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I iSSa. STUB HIST. SOCIETY XIX PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday TME fPLATTSydDOJIM JOURNAL Consolidated With the Nehowka Enterprise and Elmwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly by More Than 3500 Cass County Families NOV 1 2 1363 VOLUME 82 SIX PACES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1963 TEN CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 104 -. 4 ' V M7 I.. I j -4--- ! P..,B.iwf ta - jf I i ra -li 2 -J-i: , 1 Mrs. Don C. (Mary) York at Her Home, 1221 Avenue A Mrs. York Recalls Early Days At Arbor, Lodge, in Plattsmouth BV RITII MIM.ER Hpeclal Correspondent Thc'e wai a time when the big white house at Nebraska City was not the familiar tourist at traction that it Is now, but rather the home of the J. Sterling Mortons where young Mary Mable Freese often went to join In the children s tea parties. Mary, now Mrs. Don C. York of Plattsmouth, can well remem ber the gay times at those tea parties. She remembers too, hew anx iously all the children waited for the coming of the snow and Just the proper crust, for then the old sleigh, which Is now a part of the Arbor Lodge display, would be taken from its summer quarters In the carriage house, loaded with children and drawn across the wide, tree-planted areas of the estate. Mrs. York was born in Mich igan and came to Nebraska with her parents in 1WJ9 when she was about 8 years old. The family lived on Tourlington Farm, lo cated about 12 miles west of Ne braska City on the old "Steam Wagon Road". Mrs. York's father, W. H Freese, ran a horse-drawn tank wagon for some time and then worked as a Janitor at the Col umbian School here. A Civil War veteran, he always led the Civil War contingent In the Fourth of July parade. Her mother, Eliza Wynn. came from England when she was seven years old. Eliza's family settled first In Chicago and because of this choice Eliza always had a fascinating Btory to tell htr children, for Eltz.i and her family were In Chicago the night of the great Chicago fire. The Freese family came to Plattsmouth in 1892 and Mary: Mable continued her schooling here. She graduated In 1901, a mem ber of the first and largest class to have their exercises In the old Parmele Opera House, now only a memory since fire took that corner of Plattsmouth recently. Others In that first class were Mrs. Estelle McClu.sky and Mrs. Oeorge Farley. After her graduation from school In Plattsmouth, Mrs. York taught both rural and public schools In the area. Her first school was the Rock Creek School where she taught one year. She then taught two years Ht he Ooos School and one year at Oreapclls before coming to the fourth grade room In town. She taught four years In town and among her pupils were sev eral that you of Cass County know well . Among them-Rex Young, Billy Ever, Waldemar floentilchsen and Fred and David Rutherford. I suppose these fourth graders, like their teacher before them, enjoyed sledding on high school hill. This is one of Mrs. York's fond memories of her childhood In Plattsmouth. High school hill was then a dirt road and the river licked at the skirts of Main Street, Imag ine what fun it must have been to swoop down that high lull straight for the river! In 1903, from Watson, Mo., came young Don York to work In the Plattsmouth Shops. Here, he met and, In 1909 married Mary Mable Freese. For 21 years, Mr. York was foreman of the planing mill In the shops. An artisan and an art ist both, he will always be re-j membcred by many for his ku-i perb skill with wood and a won- derful musical talent. The home where Mrs. York has lived since 1893 holds many beautifully done pieces of furni ture, as well as knick knacks done by Mr. York. Mr. and Mrs. York were both active In the Methodist Church. Open House at School Tonight Onen house at the Hinh School and Junior High tonight begins. at 7 p. m., in observance of Na tional Educatloi Week. Rcidstratlon i.s from 7 to 7:25 at the Auditorium or the front entrance of the High School building. A Bcneral session convenes a' 7:30 and lasts until 8 when par ents and patrons will be able to visit Individual teachers in their rooms. Refreshments will be served on the ramp at 9:30. Mr. York was a choir member for 53 years and Sunday School Superintendent for 14 years. Both were Interested In the Ep worth League. Mrs. York Is the church's old est member, that Is, has been member for the longest period of time. The Yorks have three sons. Don F. York, Uorger, Tex ; W. R. York, Denver; and Joe York who Is Principal of Plattsmou.h High School. There are five grandchildren. Since Mr. York's death In 1959, Mrs. York has lived alone In her home at 1I!21 Avenue A, but she Is right next door to her son and enjoys frequent calls from that family. Mrs. York's papers in clude every tax receipt since 1893 on the home. She has one living sister, Mrs. L. F. Copenhaver, Harllngen, Tex. A sister and brother are de ceased. Well remembered In the hearts of those who were her pu pils, and well-honored by the fine records of her children, this teacher and mother, I think, de serves a moment of thanks and recognition in this column. Won't you Join with me this week in .saying "thank you" to Mrs. Don C. York, who not only came to Plattsmouth and made it her home but gave of her best to make Plattsmouth better. Grade