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fleer. State Historical Sodetj al omn VOL. NO. LTV PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 1938. NO. 67 Prisoners are Recaptured; Out a Short Time Floyd Badfield, Charged With Break ing and Entering, Chas. Henry, Cli5 Eaton, Returned. From Saturday's Daily- Floyd Badfield. of Lrncoln, held on a charge of breaking and enter ing, Charles Henry, arrested Thurs day for drunkenness and Clifford Eaton, serving a-ninety day sentence for chicken stealing', last night made their escape from the county jail, but later were rounded tip and re turned to the prison. The three young men had success fully made their get away by means of a transom that leads from the men's shower bath to the lavatory in the women's compartment of the jail, and from where they made their way to a ledge at the rear of the jail and then by means of a rope made of bedding had reached the ground and temporary liberty. One of the men had apparently made the first break and returned to the jail with liquor, as when the break was discovered, two of the prisoners that remained were drunk and a battle had been staged among them, with Meecham. held for the breaking and entering of the sohool house in district No. 7. with George Lillie had been battling and bore the marks of the struggle. The jail section of the building had been visited about 9 o'clock by Sheriff Komer Sylvester and all had seemed well, and shortly afterwards he had been called with Deputy Sher iff Cass Sylvester, out into the coun ty on an alarm of chicken stealing. About 11 o'clock residents of the Coronado apartment called the resi dence of the sheriff and stated that there was some disturbance in the jail section. Mrs. Sylvester and daughters investigated and discover ed that the trio was missing. Three other prisoners had remained in the jail without attempting to escape. The alarm was given and the po lice, with the sheriff and deputy when they returned home, started the search for the men. Eaton was re ported to be at one of the beer tav erns and in a few moments he called and asked that the sheriff come and take him back to jail. A search was continued for Henry and Badfield and this morning members of the Henry family notified the sheriff that the two young men were at the house and accordingly they were returned to jail. This morning additional bars are being placed over the windows of the women's ward that can' defy any jail breaks. EUSHNELL-SCHWENNEKER From Friday's Dally Mrs. Abbie Bushnell and Mr. G. O. Schwenneker were joined in mar riage last evening at 7:15 p. m. in a simple but impressive ceremony. The wedding was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Glaze, the latter a daughter of the bride. Rev. Nor man B. Callaway, Methodist min ister at Louisville performed the wedding ceremony. The bride was dressed in a maroon colored crepe dress with black ac-cr-ssorTes. The groom was dressed in a dark suit. Mr. and Mrs. Schwenneker will make their home here, taking up housekeeping immediately. Both are residents of Plattsmouth and have many friends here who wish them much happiness. HOLD CONFERENCE Thursday evening County Chair man George E. Xickles of Murray, was here to hold a conference of the democratic candidates as to the de tails of the campaign which is open ing in full force. The party had a luncheon at the Stewart cafe and made plans for the holding of a series of meetings over the county and banquets befere election day. A meeting of the central committee it also planned for a later time. SUFFERS INJURED HAND Mrs. Howard Royer In an accident at her home yesterday suffered a fracture of her hand when the spring ( on a door broke and hit her hand. J A REAL ARTIST From Saturday's uaHy It is seldom that one finds in the smaller communities an artist of the outstanding brilliancy of Duane Har mon, whose appearance on the King Korn Karnival program last evening was one of the outstanding features of the week. His playing is perfection, in the richness and clearness of the trumpet he gives the most beautiful rendition of the most difficult numbers. It is a treat to have this young man on a program and an evening might be spent in listening to the fine and artistic trumpet rendition. Platters Win from Glenwood by 26-12 Score Brilliant Last Half Bally Sweeps the Glenwood Bams Off Feet After Having Held a Lead. The Plattsmouth high school foot ball squad showed real class in their victory Friday afternoon " over the Glenwood team by the score of 26 to 12 on the Iowa field after the locals had trailed 12 to 0 at the half time. In the opening half the Rams showed a smooth running offense that made them gains in passes and brought the ball into the striking distance of the Plattsmouth goal and from where end runs accounted for two touchdowns but they were un able to convert the extra point. The Plattsmouth team scored their first touchdown when Bill Stein- kamp, on a sleeper play, scampered forty yards down the sidelines