VOL. NO. L
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1934
NO. 61
s
Iowa State Band
Heard in Concert
at Masonic Home
State Institution Band Under Direc
tion of G. H. Duncan, Gives
Real Musical Treat.
The band of the Iowa State In
stitute of Glenwood, was the feature
on the Sunday entertainment pro
gram in this city, being heard in
concert at the Nebraska Masonic
Home.
The band is composed of the young
people of the institution and that
they are musicians of a high stand
ard was demonstrated in the fine
program that they offered.
The band is under the direction
of George M. Duncan, many years
director at the state institution and
well known in this city where he
has often played with the local
band. ' " .
The program was one that em
braced many of the difficult classics
and including selections from the
operas of Offenbach as well as from
the opera "lone" by Petrella.
The band also presented the old
favorite, "Old Folks Favorites,"
which was much appreciated by the
residents of the Heme.
One of the most interesting selec
tions was that of the march "Mili
tary Escort," which was arrranged in
a number of measures, as a march,
a waltz, jazz arrangement and as a
march for review.
Mis3 Pansy Reggan, one of the
youthful members of the band was
heard in a baritone solo that r.s
artistically given and won the great
est applause from the large audience
that had gathered on the lawn of
the Home. . - -
The members of the Home And the
riattsmouth residents in general feel
very appreciative of the kindness of
Dr. George Mogridge, superintend
ent of the institution, in permitting
the band to visit this city, as well
as to Mr. Duncan and his fine group
of musicians. Dr. Mogridge accom
panied the band here.
There were a large number of
Glenwood people here for the day
and members of the band were con
veyed here through the kindness of
members of the Glenwood Masonic
lodge.
It is hoped that the Glenwood band
may find it possible to make another
visit here in the future.
HOLD FAMILY PICNIC
The members of the Guenther fam
ily, descendants of Fred F. and
Elizabeth Guenther, old time tesi
dents of Cass county gathered Sun
day for their annual reunion and
picnic.
The picnic was held at the old
home place where the parents had
settled years ago and which is now
farmed by the son, Fred Guenther
and family, six miles west of this
city.
The members of the family had
come with well laden brskets and
which served to form the basis of a
sumptuous picnic dinner which was
spread beneath the shade trees and
made a most delightful feature of
the day.
The members of the party spent
the remainder of the day in horse
shoe pitching and horseback riding
as well as visiting among each other
Those attending the event were
Mrs. Ella Troop and daughter, La
vina, of Mynard, Mr. and Mrs. George
Wallinger and daughter. Ha, Ash
land, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Becker, Mr.
and Mrs. John Sattler, Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. William Schmidtmann, Jr., and
daughter, Janice, of thi3 city, Mr.
and Mrs. Harley Becker. Chicago,
Mrs. Louisa Bauer, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Ward Egenberger, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Guenther and Gordon Wil
coxen.
VISITS AT LINCOLN
Mr. and Mrs Harry Royal of Lin
coln were here Sunday and on their
return to the capitol city they were
accompanied by Judge Charles L.
Graves who spent Labor day with
the Royal family as well as with the
Mike Derieg and Harry Graves fam
ilies. Tuesday afternoon Judge
Graves returned to this city after a
most delightful time with the children.
HERE FROM CHICAGO
Miss Beatrice Seybert, who in re
cent years has had a very fine posi
tion in Chicago, is home to enjoy a
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. F. Seybert and other relatives and
friends. Miss Seybert will enjoy her
outing here before returning to the
duties in the east.
Cass County
4-H Clubs Win
High Honors
Young People in Several Groups
' Score Heavily in the 4-H
Judging Contests.
Cass, Lancaster, Otoe, Seward,
Saunders, Dodge, and Boone county
boys and girls won high honors in
4-H club judging contests Saturday
at the State Fair at Lincoln.
In the girls room contest, Cass
county had the state cham
pionship Judging team. The team
from Cass county is composed of
Frances Meier of Weeping Water, and
Virginia Trively of this city. Fran
ces Meier scored top individual hon
ors. Twenty-two girls, eleven teams
competed for this high honor.
