Disabled Vets
Will Receive
'Report Card'
Moie than 16,000 disabled vet
erans and the dependents of
deceased veterans In Nebraska
who receive monthly pension
payments are being reminded
by the Veterans Administration
to report their annual Income
promptly to avoid the risk of
having their payments stopped.
Along with their Nov. 30
checks, all VA pension recipients
will receive a tabulating report
card with complete Instructions
for completing it. It is Important
that these Instructions be fol
lowed. A. H. Duxbury, VA Reg
ional Office Manager in Lincoln,
explained that on the. cards
beneficiaries must report all In
come received during 1963 and
that expected in 1964. Income
means everything, Including
social security payments except
of course, the VA pension pay
ments themselves.
VA needs these reports to
determine continued eligibility
of pensioners and to make ad
justments on the basis of In
creased or decreased outside in
come. Duxbury cautioned that unless
the questionnaire cards are fill
ed out and returned to the VA
regional office In Lincoln not
later than January 31, 1964, the
February pension check will not
be released.
Income questionnaire cards
will not be sent to veterans or
wicows who are receiving service-connected
b e n fl t a since
they are not required to report
their income.
Big Beaver
LINCOLN Claire Dailey of
Lincoln has been trapping for
a long time, since he was 15
years old to be exact.
Dailey bagged a beaver this
week that was the biggest one
of his long trapping career and
Immediately the thought RE
CORD catch flitted across his
mind.
Being a practical man. Dailey
brought the animal to Game
Commission technicians to
check. The beaver weighed In at
76 pounds.
Since no records are readily
available on beaver, Dailey's!
catch cannot be verified as a
record. Technicians believe the
heaviest beaver caught in Ne
braska to have exceeded 80 j ence Fox. Mll My. Steve Ost
nounds randci. Teddy S a b a t a, Wally
imnn(. ir .. .--"II
But nonetheless, Dailey has a I
mammoth animal to boast about
for years to come. Dailey caught
the beaver in a Trlmumph No.
4 trop on November 17 near Mal
mo on Wahoo Creek.
WINDBREAKS VALUABLE
LINCOLN A recent survey
of Nebraska and Kansas live
stock farmers showed the esti
mated value of a windbreak
ranging from $500 to $800 a
year. Fruit and vegetable grow
ers valued theirs at $80 to $100.
SHOP IN PLATTSMOUTH
"Correcf
you are, sir"
This handsome Curies suit
li right for you, right now.
Its impeccable tailoring,
marked by knowing attention
to fashion's fine detain, marks
you as man who cares.
Come In and browta . . . you'd
find the full line ot new fall and
winter Curiae suits. It's wise
to select now, while Curiae'
complete range ol
model In varied
fabrics and fresh Sfl
patterns is still
available.
Smiths
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PLATTSMOUTH
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Capital Used Per Farm
Up 8007b from 1940
LINCOLN The total value of
asset used per farm in the Unl-.
ted States has increased from
an average of $8,308 ln 1940 to
$51,472 In 1963, reports Univer
sity of Nebraska Extension agri
cultural economist Philip A.
Henderson.
A number of factors are re
sponsible, he said, In the farm
market newsletter "Cornhusker
EconorrJcs," they are:
1. Farm leal estate values
have gone up more than 4 times
the estimated value In 1940 to
an estimated total of $143,300
billion In 1903 lor all farmland
Alvo-Eagle
School Notes
OPKRETTA DEC. 19
EAGLE (Special) The Grade
School will present an operetta
Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m., "Scrooge's
Christmas."
Parent-teacher confer e n c e s
were held Nov. 28 at the school
to give parents opportunity to
visit with the teachers about
their children's Interests, re
actions to school and problems
and to give the teachers a
chance to report on their pupils'
progress. The students stayed
home while their parents were
In school for the day.
TAKE EXAM
Gary Adkins, Bob GUmore,
Kathy Oberle, Diane Nohavek,!
Art Umland and John Weichol
took the Regents Scholarship
Examination here
THANKS FOR SPEAKERS'
The High School paid tribute
to the Robert Cochran Sr. fam
ily fur use of its sound equip
ment 'or the Junior and Senior
Class plays.
CAGE LLTTERMEN
Lettermen on tnis year's Alvo
Eagle basketball squad are
Douglas Johnson, Kent Ayres,
Bob Trunkenbolz, Bob GUmore,
Milton Schmidt, Gary Adkins
and Gary Johnson.
