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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1937.
NO. 70
Postmaster
General Jas. A.
Farley Here
Head of Postal Department and Demo-
cratic National Leader Makes
Brief Stop Here.
Postmaster Ueneral James A. Far
ley was a guest in Plattsmouth late
Saturday afternoon for a few very
brief moments as he visited the local
postofice and shook hands with the
group that had gathered at the post
office.
Mr. Farley was motoring through
to Omaha where he was the principal
speaker at the dinner honoring W. M.
Jeffers, new president of the Union
Pacific.
He had stopped at Glenwood and
where a number of local people join
ed the party to form ,a caravan and
escort the distinguished visitor into
Nebraska.
Sheriff Homer Sylvester used his
car as the guide and which with its
siren blowing led the way from Glen
wood to the north entrance of the
postoffice.
The caravan had hardly stopped
Postmaster General Farley
when the postmaster general rushed
from his car into the postoffice build
ing and swept local postoffice em
ployees off their feet by his fast
movements as he made his way
through the office and the main work
room of the building.
Postmaster F. L. Cummins had
planned that the postmaster general
might wish to make a few remarks
or be introduced to members of the'
group, but the decision was made that)
mere handshaking was all that timet
would permit and that was too brief;
to allow any greetings from the
Plattsmouth people to their visitor.
Adjutant General Charles Grahl, of
Iowa, was at the wheel of the car,
the property of Governor Nels Kras
chel of Iowa. Members of the party
Included Ambrose O'Connell, execu
tive assistant. Steve Hill, Des Moines,
postmaster; Elmer Hallack, Kansas
City, V. C. Batie and' Howard Con
nen, both of Omaha.
After the visit here the party mo
tored to LaPlatte with Sheriff Sylves
ter as the guide and had a few
moments visit and then to Port Crook
v.-here the escort from the Omaha po
lice department met the party and
the local escort returned to this city.
Postmaster General Farley extend
ed to the Plattsmouth people his ap
preciation of the reception tendered
him a"hd regretted that time did not
permit a more extended visit.
Among those who were at the post
office to meet the distinguished visi
tors were many of the leading resi
dents. Postmaster and Mrs. C. D
Spangler, Mr. and Mrs. George E.
NIckles were here from Murray, Post
mistress Ethel Ossenkop of Louisville,
Dr. G. H. Gilmore, Murray, County
Commissioner George L. Farley. Jack
Stamp, Rt. Rev. Monsignor George
Aglus, William A. Robertson, grand
master of Nebraska Masons. Miss Mia
U. Gering, county vice-chairman,
Mrs. R. A. Bates of the Plattsmouth
Journal, Councilman J. C. Comstock,
Rea F. Patterson, S. S. Davis, Judge
A. H. Duxbury, Frank M. Bestor, Al
bert Wheeler and a number of other
residents of this section of the coun
ty. Freeman McFarland returned Sun
day after spending a week in Atchi
son county, Ma., where he visited his
brothers and transacted business.
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DIES AT DES MOINES
From Monday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Patterson this
morning received a message an
nouncing the death of W. M. Palmer
at his home in Des Moines. Mr. Pal
mer was a brother-in-law of Mrs.
Patterson, his deceased wife having
been the former Ethel Dovey.
Mr. Palmer has been in failing
health for over a year and his going
was not unexpected.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Falter of
Falls City and Mr. and Mrs. Patterson
are driving to Des Moines to attend
the funeral services at 10 o'clock
Wednesday.
Dr. Bready in
a Fine Address
Here Sunday
Pastor of First Methodist Church of
Omaha Talks on "War in the
Balance" to Fine Audience.
The first of a series of public forum
addresses was given last evening at
the First Methodist church and with
Dr. Charles Bready, pastor of the
First Methodist church of Omaha as
the guest speaker.
Dr. Bready has just recently re
turned from Europe and from his
own personal observations and con
versations the viewpoint on a real
danger of war was gained.
In England he had found a condi
tion where 11,000,000 households
were maintained on an average in
come of ?625 a year, that there was
a class of some 20,000 whose incomes
were from $100,000 to $3,000,000
with several thousand other in in
come classes from 100,000 down. It
was his observation that England
was fast approaching, the crisis that
had been felt in many of the con
tinental countries of Europe and was
disturbing the peace of the world.
It was the opinion of the speaker
that only a miracle might stay war
from again sweeping over Europe and
inflicting loss in men and money to
all nations as well as a thrust at
the world democracies.
It was Dr. Bready's opportunity to
be in Paris at the celebration of the
fall of the bastile and the demon
strations made by a million people in
the streets of the French capital.
