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VOL. NO. LI
PLATTS1I0UTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1935.
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Nebraska City
Welcomes New
Mo. Pac. Agent
Herman L. Thomas, Popular Railroad
Official, Now Busy on His Tasks
at the New Station.
Herman L. Thomas was checked
In as Missouri Pacific agent in Ne
braska City Wednesday, replacing
John Clinkenbeard, retired, states
the Nebraska City News-Press in the
following:
"Mr. Thomas comes here from
Plattsmouth, where he served for 11
years as agent. Previously he served
lor the same length of time at Ne
hawka and, as a relief man, served
at Dunbar, Talmage, Fort Crook,
Howe, and at other points on the
Missouri Pacific railroad during his
SO years with the company.
"A native of the Union community,
Mr. Thomas is no stranger in Ne
braska City. When he lived at Ne
hawka he frequently came here. His
mother, Mrs . Isabel Thomas, now
lives at Palmyra. His father, the
late M. L. Thomas, was a Palmyra
doctor and druggist.
" I intend to mix right in with
the people of Nebraska City and be
come a good citizen of the town, Mr.
Thomas said Wednesday, his first
day as local agent.
"While he was agent at Platts
mouth Mr. Thomas was city clerk
for several terms, was a member of
the volunteer fire department, of
which he was president for a term
and still is its treasurer. He is a
member of the Masonic lodge.
"Mrs. Thomas and the two chil
dren who live at home will arrive in
Nebraska City within a few days.
The two children at home are Miss
Aimee Jane and Miss Betty, the for
mer a senior ia ' high seheot next
year, and the latter a 10-year-old
school girl. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas'
other children are Roland L. Thomas,
of Plattsmouth,. and Mrs. William
Mrasek. Aimee Jane probably will
live with her older sister in Platts
mouth for the coming year so that
she can finish out her senior year
with her class in Plattsmouth High
school."
NEBRASKA. FLOOD RELIEF
Complete list of contributions re
ceived through the Cass County Chap
ter, American Red Cross, for relief
to sufferers in the Nebraska flood dis
aster: Alvo $ 25.00
Avoca 20.00
Cedar Creek 16.00
Eagle 23.00
Elmwood 72.50
Greenwood 27.35
Louisville 35.00
Manley 25.00
Murray : 26.00
Murdock 51.75
Mynard 50.00
Nehawka 18.85
Plattsmouth 65.05
South Bend 20.00
Union 57.00
Wabash 5.00
Weeping Water 39.00
Credit (contributed through
Lincoln Chapter 165.00
TOTAL 1741.50
RETURN FROM OUTING
Misses Eva Wichmann and Mar
garet Albert have returned home
from a month vacation at Delavan
Lake, Wisconsin. They were accom
panied home by Miss Emma Albert,
who is spending her vacation here
with her mother and friends.
Last evening Miss Emma Albert
was guest at a dinner given in her
honor at the Sheffield Tea Room at
Omaha. This evening she will be
guest at a picnic Bupper given in her
honor by Miss Florence Brorker of
Omaha.
VISITING II EAST
Charles G. Nowacek, who has Just
graduated from the college of Busi
ness Administration at the Univer
sity of Nebraska, is enjoying a visit
in the east with a party of Lincoln
friends. Mr. Nowacek with the
Thurtle family of Lincoln will visit
a large number of the eastern, cities.
They are visiting at Washington
where Mr. Nowacek had a fine visit
with his old class mate in the P. H.
S., Warren Farmer, who is now en
gaged in governmental work at
Washington. , . . - i
HOMEWARD BOUND
Dr. and Mrs. H. C. MjcClusky, who
have been vacationing in New York
for the past several weeks are now
headed homeward and after a short
visit at Lodi, Wisconsin, with Miss
Ruth Lindsay, former music super
visor here, will be home Friday. The
trip has been most delightful to them
and Doctor McClusky returns filled
with new vigor for his church work
and will be ready for the usual ser
vices Sunday at the First Presby
terian church.
