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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1936.
NO. 37
New Officers at
Grand Lodge
W. A. Robertson of This City Named
Deputy Grand Master Chan
cellor A. Phillips Master.
The newly- elected officers of the
A. F. & A. M. of Nebraska were
chosen at the Masonic temple in
Omaha Wednesday afternoon and
marked the close of the 79th com
munication of the grand lodge.
William A. Robertson of this city,
who has served the past year as the
grand senior warden, advanced to
the position of deputy grand master,
the second ranking officer in the
grand lodge. Mr. Robertson has
been a member of the grand lodge
officers for several years and is also
a member of the grand commandery
of the Knights '.fempjar of Nebraska.
fp" ftkllor A. Phillips, of Cam
"?5e, Nebraska, was elected to the
position of grand master to succeed
William C. Ramsey of Omaha, who
has just completed hi3 year of ser
vice. Mr. Fhillips was also a former
Plattsmouth resident, but has for a
great many years resided at Cam
bridge where he is engaged in the
banking business.
Walter R. Raecke of Central City,
was advanced to the position of senior
warden in place of Mr. Robertson and
William J. Breckenridge, Hastings,
was advanced from grand marshal to
grand junior warden.
Lewis E. Smith, Omaha, was re
elected grand secretary.
Appointive officers named Wednes
day by the new grand master include
George Allen Beecher, Hastings, re
appointed grand chaplain; Ernest B.
Perry, Lincoln, grand orator; Lute
M. Savage, Omaha, reappointed grand
custodian; Earl J. Lee, Fremont,
grand - marshal ; John W. Disbrow,
Omaha, reappointed grand tyler, and
Edward F. Carter, Lincoln, grand
senior deacon.
George A. Kurk, Lincoln, was
named grand Junior deacon. Grand
Secretary Smith was installing officer.
VISITS IN THE CITY
This morning Henry Meierjurgen
of Murdock and G. C. Meierjurgen of
Omaha were in the city to look after
some matters of business at the court
house and visiting with their friends.
Mr. G. C. Meierjurgen has just re
turned from a trip to Cherry county,
the largest in the state and reports
conditions there as excellent and
that one of the finest game and wild
life preserves in the west is being
placed there, the government having
purchased 11,000 acres of land that
is to be fenced and made into the
protective park for the game and
fish until that part of the northwest
is again stocked with game which
has suffered in recent years from the
slaughter of the hunters and the
drouth years.
HERE FROM TEXAS
Mr. and Mrs. Don Freese York, of
Abeline, Texas, are in the city to
enjoy a visit until the next week at
the home of Mr. York's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Don C. York and the other
relatives and friends in this city. Mr.
York has made his home in the south
for the past few years and has been
connected with the McLellon stores,
a large chain of department stores
in the south. He first entered the
services of the company at San An
tonio, and later was transferred to
Abeline, where he has been for some
time. When he returns to the south
he will take up his work as assistant
manager of the store at San Angels,
Texas.
IS SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
From Frlday'a Dally
Roy Taylor was down in the busi
ness section of the city today for the
first time since he severely burned his
feet a week ago. Mr. Taylor still has
to use crutches but is rapidly gain
ing and one foot is practically well
but there are still parts of the right
foot that are sore. He was injured
when working on the drump heap
that caught fire and suddenly broke
in with him, causing his feet to be
imbedded in the fire for a few mom
ents before he could extricate himself.
ENTERS AUDITING WORK
John H. Becker, graduate of the
University of Nebraska this week, is
to follow his chosen profession, that
of auditing and accounting and al
ready has secured a position with
the Arthur Anderson Co., nationally
known auditing firm. Mr. Becker will
join the services of this large com
pany in the early part of December
but is not certain as to whether he
will be assigned to the New York,
Boston or Chicago offices. It is a
very pleasing recognition of Mr.
Becker that he secured a placement
on graduation and speaks well of his
ability in his chosen line of work.
