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'5; NEBRASKA STATE HT?T0"Tr.AL SOCIETlll Lincoln, nieuraaKa i szz. 3. sip r;i3r. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise ond Elmwood Leoder-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families PLATTSMOUTH. CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1963 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 94 VOLUME 82 EIGHT PACES . .7rV-' .- j-" f -T, ........ k . !i'.,c'4tA fl ' -Vr..- .'-'. Si! 'I- .'....if: TltOPIIY f ()K BAND Three member. of the "A" Band posed i the trophy presented to the Band at Grand Island Saturday. With Sunday afternoon for this photo. Betty MelNinger, drummer, holds I her are Drum .Majors Claudia Marler, left, and Pat Ilolliway. 'A' Band Gets 'Superior At G. I.s Harvest of Harmony Plattsmouth Hl(?h School's "A" Band Saturday earned a Superior rating In Class A com petition at the annual band fest ival. Harvest of Harmony, at Grand Inland. Bands were Judged against a Mrs. Wayne Schneider Heads Plattsmouth PTA Council A special meeting of the Plattsmouth ITA Council was held Oct. 1, at the High S.:hool ! Home Ec Rjom. The meeting was I opened with the FI'A l'raycr. j Special election of officers was j held. Elected were: president,: Mrs. Way.ie Schneider; vice president, Mrs John I'orter; sec retary, Mrs. Jack Brookhouer; treasurer, Ralph Hild. Discussion of main purposes j and functions of the Council wn 1 held, these being: 1. Strengthen- Ing local units 2. Developing leaders 3. Undertaking commun ity service projects 4 Helping improve the school system. Discussion was held on the EX TENT of PTA participation Into community service, esp. Involving PTA funds and fund drives. Na tional PTA Congress policy dic tates "PTAs do NOT participate In fund-raising campaign.? of other organizations and does NOT contribute PTA funds to fi nance the work of another organization.-' An explicit Item In this category was the request for help in fund raising for the Cass County Association for Retarded Children. The Helping Hands, Bchool. 1 The Council agreed official PTA aid was not In order, but j since this worthy educational , program was well within "Child 1 Welfare'" a main obiect of all PTAs, that unofficially and as concerned citier.s could promote and request navies of volunteers to go out and solicit funds. Other j ways PTAs could officially con- j tribute services to the Retarded j Children's School are: leadership 1 -k-k-fc perfect score in 11 areas of marching and playing, accord ing to r'lattsinoutir.s director, Jack Herwrg. Of 17 bands In the competition, 8 received Superiors or Ones 11 got Excellent or Twos and trailing, personal or Individual aid, speakers for programs, pub lic presentation and cdujatiu-i. Dates were set f ir the third Tuesday of November, January, March and May for the regular Council meetings. It was citel from the Council handbook tlio "Council meet! lgs are opei tj AIL member. of the units com prising the council, and every ef fort should be mvle to entourage a large attendance. La.st year's Council has reenm "lendcd that all PTA units pre sent their honorary life member ship awards at one of the Coun cil meetings - no decision wa made at this time. The motto fldc-pted by the Council for this years cwen-tr-Ui.ni Is: "The three I" Rec ognition of, Responsibility t- Recreation for PlatlsnnutlV Youth." The program for the November meeting will stem from the motto. Committees and projects adopted for the year arc-Legislation, programming and work shops. Discussion wan held con cerning the Advisory Biard. whose main objective was to fully study various aspects of th riatH. Fduc. System. Decision on sponsoring this project thi.' year was postponed until the No vember meeting. The Council de cided .not to sponsor a Civil De fense project, but recommend Cl eci.Kutlon be promoted through programs, speakers, lit erature, etc, Cnairmen and committee ap pointments were postponed until the November meeting. Rating three received Goods or Threes The Harvest of Harmony pro gram started In the morning with a p;. rade featuring more than 33 marching bands. The field competition was held in the afternoon at the Orand I.,Iand High .ichool Coliseum. Besides its .Superior rating the I'latUmou'h Band earned a trophy 011 which the plaque des ignating the rating will be mounted. 1 For many Plattsmouth fam ilies, Saturday was a long clay The band reported at the school i for departure by bus at 5 a. m j and didn't get back to the cry , unlil ailer 0 p. m.i Leonard J. Austin, 72, Dies Sunday; Rites Vcdnesday Leonard J. Au.stln, 72, native of Union and resident of Platts numth most of his life, died Sun day at (lale'-burg, 111., where he was a Ji nitcr at the University of Oale.'burg the last 13 years. Funeral .-icrviee-i wl!! be We.i nesolay a'. 2 p m. nt Caldwell Fu neral Home Chapel with ths "ev. Gene Swim of First Baptist Church officlatl ig. Burial will be in Pleasant Itidue Cemetery ! soul h of here. I Vi.iitirg hours will be Tuesday from 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Caldwell's. Mr. Austin was born April 6, 1801, at Un'r.n, son of Almond and Anna Austin. He was mar ried 0"t 13. 