School Census
Promises Larger
Enrollment Here
Indications That Larger Number Than
Usual Will Be Found in Platts
mouth Schools This Year.
According to the census record
completed during the summer the at
tendance of the Plattsmouth schools
should be considerably larger than in
previous years.
The 1935 record showed that there
are 633 boys and 613 girls making
a total of 1,24 6 within the Platts
mouth School District No. 1. This
number includes the children resid
ing within the district between the
ages of 5 and 21. A year ago the
school census for the same age limit
was 1.148. With the indication that
the rural school enrollment will also
increase, the Plattsmouth schools
will have one of the largest enroll
ments that they have had in some
time.
The board of education are making
preparations to take care of this en
rollment by a revision of Bchool rooms
and re-arranging the seats.
The following is the census com
parison for the last 10 years of chil
dren between the ages of 5 and 21:
Year Boys Girls Total
1926 613 615 1.228
1927 581 611 1,192
1928 5S5 575 1,160
1929 556 532 1,088
1930 560 556 1,116
1931 574 564 1.138
1932 564 562 1.126
1933 565 543 1,108
1934 586 562 1.148
1935 633 613 1,246
RETURN FROM WORLD VOYAGE
William C. Ramsey, 23 and Daniel
Ramsey, 21, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
William C. Ramsey, 5203 Burt street.
Omaha, have Just completed a round
the world voyage that has taken them
into many of the nations and covered
some eight months.
The young men are sons of a for
mer Plattsmouth resident and now
grand master of the Nebraska Ma
sons and they are also grandsons of
Mrs. B. S. Ramsey of this city.
Dan. a student at Stanford uni
versity, returned home Tuesday. His
brother a Dartmouth graduate. Is in
Boston making arrangements to en
ter Harvard law school this fall.
In Manchuria they found Japanese
guards on the trains, along the rail
lines and about the railway depots,
which were protected with barb wire
entanglements against bandits. At
each of the stops along the route the
brothers Jumped off of the train,
went nosing about and hoped some
thing exciting would happen. But
nothing did, probably because it
wasn't the bandit season. There was
snow on the ground and it would
have been easy for soldiers to track
bandits.
"Peking was one of the grandest
places we visited," Dan Bald. "It
seemed bo solid and substantial and
ageless."
WRITER VISITS CITY
Wednesday afternoon Edson
Walte, noted newspaper writer
R.
of
Shawnee, Oklahoma, was a visitor in
Plattsmouth for a short time, with
his wife and daughter, Doris, being
enroute from their home in the south
to St. Paul. Minnesota, where they
will enjoy a short outing. Mr. Waite
is the author of "Did You Ever Stop
to Think" articles which appear In
the Journal and other of the papers
in the west and south. Mr. Waite
made a pleasant call at the Journal
and was much impressed with the ex
cellent appearance of eastern Nebras
ka which is some of the finest ter
ritory that he has visited on a very
extensive auto trip.
Sewerage Exten
sion Should be
Urged as WP A
Opportunity Afforded for City to Se
cure the Needed Aid to Ex
tend Sewers of City.
The WPA funds that are being
made available in Nebraska offers the
opportunity to many of the cities,
counties and school districts to se
cure public improvements that they
may never again have the opportun
ity of enjoying. j
Among the many suggestions that
have been made in Plattsmouth rela-
tive to the public works program of!
the WPA is that of the extension!
of the storm sewer system of the city
at the present inlets of the sewers.
It has been desired for many years
that the sewers both on Washington
and Chicago avenues might be ex
truded to care for surface water more
adequately by pushing the inlets of
the sewer nearer the source of the
flood waters.
The Washington avenue sewer re
ceives the flood waters from the creek
that twists around over a large sec
tion of country until reaching the
sewer mouth at 10th and Locust
streets. This sewer extension could
straighten out the course of the wa
terways and by means of the new
sewers eliminate the present creek
for draininage purposes where the
sewer would be extended.
