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He. State Epical Society vol. no. im PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1337. NO. 19 Pretty Church Wedding Occurs at Elmwood ! Miss Mary Elizabeth Zoz Becomes the Eride of Mr. Peter Stander of Near Ashland. A very pretty wedding was sol emnized Wednesday morning, April 7 at St. Mary's church in Elmwood when Miss Mary Elizabeth Zoz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zoz, became the bride of Mr. Peter Stander, son of Mary Stander of Ash land in the presence of about fifty guests. The wedding took place at a 9:00 o'clock mass with Rev. Thomas M. Kcaly of Lincoln officiating. Rev. Dennis L. Barry of Colon was also present in the sanctuary. The altars were beautifully dec orated with pink and white snap dragons, ferns and potted plants. Wm. Zoz, brother of the bride, played the wedding march from Lohengrin and he also played dur ing the ceremony. The bride was beautifully attired in a tloor length gown of white satin lace. The white silk veil was ar ranged in cap effect and fastened on cither side with a bunch of orange blossoms. The bride carried a beau tiful bouquet of white roses and swansonia. Miss Fiances Zoz. the only attend ant of the bride was dressed in a gray gown with which she wore matching accessories. She carried a bouquet of pink roses and sweet peas. Mr. Stander was attended by his brother, Leo Stander, and they wore the usual dark suits. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's par ents where a delicious dinner was served to about 45 guests. The bride's table was beautiful with a large wed ding cake, the bride's bouquet and lighted candles. The bride grew to womanhood in the Elmwood vicinity and is a grad uate of the Elmwood high school in the class of 192S. Mr. Stander is a prosperous young farmer living near Ashland and is a graduate of the Ashland high school. These young people have a host of friends who join in wishing them a long and happy life together. The newly married couple will make their home on a farm near Ashland. Contributed. FUNERAL OF GAIL RUSK Wednesday afternoon at the Sat- tier funeral home was held the fun- i eral services of Gail Rusk, 16, who died on Sunday as the result of in- juries received in an auto accident March 29th. There was a large group of the stu dents of the Plattsmouth high school present to pay their tribute to the classmate that had been bo suddenly taken from the midst of his school activities to the last rest. The junior class of the high school as well as the members of the foot ball squad were present in a body to attend the services. Rev. II. A. McKelvey, pastor of the 1. B. church at Mynard, conducted the religious services and brought to the family and friends a message of hone in the lesson of the Christian faith and the glories of the life ever lusting 1 general grand chapter, who also Lee Knollo, head of the music de-Upoke in her usual impressive man ivirttnpiit of the ritv schools, cave ner. Other visitors present were Mrs. two vocal numbers. "Meet Me There" and "Abide With Me" during the ser vice, Mrs. Knolle being the accom panist. The pall bearers were selected from among the school friends and associates. Joy Miller. George Hob scheidt, Raymond Wooster, Clark Finney. Dale Long and Warren Reed. Interment was at the Cak Hill cemeterv. ROCK BLUFFS CEMETERY NOTICE A meeting will be held of lot own ers and those interested iu the preser vation of the Rock Bluffs cemetery, one of the pioneer burial plots of the state. The meeting will be on Tues day evening, April 13th at the Rock Pluffs school house. The purpose of the meeting will be to form a per manent organization for the care of the cemetery. aS-2td-al2w SERIOUSLY ILL j From Thursday's Daily j W. A. Wells is critically ill in '; University hospital in Omaha, daughter, Mrs. Velma Edwards, the His ar rived last evening from Santa Monica, California, to be with her father' Mrs- Wells and Mrs- Edwards are in, Omaha with Wayne Wells so they ;may be near the hospital. j i Mr. Wells left Bach's store, where i he has been employed, March 15. He expected to be back within a few days but