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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1938.
NO. 21
Death Comes to
Mrs T. E. Todd,
Old Resident :
Jin court this morning.
Passed Away Late Saturday Night at. The verdict found for the defend
Omaha Hospital Where She Has 'ants and no money consideration was
Been Under Treatment. ! given the parties.
j The plaintiff had sued for $5,000
Mrs. T. E. Todd, C4, who has damages for an auto accident and in
been at an Omaha hospital for the J a cross petition the defendants asked
past several days undergoing treat- for $500 for damages.
nient for a water tumor, died late I
Saturday night, a sudden turn for j
ihe worse bringing death, altho she !
had before apparently been doing as
well as possible.
Mrs. Todd was formerly MUs Lizzie
Hoffman and was born in Germany
September 13. 1874. and was brought
here when an infant by her parents
and has spent the greater part of
b--r lifetime in this community where
she was known and loved by a large
circle of friends.
On July IS. 1899 she was mar
ried at the first t hristian church in
this city to T. K. Todd, whose grand-j
father had been one f the organ
izers of the church here.
Mr. and Mrs. Todd have made their
home on the farm northwest of the
city, altho in the past thirty years
they have enjoyed many trips to the
l'a.ifii- coast w here they have inter
ests and where Mrs. Todd has made
a large circle of warm friends who Mr. Parmele was a native of Cass
will learn with sorrow of her pass- county and with the exception of the
ing. The made their first trip west j last few years he has made his home
in 1907 and in later years spent a ; in this community, in later years
great deal of time there, they return-1 largely being located in Lincoln and
ing just a short time ago and haveiOmaha where he has been connected
bi-er with their son. Albert, who is 'with the Burlington railroad.
conducting the home farm. Mrs. Todd!
was t;iken i!l while on the west coast
I
and was given treatment there and! Parmele. is a part of the history
on her return was again forced to;Cass county, as in the years that
go to Omaha
to
rcceive care in the j
hospital.
There is surviving
and one son. Albert,
granddaughter. Two
brothers and
four sisters also are surviving
The funeral services will be held j
on Tuesdav afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Sattler funeral home w ith Rev. !
J. W. Taenzler officiating. Friends
wishing to take a farewell may call
at the Sattlr funeral home Tues- j
dav morning from 9 to 11 a. m.
J. H. LOHMANN MISSING
jill in Lincoln, he was at a hospital
J. II. Lohmaiin, of Hastings, well! there for several weeks, and it was
known to many Plattsmouth people, ! one of his dearest wishes to be re-
is thought to have been swept to his !
death in the raging waters of Logan
(ic-ck. near Winside, Nebraska, late
Thursday.
Mr. Lohmann, who is the chairman ;
of The board of trustees of the grand
lodge of the Sons of Herman, was
nrhing with Arthur C. Mayes of
Grand Island, when their car was
caught in the sudden overflow of the
creek as the result of a cloudburst.
The men were struggling to reach
higher ground and in water to their
waist when Mr. Lohmann was swept
from his feet and on down the creek,
out of reach of his companion.
Mr. Lohmann has been a frequent
visitor in this city and just recently j
was here and added a number of'
members to the Sons of Herman.
Rewards totaling $125 were offer
ed for the finding of Lohmann's body,
$100 by Winside's Sons of Herman
lodge and J25 by Sheriff Pile of
Wayne county.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this means of
expressing our deepest appreciation
of all of the acts of kindness shown
us in our hour of sorrow at partiug
with our loved one. We especially
wish to thank the friends and neigh
bors. Dr. II. G. McClusky, Mr. F. A.
Cloidt. Miss Amelia Friedrich and
all those taking part in the funeral
services and for the remembranc es, j William E. Norris, an action for
These acts will long be a loved mem-jdamages was completed early Friday
ory to us all. Mrs. Jess Terryberry j afternoon in the district court and
and family: The Brothers and Sisters: the jury returned a verdict shortly
of Jess
ilies.
Terryberry and Their Fam-
PAY VISIT HERE
From Friday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Knolle of Sioux
Ci'.y stopped here last night for a
short visit with friends before con
tinuing to Greenwood where Mrs.
