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Historical Society Nebr. State VOL. NO. L PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 1934. NO. C5 01 1 1 7 I DC Honor to Veteran Tele phone Man Lincoln Telephone News Tells of Former Manager of Local Ex change of the Company. Carl Jensen began his telephone career at Ord, Nebraska, on April 1. 1907. He accepted a position as night operator and collector while attending high school for the Ne braska Telephone Association. Al ter finishing school he was transferred- to Omaha where he was em ployed as a member of the plant de partment. He later was made chief switchboard installer for the com pany in charge of all Installations of common battery switchboard equipment. In October, 1910, Air Jensen left the employ of the Ne braska Telephone Company and traveled on the Pacific coast for a time. Upon his return he accepted a position with the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company as wire chief at Superior, and in 1917 was named as manager of the Superior exchange. On October 20 .1928, he was trans ferred to Plattsmouth as manager and continued in this position until February 1, 1934, when he was trans ferred to York a3 switchboardman. Mr. Jensen was well known thru out Nebraska in telephone" circles not alone as a good telephone man. but also for hi3 splendid contribu tion of his time and effort to the in dustry through the Casper E. Yost Chapter of Telephone Pioneers. Mr. Jensen served as vice-president of Pioneers Chapter in 1930. In addi tion to his telephone duties Mr. Jen sen has always taken an active part in the civic life of the communities in which he has resided. Mr. Jensen and family will make Superior their home wher they have a lovely home. ARTILLERY DOES DAMAGE The field piece which was used in the parade Wednesday night, man ned by a number of the service men from Greenwood, was discharged several times during the line of march and when fired at the inter section of Sixth and Main streets, caused damage that will amount to several hundred dollars. The charge in the gun was apparently much heavier than usual as the roar of the gun was followed by the tinkling of glass as windows in the vicinity of the firing of the weapon fell into the street. The only fortunate fea ture of the affair was that no one sustained dangerous injuries as the class rained down on the several hundred persons who were in the im mediate vicinity. The Bekin building was the heav iest sufferer from the shock of the explosion, a dozen windows on the second and third floors being broken so that it was necessary in several cases to have the rest of the lights removed One of the heaviest losses was at the Tease Style shop where one of the large plate glass Hhow windows was shattered as well as the pri3im glass over the front of the Neon sign also suffered from the ef fects of the shock. Several windows on the south side of Main street suf fered, several in the Soennichsen building, as well as over the Gobel man and Wurl stores. The smaller gun that was used caused some small damage in crack ed windows in the block east from Fifth street, but which was not to be compared to the loss caused by the concussion at Sixth street. PLEDGED AT LINCOLN Miss Mary Anne Rosencrans Plattsmouth girl, who is entering the state university for her fresh man year, has been pledged there to Pi Beta Phi sorority. There are a number of the former students here that were members of this popuar sorority in their university years. HERE FROM ASHLAND Among the old settlers here today were A. E. and A. L. Todd and Levi Rakes, all of Ashland. These gen tlemen are all former residents of thi3 section of Cass county. The visi tors had the pleasure of meeting a large number of their old friends and associates in this city. Pays VISITS IN THE CITY Mrs. A. D. Asch of Murray was in the city Wednesday to enjoy th opening of the carnival and was ac eompanied by her niece, Mrs. Edith Eaman Purvidance and daughter Marie, who have been enjoying visit here for some time with Mrs Asch and the old time friends. The visitors are leaving Friday for thei home in California and will go vi Spokane and the Pacific northwest. Weeping W ater Concert Band is Heard Last Nite Crack Musical Organization Proves Hit of Karnival Shows Real Neighborly Spirit. From Thursday's Daily One of the events that will long be remembered of the 1924 Korn Karnival will be the concert given here last evening by the Weeping Water concert band under the direc tion of Dr. L. N. Kunkel. This band is one of the best in this section of the state and their artistic rendition of the program was a real treat to the music lovers of the community and too much can not be said in commendation of their fine program. The program offered embraced a number of the best known and most popular of the standard and selec tlons of the present day hits. The entrancing strains of "The Merry Widow," "Straussiana" waltz mel ody, "Lustspeil" overture, "Song of the Islands." "I'll String Along With You," and the "Sextette from Lucia." were favorites that were warmly re ceived by the