his condition became worse iand he was taken to the hospital last i week. Examination has been made ;but no help has been found as yet. Select New Head of City Cemetery Russell Hackenberg Named by the : Cemetery Board Last Night to Have Charge of Work. F'om Thursday's Daily The city cemetery board last eve ning at their meeting named Russell ! Hackenberg as the new superintend ent of the Oak Hill cemetery and who will enter in his new duties at once. The board had a number of appli cations for the position to succeed W. A. Tulene, who has served in that capacity for a great many years, the board deciding to make the position one where the superintendent would devote his entire time to the ceme tery and which Mr. Tulene did not care to do. The board had eliminated the list of applicants to four and from these had selected two who had a great deal of experience in cemetery work at Omaha, Mr. Hackenberg and John Eerkamp. The board heard the applicants! and their observations on the care of the cemetery and possible improve ments that might be made in the fu ture and at the meeting last eve ning took up the final decision. The board by a vote of 4 to 2 selected Mr. Hackenberg for the position. Under the new plan the superin tendent will have charge of seeing! t Iwi t Vi r. 11 1 , T"n 1 . . ill'l- J r. flXl-il -1 o ft H I-" 11 T". t I in the best of shape and also do all ; grave opening and caring for fun-', erals. This will require his entire j time. I LOCAL EASTERN STAR LODGE nunuiim uxxxuLegion members and who in A large crowd was in attendance ai ine reBuiar meeting 01 me u. r.. a the Masonic hall Tuesday evening, A "covered dish" supper preceded the meeting and was enjoyed by all. iTlie Pink color scheme was evidenced in the flowers, on the long tables, as i well as the candles and napkins. ! During the evening vocal duets ! were sung by .Mrs. Laura Nicholson, worthy grand matron, of Wisner, and Mrs. Pansy Schlegel of Omaha, with Miss Dorothy Glock accompanying. The worthv grand matron in her address gave interesting facts con cerning the International Temple of Washington, D. C, and discussed some of the plans for grand chapter whic!. Is to be held this year at Lin- coin, instead of Omaha as was for merly planned. I he chapter was honored also by the distinguished guest, Nan Martin as grand Ruth of ! L r I Pansy Schlegel of Omaha; Mrs. Ger trude Laughlin, grand chaplain; Mrs. Branderhorst, past grand Ruth, of Milford, Nebr. There were visiting members, also, from the local chap ter. ATTEND MURRAY SERVICES From Friday's Daily Forty-five members of the Platts mouth Christian church drove toj Murray last evening to attend the i services there. The Plattsmouth choir furnished a special number. Those taking cars for the group were Rev. J. W. Taenzler, J. H. Graves, Wr. C. Minniear, Perry Minniear. Herb Wil son, M. S. Kerr, Ed Thimgan, Carl Graves, Clifton Gooding, and Ruel Sack. Over 100 attended. Plattsmouth offers a splendid market for farm produce. Local dealers always pay top prices. Legion Lays Stress on Com munity Work . I Meeting Held at City Hall Votes tc Carry 011 Drum Corps and Eov Scout Work. The regular meeting of the Hugh iJ. Kearns post of the American Le ; gion w as held Thursday evening at i the city hall, the Legion building J having been leased for the past sev- ' eral months. i I The community service program ! which has characterized most of the ! activities of the local legion, will oe I continued along the same lines, was !the decision of the members pres , ent. j The Legion had sponsored a shoe ifund in the past winter and has ex pended $150 for new shoes as well as securing hundreds of rebuilt shoes to be placed where needed amons 'the children of the community espe- j 'cially, serving a fine work in the fall; land winter season when many of the : i children were without adequate foot-'ing wear. ' The Junior drum corps that the Legion has sponsored in the past sev-;neth Armstrong and Don Cottier, eral years will be continued under; The Tarkio thin clad3 are working the direction of C. A. Marshall, who in defense of the M. C. A. V. crown, has been untiring in his work with In