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aie Historical Society ournal VOL. No. XLVI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JAN. 12. 1931. NO. 99 County Official IS are Inducted into Offices Today . umciai ceremony Inat Marks blf-.rz of New Terms Held at Com missioners Room Frnti Th'.irsrtav raliv Today marked the official opening i me uiucibi uiwuiug i of the term of offi part of the Cass the ceremony that formally Inducted the new officers and renewed the terms of the other ofieers was stag ed in the county ommissioner't-: room at the court house. The swearing in of the olfivials tn i urred at 11: SO when County Judge A. H. Duxhury officially ad ministered the oath of office and the officials again started in on the;r tour year terms and very littl- change w-s to be noted at the court house after the new chapter had been opened. The officers to be returned were Sheriff Bert Reed. County Clerk rge R. Savior.. County Attorney W. G. Kieck. County Treasurer John K. Turner. County Assessor W. H. Puis. County Surveyor Fred Patter sun. County Commissioner Fred H. Gorder. while the new officers to t: ke over the duties of office were Clerk of the District Court. C. K. Leilg way. Register of Deeds Miss Lillian C White, County Commissioner E. B. Chapman. County Commissioner George L Farley and District Judge .Tanies T Begley with County Judge A. H. Dux bury are the officials whose terms do not expire at this time and they were merely eye witnesses of tht ceremonies. There will be little changes in the c es at the court house altho a number of the stenographers and clerks will exchange offices. In the office of County Treasurer John E. Turner the present force of Miss Ruth Pntinv nrwl Herrv Wns; er will be continued while in the efflce of i rvmnt- rirt anrtro r s-vifc win ! t a'-wiq will hp mntinnl r.s ln- I v.ty. Sheriff Bert Reed has designat ed Rex Y ung as Ins depu'y for the ensuing term. C. E. Ledgway ha.s named Miss Helen Warner as his deputy in the office of the clerk of the district court. MisS Lillian White will be assisted for the present by her sister. Miss Georgia White, with a. j. oujuerm iuiuin deeds assisting in getting the new , register started on her way. Miss Clara Wichmann is the successor of Mis.s White in the county tudse s office rnd Miss Mildred Jahr will take Miss Wichmann's place in office of County Attorney W Kieck. ATTENDS FUN FEED From Thursday's T'arv The ninth annual family fun tee ' the annual party of Organized Agn- culture, was held last evening at the agricultural college of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with 1.200 : persons in attendance. H. K. Douthit was funmaker and Dr S W. Alford was general chair- leather, the boys apparently having j Every Platter was in the game man j secretly whittled off the strap until .from the start to the finish and while Communirv -ir.c'ng I- 1 hy Mrs. N. it wa- n mere toy compared with its ;ali did not figure in the scoring their W. Gaines preceded a comedy skit by 'original power and force. Mr. Niel- rplendid playing prevented the visi Skip'Dean. Also on the program were sen quizzed the seven suspects in the:tors from getting any place, tumblers from the University at Ne-ase and eliminated all but one j In the curt-.in raiser of the gamt' hmjlra Miss Janet Westove'. Platts- that one being Clayton A. Rosen- the North seconds took the measure mouth, and Miss Doris Schrepf, Lin coir., and H. C. Cox. Rockport. Mo. who appeared on the program two years ago, presented a variety act featuring songs in dialect In response to the applause little , iVestnver was compelled While tne punisnment was in me oi to several encores and flng. Clate secured permission to leave to respond finally gave an original ten by her uncle. W. A Robertson, a number of years ago Those who attended from here in- eluded Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Westover. