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Nebr. State Historical Society Lie0' VOL. NO. IIV PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1938. NO. 8 Masonic Head Returns from an Eastern Jaunt William A. Robertson Attended Con ference of Grand Masters of the United States. William A. Robertson, grand mas ter of Nebraska Masons, returned Saturday afternoon from a visit to the east and to attend the conference of the grand masters of the various states, held at Washington, D. C, which meeting brought together many of the notable figures in the Masonic order. Mr. Robertson was one of the committee selected by the conference to place a wreath on the tomb of General George Washington at Mt. Vernon, as a tribute from the Ma sons of the United States. He also had the pleasure of attend ing a special meeting of Alexandria, Virginia, lodge, of which George Washington had been a master, as a special observance of Washington's birthday. The chair used by Wash ington as well as his gavel is pre served in the lodge room. At the conference Judge Lewis of Pennsylvania, opened the meeting and Judge Archie L. Higgins, of Louisiana, was the permanent officer of the conference. The banquet held as a part of the conference was a most notable gath ering and speeches were made by John L. Lewis, of the Committee for Industrial Organization, who was a most impressive and forceful speaker, Mr. Robertson states. Hon. Richard M. Duncan of Missouri, was another of the noted speakers. While attending the conference Mr. Robertson found time to visit many of the notable places in Wash ington and vicinity and which in cluded Mt. Vernon nnd the "Arlington national cemetery. He also had the opportunity of visiting his son, James M. Robertson, at the U. S. naval academy at Annapolis, being there Sunday and enjoying dinner with the group of some 1,300 midship men and found a great deal of pleas ure in the visit. Mr. Robertson also was a dinner guest of Congressman II. C. Luckey and visited with Senator E. R. Burke and Congressman Karl Stefan, but was disappointed in finding Congress man C. F. McLaughlin of Omaha, ab sent at New York where he spoke at a Washington birthday dinner party. FLOWER SHOW ATTRACTS MANY The conference of the second d.is trict of the Nebraska Garden clubs, was held on Saturday at, Omaha and very largely attended by members of the various clubs in this section ofj Nebraska. The meetings were at the Hotel Rome and where also had been ar ranged many striking and attractive exhibitions by various clubs, the Plattsmouth Garden club being one of those having an exhibit which at tracted a great deal of attention. The local club had their shadow boxes as well as flowers and other lines on exhibition. Judge A. II. Duxbury gave a very interesting part of the conference with his showing of motion pictures and slides of his travels and also of gardens taken on his tour and local gardens which had been photograph ed by E. J. Weyrich. There were a number of interest . ing talks given by the leaders in garden work and planning that add ed a great deal to the success of the conference. Mrs. L. O. Minor was chairman of legislation and publicity and leader of a question box at the session while Mrs. P. T. Heineman had charge of the bird section of the meeting. Mrs. E. H. Wescott of this city was chairman of the district meeting and Mrs. L. L. Wiles was selected as the district secretary at the session. Those who attended from Platts mouth were: Judge and Mrs. A. H. Duxbury, Richard and Mrs. Mae N. Creamer, Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Low son, Mrs. G. A. Pahl, Miss Sophia Kraeger, Mrs. L. L. Wiles, Mrs. Jo seph McMaken, Jr., Miss Helen Hunter, Mrs. Peter Carr, Mrs. L. O. Minor, .Mrs. P. T. Heineman, Mrs. L. W. Egenberger, Mr. and Mrs. J A Pitz, Mrs. L. S. Devoe, Mrs. E. H. Wescott, Miss Julia Svoboda, Mrs. William Baird, Mrs. R. B. Hayes. HERE FROM ENGLAND Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Short, of Epson, England, who have been visit ing in the United States since De cember, have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Leonard, near Mynard. Mr. and Mrs. Short are uncle and aunt of Mrs. Leonard and have been visiting with her parents in Omaha as well as at the farm here. They