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r iss. sim bxst. socini ixx tTSWUf i W55 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday IFME PLATTSiydDlUT AUG 3 0 1963 Consolidated With th Nthawka Enterprise and Clmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cast County families VOLUML bZ SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY. AUGUST 29. 1963 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 83 jraiMG Cass Countyan of the Mrs. Rozella Clark, Union, Has Been Countyan 82 Years ISv IttTII Mil I.Ht Special Correspondent Mrs. Rozella Clark was born on the nineteenth of December In 1869 at ChKlicothe. Missouri. Thl.s year marks her 04 birthday and her 82 year In this area. Kwi'lh and her family, the E. E. Kenaeys. came from Ciii.li cothe to Mc-Fall, Iowa, when she was 12. McKall, a.s you know, Is just a erass the river and is where m.Mt of the very earliest Ciss C jnnty business was headquartered Those of you who con.slder s trip of that length quite a Jump even today, consider what It must Inve b-en like to a twlve year old girl rldinc In a Jelling wagon or walking along the prairie behind their slow moving mode of transportation. Rozella had relatives, an aunt and uncle, living on tin Nebra.s ka side of the river and when .she was 14 she came to Rock Bluff to the Ivan White family to work and to share a private tutor with the White children The education gained under a tutor at old Rock Bluff is one of the memories she llke.s to retell Rock Bluff provided her with entertainment too. She recalls having a pony which she rode about the Bluffs, often finding and killing .snakes, and one time killing a rattler. In 1888. Rozella married a young barber, C. W. Clark. Her two so.)s. Cain, who died In Feb ruary; and Ira, who now lives in Union, were born on the Iowa side. In 1895 the Clark family moved across the river to Union and here their daughter, Mrs Ora Ouerra, was born. How many of you can now re call the old Singing Schools? They were, until the 1000 s, one of the most popular means of getting together. Hearty voices joined together to make the rat ters ring at old Sclota singing school south of town when Mrs Clark was young. But they learn ed the principals of music, too Mrs. Ouerra say that until juot a few years ago her mother could still pick up any new song and sing It, asing the old singing school method of reading music About 1906 the Clarks opened a business which meant a lot to train travelers, the hotel and rcstuarant. It required many long hours of hard work but un til .she was 80, Mrs. Clark work ed diligently to keep the busi ness thriving. They Rave their daughter Ora a fine music education which she In turn Is passing on to the children of Union now. Mrs. Clark has four living grandchildren: Mrs, Harry Speck, Nehawka; Ted Clark. Ne braska City; and Oeorge and Charles Clark, Portland, Ore There are 7 great grandchildren and 3 great-great gra.idchllden. Mrs. Clark led a busy life and was never one to sit idle. At times when the hotel or restuar ant or her family weren't taking her time she would sit down to her loom and weave yards and yards of rag carpeting. Many of these rugs can be found in use in home. ln the Union area. Mrs. Clark has always enjoyed excellent health. Mrs. Ouerra wports that her mother has never had a broken bone and V Mrs. Kozella ( ; I- , I ; r Week never been hospitalized. Al though, at 94, her eyesight has failed her, she is still able to be up and about a good deal. Mrs. Ciark has raised a fine family, helped to manage a busi ness which provided l.jr many tiavtler.s win stopped In Union, and prcvidr-d comfortable car peting for many homes in her spare time. A very active, very bu.-y wnnian well de.sr-rvlng of recognition as this week's "Cass Countyan." Jesse R. Dysart, 86, Union, Dies UNION (Specl.ili-Jes.se Rny mond Dysart. 86, long'ime resi dent of Union, died Monday night at Veterans Hospital in Lincoln following a stroke. Funeral services were today at Unl(i Baptist Church with the Rev. Arthur Hurder and the Rev. Russell Jones officiating. Burial was in West Union Cem etery. Lett Fune al Home was in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were David Atte bery. Richard Attebery, Marvin Attebery. David Dy.sart, LaVetn Feusner and Mark Feusner. Mr. Dysart was born Oct. 5, 1878, at Factoryville fiear Union, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dy sart. He was married Oct. 3, 1900, ut Union to Clara F.llzabeth Arn. She survives along with four children: Wlnnoa Standley, and Dolores Feusner of Kearney; Ronald, Oakland, Calif.; Vulda Attebery, Omaha, and Rutheda Nicholson, Sal' Lake City; 13 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and a broth er, Charlie Dysart, Murray. Mr. Dysart was a Spanish American War veteran. He