On Chicago avenue the sewer ex
tension would not find the winding
creek as the water course there is
comparatively straight to the end of
the city paving at the Junction of the
Louisville road. On this avenue the
creek runs close to the paving and
In several places is threatening theters' Mrs- Andrew A. Schoeman. of
existence of the brickjavenieut on
the east side of the "avenue. This
will have to be eventually repaired
and now is a good time to take action
in the matter when the city can se
cure aid from the WPA for the proj
ect. furnish employment and make a
lasting Improvement.
The extension of the sewer will
permit fills being made on both the
north and south side sewers that will
add greatly to the properties along
the line of the present creeks and
make for a much better appearing
city as well as being a great ad
vantage as a city wide improvement.
The extension would also lessen the
flood dangers by catching the water
much farther out and checking it.
Now that this opportunity is at
hand, plans should be drawn and
presented to the district WPA for
their consideration and the city real
ize what has often been discussed for
many years but which the depression
years has never allowed the city to
complete. !
RETURN FROM OUTING
Mr. and Mrs. Searl S. Davis and
children. Stephen. Corbin and Eliza
beth, who have been enjoying a vaca
tion trip in Minnesota returned home
Thursday evening after a pleasant
two weeks spent at the lakes. They
enjoyed the time at Alexandria, where
Corbin proved his skill as a fisher
man and had many fine catches. They
also visited with the Henry Stark
John family at Battle Lake, where
the Charles Petersen family are also
on a vacation trip. Just before the
departure of the Davis family for
home, James Begley with a friend
from Lincoln, arrived at the lakes
for a short outing and they had a
most pleasant visit.
VISITS PARENTS HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Hartford and
daughter, Janet, of Kansas City, Mis
souri, are in the city for a visit at
the home of Mr. Hartford's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hartford, the for
mer having been quite poorly for
some time. They expect to drive on
to Minnesota for a short visit at the
lakes before returning home.
RETURNING HOME
Mr. and Mrs. August Knoflicek of
Chicago, who have been here visit
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. P.
Knoflicek. parents of August, are to
leave Saturday for their home. They
have had a very pleasant time visit
ing here and at Omaha with the rela
tives and old time friends.
BIRTHDAY CLUB MEETS
From Friday's Dally
Last evening the members of the
Birthday club, an organization of
local ladies who have in the years
past Joined in the observance of
J their anniversaries together, met at
the home of Mrs. Henry Herold. It
was the natzl day of Mrs. Herold and
the old friends gathered to remind
her of the pleasant evtnt and to par
take of the delicious 7 o'clock dinner
that had been arranged for them.
The remainder of the evening was
spent in visiting and a general good
time. Those attending were Mrs. J.
A. Douelan. Misses Dora Fricke, Mia
and Rarbara Gering.
Death of Mrs.
Alvina Meisinger,
a Pioneer Lady
Funeral Last Sunday at Lutheran
Church at Papillion Burial
in Family Lot There.
Tho death of Mrs. Alvma Mei
singer. a highly esteemed pioneer , Canada and arrived at old Benning
resident of Papillion occurred in' ton, Vermont, one of the historic
Council Bluffs last Friday aiter a spots of that part of New England,
period of fll health for about a year. ! In Boston the time was spent for
followed by a stroke a wedc before 'several days in visiting the historic
her death. She was au:ost S4 yiarsj spots that have been noted in the
old. colonial history and In the literature
Mrs. Meisinger was born in Ger-jof the early days of the republic
many. She was married in her young from Plymouth Rock to the noted
womanhood to Henry Meisinger, ofjspot3 of the Revolutionary period J
Cass county. She was a faithful wife
a devoted mother and was loved and
respected by all who knew her for
her kind and neighborly acts. To
know her was to love her.