the conference Tarkio's strongest the boys, with assistance in the j competitor, William Jewell college, teaching and drilling supplemented I did not lose a man by graduation, by a WPA project leader. The Le- Letterrnen from last year's Owl gion has provided drums and bugles; for the corps as w ell as the training and the community chased new uniforms group of boys. last fall pur- for this clever The local Boy Scout troop has been another Legion sponsored activity th.it hn? been nf a irre.it deal of bene- .1 h r.r n, ,.,,mnnTi.ihniripr nf ihp cniifprriipi. rrilP- Mnr-iable ity and which is directed by Scout - master Raymond Larson and the L - gion committee composed of E. A. n'oHi v n rfo ti n QnonniphspTi. t .,.n i,i, xi -n-ft veteran Scout worker as the non - Legion member of the committee. The Scout activities in the next few weeks will include a merit exposition to be staged in this city. The members of the Legion joined last evening in a silent tribute to, the late W. G. Kieck, former com mander of the Springfield post and a member here since 192 4, a very earnest and active worker in the organization. The passing of Judge Kieck has been deeply felt by the way attested tne nign regard tiiey have held for the departed com- at Chillicothe; April 23. William rade. jjewell at Liberty, Mo.: April 30. Peru Plans were also made for securing I State Teachers at Tarkio; May 7, a uniformed firing squad for the lo-; Xebr. Wesleyan at Tarkio; May 14 cal post and who will be provided 'and 15, conference meet at Westmin the regulation regalia, provided f or , ster. the Legion organizations. HOLD FUNERAL SERVICES From Friday's lmny The funeral services for the Samuel Hackenberg were held afternoon at the Sattler funeral home at Fourth and Vine streets, a large number of the old friends from this community being present. j Rev j w Taenzler of the First i I christian church of , whicn Mr.' j Hackenberg had long been a member, ducted the services and his mes- isage brought much comfort to the bereaved members of the family circle. During the services Mrs. Hal Gar nett and Frank A. Cloidt sang two of the old hymns that had been favor ites of Mr. Hackenberg in his life time, "Meet Me at the Eastern Gate" and "Gathering Home." Mrs. O. C. Hudson was the accompanist. ' The interment was at the Oak Hill cemetery beside the wife who pre ceded Mr. Hackenberg in death some three years ago. The pall bearers were J. H. Graves, O. C. Hudson, E. G. Ofe, Ruel Sack, William Carey and P. F. Rihn ot Union. UNDERGOES OPERATION Monsignor Adolph M. Mosler was at Lincoln Thursday where he visit ed with his cousin. Miss Ida Mosler at the St. Elizabeth's hospital. Miss Mosler had an eye operation yester- day and w hich, seems very successful and the patient is hopeful of being able to return home the coming week. SEEK FREE SEEDS Inquiries have been received at the j relief off ices at the court house rela- ' tive to the distribution of seeds for j the use of those on relief and in pre-; paring a garden for the summer. The countv has no arrangements ; for handling the distribution of. seeds for the use of those on relief; !but it is hoped that through some! other organization it might b' pos-: sible to secure the seed. j With a favorable season it will be possible for many families to aid themselves a great deal in a good gar- ! den that would furnish a large part of the summer food supply. Plattsmouth Students on Tar kio Track Team ; Missouri College Looks Forward to a Successful Season This Year in Track Activities. , Four Tlattsmouth athletes art tak- active part in the Tarkio college ; track team this season. They are Stuart Porter, George Aibm, Ken- squad include: Lee : Porter, Victor Brown. Don Bennett, j George Adam. Frank Mertz. John Ryan. Bob Fay, Kenneth Mitchell, (Fred Boyle, and Bill McKinley. Men I lost by graduation were: Captain Clarence Cox, quarter and relay man ; Ralph Bennett, distance runner and Jvin Sterrett, half mile and relay man; . and Sheldon Xauman, ..le vaulter. j Other men reporting for practice ijirp- Kenneth Armstrong. Kenneth F-ormor iioTirr Tinni.nn fhn rU. p r - ': penter. Jesse Otte. Tom