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IZZ2. sia; UI5f. 1503 a s ww:.- PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday IPlLATTSROdDUTIHI JflXUCSIML JUN 2 5 1963 Cftniolidatad With th Nehawka Enterprise and Clmwood Leader-Echo- Read Twice Wtckly by More Than 3500 Cots County Families VOLUME 82 EIGHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, jUNE 24, 1963 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER G4 UME r MUt w. MYNARD ELEVATOR Gleaming silver are! the all-metal storage bins of the new elevator at , More ZIP Code Numbers More ZIP Code numbers the Pom Office Department's tuw tyslcm of Identifying pout of fices, have been announced for Cass County. Patrons of post -ifflccs are urgec" by the department and their postmasters and post mls tie.s.ca to learn their ZIP num ber and use It on all return add ress The new system goes Into ef fect July 1. The County numbers: MANLEY6C403, SOUTH BEND 68058. EAGLE 68317. Electricity Use Still Climbing COLUMBUS Residential cus tomers of Consumers Public Power District were again the largest kilowatt-hour users, fol lowed by commercial lighting customers, industrial firms, mu nicipalities and rural customers, according to an operations re port released today for the 12 month period ending March 31, 1963. This analysis, prepared by R. W. Beck and Associates, shows operating revenues of Consumers consolidated Eastern and West ern systems to be $23,742,840 for the 12-month period. This is an Increase of $1,164,848 or 5.2 per cent over the revenue for the same period last year. Operating expenses amounted to $13,906,801 which Is an in crease of $278,434 over the ex penses for the Identical period a year ago. Consumers Public Power Dis trict's combined average custom er count for the two systems in creased 1.893 for a total of 127, 840 according to the report fig ures. This along with the In creasing demand for electricity expanded the sale of electric en ergy to a new high of 1.178 bil lion kwh (kilowatt-hours), or a boast for the combined systems of more than 48 million kwh over the same 12-month period of last year. The report also cited payments In lieu of taxes made by Con sumers for the 12 months end ing March 31, 1963, totaled $1, 048,353. AIL CAN GET RABIES LINCOLNAll warm-blooded animals. Including man, are sus ceptible to rabies. This disease can be spread by wild animals ai well as domestic animals such as dogs or cats. Where wild animals are Involved, they form a reservoir for possible Infection for pets, cows and horses. Vacci nation of pets 1 very Impor tant measure In any effort to control this highly fatal disease, according to University of Ne braska specialists. Lid w L ar y .'; .-'- , Mynard, a Grain Co, branch 4: Mynard Branch of Grain Co. Begins Operation . An enterprise which was Just In the talking stage a year ago became a reality Wednesday. The first loads of grain were received by the new Nehawka Farmers Grain Company, My nard Branch. Frank Blerl and Stanley Le jjart of Plattsmouth delivered truck loads of shelled corn and soybeans, respectively, to offici ally put the new elevator In busi ness. 8everal shareholders, board members and the elevator per sonnel were on hand. The Mynard Branch Is a 41,-000-bushel capacity Installation on the east side of the railroad tracks at Mynard. Its elevators will handle 3,000 bushels an hour at capacity. Wlllard Jose is branch man ager. Jim Gilley is manager of the Nehawka Farmers Grain Co. Officers are: president, Eu gene Nolle, Murray; vice presi dent, Frank Bierl, Plattsmouth; secretary, Deane Nutman, Ne hawka; treasurer, Guy Mur doch, Nehawka. Directors are Julian Johnson, Nehawka; Towner Livingston, Nehawka, and William Gilmour, Plattsmouth. 'OPENING DAY' Elevator personnel of the new Mynard elevator and members of the fraln company board and others were on hand Wednesday when the first loads of grain were re the Nehawka Farmers Mrs. Morgan, 88, Dies in Omaha; Rites Held Here Mrs. Ellenora Morgan, 88, died Thursday morning at Doug las County Hospital, Omaha, after an illness of five years. 8he was born May 16, 1875 at Edlna, Mo., daughter of W. M. and Elizabeth Miller. She was married March, 1934, at Grand Island, to John Willis Morgan. He preceded her in death In December, 1959. Surviving are Charles Mor gan, Lincoln, a step-son; and Mrs. Ann Spangler, Platts mouth, a step-daughter; one granddaughter. Mrs. Morgan lived In Ottum wa, Iowa, before moving to Omaha in 1934. Graveside services were held here Saturday morning at Oak Hill Cemetery, with the Rev. J. W. Taenzler, pastor of the First Christian Church, officiating. Visiting hours were Friday afternoon and evening at Cald well Funeral Home. Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 i of - k 'v I J- ill No Change in EUB Church Pastorates in Cass County MURDOCK The 90th Session of the Annual Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church was closed Friday noon as Bishop Paul W. Milhouse of Kansas City, Mo., read the as signments of pastors to the fields for the year beginning June 30. There were no changes In pas torates In the five EUB Church es in Cass County. The Conference re-elected Dr. John F. Wichelt, Lincoln, as Conference Superintendent, and assigned him to serve in this area. This is his third foul year term. Explorers Arrive In Kansas City Eight Explorer Scout3 from Bellevue arrived in Kansas City Thursday after a five-day trip down the Missouri River. Billy Spradli:i, Bellevue, form er Plattsmouth resident, was one of the eight explorers mak ing the trip on "the City of Bellevue," the 12x30 raft made by the Explorers. His father, William Spradlln, active in scout work many years, and "Grandpa" Kucerik of O maha, maintained land contact through the down river trip. Billy Rishel, Senior Patrol Leader of Troop 369, Platts mouth, also made the trip. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rishel. Lieut. Louis Lamb and Airman First Class Donald Lamb, both stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, accompanied the scouts. Members of the down river trip came home by bus and car. Mrs. Arnold Attended Brother's Funeral Mrs. Fred Arnold Is home now after attending funeral services for her brother, Harley M. Od neal, 43, who lived at 8411 E. Albla Street, Downey, Calif. She made the trip by plane. Mr. Odneal was on duty, his part-time employment at hts!peopl of. the Murdoch uncie B service staiiuu jii vuuijj- ton, when he was shot to death In an attempted robbery. Odneal Is survived by his wife, Frelda, and five children rang ing In age from 7 to 18 years. Ills full-time work was as a dis patcher at an Industrial plant. He was a Navy Veteran, was in a Navy Hospital on Guam In December, 1941 when the Japan ese took that island. He re mained a prisoner, until VJ Day, 1945. He had been active in Boy Scout activities In Downey. Graveside Rites For Mrs. Lloyd Graveside services were held today at 2 p.m. for Mrs. Mildred O. Lloyd, 90, who died in San Francisco, Calif. She was a for mer Plattsmouth resident. Rev. J. W. Taenzler, pastor of the First Christian Church here, officiated at the services at Oak Hill Cemetery. Her husband, William Allen, preceded her In death. There are no surviving relatives. Sattler-Fusselman-Perry Fu neral Home here was In charge of arrangements. ceived by the elevator on which month ago. The Rev. M. O. Vance who has been pastoring the Ithaca Church was moved to Biue Springs, Nebraska. The Rev. Harvey A. Schwab, one time pastor at Murdock was assigned to Ithaca. Bishop Kenneth Copeland, Nebraska Methodist Bisnop of Lincoln gave a fraternal address irom that church. At present lans are In the process for a possible merger of the Metho dist and Evangelical United Bre thren churches. The Kev. George Vavra of Kearney was oroamed an Elder, winch gives him full status as a minister in the church. He was assigned to Merna Nebras sa. The tiev. Donald C. Miller of Cozad was assigned to the South tiaie Mission, a new chuich to be started on the south edge ol ihe city. There were no cnanges in pastorales in Omaha, but plans were completed ior the building of a new Mission chuich structure for a newly foimed congregation in West wood Heivhts of west Omaha. 1 he Rev. Richard Heim, a former pastor at Murdock now serving Lincoln First Church, was elected executive Secretary of the Board of Missions. The Rev. Donalu Nunnally served as Conference Secretary. The business of this year's session included a large num ber of elections, since this year is the first of a new guadren nlurn, and most offices are for this four year period. Also, this year's session voted on some 50 actions of the Gcneal Confer ence of last fall which was held In Grand Rapids, Michigan. These actions must have rat ification by annual Conferences before they become Constitu tional law of the church. Also a matter of considera tion was major changes to be enacted in Local church organ ization. These changes are to become effective January 1, 1964. The 200 members and friends in attendance at the Conference were housed In the homes of the Elm- wood, and Murdock Emmanuel churches. The ladies of the Murdock church provided the meals which were served in the local school gym. Among the