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STiW EI3T. EOCIETT XXX AUG 6 1963 TME PD.A'UTSIMKDHUTIHI' JJdDIURrMIL CtnsolidatW With th Nchawk Enterprise and Elm wood Leader-Echo- Read Twlct Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families VOLUME 82 EIGHT PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1963 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 76 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday ' Si: V A I ,V j" . riff. .i...,..i,..,.... A- "frp-, ... .- ' Kay Casev, among 11 Honor Grads Kay Casey Honor Graduate Of University of LINCOLN Kay Casey of Plattsmouth, dauf-'hter of Mr and Mrs. Francis M. Casey, wax one of 11 graduating seniors at the University of Nebraska who received their diplomas with honors Friday evening. The 1 900 graduate of Platts- Wednesday's The Day! It's been a long hot summer and It seems the heat affects the thinking of some people, espe cially Plattsmouth merchants, and they get "Ridiculus Ideas".. Some even get the idea that it Is Christmas, regardless of the weather. It happens every year. Some are affected more than others and all In different ways. The re suit Is a day known as "RIDIK ILUS Day". It's a day when the participat ing merchants let their hair down and, together with their store help, parade down Main street in uiitlan'lish costumes In the morning and then rush back to their stores t move their ( un wanted i merchandise out on to the sidewalk in front of their stores. This merchandise Is generally valuable to someone. It becomes more valuable b"cnuse the mer chants offer It at prices at which the same merchandise could not be purchased any other day in the year. "RIDIKILU8 DAY" falls on Wednesday this year In Platts mouth. This Issue of The Journal contains ads for the event, and If past vears are any crlterlan of vhat will happen, regardless of the weather, folks, (especially women and children) will have "Fun In the Sun". Merchants participating In this year's event are: Knorr's. Soennlrhseti's, Seanlan Broth ers, Cass Drug, Feldhousen Drug, Hchrelner Rexall Drug, The Beauty Box, Gambles,' Smith's Men's Wear, Style Shop, Wee Wardrobe and Drove's Jew dry. S( this is 'Boy of Circus' Film Thursday For Story Hour A total of 105 children were present at the children's pro pram last Thursday at the Pub lie Library. This Thursday, the program will feature the films, "Boy of the Circus" and "The Monkey Who Would Be King." , ,. Story hour starts at 2 p m.' I I Nebraska mouth High School received a Bachelor of Arts degree "with distinction" at the University's Summer Commencement exer cises. With a major In Journalism, she has accepted a position with an advertising agency In Van couver, British Columbia. She was able to earn her ba chelor's degree by attending three regular school years and three summer sessions. At the University, she was a member of Alpha Lambda Del ta, a freshman women's honor ary; Gamma Alpha Chi, a wo men's advertising society: The ta Sigma Fhi, a journalism so ciety for women; Kappa Tau Alpha, a scholastic society In Journalism; and Delta Phi Al pha, an honorary society for tfTose studying German. She also was a Journalism Gold Key win- ner as being among the top five Journalism students In her fresh man year. She was also the recipient of the Obrlst Award for being the outstanding advertising - jour nalism student. Other Cass County graduates: Robert L. Shumaker, Weeping Water, Bachelor of Arts. Michael T. Stacey, Weeping Water, Bachelor of Arts. Oeorge A. Gillespie, Green wood, Bachelor of Science in Education. William H. Todd, Union, Mas ter of Education. Rev. Mertz Is New Pastor at St. Paul's Church The Rev. Russell F. Mertz last week took charge of pastoral duties at St. Paul's United Church of Christ here. The Rev. Mr. Mertz is a grad uate of Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, Pa. He was ordained June 23, 1983, at First Reformed Church In Sun bury, Pa., his home town. He is also a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, with a B. A. degree in philosophy. Mr. Mertz Is married to the former Carol E. Rlegel of 8un bury. They are at home at the St. Paul's parsonage, 714 First Avenue. The Rev. James Stroh of Omaha served St. Paul's as sup ply pustor since October, 1961, when the former pastor, the Rev. O. E. Beybold retired be cause of his health and moved to California. Rev. Russell F. Merts .. .... i , 1 1 1,. 1 1. 1 ... 2 Die as Car Leaves Road Here A man and woman were found dead Just before noon today in :he wreckage of a car which Is believed to have gone off the road at Dead Man's Curve of Old Highway 73-75 north of Plattsmouth last weekend. The car was spotted by a pass erby. It was just barely visible .'rom the highway. Sheriff Fred reach said. He said it evidently had left the road sometime before to day's light rain, hit a guard rail past and went down an embank ment. The man was identified from the registration and his driver's .Icense as Dean F. Birch of O- maha, 41. He was an employe of the U. S. Army Corps of Engl neers. By press time, the woman had not been Identified positively. She was 48, according to identi fication found in the car. It was thought the car left the road sometime Sunday night; or even possibly Saturday night. Besides the Sheriff, County Attorney James F. Begley