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i Km. STATE niST. SOCIETI xzz PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday JME IPlUOTSMIlDIU INAL JAN t9 Camolidatcd With th Nchawka Enterprise and Elm wood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 82 EIGHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1963 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 22 Mm Queue Haters: Line Looming For Assessment Do you have an aversion to standing In line? Are you required to file a per sonal property or business as sessment schedule? If there are enough "yes" an swers to those questions and the trend of schedule filing the past week continues, there are going to be a lot of unhappy Cass Countyans before the filing deadline of March 1. Cass County Assessor Clara Olson said Friday that filing fell off to a mere trickle after a real good start the previous week. The same trend was evident In Plattsmouth and in other county towns where special as sessors have set up headquarters to assist taxpayers. For those who want to Ret on the ball and avoid queueing up, these are the sites and locations for assessment filing: Plattsmouth Assessor's Of fice In the Courthouse, every day except Saturday and Sun day and Feb. 12 and 22. The office will also be open Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25 until 8:30 p m. Louisville City Hall, Feb. 8-9-11. Weeping Water Auditorium, Feb. 4-5-6-7. Elmwood Fire House, Feb. 5-6-7-8. Murdock Library, Jan. 30-31, Feb. 1. Union Legion Hall, Jan. 30 31. Nehawka Auditorium, Feb. 1- 2. Avoca Fire House, Jan. 29. 8outh Bend Town Hall, Jan 29. Assessment assistance dates In some communities have al ready been completed. Anyone can file at the Court house. Penalties are mandatory after March 1. Organization for Adult Class in Spanish Jan. 29 Another attempt to organize an adult class of Spanish under the tutelage of Dr. Raphael Sosa will oe maae wi an organizational meeting tn hp hold at 7in Jan. 29 In Room 107 at Platts mouth High School. This announcement was made through High School Principal Joe C. York who also gave the following options In regard to (union ana length of course: Registration Of 9(1 nr mnra clu dents for 16 weeks, one night per week In a two hour session will cost 50c per hour or $1 for each night plus $3.50 for the text, making a total of $19.50 payable In advance or at the first regu lar ciass meeting. A refflstraf Inn nf in ni mnpA pupils for the same length of study and class time will be 75c per hour plus $3.50 for the text maicing a total tuition of $27.50. "It should be understood that this Is a non-accredited course designed particularly for com mimltv in f rrxit iinH an i-L..w,.. tunlty for interested people to receive further education In a foreign language", York said Dr. Sosa and family ha made manv acauaintanrcn in Plattsmouth and the surround ing area through school work and speaking engagements rela tive to the Cuban problem. Dr. Sosa and his wife are native Cubans and are "anxious for the day that they can return to their homeland under governmental policies that they enjoyed prior to Castro." Bids for Repair Of Jail Building To Be Sought The Casa County Board of Commissioners Thursday met with Sheriff Fred Tesch In re gard to living quarters In the County Jail. The Board moved to ask for bids "to make ihe place livable again." Previously, the Sheriff and hU family lived in the Jail building but the past four years the first floor of the building was used as the Sheriff's Office and is so-used at present. The Board also talked with the Sheriff about moving the Sheriff's Office back Into the Courthouse. The Sheriff used to have offices In the basement where the Highway Superinten dent and Surveyor are located and prior to that the office was on the third floor. No announcement has been made about location of the of fice In the Courthouse. ;HW l l'T f ' ! CHILLY JOB It was chilly here Saturday staging the Block March of Dimes, and contributing early contributors, posed for the tion on the tape stuck to snow and sidewalk along Main Street. The temperature was about zero. Also shown are members of the FHA which sponsored the event, Jill Sutton, left, Barbara Ilohman and Shirley Helstead, right. SS Man To Be In Town Jan. 30 The social security represen tative from Lincoln, A. J. Pic colo, will visit Plattsmouth Jan. 0. He will be at St. John's Hall, on Main 8treet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Piccolo said that many people do not receive their social se curity benefits simply because they fall to apply for them. Ap plications for benefits are retro active for only 12 months, so people who are eligible for back payments lose a month's pay ment for every month they delay applying. CITY COUNCIL The City Council will meet in a regular session tonight at City Hall, beginning at 7:30. FWMWMWfwllwWWB"WliMlpBwiffwrw3HMfflM rrtrrr?