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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPT. 6, 1937.
NO. 61
Prominent Cass
County Residents
Married Today
Lottie Wunderlieh Rosencrans and
Joseph Knecht Married Today
at Presbyterian Manse.
From Saturday's Dally-
This afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
Presbyterian manse occurred the
marriage of two of the prominent
residents of the county, Lottie Wun
derlieh Rosencrans, who has just re
tired as county welfare and proba
tion officer, and Mr. Joseph Knecht,
of South Bend.
The wedding was very simple and
impressive, the marriage lines being
read by Dr. H. G. McClusky, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church.
The bride and groom were attend
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dill, of
South Bend, the former a cousin of
the groom.
The bride was charming in a fall
suit in tones of dark green and with
accessories to match. '
Following the wedding the bridal
party departed on a motor trip to the
south where they will enjoy a two
weeks visit and later will return to
South Bend. They are to be at home
at apartments at the store of the
groom until the building' of a new
home which will be started at once.
The bride has been an active figure
in the county and has a very wide
circle of friends who will learn with
interest of her new happiness. She
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
G. Wunderlieh, prominent residents
of Nehawka, where she was born and
grew to womanhood. She has served
the county for the past few years in
charge of relief and welfare work and
also has been an active figure in the
American Legion Auxiliary of Nebras
ka, serving as president of" the local
unit for two years, district secretary
two years, department rehabilitation
chairman two years, department of
Nebraska president in 1931 and as
national committeewoman in 1932.
The groom has been one of the
active figures in the northern portion
of Cass county for a great many years
and is engaged in the general mer
cantile business at South Bend at this
time as well as the owner and oper
ator of an oil company there and at
Weeping Water. Mr. Knecht is
known to a large number and is a
gentleman held in the highest esteem
by all who have the pleasure of
knowing him.
The many friends over the county
will join in wishing Mr. and Mrs.
Knecht many years of happiness and
success.
ON SPEAKING PROGRAM
Elmer Webb, first ward council
man has been advised by C. E. Beals,
executive secretary of the League of
Nebraska Municipalities of his as
signment to a place on the program
during the morning session of the
second day's meeting of the annual
.league convention in Omaha, Oct. 6,
7 and s- "will speak before the
second class cities group of which
Plattsmouth is one.
The convention sessions and ban
quet Thursday night will all be held
at the Fontenelle. Group meetings
are being arranged this year for fire
chiefs, police officers, city attorneys
and cityclerks and treasurers, in ad
dition to the three main gatherings
of first and second class cities and
villages, each with its own separate
program. Mayor Lyons of Falls City
will provide over the second clas3
cities' group.
WINS A FREE TRIP
W. E. Reinsh. insurance represent
ative of the Massachusetts Bonding
& Insurance Co., was in tfce city Wed
nesday evening to look after hi3
clients here and was feeling very well
pleased over a recent success. Mr.
Reinsh has the distinction of rank
ing sixth in the representatives of
the company in the United States in
the amount of business handled.
As a reward for his excellent work
Mr. Reinsh has a three weeks trip
for himself and wife with all expenses
paid by the company. They are plan
ning on going east for a visit at De
troit and then on to New England
where they will make an extensive
motor tour.
VISIT AT LINCOLN
W. R. Holly, M. D. Brown and
C. A. Rosencrans were at Lincoln
Thursday evening where they spent a
few hours visiting at the U. S. Vet
erans' hospital with Henry G. Soen
nichsen. Henry was able to be up
for the first time and is still weak as
he has been kept confined to his bed
since going to the hospital several
weeks ago. He may be able to re
turn home the coming week. The
Plattsmouth visitors also found Dan
Cooney as a visitor at the hospital
with Henry, they being former asso
ciates. Cass Theatre
Being Sold Today
to G. G. Griffin
Present Owner of the Ritz Expected
to Take Over Cass on Sunday
Show To Close Ritz.
From Thursday's Daily
Today at Omaha the negotiations
were being completed for the pur
chase by G. G. Griffin of this city,
of the interests of the Cass theatre
Co., and Ralph Blank and H. M.
Weinberg.
The Cass has been operated for
several months by the General The
atre corporation, and has been under
the local management of Jerome
Greenebaum.
Mr. Griffin has been operating his
Ritz theatre on Sixth street and with
the completion of the negotiations he
expects to close this playhouse and
operate the Cass theatre which is
larger and has been made into one of
the most attractive theatres in any
of the smaller cities.
