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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1936.
NO. GO
Nebraska City
Chapter Hostess
to Eastern Star
Plattsmouth Is One of Nine Guest
Groups Attending Annual Picnic
at Arbor Lodge Sunday.
Queen Esther Chapter of the Order
of Eastern Star of Nebraska City
was host at a picnic held in Arbor
Lodge Sunday, August 30. Chapters
invited and represented were Au
burn, Julian, Brownville, Weeping
Water, Omaha, Lincoln, Nehawka,
Humbolt, and Plattsmouth.
Arthur Barstler, Worthy Patron,
acted as master of ceremonies and
gave the address of welcome. Re
sponse was made by Mrs. Grace Annis
of Omaha. Miss Addie Chandler, act
ing Worthy Matron of the Queen
Esther chapter, greeted those pres
ent and expressed her pleasure at
the number who had accepted the
invitation.
Z. Tyler, a past Patron of the
chapter, explained the origin of the
Eastern Star. He commented that
this picnic each year is held on or
near the birthday of Robert Morris
who was responsible for its found
ing. It is also significant that the
limbs of the cottonwood trees, near
which the annual picnic is held,
when bisected at the joints, reveal a
perfect star. These sections were
given to visitors as souvenirs.
Worthy Matrons, Mrs. Cressie Niel
of Plattsmouth, and Mrs. Helen Kos-!
terman of Auburn; and Worthy Pa-;
tron, Mr. Hosterman of Brownville,
were called upon for short addresses.
All chapters were recognized as well
as past officers of Nebraska City, j
Worthy Grand Officers, present
and past, who were called upon fori
short talks were, W. S. Cochran of
Auburn, Rose M. Owens, and Grace j
Annis of Omaha; Golda Wiles of
Plattsmouth .and Frona" Van' Andel
of Lincoln. Mrs. Van Andel express
ed her pleasure for the opportunity
of again being supervisor for the
Queen Esther chapter. Miss Tyler of
Nebraska City gave readings. The
enjoyable meeting was closed by the
song, "God Be With You Till We
Meet Again" and invocation by Mrs.
Prona Van Andel.
Those who attended from Platts
mouth were: Mr. and Mrs. George
Lushinsky, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Siel,
Mrs. Hettie Larson, Mrs. Fred Barkus
and daughters, Helen and Betty, Mrs.
Golda Wiles, Mrs. Edna Schutz, and
Mrs. Florence Coleman.
POLICE COURT HAPPENINGS
Saturday night Officer Roy Stewart
took Into custody Arthur McNear,
who claimed his residence as the
camp north of the city, a charge of
intoxication being filed against the
man. The camp authorities have es
tablished the rule that the residents
who indulge to an extent that in
volves them with the law are auto
matically on their way out of the
camp.
W. Hendrickson was another of
the indulgers in the flowing bowl
that fell into the hands of the police
and escorted to the city jail to await
the action of the courts.
Officer Jarvis Lancaster took into
custody on Saturday John Witter, of
south of this city, who had accumu
lated too much of Intoxicating bev
erages and was taken over to the
city jail. He was later released on
a bond to appear today to answer
to the charges.
This morning in the ipolice court.
Judge C. L. Graves turned the mat
ter of the punishment of the two
camp men to the authorities. Witter
was given a fine of $10 and costs,
amounting to $13.50 which, he set
tled and was released.
INELIGIBILITY HITS OTEANS
That old jinx of Ineligibility seems
to be threatening the opening period
of the Nebraska City high school foot
ball season and Coach Ossian finds
some of the last year lettermen on
this list.
Sam Martin, a sensational soph
omore back of last year, Tom Beatty
guard, and Bob Belcher, a fine pros
pect for center, are among those who
are faced with the task of qualify
ing scholastically before the season
is underway.
RESIGNS SCHOOL POST
Miss Lillian Garrett, who has been
one of the most efficient members of
the teaching force of the city schools,
has resigned her position as teacher
of art in the junior and high schools
The resignation of Miss Garrett
will be very much regretted by the
patrons of the city schools as she has
been here for several years and under
her supervision the art work has been
highly recognized.
Miss Garrett is quitting the local
post for a position in the Omaha
school system, a well deserved pro
motion in the teaching profession for
this very capable teacher.
Red Cross Class
in First Aid to
Open Here Soon
Dr. R. P. Westover, Local Physician,
Will Give Instruction. Free of
Charge Meet Each' Week.
A Red Cross First Aid training
course is to be offered to persons in
Plattsmouth and surrounding com
munity. Dr. R. P. Westover, local
physician, will give instruction in
the treatment of injuries or ailments
until a specialist can be called.
