Nebr. Sfate Historical Society
VOL. NO. XT.TX
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA- MONDAY, JULY 10, 1933.
NO. 46
Wohlfarth
Family
Holds
Reunion Here
Meet at Country Club at Home of
L. L. McCarthy Family Tuesday
for Most Delightful Time
The beautiful and restful surround
ings cf the country club made the
setting for the reunion of the mem
bers of the Wohlfarth family, the
children and grandchildren of Mr.
and Mrs. Chris Wohlfarth.
Mr. Wohlfarth, the father, has
made his home with his daughter,
Mrs. L. L. McCarty at the country
club since the closing of the home
here and this lovely place was de
cided on for the members of the party
to choose as their gathering place.
It was the first time that all of
the members of the family had been
able to be together for several years
and made an occasion that they will
long very pleasantly remember. Some
of the children reside at distant
points and it is not often that they I
can all be together, some of the
ily residing in Oklahoma and Cali
fornia. The day was spent in visiting and
in partaking of a sumptuous picnic
dinner that added to the pleasures of
the occasion and enjoying with the
father the passing hours most de
lightfully.
The children of the family were
largely accompanied by their famil
ies and made a large party of the
Wohlfarth clan. The children were
Paul II. Wohlfarth and Mrs. L. L.
McCarty of this city, Robert H. Wohl
farth. Oklahoma City, Mrs. William
Bell. Long Beach, California, Mrs.
Frank Downey, of Lincoln, and Carl
Wohlfarth. of Lincoln, and Mrs. Rob
ert Coppell of Schuyler.
NEW-DIRECTORY NEEDED'
BY IMPROVED CONDITIONS
Since the Lincoln Telephone &.
Telegraph company started their
"Business Recovery Campaign" on
June 15th, orders have been taken
for CO additional stations at Platts
mouth. Most of these orders are from
the rural sections, indicating the
great need for telephone service to
the farmer on account of the increas
ed farm commodities.
Service charges are waived on all
changes and installations during this
period from June 15th to July 15th
inclusive and many are taking ad
vantage of this offer.
The Plattsmouth Journal has the
order for the printing of the new
telephone directories and all correc
tions, changes and additions should
be reported to the telephone company
before July 15th. The cover of the
directory this time will be green,
printed in black which makes a clear
and very attractive book. ,
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY.
The eleventh birthday anniversary
of Shirley Mason was observed Thurs
day by a most enjoyable party of
the little friends held at the Mason
home on west Main street. The time
was spent in games of all kinds and
in which a great deal of merriment
was derived by all of the young peo
ple. At a suitable hour dainty re
freshments were served to add to the
pleasures of the occasion.
Those attending were Dorothy Jean
Turner, Wilma Swatek, Frances Had-
raba. Jean Taylor, Marjorie Fitch,
Elaine Handley, Norma Bryant,
Helen Hiatt, Helen Slatinsky, Ruth
Ann Hatt. Ellen Cloidt. Shirley
Walling. Elda Marie Phillips, Margie
Dean Phillips. Mary Kvapil. Helen
Minniear. Joan Hall. Charlotte Cot
ner. Thelma Capper, Mary Lou Wal
ling. Dona Faye Mason, Billy Mason.
Shirley Mason.
BRING IN ABANDONED CAR
Sheriff Sylvester and Deputy Sher
iff Jarvis Lancaster were down in the'
vicinity of Murray on Thursday,
bringing back with them a Chrysler
car that had been abandoned near
the John Hobscheide farm. The car
had been there for the past several
days and was reported to the offi
cers who now have it here. The car
was apparently from Lewlston, Ne
braska, and the officers will endeavor
to locate the owner. It is thought
that the car Is one that was stolen.