Four Horses
are Electrocuted
Near Nehawka
Collapse of Light Poles Causes Death
of Valuable Horses at the
Vilas Sheldon Farm.
A strange accident occurred Wed
nesday afternoon at the Vilas Sheldon
farm near Nehawka and which re
sulted in the death of four horses be
longing to Mr. Sheldon.
Jack Dalton, employed on the farm
was working with a two-row machine
to which four horses were hitched
and coming to the end of the field
stopped for a moment before making
the turn to start back down the field.
As the horses arrived at the end of
the field, apparently as though timed,
two light poles suddenly broke off
and fell, the live wlre3 falling on
the horses and who were all instant
ly killed and thrown against the ma
chine as the full force of the cur
rent struck them. Mr. Dalton was
hurled from the machine by the
shock and was suffering from shock
which fortunately in his case was not
severe enough " to cause death. He
was hurried on Into town to receive
medical aid and was finally restored.
There was no heavy breeze blow
ing and it is thought the poles had
gradually become rotten and even
tually fell, the horses unfortunately
being at the scene just when the ac
cident occurred.
KITCHEN KLATTER KLUB
The Kitchen Klatter Klub met
Tuesday at the home of our leader,
Mrs. Palacek.
There were no minutes read as our
secretary was ill.
Wilma Swatek and Dorothy Will
gave demonstrations on vegetables.
At the close of the meeting re
freshments were served by Alice
Allen and Mary Alice Ault.
Demonstrations are to be given
next week by Thelma Capper and
Opal Byers.
Our hostess will be Thelma Capper
and the meeting will be held at her
home.
MARY ALICE AULT,
News Reporter.
BITTEN BY DOG
From Thursdays Dally
Betty, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William P. O'Donnell, Sr., was bit
ten last evening by a dog at the
Gtorge VanHorn home on South 10th
street, when she was passing by the
door of the home where the dog was
chained. The animal pushed open
the door and attached the child,
biting her in the thigh and tearing
her clothing badly. She was taken to
the office of a physician where the
injury was dressed and it is hoped
will not result seriously. Betty with
her brother Richard, has been carry
ing the Journal in the west Fourth
ward route.
VIRGINIA VISITORS HERE
The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Porter was the scene of a very pleas
ant family dinner party today when
they entertained a number of the
relatives In honor of Mr. and Mrs.
D. D. Rice of Seven Mile Ford, Vir
ginia. The Porter family came orig
inally from Virginia to Nebraska and
the opportunity of visiting with the
friends from the old home has been
very pleasant for all of the family.
The guests at the gathering today
were Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wood, Ne
hawka, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Porter,
Union and the guests of honor, Mr.
and Mrs. Rice.
Most Pleasing
and Vell Earned
Recognition
Scout Committee and Friends Re
joice Over Honor Paid to a
Fellow Townsman.
It is a source of much gratifica
tion to members of the Legion Scout
troop commitee and friends that the
silver beaver award has been made to
E. 11. Wescott, long identified with
Scouting in Plattsmouth and the
man to whom the present committee
looks for guidance in its sponsorship
of the troop here.
I The award was really approved
more than a year ago, being dated
May 28, 1935. It was to have been
presented at the annual conference
at Milford last June, but floods in
the Republican valley and elsewhere
over the state caused postponement
and finally cancellation of that con
ference. Mr. Wescott was unaware of
the award and the problem was to
have him present at a conference
or meeting where it could be pub
licly presented. It was finally de
cided to present it at the mid-winter
business session in Lincoln, but his
brother was ill in the hospital at the
time, and of course it was impossible
for him to attend.
Tiring of waiting longer. Scout
Executive Dawson decided to present
it at the Scout circus at Auburn, but
did not advise the local committee,
and due to lack of cars that permit
ted only Scouts taking part in the
circus making the trip to Auburn
Tuesday night, Mr. Wescott was not
among those present.
