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THURSDAY, APRIL 16. 1931. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE WEEPING WATER E;lward W. Dowler was in Piatt s mouth during the week where he was serving as a juryman in the district court. Mesdames Arthur EE. Jones and E. F. .V.irsh ill were over to Omaha on tart Friday whore they were shopping fdr the afternoon. Thead Dr.vls waa calle! to Platts meu'h to lock after some husir.es:-. matters on Monday of thia week, driving ever in his car. Earl Cole is r s. 'i3iiue: at the N. L. Grttbba bla-ksii;;: siop ar.d with both Jie and Mr. Grubbs, they are able to turn out a lot of work in ... day. W. Erle Towle waa :iiie.! t Plattsmouth on Mondav of this week where he w s looking after some business masters r t the court Irons! for a short timfc Mrs. Henry Crozier who bar, been quite poorly for some time past, and had been kept to her home and bee! for some time is reported as feellBg much Letter at this time. Dr. Theo Stuskhart la moving into the looms over the Nebraska State bank, they having just been chance' to suit his convenience and which will amice excellent rooms for this gentleman. P. H. Miller and Mogens Johnson were over to Omaha and Plattsmouth on Monday of this week and when Mr. Miller visited his son who. is ex pecting: to engage in farming for this summer. County Commissioner Fred H. G or der was looking after some business matters for the county at Wabash, Murdock and South Bend as well as Greenwood during the early portion of the week. Herbert Cappen. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Reed and Mrs. Isaac Reed were all over to Lincoln on last Mon day where they were visiting with friends and also were doing some shopping as well. Miss Agnes Rough was a visitor in Omaha for the day on last Monday where she was looking over the of ferings of the wholesale house in the millinery line and making selections to add to her already large Stock of millinery goods. E. L. McCartney and wife of Weep ing Water were visitors on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Mc Cartney who are cusins of EL L. McCartney, better known as "Doc" McCartney, the bnrber. They all en joyed a rery pleasant day. On last Monday Mesdames Joseph Abrams. Otto Moritz. George Olive. Andrew Johnson and her daughter. Miss Mildred Johnson, were all Sit ing at Omaha, they driving over to the big city to look after some shop ping and also visited friends while there. Move Bodies to Kansas. Tiie Parson. Kansas, Cemetery As sociation, were to Nehawka where they under the direction of Funeral Director W- L. Hobson, exhumed the bodies of the late Clarence Murray, who died in the south in 1019. and that of a son who was interred in 1923. both in the Mt. Pleasant ceme tery, and taken to Parsons. Kansas, where thev were laid to rest again in '.he family lot which Mrs. Dora Murray recently purchased. One was buried in a steel vault which was not opened on account of being her metically sealed. The other one. which was buried in a concrete vault and which was also hermetrically sealed but which had to be broken as the vault could not be lifted to the surface. The body was found well preserved and also the casket as well the only thing benig that from the juices of the body the wood por tion of the casket was well satur ated. The metal portions being good and bright and afforded a way of handling the remains very nicely. Will Build New Home. On Tuesday of this week E. A Jamison was staking off the ground for the new building which he is to build on the south side of M;.in street for a residence for himself and wife. He has had the lot for many years and also recently acquired an other lot adjoining the one which he has already held and will build the house on one lot and have the other for the yard. He has Harvey Rich digging a trench for the in stalling of water at the new home Building this for himself, he will sure see that it is the very best con structed for that has been his plan all his life, to make what he makes the very best. This will be no ex ception to the rule. New Business Institution. George Sell, who has been associ ated with the Keckler Oil company for a long time as employe, having ceased to be connected with the above firm, has leased the building south of the C. H. Gibson store from Andrew Olson and has installed a tire