audience. The band had been contracted to play their concert here by the com salttee of the Korn Klub and on Tuesday evening the band at their meeting voted to come to this city and tender the people of Plattsmouth and this section of Cass county a complimentary concert. This is the real spirit of neighborliness and one that the residents here feel deeply appreciative. AUTO WRECK ON BRIDGE From Friday's Dally This afternoon at 12:45, a serious auto-truck wreck occurred near the center of the Platte river bridge when a truck of the Schwartz Basket & Box Co., of Topeka, Kansas, and the model T Ford sedan of Mr. and Mrs. Fast of Nebraska City. The truck was coming from the south, and according to the Btory of the young man driving the truck, Lawrence Crook, of Topeka, the driv er of the Ford apparently had pulled over to the extreme right of his side of the bridge to give the large truck plenty of room. It seemed as though the hub cap of the sedan had caught on the bridge and swung the car acrosj the right of way of the bridge and in front of the truck. The force of the impact was such that the Ford was r.lniost totally des troyed and the body splintered and scattered over the bridge. The front of the radiator and the front fenders of the truck were smashed in by the force of the blow and made neces sary hauling it back to this city. Mr. and Mrs. Fast were brought here to the office of Dr. R. P. West over where it was found that the wife was suffering from head bruises and cuts, but the most serious injury was one to her back and from which she suffered most intensely. Mr. Fast was bruised somewhat but not thought dangerous. The injured par ties were taken on to the St. Mary's hospital at Nebraska City. The driver of the truck was uninjured and was able to rescue the occupants of the car from the wreckage of their ve hicle. VISIT IN THE CITY Mrs. George Everett and daugh ter, Mrs. Mary Gobelman of near Union, were In the city for a short time Thursday to look after some matters of business as well as at tending the Farmers parade. While in the city Mrs. Everett and Mrs. Gobelman were visitors at the Journal to renew their subscription to the semi-weekly edition of the paper. Awards Made in the Children's Daytime Parade Decision of Judges Made as to the Winners in the Vaiious Classes Represented in Parade. Ponies Elizabeth Ann Wiles 1st; Peggy Wiles, 2nd; Glen Lutz. 3rd; Josephine Warga, 4th; Buddy Bates, 5th; Tommy Doody, 6th; Morgan Meisinger 7th. Bicycles Rosalind Mark, 1st; Ruth Westover, 2nd; Allan White, 3rd; Jimmie Blunt, 4th; Dorothy Jean Turner, 5th; Elmer Haffke 6th; Billy Steinkamp, 7th. Doll Buggies & Carriages Jose phine Sedlak, 1st; Virgie Alice Clark, 2nd; Betty McKissick, 3rd; Marilyn Adams, 4th; Ruth Woest, 5th; Betty Barkus, 6th; Janice Schmidtmann, 7th. Other Vehicles Phyllis Mae Cav- endar 1st; Marilyn Kieck. 2nd; Dale Jackson, 3rd; Marion Fricke, 4th; Margaret Fricke, 5th; Jody Geist, 6th. Dick Duxbury, 7th. Pets Other Than Ponies Bill Armstrong. Robert Hayes, Ruth Far mer, 1st; Sylvia Moore and Harold Moore, 2nd; Shirley Leesley, 3rd; Margaret Rea, 4 th; Robert Grass - man, 5th; Helen Hough, 6th; Ray mond and Robert Simons, 7th. ee-iviews comics, lioys imy: nowianu, isi; lxinaia Aaams, iim; Ethel Mae Stuart, Phillip Read, Billy, Rachel, Genevieve Wright, 3rd; Don ald Busch, 4th; Charles Newton, 5th. Bee-News Comics, Girls Helen Hiatt, Jimmy Brown, Renee Brown as Tooncrville, Folks. 1st; Francis Stull. Helen Sikom, David Lillie as Toosts and Casper, 2nd; Mary Jean Hatt, Dorothea Duxbury as Mumsy and Tillie, 3rd; Cathryn Kaffenber- ger a3 Mumsy, 4tli; Frank Lushinsky and Stuart Rhylander as Aunt Eppie and better half, 5th. World-Herald Comics Mary Rish- el. Jo?n Hall as Mammy and Kitty Higgins, 1st. Characters Other Than Comics Dorothy Robert Willis as Miss Amer ica, 1st; Marjorie Devoe, Elizabeth Davis as Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater. 2nd; Elmer Gochenour as a cow boy, 3rd; Dorothy Cappell, Jr. Mc- Carty as Dutch boy and girl, 4tli; Betty Vroman, Mary Ohlschlager, as Spanish children. 5th; Jean Galland, Aileen Aylor, 6th; Frankie Krejci, Donna Mae Seiver as Colonial Dames, 7th; Helen Slatinsky, 8th. HOLD CLUB MEETING The Lewiston Social Circle club held a very pleasant meeting at the home of Mrs. Harry Gobelman, on Tuesday, September 11th, Mrs. Roy Becker being the associate hostess. The business session was followed by a most interesting talk by Mr3. Jennie Klimm on the "Mother's Va cation Camp." The date of the Cass county con vention was announced, it to meet at Avoca on September 25th, and many of the Lewiston ladies are planning on attending. It was decided to have the all day meetings start in October, the mem bers each taking a covered dish. The October meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Klimm. Following the social hour the hostess served dainty and delicious refreshments to add to the enjoyment of all in attendance. HEBE FB0M LINCOLN From Friday's Daily In the former residents of the city visiting here today are four who for many years made their home here, Mrs. Fannie Dickson