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Gayer and Mr. "TiH Mrs Vireil Perrv and Miss Jessie Robertson HENRY HEIGEL IMPROVING The reports from the St. Vincent hospital at Sioux City are to the ef fect that Henry Heigel, who was injured so severely on last Satur day while at his work on a pipeline near Homer, Nebraska, was doing very nicely. The parents were at Sioux City Wednesday to visit Henry and found him very much improved ::nd apparently well on the highway to recovery. He will be given an other X-ray examination to locate if possible any skull fracture. It is hoped that Henry may soon be out of the hospital and be able to return to the home here for his recuperation. VERY HAPPY OCCASION From Thursdays l-anv This morning at 3:30 a fine eight and a quarter pound dausrhter ar- rived at the cmn-rv hon.e of Mr. and Mrs. Roy O. Cole, near this city. the little lady announcing her in tention of sharing the joys and sor- rows of the home in the future The 125 DCys were entertained there thisjErnest Jr.. and Mary Ann can at mother and UtUe one are doing n-ce- ,,. ct su"mmer. tend school. The new location is not ly and the occasion has Brought a The Scout work year is eshanced 'far from the old home of the Trum great deal of joy to the prvj.1 Eathm by the fact that this is the twenty- ble family at Eagle. The manv and the little brother and sister. Th. : first anniversary of Scouting and friends of the Trumble family will many friends of the Cole family will Scout Week, February Sth to 14th jhe pleased to hear of the change and join in their well wishes for tae fu ture happiness of the little lady. FUNERAL OF THOMAS TROOP The funeral of Thomas Troop, who was fatally injured in an auto acci dent here on Sunday evening, was htid on Tuesday afternoon from the 'time friend: on Ciranite street and at- large numlwr of the old ds of this estimable pen- tleman. The services were In charge Rev. H. G. CI mky, pasl r of the Firs'! Presbyterian church. The interim nt was at the Oak Bill cents- i tery west of this city in the family j lot in that neautitul city or tlie silent. Bays when Lickin and Larnen Ruled Appointment of Fred K. N;.eis?n to Claims Ccmmiosicn Recalls Teaching Career. From Thursday's Hatty The nress disnatrhes of todav an- nouncing the re-appointment of Fred K. Nielsen, formerly of this state. as a member of the Mexican-Amer ican Claims commission, aroused among a number of Cass county citi zens, now mature men and women, the remembrance of their school days, among these being Clate Rosencrans of this city and Ray Lane of near E:mwood. The Rosencrans family were then residents of Elmwood and where Clate was schooled, or at least as much as possible in those days when the life of the schoolmaster or school marm did not flow along as gently as today. The school had as a teach er an elderly gentleman named Jones, who for several months put up witli the varieties of trouble that the boys of the school gave him, but who one dav as the school term was nearing a close, shut his desk, packed his books and property and departed. vowing that the pupils and school as! well might seek warmer regions. The school board, that all powerful body in the lore of education, hurriedly sent to Lincoln for help and as the pupils, particularly the boys, gather ed at school they were full of anti cipation as to what awaited them in the way of the u"res?or of Mr. Jones. As school assembled a young man arose who wore one of the swSkiters with the heavy collars of the ath letes of the late nineties and as he stepped to the platform he announced that he was the new aninial trainer . . . . -,nn nicely or he could handle the case as he was not either timid or nervous , i i Xl ' : thfei which he caressed as he viewed the foufht wjth tne Nort,h hh team G- 'ranks of the troublemakers. This;ndl"S in a str,eam netw Payers vnnnnr vrt v m1M. then attempt to check the battle and .' li. . iTt.i.. ! cif r rf VnhracVfl anil thprphv h:insr-- rthe tale. All went well untilthe day before school was to close for the term and then the boys caused an outbreak that lea to seven or tnem being lined up for questioning. Mr. Nielsen opened his desk to get his weapon and low and behold from the long mighty leather whip it had been whittled down to a few inches of I crans. wno was invnea inio a nuuiroi tne flatter seconas oy tne score recitation room where another grill-iof 12 to 4. ing was given and the verdict an nounced that Clate was to receive ! a general licking and on general principles for the good of the school. : when he reached the open there was' icnlv a cloud of dust to mark his jpath homeward and the safety of the ) parental roof from the wrath of