Judging contests consist of two
parts: the placing of articles, and
the giving reasons. Thi3 year the
girls judged six classes of articles,
patchwork pillows, pillow cases,
dresser scarfs, rug3. pictures, and
curtains.
In each class there are four ar
ticles. The contestants place these
articles in the order which they think
they are best, according to general
appearance, design and color, ma
terial, suitability, construction, work
manship, and neatness.
In the second part of the contest,
the contestants go individually into
a room with a judge, and tell why
they placed one article above the
other. Two minutes are given for
giving reasons, and fifteen minutes
for judging.
Frances and Virginia won the right
Saturday to represent Nebraska in
national competition at the nation
al 4-H club congress in Chicago this
fall.
WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING
From Wednesday's Dally
Last evening the Plattsmouth
Woman's club held a business ses
sion at the auditorium of the public
library with a large number of the
members in attendance.
The ladies are assisting in spon
soring the All Nations parade that
will be one of the preliminary events
to the King Korn Karnival and the
membersof the club discussed the var
ious plans that have been made for
the conduct of the event. It is hoped
to make this the most colorful of the
events of the fall festival.
The club ladies also voted a schol
arship to Miss Helen Woolcott, who
is to leave soon for Kansas City, Mis
souri, where she will enter a school
for nurse training in that city.
The regular series of meetings will
start in a short time and it points
to a very busy and active season for
the club members.
HEAR TRAVEL STORY
The Rotary club at their Tuesday
noonday luncheon, had the pleasure
of having with them Dr. R. P. West
over, who has just returned with his
family from a trip through the Paci
fic northwest and southern Califor
nia. Dr. Westover, who is one of the
live wires in the Rotary organization
was called upon to give an account
of his trip and which he did in, a
most entertaining manner. The var
ious points of Interest that had been
visited by the Westovers,' were des
cribed most entertainingly and the
Doctor gave a thorough resume of
the country through which they had
passed and the general condition
that they had found in the west coast
country.
The trip covered some 7,000 miles
and was one that the members of
the Westover family have appre
ciated to the fullest extent.
Dr. and Mrs. P. H. Murdick and
daughter. Miss Charlotte, of Lincoln,
were guests Tuesday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wescott.
Death of Fred
Kunsmann, Old
Resident Here';
Passed Away Sunday at Home
Daughter at Winner, S. D.,
After Lcr Illness.
Fred Kunsmann, CO, a resident of
Plattsmouih ar?u Cess county for the
greater part of his lifetime, died
Sunday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Guy Miller at Winner, South
Dakota.
Mr. Kunsmann, while failing in
health for several years, had been
taken with his list illness six weeks
aso and since that time has been
gradually growing worse until death
came to his relief.
The deceased was born in 1865 in beid Monday morning with the en
Germany and when a youth of six-'tire h5gh school faculty present. The
teen years came to the United States generai meeting was followed by
and located in Cass county, residing ;'. meetings of the principals in their
for a time at Souht Bend, but the various wards. Mr. Hoyt Griffin, the
greater part of his years were spent supervisor of music, held a meeting
in Plattsmouth. of the music toachers of the various
Mr. Kunsmann was a man of
pleasant personality and made many
friends in the years cf his residence
here and who share with the family
the grief that his passing ha3 oc
casioned. He was a man of indus-j
try and performed well the tasks
that were his part in life. In recent
years he retired from active work.
owing to his failing health and for
a greater part of the time since the
death of the wife three years ago
resided at Winner.
He is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Ptacek of Chicago.
Mrs. May Miller of Winner and Mrs.
Gertrude Boyd of Auburn, Washing
ton. There i3 also surviving one
brother, Carl Kunsmann, of this city,
the last of a family of some seven
children.
The funeral services will be held
on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
at the Sattler funeral home and the
interment will be at Oak Hill ceme
tery beside the wife.
