Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1963)
!JSEt. STATE HIST CCCIE1T XXX PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday "ME PLAT1TSIM uDOQJCSRIM. Consolidated With th Nchawka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by Mora Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 82 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1963 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 43 Union Good Friday, Easter Sunrise Services Scheduled A Union Good Friday Service sponsored by the Plattsmouth M.nl.sterial Association will be held Friday, April 12 at the Presbyterian Church. Time of the service Is 1 p.m. The Rev. J. W. S?ott, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will deliver the message. Special music will be provided by the Presbyterian Choir. A solo will be sung by Mrs. Dale Dnwn. The Robert O. McLeod, host pastor, will be In charge of the bcrvlce. The following Good Friday nr.tl Ea.ster Sunday church serv ice notices were taken from no tices regularly submitted to The Journal for publication: St. Paul s United Church of Christ, Plattsmouth tonight, 7:30, communion service; Sun day, 8:30 a.m. Easter worship service. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SfiSfits, Plattsmouth Sunday, 11 a.m. Church hour. Christian Science Society, Plattsmou'h Sunday, 5:30 a.m., Easter Sunrise Service; 11 a.m. morning worship. First United Presbyter Ian, Platt mouth Good Friday, 1-2 p.m., Union Good Friday service in this church; Sunday, 5:45 a.m., Easter Sunrise Serv ice; 8:?.u and 11 a.m.. Worship services. St. John's Roman Catholic, Plattsmouth -Good Friday, 2-3 p.m.. Holy Hour; 7 p.m., com munion: 3 p.m., Easter bless ings followed bv solemn mass; Sunday, 6 a.m., solemn mass; 8 a.m., low mass; 10 a.m., high mass. St. Luke's Episcopal, Platts mouth tonight, 8:30, commun ion and sermon; Good FrWay, 7:30 p.m.. . Ante-communion, Litany ajid it-i niun, Sunday, 7.30 and 10:30 a.m., communion. First Methodist, Plattsmouth 5:45 a.m. Sunrise service at Oak Hill; 8:30 and 11 a m., Eas ter services. First Christian, Plattsmouth Ea.ster Sunday, 10:45 a.m., wor ship service. Jehovah's Witnesses, Platts mouth Public Library Sunday, 3 p m., public address. Wesleyan Methodist, Platts mouth Sunday, 11 a.m., wor ship service. Nehawka EUB Good Friday, 1-2:15 p.m., worship service; Sunday, 9:45 a.m., worship serv ice; 10:45 a.m., Easter pro gram. Callahan Community Church, Murdoek Sunday, 11 a.m., Eas ter service, v Christ Lutheran, Highway 66 Good Friday, 7:30 p.m., serv ice and communion; Easter Sun day. 6 a.m., sunrise service; 10:30 a.m., service and com munion. Trinity Lutheran, Murdoek Good Friday, 10 a.m., divine service; Easter Sunday, 10:30 a.m., divine service. Ebenezer EUB, Murdoek Sunday, 5:45 a.m., Easter sun i. . V. TRANSPORT DEMOLISHED No one was hurt but a neml-trailer auto transport which had becorne stalled across the lth Street (Maiden l.ane crosxinit of the Missouri Pacific Railroad was demollshrd when It was struck by a freight train Tuesday about 7:25 a.m. According to the Police Department's report, the truck driver lost The Chamber of Commerce has said that the stores will re main open but employees may attend the service if they de.sire. The public is also invited to Ea.ster Services at 5:45 a.ni. at Oak Hill Cemetery when the L'CYM will be in charge. Following services at the Cemetery at approximately 6:30 a m. breakfast will be served lor Juniar, Senior High and College youth at the Mynard Evangeli cal and United Brethren Church. There w-ill bo a 35 cents charge for the breakfast. rise service; 9:30 a.m., Easter worship service. Immanuel Lutheran, Eagle Good Friday, 8 p.m., special service; Sunday, 10 a.m., Easttr worship service. St. Paul Luthcrr-n, Weeping Water Good Friday, 7:30 p.m., communion; Sunday, 8:30 a.m., Easter worship service. Immanuel Lutheran, Louisville-Good Friday, 10 a.m., communion; Sunday, 6 am., Easter sunrise service; 10:30 a.m., second worship service. Paul B. Winborne, 76, Dies Today; Funeral Friday Paul B. Win borne, 70, 1118 4th Ave., died early this morning of a heart attack following an ill ness of one week. He was born Jan. 6, 1887 at Buckhorn, Va., son of Alyah and Sally Stalllngs WInbcrne. He was married to Evelyn in lands Nov. 20, 1913 at Laramie, Wyo. She survives as well as daughters, Miss Elizabeth E. Wlnborr.e, Lander, Wyo., Mrs. Margaret