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Kebr. State Historical Society I mn VOL. NO. LTV PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1938. NO. 12 "w Happy Hundred Pays Honor to Basketball Team Cullen Wright of Scottsoluff, Noted Nebraska Humorist Speaker of the Occasion. From Wednesday's Dally The Chamber of Commerce last evening staged another of the very popular Happy Hundred dinners at the American Legion building and which had as its special features the address of Cullen Wright of Scotts blufi", as well as the honor paid to the Plattsmcuth high school basket ball team. The dinner was prepared by the American Legion Auxiliary and was a repast that was thoroughly enjoyed and served delightfully by a group of the high school girls. The menu comprised: Chicken Fried Steak Mashed Potatoes, Brown Gravy Green Beans - Cold Slaw Rolls - Jelly Apple Pie Coffee The program of the evening was presided over by Milo W. Price, mem ber of the high school faculty, who proved a most entertaining and ver satile master of ceremonies in pre senting th. various speakers and fea tures of the evening. Talks of Chamber Achievements . J. Howard Davis, president of the Chamber of Commerce was present ed and gave a very excellent exposi tion of the purposes of the civic body and also many of the activities that the Chamber of Commerce with other organizations had sponsored and made possible for the city. The ac tivity in promoting industries and other civic advancements was touch ed on by the speaker. Coach Boggess Speaks Coach H. C. Boggess of the 1937 38 basketball team was introduced and gave a resume of the season which showed the team in a vic torious rush in the opening and later a slump had lost several games to teams that were far less potent than the Platters, only to stage a come back at the season close that car ried them to the southeast Nebraska tournament finals and to the state tournament. Coach Boggess presented the mem bers of the team who received a rousing welcome from the members of the banquet party. The ball play ers honored were Raymond Woos ter, captain; "Robert Hayes, Ronald Rtbal, Warren Reed. Joy Miller, Ben McCarty. John Jacobs, Donald Wall. Edward Smith. Joe York and Bob Richter, student manager. Raymond Wooster, captain, re sponded on behalf of the team in a very clever manner, expressing ap preciation for the honors and pay ing tribute to the fine spirit of co operation and fellowship that had been shown by the members of the team in this season and past. To those who were to carry on, he ex tended the best wishes. Spring Musical Surprise The dinner party had an unusual treat and one that invoked great merriment when that master of the xylophone, Andrew Kroehler was presented and while Andy had only a piano to operate on he threw a mean hammer. Mr. Kroehler received a will greeting and presented his assistant, Anton Bajeck. Honor E. H. Bernhardt On behalf of the Chamber of Com merce, Carl Schneider, past president, presented E. H. Bernhardt, vice-president and general manager of the Sorfolk Packing Co., of this city. Mr. Schneider expressed the uni versal feeling of pleasure of the com munity on the selection of Mr. Bern hardt to this position in one of the city's largest industries. Wright Urges Old Ideals The speaker of the evening, Cullen Wright, of Scottsbluff, is one of the most popular after dinner speakers in the state and well merited this reputation in the entertaining and worthwhile message that he brought to the Cass county people in "Build ing Communities." Mr. Wright has a very fine humor that has earned him the reputation of the Will Rogers of Nebraska and this timely phil osophy and wit was found in abund ance in the lighter moments of his remarks. In his thought of the evening Mr. Wright stressed the community ser vice that the citizen should give, the necessity of organized bodies such as the Chamber of Commerce to promote the community advancement. He also touched these organizations as the means of people knowing and under standing each other better, the es tablishing of friendships in common association and service. Another of the great helps in a community life was the closer understanding of the man on the farm and ihe man in the town, of their interwoven problems, in this giving several cases of his own western home. In his closing Mr. Wright made a fine appeal for' the people to keep their feet on the ground and follow the well chartered course that had marked the history of the nation, both in their personal life and in ! the political life of the nation, de nouncing foreign Ideas and propa ganda that has today made Europe great armed camps and destroying the liberty of the individual and the finer ideals of racial and religious life. Assisting in no small way in the success of the banquet was John Frady as song leader and E. IT. Wes cott as pianist and L. S. Devoe who had teen active in arranging de tails of the banquet. Dr. P. T. Heine man, chairman of the banquet ar rangements