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TT?V. S're Historical Society n - w j be PN1 HE VOL. NO. ZUZ PLATTSMOUm, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1933. NO. 28 Select Young Men for the Forest Service Thirty-six from Cass Comity Picked and Names Sent to Lincoln to Await Calling. From Thursday's Dally The Cass county committee com prising: J. A. Capwell, County Clerk George R. Sayles and County Com missioner J. A. Pitz, last evening made the selection of the thirty-six young men who are to furnish the quota for Cass county for the nation al reforestation program as workers. The names selected have been Eent to Lincoln where the arrange ments are being handled In the office of W. H. Smith, from where the young men will be called later for their preliminary training at Fort Crook. Those who hare been selected are given below and only a few are left on the waiting list. In the event that any of the thirty-six fail to go or are rejected, the ones on the waiting list will be called to fur nish the quota for the county: Benjamin P. Anderson, Union. Lee H. Brinton, Elmwood. Clifford L. Black. Plattsmouth. Harold W. Bloodgood, Louisville. Zane E. Blauvelt, Greenwood. Harold F. Chappell, Weeping Wa ter. Kenneth A. Cowperthwait, Elm wood. Norman A. Davis, Weeping Water. Tommy A. Dixon. Weeping Water. James R. Dew, Plattsmouth. Clayton Dooley, Plattsmouth. Harold F. Elliott, Plattsmouth. Walter E. Eledge, Plattsmouth. Dwane M. Garrison, Weeping Wa ter. William R. Higgins. Plattsmouth. - Cecil A. Hennings, Plattsmouth. Joseph. A. Habel, Manley. Henry C. Lemke, Weeping Water. Leslie McFarland, Plattsmouth. Earl E. Newton, Plattsmorrth Donald R. Pitman, Plattsmouth, Charles H. Philpot, Weeping Water Floyd F. Porter, Plattsmouth. Harold W. Reeve, Elmwood. John R. Richardson, Plattsmouth. David B. Robinson, Plattsmouth. James E. Seitz, Plattsmouth. Eugene Sochor, Plattsmouth. Paul Schroeder, Cedar Creek. Kenneth B. Sweem, Greenwood. Roland T. Thimgan, Elmwood. Kenneth E. Trively, Plattsmouth. Norman L. White, Plattsmouth. Joseph S. Zitka. Plattsmouth. The matter of calling the young men Into their training is a matter of uncertainty as the state is en deavoring to secure the . services of the Nebraska quota of 2,700 for work in this state, but in the event that satisfactory projects cannot be lo cated In the state the men will be sent to other localities for the service in national parks and national forest reserves. The service will be for six months with life in the open and in the most healthy and body building work and exercise and should be beneficial to the group. The men selected will be subject to physical examination and in the event of not passing their places will be filled by other appli cants. TO ATTEND JUBILEE Trots Thursday's Dally Mrs. Nellie Agnew and Mrs. Sam uel Waugh, residents of Plattsmouth for many years, arrive this after noon from their homes at Lincoln to enjoy a visit here as house guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Her old. The ladies will also attend the services held this week in connec tion with the diamond jubilee of the First Presbyterian church of which they were members while residing here. The many old friends are much pleased to have the ladies here as they were active in the social and church life of the community while making their home in this city. VERY HAPPY EVENT On Wednesday night at Omaha, a fine eight pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lund, who with the mother is doing very nicely. The advent of the little one has brought a great deal of .happiness to the proud parents as well as the other relatives. Mrs. Lund was formerly Miss Ruby Winscott of this city and the little lad is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Winscott of this city. The many friends will Join in their well wishes for the success and happiness of the little lad. PLATTSMOUTH GIEL HONORED Teresa Libershal, a senior in the College of Agriculture at the Uni versity of Nebraska has been elected as attendant to the Goddess of Agri culture who will be presented at the Farmers Fair on May 6. Miss Libershal is serving as chair man of cafeteria service and Sun day lunch for the students of the col lege, and is also in the pageant "Progress of the Prairies." Plattsmouth Tracksters Win at Omaha Locals Take All But One Event in Track Meet "with the Nebraska School for the Deaf. The Plattsmouth high school track team had a day of triumph Wednes day at the meet held at the Nebraska School for the Deaf and carried off all but one of the firsts of the track and field events and a good share of the seconds and thirds in the var ious events. All members of the track team were at their best and set excellent re cords for the meet. First3 were won by the Platters in the following events: Mile, Oliver Taylor; 8S0, Jess Taylor; 440, How ard Hirz; 220, George Adam; 100 yard, Rummel; high jump, Hiner; broad jump, Luschinsky; shotput. Porter; javelin, Todd; high hurdles, Garnett. The relay was won by the Platter team comprising George Adam, Edgar Seitz, Richard Brendel and Sam Am. The team expects to take part In the North high tournament at Om aha on Friday if the weather condi tions permit. Miller won -thaonly first for the Deaf when he finished ahead in the 110-yard low hurdles. Summaries: 60-yard high hurdles Won by Garnett, Plattsmouth; second Kalina, Plattsmouth; third, Garner, N. S. D. Time :10:3. 