It was only in the recognition of
the brotherhood of man that the prob
lems that cause war could be elim
inated, the speaker'declared. The re
forms must come from the people
and from the individual recognition
of the rights of each other.
The church, Dr. Bready declared,
was the greatest advocate of liberty
and through it there had been the
greater part of the world liberty
gained.
ATTEND LINCOLN MEETING
From Wednesday's Daily
Superintendent of Schools L. S.
Devoe, Frank A. CloiJt, William
Baird, Seail S. Davis and Dr. P. T.
Heineman, were at Lincoln last eve
ning where they attended the reunion
of the Scottish Rite Masons of the
valley of Lincoln.
Mr. Devoe was on the program with
his magic act and which proved a big
hit of the event and in this act he was
assisted by Dr. P. T. Hei.ieman.
Others on the program included
Oz Black the well known cartoonist
of the Lincoln Star, while Vern
Hedges served as the toastmaster of
the dinner.
VERY HAPPY EVENT
Sunday evening a fine ten pound
son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert
E. Sedlak, of this city. The little one
arrived at the home cf Mr. and Mrs.
F. T. Wilson, parents of Mrs. Sedlak
and where she has been for the past
week. All are doing nicely and the
proud father is one of the happiest
men in several states.
E0TAEY CLUB MEETS
The weekly luncheon of the Rotary
club Tuesday was devoted to the re
ports of the various chairmen and
which was filled with a great deal of
interest to the members.
The two high school boys, Wil
liam Chovanec and George Mayabb
were presented.
Rally Day at
First Methodist
Church Sunday
Program Part of Eightieth Anniver
sary Observance of Founding
of the Church Here.
A large number attended rally day
at the Methodist church yesterday.
Immediately following the Sunday
school classes, the j'ounger members
of the church presented a fine pro
gram. The cradle roll class sang two
songs, and Patty Ann Larue sang a
solo. Then the five members of the
class, dressed in white robes and
hats, received their certificates of pro
motion into the next class.
Dorothy Dashner of the primary
department gave the address of wel
come. Marjorie Devoe and Phyllis
Bourck sang a duet, and there was
a piano solo by Hubert Babbitt. Five
members of the class gave rally day
messages. Three girls gave readings.
Then Troy Cotner gave a reading
and Catherine Reeves sang a solo.
Raymond Evers, dressed as an old
man, gave grandpa's idea of rally
day. Billy Howland gave a review
of the life of Moses, whom they have
been studying. The whole class sang
a song and were presented w ith their
certificates of promotion.
All the junior department sanga
song for their part of the program.
Steven Dashner gave a reading about
Jack Frost and the lesson we may
learn from him. The pupils were then
presented with their certificates of
promotion.
Everyone always enjoys seeing
children in a program, and these chil
dren certainly did a fine job in pre
senting this rally day program.
The invitation had been extended
to all these who had at any time at
tended the Methodist Sunday school
and ' which brought , out, .many ot the
residents of the community who have
at different times been enrolled in
the classes. This wa3 particularly
remarked in the Y. M. B. C. and the
adult classes of the Sunday school.
The history of the Sunday school
was taken from the superintendency
of C. S. Polk in the nineties and
down through the superintendencies
of C. C. Wescott, E. C. Hill, Don C.
York, Judge A. H. Duxbury, J. A.
Capwell and J. Howard Davis, the
present superintendent.
This program was a part of the
eightieth anniversary of the founding
of the local church and which has
brought out much valuable informa
tion as to the early days of the church
here.
RECOVER STOLEN SILVER
Sheriff Homer Sylvester and Dep
uty Sheriff Cass Sylvester were at
Lincoln Tuesday, where they -were
called to further investigate the
burglary of the home of John and
Andrew Meyer, which occurred a
few days ago.
The Meyer home was looted of
some $30 worth of silver, which as
a result of some excllent work on
the part of the sheriff and his dep
uty was located at Lincoln, and was
turned over to them yesterday for
return to the sheriff.
The party taking the silver is un
der suspicion and an arrest will prob
ably be made within the next twen
ty-four hours, it was stated at the
office of the .sheriff today.
RETURNS FROM ROCHESTER
Miss Alpha C. Peterson, county su
perintendent of schools, returned
Tuesday night from Rochester, Min
nesota,' where she had been for
several days. Miss Peterson accom
panied her sister, Mrs. J. N. Enberg,
of Sheridan Wyoming, to Rochester,
where Mrs. Engberg is being treated
at the Mayo clinic.
Mrs. Engberg will remain at
Rochester for the present and her
daughter, Olga, will also stay with
the mother.
