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Hebr. State Historical Society 0 ft. a If if 4i e i VOL. NO. nv PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1938. NO. 3 sr tsa -i u u u Murray Now Has New Tele phone System Cut Cver Made Wednesday as Maycilness meeting. The meeting was then George E. Nickles Fulls tlie Switch at Exchange. On Wednesday, February 9, the installation department of the Lin coln Telephone and Telegraph com pany cut into service the new auto matic exchange at Murray, Nebraska. Tiiis equipment, which replaces the iornn-r magneto manual equipment, permits the subscribers at Murray io dial the number they desire and provides them with the very latent type of telephone service. The equip ment is of the stei-by-step and is similar to thtat used in larger cities, notably in Lincoln. It has a capacity to serve 100 lines and is housed in the telephone company quarters for merly occupied by the manual equip-) meat. Among other service features j provided are those of absolute secret service on individual lines, enter-! ger.cy and general line ringing on j rural lines and particularly high! grade of transmission throughout the) exchange. j New dial instruments were placed) at subscribers' stations. A tele-, phone approximate S inches by 10; inches replaced the magneto wall in-. stri-.m-i.t o?i rural stations an in strument which was trom 18 inches to 22 inches in length and 9 inches in width. The new instruments are black in finish and have appropi iate dial mountings. With the new central office equip ment it is possible to continue the use of public pay-stations in Murray becaus? of the arrangement which ; years engaged in working in the local ina Accompanist, Shirley Seiver. permits a subscriber at a public pay- j Burlington shops, but in recent years Mouth Harp Solo Joe Highfield station to dial any number he may j nas. ntn been actively engaged. He! 7th Grade Boys desire with the provision that be- j was married in this city to Miss Piano Solo Kenneth White fore he ecu talk it is necessary that j Lillian Uhlik, who survives his pass- Trumpet Solo George Jacobs . , . , . , , , . Trombone Solo Joe McMaken he deposit a com. Special equipment j ns together with four brothers ar.dyocal S(j) Sterling Hopkins makes it unnecessary for the user of j four sisters. Orville. of this city, Al- Trumpet Solo Ray Evers one of thfse instruments to deposit albert of Omaha, Nelson of Rochester, ; Mouth Harp Alvin Rakow coin before making a call to Lone : Distance, Information or Repair De partment at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. TIk' equipment was installed by George Keith. Francis Darnold and Inspector C. L. Walker. Inspector Walker v. as in charge of the cutovCT and the installation of instruments at all subscribers" stations. In this work he was assisted by Wire Chief Gray and Installers Albors, Olson and Lam btrson. Present v hen the new ex change us cut to service were As sistant Plant Superintendent Ec-hm. District Manager McKinzie, Assistant General Traffic Superintendent I-on-iey. Equipment Engineer Andrews and Area Manager Mistier. Murray PubscriberE and others interested are invited to visit the office and in spect the new equipment and operation. Mayor Gc-orge E. Xickles pulled the swia h to start the new system, j CARS HAVE COLLISION Thursday afternoon cars driven by L. A. Meisinger, residing west of this city and Rev. C. Loyd Shubert, for merly oi Murray and now of Ren son, crashed two miles north of the Piatte river bridge on highway No. 7 7 . Re Shubert, accompanied by hislwpvo also sunt. The club nresented w ife and small child were driving : the ladies very unique gifts being north as Mr. Meisinger was coming j bracket shelves of solid walnut, south. The highway was wet and' For this occasion Mrs. Stamp had slippe ry and made driving difficult , very clever table decorations. The and the two cars swung almost head-jcolors red and white were carried out on into each othe.v They wer? notlin the Valentine theme. The cen traveling at a high rate of speed and terpie:e was a beautiful basket filled while th cars were damaged to a j with assorted fruits and the