as County Coroner, waus investigat ing. Englishwoman 9th Drowning Victim in County A 52-year-old English woman Sunday drowned in State Lake No. 2 at Louisville. She was the county's ninth drowning victim or the year. She was Mrs. Ethel Mae Swaim of Norfolk, England, who was visiting her son-in-law and daughter A-1C and Mrs. Oeorge Pederson, Lincoln. Mrs! Swaim had gone to the lake with her daughter and hus band, their children and an other couple. She was last seen Sunday afternoon, seated near the lake shore watching her two grandchildren play in the water When she was missea, a search was made and the rescue squad of the Louisville Volun teer Fire Dept. dragged the lake but without locating her. This morning Sheriff Fred Tesch and County Surveyor William Coakley used the coun ty's boat and equipment to drag. They found Mrs. Swaim's body about 10 a.m. She had come to the United States in May and planned to leave Aug. 20 for home. Her husband had been here too but had left July 10 for home. Earlier this spring and sum mer eight other persons had drowned, one other in the same lake at Louisville, one In the Missouri River and the others at swimming beaches north of Plattsmouth. Education Key to Growth LINCOLN Urban centers have flourished along the West Coast areas and not in the Great Plains area primarily be cause western areas provide better opportunities in higher ed ucation, according to C. M. Har din, Chancellor at the University of Nebraska. He believes that a trend toward population growth In the- Great Plains will have to start with more and better higher education. Hardin made the statement before agricultural leaders at tending the Great Plains Agri cultural Council sessions here last week. He noted that population growth In California has been phenomenal following a period when there has been great em phasis on higher education and much effort used to bring the very best manpower into edu cational institutions there. Hardin also feels that higher education has an Important role to play hi helping communities make better use of manpower. A tough challenge for higher education will be to "remain flexible and Imaginative enough to work with the current trend3 In manpower use." He warned college administrators to guard against the tendency to resist these trends. Specifically, he pointed up the need for providing more Infor mal education for young people who will be faced with the pos sibility of changing occupations several times during their life time. Hardin also recognized the necessity of training teach ers expected to train young people who do not go to college for work but want to look for opportunity in vocational fields. ft " " mwini nmn. ' i V ' ' ! ' : ;.,- ' : ' : Judy Trutna Judy Trutna Selected as 'Miss Murdock' Judy Trutna, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Trutna of Murdock, has been chosen Miss Murdock by the Murdock Lions Club and will represent this community at the Cass County Fair in Weeping Water. Miss Trutna graauuted from the Murdock High School this spring and has been accepted in the Teachers College at the Uni versity of Nebraska where she plans to attend and major in ele mentary education. She was active in various school activities Including Drum Majorette five years, first flute in concert band 5 years, girl's glee 4 years and chorus 4 years. Pep Club 4 years being a varsity cheerleader 2 years and on the Volleyball team 3 year-. She attended Cass County Government Day, Co-editor of Annual, assistant editor and sports editor for school paper, casts for Junior and 8enior plays and class officer. Judy is a member of the Mur dock Evangelical United Breth ern Church where she is Sundify School organist, assistant Bible school teacher, choir member and held various offices in the Youth Fellowship and 8unday School. She was also a 4-H member three years and was selected to represent Murdock as a Count ess at the 1962 King Korn Karni val. Her hobbies are sewing and knitting. Tom Dillon Gets ROTC Commission To U of Nebraska Tom Dillon of Plattsmouth, a 1993 graduate of Plattsmouth High School, has received a Nav al Reserve Officers Training Corps commission to attend the University of Nebraska four years. Dillon has been accepted as a regular student at the univer sity beginning this fall. He will be sworn in as a Mid shipman in the Naval Reserve at the start of the fall term. mmm,t -!Z--m-m ir" " i t"1 NEW OFFICERS of Hugh J. Kearns Post of the American Legion were installed Thursday evening. From left are: Edgar Glaze, Command er; Ted Ohnoutka, 1st Vice Commander; I.yle July Takes Over Heat Lead BY P. J. DINGMAN Remember June, which was hotter than last July and Aug ust? Well, July was even warm er iby about 3 degrees). The five HOTTE3T days were: 99.2 on the 1st, 97.2 23rd, P6.4 4th, ond 06 0 on the 5th and 10th. The first 2 mentioned above were hot er than nnv day Jan.