MISS H0DGERT ILL
Miss Margaret Hodgert is reported
as quite ill at her home on Vine
street where she resides with Miss
Margaret Mapes, an old time friend.
Miss Hodgert has not -been in the
best of health for the past several
months.
RECEIVES RADIO PERMIT
James Iske, 17, of LaPlatte, sen
ior in the Plattsmouth high school,
has been granted a certificate as a
short wave radio operator and is now
ready to carry on hi3 work.
The young man is a son or Mr.
and Mrs. Amos Iske, prominent resi -
dents of the community of LaPlatte
and has been greatly interested in
the study of radio since his early
school days and it is now one of his
diversions after the close of his regu
lar school activities.
This is the second of the short
wave stations in this community as
Earl Pittman of this city also
been engaged in operatiou on
shcrt bands.
has
the
William Sporer
Returns from a
Western Trip
jlast to be sent forth from the old
While at Los Angeles Has the Pleas- j building as the new school was open-
ure of Meeting Former Nebraska ed for the class of 1918 and has since
Friends; Visits Fleet. ; served the needs of the scholars.
The old school structure was the
Wm. Sporer who has been in the scene of many good and exciting
west for the past three months re- times as well for the students. One
turned last week after having enjoyed j incident that will leave long remem
a real vacation. He departed from brance was the exploit of a member
Murray on June 27th, first stopping .of tne chemistry class back in 1906,
at Denver for a week and from there j wno Was engaged in experimenting
went to San Francisco where he visit-jan(j produced a product, probably
ed for another week and arriving atjthe grandad of TNT, which exploded
Los Angeles where he visited with jand came near demolishing the struc
his sister, who passed away during !tUre as well as the teachers and stu
his stay there. Mr. Sporer visited in 'dent bodv.
Los Angeles. San Jose, Obisco. Holly- Qn tQe br-ckg of the SQUth of
wood, going south to San Diego and ' exterior the claS3 of 1907 has
visiting on three successive Sundays ' it3 mark that Ume and the efforts
a different U. S. battleship. The oneof the schoo, authorities failed to re.
which appealed the most to him was j mQve jrom tQe buiIdin&. This also
the airplane carrier Lexington, which marks an epic ,n the scnool ag tQe
has a deck capacity of 150 planes i
and measures 885 feet in length and
140 feet In diameter. Mr. Sporer was
also on the Indiana, one ti the largest
of the battleships. He also' made a
visit to Mexican soil.
While there he visited at the homes
of Nick Frederick and F. G. Egen
berger, having dinner with him and
reading the Plattsmouth Journal at
both places. He received a hearty
welcome and an invitation to return
any time. Mr. Egenberger is care
taker of an apartment house of a
niece of Mr. Sporer. While there Mr.
Sporer learned of the wedding of his
son. Charles, but would -not . believe it
until he saw the same in the Platts
mouth Journal.
Mr. Sporer's niece has three apart
ment houses, and as it was too much
sold one of them. ArthurMcCulloch
from Kansas City was called to take
charge of the other one besides the
one Mr. Egenberger has charge of.
SIX MAN FOOTBALL
Frank Godwi.i of this city, who is
now coaching at th Fer.ley (Nevada)
schools, has introduced the six man
football game into the school. The
game has proven very popular and
Coach Godwin is busy teaching the
fundamentals and passing.
The Fenly schools has had baseball
and basketball as their sport activi
ties in the past but this year it was
decided to try out the six man game
that is quite popular in the smaller
schools.
The game is regular football on a
smaller scale and under the pilotage
of Coach Godwin, it is most popular
with the boys of the school.
ASKS FOR DIVORCE
An action for divorce was filed this
morning in the office of Clerk of the
District Court Ledgway, in which
Bessie M. Weimer is asking a decree
of divorce from John B. Weimer.
The petition states that the par
ties were married at Greenwood on
April 16, 1909, and that the de
fendant deserted the plaintiff in
1934 and has failed to provide for
the care of the plaintiff since that
time. J. A. Capwell appears as the
attorney for the plaintiff.
DRAWS DOWN FINE
From Monday's Dally
his morning in the court of Judge
C. L. Graves, a complaint was heard
against L. J. Prokes, of Schuyler and
C. Clark of this city, .charging them
with disturbing the peace. Each of
the parties was Skied $10 and costs
Old Landmark
to be Removed
from Campus
;
Board of Education Votes to Have
Old One Story High School
Building Dismantled.
The board of education at their
meeting last night voted to have the
old one story former high school
building torn down, the work to be
done under a N'YA project if possible.
The structure was built at the turn
of the centurv and was at the time
ample to care for the students that
then made up the high school, but in
the passing years the building soon
became inadequate as the classes
grew larger.