are planning on remaining in the United States until. May when they expect to return home. They are going from Omaha to the west coast and expect to visit in the var ious cities and especially Los Angeles and Hollywood before they return. Forty-Six Take Part in Spelling Contest Here Thelma Kruger First in the Written Contest While Iniogene Van Every First in Oral. The Cass county spelling contest was held Saturday at the court house. It was one of the best contests ever held in Cass county, with forty-six contestants entered. The youngest contestant was in the fifth grade and was eight years old. The contest was under the direc tion of Miss Alpha C. Peterson, coun ty superintendent, with H. W. Eaton, Douglas county superintendent con ducting the contest and giving the various words for the contestants. The winners of the written con test were: 1st, Thelma Kruger. dis trict No. 1, Plattsmouth, grade 8, Miss Helene Perry, teacher; 2nd, Doris Anderson, district No. 19, Ne hawka, grade 8, Miss Fern Spang ler, teacher; 3rd. Kathleen Balfour, district No. 18, Union, grade 8, Miss Donna Lee Baker, teacher. Winners of the oral contest were: 1st. Imogene Van Every, district No. 22, Weeping Water, grade 7, Miss Helen Gordes, teacher; 2nd, Thelma Kruger, district No. 1, Plattsmouth, grade 8, Miss Helene Perry, teacher; 3rd, Marianna Schomaker, district No. 103. grade S, Miss Ella Groke, teacher. BIBLE CONTEST In 1927 a few people met and or ganized a Bible Contest Association in which Bible questions were to be emphasized in churches. Sabbath schools and young peoples Christian organizations. It was thought an annual contest would stimulate such an interest and the need of Bible study was apparent upon every hand. The first contest was held in Nebras ka City in 1928. This year the eleventh annual Bible contest will be held in the Christian church here on Sunday aft ernoon. May 1. The contest program will begin promptly at 2 o'clock and everyone is invited to attend. Every one may enter the contest for there is a department for each age. junior. intermediate, senior and adult. PREPARING TO BUILD Weeping Water is preparing to start the program of recovery from their recent disastrous fire that de stroyed a large part of the business section of the city. The Michaelson building is being started and will soon arise from the ruins of its former site into a neat and modern store building. The new structure will however be one story only, the former building having been a two story structure. The other lots are being cleaned up of the debris and wreckage of the fire and it is expected that others will start their rebuilding as the city has felt the need of the business locations. TO INSTALL SIGNALS The Missouri Pacific is expected within a short time to start the work of installing an electric block signal system from Union north to Gilmore Junction where the Mis souri Pacific uses the Union Pacific line Into Omaha. The electric block system extends to Union and the new line will give them a complete system from Kansas City north. The new system will make it much safer for section work ers and trainmen. Plattsmouth Masons Honor Grand Master Post TWnatAr'c TJio-Vif TWoflo firrnstior - ----" - -"t,--" of Tribute to W. A. Robertson, Head of State A. F. & A. M. Monday night Plattsmouth lodge; No. 6, A. F. & A. M. held their an- j r.ual rrnst master's nisrht and this I event was marked by special tribute ' received a very enthusiastic welcomejhad attended and served as vestry to William A. Robertson, who served from the brothers of the order and; "'an, was held the funeral of Archer as the worshipful master of the local responded to the many well deserved 1 K- Stewart, manager of the Norfolk lodge in 1912 and is at the present ! tributes that the friends had offered. Packing Co., of this city, whose sud time grand master of the Nebraska 1 He expressed the deep feeling of ap-;den death Saturday afternoon had Masons. 