and J. W. Holmes, ticket chairman. Local Young People Wedded at Glenwood Miss Betty Anne McCarty of This City and Mr. Howard Philpot of Nehawka Married. The marriage of two of the well known and popular young people of Cass county occurred on Saturday afternoon at Glenwood, Iowa, when Miss Betty Anne McCarty, daughter of Mrs. Ethel McCarty of this city, was married to Mr. Howard Philpot, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Philpot of Nehawka. The wedding was very quiet, the young people motoring to Glenwood with Omaha friends and where the marriage ceremony was performed. Mr. and Mrs. Philpot at once left by car for Kansas City, Missouri, ! where they will spend a short time on their honeymoon and on their re turn will make their home on a farm near Nehawka. The bride has grown to woman hood in Plattsmouth and was gradu ated from the Plattsmouth schools in the class of 1937. Since completing her school work she has been en gaged as a clerk in the office of the county treasurer where she was a most efficient official. The groom is a member of one of the old and prominent families of the central portion of Cass county and a young man held in the high est esteem by a very large circle of friends. FUNERAL OF EDWARD ERUBACHER HELD TUESDAY Tuesday afternoon the funeral ser vices for Edward Brubacher were held at the Sattler funeral home and attended by a large group of the relatives and old time friends to pay their last tributes to his memory. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. G. A. Pahl, pastor of the St. Paul's Evangelical church, who brought the scriptures of hone and i.oifort to the bereaved family and friends. During the services Mrs. Hal Gar net! and Frank A. Cloidt give two of the old hymns, "Sometime We'll Understand" and "Jesus Savior Pilot Me," with Mrs. O. C. Hudson at the piano. The interment was at the Oak Hill cemetery. SPORTSMAN'S CLUB MEETING Meeting of Cass County Sports man's club will be held Friday, March 18, 1938, at 8:00 o'clock p. m., at the public library. Mr. Maurek, regional director of the Biological Survey, of Omaha, and Mr. Frank B. O'Connell, chief officer of game, for estation and parks of the state of Ne braska, will be present as speakers. All sportsmen in Cass county and their friends are invited to be pres ent. COMMITTEE. W. C. T. U. Has Largely Attended Meeting Monday Fine Program Presented at the Home of Mrs. D. S. Sumner on Monday Afternoon. The W. C. T. IT. held a most inter esting meeting on Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. D. S Sumner on Pearl street, a fine program fea turing the day which was devoted to Alcohol Education and "Union Sig- nal" day. Mrs. J. C. Lowson had charge of the devotional exercises of the after noon. Miss Olive Gass was the leade ve-vi the meeting and presented some interesting features to mark theil't-j ernoon as one of the most interesting j that has been held in some time. J. R. Reeder, principal of the local high school, was the main speak er of the afternoon and gave a re sume of the methods used in the edu cational program regarding alcohol which is used in the school system of the nation. It was very much appre ciated by the ladies. Mrs. Hal Garnett and Mis. Mer- ritt Kerr gave a very beautiful vocal duet. "The Garden of Prayer," Mrs. O. C. Hudson being the accompanist'. Mrs. James H. Herold. who is visit ing here from Peru, was a guest of the union and told of many interest ing experiences in the W. C. T. U. i of years ago when she was a member ! of the union in Plattsmouth, of the J struggles that had been experienced by the women in their warfare on I the alcohol traffic. J Miss Elizabeth Spangler was in. charge of the Union Signal part of the program and presented the facts about this official paper of the organ ization. Mrs. J. E. Wiles told of the drive for the Union Signal in the ranks of the membership and Miss Gass also discussed the work of the paper in the cause. The meeting was closed with song and the W. C. T. U. benediction. Mrs. Sumner assisted by her daugh ter. Miss June, served delicious re freshments. ADDRESS BEFORE ROTARY The members of the Rotary club had a very fine program given by the vocational service committee of the club and of which George Jaeger is the chairman. A. H. Sorensen, of Nebraska City, area engineer of the WPA was a guest and gave a very interesting account of the number of projects t hat had been established by his of fice in the area that comprises Cass, Otoe, Nemaha and Richardson coun ties, also discussing a number that were in prospect of being granled. The talk was very instructive and gave a clear insight into the many public works projects that had been made possible under the WPA. James Persinger, of this city, area supervising timekeeper, also was a guest and gave a short talk on his office which cares for the payment of the many hundreds that are en gaged in the WPA work in the four counties. FILES FOR SHERIFF From Monday's Daily Filing was made today by Fred