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9 V.ZZ2. SI1IC HIST. SOCIETY XX MP 13 1963 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday TME PLATTSIMflDQjTIH JdDQJliSRIAL Cnilidar1 With th Nthawka Enterprise and Clmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Con County Families VOLUME 82 SIXTEEN PACES PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1963 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 87 ? r t i : j r r George Conis Dies from Heart Attack; Rites Today Funeral services were held today for George Conis, one of Plattsmouth's most widely known and best-liked citizens. Mr. Conis, 68, a businessman here for 50 years In n career that should serve as an example for all those who would succeed by patient and honest effort, died Monday night at Melhod.s. Hospital In Omaha from a heart attack. He was stricken at his place of business, Cc tis's Ck'.ar Store, and after oxygen was admini stered with the Volunteer Fire Department's equipment ne was taken to the hospital. Mr. Conis this year crlebrated 50 years in business. begun when he arrived here as an immigrant from Greece, as he nut It "not knowing enough English to ask for a drink of water." B u t perserverance brought him success and he became one of the city's most dependable businessmen. He continued to operate his business until the time of his death. He was born March 11, 1H95 at I Letkas, Greece, son of Pete and Denutra Pappas Conis. He came to America from Greece In 1913. At St. Joseph, Mo., he was married to Plplna Papanickola Jan. 4 1925. She preceded him In i death June 10, 194B. Surviving are sons, John of Ames, Iowa and Tom Conis, j Plattsmouth; and daughter, j Mrs. Lyle Copmann, washing-1 Sunday Beer Still Open Question The question of Sunday beer In Plattsmouth remains an open one. Monday night, the City Council held another discussion on the question and decided to hold it over until the next Council meet ing. Elmore Brink, co-chairman of the License and Judiciary Com mittee to which a request for a license to sell beer on Sunday by Wlnterset Inn was referred, recommended a delay of action for two weeks. He said the committee had met with tavern owners and the Ministerial Association about the request and Is still Investigating. Monday night, Marion Endel Icato of Wlnterset Inn and Ern est Schultz, owner of Ernie's Bar, were at the meeting. Schultz said he personally fa vored Sunday beer but spoke only for himself. Bids Taken on Fire Equipment Bids for a new fire truck were opened at Monday's night City Council meeting. For the truck chasls they were ns follows: Tilt cab truck $6. 100 00; Conventional cab truck $5,484 00, $4,685.00 and $4.680 00. Two bids were received for the equipment to be mounted on the truck chasls. and they were; $11.339 00 and $11,998 00. The bids were turned over to the Council's Fire and Lighting Cemml'tee to meet with the Fire Dept. Committee Monday at 7 p m. at the Fire Station to go over the bids. At that time firms making bids will be allowed to exulain their bids if they wish before the Joint committees. Fol lowing this the committees will make a recommendation to the Council. J ft. W ! V f 1;:' i I j ': i , ... ' i 1 K I George Conis I ton, D. C; five grandchildren; broiher, Sam Cunis, Denver Colo.; seven brothers and two sisters In Greece; a cousin, Christ Pappas, Council Bluffs Iowa. He was a member of St. John's Greek Orthodox Church Cmaha; Eagles Lodge; Ahepa Lodge, Omaha; Rotary Club; a pas commander of the Amer ican Legion Post No. 03; veteran of World War One, in the Army xrrvi lg overseas; a member of the Plattsmouth School Board: was chairman of the City Park Board: had served on the City Council. He was owner of a cigar store and shoe shine parlor, and i.i July this year celebrated 50 years in business. Funeral services were at Cald well Funeral Home wl.h the Rev. George P. Stevenson offi ciating. Visiting hours were Wednes day afternoon and evening. Pallbearers were Ed Egen berger. Bill Deemos, Andy Kol llas, Tom Solomon, William Schmidtmann and Dr. W. V. Ryan. Honorary pallbearers were Fred Armstrong, Fred Herre, John Wehrbeln and Clem Woster. Flowerbearers were Mrs. Mer lin Jochlmsen and Mrs. Mollie C. Gobelman. Mrs. Twyla Hodge was organ ist. Burial was In Oak Hill Cem etery, Plattsmouth. The Amer ican Legion Post 8 had charge of graveside services. In Memory of George and Piplna Conis, a memorial fund for City park lias been established. 