Classes will meet in the evenings
once a week and follow a course of
study sent out from National Red
Cross headquarters. The class period
will consist of oral quiz and lecture
periods upon things to do and not to
do until a physician arrives. At the
close of the fifteen weeks of instruc
tion, an examination will be given.
The five phases covered in the final
will be: practical problems, method
of handling hemorrhage, artificial
respiration, written quizzes, and
class work.
Classes will be opened within the
next two weeks. Instruction will be
free of charge and a small fee will
be charged for books. Persons wish
ing To take the course must be over
seventeen years of age. Anyone in
terested in taking the work should
talk with Ed Ofe of Plattsmouth.
Dr. Westover taught a class in
first aid in Mynard several years ago
but this is the first year Plattsmouth
has had the opportunity to take the
course. As yet, this community is the
only one in Cass county offering the
work.
While the work is outlined as a
practical course for home emer
gencies, its completion with a pass
ing standing in the final examin
ation, also qualifies persons for Red
Cross first aid station service.
WILL VISIT IN WASHINGTON
From Tuesday's Daily:
Con Lynch, wife and daughter.
Dorothy, departed today for the west
coast where they expect to enjoy an
extended visit with relatives and
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Na
son and daughter, Mrs. Nason a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynch, de
parted Monday for Yakima, Wash
ington, where the family will be
joined the last of the week. They
are to visit with Mrs. Harry Demoss
and Mrs. A. Demoss, sisters of Mr.
Lynch and also with an aunt of Mr.
Nason. They will make a visit to the
various points of interest in that part
of the west while there.
VISIT AT COUNTRY HOME
Mrs. Otto Norris and children.
George and Sharon Lee, of Chicago,
have spent the past week visiting at
the country home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fritz Siemoneit, near Cullom, Mrs.
Norris being a sister of Mrs. Sie
moneit.
The two children, nine and five
years of age respectively, made the
trip to Omaha alone on the Bur
lington Zephyr six weeks ago to visit
the relatives in this section. Mrs.
Norris came out to Join the children
the past week.
RETURN PROM OUTING
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Koukal and
family returned Saturday evening
from a motor trip to the west where
they visited at Cody and other points
in Wyoming. They had a very pleas
ant time and had the opportunity of
seeing a great deal of the mountain
country. "
New Courses
Popular Among
School Entrants
340 High School Students Select
Fall Classes During Reg
istration Period.
340 students have registered for
the fall term in the Plattsmouth
high school. The senior class, with
79 enrolled, promises to be the
largest for some time and probably
in the history of the school. 76 will
be juniors and 92 sophomores. 93
have registered to enter as fresh
men. German, a new course in the sys
tem, has a heavy registration. It
is to be taught by Miss Estelle
Baird. Supt Devoe attributes the
large registration to the feeling that
German will be more practical for
the average Cass county student than
Latin.
Typewriting has drawn the largest
registration in the history of the
school. A definite trend is seen to
ward commercial subjects this fall.
Another of the large classes is
freshman Home Economics. 33 have
enrolled for the course. A fine group
also plans to enter the debate class.
The school wjll join the state de
bating association this year.
Glee club entries show a promise
for a successful year. The class has
been placed In the regular schedule
this year and a half credit will be
given each semester for the work.
58 girls and 35 boys have entered.
The six-period plan will be con
tinued this year. This system was
found to be very successful In the
school last year.
Superintendent L. S. Devoe an
nounces that he will be in his office
from 9 to 11 a. m. each day this
week. Those who were unable to
register on days assigned may reg
ister during those hours.
DOUBLE WEDDING AT AV0CA
A double wedding ceremony was
held in the North Branch community
Wednesday, August 26th. Miss Clara
Berner was united in marriage to
Walter Rich of Palmyra and Miss
Gladys Berner became the wife of
Art Koester, son of the late Fred
Koester of Avoca. The brides are
daughters of Fred Berner.
Attendants to the brides were sis
ters. Misses Viola and Ruth Berner.
Brothers of the bridegrooms acted as
best men.
Double ring ceremonies closed the
nuptial vows. The brides were dress
ed in white satin.
Following the ceremony a recep
tion was held at Syracuse. Both
couples will take up rarming west of
Avoca.
On Sunday, August 23, Mrs. Otto
Stutt gave a fruit and vegetable
shower in honor of the brides. They
were recipients of many useful gifts.
RETURN PROM SOUTHERN TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. RIchey and
Mrs. Clark returned from their trip
to Oklahoma and Texas Sunday eve
ning. The family visited at the Bev
erage home in Tulsa, Okla. While
there Mr. Richey drove out to the
bituminous coal fields. He remarks
that he was surprised at the great
amounts of fine grade of coal taken
from the fields near Tulsa. The beds
lie twenty feet below the surface.
