Nebr. State Historical Society
VOL. NO. LTV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1933.
NO. 19
Discuss Many
Subjects at Civic
Body Meeting a
Chamber of Commerce Has Nearly a
Full Attendance of Directors
Aid Air Mail Week
Prom Friday's rally
Twenty-five attended the bi-weekly
luncheon of the Chamber of Com
merce directorate at the dining room
of the Stewart cafe yesterday. Mr.
Hillman, a new groceryman in the
city was present and was introduced
to the members.
The business session brought up
a number of matters for action and
others for discussion.
A resolution approved by the ex
ecutive board to support the Mis
souri Pacific's request for truck-line
license before the state railway com
mission was endorsed. The line has
been in operation for some time, but
under the new trucking law must
show necessity before it can be li
censed to continue. It is engaged
only in transporting freight from
depots to depots along the line be
tween Omaha and Falls City, and
does not engage in regular commer
cial hauling for individuals. Besides
furnishing some additional employ
ment to drivers, it speeds up local
freight service.
Considerable discussion was had
of the fourth annual Chemurgic con
ference to be held in Omaha April
25-2G-27. Nationally known speak
ers are on the program with ad
dresses of interest to industries, agri
culture and science. Four of the
local directorate signified their in
tention of attending at least one of
the three days.
George Hetrick spoke on the grass
hopper meeting to be held at Weep
ing Water tonight, when plans will
be dismissed for rhe early eradica
tion of these pests this year, before
they get a head start.
Discussion was also had of the in
equalities in trucking rates under
the new law and the handicap they
will put on Nebraska industries. It
was shown that local industrial
products could be shipped interstate
to some Iowa point and then back
to Omaha cheaper than direct ship-
ment from here to Omaha under the i
proposed rates. Also that canned ,
goods could be trucked from points
in central Iowa to Grand Island and
points west of there for less than the
proposed rate from Plattsmouth.
Unless proper adjustment can be
made. Mr. Bernhardt. Norfolk Fack-
ing company superintendent said, hisjplant operating and with James Bulin.roll, a very fine showing, six juniors,
company would have to seek a new I had the plant operating so that all thirteen sophomores and fifteen of
location outside the state. All were
agreed it was futile to advertise Ne
braska as the white spot for indus
trial expansion and then put such a
handicap on them as it was claimed j
the proposed trucking rates will do.
Nebraska industries are united in j
an effort to secure a readjustment of
rates.
Suggests Planting Trees
A tree planting program to re
place the many that have been cut
down or died was suggested. T. II.
Pollock offered to set aside an acre
ch his land along the Missouri river
as a nursery site for the city to use
in the growing of trees to be reset
when of sufficient size along the
streets and avenues and in the parks
or sold by the city to property own
ers at the cost of propagation.
National Air Mail Week
Postmaster Frank L. Cummins was charge of the American Home com
rre.st'nt and spoke on Air Mail week, mittee and Rev. J. C. Lowson of this
Mav 15 to 19, when business raenicitv. save a fine talk on "Religion in
and citizens are urged to send their
letters via air mail. This is in com
memoration of the 20th anniversary
of the establishment of air mail ser
vice in the United States in 1918.
If a landing field can be found in
this locality (anywhere within a
radius of one to five miles of Platts
mouth) pick-up service will be es
tablished here on May 19, and let
ters will be specially postmarked as
the first air mail ever sent direct
from Plattsmouth post office.
The matter was referred to the
Publicity committee and approval
was given for the small expense that
might be involved in having a plane
stop here.
Anyone having a suitable field
that will be available for landing on
that date is urged to get in touch
with Postmaster Cummins, so the
further arrangements can be made.
Boys' State Project
Sponsorship of a boy to the first
nnual Boys' State at Lincoln in
une was discussed briefly and re
ferred to the Public Relations com
mittee. It is hoped to have two boys
sent from here to this eight day
course in government, sponsered by
a number of local organizations.
Total cost involved for the spon
sorship of two boys will be but ?25,
plus the responsibility of getting
them to and from Lincoln.
Complete governmental functions
will be set up, with the 250 boys at
tending electing their various officers
from governor down. There will be
county and city subdivisions and the
boys will practice complete self-government
with a legislature, county
and city officials.