PATIENTS SHOW IMPROVEMENT
Mrs. O. L. Bailor, with her daugh
ter, Miss Edith, survivors of the auto
accident at Murray on Sunday, June
17th, are reported as doing very nice
ly at the hospital at Omaha where
they have been cared for. The pa
tients were not informed of the full
extent of the tragedy that had taken
the life of their husband and bro
ther and two young friends, until
the last few days when they were con
sidered out of danger. The daughter
is soon to leave the hospital and it
is hoped that the mother in a short
time may be able to return to their
home at CSeneva.
Young People
are Wedded at
Lincoln Today
Miss Lola Stanley and Mr. Ralph
Hatt of This City Wed at Trin
ity Episcopal Church.
From Thursday's Daily
At high noon today at the Holy
fam-ITrinity Episcopal church at Lincoln,
occurred the marriage of two of the
well known young people of this city.
Miss Lola Stanley and Mr. Ralph
Hatt.
The young people motored to the
capital city this morning and were
accompanied by Miss Lucille Hatt,
sister of the groom.
Following the wedding Mi. and
Mrs. Hatt are planning on leaving
on a motor trip to Chicago and to en
joy the sights of the Century or
Progress exposition, later returning
home to this city.
The bride has for the past seven
years been engaged as the head nurse
at the Masonic Home infirmary In
this city and has a large circle of
friends here. She is a resident of
Lincoln where her parents reside.
. The groom was hern and grew to
manhood in this city and is a son of
Mrs. Jonathan Hatt. He made his
home in Chicago for several years,
but in the past year has been en
gaged in the conduct of a bakery in
this city.
The many friends will join in their
well wishes to this estimable couple
for many years of success and happi
ness.
ATTEND CHURCH SERVICES
In reports back from Washington,
D. C, the members of the Boy Scout
expedition, under the leadership of
Rev. Robert Murphree, of Louisville,
are having a real time. Billie Rosen-
crans in a card to his parents reports
that he and Frederick Fricke, both
of whom are members of the Epis
copal church, walked five miles from
their camp to attend the services at
the National cathedral, noted Epis
copal church at Washington and In
the crypt of which is buried Wood-
row Wilson, world war president.
They report the cathedral a beautiful
place and with a seating capacity of
1,500. The boys on their return made
the journey by tram. Billie also re
ports climbing the interior of the
Washington monument and made
count of the 920 steps that is neces
sary to travel to reach the top.
FOREST ARMY QUARANTINED
The advices from Roseburg, Ore
gon, are to the effect that the "tree
army" now stationed there, and
which is composed of Nebraska boys
at Camp Tyee, is under quarantine.
The cause of the quarantine is the
discovery that Andy Myers, of Ne
braska City, was suffering from an
attack of scarlet fever, although it
was first thought to be poison oak,
from which several others in the
camp were reported suffering.
When the nature of the illness
was discovered, the Oregon state
board of health closed the camp to
visitors.
The condition of the patients is not
serious and the hospital and medical
facilities of the camp are adequate to
take care of the young men In good
shape. It is not stated that the mal
ady has reached an epidemic stage.
The camp quarantine was a dis
appointment to the boys as they had
planned a three day vacation over
the Fourth in a bus trip to the Pa
cific ocean some forty miles from
their camp.
There are some thirty-eight from
Cass county in this camp and eigh
teen of these from Plattsmouth.
Rotary Club
Installs Officers
for Coming Year
Judge A. H. Duxbury Takes TJp Posi
tion as Piesident of Club En
joy Excellent Program.
The Plattsm-Diith club of the Inter
national Rotary held their installa
tion of officers on Wednesday at the
weekly luncheon of the club held at
the main fining room of the Brown
cafe.
The club has set the first meeting
in July as the time when the retir
ing officers lay down the tasks of
their various offices and again take
their places in the ranks of the loyal
and hardworking privates.
The officers who were installed
are:
A. II. Duxbury, president:
L. O. Minor, vice president;
Frank A. Cloidt, secretary;
Frank M. Bestor, treasurer.
R. W. Knorr arid William
Baird, together with the re
tiring president. Dr. P. T.
