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cb- Sfafc Historical Society m w ' ' Id VOL. NO. XLIX PLATTSilOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JANUARY IS, 1934. NO. 101 Woman's Relief Corps Installs Its 1934 Officers I-Irs. J. II. McLIaken Installed as President Mrs. Freak Mullen Installing Officer. The "Woman's Relief Corps ol this city at their regular meeting- held on Saturday at their rooms in the court Lou.-e installed the officers for the ensuing year, there being a large number of the members present to take part in the ceremony. The fol lowing were duly inducted into of fice: President Mrs. J. H. McMaken. Senior Vice-President Mrs. F. G. Morgan. Junior Vice-President Mrs. C. C. Cotner. Chaplain Mrs. C. F. Claze. Conductress Mrs Martha J. Peter sen. Assistant Conductress Mrs. D. C. Morgan. Secretary Mrs. L. B. Egenberger. 1 reaurer Mrs. Val Burkle. Patriotic Instructor Mrs. Frank Mullen. 1st Color Bearer Mrs. Anna Lillie. 2nd Color Bearer ML-s Ella Ken nedy. 3rd Color Bearer Mrs. Mary Spenser . 1th Color Eaarer Mrs. George Fern off. Organist Mrs. O. C. Hudson. Guard Mrs. Susan Bates. Th? post also received the report i w-s seme two ieet tmcK ana tne tun of the fine social meeting held the; weight caught the unfortunate man past week at the home of Mrs. Frank jon the chest, crushing him and pro Mullen, at which time Mrs. Edward j ducing injuries that caused death in Keiley had be-en presented with a'' a short time. ;Uit. The young companion of Sell was Reports cf the various officers were; received at the meeting and the mem bers ver: greatly grived to learn of th- death cf Mrs. Mary Voodry. 9 4, a meniber cf the post for a number of years and a worker in the cause of the "W. II. C. COUNTRY EOXE DESTROYED The country home of Mr. and M: Ray Norris. prominent residents the south portion of Cass county, was ' I afternoon. destroyed by fire Sur.dcy It is located south of Weeping W: uc-r r.r. r r-n nf '."'p r. 1 1 rr ct i v homesi in that section. Thi family were absent from home c.c the time of the fne, it being firrt di.-'ccV.-ercu by James Pollard, who was driving to the Norris home for; " 11 discovered smoke issuing f rom i c-u u"""-- & ; the house and he deemed to open n d.ior to tret to the telephone to call help, but on opening the door it was seer, the interior of the kitchen of the house was a mass cf liame and smoke. Mr. Pollard ran to a nearby farm house for help, but it was im possible to check the fames and the home was a mass of ruins when the family returned home. The cau.-e of the fire was not de termined. HOLD EIETHDAY PARTY A birthday party in honor of Miss Vlata Alice Adam was given Satur day evening to celebrate her sixteenth anniversary, at her home, by Mrs. Joe Adam. Gtmes and contests entertain ed the guests. At a suitable hour a f'-.hitv luncheon was served by Mrs. Adam, assisted by Mrs. C. L. Knie-Ke. Tho::e who participated in theen-jtlie yOUT1g people are expecting to jcvable party were: Mary Kathyrnj make their home in the future. Wiles, Rachel F.obertson, Norma Cur- Thp many friends in this city will tirs Jacqueline uiawmuu, Edna Black, Rebba Capps, Ilirz. .... T'iinn Ann Knieke, Isabel! i;en ivaiin. McFarland. Mary Jane Marks, Mary Ann Higrhfield. Mary Adam, Harry ctodola. Stuart Porter, William Wet rnkamp, Jr.. Charles and George Adam, and the guest of honor Vlasta Alice Adam. VISITS AT LINCOLN From Tuesday's Daily Attorney J. A. apwen anu v,uc - tpr Welshimcr were at Lincoln today,; Mr. Welshimer appearing before the U. S. Veterans board at the U. &. hospital for examination as to his uhvsical condition from disabilities, Mr. Capwell made short stops at; Weeping Y.'ater and Elmwood where he made appraisement of several properties for the Home Loan board. RETURNS TO CALLFORNIA Edward Patterson, who has been sp.ir.ding the holiday season in this city with his paier.ts, Mr. and Mrs. Uea F. Patterson, has returned to San Francisco, where he has been lo cated for the past several years. Mr. Patter-on had a most delightful visit here