handle greater or less extent with smashed ; tied with huge bows of red cello fenders and hood, the occupants es- phane. The candles were glass in caned with slight injuries, Mrs. Shu-; crystal holders and tied with red bert having a bruised head where she j cellophane. Very artistic valentines had struck the windshield. j at each plate as well as valentine The damaged car of Mr. Meisinger . napkins. The dishes and glass ware was brought here to the Chevrolet j were all of red glass. garage. IN COLLEGE PLAY CRETE, Feb. 10 sophomore at Doane Joe Hendrix. college is a member of the cast of "The Comedy of Errors." This Shakespearian com edy has been selected by the drama department for presentation in ap- proximately thirty high schools dur - ing the latter part of March. Hendrix arranged three-course luncheon hen is nzo a member of the basketball : oring Mrs. F. R. Molak. The dinner squad in which sport he won his let- : decorations were in the spring flow tcr last year. ers. Bridge occupied the afternoon. FOUR-MILE CLUB Tuesday afternoon club met at the home of Miss Helen Hunter with Mrs. Elmer Tritsch and Mrs. Claude Mayabb associate hostesses. The meeting -was opened with the song of the month and a short busi- turned over to the project leaders. The lesson on "Patterns and Their Use." was discussed which was very i i interesting in regard to altering patterns. Seventeen members and five visitors were present. A delicious ! lunch was served by the hostesses at ! close of meeting. ! Next meeting will be held at the ! home of Mrs. lrvin Meisinger March Sth - -Club Reporter. Chas, Renner Dies Suddenly in Heart Attack While Working at Home in West Fart : cf Citv Stricken at 9 :30 and Dies Immediately. Charles Renner, 53. a resident here for many years, died suddenly this morning at 0:30 at his home in the west part of the city, death coming as he was engaged in cutting wood a short distance frcm the house. Mr. Renner had apparently been in his usual health and had gone to the yard to look after his daily tasks when a neighbor living a short dis tance away saw him fall and ran to the Renner home to call the wife. When medical aid arrived it was found that he had died in the space of a few seconds. The deceased was for a number cf innesota, Theodore of Ocean City, Washington, Mrs. James Ault and Mrs. Albert Stokes of this city, Mrs. Tillie Green of Ralston and Mrs. Anna Richter of Bayard, Nebraska. The funeral arrangements will be in charge cf the Janda funeral home of Omaha. CLUB HAS SLEETING AND FAREWELL PARTY The Social Worker's Flower club met at the home of Mrs. J. L. Stamp on Wednesday for an all-day meet - ing. This meeting had for its purpose a two-fold program. In the morn-j ing the ladies were ejuilting antl in i the afternoon the main feature was e ir ir ja farewell party for two of the mem ! bers. Mrs. E. P. Hutchison and Mrs. iiay Wiles who will soon leave for jowa to mafce their future home. A very clever bingo game was play- ed by the two honored guests, letters being used instead of numbers and v. hen the final letters were called Bingo appeared in a very appropriate j poem which portrayed the regrets of the two members leaving the club and contained good wishes for their welfare in our neighbor state Iowa. ia selection oi songs very apropriate Mrs. Myron Wiles, Mrs. Frank Strough and Miss Velma Shrader were visitors. The next meeting will be at the 'home of Mrs. George Mumm on March ! 9th HONORS MRS. M0LAK Mrs. Henry G. Soennichsen enter ; tained Wednesday at a charmingly Junior High Presents a Fine Program Large Number Attend the C2ei of the Students Thursday Afternoon at School. The junior high school Thursday afternoon presented a very fine pro gram at the school which was pre sided over by Coach H. C. Hoggess. The program was attended by large number of the parents o; the was sev- j young people taking part and ! very cleverly presented by the j eral groups and soloists. j Following is the program: ! Sth Grade Girls I "Tavern in the Town," "Serenade. j"The Night Will Never Stray." Ac-I i companist, Dorothea Duxbury. J ; Reading Elizabeth Wlies j Clarinet Solo Juanita Siglerj "Gold Mine in the Sky." Barbara ! I Lamphear, Betty Gayer, Betty Wil son, hlizahetti Wiles, Maxine Graves. Mary Ami Winscot. Willa Sylvester, Ruth Lowson. 