Heineman, directors.
The club members had the pleas
ure of having present as a feature
artist, Mrs. Marguerite Walters-John
ston, of Sheridan, Wyoming, who Is
here with her son on a visit at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Emil Walters.
Mrs. Johnston gave several vocal
numbers which gave a fine expres
sion to the rare beauty of her voice,
and was much appreciated. Mrs. J.
M. Roberts served as accompanist.
while the violin obligato was played
by George Jaeger in his very artistic
manner.
BRIDAL PARTY HERE
From Thursday's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. Mason -E. Wescott of
Chicago, arrived in the city today for
a brief visit here with the father of
the groom, C. C. Wescott, and the
other relatives of the groom in this
city. Mr. Wescott wa3 married on
Saturday, June 24th at Chicago to
Hazel Kaufman Mortensen, the young
people departing after the wedding
on a motor trip to the Black Hills of
South Dakota, where they have since
visited. They are now on their way
back to Chicago where they will be
at home at 2141 Tuehy avenue, north
Chicago. Mr. Wescott after the va
cation period will resume his work
as a member of the faculty of the
Northwestern university, teaching
on the McKinlock campus where are
located the business administration
college of the university and with
which he has ben connected for
several years. This evening the fam
ily will enjoy a picnic supper to
honor the newlyweds and who are
leaving Friday for their home.
IOWA PEOPLE WED
From Thursday's Daily
The popularity of this city as a
point for the marriage of parties from
our neighboring state of Iowa con
tinues, three parties having been
wedded here Wednesday Afternoon
and this morning.
Ralph ITulshizer of Des Moines,
Iowa, and Miss Roberta Livingston
of the same city, were married Wed
nesday afternoon at the office of
Judge A. H. Duxbury and shortly
after this ceremony George Garfield
Plager, Jr., and tMiss Ellen Irene
Sinclair of Atlantic, Iowa, were also
married.
This morning Keith Lockert and
Miss Bessie Albright, both of Web
ster City, Iowa, were callers at the
court house for the necessary license
and later repaired to the residence
of Rev. C. O. Troy where they were
Joined in the bonds of wedlock.
VISITS WITH FRIENDS HERE
From Thursday's Daily
Miss Josephine Berggrene, of Wa
hoo, is a guest here of Miss Kathleen
Troop, at the farm home south of
this city. Miss Berggrene and Miss
Troop were associated at the Uni
versity of Nebraska, both being later
engaged as teachers in the Nebraska
City high 6Chool, Miss Troop being
head of the home economics depart
ment. The two ladies motored to Ne
braska City this afternoon where they
enjoyed the day in visiting with the
friends at that place.
VISITING; IN CITY
From Friday' Dally
The home of Mr, and Mrs. Robert
Reed was the scene of a very pleas
ant house party this week when a
number of relatives were here to
spend 'a few days. Mrs. Minnie
O'Hara of Pawnee City, mother of
Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Luther Fairbanks o
Burt, Iowa, Misses Grace Lee How
artton, and Miss Coletta Cunning
ham of San Antonio, Texas, com
prised the party. '. The tAO latter
ladies, who are teachers in the San
Antonio schools, are en route home
from Chicago where they have been
in attendance at the Century of
Progress Exposition.
400 Students
are Eligible for
High School
This Number in Cass County Are
Entitled to Receive High School
Tuition This Year.
In the report given to the board
of county commissioners by County
Superintendent Alpha C. Peterson,
there are 400 students who are elig
ible and have made application for
high school instruction this year in
the various schools.
These students are residents of dis
tricts where there are no high
schools and will attend school at one
of the towns where there are high
schools maintained.
This number will make necessary
the raising of ?32,400 to care for
the tuition cost of the pupils for the
year. The last legislature ha3 re
duced the tuition cost for non-resi
dent pupils from $3 to $2.25 per
month.
