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New Law Requires Application
For Real Estate Tax Exemption
LB 386, passed by the 1963
session of the Legislature, re
quires that all persons, corpora
tions or organizations seeking
tax exemptions for real estate
shall apply for exemption by
Jan. 1, 1964, Cass County Asses
sor Clara Olson said today.
If application is not made at
the County Assessor's Office,
the property will be pluced. on
the tax rolls, she said.
This application for exemption
refers to property owned and
used exclusively for educational,
religious, charitable or ceme
tery purposes, when such prop
erty is not owned or used for fl-
Murray Grange
Sponsors Xmas
Lighti
h'ng Contest
Murray Orange 424 held its
regular meeting at Mynard
Church Hall Nov. 26.
New Master Richard Tritsch
reviewed the program for the
ensuing year.
The Orange is working for an
attendance record by a point
system, whereby the losers will
have more tasks to perform
Membership totals 96; 35 mem
bers and four visitors were pres
ent at this meeting.
W. F. Nolle is representing the
Orange, at a Orange Leaders
conference in Newton, Iowa Dec.
2-3-4.
Nebraska 8tate Grange has al
lotted $20 apiece to two Oranges
for expenses of sending repre
sentatives to conference, Mur
ray Orange one of the chosen
ones.
An officers workshop will be
held Dec. 28. This date is also
the next regular meeting.
Murray Orange . Is sponsoring
a Christmas Lighting Contest
this year Including the town of
Murray, Orange members and
the Murray vicinity. More de
tails on this will be published
later.
The Orange Is planning Christ
mas Caroling.
The program for the evening.
Outdoor Nebraska, consisted of
a movie on duck and waterfowl
habitats, with Frank Nelson,
from the State Game Commis
sion, as a guest.
Hosts and hostesses Mr. and
Mrs- Henry Vlnduska, Mr. and
Mrs. Oeorge McKulsky, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Fltzpatrlck and Mr.
Dale Wohlfarth served refresh
ments. Fire Dept. To See
Film of Units in
Karnival Parade
The Plattsmouth Volunteer
Fire Department will hold its
monthly meeting Tuesday night
at the fire barn.
At the meeting the members
will view a film showing the pa
rade of fire equipment at the re
cent KKK.
Lunch, consisting of spaghetti
ana
meat balls made from
ground deer and elk meat, will
be served following the meeting. 1
Consolidated With the Nehawka Enterprise and Elnwood Leader-Echo Read Twice Weekly
EIGHT PACES
nanclal gain or profit to either
the owner or user.
Governmental subdivisions do
not have to apply for tax exemp
tion. Application forms are avail
able at the County Assessor's of
fice. The application forms are
In sets of four. All four copies
must be returned to this office.
, AXler the application Is In, it
will be up to the County Asses
sor to recommend etther taxable
or exempt status for the real11; '"" al u X 0., , J
estate to the County Board of ;'h'"nma1nnn tled for thlrd'
Equalization by Feb. 1, 1964.
The County Board will take
action after a hearing on 10 days
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appealed to the District Court:! The blue rmtks and shells were ' wnservationlsts by winning the
The State Tax Commissioner ! 'aln d',naU'(1 l'' ihcJ"1 Jn Cr'7k Watershed Con
jlm h Bi.ihnntu tn r..v,.ro mu i Tom Solomon. Russ Nielsen is .servatlon District picture award.
decision of County Boards
If property Is exempted from
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a period of four years provided
the owner files an affidavit each
year stating that the use of the
property has not changed.
Please contact the County'
Assessor's office if you have any
questions in regard to this law,
Miss Olson advised.
Gustav Muhs, 95,
Dies Saturday
Gustav Muhs, 95, died Satur
day at Hlllcrest Nursing Home!
near Plattsmouth. He came to i
the home April 6, 1962, from!
Stanton, Nebr.
He Is survived hv n son Wal- 1
er, of Stanton. Neb. The body j
was taken to the Shultz-Vogel
Mortuary of Stanton for serv-j
ces and burial.
Battler-Fusselman-Perry Fun
eral Home was in charge of io
cal arrangements.