Mr. Griffin has secured the fcook
ing of a large number of the ery
latest releases of the leading film com
parties and which -will be give! at the
Cass In the coming fall and winter.
With the change in the manage
ment of the Cass, Mr. Jerome Greene
baum, who has been the resident
manager ,is to be sent to Burlington,
Iowa. Mr. Greenebaum, an efficient
and experienced theatre manager will
be placed in charge of one of the
large theatres at that place. The
Central States Theatre Co. will place
Mr. Greenebaum in charge of one of
their leading amusement places in
eastern Iowa.
ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE
From Friday's Daily
The announcement was made to
day by Miss Norine Mayabb and Mr.
Howard Porter of their marriage
which took place on June 5, 1937 at
Papillion, Nebraska. The young peo
ple have kept the marriage a secret
until today when it was revealed by
the young people to the friends.
The wedding ceremony was per
formed by County Judge Collins and
was very quiet. Mr. Brown and Ira
Beadle of Papillion, witnessed the
wedding.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Mayabb of west of
the city and was born and grew to
womanhood in thi3 community. She
was graduated from the Plattsmouth
high school in the class of 1931.
The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
John T. Porter and has made his
home here for the past several years.
They will be at home to their
friends in the Ritz apartments on
South Sixth street and are starting
housekeeping at once.
LEWISTON SOCIAL CIRCLE CLUB
The Lewiston Social Circle club
will hold their first business session
of the new official year on Friday,
September 10th, at the home of Mrs.
Harry Gobelman. Mrs. Roy Becker
will be the associate hostess. The
meeting will be an afternoon session
and Mrs. Tony Klimm, new president
is urging that all members attend.
HERE FROM COUNTY
From Friday's Dally
There were a large number of the
residents of the west part of Cass
county here today to look after some
business in the probate court and
among these Mrs. Edward Jochim of
near Louisville, Mrs. John Schell, Sr.,
of Murdock, Mrs. Dora Reister of
near Manley.
Plattsmouth
Party Injured
in Auto Crash
Car Owned by J. W. Taylor Demol
ished When Crashes From High
way No. 1 into Ditch.
A number of Plattsmouth people
were injured Thursday evening on
highway No. 1, eleven miles west of
Murray.
The car in which the party was
riding was owned by J. W. Taylor
and from reports at the scene of the
accident the driver had been blinded
by lights of a passing car and the
machine swung into the approach of
a concrete culvert, leaving the road
and crashing to the ditch below where
it was almost demolished by the force
of the impact and that all were not
instantly killed was very fortunate.
The injured party were rescued
by passing motorists and taken on in
to Weeping Water where they were
taken to the hospital of Dr. L. N.
Kunkel for care.
All of the party were severely in
jured and are being kept at the hos
pital there for a few days.
Mr. Taylor suffered severe head
injuries and an X-ray examination
will be made today to fully deter
mine the extent of the injuries.
Others have severe injuries but
are not thought to be dangerous, al
tho all will have to remain at the
hospital for the present at least.
Reports from the hospital this aft
ernoon were to the effect that Mary
Altschaffl was suffering from a
double fracture of the arm and Anna
Altschaffl. a sister, had severe lacer
ations and cuts that made their re
maining at the hospital necessary.
Patricia Hisket, another of the
party was suffering from a back in
Jury but the hospital reports her able
tff'be'sent to her Home.
STILL IN SERIOUS CONDITION
From Saturday's Daily
J. W. Taylor, who is at the hos
pital at Weeping Water is still in
quite serious condition as the result
of the auto accident of Thursday
night. The injured man has suffered
several bad cuts on the head, it is
stated, and apparently his neck in
jured and it was thought that he
might be suffering from a dislocated
vertebra and another X-ray examin
ation will be made today.
He was unconscious from the time
of the accident until early Friday
afternoon and it was thought that
he might have a skull fracture but
was apparently only a severe concus
sion. NEW PASTOR VISITS HERE
The Rev. Joseph F. Sinkula, who
has been appointed as the new pastor
of the Holy Rosary church, succeed
ing the Rt. Rev. Monsignor A. M.
Mosler, was in the city Wednesday to
look over his new church and con
sult with predecessor.
Rev. Sinkula who served in the par
ishes .at Wymore and Dawson in re
cent years, was ordained to the
priesthood in 1933 and has since
been in charge of parish work In the
Lincoln diocese.