Mr. and Mrs. Richey went from
Tulsa to Dallas where they visited
C. A. Richey. While there they spent
several days at the Texas Centennial
They also spent a day at the Fort
Worth fair and visited with their
niece In Fort Worth.
SHOWS SOME IMPROVEMENT
C. Lawrence Stull, gravely 111 for
the past week at his farm home
northwest of the city, showed some
improvement late Saturday and Sun
day and was resting the best that he
has for several days past. Mr. Stull
has been, very ill and late Saturday
afternoon reports of his passing away
were rumored but an investigation
proved that they were unfounded.
Mr. Stull however is still in a very
critical condtiion and the outcome of
his case one of the gravest doubt.
Phone news Items to No. 6.
RETURN ER0M OUTING
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wiles returned
Saturday from a very pleasant out
ing in the west and which has taken
them over a very large section of
the country. They spent some time
at Estes Park, Colorado, during the
greater part of the heated period
later motoring to Laramie, Wyoming
and the Medicine Bow reservation
where they found much of interest
On the return they stopped at Tor-
rington and Cheyenne, Wyoming and
thence through Scottsbluff home.
They found the country in that part
of west Nebraska suffering from the
effects of the extreme heat and
drouth.
Musical Treat
will Feature the
1936 Coronation
King and Queen of Fall Festival Will
Have Large Symphony Orchestra
to Give Proper Setting.
When the king and queen of the
1936 King Korn Karnival are crown
ed on the opening night of the
festival, Wednesday, September 23, it
will be to the strains of a musical
program arranged by a group of the
leading musicians of Omaha.
The committee in charge of this
feature of the fall festival has se
cured the services of the WPA or
chestra of Omaha, to furnish the
proper settings.
This orchestra is comprised of from
forty to forty-five of the musicians
of Omaha, a large part of these be
ing members of the Omaha symphony
orchestra, one of the finest musical
organizations of the west and who
have been engaged in the developing
of this orchestra for the past sev
eral months.
This is going to b a. xeal artistic
treat to the music lovers of the com
munity and a striking note in the
coronation ceremonies.
The opportunity to secure this or
chestra was afforded by William
Meyers, state director of this part of
the WPA program and comes here
to the Plattsmouth festival for only
the costs of the transportation to and
from the city.
CLUB NEWS
Cooler weather during the past
few days has made small afternoon
gatherings very pleasant.
Mrs. Russel Koonz entertained two
tables of bridge yesterday afternoon.
Prizes were awarded to Mrs. E. J.
Richey, Mrs. J. V. Oliver, Mrs. Ne
ville Hadson, and Mrs. Robert Jess.
The pinochle club, with, eight
players, met with Mrs. John Schutz
Tuesday. Mrs. Henry Ofe held high
score for the afternoon. Mrs. Schutz
was assisted by her daughter, Mrs.
Earl Mrasek, and Miss Clara Mrasek
of Murray.
Mrs. Helen Gansemer and Miss
Marie Horn took prizes at the meet
ing of the contract bridge club yes
terday. Mrs. Herman Tiekotter was
hostess to two tables.
Another contract bridge group was
entertained at the home of Mrs. Lon
Henry last evening. Mrs. Walter
Tritsch won first and Mrs. Richard
Beverage, second prize.
FUNERAL OF MRS. BATES
The funeral of the late Mrs. Susan
Bates was held on Tuesday afternoon
at the Sattler funeral home at Fourth
and Vine streets and very largely at
tended by the many old friends and
associates to pay their last tributes
to her memory.
The Rev. V. C. Wright of the
First Methodist church, had charge
of the service and brought the words
of comfort to the family and old
friends in the departure of the
mother and grandmother, whose long
and useful life had covered a period
of eighty-Bix years.
During the services Mrs. E. H.
Wescott and Mrs. Hal Garnett gave
two of the old and loved hymns and
which had been favorites of the de
ceased, "Beautiful Isle of Some
where" and "Shall We Gather at
the River."
The Interment was at the Oak Hill
cemetery where the husband Is in
,the last long rest.
Shrader Reunion
Held at Old Home
stead of Family
Members of Prominent Group in Cass
County Meet at Farm Where
Parents First Settled.
The third annual reunion of the
members of the Shrader fairiily was
held on Sunday, August 23 at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolfe,
southeast of Murray, which is the
old homestead of the family and
where the children spent the happy
years of childhood. Many years ago
the parents had located there and the
gathering of their descendents there
for the reunion brought many recol
lections of the carefree days of youth
and the shadows of life's more som
ber moments.