repair and battery station where he will expect to serve the public. He is competent and courteous and THE FUNERAL HOME Modern conditions and stand ards of living have called into being an entirely new kind of Institution for meeting a uni versal human need The Fun eral Home. Planned for the specific pur pose which it serves, it offers greater efficiency and greater convenience than was possible in the past. We are proud to be able to offer the communities which we serve the use of such an estab lishment. Hobson Fsmeral Home WEEPING WATER. JTEBR. i Expert Horseshoeing I Have Had Years of Experienre in Horseshoeing and Feet 7 rimming. Am prepared to answer calls within a radius of 50 miles. Will visit grading camps or any one reeding expert service. N. L. GRUBBS Call Phone 49 WIEPrST- WATER -: SEBRASK will make a bid tor a : rtion of the business in the lines Which he repre sents. Will Answer Calls Away. X. L. Grubbs. who is a ftnttmed horse shoer and a man who sure kaowa much about horses and their treatment, has made arrangements for the answering of outside calls for horse shoeing and trimming of horses feet, a science which he has given a great deal of study ar.cl has had much experience. See the ad elsewhere in the paper and knov that when you get work done by Mr. Grubhs you have it done right. Building a Trailer. X. L. Grubbs is building a trailer for an auto for Bob Wooleott and Bob Jamison which will carry their boat, and which they can attach be hind their auto and go where they desire when they want to take an outing for fishing or for a picnic, and which will trail along and carry the boat where ever they may desire. Here Are Your Bargains. Two Holstein cows, good milkers, and both fresh for sale, also two Hol stein heifer calves, one, month old, and one 220 Old Trusty incubator in good condition. Fred Rehmeyer and Son. m2C-2w Entertained the W. C. T. TJ. Mesdames W. H. Tuck and And rew Johnson as hostesses, entertain ed the meeting of the W. C. T. V. when they had a most pleasant af ternoon on Monday, with a very fine program, and as well followed by a social session, which was one of much pleasure to the large crowd which were assembled. Delightful refreshments were served. Looks Very Fine. The front of the Johnon Cafe which has recently received a coa; of golden paint is looking fine and the interior also has been retouched making the entire place very neat and attractive to the many weil pleased customers. Mrs. Hunter Still Poorly. ' Mrs. L X. Hunter who has been in delicate health for some time and who has not been able to he about but is kept to her home and bed, is being cared for at this time by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Earl Hunter, who is giving the patient the very best of care. It is hoped that Mrs. Hunter may soon be feeling much better and be able to be out again. Quarantined for Fever. The home of Francis Baldwin where they have the scarlet fever, has been placed under quarrantine. and which precludes all from leaving and entering ihf home during the life of the disease. The folks are getting along all right and are hoping soon to be released from the bond. Disposed of Farm. John Habel, who has resided sev eral miles west of Weeping Water where he his ad a farm, disposed of the same early this week to Mr. Andrew Olsen and Mr. Habel will seek other employment. Will Celebrate Golden Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Godlieh Rehmeyer, residents of Avoca for the past eighteen years, and who moved to Weeping Water some ten .years since from near Avoca. both being som seventy-six years of age, and beinfj married in Denmark, fit t y years ag. on April 19th, are to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at their home with their friends and rela tives. Mr. Rehmeyer was born in Germany and lived there for the first three years of his life when the par ents moved to Denmark where they resided for fifty-five years, and where their children were born, they came to America in 1914 and settled near Avo n and have made their home there and near and in Weeping Wa ter during their stay in America. Mr. Rehmeyer has been engaged in business in Weeping Water for a number of years. The celebration will be at their home in Weeping Water. Mrs. Rehmeyer w;s former ly Miss Marie Xeisjn. They have OmaHtm Syracuse Bus Llsie Starting April 1st Louisville - Man!ejr - Wejping Water and Avoca DAILY ROUND TRIPS Sonth Bound North 3ound 5:00 p.m. OMAHA 10:00 a.m. j b.zo p.m. iiOuisvuie o:ao a.m. 6 :35 p. m. Manley 8 :25 a. m. 6:50 p.m. W. Water 8:10 a.m. 7:10 p.m. Avcca 7:30 a.m. Omaha Depot: Millard Hotel District Debate Champions Robert Bectoi John Madge Gannett K. S. Debaters Seek the State Championship Fine Record Mode bv Plattsmouth Hi Team This Year Net Result of "Luck"' or "Breaks" HERE'S THE WHYFOR 1 An easy extemporaneous style of speaking. 