at the holiday season that per mitted him meeting many oi the old school friends and associates who were here for the holiday season, who appreciated very much the opportun ity cf visiting this gonial young man. Weeping Water Man Crushed by a Falling Tree Geors: S:il Receives Fatl Injuries 3 Laige Tree Crushed Chest and Other Injuries. George Sell, 40, residing in the vicinity of Weeping Water, was kill ed Sunday when a large tree trunk that he had felled, roiled and crush ed him beneath its weight, inflicting fatal injuries that caused death in a few moments. lr. with a young lad, a bro ther-in-law. was cutting down a tree for wcod, they sawing the tree down and had trimmed off a large liinb when the tree started to roll and be fore Sell could get out of the path of the tree it had knocked him down and crushed him beneath it. The tree unaDie to mt tne tree anu it was necessary to seek help of other resi dents in that locality before the tree could be lifted to permit removal of the fatally injured man. The deceased is survived by a wife and seme ten children, largely of these of tender ysars and to whom the loss of the husband and father ccmes as a severe blow. t Mr. Sell had made his home at ; Weeping Water for several years and ' recently moved to a residence near the rock quarries and where the fam- ' j ily are now residing, The death being purely accidental there was no inquert held as County Attorney Kieck decided on being in formed of the circumstances of the case that it would be unnecessary. The body was taken to the Hobscn finorr.l l.nmp ?nii whorp it will be . . , . . neid until the funeral services which will be held Wednesday at 2 o'clock from the Hennonite church at Weep ing Water. XAE3UED AT ASKA CITY The- marriage of Miss Rose Sedlak, of this city and Wilbur J. Driver, of Omaha, occurred on Saturday after noon at Nebraska City. The young people motored to Nebraska City in company with Miss Rose Kalasek and George Brasch of Omaha, who wit nessed th ? ceremony. The marriage lines were read by County Judgs T. Simpson Morton of Otoe county. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Sedlak of this city where she was born and has grown to wom anhood and attended the local schools. She has been for several weeks en- grag-e(j in working at Omaha, where .join in ineir wen wisnes xo iir. ana j,jrs Driver for their future success and happiness. RECEIVES PLEASANT NEWS Mrs. F. W. Nolting of this city to day received a message announcing the birth of a seven pound son to Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Heitzhausen, 607 Broadway, Billings, Montana. Mrs Heitzhausen was formerly Miss Grace Nolting of this city, a teacher in the uwis iieie anu at eumu oiuua viuj , for a number of years. She is a daughter of Mrs. F. W. Nolting. The friends fiere win join in tneir con- gratulations to the happy parents and best wishes for the future wel-!has tare oi tne young man Mr. Heitzhausen is a nephew of Mrs. William Schmidtmann, Sr., and Henry F. Goos of this city. Woman's Club Has a Pleasant O F - dm'pnserrogram T. S TVt'.-p "Drrtp-nt" Vrrrr CIpvpv snri J . Members of Club. From Tuesday's I.i!y Last evening th; riattamoutn i'.0!iidiio duo were entertained ' at1 B. ' naves, witn r-irs. j. jarsor., ur.:. Fit, Fricke. M:,. A. L. Daxbury, ; Mrs. O. E. Finneyfrock, and .Mr: .i F. II .Gerbcling, as associate, host- esses. The club letived a communication from L. S. Devoe on othalt' of the Plattsmouth Carden club and in v.hich he asked the ladies to loin i:i this movement Uv the beantiCsatioa cf the citv. The communication was ino:t enthusiastically r?ciivei and the ladies are to join in this most com mendable movement. The dramatic department of the club decided to hold their meetings Erst and third Friday of each month in the future, ths meeting hour to be ' at 3 o'clock. Miss Pearl Staats. in charge of the Better English class took up proper grammar, all members of the club joining in the practical cmunstration. There were a number of guests present and among these Mrs. Dora Peacock, of Long Beach. California, who is here to si end some time with the relatives and old friends. The meeting was in charge of Mrs. J. T. Begley as leader and who had arranged a program that for enter tainment value will long set a record in the club history, a series of clever stunts and skits being arranged by L. S. Devoe and in which the ladies of the club assisted. Those who participated in the en tertainment features of the evening were: Mrs. Louis Ward Egenberger, Mrs. Richard Beverage, Mrs. E. G. ShcllenbargDr, Mrs.