Schools' Visitation Set Here This Week Plattsmouth's public grade schools have set aside hours Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day for parents to visit their children's classrooms during American Education Week, Nov. 11-15. Hours suggested for visita tion: First Ward -Tuesday, 10:30 to 11:45 for A. M. Kindergarten to 4th Grade; 2:15 to 3:15 for P. M. Kindergarten. Central Tuesday, 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. for A. M. Kindergar ten through 6th Grade; 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. for P. M. Kindergar ten. Wlntersteen Wednesday, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., 1st to 4th Grades; 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Kindergar ten. Columbian Wednesday, 1 to 2 p m., P. M. Kindergarten to 2nd Grade, and 2 to 3: 15 p.m., 3rd to 5th Grades; Thursday, 9 to 10 a m., A. M. Kindergarten. Window Display Calls Attention To Schools In observance and promotion of National Education Week, Nov. 10-16, there will be a win daw display at the Gas Ca representing of the many facet; of learning In the Plattsmou.h scjinol system. jTlie display will be erected Tuesday and ill remain in the wfe'daw all week. The display w9l be a composite of examples of j the well-rounded educational prbgram offered children in the rrjmv departments of the educa tlqnal system. The purpose in observing Na tional Education Week is to promote a deeper a id wide spread understanding of the achievements, problems a n t need.s of the public .schools, and to encourage a greater partici pation by parents, laymen and the ge.ieral public in developing even more desirable imprave ment.s for an even better cliica tional system, a school repre sentative said today. The display is sponsored by the PTA Council with aid and contributions from the variou.' departments of the high school and elementary schools. The PTA Council "urges you to visit your school this week and see your .schools In session. Airman James Mudd Completes Schooling OFFUTT AFB-Airman First Class James B. Mudd of RFD 1, Plattsmouth, Nebr., has gradu ated from the Noncommissioned Officer Preparatory School here. Airman Mudd was trained in management, leadership, secur ity, human relations and other duties and responsibilities of Air Force noncommissioned offi cers. He is assigned to the 549th Strategic Missile Squadron here The airman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Mudd of Rt. 1, Fairdale, Ky., Is a graduate of Flaget Memorial High School. Louisville. Kv. His wife." Dor othy, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Martin of Las Vegas, Nev. 4 at 9k 1 : :. . ; : . rWl' 2 MOISTlIti: WEfXO.MK riattsmouth's Vol unteer Fire Dept. was called1 to the Fred Draper residenee southeast of Winlersteen School Fri day to put out a weed fire which threatened a shed near the house. Danger of fire has been great, this area having had onlv three showers in almost two months. Light rain Sundav night and this morning was welcome if sparse. Before that receipts of rain were .20 inch Oct. 16 and .10 Sept. 23. KATE 'SECOND' WEEPING WATER (Special) The 6th Annuul Nebraska High School Marchine Band Festival was held Nov. 2 at Pershing Municipal Auditorium, Lincoln. The Weeping Water Band under the direction of Mrs. Klump. preformed at 2 p. m. that day and rated a "Second." Weeping Water District Votes On School Addition Nov. 19 Legionnaires, Ladies Mark Veterans Day Plattsmouth Legionnaires arid Auxiliary members will observe Veterans Day here tills year with a po'luck dinner at the Le gion clubrooms tonight. Commander F.d Glaze an nounced at the regular meeting of the local post Thursday eve ning that plans had been com pleted for the affair. He also discussed with the members the coming Mid-Winter Legion Conference which will be held this year In South Sioux City. 1 JtlUfnal Want Ads Pay WEEPING WATER (Speci.ili Voters of the Weeping Water School District will vote Nov. 19 ion the question of whether or not to construct an addition t the district's existing school building. A 55 per rent majority Is necessary In pass the proposal to issue $80,000 in a 10-ycar bind issue to build a two-story addi tion containing: a large music and band room on the first floor with acoustical material on ceilings and upper walls; practice rooms, combina tion music library and teacher's station. Instrument .storage cab inets and a separate room a crcss the corridor for band uni forms and choir robes. The room could be shut off from the res of the main bulldin-r and heat ed separately for night meelln - second floor classrooms for 35 students of the 7th and 8'h rade4, with capacity for teach er's cab'nets, book trucks, gc" eral storage cabinets and paper storage cabinets. first and second floor tollei facllties for boys and girls, Jan itor's service and storage rooms --recessed lockers for 98 stu dents on the first and second floors. Addition of the new facilities, officials say, would: g've room for a larger In dustrial arts shop in the same i location In the existing bund ling by removing partitions and j rearranging equipment and j keeping the heavy electric pow jer load and heating system In tact. permit expansion of library facilities i.n the present area. -permit future two-story ex pansion to the west. be designed so that storage rooms on the first and .second floors