Welsh, New Orleans, La.; grandchild and one great grandchild; sisters, Mrs. Eliza bth Crouch. Richmond, Va., Mrs. Hyden Ramsey, Richmond. Va.; brothers, B. O.'Winborne, Bear Oil, Wyo., E. B. Winborne, Florence, Colo. Mr. Winborne was a Still-man at 8lnclalr Oil Refinery, Sin clair, Wyo. They came to Platts mouth In 1952. He was a member of the Ma sonic Lodge and Shrine at Rol lands, Wyo. Funeral services will be Fri day at 2 p.m. at Caldwell Fu neral Home with the Rev. John Allen, pastor of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church, officiating. The body will be taken to the Forrest Lawn Crematory at Omaha. The family requests no flow ers. No Jury Trial In District Court here Wed nesday: , Defendant did not appear In the case, Madsen Supply Co., et al, vs. Earl W. Alexander, et al, suit on account, and plaintiff's attorney walvec Jury trial. Judge John M. Dlcrks will render a Judgment In the case. The Jury panel Is to report again Monday at 9 a.m. ,ir i , J. j - 1 nil f- il l' ' ' 4 ' B ,. ' . 'ft',- ' " i ii m VI - ' j f ' .j ( V y : ,.' .. . "' '" 1 Henry J. Hohman, 80, Manley, Dies; Funeral Monday Henry J. Hohman, 80, a resi dent of Manley 15 years died Tuesday night at his home. Prior to his residence In Man ley he farmed west of Weeping Water. He was a member of St. Patrick's Church, Manley. He was born in Dunbar. Surviving Is his wife, Mrs. Philomena Ramold Hohman; four children. Leo Hohman, Plattsmouth; Mark Hohman, Weeping Water; Miss Gladys Hohman, Omaha and Ivan Hoh man, Lincoln; a brother, August Hohman. Baltimore, Md.; ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Rosary Recitation will be Sun day r.Ight at 8 p.m. at Hobson Dorr Funeral Home, Weeping Water. Visiting hours are Sat urday afternoon and evening 3 to 9. Funeral services will be Mon day mornlr.g at 10 o'clock at S1. Patrick's Catholic Church, Man ley. Burial will be In St. Patrick's Cemetery. Volunteers From Here in Fire Rescue Th-ee members of the Platts mouth, Volunteer Fire Depart ment, on their way h:;me from a Mutual Air fire meeting, Tues day night saved at least 10 per sons from possible death hy fire. Bill -Urittain, Pete Austin and iLeo Hohman were driving back to Plattsmouth about 11:30 p.m. from Ralston where they hid attended the meeting when they saw black smoke coming from the Holiday Motel across High way 73-75 from Wilson Concrete near thu Junction of the Papil lion Road. They turned around and r.ptd to the motel. The men broke down the door of one motel unit and helped ifin elderly man who fcad been Uieeplng get out; then awoke tl r.'Vw.a. nnmiiiint. rt unit, i rt the 24-unIt motel, forcing some doors. Four to six units were de stroyed by the fire. Eastern Sarpy County Fire Company (Avery) was called by the High way Patrol. About 3,500 gallons of water was used to get the fire under control about 2 a.m. School Vacation Begins Today Plattsmouth Public and Paro chial schools dismissed today for Easter vacation. The Public Schools will be "out" from 2:30 today until the regular hours Tuesday, April 16. St. John's Parochial School dismissed at 3:15 today and will reconvene at the regular hour April 22. During vacation, Sister Mary Lewis, the principal, will attend the National Catholic Education Convention at St. Louis April 16-19. The long Easter holiday was pre-arranged by attendance at school some regular holidays earlier this school year. Journal Want Ads Pay his way and drove out Wst Main to ek the highway. His truck became "hlith centered" on the tracks when he tried to go north on lKth which has a hharp grade crossing the tracks. !le said he put out a fla but the engineer of the eastbound Missouri Pacific train did not see it In time to stop. Annual Easter Egg Hunt Set Saturday at 10 a.m. Annual Plattsmouth Chamber I urged to leave name slip at of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt tached to Easter EJeg until It Is will again be held in Garfield I presented at store of particlpat Park ut 10 o'clock Saturday ! ing merchant. morning, April 13, for boys and girls aged 2 to 9 years. L. A. Caldwell, of Caldwell Fu neral Home, assisted by Platts mouth Boy Scout troops, again this year will be In charge of distributing some 3,000 candy Faster Eggs, together wii.h more than 850 in caah awards to lucky boys and girb finding gift eggs. Nearly 60 Plattsmouth mer - chants are rw.rtieinatinnr in this year'.