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HEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Li ?,: n, ''f.vraska 2.-2.1. 5IAIE t:i3T. sccinx m a a A;!G 5 1963' ' PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday UGSPdAD. n CD DJT Consolidated With th Nehawkt Enterprise and Clmwood Leader-Echo- Read Twice Weekly Uy More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 82 TWELVE PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1963 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 75 J ME Creed Harris, 97, Union, Dies; Funeral Saturday Creed Harris, 97. of Union, one of Cass County's oldest residents and the oldest licensed real estate broker in Nebraska, died Wednesday at Nebraska City after a brief illness. Funeral services will be Satur day at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Union. Lett Funeral Home Is in charge of arrange ments. Creed Fulton Harris, son of James A. and Martha Pa'ri'-k Harris, was born Oct. 28, 18C.i, at Marion, Va. He rani" to Cass County in the fall of 1884 and lived in the coun ty since except for a year spent In Virginia. During his early years, he worked as a cabinetmaker, car penter iirid ::tore clerk and fi nally settled on a farm in Cass County. Resides being the oldest li censed real estate broker, he worked for Farmers Mutual In surance Co. of Lincoln for 39 years. In public life, he served his community as a precinct asses sor, County Commissioner for 12 years, member of the School Board. Mayor of Union and in other capacities. Mr. Harris donated his work in building ihe OMerbrln United Brethren Church north of Ne hawka and in 1895 he became a member. He served as superintendent of the Sunday school and was li censed to preach by the church. When the Otterbeln Church disbanded, he became a mem ber of the F'irst Baptist Church of Union. Mr. Harris was married to Jo sephine Elizabeth Magncy Dec. 1, 1887. She (lied April 18, 1890. He was married to Margie Anna Hays at Marion. Va., April 8, 1891. She died Feb. 24, 1956. at their Union home. They had celebrated their Oolden Wedding anniversary In 1941, then their 60th and 64th anniversaries,' i Mr., Harris U survived by eight children: Lorrna Farls, Lincoln; Verna Pollard, Ne hawka; Virginia Stone, Lincoln; J. C. Harris, Seattle; Vance Harris, Independence, Mo.; Ful ton Harris, Plattsmouth; Ster ling Harris, Union; and Donald Harris, Columbia, Mo.; 27 grandchildren, 62 great-grandchildren and 12 great-greatgrandchildren. Two daughters, Mrs. Ella Schrader and Mrs. Mabel Frans, and three Infant daughters,-preceded him In death. i . 1 L ""'V rv i Mrs. McKinnon Dies in Lincoln; Rites at Alvo A kngtime Alvo resident, Mrs. Louella Hannah McKinnon, 88, died In Lincoln July 31. She was born May 22, 1875 at Ackley, Iowa. Her husband, Turner M. Mc Kinnon, preceded her in death in 1933. Surviving are Don T. McKln ncn, Beaumont, Calif., a son; Mrs. Lucille M. Ball, Lincoln, a daughter; seven grandchildren; brother, Harold Toole, Denver; 15 great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Alvo Methodist Church where funeral services will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m., with the Kev. Carl Spencer officiating. Pallbearers will be Martin Zo7, Evan Root, Eldon Oehlerk Ing, Karl Rosenow, Clyde John son and Reclge Roper. Burial will be Callahan Cem etery neur Murdock. Roper and Sons Funeral Home tlith Stohlmann, 18, daughter of! of Lincoln Is in charge of ar- Judith Stohlmann Judith Stohlmann Selected as 'Miss Louisville' LOUISVILLE (Special) ,Iu- r I ... t 5, A ''I Mr. and Mrs. Clarence II. S'ohl- mann, was chosen Miss Louis vllle by the Amcrica-n Legion Auxiliary to represent Louisville at the Cass County Fair Judith Is the granddaughter of August Stohlmann, Sr., who Is a recipient of the 100 year plaque which Is given by the Knights of Ak Sar-Ben for con tinued ownership within the family of the same Nebraska form for 100 years or more. During High School, Judy ex celled in dramatics, music, sports, was a member of the An nual staff. Band Majorette for four years, participated In the Junior