-' - " '" . . . . i l? - - t It ' ' 1 ' ' r Iks T -j ?5?i -li, - 1 I - .... . - - : 1 ..ii -nil -r ' ...k - -IniMi . m ""-miirti ri-liitiii ! t . . r iMtiiiiiilniiijL nm liMfcaiiir iif ir ii mfli n ATTEND 'MARCH TEA Cass Count? March of Dime Mother March leaders were present at the Mo ther! March Tea riven by Mr. Frank B. Morrison at the Govemor'i Mansion in Lincoln Wednesday after I work for people with warm hearts of Dimes to raise funds for the to It. Steve Nielsen, one of the picture after nuttine his dona PHS Chorus To Attend Clinic At Council Bluffs The Plattsmouth High School Chorus Wednesday, Jan. 30, will attend the Ak-8ar-Ben Confer ence Choir Clinic at Lewis Cen tral High 8chool In Council Bluffs, Iowa. There will be an all-day work shop. Seven schools -will be partici pating in the 400 voice chorus that will present a concert that evening at 7:30 p.m. The public Is Invited. There will be numbers by the Individual chorus as well as the mass choir. Director will be Dr. Daniel Moe, head of Choral Music at the State University of Iowa. Mothers March for 'March' Tuesday; 'Welcome' Urged Put the welcome mat out I her efforts will help people to Tuesday night for Plattsmouth's give for the lile of a child. mothers on the march for the March of Dimes. Welcome the neighbor who rings your door bell, with a gen - erous contribution, the commit tee ,n charge urged today. All the marchers are volun teers In the March of Dimes Mother's March and they know now important the job is. The committee said: "Every woman realizes that Friday's Day To Help with Pint of Blood The Bloodmobile will be at First Christian Church, 802 Ave nue C, 12 noon to 6 p.m., Friday, Feb. 1, sponsored by the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary for your blood donation. ' If ycu are between the ages of 21 and 59 won't you plan a visit to the Bloodmobile and give a pint of blood? Those from 18 through 20 can give with the written consent of their parents. The nurses and doctors are as eager to protect you, the owner, as they are to protect the one who receives the blood. Your medical history will be taken and checked each time. Eat normally up to four hours before donating. Your pint of blood can be part of nn entire npw blood supply for a newborn RH factor infant. Your pint of blood may help an 8-year-old fight her way back to health after receiving burns over 60 of her body. Your pint of blood can help to stem the bleeding of a young mother who Is hemorrhaging from childbirth. Your pint of blood can be one of the 58 pints needed to save the life of a 6-year-old boy with hemophilia, the bleeder's dis ease, who skinned his knee while playing. Someone must give before an other can receive. George Wallinger, 84, Ashland, Dies; Funeral Tuesday George Wallinger, 84, Ash land, died Friday at Bryan Hos pital, Lincoln. Funeral --Tvices will be Tues day at 2 p.m. at Marcy Funeral Home, Ashland. Mr. Wallinger farmed In Cass County for many years. He was the uncle of Mrs. L: W. Egenberger, Mrs. John Bat tler, Mrs. Wm. Schmidtmann, Mrs. Luther Womack and Mrs. Elsie England all of Plattsmouth. noon. Left to right are seated Mrs. John Worthman, Louisville; Mrs. Morrison; and Mrs. Robert Dolan, Louisville; standing Mrs. Richard Harmon and Mrs. Harold Wade, Weeping Water; Mrs. R. E. Wilmoth, "Every marching volunteer also knows that the research ! program financed by the March 1 of Dimes means a great deal to every family in this country. Every mother knows that the March of Dimes research pro gram produced polio vaccines, which are right now protecting her children against th.s crip pling disease. "This same research prog-am," Mis. Harry Porter, Mothers March Chairman, points out, has been expanded to include support of the Salk la s' itute for Biological Studies, being built in San Diego, Calif." The institute, to be directed by Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the first effective vaccine against polio, will be a center where world-famous scientists will live and work, seeking basic Information which may be appli cable against a variety of human ailments, ranging from the common cold to cancer. Volunteers vill start in the afternoon (Tuesday) in some sections of the city, no children are authorized to solicit for the Mothers March. Headquarters will be at the VFW Club. Coffee and donuts will be served by the Teens Chairman, Jill Sutton, Karen Kildare, Karen Porter and Deb bie Woster. tAercury Dips To -MA Here Sunday BY P. J. DINGMAN Early yesterday morning, the mercury fell to a low temper ature of 17.4 below zero. This was the 4th morning that saw the temperature fall to 10 or more here: This was also only the second coldest morning of the month. This morning's below zero reading was the 11th consecu tive day that it has fallen to 0 Yur below (also the 16tn of the last 17 mornings). -- Yesterday's low of 17.4 seems warm when compared with Grand Island's 28 or Ra venna's 30, or Burwell's 34 or the state low, 36 at Broken Bow. Temperatures during the next 5 days should average 10 to 15 degrees below normal. The Chart: Day Time Pres. Hi. Lo. Prec. (P.M.) Thurs. . . Fri Sat Sun Averages. 