and over the Glenwood goal, but the try for point was not good. The Platters showed that they also could go places In the passing game when they executed their sec ond score of the game and to tie up the contest. Captain Ronald Rebal passed to -Joe York, a beautiful toss that Joe grabbed and was away and when about to be tackled, lateraled to Warren Reed who carried the ball on into scoring distance. On the final play Rebal smashed through the Glenwood line for the score and tied up the game, 12 alike. The third score came as the Plat ters, pressing their hot offensive. drove through the Rams' defense with Rebal on an off tackle play crashing over for the score that placed the Platters out in front. Allan White iced up the contest when he broke away on a ninety yard race down the field, demon strating his ability as a track star as well as ball lugger. The Plattsmouth team made their scores in a twenty minute period of time and the kids showed real class that holds promises of a real season on the gridiron ere the turkey day rolls around. "All of the team played a bang up game in the last half and well deserved their victory. HEAR STULL CASE From Friday's Daily Judge W. W. Wilson came up from Nebraska City this morning to hold a session of the district court and in which the case of Ira Stull vs. Julia Bethel, et al, is being tried. This is an action in which the plain tiff seeks to have deeds set aside which were made by the late C. L. Stull and deeding his real estate to the defendants and in which deeds the plaintiff was excluded. The case is expected to take all day today and run over into Satur day. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank the many friends and neighbors for their kind ly words and sympathy shown us In our bereavement and the many acts of thoughtfulness to our loved one in his last illness. Also we wish to thank all for the beautiful flowers and those who took part In the last rites. Mrs. J. H. McMaken and fam ily. JOHN DREW WOODBURY A son was born Thursdy morning at St. Mary's hospital, Nebraska City to Court Reporter and Mrs. Glen Woodbury, former residents here. The young man has been named John Drew. Farmers' Day Brings a Very Fine Parade Climaxing Day With Great Demon stration of Resources of Cass County Farms. Thursday was All Parmer day at the King Korn Karnival and the men and women and youngsters of the farms demonstrated that they had carefully planned and carried out one of the best days of the fall festival. The exhibits that the farmers have at the Corn Palace Just east of the Journal was the center of attraction and the exhibits fully equaling those shown at the state fair and in the largest amount of any of the previous fall festivals. Visiting judges state that the corn was the best they have seen in the western showings. The afternoon program opened with a concert by the Cass County Farmers Union band of Louisville under the direction of Irving Men denhall. giving a fine selection of musical numbers that were artisti cally given. The band also headed the fine parade. The parade at 2:30 was a feature that is always looked forward to with the greatest interest and each year the residents of the community seem to have new and novel ideas to make it a great success. The parade was " featured by a great display of horseflesh from the farms, beautiful riding horses and teams being driven by their owners in the parade. The description of the pageant of the march was given by R. Foster Patterson at the "mike" assisted by Rex Young, well known auctioneer and farm expert. Charles Barnard, chairman of the committee, served as the marshal of the parade and had a mounted escort to precede the mile long display from the farms of Cass county. The floats entered in the parade embraced some of the most artistic that have been seen in any of the offerings and also some of the most original, drawing much recognition from the large crowd that lined the streets. Products of the farm and the harvest theme was largely used and made a very beautiful showing. The floats awarded the prizes were: Four Mile club, driven by Sterling Ingwerson. first; Mynard club, driven by Glen Wiles, second; Pioneer Stock Farm, driven by William Halmes. third; Farmer's Harvest, driven by Elmer Stoehr, fourth; Ben Speck, fifth; Riverview club. "Dove of Peace," driven by Bob Patter son, sixth; Lazy Farmer, driven by Franklin Wehrbein, seventh; Platts mouth Sales Barn, driven by Cleo Stones, eighth; Wells-Fargo, driven By Naason Babbitt, ninth. Mingled with the floats was a bevy of clowns whose antics served to keep the auditors in a roar of laughter at their movements. These were also residents of the nearby communities and certainly proved real funsters. In the rider classes of the parade the awards were as follows: Four horse team, George Saxon,. Omaha; wo horse team, John Wehrbein; mule team, Elmer Stoehr; men's five gaited horses. Max Shook, Malvern, Iowa; ladies' three gaited horses, Katherine Grosshans, first, Mrs. George