- Gilbert Hirz, Miss Bernice Arn, Miss Wilhelmina Henrichsen. Mrs. James Mauzy, Mrs. Frank Earkus, Mrs. L. S. Devoe, Mrs. jit. J. Larson, Mrs John F. Gorder. i Mrs. J. H. Hallstrom. Mrs. James T. Eeley, Miss Helen Warga, Mrs. " Eieano Eieanor Olson. At the close of the evening dainty refreshments were served by the host esses to add to the pleasures of the occasion. BEAT OLD MAI DEPHESSION The Nehawka Farmers Co-operative Oil company under the manage ment of R. C. Pollard and assisted by a corterie of hustling officers and directors, and with Don Philpot and Charles Hall manning the delivery ti-.tcks, the officers E. A. Nutz man president; Everett Spangler, vice president, with the following board of directors. Fred Carsten, Ja cob I Tile?, J. W. Philpot, L. G. Todd and Parr Young, have bested hard tims. With 29 C stockholders the com pany is in a strong position to merit and obtain business. During the five years since this;ctui.ch organizations and to the rec - company was organized, their busi ness turnover has been $225,105.50. They have handled SS4.000 gallons of gasoline, 392,000 of kerosene, SS, 500 gallons of lubricating oil, 54, 700 gallons of tractor fuel, and 54, 80 0 pounds of grease. Paid in dividends ?21,SG2.4C; sur plus fund $4.S99.22. At the meeting of December 20th, 1933 a ntock divi dend of G per cent was declared, also an S percent patronage dividend de clared. The current assets are in the Ne hawka bank $5,200.64, accounts and rjotes receivable, f 1,451.89, inven tories . $2,519.78, for a total of 9.-192.4V- I"- Union bank $2S.04. Trucks and equipment $3,295.77, furniture and fixtures 52,52.32. To tal, SS.9S5.74. less depreciation. 51.- 539.65, making a total of 511.44G.C9 The liabilities, unpaid patronage uiyiaenas, f,4$3.ys. Provisions for patronage dividends on 1933 busi-' ness. S2.30S.94. Capital stock, $3,- 975.00. Surplus S 4.399.22. Considering the fact that business been on the toboggan for two of! these years, the business of the com- j rany has been wonedrful and they arc to be congratulated on their sue- cezsful year's business. UNDERGOES OPERATION John Nelson, who was for several years loitman of the tinning depart ment cf the Burlington shops heie, Uva3 cp-rated on Friday at the M,n:onai 1-1 at i.m. ! Nc!o:i has been engaged v. it! Bryan Mr. .ith the i-uriiiigion at tne iiavt-jcK lor sev- . cral vcars pact and was taken sud- Idenlv i'l on Friday with an acute at- i ! tack of appendicitis ana rushed to j the hospital. H5 is doing very nicely trow and it is heped that i; a short 1 and remmc his usual activities, -w j pgn l &ElgMS I 6111012 w Install -Officers F sxtf Fvpmncri1011"6' Rol:de3 and Arr-lstrons al3 J 1 CliXHH. served to kc-eu the Packers awav from i j itireuished Party of Visitors Here I -fiku.ab nom Anbnm, Nebraska City. From Tuesday's Daily Last evening Mt. Zion eommanCery No. u Knights Templar of this city!c: held installation and inspection at th? ledge rooms in the Masonic build ing, there being present a large and distinguished party of grand com mandery officers and other Masonic heads. The grand commaudery officers in cluded John T. Dysart, Omaha, de puty grand commander; W. B. Wan ner, Falls City, past grand command er and the inspecting officer; James M. Robertson, past grand commander and V. A. Robertson, grand warder, cf this city; as well as Oliver Frick, Omaha, grand high priest of the Royal Arch Masons of Nebraska. The party enjoyed dinner at 6:30, served in the banquet room and which was followed by the