and sister, Miss May Richey and Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Elgenbroadt. all of Lincoln. Mrs. Dickson and Miss Richey are daugh ters of the late Mr. and Mr3. F. M. Richey and sisters of E. J. Richey of this city while Mr. and Mrs. Eigen- broadt were here for many years. residing in the property on Granite street now noccupied by the Simon Clark family. While here they met many of the old time friends. VISIT RELATIVES HEBE Dr. and Mrs. Frank D. Burgess, of Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, have been here as guests at the home of Mrs. J. A. Donelan. a sister of Mrs. Bur gess and thi3 morning motored to Nebraska City. They will visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thyge son, the latter a sister of the ladies and expect to enjoy a family dinner party on Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. Bur- gress have also been guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Brown at Papillion. GOES TO THE EAST This morning Miss Catherine Schrack, former Plattsmouth lady, passed through the city on No. 6 ever the Burlington en route to the east. Miss Schrack is en route to Boston where she will enter a school for domestic science, taking a special course there. Miss Schrack will have as an associate at the school, MLss Eleanor Burnie, who is now living at Biddeford, Maine. Local Packing Plant Approved by Government Noifolk Packing Plant Approved foi Federal Inspection; Prod nets Rank High. Wednesday of this week word was received from Washington, D. C, by Doctor W. C. Herrold. Chief Federal Inspector in Omaha, that the local plant of the Norfolk Packing com pany met with the iseetssary require ments and was acceptable for federal inspection under the Department of Agriculture. All meat or meat procucs must bo inspected under - federal mspec tion to Deimit such roods to bu hip ped out of the state in vrhiih ti.ey j are manufactured. The local plant' has been under state inspection for j some time but now that federal in. spection has been granted, the meat or meat products can be shipped in to all other states or any place in the world. Doctor Herrold, chief inspector for this district, wa3 in town yesterday, bringing with him Mr. J J. Curran who will remain in Plattsmouth, having complete supervision of the local operations and who will be on duty at all times when the factory is In operation." "f. ' Mr. Merlon England who has been here for some time representing the state inspecting service, will remain here in that capacity. HOG C0BN LOANS Searl S. Davis, one of the local sealers under the corn plan of the federal government, has received from the state railway commission the new orders received from the federal government as to the exist ing corn loans. The government is requiring the payment of all loans by October 15th. The owners of the corn may secure new loans which will be based on 55c a bushel instead of the former 45c. It will be necessary for those who wish the new loans to make appli cation as in the first instance blanks to be secured at the banks or from Mr. Davis. The cribs of corn will be re-in spected and measured on the standard of two and a half cubic fet per bushel. Temporary cribs will not be ac cepted for the 1933 corn it is an nounced in the orders from the fed eral department that is handling the matter. HEBE FOB THE PAEADE Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McKissick. of Riverton, Iowa, are here to enjoy the Merchants parade and the clos ing days of the great King Korn Kar nival. They are the guests of their son. E. L. McKissick and family. Mr. McKissick is a former resident of Beatrice, where he made his home for a great many years and a mem ber of one of the best known fam ilies of Gage county. CLUB HAS MEETING The Junior Bookkeepers club of Cedar Creek held their first meeting September 9th. New officers were elected: President, Gerald Meising er; Vice-President, Phyllis Hennings; Secretary, Adetta Hennings; news reporter, Robert Meisinger. This club received first prize in the singing contest of 4-H clubs which was held at the county fair. VISITING IN THE CITY Mrs. Clarence Shaw of Tecumseh and Prof. Jean Duffield were guests here Thursday of Mrs. M. S. Chit tenden at her home here. The guests returned to their home Thursday evening. Merchants Day is Gala Event of Korn Karnival Parade Staged by business Houses Concert by Avoca Band, Soap Bex Deity, Features. Old Settlers' and merchants day at the King Korn Karnival was one cf the high spots of the festival and kept the large crowds on the street well entertained for the day. The afternoon program was open ed by the concert of the Avoca band, one of the excellent murical organ izations of Cass county and whose fine program added much to the In terest of the day's entertainment. This band came to assist the celebra tion as a courtesy to the Plattsmouth people and the old settlers of Cass county and their fine spirit in doing so has been the source of a great deal of pleasure to the residents of this section of the county. The Parade. The merchants' parade held at 3 o'clock was one