440-yard dash Won by Hirz, Plattsmouth; second, Kalina. Platts mouth; third, Garner, N. S. D. Time :64:2. 100-yard dash Won by Rummel, Plattsmouth; second. Miller, N. S. D.; third, Hirz, Plattsmouth. Time :11.3. 220-yard dash Won by Adams, Plattsmouth; second, Schultz, N. S. D.; third, Kaufman, N. S. D. Time :26. Mile run Won by O. Taylor, Plattsmouth; second, Libershal, Plattsmouth; third, Rowolinski, N. S. D. Time 5:39. 110-yard low hurdles Won by Miller, N. S. D.; second, Thorpe. N. S. D.; third. Am, Plattsmouth. Time :14.4. 880-yard run Won by J. Taylor, Plattsmouth; second, Jensen. Platts mouth; third, Rewolinski, N. S. D. Time 2:36. High jump Todd, Garnett and Hiner, Plattsmouth, tied for first. Height 4 feet 7 inches. Discus Won by Porter, Platts mouth; second, Todd, Plattsmouth; third, J. Taylor, Plattsmouth. Dis tance 99 feet 3 inches. Shot put Won by Porter, Platts mouth; second, Armstrong, Platts mouth; third, Kaufman, N. S. D. Distance 41 feet 1 Inches. Broad jump Won by Lushinsky, Plattsmouth; second, Rummel, Platts mouth; third. Miller, N. S. D. Dis tance 17 feet 6 inches. Javelin Won by Todd, Platts mouth; second. Schultz. N. S. D.; third. Porter, Plattsmouth. Distance 141 fect 10 inches. Pole vault Garnett, McClcary and Rummel, Plattsmouth. tied for first. Height 7 feet 6 inches. 880-yard relay Won by Platts mouth (Brendel, Seitz, Ara and Adam). Time 1:51. JACK MOYE IN HOSPITAL The friends of the Sam Moye fam ily here will regret to learn that Jack Moye, a son, is at the Deaconess hospital at Evansville, Indiana, un dergoing treatment. The young lad was taken sick last December and his condition finally became such that it was necessary to have him sent to the hospital for treatment. He is some better but will be at the hos pital for some time. The lad would like to hear from some of the old school friends and associates and who may write him. Jack Moye, room 347, Deaconess hospital, Evansville, In diana. He will be delighted to hear from the old friends to whom he can not communicate. Phone the nevrs to no. 6. Meeting of Bank Depositors Well Attended Plans of Becrflranization of Farmers State Bank Discnssed Will Make Strong Bank. From Friday's Dally Last night at the American Legion building there was gathered some 300 of the depositors and the officers of the Farmers State bank to discuss the proposed plans that would permit the full and unrestricted resumption of the affairs of the bank, which have since March 14th been operating on a restricted basis. The meeting was one in which all were interested and in which a line feeling of co-operation of the deposit ors and officers were shown in wish ing to secure the adoption of the plan lor tne placing of the bank on a basis where they cculd function for the interest of the depositors. Bank Commissioner George W. Woods, cf Lincoln, was present and talked for an hour to the audience on the proposed plan, which, Mr. Woods stated, "would make the bank one of the best in this state or any of the adjoining states." Mr. Woods urged the depositors to support the bank in the future as they had in the past and from their efforts and those of the officers and trustees there would be brought forth success. Mr. Woods stated also that all the earnings of the bank in the period until the full 100 per cent of the deposits are avail able, would be turned to the deposi tors fund in the hands of the trustees, Fred 'T. Ramge, E. P .Lutz, William C. Tippens,- William Halmes and Ed G. McCulloch, who have been selected to represent the depositors in the re organization plans. .'... Tne plan which was for making available at once fifty-five percent of the deposits, "the depositors allowing forty-five percent to remain in the bank to be repaid the depositors from the assets taken out of the old bank and turned over to the depositors committee. In the protection of tne forty-five per cent there was given as additional security to depositors mortgages in the amount of 542,000 on Cass county land holdings, which made a strong guarantee, Mr. Woods pointed out. Mr. Woods stated that as soon as the necessary eighty-five per cent of the deposits have been signed to the agreement, that it would be but a matter of a few days until the bank would function under the 100 per cent plan. With the large number that have already been signed, it is expected by bank officers that the number will reach ninety or ninety five per cent of the total amount of deposits. Mr. Woods pointed out that hold ings in bonds had advanced several thousand dollars in the past few weekr. The best of feeling was shown and a large number of additional de positors were signed up for the agree ment and which as soon as completed wil allow the bank to resume activity on a 100 per cent basis. COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER The board of education has in vited Rev. Samual J. Patterson, D. D. of Morrilton, Arkansas, to deliver the commencement address for the class of 1933 at the graduation exercises to be held at the high school audi torium Thursday night, May 25th. Rev. Patterson has been pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Morril ton for the past ten years and is the father of Principal cf R. Foster Pat terson of the high school. He has accepted the invitation and deeply appreciates the courtesy extended to him by the superintendent and board of education and for the opportunity to meet the people of Plattsmouth. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER From Thursday's Daily Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Beck of Om aha were here today for a few hours visiting with friends and while here called at the Journal office to renew their subscription. Mr. Beck has been a subscriber of the Journal for the past thirty-three years and finds It a household necessity that he cannot afford to miss. SUFFERS FROM LUMBAGO Albert Cotner, one of the toll keep ere at the Missouri river bridge, is having a struggle with the lumbago, which ha3 confined him to his home During the time that Mr. Cotner has been laid up his place at the toll hcuze has been filled by Carl Schneider, who has carried on the work. McMaken Truck Lines Secure a New Terminal Will Have Headquarters at Omaha on Do Tig las Street in Wholesale District in Future. The McMaken Truck lines, oper ated by Rea McMaken of this city, has just established; their headquar ters in Omaha at the new terminal located on Douglas street between Eighth and Ninth streets. This lo cation brings them into the whole sale district of the city and affords connections with other nationally op erated lines running Into Omaha from east and west. The McMaken lines are maintain ing a daily service between this city and Omaha and Lincoln and which also serves the various cities and towns of Cass county, which is made possible by the large fleet of trucks that the company maintains. Mr. McMaken has greatly expand ed his business in the last few years and from a purely . local service is now serving a great deal of terri tory in eastern Nebraska through their truck services..: They also have connections with the; transcontinental lines that enables jthem to secure service from any city of the country for their customers, j The main office of the company is maintained here andihj service gives employment to a number of the local people as drivers And handlers of the goods Bhipped over the line In and out of the city. GIVES FIXE RECITAL The home of Mrs. J. M. Roberts on high school hill was the scene- cf a most enjoyable musical evening on Thursday ,the occasion being a . re cital of the piano pupils of Mrs. Rob erts. In the program of the evening Miss Mildred Knofiicek and Billie Reddy were heard in violin numbers. The program that was offered gave the pupils the opportunity to be heard la piano solo offerings as well as duets and trios for the piano and which were very skillfully presented by the young people of the group. The numbers given demonstrated the advancement that the students have made in the recent months un der the Ekillful training of their in structor, each one of the young peo ple showing a splendid technic and musical appreciation. The program was one that delighted the parents and friends and reflected the greatest credit on the young people and Mrs. Roberts. For the recital the home was ar ranged with the decorations of the spring flowers that added to the charm of the occasion. Those who participated in the re cital were Donald Martin, Billie Knorr, Darlene Edgerton, Helen Bar kus, Helen Hiatt, Rhea Edgerton, Dorothea Duxbury, Peggy Wile3, Thelma Kruger, Marian and Fred erick Fricke, Harriett Goos, Stephen Davis, Jean Knorr. DIES AT HOSPITAL The death of Beverly Schroeder, five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Schroeder of near Cedar Creek, occurred Thursday at the Clarkson hospital at Omaha. The lit tle one had been ill for the past three months and gradually grew worse un til death came to her relief. The death comes as a blow to the mem bers of the family circle who had hoped that she might be spared to them. She is survived by the sorrow ing parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Schroeder, two brothers and five sis ters, Mrs. Clarence Nesson, Louis ville; Paul and Roland Schroeder, Eleanor, Patricia, Ileen Grace and Ruth, all of whom are at home. The funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon at the Glen dale church at 2 o'clock and with the burial at the Glcndale cemetery. Catholic Daugh ters Have Initia tion of Candidates Largely Attended Meeting Miss Ver onica O'Connor, Omaha, Grand Regent, Is Present. The Plattsmouth court of the Cath olic Daughters of America held a very largely attended meeting on Thurs day evening at the lodge rooms in the K. of C. Hall, they having in addi tion to their membership several visitors. The ladies had as a guest of honor, Miss veronica O Connor, grand re gent, who also took part in the work of initiation which was carried out by the officers of the local court. Four ladies were received into the court, Mrs. Anna Ryan, Mrs. Agnes Shlffer, Miss Elizabeth Lindsay, and Mrs. Eldon Doody. The ritualistic work was