Kebi. State Hfctoiical Sodetj
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VOL. NO. IH
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1936.
NO. 77
Sou
Democrats Hold
Fine Banquet at
Weeping Water
Over 200 Attend, Fine Talks Made by
Former Congressman John N.
Norton, Sterling Mutz.
The highlight of Wednesday in
the political activities of the coun
ty was the banquet held by the dem
ocrats at Weeping Water where
some "20 were seated to enjoy the
fine feast prepared for them by the
Weeping Water .citizens.
The banquet was held at the Fhil
pot hall, prepared and served by the
ladies and who had selected a very
choice menu for the occasion and
which was most efficiently served to
the large group.
Th3 hall was made bright by the
rod, white and blue streams on the
tables, flags and the pictures of
President Roosevelt displayed over
the hall. j
The program was presided over by
Mayor O. C. Hinds, one of the live
wire leadfis of the county, who pre
sented the various speakers and dis
tinguished guests.
Several non-parisan and county
candidates were presented and greet
ed by the banquet party, among
these being W. G. Kieck, candidate
for district judge, Mrs. Bertha Roach,
Smith, Lincoln, candidate for regent I
of the state university, Fred L. Car
sten, candidate for the state legisla
ture, J. A. Capwell, democratic can
didate for county attorney, J. A.
I'itz, candidate for commissioner
from the first district, Miss Mia U.
Giring, vice-chairman of the county
committee. The party also paid a
fine tribute to County Commissioner
Fred H. Gorder, who was unable to
be present.
Sterling Mutz, prominent attorney
of Lincoln, was the first of the formal
speak: rs and took up the discussion
of the general issues in the state and
the nation. Mr. Mutz presented the
reasons why the national administra
tion should be returned to power by
r:ason of the improved condition of
the nation. He also urged the re
election of Governor R. L. Cochran
and the state ticket at the election
on Tuesday.
John N. Norton, of Polk, former
member of congress from the fourth
district was presented and gave a
most enlightening discussion of the
farm problem and the manner in
which the Roosevelt administration
has taken ahold and revived the
agricultural phase of the national
life which was prostrate under the
last years of tile Hoover administra
tion. Mr. Norton has been connect
ed with tli 3 agricultural department
at Washington since leaving congress
and gave a very fine story of the
fight that had been made to restore
the farmer price for his products and
to revive th? industry that had been
allowed to drift without a helping
hand from the government for a long
period of years. The speaker called
oM.ention to the condition of four
. cars ago and now when the farm
sections are receiving more adequate
prices for their products. It was the
purpose of the Roosevelt administra
tion to secure a stable price for the
farmers' products that would elim
inate the danger of the condition that
was suffered und:r the previous re
publican administration.
Mrs. F. A. Good of Lincoln was
also presented and gave a short talk
in support of the candidacy of her
husband, nominee for state railway
commissioner.
Following the banquet and ad
dresses a merting of the county cen
tral committee was held and final
plans of the campaign discussed.
ATTEND MASONIC MEETING
From Friday's Dally
uilliam A. Robertson, deputy
grand master of the Nebraska Ma
sons, was a visitor at Fremont last
evening in company with W. F.
Evers. superintendent of the Nebras
ka Masonic Home. The occasion was
a central school of instruction, the
meeting being attended by the rep
resentatives of some nineteen lodges
in that section of the state. Mr. Rob
ertson rep esented the grand lodge
at the session. A very large attend
ance was present and a fine time
by the members of the fraternity.
BIRTH OF DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. dsn Kaffenberger
are the happy parents of a fine seven
pound daughter, born Wednesday eve
ning. The mother and little one are
doing nicely and the event has
brought the .greatest of pleasure to
all of the family circle. Mrs. Kaffen
berger was formerly Miss Geraldine
Rhoden. The little one is grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Kaffenberger "of near this city and
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Rhoden of near
Murray.