Class Play, and was pres ident of the Future Homemakers of America in her senior year. She was also active in Pep Club and was chosen the Pep Club Queen at the end of her senior year. She was honored with the 1983 Girl's Athletic Award. Judy has been an active mem ber of a 4-H Club for eight years, a Junior leader for the past four years, and has re ceived many County awards in her 4-H work. As a member of the Immanuel ( Lutheran Church. Judy has been active in the Walther League 8o ciety, Sunday School, and Church Choir. At present she Is attending summer school at the University of Nebraska In Lincoln and will enter the University this fall In Pre-Nurslng. Miss Mary Franke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Franke, and Miss Julie Ziers, daughter of Mrs. Luella Ziers, both of Louis ville, were selected as attend ants to "Miss Louisville". rangements. Voluntary Donations Solicited The Red Cross program stipu lates that no one be charged for blocd contributed voluntarily by som'.'one else. Also, no replace ment charge Is permitted. There is thp practice, followed In some hospitals and some pri vate blood bank organizations, of charging a patient a fee for the blood he receives, but re funding It If the patient, his relatives, or friends donate an equal amount or, often, twice the amount. The fee often is $25 a pint, and Is made that high to spur the patient to sec that his used pint is replaced. About 80 to 00 per cent of the blood in private blood banks Is obtained by replacement from the family and friend? of pa tient. Please donate blood on August 7. (Phone 7148 or 5250), a.sks the local Blood Bank Committee which wrote the foregoing com mentary. r rr-w Jr ' .j w ' 7 , ,,. . ft . , i r j: - t- - I ' ' .. ..-.. -Mi,.. . -r, I M ' . , . ' ' ' irin nmm,m 1 Action on County Budget Due Tuesday Cass Countyans once again have given silent approval to the proposed budget for the new fis cal year. No one appeared to make an objection or ask a question about the proposal on which the Coun ty Board of Commissioners held their official hearing Wednes day. The proposal Is to raise $178, 500 by taxes, an estimated mill levy of 9.72. The Commissioners are ex pected to take action on adop tion of the budget and set the mill levy next Tuesday at their regular first August meeting. Commissioner Melvin Todd of Union was unable to attend Wed nesday's hearing. Chairman Harold Gregg of Plattsmouth and Commissioner Herman Born emeier of Elm wood were present. I'SE OF NEW STREET FENDS Avenue B, the "Ceme tery Road," is expected to be opened for use about a week from today, Street Commissioner Art Ilellwig said today. By that time, the concrete will have "cured" and with good weather the should er work and back-filling will be done. The view looks east from the stopping point of the city project, at the edse of the right- of-way of the Highway 73-75 By-Pass. Cornhusker Paving Co., contractor on the job, moved to a short stretch north of Avenue it and net will pave Lincoln Avenue in the current program. Grading was started on Lincoln Avenue Tuesday. Probable next stops are Ilerniia Street (providing sub-let tamping work is com pleted) and No. Kith Street. Court of Honor Held For Scouts at Manley MANLEY Color guards Leo Stander and Eddie Mikkelsen presented the colors and led the Pledge of Allegiance at the Court of Honor July 25 at the St. Patrick's Hall In Manley. Neighborhood Commissioner Elwln Isaac opened the Ourt of Honor by lighting the candle. The Scouts lighted the three candles for the Scout Oath, then In turn llg'ited candles for the 12 points of the Scout Law while Scoutmaster Jim D I e 1 1 read the mcaninj of each. The Scoutmaster then pre sented Mark-man and Marks man First Class Medals to Ed die Mikkclsen nnd Jim Sans Kussell Olasshoff received an NPA Medal as a Marksmaa. W. H. Mikkelsen, Committee Chairman awarded tile follow ing Merit badges: Leo Stand'-r Canoeing; Jerry Bergman. Campl.ig; Joh.ir.y Stander Cooking; Eddie Mikkelsen, As tronomy a.nd Wildlife Manage ment, Raymond S'.ander, First Aid and J m Salis. Music. These badges