Iviiolle will spend the Easter season
with her parents. Mr. Knolle will go
;o York to visit with his parents.
Phone news Items to IV o. 6.
JURY FINDS FOR DEFENDANT
The jury trying the case of Madge
Newton vs. Charles Ayres and Maxine
; Ayres, received the case late Wednes
day afternoon and at 9 o'clock ar
rived at a verdict which was opened
The accident occurred on July 4,
1937, in the west part of the county
near Alvo.
Chas. Parmele,
Long Time Bank
er, Passes Away j
Death Occurred at 3 OClock This
!
Afternoon After an Illness
of Some Duration.
From Thursday's Daily-
Charles C. Parmele, 74, memlier of J
'one of the pioneer families of Cass j
county and a leading Nebraska bank -
er for many years, died 'this after-:
noon at J o clock at the Wohlfarthi
home in this city w here he has been matter of a $250 check that he passed Mrs. Harmon was a daughter of i which for many years was conduct
staying for the past three w eeks. i at the Plattsmouth State bank and ' tne late Samuel M. Kirkpatrick, one led by the members of the family after
The story of the life of Mr. Par-
imele. son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin H.
was active as a banker in this city,
president of the Bank of Cass County,
the hufbandlhe was instrumental in making pos-
as well as aisible the settlement of many of our j
'leading farm residents of the pastij, the man was all that he renre-
j leading
! on the
fertile soil of eastern Cass ,
county, his aid was at hand for those I
who were engaged in the building of ;
many of the business establishments
of the city.
Mr. Parmele was held in high re-.
gard by large groups of friends that
! he had known down through tne ;anf)ther $250 check and leaving Ne
j years and to whom he felt the great- i braska vsjted several places in Iowa
jest of affection and regard. Taken
turned to the community
he had '
known so well, and where, amid the
familiar scenes, near the home that
he resided for many years, he sank
into the last sleep.
Mr. Parmele Is survived by two
children, Mrs. George O. Dovey of
Peoria. Illinois, and Pollock Parmele,
of Lincoln. Two sisters, Mrs. Nellie
Agnew of Omaha and Mrs. S. II. At
wood of Washington, D. C, also sur
vive his passing.
VISIT WITH PARENTS
The home of Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Patterson is the scene of a very
pleasant family party over the Easter
day, as their children and grand-
children are here to spend a few
days with the father and mother and
as well meeting the old friends.
Twc,r iri ..rc f. rt Mr nnrl Mrs.
Dwight Patterson
and daughter,,": "' ; "
Susan, or Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Deegan and daughter, Joan of
Chicago, Jack Tatterson and chil
dren. Thomas and Jane of Butler,
Pennsylvania.
Mr. T. M. Patterson has been ill
for some time and the visit of the
children and grandchildren has
proven a most pleasant treat.
ERING IN SEALED VERDICT
The case of Erna Meierdierks vs.
after 4 o'clock. As Judge W. Wr. Wil
son had returned home the verdict
was sealed and will be opened at the
session of court on Monday morning.
TO VISrr FALLS CITY
From Saturday's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Patterson are
leaving today for Falls City where
they are expecting to enjoy a visit
over Easter at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Falter and family and
with a number of old friends in that
city.
Wanted Man
to be Returned
from Texas
Sheriff Homer Sylvester and Deptuy
Cass Sylvester Go to Chil
dress, Texas.
Friday Sheriff Horner Sylvester
jand Deputy Sheriff Cass Sylvester
departed for Childress, Texas, where
uey will secure Earl Freeman
want-
ed here on a forgery chaige. They i
made the trip by auto and expect to :
return at once with their prisoner. j
Freeman, who has a long criminal J
record, worked a forged check racket!
through the central west that found :
many victims until he was tripped!
up by the Texas officers on a minor j
charge and then it was learned that
e was wanted in many places in j
the north.
With capture of the man County
j Attorney J. A. Capwell and sheriff,
I Sylvester at once secured a warrant;
jfor arrest of the man and wired the!