the j educator. Mr. Nielsen did not return to Elmwood as he completed his j school work and graduated in law in 1904. so Clate was able to return to school the next year, but wih a fer vent memory of the teacher who was cone but not forgotten. ATTEND SCOUT MEETING from Tliurscay's rn Last evening Fred L Rea and H. Weott, members of the local area of the Boy Scouts -of America. y motored to Nebraska City where they ; attended a meeting of the executive council of the area and to hear the reports of the various Scout activities in the area. The conference selected R. C. Boyd for the third time as the area presi dent and with his long experience m this city where the family resid in this line of work he will continue ied for a number of months, has been in the handling of the affairs of the I transferred from her work at the area. i census bureau at Washington, to a There were thirty present at the 'clerical position at the new U. S. conference and representing practi- c.lllv au Gf the various units of the nr ' Thp renort on Camn Wilson. stlrnmf.r recreation camp near Ne - jbraska City, showed that the camp I community, her parents residing at 'had nuid its expenses and that some;Lincoln now and where the children. will be universally observed all over the nr.tion. North High is Turned Back b tiie Platters Score of 16 to 9 Marks the Downfall of Vikings From North Om aha High School ?mdi Thursduy'8 T?lly The shades of Eric the Norseman failed to hover over the team that proudly is designated the Vikings last night, when they struck the smoothly- clicking blue and white machine and when the final whistle Bounded, the Norsemen were drag ging the Plattsmouth quintet by the score of lfi to 9. An adjusted lineup that featured Arn at The right forward position proceeded to do things to the visitors from the first tip off and while the iinal stages of the game was one that was fought on a man to man defense, the lead that the Platters had rolled up in the opening stages jof the game was such that only a I miracle or a player gone wild could have overturned. In the opening quarter on the sec ond play from the tipoff Hartford s-ank a field goal to hearten his team mates and a few seconds later Chet Wiles, captain of the team, swept up from his guard position to plant another good one, incidentally that boy Wiles played a game that was worthy of the hottest Basketball play er that ever performed on the local court. Sam Arn. small but full of the old fighting spirit annexed an other good one for his team and then Hartford and Wiles repeated, Chet .iiso gathering in two free throws to make the local count 12 to 2 at the f:rst Quarter. Mitchell, left forward .f the visitors secured one field goal to keen his team in the scoring list. The second Quarter saw some fast floor work on the part of both teams with the Platters havinir the edge of the battle as Arn again scci tue fitd while the Norsem red from en were held scoreless and at the half time the score was 14 to 2. In the second half the visitors strer.gthenen their defense and with all confidence gone, they battled des perately to stem the blue and white tide and sue oessully. as the only tallies for the Platters in the third quarter were two free throws, one by Wilt s and one by Arn For the visitors ia the third quarter. Lane, captain of the Norsemen, sank a field goal ard Davis, center, a free toss to life their team to five points on the scoring list against sixteen for the flatters The last quarter was desperately with their close guarding game they were able to hold the score down. ,,ut tne Platters also played a rer.l same on the defense, every player getting in to cnecK tne visitors ana while Nortu was able to keep the ball largely in lo al territory they were never dangerously near victory, Ziegler and Davis scored field goals for North but were unable to over- come the lead of the Platters. The tabulated score of the main game was as follows: Plattsmouth FG F"" PF TP Arn. rf 2 1-3 2 t Hartford. If 2 0 0 4 Donat. c 0 0 0 0 Begley. rg 0 0-2 1 0 Wiles, lg (C) 2 3-4 2 7 6 4-9 5 16 North High K3 FT FF Tt Mitchell, rf 10-2 1 2 Lane, If (C) 10-10 2 Ziegler. If 1 0 2 2 Davis, c 11-4 2 3 Thompson, rg 0 0 2 0 Tietsort. lg 0 0 0 0 4 1-7 7 9 Substitutes North: Syan for Lane, McLead for Davis. Jensen for