2- High rrnk in scholarship for all members of t'e team. 3 The willing co-operation Other members of tve school. 4- Knowledge of the events history. of of Individual Members of Team Taking each member of the team as an individual, we find Robert Bes- tor ranking high as an extemporan eous speaker. Roiert has given :m ple proof of his abilities to read, un derstand and explain by three su - cessixe victories in the field of ex- temporaneons speaking Hi- reading of current topics in preparation for j the contests has gre knowledge of world ness at properly allocating "Disarma ment" in the rank and file of thr-se needs. John Becker very ably held the position as first speaker of the affir mative through the district tourna ment. John is of special value be cause of his detailed definition of the proposition for debate and his more than effective rebuttal in defense of the affirmative stand. This is true, because a good definition ofton wins a debate. It is the duty of the first speaker to introduce clearly defined and well supported issues to prevent the negative speakers "introducing trick issues of their own. John Beck er is an "A" student. The presence Of ; la same on the "Honor Roll" of the high school indicates "A" work in tt least three subjects. Edward Wehrbein is the second speaker on either the affirmative or the negative. He seems to change very easily from one side to the other. Edward, also, has been on the "Honor Roll" most of the time since the first year of his schooling in the city. In every debate, the judges have complimented the second speaker for his sound, infallible logic. Without bombast, he holds the inter est of the entire audience on every Occasion. The debate coach of Fre mont High school pronounced Ed ward a fluent, conversational speak er. Last, but certainly not least comes they last speaker, Madge Garnett. Madge's report cards are well decor ated with "A plusses." She has made the honor roll seven times out of a t .-.-:tw fc v -p. !!.-id ' being an A student in academic subjects. Madge takes part in more than the average of extra curricular activities. Hr fluent sneaking, keen logic, and all inclusive summaries put her in rank along with the best debaters ever pro duced in P. II. S. In summarizing she does more than merely state, she shews the illustrations and the logic that have been hurled at each point. When she has finished, the judge does not find it necessary to guess at what has or has not been proven. Other achievements of this speaker are four successive victories in the field of oratory. Extemporaneous Speaking: The coach, Mr. G . A. Kvasnicka, advocates extemporaneous speaking sad absolutely discourages the use of two sons and two daughters, they being, Fred Rehmeyer of Weeping Water Simon Rehmeyer of Alvo, Mrs. Adolph Mogensen of Omaha and lbs, Frank Taylor of Alvo. Share Car Shipment. The Binger Lumber Company and the Murray Lumber Company of Mur ray, shared a car shipment of the products of the American Wire and Wire Fencing company, the car ccm ing to Murray where it was unload ed and contained steel posts, wire, barbed and otherwise, woven wire fencing and nails. The car coming to Murray where it was unloaded and the portion belonging to the Binger Lumber company being transported to Weeping Water by trucks. The getting the goods by car load lots make their cost much less as well as the saving in freight, saving to the cne who usoo the goods. Get? Lawti Seats. The Binger Lumber company have received a number of. knock down a! L fr$ BaaiiiaMBBBaBBBBBW JBIBBBPraB aapj jjjffijl BHB Becker Edward Wehrbein Kvasnicka. Coach written speeches. How. ver. he does rot propose that the debaters use high sounding flowery language. The gieates orations in history, aceord- I ing to the late William Jennings Bryan, have been made by simple ; words and phrases. I