-: pssg hurt which attracts hundreds of children over a wide area. These merchants have contributed to purchase of cgss and will also have their names on manv of them that are good for 25 cents each when present ed at their stores Children are 'Nebraska Has More than 4,200 Retarded Children' There are between 4,200 and 5,400 mentally retarded children and adults in Nebraska, recent surveys show, according to Mrs. Kobert Morton, director of the Helping Hands Sjhool far Re tarded Children near Murray. She gave these figures in a talk to members of Plattsmouth Lions Club Tuesday evening. Mrs. Morton, who lives at Un ion, Is a fo-mcr Nebraska City school teacher. Of the retarded children In the state, she said that they could be divided into three clas ses, educatable. trainable and totally dependent. There are 30 knmvn retarded children in Cass County, she said. The Helping Hand Schoo: now has 8 pupils. At one time it had 12 pupils but some have moved awny and others have been un able to attend because of prob lems of travel to and from the school. The students range in ftge from 6 to 17 years. The school has two full time teachers n addition t-j M r s Morton who acts as director and operates on a budget of $3,000. This fund wa.s raised by their county-wide drive last fall. No state or county funds are avail able. The teachers are not specially trained for this work as there Is now no facility in the state to train teachers for this work. Neither Is there any education al help in the state for the re tarded children. Mrs. Morton stressed the diff erence In mental illness and mental retardation. She also told of the overcrowding at the Beatrice State Home at Beatrice where she said there are over 2,400 mentally ill and retarded children. Many of these are in wards with 100 children and only one supervisor. The Helping Hands School will move In the near future to a school building which has been a rural school but which has consolidated with the Weeping Water Di.strict. The Weeping Water District will allow them to use the .school for a token payment of only $1 per year, she said. A r,, , "... i ,v.. ' y TRl.'C'K DRIVER RONALD C. ANDERMAN of Independence, i Iowa, looks for belongings in overturned cab of truck which was thrown about !0 feet along the south side of the railroad embank ment. Kiddies taking part In the hunt will be divided into three classes: ages 2, 3 and 4 years; 5, 6 and 7 years; nr.d 8 and 9 years. Signs will be displayed by local Boy Scouts designating where each age group is to get into line. The younger group will j be given first opportunity to take part in the hunt, In case of rain, an alternate ! I!r"Kram has been arranged and I will be held in the Lion's Club Building at 4ih and Main Streets. Children aeed 2 to 9 years from over the entire trade area are invited to take part in, this annual program. Younger chil dren should be accompanied by a parent. Mr. Caldwell, chairman, stated that every effort Is being made to see that all children will be pronerly supervised with as sistance from Plattsmouth Po lice Department. This year, the Easter Bunny will again make his appearance at the nark to assist in enter taining all children. Museum Directors Discuss Program Tuesday evening, April 9, the Directors of the C:ss County Museum met at the Museum to discuss nlans for the 1063 pro gram. Bill Knorr, the newest di rector, was present for his first mee'lng. ' De Wayne Freeburg has agreed to serve on the Museum Committee. Mr. and Mrs. Alvln McRey nrlds of Weeping Water, Mrs. Vance Balfour of Nchawka and Martin Sporer of Murray, direc tors from out in the county were present. The third Snring Art Exhibit and Hobby Show is scheduled for the latter part of May. Mrs. James Cook of Plattsmouth is I pf.rvina neain ax chairman of , Vie Exhibit Committee and la in fne process of calling her com mittee. County Artists should take no tice to be ready to display some of their work. The previous Exhibits were very successful and the contin ued cooperation of the artists and other Cass Countyans Is so licited. 4 from PHS Take OU Regents Exams Principal Joe York took four senior girls to the Regents Scholarship competition at the University of Omaha today. Students competing and spending the day at the Uni versity are Vicki Fitzpatrlck, Mary Ann Sharp, Marlca Lager strom and Lucky Meyer. The session was 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The students were guests of the University at noon lunch eon. Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 w isi turn DISTRICT Jl'DGE JOHN M. DIERKS locates a case file in the vault of the Clerk of Di.strict Court's Office during Government Participation Day here Wednesday. Clerk of District Court i v -"I'ill . : .. ! 1 REGISTER OF DEEDS MRS. LUCILLE HORN GAINES instructs High School "Officials" named to that office for Government Participa Fund Transfer For Tractor Purchase OK'd Transfer of funds to permit purchase of a tractor and mower for the Street Dept. was approved Monday night by the City Council. A bid letting will be adver tised. Streets Committee Chairman Warren Rhylander said the present tractor and mower are badly in need of repair and are to make them at all serviceable. Dr. Amato Dr. L. A. Amato, who.se profes sion Is helping people make the most of their visual capabilities, had his own eye sharp on the pins Wednesday night as he broke the 300 barrier of-bowling in Plattsmouth. Ti:e 46-year-o!d optometrist registered the first perfect game sver bowled here. He ha.s been bowling 10 years, the same a mount of time the Bowlero has been In operation. Kls 300, which included sev eral B.auklyn hits which Dr. Amato calls "his best side," fol lowed games of 158 and 164 for Kent's in the Independent Lea gue. His total was 622, the most A- Ml ALSO DEMOLISHED was the automatic crossing signal on the north side of the tracks, evidently leveled by the truck as it was spun around and thrown to the other side. Engineer of the train was W. II. Miller of Falls City. Damage to the front of the Diesel engine was slight. Special Entertainment Set For Youth Center Saturday Saturday night, the Platts mouth Youth Center will have some special spring vacation en tertainment for the teenagers. It will consist of dance music and folk songs by a group from Bellevue. Bill Henry and John Downing play electric guitars in the group. The boys have been on tele vision twice and have competed in various contests, including the Lions Club Talent Contest in their city, then working to the Bowls 1st 300 Here he's ever scored In league bowl ing. Dr. Amato said he "felt good the whole three games" and had no doubts the la.st game "from the 9th frame on'' despite the fact he was "shaking some" and "had a little trouble letting the ball go," especially on strike No. 12. I. was a cro.s.s-over and the sound of the Doctor's strike- was the only one in the jam-packed Bowlero until the pins all went down. When he got up to throw his last ball, here wasn't another motion In the place as his own league and the league waiting jwlwl11111111 , . 3 Mrs. Helen Ledgway is at left. Youngsters are "Clerks" elected by their classmates in Cass County high schools. tion Day in the intracacies of official record keeping in the vault in her office in the Courthouse. Lions Club State Competition. They also have performed for various civic groups in Bellevue and at their high school's Home coming Dance this year. The center will be open from 7:30 until 10:30. Admission will be 25 cents for members and 40 cents for non-members. The Center now has 200 mem bers, but it is the hope of the director and Youth Council that more students will join and at tend Saturday night. to go on next watched. The perfect game Included three or four cross-overs for the right-hander and his hit in the eighth frame was a little light. and a kick-back took the last pin down. The Doctor's summation: "A real thrill!" His big game topped his own previous h;gn for the alleys for sanctioned league bowling, a 275 several years ago. P.S. Plattsmouths new Mr. Bowling wears glasses. 'Mrs. Nebraska' To Be Honored Here Wednesday A Rnlutp tn "Mrs Nphrnfikn" will take place at Wl;iterset Inn weanesray evmirg April li vhpn the wrertw TMv's'on ol the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce will honor her. "Mrs. Nebra.-ka," Mrs. Airman Moyer of O nalia. is the former . Vivian Warn.T, r'aii;rh'.:'r of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Warner, Plattsmouth. Mrs. Moyer and her mother will be guest of honor at a nn hostess (strictly female) dinner affair beginning at 7 p.m. Friends and relatives of Mrs. Miycr are Invited t'i attend, hut must, prmtnpl Mrn R'iv Bourne or Mrs.- Lillian Living ston or the womens Dlvl.ilo' to make self reservations. Journal Want Ads Pay 4 . K . - -