Saxon, Omaha, second; men's three-gaited horses, John Speck; stock saddle horses, Franklin Wehr bein; pony class, Wayne Miller, Glenwood; girl's pony class, Eliza beth Perry. In the Shetland pony class Emer son Wiles was awarded the prize and boys under 16 on saddle horses was awarded to Henry Hobscheidt. Platform Program After the parade and norse show t the baseball grounds, the program on the platform was resumed and several very interesting numbers from talented residents of this sec tion were heard. Richard Cole gave two vocal numbers. Mrs. Henry F. Nolting two of her always pleasing piano accordian selections. Rev. Paul Dick of Mynard gave two very fine vocal selections and the Golden Rod Study club presented chorus selec tions that were greatly appreciated. Mrs. R. O. Cole served as the ac companist.. In the Evening The evening program was fea tured by the Louisville musicians and made a fine close of a truly enter taining day. The Louisville Muni cipal band, under the direction of Prof. Wilbert Maynard, gave a very fine concert that was a treat to the music lovers of the community. An unusual treat was the short concert by the Charley Kucera and Jim Horovka orchestras of Omaha, which were playing at a dance here and took the occasion for a short platform appearance. A piano accordian number by Leota Gable and tap dancing num bers also added to the platform en tertainment. The Nichols family of Louisville, noted for their musical talent, were here, Ross Nichols giving a fine saxophone number and the three gen eration group of Frank Nichols, son and grandson made a big hit with the crowd. The veteran band men of the city in their comical garb band made a great deal of fun and some real music as a part of the evening, play ing at a number of the taverns along the boulevard. High school students, also pepped up the downtown district with their football rally and seeking to put the jinx on the Glenwood warriors for the game today. The old fashioned dance on the street with Ed Kohrell at the "mike" as caller served to close the evening of unusual interest. LIKES LOCAL CORONATION Pleased with the smoothness and dignity with which Plattsmouth' Korn Karnival king and queen were crowned Wednesday night. Dr. F. J. Boyle, "court chamberlain" of the Nebraska City regal ceremonies next month, lays plans for his program here. "It was a beautiful ceremony." Dr. Boyle said, "and the huge crowd was interested throughout." The regal pair are x- rant Cloidt. well known Plattsmouth business man and singer, king; and Miss Theda Martha Kaffenberger, queen. Interest was added by the presence of former Queen Jean Dudley Gal lagher, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Queen Elizabeth Ann Davis and Bert Mur phy, king-regent. Invitations to the Omaha "royal family," already mailed"by the Ne braska City committee, were person ally extended to the Omahans by Dr. Boyle at the Plattsmouth ceremony. Nebraska City News-Press. HERE TO SEE CORONATION Mr. and Mrs. Tom E. Beesly and daughter, Joyce of Lincoln were here last night to see the crowning of the new king and queen. Mr. and Mrs. Al Janda and Mr. and Mrs. Art Janda of Omaha were also here, they being guests of Mr. and Mrs. Max Vallery. Mrs. Al Janda will remain the rest of the week at the Vallery home. AN APPRECIATION The members of the King Korn coronation committee wish to thank all those who so willingly assisted In the preparation and carrying out of the coronation program. The fine cooperation of the participants and assistants is appreciated very much. Coronation Committee. FOR SALE Choice of two farms of 120 acres each. One is 6 miles west of Platts mouth. The other is one mile east of Cedar Creek. Priced right. Pos session March 1st. Anyone interested call or write to John Hirz, 613 3rd Ave., Plattsmouth, Nebr. s22-2tw RAY MISNER He came quietly Spoke softly Labored unceasingly Worked efficiently Courteous ever Dependable always A worthy citizen. Contributed. NEW COACH HERE Fri Saturday's Datly Bion Hoffman of Ashland, the new high school coach, arrived in Plattsmouth today and will start his school work on Monday morning. Whether youi printing Job ! largo or small, it will recalvo our prompt attention. Call Ho. 6. Friday Proves Big Event of the Korn Karnival Children's Parade in Afternoon and Bohemian. Parade at Night with. Four Bands Participating. From the starting of the platform program at 1 o'clock Friday until after 11 when the last features of the Bohemian day observance was closed, Friday proved a high spot of the King Korn Karnival and drew out the largest crowd of the season, bringing in several hundred from other places. Bands from Nebraska City, the high school organization of that place, and the Elmwood band were here to join the local organization in the night program and the Bohemian demonstration. The afternoon program opened with instrumental numbers by trans- scription for a few moments while the crowd was assembling, followed by harp and vocal numbers by Victor