ENTERTAIN AT DINNER
The pleasant home of Mrs. G. A.
Meisinger on North Seventh street
was the scene of a most delightful
dinner party Sunday, the occasion
honoring Mr. and Mrs. Clare A. Mei
singer, of Oklahoma City, Mr. Mel
singer being the only grandson of
Mrs. G. A. Meisinger.
The afternoon was spent in visit
ing and a general good time among
the group of relatives that had gath
ered for the pleasant occasion and
who comprised Mr. - and Mrs. - Emll
Meisinger and family of Greenwood,
Allie Todd, Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis G. Meisinger, Plattsmouth, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed G. Meisinger, and daugh- .
ter, Mynard, Mr. ar.d Mrs. Leonard
Stoehr, Plattsmouth, Mrs. Metta
Hanni and daughte, Maxine, Mur
ray, Mr. and Mrs. Clare A. Meising
er, Oklahoma City, Mrs. G. A. Mei
singer and son, William.
ENJOY PICNIC PARTY
A number of Plattsmouth residents
observed Labor day by a pleasant
picnic party, the event being held
at beautiful Fairmont park at Coun
cil Illuffs. to which place the party
drove in the afternoon.
A fine array of good things for the
picnic supper had been provided and
which was enjoyed to the utmost in
the comfort and charm of the park.
Those paticipating in the picnic
were Dr. and Mrs. H. G. McClusky,
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rawls, Mr. and
Mrs. H. A. Schneider, Mr. and Mrs.
R. Foster Patterson, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl J. Schneider, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank A. Cloidt and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Reeder, Hoyt Griffin,
L. L. Starrett, Glen Alvord, Misses
Estelle Baird, Pearle Staats and
Yvonne King.
HAS PLEASANT OUTING
Walter Brittain, councilman from
the fifth ward, returned home Mon
day from a very pleasant outing that
he has taken to a number of the
nearby cities where he visited with
the relatives and friends. Mr. Brit
tain visited with his daughter and
family at Omaha as well as with rela
tives at Council Bluffs and Hastings,
Iowa. He returned to take up his
usual dties today and feeling greatly
refreshed.
VISITING IN THE CITY
Glen Waddick of Seattle, Wash
ington, is in the city to spend a
shcrt time at the heme of Mr. ana
Mrs. Robert M. Walling. Mr. Wad
dick is a cousin of Mrs. Walling and
j en route to the Century of Progress
0j exposition stopped here to visit with
the relatives.
Teachers of
the City Schools
Have Meeting
Organization of Teaching Forces Com
pleted Monday Morning With
ail of Faculty Present.
The first teachers meeting was
music departments, outlining the!
course to be followed this year. He!own of floor length made with flare
expressed high approval of the mu-!tkirt- The short caPe colIar formed
sic organization and hopes to con-!lh3 sleeves. Her shower bouquet was
tinue the excellent music
that has been developed hi the I'latls-
mOUth SChOOl. I' u oisiei
A change has Le:n csde r.nd in'tho bride and Miss Vivian Moore, of
place of the first fcur grades tlic-
fifth and sixth will be added it Mer-
cerville. This will be a big L?lp to
the people in this ward, permitting
the entire of some families to attend
one building.
The number cf pupib in the grade
school has not been determined to
date, but from all indications it will
be greater than last year, due to the
number of families who have recent
ly moved to Plattsmouth. .The num
ber of teachers new to, the ystem this
y?ar i3 greater than usual; there be
ing a teacher turnover ot eight.
Those new. to the - system are:
Wayne Alvord, social science; Hoyt
Griffin, music supervisor; - Marie
Hornung, home economics; . Marie
Nolting, Merce-rville; Tyonne'King,
First Ward; Bernice Weiland, Win-
tersteen; Evelyn Lee, fifth grade.
Central building, and Margaret Iver
son, third and fourth grades, Colum
bian building.