7th Grade Girls "The Goose Girl." "No. Is My An swer." "Krakawiak," "Growing in My Garden Is a Hazel Tree." Accom panist, Mary Jean Ilatt. Dance Dollie Richardson Piano Trio Joan Tiekotter, I Donna Seiver, Kathcrine Conis i Greek Song Kathcrine Conis j Guitar Solo Shirley Price j Sth Grade Boys j Tiano Solo Wilbur Claus j Trumpet Solo San ford Short! Piano Solo Cary Marshall j Mouth Karp Billy Hula. Jim Quinnett j Trumpet Solo Don Martin Accordiun John Soennichsen Piano Solo Ralph Hitt Mountainers Gerald Blunt. Jim! Quinnett. Wilmer Covert I rMinTMia "Si'iesfirs Oriiiflpr " "Made- Duet .Kenneth White. Geo. Jacobs Chorus. "Glendy Burke." "Ah. Lovely Meadows." "Chisholf Trail." Accompanist, Flora Belle Meade. GIVEN A SURPRISE Last Friday evening just as Percy; "Whee ler was finishing his evening j work a number of friends came driv- j inir in with plenty of good things to! eat to belt) him do justice in cele- jbrating his birthday, and a complete surprise it was. j The evening was very pleasantly ! spent playing games. At a late hour i refreshments were served. The present were Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ram go. Mrs. Maynard son Robert. Mr. and Ramge, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Whi Annis Lee and Phoebe, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kaffenberger and Henry, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Henton and Oliver, Dale, Harry, Petty and Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Melvin. - Walter and Alice Fern, Mrs. Sue j Strickland and Edward. Mrs. Bintner, i Mr. and Mrs. C. Mead. Evelyn, Lois land Flora Belle, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Young. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Crear,ier,gtat(,ffipnt signed and witnessed by Mrs. Georgia Creamer. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patterson and Charlene, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott, Edward Wehrbein, E. Morris, of Union, Joe Karas, Helen Karas. Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. K. V. Halter and son, Jerry and Mrs. Latisha Benson, Lincoln. VISITS AT NEHAWKA William A. Robertson, grand mas ter of Nebraska Masons, with Wil liam F. Evers, superintendent of the Nebraska Masonic Home, was at Ne hawka Wednesday evening to visit Nehawka lodge No. 246 A. F. & A. M. Mr. Robertson was making his of ficial visit to the lodge and Mr. Evers gave a very interesting talk and showing of the pictures of the Ma sonic Home in this city. REEEKAH KENSINGTON From Thursday's Dally The Rebekah Kensington met last night with Miss Fern Jahrig, with Miss Mildred Hall as co-hostess. Val entine games were played, and prizes won by Mrs. Fred Mumm and Miss Marie Kaufmann. Miss Kaufmann played a guitar and sang and yodeled Swiss songs. Miss Jahrig and Miss Hall also sang. HARVEY EGGELLNG INJURED Word has been received from liar- j vey Eggeling, Plattsmouth young man, serving in the U. S. navy, who ) is just recovering from a severe in jury. He was injured some time ago j when visiting in Los Angeles, being '. knocked down by a car a:;d suffered ' severe injuries tnat nae Kept n:m in the hospital. The members of the family and ifriends hud not heard from him lor some time and it was thought that he was out on a cruise with the battle fleet and the letters received today was the first telling of the accident. He is doing very well now and out of danger. Mi. Eggeling is a son of Mr. and Mis. Arnold Lillie of this city. Auto Wreck Victims Doing Very Nicely 'the blue and white scoring while Charles Howard Will Be at Hospital Robinson, Ashland football and bas fcr Some Time Others Show ,ketba!l star at the center position led Favorable Gains. Members of the auto party injured Wednesday night in the wreck near the Tidball Lumber Co. office, seem , to be doing very well altho all are ; feeling the effects of the injuries re-; ceived. ! Charles Howard, the most severely injured, will be at the Methodist; hospital for some time as his pelvic bone has suffered four fractures and : the broken jaw bone as well as cuts: and severe bruising makes it very painful. He has stood the ordeal in , fine shape and will be confined to j his bed while the broken bones are j knitting. Clifford Tunnell, it was found ! Thursday afternoon, has suffered the fracture of three ribs, torn loose from : the back bone and is confined to his ! home. The other members of the party- are sore and suffer a great deal from the effect of their injuries but none are thought serious and they are able to look after their usual activ ities. SYRACUSE DOCTOR CHARGED Charges of performing an illegal; operction that resulted in the death j of Dolores Dennis. 20. of Elmwood. j were filed Thursday at Nebraska; City against Dr. W. E. Willis, prom- inent Syracuse physician. The complaint was filed by County I Attorney Edwin Moran of Otoe coun- j ty. after a coroner's jury had return-; ed a verdict after only thirty-five: minutes deliberation. The jury found; that Miss P.-nnis died from periton itis, following an illegal operation, and held that her death wss the re sult of "felonious action." The com plaint charges that Dr. Hillis "did unlawfully and feloniously" perform the operation. The phvsician war- linked with the; death bv a statement made by the girl on her admission to a Lincoln hosnital where she later died. The notary was read to the jury Dr. Hillis, who is well known in Nebraska and Kansas, is the manager of the Syracuse Bluebirds, three times girl softball champions. The funeral of Dolores Dennis was held thin afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Christian church at Elmwood. RETURNS FROM CALIFORNIA From Saturdav's Daily Mrs. W. II. Puis returned home this morning from Hollywood, Cali fornia, where she has been spending the past six weeks at the home of ! her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sochor. Mrs. Puis had a most delightful time and reports the Sochor family CIS UCIII 111 CACllcni v.. joying life in California very much. She reports that the rainy season is now prevailing along the west coast. REMEMBER FRIEND Louis Ward Egenberger has been ill for the past few days and on Tuesday he was remembered by his j Mr. and Mrs. Robert Richter of associates of the Shuffle and Deal j Bayard, Nebraska, arrived this morn club who took time off from their ling to remain over for the funeral game to have the sick committee call ; services of Charles Renner, brother at his home. The sented him with a bouquet. committee pre very attractive Platters Take Ashland by a 37 to 25 Score In Erilliant Last Ealf Attack the Locals Add Saunders County Quintet to List. : The Plattsmouth nigh school bas ketball team Friday night added the ! Ashland team to their list of victims and made an excellent comeback f rom i ; their two recent defeats, j The opening was slow and the ! ! score at the half was tied up 16) ; alike and onlv the sharpshooting of ! Hi who also proved the high. ! point man of the game, and Rebal 'kept the locals in the contest. In the third quarter the Platters ; however stepped out in front as j Hayes continued his attack on the ; enemy hoop and Wooster and Reed started to hit their scoring stride. Hayes led with fifteen points in ; his team with eleven points. The Platters wiil eniov a rest the coming week until Friday when they will attack Blair on their court. The box score of the game was as follows : Plattsmouth (37) FG FT PF 1 0 0 0 0 1 TP 9 7 0 15 0 C 0 Wooster f Rebal. f Jacebs, f Hayes, c McCarty, c Reed, g Miller, g . 0 - 0 0 17 3 Ashland (25) j FG FT 'Vosley, f 0 0 1 Sanders, f 0 2 Tarpening, f 0 , 0 ; At wood, f 1 0 ! Harnsbergrer, f 1 0 ' Robinson, c 4 3 Mason, c 1 0 i Rung, g 3 0 .'Bryant, g 0 0 IZiegler, g 0 0 : Judy, g 0 0 TF 0 0 0 o 1 O 0 0 0 3 1 TP 0 0 o 2 11 Referee. Collins. Omaha; Time keeper. Gaines, Ashland; Scorer, D Armstrong, Plattsmouth. LEGION AND AUXILIARY CONFERENCES FEBR. 22 A state-wide conference of officers of Legion posts and Legion Auxiliary units is to be held at Grand Island on February 22nd, Washington's birthday. The National Commander of the Lerion and National President of the Auxiliary will be present. A full day's program is arranged, in cluding conferences of various state committees of both organizations. In the evening a banquet will be held. The mid-winter conference of of ficials started in the Legion back in January. 