Flowery words often seem to cover a lack of knowledge. S ome coaches believe that the pupils should start with written speeches and then grad- Daily discard them. That Is very difficult, because the theory of it is wrong. When starting to accomplish a task, one should start the right way. Use of a "canned speech" causes a feeling of dependency, thus in a hard debate the speaker becomes excited and falls back to reading his speech. Willing Co-Operation The entire debate s?uad is made up of twelve members: Madge Gar nett. Helen Warga, Irene Simons, Agnes Brink. George Lushinsky, George Adams. Stuart Porter. Edward Wehrbein. Robert Beator, George Lie pert. John Becker and Paul Iverson These people have practiced to gether all year. Plattsmouth does not have an elimination contest in the I 11 to exclude all bm three or 1 UI - ! , Z TlZ I reives n;e ueueiic ui piamie ueuuio , . ,.,, u within the group and with schools atlv improved his I . . , , ... ' , .... Tlt from the outside. Some of tliese peo news arid his apt- . . ... ,M i pit iuuiu atc nidi in' iiiiiiu uui milk'? the team, but good sportsman ship prevented them dropping out. Dropping out would have spoiled the practice for other debaters and for themselves. For our coming year they have added nine new members to the stiuad: Lois Best or, Pau! "Baldwin. Jim Graves, William W'etenkamp. Lois Ycnoflicek. Marvin Trltsch and Greth Garnett. This group has start ed practice. In this way they will hp given an idea of debating before next year. By knowing the expected number in advance, the school can save money on supplies by purchas ing just the right amount. How ever, they will he glad to add other interested pupils to the squad. They can always order additional supplies, although it might be impos sible to return an over supply,. With the added interest and the fact that they have three members of the team back. Plattsmouth hold high hopes for success ntftt year. Their chances for success next year should be better because of this year of prac tice. The present record has been made by an absolutely inexperienced team. Xot a member of this team had an experience previous to this year. Knowledge of History Matty debate teams make a debate 8 contest in citation of authorities cr mere opinions of someone else who Js supposed to know a little mre abou the subject. If both team would try to do this the debate would become a Quotation contest. The Plattsmouth debaters use sound logic backed by examples from history. This method of presenting an argu ment gives real hnnest-to-goodncss practice in thinking. This being the most important value of debating, the team with the long list of quoted 'opinions utterly fails to accomplish the one real lesson t(Tbe derived from work of this kind. Professor Popke from Dana col lege, who judged the debate with Blair, gave special compliments to the local speakers for their accurate knowledge of and clever placement of facts from history. The school and people of the com munity extend to the team and the coach best wishes for success at the state tournament to be held April 16. 17 and 18. law chairs, they being of the reclin ing style and which have been put together by E. A. Stock. Four were sold immediately, while the other two of the shipment are at the lum ber office as samhles. Better see them. EIGHT MILE GROVE LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday. April 19th. 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. 10:30 a. m. English services. TOR SALE Cabbage and tomato plans. Also garden flowers at reasonable prices. R. H. Anderson, 814 4th Ave., Phone 556-J. al6-ltw. Mother's day, Sunday May 10th, plan your remembrances now. A tine line of hand tooled handbags and mottos can be found at the Bates Book & Gift shop. Dorm' Bond Bill Approved by the Senate School Funds May Be Used to Fi nance Buildings Thirteen Others Passed. Fourteen bills passed the senate I Tuesday, including H. R. 239. which I permits the invsetment of state school jand trust funds In bonds that may ibe issued to tinauce university or normal school dormitories. Tho sen ate amendment striking out irriga tion and drainage bonds from the list of securities passed the house bill. The measure now gets ba-jk to the house for concurrence in the change. Allen of Cozad sought to recom mit the bill for the purpose of mak ing some