Suf-gestions
Inasmuch as a new year In city af
fairs begins May 1st, President J.
Howard Davis gave the closing min
utes of the session to the offering of
suggestions for discussion at a fu
ture meeting on ways to improve
Plattsmouth. the thought being to
merely pass the ideas along to the
Mayor and Council.
Several were offered including a
readjusting of stop and speed limit
signs, dividing the city into two
wards with four couneilmen instead
of ten. greater regulation and con
trol of beer taverns and liquor stores
and "more permanent streets of some
kind."
Time beiDg up the meeting ad
journed until two weeks later, when
the symposium on civic needs will
be resumed.
0. C. HUDSON ILL
From Friday's Dally
Today for the first time since 1911
when he entered the service of
school district No. 1, O. C. Hudson
was absent from his duties as cus
todian at the local high school build
ing. Mr. Hudson is suffering from a
severe attack of the flu and while his
condition was not dangerous it was
ordered that he remain at home until
better.
The sudden illness of Mr. Hudson
caused a real problem in operating
the heating plant that serves the
high school and Central buildings.
as those at the school were not
familiar w ith the general operating
of the large plant. William F. Evers.
superintendent of the Masonic Home,
who has had a great deal of exper
ience in the handling of large heat
ing units, very generously came to
the rescue and assisted in getting the
were furnished with adequate heat
until a temporary setup could be ar
ranged. Fred II. Mumm, custodian at the
is operating tne piatu a.i me nigu
school as well as at the Columbian
building until Mr. Hudson can be
back on the job.
HAVE FINE CONVENTION
The Plattsmouth ladies attending
the first district convention of the
Nebraska Federation of Women's
clubs, report one of the most inter
esting meetings in recent years. Fine
afforded members.
The speakers included Bishop Ox
nam. of the Methodist church and
Lt. Shrein, of the state highway pa
trol. Mrs. L. S. Devoe of this city had
the American Home." at the Tuesday
session. Mrs. E. H. Wescott had
charge of the devotions on Wednes
day. Those attending from this city
were: Mrs. P. Y. McFetridge and
Mrs. Frank Horsak, delegates, and
Mesdames R. B. Hayes. Elmer Sund
strom, William Baird, E. II. Wescott,
L. S. Devoe.
HERE FOR VACATION
Miss Maxine Cloidt and Mrs. Edna
Shopp, teachers in the McCook city
schools arrived home Friday eve
ning to spend the spring vacation
here with relatives. Mrs. Shopp will
visit her mother, Mrs. Bertha Shopp
and Miss Cloidt her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Cloidt.
Lettermen
Name Captains
for Next Year
Ronald Rebal as Football Captain
and Robert Hayes as Basket
ball Head for 1938-39.
Thursday evening lettermen of the;
Plattsmouth high school football and
basketball teams gathered at the
high school building for their annual i returned home as the prospect was al the auditorium of the public H-get-together
and to select the team j Ioor f('r Betting through the storm. . brary last evening, and when the
captains for the coming season.
The committee in charge of the!
refreshments, Raymond Wooster, the,
retiring basketball captain, Joy Mill-!
er, retiring football captain and Ben
McCarty, did a good job and provided
a real treat for their associates.
There were some forty in attend-!
ance and members of the faculty to j
take part were Superintendent L. S.;j"olm
Devoe. Principal J. R. Reeder, Dow j
Armstrong, L. M. Gerner.