! Texas officers to hold him
Freeman has waived extradition!
f rom Texas and will be turned over
to the Cass COunty officers on
their
n tii
arrival
The nrknnpr i wnnni h(.ri nn ihpitw weeks.
which the Home Hairy had endorsed
in
the belief that the man was rep -
resentative
beer distributing
He came here and toured
company.
over the city to inspec t billboards,
representing himself as an advertis -
ing man for the brew ery and securing
data for the placing of advertising.
t- t-. . i -it ; z .
of! moments before closing time at the! She was married to C. C. Harmon
heibank he remarked that he needed (and the family resided on a farm
i riWH'l MH' 111. ItlllllW I I i I 1 I I I W I -' i t-
;somp funds and asked the eashinc of
j an expense check and w hic h had on ;
'it a picture of the man himself as an j
identification. Takinir for granted !
penled the check was endorsed andjehurch.
ater was cashe( at the bank. In a
,inv- ; v.n returned r.n.l the
'story of the exploits of the man re
i ceived from several nlaces
Freeman, working the same stunt
at Lincoln, secured the cashing of
with the same racket, only in that
state, he was advertising man for a
well known automobile firm.
A FARM GAME SANCTUARY
Thii Pooc Pnnntv Rnnrtcnwn'c . lllh
w hich w as organized a few weeks
ago, is now sponsoring the establish-
ment of a Farm Game Sanctuary,
which includes nearly all of East
Rock Bluffs precinct. The sanctuary
will embody between 14.000 and 15,
000 acres. The area will have the
farm protection in the propagation
of game birds for a period of not less
than three years. It will be stocked tendent of a sand and gravel com
and supervised bv the state gamelPany at that place and the family
commission. It will be posted witii
"no hunting" signs by the state de
partment, as well as policed by state
game wardens.
The farmers in the area are very
enthusiastic about the project. Those
who have been engaged in wildlife
conservation and restoration inform
Ilia .Villi tlio nlflntinp nnH nrnnacntfnn
of game birds will prove of great
value to the farmers in controlling
the grasshoppers and other insect
pests. The sanctuary has much nat
ural shelter for the game birds, and
the boys and girls on the farms can
participate in the project by pro
viding one or two feeding stations
for the feeding of the birds in winter
during severe snow storms.
The development of this farm game
sanctuary will be watched by hun
dreds of interested persons in this
state.
WALLACE ON THE AIR
Secretary Wallace's address at the
national crop insurance for wheat
meeting in Omaha will be broadcast
on the National Farm and Home
Hour from 11:50 a. m. to 12:15 p. m.
April 19.
Farmers and farm leaders from all
states west of the Alleghany moun
tains will attend the Omaha meeting.
April 19 will be devoted to a public
explanation of the crop insurance
program. Farmers and others inter
ested in crop insurance who live in
the vicinity of Omaha have been in
vited to attend.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
From Thursdays T ally
Today was the eightieth birthday
anniversary of Mrs. Anna Lillie, one
of the long time and highly respected
residents of the community and in
honor of the occasion the guest of
honor was remembered by a large
number of messages and greetings
from the friends and relatives.
Mrs. Lillie, despite her advanced
years, is enjoying very good health
and is able to retain a keen interest
in the affairs of the nation and her!
own community. i
The many friends join in the wish j
for many more years of happiness ;
and good health.
Death of Well
Known Resident
of Near Avoca
Mrs. Mary K. Iburmon Passes Away
Friday at Lincoln General Hos-
pital After Long Illness.
Mrs. Mary S. K. Harmon, 77. a
Pioneer of the Avoca community, died
on Friday at the Lincoln General hos-
pital w here she has been for the past
! two weeks.
iof tne pioneer residents of Nehawka.
'and a niember of the Nebraska terri-i
; loriai tegisiaiure. ne spent ner gin-;
j hood in Nehawka and came to the
! Avoca community as a young w oman
i teacn school in a district just east
of the town of Avoca. She later
! taught in the first school in Avoca
i fnr spvpral terms
- - - -. - . - - -
! west of Avoca until the death of Mr.