was a retired farmer and lived all his life at Union except for some time spent at West Plains, Mo. Call Your News Anc Social Itms to 214' State Fair Begins 6-Day Run at Lincoln Saturday uwtULN (bpecial) Gate tton of a prehistoric dionsaur will swing open Saturday, Aug 31, through Sept. 5 at Lincoln for the 193 edition of the Ne braska State Fair an edlton that promises to be the biggest and the be-n l-n the entire history j of the exposition. A record industrial show al ready has been assured. Due to the demolition of old buildings, an additional 25,000 square feet of industrial exhibit space has been made available. . .and It has all been filled. Millions of dollars worth of new products for the farm and the home will I 5i2"lrby, the ffr!oma C"jl!! be displayed ot Nebrasl!a m conjunction with Advance entries Indicate that'ne University of Nebraska all agricultural departments ln-!speech and hearl" laboratory, cludinir the 4-H Cluh and Future I Other special exhibits will ln- Farmers of America shows, aLso!clud expanded displays by the : will be well-filled, both as to!0la,-e Historical oocieiy ana quality and quantity. ! State Game Commission; com- At unitsually large number of I memoratlve stamps by the US. special displays will be one of j Po.stofflce Department; and a me nigniignts or tnis year's Fair. The University of Nebraska State Museum, for example, will exhibit a complete 35-foot skelc-!be lark, 94, I n ion Murray School Opens Tuesday MURRAY (Special) The Murray Public school will begin Tuesday, Sept. 3, at the regular hour, 9 a.m. Kindergarten hours for the se mester will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Teachers are as follows; Kin dergarten, Mrs. Ora Ouerra; first and second : grades, Mrs. Opal Martin; third and fourth grades, Mrs. Barbara Kendall; fifth and sixth grades, Mrs. June Ross; seventh and eighth grades, Mrs. Clara Becker. Bus drivers will be W. E. Hose liar and Henry Buethe. The seven h and eighth grade pupils are to meet at the school house this Saturday, Aug. 31, in time to leave at 7:45 a.m. for a guided tour through the Hallam Atomic Energy plant at Hallam, Neb. From there, they will go to the State Fair at Lincoln for the afternoon and attend the eve ning show at the Fair. Sunday Beer Asked for Winterset Inn A request for license to sell beer on 8unday, made by Mar lon Endellcato, proprietor of Winterset Inn, Monday night was referred at the City Council meeting to the Council's License and Judiciary Committee "for study with the other council men." Endellcato said his restaurant needs to be able to sell beer on 8unday In order to remain com petitive with other restaurants already operating or btlng built in this area. He said Wlnterset's ability to remain in competition for week end patronage would have an ef fect on construction of a half-milllon-dollar motel ln conjunc tion with the Inn. along with many other unique Items. The State Fair Board will sponsor a special display show ing the culture of corn and Its uses for food Tne complete cycle from planting to bln to: processor and back to the con sumer will be portrayed and ex plained. The Hall of Health, operated by the State Medical Society and cooperating group.?, this year will Include free hearing tests full-scale mock-up of the US Navy's TALOS missile. j Entertainment headllners will i TV aild Recording Star J!m my Dean; Country Music Veter- I an Roy Acurr and His Smoky Mountain Boys; and Oinny Tlu i and her Family. They will be featured, along with a sparkling j array of other variety acts, In State Fair Varieties. I Jimmy Dean will be featured j the evenings of Sept. 1 and 2; j Roy Acuff and his Smoky Moun tain Boys, tne evenings or sept eveniV, or"sept.";"through 4 ! nihr .. th.t ut .nnoor aii ! four nights include Sonny Moore !?,cni,'' 'she ls a ""uate of! and his Roustabauts, a comedy ; ppru 8laJe Teachers College, re nim!.i oot- Th. nm!.H,.r ; eeivlng her major in elementary i animal act: The Rnmenariers America's favorite square dance ! group; Dieter Tasso, balance art ist extraordinary; the Six Outis, slapstick comedians; Ray Con lln, Jr., master of ceremonies; and Dan Belloc and his orches tra. Other grandstand entertain ment highlights will Include Big Car Ra"es the afternoons of Sept. 1, 2 and 5; Stock Car RnpPH th nfternnnn nf Rent. i- two special Children's Shows, . M- Blanche Hlghfield will the afternoons of Aug. 31 and teach tne tnlra and ,ourth Sept. 3; and the Aut Swcnson grades at Wintersteen School. Thrlllcade the evenings of Aug. Sne has her two-year teaching 31 and Sept. 5. credentials from Luther College, Th William T. Collins Shows w"hoo. "nd is working toward a will bring new rides and shows! degree at Peru State Teachers to the Midway; free radio andCo"ege. TV shows will be presented dailv Mrs. Hlghfield