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VOL. NO. in
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1936.
NO. 41
Cass County is
First County for
Conservation Ratio
Designation Launches Work in Ne
braska Will Be Made from List
ing of Local Committee.
Cass county has been given its of
ficial ratio between soil conserving
land and total crop land, the state
committee for the federal agricultural
conservation program announced
Wednesday night. This is the first
Nebraska county to be so designated.
Establishment of county ratios will
be the starting signal for the con
servation program in Nebraska, the
state committee said in making the
announcement. Rations Por scores of
other counties are fipected soon.
Cass county larmers turning in
registration tnrds and work sheets
are notipid immediately of their
J -asiy-They then know how much
of their land must be in soil conserv
ing uses by July 1 to qualify for
grants of money for compliance next
fall.
Fred "Wallace, chairman of the
state committee now in session at
Lincoln, said in Cass county the ratio
of 5 acres of soil depleting crops to
100 acres of farm land was estab
lished. The ration was computed
from listing sheets turned in by the
county committee. C. D. Fulmer of
Greenwood is president of the Cass
county conservation association.
Other members of the allotment
committee are: Henry Ragoss of
Louisville and J. L. Stamp of Platts
mouth. D. D. Wainscott is the agri
cultural agent in this county. Cass
county also was the first to receive
corn-hog checks.
Listing sheets from 15 to 20 other
counties are expected by the state
committee this week and will be act
ed upon at once, Wallace said. Noti
fication of county ratios and estab
lishment of individual bases, which
will stand in the majority of cases,
concludes the important early admin
istrative work on the new farm pro
gram designed to convert farm acre
age from soil depleting into soil con
serving uses. Fifteen percent of the
base must be in soil conserving uses
or practices to draw pay. July 1 is
the final date foi; changing land from
depleting to conserving usages.
NOT A NEW MEMBER
Any inference from reading the ar
ticle in Tuesday's paper that James
Persinger, who paid Legion dues for
five years in advance this week, has
not been a member of the post here
tofore is erroneous. Jim has belong
ed most of the years during the past
decade, and steadily the last several
years, but realized how difficult it
often was to rake up the necessary
three bucks and desired to be reliev
ed of that responsibility during the
next five years by making payment
in advance out of the proceeds of
his bonus money. Several other good
Legion members have indicated they
will do likewise, and special member
ship awards are being provided by
department headquarters to take care
of such advance payments.
VISITING IN THE CITY
Mrs. C. II. Hart of Grand Island,
is in the city to enjoy a visit at the
home of her son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Jess. Mrs.
Hart is a daughter of Dr. Tarrant,
a pioneer resident of Nebraska and
who for many years made his home
at Nebraska City. Dr. Tarrant was
very active in the early days and was
a great lover of horseflesh and bad
the honor of making the purchases
of horses for J. Sterling Morton for
his farm as well as for many years
looking after purchases of animals
for the Buffalo Bill shows. In nis
work he made many trips to Europe.
RETURNS FROM WEST
From Thursday's Daily
This morning S. S. Gooding return
ed home from an outing spent in the
west part of Nebraska and eastern
Colorado, where he has enjoyed a
stay with relatives and friends.
Mr. Gooding found that there was
a great deal of dryness in the state
and in some sections damage had
been caused by grasshoppers.
TO TAKE OUTING
Rev. and Mrs. H. E. McKelvey, of
the United Brethern church at My
nard, have as their guests Mrs. Mary
Hamilton, of Harrisburg, Pennsyl
vania, Mrs. Rex George and daugh
ter, Mary Ellen, of Altoona, Penn
sylvania. Mrs. Hamilton is a sister
of Mrs. McKelvey. The party will
depart on Monday for a trip through
the Blask Hills, Rev. and Mrs. Mc
Kelvey accompanying them and en
joying the many beauties of the mid
west resort country.
Plattsmouth
People Wed at
Rock Island, III.
Miss Miriam Tritsch and Rev. Canon
W. J. H. Petter Are Married at
Trinity Episcopal Church.
The marriage of two of the well
known residents of this city took
place on Monday afternoon, June 22,
in the chapel of the Trinity Episcopal
church at Rock Island, Illinois.
The bridal couple r.as Miss Miriam
Tritsch and the Rev. Canon W. J.,H.
Petter, former rector of the St. Luke's
church in this city.
The Episcopal marriage service
was celebrated by the Rev. John S.
Neal, rector of Trinity church.
Canon and Mrs. Petter left im
mediately after the ceremony for
Chicago, planning also to motor
through Ontario, Canada, to Toronto,
the former home of Canon Petter.