2 Outages Total 9 Minutes Here Two electrical outages here Wednesday afternoon totaled nine minutes, from 2.07 to 2:12 and from 2:26 to 2:30. Ernest Elliott, local manager for Consumers Public Power District, said the first outage was cauJ.aU a current trans former, evidently due to a mois ture leak and rise In tempera ture, blew up; and second when a fu.se among several replaced as a result of that blow-up proved defective. Murray, Unio.i and Nehawka, on the circuit affected, were without current 45 minutes while repairs were made, Elliott said. Consumers sent for a new cur rent transformer from St. Louis and is checking voltage regula tion manually every 15 to 30 minutes during the daytime un til the disabled transformer is replaced. Elliott said electrical engineers have been summoned to check the cause of the failure of the piece of equipment which was installed now l.n 1959. Charles Hennings, 83, Louisville, Dies Today . Charles Hennings, 83. life long resident of Louisville, cled there this morning. Funeral services were pend ing today. Fusselman Funeral Home, LouLsvllle, is In charge of arrangements. Mr. Hennings was born Nov. 25, 1879, on a farm east of Louis ville, son of Charles C. and Mary Volk Hennings. He Is survived by two broth ers, Ferdinand and Phillip, both of Louisville; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Schafer, of Crofton, and Mrs. Anna Schafer of Yak ima, Wash. Tractor Pulling Contest Scheduled A tractor pulling contest has been scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 21, during King Korn Karnlval. Welghing-ln will be that morning from 8 to 10 at Plattsmouth Lumber Co. The contest will be on Pol lock field east of the city on the flat. Details and contest rules will be listed In Monday's Journal. Rain Totals 1.43 Rainfall here Monday and Tuesday totaled 143 Inches, as measured by 8chrelner Rexall Drug. It waj one of the bigger rains of the year and was wel come, although It came late fjr several purposes. To date this year, rainfall has totaled 18.17 Inches as measured by Schrelner's, compared with 19 96 Inches to this date a year ago. iu win 7i H1 V"m C ATTLE FEEDERS feeders and others who took a tour of County feedlots Tuesday are shown above during the first stop, at the Dick Tritsch farm four miles south and two west of Plattsmouth. They discussed feeding equipment and procedures on the farm and heard comments on cattle Classes Listed for Sept. 19-21 Flower Show During Karnival Rules and classes for the an nual Plattsmouth Garden Club Flower Show to be held In con Junction with the King Korn Karnlval Sept. 19-20-21 today were listed by the club. The show is open to all ex hibitors in Cass County. It will be open to the public without charge at 541 Main Street be ginning at 2 p.m. the first day of the Karnival. The rules and Classes: RI LES AND REGULATIONS . 1. All exhibitors in Cass Coun ty are welcome to enter. 2. AJ1 exhibits should be cor rectly named. 3. Entries are due September 19, between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Those entered later will be ex hibited but nt judged. 4. Exhibitor may l.iake only one entry In each class, and only 10 entrie.?. 5. Bring your own containers. 6. Containers brought by ex hibitors are brought at their own rl.sk against loss or break age. 7. All horticulture specimens must have been grown by the exhibitor. 8. House plants must have been In exhibitors possession at least 3 months. 9. House plants must not, show signs of recent transplanting. 10. All entries in the artistic division must be made by the exhibitor. 11. The classification commit tee will pa.svs on eligibility of all entries. 12. All visitors and exhibitors must leave room while Judging Is taking place. 13. The decision of the Judges Is final. 14. Junior division exhibit ar rangements must be made by the Junior exhibitor, horticulture plants and specimens must have been grown by the Junior ex hibitor. 