taught in rural In the Open Air Auditorium and schools ln Saunders County and Coliseum; and two drum and in Plattsmouth city schools, bugle corps and 17 bands wltlj Her husband is employed by provide music throughout the Consumers Public Power Dis Falr. ' trlct here. They have four sons. Meet The New Teachers 4 WVt.'": Jo Ann Jensen Jo Ann Jensen will teach third grade at Columbian School. She is a graduate of Kearney State Teachers College, with a major ln elementary education and a minor in English. She taught in Osceola and Omaha elementary schools. In College, Miss Jensen was a member of Pep Club and served as an assistant librarian. She is from Kearney. Mrs. Nancy Broers j Mrs. Nancy Broers will be a: fifth grade teacher at Central School. She is a graduate of Peru State Teachers College, majoring ln elementary educa tion and taking minors in Eng-i lish, fine arts and history. Mrs. Broers taught in elemen-. tary schools in Illinois and Ne- vatla Previously. ! one wus a ljit:uiut-i Ul 11 orirt Sorority, the White Angels, The; Pedagoglan and The Peruvian ' while attending college. 1 Her husband Is completing re quirements for his degree at Peru State. They have one child. Judy Weihel Jl'dv Welchel will be a second grade teacher at Columbian 1 ' lvl!1K education. She did practice : teaching In Beatrice elementary schools. In college, Miss Welchel was a member of the White Angels. She Is a member of the National Education Association and was an honor graduate of her college class. Her home ls Alvo. I ,"". I i. m.WIi.iII.., j .... i : i h. . - ' I ',:$)vr )' ' ".. N St John's Registers 172 Pupils General registration for St. John School was completed Aug. 22. A tola! of 172 children were registered. Of this record num ber, 31 children are from Holy Rosary Parish. The Faculty consists of: Msgr. Joseph Przudzik, Ph.D., Super intendent, ins ructor i i Religion for ernde.s 1, 2. 7 and 8, and Latin; Kev. Myron Pleskac, M. A., Instructor in Religion for grades 3, 4, 5 a-.d 6, American History for grades 7 and 8, and boys' Physical Education lor grades 3 to 8. Sister Mary Lewis, O.S.U.. Principal, and home room teacher lor grades 7 and 8; Sis ter Mary Cabrinl, O S.U., home-! room teacher (or grades f and 0; ! Miss Betty Hailing, homeroom! teacher for grades 3 and 4; Sis- ter Jean Richard. OSU., home-; room teacher for grades 1 and 2. Girls' Physical Education classes for grades 3 to 8 will be; conducted by Mrs. John F. Berg-1 mann. I James Kildare will assist Fa-i ther Pleskac a.s coach for the' boys' basketball team, while Mrs. Jack Hadraba will coach the girls in volleyball and bas ketball. The school year will officially heffln Tucsrinv Sent 3. with n Mitrh M-,c0 in hr,nr,r r.f the Spirit at 8 a m. On Tuesday and Wednesday; Classes will be conducted only in1 the mornings. j On Thursday, September 5. the full schedule of classes will i begin. The hot lunch nrogram, under the direction of Mrs. Edward Berlett, will begin Thursday, Sept. 5. I PO Eyes Measures If P.ailsStruck f Plattsmouth Postmaster Vern ! Hendricks announced today that (planes, trucks, and buses will be ! pressed Into service to move air and first-class mail to its desti-i nation and to move other classes of mail within a 150 mile radius of Plattsmouth in the event of a nationwide strike. However, Hendricks noted that he has received Instructions not to accept mailings other than first-class, air mail and air par cel post which are destined for points more than roughly 150 miles from Plattsmouth for the duration of the rail strike if It occurs. "We are prepared to handle any letter or parcel addressed to any point provided first-class or air mail postage is paid on the item," the postmaster said. But he cautioned that service will be temporarily suspended cn second-class magazines and newspapers, third-class matter, fourth-class parcel post pack ages addressed to points beyond the second parcel post zone ex tending 150 miles from point of mailing -as part of the national post office contingency plan for operating under a rail strike emergency. Hendricks advised mailers that any emergency shipment, such as medicine or badly need ed flare parts, should he sent flrst-cl iss or air mail during the strike, if it occurs, and if the shipment demat ds delivery be yond the 150 mile limit Perish able items such as baby chicks and honey bees slrniki not be mailed for the duration of the strike, if it occurs, he recom mended. Mailing of items covered by the temporary and limi'ed serv ice susnensicn if deposited at the post oilices Immediately prior to a strike will be made at the risk of the mailer. The Depar nient cannot guarantee early delivery of perishable items and other than first-class or air mail par cels, letters and other matter if they are in transit at the time of