cf the largest of the carnival -and practically every busi ness establishment of the city was represented in the long array of ! glittering floats that represented ; much care and work in preparing. The parade was headed by the .voca band and this feature added i much to the impressiveness, while corps neaaea tne secona section oi the colorful event. The parade represented the excel lent work of E. L. McKissick of the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co., chairman of this particular parade and the merchants of the city who hud so ably co-operated in preparing the floats and special features for the big event The beautiful fioau represented some fifty of the business" establish ments of the city and each one gave new thrills to the crowd of some 2.- 000 persons as it moved along the streets of the business section. In ad dition to the floats a number of the prize winners of the children's day parade participated in the long to be remembered event. Soap Box Derby. The soap box derby, directed by Robert Reed, was held at 4 o'clock when some eighteen of the boys of the city were gathered at high school hill for the races. The boys were divided into two classes Junior, 6 to 11 and the senior, 12 to 15 years of age, each having prepared their home made wagons for the event. In the race3 in the senior section Joy Miller was winner of first and Bob Taylor the second prizes, while in the Junior class Walter Bryant was winner of first and James Mauzy, Jr., the second. The first place winners were given wrist watches and the seconds each a foot ball. All of the entries were pre sented with prizes for their industry in preparing the cars. Evening Program. The evening program was opened with a fine array of ei-tertainment at the platform wher each was very cleverly introduced by R. Foster Pat terson, program director. Incident ally, Mr. Patterson has been one of the hardest working members of the committee in charge of the carnival and has been on the Job for every program. In the evening Duane Harmon, talented Weping Water young man, was heard in several trumpet solos. he being a real artist on this in strument. Irene LaHoda, local entertainer gave a group of popular songs that was received with the greatest en thusiasm by the large audience that had gathered in the vicinity of the platform. Maurine Cisney also added to the young entertainers with several songs and numbers on the guitar at which she 13 an artist. The musical features of the even ing was climaxed by the concert by the Elmwood band, under the direc tion of Mr. Bud Clement. This or ganization in their finely rendered and well selected program added much to the pleasures of the music lovers and were very generous in their responses to the demands of the audience. This is a fine band and certainly one that the people of Elm wood can feel very proud in possess ing. It is hoped that the band may be heard here again in the future. The evening was closed by Louie xostka and his orchestra giving a short program of the popular Bo hemian selections that was much en jcyed. Farmers Parade Success Despite Rain Threat Wonderful Showing ot Borses Well as Other Attractive Fea tures Mark the Parade. at The parade arrangec and carried out by the Cass county farmers, proved a wonderful feature of the Korn Karnival and one that spoke well for the skill of those arranging the event and the hard work they had given the matter. The display of horses in the par ade was unusually fine, there be ing some seventy-five in the line of march ranging from the high "step ping saddle horses to the magnificent Percheon stallions that are owned on the farms of Cass county. The horses were from all parts of the county, one being brought here from Eagle for the parade while stock raisers of Otoe county were also represented and several of the animals represented large Omaha companies to make it a parade well worth seeing. Charles Barnard wa3 the chair man of this parade feature and had a fine co-operation from the farm ers residing in this community. The parade was headed by the marshals led by chairman and Henry F. Nolting, and the American Legion drum corps to set the marching time for the event. The saddle horses used in the par ade were very handsome and well ridden by the men and women that took part in the parade, making a fine appearance as they moved down the main street of the city. The New England group, compris ing Miles tSandishw ith Priscilla as tride a cow and the Puritan men and women following, made a very pleasing feature. The covered wagon of pioneer day3 as well as the fierce war painted Indians cave a pioneer section, a touch of realism, the ancient coach also being a feature of this part of the pageant. There were a large number of cleverly arranged floats made of corn and decorated with the goldenrod: one being that of the ladies from the community west of the city. The farmers of the Nebraska Ma sonic Home also had a float in the parade that was occupied by the group that has charge of the gar dening activities in the summer sea son at the Home. The comic section of the parade was