-June, and these 5 90.7 on the 18 h and 95.2, on the. 31st were hotter than any day all last year. Also worth mentioning is a string of 13 davs beginning mid-month when the mercury rose to 90 or above. By the way, we've now had 14 , days this year when the mcr j cury zoomed up to, or past, 95 degrees. The 5 coolest mornings were: 57.0 on the 14th, 59.1 9th, 62.1 10th, 62.7 28th, and 63.1 15th. We had 11 nights when the temper ature refused to get below 70. Also featured was the warm est night In several years, (later broken) 75.4 on the 19th. The average high was an un believeable 90.22 (2.82 degrees above normal), the average low was 67.45 (only .05 degrees above normal), therefore the month was about 1.44 degrees above normal, ugh! We had less rain than nor mally expected, only 1.82 inches (3.70 is normal) which was dumped by 6 thunderstorms ( 1 less than normal). Getting back to August, we find very little has happened in the 1st 4 clays, only the best rain in 18 days, .27 yesterday, AND the hottest day, not oeily for this year, but since I've been keeping records (4 years), and the hot test night for the same period. That day, Friday, was perfect. If you're a native of a tropical rain forrest. The morning LOW was an abomniable 78.4, and the afternoon hlh was a relatively humid 101.1 degrees. , . The latter betters the record, since I've kept records, of 100 on July 4, 1959. The forecast Is about the same, highs around 90 lows around 70, with scattered thund ershowers. The chart: (P.M.) Day Time Pres. Hi. I.o. Prec. Thurs. ... 5:45 90 92 70 .07 Frl 6:50 90 101 78 .00 Sat 8:35 73 90 70 .01 Sun 8:35 83 88 64 .27 Edgar Glaze Installed as Commander of Legion Here Edgar L. Glaze was installed as Commander of Hugh J. Kearns Post No. 56, the Amer ican Legion, Thursday evening at the Legion Club Rooms. Past Post Commander James Begley also gave the charge to 1st Vice Commander Theodore E. Ohnoutka, 2nd Vice Com mander Lyle Meisinger and the following Executive Committee Members: Arthur Warga, E. O. Vroman, James Begley, Eugene K rings, Charles Thomason, Boyd Lir.der, Joe Zastera, Fred Lugsch, Merle D. Meisinger. Begley also presented a Past Commander pin to Merle D. Meisinger. i' W v( vi Chas. Land, From Heart Thomas Conis Temporarily Police Judge Thomas Conis, Plattsmouth attorney, today was appointed temporary Police Magistrate of the City of Plattsmou h, accord ing to an announcement by Mayor L. W. Moore. He was named to serve in place of the elected magistrate, i Judge James H. Graves, who re signed recently because of his health. The term of office runs! until next spring. Conls is associated as an at torney with Francis M. Casey here. Until today, County Judge Raymond J. Case had been tem porarily serving as Police Magi strate. Helping Hands Summer Session Ends The Helping Hands Summer School ended July 31 after six weeks of swimming, craft work and playing for one day each week. A lot of craft work was made and all the children en joyed the swimming lessons which were given to them at the Nebraska City Pool. On August 2, a family picnic was held at the Gerald Paasch farm near Union to honor the two children that the Cass Coun ty Association for Retarded chil dren has "adopted" from the Beatrice State Home. The regular monthly meeting of the Cass County Association for Retarded Children will be held Friday, Aug. 9 at their school near Weeping Water. 1 of 4 Fa rms To Be Eliminated by 2000 LINCOLN Some present trends in agriculture are more disturbing and may be more im portant than those getting all of the attention in farm policy dis cussions today, according to one of the nation's top authorities in land use management. He be lieves the time is ripe for taking a new look at agriculture and agricultural policy. In a keynote address to area agiicultural leaders attending the Great Plains Agricultural Council meeting at the Univer sity of Nebraska here this week, Dr. Marion Clawscn, director of land use and management pro grams for Resources for the Fu Delegates to the Department Convention in North Platte gave their reports and expenses were allowed. Boyd Llnder and Norrls Hale gave a report on Junior Legion and Midget Baseball. Other reports were heard on finance, sick call, membership Membership cards for 1964 have arrived and membership teams will be out contacting all members. The U. S. Flag and stand purchased for the Cass County Retarded School, will be pre' sented at their next meeting. Special refreshments were provided by the post. Meisinger, 2nd Vice Commander; E. O. Vroman, Executive Committee member; second row Boyd Llnder, Fred Lugsch, Charles Thomason, all members of the Executive Committee. County Clerk, Attack; Rites 1 1 i - I 1 I aM).' I hit . . Chas. Land FIRE CALLS No damage was reported in two fires to which the Platts mouth Volunteer Dept. was call ed Friday. At 10:30 a.m., the Volunteers were called to the George Ja cobs farm a mile west of My nard. Cause of a fire in loose hay in a barn was undetermined, Fire Chief Joe Kruntorad said. At 12:15 p.m. they were call ed to 821 Whitman Ave. to put out a weed fire. Courthouse Closed Tuesday Afternoon The Cass County Courthouse will be closed from 12 Noon on Tuesday to allow county of ficials and employes to attend the funeral of Charles Land, County Clerk who died Satur day. ture, Washington, D. C. com plained that "problems con nected with supply .manage ment, price supports and stor- I age and disposal programs have dominated agricultural policy discussions for the past 30 years. Important as this subject Is, Clawson believes farmers today face more fundamental adjust ments. Farm Income One is the continuing trend in the rise of real income per cap ita. Total net income from farm .ing has declined about 40 per cent from its peak on a per farm basis. Although this decline has been relatively slight, Clawson reminded the agricultural lead ers that this has taken place during a time when per capita Income of non-farm people has risen sharply. "Farmers have simply not shared in the general prosper ity; those who could step up out put enough have managed to maintain their income, but it has been only a few of the most able who have held or Improved their incomes compared to in comes of non-farm people." A disturbing development here is the tendency for farm oper ating costs to rise as a percent age of gross farm income. Oper ating costs took about half of the total farm income during the 1930's; they have now risen to two-thirds, or more. Clawson sees little hope for raising farm income. To close the widening gap between farm and non-farm income, farmers will have to work even harrier to increase agricultural output per man. Yet total demand for farm products will not increase sub stantially. It is expected to rise almost exactly In proportion to increases in population in the U. S. In addition, the ou'look for increasing agricultural exports No Replacement Fee No one could expect to oper- j another source not usually ate a blood bank successfully by tapped by private blood banks, cutting oil such a source of sup-(This Is In the public-splritedciess ply. of clubs, industries, unions, When Red Cross blood is J church and benevolent groups "spent" from a bank, the doc-land organizations. Their rnein tors and hospitals generally try ! bers are larpe group donors of to obtain replacement deposits blood, often signing up for entire f"om relatives and friends of the days or hours at the local blood patient. The patient and those center. closest to him appreciate most Please donate blood cn Aug. keenly what blood can do, and 7, Phone 7148 or 5250, asks the how it is needed. The Red Cross local BhxKlmobile committee, does not use a replacement fee which wrote this article, as a club. Chairman of the Telephone The value of blood can't be ex- Committee Is Minnie Schlber pressed In dollars; nor can blood (Mrs. Oliver), be bought If the donor will not ' The Bloodmoblle will be at give. j First United Presbyterian Besides this source voluntary i Church Aug. 7, sponsored by the replacement the Red Cross has American Legion Auxiliary. Dies Tuesday Was 63, in 3rd Term In Office Charles Land, 63, County Clerk of Cass County in his third term of office, died Saturday at 8:45 a.m. at his home from a heart attack. He had not been ill, had attended to the duties of his office as usual Friday. Mr. Land, a Republican, was in his ninth year as County Clerk, having been re-elected for the second time last November. He had lived in Plattsmouth 11 years. He was a member of First Methodist Church, Blue Lodge of the Masons and the Scottish Rite and Shrine. Funeral services will be Tues day at 2 p.m. at Caldwell Fu neral Home with the Rev. J. Wil lard Scott, pastor of First Meth odist, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visiting hours at Caldwell's are today, 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, the Courthouse will be closed from 12 noon on. The Board of Commissioners meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, has been postponed. Mr. Land was born March 9, 1900, at Mynard, son of Allan and Fentine Bengen Land. He was married Nov. 9, 1933, at Papillion to Helen Watkins. She survives, along with a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Hopkinson of Norfolk, Va., three grandsons and a brother, Ben Land of Omaha. Before coming to Plattsmouth, Mr. Land lived near Union. is dark. "I think we will have great difficulty holding present volumes even if we are willing to nearly give (farm products) away," he says. Exhorbitant Land Prices Coupled with the Income trend Is the dramatic rise in land val ues. "Land prices have now been bid to levels which makes It impossible for farm labor earnings to equal non-farm labor earnings," says the spe cialist. Total capital (including land) in agriculture is now estimated at $200 billion; at a competitive interest return, this means $10 to $12 billion must go annually to interest on capital alone; and this Just about equals the net re turn to agriculture in recent years. "It is impossible to have competitive returns to capital out of current earnings and also to have labor earnings equal to those for comparable labor else where under these circum stances," he says. Ramification While there has been much at tention directed at population growth, Cla wson pointed out that more than half of the counties in the Great Plains States lost pop ulation during the 1950's. Most gained fewer residents than their own natural increase in population. Clawson predicts that towns of 5,000 and up will grow or hold their own but, "I think we will see a vast shrinkage in total population in towns and the open country." He estimates that one of every four farms (nearly a million) will be eliminated by the year 2000. "If this projection is right It will Impose major strains on rural communities and small towns where government and business services are designed to meet the needs of larger pop ulations in a day when transpor tation was slow and expensive. (Continued on Paie 3)