With the close of the refresh-i
intents the members of the party took;
up the task of naming the captains of the players and interested fans met
for the year 193S-29 in the two at the Recreation Center for the pur
sports that have been so popular in 'pose of completing organization of a
the school. j baseball 'team for this city in the
For the position of football cap-; proposed southeast league,
tain, Ronald Rebal, junior, and who! The dub was formally launched
played at the center position the past!and with the coming of more spring-
lyear on the football team and for-i
! ward and center cm the basketball I
team was named. Rebal has played, for the start of the season. ; behalf of the farmers that they per-
two years on the team. He is a son j John F. Wolff, veteran baseball mit the state game and fish coramis
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rebal. (player and enthusiast, was named as sion to stock the farms with pheas-
Robert Hayes, Jr., named as bas- j the manager of the team, his long ex-' ants, quail, and partridge. Also the
ketball captain, has been one of the perience should add a great deal to state is to post the farms against
hard working members of the squad '. the success of the team. Noah Fair- hunting and supply better protection
during his high school days and is cloth, member of the V. S. engineer- ; by game wardens for the area. The
a member of the junior class of the ing force, was selected as the secre- period of the game refuge is to be
school. He showed well the past sea- tary-treasurer of the team. for a period of three years, in which
son and was an aggressive force for j Joe McCarthy, one of the veteran time the propagation of game birds
the team at the southeast tournament , baseball players of the city, who has are hoped to be sufficiently abundant
this year. He is a son of Mr. and 'played almost every position on a . to furnish protection against grass-
Mrs. Robert Hayes.
Both of the new captains are very
nnnnlar with Ihfir fallow students!
and active in the social life of the j
school as well as in the athletic field, j earlier part of last year, will be back j fish, and park commission was pres
The juniors and seniors and; and add his pitching skill to the ent and gave a very interesting ad
sophomores and freshmen of the bas- team. j dress on the condition of the game
ketball squad enjoyed a game of their Among the players who will be:and fish conservation in the state. He
favorite sport at the close of the ' available for the season start are j pointed out that the drouth years
evening as well as ping-pong and ! Jack O'Donnell, Robert Hayes. Marian j had resulted in heavy loss of the pro-
boxing to add to the pleasure.
HONOR ROLL OF SCHOOLS
The honor roll of the high school j
for the third quarter of the school be enrolled before the season starts, j established, such as may be bum at
year shows 50 of the young people j A committee w ill attempt to se-jRock Bluff in East Rock Bluff pre
on the honor roll, one of the coveted ! cure some organization or business j cinct. He said that from a survey
rankings of the school and which j establishment that may wish to spon- j which was being made by the depart
shows their very high scholastic jBOr the baseball team this season. ment, that in his opinion, it would
ratings for the quarter. There were
sixteen of the senior class in this'
the freshmen. The honor students
for the quarter were:
Seniors Irene Anthes. Mary Gay
er, Dick Hall. Joan Hall, Shirley
Keck, Jean Knorr. Joe Kvapil. Neil
Lancaster. Flora Belle Mead. Eleanor
Minor. Marion Olson. Caroline Ramel,
Iola Rosencrantz, Dorothy Ruffner
Shirley Seiver. Clara Toman, Robert
Woest.
Junior John Bestor, Veda Capps,
John Livingston. Maxine Nielsen.
Janet Westover, Kathleen Nolte
Sophomores Keith Broman. Char-I
:te Cotner, Mary Helen Dill, Cor-
lot
rine Drucker. Darlene Hennings,
Whipple Leonard, Glen Lutz, Shirley
Mason, Joe Phillips, Matthew Sedlak,
Helen Slatinsky, Wilma Swatek,
Allan White, Raphael Toman.
Freshmen Helen Barkus, Albin
Chovanec. Maxine Cole. Robert Cook,
Corbin Davis, Betty Joe Henry, Ed
win Hiber, Ann Hill. Ronald Lester,
Betty Jo Libershal, Joe Noble, Clay
ton Sack, Verona Toman, Shirley
Walling, Ruth Westover.
FILES FOR COMMISSIONER
From Thursday's Dally
Emil W. Borneme'.er, of Elmwood.
was in the city today and made filing
for the office of county commission
er for the third district, subject to
the wishes of the republican voters
at the primaries in August.
Mr. Bornemeier is a member of
one of the pioneer families of the
west part of Cass county, they com-
ing there when the country was only!
partially settled. Emil Bornemeier
was born on a farm near Elmwood
and has resided in that locality for
his lifetime. Mr. Bornemeier has been
largely engaged in farming during
his lifetime, but at the present is
operating a trucking business out
of that city. He has been a close
student of county affairs and the
needs of the people of the county.
STOPPED BY STORM
From Friday's Dally
William A. Robertson, grand mas
ter of the "Nebraska Masons, with
William F. Evers, superintendent of
the Masonic Home, had an experience
with Nebraska's spring blizzards last
night.