The award will be publicly pre
sented in Plattsmouth, however, and
fitting recognition given to the long
service of Mr. Wescott in Scouting
and boys work, arrangements for
such presentation being left to the
Plattsmouth Rotary club in which he
has long been chairman of boys' ac
tivities. The silver beaver award is the sec
ond highest in Scouting, being ex
ceeded only by the silver buffalo, of
which there are very few west of the
Mississippi river. Both are conferred
by authority of the National Scout
ing organization for outstanding and
exceptional work among boys, both
in the ranks of Scouting itself and
to non-Scouters who have earned
such a high distinction.
With the conferring of this award,
there are now four silver beavers in
the Arbor Lodge district, the great
est number of any district in the
Cornhusker area. Others who have
received this high honor in Arbor
Lodge district are: Bert Swalley, of
Nebraska City; Rev. Walter Jackson,
Methodist pastor at Nebraska City
(who received the award while at
Blair, in the Covered Wagon dis
trict) and a gentleman from Auburn
who has long been identified with
Scouting.
GOES TO WYOMING
Miss Martha Gorder has departed
for Yellowstone Park, Wyoming,
where she is to spend the summer
and assisting in the work of enter
taining and instruction for the visi
tors at the park lodges. Miss Gorder
has been engaged In this work for
the past two summers and has been
very successful in her work in this
line. At the close of the park season
she will take up teaching work at
Harrison, Nebraska, having received
her degree this year from Peru State
Teacher's college.
SUMMERING IN LINCOLN
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell S. Devoe and
children, Junior and Marjorie, are
at Lincoln where they will enjoy a
part of the school vacation with rela
tives and friends in that city. Super
intendent L. S. Devoe will have spe
cial work in the summer school of
the University of Nebraska during
the sessions that will open soon.
GOES TO CALIFORNIA
Miss Helen Farley of this city with
Miss Marie Boyd of Lincoln, a for
mer teacher in the Plattsmouth
schools, are leaving for Los Angeles
to enjoy a short vacation. They will
also take special summer school work
In the University of Southern Cali
fornia while on the west coast.
STRANGER SUFFERS ATTACK
From Friday's Dally
This morning Artnur Vilaneal, 46,
a resident of the transient camp
north of this city was taken ill near
the corner of Main and Fifth streets.
The man was unable to walk and
was assisted to the city jail to rest
until aid could be called from the
camp. The man stated that he was
subject to these spells and that they
made it impossible for him to walk.
He was made as comfortable as pos
sible by Chief Joe Libershal while
awaiting' the arrival o; aid from the
camp to take him there to be cared
for. He apparently had not been
drinking.
Applications
Filed for Old
AgePensions
385 Have Been Filed So Far in the
Cass County Assistance Office
and Others Yet to Come.
The applications for the benefit of
the state assistance act which in
cludes the pensions for the aged, still
continue to be made at the office of
the county director, Paul Vander
voort. So far, there have been 3S5 ap
plications filed at the office and these
all require a great deal of time for
investigation and checking as there
are a great many angles that must
be investigated by the director be
fore his report can be prepared and
placed in the hands of the county as
sistance commission, which is com
posed of the board of commissioners
and the county treasurer.
Of the applications so far made
there have been 176 approved and
transmitted to the state office at Lin
coln for checking and these are re
ceiving the benefits of the act. As
fast as the approval of the applica
tions can be secured here, the par
ties are promptly notified.
Mr. Vandervoort is expecting to
have others apply, as they have in
dicated that they are desirious of
doing so.
The work has been very exacting
and Mr. Vandervoort in order to aid
the aged, has visited several of the
towns of the county to receive ap
plications and also made personal
visits to the dwellings of a number
of the applicants to-'look into their
cases.
DIES AT NEBRASKA CITY
William DeWolf, of Nebraska City,
a former resident of Plattsmouth,
died Thursday at his home in Ne
braska City. The deceased was a son-in-law
of John C. Brittain of this
city, who with Councilman Walter
Brittain, was at Nebraska City to
day to assist in the preparation for
the funeral services.