Earl S. lies,
77, Dies Sunday;
Rites Wednesday
Earl S. lies, 77, died Sunday
at his residence here.
He was born Oct. 5, 1886 ln
Earlham, Iowa, son of Mark and
Rhotla Benson lies.
He was married Feb. 10, 1923
In Plattsmouth to Erna Biggs.
His wife preceded him ln death
Nov. 2, 1961.
Surviving are his children,
Manford lies, ln Germany,
Dwlght lies, Plattsmouth, Mrs.
Eleanor Clark, and Mrs. Rhoda
Wolfe, both of Reno, Nevada;
seven grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren; sister, Ma
ble Murray, Plattsmouth.
He lived most of his life ln
Plattsmouth, working in the
Burlington Shops here and in
Omaha for 48 years.
Funeral services will be Wed
nesday at 2 p. m. from Caldwell
Chapel with the Rev. J. W. Taen
zler, pastor of the First Christ
ian Church, officiating.
Burial will be In Pleasant
Ridge Cemetery, Plattsmouth.
Visiting hours are Tuesday af
ternoon and evening, 4
ter 8 and
7 to 9 p. m.
IHSIIFI) I'l.ANK. ils ulnes
Interior furnishings gone, came
road about 12 miles southeast
Gary French Wins
In Trapshooting
For Explorers
Explorer Post 399 were guests
of Bob Schneider of Cedar Creek
Sunday afternoon for a trap
shooting contest.
For the second year In a row,
Gary French won the trophy,
breaking 12 out of 25 facing a
strong wind.
Dave Nielsen was .second with
Last year, French won with
! 12 out of 15 and Nielsen was sec
iond with 11.
advisor for Post 399, sponsored
j by the Junior Chamber of Corn-
merce
Lumber Co. Office
Burglary Probed
Polleo here are still Investi
gating the Nov. 27 breakin iniing water.
Plattsmouth Lumber Co- in j They joined the Cass County
which $296 in cash was stolen , Soil and Water Conservation Dis
horn the safe ln the office. trict as co-operators in 1954 and
Police Chief Donald Smith said their practices have included
the office was entered by break
Ing a lower glass door panel of
the buck door to the office and
unlocking the door.
The breakin was discovered by
Ted Ohnoutka when he came to
work that morning.
Smith said a footprint was
found at ln'- srrn(! and Hnger-
P';lnls w,'rt' discovered on the
door "lass.
j He said there Is a possibility
! that a fire in an old shed on Win
i tersteen Hill at about 1:45 a.m.
j the 27th may have been a diver
sionary maneuver.
The Volunteer Fire Dept.
called to put out the fire.
VFW Post Here Has
Mortgage-Burning Fete
Special ceremonies marked' Meeting adjourned, and mem-
the meeting of the Veterans of j
roreigu wars neiu i uesaay members Tor the mortgage bum
night at the VFW Club. Com- j ing ceremonies,
mander Leonard Lutz conducted The program was under the
the business session, with a direction of Rudy Stoll, Charter
large attendance present. Member of the Post.
Reports were given of the var- j Lowell Iske, District No. 6
lous activities conducted by the Commander from P a p 1 1 1 1 o n
K"ro"P- ! spoke briefly, also attending was
The plans for the Christmas i Mrs. LeRoy Wilson, District No.
toy shop conducted annually by! 6 president,
the veterans not being complet- Representing the charter
ed, announcement of date ane, 1 members of the Auxiliary was
piace io De reported ai a iaier,aopnia Wolever. and Bob Sedlak
date. Lyle Newburn is chairman
of tills project. Auxiliary mem
bers sslst In this assignment
Elettlon for a new Jr. Vice !
Commander will be held at the the past presidents and Jack
next regular meeting. Barnard, Fred Draper and Ruoy
The family Christmas party is stoll Past commanders
scheduled for Friday, Dec. 20, at j Walt Stander, life time mora
thc VFW Club. Santa will ap- her, and Leonard Lutz com
pear with gifts and candy for all. j mander, also lifetime member,
A Christmas program will be assisted ln the ceremonies,
conducted under the direction of ! Lunch was served by a corn
Mrs. Owen Willis assisted bylmittee consisting of Post and
Sophia Wolever. I Auxiliary members.
PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY,
and most of
Two Kansas
and their bodies
to rest alongside
of Plattsmouth.
Xmas Decorations Damaged
By Truck This
Plattsmouth's Christmas dec
orations are one string short as
a result of an extremely high
truck-trailer passing through
town this morning.
The truck, belonging to Truck
John Albers'
Win Award for
Soil Conservation
The John Albers family of near
Avoca have been honored as
It was presented at the Soil
District and Extension Service
annual banquet at Unadilla.
Mr. and Mrs. Albers and fam
ily have 240 acres of land and
operate another 80 In the Wilson
Creek Watershed In Cass County,
four miles west and three one
one-half miles south of Weep-
90,000 feet of terraces, 22 acres
of waterways, 50 acres of pas
ture and hayland, fertilizing and
an approved cropping system.
The Albers family have a cat
tle and hog feeding operation
and also have poultry.
CAR DAMAGED
Friday afternoon about 4:30, a
car belonging to Margaret
Kneeht of Hill City Trailer Court
was damaged when In collision
with one driven by Jack Bowen
of Offutt Air Force Base. Bowen
was Injured In a subsequent ae
eldent and charges are pending
his release from a hospital.
bers of the Auxiliary Joined post
and Rudy Stoll represented the
Post charter members.
Pearl Myers, Mrs. Owen Wll
lis, and Mrs. Wilson represented
NEBRASKA
men in the plane were killed
thrown from the wreckage.
Morning
Trailer Sales Service of Meri
dian, Miss., and driven by Rob
ert E. Speed of that city caught
the decorations in the middle of
the block between 5th and 6th
Streets, tearing out a section of
the wall of the building occupied
by the Western Power and Oas
Co.
.As ths wall fell it broke out a
section of the marqee over the
doorway of the building. No one
was Injured.
According to the driver of the
vehicle, the trailer measures
13 '2 it. in height.
The driver claimed to be un
awure of the accident. John
Bergmann, working in his store
window, saw it and reported it to
Ron Furse who called the Port
of Entry und the Plattsmouth
Police who apprehended the
truck near the Plattsmouth
dump on the road to the U. S. 34
bridge.
Donald A. Wiles,
56, Dies Saturday;
Funeral Today
Donald A. Wiles, 56, Weeping
Water, suffered a heart attack
at work Saturday morning, and
died at his home. He was man
ager the past three years of the
Bartlett and Company and Grain
Elevator, Weeping Water.
He was born May 23, 1907 near
Weeping Water, son of Thomas
A. and Bernice Ooodale Wiles.
He farmed in the Weeping
Water area until 1957 when he
moved to town and worked ln the
ASC Office and later worked and
managed the Cass County Non-
Stock Co-op.
He was a member of the First
Congregational Church, Weeping
Water; a past state president of
Nebraska Breeders Association;
past president of Cass-Otoe
County Breeders Association.
Mr. Wiles was married March
25, 1930, In Lincoln to Bernice
F'leischman. His wife survives
as well as a daughter, Mrs.
Frederick Behiing, Avoea; son,
Richard D. Wiles, Murdock;
mother, Mrs. Bernice Wiles, Lin
coln; sisters, Mrs. Oscar Ussel
man, Lincoln; Mrs. Keith Sand
ers, Scribner; Mrs. Stuart Trine,
Madison, Nebr.; brothers, Ken
neth, Weeping Water; Quentin,
Encino, Calif.; Lowell Wiles,
Council Bluffs, Iowa; two grand
children. Funeral services were held
today (Monday) at 2 p.m. from
the First Congregational Church,
Weeping Water, with Rev. Ern
est B. Stewart and Rev. I. C. O.
Campbell officiating.
Burial was in Oakwood Cem
etery, Weeping Water.
Pallbearers were David Niel
sen, William Newham. Marion
Spangler, Lloyd Colbert, Lloyd
Thomassen and Harold Thorns.
