston, 53, and Donald R. Ellison, 33, both of near Plattsmouth, collided on Ferry Glen Road southeast of here. There was no injury. Dam age was $112 to Coston's 1953 Pontlac and $80 to Ellison's 1957 Pontiac, according to the Sher iff's report. ,1 JEKOMK IIKRINK To Tell of Italy Lions Club Marks 10th Anniversary Here Tuesday Nite Members of the Plattsmouth Lions Club and their wives will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the chartering of the club here Tuesday evening at the Lions Building. The Omaha Benson Lions Club, which originally sponsored the Plattsmouth club, has char tered a bus and with their ladies will attend In a body. In fact, Tuesday night being their regu lar meeting night, they can celled their own regular meeting to be here for the event. Other clubs in Eastern Ne braska that will be represented at the affair are Omaha Down town, Blair, Hooper, Millard, Bellevue and Ralston. Emery Nelson, of Blair, who was D'strlct Oovernor at the time of the chartering of the local club and who presented the charter, will be' one of the speakers at the meeting. A Classified Ad In The Journal cost as little as 50 cents. Plattsmouth Area Churches To Hold Special Prayer Services Wednesday At least 12 churches In Platts- I mouth, Murray and Mynard will i be holding prayer services in their churches this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. as part of the na tionwide '.'Prayer in the Life of ! trie Nation emphasis Aft,.r Kurvevjn(r tnp qit,intir,n in the piatt, area the min- istprs decided "that thf irro'itPt 'd the community T to XZt?"' H ; people here shall be actively re lated to some church." The ministers estimate "that barely 20 per cent of the people $109,460 Day's Tax Take by County Highest in a Year Thursday noon to Friday noon was a big "day" at the Trea surer's Office In the County Court house here. The "take" was $112,214.26, most in a year. Of that amount, $109,400,491 was in real estate and personal! property taxes, the remainder mostly vehicle license fees and taxes on vehicles. Treasurer Gwen Scoles said receipts for the day (days run from noon to noon) were biggest since Jan. 8, 1962. Swelling the tax receipts was $87,621.09 from Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co., Louis ville, for Its year's real estate taxes. Dealing in large amounts of money isn't unusual for the Treasurer's Office. Mrs. Scoles said tax receipts for the 6 months period encied Dec. 31 totaled $1,116,996.16. Vehicle licensing is proceeding at an "average" pace, the Trea- TAKES NAVY JOB LOUISVILLE (Special) Mary Biggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Biggs of Louisville, who completed her schooling with the National Aeronautics School in Kansas City, Mo., in Novem ber, has accepted a position wim the Navy Department in the Ad administration Building in Washington, D. C. She will leave Jan. 13. A Classified Ad in The Journal cost as ll'tle as 50 cents. CAR 'DITCHED' NEHAWKA (Special i A Mil ford car hit an icy spot In the highway west of the Ivan Han sen farm Wednesday and plung ed through the fence Into a ra vine. The man was taking his son-in-law and daughter to Union to take the train to Texas. The Clarence Hansen wrecker pulled the car out of the ditch and it was driven away on its own power. There were no injuries but there were dents in the car. .. . A , . x I : NEW SHERIFF, HOLDOVER DEPUTY Fred Tesch, Cass County's new Sheriff (seated), is shown with Shrader Rhoden, veteran Deputy Sheriff who continues In that capacity. They in the Platt.jmouth area are ac tually Christians. Perhaps an other 40 per cent have their names on some church roll, somewhere, but are not actively related to a church at this time." It was felt "that such u condition does not argue well for the future of our nation." "In facing this stiuation our churches will need to first pray for Divine forgiveness that the churches have not done a better Job in carrying out the Great Commission to go into all the world, including the place where we are. Then, and then only, can surer said. By Friday afternoon, 757 licenses had been issued in the three days since the 1903 sale began. There was a very satisfying note to the day of big receipts Friday. The office balanced out "to the penny on the first try," the Treasurer said. Barbara Chandler Regents Scholar NEHAWKA (Special) Bar bara Chandler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Chandler, is the recipient of a Regents scholar- ship to the University of Ne - braska. Barbara is a senior at Nehawka high school and has been on the honor roll every year. She has been interested in the school library since It was organized. Last summer she and Mrs. James Gilley .worked at the school library each morning. They cataloged, cross filed and repaired the books, numbered and rearranged them. She plans to attend the Uni versity in the fall and take up a course as librarian. Bar bara takes part in other school activities, including mutic and is also a member of the Metho dist Youth group and choir. Single Deputy At Present, Sheriff Says Sheriff Fred Tesch Saturday said he and Deputy Sheriff Shra der Rhoden will handle duties of the Cass County Sheriff's Of fice, although a second deputy is authorized for the county. Tesch said "we'll go along this way for the present to see how things work out." Tesch assumed duties as Sher iff Jan. 3, succeeding Tom Solo mon who had served four terms and lost to Tesch in the Novem ber General Election. Tesch was Plattsmouth Police Chief until resigning just before his Sheriff's term began. Former Deputy Sheriff Joe Kruntorad Is now Plattsmouth Police Chief. Rhoden Is in his 11th year as a Cass County Deputy. He cur rently has served two years in that post. the churches pray for the un concerned and the uncommitted in the community. What a revo lutionary thing it would be if the percentages could be reversed and that within two or three years it could be honestly said that 80 per cent of the Platts mouth people are actively re lated to one of the Plattsmouth Churches," a church spokesman said. In the services Wedne.irlay night each church will conduct the service as they see best. There will be no effort to have uniformity in this. The people of the area are invited to attend their own church or the church nearest them. The following churches have indicated that they will have a prayer service Wednesday at 7:30 n.m.: First Baptist, Platts- i mouth Baptist, First Christian, Murray Christian, St. Luke's Episcopal, Mynard Evangelical United Brethern, First Meth odist, St. John's Roman Cath olic, First United Presbyterian, Murray United Presbyterian, Plattsmouth Community and Wesleyan Methodist. Several others indicated their interest in the project but found it impossible to work out the time schedule. "Personal Prayer Inventory" will be used In some of the churches and copies of the in- ventory may be secured from the Rev. J. W. Scott of First 1 Methodist Church by any who desire them. All the neonle of this area are "urged to attend one of the prayer .services." Eldon E. Hull, 54 Dies Friday; Funeral Tuesday Eldon E. Hull, 54, a resident here almost all his life, died Fri day at an Omaha hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be Tues day at 2:30 p.m. at Sattler-Fus-selman-Perry Funeral home with the Rev. Robert O. McLeod of First United Presbyterian Church official ine. Burial will be in Pleasant Rldne Cemetery. Visiting hours will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. foday at the funeral home. Mr. Hull was born March 30. 1908, at Madrio, Iowa, son of Frank O. and Gertha Eastwood Hull. He came to the Platts meuth area with his family as a small boy. He was married in 1927 to Marie Ferguson at the Presby terian Church here. They farmed in this area until about 10 years ago when he took up carpentry. Mr. Hull is survived by his wife; three sons, Frank, Arthur and James, all of Plattsmouth; a daughter, Mrs. Patty Ann Hu man of Omaha; 6 grandchil dren; four brothers, Harold of Rock Bluff, Gilbert of Willow Springs, Mo., Ben of California ano. Fred of Omaha; and three sisters, Mrs. Georgia Wilson of Blairstown, Mo. Mrs. Kalhryn Glaze of Plattsmouth and Mrs. Jean Jacks of Yakima, Wash. were discussing procedures in the Sherlffi Of fice in the County Jail building when they took time out for the picture, .,. v . .