She is survived by two steprdaugh-
Louisville, and Mrs. Louisa Lenard.
of near Ashland. Also by 'the follow
ing children: Fred Meisinger, of
South Omaha; Albert Meisinger, of
Davenport, Iowa; Mrs. Goldie Lath
am, of Springfield; Mrs. Charles E.
Heim, of Louisville; Mrs. Mamie
Smith, of Council Bluffs. Mrs. Wen
dell Hell, of Louisville, was a sister-in-law
of the deceased. Louisville
Courier.
SIGNATURE DOESN'T HELP
Signing of the old age pension or
social security bill by the president
in no way clears up the difficulty
Nebraska will likely have in meet
ting any federal funds allotted to
the state. Whether enough funds
may come from the federal govern
ment to pay half the proposed state
old age pension of $30 a month is
unknown, said State Pension Com
missioner Perry. If 20,000 people are
hw in mk. ss 4no.ooo vr to
meet half the total amount required.
The state one cent gas tax, some or
all of which may eventually come
thru the state assistance committee
to pay state pension, is tied up in a
test suit in the state courts.
State officials are uncertain to
what extent Nebraska can partici
pate In two other parts of the bill
unemployment insurance and aid
to needy mothers, children, blind per
sons and sick persons.
That cannot be determined until
federal rules are promulgated by ad
ministrators of the act, Perry said.
HERE FROM CALIFORNIA
From Friday' Daily
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hiltner, of
Los Angeles, arrived here last even
ing for a visit with the Searl Davis
and W. A. Robertson families for a
short time. Mr. and Mrs. Hiltner are
former Lincoln residents and Mrs.
Hiltner was at one time dean of
women at the University of Nebras
ka. They were all associates together
at the University and the visit of the
old friends was one that all enjoyed
to the utmost.
SHOWING IMR0VEMENT
Dick Hatt, popular high school stu
dent, is reported as showing a nice
improvement from his recent attack
of pneumonia. Dick is up a part of
the time now but is still under med
ical care and it will be some time
before he is restored to his old time J
vigor and able to resume his usual
activities. He hopes, however, to be J
back in good shape for the start of
the school year. i
Plattsmouth
Ladies Return
fromAuto Trip
Miss Mathilde Soennichsen and Mrs
F. R. Gcbelnan Have Extensive
Tour cf Eastern States.
Mis3 Mathilde Coennlclisen and
Mrs. F. R. Gobelman returned
Thursday r.ight fiom an extensive
auto trip through the east that took
them through a large number of
s;tale-s as well as the eastern section
of Canada.
The ladies in leaving here made a
short stop in South Dakota with rela
tives and then turned their way to
the east to visit at St. Paul and Min
neapolis and then to Decorah, la., to
visit with relatives of Mrs. Gobel
man. L.ater they drove to Chicago
where several days were spent and
Miss Soennichsen visited the whole-
1 sale houses to purchase stock for the
fall and winter season for the H. M.
Soennichsen Co., dry good3 depart
ment. The ladies then continued their
trip into the southern portion of
and where Hawthorne. Longfellow
and other of the authors of New
England have laid the scenes of their
stories.
The party visited at Washington
where the ladies enjoyed a trip
through the White House, visiting
the capitol where the senate and
house-were-in session and -to enjoy
listening to the proceedings of the
national congress. Later they drove
to Mt. Vernon, the Washington home
and to Arlington where the nation's
honored dead are resting.
They visited the Gettysburg battle
field and where under a guide they
saw the scenes of the high tide of
the Confederacy and where the troops
of the north and south fought one of
the decisive battles of the world.
From Gettysburg they turned their
way homeward to arrive here de
lighted with a splendid outing.
Propose Whisker
Club for King
Korn Kamival
GrouP S That Men of Community
Wear Sideburns, Mustache and
Goatee Until Start of Show.
It's come ut last tne whisker
club which a group of local enthus
iasts would have made a part of the
pre-fall festival exercises. The pro
ponents of the plans are urging that
of men of the community wear mus
taches, goatees and sideburns from
now until September 18th.