Others on the squad are Mike
Donlan, Daryl VandeHoef, Ellis
McKay, Jack Weichel, . Dick
Frohlich, Kenny Donlan, Bob
Nohavec, Bob Bowmastcr, Clar-
"-'. ikhuji uanum .
Marv Hchtldt. Student managers
are Clifford Schildt, Ron Fox
and Steve Edwards.
VOLLEYBALL
Nine letterwlnners are back
on Alvo-Eagle's volleyball squad:
Bette Walberg, Marlene Corr,
Marnle Parsons, Jeanette Wey
ers, Marge Weyers, Oeorgla
Wagner, Diana Root. Kathy
Oberle and Peggy Wllhclm.
Other squad members are
Jackie Jtpp, Joyce Williamson,
Joyce VandeHoef, Vickl Wllhelm,
Cllnola Westlake, Vlckl Halvor-
sen. Jeantne Muenchau, Paula
French, Ellen Robertson and
Carol Schmidt. Verl Flack Is the
coach.
The opener is Dec. 8 against
Elmwood.
HONOR ROLL
The Alvo-Eagle honor roll for
the first six weeks:
Seniors Gary Adkins, Bob
Oilmore, Art Umland, Diane No
havec, Sharyl VandeHoef, Kathy
Oberle, Susan Walberg and Di
ana Root.
Juniors Steve Edwards, Cathy
McNeil, Merna Robertson, Jack
Weichel and Vlckl Wilhelm.
Sophomores Mike May, Dar
lene Allen, Jane Beckman, Bob
Bowmaster, Susie Leaver, Jean
lne Muenchau, Marvin Oberle,
Cllnola Westlake and Diana
Rogers.
Freshmen Vickl Halvorsen,
Stephen Ostrander and Rosetta
Rains.
NEW BAND UNIFORMS
The school band Is looking
forward to having new uniforms
next year.
The top 12 In the band In
points are Steve Ostrander, El
len Robertson, Karen Ostrander,
Carol Sabata, Pattl May, Bonnie
Tlmblin, Patricia Copple, Cheryl
Ostrander, Janelle Muenchau,
Phil Eelhay, Roietta Rains and
Gregg Kerr.
The school purchased a fiber
glas saxophone for the band
recently.
CALENDAR
Coming events: basketball
Elmwood here Dec. 8, Palmyra
there Dec. 13, Pawnee City here
Dec. 14; Dec. 18, Grades Christ
mas Party; Dec. 20, High School
Program; Dec. 20, Murdock bas
ketball team here; Dec. 23-31,
vacation; Dec. 27-28, basketball
tournament at Nehawka.
THOMAS WALLING CO.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Abf racH of Title
"Title Insurance"
and buildings. With farms grow
ing In size, the average value of
land and building per farm in
1963 was 8.7 times as high as In
1940.
2. The average value of mach
inery per farm Is more than II
times as high as in 1940. This
reflects both higher prices,, big
ger and better machinery, and
more machinery.
3. The average value of live
stock per farm 1 six times m
high as in 1940. This reflects
both larger numbers and high
er prices.
4. The need for operating cap
ital has also greatly expanded,
with the cost of production per
farm more than nine times as
high as In 1940 for the U. S. as
a whole.
Because of these increases In
capital requirements, Henderson
said, farmers are turning more
and more to the use of credit.
Farmers over the U. S. now
have $15.4 billion borrowed a
galnst farm real estate, com
pared with $8.6 billion in 1940.
In considering these figures,
Henderson warns, it should be
kept in mind that:
1. Land values are at an all
time high. Any lowering of land
values would seriously affect the
equity position of Indebted farm
ers. 2. Average returns on owned
farm assets are estimated to be
5.1 per cent in 1963 compared to
3.3 per cent in 1959. This is still
below the going rate of Interest
on either long or short term
credit.
3. The present high level of
operating expenses makes the
farm operators vulnerable to the
effects of drougth. andor price
drops.
4. The high levels of produc
tion on dry land in the Plains
States during the last five years
may tend to generate over opti
mism on the part of farm oper
ators and Investors. Any In
debtedness built on such optim
ism Is hazardous.
Venetian Blinds
Need Rare Washing1 opened her many
Dusted Properly
LINCOLN The Venetian
blind Is the only window cov
ering that can be adjusted for
light and ventilation and still
provide privacy. More homemak
ers probably would buy this type
of shade If they did not feel
that blinds are hard to keep
clean, according to Magdalene
Pflster, Extension home furn
ishings specialist at the Univer
sity of Nebraska.