and medals were earned while the Scout spent the week of July 8 at Camp Cedar.?. The Court of Honor was c'osed with the Scoutmasters Benedic tion. Junior Assistant Scout mast?' Fdd.e Mikkelsen was named "Camper of the Week" and re ceived the highest score eve' made at Camp Cedars In As tronomy and Wildlife Manage ment. Diet! and Lea Stander were tapped out fur Order of the Ar row at, a ceremony which sev eral of the parents attended a' Camp Cedars. Jerry Bergmai gave a review on the week the. sfent at Camp. Eddie Mikkelsen gave a repor On the Fall Camvviree which l to be held In October, and also showed his Religious re war which he received from Pasto T. H. Vogel at the Immanue Lutheran Church July 21. Isaac read the letter that accompanied Eddie's award, and also presented him with an en graved bronze statue from the Committeemen for being named "Camper of the Week." The Scouts presented a skit and the audience joined them in singing several songs. Den ners Dennis Erhart and Mike Isaac presented the colors for the Cub Scouts. The Cubinaster announced that the film, "Beyond the Tooth (Continued on Page Four) Mrs. Jaycees to Direct Kornation A special Mrs. Jaycees meet ing was held July 29, with Mrs. Arlln Draper with seven mem bers present. Meeting was called to order by the president Loretta Draper. The purpose of the meeting was a letter received from the King Korn Karnlval Chairman Grant Roberts. The Mrs. Jaycees agreed to accept the responsibility of the Koronatlon for the Karnlval. Francis Hill has accepted Chairmanship for the Kornation project which will be held Sep tember 19-21. Other committees will be appointed at a later date Refreshments were served by Loretta Draper. I - - . S , .... EAGLE SCOUT EDWIN MIKKELSEN of Troop 93, Manlei receive the Fro Deo Et Patria religious award from the Kev. T II. Vogel, Pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church. Photo by Fred Ward. 'Understanding Key To Surviving Nuclear Threat' LINCOLN pefore ypu talk about fallout shelters and pre- emergency planning, you must create an understanding of the nuclear threat and convince people that they can survive at tack. "Many people." continued Philip F. Ayle.iworth of Wash lngton, D C. before the Great Plains Agricultural Council in annual session at the University of Nebraska, "are scarpd and have developed an attitude of futility and hopelessness." Aylesworth, rural defense pro gram leader for the Federal Ex tension Service, cited a three step procedure In carrying out the responsibility of his assign ment. First, he said, rural peo ple must realize the need to be prepared for emergency, nuclear or natural. Then they must un derstand '.'..e nature of radiation and how to gain protection from it. Third, they must become convinced that "you can sur vive." "Until we have accomplished this," Aylesworth said, "there is na use in talking about prc emerency planning, post-attack functions, fallout shelters or any other phase of civil -defense. We are emphasizing facts that will reassure rural people that thpy can and must survive, that continued food product! in 's vital In any emergency and that any preparedness measures they take in this nuclear age will be good insurance agai ist na'ural disaster." Aylesworth pointed to the need for training as an empnasis point. His organization has 1, 200,t()0 unnaid rural pcopl? giv ng time to various phases of the Extension program of de fense. Their contrlbut.on equals '.he wcrk of 51.000 full-time employees. The cooperation of organiza tions serving the rural commun ty is a must, Aylesworth said. These are the agricultural, civic, business and cooperative groups 3tate and federal oiganiatlonr. are pitching In with a will, ton "We look upon this asslonne s an unparalleled opportunity jr service to rural people and 3 the Nation to come through x ruclear emergency," he dc :!arcd. "Together we can help ural people to develop a built n read ess to meet thij or any other emergency." Speaker System Available at Park City Park here now has a loud speaker system for use durin' ilcnlcs and other outings. To