installation by Mr. Dysart, the oificers being in ducted into office beine; Commander Charles L. Carlson. Generalissimo Lester Meieinger. Captain Generel Harrison L. Gayer. .treasurer Frank A. Cloidt. Recorder Frank L. Barkus. Prelate Ra3-montl C. Cook. Senior Warden Ward Whelan. Junior Warden William II, Wehr bein. Standard Bearer Roy O. Cole. Color Bearer John Rurnmel. Sword Bearer Y"arren A. Tulene. Warder Clyde H. Graven. Sentinel L. L. McCarty. The commandery had the 2leaure of short talks from the visiting of ficers of the grand commandery in which Mt. Zion was praised for the high standard of efficiency that they have maintained in their command ery, as well as a short talk by Mr. Frick. There were large delegations pres ent from Nebraska City and Auburn to enjoy the occasion and to witness the ceremonies. EECOEBS SUCCESSFUL YEAE A very enthusiastic meeting of the adherents of the Episcopal church was held last night at the home oZ the Misses Gering. A large number listened to rcnorts of the various tor who outlined the work accom-iing, plished during 1933. At the close election of officers gave the following names of church directors for the coming year: Senior warden, R. W. Clement; junior warden. Judge J. T. Begley; secretary, Henry Herold; terasurer. Miss Mia Gering. Members of the vestry in addition to the above are Mr. Rao F. Patterson, Mr. A. E. Stewart. Miss Dora Fricke and Mrs. J. A. Donelan. A pleasant hour was spent after the meeting enjoying refreshments and receiving pledges of support for the current year. RECTORY VISITOR LEAVES Mrs. D. A. MacLulich of Toronto, Canada, will return to her home after i an extended visit to Plattsmouth, on j Thursday evening. Mrs. C. C. Intyre who has been at the rectoryjply of beverages and had partaken since last summer will return to too freely. The man was warned by Canda also and will make her home in Toronto in the future. The condi-, tion of Mrs. Petter continues to give cause for serious concern, but during the last two days she has been slight ly freer from the extreme discomfort and pain of some other periods of her illness. Flatters Take Game from South Side Packers; IT-rnl TT;n.-s ci,i r.v,-, aT-of Anoth.tr Victory by the Score cf 32 to 25. i - T. roni vreilnwiday s Pti!v I The Phutcmouth high -chool quin- j torious stride when they took Coach Drake's South Side Packers by the score of 32 to 25. Tlie Platters showed a far superior j brand of basket shooting on the South Side court that the Packers were not able to touch while the floor work of jthe scoring possibilities. The Platters held the advantage in the opening quarter to maintain a lead at the close but the South Siders in the second stanza commenced to pet the ranee of the barket, securing a 1G-11 standing with but a few stc- s left when Wayns Hiner dropped i in a held goal to leave the game 1C all tie at the half time. In the second half the Platters were able to pull away from their opponents as the Packers in their desire to score drew down eleven j visitors, a large number of the mem fouls, eight of which the Piatters( hers of the order from Louisville b; turned into scores. Coach Rothert's i ing here to join with the Plattsmouth boys locating the basket with deadly group. accuracy. Pete Goldsnusky, of South, who urorped in five field goals in the, opening half of the game was retired on fouls in the second half as was Rhodes, fighting Tlatter forward. Hiner, Platter center was high with 10 points. The South Reserves took the Junior Platters in the preliminary by a score of 2S to 20. The box score: Plattsmcmtli FG FT PF TP 3 3 0 9 2 2 4 C 4 2 1 10 1 1 1 3 2 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oj 12 S 9 32 I FG FT TP TP j 0 4 2 4 i 5 0 4 10 2 0 3 4 0 0 4 0 0010 1 1 0 3 -0010 2 0 0 4i 0 o o oj 10 5 15 25! Ronne, f Rhodes, f Hiner, c McCleary, g-f . Armstrong, g . Jensen, g Cotner, g South Churchieh, f Goldenusgy, f Gilmore, c-g-f Dukich, g Gunderscn. g ' Gember, f Zcrsching, g Referee Pressley, Omaha U. Tech nical foul Bosiljevec, Armstrong. SH0WEE