They were driving to Stella to
attend a session of the Masonic lodge
at that place and reaching Auburn
found that they were driving into a
! real blizzard w ith heavy fiiow
a,'d
! w " ea uu" 11 u- 1
i
Organize Base
Ball Team for
Southeast League 1
F. Wolff named as the Man-
ager of the Team With Joe Mc
Carthy as the Coach.
Thursday evening a large group
like conditions it is expected to get
busy on the workouts and be ready
team, will act as the coach and help
in the workouts of the.am, j
It is expected that Karley Streets.
who played with the locals for thej
Wiles. Charles Ault. Jr., Ed Kalina,
Earl Wiles. Val Chovanec, "Dusty"
Rhoades. Herb Sundstrom. Ronald
Rebal. Stuart Sedlak and it is hoped
that other young ball players may j
jshow that in the year 1937 there
METHODIST FEDERATION MEETS! approximately one million pheas-
ants taken by the hunters of the
From Friday's Dal.y- I state. This means that there was
The Methodist Women's Feder-jmore than one million pounds of
ation met yesterday afternoon at the i game food produced and harvested
church. There was a group of about : in the state last year. Mr. O'Connell
30 ladies at the meeting. After a j pointed out that the state had ac
business meeting, a fine program quired a production farm on which
was given. It consisted of a solo by j they would be able to produce ap
Flora Belle Meade, "My Task"; a j proximately ten thousand birds to be
'trumpet solo by Allan White, "Castles j
in the Air";
a vocal solo by John (
! Jacobs, "The Old Road"; "Dark ;
Eves " sung by the girls sextette A.
Shirley Seiver. Betty Voboril. Helen
j Hiatt. Shirley Petersen. Frances
Icioidt. and Eleanor Minor; a solo,
i t
"Onlv a Rose. by sniriey seiver.
The accompanists were Jean Knorr
and Flora Belle Meade. A delicious
lunch was served by the hostesses,
Thev were Mrs. Worth. Mrs. Elmer
Sundstrom, Mrs. Will Sutton, Mrs.
Will Carr. Mrs. W. G. Ki-ck. Miss
Selma Diehm. Mrs. C. C. Wescott.
Mrs. James Mauzy. Mrs. J. II. Ilall
strom, from the Naomi Circle.
TTLES FOR SHERIFF
Prom Friday's Dally
The second filing for the repub
lican nomination for county sheriff
was made today when Wayne A. Ben- j area was one of the best to be found
nett, of this city, filed his name for j in the state of Nebraska,
this position. Eddie Dygert said the Missouri
Mr. Bennett has had police exper- Valley Hunt club would give a dem
ience prior to his entering the ser- j onstration of the working of well
vice of the Iowa-Nebraska Light & j trained dogs, on the south side of
Power o.. fourteen years ago. He has
; for the past eleven years been en-
gaged with the company in Cass
county and in that time has made! would be attended by some or the
many friends and acquaintances in J best dog trainers from Illinois, Mich
his business and public activities. igan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
The many friends of Mr. Bennett Nebraska. The judges of the contest
over the county will be interested in
learning of his entrance into the race
to be decided at the primaries on
August 9th.
Sportsmen's
Club Has Fine
Meeting Friday
Plans Discussed for Large Game
and Bird Refuge Along the
Missouri River.
From Saturday's Dally
' The Cass County Sportsmen's club
"'-Id their regular monthly meeting
i president, M
M. Muncie, called the
meeting to order, there was an at
tendance of more than 125 persons,
j The secretary reported that the
membership had grown to 154 mem
! bers. A. L. Tidd. chairman or the
oitstitutional committee, reported
he constitution which on motion
was adopted. Further time was asked
in Avh5( h to Pare by-laws.
Roy Holly, chairman of the pro
motion committee reported that the
proposed game refuge which includes
somi 22 sections, being East Rock
Bluff precinct, and extending to
highway 75, was progressing nicely
and that it would embrace fourteen
to fifteen thousand acres, of which
nearly sixteen hundred acres were
already under lease. It was hoped to
have the entire tract leased for game
refuge before the first of June.