"In recent laboratory studies,
it was found that dust collect-
ed less when a polishing wax or land Mrs. E. E. Berryhill of Ores-anti-statlc
material was used? ham, who have been vlsit-
and If slatp. were tilted rathnr
than left horizontal," the spe
cialist says.
The ordinary round brush
used with a vacuum cleaner was!
found to be sat i f a c t o r y for ; Blaikie home,
dusting if the slats had been Guests for an Oyster Stew sup
slightly tilted and the cord ten-! per at the Paar Young home
slon released. jsunday night were: Mr. and
For women who have no va- j Mrs. Harold Blaikie, Mr. and
cuum cleaner or attachments or j Mrs. C. O. Hollonberger, Mr. and
for those who would rather use: Mrs. Lester Schrader, Mrs. Ed
a cloth. It was found that gloves j ward Boedcker and Philip Scha
made of four thicknesses of fer.
cheese cloth are handy. Gloves The evening was spent viewing
with thumb and first f 1 n g e r ! pictures taken on their recent
stalls are especially good, Miss,
Pflster pointed out.
A free and easy way to dust
Is to use gloves on each hand
and work from center to end on
one slat, then from end to cen
ter on the next. The hands move
slmulaneously In opposite direc
tions with an even pull to keep
Diinas irom moving, mis rnytn- j braska, where they live,
mlcal back-and-forth motion ls Mrs. Thomas Akeson attend
continued until all slats are ed a birthday party at Mrs. John
dusted," she says. I Morris home in Avoca, honor-
If blinds arc dusted frequent-line
ly, they rarely need washing. Merton Norris, Saturday after
Dunking them In the bathtub or;n0on.
spraying them with a hose Is I Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson
unnecessary. In fact, It may:viSitcd Murray Mutter of Wy
shorten the life of cards, tapes! more, at the Vets Hosnital in
and the operating mechanism,
Miss Pflster concluded.
1,601 Nebraska
Ducks Banded
LINCOLN Game Commis
sion tachninians this year band
ed 1,601 native Nebraska ducks
as part of a waterfowl study.
The effort was directly pri
marily at capturing blue-winged
teal, however, 10 species of
"local" ducks were trapped and
banded. Of the total banded, 1,
285 were blue-winged teal.
Vital statistics on the birds
were recorded and they were
then banded and released. The
first week of the banding was
done In Sheridan and Garden
counties and the second week
was spent working Rock and
Brown counties, where 1.077
birds were trapped and banded.
Journal Want Ads Pay
Weeping Water News
Mrs. K.
Phona
SERVICE
The Baptist Church of Louis
ville, Nebraska held services at
the Hill-Top Nursing Home Sun
day afternoon for the residents.
Bide-a-Wee
Bide-a-wee Club held their
regular meeting with Mrs. Henry
Knaup last Thursday afternoon.
There were 12 members and 2
guests, Mrs. S. H. Harmon and
Miss Donna Essman. The after
noon was spent socially.
MARRIAGE
Announcement was made by
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Myrstol of
Clydepark, Mont., the marriage
of their daughter Lena, to Mich-
eal Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Murphy on Saturday
Nov. 16th at St. John's Catholic
Church in Omaha. Rev. Fr. Ire
land officiated.
Mr. and Mrs. Micheal Murphy
will be residing at 7232 Thurs
ton, in Lincoln after their honey
moon trip to Montana.
ENGAGEMENT
Announcement was made by
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Griffin
of Omaha, of the engagement and
coming marriage of their daugh
ter, Sondra Kay to Jerry L. Frle-
.sel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Frlesel of Weeping Water, The
wedding Is planned for Dec. 7.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Horn and
David, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ren
ner, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Patton,
and family, and Mr. and Mrs.
James Doyle and family, were
smorgasbord dinner guests at
Steinhart Lodge in Nebraska
City, on Nov. 17, of the Natural
Gas Pipeline Company.
A birthday party was given
at Domingo's Inn, honoring
Debra Lynn Burger, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Burger of
Weeping Water, on her third
birthday Nov. 12.
The evening was spent visit
ing and playing games, after
ttuesw were: Mr. ana Mrs.
Cloyd Boydston, Jackie, Doug,
Ricky and Cheryl, Mrs. Henry
Alfrey and Jeff, Mrs. Hugh K.
Troshynoskl and Teddy, Joan
Domlngu 'and her parents, -Mr.
and Mrs. Owen Burger.