action of special Interest was one which author ized the Riverside Park Board to proceed with additional Im provements which will cause the Park to meet State Health Board standards. Because of flooding of some of the area of the park In recent years, there had been studies of a possible moving to another area. In social action, local church es were encouraged to be more concerned and active in help ing secure civil rights for under privileged people. Applications for Free High School Tuition Due July 1 High School students who live In Class 1 (Rural) School Dis tricts are reminded that the ap plication for Free High School tuition cards are due in the of fice of the County Superinten dent on or before July 1. There are still quite a number of cards to come in. construction was completed about . "'.1 v. ', y M (Mir - -i ' - VW Honored Queen Nancy Bulin Installed Queen of Job's Daughters Miss Nancy Jo -Bulin, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bulin, of Plattsmouth, was installed Honored Queen of Job's Daugh ters, Bethel No. 24 of the Inter national Order of Job's Daugh ters at ceremonies held in the Masonic Hall Saturday evening. Nancy is a Plattsmouth High Graduate, class of 1962, and is a student at the University of Ne braska where she Is majoring in Business Teachers Education and Is affiliated with Delta Delta Delta Sorority. The ceremony was preceded with a piano solo by Priscilla Woster, and began when Shirley Foster was escorted into the Bethel Room by Mynard R a m ge, Associate Guardian, where she was introduced as in stalling officer. Other installing officers were then Introduced: Dorothy Faris, Guide; Sandra Spangler, Marshal; Lois Gapen, Chaplain; Valerie Gorton, Re corder; Mrs. Orville Julian, Mu sician; Mrs. Edward Wchrbein, Soloist; Sherrl McKulsky, Senior Custodian; Carol Schreiner, Jun ior Custodian. The new officers were es corted into the Bethel room by the Installing Guide and Instal ling Marshal. The choir was then escorted in. Nancy Bulin was es corted into the room by her fa ther. Jr. Officers, who rose from the sidelines as their names were read, were as follows: Pamela Brookhouser, Nancy Keil, Patsy Schmidt, Elaine Sharp, Sue Schlichtemeir, Linda Bowman, Sandra Abel, Connie Richards, Yvonne Jochimsen, Carla Harold, Linda Herre, Cyn thia Osterhnlm, Marcia Gruber, and Cheryl Tesch. Choir members installed were: Pam Aspedon, soloist, Gloria Serif, Nancy Evers, Con nie Skalak. Pat Holliway, Linda Howard, Pepgy Aspedon, Mary McQuin, Susan Hansen, Joye McLcod, Candy Carper, Carlenc Haith, and Mary Jo Hirz, who has also been selected by the Honored Queen to serve as Flag Bearer. Senior Officers installed were as follows: Nancy Tilscn, Outer Guard; Dixie Wilson, Inner Guard: Ro berta Custer, Jr. Custodian; Mary Lochman, Sr. Custodian; Connie Rhvlander, 1st Messen ger; Lain! Nettelmnr.n, 2nd Messenger; Janet Gansemer, 3rd Messenger; Roberta Ramge, 4th Messenger; Marcia McQuin, 5th Messenger; Eilene Peterson, Musician; Dorothy Woser, Librarian; Susan Evers. Recorder; Betty Melsinger, Treasurer. As Marilyn Hutchinson was in stalled as Chanlain, Mrs. Ed ward Wchrbein sang "Teach Me to Pray.""tTKT!e Julian was In stalled as Marshal, and Carol Smith as Guide. As Gay Gar.se mer, Junior Princess, and Cla rissa Gruber, Senior Princess, were presented their capes and crowns in the East, Mrs. Wehr- Nancy Rulin Photo by Steward Studio beln sang "I'll Walk With God." Mrs. Wehrbein sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" while Nancy Bulin knelt at the altar, after which Shirley Foster presented Nancy with the Honored Queen's cape and crown. The Guardian Council who were then lnstfyiled - by " Past Grand Guardian. Ruby Lancast er and Installing Oukle Ruth Ramge. They were Alice Wos ter, Guardian, Maynard Ramge, Associate Guardian; Lunetta Hutchinson, Guardian Secre tary; Carlene Howard, Guard ian Treasurer; and Directress of Music, Marjorie Julian, Associ ate Council who were then in stalled were Doris Hirz, Direc tress of Paraphanalia; Al'ce Smith, Directress of Epochs; Martha McQuin, Directress of Socialibility; Don Skalak, Pro moter of Finance, and Mr. Shel don Smith, Director of Fraternal Relations. The Honored Queen's pin was presented to Nancy by Shirley. Then Past Honored Queen, Sandra Spangler, presented the Past Honored Queen's Pin to Shirley. Mrs. Loren Todd pre sented the Mother's pin to Mrs. Chris Bulin. Claire introduced her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Julian, and Carol introduced her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Smith. Gay introduced