Otte. Ralph! ! Saurbaugh, Don Cotner. Oscar White- j . house, Howard Wheatley, Hobart , Lewis, Harrison Grebe, Melfordi j Waits, Raymond Mitchell, and Byron I Stevenson. Of the new men, Steven- j son is a distance runner. Grebe and R. Mitchell are middle-distance run ners. Cotner and the Otte brothers are sprinters and hurdlers, while Lewis and Waits are field and weight men. The Tarkio schedule is: April 10, this j the Hastings Relays; April 17, Kan that sas Rela3's; April 19. Triangular meet Don Cotner, Plattsmouth young man, who is attending Tarkio col lege, was selected from among the members of the Tarkio track squad , .I . t t . . . . ; . i. i to mane me n ip iu nusuugs, euiua lateka, with the team. Cotner is a relay this man and has developed a great speed in the track work that has won him a place on the team. VISIT WITH OLD FRIENDS Mrs. Mary Quinton who is making her home at McCook, is here this week to visit with the old time friends and neighbors. She is mak ing her home at McCook for her daughter, Miss Ethel, who is teach ing in the schools of that place. Mrs. Quinton was joined here Tuesday by her son. Carroll D. Quin- ton, who is a member of the 17th in fantry stationed at Fort Crook. Mrs. Quinton at the close of the school year is expecting to leave for Nevada where her eldest daughter, Edith and family are residing. While here Mrs. Quinton has been a guest of the Misses Gerda and Alpha C. Peterson. She will visit at Nehawka before returning home, with the J. M. Palmer family. LEAVE FOR TEXAS From Thursday's Dallj' This morning at an early hour D. Ray Frans of Union with his cousins, Thoma"? Frans of Villisca and Wil liam of Perry, Iowi, departed by auto j for Dallas, Texas. They will enjoy a visit at the exposition and the many j other points of interest in that part of the southwest. Plattsmouth Feed Yards to ! be Closed E. J. Doody Selling Equipment ; Con tract With Canning Factory to Expire in August. An auction to close out the equip ment ( the riattsmouth feed yards will be held next Wednesday. E. J. Doody, owner. Is giving up the feed yards in order to devote an ot his time to the All-In-One manufacturing company here. Mr. Doody came to Plattsmouth five years ago to open the feed yard. This has been an especially favorable location for the yards because of the feed that could bo secured from the Norfolk Tacking company. All en silage from the factory has been sold to Mr. Doody. During the five year period approximately 4500 tons have been used as feed for cattle. The greatest part of the ensilage was in the form of pea vines and sweet corn husks and cobs. j An average of 2.100 cattie have been fed in Plattsmouth each year. ;Thi3 stock has been thin "stuff" from ! all parts of the state. Approximate ly 75.000 bushel of corn from this ; vicinity have been purchased by the : feed yards each year. 1 I Pome live stock will be kept atlana nxeu me appearance uonu ai ;the yards until August when the $1,000. 'contract with the canning company j The state presented their testimony I rr-i. ithnt took- ii n thp f-ntivp time nf t he i lie se-. en ai res ui iiiuu ujj- on which the yards have been located: are the property of the Burlington j railroad and nave ueen renteu ny air. j Doody. j our men have Deen empioj ea on j an average at the feed yards. Near- i ness lo ine "man a mai kci leed avail- both in the form cf ensilage and corn and grain on the surrounding farms, have been points in favor of this location. Crop shortage during course, ' f 1 1 ii noct fon" VD'jrc hoc 11 f I 1111 I ' 1 1 1 V. ' J V- 11 1 u 1 . 