Lunch consisted of ice cream
and cake. The cake was a spec
ial doll cake made and decor
ated by Mrs. Kenneth Dokter,
for the occasion.
Last Friday afternoon, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Bishop of Emerson,
Iowa, came to the Harold Blaikie
;hon:e to get her parent?, Mr.
iing there since luesclay, Nov
19th.
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Ko.ster and family of Otoe, were
afternoon callers at the Harold
trip to Nova Scotia.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Lutt and
son, and her mother, stopped en
route at the Art Hammond's
home Friday night. They had
been visiting In Kansas City,
Missouri. Mr. Lutt Is Art Ham
mond's oldest grandson. They
were on their way to Wayne, Ne-
Mrs. Paul Woloh and Mrs.
Lincoln, Sunday afternoon
Mm. Alma Berner was a Sun
day dinner guest at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Berner and
family of Otoe. In the afternoon.
Mrs. Berner called on her sister,
Mm. John Berner.
Mrs. Al Blckford and Mr. and
Mrs. Art Hammoiis were In O
maha, on business lat Tueday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Kinton were
Sunday evening guests of Mrs.
Alma Berner.
Thursday afternoon Mra. Al
ma Berner called on her broth
er, William Knlckman In Ne
braska City, who is ill at h 1 s
home.
Mrs. Ai Blckford spent one af
ternoon visiting her sister, Mrs.
Lena Renner.
Sunday dinner guests at Mrs.
Ai Blckford Sr. home were Mr.
and Mrs. Ai Blckford Jr. and
children of Lincoln. Other callers
in the afternoon on Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Blckford
and girls of Lincoln, Richard
Bickford and his grandson, Al
lan Hermannson of Colorado.
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Sunday dinner guests at the
Clifford Cooper home were: Mr.
and Mrs. Rolland Cooper, Gary
and Jeff of Plattsmouth, Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Urwln, Allan and
Cheryl Ann of Murray, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Fleming of Lin
coln, Clayton, Ricky, and Deb
bie Cooper, Mrs. Pearl Bates was
an afternoon caller to help the
rest of the guests 'celebrate Mrs.
Clifford Cooper's birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knaup
visited at Humboldt, Nebraska
on Sunday afternoon with his
mother, Mrs. William Knaup.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyal Fleming
and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Coop
er were Saturday supper guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Eiden
miller and boys, in honor of
Mrs. Cooper's birthday.
Monday afternoon Mrs. Pearl
Bates visited with Mrs. Clifford
Cooper.
Thursday afternoon Mrs. Hen
ry Diet), Pat and Bill were cof
fee guests of Mrs. Clifford Coop
er. Thursday evening callers
were, Mrs. Clayton Cooper and
four children, Rolland Cooper
and two boys, to help Mrs. Clif
ford Cooper celebrate her birth
day. Sunday over night guests was
the Clifford Cooper's grandson
Gary Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Kinton
called on Mrs. Anna Rea.soner
at the Elmwood Rest Home on
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barkhurst
were Saturday evening callers
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ro.ss Kinton.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hanson
and family were Saturday eve
ning visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Ackley and family.
8unday afternoon guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Riley of
Springfield, Nebraska, were Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Hanson and fam
ily.
Mrs. Pearl Bates called on Mrs.
Clifford Cooper last Monday af
ternoon.
Mr. Kenneth Dokter and son
Eldon were in Nebraska City on
business last Friday morning.
Last Friday afternoon, Matt
hew and Stanley Mogenen visited
with Karl Sue Dokter while their
mother Mrs. Laurence Mogensen
and Violet and Mrs. Pearl Zim
merman were in Plattsmouth on
business.'" '" "'"
Mrs. Herman Aronson and Eric
visited with Mr. and Mr. Laur
ence Mogensen and family to
help them celebrate their 21
wedding anniversary, on Sunday
night.
There were union services
Monday morning at the Metho
dist Church in Weeping Water,
in memory of the late President
John F. Kennedy.
Mm. Oswald Baler visited at
the Hill-Top Nursing Home Sun
day afternoon and took her sis
ter Miss Ferna Dixon for a ride.
PAYS OLD DEBT
Syracuse, N. Y. The presi
dent of a transit company was
surprised when a man walked
Into his office and handed him
$300 which he said he stole in
1921 while employed as a street
car conductor.
The company president said
the man left without Identifying
himself but explained that he
wished to clear his conscience.