After a short visit in eastern Can
ada, they will motor to Greenville,
Texas, where they are to make their
home, Canon Petter being assigned to
work in the Dallas diocese of the
Episcopal church.
The bride is the youngest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tritsch of
this citjr where she has grown up and
received her education and has been
a member of the teaching force of
the city schools for the past several
years. Her friends are legion in the
community and who will join in their
well wishes to this estimable couple.
Canon Petter has been a resident
of Plattsmouth since 1931 when he
came here to take the rectorship of
St. Luke's church, and during his
residence here has been an active
figure in the affairs of the commun
ity. He has in addition to his parish
work been very active in the minis
terial association of the city and in
the Chamber of Commerce. He was
honor guest at a farewell given at
the last session of the Chamber of
Commerce.
SET A NEW RECORD
A crew of workmen employed by
Bellhorn, Bower & Peters on a river
improvement project, set a new re
cord "Wednesday for eight hours of
work and which will be hard to
match. The men were working ten
miles south of this city and just west
of Bartlett on the Iowa side of the
river.
The crew of eight men and a fore
man placed in eighty-four pile and
four stringers in the eight hours that
they were on the job and this is a
real record and it is a high as far
as can be learned in the work along
this part of the river.
B. Young was the inspector and
James Carpenter the foreman of the
gang and which comprised Louie
Lohnes, Albert Gray, C. Day, James
Newburn, Pete Davis, Bill Scrog-
gan, Jack Holt and Roy Phillips.
Recently a crew on the work at
Blair claimed a record with seventy
two piles driven, but the local work
ers have outdistanced that record and
with ease.
SUFFERS SEVERE INJURY
Janis Schmidtmann, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Schmidtmann,
Jr., suffered an unusual accident
Wednesday afternoon that will make
necessary her remaining inactive for
several days at least.
Janis, who is a familiar figure to
the residents of the business section
of the city, was riding her scooter
along the sfSswalks when she fell and
struck the rear wheel in such a way
that it caused the fracture of a small
bone at the base of the spinal column.
She has been placed in bed and it is
hoped that the bone may knit in a
few days.
'Hoppers Miss
This Section in
Migration
Several Sections of State Report
Clouds of the Pests, But They
Move into Iowa Counties.
Large numbers of grasshoppers in
migration swept over parts of Ne
braska Wednesday but fortunately
the hord of crop destroyers did not
settle until they had reached the ex
treme northwest part of Iowa, altho
one group is reported as lighting in
Fremont county, Iowa.
From Lincoln on east to this city
clouds of the insects were not ob
served, altho in sections west of Lin
coin they obscured the sun in places.
Dr. Drake of the Iowa State college
at Ames, received the report from
A. D. Worthington, Iowa extension
entomologist, who said he witnessed
the descent from the eastern fringe
of the flight. The descent began
about 3 p. m., Worthington reported.
The flying pests alighted in fields
already plagued with grasshoppers.
The heaviest line of flight was to the
north of Fremont county, Iowa, the
entomologist said, along a line be
tween Omaha and Sioux City.
Captured specimens of the hordes
of migrating grasshoppers proved the
flight to be composed of the lesser
migratory variety of 'hopper, the type
most closely related to the Rocky
mountain variety which devastated
crops of early Nebraska settlers in
the 60's and 70's. Prof. Myron H.
Swenk, Nebraska university entomol
ogist, explained the larger type ap
pear to be a form of the lesser mi
gratory which develop only under
special conditions and have not been
seen since they plundered North Da
kota in 1897. Hence the present
movement is the' nearest thing now
possible to the plagues which once
threatened to depopulate the state.
Nebraska farmers were haunted by
the fear that the 'hoppers would set
tle at nightfall. Prof. Swenk said it
was impossible to tell what might be
expected since the insects might cov
er several hundred miles in one
flight altho their usual range is only
about 50. Reports indicated the
swarms were moving north at a rate
which would carry them about 200
miles during daylight hours. If they
settle they may stay until nearly all
vegetation is devoured, or remain
only a few hours and fly on.
The migration apparently started
before noon Wednesday, and the
pests appeared to be coming in from
Kansas. Prof. R. L. Parker of Kan
sas State college said, however, he
does not believe the Nebraska inva
sion originated in Kansas, as the
grasshoppers there had not reached
the migratory stage. He said there
was no noticeable decrease in the
number of pests in that state.
Wrhile the present situation bears
much similarity to the early 'hopper
invastions and is the most severe in
this part of the state in the past 35
years, Professor Swenk said the mi
gration was mild compared to those
in the past century and would not
be considered particularly unusual in
western Nebraska.