J. Hirz, of this city, as a candidate for the democratic nomination for coun ty sheriff, subject to the wishes of the voters at the August primary. Mr. Hirz is one of the well known and popular residents of this city, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hirz, and was born on the farm near this city and has spent his lifetime iu .his community. He is engaged as a plumber and tinsmith and at the present time is with the firm of Bes tor & Swatek. FINED FOR OLD PLATES From Wednesday's Dally This morning in the county court. Jack Langmale, who was stopped by the state highway patrol, west of Union, was arraigned on the charge of operating a car without the proper 1938 license plate. The young man had been given a golden rule summons and appeared in court to answer to the charge. Judge Dux bury gave him a fine of $1 and costs which was paid. JOHN M. MEISINGER FOR SHERIFF I From Tuesday's Dally This morning John M. Meisinger, constable, made his filing for the democratic nomination for the ofiiee of county sheriff, subject to the wishes of the voters at the August primary. Mr. Meisinger has served three terms in the olficev of county con stable and has been a very ettuient c ff icer. The new candidate is a C;ss county and a member native of of one of the coun circle of t!:e well known families of ty and has a very large friends. This is the second filing this office as Fred J. Hirz filing Monday. made made for his Lewis and Clark Expedition is to be Dramatized Notable Exploration of the Missouri River in 1804 to Be Placed 011 the Radio. Miss Olive Gass has received word that Swift and Co. of Chicago are j contacting members of the P M. Gass family, material for broadcast of in order to get more a dramatized radio the Lev. is and Clark Expedition of 1S04. of which Ser geant P. M. Gass was a member and the authorized journalist. He was a great-uncle of Miss Gass. The sponsors write: '"We wish ad- ; possible and to learn what was neces ditional information as to Mr. P. M. . sary for the farmer or landowner to Gass. We are making him one of ' receive benefits and payments by the heroes and a loading character in our dramatization of the Lewis and Clark Expedition." This dramatization ;s by the Sun brite Jr. Nurse Corps, a national or ganization of girls of school age. The story of the Indian princess, Sa-ca-ja-wea, is also featured. This Indian woman joined the expedition at Ft. Mandan, North Dakota, where the men had spent the winter. The radio broadcast dramatizes the thrilling historical adventures of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the most romantic exploring expedition of all time. Guided by this Indian woman, j whose courage, skill and loyalty fail ed not, the expedition was brought in safety to their destination the northwest coast, a mythical land where no white man had ever been before. Sa-ca-je-wea died in 1SS4 and was buried at Wood River, Wjo., where a monument was erected to her mem ory. In this dramatization, we have history presented in the most attrac tive form. The sponsors tell us that every program is personally inspected and approved by Angelo l'atri. SHANGHAI EDITOR HERE ' j where she lives it is high and that From Monday's Pally j tne flooJ waters did not damage her Mr. and Mrs. Everett Pickens had j home esse sends paperg show. as their guests yesterday Mrs. 1'"-,, that u wajJ C08tlng $1,200 a day ens' sister. Miss Maxine Jones, whofm. relJef fQr the flood v,ctimf. is attending the University of Ne-j braska. her roommate Miss uwen French and Mr. LaSelle Oilman. Mr. Gilman has been the city editor of the Mercury, English newspaper in Shanghai, China until two months ago when he was forced to leave by the bombing there, lie is the author of the novel "Shanghai Deadline" which has recently been filmed. Mr. and Mrs. Pickens had a dinner for them in the evening. BABE IS INJURED From Wednesday's Dally Jery Lee, 1 V2 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fulton of Mynard. was severely injured last evening when he had the misfortune to fall down the'stair steps of a neighbor's house where he was at play. The little fellow suffered severe facial cuts and bruises and a broken right arm. VISIT RELATIVES HERE Mr. and Mrs. Jack von Gillern, of Lincoln, were visitors here over the week end and with them were the children. Jack Ramon and Roger. They enjoyed a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Troop, the par ents of Mrs. von Gillern and also here with the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Troop. Many Attend Farm Program Meeting Here County Agent D. D. Wainscott Gives Outline ot the Proposed Plan of Crop Control. The district court room at the court house was filled to its capacity j witli land owners and farmers Wed- ; nesday night to hear an explanation of the new farm program as to soil conservation, crop control and nor mal market values. Mr. I). I). Wainscott, the county i.gent, was the speaker and told of ,ilie bill that covered practically all of the