Selma Fralberg, M. D., a
children's psychoanalyst: "Un
der Ideal circumstances in out
standingly good institutions, the
achievement and development
of babies lugs far behind babies
reared by ordinary, bungling
mothers in their own homes."
Most of Nebraska's pheasant
population developed from about
500 pairs of birds that were im
ported into the state prior to
1925.
The first wing of the State
Capitol was occupied in Decem
ber, 1924.
Red squirrels usually regard
each other as enemies and
guard their domain jealously
rrom intruders.
I ni-Mifl TU AT KEEPS US '
t
v TDSETHEO.
'Stuffing
EDITOR'S NOTE: The follow
ing is reprinted with permission
from the 1964 Changing Times
Calendar and Engagement Book.
Some years ago a man invent
ed a way to make a bed in three
seconds flat. He could Jump up
in the morning, pull a handle
that was attached to ropes that
ran through a series of pulleys,
and presto, the sheets, blanket
and spread were pulled up,
smoothed out and tucked in.
Unfortunately, the name of
this man has been lost, but if
he reads these words it is hoped
that he will get In touch with
the National Association for the
Relief of Maternal Frustration.
His services are needed to help
cope with this year's snowsuit
crisis, which is worse than usual
due to the vast Increase in the
number of people under 5 years
old, coupled with the normal
winter epidemic of rubberleg.
As a result, woman-hours ex
pended per inch of snowfall have
skyrocketed and no one Is bene
fiting except the manufacturers
of before-dinner tranquilizers.
Rubberleg, of course, is the
disease that afflicts small chil
dren when Mother is trying to
draw on the arm or leg of a
snowsuit. As she applies pres
sure, the limb inside suddenly
turns to rubber. Instead of a
foot or hand popping through
the opening, the whole leg or
arm collapses like a piece of
damp macaroni, causing the
maternal frustration.
Efforts have, it is true, been
made to ease the crisis. One man
in Massachusetts is said to have
applied for a patent on a mach
ine based on the principle by
which aluminum is extruded In
to various shapes. There is a
kind of grooved track. At one
end Is a set of hollow forms over
which the legs of the snowsuit
are pulled. At the other end is
a large compression screw oper-
vm
a Child into a
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Monday, December 2, 1963 PAGE FIVE
ated by a wheel. After the child
is inserted in, the machine, a
quick spin of the whel forces
him, or her, feet first into the
suit.
One objection to this machine
is that it cannot handle arms,
but this may have been over
come by a lady In northern Wis
consin who has sent in a draw
ing of a piece of equipment
based on a different principle.
The main part is a large bobbin
type threader similar to those
used to rethread the draw-cord
in pajamas. The bobbin is at
tached to a short length of ny
lon cord, which is tied around
the child's leg or arm. The bob
bin Is then threaded into the
appropriate opening in the
snowsuit and the leg or a r m
drawn neatly through.
Various devices have been de
veloped to fight the epidemic of
rubberleg. A typical one con
sists of a set of splints with a
quick release attachment. The
splints are clamped around each
leg and arm in turn, which is
then inserted in the suit. At the
end of each operation a rip cord
is pulled which collapses the
splints and allows them to be
withdrawn through the zipper
opening.
The snowsuit manufacturers,
who must accept a good deal of
responsibility in this matter, al
so may be awakening to the cry
ing need for improvement in
their product. One experiment
al model being dummy-tested
consists of an X-frame to which
tho child is strapped. The snow
suit itself comes in five pieces,
two arms, two legs and a kind
of vest affair that covers the
body. After the child is attach
ed to the frame, the left arm
and right leg are put on and
connected by an elastic clip-
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Good Idea!
N"""""" BEE Kipsmsst llj ,l I 11
If SHE hasn't dropped a hint by this' time, you'd better look
around the house, then back at this ad . . . and other electric
appliance ads.
You are always "right" when you give time-saving, work
saving ELECTRIC APPLIANCES.
Let your ELECTRIC DEALER be your
GIFT HEADQUARTERS.
CONSUMER,
PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
Snowsuit'
strap. Then the right arm and
left leg are similarly attached.
Finally the vest affair is zipped
over all. Live testing In selected
nursery schools will begin as
soon as the engineers iron out"
the last bug In the equipment
how to get the child unstrapped
from the frame.
Unfortunately, none of these
models will be available commer
cially for use this winter. Moth
ers, nursery school teachers and
others should remember, how
ever, that there is an old-fash
ioned remedy to fall back on.
It has been used by generations
of women, occasionally with,
success: Pray for an early spring.
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