The old building has housed a great
many of the Plattsmouth people in
the years that it served its useful
ness and the class of 1917 was the
football team of that year was one
of the last for many seasons at the
school. The chiet.-cause of tbe ban
ishment way the team's trip to Omaha
for a game at Jetters park and 'the
general mixup that followed. It was
not until the superintendency of
George DeWolf at the close of the
war days that football again made its
bow and basketball thrived in the
new gym that had been provided.
RETURN FROM WEDDING
From Wednesday's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. James Lepert and
daughters returned home today from
a motor trip to Clarkson, Nebraska,
where they were in attendance at the
wedding of Miss Marie Novotny to
Mr. Paul Koudelka, the bride being
a sister of Mrs. Lepert.
The wedding ceremony occurred
at Sargeant, Nebraska, and was at
tended by a large group of the rela
tives of the young people.
The attendants were Miss Lydia
Janousek of Clarkson and Miss Lil
lian Novotny of Ord as bridesmaids
and John Novotny of Omaha and
William Zrust of Clarkson as best
man.
. The bride wore white satin trim
med in lace with cowl neck and
Queen Elizabeth collar. She wore
a train veil trimmed in orange blos
soms.' Her bridal bouquet was of
pink roses.
Miss Janoucek wore a tea rose
satin dress with silver accessories.
Miss Novotny wore a green chiffon
dress with accessories of w'hite. '
Both of the bridesmaids wore
white wreaths in their hair.
The flower girls, Lorraine Lland
of Leigh and Helen Lepert of Platts
mouth, wore pink and white gowns.
The groom and his attendants all
wore dark suits and buttonaires.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe M. Novotny of Ord and the
groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Koudelka of Clarkson and was
graduated from the Clarkson high
school with the class of 1932.
The wedding dinner was served
at the bride's home on the farm near
Ord, with thirty guests from the fam
ilies and attendants being present.
The supper was served at the home
of the groom's parents at Clarkson.
There were two wedding cakes.
one baked by the sister of the groom,
Mrs. Joseph Landa, and one by Mrs
James Lepert. sister of the bride.
The wedding dance, attended by
several hundred, was held at the
pavillion at Clarkson, where the Bo
hemian Aces provided a fine pro
gram.
TO OPEN NEW BUSINESS PLACE
Louis Schwartz, of Superior, Ne
braska, is moving to this city to be
come a resident and enter into busi
ness in the future. Mr. Schwartz is
expecting to open an auto parts store
in the Hatt building on Main street
between Fourth and Fifth streets. He
is expecting to carry a full line of
all kinds of auto repairs and for all
of the leading makes of cars.
He has been a resident of Superior
for the past twenty years and is an
ticipating getting his new place of
business here ready in the next ten
days.
Cass County
4-H Clubbers at
Stock Show
List of Fifteen Who will be Entered
in the Ak-Sar-Ben Show at
Omaha This Week.
Cass county will be represented by
thirteen boys and two girls who have
entered in the 4-H club competition
this year in the tenth annual live
stock and horse show to be held at
Ak-Sar-Beu in Omaha. The big show,
the feature of which, as usual, is the
big 4-H club competition, will open
Saturday night of this week, October
9. and continue for a week.
A special feature for the 4-H club
members has been arranged. When
the hundreds of boys and girls in the
4-H clubs register they will be pro
vided with a book of coupons which
will entitle them to free admission
to dinners, a show, a tour of the city,
and other forms of entertainment.
This feature will keep the boys and
girls busy throughout the entire
week.
4-H club representatives from this
county are:
Harlan Kunz and Myrl Kunz, of
Elmwood, each with calf" entry and
two sheep entries for the latter.
James, Mills' and Stuart Mills, of
Murdock, each having a calf, swine,
and sheep entry; also Warren Rikli,
Vernon Rikli and Donald Rikli, each
with two calf entries.
From Weeping Water the entrants
are: Lyman Kehmeier, calf and two
swine; Frances Rehmeier, calf and
three swine, and Harold Domingo,
calf and two sheep.
Cedar Creek: Robert Schneider, a
calf entry, and Dale Reed, two sheep
entries.
Erwin Schlaphoff of Wabash, calf;
Nagel Bricker of Greenwood, calf,
and Clyde Althouse, of Eagle, calf.
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL
The funeral services of Mrs. Vera
Baker and Infant son, Ronald, vic
tems of an auto accident at the Mur
ray corner Friday, was held Sunday
at the Lewiston community center.
There was a very large number
present to join in the expression of
regret at the untimely death of the
mother and little child and which
has fallen with crushing force on the
husband and father and daughter
who are surviving.