1016. at Nebraska City, to .Minnie Klimm. She survives along with a son, Leonard Jr., Galesbunr: and daughters Mi s. Francis Kennedy, Oale.'ibii'.g, Mrs. Sidney Rrnitii, Union, and Mr. Sherman Adklns" and Mrs. Marian Henry, both of j Plattsmouth; 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; brother Jay, Falls City, and sister Mrs. Henry Glguere, Lincoln. Journal Want Ads Pay Delinquent Tax List Published Publication of the Notice of Delinquent Real Estate and Spe- , clal Improvement Taxes begins : lii todays Journal. I Notice Is of taxes delinquent ! for 1902 and prior years and for special improvement assesa ! menu delinquent to date. Law requires three weeks pub lication of the list. Properties on which taxes were delinquent but on which taxes have been paid since pre para lon of Uie list will be de leted from the list as taxes are paid and publishing deadlines permit. Public sale of lands or por tions to pay the delinquent taxes are require by law be ginning Nov. 4. Services Held Saturday for Mrs. Copenhaver Graveside services were held Saturday at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery for Mrs. Tessle Copen haver, 72. who was found dead at her home here Friday night. The Rev. J. W. Taenzler of First Christian Church offici ated. Mrs. Copenhaver wa.? born March 25, 1891, at Rock Bluffs, daughter of Thomas B. and Addle Long Stokes. She was mar ried Dee. 11, 1911, at Murray to Arthur Copenhaver, who preced ed her In death In 1938. Their only child, Irma Jane, died in 1928. She Is survived by nephews and nieces: Floyd (Ted) Lee Stokes, Benton Harbor, Mich.; Donald Gene Stokes, Diamond Bar, Calif.; Clifford Hal Stokes, Sidney, Iowa, and Miss Flora Mae Stokes, Nebraska City. Mrs. Copenhaver was a mem ber of Murray Christian Church. Wm. C. Hennings, 79, Dies; Rites To Be Tuesday William. C. Hennings, 79, died early Saturday morning at St. Joseph Hosoital, Omaha. He had been ill a long time. Mr. Hennings was bora Oct 28, 1883, at Cedar Creek, son of ohn A. and Margaret Jardine Hennings. He was married Dec. 1, 1d. at Denver, Colo., tc Mary Ann Timmas. H.s wi.e survives, as well as six sons, Archie F., Omaha; Wilbur W., Los Angeles, Calif.; Cecil A., Omaha; Ordell, Lin coln; Norris D., Daly City, Cal if.; and Gerald E., Colorado Springs, Colo. A son Ralph pre ceded him in death in 1954. Also surviving are a bio. her. George, Santa Ana. Calif., and a sifter, Myrtle Rogers, Con ception Junction. Mo.; 18 grand ciuiuren und 10 great-grandchildren. Mr. Hennings farmed until i927 when he moved to Platts mouth and began work at tile Plattsmou h Bridge, until retiring. He was a member of the Piesbyterlan Church. Funeral services will be Tues day alternoon at 2 at Sattler Fusselman - Perry Chapel with the Rev. Robert O. McLeod of ficiating. Burial will be In Gletidale Cemetery near Louisville. Visiting hours at the Chanel will be this afternoon and eve ning, 4 to 6 and 7 to 9. Luther Womack, 68, Dies Saturday; Funeral Today Luther B. Womack, 68, died early Saturday morning at his home soulh of Plattsmouth. Mr. Womack was born June 27, 1895, at Springfield, Mo., son of Franklin and Ellen Mccum Womack. He farmed near Murray until moving to Plattsmouth in 1946. He worked for the BRE Shops .until retiring two years ago. Mr. . Womack. was married uci. iu, 1W38, in Nebraska City to Ella Lohnes- She survives along with a son Franklin of Oakland, Calif., and grandchil dren Roger and Pamela Wo mack of Plattsmouth. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge No. 6, AF and AM. Funeral services were today at 2 o'clock at Sattler-Fussel-man-Perry Chapel with the Rev. Gene Swim officiating." Mason ic services were conducted by the Plattsmouth I.ndire Nn P with Ralph Hild as acting Wor- shiprul Master and Maynard Ramge conducting the Masonic Rites. Pallbearers were Louis Schies sel, A. N. Epperson, E. E. Leach, Gardner Hamilton, Lester Gan semer and Orville Muller. Visiting hours were Sunday afternoon and evening. Burial was in Oakwood Cem etery, Weeping Water. Museum Tours Can Be Made By Appointment Museum hours here have been reduced from daily to 1 to 5 p. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sat urdays and Sundays for October The Museum will be opened by apoolntment for groups and out-of-town visitors. For an ap pointment, call 3111 or 2523 or write Mrs. Virgil Perry. School groups are urged to visit the Museum In the fall as there are many relics of pioneer times on display which fit In well with the Nebraska history study. It is time to renew member ships in the Cass County Histor ical Society. The Museum de pends on memberships to take care of running expenses. Join now! Send your $1 in care of the Cass County Museum, Platts mouth, Society officers urge. RI DE AWAKENING Dl'E? Plattsmouth and Cass County residents continued today to bask In mid-summer temper atures tout perhaps were won dering when the rude awakening wou'd come and Just how rude it would be. The weekend saw temper atures In the low 80s here as elsewhere In Nebraska where records for hlhs this time of Fall were broken. A Classified d In The Journa cost ai little as 50 cents. Fire Volunteers Kick Off