Tifctf:ort . Ziegler for Mitchell: Platts mouth: Galloway for Hartford. Ref eree: George Parish. (C). Time keeppr. Robert Hirz' Scorekeev Jorc,ani Plattsmouth. r- WILL LOCATE AT LINCOLN Mrs. Marie Trumble, well known Veterans hospital at Lincoln which Is now being opened up. The change Us one very agreeable to Mrs. Trum- 'ble as it brings her back to the home .that Mrs. Trumble will be able to remain in the old home community. UEEN ESTHERS HOLD MEETING From Friday's PaiH Last evening the Queen Esther class of the Methodist church held r very delightful meeting at the home jt Mrs. Roy Perkins in the Harris apartments on Main street. The de motions were iu churge of Mirs Ruth Patton with Miss Gormaine Mason as the leader of the meeting. After the business session the members of the party enjoyed a very pleasant social hour which was climaxed by the serving of dainty and delicious refreshments. Dealh Comes lo MrSc H. J. Schroe der at Cedar Creek Loved Resident cf That Comir unity Is Called to the Last Long Pest at Family Home Sunday Mm domh nf Mrs. .ihpt, Ahm. der. one of the old and loved residents of Cedar Creek occurred on Sunday. January 11th. at the family home in that place, following an illness of some duration. Marie Dorothy Bergelsen was born on January 21st, IS 59, in Scnieswip Holstein, Germany, where she grew to womanhood and npent her younu er years, coming in to the United States and located at Shef field. Iowa, where she made iu r home for a great many years and where in 18S3 she as united In mar riage to Jorgen Sehroerler. they continuing to make their home in Iowa until in 1891 when the family moved to Omaha and made their home there and at Bellevae ror some ten years, moving in 1902 to Cass county and locating on a rp.rtn near Cedar Crk. Mr. and Mrs. Srhrcii - der marie their home on the farm for a number of years, later moving into the town of Cedar Creek where they have since made their norr.p. The life of Mr. and Mrs. Schroe der was blessed by seven children, of whom one son died in infancy, one daughter. Anna, in IIT. and Mrs. Louis Keil, another Gaughter, on De"ember 21. 10 "(). The surviv ing children are F J. Schroeder, Plattsmouth: Peter Srhroefler. South Side. Omaha: George Schroeder. and Mrs. Mary True of Cedar Creek. ! There are also ten grandchildren to survive the passing of this splendid lady. .The funeral cervices of Mrs. Schroe der will be held on Tuesday after noon at the Glendale church, the funeral leaving the home at Cedar Creek at l:3o and the services at the church at 2 o'clock. Plattsmouth State Bank Has Annual Election A. Schneider Elected as President and Frank A. Cloidt as Cash ier at Meeting. c. . . rNf.. The annual meeting of the Platts mouth State bank was held last evening at the bank and the stock- holders proceeded to select the of- ficers for the year, renaming all of the very efficient officers of the bank and also creating two new assistant 'cashiers for the handling of the busi ness of the bank. The officers named were as fcl- lows: President H. A. Schneider. i-irst ice-rresitieni neniy norn.firo H fh neighborhood saved Second Vice-President Phillip Cashier Frank A. Cloidt. Asst. Cashier Carl Schneider. Asst. Cashier J. H. Davis. .The directors of the bank are Messers H. A. Schneider, Frank A. Cloidt, Phillip Thierolf and Henry Horn. The meeting voted to increase by q $2,500 the surplus fund of the bank ana wnicn is now $L-s.uut. The past year has been an excel lent one with the bank and the stock holders were very much pleased with the showing that has been made in the past year and which reflects the excellent management that has been given the bank. LEGION ELECTS DELEGATES Frm Thursday's rally The American Legion at their meeting last evening elected the dele gates to the twelfth district conven tion of the Legion which is meeting at Nebraska City on Monday from 1 to 5 p. m. The convention will be presided over by W. R. Holly, of this city, district commander, who has filled this office since the naming of Mar cut L. Poteet as state commander. The delegates selected were: A. H. Duxhury. Fred Lugsch, Don Seiver, ton, while the alternates were C. E. r r-io n- c m GradoviilP M n Rrown P9,.l Amment of the patient has prove brose and Louis Baumgart. A large number of the service of the community are expecti attend as the convention is open to all service men regardless of their being delegates or not. Platters Take Close Contest fv'i lAnvt7AA1 ii Uiil HJiCIlW UUU j Locals Take Early Load in the Game But Have a Close Call as Katcher Gets Hot Fron: Sn turrtav's D.