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XXX 01 m 19 1963 Centoliduted With the Nehawka Enteprij and Elm wood Leader-Echo Keod Twite Weekly by More Than 3500 Cos County Famllle VOLUME 82 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1963 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 4 2 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday TiKIE 'ft f ,V"r i !, s f ' L l Big 'Our Town', Play Friday BY ItOGMt IHTCIIINSON me aoove piciure represents Wehh nhiverl hv I.lruln Knoelke- .,j . nuer laiKiog ut ner nioincr piay cd by Vicky Fitzl'atrick. In this particular Incident Emily Webb has returned from ; the grave to relive her 12th blr thday. Looking on Is the staxe mana- i Ktr plaved by Tom Dillon. j It Is here that Emily Webb I wonders whether human beings j ever really realise life while; they live it. This scene also elves I one of the tremendous philo sophies of life that Thornton Wilder has put Into this great play. This scene Is Just one of .the many Inspirational scenes of the piny. It Is the opinion of the members of the cast that every person who witnesses this play will be moved In the very deep est way. Each member of the cast has werkfe very hard to develop Pre-Contest Concert Here Sunday at 2 The annual spring pre-con test concert will be held Sun day, April 21 In the High School Aiidiiurium ai i.w in uie am-i -; World War Two In 1946 on Sal noon. The program will consist p,in of contest selections irom tne Mr Marler worked for 10 Instrumental and vocal cepart-1 yPars as a car s:il,.sman for thp ments. jford Oarage, Plattsmouth. He AmonR the small groups part- j was a member of the Indepen lcipatlng will be the Girls Quar-jdent Order of Odd Fellows and tette, M.idrglal, Triple Trio, ; the War Dads. Snare Drum Trio, Clarinet Choir ; Fur.eral services were today and Brass Sextette. I (Thursday) at 2 p.m. at Caldwell Vocal solos will be presented Chapel with the Rev. James by Clair Julian, John Weten-IStroh of St. Paul's United kump, Robert Painter, Margaret j Church of Christ officiating. Taenzler und Vicky Fitzpatrick. I Mrs. Ford Nolte was organist Instrumental soloists will be and Mrs. Twyla Htxlge was solo Ro(;er Hutchinson, Linda Stan-Ust der, Marilyn Hutchinson, Ken, Pallbearers were Roy Beins. Meislnger, Jim Lutz, Roger Ro-iRay Herring, Harry Tine her, berts, Patricia Holliway and ' f'red Vincent, George Winsco' Philip Fischer. ! ind Chester Wiles. The Girls G!"p Club, mixed : Burial was In Pleasant Ridge chorus and the Bund will also -Cemetery, southeast of Platts prisent their contest numbers, j nu.uth. Visiting hours were Werines- A Clxssltled Ad in The Journal ' day afternoon and evening a' cost as it.Ue a" -H rents Caldwell Funeral Home. Drive Started for Chairs for Public Library Auditorium By MRS. JO.J N I.ANfi Librarian, Public Library The Plattsmouth Public Li brary has opened a clty-wlde public drive to purchase new metal folding chairs for the Library Ai.duorlum. The goal is to have the chairs purchased in time tor use Cur ing the children's summer pro gram, winch starts in July. The older wooden chairs cow being used are broken and be yonu i.-ouii. urn tw.uw , made them unsafe. i This Is an excellent opportun- I (- T-1...I.. it ln k.,. Hv for the uublic to oartlciDate : tri the modification program of the Library, which has been underway the past year. Projects already completed include the new lighting system. new window shades and bulletin, i Won't you share by contrlbut boards. 1 itig a chair? in 'Our Senior Class at 8 p. m. the character of the person he nnrtrav It is with thl! hard , .rk that we hone to make this! ;.. . J ...... i ninn b noui ! It Is the hope of the senior (class that as many people as ! possible will come to witness this Kfeat play. The play Is being presented """V evening ai o ociock ai the ' 8 h School Auditorium. to spe you there. f- p KArtAnr 64, Dies Monday; Funeral Today Earl C. Marler, B4, 1603 Hill 8t., Plnttsmouth, died Monday, April 15, on the highway seven miles south of Shelby, Neb. He wns an employe of the State De partment of Motor Vehicles. He was born June 3. 1898, at Plattsmouth. son of Frank A. and Esther AIlx Marler. On Dec. 21, 1937. he was married to Eleanor Ramge at Marysville, Kan. His wife survives, as well ?s two daughters, Mrs. Philip Charlotte) Lawrence, Farmer City, 111., Mrs. Alan (Jeani Wiles, Claudia and Billie Jo Marler; son, Larry Marler, all of Plattsmouth; three grandchil dren; and brother, Frank Mar ler, Murray. A son Rill nlrm wis killed In The auditorium Is being re paired and painted and the bud get Is about exhausted. Public donations, through gifts of bocks, magazine subscrip tions, the new American flag. National Geographic World Globe all have greatly added to the attractiveness and ability of the Library to better serve the community. This is borne out by the fact thut last month's clrculailon o' books w;ig tn(. hignPst ln thp hlst cf the Llbrary , n? nieuu loiuing cnairs win cost $3 each. Names of peeoli contributing will be published in The Journal. Contribution: can be mailed or left at the Library. Things A-Brewin" . . Town' John A. Johnson, 70, Nehawka, Dies; Funeral Friday NEHAWKA John Albert Johnson, 70, resident of near Ne hawka all his life, died Tuesday , ,..t.' .i. v.'