15. Exhibits may be picked up anytime after 12 noon on Sep ember 21, 1983. FLOWER SHOW SCHEDULE DIVISON 1. Artistic Division Section 1. Arrangements, In terpreting Theme, "Four Seasons Of Kornland" accessaries per mitted. Cla.ss 1. Fall Arrangement Class 2. Winter Arrangement Class 3. Spring Arrangement Class 4. Summer Arrangement Section 2. Arrangements All In shades of one color; acces sories permitted. Class 1. Shades of all yellow or all white Class 2. Shades of all purple or blue Cla.ss 3. Shades of all red or pink. Class 4. ties. Section Mixed colors or varlc 3. Minature arrange- ments. Class 1. Miniature arrange ments, not over 5 Inches tall In cluding container. Section 4. Arrangements Class 1. Ornamental grasses Class 2. Gourds, collection of 5 Class 3. Dried material Class 4. Weathered wood, ac cessories permitted. DIVISION II. Horticulture Di vision Section 5. Potted plants Class 1. Foliage plants Class 2. Plants In bloom Class 3. Cacti or succulent.! Cla.ss 4. African violets Class 5. Vine or novelties Section 8. Specimens Class 8. Ageratum 3 sterns Class 7. Aster, single 3 blooms Class 8 Aster, double - 3 blocms Class 9. Bells of Ireland 3 stems Class 10. Canna 1 stem -i x ON TOl'R ( ass Countv cattle Class 11. Celosla, crested type 1 spray Class 12. Closla, plumed type - 1 spray Cla.ss 13. Chrysanthemum, large 1 bloom Class 14. Chrysanthemum, small 1 spray Cla.ss 15. Cleone 1 bloom Class 16. Dahlia, small, under 6 Inches, 1 bloom Class 17. Dahlia, large, over 1 6 Inches 1 bloom Class 18. Galardla 3 stems j Class 19. Gladiolus 1 stem Cla.ss 20. Hydrangea 1 bloom I Class 21. Marigold, dwarf with foliage 3 stems Class 22. Marigold, giant with foliage 3 stems Class 23. Petunia, single 3 stems Class 24. Petunia, double 1 .stem Class 25. Rose, hybrid tea white 1 bloom Class 26. Rose, hybrid tea red 1 bloom ClaoS 27. Ruse, hybrid tea pink I bloom (Continued on Page Four) Pioneers Will Headquarter at Public Library Plattsmouth Public Library Building will be used this year as Pioneer and Homecoming headquarters during the Korn Karnival, It was announced by Mrs. J. O. McMaken, president of the Plattsmouth Women's Club. In charge of this division of the annual show. On the ground floor comfort able chairs will be provided a long with free coffee and cookies for all out-of-town visitors and their guests. Provided for the first time last year, Homecoming Head- quarters met with wide approval as a place to visit with friends or past years and as a rest ana comfort station. The Plattsmouth Women's Club received much praise for their efforts in providing this facility. Boosters To View Game Films Tonight Plattsmouth Booster Club will meet tonight at 7:30 In the high school gym. Movies of last Friday's 19-14 win over Ralston will be shown. a mm iifiifi ' . niiiii h n u i n a i u u i til !T a ft 41 ... ; - . .-.J L. , - ... ..... ....... . .-i.IIhHm' i- -. ), 'i ... f ' ..c ' . - j NEW DRIVE-IN This Is the new Triangle Drive-In on Washington Avenue here, which haa its Grand Opening Friday and Saturday. Rob feeding by Dr. Paul fiuyer, I'niversity of Nebraska Extension husbandryman, and Clarence Sehmaileke, Cass Countv Extension Agent. Tritsch told the group of a typical year's experience in buying, feeding and marketing cattle. Rain Fails Spirits on BY CLARENCE SCHMADEKE County Extension Agent A total of about 55 different Cass County cattle feeders, at tended the annual feedlot tour held Tuesday, Sept. 10. The tour sponsored by the Cass County T-Bone Club and Cass County Extension Service started at the Richard Tritsch farm northwest of Murray. Viewed and discussed at the Trilsch farm, owned by Carl Schneider and Tritsch, were steers about ready for market being fed on self feeder, grind ing and feed handling equip ment, silage stored in bunker silo, fence line bunks. Calves and light yearlings are usually fed on this farm to utilize home grown grain and roughage. ' The second stop was at the Charles Martin farm' where 8?aln cattle are ready for mar- 4 ket. Martin was feeding 'heifers and was on a program of ground hay and corn fed once a day. A load of these heifers were on Omaha