amendment which would safeguard but not prohibit the in vestment of state funds in irrigation and drainage bonds, but hie argu ment failed. Springer of Mitchell moved to demote the bill to general file and Allen supported the motion. Only thirteen senators supported the motion and it was declare! lost. The bill was placed on third read ing and passed by a vote of 25 to 5. Those voting against its passage were Allen, Axtell. Dworak, Pederson and Pitzer. The absentees were Beh rens and Koster. Behrens. upon his retrun. explained that he would have voted against the bill had he been present. He placed his remarks in the record. The senate rejected a conference committee report which recommend ed that the snate recede from its amendment to H. R. 12, by Musser, requiring the nomination and elec tion of county commissioners by dis tricts. They are now nominated by districts and elected at large. The senate amendment had excepted Lane-aster and Douglas counties from the provisions of the bill. Van Kirk of Lincoln. Cooper of Omaha and others made a plea for the election of commissioners by dis tricts in Lancaster and Douglas. The motion that the senate recede was defeated by a vote of 13 to 1(5. Scott and others argued that county seal towns now control the election of county commissioners. Van Kirk said that in Lancaster and Douglas coun ties election by districts would result in log rolling on important business such as road building in distrcts and the hiring of county employes on the "pension" list. A new conference committee will he appointed to further consider the bill with the senate amendment. The request of the house for the return of S. F. 11". the Neubauer bill taxing oleo fifteen cents a pound, was granted. The bill had been kill ed in the house and revived and placed on general file but in the meantime had been sent back to the senate. Tlfe Wellensiek bill S. F. 171,. voiding fire insurance policies if mis representation is made by an appli cant regarding the amount of insur ance he holds, passed the senate by a vote of 25 to 6. Those voting against it were Axtell, Behrens. Ped erson, Pitzer, Srb. Wherry. The ab sentees were Dworak and Koster. H. R. 422 by Klopping Signs re quired in eating houses where imita tion butter or cheese is used, increase in license of wholesale dealers from $2 to $50 and increase in retail li cense from i to o. H. R. 176 by Johnson For publi cation of supplement to statutes of 1929, with annotations, for sale by the state at not to exceed $3. H. R. 311 by Steuteville Requires the supreme court to write opinions in all cases, vote, u to v. H. R. 120 by Blackman State banks required to give security for public funds on deposit. H. R. bv Smith of Omaha Fixing fees of county judge for administer ing testamentary trusts. H. R. 149 by Curry Persons nom inated at primary election by the writing in of names not required to file acceptance of nomination. H. R. 51 by Smith of Omaha Standard weight bread loaf law, re quires bread to be baked in loaves weighing one-half pound, one pound and one and one-half pounds; author- zes secretary of department of agri culture to fix maximum tolerance. H. R. 239 by Musser Permits in vestment of state school funds in bonds of dormitories built on uni- vevsitv or normal school grounds; strikes irrigation and drainage bonds off the list of approved investments. Vote, 26 to 5. H. R. 330 by Regan Pay for tem porary county judges to be deducted from pay of county judge. S F. 331 by Welleinsiek Relieves banks under federal reserve of com pliance with state laws relative to reserves. S. F. 171 by Wellensiek Voids fire insurance policies for misrepre sentation in regard to amount of in surance applicant carries. Vote. 25 to 6. S. F. 333 by Frush For an ap peal to the district court from re vocation of milk license by city au thorities. K. R. 42 by Smith of Omaha County courts vested with jurisdic tion over trust estates created by will with power to require trustee to give bond. H. R. 177 by Hansen Makes highway law applicable to highway within grounds of state institutions; state to pay for highway signs. DEFEATED BY WIFE Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Final returns from Tuesday's election on Washing ton island showed L. Gunnlaughon. who served as town treasurer for sev- ri til itu. . ti m ti-ii ttu, . - i,w wv votes by his