The funeral services will be held
at 2 o'clock Saturday arternoon at
Nebraska City and the body brought
to this city for InVerment. The ser
vices at Oak Hill cemetery will be in
charge of Plattsmouth aerie No. 365,
Fraternal Order of Eagles.
ATTEND DEDICATION
Miss Alpha C. Peterson, county
superintendent of schools and Miss
Marie E. Kaufmann, were in Lin
coln Wednesday where they attend
ed the Clements memorial services
at the state capitol.
Mr. Clements was for many years
the state superintendent of Nebras
ka and also head of the Fremont Nor
mal school and ranked as one of the
leading educators of the state. In his
honor a tablet was placed in the Ne
braska State historical society rooms.
There were a large number from all
parts of the state present to honor
the early day educator.
TOO MUCH LIQUOR
Thursday nignt Officers Stewart
and Pickrell rounded up two men
from the transient camp north of this
city, the two apparently suffering
from an overdose of liquor.
The two men were lodged in the
city jail and the camp authorities
notified of the arrest and the matter
left to be adjusted by the police court
and the camp as to the fate of the
men.
Masons of City
Have Tests of
Efficiency
Grand Custodian Lute M. Savage Is
Here and Has Inspection of
Work of Officers.
From Saturday's Dally
Last evening Plattsmoufth lodge
No. 6, A. F. & A. M. had the pleas
ure of having with them Lute M.
Savage, grand custodian of the Ne
braska Masons, who held an examin
ation and awarded certificates of
proficiency on the officers of the
lodge.
The grand custodian was enter
tained by the officers of the lodge at
a 6:30 dinner preceding the meet
ing of the lodge and the carrying out
of the regular work for the benefit of
the visiting officer.
Mr. Savage, long a familiar figure
in Nebraska Masonry gave words of
commendation to the Plattsmouth
Masons and their officers for the ex
cellent manner in which the business
and ritualistic work of the order is
carried out in the local lodges.
The Plattsmouth lodge has long
maintained a high standard of pro
ficiency and ranks as one of the best
in the state in the interest taken and
in the conduct of the lodge affairs.
STAGE A CLOSE BATTLE
From Thursday's Daily
The Timm's Budweisers and the
Murray softballers staged a hot bat
tle last evening at Athletic park and
which was won by the Timm team
by the score of 10 to 8 in a red hot
finish.
The Budweisers, under the skillful
management of Ralph Timm, held
the lead by a five to nothing margin
until in the fourth when Murray
started a bid for victory that brought
them four runs. Several errors and a
walk paved the way when Leyda with
a home run blasted the defense of
the Buds.
The game stood seven to four for
Timms until in the ninth when they
accumulated three additional runs
and then Murray started places and
threatened seriously the margin of
the Buds.
The box score of the game was as
follows:
Budweisers
AB R II PO A E
B. Hirz, ss 4 110 3 1
H. Hirz. rs 3 2 110 0
Brittain, cf 5 3 3 0 0 0
Newman, 3b 5 114 3 1
McCarthy, 2b 4 1 2 4 1 0
Ofe, rf 5 0 0 2 0 0
Shrader, lb 5 2 18 11
Turner, p 2 0 1 0 3 0
Krisky, c 5 0 4 7 0 1
Lohnes, If 4 0 110 0
Rolf, p 1 0 0 0 1 0
44 10 15 27 12 4
Murray
AB R II PO A E
Stewart, ss 5 0 1111
Long, 3b 4 0 1 2 1 1
Keil, c 5 0 0 3 0 0
Gruber, rs 3 2 2 6 0 0
Carper, lb 5 2 2 4 0 1
Leyda, 2b 5 2 2 3 0 0
Stastka, cf 4 12 10 1
Griffin, If 4 12 10 0
McKinney, rf 2 0 1 0 0 0
Crosser, p 3 0 0 3 2 0
Farris, rf 2 0 0 0 0 0
42 8 13 24 4 4
DIES AT ST. MAKY'S
Word has been received here of
the death on Wednesday of the moth
er of Miss Frances Pointek, house
keeper at the Holy Rosary parish
house. The mother, who resided at
St. Mary's, Nebraska, had been 111
for some time and the daughter has
been there for several days to assist
in her care.