Floyd Davis of
Weeping Water
is Found Dead
Manager of Plant of the Nebraska
Power Co., Found Dead Late
Thursday Afternoon.
Floyd Davis, 35, manager of the
Nebraska Power Co., at Weeping Wa
ter was found dead at 5:30 Thursday
afternoon at his office. Mr. Davis was
seated at his desk and had evidently
died as the result of a sudden heart
attack.
The dead man was discovered by
Melvin Johnson who had entered the
office on some business matters and
was shocked to find Mr. Davis appar
ently lifeless.
Mr. Johnson called Dr. Kunkel to
the offie? and every effort was made
to revive the patient, a pulmotor be
ing secured from Lincoln and for
more than two hours efforts were
made to revive Mr. Davis, but with
out avail.
Mr. Davis is survied by the wife
and one son, Keith.
The deceased has made his home
in Weeping Water for the past sev
eral years and was one of the well
known and highly esteemed residents
of that portion of the county.
The body was taken to the Hobson
funeral home to await the funeral
arrangements.
AD CLUB HAS MEETING
The Plattsmouth Business Men's
Ad club met Wednesday at the
Plattsmouth cafe, a number of mat
ters of importance coming to their
attention.
The club, in conjunction with the
Chamber of Commerce, has been in
terested in the securing of a sales
pavilion for this city and this was
one of the matters discussed. A site
has been proposed for the pavilion
and this is worked out by the com
mittees of the two organizations. It
is hoped that it may be possible to
have a working plan perfected that
will give this city an adequate place
for the holding of community sales.
The members of the club had sev
eral very interesting discussions of
the various matters suggested and
which promises a very busy season
for the club.
PLATTSMOUTH BOYS
WIN FIRST PRIZE
Flattsmouth's Junior Drum Corps
ivon hrst prize in tne AK-bar-tsen
contest this week. Four other junior
drum corps entered the competition.
The $30 prize and expense money
will be placed in the fund for addi
tional equipment. The cost of the
uniforms bought this fall has almost
been met so the members are look
ing forward to the purchase of coats
next year.
The Plattsmouth boys appeared in
the rarade at Omaha both Wednes
day and Thursday. C. A. Marshall is
director of the drum and bugle corps
HERE FROM OMAHA
Mrs.' Turner Taft and son, Junior,
of Omaha, are in the city to visit at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
Buttery as well as with the old
friends and acquaintances. Mrs. Taft
is a daughter of the late Frank F.
Buttery and was born and reared
here, altho in recent years she has
made her home in Omaha.
MAKES TRIP INTO KANSAS
W. F. Chalfaunt made a business
trip to Corning, Kansas, this week.
Mrs. Chalfant visited at the country
home of Mrs. H. F. Hendricks, sister
to Mr. Chalfut, while he was away.
Regents' Award
Scholarships to 4
Young People
Marvin Hunt, Quentin Wiles, Weep
ing Water, Irene Panska, Mur
dock, Sumner West, Eagle.
Four Cass county young people are
Regents' Scholarship winners at the
Universty of Nebraska this fall. They
are Marvin Hunt, a student in ihe
agricultural college, and Quentin
Wiles, studying in arts and science,
both of Weeping Water; Irene Pan
ska of Murdock, a student in busi
ness administration; and Sumner
West of Eagle, in teachers college.
The recent extension news an
nounces that 224 of the winners of
the 1936 University of Nebraska Re
gents' Scholarships matriculated in
the university the first semester.
Nearly 1400 students from 4 02 towns
in the state participated in the an
nual contest last spring which result
ed in the naming of 250 winners.
Each student takes the English
classification test, the algebra classi
fication test, and three other exam
inations based on the student's high
school major and minors and on the
college he expects to enter in the uni
versity. Awards are made on the
basis of the highest total scores made
in 250 schools.
Scholarships pay tuition fees for
the student's first semester in the
university and for the second semes
ter if the student's work during the
first semester justifies its renewal.