market Monday and brought within 40 cents of the market top. The Elton Blaikie feeding pro gram Includes two bunches of heifers, one bunch on grass, the! other in dry lot. Blaikie uses a lot or nay in his reeding pro gram and feeds calves. Fence line bunks are used. The Ralph Stubbendiek oper ation includes covered fence line bunks, steel shades which will be used for windbreaks by tilling them on the side this winter, green chop feeding of alfalfa, to a lot of 252 head of mixed steers and heifers. Some very high quality rough age, known as naylage was seen at the Vernon Bornemeler farm, stored for future use. The Borne mciers were feeding green chopped corn to 113 yearling Hereford heifers using pie-cast concrete bunks, filled by an auger. The Charles Ganz operation In cludes three lots of cattle, one of heavy steers ready for market, a bunch of heavy heifers ready for market and a lighter group of heifers started on grass and now in dry lot. Ganz uses open bunks and self feeders, silage, hay and ground corn In his program. The concrete aprons used along feeding and watering areas all demonstrated their usefulness since the day was wet f ft C , 1J p.. i I r1' .easy i i I I r I it- k!i 4 " . . , V--- ,t4 Em jm.M,meK LmAh mmm-Jm I 1 To Dampen Feeders Tour overhead. Intermittent showers fell all clay and it was damp; much damper than spirits of the feeders. Coffee and rolls were enjoyed at the Tritsch farm compliments of the Star Lives'oek Commis sion Co. of South Omaha and the Murray Grange. The ladles of the Murray Grange served lunch at the Agriculture Auditorium in Weeping Water at noon. Paul Guyer, Extension Animal Husbandman, served as Inter viewer on the tour and presented timely pointers to the feeder group which will be useful to them. It was a clay for exchange of ideas and as one veteran feeder commented, "I always learn something new by attending these tours and listening to what Is said". Mrs. Ganz served tea and cookies to the group before their departure back home to do chores. Need Talent For Karnival .frinn Chnw Jlwye J"u" Participants are needed for the big talent stage show to be presented again this year in connection with the King Korn Karnival under direction of Mrs. Janice Freeburg, she announced today. For the nast two years this has been one of the highlights of this annual event with dozens of area young people presenting their talents In dance and music. Mrs. Freeburg Is accepting applicants now for this outstand ing stage show. Talent Interested should get in touch with her by phoning 24!fi, or railing the Chamber of Commerce office, 71. "If ynu can sing, do magic tricks, dance, play a musical in strument, have a single, trio, or more in an act, don't fail to make your contact at once so that your place can be spotted on the program for Saturday aft ernoon, Sept. 21, at 2 o'clock," the Chamber Office said. Classified fi In The Journal -nsf n. little br 5n cents. and Judy Button are managers of the business owned by Leo and Jane Meisinger. 63 Carnival ne of Greatest Ever! The 1963 King Korn Karnival fhculd be one of Ihe finest ever presented in Plattsmouth as iinal details are worked out on parades, stage shows, exhibits and other arrangements. Getting underway next Thurs day evening (Sept. 19) with a grand Koronation of the Kin and Queen of Kornland, the next two days will find Plattsmouth streets jammed with special en tertainment features, many sur passing anything shown in pre vious years. j Band Director Jack Herweg has confirmation on a total of 15 j high school and other bands j from Iowa and Nebraska, many for Friday night's Farmers and ; Merchants Parade. It is possible j several more organizations will Proclamation From the Desk of His Majesty, John Cloidt Jr. To All Loyal Subjects: Greetings: As the time for Royal Festivi ties of the Kingdom of Korn draws near, I do hereby pro claim that "Four Seasons of Kornland" shall be the theme for this King Korn Karnival which will be held on Sept. 19, 20 and 21, 1963 in Plattsmouth, Nebr. Let all Royal Subjects heed this Proclamation and take pause in their preparations for merriment to remember that the Pioneers who made this country great are also the same people who laid the ground work for the great progress we have made in Cass County the past 32 years, the lifetime of Kass Kounty King Korn Karnival. Let the festivities be tempered with appreciation of the impor tance of Civil Rights, Human Quality, Dignity and Progress in the Realm, that the Kass Kounty Kingdom of Korn may grow and prosper mightily. By my hand and seal, this 10th Day of September.. 