-.fiv The blue and white of the Platts mouth high school won their third ynsecutive victory last evening in the basketball season of 1930-31, 1 when they defeated the Glenwood (Iowa) team on the Iowans floor by the score of 21 to 19 in what proved to be a red hot battle, altho the Platters had led at the half by the score of 12 to 8. T" V 1 1 NTolir nit -i n luiv. 1 their nmA 1 snetd and f-re in the nwriins of the game and soon swept into a good margin at the quarter. Galloway. right forward, and Am. left forward jboth scoring against the Iowans from LHUiai aim oegiey win scored a field goal in the opening half of the contest. The locals played a close guarding game and which drew three penalties for Captain ('Let Wiles and two for Galloway and Dor.at as they kent the Glen wood team from scoring at crit ical stages of the game. Wiles was out for a short time to be replaced by McCrary but returned to complete the game in the last moments when Glenwood was threatening. When the third quarter closed the score was 18 to 8 for the Platters but in the hectic fourth quarter. Hatcher, captain of the Glenwood team, who is a guard was switched to forward and proceeded to make the going plenty hard lor the Platters as he cut . months was destined to show their lead w,th four field goals and ; advancement in the bank a free thdow. In the final quarter . 1S . .. McCrary with a free toss and Gal- ! 1Df J1" as " as 1111 V -ii m ium or.oi mm tho nnivicnIC'Pnses' I H a n nu & wv va s' ut w. 'pintters to score In the opening game the Glen wood seconds won from the Platter Reserves by the score of 1G to S in an extra period, the score being tied 8 and S at the end of the game, and the Platter Reserves failed to score in the extra period. The tabulated score of the main game was as follows: Piattsmoath ra ft pf tp Galloway, rf u 0 2 10 Arn. If .3 0 0 6 Donat, c 10 2 2 Wiles, rg (C) 0 0 3 0 McCrary. rg 0 10 1 Begley. lg 10 12 10 1 8 21 Glenwood FG FT Sckneckloth. rf 2 0 Cheney, If 0 1 Agan. c 0 0 Hatcher, rg (C) B 1 Myers, lg 1 1 W TV 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 11 0 S 4 19 8 SAVES A BAD FIEE mm Co f 1 1 ril (i V ill Vt Anton Hasson. employee of the lo - cal pestoffice, by his prompt action yesterday afternoon checked a serious fire that had started in the barn on the Livingston property on North 6th orL&t onH fnr a few moments looked 1 1 -" . as though it would burn the barn and oir the wraeo of W J. Streieht ad- , joinins the barn on thc east. The fire ! waf. apparently started by children , . j th habit of piaying in , h , d wa. Pia7jn2r verv nicely when discovered by members of the Streight household. A call was sent for Mr. Hasson and he Lurried to the scene and soon had a garden hose niavinir on the fi'e and checking the : blaze and preventing the fire spread - . and in a ew moments had the from a bad fire as there are a large number of buildings across the alley from the barn and the American L.e- gion Community building but a short distance away. SECURES DrV0P.CE DECREE p.ntii Friday's Dally thp heririnfr of the case of Mary May ScH'oke vs. Fred jP1 Schlieske was called for hearing in J .. the district court and in which ac-! AWE0NT CAMP FIRE MEETS tion the plaintiff was not present j to contest the case altho represent- Wednesday, January 7. 1931, the ed by her counsel. Carl Self of Oma- Aweont Camp Fire Girls met at the ha. The petition of the plaintiff was home of Joan Moore. Here we held dismissed and the hearing had on the :a business meeting presided over by cross-petition of the defendant. The tne president, Mary Katharine Wiles, court after hearing the testimony of ;ye hatl perfect attendance of which the defendant entered a decree ff j we are proud. divorce for the defendant, Mr. j Wt. ha(1 the pieasure of having Schlieske and also gave an order that wjtn us Jane Rebal and enjoyed hav he pay to Mrs. Schlieske the sum of ing her wjth us $15 per month for the care of their We djS(.ugsed the making of sym minor child. Both parties are to pay bols