The scholarship is worth about $35
a semester.
Regents' tuition scholarships have
been offered since 1930. From 1930
to 1932, eight scholarships were
awarded. Four of these were for girls
and four for boys. In 1932 and 1933,
150 scholarships were offered. Be
cause these were so well received, the
number was increased to 250 in 1934.
RETURNS FEOM THE EAST
Attorney D. O. Dwyer has returned
home from a very pleasant visit of
the past two weeks at Syracuse, New
York, where he has been visiting at
the home of Major and Mrs. Hamil
ton Thorn, and family.
Mrs. Thorn was formerly Miss Lil
lian Dwyer and this is the first time
for a year that Mr. Dwyer has had
the pleasure of being with the daugh
ter and family, who have returned
to the north after the tour ef duty
of Major Thorn in the south.
Major Thorn has been assigned by
the war department to special work
at the Syracuse university.
The twin daughters of the Thorn
family, Betty and Beverly, who have
visited here often with the grand
father in their younger years, are
now completing their high school
work at Syracuse. The two sons,
Thomas and Craig, are in school at
Syracuse.
Mr. Dwyer on his trip found excel
lent weather conditions and which
made it possible to visit many of the
places of interest in that section of
New York. He reports that the con
ditions in that section seemed excel
lent and constantly improving.
A COSTLY HUNT
Deputy Sheriff Cass Sylvester
Thursday afternoon took advantage
of the return of Sheriff Homer Syl
vester to go on a pheasant hunting
trip to the north part of the state,
The deputy secured a fine bunch
of birds as the result of the hunt
but suffered the loss of his revolver
valued at some $35. He had carried
the gun In its holster as is his cus
torn and failed to remove It when go
ing out after the pheasants. The
revolver slipped out in some manner
and the loss was not discovered until
later when the party was ready to
start home.
VISITING IN CHICAGO
From Thursday Dally
Mrs. A. R. Johnson and daughter,
Lois, departed this morning for Chi
cago where they will enjoy the'week-
end in the city visiting with Mr
Johnson who is now employed in that
city. They are anticipating a very
pleasant time with the husband and
father in the windy city.
VISITS IN THE CITY
Dr. Harley Hotz, of Omaha was in
the city for a short time Thursday
evening visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L. B. Egenberger, the lat
ter an aunt of the doctor.
Dr. Hotz, who is head of the med
ical department of the Nebraska Pow
er Co., was called to Weeping Water
Thursday afternoon by the death of
Floyd Davis, an employe of the power
company. On his return to Omaha he
stopped here.
Enoch Mason,
Old Time Resi
dent is Called
Has Made Home in Plattsmouth Since
1878 and Well Known in
the Community.
Thursday afternoon at 2:40 Enoch
Simeon Mason, 74, passed away at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Charles Allen in this city, with whom
he has made his home. The death of
Mr. Mason followed a paralytic
stroke, he being taken ill Wednes
day morning and gradually grew
worse until his death.
Mr. Mason was born at Rock Is
land, Illinois, August 15, 1SG2, com
ing to Plattsmouth in 1&7S where he
has since made his home. He was
married in this city forty years ago
to Miss Laura Burke, she passing
away eighteen years ago on Decem
ber 18, 1918.
There was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Mason eight children, two dying at
an early age, six surviving, they be
ing Mrs. Charles Allen, Glen Mason,
Bert Mason, Helen Mason, all of this
city, Floyd Mason, Bayard, Nebraska,
Howard Mason, Troy, Kansas. There
is also surviving four brothers and
four sistters, John Mason, Strong
City, Kansas, Abe Mason, Burling
ton, Kansas, Charles Mason, Wautha,
Kansas, Jean Mason, Plattsmouth,
Mrs. Nellie Sheldon, Oshkosh, 'Ne
braska, Mrs. Anna Cummins, Walker,
Minnesota, Mrs. Sadie Cozad, Mal
vern, Iowa, Mrs. Belle Taylor, Fair
fax, Missouri. There are also fifteen
grandchildren to mourn his passing.