Annual Drive for Voluntary Donations The Plattsmcuth Volunteer Fire D:pt. today kicked off its 1963 drive for voiu .tary contri butions to purchase additional firefighting and lifesaving equin nent for use In this fire pro.ecr tion district. Cards Inviting residents of this area to participate were mailed today. Contributions may b-J mailed to the department, givei Vi'Vi fir) - ' ' - J I1 1 J tmlJ C'ENTI'RY OF S K R V I C E Plattsmou th's most-veteran Fire Volunteers, William Schmidt niann, left, and Fred I.ugsth, pose with the earliest piece of firefii-hling equipment still in existence here. The ancient hose cart is now Plattsmouth 'Favorite Shopping Center Survey by Firm Shovs Just what Plattsmouth's rural trade area is and what rural people residing In this trade area think of the town, were graphically portrayed at a meet ing of business leaders In the Blue Flame Room of the Gas Co. Friday morning. A survey, conducted over the past four months by an inde pendent firm, disclosed that most farmers and rural residents in the 25-square-mile area con sider Plattsmouth their favorite shopping center. The area, bounded on the west by Highway E0, on the north by a line a few miles Into Sarpy County, on the south by the Otoe County line and on the east by a line drawn at the west city limits of Glenwood, Iowa, and south to include the Bartlett area comprises almost a thou sand farms which average 346 acres per farm, the firm's rep resentative siiid. It was found that very few of the 152 farmers contacted by this firm had any serious crit- Ted Wiles Family Received Honors As Farm Pioneers For the past seven years, the Knights cf Ak-Sar-Ben have hon- ored pioneer farm families and this vear 15 Nebraska lainilles were selected for honors at a special banquet during Uie Ro deo and Livestock Show. From Cass County, the C. L Ted Wiles family of Plattsmouth were honored at a dinner at the Ak-Sar-Ben Chuck Wagon and also had leserved seats for the Rodeo performance that eve ning. They had previously been hon ored at the County F air at Weed ing Water, when they were re cipients of two 1963 Pioneer Farm Awards, offered annually to families whose land has been owned by the same family for 1C0 years or more. The Ak-Sar-Ben award was an engraved walnut nlaquo and the other awaid, nresented by the Cass County Fair, was a lram ed plaque, In recognition of a century of service to Nebraska agriculture. The families in attendance be sides Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wiles were Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wil es, Thomas Grosshans, Alan Wiles, Don Freeburg, Larry Christensen and Teddy Gross hans. Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 ; to any of the volunteers or left at Plattsmouth S'.ate Bank. Contributions will be listed by The Journal as the list is ma-Je avai'able by the Volunteers. The annual fund drive coin cides with National Fire Preven tion Week, C:t. 6-12, aid the local department Is emphasizing lire safety ar.d inspection for firs i hazards as Prevention We:k ac icism of Plattsmopth. The man who made the survey said that the mfcat iiiiiprijjy (to him information that he turned up was the high regard in which Plattsmouth merchants, especially the grocery stores are held by Iowa residents. Many of those interviewed, he said, mentioned these stores without prompting on his part. The Journal came in for a pat on the back when the survey disclosed that 80 per cent of the farm people residing In the area depend on this newspaper for local news and shopping lnfor- ' " - 4 i Is -M. M. ,, ,,n, i,,,,., .p, ,.,'.U.. , YAMS WHAT AM! Mrs. Frank Hull, Ferry Glen Road, Platts mouth, shows two of several oulsized yams she raised in her Bar den this summer. The two, about the Kite of medium sized cab bages, weighed about four pounds each. Ordinarily, a fair-sized Puerto Kican yam will he about as big as a lari;e potato. Mrs. Mail says she had one ever bieger that the two shown hut she accident ally chopped it in two with a shovel when digging them. The giant yams grew just below the surface of the ground, she says. The yams were bought as young plants this spring at Jochimsen's Market here. Mrs. Hull also displayed twin black walnuU which grew in the same hull. tivities. Large Fire Prevention Posters have been potted by the Volun teers and they delivered fire safety material to Plattsmouth Schools and to the County Su perintendent for distribution to rural schools. Volunteer Ray Fuller Is chair man of the department's Fu.id Drive Committee. stored at the Cass Countv Historical Society Mu seum. Sehmidtmann and I.ugseh combined have served as Volunteers 86 years, both having joined the Department In 1920, 43 years ago. I mation. When those residing in Cass ' CoiHity were KrouMtaJ-- Uie, figure rose to around 95 per cent Journal readers. The firm which made the sur vey for their own information, with the view of establishing a dealership here shared the re sults of it with the Plattsmouth businessmen at no cost. It is hoped that the results of the survey will be used to make Plattsmouth an even bettor trading center by the business community, several at the meet ing remarked.