could be used as connect ing corridors for future expan sion. The Board of Education ha endorsed the proposed plan. I' says a mill levy of 2.07 mills or an amortized basis would be re quired for the bond Lsue, base' on the district's 1963 assessed valuation of $4,601,925. The District's levy is now 30.83 Judge Case Files For Re-election Judge Raymond J. Case has filed to seek re-election as Cass County Judge. He seeks nomination in next spring's primary election for his fourth full term as County Judge. Judge Cass took the bench in 1950 to fill an unexpired term and has won election three times .since. County and district judges art elected in presidential electior years. All other county officer are filled in off-year elections Principals at Lincoln Workshop Joe York, High School Princi pal, and David Miller, Elemen tary Principal, are in Lincoln today attending a Nebraska School Administrators joint con ference workshop. The workshop, today and Tuesday, is on Nebraska's Growing Pains. Walter H. Policy, 78, Dies Sunday; Rites in Kansas Walter Hugh Policy, 78, resi dent here since 1952, died Sun day night at an Omaha hospital after an illness of several years He was a retired grocer, liv ing at Republic, Kan. until he and Mrs. Policy moved here t: be near their daughter, Mrs. R R. Furse. Funeral services will be Wed nesday at 1:30 p. m. at the Uni ted Brethren Church in Repur Iic with the Rev. Leon Salisby officiating. Masonic graveside rites at Lakeview Cemetery w be by the Republic Masonic Lodge. Visiting hours here at Cald well Funeral Home Chapel will be Tuesday from 7 to 9 p. m. Mr. Policy was born Nov. 20 1884, son of Milton C. and Anna Cleland Polley, at Republic. He was married to Mildred King April 2, 1908, at Belleville. Kan. Mr. Polley was a member the Baptist Church at Republic and of Masonic Lodge 123 there of which he was a Past Master He also served as Postmaster Republic from 1920 to 1933. Survivors are his wife; daugh ters Mrs. (Irene) Furse and Mrs. Agnes Kjome, Decorah, Iowa; five grandchildren and three great-gr andchlldren; three brothers, William C. of Belleville, Bruce of Emporia, Kan., and Robert of Kandiyohi, Minn., and a sister, Mrs. Edna Smith, Belleville. 'Fall Festival' At CC Saturday Plattsmouth Country Club will have its Fall Festival at the Clubhouse Saturday, Nov. 16. with dancing beginning at 8 a. m. For reservations, members may contact Mrs. Robert Brookhous r, Phone 2717, or Sam Am, Phone 9122. Youths Plead 'Not Guilty' To Water Farce Four Iowa youths pleaded "not guilty" here to charges of "minor in possession of alcoholic beverage" and "tampering with city equipment" when arraigned before Police Magistrate Thomas Conis. The four two 16 years of age, one 15 and one 18 were ar rested Sunday morning about 12:30 after 14 fire hydrants in Plattsmouth had been opened and about 200,00() gallons of water run out. 4 Acting Police Chief Donald Smith said the police got the first call about an open hydrant about 10:45. Before all the hydrants were located and the Water Dept. got them shut off, about $45 worth of water had gone down the drain and parts of the city were shy water pressure temporarily. Smith said one of the youths admitted the four turned on the hydrants "for kicks" but the four pleaded "not guilty" on ar raignment. Smith said a pipe wrench and crescent wrench had been found. Judge Conis set a hearing for Nov. 21. The boys were released on $125 bond each. Hydrants opened were at: 6th and Avenue E, 8th and Avenue G, 9th and Avenue G, 10th and Avenue D, 12th and 4th Avenue. 13th and 4lh Avenue, 15th and Main, Lincoln and 12th Avenue, 5th and Avenue D, 5th and 3rd Avenue, 10th and Avenue D, 11th and 12th at Herrnia, 9th and Main, 11th and Avenue G and Lincoln at 5th. Jr. Class Play To Be Friday at 8 The Junior Class of Platts mouth High will present the play, Second Fiddle by Guernsey Le Pelley, under the direction of Mrs. Don Wozniak Friday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m. A young bridegroom comes to the town of his fiancee to see her and an old college friend. In telling of his fears of the wedding, they perform a mock ceremony, which is performed by a notary public, the butler. The aunt and friends of the couple involved in the mock ceremony, try to plan a plot to secretly get the couple divorced. The fiancee and mother-in-law of the bridegroom appear sev eral times to add more to the plot. To learn the outcome, see The Junior Class Play. Cast members are Marilyn Hutchinson, Linda F r a z i e r, Laurie Nettelmann, Dave Kim ble, Karen Engelkemier, Reid Kirschenman, Sherry Simmons, Janet Gansemer and Dave Niel sen. The Date: November 15, Frl day. Time: 8 p.m. Place: High School Auditor ium. Tickets: Adults, $1.00; Stu dents, 75 cents. City Council Meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The City 'Council will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. at City Hall in its first session of No vember. It's the regular meeting, shift ed from tonight because of Vet erans Day. Opening of bids on a truck for the City Street Dept. will be a mong items of business. Journal Want Ads Pav -n-c N. -i1; " l ' ; . r.N. : 1 ' - " - '-j " ' ?rljp iff J J' ' r;pf-Si M. '0-J Lt. Tr'. j,i.-M .... .m ,. , i" ' 1 1 ' i i '-i4-i,Ii - - -'. .,:: ttfl.i & Lz. t An Architect's Drawing of the Proposed Weeping Water School Addition