DAMAN FLYNN WINS
PRAISE IN PLAY TRIAL
In a play being groomed for
Broadway - at the Country theater:
Westport, Conn., the Omaha actor,
Damian Plynn, former Plattsmouth
school boy, is headlined in the news
paper reviews. The play is "For Love
of Money," by Lawrence Langner
and his wife, authors of last season's
"bundling" hit, "The Pursitu of Hap
piness." It is staged by the dis
tinguished director, Worthington
Miner, who was responsible for the
notable production, "Reunion in
Vienna."
A satirical farce, the stage story
deals with larceny in big business,
and the trick transferring securities
in "approved" financial deals.
Mr. Flynn has the role of a bank
er's son, and, says The South Nor
walk News: "The part is played
superbly." And The Bridgeport Post
affirms: "As the crusading Donald,
Damian Fiynn does excellent work."
A daughter of Fred Stone, Carol,
plays opposite Mr. Flynn. In the aud
ience at Norwalk were Mr. and Mrs.
Stene, Lillian Gish and her mother,
Mme Nazimova and Edna Ferber.
FUNERAL OF FRED KUNSMANN
From Wednesday's Dally
The funeral services of the late
Fred Kunsmann were held this morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the Sattler fun
eral home and attended by a large
number of the old friends and neigh
bors of the departed.
Rev. C. O. Troy, pastor of the
First Methodist church had charge
of the services and brought to the
bereaved family words of comfort
and hope.
During the services Mrs. E. H.
Wescott gave the number, "No Night
There," the accompaniment being
played by Mr. Wescott.
The interment was at the Oak Hill
cemetery and the pall bearers were
old friends and neighbors, H. M.
Soennichsen, William Starkjohn,
Peter Evers, Andrew Kroehler, Ches
ter B. Briggs, Harry L. Kruger.
Nehawka Girl
is Married at
Davenport, !a.
Hiss Undine Shrader Is
Bride Of
F. K. Moore of Davenport, at
Pretty Chuich Wedding.
The marriage cf Miss Undine
Shrcder and Mr. E. K. Moore, better
known as "Jack" was held at Daven
pert, Iowa, on Sunday, September
2nd, at the First Christian church
in that citj.
The marriage lines were read by
the Rev. G K. Gillum, pastor of the
church.
The gown of the bride was of
white chiffon organdy of floor length,
designed in simple lines with puffed
sleeves, close fitting bodice and flared
skiit. A white taffeta sash accen
tuated the waist line. She carried a
shower bouquet of Talesman roses.
Miss Ethel Jarvis wa3 the maid of
honor and Mr. Paul Cather served as
txst man.
Miss Jarvis wore a green blue satin
cf roses
j Preceding the ceremony Miss Dor-
Hannibal, Missouri, sister of the
i jvvcom, sang as solo numbers, "I Love
1 You Truly," and "O Promise Me."
Richard Vinall was at the organ and
played as the processional, the
"Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin,"
and r.s the recessional, Mendelssohn's
"Wedding March."
A wedding dinner with covers for
twenty was served at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Robb, ISO 4
Ridgewood avenue, uncle and aunt of
the bride. .
The. bride is' a, gjaduate.of tfeeK6.
hawka high school and later attended
Augustana. college . for a year. The
past-two years she has been residing
with Mr. and Mrs. Robb. Mr. Moore
is an oJumnus of the Hannibal high
school and for the past several years
has been bookkeeper at the Rock Is
land arsenal.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore will make
their future home at 1326 Pershing
avenue, Davenport, Iowa.
Among the out of town guests at
the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Les
ter Shrader, parents of the bride of
Nehawka, daughter. Miss Dorothy,
and 'Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mayfield
and daughter, Valeria Lee, of Ne
hawka. RETURNS FR0LI OUTING
S. S. Gooding of this city has just
returned from an outing that has
taken him over a great deal of the
country and in many new scenes and
beauty places in the north and west.