Of the children of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Shrader, now deceased,
there were two of the sons and three
of the daughters in attendance at the
reunion. Robert and Homer Shrader,
Mrs. Georgia, Creamer, Mrs. Lulu
Wolfe and Mrs. Verne Rhoden. One
son, J. D. Shrader of Chelsea, Mass.,
and two daughters, Mrs. Jennie
Klimm and Mrs. Alma Yardley, were
unable to be present.
There were a large number of the
younger generations of the family
present to add to the delights of the
reunion and participating in the pro
gram that had been arranged.
The day was beatured by the picnic
dinner which embraced all that one
could wish and which was served in
cafeteria style.
After the dinner had been served.
Mrs. J. C. Burk, of Onawa, Iowa, pre
sented a very enjoyable program
which was participated in by the
little great nephews and nieces and
Mrs. Forrest Shrader of Herman, Ne
braska. The next annual reunion will be
held with Mr. and Mrs. Forrest
Shrader at their home at Herman,
Nebraska, the third Sunday in August
being the date and all of the mem
bers of the family circle are looking
forward to the pleasant event nextj
year.
Those attending the.reunion were:
Mrs. Isabel Oerlack and children.
David and Georgiann, of North Bend,
Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. Don Rhoden,
Mrs. Georgia Creamer, Mr. and Mrs.
Forrest Shrader and children, Bobby,
Marylin, Yvonne, of Herman, Ne
braska; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Yard-
ley, and children, Helen, Lula, Janice,
Plattsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Shrader, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Burk,
Onawa, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Kaffenberger, Robert Shrader, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Wolfe, Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Rhoden and son, Shrader
Rhoden.
APPEALS CASE
Richard Glassmeyer of Otoe coun
ty, charged with injuring Mrs. Ver-
ner Markel in an assault and battery
case and adjudged to pay the wom
an's husband $1,250 damages, has
appealed to the" supreme court. The
case was tried twice before it was
taken on a change of venue to Cass
county upon request of Markel. A
jury in Cass county returned the
verdict. Markell alleged the assault
upon his wife occurred Feb. 5, 1934
Glassmeyer alleged the woman first
assaulted him and would have broken
his glasses which he wore at the time
had he not defended himself. He al
leged any injuries she received were
due to her own acts, and he merely
defended himself.
ALV0 CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL
Activities in the Alvo Consolidated
school will begin Saturday morning
when a faculty meeting will be con
ducted by Superintendent L. M
Hauptman. All teachers are required
to be present at which time the
plans and policies for the coming
year are presented in a teachers bul
letln.
Classes will begin on Monday
morning at 8:40. School will be in
session only a half day on Monday
with dismissal taking place at noon.
Faculty members will have the after
noon to complete their plans for the
beginning of school and patrons and
children will have an opportunity of
attending the State Fair.
TAKE OVER NEW BUSDTESS
From Tuesday's Dally.
This morning the management of
the Moffitt cafe changed when Mr
and Mrs. S. J. Stepanek of Omaha
formally took over the operation of
the affairs of the cafe. The new own
ers are planning on giving the resi
dents of the community a strictly up
to date cafe in every respect and will
conduct the usual hours that it has
been operated by Mr. Moffitt.
Mrs. Stepanek will be in charge of
the restaurant as Mr. Stepanek is en
gaged in work in Omaha and will
drive back and forth from this city
to his work.
New Indexing
Simplifies Check
on Past Records
Workers in C ourt House Complete
WPA Project in Cataloguing
Old Documents.
A W.P.A. project In the court
house has been completed that will
prove of Inestimable value to the
past and present residents of Cass
county. Records of estates, guardian
ships and adoptions have been re-
filed and indexed. It is now possible
for a person who is Interested in a
particular probate record to simply
look in the index and find the ma
terial within a few minutes. Under
the old haphazard method, many
hours may have proved futile.
A. H. Duxbury, county judge, has
seen the need for revising the files
for some time. Through his efforts
helpers wrere first secured under the
C.W.A. The work was completed by
W.P.A. workers.
The great confusion in the ar
rangement of the records has been
due to the fact that the cases were
originally entered in the probate
record book according to the day the
case was taken up. Several weeks
or even months may have passed be
fore the estate was closed. Thus
there may be as many as a dozen
entries of the same estate. The old
documents had simply been stuffed
into boxes and listed only according
to box number. In each of the boxes
may have been documents belonging
to as many as fifty different persons.
It was almost impossible to locate
materials needed. All of the docu
ments were taken from the boxes by
the workers, laid in piles, and col
lected. New manuscript covers have
been placed on the original docu
ments, they have been numbered, in
dexed, and all those belonging to
one estate placed in one envelope.