1921. when the first of such j meetings was held in Lincoln. Later i the plan was discarded for a time. but it was found that district con ventions do not fulfill the purpose near like these conferences, which for the past few years have been held annually on Washington's birthday at Grand Island. As Plattsmouth Legion post has two representatives on state com- 'mittees. it is probable a car load of I Legion and Legion Auxiliary officers ! from here will drive out for the con ference. NOT SO WELL Claude Carter, who has been at an Omaha hospital for the past sev eral weeks undergoing treatment as the result of injuries he received here in a fall, was reported Friday as not being so well. Mr. Carter suffered injury in a fall from a car in the local shops and which has kept him bedfast since that time and it is probable that he will remain in the hospital for some time. HERE TO ATTEND FUNERAL j From Friday's Dally of Mrs. Richter. They left Bayard last night and reached here after an all night drive. FUNERAL OF MRS. MINNIE AR Trom Friday's Dally The funeral of Mrs. W. C. Minniearj was held this afternoon at the First; Christian church where a large num- ber of the old friends and neighbors gathered for their last tributes to her memory. Rev. J. W. Taenzler, pastor of the church, conducted the servics and gave a message of comfort and tribute to the useful life of the departed lady. Mrs. Hal Garnett and Frank A. Cloidt gave three of the old hymns selected by the members of the fam ily, "Meet Me at the Eastern Gate," "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and "Sometime We'll Understand." Mrs. O. C. Hudson was the accompanist. The interment was at the Oak Hill cemetery in the west part of the city. Will Ask Vote on Farm Bureau Appropriations Petitions Prepared to Be Circulated! Over County to Have Matter Placed on Ballot. , Aonarentlv as a climax of the series ! of meetings held over Cass county in ! recent weeks in which the farm bills j the Sportsman s club, will be to rro ! proposed in congress was the target cure the establishment of a lake ap- of opposition, it is now proposed to j proximately two and a half miles in ! submit the approbation for the agri-1 length and a quarter of a mile in fliltllrnl evtencinn wnrl in the. nnnntv ' Width, at the foot Of King's Hill. ! to the voters. i Petitions have been prepared and ' are being placed in all sections of 1 of Cass county for circulation. These I petitions ask that the matter of the : Cass county appropriation for the j support of the extension work and ;the county farm bureau, be placed on It he ballot for the next regular elec tion for a vote of the people. Different expressions by those in i terested indicate that the petitioners : have more or less resentment over j alleged activities of the farm bureau i in regard to federal farm legislation 0 proposed, while others express the 0j thought that the elimination of the ; appropriation would assist in cutting .down expenses of the county. The farm bureau and agricultural work has been in Cass county for the jpast twenty years and have embraced j was ver' apparent from the discus all lines of the extension activity in eion that the Sportsman's club will j organization of club grouns, aid in j Prove an active organization for the j educational work on the matter of j conservation of wildlife in this area 'agriculture through the medium of and the accomplishment of the park the county office as Weeping Water j and which service has reached large numbers of the residents of the coun ty. The appropriation made by Cass county this year for the assisting of maintaining the extension work has been $2,800 and which was voted to appropriate at the last general meeting of the board of county com missioners at the request of the farm bureau officers. VISITORS AT MASONIC LODGE FroTi Saturday's Dally The conferring of the third degree on candidates last night by Platts mouth lodge No. 6, A. F. & A. M., brought out a large number of