FCR EEIDE The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sedlak on west Locust street was the scene of a very delightful social gath ering on Sunday, the occasion being a miscellaneous shower tendered by Mrs. Sedlak for her daughter. Mrs. George Trotter, formerly Miss Helen Sedlak There were a large group of the young people in attendance and the time was spent in games and visit- in the contests Mrs. John Kal asek and Miss Mae Wilson, of Mur ray, being the prize winners. The guest of honor was presented with a large number of beautiful and attractive gifts that will be lasting remembrances of the many friends. At the close of the pleasant event refreshments were served by Mrs. I Sedlak, who was assisted by Mrs. Wil liam Renich of Omaha and Mrs. Clell Gansemer cf Murray. OUT AND LN j King Clark of Union, who has been j serving a sentence for Intoxication! at the countj- jail, was released injHurd g 3 day afternoon at the termination of; ' the sentence and late Monday night was in the city jail to face a similar charge. The man on being released Mc-thad evidently acquired a fresh sup the police to leave the city on the bus going south at midngiht. The bus j arrived and left and the man remain-; ed the result that Officers Pickrell and Stewart rounded him up and placed him in the newly renovated city prison to await the action of, the court. J IS SERIOUSLY ILL Mrs. O. P. Newbranch, well known in this city where she has been a fre quent visitor in the past, will regret iir learn that she is very critically ill. g. Newbranch make.-: her home at J Nebraska City with ht r daughter. -"J s. r, . c. .uuott anu ianniy. ine condition of the patient has i-.hov.-n but little improvement in the past week. Mrs. II. E. Xewbranch of Om aha, a daughter-in-law, was a visitor with the aged lady cm Friday and Saturday. 7.S reiiow Observe Found ers' Day Tuesday; j Splendid Pre gram Presented at the; I. 0. 0. P. Hall Last Evening Eetekahs Serve Luncheon. Founders day was observed last evening by the members of the I. O. O. F. lodge and the Rebekahs of this j city and in which, a large number a r.artici nated and rninvi d flit- fii.e rrn- gram that had been arranged. The program in the main lodge room was presided over by Roy Olson, who extended the welcome to the: Frank A. Cloidl, well known vo- calist was heard in two numbers tl v ere much appreciated as a delight ful part of the evening. Misses Marion and Elva Olson alsoj were neara in two cnarmmg song: selections that reflected the rrcatest credit cm the yours ladies. Elmer Thackery, of Louisville, dis trict deputy grand master, was pres- lllu Ul lu ..j e i- ling plant of the Morten Gregson Co. group that Iiai made possible thejcl Nebraska city was destroyed by formation of the order, now one of flre earv Monday morning vIlQ a the largest in point of membership in lo,!g estimate at 530.000 by C. M. the nation. LMdrich, manager of the company. The members of the party were' The Etructure a v,oocen huimng, then invited to the banquet room of , was a complete losH and only tne the building where the ladies of the ; smculdcrins; aKbes cnd the vault of Rebekah had arranged a fine lunch-; the buildins laarked what in the hey eon prepared in their usual skillful j Q. the packIng indUsitrv in Ne manner and which climaxed the fine brafka citv had ben a :ac0 of ac. program and social gathering. f. STORZ TAKE VICTORY From Wednesday's Daily rhe Plattsmouth Storz last night aciCiea anotner victory to tneir ust , u.