. surgery. Funeral services will be Fri day at 2 p.m. at Nehawka Meth odist Church wi!h the Rev. S. P. Hackley officiating. Burial will be In Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Kent Bal- four, Martin Ross, Frank Ward en, Albert Anderson, Sheldon1 Mitchell and Bill Jorgenson. Odd Fellows Rraveside services will be by IOOF 214. I Lett Funeral Home !. in charge of arrangements. j Mr. Johnson vas born March 23, 1893, near Nehawka, son of; Peter and Amanda Johnson. Hej was married Match 8, 1941, to Eloise Mabel Ford of Rockport, Mo. She preceded hhn in death In 1950. Survivors are daughters Sue, at home, and Mrs. Arley Scho maker, Nehawka; sons Steve, Dan and Albert Jr., at home; grandson Brent and grand daughter Deborah Schomaker, Nehawka; and brothers Henning and Conrad of Nehawka. Mr. Johnson was a farmer. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and the IOOF' at Ne hawka from which he received his 40-year pin last year. Borncmcier Attends Officials Convention Herman Bornemelcr of Elm wood, Cass County Commission er from the 3rd District, Wed nesday attended the Southeast Nebraska County Officials Con vention at Lincoln as a repre sentative of the Cass County Board. The Commissioners met here Tuesday, a one-day session be cause of the Officials Conven tion. Mr. and Mrs. Harley L. Beck er and daughter Dlan of Peoria, 111. are Easter quests of his mo ther, Mr.?. H. E. Becker. ri . , -4 r?rn T'TTr--T -trs. : 1 1 "" " ? iwirifm rk 50TII ANNIVERSARY On Tuestlav, April 1G, 11 members of the Fontenelle Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution celebrated the 50th anniversary of the organization of their chap ter. Pictured from left above are: Mrs. Mollie C. Gobelman, Mrs. Zilpha Seward, Mrs. II. L. Gamer, Mrs. Guy Wiles, Mrs. Fldon Sapp, 6 Entries In Beauty Pageant Six local beauties have been entered in tne Jaycces' second annual Miss Platumou h Con test 10 be held M.iy 12 ut 7:30 pm. the High School- Aucli ujiium. l lie Jari;tlH. Will Ul- "jJCIl bw the pub.ic and will be rim In the: manner of the Miss America; cuiiu..-'... Cnu-starits will be1 jLJicd on talent, in gowns and! swim suiis. j Winner of the local contest; will lepi.-.-nl, t'lHli.-.rajuui in1 the Miss Nebraska 1'uueant to be held In Fremont in June. j Mi.ss WeU'usKa will compele lor tne Alias America tKle at. Atlaiuic City in Scpt.n.ber. j Coi.ic-tains iiere wiii be: . i Wanda JenK;ns, daughter of j Mr. and Mis. A. V. Jenkins, j i'iatt.s;nouth. i Linda Lee Greys, daughter of Mr. und Mis. Harold Greyg, lJiat:smou!h. Jane Fauquet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1'aul Fauiiui.t, Platts moulli. Kay Casey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Casey, f'lnttsmouth. Valerie Gorton, cauhter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gorton, j piat'smouth. Vicky Fifpatrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fitzpatrick, Murray. April 13, a coffee was held at Winterset Inn and contestants and their parents attended to receive Instructions and review niiaiiticutions. Miss Fauauet was ' uniljie t0 attend because of a I ! prior commitment but Mrs. banquet was present Lt. Nathan Nash, chairman of the contest here for the Jay cees, gave instructions. The girls decided to wear long formal, for the gown competi tion. Dorothy Karris, reigning Miss Plattsmouth, talked on what the girls can expect at the State Pageant. Mt. ana Mrs. Dale Draper were al.so present. He Is in charge of the stupe and dec orations for the pageant. (The Journal will present the six contestants in a series of sketches beginning next week). DAR Chapter Observes 50th Anniversary Mrs. Dale Philpot entertained eleven members of the Fonten-,DAR elle Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution in her home Tuesday, April 16 when, the 50th anniversary of the chap ter was celebrated. Assistant hostesses were Mrs. H. L. Gamer and Mrs. H. R. Johnston. Guests of the evening were eight members of the Jonathan : Cass Chapter DAR, Mrs. Paul Fauquet and Mrs. Clifton Jacka of Tecumseh. The ladies were served re freshments from a delicately ap pointed tea table with center- piece featuring a beautiful cake j decorated in blue and gold colors. Mrs. Guy Wiles, Regent, served. (Continued on Page 8) . K T ; - ... ' ' L. f VW' ' J fy j- " ' ' I ' rjk - -"""" --.' i ..v ..?