6:30 6 6:40 5 3:20 7 7:25 2 5:29 4 18 10 20 -2 8 10 9 -17 14 10 Total .00 .14 .03 .00 .17 Louisville; Mrs. Darrell Mather, Weeping Water; Mrs. Raymond Freeman, Weeping Water; and Mrs. Lloyd lleil, Louisville. Janice l)uinili0 Janice Domingo Weeping Water's 'Homemaker' WEEPING WATER (Special) Janice Domingo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Domingo, hns been named Homemaker of Tomorrow for Weeping Water High School. Dec. 4, the Senior girls took the Betty Crocker knowledge and aptitude test. The tests were scored by Science Research As scciates of Chicago. The results revealed that Janice had the highest score of the Weeping Water High School senior girls. Janice has been enrolled in Homemaking classes for three years. She has served the Weep ing Water Chapter of FHA as Historian, Vice President, and Parliamentarian and has served as District Vice President and Degree Chairman. She has earned her Junior and Chapter degrees in FHA and during her sophomore year re ceived the "Outstanding Student In Home Economics" award. United CYM Plans Youth Week Banquet Here for Feb. 3 The Plattsmouth United Chris ltan Youth Movement has planned a Youth Week Banquet for Wednesday evening, Feb. 3, at the First Methodist Church of Plattsmouth. Guest speaker will be the Rev erend Charles Tyler of Omaha, minister of the only Inter-racial church in Omaha. He will speak on the topic "To Fill the Empti ness." Also featured will be the fa mous Negro soloist, Malba Rai, who will sing for the banquet. The boy's high school quartet and other musical numbers will also be featured. The banquet will be for all youth whose churches partici pate in the UCYM program. Hearing Set Feb. 15 on 1963-64 Cass Roads Plan Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. at the Com mission Room in the Courthouse has been set as the time and place for the official public hear ing on the proposed 1963-64 Cass County Roads Program. The Board of County Commis sioners met Thursday and Fri- Fredene Engelking Elmwood Choice As 'Homemaker' Fredene Engelking is Home maker of Tomorrow for Elm wood High School in the 1U63 Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of To morrow. Having achieved the highest score in a knowledge and apti tude test given senior girls Dec. 4, she now is eligible, along with winners in other state high schools, for the title of state Homemaker of Tomorrow. The stale Homemaker of To morrow is avarded a $1,500 scholarship by General Mills, sponsor of the program. The runner-up rtcevies a $500 schol arship, 'ihe school of each state Homemaker of Tomorrow is awarded a complete set of En cyclopedia Britannica.i The state Homemaker of To morrow, accompanied by her school advisor, also will join with other state winners in an expense-paid educational tour of New York City, Washington, D. C, and Colonial Williamsburg, Va., next spring. During the tour, the 1U63 All-American Homemaker of Tomorrow and national runners-up will be named. The Betty Crocker All American Homemaker of To morrow will have her scholar ship raised to $5,000, with sec ond, third, and fourth place win ners being awarded scholarship raised to $4,000, $3,000, and $2,000, respectively. Basis for selection of local and state winners is a test prepared and scored by Science Research Associates, Chicago. Personal observation and interviews are added factors in determining na tional winners. The 1963 Betty Crocker Search reached another all-time high in enrollment, with 410,466 girls in 12,964 schools participating. In the program's nine years, near ly three million girls have been enrolled. Ex-Cattle Feeder Recalls 'Epidemic' Of 50 Years Ago (Following is a letter refer ring to a Journal account of an outbreak of pseudo rabies or "mad itch" among feeder heif ers on the farm of Emil Schmidt and Frlte Siemcr.eit northwest of Plattsmouth. Schmidt lost about 40 head of 1-2 year-old heifers to the disease. It has evidently run its course, although the govern ment's animal quarantine of