The index locates the referencs ac
cording to the case numbers, fee book
entries, estate and probate records.
Another addition is the card,
placed with each document. When
ever papers are taken from the files,
the card is left in the office, thus an
accurate check may be made on lo
cation of borrowed manuscripts.
Official records in the office began
with the estate of Samuel Martin
June 9, 1885. Many had to be re-
copied. The two workers, under the
supervision of County Judge A. H.
Duxbury, began under the C.W.A
The project was completed under
W.P.A.
Persons who wish a clear title to
property will probably benefit most
by the change. When a short form
probate is desired, the complete
records, if on file, may be located
quickly and the expense and time re
quired for public notices will be
eliminated in many cases.
At the present time all records are
kept in temporary files until the case
is complete then placed together in
permanent files.
VISIT RELATIVES HERE
From Monday's Daily:
This morning Mr. and Mrs. W. J
Vallery and Mike Warga, Sr., father
of Mrs. Vallery, motored down from
their home at Havelock for a visit
with the relatives and friends in the
old home town. They were accom
panied by Mrs. John Bednar of Sheri
dan, Wyoming ,and Joe Warga of
Washington, D. C, who have been
visiting at Havelock. The members
of the party had the pleasure of
meeting a number of the old friends
while here.
Stohlman Re
union at Louis
ville Sunday
Over 150 Descendents of Pioneer
Family Meet for Annual Event
at Kraft's Grove.
On Sunday at the Kraft's grove
south of Louisville there gathered
some 150 of the members of the
Stohlman family, representatives of
one of the oldest family groups in
that section of Cass county.
These were descendents of the late
Frederick P. and wife, Kunlgunde
Schoememann Stohlman. This es
timable couple were natives of Ger
many, the father coming to the Unit
ed States In 1850 and his wife in
1854. They were married at Water-
town, Wisconsin, May 15, 1859.
Shortly after their marriage the
young couple decided to seek a home
in the west and accordingly made
the long Journey to Nebraska by ox
team. The journey was one filled
with many hardships and the dangers
of travel overland in those early days.
They spent a few days with friends
at Plattsmouth and then continued
on to their homestead south of Louis
ville, the farm now being occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. August C. Stohlman.
The first winter they made their
home with Mr. and Mrs. Patrick
Blessington, later moving to the farm
home where they lived for many
years.
The family reunion was marked by
the serving of a delightful picnic din
ner which provided a wonderful ar
ray of viands to provide the proper
setting for the opening of the re
union. Following the dinner the business
session was held, presided over by
Andrew Stohlman, of Lincoln, presi
dent of the association, Mrs. Martha
Stohlman was secretary and Leroy
Stohlman, of Lincoln, the treasurer
of the association. -
The new officers for the year were
Andrew Stohlman, re-elected presi
dent; Ivan Althouse, Alvo, secretary;
Mrs. Harold Dumke, of Louisville,
treasurer.
The report of the secretary showed
that in the past year there had been
four births in the family and no
deaths were reported, the cause of a
great deal of happiness to all.
The 1937 meeting will be in the
parlors of the Immanuel Lutheran
church where many of the family
have been attendants.
CAPTURE SHOPLIFTER
Monday afternoon a clerk in the
Michaelson variety store at Weep
ing Water noticed a customer acting
rather suspiciously and he was
finally detected in the act of storing
several pair of silk stockings on his
person. The matter was reported and
the man arrested and turned over to
Deputy Sheriff Cass Sylvester to be
brought to this city.
A search of the man developed
the fact that he had six pair of ladies
silk hose on his person that he had
taken from the store. He gave the
name of Archie Douglass and his
residence as Omaha.
This morning Douglass was ar
raigned in the county court before
Judge A. H. Duxbury and made a
plea of guilty to the charge as pre
ferred by County Attorney W. G.
Kleck. The court gave Douglass a
sentence of fifteen days In the county
jail and to pay the costs of the
prosecution.
DRUM CORP GOES TO LINCOLN
The Plattsmouth Junior drum and
bugle corps will go to Lincoln again
this year for the Veterans day pro
gram at the state fair next Sunday.
arrangements for the trip being com
pleted today by telephone. Adequate
expense money and a chance at some
additional prize money for the best
competing junior corps is offered.
All war veterans and drum corps
and band members will be admitted
to the fair free Sunday.
Roy Holly, who is playing with
the Omaha post Legion band will al
so go to Lincoln that day to appear
in the parade with that organiza
tion. The drum corps from here will ap
pear in their white trousers and red
capes, used in former Korn Karnival
parades here.