IDAHO VISITORS HEBE
Mr. and . Mrs. Albert Jagels of
Buhl, Idaho, were visiting at the
home of Mrs. Mabel Engelkemeif.
They were en route home from In
dianapolis, Indiana where they had
attended the Holstein Breeders con
vention. They had a real enjoyable
journey.
VISITING IN THE CITY
Mrs. Rose Wintersteen Toll, of
Kansas City, Missouri, is visiting in
the city over the week end as a
guest of Miss Olive Gass. Mrs. Toll
was a teacher in the Plattsmouth
schools for a number of years and
will be remembered by the older resi
dents of tht city.
HAS PLEASANT SURPRISE
Mrs. Herman Gartleman, residing
in the south part of the city, had a
very pleasant surprise given her Fri
day when Mrs. Herman Fields, her
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Fields
and two children, Phillip and Betty
and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Schwartz,
all of Council Bluffs, motored down
to spend the day. The members of
the party brought well filled baskets
and a fine dinner was enjoyed by the
party who spent the remainder of
the time in visiting and having a
general good time. It was a real sur
prise to Mr3. Gartleman and who will
long pleasantly remember the occa
sion.. Hamilton is
Named Head of
GOP Committee
Kansan Who Made the Nominating
Speech for Landon Will Guide
Party in Campaign.
Cleveland, June 12. Dynamic
John D. M. Hamilton of Topeka Fri
day was made the spearhead of the
republican campaign for the election
of Governor Alfred M. Landon to the
presidency.
Unanimously elected to the chair
manship of the republican national
committee at the close of the nation
al convention, Hamilton immediate
ly took command in the drive for
Landon and Knox.
Hamilton was Governor Landon's
choice for the important post. At the
request of the governor, the commit
tee deferred election of otfier offi
cers and authorized Hamilton to ap
point a subcommittee of 18, to confer
with Landon and the vice presiden
tial nominee. Col. Frank Knox of
Chicago, at Topeka next Tuesday.
Hamilton.. presented the resolution
creating the subcommittee, with
broad executive powers to act as the
executive committee for the full
group.
Besides Hamiton, the committee
consists of retired Chairman Henry
P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania, Earl
Warren of California, Mrs. Lucy Hill
man of Colorado, Ezra Whitlaw of
Idaho, Mrs. Bertha Baur of Illinois,
George A. Ball of Indiana, Harrison
Spangler of Iowa, Joseph W. Martin
of Massachusetts, Robert P. Burrows
of New Hampshire, Daniel E. Pora
eroy of New Jersey, Charles D. Hilles
of New York, Mrs. H. H. Sayre of
Oklahoma, Ralph Williams of Oregon,
Mrs. Marjory W. Scranton of Penn
sylvania, Mrs. Paul Fitzsimmons of
Rhode Island, J. Will Taylor of Ten
nessee, R. B. Creager of Texas, and
Walter S. Hamilton of West Vir
ginia. Hamilton said:
"We are going into a vigorous and
a hard campaign. I know all repub
licans will do their duty. I have one
request to make. There will be lots
of mistakes made. There will be
errors of judgment. All I ask is your
indulgence with the belief that what
errors are committed were committed
in an effort to elect a republican
president this fall, which I am quite
sure we are going to do."
Hamilton selected Representati
Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts,
Landon convention floor manager, to
handle the eastern campaign head
quarters and himself planned to spend
his time between Washington and the
Chicago western headquarters.
Hamilton was born in Iowa only
44 years ago but moved to Topeka as
a child and early became a friend of
Landon.