crops as well as pasture and culler farm lands wiiose owners might ! derive benefit from the compliance payments. Points of the program as outlined by Mr. Wainscott was the-soil con- i servation plan of the AAA as to re- j storing and preserving the lands of J1'' farming sections of the country. also to regulate the crop production so as to provide for adequate supply and also what might be necessary for export ; the storing of food supplies in the big crop years that could be ' released in the event of small crops, and to establish market values that 'could be maintained by the regu lation of the crops from the farms. The speaker was asked many ques tions by the auditors who were very anxious apparently to gain as much insight into the new legislation as I compliance with the bill provisions or the penalties that might come by t non-compliance. ! The meeting covered over two ; 'loins and in which Mr. Wainscott ! covered as carefully as possible his interprtation of the new farm meas : ure. VISITS WITH OLD FRIENDS Erie Teepel, representative of the store denartment of the American Refrigerator Express Co., was in the! city for a short time Sunday to visit with old friends. Mr. Teepel is now living at Alexandria, Virginia, thei headquarters of his company. He is now on a visit to the west and departed from here Sunday aft ernoon for St. Paul, Minnesota where a shop of the company is located. He was taken to Omaha by C. R. Olson, local storekeeper of the BREX. While here Mr. Teepel was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jess F. Warga and other old friends. HEARS FROM FRIEND Miss Marie Kaufmann received a j letter from her friend. Mrs. Anna j Hesse now living at Glendale, Cali Ifornia. In her letter she tells of the I damage done there, but states that ASKS FOR DIVORCE I From Wednesday's Dally An action for divorce, entitled. Lillian Golden vs. Noel Golden, was filed today in the office of the clerk of the district court. The petition of the plaintiff states that the parties were married on August 5. 1931, at Ogallala, Nebraska, and they have for the past four years made their home in Cass county. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL P. A. McCrary, who has spent the past twenty-eight days at an Omaha hospital, returned home Monday noon and it is hoped will not be required to return to the hospital. Mr. Mc Crary has been suffering from car buncles on his neck and which were very severe, necessitating several operations on them. VISITORS FROM OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS Attorney and Mrs. Charles Frizzek and little son of Omaha were spend ing Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Warga. Mrs. Donald Schultz and son James of Council Bluffs were visiting Mrs. Schultz' parents south of this city. RAPHAEL jajnDA INJURED From Monday's Dally Mrs. Josephine Janda departed this morning for Des Moines, Iowa, in response to a message announcing that her son, Raphael Janda, had been seriously injured in an auto wreck west of Des Moines on Satur day. Mr. Janda had been here to visit with his mother and sister and was returning to his duties at Des Moines Saturday morning when his car was wrecked. The circumstances of the wreck were not learned but the condition of the patient was re ported serious. He suffered an injury to the back of his head that required twelve stitches to close. He is at a Des Moines hospital. Return from a Motor Trip to the Southland Plattsmouth Ladies and Friends Make Interesting Trip to the Southern States. Miss Mathilde Soennlchsen and Mrs. Frank R. Gobelman of this city, Mrs. A. F. Fritchen, sister of Mrs. Gobelman, of Decorah, Iowa, and Harriett Jones, of St. Louis, a former resident there, returned Monday night from a trip to the southland. The ladies have had a delightful outing and had the opportunity of seeing much of the south that is seldom touched by the average trav eler in hurried motor trips from city to city. They had the chance to observe the general condition of the share cropper family and the colored farm ers through the deep south as they motored through. They found most of the families quartered in one room houses and with very primitive meth ods of farming as compared with the farmers of this part of the na tion. One horse was generally used in the plowing with occasional an ox being found drafted to do the plowing and cultivating work. They had an interesting picture in a colored' couple in Alabama en route to town in a two-wheeled cart that was drawn by a cow. They enjoyed stays in San An tonio, the gay southwestern city that has attracted so many of the northern visitors, as well as New Orleans where the pre-Lenten fes tivities were being held and found this a most entrancing city. Motor ing through Mississippi and Alabama they found the natural beauty of the deep south and the little changed rural country from that of years past. They also made a short stop at Atlanta, one of the great cities of the south and a great manufacturing