SHOOTING ON RANGE
The rifle range north of this city
is a place of activity this week as
the members of the R. O. T. C, now
in their summer training camp at
Fort Crook, are doing their practice
work with rifles and machine guns.
There are some. 200 of the prospec
tive officers In the training camp and
coming from Nebraska University
and Creighton university as well as
several smaller colleges.
This summer camp is a part of the
regular training period and gives the
officers a taste of real soldiering for
a few weeks as in addition to the
range work they are given drills and
working out problems.
SUFFERS BURNED FINGERS
Bobbie, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Kimball, of Bellevue, was brought
here Wednesday afternoon to receive
treatment for burn srereived while
enjoying a premature Fourth of July
relebration.
The fingers of the boy were burned
and so painful that he was brought
here to have medical attention given
and the hand dressed.
VISIT HOME FOLKS
Mrs. Noel B. Rawls and son and
daughter, Miss Lois and Jack, of
Boise, Idaho, accompanied by Mr.
Noel Rawls of Lindsay, California,
are here for a visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rawls, parents
of Noel. This is the first visit of
Mrs. Rawls and the children here for
fifteen years and is very much en
joyed, while Mr. Rawls, who is en
gaged in the olive industry in Call
fornia, was able to be here the past
year.
Harlan Gorder
Married at North
Platte Wednesd'y
Former Plattsmouth "Young Man Is
Wedded to Miss Lois VanKirk,
North Platte Teacher.
The marriage of Miss Lois VanKirk
and Mr. William Harlan Gorder, took
place" Wednesday afternoon at North
Platte, the ceremony being a very
quiet one and following which the
bride and groom departed on a short
wedding trip and following which
they will return to make their home
in North Platte.
The bride has been a member of
the teaching force of the North Platte
schools and is one of the popular
young ladies of that city. Mr. Gorder,
the eldest son of Mrs. Etta Gorder of
this city, has for the past several
years been engaged In the conduct
of a drug store in that city. He grew
to manhood in this city and was
graduated from the local schools in
1926, later taking up the study of
pharmacy and which has since been
his profession.
BEST EVER CLUB MEETS
The "Best Ever chib met at the
home of Mrs. Dirscherl on June 9th.
The meeting was called to order by
our president and we elected Beulah
Kiser, our song and cheer leader.
Then it was turned over to our lead
er and the lesson on "Pillows for a
Bedroom" was discussed. Each girl
showed her pillow and Ella Mae
Ruffner demonstrated mitering a
corner.
Our next meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. Leonard on June 19.
The girls judged their color charts,
Mary Dirscherl receiving first; Ella
Mae Ruffner, second, and Whipple
Leonard, third. The lesson was dis
cussed, and plans to make curtains
for the girls' rooms were made.
Then we sang songs about the
4-IL We will meet at Mrs. Riser's
on July 3rd. News Reporter.
MANY ENJOY COFFEE
The Catholic Parent-Teachers as
sociation held a very delightful after
noon coffee Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. A. G. Bach, with Mrs. F. I.
Rea, Mrs. Joe Libershal, Mrs. John
Bergman, Mrs. Baltz Meisinger as
the associate hostesses.
The ladies enjoyed cards for the
afternoon and in the contract bridge
games Mrs. Frank Mullen proved the
winner of high score and Mrs. Les
ter Gaylord in the pinochle games.
A very large number of the ladies
were in attendance at the pleasant
event.
ATTEND EDUCATIONAL MEETING
Miss Alpha C. Peterson, county
superintendent, with Miss Marie E.
Kaufmann and Mrs. Pearl Mann,
members of the Plattsmouth board
of education, were at Lincoln this
week to attend the educational con
ference which opened Tuesday and
carried on through today. The meet
ing brought many of the leading edu
cators from all parts of the state.
HAS LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Jack Tower, who Is located at the
Veterans camp at Columbus, is here
for a visit with his father, O. H.
Tower and other relatives and old
time friends. While here Mr. Tower
had the pleasure of receiving his
bonds from the government covering
his service compensation.
Miss Jane Fricke, of Omaha, was
in the city Tuesday to enjoy the day
visiting with her mother, Mrs. Maude
Fricke and her brother and sister
as well as other, relatives.
Local Young
People Wedded
at Denison, la.
Miss Nellie Wilcox Wedded to Rich
ard Black and Miss Edna Black
to Robert Green, of Omaha.
The announcement was made today
of a double wedding of well known
local young people, which ceremony
took place on Saturday evening, June
20th, at Denison, Iowa. .