11 - J , V' 1 ! hurt the feed yards as well as all other industries that have depended UP farm products in this territory. PASSES TUTU From Thursday's Daily Attorney A. L. Tidd today observed the passing of his 70th birthday anni - versary and did it by being strictly (the business section and retailing a on the job at his law office and look- j device for holding an ironing board, ing after the needs of his clients. land while the canvass continued he Mr. Tidd has been here for the past acquired a considerable load of alco-thirty-seven years, coming here as alholie stimulants. teacher in the local high school and j The man was warned to get off later opening up his law offices that ; the street and retire to sober up, he has since conducted, ranking as promising to do this but instead he one of the leading members of the was found by the night police later in bar. Mr. Tidd has been active in the affairs of the community and identified with many civic organiz ations for the beautification of the city, the park board, garden club and city planning committee. The many friends w ill join in their congratulations to the attorney on the passing of this milestone of life. APPROVES DISTRICT State Engineer Tilley has approved organization of the Boone & Nance rural publia power district, with P. P. Ceder of Genoa, president and Ed ward Hall of St. Edward, secretary, of the board of directors. The dis - trict contemplates building 518 miles of transmission lines, and may ob- tain current from the Loup public power district at Columbus. The es - timated cost of the project is ?562,- 05 and the annual cost $85,190. An anniir,i revenue of $Rfi.25fi is esti i mated. based on 1,250 customers at $5.75 each per month. There are ' u achines. The matter reached tne 1,470 potential customers in the dismayor and as he has in the past taken trict. This is the 19th rural power j a firm stand against the operation of district now organized. MOVE WORKSHOP The Workshop of the sanitation project which was formerly located on Pearl street, has been moved to a part of the O. K. garage building on Washington avenue. The workmen have turned out a large numhor io rmtrinor toilets which are sold to the public at the actual material cost involved and have been placed in many places over the county. The workers strive to please and the customers can have the building arranged as they may wish with all of the features made famous by the country plumber. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL From Saturday's Daily . j W. A. Wells, who has been scr-j iously ill in the University hospital; during the past week, was brought to his home in riattsmouth last eve- i jning. His condition is still quite criti ! cal. Mrs. A. Tulley of Givenleaf. i Kansas, a sister of Mr. Wells, ar I rived last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ilar- i vey Human of Barnes. Kansas, alsoj ! arrived vesterday. Mrs. Human is a; niece to Mr. Wells. Mrs. Wells' bro- ny j;f.n Yallery in I'lattsniouth far ther and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Al- j urday, April has em-ourared a sec win of Morrowville, Kansas, cameOI1d sait. Pf im)lfiiicnts and iivt- stoi-k. yesterday morning and returned to their home last evening. Mrs. Velma Edwards is also here from California. Raymond Det lef Bound Over to Dish Court Defense Offers No Testimony in Pre liminary Hearing in County Court Thursday. The preliminary healing in the case of the State of Nebraska vs. Ray- niond Detlef was held Thursday in; farmers secured second hand irr.pk the county court, the evidence being iments lor their spring w ork, closed late in the afternoon. j Rex Young acted as auctioneer and Judge A. H. Duxbury held the de-j W. E. Reynolds, cb-rk. The sal", fendant to trial in the district court ; Thursday afternoon w ill be held at t r . i . . . - court, the defense not offering any 'testimony in the preliminary hear- ing. Mr. Detlef was charged in the formation on two counts, that manslaughter and also operating car while under the influence of quor and causing death of occupants of the car that he was driving. i The defendant was charged w ith ! operating the car in which Ernest iCrowder and Sam Godfrey w ere fatal- i ly injured The accident occurred on highway No. 75, just north of the Union cor ner on tne nignt or aiarcn outn. i EXILED FROM CITY i Friday afternoon a man giving the i name of Hathaway, w as canvassing the evening at the Missouri Pacific station and from where he was es corted to the city prison for the rest of the night. This morning Chief of Police Lib ershal released the man on the promise that he would leave the city and tarry not on the going, as well as agreeing to remain away in the future. SHOOTING GALLERIES