headbands and looms. We took the attorney costs themselves. MRS. YOUNG IMPROVING The many friends of Mrs. D .A. Young over Cass county will be pleased to learn that this estimable lady is continuing to Improve over her recent illness and is now able to "P, 8T ffoll?winS t-ZZ of being bedfast and the improve- most Mrs. Guy C. Read the Journal Want-Ads. r." " """"-I 'deaths and intense suffering in Chi n.en 1 J . , . . las far soutn as tne angtse vanej. pirpip i t-s; i i ii i e us miii l r r til . . . ns to tne nome oi xier jwwewi uuuBuii. iVT u0,rt fro7n to dath UlLe IU LUIS L1IV. POSTAL RECEIPTS HEAVY ( The local postoffice this December had the largest volume of business since the year 192G and one ot the three hps vp.irs irr tt i:it fpn tho figures given by Postmaster J. v. Holmes states. The date of IKcem- ; ber 22nd showed the cancellation of letters through the omce. one of the heaviest days run in i long period of years and the general vol- una of mail handled was very large land necessitated the continuous work cu" the clerical force to handle. Farmers State Bank Holds Its Annual Meeting Present Officers of the Bank Are Named to Offices Have Had Excellent Year. Frorr Saturday's Oally The Farmers State bank of this city held their annual meeting at the bank and proceeded with the task i of naming the officers for the ensuirts i vr.n r rc-clcr t i ti v tlirico wbn -;i vo sfi , h,v rh.rt e A t tr ir of th hnnk n the past year, they heing: President T. K. Pollock. Vice-President William Baird. Cashier R. F. Patterson. Assistant Cashier J. K. Pollick. The report for the year showed an excellent condition of the bank af fairs and despite the general condi tions -of the past Jyear the bank showed a pleasing advance and re turn to the stockholders . The outlook for the coming year is most pleasing and it was felt that the coming CHANGE Dl AUTO AGENCY Prom Friday's ranv This afternoon the Service Chevro- !iet Co., of this city which has been operated by the firm of Eaton & Piatt, was changed by the retirement 'of Mr. Piatt from the firm and the 'business will in the future be con - ducted by Mr. Ted Eaton. i Mr. Eaton is an a;to m?n of wide with the Chevrolet agency here and his work in the local interest of the Chevrolet Co. Tiie auto agency and service sta- ent location by Mr. Eaton as they have one of the very best garage buildings in the state and which is well fitted for the future expansion of the business. 1 The many friends of Mr. Eaton will be pleased to see him take over the entire handling of the affairs of this company and that he will score a very marked success there is little doubt. The name of the new organization has not been fully decided upon by , Mr- Eaton C0UNTY BOARD ORGANIZES The new board of county commis- sloners yesterday afternoon organized for the year by namine Fred H. Gr- der of Weeping Water as chairman and G. L. Farley of this city as vice chairman. The board will meet on next Tue;- day at the court house for w'lat is known as the annual meeting and at which time the plans will be made for the coming year and the wage scale retried for the county work as i well a various officers named and the heard be ready to start on the retrular rontons of the year. The political complexion of the board lor the -ext term will be dem- ocratlc as c-fmissioners ooruer ana ! Chapman a'-e of the democratic faith. but as usual the board in their oper ation and conduct of the county busi ness are strictly non-partisan and have only one idea and that is the exercise of the best business judg ment for the interest of all the peo- up the questions of hikes but owing to other business matters this ques tion was carried over until another Idate. Rochel Robertson. Scribe. iTJTfgT STORM FOLLOWS SNOW; MANY KILLED Shanghai. Jan. 9. The woist dust and snow storm in many years swept down today from the Mongolian deserts, causing a large number of na in Peiping in a temperature below zero as a furious dust storm followed a heavy snowfall. H. A. Schneider Named to Head Local C. of C. President of Plattsmouth State Bank Selected at Annual Meet ing Last Evening ('"m Saturday r.atlv The annual meeting of the cham ber of Commerce was held last eve ning at the auditorium of the pub lic library and with a pleasing num ber of the members out to take part in the meeting of the evening and at which there was the windup of the year's work and the start of th new. Treasurer Fred L Rea reported that there had been collected at the time the report was published at the first of January the sum of $1.