On this project the leasing calls on
hoppers, and insects, and afford a
hunting ground lor the local ccm-
munity.
Frank B. O'Connell of the game
' duction of fish, because of the fact
j that many lakes, which were stocked
jwith fish in the sand-hills had dried
j up. which makes it more important
that some permanent lakes may ne
planted in various areas in Nebraska.
for the production of a new crop 01
game birds.
j There was present from the Mis-
I souri Valley Hunt club of Omaha,
j Dr. E. B. Kayes, vice president; B. R.
! Hawley, secretary and treasurer of
: . , - . ji t?jj: nt.
j me organization, anu u:su r,uuic
j gert. and Don Barber,
Dr. Hayes made a brief address
j in w hich he complimented the Cass
i County Sportsmen's club on the at-
tendance, and the enthusiasm shown
He said that the attendance was
much better than that which they
were able to obtain in the Sports
men s club in Omaha. He gave Borne
very valuable suggestions concern
ing the game sanctuary which is be
ing planned in this area, and he
suggested that the area be protected
for a longer period than three years.
He expressed the opinion that this
, the Platte river, on the Stull lands.
on April 20, and May 1, 1938. He
also said the trial demonstration
will be Glen S. Dundor and Ernest
Wunderlich of Plainfield, Illinois. The
demonstration will include Cocker
Spaniels, English Springer Spaniels,
and Irish Water Spaniels, all in the
retrieving class of trained dogs.
After these brief addressed, Emil
J. Weyrich furnished two reels of
moving pictures. One devoted to wild
life, pictures, and the other to pic
tures taken by Mr. Weyrich in Yel
lowstone Park, which were very much
enjoyed and appreciated by the aud
ience present. The club expressed
their hearty appreciation to Mr. Wey
rich for his service in producing the
moving pictures for this meeting.
Everyone present seemed to enjoy
the meeting and expressed themselves
as enthusiastically interested in the
program of the Cass County Sports
men's club.
Camporee of
Boy Scouts for
Plattsmouth
Arbor Lodge District's Summertime
Activity to be Held at Camp
Wheeler June 2 and 3.
At the Arbor Lodge district Scout
er meeting in Nebraska City Tues
day night plans were perfected for
the holding of a Camporee at Camp
Wheeler south of Plattsmouth Thurs
day and Friday, June 2nd and 3rd.
This activity will bring troops here
from ten to fifteen troops in the
three counties comprising this dis
trict Cass, Otoe and Nemaha.
Troops will transport to the Mur
ray corner and "pack in" from that
point, a distance of one and three
quarter miles.
The Camporee is. roughly speak
ing, an overnight hike, participated
in by massed troops, with inter
troop competition on the various
"good camping" requirements that
Scouting teaches.
Each troop on arrival at the camp
site, is assigned a definite staked-off
plat of ground on which to pitch its
tents, set up its kitchen, etc. The
opening day's evening meal (troops'.
to arrive during the late afternoon)
is not graded, but breakfast and the
noon day meal Friday are to be
scored.
Thursday evening the 'Council
Fire," a traditional Scout camping
feature, will be held. Stunts, songs,
etc., come up for competitive grad
ing at this time.
The public is invited to visit the
camp and inspect the manner in'
which the boys "pitch camp." Es
pecially is the invitation extended
for the Camp Fire program Thursday
night.
Fridav forenoon brings various
forms of competition and the Cam
poree period officially closes after
the noon-day meal. Transports may
then pick up the equipment at the
camp site, as the boys will not be
required to "pack out."
Interest in Scouting is increasing
and Arbor Lodge district has the
largest enrollment of any year, more
towns participating and a consider
ably greater number of troops.
Summer Camp
Approval was also given at the
meeting to setting the Arbor Lodge
summer camp dates, June 25 to July
2, at the Lincoln camp. One hundred
boys from Arbor Lodge district are
expected to attend this camp.
COUNTY COURT NOTES
From Saturday s ually
Petition for the probate of
will of Frederick L. Wiegert,
the
de-
ceased of Elmwood, was filed in the
court this morning. Appointment
of Christina B. Wiegert. and Thad
H. Green as executors is asked.
Petition for the appointment of
Albert Altschaffl, as guardian of
Mary and Anna Altschaffl, minors,
was made in court. The minors have
propetrty of the value of 250 and it
is represented that a guardianship
is necessary.