'preciation that he felt for the finehrought a deep sorrow to the com- The event was outstanding in the j event arranged for him by his f ra- j munity. historv of the Plattsmouth Masonrv I ternal associates. -The simple and impressive Epis- U k. f- I II I 1 -A V . f"-, W1JVVU V. in attendance at the dinner to assist in honoring Mr. Robertson, as well as masters of the lodges in this section of the state. There were 208 seated at the hand somely arranged tables in the main lodge room at C:30 when the dinner was served and the menu arranged by the committee headed by Wayne Ben- nett and Carl Schneider and their able assistants who prepared the meal. the menu being as follows: Cocktail Salad - Rolls Roast Beef and Gravy Mashed Potatoes - Navy Beans Ice Cream Wafers - Coffee " The repast was very speedily and efficiently served by a force of high school boys under the direction of J. Russell Reeder, senior warden of the local lodge. The program was presided over by Raymond C. Cook, deputy grand cus-! w. iMcorew, nowaiu jiUKmau, todian and past master of the local Louisville; Alio F. Roatt, R. Deles lodge, who was at his best in pre-, Dernier, Ed James. W. L. Atchison, senting the various guests of the Eveland. Elmwood. evening. of ,ne nast masters of Platts- Rev. J. C. Lowson, pastor of the 'mouth lodge from 1920 were pres First Methodist church gave the in-'?" to ake Part in the '"meeting, vocation. . i During the serving and the ban- The visiting Masons and the guest Quet the high school orchestra under I the direction of Lee Meyers, gave a 17 i . m .i m .i scn Lloyd, master of the Plattsmouth j lodge in a very clever manner. The Masonic quartet composed of Fiank Cloidt, Raymond C. Cook, Harry G. McClusky, Lynn O. Minor with E. H. Wescott as the accom pmist, they giving two numbers, "Sweet and Low," and "Gold Mine in the Sky." iTorri t rin-o.. met mctc- nf i the lodge, presented the past master's JCWCi IU i. rUMfl 1 JLLf IhUll. l I 1 ill - . - - kio, Missouri, master and praised the sple Patterson in Masonry. C. K. Morse, of Lincoln, of the extension department of the state university, gave the main address of the evening, a very fine tribute to the fellowship of Masonry and its mission in the world to promote the fellowship of man and the religious inspiration in the membership. The address'was very closely followed and carried a message worth whije to j all of the members of the order. The grand lodge olTiers were pre sented to the banquet party, Walter R. Raecke, Central City, deputy grand master; William J. Brecken-! ridge, Hastings, grand senior war- den; Earl J. Lee, Fremont, grand! Junior warden; Lewis E. Smith, Om aha, grand secretary; Rt. Rev. George A. Beecher, Hastings, grand chap lain; Robert Foster Patterson, Tar kio, Missouri, grand orator; Judge Edwin F. Carter, Lincoln, grand mar shal; Lute M. Savage, Omaha, grand custodian; George A. Kirk, Lincoln, grand senior deacon; William B. Wanner, Falls City, grand junior dea con; Henry W. Carson, Nebraska City, grand tyler. Other distinguish ed members present were William C. Ramsey. Omaha, past grand master; Frank II. Woodland, Omaha, past grand master; N. A. F. McLean, Ne braska City, grand high priest, R. A. M.; Lieutenant Commander Lincoln Humphrey, Omaha, U. S. N.; Lieu tenant H. E. Peifer, Omaha, U. S. N. The distinguished guests paid short and impressive tributes to the ser vices of Mr. Robertson to the order and to his splendid friendship and association that they had enjoyed. There were a large number of the masters of lodges here and who join ed in the tributes to Mr. Robertson, among these being: Henry Seneider wind, Nebraska lodge No. 1, Omaha; Karl F. Hobbie, Western Star lodge No. 2, Nebraska City; George E. Rob ertson, Capitol lodge No. 3, Omaha; Lon R. Carter, Covert lodge No. 11, Omaha; Roy Haslam, Euclid lodge No. 97, Weeping Water; Eugene Dinamore, G. W. Lininger lodge No. 268, Omaha; Kenneth Baker, Lee P. Gillette lodge No. 272, Dunbar; G. T. Tillery, Mazipa lodge No. 302. 