The young people wedded were
Miss Nellie Wilcox to Richard Black
of this city and Miss Edna Black of
this city to Mr. Robert Green of Om
aha, the bridal party motoring to the
Iowa city for the ceremony.'
The marriage lines were read by
the Rev. John W. Leitch, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of
Denison, the young people serving as
witnesses for each other in the
double ceremony.
Miss Wilcox wore an ensemble of
pink crepe as her wedding gown and
Miss Black was costumed in a green
plaid taffeta gown. Mr. Black
wore a dark coat and grey trousers
while Mr. Green wore a dark blue
suit.
Following the ceremony the young
people motored back home and where
they had kept the wedding a secret
until today when the formal an
nouncement was made.
Richard Black and sister, Mrs.
Green, were born and reared here and
Mr. Black a graduate of the class of
1933 of the Plattsmouth high school,
and both have a very large circle of
friends wn"o will learn of their new
happiness with a great deal oZ pleas
ure. Mr. Black is engaged with the
L. B. Egenberger grocery at this
time. They are son and daughter
of Mrs. Hallie Marshall of this city.
Miss Wilcox is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs-0. R. Wilcox and has made
her home in this city for several
years and is a young lady held in
high esteem by the many friends.
Mr. Green is well known here
where he has often visited and has
spent his lifetime in Omaha where
he is now employed and where he
and his bride are to make their home
in the future. He is a nephew of
Mrs. Otto Lushinsky of this city.
To these four estimable young peo
ple will be extended the best wishes
of the many friends for the happiness
that they well deserve in the years
that lie before them.
PAINTING UP FRONTS
The two fronts of the store rooms
in the Masonic building, occupied by
the Popular Variety store and the
Ladies Toggery are now being re
painted. The fronts are being finish
ed in a bright shade of red and the
signs on the front are also being re
decorated and placed in first class
shape. The other store front in the
building, where the Mullen market is
located was painted a short time ago
when Mr. Mullen moved his stock
there.
HOMEWARD BOUND
From Thursday's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. James Warren of San
Francisco, who have been spending
a week at Houston, Minnesota, at the
home of Mrs. Warren's parents, ar
rived here this morning and will re
main here until Friday morning
when they expect to start to their
home in the west. They enjoyed a
week's visit here before going to
Minnesota.
SHORT CAUSES FIRE
From Friday's Dally
A short in the electric wiring at
the residence of Kenner Price on
Pearl street, just west of the Ofe
Service station, last night caused the
fire department to be called to the
scene. The short caused a great deal
of excitement for a time but the
shutting off of the switch stopped the
trouble before the house waa dam
aged. LOOKING OVER FARM
Mr. and Mrs. Henry istarkjohn are
spending a few days near Gothen
burg, Nebraska, where they have land
interests and will spend a few days
on the farm and visiting with the
lessees of the land who have been
located on this one farm for the past
twenty-five years.
SENDS WORD TO FRIENDS
While at Chappell, Nebraska, last
week, S. S. Gooding of this city was
a visitor at the home of Rev. and
Mrs. Harold E. Sortor, who were 10'
cated here for a number of years in
charge of the local Methodist church
Rev. and Mrs. Sortor sent their
greetings to the old friends here
through Mr. Gooding and that they
are doing nicely and well pleased
with their charge in the west part
of the state where they have been
located since leaving here.
AIvo Farmer
is Fleeced by
Gypsy Band
Report at Sheriff's Office of Theft
of Purse and $40 in Cash
This Morning.
From Friday's Dally
F. G. Kellogg, a farmer of the vi
cinity of Alvo, this morning called
the office of Sheriff Homer Sylvester
to report the theft of his purse con
taining some $40 which was fleeced
from him by a trio of gypsy women.
The gypsies had visited the Kellogg
farm and the women insisted on
blessing" the money of Mr. Kellogg
despite his protest and on their de
parture from the farm the discovery
was made that the purse and money
were both missing and the parties
taking it had made their escape from
the neighborhood.
The sheriff notified the man losing
the money to come in and a search
would be started among the various
Romanies in this locality to see if
possible to locate the ones that visit
ed the Kellogg farm.
Cases of this kind are frequent
In the country districts where the
gypsies have invaded farms and been
able to secure money or other articles
from the residents and in a large
number of cases it has been possible
to force the return of the articles
taken and Sheriff Sylvester is hope
fuT that he may be able to force the
return of the money taken from Mr.
Kellogg.