- (172.25 and that the disbursements had amounted to $1,144.01. Mr. Rea also presented a tentative budget for the year that called for the sum of $900 for the club activities. 1 Secretary George K. Petrtng gavf a report of the year by reading the minutes of the last annual meeting and also the membership list of 124 'members for the year. : President C. C. Wescott gave a very comprehensive ana thorough re view of the work of the club for the year and which is given below: . "To the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce in annual meeting as sembled Friday. Jan. 9. 1931: "Is customary for the President to read at the opening of Congress his annual message reviewing the state and the nation and outlining his program for improving the same. The analogy scarcely holds in this case however, for my message is more valedictory in character than salutatory, but since the civic- in terests of the city are more or less wrapped up in and reflected by its Chamber of Commerce, and sinee this is our Annual Meeting. I deem it fitting we should take a birs eye view as it were of the past year as relates to our Civic activities in which the Chamber of Commerce has been more or less of a factor, j "I think you will all agree with me that the year just passed has btt-n a trvlng one in many respect. not only in Plattsmouth but every where. Some superstitious person has suggested that its 'hoodoo' qual ities are easily revealed by adding up the figures in 1930 which equal 13, but be that as it may we are all glad to see it go and we cross the threshold of the New Year with re newed confidence in the future and sanguine hopefulness of better times: so let us forget the unpleasant things that lie behind and think of the more pleasant and favorable aspects of our situation as we look forward into the New Year just ahead. "Before taking up in detail the review of the past year, allow me to say that a large part of the work of a Chamber of Commerce must be classed as 'intangible' that is, the results; are not easily tabulated you cannot just put your finger on them. "In our case here in Plattsmouth, I believe any casual observer will n gni.t the fi'ie spirit of harmony and co-rperation that is evidenced in our Chnmber of Commerce work. Into this institution is poured much of the civic spirit of the community, and out of it flows community activ ity. This spirit of harmony has been spoken of by visitors from other towns at our Directors luncheons and combining as we do in our member ship various creeds and classes and interests, this harmony of thought and action is not among the least of the noteworthy products of our or ganization. "In this connection. I wish to bear willing testimony to the influence and assistance of our local Service Club the Rotary, in their fellow ship programs they have put on by visiting nearby towns and making contacts with adjacent communities. This has greatly helped in building up good will for Plattsmouth and the fine spirit of co-operation which they have engendered truly entitles them to the designation 'Service Club." And I also want to recognize and pay tribute to another most helpful and effirient civic club, which we might well term, a sister organization to ours, the Woman's Club. I believe the Plattsmouth Woman's Club is recognized as one of the best offi cered and best managed club in Ne braska and we are proud of them. I want to especially commend their Community Calendar project and pledge our hearty support. "I wish to place under three head ings this resume of 1930: "First Projects of importance to our city. "Second Special Chamber of Commerce projects. "Third Things in whieh we have cn-nnpratpH and following these: Some things we should plan to do in 1930. "Perhaps the first thing of Impor tance in order of its happening un der the head 'Items of importance to our city' is the completion and dedi cation of the new Missouri river iraf five bridge. This was an auspicious day for Plattsmouth and marfcs one of the high points in the year. Th (Continusd on Pagt 6)