RECEIVES REAPPOINTMENT
Miss Alice M. Funke, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Funk, of this
city, has just been reappointed as
deaconess at the Fayette-Bennett
Methodist church at Baltimore, Mary
land. This is the third year that
Miss Funk has been assigned to this
church, one of the largest Methodist
churches in the east and her selec
tion for the third year, speaks of her
splendid work in the charge.
Miss Funke Is a graduate of the
Plattsmouth school in the class of
192D and later graduated from the
Deaconess school at Kansas City, Mis
souri, receiving her first assignment
at Baltimore and where she has made
a very fine record In her work and
which has resulted in her selection
again being requested.
'Roosevelt In'
Declares Senator
Geo. W. Norris
Nebraska Senator Condemns Landon
as a Reactionary Borah Re
mains Silent on Plans.
Washington, June 12. The har
mony that swept Alf Landon, Frank
Knox and the platform to unanimous
acceptance at the republican conven
tion, hit a double edged reef in the
nation's capitol today.
Senator George Norri3 of Nebras
ka expressed confidence President
Roosevelt would be re-elected.
A growling, slightly overlooked
Senator William E. Borah left uncer
tain his plans for the campaign and
expressed dissatisfaction with Gover
nor Landon's telegraphic "interpre
tation" of the republican platform.
"Reactionaries in Control."
Norris said the convention demon
strated "very clearly that the reac
tionaries are still in control." The
demonstration for former President
Hoover, he said, "is conclusive evi
dence that the party leaders have
learned nothing from experience."
In Roosevelt, he said, the country
has a president dedicated "to break
ing the strangle hold on special in
terests upon the lives of the Amer
ican people."
Borah, tired after an all night
train ride from Cleveland, barked
this answer to a question on what
he thought of Governor Landon's
message to the convention in which
he stated that one requisite to a
sound currency was a currency "ex
pressed in terms of gold and con
vertible into gold."
"What the hell does he mean?"
Silent About Campaign.
A few hours later, in a quieter
mood, he declared:
"I do not care to comment on Gov
ernor Landon's message to the con
vention. If it means he Is for the
gold standard, of course, I am wholly
in disagreement with that, but he
says he is not in favor, as I under
stand it, of returning to the gold
standard unless it can be done with
out penalizing our democratic econ
omy and without injury to our pro
ducers of agricultural products.
"But it cannot be done without do
ing both."
Borah said he was satisfied with
his treatment by the Landon forces,
the nomination of Knox for vice
president, the anti-monopoly and for
eign affairs planks. But he will wait
until he returns to Idaho to declare
whether he's satisfied to be a repub
lican supporter in the campaign.
DREAMER-LEEFER
On Sunday, June 7th. at 4 o'clock
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Dreamer, at Elmwood, occurred a
very beautiful wedding at which time
their daughter, Miss Nora Ellen
Dreamer was united in marriage to
Mr. Harry Leefer. The marriage
was solemnized by the Rev. Janen
in the presence of some fifty guests,
relatives of the bride and groom.
Preceding the ceremony, Mr. Ray
mond Cook, cousin of the bride, sang
"Because," in his usual beautiful
manner. He was accompanied at the
piano by Miss Ruth Dreamer, who
also played Lohengrin's wedding
march as the bridal party took their
place beneath a canopy of pink and
white crepe paper streamers, with
; baskets of pink roses and ferns on
either side.
The bride wore an ankle length,
gown of Tea Rose lace and carried
an arm bouquet of orchid sweet peas.
She was attended by her niece, Mrs.
Wilson Howe, who wore an orchid
gown of lace and carried an arm bou
quet of pink snap dragons.
The groom wore a light summer
suit and was attended by his brother,
John Leefer, who also wore a light
suit.
The single ring ceremony was used.
The ring was carried by Rollin
Dreamer in a Calla lily.
Refreshments consisting of pink
and white ice cream plaques, cup
cakes and punch were served to the
guests.
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