local Masons and visitors from Nebraska; City and Weeping Water. Among those from Nebraska City were A. M. Craig. Bill Conley, Ray Casebeer, Bill Rueter, Doc Carter, Ben James, Harry Lisby, Henry Schemmel, Charles Otto and Karl Hobbie. HOLIDAY IN THE CITY From Saturday's Dally The passing of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, great civil war president was observed today by the closing of the offices at the court house, the closing of the bank and the usual Saturday vacation at the BREX shops. There was no special programs given however in the city in honor of the patriotic holiday. DR. HILLIS DENIES GUILT Dr. W. E. Hillis, of Syracuse, pleaded not guilty at his araign ment in county court at Nebraska City Friday. He was charged in a complaint with having performed an illegal operation upon Delores Den nis, 20, of Elmwood. He was released under a ?1,000 bond and his preliminary hearing set for Monday, February 28. Cass County Sportsman's Club is Formed Meeting- at Public Library Largely Attended in Drive to Con serve Wildlife. From Saturday s Daily At the meeting in the public li brary, last evening, called for the purpose of organizing a Sportsman's club, a group of thirty-five or forty sportsmen met and proceeded to form an organization. The meeting was called to order by A. L. Tidd, and W. R. Holly was elected tem porary chairman, and W. H. Mason was elected temporary secretary. After a brief discussion of the pur poses and necssity for the establish ment of such an organization, the fol lowing officers were elected to serve for a period of one year: President Milton M. Muncie. Vice-President Fred Lugsch. Secretary-Treasurer W. II. Mason " vas aeciaea to can me emu "The Cass County SporlEman's club" There was quite a good deal of en- thusiasm expressed for the organiz- ation and one of the first projects. which will receive the attention of This is the location wher the army engineers constructed a dam across one of the channels of the Missouri river, turning the river to the Iowa side and leaving the old channel suit able for a fine lake. A membership committee was se lected as follows- George Thune, J. F. Wolff, Dr. L. S. Pucelik, W. F. Halmes, Wm. P. O'Donnell, and Fred Lugseh. The members present, to gether with this committee will put on an immediate drive for member ships and they hope to have a mem- I bership of at least two hundred in the county. The club decided to hold another meeting at the public library, on Friday, February 18, at which there will be speakers qualified to give the organization a good start. It project at King's Hill. Every sports man in the vicinity, as well as in the entire county is invited to the meeting to be held on Friday, Febru ary 18, at 8 p. m. at the public li brarj. FAINTS AT WHEEL Thursday while Dorothea Fulton, student at the Plattsmouth high school and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fulton, of near Mynard, was driving home, she was slightly in jured when her car overturned. The young lady had been ill at school and started to drive out to her home, when near the Ben Wiles resi dence in the south part of the city, she apparently fainted at the wheel and the coure that she was driving was turned over twice before it came to rest bottom up. All of the glass in the couple was shattered. Passing motorists rescued the oc cupant of the overturned car and she was brought on into this city and cared for at the office of Dr. L. S. Pucelik. It was found that she had a sprained right wrist and had also suffered bruises. SALE BRINGS LARGE CROWD The attendance at the community sale at the, Plattsmouth sale pavilion on Thursday afternoon was the largest that has been held since the pavilion was opened and stock, ma chinery and general goods were brought from the nearby territory to be sold. Many from Iowa were here with stock and also to participate in the buying. The prices were good and the result very pleasing to the owners and the management of the pavilion. WEDNESDAY CLUE MEETS The Wednesday club was enter tained by Mrs. Henry Starkjohn with bridge as the diversion. High score was won by Mrs. Fred Lugsch and the low score by Mrs. Ray Larson.