unusually large and introducing a great many clowns in clever and laugh provoking stunts along the line of march. The ancient times was represent ed by a Roman chariot that was to have been seen in the chariot race but which was checked by the downpour of rain that started a few moments after the parade was in motion. One of the features that received a great deal of approval was the bridal couple in their old time bujgy as well as the team of goats that stepped along the line of marci. to the music and beat of the drums. The parade represented a lot of effort and is one that the residents of this community and the commit tee In charge of the carnival feel very grateful to their friends and neighbors in all parts of Cass county for having made possible. CAPTURE GYPSIES Sheriff Homer Sylvester and De puty Sheriff Tom Waling Friday afternoon were busy rounding up a gang of gypsies that had visited the city, they being wanted in Mills county, Iowa. The band was charged with having "shook down" a resi dent of Tabor for some $6. The band was rounded up and turned over to Deputy Sheriff Cooney, of Mills county, "but after some conferences with the victim, it was agreed to drop the charges and the money alleged to have been taken was returned to the owner. The gypsies, however, were ordered from the city by the sheriff and sent to seek greener fields. Old Settlers Gather for a Grand Reunion Many Old Time Besidents of Platts mouth and Cass County Here for Fine Occasion. The old settlers' reunion which has been made a rare or tne annual fall festival in this ciiy, Friday proved one of the high spots or the four days' program. The event was in charge of the committee composed of Judge Charles L. Craves, as chair man, E. H. Schulhof and George B. Mann and who had prepared a very fine program for the old timers. One of the features that attracted much attention from the visitor here was the collection of pictures of per sonages, places and organizations in this city from the earliest settlement down to the last twenty-five years, displayed by George B. Mann, the owner, in the windows at the Wes cott and Hatt stores. Groups from out of the city were gathered around these windows all day and busy in pointing out some familiar personage that they had known in the long ago. The program opened with the Plattsmouth band giving a few num bers at the platform in the morn ing, but the program itself was giv en at the Elks building owing to the chill of the day. The program was opened by Judge Graves and who introduced Dr. II. G. McClusky of the First Presbyterian church for the invocation. Mayor George Lushinsky on be half of the city extended the formal address of welcome to those who were "back home" for the day and the residents of the community. The various features on the pro gram were introduced by William A. Robertson as the master of cere monies and who had enjoyed ac quaintance with many of the for mer residents. The committee had arranged for fifteen minute offerings from the various towri3 of the county ami the first of these was that oftercj by the Mynard group under the diiection of Mrs. Roy O. Cole. The offerings were two flute solos by Mrs. Libert Wiles, two vocal numbers by Mrs. Chester Wiles and two trumpet se lections by Richard Cole, Mrs. Cole serving as the accompanist for the several selections. Miss Olive Cass, daughter of one of the 4STers, the late P. P. Gas. was introduced and gave a most in teresting story of the early days in Plattsmouth and Cass county and in which her parents had a large part. The remarks of Miss Gass were most interesting and especially to the many present to whom the incidents brought vivid memories. In the afternoon the Avoca band under the direction of Will B. Clreen of Lincoln gave a few numbers at the Elk3 building for the old resi dents to fittingly start the program. The afternoon program was large ly informal with various members or the party being called upon for short talks on the old days and the fucinU that had once made their home n this city and county. Those who were introduced lei short remarks were Attorney C. 1. Tefft of Weeping Water, ton oi one of the pioneer settlers of the state; James Ellington of Omaha; AMie Todd and Levi Rakes, now residing at Ashland and old time residents here; Frank H. Johnson, of Lincoln; Mrs. David Hiatt, or Sidney, Iowa; Mrs. Joel Tishue and Dr. Morrow, of Seward, the former a teacher in the pioneer schools of the county, under whom Judge Graves had gone to school; Dr. and Mrs. Ladd, of Lin coln; Byron Clark of Omaha, long time attorney for the Burlington and had made his home in Cass county for the greater part of his lifetime, and Louie Kohreli of Union, another of the old timers. A group of the entertainers from Union offered a pleasing contribution to the program. Miss Elsie Jay offer ing a piano number, Paul Davis a most delightful baritone solo, while the Morris Brothers, clever enter tainers were heard in one of their acts that all enjoyed to the utmost. The remainder of the program was the enjoyment of the parade and the visits with the old acquaintances os the streets.