'Omaha; W. J. Bailey, right angle i 10(J No. 203, Omaha; Fred C. Drexel, Bee Hive lodge No. 184, South Omaha; Dean W. Harmon, Glenwood lodge. No. 58, Glenwood, Iowa; Harry Snoke, Canopy lodge No. 209 Elmwood. Mr. Robertson was presented and Tlif benediction was civeu liv Dr , --- - - ill. G. McClusky, pastor of the I-irst Presbyterian church. Among the visiting Masons were Victor Seymore, George VanWare ing. Lincoln; V. B. Jones. Karl Sey por, George E. Farrell. Henry E. Schmell. John M. Scott. Paul Gat- tinger. A. M. Craig. Charles Ott. W R. Conley, Robert R. Lloyd. Ray Case- beer, Lynn J. Howe, Alex J. Brc-nel. J. T. Craig, W. 1 . Frank, (). K. Pile, Nebraska City; Ruben A. Robinson, side, a suburb of Sioux City, where iWymore; R. E. Norris. Ernest Nor-; it was laid to rest in the family plot Iris, C. E. Norris, L. P. Woolcott. F. and where rest the parents of the de !H. Woods. O. E. Domingo. S. Ray parted. The Sattler funeral home had ; Smith. G. R. Dinger. -Weeping Wa-' charge of the funeral party, 'ter; I. L. VanSant. J. P. Christian-! The pall bearers were old friends 'son. John R. Hughes, II. B. Burg-land associates from Sioux City and quist. Arden L. Burgquist, Ron Van- ! Omaha and E. H. Bernhardt of this Sickle, South Omaha: Carl A. Bal- four, Fred Gettinger, Nehawka; L. It. Rutherford. B. L. Schubert, C. R. Caylor. W. R. Thompson. Springfield; Thomas A. Barton, Central City; vfrv fine nrnram of music that was ! ery nne pioiam oi music mat n very much enjoyed and snowed great j mouin ana ne nas since muue ms skill on the part of the members of ! home in this city. He was also a di the group. j rector of the Iowa-Nebraska Canners' . ' association. TO ORGANIZE BANDS Mc- Stewart was a member of the In response to urgent requests from many, the recreation service is manning ine organisation ui uiuum harp bands and string orchestras. j Patterson of Tar- -viouin narp music anu iiiauutiiuusj - . j . ter durin" 1937 'have been received at the Recreation j with Mr. Beckley and August Wid Midid work of Mr! Renter and Anton Bajeck has been as-iman of Los Angeles, brother of Mrs. n o I'n m loin iiwi 11 ui rn n Ml ?4 i signed to organize the classes. Both girls and boys over the age j of 10 vears are welcome to enroll in; these classes. Adult classes will be held in the evenings. All persons interested in mouth harp classes or the stringed orchestra will please report to Mr. Bajeck at ithe Recreation Center between the hours of 4:00 to G:00 p. m. on ed- nesday and 9:00 a. on Saturdays. m. to 12:00 noon TO MAKE HOME HERE Miss Hermia E. Windham, who lias,1" " "" " hppn liviner in Quincy, Illinois, ar- ving in Quincy rived in the, city Saturday and ex pects to make her home here in the future. Miss Windham will make her home with Miss Ella Kennedy, an old friend of the Windham family for a great many years. Miss winunam is a daughter of the late Hon. E. B. Windham and made her home here for many years until after the death of the father. WILL ATTEND MEETING From Wednesday's Dally County Assessor and Mrs. W. II. Puis departed this afternoon for Kearney, Nebraska where they will bnend a few days. Mr. Puis is the secretary of the state assessors as coeiation and will go there today to arrange for the opening session which is to be held Thursday. IN SERIOUS CONDITION W. A. Becker, who is at the Clark son hospital in Omaha as the result of a fall and fracture of his shoulder. Is reported as being in quite serious condition. Mr. Becker has now de veloped uremic poisoning that has made his condition serious and mem bers of the family were called to his bedside. Funeral of A. E. Stewart Held Today Services at St. Luke's Church and Body Taken to Sioux City, la., to Be Laid to Rest. From Tuesday's Dally This morning at 10:30 Luke's Episcopal church. at the where St. he ! copal service was celebrated by Fath: ; er George Tyner of Omaha, acting j rector of the local churc h, who gave to the departed the last blessings of the church of his faith. Father Tyner ; gave a short sermon of comfort and ! tribute to the life of the departed. ; During the service Mrs. J. M. Rob jerts. organist of the church, played ; very softly a number of comforting ; hymns of faith. i nie oouj was taken to Morning- : city, assistant to Mr. Stewart in the local plant. Archer E. Stewart was born Jan uary 1, 1392, at Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stewart. He has lived for the greater part of his lifetime in the United States, graduating from the Sioux City high school and later embarked into an active career in the canning, industry at which he has proven very successful. He was manager of the Iowa City cereal mill in 1917. Later he managed the packing plant at Norfolk until the general offices of the company were moved to Platts- j Masonic order at Sioux city anu nau been identified with the Rotary club in this city. He is