conferred in an impressive manner by the officers. Following the initiatory work greetings were given by Miss O'Con nor from the grand court of the state. congratulating the officers on the fine way in which the work had been given and the excellent manner in which the local court has functioned. Father George Agius, pastor of the St. John's church, gave a short ad dress to the ladies, his chief remarks being along the lines of the attitude of Pope Pius XI in urging Catholic action throughout the world and in,! the daily lives of the members in this" holy year. Father Agius also took the motto of . the Catholic Daughters, 'Charity and Unity," and discussed the work of the ordar for the ad vancement of their church and their homes. . The local court had as guests from Omaha Miss May .Murphy, Miss Marie Johnson, and Mrs. Emma Thomas, vrbo had accompanied Miss O'Connor to this city. At the conclusion of the regular business of the evening a fine lunch eon was served under the supervision of the finance committee.1 TTF.ATt ASSAULT CASE From Saturday's Dally This morning the county court was busy in hearing the case of the State of Nebraska vs. Archie Recek, charged with assault and battery on the person of Arthur Weiss on the night of April 8th. The case attracted a great - deal of attention from young friends of the two parties and who filled the court room to its capacity. The testimony in the case was very conflicting and widely differed as to the prelimin aries that led to the fight. The testi mony of the complaining witness, Arthur Weiss and Louis Kostka were to the effect that Recek had been the aggressor and had struck first, also that Weiss had not struck the defend ant. The state also called to the stand Dr. L. S. Pucelik, physician who had traeted the injuries of Weiss, who testified that the in juries had been severe and made nec essary the use of stitches to close the wounds, that the injuries had appear ed to be cause by some object. Leo Boynton, member of the Eagles dance committee testified that Recek had invited Weiss out of the hal land down on the street where the fight had occurred. The defendant, Archie Recek, tes tified that Weiss had asked him to come down from the dance hall and fight and that Weiss had struck him first. The other defense witnesses, Robert Sedlak, Elmer Phillips and William Pfitzmeyer, testified that Weiss had struck tho first blow in the fight and that he had called Re cek a liar. Harry Newman also testi fied for the defense but he had seen only part of the fight and did not know any of the particulars of the quarreling in the hall. After the evidence Judge Duxbury in summing up for his decision, stated that the testimony as to the quarreling and the praliminary argu ments that led to the fight were con flicting. The court stated that the evidence was such to show that Weiss had suffered a great deal from the effects of the fight and that despite any other fact that the defendant had used undU3 force In the battle. The court then gave a fine of $100 and costs to the defendant and until the fine is settled the defendant was re manded to the custody of tho sheriff. OLD TIMER HERE From Friday's Dally Eugene Setz, a fireman here on the Burlington for several years, was in the city today to visit the old friends. Mr. Setz while here was firing on a switch engine in the local yards and later was transferred to the Wyoming lines of the Burlington He is now located at Casper, Wyo ming, and while visiting with a bro ther at Omaha, decided to drop down and visit the old friends here. To Complete Paving on 75 This Season Federal Engineers Have Oreapolis and Auburn Gaps at the Head of List of Work. The gaps in the paving on high way No. 75, from the Platte river bridge to the end of the paving north of this city and that part of 75 north of Auburn, are to be paved soon, it now seems. 'The Omaha Chamber of Commerce roads committee have been taking the matter up with the U. S. high way department and as the result they have received assurance that both of these projects have been placed at the head of the work list for this season. The department as sured the roads committee that aE soon as the funds are available that work will be taken up. The section of highway north of this city has been particularly hard for travel as It is mugh and the sur face rutted by the oil surfacing that was placed there and finaly forced the plowing up of the roadway In an effort to eliminate the roughness north of the railroad tracks. ' The Oreapolis and Auburn projects when 'they are completed will make the final links in thi3 highway through eastern Neoraska and its completion will be a great conven ience to the traveling public as this highway is one of the heaviest traveled in the west, being the direct route from Kansas City to Omaha. PLATTERS ENJOY MEET The Plattsmouth high school track team was at Omaha Friday to take part in the quadrangular meet at North high, the locals placing in many of the events and scoring two firsts. The firsts that were secured by the Platters were by Albert Todd, Jave lin, with a toss of 136.5. Stuart Por ter was first in the shot put with forty-three feet as his mark. In the mile run Oliver