Rev. Sinkula was for some time
assistant to Monsignor Mosler when
he was priest of the David City par
ish. Monsignor Mosler is leaving the
latter part of the coming week for
Lincoln to arrange his new home
in the St. Patrick's parish ait Have
lock. RETURN FOR SCHOOL YEAR
From Saturday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. Milo Price and lit
tle JImmie returned to Plattsmouth
today an are busy getting settled
in their old apartments at the Elmer
Webb home, where they will reside
again this school year. Mr. Price has
been attending summer school at the
University of Nebraska and Mrs.
Price also took some additional edu
cational work there, up to early in
August, when they went outstate for
a vacation visit in the vicinity of
North Platte. Mr. Price will con
tinue as American History teacher
and debate coach in the Plattsmouth
schools this year.
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TO LOCATE IN CITY
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Smith, who
have been making their home in
Omaha, are locating here where they
expect to reside and have secured
apartments at the home of Mrs. W. A.
! Wells.
j Mr. Smith is the representative of
I the Guarantee Mutual Life Insurance
!co.. of Omaha. He will have his head
quarters here and from here travel
over the entire county.
The community will be pleased to
welcome this estimable family and
feel that they will find this an ideal
home city.
Justice Norris
Bound Over to
District Court
Charges Preferred by the Office of
Attorney General to Be Aired
in November Term.
The preliminary hearing of the
complaints filed here on July 15th
against Justice W. E. Norris of Tip
ton precinct, occupied the time of
Judge W. W. Wilson Wednesday.
The judge was sitting in the
capacity of a hearing magistrate for
the case at the request of the attor
ney general's office.
Justice Norris was charged with
two offenses, that of extortion and
also that of malfeasance in office.
The cases grew out of a large num
ber of cases filed by Lincoln attor
neys in the court of the Eagle jus
tice and in which it was alleged that
he had violated the duties of his
office.
The defendant made a plea of not
guilty to the charges and after Judge
Wilson held that the defendant would
"be bound over to the district court,
the bond was fixed at $200 which was
supplied and the defendant released.
The case will be heard at the No
vember term of the district court.
FARNEY COMPANY MOVING
The offices of the A. W. Farney
Co., Inc., which has been maintained
here over a three year period, are now
being closed and the offices of the
company taken to Onawa, Iowa, the
center of several of their river im
provement contracts.
The Farney company and their em
ployes have become almost a fixture
here and they will be greatly missed
by the many friends that they have
made.
This company had the first of the
river work contracts here and have
paid out many thousands of dollars
In the community for labor and sup
plies as well as rentals and other
expenses of the individual persons
employed by the company.
The books and records in the office
of the company in the First National
bank building are being packed and
made ready for shipment to the new
offices.
MANY TAKE EXAMINATIONS
J. L. Stamp, the official examiner
of the applicants for drivers licenses
in Cass county, was kept busy Wed
nesday as a large number filed their
applications for the new licenses as
required by law. '
There were ninety-two that were
passed and approved by Mr. Stamp
for licenses and which were issued at
the office of County Treasurer John
E. Turner.
Four applicants were denied on ac
count of vision and which will have
to be corrected before they will be
granted a license to operate a motor
vehicle.
TREASURER'S OFFICE BUSY
The rush for the new drivers' li
censes has kept the members of the
county treasurer's force busy in look
ing after the issuance of the driving
permits. At noon today there had
been 240 issued and it was expected
that this will reach 300 by closing
time today.
CONTINUES QUITE WEAK
Dr. T. P. Livingston, who is at the
Iramanuel hospital at Omaha, still
continues quite weak and has shown
but little change In the past several
days.
Cass County
Teachers Meet
Herein Friday
Institute Is Held at the District Court
Room and Seventy - eight
Are Attending.
The Cass county teacher's insti
tute was held Friday at the district
court room at the court house and
there were in attendance some seventy-eight
of the teachers from all
sections of the county.
The institute was presided over by
Miss Alpha C. Peterson, the county
superintendent of schools, who wel
comed the teachers and directed the
work of the institute as well as pre
senting the teachers with their sup
plies at the close of the meeting in
the afternoon.
Mrs. E. 4H. Wescott of this city,
had charge of the musical part of
the institute work and discussed the
methods of voice teaching and sing
ing and especially the rural chorus
group singing. Some of the pupils
of the Cass county schools will sing
at the state fair in Lincoln next
week.