Harmon, since that time making her
home in town and where she was
very active i
Congregational
church, being a deaconess
in the
She was
also
active in the
organization of the
'and also in the W. C
public
T. U.
library!
Mrs. Harmon is survived by one I county commissioner for the third lluu ope-acu uik. muio aiu ub
sister, Mrs. M. G. Kime of Nehawka. district and which post he held until j ,orin fities a,e expected to Ieild
Ithe first of January of this year, fail- their pport keeping up this
i. ... ... , . . inonular Cass count v course.
'PARSES EIGHTIETH
MILESTONE
j
Robertson, one of!
Mrs. James M
the early day residents of Cass oun-
ty, passed her eightieth birthday an
niversary on Wednesday and was a j
guest at dinner at the home of her i
son. William A. Robertson and family i
last evening.
AITS. KObertSOll WHS DOI'll in ill
Mrs. Robertson
jdiana where her parents, John H. and ;
Mary
Hasemeier, settled, in Henry '.
aim resiueu mcic
1 "T . .1 . 1. ......
until in 1S67 when they moved to
Nebraska and located on a farm near
the present city of Louisville.
Mrs. Robertson grew up on the
farm and was married at Louisville
to James M. Hobertson, tne superin-i
made their home there until in 1895
when Mr. Robertson was elected
county clerk and the family moved
to Plattsmouth where they have
since resided and where their family
has grown up.
Mrs. Robertson has four children.
Attorney W. A. Robertson, Mrs. Har
vey L. Gamer, Mrs. R. P. Westover of
this city and Miss Jessie Robertson of
Lincoln.
HAS AUTO ACCIDENT
Mrs. A. E. Stewart of this city,
who has been touring in the south
with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Beck-
ley, the latter a sister of the late
Mr. Stewart, was in an auto accident
a few days ago near Melbourne, Flor-
ida. They were en route nortn alter
several weeks in Florida when caught
in the collision. The car was very
badly damaged and Mrs. Beckley suf
fered a fractured wrist. Mrs. Stew
art suffered a slight concussion but
recovered shortly after reaching the
hospital.
HOME FROM CALIFORNIA
J. D. Rising, who has been mak
ing his home in California for the
past year and a half, was in the city
Wednesday afternoon to visit with
the many friends. With Mrs
Rising
he arrived from the west on Sat
urday and now are at their farm in
the Cedar Creek community.
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Death Calls
Fred Gorder
on Easter Day
Long Time Resident of Cass County
and One of the Outstanding
Citizens of Community.
critics and pointing out weak spots
morning at C o'clock as(iu botn the offensive and defensive
was preparing to observe j ljnes of reasoning.
day of the resurrection,! Th. tonrnnnipI,t 1,p held
Sunday
the world
the Easter
Frederick H. Gorder, 73. passed away
at the family home in Weeping Wa
ter, where for the past three months
he has been in very feeble health,
j The taking away of Mr. Gorder re
j moves a loved and honored figure in
j t lie life of Cass county, a man in
v. hem his fellow citizens had held
implicit confidence, and who in turn
jbad given many of his best years in
line service of the citizens,
j Mr. Gordvr was the last of a family
of early day residents of Cass county,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
'Gorder, coming to Plattsmouth from
Wisconsin when the son Frederick
"was three years of age and since that
ime they have been among the most
prominent and active leaders in the
county.
; The father established an imple-
ment and hardware business here and
the passing of the founder.
Fred H. Gorder spent his early
years in i'lattsmouth and later moveu
to Weeping Water w here he engaged
in business in 1884 and which con-1
tinued through a long period of !
years as one of the leaders in the j
business life of that part of Cass!
county. j
The fine integrity and keen inter
est in the welfare of the community
was early recognized by the people
of Weeping Water and he was re-j
peatedly named as mayor of that city j
where his wise advice and thought-1
fulness assisted in the building up of j
his home city. i
in 1919 the voters of Cass
'elected Mr. Gorder to
ing health compelling nis laying
aside the duties of the office that he
had discharged so faithfully and so
well.
It was truly a loss to Cass county
when Mr. Gorder was compelled to
lay aside the w ork that be had so
faithfully performed but in his pass-
ing from active life he took with him
the respect and admiration of practi-
cally every man and w oman
in the
community
who was at all familiar
with his service.