FUNERAL OF MRS, BAUMEISTER
The funeral of Mrs. Martha Bau-
meister was held u ednesday after
noon at the Sattler funeral home.
attended by a very large number of
the old time friends and associates
over the long years that Mrs. Bau
meister has made her home here.
Rev. G. A. Pahl, pastor of the St.
Paul's Evangelical church, conducted
the services and in the words of the
scriptures and a tribute to the mem
ory of the departed neighbor and
friend, paid the last honors of the
church.
Mrs. Ray Herring, of the St. Paul's
choir, gave two of the old hymns,
"Going Down the Valley" and "Je
sus Savior Pilot Me," during the ser
vice, Miss Leona Meisinger being the
accompanist.
The interment was at Oak Hill
cemetery, the pall bearers being old
time friends of the family, Rea F.
Patterson, E. A. Wurl, Carl Kuns-
mann, John Elliott and H. M. Soen-
nichsen.
COMPLETING CAMPAIGN
County Judge A. H. Duxbury has
been enjoying the past week in visit
ing over the county with his many
friends and completing his campaign
for re-election to the bench. The
position is non-political and the
candidates have the opportunity of
enjoying visiting with all parties in
the campaign. Judge Duxbury was a
visitor at the democratic banquet at
Weeping Water Wednesday evening
and received a warm greeting from
the large group when he was pre
sented by Mayor Hinds with the oth.
er non-political candidates.
HAVE A PLEASANT TRIP
Dr. ahd Mrs. W. V.' Ryan have Just
returned from a very pleasant outing
which they spent most delightfully
with relatives and friends at Yank
ton and Mitchell, South Dakota
While on the outing Dr. Ryan also
enjoyed some excellent hunting and
had good luck in bagging the elusive
pheasant.
Force of Men
to Begin Work on
Road Surfacing
Wintersteen Hill and Eock Bluff
Projects Will Be Started
Tomorrow Morning.
From Friday's Dally
The long delayed Wintersteen Hill
rock surfacing project will be start
ed tomorrow morning, it was an
nounced here this afternoon, when
Mark Kerns, district WPA supervisor
from Nebraska City and Engineer
George Welch from the Lincoln office
were here to make arrangements for
the project and also a project of rock
surfacing from highway 75 east 5.7
miles into Rock Bluff.
Ten men w ill begin work on Win
tersteen Hill tomorrow morning. It
will be necessary to build three sec
tional retaining walls, one of which
is to be nearly 300 feet long, before
the crushed rock can be laid. This
project will be from highway 34 to
the Wintersteen school. It is expect
ed that supplemental allotments will
be made later to continue the project
to the Rock Bluff road. The street
is to be widened to the standard
width and provision made for drain
age. Roy Woods is foreman of the
project.
Rock for the surfacing has been
crushed and is ready to be placed
upon the road as soon as the retain
ing walls are finished. Although only
ten men are opening the work, the
staff will be increased to probably
thirty-five.
Rock Bluff Road
Fifteen men are also starting work
tomorrow morning on the road lead
ing east from highway 75 into Rock
Bluff. The first two miles of this proj
ect is on the mail route and will then
continue on east to Rock Bluff where
it will again strike the mail route for
a short distance. Grading, scraping,
and drainage will be provided on the
5.7 miles before crushed rock is
spread.
It will probably be two months be
fore the road is ready for the rock.
No decision has been made as to the
source of the rock. The crusher may
be moved back to Plattsmouth or the
rock may be secured from Nehawka.
Foreman for the workers has not been
named. :
FOUND PHEASANTS QUITE
PLENTIFUL AT TILDEN
W. N. Brink, son John and daugh
ter, Miss Dorothy, returned home
Wednesday evening from a pleasant
visit with relatives at Battle Creek
and Tilden, during the course of
which Mr. Brink and son enjoyed a
bit of pheasant hunting in the vicin
ity of Tilden. Mr. Brink says there
are plenty of birds, but they are
largely under cover along the creeks
and river, and shooting among the
underbrush is difficult. They were
able to secure six during their two
day stay, however.