center. DRAWS NINETY DAYS From Wednesday's Daily This morning in the country court E. A. Hageman was arraigned on a charge of forgery, he being charged with the issuance of a fraudulent check for $2 drawn on the National Bank of Commerce of Lincoln. A large number of other checks were also turned in to the county attor ney. After hearing the evidence in the case Judge A. H. Duxbury gave a sentence of ninety days in the coun ty jail and in the event other checks are not settled additional charges will probably be filed. IN TOUCH WITH RELATIVES Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Pollock of this city, are in close touch each day with Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Minor in keeping them advised of the condi tion of Mrs. Katherine Minor, mother of Mr. Minor, who is ill at her home in Los Angeles. They notified Mr. Minor as soon as the first message was received here and are keeping him informed each day. Mrs. Minor has suffered only a slight sroke and it is hoped will soon be able to throw off the effects of the attack. RETURN FROM OUTING t'rora Monday's Daily Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Schneider re turned this morning from St. Ed ward, Nebraska where they have been spending the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Burdic and family. County Agent D. D. Wainscott Resigns Office Head of Extension Work in County for Nine Years, Mr. Wainscott to Take Up New Position. After almost nine years of very active extension work in Cass county, 1). D. Wainscott, county agricultural extension agent, has resigned to take a position with the Steckly Hybrid Seed company of Weeping Water. His resignation was accepted by the executive committee of the Farm Bureau board at the office last Sat urday. "It was with great surprise and regret to all of us," said John B. Kaf fenberger, president of the Farm Bureau board, "when Mr. Wainscott handed in his resignation at the board meeting. His work has been entirely satisfactory to us as board members and we will find it very difficult to replace him. But we did not feel that we should in any way prevent him from taking a position to better himself." The Cass County Farm Bureau has been organized and sponsoring extension work in this county for twenty years, having employed two agricultural agent, L. R. Snipes for eleven years and D. D. Wainscott for nine years, and two home demonstra tion agents, Mrs. Nelson Berger, the first home demonstration agent, and Jessie Baldwin, the present agent. These agents have been very suc cessful in bringing to the people of Cass county valuable and worth while information from the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the University of Nebraska Experiment Station. The activities of the exten sion service have been widely par ticipated in by the people of Cass county. This is evidenced by a re cent study made from the records in he agricultural agent's office in Weeping Water for the year of 193 G which shows that eighty-one per cent of the farm families in the county participated in some activity of the extension service during the year. "I think I shall like this new work that I'm going into, as the hybrid seed business is a new field in agri cultural development. We are plan ning on putting out about 500 acres of hybrid corn this year. So you can see I shall be very busy," Mr. Wain scott said. At the present time the Farm Bureau board is busy trying to lo cate a new man whom they hope to have employed in the very near fu ture so that he may have some time to work in the county before Mr. Wainscott leaves which will be about May 15th. TYPING CONTEST Plattsmouth entered two teams in the typing contest which was held in Weeping Water yesterday after noon. The Novice team was composed of the following members of the be ginning classes: Janet Westover, Mary Gayer, and Florabelle Meade. The Champion team was composed of the following members of the ad vanced class: Marion Olson, Hazel Payton, and Shirley Seiver. There were eight schools parti cipating in this contest. The follow ing will show the exact standing of our contestants with those of other schools: Team Novice Plattsmouth, 44.8; Murdock, 33; Weeping Wa ter. 18; Nehawka. 14.5. Team Champion Plattsmouth, 40.1; Murdock, 35.8; Alvo, 20.3; Weeping Water, 19.5. Ten-Minute, Novice Ruge, Mur dock, 52.4; Gayer. Plattsmouth, 43.8; Boedeker, Nehawka, 43.6; Westover, Plattsmouth, 42.8. Ten-Minute Plattsmouth Spang ler, Weeping Water, 67; Rehmeier, 62.2; Seiver. Plattsmouth, 59.2; An thes. Plattsmouth, 51.2. One-Minute, Novice Everett, Weeping Water, 53.6; Hall, Elm wood, 52.8; Mickle. Avoca, 46.6; Ross, Nehawka, 4 6. One-Minute, Champion Spangler, Weeping Water, 66; Seiver, Platts mouth, 64.2; Stroemer, Alvo, 63.8; Payton, Plattsmouth 63.1. UNDERGOES OPERATION From Tuesday's Daily A. B. Rutledge of Nehawka, father of Glen Rutledge, editor of the Ne hawka Enterprise, underwent an operation for rupture westerday at the Clarkson hospital in Omaha.