Miss Chloe Baldridge, state direc
tor for rural education, spoke at both
I the morning and afternoon session
of the institute. She took as her sub
ject the new course of study and
how it functions. The new course
was put in the schools last year and
is being worked out very satisfac
torily. L. M. Hauptman, former superin
tendent of the Alvo schools, now field
man for the Nebraska State Teachers'
association, gave a very fine talk on
teachers dealing with, code of ethics,
community relations, principles of
home visitation, valuating cards for
teachers an pupils.
- Miss Alice Marshall, of Omaha,
executive secretary of the Nebraska
Tuberculosis association presented
the work of the Christmas seals, the
origin and aim of the seal sale. She
gave the tachers many valuable sug
gestions in regard to the work.
Rev. G. A. Pahl took up the sub
ject of the part that the r,ural schools
could do in the success of the rural
school parade of the King Korn Kar
nival by the making of floats.
W. L. Hobson, of Weeping Water,
spoke in regard to the children's day
at the Cass county fair on Friday,
September 17th, touching on the mak
ing of floats and extending an invi
tation to all to participate.
Mrs. E. H. Wescott also at the aft
ernoon session spoke on the United
States constitution, it being the 150th
anniversary of the signing of the
document. It was a fine and inter
esting talk and very inspirational to
all of the group.
POLICE HAVE BUSY TIME
The members of the night police
force were kept busy Thursday night
in an effort to catch up with an auto
party of Omaha young people who
we're reported to be littering Chi
cago and Washington avenues with
broken glass.
Persons reporting the matter state
that the car was a model A Ford
roadster and occupied by several
young people who were tossing out
beer bottles and pop bottles as they
sped along the highway and which
breaking made a threat to the other
cars passing.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
E. H. Schulhof, who has been for
the past several weeks at the Meth
odist hospital at Omaha, has so far
recovered that he was able to return
home Thursday. He is feeling great
ly Improved and it is hoped that in
a short time he may regain his usual
health and be out to meet the many
friends. Mr. Schulhof has been a well
known and loved figure in the com
munity and has been greatly missed
by the many friends in his stay at
the hospital.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Schaeffer,
526 48th street, Des Moines, Iowa,
announce the birth of a daughter,
Sandra Sue, on Sept." 2 at Iowa Meth
odist hospital. Mrs. Schaeffer was
formerly Miss Alice Bulin of this
city.
COURT OF HONOR
The Arbor Lodge district court of
honor for Boy Scouts of Nemaha,
Otoe and Cass counties will be held
at Nebraska City Tuesday evening,
September 7, in the Nebraska City
high school building. The board of
review will convene promptly at
7:30, announcements received here
from the Cornhusker Council office
at Lincoln state.
Lists for advancement must be
in the Lincoln office not later than
September 4th.
A number of Plattsmouth Scouts
will receive merit badges and other
advancement at this time.
Local Priest
Serves Diocese
for 35 Years
Rt. Rev Monsignor George Agius
Will Observe Anniversary
on Sunday.
From Saturday's Dally
Rt. Rev. Monsignor George Agius,
D.D., J.C.D., will observe with the
Sunday mass tomorrow, his thirty
fifth anniversary as a priest of the
Lincoln diocese, years that have been
filled with achievement for the par
ish, years that have been filled with
achievement for the parish and its
distinguished head.
Monsignor Agius arrived in tht
Lincoln diocese on September 5, 1902,
fresh from his home in Malta and
his training in the colleges at Rome,
taking up the work as chancellor of
the diocese under Bishop Thomas
Bonacum. He served ten years in
that capacity.
He was assigned to Seward where
he served for four years and was then
sent to Geneva where he served eleven
years in the parish, leaving that place
to come to Plattsmouth to take charge
of the local church. His service here
has been outstanding and he has
built up the parish both spiritually
and financially and maintained the
parochial school at a high standard.
This winter Monsignor Agius ex
pects to leave for Malta where he will
join his brother, Father Marcellus
Agius, who has been there for several
months and visit with the brother
and also with his sister. Father Mar
cellus is returning in the winter but
Monsignor Agius i3 expecting to
spend the winter there.
GIVEN CHURCH HONORS
The Rt. Rev. Monsignor George
Agius, D. D., J. C. D.. has been de
signated as dean of the Plattsmouth
district of the Lincoln diocese of the
Catholic church.
The office of Bishop Louis B. Ku
cera made the announcement of the
appointment to succeed Rt. Rev.
Monsignor A. M. Mosler, who is
transferred to Lincoln as dean.
Monsignor Agius is one of the old
est priests in point of service in the
diocese and has been very prominent
in the affairs of the diocese of the
church.