The matter of the levy for the cost
will be laid over cntil'-llie; infinite
valuation has been determined in the
various school districts over the
county.
GIVEN BIRTHDAY PARTY
From Friday's Dally
Last evening a number of the
friends of Fred Knieke gathered to
join in a social evening in honor of
the birthday anniversary of the
young man.
The evening was Epent in games
of various kinds and in which suit
able prizes were awarded the success
ful ones. Delicious refreshments were
served at an appropriate hour and
all the members of the party joined
in their well wishes to the young
man and that he might enjoy many
more such pleasant birthdays.
Those who enjoyed the event were
Sheldon Giles, John Bauer, William
Brink, William Henrichsen, William
Starkjohn, Shirley Reedy, Fred
Kniecke, Lois Giles. Margaret Bauer,
Gertrude Brink, Wilhelmina Hin
richsen, Mary Margaret Kline, Anna
Knieke.
SELLS LUMBER YARD
A deal was made on Wednesday
whereby J. H. Rogge sold the Union
Lumber Co. yards of this city to Tom
Engles of Auburn, Nebraska. The
deal was made through Henry Dick
man and John Vick. Mr. Rogge is
selling largely on account of his
health and desires ot quit business.
Mr. Engles has purchased an excel
lent business and he is a lumberman
of much experience, owning lumber
yards at Auburn and other towns. The
editor having known Mr. Engles for
a good many years can give him the
very highest recommendation to this
community knowing that an excellent
business man has taken charge of
the lumber business in Elmwood.
Mr. Rogge was in the lumber busi
ness here for forty-one years. Elm
wood Leader-Echo.
ENJOY PICNIC PARTY
The members of the W. G. Kieck,
John E. Turner and Henry Stark
john households enjoyed a fine picnic
party at the delightful grove on the
Starkjohn farm northwest of this
city, where in the cool shade the
members of the party enjoyed the
time most pleasantly. All had
brought baskets of the good things to
eat and which proved a most enjoy
able repast and to which all did
ample justice. ,
Eagles Hold a
Booster Meeting
Last Evening
Class of New Candidates Were
Initiated at Gathering at
Eagles Hall.
From Friday's Dailv
Plattsmouth Aerie No. 3C5 Frater
nal Order of Eagles held a booster
jmeeting last night at the Eagle Home.
The meeting was attended by 57 mem
bers. A delegation of 20 were pres
ent from South Omaha Aerie No. 154,
headed by Roy Jensen, worth presi
dent, and Patrick Martin, secretary.
Wm. Barclay gave the address of
welcome to the visitors and the 20
new candidates.
Ralph Emerson, deputy grand pres
ident, atended the meeting last
night and will remain in Plattsmouth
until Sunday. Mr. Emerson has been
in our city since June 25th, and has
had his headquarters at the Hotel
Riley.
Plattsmouth Aerie will continue
the drive for new members up to
next Thursday, July 13th, under the
same plan as worked under the last
10 days. Dispensation granted by
the national organization by Deputy
Grand President Emerson, the local
aerie has laid plans for a picnic the
early part of August for the members
and their families.
Herman Thomas, vice president cf
the local aerie received an Eagle pin
for securing the largest number of
members in the class. Vern Hutch
ison, worthy president of the local
aeerie, appointed Arnold Lillie to
captain a business mens team. Mr.
Lillie will have Wm. Barclay to as
sist him. The team is for the pur
pose of securing new members. Her
man Thomas and Con Lynch are cap
tains of the other two membership
campaign drive teams. Art -Blunt ts
chairman "of the membership drive
committee and Leo Boynton is sec
retary of the local aerie.
SUNNYSIDE 4-H CLUB MEETS
The members of the Sunnyside 4-H
club met Thursday afternoon, July
6, at the home of Mrs. E. C. Giles.
It was suggested that we have a
guest day and each member invite
one or two guests. Since this proved
favorable to all, we will make defin
ite plans for this later.
We had a brief study of parlia
mentary law, which proved very in
teresting to all.