Miss Dorothy, who has been here
for the past fortnight, from New Al
bany, Indiana, where she is employed
as Xray and laboratory technician in
the office of a doctor, will leave in a
few days for the east to resume her
work.
Last Sunday the Brink family
motored to Hastings, where they
spent the day visiting relatives and
old friends, having resided there be
fore locating in Plattsmouth fourteen
years ago.
VISIT WITH BROTHER
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sell, of Le
banon, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Wil
liam Schutts of Chagrin Falls. Ohio,
arrived Thursday for a visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon T. Arn.
Mrs. Sell and Mrs. Schutts are sisters
of Mr. Arn and the visit has made a
most happy family reunion. This is
the first time in twenty-five years
that Mr. Arn has seen Mrs. Schutts
and the brother and sisters are en
joying their visit to the utmost.
MYNARD HAS WOOD CUTTING
From Friday's Dally
Men of the Mynard Community
club held a wood-sawing yesterday.
Last week they cut the wood to be
used for the community club and the
church this winter.
SETS BOND AT $1,500
In the hearing in the case of the
State of Nebraska vs. P. B. Cruise,
held Thursday in the county court,
the defendant made a plea of not
guilty to the charge of embezzlement
charged against him as representative
of a lumber company at Eagle. Bond
was fixed at $1,500 and the defend
ant will remain in custody until the
bond is supplied or the hearing of
the case.
Platters Win
7 to 0 from the
Blair Huskies
Locals Continue Their March to Vic
tory as They Check and Out
point the Visitors.
From Saturday's Dally:
The Platters last evening demon
strated to the customers at Athletic
park that the stronger they are the
harder they fall, turning back the
Blair huskies to the score of 7 to 0.
The visitors despite their advan
tage in weight failed to make effec
tive plays through the stone wall line
that the Platters showed on the de
fense and the visitors largely depend
ed on their passes to gain ground.
Their passing attacks were effec
tive against the Platters and served
as a menace through the game.
Blair threatened to score in the
opening quarter of the game as they
had the Platters backed against their
own goal, but the rock like line held
to force the visitors to lose the ball
on downs. Blair had passed down the
field to the Platter eight yard line
where a place kick was attempted
but failed. Blair then tried a pass
back of the line which was incom
plete and the ball went to Platts
mouth, Forbes booting to mid-field.
In the second quarter the Platters
drew neax the Blair goal for the first
time and in the drive goalward MilleT
and Carey showed some real speed
and power. Rebal advanced the ball
and Taylor skirted the nd to the
Blair three yard line. Carey was
checked with the ball and Platts
mouth then drew an eighteen yard
penalt3
With the opening of the third
quarter the Platters once more start
ed their offensive, gradually wear
ing down the visitors' defense that
permitted the locals to march on.
Carey took the ball around the end
for eight yards to the Blair 13 stripe,
Rebal, who had replaced Wooster,
picked up three yards to bring the
ball into scoring position. Rebal re
ceived the ball, passed to Taylor, who
as he was about to be tackled, pass
ed to Carey, who in a flash was over
the line for the touchdown. Carey
made good the try for point through
the line and the score was Platts
mouth 7 and the visitors nothing.
In the fourth quarter tha visitors
tried many passes but were held and
the Platters were able to hold the
fight in mid-field as the final whistle
sounded.
VISITS WITH OLD FRIENDS
From Thursday Dally
Mrs. Flora Donovan Merritt. of
Bremerton, Washington, arrived in
the city this morning to spend
Thursday and Friday as a house
guest of Misses Mia and Barbara
Gering.
Mrs. Merritt is a daughter of the
late Captain Donovan, a pioneer resi
dent of this community and where
she was born and spent her younger
years.