Taylor of the Platter squad was fourth in the race which was won by Gaylord, South. Time 5: OS. Stuart Porter was second in the discus, Sorensen, South, taking first with 116 feet. In the 220 low hurdles George Adam was third in the event, Erown, South being first in the time of :28.8. The Plattsmouth relay team com prising Howard Hirz, George Adam, Robert Rummel, and Earl Lamberson, were distanced by the South team, coming in fourth in the event. Plattsmouth is expecting to enter tain Nebraska City here the coming week when some fine events can be looked for by the fan3 of this sport. FUNERAL OF MRS. ERITTAIN The funeral services of the late Mrs. Walter Brittain were held Fri day afternoon at the Sattler funeral home and was attended by a large number of the old time friends and neighbors to pay their last tributes of love and esteem to the departed lady. ,The services were in charge of Rev. C. O. Troy, pastor of the First Meth odist church who brought a mes sage of comfort and hope to the fam ily of the departed and to the friends who have been called upon to mourn the passing of this estimable lady. Mrs. Gilbert Hirz gave two of the old and loved hymns, "The City Four Square" and "Beautiful Isle of Some where," numbers that had been fa orites of the departed lady. The ac companiment was played by E. H. Wescott. The interment was at the Oak Hill cemetery west of the city. Hastings Col lege Pays Honor to Rev. McClusky Recognition Comes as Part of Diamond Jubilee in Tribute to Out s tan din? Pastorate. An unexpected and most pleasant climax to the services in observance of the Diamond Jubilee anniversary of the First Presbyterian church be ing held this week, came last Sunday with the announcement that upon the recommendation of President Cal vin H. French of Hastings College, the board of trustees of that institu tion had voted to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity upon Rev. H. G. McClusky at their com mencement exercises to be held May 1st. This honor comes to Rev. Mc Clusky as a most worthy recognition of his nineteen years of service in this community and is particularly appropriate in connection with the 75th anniversary of the church when the church ha3 enjoyed euch a eplen did year under the pastorate of Rev. McClusky. In his communication to the church. President French stated that it was a custom of long-standing with the board of trustees to make the selection of those to be awarded hon orary degrees at their February meet ing but that the church year at Plattsmouth had gained such favor able recognition In the state that the board decided to set aside that rule and pay this honor to Rev. Mc Clusky this year. The conferring of an honorary de gree upon a minister is tne nignesi honor which can be conferred upon the wearers of the cloth by the edu cational institutions of our country and is one to be highly prized and es pecially when It comes from an Insti tution cf the standing of Hastings College. " " The recognition of Rev. McClusky meets with community wide approval not only as an honor to hi3 service and record here but to tho church and the community. No man is more respected and beloved by those of all creeds and faiths than "Mac," as he is affectionately known to his legion of friends. He has gone his quiet, modest way in the community carry ing on the work of hi3 profession without show and ostentation and for his sincerity and friendliness he has a wide circle of friends who share with he and his wife, the Joy of De honor which he will receive. . Rev. McClusky's work here has extended far beyond the duties of his church. He ha3 been active In the Rotary club, Chamber of Commerce, Masonic lodge and as a member of the Rotary and Masonic quartets. His friends do not anticipate that . the title "Doctor" will make any dif ference in the everyday life of Rev. McClusky for to them he will still be affectionately known by the more intimate, "Rev. Mac," but they are proud of the recognition which he has so deservedly received. CASS COUNTY GIRL ATTENDANT OF UNIVERSITY MAY QUEEN Mis3 Leona Pollard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Pollard of Ne hawka was one of the two freshman attendance of the May Queen, in the traditional Ivy Day ceremonies held at the University of Nebraska this morning. In keeping with the color ful theme of the day, the queen's attendants were garbed in beautiful pastel shades. Miss Pollard and her companion. in azurtne blue, the sopho omore attendants in peach, the Junior attendants in orchid and the senior attendants in green. The Queen of the May was Miss Deloris Deadman of Falrbury, who was crowned by her maid of honor. Miss Margaret Upson of Odell. Extremely cool and threatening weather failed to mar the exercises which were witnessed by a large and appreciative audience. These ex ercises Included the carrying of the daisy and ivy chains, the reading of the Ivy Day poem by Miss Mary Fran ces McReynolds, its author, and the planting of the ivy by the presidents of the junior and senior classses. This afternoon's ceremonies were to In clude, the inter-fraternity and inter sorority sings, the masking of the Mortar Boards, and the tapping of the Innocents. ,