Questions were answered and dis
cussed onicurtains.
Anna Marie Rea gave a helpful
demonstration on "Use of Different
Types of Curtains."
The necessary equipment to take to
camp at Bellevue was discussed. Sev
eral of our members plan on attend
ing these three days of glorious camp
life.
The new lessons on "Making Our
Furniture Look Its Best," were hand
ed out, and the roll call for our next
meeting will be "What piece of fur
niture I have chosen to refinish."
After the business meeting was
adjourned we sang songs and play
ed games, after which delicious re
freshments were served.
We were very pleased to have with
us a visitor, aits. u. r. Troop, w e
hope she will visit us again soon.
Our next meeting will be July 13,
and we plan on judging curtains at
that time.
REPORTER.
ENTERTAINS FOR FRIEND
Wednesday evening Mrs. E. J.
Richcy was hostess to a number of
the friends, honoring Mrs. Inez Bay
lor, of Akron, Ohio, who has been
here for a week visiting with rela
tives and old friends.
The evening was spent in contract
bridge and in which Mrs. H. F. Goos
was awarded the first prize and the
guest prize to Mrs. Baylor.
At an appropriate hour dainty re
freshments were served by the host
ess to add to the pleasures of the oc
casion. Mrs. Baylor is leaving for Bovina,
Colorado, to visit her mother, Mrs.
Eva Reese, and her son and daugh
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bay
lor.
The Journal aims to print all
the news and will appreciate your
assistance to mat end. can no. t.
SUFFERING FROM MUMPS
James B. Farnham, who has been
ill at his home for the past several
days, has been found to be suffering
from a very severe case of the mumps
lie case did not develop in the usual
manner and with the complications
caused some doubt of the case tut
the malady is now apparent and Mr.
Farnham is quite ill from the effects
of the malady and under constant
care. Not being aware of his condi
tion, Mr. Farnham played ball last
Monday and which caused his case
to be more than usually severe.
Dogs Make Raid
on Chicken House
in This City
Three Dogs Tear Screen from Win
dow and Hill 50 Chickens of
Otterstein Family.
From Saturday's Dally
Sheriff Homer Sylvester was call
ed this morning at an early hour to
the home of Richard Otterstein on
Winterstcen Hill, where a gang of
dogs practically wiped out a flock of
chickens.
The raid by the dogs, who had
evidently reverted to their wild an
cestors, was first noticed when the
chickens made a disturbance and the
owner of the flock started for the
coop where the chickens had been
supposedly safely locked up.
As Mr. Otterstein approached the
house the dogs, alarmed, ran from
the building and Mr. Otterstein open
ed fire with a rifle and secured one
animal but the two others escaped.
It was found that fifty of the
flock of chickens had been killed and
chewed and mutilated by the savage
dogs before the , owner could reach
the scene of the trouble.
The dog3 had gained entrance by
tearing off the screen wire from the
window of the hen house to get at
their helpless victims and had then
started in on the work of destruc
tion. UNION MAN SENTENCED
From Saturday's Pally
This morning in the county court,
Ed Erwin, of Union, was present to
answer to a complaint filed against
him by County Attorney W. G. Kieck.
Mr. Erwin was charged in one count
with intoxication and on the second
complaint with assault and battery
on Miss Helen Watkins. The defend
ant entered a plea of guilty to the
charges which are an outgrowth of
the trouble occasioned by the defend
ant Thursday night at Union. It is
claimed that Erwin entered a res
taurant at Union and proceded to!
make trouble and disturb the peace,
and started to choke the complaining
witness, Miss Watkins.