Starting now it is figured that the
whiskers will be in full bloom by the
time Henry Soennichsen has his big
show ready to go and the visitors
here will find a real '49'er welcome
in the bewhiskered residents of the
city.
How the wives and sweethearts of
the community will welcome the
great big bearded beauties is a mat-1
ter that the proponents of the club
have yet to discover and which also
may have an important part on the
club plans.
One of the leaders in the club is
Sheriff Homer Sylvester and if you
see a well bearded man speeding out
into the country do not be alarmed.
It is merely the sheriff.
It is hoped to have at least 100
pledges to wear these beards until
fall festival time and they will be of
practical use as well as ornamental as
' a well trained mustache is a fine beer
suds strainer.
HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION
Registration for high school will
be held at the high school building
in Plattsmouth, Thursday, August
22nd and Friday, August 23rd. Rural
students are requested to bring free
tuition slips. ltw-ltd
SUES FOR $5,000
From Friday's Daily
An action was filed in the office
of the clerk of the district court to
day in which Mrs. Mildred Gaddi3 is
the plaintiff and I. G. Hornbeck. well
known resident of the west portion
of the county is the defendant.
The action is for $5,000 damages
for personal injuries received in an
auto wreck which occurred on Aug
ust 3rd on the highway north of
Murdock. The petition alleges that
the defendant was driving his car
in a manner contrary to the law as to
speed ana salety and that the carihave all been elected and notified and
of the defendant struck that of Evan
R. Gaddis. husband of the nlaintiff
with whom she was riding.
Prepare Plans
for the Annual
Fall Festival
Members of Various Sub-Committees
Will Ee Named Coming: Week
Dates Sept. 18th-21st.
The general committee for the
King Korn fall festival are now com
mencing the start of the several
weeks of hard work in preparation
of plans for the successful observance
of the four day fall festival.
One of the new features of the
festival will be the construction of a
new band stand that can be moved
from one location to another as de
sired during the festival and which
will be found much more convenient
for the general public.
The planning of the parades for
the four days will now be taken up
actively as Superintendent L. S. De
voe, chairman of this portion of the
festival, is back home and ready to
get in touch with others of his coni -
inittee in getting out some nw and
novel ideas as to this entertainment
feature.
The concessions committee have
received the requests for permission
to operate rides and several conces
sions on the midway that will be
operated on Fifth street for a half
block each way from Main street.
General Chairman H. G. Soennich
sen has announced that the names of
the various committees would be an
nounced the coming week and all get
organized for the big push prepar
atory to the Etart of the fall festival.
RETURN FROM OUTING
From Saturday's Daily:
Dr. and Mrs. II. G. McClusxy re
turned last evening from an outing
of several weeks in the east and both
have had a most delightful visit in
the cool atmosphere of Northern New
Rork where they spent the greater
part of the time. Dr. McClusky was
a guest at the Montreal Rotary club
while in the east and was able to
make his attendance at other clubs
in that section. They report the
night have been very cool and pleas
ant. On the way home they had the
opportunity of viewing the crops and
corn and all crops are fine, the best
in years and in Ohio especially the
corn is the best in many years and
promises a great crop.
POLITICAL POT E0ILS
The political pot ior 1936 appears
to have started boiling in this sec
tion of the state among members
of the democratic or new deal party.
A meeting which was held among a
group of the leaders here this week.
had as its purpose as indicated by the
sponsors, the selecting of a slate of
delegates that would be unfavorable j
to the ambitions of our former na
tional committeeman, Arthur Mul
len. The sponsors were secretive as
to the results or the names that had
been decided upon to have sprung as
delegates of the group. It was inti
mated that meetings of this nature
were being held in many of the coun
ties of the state and especially in the
eastern . portion.