She has been a member of the
teaching profession for a great many
years and at the present time is in
charge of a large hospital at Bre
merton. Her visit i3 being enjoyed very
much by the old time friends in the
community.
SUFFERS INJURED HAND
Mrs. William Ferguson was very
severely injured Wednesday evening
at her home on Wintersteen hill.
While engaged in some work out in
the yard she had a large and heavy
block of wood fall on the thumb of
the right hand and as the result suf
fered a very painful laceration of
the thumb. It required some six
stitches to close the wound and is
still very painful.
H. A. Schneider
Named Head of
State Bankers
Plattsmouth Man, Long Outstanding
Figure in Organization Selected
as Head of State Group.
Henry A. Schneider, president of
the Plattsmouth State bank of this
city, long an outstanding figure in
the banking circles of the stale, was
selected Friday afternoon in the last
hours as president of the Nebraska
Banker's association.
Mr. Schneider has been a member
of the executive board of the asso
ciation at various times in the past
and his excellent judgment has been
called upon many times 'by the as
sociates in the banking association.
Mr. Schneider succeeds J. M. Sor
enson of Fremont as president of the
association.
New members of the executive
council are Robert I. Stout of Te
kamah, chairman; Frank Crone,
Aurora; Harry Arnsberger, Oxford;
Emil Placek, Wahoo; Perry Hen
dricks, Omaha; Albert Held. Lincoln.
James Owen of Omaha was re
elected treasurer and W. B. Hughes,
Omaha, secretary.
The bankers Friday afternoon
heard addresses by Dan H. Otis, Mad
ison, Wis., director of the American
Banker-' association agricultural
committee; Claude L. Stout, Fort
Collins, Colo., and J. J. Thomas of
Seward, member of the'fedral re
serve board.
The selection of Mr. Schneider for
the position of head of the bankers
association is not only a personal
recognition but as well is a fine tri
bute to the excellent bank he has
headed as well as this community.
Mr. Schneider has been associated
with the Plattsmouth State bank
since 1917 when he first entered the
business and was soon sleeted as as
sistant cashier of the bank. In 1923
he was selected as the president of
the institution and under his able
guidance the bank has grown and is
now one of the outstanding banking
houses of the eastern portion of the
state.
The excellent management of the
bank was shown when it was able
to resume a full one hundred per cent
business basis following the bank
holiday in the spring of 19o3, pro
viding the city and community with
means of conducting their business
affairs at normal. Mr. Schneider and
his directors were responsible for
the fine condition of the bank and it
was this excellent management that
has made Mr. Schneider a leading
figure in the state bankers group.
SEEKS CASE REHEARING
Louis Naeve, owner of a dance hall
near La Platte that was destroyed by
fire some years ago, appeared in su
preme court Friday a second time
asking that he be given a trial by
jury in a suit in which he claims
that the Concordia and National Se
curity fire insurance companies were
the real owners of the Shea-Dross
agency in Omaha that placed thru a
New York broker insurance on his
property in companies that later
turned out not to be in existence. On
his first appeal the court said he had
a cause of action, and that if he
could prove his claims the defendants
would be liable. At the second trial
thus ordered the tr.ial judg? directed
a verdict for the insurance com
panies, and held Shea and Drosa
liable. Naeve claims that he is en
titled to have a jury say whether he
had proved his charges, and that
companies and agents are forbidden
by law to procure or effect fire in
surance on property in the state in
companies not licensed to write it.
STAGE SCHOOL RALLY
From Friday's Dafly
The students of the Plattsmouth
high school staged a football rally
last night to arouse the old school
spirit for the Plattsmouth-Plair game
which will be held tonight at Athletic
park.
A large party of the students
paraded in the business section of
the city and the rally culminated at
the playing field where a huge bon
fire was arranged and around which
tVi RtiidpTita riancf-rt nrd Iriined in
Jthe cheers and school yells.