wife. Joe Sedlack deoarted this morn ing for Omaha where he will spend a few days ana attend to some mat ' ters of business. Here's Hews for farmers! A TELEPHONE is almost as important as a plow or mowing machine (and it cost3 far less to have one!) A TELEPHONE adds so much comfort and convenience to the everyday life on the farm and costs so little . . . Fire A disastrous fire i n your home o r bams would mean a great loss to vou: vot how near are you to help, in case of fire ? The telephone in your home puts you in in stant touch with the nearest help. Household duties are made less tiresome to the farm wife who has a telephone. Long days are le6s trvincr. dailv e C r tasks fleeni lighter. With the telephone she quickly reaches neigh bors, or chats widi rela tives or friends. LINCOLN TELEPHONE AND TELEORAPH COM PA N Y A fiebrvxka Company Serving lt$ PeopU" SENSATIONS AT HEARINGS San Diego Two state witnesses provided a sensation as the prelim inary hearing of Alexander Pan tages and four others on charges of immorality, t:eed lor the moment cf a legal snarl by a sudden change in defense plans, went forward swiftly Miss Camille Livingston, j.eventeen, co-accuser of the wealthy showman and his four alleged associates, fail ed to testify she had been attacked by Jesse Shrtve. San Diego real es tate broker and one of the defend ants, at an alleged party here last Oct. 30. After a brief cross eximination she was excused from the witness stand and the state called Richaro Scollin. manager of a fashionable hotel here, where the state claimed the party was held. Scollin snid "there was no party at the hotel that night." Pantages' counsel has indicated its defense will be Pantages was in a business conference the night ot the alleged party. The prospect of a lengthy legal battle over testimony concerning the alleged activities of the Los Angeles district attorney's office in connection with Miss Liv ingston and Miss Lydia Nitto, ac cusers of the defendants, since their apprehension, died away when the AN IMPROVED 135-Acre Sarpy County Farm Sells AT AUCTION! Sale will be Held in Springfield Opera House at 2:00 P. M. Saturday, April 25, 1931 Thif fami is located 2 miles south and 4 miles west of Spring field and about 20 miles southwest of South Omaha and is lege described as: The north part of the NW1 of Sec. 5. Twp. 12. Rart,e 12, in Sarpy county, Febraska. The improvements are adequate and in good condition. The soil is a rich Marshall silt leant with clay subs&i!. A good producing farm. 125 acres in cultivation, balarce in pr.si The land lies level to rolling. A gocd farm well located in a I I community. Positively sells ta the highest bidder on easy terms. Iuspc. it before the sale, ther come prepared to buy. For Further Information Write the Sales Agents or Auctioneers Julia H, and Wra. Lorsch OWNERS SH0PEN - CO. Sale:, Agentg. Keeline Bid?.. Omaha, Nfbras! F0RKE EROS,. The Auctioneers, 132 No. 12th St.. Lincoln 9 Sickness Supposing sickness suddenly strikes some member of your house hold, how far away is the nearest doctor? The telephone in your home will get the doc tor quiclrly, ichen ever you need him. Extra Farts Supposing your bind er or combine breal -down. How long will it take you to get extra parts from the Dearest town? In the mean time, will rain ruin your profits? A telephone in your home, you can order neic parts or a repair man ...ma jiffy! defense said it would not prusui the argument further. Miss Livingston completed . l testimony begun Monday. She de scribed being brought here with Kiss Nitto by Olive Clark Day and Wil liam Jobelmann. co-defendants aii! ! alloged operators of a girl bureau in Los Angeles, and taken to a hotel. As the state's questioning approai bed the scene of the alleged attack, pleaded "I'm getting mixed up" nnd when asked about certain details, she replied "I don't know for sure." The state then abandoned further examination. 103.022 BARS SURVIVE BELGIUM'S LIQUOR LAWS Brussels. April 12. There are oi.lv 103,022 public bars in Belgium, as against 219.405 shortly befo: war. The decrease is due to legis lation forbidding the retailing of spirits in cafes, restaurants and hotels. When undecided as to a gift for Mother's day. call at the Bates Book & Gift Shop and select one of the beautiful mottoes that can be fou" i in a wide assortment of designs an! prices. 8