ar range for use of the system, thr nark assistant may be con tacted. Installation was by Charles Warga Sales and Service. I 'Pioneer Spirit Needed in Education' A "pioneer snirit" in educa tion to meet the needs of the changing times in Nebraska is needed, an administrative as sistant to Governor Morrison said In an address here Tuesday night. i - Norman Otto of Lincoln, a for mer educator and state senator, told the Rotary Club there is an Imminent need to stop an in creasing number of drop-outs from high school. That facts show that of 26 million young sters who will be entering the nation's labor market in the dec ade before 1970, T.'2 million will not have had a high school edu cation. He called this an "unpleasant image on the horizon." Education generally has not kept pace with advances in other fields, Otto said, even though it. Is so Important because the world's knowledge Is doubling every 10 years. He warned that even young sters who graduate from high school in the years ahead may sions because the job they ori ginally sighted will be elimi nated by changing times. Job opportunities will be most numerous, he said, in fields where special skills and educa tional background are requisites. Otto said he was confident Nebraskans will put education in its true light, Day for what they want and be led by a pioneer i-pirit toward better education just as early Nebraskans were led by that spirit in conquer ing what then was looked on as "the great American desert." He listed this summary of edu cational needs: a broad educa tion for everyone (Democracy was founded on education for the masses not the few), an urgent need to finance educational ad vances, a spirit of searching in educational opportunities and the great need to keep young sters In school until they com plete educational training. He listed these "areas of prog ress in Nebraska"; the state's modern $10 million capitol; the Unicameral; and educational No Frost In Sight! BY P. J. DINGMAN It's back to being warm-plus again, In case you didn't notice it Wednesday. Wednesday's high was a very uncomlortable 95.2, the hottest in a week. Wednesday night a thunder storm spilled only .07 of an Inch on the Plattsmouth area, far less than hoped. Oh, by the way, the forecast for August is for above normal temperatures. The chart: Day (P.M.) Time Pres. Hi. Lo. Prec. Mon 8:25 84 90 63 lues 6:25 82 89 65 Wed 5:45 88 95 67 have to re-train two or three TV, a measure adopted just times for vocations or profes-1 weeks ago by the Legislature. The speaker was introduced by O. F. Mussman, Plattsmouth superintendent of schools, pro gram chairman for the ladies night meeting. Dr. R. F. Brendel, club pres- luriu, oiesiueu. ne wus given aj r ( II present from the club as a sur-l KinQ Ol jtlT-UD .00 .06 .T John B. Peterson Among guests were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ccnis, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Copmann, Mrs. Margaret Brendel, Murray, and Mrs. Grace Kidder, Sargent. Rev. Moberly Is New Pastor at Community Church The Rev. Marvin Moberly, the new pastor for the Plattsmouth Community Church, has arrived in the city, moving here from Lewellen, Neb. The Rev. Mr. Moberly and family will be living at 901 First Avenue. They have a son and daughter. He will preach his first ser mon here on Sunday In the local church. SOUTH ASHLAND (Special) John B. Peterson was crowned King of the Stir-up Friday eve ning. Miss Ardis Almy of Ashland was crowned Queen. They were presented to the crowd at the rodeo Sunday after noon. After cornonation, guests at the Peterson home Friday eve ning were George Isaac, Mr. and Mrs. George Isaac Jr., Mrs. Will Blackman, and Mr. and Mrs. Ar low Wollen of Lincoln, Miss Pa tricia Wollen of Plattsmouth, Mrs. Robert Stover and Kath rine of Dallas, Tex., Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Raikes and Jeff, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Burger and Mr. and Mrs. Don Graham. Classified td in The Journal cost as little as 50 cents ' . . ' , ' - ,..,.. 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