Honorary pallbearers were Knud
Jensen, Harold Thomassen,
Chris Holt, Rasmus Laurltzen,
Jr., Rueben Peterson and Oscar
E. Domingo.
by More Than 3500 Cass
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1963
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row indicates in view looking north. Wing
wreckage was found there. Road leading to right
This n That
In
Agriculture
By CLARENCE SCHMADEKE
County Extension Agent
CATTLE LICE
While sprays are most effec
tive In controlling cattle lice,
backrubbers can be used to ad
vantage during the fall and
winter, advises Robert Roselle,
University of Nebraska Extension
entomologist.
He reports several materials
can be used In the backrubbers:
5 methoxychlor, 1 . Korlan
(ronnel), 2 malathion and 1
Ciodrin.
He warns, however, toxaphene
should not be used for 28 days
before slaughter, or six weeks if
cattle have had feed containing
toxaphene residues. Korlan (ron
nel) should not be used within
56 days of slaughter.
SHEEP INSPECTION
"If Nebraska Is to completely
eradicate scabies, we must not
miss inspecting a single sheep
flock," a Univerlty of Nebraska
livestock specialist warned sheep
producers this week.
Ted Doane, referring to the
scheduled inspection of sheep
flocks in 68 central and eastern
Nebraska counties in January,
urged producers who have not
reported their flocks to county
agents to do so at once.
The Nebraska scabies eradica
tion program is a "team effort"
involving federal and state a
gencies, sheep producers and
verterinarians, the Extension
specialist pointed out. The Ex
tension agent is the co-ordina-tor
of the program ln each coun
ty, and Ls currently compiling
lists of all sheep producers,
Doane explained.
"Scabies costs every Nebraska
sheep producer, directly or In
directly," he declared. "If a flock
Is infected, there ls tangible
economic loss through restless
ness of the animals, loss of
weight, loss of wool, and loss of
condition. Flock owners whose
sheep do not have scab suffer
frcm the reputation of Nebras
ka's sheep industry until the
state becomes scabies-free"
Doane said.
On the other hand, the on
farm inspections by special
teams in January will be carried
out at no cost to the producer,
he stated. However, if diseased
flocks are found, or sheep ex
hibit symptoms of scabies, they
will be dipped under supervision
by animal health authorities,
and this cost charged to the
owner. Dipping will not be re
quired for clean flocks, Doane
stressed.
It is impossible to eradicate
sheep scabies by hand-treating
or spraying. Only an approved
dip will do the job, the Univer
sity specialist said.
The schedule calls for Inspec
tion in central Nebraska during
the first week of January;
northeastern Nebraska during
the second week; and southeast
Nebraska the third week. The
last week of January will be
used for any left-over or clean
up inspection.
COLLISION
Police reported a car crash oc
curred Saturday night at the
corner of 4th Avenue and Chi
cago Avenue. Involved in the
accident were, Harvey Austin,
18, Plattsmouth, Leonard Gen
try, 33, of Murray and Virgil R.
Olddlng, 19, of Gibson.
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Meisingw farm
2 Kansas City Men Die
In 'Bluff Plane Crash
Two Kansas City men were
killed Sunday night when their
light plane crashed near Rock
Bluff about 12 miles southeast
of Plattsmouth.
They were Identified by She
riff Fred Tesch and County At
torney James Begley who in
vestigated as William C. Reed,
43, and Robert A. Kearns, 50.
Later this morning, investiga
tors of the Civil Air Patrol from
Omaha and Lincoln were on the
scene.
Tesch said the crash occurred
about 9 p.m. Sunday night but
it wasnt discovered until about
12:30 a.m. today when Jack Hall
of Council Bluffs passed the
crash scene on his way to his
cabin along the river. He was to
go hunting this morning.
Hall drove to the Lyle Mel
singer home, about a quarter
mile away over the bluff from
where the plane crashed and
Melslnger called -the SherifJ.
The Melsingers told Tesch
they had heard a noise Sunday
night but hadn't identified it.
That was just before 9 o'clock.
Tesch said a watch which one
of the men had evidently worn
had stopped at 8.59.
The men's bodies were thrown
from the wreckage and were
Christmas
Every Day
At P. O.
Postmaster Vern Hendricks
said today, "Early mailing of all
Christmas cards and gifts is the
biggest single factor in getting
all of the mail delivered before
Christmas. Post Office facilities
have been expanded, ample help
will be available, and everything
Is being geared up to handle, a
record Christmas mail this
year."