The court after hearing the plea
and the evidence in the case, gave
Erwin a fine of $50 on the intoxi
cation charge and a sentence of sixty
days in the county jal for the as
sault and battery offense. He was
remanded to the custody of the sheriff
until the claims of justice are satis
fied. UNDERGOES OPERATION
From Saturday's Dally
This morning at the Nicholas Senn
hospital at Omaha, Mrs. Roy Stewart
of this city was operated on and at
the last reports was doing just as
well as possible in the short time
following the operation. Mrs. Stew
art has not been in the best ot
health for some time and it was de
cided that an operation would be
necessary to give the patient any re
lief. Mr. Stewart departed for Omaha
early this morning following his
work on the night police force and
was at the hospital during the oper
ation. The many friend3 of Mrs.
Stewart are trusting that she may
soon be able to regain her former
health and be able to resume her
usual activities.
ASKS FOR DIVORCE
Frem Saturday's Dally
An action was filed in the office
of the clerk of the district court to
day by Thomas Nelson, who asks that
he be granted a decree from Melissa
Nelson. The parties are residents of
Murray. .. ,
Death of Mrs.
L S. Thomas at
Home in West
Member cf Prominent Family Resid
ing West of City Over Long
Period In Calif. 24 Years
The announcement has been re
ceived here of the death at Long
Beach, California, of Mrs. Samuel L.
Thomas, 91, widow of the late Sen
ator Thomas, a pioneer of Nebraska
territory, which occurred on Satur
day, July 1st.
Mrs. Thomas had made her home
in the west for the past twenty-four
years, where her husband preceded
her In death some years ago.
The deceased lady was formerly
Miss Sarah Shields, a member of one
of the pioneer families of the west,
and who with the Thomas family,
came here in the early fifties to make
their home. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
were married in this city and located
on the farm west of this city, where
they resided until going west to make
their hbme for the remainder of their
lifetime.
She is survived by one son, Walter
L. Thomas, of Long Beach, as well as
a large number of grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
The deceased lady was the great
grandmother of Gerald Thomas, 19,
who was killed near Ontario, Califor
nia, on Sunday, following the death
of the aged lady.
The funeral was held Wednesday
at Long Beach and interment made
beside the husband in a cemetery
there.
BEAUTIFY ROOFS
It is not necessary to have a
spacious lawn or yard to establish a
place of natural floral beauty, as can
be found by an inspection of the roof
and porches at the rear of the second,
story residences of the L. B. Egenber
ger and John E. Sjchutz families.
There is a large expanse of roof at
the rear of the second stories and
here Mrs. Eganberger and Mrs.
Schutz have arranged baskets and
tubs of the bright hued sumemr flow
ers and which following the rain are
blooming in profusion. The ladies in
the past hot weeks have faithfully
tended the petunias and flowering
moss that they have planted and the
result is most gratifying to those two
ladies and they can feel well pleased
with the touch of natural beauty
that they have given to the vista of
the roofs in their neighborhood.
ARRIVES FROM NEW YORK
From Saturday's Daily
Miss Ursula Herold arrived this
morning from New York, where she
has recently received her master's
degree from Columbia university.
Miss Herold came west on the
crack New York Central train which
was operated in six sections of four
teen coaches each, all being heavily
loaded with passengers bound for
Chicago.
In Chicago, while Miss Herold had
her hotel reservations in advance, it
was necessary to wait forty-five min
utes to receive her room check. The
Hotel Stevens, where she lodged, had
turned away 800 persons the night
previous, Indicating the vast num
ber of visitors coming for the Cen
tury cf Progress exposition.
PERFECTS CORN SHELLER
J. V. Stradley, one of the well
known residents of Greenwood, was
in the city Friday for a short time
to look after some matters of busi
ness and to meet his many friends
here.
Mr. Stradley, with his sons have
been interested in the implement
business for a great many years and
are now perfecting a corn eheller
which they are securing patents on
and which is one of the best ma
chines of Its type that has been
brought forth as yet.
The Messers Stradley have been
engaged in their work on the corn
shelter for the past several months
and now feel that they have some
thing that will be a real advance in
farm machinery and one that should
be found to be of the greatest ad
vantage to the farmers of the great
corn belt.