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VOL. NO. LTV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1938.
NO. 12
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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.