Rev. W. A. Taylor, of Union, gave
the sermon and brought the comfort
of the scriptures to the sorrowing
ones.
Several of the old and loved hymns
were given by the choir of the
church.
The interment was in the Lewiston
cemetery, the Sattler funeral home of
this city being In charge.
BARBER INSPECTOR HERE
An inspector of barber shops, repre
senting the slate of Nebraska, was
here Tuesday to check over the local
shops and dealing out instructions to
the various shop owners. The stato is
setting the price of 35c for a hair cut
and 20c for a shave that the barbers
are to charge and the inspector is now
engaged in notifying all that they
must comply mitli this provision of
the law.
KICKED BY HORSE
Phillip Lepert, one of the well
known farmers of south of the city,
was injured Sunday while working
around the horses. One of the ani
mals kicked him and inflicted a pain
ful bruise. He will have to remain on
the inactive list for several days.
Program for
Sunday School
Convention
Cass County Group to Meet at Ne
hawka Tuesday, October 12
Fine Program Arranged.
The thirty-seventh annual Cass
County Council for Christian Educa
tion will be held on Tuesday', Octo
ber 12th, at the Methodist Episcopal
church at Nehawka.
A very fine program is arranged
and the meeting is expected to attract
a very large group of the Sunday
school workers of the county.
The theme of the convention is
"Making Your Community Church
Conscious."
MORNING
The program will f5e as follows:
9:30 Registration: Meeting of nom
inating committee composed
of Sunday school superintend
ents. Miss Bessie Murdock,
chairman. Rev. A. H. Schwab,
pastor of Evangelical church,
Murdock, chairman of Reso
lutions committee. Mrs. Fred
Marquardt of Avoca, chairman
of Auditing committee.
9:45 Prelude.
10:00 Devotionals: Rev. Meyer, pas
tor of Weeping Water Men
nonite chrch.
10:15 Address of Welcome. Rev.
Lenker, Weeping Water and
Nehawka Methodist.
Response President.
10:25 Christian Adults, "The
Church's Opportunity," Rev.
White.
10:45 General Discussion Rev.
White.
11:00 Special Music Nehawka High
School Glee Club.
Group singing.
11:10 Week Day Vacation Bible
School Rev. Small, Nehawka.
11:20 "Other Methods of Bible
Teaching" Rev. White.
11:30 Discussion.
11:40 Nominating committee report.
Resolutions. , ...
12:00 Dinner, ...... .
Balloting during noon hour.
AFTERNOON
1:30 Devotionals Rev. Jennen,
pastor of Elmwood Evangel
ical church.
Special music.
1:45 Address "Cooperation Be
tween Public School and Com
munity" Rev. Weber, chair
man school board, Murdock
consolidated schools.
1:55 Offering.
Business.
2:10 Unified Service Rev. Callo
way, pastor Methodist church,
Louisville, Nebraska.
2:20 Question Box Rev. McClusky,
pastor of Plattsmouth Presby
terian church.
2:40 Address, "A Layman's View
point of What a Religious Ser
vice Should Be" J. Howard
Davis, superintendent Platts
mouth Methodist Sunday
school.
3:00 Special music.
8:10 Address, "The Ultimate Goal
The Kingdom of God"
Rev. Lowe, Weeping Water
Christian church.
EVENING
7:30
Devotionals Rev. George
Hunt, Weeping Water Congre
gational.
Special music Piano accord
ian trio Callahan Male
chorus.
Offering.
8:00 Address. "The Yearning
Church. Seeking the Lost"
Rev. White.
TO INSTITUTE LODGE
From Tuesday's DaIly--
William A. Robertson, grand mas
ter, Lewis E. Smith, grand secretary
of the Nebraska A. F. & A. M., ac
companied by Walter Raecka, of Cen
tral City, deputy grand master, Dr.
Luther M. Kuhns. grand chaplain
and William F.- Evers. superintend
ent of the Nebraska Masonic Home,
and Hary Carson. Nebraska City,
grand tyler, departed this afternoon
for Cairo, Nebraska.
The Masonic officers will assist in
the instituting of Cairo lodge of the
A. F. & A. M., the first new lodge
that has been instituted in the term
of Mr. Robertson. The occasion will
be attended by a large group of the
Masons of the state.
SECURE MARRIAGE LICENSE
Marriage license was issued Mon
day at the office of Judge Bryce
Crawford at Omaha to Henry Brem
er, 21, of Falls City, Nebraska, and
Miss Glendora Hill, 18, of Platts
mouth. The bride has been a student here
in the local high school.