RETURNS HOME
Miss Rachel Robertson, who has
been visiting at Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, at the home of her uncle,
E. O. Jones, returned home Thurs
day evening. She had a most pleas
ant stay and enjoyed visiting the
many places of interest in that sec
tion of the state.
Teachers are
Preparing for
SchooHo Open
Tecchers on Vacations and Summer
School Work Prepare to Start
School September 3rd.
The Plattsmouth puiiiic schools
wiil open Tuesday, September 2, with
the firet teachers' meeting Monday
morning, September 2. The teachers
preparations are in progress to handle
a large enrollment. There will be
Eeveral new teachers with assign
ments coming out at a later date.
J. R. Reeder will take Mr. Patter
son's place as high school principal.
He has been taking work at the Uni
versity of Nebraska leading toward
hi3 Master of Arts degree. Wayne
Alvord has also been at the Univer
sity cf Nebraska taking advanced
work in the field of social science,
working toward a Doctor's degree.
Estelle Eaird spent a part of the
vacation period in Colorado. Flor
ence Beighley attended the Univer
sity of Nebraska and took special
training in the teaching of mathe
matics and dramatics. Selnia Diehm
was at her home in Sterling, Ne
braska. Helen Farley attended the
University of Nebraska summer ses
sion as was Lillian Garrett, Agnes
Muenster and Dorothy Downey.
Amaua lliatt made an extensive trip
through the west visiting points in
California and along the Pacific coast.
Marie Horung was at her home In
Roca, Nebraska. Margaret Iverson
visited her brother in Washington,
D- C. Yvonne King and Evelyn Lee
were at their homes In Lincoln, Ne
braska. Amelia Martens, principal of
the Central building, completed her
jvvork for Jnar A. 11. degree at the
j University of Omaha. Following the
end of the summer school she made a
trip into Colorado. Marie Noltlng
took work at Peru Normal, fol
lowing which 6he and Wilhelmina
Henrichsen made an extensive trip
into California and along the Pacific
coast. Helene Perry has been at her
home at Mynard, Nebraska. Rose
Prohaska took work at Creighton
University. Fred Rothert took ad
vanced work at the University of Ne
braska, following which he visited
in Colorado and western points. L.
L. Starrett has been iu Wyoming.
Ruth Tidball has been at her Lome in
Plattsmouth. Miriam Tritsch attend
ed the University of Omaha for the
first part of the summer. Clara Wey
rich visited in Colorado and western
Nebraska. Jessie Whelan has been
taking advanced work at the Uni
versity of Nebraska, working toward
an advanced degree in geography.
Berneice Weiland was at home at
Sutton, Nebraska. Lorena Suther
land was at the University of Ne
braska as was Lee Knolle. Helen
Hall was at her home at Reynolds,
Nebraska. Pearle Staats was teach
ing and attending the Municipal
University at Omaha. Hoyt Griffin
was at his home in Omaha. Supt.
Devoe attended the University of Ne
braska working toward his Doctor's
degree. Following the close of tlie
summer session he spent a week In
Colorado.
RECEIVES PROMuTIOiJ
The many friends of the J. 11. Don
nelly family in this city wii! be de
lighted to learn of the promotion
that has been given to their son-in-law.
Captain George Fingaraoa, who
was stationed for some time at Fort
Crook. Captain Fingareoii has been
raised under the recent congressional
act to the rank of major tegular
army, a very fine promotion. Major
Fingarson is now stationed at Ma
nila, Philippine Islands, w here he and
the family have made their home tor
some time.
SOUTHERN VISITOR HERE
Mrs. Ruby Chadwick, of Gadsden.
Alabama, Is enjoying a visit here
with her old time friends. Mrs. A. D.
Asch, at her country home "Villa
Asch" near Murray. Mrs. Chadwick
has been enjoying her first visit to
the western country and la much im
pressed with the great agricultural
empire of this part of the nation.
Mrs. Chadwick with Mrs. Asch were
pleasant callers at the Journal today
to spend a short time.