survived by his widow, Hed- wig, and a sister, Mrs. Clarence Beck- in ul a ....... Stewart were here for the last rites. DANCE DRAWS LARGE NUMBER From Wednesday's Dally The first of a series of free dances, sponsored by the Plattsmouth busi ness men, was held last night at the American Legion building and brought out one of the largest crowds to have been seen in the structure since it was opened. It is estimated that there were 700 present to take part in the ball and excellent order marked the event. The orchestra was under tha direc- fine program of dance numbers which were enjoyed to the utmost by every one. It is planned to have these each Wednesday for the next few months as the weather permits. Dancers were on the floor from South Omaha, Bellevue, Nebraska City and many of the towns in Cass county. MISS FREIDRICH HOME Miss Amelia Freidrich has return ed home from a six weeks visit at Hot Springs, Arkansas, wher she has been for a rest and treatment. She is feeling very much improved and her shoulder has greatly benefited from the treatments in the medicinal springs at this well known health re sort. Miss Freidrich reports that spring is well along in that section of the south and vegetation and wild flow ers are much In evidence through that section of the country. REJOICE IN NEW DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. George Miller of Cedar Creek are the proud parents of a fine 74 pound baby girl born Monday night at their home. Mrs. Miller is a former Plattsmouth girl. VERY SERIOUSLY ILL Charles C. Parmele, formerly of this city, is very seriously ill at the St. Elizabeth's hospital at Lincoln, word received here by friends states. The many friends of Mr. Parmele throughout this community will greatly regret to learn of his ill ness. Mr. Parmele was born in this coun ty and has spent the greater part of his lifetime here and for many years was one of the leading" figures in banking circles of the state. He has in recent years been engaged with the Burlington railroad in their tax and auditing departments. 4-H Clubs to Take Ud Land- scaping Work Members of Clubs Would Start Work of Beautifying Their Home Surroundings. Four-H clubs of the state are going in with new enthusiasm for beauty and more than skin deep. It is planting and landscaping their home grounds. Many fine examples of what club members can do may be seen through out the country. They are guided in the work by plans and outlines sup- plied by the State Extension Service which are designed to give the mosf lasting and attractive effects. The outlines are distributed by county agents and local leaders. Over 150.000 boys and girls car ried on such work last year, which is expected to be increased through incentives offered for the first time in the National 4-H Home Ground Beautification Contest. It provides a gold medal for the club member making the best county report, and a $50 gold watch for the best show ing in the state. The clubster rating highest in each extension section receives a trip to the forthcoming National Club Congress, and the best of the four wins a $300 scholarship, which is given with all other prizes by Mrs. Charles R. Walgreen, of Chicago, nationally known garden club enthusiast. No entry fee or other obligation is incurred by club members taking part. The contest is supervised by state and federal extension agents. FRACTURES PROVE SEVERE W. A. Becker, who was injured in a fall Saturday morning on North Fourth street, appears to have been more severaly injured than was first thought. He has sustained a frac ture of the left shoulder at the socket and also a bad spiral fracture lower on the arm. He will have to spend several weeks at the hospital while the injured shoulder and arm are healing. SHOWING IMPROVEMENT Everett Gooding who has been ill at his home in this city for the past two weeks, ia reported as being some better at this time and is able to be up and around a part of the time. Mr. Gooding is engaged in the Bur lington yards in Omaha and the past summer suffered a breakdown as the result of his work and has not been well since that time. APPEALS CASE An appeal from the justice court of C. L. Graves has been filed in the office of the clerk of the district court. In the case of Gauer & Busche Thrashing Co.. et al.. vs. William H. Meislnger. The case is tor services and covers some $89. The case is being appealed by the defendant. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Mrs. Joseph Stodola, who has been at Omaha recovering from the ef fects of a very serious operation, has so far recovered that she was able to return home Sunday. Mrs. Sto dola's many friends will be pleased to learn that she is now able to be back home. HOME FOR SALE 20x30 feet (at Murray), to be re moved from lot. White pine mater ial. HERMAN ROTTER. Murray. m3-2t My p Return from a Pleasant Trip to the South Mr. and Mrs. Everett Pickens on Trip Found Many Interesting Spots in U. S. and Cuba. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Pickens have returned from an extensive trip to Cuba and through the southland. They went from here to Florida, tak ing the northern route hrough Ten nessee, Kenucky, Georgia and then headed straight for Miami. Florida where they spent several days, visit ing the many places of interest there. From Miami they sailed on the S. S. Florida for Cuba, where they spent several days. They found Cuba surprisingly foreign., and enjoyed their visit there Immensely, visiting the plantations and the scenic drives which were very beautiful with their tall palm trees. They visited Morro Castle, and had food different from anything they had ever tasted but which was very good. Returning to Miami on the same boat, they spent a few more days there, especialy enjoying the grand ocean bathing. They went from there to Tampa, Pensacola and then to New Orleans There they visited the French quar ters and had some French food. They saw the excursion boats coming in land saw the famous Canal street, as well as many other interesting places. In leaving New Orleans they crossed the famous Huey Long bridge, a magnificent structure which was very impressive to them. There was beautiful scenery through Louisiana, with large magnolia trees covered with moss. They found Texas a very beautiful state, with fields of primroses, ver beniaa and poppies growing wild. They visited in the extreme southern part of Texas called "The Valley." There they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Farney, former residents of Plattsmouth, who showed them many of the scenic spots. Especially interesting to Mr. and Mrs. Pickens was the citrus grove near the nome of Mr. and Mrs. Farney. They have a beautiful home. A river runs along the edge of their land, and the land scaping is wonderful. They went over Into Old Mexico, only 20 miles from the Farney home, where Charro Day festival was be ing held. On Charro Day the Mexi cans and Americans living in that part of the valley dress in native Mexican costumes and have balls and parades, a beautiful and very inter esting celebration similar to the Mardi Gras of Louisiana. They visit ed at Matamoros, Mexico and were greatly surprised at the living con ditions there. Poverty is so much in evidence and the living quarters are terrible. They returned home through San Antonio. Dallas, and up through Oklahoma, arriving in Plattsmouth Sunday evening. They took their movie camera on the trip and have many pictures to remind them of the many interesting and beautiful places they saw. FINED FOR SELLING HIDE From Monday's Dally This morning a complaint was filed against Walter Furlong, residing south of this city, in the county court, made by the state game department to his having sold a pelt of a fur bearing animal without a license. Mr. Furlong stated to the court that one of his dog3 had killed a coon In the yard at the Furling home and rather than let the animal decay he had skinned it and burled the carcass. He had later disposed of the pelt to an Omaha dealer and where the sale was checked. After hearing the facts in the case Judge A. H. Duxbury gave the de fendant a suspended sentence, he to ray the costs. SHOWING LMROVEMENT The reports from the Clarkson hospital at Omaha are to the effect that Beryl Shanholtz, who was oper ated on Friday for appendicitis, is doing very well. The young man, who is a carrier for the Journal, was on the Job Thursday altho not feel ing well and later was taken with an acute attack of appendicitis, be ing rushed to the hospital for an emergency operation.