-i m-j .t when they took the Council Bluffsjte building a roaring furnace. He Merchants to a 4G to 3S defeat on j n"'a'-1? tis escape by breaking a win the local court. j dew and then dropping from a porch The Storz took a lead in the open-OUie lcn ftct to tlie ground and suf- ing quarter of 13 to 9 with all of the team getting into the scoring col- unm, but in the second quarter Mar- shall, center of the visitors grew hot and brought his team into the lead of 21 to 20 at the half time. In the second half of the game Donat local center and Gibler cf the'011100 purpose;; anu a iorce naa iiecn visiting team were the hot spots of ( the scoring. Gibler securing five field! coals and two free tosses, while Henry the ta boy took gix fielclfor killing government bought pork oals to his credit to boost the Storz to their ultimate victory. The Storz drew many fouls in the game and which led to Krejci being sent from the game. The box score of the game was as follows: Platts. Storz FG f 5 FT 0 o 0 0 1 0 PF 4 i Krejci Hummel, f 5 lion at. c Yelick, g Forbes, g Knoflicek, 8 0 1 g 2 0 1 21 11 4G C. 3. Merchants FG Anthony, f 0 Spoto, f 0 Gibler. f 7 Marshall, c G FT 0 FF 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 t 16 6 G 38 Referee, Farney; umpire. Mason; timekeeper, Reed. - VISITORS IN CITY From Monday's Dally This morning C. E. Seeley of the Weeping Water Republican and E. C. Oberlk-s, manager of the telephone exchange at Eagle, were in the city ' to look after some business matters i at the court hot friends. to and visitnig with Plattsmouih Study CWS Baard at Lincoln Approves This City as Tiainirg- Centxi ?t. F. Patterson. Councillor. The CWS board at Lincoln has ap proved the selection of this city as one of the' study centers in thL por tion of tiic saate where students may take advantage of the college exten sion work of the University of Ne braska. The board also selected R. Foster - ; Patterson, principal of the ngn school as the c&unctllor of the study iter and Miss Leona Hudson as the director of the center. This j,tudv cenlt.r v.-m afford the students who are not prepared tc carry on their college work, an op portunity for study at tneir home community, following the eour.-t- out lined by the extension department and who will examine and grad- the papers of the students at Lincoln. Tlie response to the offer Las been very pleasing, there being eleven of tlie young people of the community who have enrolled for the various courses and are prepared to take up their work as soon as the center is prepared to function. The students will be given th-1 use cf oie of the rooms in the high : chool i building and the first meeting will t I v. Tn-i ...... . ., i . of the courses and prepare for study. The studv course prescribes five l0urs a day fcr FtU(y and dur,rg which time they will b: under the direction of the director in charge. PTEE DESTROYS BUILDING -Tlie exchange building at the rack- J. A. Hon, office man, who lived on the second floor of the building, had a close call from death as he KV-oue cnciKing w nu EinoKe anu open- . Jcrp'-1 a slightly sprained foot At the time the fire was first no ticed it had gained such headway that j !t v'as impossible to check it and firemen were busy in saving the ad joining property. This building had b?en in use for maintained there sine- the closing cf the racking plant some two years go. The plant had been in operation ; for a Period of several weeks, but there has been practically no packing operations since the Wilson company ceased their operation of tlie plant. CELEE RATES ELETKDAY The eleventh birthday anniversary TP j fo Renee Brown was pleasantly ob 10 served Monday afternoon at the fam 1"!ilv home on North Seventh street. t,jA rrop cf the school friends v ere i:i- jvited in to enjDy the occasion and see 4 j that the anniversary was properly HtKiHi'.itu. ii'e i.; icrnuuu was 5jit;jit in games at which much pleasure was Tr j derived. In honcr of the occasion 0 1 thf guest of honor was pro" en ted ljv.ith a number of gifts. At a tuilable n jhour dainty refreshments v ere served by Mrs. Brown to add to the plear-ui 8 I of tl ;e lit. tic folks. 1 SUFFERS PLURAL PNEUMONIA Gerald Kctelren, who was taken to the St. Catherine's hospital at Om aha Sunday for treatment, was found to ba suffering plural pneumonia and is now under constant care. Th lad is standing the attack in fine sr.: pe and it is hoped that a few days n.ay I ring a definite change for permanent improvement. He suffered a very severe attack cf pneumonia lact win- ter and which made his recovery a matter of the gravest doubt.