The entire Christmas mailing
period is a big battle against
time. Even though Christmas is
nearly a month away by the
calendar, it's Christmas every
day at the Post Office from now
on.
The Postmaster advises, "Don't
take chances on mailing poorly
wrapped packages. Use sturdy
corrugated mailing cartons,
plenty of heavy wrapping paper
and strong cord. Cartons con
taining several gift packages
should be well stuffed with tis
sue or old newspapers to cushion
the contents."
He said further, "If you have
articles of unusual size or bulk,
better check with the Post Of
fice before attempting to mail
them. The limits of size and
weight of packages vary, de
pending on where you mail your
packages from."
Always send your Christmas
cards by First Class mall, using
the new five cent Christmas Tree
stamps, and be sure your return
name and address, including
your ZIP Code number, is on
each Christmas card envelope.
Before you mall your Christ
mas cards, secure free labels
from the Post Office which read.
"ALL FOR LOCAL DELIVERY"
and "ALL FOR OUT OF TOWN
DELIVERY," so that you can
sort your cards Into two bundles,
with the addresses all facing
one way, thus expediting deliv
ery. Send all Christmas mall going
long distances before December
10th. Follow up promptly with
cards and gifts for local delivery.
Mail "Early and Often" for a
merrier Christmas! , ,
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the driveway leading to the Lyle
below the hill.
horribly mangled, those at the
scene said. One was evidently
thrown through a barbed wire
fence.
Tesch said the plane evidently
first struck some tree tops as it
traveled south or southwest,
then hit the road nearby and
touched again before crashing
to a stop.
The plane was a 1963 Cessna
four-place rig.
No knowledge of where the
men had been was reported.
Reed was an air traffic con
trol specialist at Kansas City
Airport, the Sheriff said.
The bodies were brought here
by Caldwell Ambulance and were
to be shipped to Kansas City
by Caldwell Funeral Home.
Youths Fined,
Driver Jailed
After Chase
Three youths were fined a
total of $265 and one was given
a 15-day Jail sentence here after
a Saturday night chase at speeds
up to 110 miles per hour ending
at Sgt. Nick's Drive-In at the
south edge of Omaha.
Police Chief Donald Smith
said officers William Wlaschin
and Carson Stacy of Plattsmouth
were about to stop a car at 6th
and Main here when the car
sped away north.
The police cruiser gave chase,
at 70 miles an hour out Washing
ton Avenue, then at 110 as the
runaway car reached the Junc
tion of Old 73-75 and the 73-75
By-Pass.
Bellevue and Omaha police
and the Highway Patrol were no
tified. .
During the chase, beer bottles
were thrown from the fleeing
car. Smith said, damaging the
cruiser's radiator and tires with
glass.
At the Offutt AF'B underpass,
a tire of the cruiser blew out but
the patrolman driving was able
to control the car.
A Highway Patrolman forced
the fugitives to stop at Sgt.
Nick's and the three youths and
two Plattsmouth girls were
taken into custody.
The driver, 17, a Brock boy
was fined $100 for minor in pos
session of alcoholic beverage,
$25 for failure to stop for an olfi
cer and was sentenced to 15 days
in jail for wilful reckless driving.
Kenneth R. Hanike, 19, Au
burn, was fined $100 for minor in
possession and $25 for littering a
roadway.
Edwin Hanike, 23, Auburn,
was fined $15 for vagrancy.
The Police Chief said the
youths said they had found the
beer.
He said the girls, 14 years of
age, had said they tried to get
the youths to s'op. The girls had
not been drinking, Smith said.
They were released to their par
ents' custody.
The Chief said new snow tires
had to be purchased for the
cruiser.
Dr. M. M. Sander
Dies in Omaha
Word was received here Sat
urday of the death of Dr. M. M.
Sander of Omaha.
He was associated with Dr. W.
V. Ryan for about six months
about a year ago. A compara
tively young man, Dr. Sander
suffered two heart attacks, the
second causing his death.
Funeral services are being
held today In Omaha with the
Roeder Mortury ln charge.
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