FUNERAL OF T. E. OLSON
The funeral services of T. E. Olson
were held on Wednesday afternoon
at 3:30 at the Sattler funeral home
at Fourth and Vine streets.
There was a large number of the
old friends and neighbors in attend
ance at the services which were con
ducted by Dr. H. G. McClusky, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church.
During the services Miss Estelle
Baird and Frank A. Cloidt gave two
of the loved old hymns of comfort,
"Shall We Gather at the River" and
"Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." The
accompaniment was played by Mrs.
H. F. Goos.
The interment was at Oak Hill
cemetery, the pall bearers being se
lected from the members of the I. O.
O. F. and old friends, Emil Ptak,
Fred H. Mumm, John Lutz, James G
Mauzy, H. L. Kruger and George Hall
ATTEND COUNTY COURT
Friday afternoon Judge P. James
CosgTave of Lincoln, with Walter
Weidraan and Mrs. P. L. Hall of
Greenwood, were in the city. They
attended the county court' where -a
hearing was hejd In the Mary Weid
man estate. Judge Cosgrave Is the
attorney for the estate.
Newspaper
Folks Guests at
KOIL Dinner
Pre-View of New 5000 Watt Trans
mitter Station and Tower Fol
lows Dinner Friday.
A pre-view of Radio Station KOIL'a
new 5,000 watt transmitter house
and 310-foot antenna tower located
two miles east of the South Omaha
Missouri river bridge was given a
group of some forty newspaper folks
from Omaha, Council Bluffs, south
western Iowa and southeastern Ne
braska towns, following a dinner
served in the basement of the moder
nistic transmitter house Friday. Air
conditioning equipment is being in
stalled, but as the job is not yet fin
ished, guests sweltered under abnor
mal September temperatures until
a shower shortly after the luncheon
hour brought relief.
KOIL has now been on the air 12
years, the first six of which It was
managed by Don Searle, and the last
half of this period under manage
ment of John Henry.
Dinner was served about 12:30,
followed by a period of semi-techni
cal discussion of the new broadcast
ing equipment (being installed to
step up KOIL's power to 5000 watts)
by station engineers, who were In
troduced by Mr. Henry.
Of most interest to the laymen
present was the description of the
tower, with its more than nine miles
of flat ribbon ground antenna. The
latest dope in radio engineering is ,
to locate transmitter stations on low
level ground instead of atop the high
est elevation as has been the practice
heretofore. Principal reason for this
la the ground antenna or counter
poise that, can be thus obtained, and
under these conditions there is less
fading tendency.
Mark Bullock, the chief engineer,
said that as a result of moving from
the "Hilltop" transmitter house, the
actual step-up in power would be
trebled rather than doubled, due to
the increased efficiency from bottom
land location.
One of the gadgets that interested
the newspaper folks was that which
automatically operates the tower
lights. Aeronuatical requirements
are that the tower be lighted con
tinuously from dusk to sunrise, and
to guard against frailties of human
performance, a light meter turns the
current off and on at the proper
times. Guests were Interested in
compressing their hand over the face
of the light meter for a moment to
shut off the daylight and see the
lights automatically come on, then a
few moments after the hand was re
moved, observe them turned off. A
gadget like this would be a fine thing
for turning on and off the electrolier
and overhead street lights in Platts
mouth. The transmitter house is entirely
fireproof, with all the transmitting
equipment on the main floor, and
the tower insulators high enough so
flood waters could sweep across the
Iowa bottoms to a height of three or
four feet above the paved highway
without interfering with continued
broadcasting.
Following the more or less techni
cal discussion and a number of ad
dresses by Council Bluffs and Omaha
dignitaries, Don Kelley conducted
one of his characteristic man-on-the-street
broadcasts among the news
paper publishers.
Salute Plattsmouth Broadcast
This coming week the installation
will be far enough complete to per
mit test broadcasts, but KOIL will
not officially go on the air with its
new power until the morning of
September 13. No superstitions about
Manager John Henry and his group
of assistants.
All that week the New KOIL will
engage in complimentary "salute"
broadcasts two each day in south
western Iowa and southeastern Ne
braska towns. The one in Platts
mouth is scheduled for Tuesday af
ternoon, September 14, at 4:30. A
large group of KOIL artists will be
here at that time to render a 30
minute broadcast program, including
the popular man-on-the-street inter
lude, followed by thirty additional,
minutes of off-the-air program by
KOIL staff artists. The broadcast
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