Mr. Gooding departed from this
city for St. Paul, Minnesota, and
from where he tcok the train for
Winnipeg, Canada, where he spent a
short time and then traveled to the
west coast over the Canadian rail
roads. He made stops at Prince Al
bert, Edmonton and Jasper park,
crossing the Canadian rockies, con
sidered one of the most beautiful
scenes on the continent. He reached
the coast at Vancouver, British Co
lumbia, where he visited several days
and also at Vancouver, Washington.
In the time that Mr. Gooding was
in the west he visited at Spokane,
Seattle, and Tacoma, Washington,
and Portland, Oregon.
He found drouth conditions very
bad in parts of Minnesota, North
Dakota and Montana, where the force
of several years of the extremely dry
weather was to be noticed.
RETURNS TO DUTIES
From Wednesday's L'ailv
Henry Krejci, who has been home
for the past few days, departed this
afternoon for Niobrara, Nebraska,
where he is located in the Civilian
Conservation camp near there. Henry
will be Joined by several other of
the members of the camp at Omaha,
they convoying a fleet of trucks back
to the camp where they will be used
in the conservation work. Henry has
liked the work very much and re
ceived excellent recognition for his
work at the camp. Previous to going
to Niobrara the camp was located in
Kansas but the present camp is a
great deal more pleasant.
TO ATTEND GREGG SCHOOL
Paul Lemke, who has teen inter
ested in shorthand work, departed
Sunday morning for Chicago here
he will enter the Gregg National
School. Mr. Lemke will take the en
tire course of study at the college,
which is recognized as one of the
most outstanding in the country.
Death of Old
Time Resident
of Murray
John A. Shaw, Better Known as
"Jack" to Old Friends in Cass
County, Dies in Lincoln.
John A. Shaw, the pioneer livery
man of Murray in the early nineties
and where he has many old time
friends, passed away at the St. Eliza
beth hospital in Lincoln, September
1, at 8 a. m., death due to heart dis
ease and the infirmaties of old age.
Mr. Shaw, born in Iowa August 11,
1S55, was 79 years of age at the
time of his death.
Jack Shaw, so familiarly known
by his many old time friends about
Murray, was owner of the first livery
barn in Murray, which was located
where the Petersen barber shop now
stands. For many years he was at
the head of the Murray Gun Club,
known throughout Cass county for
the blue rock shooting contests held
each month. With him, James Terry
berry of Eight Mile Grove precinct
v.a3 associated in the management
of the gun club.
Mr. Shaw disposed of his livery
business in Murray and invested in
ranch property near Eurwell where
he lived a short time and then moved
to Crete twenty years ago where he
Lmade hlshome.up tp the time of bis
death. Here for a short time he en
gaged 'In the garage business. In
1920 he was selected as caretaker of
Camp Strader at the edge of Crete
which camp is operated under the
auspices of the Y. M. C. A. of Lin
coln. Uncle John, as he was called
by all who knew him about Crete
and by all campers at Strader, was
beloved for his sterling qualities of
honesty, integrity and faithfulness.
He wa3 a diamond in the rough and
under the outward roughness were
found the true strains of the highest
manhood. Uncle John, thrown on the
world alone at the age of fourteen,
had always lived the life of a bache
lor, but he was never lonely.
Rev. Ira Kingsley of the Grace M.
E. church of Lincoln conducted the
funeral services at the chapel of the
Roper funeral home in Lincoln at
10 a. m. September 3rd and inter
ment was made In the Wyuka cemetery-
YOUNG PEOPLE MARRIED
Tuesday evening at the Christy
home in the Wurl apartments occur
red the marriage of two of the popu
lar and well known young people of
this city, Miss Evelyn Christy and
Mr. Edward Vanlandingham.
The marriage lines were read by
Judge Charles L. Graves and the
ceremony witnessed by Miss Kath-
erine Neilson and Mr. William Crav
en, friends of the contracting parties.
The young people will make their
home In this city In the future and
in their new happiness will carry the
best wishes of friends for their suc
cess and happiness.