BANISH PEDDLERS
Friday afternoon Chief of Police
Joe Libershal rounded up a group of
young men who have been engaged
in selling rugs over the city and
whose occupation fell under the ban
of the "Green River" ordinance
adopted by the city some time ago.
The activities of the parties were
stopped and the group agreed to leave
the city and stop selling here.
Phone news Items, to No. 6.
Weeping Water
School Building
is Condemned
Grade School Structure Listed as Un
safe for Use in Storm Seek
New Structure.
The grade school building at Weep-
!ing Water has been condemned by
State Fire Marshal Horace M. Davis.
The action follows agitation among
the residents as to the matter of the
safety of the building and which the
board of education had inspected.
The school district some time ago
voted a bond issue to secure funds
for the school buliding to be supple
mented by government aid when pos
sible. j When the building was built a
j great many years ago it was added
to later with a third floor and belfry
'and which in the opinion of the
architects caused damage to the
original structure.
The report given by Mr. Davis to
the board of education at Weeping
Water regarding the condition of the
structure, covers the following:
"No engineer could predict how
long the Weeping Water grade school
building would stand under normal
atmospheric conditions. Much less
can anyone presage high winds or
tornadoes. Certainly the building is
in dangerous condition but whether
forty-nine percent or fifty-one per
cent hazardous can not be deter
mined by mathematics.
"The fire marshal therefore directs
upon his own Judgment and the judg
ment of those in whom he has most
confidence, that the building may not
safely be used after the close of the
present school year. We recommend
that the third floor be closed for all
purposes, also it is our firm opinion
that the bell shall not be swung, but
may be used for tolling. The use of
the northeast basement room for
play purposes shall be discontinued
and the lockers in the furnace room
be removed, if they are to be used.
"We recommend that the school be
closed immediately upon evidence of
a windstorm.
"While the furnace remains in use
utmost care shall be employed to see
that the automatic cut-off valve is in
working order to insure that the sup
ply of natural gas shall immediately
discontinue in case of any accident.
"Discontinue gas feed, if any, to
the third floor laboratory.
"Discontinue the use of padlocks
on exit doors and have panic locks
in good condition, this applicable in
the high school building also.
"The use of the building in ques
tion is forbidden for school purposes
after the close of the current school
year."
MYNARD LADIES BROADCAST
From Saturday's Dally
On last Tuesday the Goldenrod
Study club chorus of Mynard were
heard over station WOW during a
fifteen minute broadcast, 10:45 to
11:00 a. m. Miss Jessie H. Baldwin,
home extension agent of Cass county
was assisted by Mrs. Everett Spang
ler, county chairman of project clubs,
and by Mrs. C. L. Wiles who has
been an active workers in this field
of endeavor for a number of years.
They participated in a clever skit
depicting the advantages of this
project work in which some 28,000
club women have participated.
The study club chorus of Mynard
was heard in two numbers. "Prayer
Perfect" by Stenson, and "Over the
Summer Sea," adapted from Verde's
"Rigoletto," and is under the direc
tion of Rev. Paul Dick of Mynard.
Mrs. Elbert Wiles is accompanist
and the chorus is composed of the
following ladies: Mesdames Sherman
Cole, Everett Spangler. J. R. Tremble,
John Wooders, Margaret Todd, C. A.
Wetenkamp. Chester Wiles, Herman
Meisinger, Will Minford. Howard
Wiles, Henry Hild, John Vallery,
Paul Dick, C. L. Wiles, Roy O. Cole
and C. C. Barnard.
SUFFERING FROM FLU
Mrs. F. P. Busch was confined to
her home today and unable to look
after her usual activities at the
Ladies Toggery. Mrs. Busch is suf
fering from an attack of the flu that
has been very annoying and forcing
her to remain home.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Mrs. Charles Chriswisser, of Ne
hawka, Is at the Clarkson hospital
at Omaha where she will undergo
examination as her health has not
been the best In recent weeks.