In his death there is a profound
sorrow in every part of our county
in the loss of this fine citizen, truly
a nobleman in character.
Mr. Gorder is survived by the
widow, two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy
Nyrop, of Curtis, Nebraska, and Miss
Helen Gorder, who is at home.
The funeral services will be held
on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the First Congregational church
at Weeping Water, Rev. G. S. Hunt,
in charge. The interment will be
at the Oak wood cemetery at Weep
ing Water.
DEATH OF UNION MAN
Loy Frederick Hathaway, 43, a
resident of the Union community for
a great many years, died Saturday
afternoon at his home in Union after
an illness of two days. He was suf
fering from hardening of the arteries.
He was born December 5, 1894,
at Union, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Hathaway and was married
February 3, 1916 at Plattsmouth to
Miss Myrtle Lanum.
Surviving are the widow, one son,
George, 12; three brothers, Charles.
Ruben and lbert. of Union, and three
sisters, Mrs. Hattie Eaton, Mrs. Rosie
Clark and Miss Cora Hathaway, all
of Union.
Mr. Hathaway was a member of
the Union Baptist church.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Herman Thomas, of Nebraska City,
former M. P. agent here, departed
Friday for St. Louis, where he will
w$th Mrs. Thomas who is to under
go a major operation at the Missouri
Pacific hospital. Mrs. Thomas has
been at the hospital for the past
week under treatment in preparation
for the operation.
PRACTICE DEBATE
From Thursday's Daily
Plattsmouth and Lincoln high de
bate teams are engaged in practice
debate at Lincoln this afternoon to
j "warm up" for the state tournament
j next week. Each team w ill debate
both sides of the Unicameral ques
tion, without decision, the judges
merely acting in the capacity of
Friday and Saturday, April 22-23, at
Lincoln.
Golf Club Names
Officers for the
Coming Year
Frank Horsak Named as President ;,
Members Will Continue Cam
paign to Raise Furtds.
i From Friday's Xaily
J A meeting was held of the Platts-
(TTlfMltVi crJf -'lull tncf nrf.nino- i tlic
jA.WL.Ll. 3 L J . A V I LI If . LL .1 L V . L ft . 1 L.I L..L j
office of Dr. R. P. Westover and off i-!
cers were named for 1.I.JS to carry i
on the drive that is being made toj
retain the golf course and picnic'
grounds. j
The members have received much
encouragement in their efforts toj
Veep the club functioning and it is!
hoped that sufficient support will be
ecured in the next few weeks to
-sure the club being able to func
tion. The officers named were as fol
lows :
President Frank Horsak.
Secretary-Treasurer Ray Misner
Publicity Dr. R. P. Westover.
Tournament and Grounds Commit
tee Don Pittman, Dr. F. R. Molak,
A. W. Cloidt and J. W. Holmes.
The need of the course and picnic
grounds is being fully realized by the
residents of the community and
of some forty-five is expected
the position ofj1" "r v..&..v
NEED FOR PRESERVATION
OF CEMETERY RECORDS
On April 13,
placed in the
193 8, a marker was
Young cemetery six
miles south of Plattsmouth. marking
a grave placed there in 1904. The
stone was purchased by relatives in
Pennsylvania and erected by the
Monument Works of Glenwood. Ia.
By referring to the records made
by the late David A. Young the loca
tion of the grave was found at once,
the original limestone marker was
twelve inches below the surface of
the blue grass sod. This incident
illustrates the importance of pre
serving cemetery records. Apprecia
tion for the faithful service rendered
by Mr. Young is hereby expressed.
This
in 1
pioneer cemetery was founded
S55. The first plot was made
while the cemetery was under super
vision of school district No. G. When
the cemtery association was organ-
ized in August, 1888, Mr. Young,
became secretary, with the exception
of seven years; continued as secre
tary until he passed away in August,
1934.
WILL RECEfVE SCHOOL HONOR
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Timmas of
this city have received the announce
ment that their daughter. Miss Al
berta Timmas, will be one of the
honor students at the convocation of
the University of Nebraska on Tues
day. April 19th.