SUFFERS BROKEN ARM
Frank Swoboda, of Malvern, Iowa,
who is here visiting with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Swoboda, met
with a serious and painful accident
Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Swoboda had come down to
the business section of the city driv
ing his car and bringing his father,
who has difficulty in getting around,
with him. They visited several busi
ness places and when getting ready
to leave for home he started to assist
the father to the awaiting car. They
were compelled to go up several steps
and in doing so the father became
overbalanced and Mr. Swoboda fell,
inflicting a severe cut on the top of
the head from the edge of the steps
while he struck his right arm in such
a manner that it was fractured.
The injured man was taken to the
office of Dr. L. S. Pucelik where the
injury was cared for and he later was
taken on home with his father by
Louis Swoboda, a brother.
RETURN FROM. OUTING
Mayor and Mrs. George Lushinsky
returned home Thursday from a very
pleasant ten day visit in the west
and which included many sightsee
ing trips through the Rockies.
They spent a great deal of the
time" at Colorado Springs and Salt
Lake City at the home of William
Lushinsky and family and also made
several visits into the scenic canyons
that' have made Utah one of the
great wonderlands of the west.
William Lushinsky, brother of the
mayor, is connected with handling
of the property of the Stratton es
tate, founded by one of the early
day miners of Colorado.
CASE IS CONTINUED
From Saturday's Dally:
The bearing of the complaint
against George Berger of Murray, on
an assault and battery charge, which
was set for this morning in the coun
ty court was continued. Mr. Berger
was here for the hearing but the wit
nesses for the state including the
complainting witness, was not pres
ent and made necessary the laying of
the case over for a later time.
Prominent
Sarpy County
Resident Dies
Henry Iske, Member of One of the
Pioneer Families, Dies in Auto
of Sudden Heart Attack.
From Saturday's Daily:
Henry Iske, 62, one or the prom
inent residents of southern Sarpy
county, died suddenly last evening
near his home west of La Platte, the
result of a sudden heart attack.
Mr. Iske had been out in his car
to look after some business and death
came to him as he was driving along
the highway a short distance from
his home, he being found lifeless in
his car which he had been able to
stop when the fatal attack struck
him.
He is a member of one of the early
families in the territory west of La
Platte and which has large land hold
ings In that section of Sarpy county
where he made his home for his life
time.
Mr. Iske is survived by the widow
and a family of ten children, two of
whom, Earl and Lloyd Iske are farm
ing west of this city. Another of the
sons is George Iske, of Fort Collins,
Colorado, whose wife is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Tulene of
this city.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced as yet, awaiting word
from a daughter who resides In Ariz
ona. ENTERTAINED AT GLENW00D
Mrs. Elizabeth Rishel entertained
the N. O. club Friday afternoon at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Julia
Reazer in Glenwood. After several
amusing games, much laughter and
visiting, delicious refreshments were
serced.
Those present were: Mesdames
Ralph Anderson, Frank Barkus, Flor
ence Coleman, Charles Carlson, Mer
ritt Kerr, Raymond Larson, John
Palacek, Jr., Hallie Perry, Jim
Rishel, Will Wells, Harry White.
Alice Andrews of Omaha, A. Roy
Breese and Miss Margaret Breese of
Red Oak. '
After thanking Mrs. Reazer for her
hospitality the ladies left for their
respective homes about Bundown.
ANNOUNCES MARRIAGE
The announcement has been re
ceived here of the marriage of Edgar
H. Bartholomew, a former resident
of this city, to Miss Bertha Bennett,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Ben
nett, the wedding occurring at Al
liance, Nebraska, the home of the
bride. The ceremony took place on
Thursday, June 25th.
Mr. Bartholomew was a resident of
Plattsmouth several years ago and
was engaged as clerk at the Mauzy
drug store, and while here made
many friends who will be pleased to
learn of his marriage. He Is now en
gaged in his profession at Alliance
where the young people will make
their home.
HERE FROM OHIO
Miss Hazel Dovey, who is teaching
in the city schools at Canton, Ohio,
is in the city to enjoy a part of her
summer vacation with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Dovey. Miss
Dovey has been visiting at Cleveland
with her sister and family since the
close of the school year and will
spend some time here with the rela
ties and old time friends.
HOT, HOT, HOTTER
From Friday's Dally
The weather man today put on
the "heat" over this section of the
state to drive the mercury to 105 at
12:30 and the thermometer still on
the climb. There Is little prospect of
relief for the next few days or for
the rain that is much needed in this
city and immediate vicinity for gar
dens and crops.
GIVEN DECREE
On Thursday Edith McMaken of
this city, formerly Edith Frady, was
granted her decree of divorce and
custody of the minor child, John
Frederick from the husband, Fred
McMaken, also of this city.