- i i s : wry t : i M i Mm CITY'S IIEKS! "Mrs. Nebraska" accepts a j her honor at Winterset Inn. Looking on are her he-ribboned Key to the City from Acting Mayor husband, Norman Moyer, and their daughter, (iem Woster Wednesday night at a dinner in Carole. Merlin Jochimsen Seriously Hurt in Crash; Leg Amputed Merlin (Mert) Jochimsen of i late this morning the other car Plattsmouth early this morning j reported by witnesses had not was seriously injured in an auto mobile accident at 21st and Vin ton Streets in Omaha. He evidently was run over by his own car after being thrown from it, according to the police investigation report. His left leg was amputated this morning. He was taken to County Hospital for emergency attention and later was to be moved to Veteran's Hospital. According to the police report, Jochimsen missed a curve at 21st as he drove west on Vinton, hit a parking sign, a fire hydrant and a tree before the car stopped. Evidently, according to the re port, he was run over by the rear wheels of his cari ' Witnesses reported! another car may have been involved. A member of the police traffic accident investigation staff said Barbara Chandler DAR Winner NEHAWKA (Special) Bar bara Chandler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Chandler received second place at the national Contest with her poem, j "Footprints On The Sands Of .Time." Barbara and Joy Miller both received first in the state. Joy's was an essay with the same title as the poem. She received honorable mention at the na tional contest. Miss. Evelyn Wolph was chairman of the Junior Citizens Contest, which was sponsored locally by the Jonathan Cass Chapter. PLAY POSTPONED NEHAWKA (Special) The Nehawka Senior Class play which was to be presented April 19 has been postponed to May j 10. The postponement Is because of the death of the father of one 1 of the cast members. if (Tekamah), Mrs. C. E Rosencrans, Mrs. Glenn Lutz, Mrs. Dale I'hilpot, Mrs. Fred Vincent, Mrs. II. R. Johnston and Mrs. Pearl Mann. Members are standing around the refreshment table in the home of Mrs. Philpot where the anniversary was celebrated. ill J Hill w ! ' r-.: f been located and that there was no statement yet concerning thut phase of the accident. Jochimsen had gone to Omaha with Lloyd Morehead and L. W. Moore to eat. They had taken him to where he had left his car the day before. Jochimsen was alone in his car at the time of the accident which occurred at 1:06 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Jochimsen oper ate Jochimsen's Market here. Stephen Gold of PHS To Attend Math Institute Stephen Gold, a junior in Plattsmouth High School, has been accepted by Oregon State University for a seven-week Summer Institute. This Institute is sponsored by the National Science Foundation for high school juniors who are outstanding in the field of math ematics. To qualify for this institute, a student must have completed two years of Algebra with out standing success and rank near the top in his present high school class. He al.so must rank above the 90th percentile in all standard ized tests that his school has given, show an unusual amount of interest in the field of math ematics, and be recommended by his math teacher and prin cipal. During this seven-week insti tute, Stephen will be studying both modern and traditional topics in mathematics such as set theory and number theory, logic, statistics and probability, computer programming, mat rices, analytic geometry, and others. The Institute al.so granted Stephen a stipend of $120 to cover tuition fees and to parti ally defray transportation ex penses to and from the Institute. . . - i 90 Honor Mrs. Nebraska At Dinner Here More than 90 persons attend ed the "Mrs. Nebraska" dinner Wednesday night at Winterset Inn. Plattsmouth and Omaha rela tives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Moyer and daugh ter, Carole, 4907 Ruggles, Oma ha, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Warner, Platts mouth, paid tribute to Mrs. Moyer for capturing the "Mrs. Nebraska" title. Mrs. Moyer's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Char les Warner of Woodbine, Iowa, were among the out-of-town guests. The Women's Division of the ' i VICail UJJ-fiA 1 L WJJ Plattsmouth Chamber of 'Com- week is scheduled for Platts merce directed the no-host mouth startine April 28 and con- , dinner. Mrs. suiemma uye, president, gave the welcome; Mrs. Merlin Jochimsen, vice president, spoke a few words on behalf of the Women's Division and extended congratulations from her native city. Clem Woster, Mayor pro-tem, presented the key to the city to "Mrs. Nebraska," a gift of the Women's Division. Guests gave self-introductions and their best wishes and congratulations to Mrs. Moyer. Following