the farm had not been lifted Satur day): 14729 Victory Blvd. Van Nuys, Calif. Cattle Feeders: The Journal of Jan. 21 just re ceived and I would like to tell you of our experience .50 years ago when we had the idenlical problem Mr. Sicrnoneit is hav ing now when my brother Grovcr and I were in business w th our father, A. S. Will, on the farm at Eight Mile Grove. We had very fine fat cattle, both heifers and s'eers. Dr. Barns, veterinarian, could find nothing to help us. We lost about 15 head. They tore themselves to pieces and died. We shipoed out all that was all right and ready for market. The meat tasted perfect. We had about 700 head in the feed lot. We cut down on the RICH feeding on the rest and turned them out into the pastures for more exercise. We had no more trouble but it was a terrible ordeal while it lasted. We blamed it on over rich feeding and lack of exercise. Sincerely, Thomas J Will. Pack Committee Election Tonight The election meeting of Cub Scout Pack 399 is scheduled to night at 7:30 at the H gh School Auditorium, not Tuesday night as erroneously stated In Thurs day's Journal. Candidates for Cubmaster are Ivan Hill and L. J. Simpson. Other offices will also be voted on. Nominations will be asked from the floor also. ) l ; day with Highway Supt. Fred Clark of Union to complete the proposal, then moved to adopt the tentative proposal and set the time of hearing. The proposal includes some 16-plus miies of grading, Clark said. Also included is the following new equipment: one grader, one crawler-type tractor, one scoop, two trucks and one rubber-tired front end loader. The Journal will publish a tewnship-range description of the proposed projects when the list is made available. The Board Instructed County Clerk Charles Land to write the State Employment Security Di vision about vacating the oflice on the third floor currently being used as the State Employment Office in its periodic visits to Plattsmouth. It is the office for merly used as the Sheriff's Office. 5 Plattsmouth Persons Hurt In Accident A head-on collision one mile south of Pacific Junction, Iowa, County Road G, at 6 p.m. Sun day sent five Plattsmouth people to Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mrs. Beulah Sehworm, 37, driver of the Plattsmouth car, has chest injuries, left knee and right arm Injuries; her son, George, 12, has injuries to his ankles, arms and lacerations of the face. George Wuelling, 13, frietid of George Sehworm, has head injuries. Mrs. Albert Godwin, 71, has an injured left leg, and her sis ter, Mrs. Louella Kehne, 65, has a fractured left leg and frac tured wrist. The Plattsmouth parties had been out for a Sunday ride and were enroute home. Driver of the other car was Francis Dashner of Pacific Junction, Iowa. Occupants were his wife, Clara and Harriet Bal lard of Bentley, Iowa. Mi. Dashner has lacerations of the head and bruises; his wife, Clara, has a fractured left hip and ankle fracture. Mrs. Ballard has a dislocated left shoulder, broken nose and lacer ations of the face. The accident was Investigated by the Iowa State Highway Pa trol and the Sheriff's Office of Glenwood, Iowa. Boy 12 Hit By Car, Not Seriously Hurt A 12-year-old boy was hit by a car but evidently was not seri ously injured here Friday. Ray Shera, 616 Chicago Ave., an 8th grader, was struck as he crossed Main Street after alight ing from a car across from the High School Auditorium building about 12:45 p.m. He was bruised and shaken up but apparently suffered no seri ous injury. Police Chief Joe Krunlorad said the car was driven by Clyde G. Thompson, 20, 1402 15th Ave. Thompson was driving west on Main, the Chief said, at about 10 to 15 miles a.'i hour when the boy alighted from a car and came uround the back of the car crossing the street from south to north into the path of the car. Thompson was unable to stop because of snow and ice and his car slid about 35 feet before stopping, the police report said. Snow and Ice Blamed for Accident Saturday Snowbanks along a country road and icy condition of the road were blamed for an acci dent Saturday a quarter-mile west and a quarter-mile north of Union. Sheriff Fred Tesch said the collision was between a 1955 Oldsmobile driven by Mary M. Lee of Oakmont Farm, Platts mouth, and a 1960 Buick driven by Georpe A. Slltes. Union. Tesch 's report said the drivers said they were driving slower than 35 miles an hour and that their ears slid on the icy surface of the road wheu they met on a curve where snow banks nar rowed the driving area to 18 feet. Neither was Injured. Damage to the cars was estimated at more than $100 to the Oldsmo- blleialnnit. Ait) to the Bulck. . . .jl'.-iw.-, '!'rr," w ,