GO From Thursdays raily The shooting devices which have been operated in several of the places of business over the city for someiaC(.ompacie( the t.ont..stauts. Miss jtime. were officially banished today from the confines of the city by order ; of the mayor. I Wednesday a dispute arose when jone of the parties shooting at the machine target made a hit that it was; j claimed entitled him to a prize but the shot was not allowed and as tne 'result the general banishment of the 'slot machines, the police were order- ed to ! ating. see that they ceased oper- APPROVE LICENSES The board of county commissioners A kr.lM r.M.i-in T"i 1 'l f t H i'nL' '1 T Y" T" fl V P ft cic mini Ki"" "t t the four applications for "on and off" beer licenses in the county outside of the incorporaieu low IIS UUU cities. The licenses approved were B. C. Cohn for the Blue Tavern north of this city, Charles Barrows, south of Plattsmouth on highway No. 75, James Johnson at Cedar Creek and 0. E. McDonald at Manley. The approved applications will be! recommended to the state liquor com- i mission at Lincoln. Glen Vallery Will Sponsor Second Sale Hopes to Locate Permanent Quarters in Plattsmouth for an Auction Every Two Weeks. Success of the first sale potisorcd A. crowd of approximately 1000 nun were in Plattsmouth for th' first sale which was held in Hie vacant lot be tween 5th and Cth Ftreets on 1st Ave. Many of the wives accompanied their husbands and spent the afternoon shopping. Merchandise and livestock sold here have been taken in on new trac tors. The practice of public sale of "trade-ins" has proved quite popular ill a number of towns c f this section. This is the first attempt in Platts mouth. Prices were satisfactory on the merchandise. The top on teams was $200. two teams brininc this price. Others ranged downward. Many j me urossnans Darn. j Regular sales bring a great many customers from outside areas to Phi 1 1 smou t h. The Satnrdav sale; r , - showed many names from Wahoo, Glenwood, Pacific Junction, Dunbar, j Elmwood, and South Omaha. Sarpy in-! county was especially well rcprt of ; sented. a j Mr. Vallery hopes to locate a per-li- maneut sale ring in the city limits of Plattsmouth whioh will sponsor sales of machinery anJ livestock every two weeks. Such sales would undoubtedly be a boost to the busi ness section. RECEIVES COMMISSION Mrs. H. C. Boggess has received her commission as "Captain" from the National Girl Scout headquarters in New York City. Mrs. Boggess is taking the correspondence course in scouting in order to act as captain of the local Scout troop which is being sponsored by the Plattsmouth Wom an's club. Fifty-one girls, ages 11 to 15. n et at the public library Tuesday at 4:15 p. m. for the organization of the Girl Scouts. The girls are starting work on their tenderfoot tests im mediately. With the enthusiasm dis played in the first meeting there is a promise of a very active troop. Mrs. Dow Armstrong u acting as lieutenant for the group. WINS THIRD PLACE j From Saturday's Dally I James Sandiu won third place in j the humorous division at the district I declamatory contest ir North Bend yesterday. Other contestants fiom ! Plattsmouth who tonk prt were 'Alice Hirz. Jack Barton. Lowell S. Devoe, Jr.. and Gavin Farmer. : Lumjr Gerner and P-te Grudoille Alice Howell of the department i f speech at the University of Nebraska acted as judge. MURRAY REVIVAL SERVICES This is the last week of the re vival services at the Murray Chtis tian church, and pron.ises to be tli" greatest. Monday iiLht subject is "The Faith That Saves." Tm-sday i- All States Sight and Mibject is "Re pentance What Is It?" Wednesday will be men and noys night. Thursday subject. "What About Eeternity?" Friday "The Cost of Salvation." Bapthmal services. Several have been added tc- the church. Seven delegations have at- ; . . tended meetings past rewMiights from LnrroiinH.nB. to,vs EIGHT MLLE GROVE LUTHERAN CHURCH The ladies aid society of the Eizt Mile Grove Lutheran c,hurrh will meet at the church on Wednesday, April 14. The hostesses will be- Mes- dames Jake Kreager end Henry En- gelkemier. to attend. All are cordially invited