her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Gansemer; Clarissa's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gruber, were intro duced; Nancy then introduced her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bulin, Nancy thanked her pastor Rov. Robert McLeod, of the (Continued on Page 3) Installation of Telephone Cable To Begin Installation of an underground leng distance telephone cable be tween Nebraska City and Omaha will s art this week and be completed about July 19. The cable will be plowed into the ground with special equipment which digs a three-foot trench, lays the cable and covers it in one operation. Ed Ernst, area manager of The Lincoln Telephone and Tele graph Company, said the under ground work will s art at tnc Missouri-Pacific right-of-w a y north of Nebraska City and gen erally follow county and state roads to the Pla'te River north of Plattsmouth. Here the cable will connect with lines of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company. The contractor is the Diamond Engineering Company of Grand Island. Additional circuits will be needed for direct dis ance dial ing after dial service at Nebras ka City is in operation next Feb ruary, Ernst, said. The under ground cable will increase cir cuits from Nebraska City to Omaha from 19 to 36 and 10-Day Rainfall To This Morning Was 3.12 Inches BY P. J. DINGMAN Sultry 'nuf? And there's more of this to come. Last night's and early morn ing's (up to 8:25 a.m.) rainfall totaled only .31 of an inch. That brings the total for the past 10 days to 3.1 Inches and we're fi nally getting back to normal. We received only a drizzle, when compared with over 6 inches In Oklahoma and 5'2 Inches in South Carolina. The chart: (P.M.) Day... Time Pres. Hi. Lo. Prec. Thurs. ... 4:55 76 !I6 f3 .00 Fri 6:35 72 76 57 .94 Eat 6:35 65 81 60 .00 Sun 7:25 79 84 03 .00 COUNCIL TONIGHT The City Council will have Its regular second meeting of June tonight at City Hall, beginning ut 7:30. SS Man To Be Here June 26 The social security represen tative from Lincoln, A. J. Pic colo, will visit Plattsmouth June 26. He will be at St. John's Hall on Main Street from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Piccolo says that under the disability provisions of the Social Security Act cash monthly pay ments are payable to disabled workers under Gf and to certain of their dependents. The worker must have social security credit for at least 5 years work under social security out of the past 10 years and his disability must be so severe that it will keep him from doing any substantial gain ful work. Piccolo emphasizes that age 13 not a requirement for payment of disability benefits. Freedom Bonds Sales Pace Up Purchases of V. S. savings bonds in May, during the first month's operation of the Free dom Bond drive, exceeded those of a year ago by 7.1 per cent across Nebraska. Series E and II sales totaled $6,085,595 for the month bring ing the total purchases made in the state during the first five months this year to $40,653,590. The state now has attained 49.7 percent of this year's sales "goal." According to Walter H. Smith, chairman of the Cass County savings bond committee, pur chases of these bonds totaled $95,794 in May, and for the year $461,488. attaining 68.5 per cent of "quota." In addition to the special drives being conducted by large Nebraska companies to sign up employees for regular bond pur chases, major credit was given to the "EVERY FAMILY BUY A BOND" campaign beini con ducted by national and local organizations among their mem bership. The Freedom Bond Drive will close on July 4, Independence Day. The theme is UNDER WRITE YOUR COUNTRY'S MIGHT and buy U. S. Savings Bonds. Underground from Nebraska City to Union from six to 10. Later on the cable will provide circuits to Plattsmouth. Provision will also be made for growth require ments. Altogether, 161,580 feet of cable will be placed, including aerial cable from the Nebraska City telephone office to the un derground Installation. The un derground cable is plastic-covered and has a double copper shield for protection against ro dents and liRhting. The instal lation will eliminate service in terruptions from ice and wind storms. Ernst said the present over head cable and pole lines to the Platte River will remain in service for several years for "short-haul" requirements and local rural lines. Eventually it Is planned to remove the overhead facilities. Elsewhere, underground cable installations are being made by LT&T from Aurora north to the transcontinental under ground toll cable, from Waco to Utica, and In the rural areas of Shickley and Ohlowa.