strike or within the post office of acceptance at the time the strike commences. ! Hendricks noted that Grand j Island, and Kansas City are among cities within the 150 milej zone of Plattsmouth which will1 continue to get mail service: from this post office if and when i the strike occurs. He urged the I public and large mailers to call ! the post office. Phone 2152, for detailed information and to get answers to technical ques'lons involving their particular mail ing problems. Journnl Wunt Ads ray 24.10 Mills '1' A1 I . ,; I.arry Engelkemirr Larry Engelkemier Back from AYF Camp in Michigan Larry Engelkemier and George Lihnl, members of AGRj Fraternity, returned early Moll-! day morning from the American Youth Foundation Camp, Camp Miniwanca, Stoney Lake. Mich. Larry had received the Wil- Ham JI. Daillorth scholarship to ' the camp. Annually, one fteshman Danforth Agricultural Scholarship is granted to each land grant college in the state. There were about 800 young men at the cam) irom all over the U. S., Canada und Japan. Most of these were from rural communities. The camp lasted from Aug. 11 to Aug. 25. Religions, physical, mental and social growth were stressed. Ueor'te had won his trip through 4-H Work. Mrs. Landgren, 57, Louisville, Dies; Funeral Saturday Mrs. Andrew (Idella M.i Land gren, 57, Louisville, died in an Omaha hospital Aug. 28. She was born March 1, 1906 ! at Elsin, Neb., daughter of Mr. I and Mrs. John Aekles. ! H"r husband survives, as well las three daughters, Ruth Ack- rons. Omaha; Eile i Druery, I.miiville; Flore ice Gattsch. Las Vegas, Nevada; brother Ells worth Ackles, Los Angeles. Cr-lif.; two sisters, Florence Phiggs, Arlington and Lois Nich ols of Ingle wood, Calif.; eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church, Louisvillle, with the Rev. William Bavis of ficiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Louisville. Fussplnm Funeral II o m e, Louisville, is in charge of ar rangements. Classified ta cost ns little sip In The Journa, i0 r.ftts Mebraskas Not No. 1 But It's Close To Top! It is just as easy to find rea sons lor Nebraska farmers and ranchers to be prcud as it is to find reasons for being dis gruntled ana upset. KTf.U.-.. 1... ,1,.. (..,. ..infn rr, f,,in .,nH ,i,i.,. i, ,. has been. But it's tiever far from the top. Total gross farm and ranch in come for Nebraska In 1062 was $1.4 billion, put'ing the state in sixth place nationally, belw California, Iowa, Texas, Illinois and Minnesota, in that order. Three top farm and ranch commodities list.-d for Nebraska are cattle, corn and hogs. Nebraska was in fourth place in cat le income, with gross sales of $533 million. Iowa, Texas and California were the only states to top the Beef State In this category. Nebraska was sixth in hog sales volume, earning $153 mil lion from this source. Ranking it were Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Missouri. Nebraska 1062 corn sales were wor'h $198 million for third place in the nation. Illinois and Iowa were the only states in front in this department. Gross livestock income for Ne braska in Kv: stood at $827 mil lion. This was exceeded only by Iowa, California, Illinois, Minne sota, Texas, Wisconsin and Mis souri. Crop soles gave Nebraska Levied by The Sergeant Came Through Skirmish Unscathed Outnumbered 14 to 1, Sgt. Mal lcry came through his assign ment with flying colors here. It wasn't a really dangerous assignment, but ouite delicate. it begun when friends of Mrs. Robert Mallery planned a baby shower. The plot thickened when Mrs. Mallcry went to the hos pital the night before the ailair was to take place at the home of Mrs. Gene Curtis. S-Sgt. Robert Mallery of Air Force stepped into breech and substituted for wife. The shower came off the the his as planned with the Sergeant open ing the gifts, making the proper comments and enjoying tea and cake with a lot of feminine at tention. (The Mallery s have a 6-pound boy, their first child). Time Running Out For Holders of Gl 'RS' Policies Time ls fast running out for over 1,300 Korean veterans in Nebraska who have less than a month in which to qualify for a special cash dividend by ex changing their "RS" term poli cies for "W" term insurance or converting to low-cost perma nent Insurance. This special dividend offer ex pires September 13, 1063, ac cording to A. H. Duxbury, VA Regional Office Manager in Lin coln. It applies only to Korean Conflict veterans whose insur ance policy number is preceded by the letters "R3." Duxbury explained that to qualify for the special dividend, the "RS" policyholder must either: 1. Exchange hp, "RS" term policy for a "W" term policy at, generally, only one-third of the cost he is now paying; or 2. Convert his "RS" policy to one of several low-cost perma nent plan insurance policies. If the "RS" policyholder takes either of these steps on or before September 13, 1063, he will re ceive his special dividend. These dividends average about $100. depending upon the age of the i policyholder and the length of time he has held his policy. He must act on or before September 13, 1903, however, or the divi dend cannot be paid, Duxbury said. Wading Pool at Park To Close The wading pool at Garfield Park will be closed for the sea son after Labor Day, Park Board Chairman Lloyd Fitch Sr. said today. It will be in service as usual during Labor Day, weather per mitting. an income of $426 million, out racked only by California Texas, Illinois, Kansas, Florida Iowa, Arkansas and Indiana. Although wheat was not indi- cated as one of Nebraska s three i major agricultural commodities the state didn't do badly there either. Only Kansas, North Da kota and Oklahoma headed the Cornhusker sta'e in wheat in come. The state gross was ln the neighborhood of $150 million from this source. Nebraska agriculture in 1902 totalled 88 thousand farms and ranches of which 89 percent ranked" a.s commercial. (Only North Dakota exceeded this fig ure.) Average farm or ranch size was 548 acres, with a s ate total of 48 million farm and ranch acres, about 97 net-cent of the state's total area. (The highest percentage in the na tion.) Average gross income per Nebraska farm and ranch was $16,087, of which $4,287 was net. Average value of Nebraska land and buildings per unit was $53, 589. Such figures as these should go far to explain the look of prosperity in the Cornhusker state. (The foregoing was written by Bernie Camp, information direc tor for the Nebraska Farm Bu reau Federation. City Increase Is .20 Mill The City Council Monday night passed an ordinance approprl-ati-.ig $128,341.58 in tax funds for operation of city departments for the fiscal year ending July 31, 1964, and levying 24.10 mills against property in the city to cover those expenses. The mill levy was based on total evaluation for tax purposes of $5,325,352. This year's levy compares wih last year's 23.90, up .20 mill. By fund, the amounts appro priated (cents omitted) and the mill levies: General fund, $f,3,253; 10.00 mills. Liberty fund, $7,988; 1.50. Fire hydrant rental fund, $5, 325; 1.00. Cemetery, $5,325; 1,00. Fire department fund, .35. Fire equipment fund, $1,863; $1,597; .30. Park fund, $7,455; 140. Park acquisition fund, $7,455; 1 40. General sewer fund, .50. $2,662; Recreation fund, $1,065; .20. Sewer improvement sinking fund, $10,650; 2.00. Bonds and interest fund, $10, 650; 2.00. Paving district bonds and In terest fund, $13,047 ; 2.45. The appropriation bill also lev ies a $2 poll tax on ablebodied men. The ordinance appears as a legal notice in today's Journal. City Clerk's Salary Raised For Next Term The City Council Monday night passed a motion instruct ing the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance increasing the sal ary for the City Clerk-Treasurer to $4,800 a year beginning with the next term of office next spring. The salary now is $3,000 per year. Books Are Gifts Mrs. Roy Moore has given the following books to the Public Li brary: Cleopatra, by Emil Lud wig; Concubine, by Nora Lofts, and The Banker, by Waller. Donna Catron has given book, Joy in the Morning, Betty Smith. the by No Accident HAS To Happen How many traffic accidents have to happen over a holiday period? Col. Dan J. Casey, Nebraska Safety Patrol, says NONE. Past holiday tragedies have almost always been proved to have been avoidable if the driver in the accident had driven the legal speed limits, If he had not insisted on the "right-of-way," if he had used caution in passing, if he had avoided "tak ing one for the road," and if hp had done his patient best to avoid any accident situation. Col. Casey added, "All these situations arise on any weekend, of course, but they always in volve more people on summer holidays. The result is that Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, and Labor Day normally end with more than the usual number of highway tragedies and the usual number for a weekend is bad enough. Last year, the Labor Day weekend In Nebraska experienced eight traffic deaths. If motorists will cooperate this year, it can be no traffic deaths in Nebraska." Central PTA Meets Tuesday at 7:30 Teachers will be introduced Tuesday during the Central PTA meeting at Central Cafeteria. Theme for the month Is Getting To Know You. The Objects of PTA will be s'ressed in the years work by Central PTA. BOOSTERS CI, I B The Plattsmouth High Athletic Boosters Club will meet toolght at 8 o'clock at the High School Auditorium to organize for the school year and plan activities. Anyone interested in boosting high school athletics is Invited to attend and Join the club, Presi dent Leo Osterholm said.