1963. i Signed) John Cloidt Jr., Kass Kounty King, Kass Kounty King Korn Karnival join before Karnival time. Hale's Shows of Tomorrow will again be on the Midway, opening on Wednesday evening to be followed by Koronation on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. Fri day, Sept. 20 opens with the 4-H Special Stock Show on Washing ton Avenue, with the City and Country School parade getting underway at 1:30 p.m. Following introduction of Cass County Pio neers, special events are planned for Kids entertainment under direction of Jaycees dur ing the afternoon. Evening show Friday opens with special contest routines by visiting high school bands. Big Farmers and Merchants Parade starts at 7 p.m. with more bands and floats than for many years past. Other features are the Promenaders, the Platte Valley Boys, Polka Band, etc. On Saturday will be the 4-H Stock Sale at 9 a.m., Tractor Pulling contest, Kass Kounty Talent Contest under direction of Mrs. Don Freeburg and other entertainment that gets under way at 1:30 p.m. Evening Is turned over to the G.I. and Organizations that will feature a special parade follow ing Band Contest Routines at 6:15 p.m. This parade promises to be the greatest ever with units of Tangier Shrine of Omaha, nearly 20 fire departments rep resented, dozens of American legion, VFW their Auxiliaries Cooties, and other Veterans groups. There will be National Guard and Reserve units parti cipating, together with numer ous bands and drum and bugle corps. Following the parade, the U. S. Air Force, furnishing their own background music, will take over with top talent selected from the entire Air Force the world over, presented as a two hour stage show that should be a finale never surpassed in Platts mouth. During these three days there will be a flower show, corn show, snecial exhibits, historical displays, and dozens of other colorful and Interesting pro grams that will give persons of this area one of the greatest all free celebrations of many a year. "The gates are cien every body is invited to Plattsmouth on Thursday, Friday and Satur day, Sept. 19-21, for a great time," general chairman Grant Roberts says. Billed as KKK Queen Candidates Following are brief introduc tory sketches of three more can didates for the title, Queen of the 1963 King Korn Karnival. Already introduced were Nancy Bulin, Sharon DuBlap and Valerie Gorton. The linal three candidates will be introduced in Monday's Jour nal. The nine candidates are Plattsmouth girls. The Koronation of the new Queen and King will be an event oi the opening night of the three day Karnival, Sept. 19. Wanda Jenkins Wanda Joyce Jenkins, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Jenkins, is a 1963 graduate of Plattsmouth High School. She Is sponsored as a candi date by the Band Mothers. In high school, Miss Jenkins was active in music and was a band majorette. She was a Homecoming Queen attendant and this past summer was a candidate in the Miss Platts mouth Pageant. She was a King Korn Karnival Koronation attendant in 1962. Miss Jenkins lints duncirif!, bowling, music and sewing as hobbies. She plans to do secretarial work and attend night school in Omaha. Kally Lehens Sally Marie Lebens, 18, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Lebens, Is the candidate of the Catholic Daughters of America for the Queen title. A 1963 graduate of Platts mouth High School, Miss Lebens was chosen Miss Plu!tsmouth of 1962 and was Homecoming Queen at the High .School hut fall. At school she was active as a band majorette, a cheerleader and was president of her ju.iioi class. Her hobbies are reading and sewing. I' V - ' "" - i j Joan Hountree Joan Stephanie Rountree, 18, daughter of Mrs. John Rountree, (Continued on Page Four) ( ! ( a