VISITS WITH OLD FRIENDS
J. T. Tarns, of Omaha, who was
for a great many years a resident of
this county was In Plattsmouth Fri
day for a short time while en route
to Murray where he ha3 farming in
terests. Mr. Taos ta3 a host of
friends in this section of Cass county
and who were delighted to have the
opportunity of visiting with him.
Mr. Tama was for a number of
years in charge of the Cass County
Farm, west of this city, in which ca
pacity he proved most successful. He
has In recent years made his home
in Omaha with his daughter.
Vern Hendricks, who has been
spending a few days at the Century
of Progress exposition at Chicago, re
turned home Sunday and is now look
ing after his usual activities and
much pleased with the outing..
Robertson
Family Return
from Outing
Enj'oyed Auto Tour of West That
Covered Some 4,500 Miles Son
to Attend College.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. ftoTjertton and
family, who have spent the past six
weeks in an auto tour of the v est,
returned Sunday after a most de
lightful outing and oi.e that thty
will all long remember very pleas
antly. On their trip they enjoyed visits
at many places of interest along the
way and their camping experiences
made the trip especially enjoyable in
the mountain and coast country.
On their way west they found con
ditions quite dry until they reached
Utah, they running into a very heavy
rain at Salt Lake City and found that
part of the country blooming in all
the splendor of summer the valleys
green and fresh.
In northern California the condi
tions were also fine and plenty of
rain had aided the fruit crop which
is quite large and this year will
have much better prices than form
erly, making the fruit rancheis feel
much pleased. That section of the
country is reflecting real prosperity,
Mr. Robertson states.
They found evidences of the exten
sive government works in the west
in the great Boulder dam and the
many conservation and public works
plans that have been carried out in
the past year.
They visited at Santa Rcsa with
Miss Vesta Gray, sister of Mrs. Rob
ertson, who i3 well known In tht3
section of Nebraska as a former resi
dent of Fremont and member of the
bar as well as teacher, Miss Gray has
retired from active teaching work in
the' last few years.
James Robertson parted with the
other members of the family at Santa
Rosa where he Is to remain and will
attend the Santa Rosa junior col
lege. On their return trip they came
through Kansas and Mr. Robertson
states that the west portion of Kan
sas, usually arid and dry, present
ed a very fine appearance and plenty
of green vegetation, but that from
Fort Riley enst, the country wm very
dry and barren.
The Journey covered some 4,500
miles and only three punctures oc
curred to mar the perfect trip.
CLAIMS WAS ATTACKED
Roy Lefer, a resident of the vicin
ity of Manley, was the victim of an
assault at the hands of parties un
known, he reported to Sheriff Homer
Sylvester Sunday. He claims Satur
day that he was walking along the
highway west of Manley when a car
came by with five strangers in it.
The car stopped and the men piled
out, joining in a general assault on
the farmer who can ascribe no par
ticular reason for the attack.
The men were driving a Ford V-S
and It is thought that perhaps the
gang was the group of five prison
ers that made their escape Friday
night from the county jail at St.
Joseph, Missouri, who were report?. d
as heading for Lincoln.
HAVE PLEASANT MEEIiUG
The St. Mary's Guild cr.J ihe
Woman's Auxiliary of the St. Luke's
church held a most pleasant, joint
meeting on Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. J. M. Ko'.n rts. Tho
ladies enjoyed the excellent program
that Canon Petter had arrargi'd and
as well the report of Mh-.s J-tie M.
Robertson, on the Crete conference
which she had attended a tew weeks
ago.
At the close of the afternoon
dainty refreshments were served by
Mrs. Roberts to add to the pleasures
of the event.
OMAHA PARTIES HARRIED
On Labor day at the office of Judge
A. H. Duxbury occurred the marriage
of Charles H. Smith and Miss Elna
E. Jensen, both of Omaha. The bridal
couple were accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Leioy Woodward of Omaha, who
witnessed the ceremony that was per
formed by Judge Duxbury in hl3
usual impressive manner.