the dinner hour, the honoree opened gifts pre sented her, and cut the beauti ful "Mrs. Nebraska" cake, pre sentee, compliments of Marion Endelicato, manager of Win terset Inn. Mr. and Mrs. Moyer leave by plane April 22 for Miami, Flor ida where she will be in com petition for the "Mrs. America title" for one week. City Windy, Too BY P. J. DINGMAN During the past 3 days Ne braska has been hit by 3 tor nadoes and a 91 degree temper - ature (the latter was at lm- perial). With the exclusion of the above, it was just a normal April j with high winds, light rains and mild temperatures. After Monday we, not Chi-, cago, should be called the windy city. The chart: I (P.M.) Day Time Pres. Hi. I,o. Prec.j Mon 6:25 71 76 52 .00, l ues 6:45 70 78 49 .02 ' Wed 6:10 68 72 53 .00 Kindergarten Roundup for 1963-64 Set Here May 8 Registration will be held at ill four Plattsmouth Public ele nentary school buildings on Wednesday, May 8. The purpose of the "round up" is to register children ln the school district who are eligible for enrollment in kindergarten classes for the 1963-64 school year. To be eligible, the child must be five years old on or before Oct. 15, 19B3. Birth certificates are required at the registration exercises. To facilitate the registration on May 8 patrons are asked to carefully observe the following: 1. Registration activities will be confined to the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the usual 'Ideals' Topic For Oration At Jr. High "Ideals, American vs. Com munist" is the subject to be dis cussed by Plattsmouth Junior H:gh home room students In the 4th Annual Civic Oration Con test April 18-22, lt was an nounced today. "To appreciate the great op portunities we have in this coun try, which since its beginning has been dedicated to liberty, equality and justice, we need to know something of the ideology which threatens it Commu nism. How do our principles of democracy contrast with those of people in communist-dominated areas? It has been said that 'Communism makes great est advances where there is an absence of convictions.' What are our convictions as Ameri cans?" These are some of the ques tions students will be answering. The 16th in a series of annual contests sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America, the com petition will be supervised by the PJH Language Arts teach ers. Follownig the home room con tests in which two winners will be selected, an Inter-home room contest will be held May 8th to determine seven representatives for the finals on May 23rd. Entries by home rooms in clude: 8A Jay Cloidt, Suzanne Solo mon, Sherry Haffke, Lyle Muss man, Bill Rishel, Mary Jo Hirz, Linda Herre, Joyce McLeod, Lloyd Fitch, Gary Wp.y, John Bernhardt. (Continued On Page 4) Clean Up Week Set For City .1 T1 tPiw 1T Dntnt ITn tinuing through May 4, it was announced today by the Cham ber of Commerce. , This annual event is expected to clear Plattsmouth business and residential areas of a win ter's accumulation of trash, rub bish and junk with the co-operation of citizens. All residents are urged to co-operate in this campaign in an effort to make Plattsmouth more attractive to visitors and a cleaner, finer place in which to live. The City Street Department, Street Commissioner Art Helwig says, will co-operate throughout the week. City trucks will haul away all trash and Junk (no gar bage) at no charge to local res idents. All that is necessary is to place the refuse in suitable containers at the curb fronting your property. City trucks will make regular pick-ups in the areas north of Main Street on Monday and Wednesday. South of Main Street pickups will be made on Tuesday and Thursday. The Chamber of Commerce asks "the co-operation of every one in cleaning up the residen- : tial area by removing all trash and Junk that distracts from the natural beauty of the commun- ity. "Nowhere ln the midwest is there a more natural setting of beauty than is the Plat smou'h area. Clean, well kept lawns, lots and building areas can make our community otie thut attracts new residents as will In- dustry seeking new locations for plants," the Chamber says. Remember the dates -April 28 through May 4-and help keep Plattsmouth clean! ime out for lunch from 11:30 to 12:45. Wintersteen school will be the only exception where registration will be held only ln he morning. 2. The kindergarten teachers will register you on arrival on the basis of "first come, first -erved" and will provide you with some material pertaining to kindergarten. 3. Bring your child and his or ler birth certificate to the kind ergarten room in the grade building which is located in your area. Look around the room, see the materials used, and visit with the kindergarten teacher, remembering that her time 14 well taken up on this day.