Miss Timmas, a graduate of the
class of 1930 of the Plattsmouth
high school, is a sophomore at the
college of agriculture of the uni
versity, taking home economics as
her major subject. She has made a
fine record as is attested by the fact
that she has been named among the
honor students.
FILES PARTITION SUIT
An action in partition has been
filed in the office of the clerk of the
district court entitled Ruth M.
Scheel, et al, vs. Sophia Scheel,
et al. The parties in the case are
the heirs to the estate of the late
John Scheel, Sr., who died on June 1.
1937 at Murdock, leaving real estate
which it is asked be divided.
Anniversary of
Capture of Des
perate Bandits
Sheriff Homer Sylvester Files for Re
nomination on Notable Date in
His Official Service.
From Saturday's Dally
On the anniversary of an occasion
that has brought him national fame.
Sheriff Homer Sylvester made his
filing todav for renomination to the
i
j office of county sheriff at the demo
cratic primaries in August.
A year ago today Sheriff Sylvester
jand his brother, Cass Sylvester, cap
jtured in this city two men sought
;by the federal bureau of investigation
as bank robbers and the slayer or
Federal Officer Baker at Topeka,
Kansas, which crime occurred in the
morning of April 1G and at night
the men were in jail in this citv.
On the early evening of April 1C,
1937, Sheriff Sylvester and his fam
ily were sitting down to their eve
ning meal when he learned that the
two fleeing men that had that morn
ing slain Agent Baker in the Topeka
postoffice, were reported as coming
north through Nebraska. The sheriff
with his brother. Deputy Cass Sylves
ter, started out to patrol highway No.
75, stopping at the Murray junction
and where in a short time they were
awarded when a car with a Kansas
license came from the south and
while partially bent the numerals
visible were part of those reported
on a car that the men had stolen
from a Kansas physician a few hours
earlier. The officers started in pur-
'suit of the bandit car and while the
bandits strove to shake off the offi
cers the grim race continued and in
a few moments the bandits drove
into Plattsmouth, to meet their fate
in the maze of unfamiliar streets
and which forced their surrender.
Driving on side streets, the bandits
finally tried to escape from North
Fourth street to the Missouri river
and as they started to drive down
'into the Burlington subway, their
i car was forced over to the side of
the approach and the sheriff and
brother compelled the killer bandits
to alight from the car, hands up and
surrendered without a shot fired.
For hours the streets around the
county jail and the building was
crowded with citizens and officers
and newspaper men from Omaha mill-
ed through the jail as they sought
j to question Robert Suhay and Al
i f red Powers, as the men were known
I at that time.
The arrests brought much atten
tion to Cass county and its sheriff
and from coast to coast in the press
the story was given the widest pub
licity as one of the most daring ar
rests of two of the nation's most des
perate bandits by the local officers
without a short fired. Sheriff Syl
vester was a guest at New York of
the bank insurance company that had
Luffered a loss from the robbers in a
j New York bank stiCkup. and was
; heard over a nation wide radio hook-
up as he told the story of the cap
ture. The men were tried in Topeka for
th siaVinc 0r the federal officer
j and sheriff Sylvester was one of the
witnesses in the case, which resulted
in the men being sentenced to death
and a few days ago their case was
affirmed and they now await the
fateful day in May when they must
pay the penalty for their crime and
for their unlucky encounter with the
Cass county sheriff.
ENJOY PLEASANT VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Bishop, of
this city, were at Lincoln Friday,
they spending a short time with
Harry J. Becker, brother of Mrs.
Bishop. Mr. Becker is Child Welfare
director, one of the important places
in the state assistance program. On
their way home they stopped at Ash
land to visit with Rev. and Mrs.
V. C. Wright, who they found as
well pleased with their new home
and have a fine church and congre
gation to serve.
VISIT IN CITY
W. J., Wallace, Bert, Jack and
Elmer Philpot, residents of Weep
ing Water and near Nehawka, were
in the city Thursday to attend to
some business matters at the court
house and visiting their friends here.