Coyne, accompanied by Jesse Nichols The vocal selections of Shirley and Eidell Speck were much enjoyed and showed the fine musical talent of these youngsters. A colorful and charming part of the entire series of platform num bers was the appearance of the danc ing class of Miss Polly Pennington, a large group of the young people being shown in tap and toe dancing. giving a graceful rendition of the various dances. The fine showing of the young people was a most com mendable demonstration of the care ful training that they have received. Val Mayfield of Louisville was presented in a group of vocal num bers which were very much appre ciated by the audience. The recognition of the largest fam ilies in Cass and Sarpy counties showed some keen competition with Sarpy county capturing the honors. the familr of Mr. and Mrs. James Anson of Springfield, with fifteen children, ten boys and five girls, win ning the honor of first place. The names of the children are: Estella, William, Logan, Andon, Leonard, Robert. Randall, Masel, Herman. Stanley, Gilbert. Martha, May. Iola, Mrs. Mildred Dasher of this city, and Ruth. The second place was won by the family of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Speck, nine children, Marie, Marion, Hillard. John, Phyllis, Shirley. Eidell, Patty and Benny Rae. Children's Parade The children's parade was as usual a feature of the greatest interest and many very clever ideas were re flected in the costumes, colorful rep resentations of comic strip charac ters, vegetables and also gaily de orated vehicles and doll buggies as well as the array of pets of all kinds from ponies down to goats. The parade was headed by the Plattsmouth municipal band, very attractive in appearance with their white trousers and shirts and the new uniform caps which have just recently been received and which made a real snappy effect to the large and well trained band. The various entries in the chil dren's parade were checked by the judges and the awards in the dif ferent classes announced as follows: Vehicles Bonnie Topliff, first; Elva Jean Smock, second; Joan Hall, third; Frank Cheval, fourth; Harlow and Juanita Conn, fifth Richard Gapen, sixth and Junior Reichstadt, seventh. Bicycles Joan Troudt, first; Nel lie Rainey. second; Norman Perry, third; Robert Grassman, fourth; Paul Meyers, fifth; Georgia Carey, sixth; Coleman O'Brien, seventh. Pets Harold Moore, first; Ray mond Johnson, second; Dorothy Cap pell, third; Elizabeth Perry, fourth; Dale Frazier, fifth; Patricia Kocin and Ruth Woest, sixth; Sterling Cole, seventh. Others Everett. Wayne. John Shyrock, "Cowboys," first; Billy Lln der, "Just a Boy," second; Mary Phyllis Troop, "Farmer." third; Billy and Marilyn Kleck. "Red Rid ing Hood and the Wolf," fourth; Donna Bee Selver, Lois Wolever, "Mr. and Mrs. Redrer and Twins." fifth; Diana Rose Lushinsky and Betty D. Mines, "Two Little Girls in Blue." sixth; Charles Newton. "Rip Van Winkle." seventh. The judges were Mrs. Frank A. Cloidt, Mrs. R. W. Knorr and Mrs. L. W. Egenberger. Evening Parade The evening program was wit nessed by a crowd estimated at be tween 6,000 and 7,000 persons, the two blocks of the flood lighted court being packed with interested spec tators as the colorful and inspiring parade of floats and marching groups moved down high school hill to Main street. The parade was headed by the Plattsmouth Municipal band, pre ceded by the flag bearers with the American flags and followed by the Bohemian section, with the Czech flags borne by Joe Kanka and Joe M. Sedlak. The Bohemian section was very colorful and a fine array of the resi dents of the community of Czech Llrth and descent were found in the marching lines and the romance of the old -world seen in many of the old country costumes that were worn by the ladies. A number of the veteran Czech residents of the city were unable to take part owing to age Several girls on floats depicting Czech life drew a great deal of ap plause from the long lines of spec tators. The Nebraska City high school band in their white, purple and gold uniforms, made a very attractive pic ture and snappy music as they head ed their division of the parade. The floats that represented the merchants and industries of the city were many and very beautiful and the section of the Norfolk Packing company was especially striking, as each department of the plant had a float and on which the employes of the company were to be seen carry ing on their work as in the plant. This required a great deal of pre paration and the packing plant cer tainly deserves every praise for their fine showing. The Elmwood band, a fine group of young musicians, added their part to toe music of the evening as they headed one section of the float parade. The drum corps of our city, which as usual has played an important part In the King Korn Karnival, was also in the line of march and their snap and swing as well as their play ing drew applause from the large crowd. The League of Nations band, di rected by Hilt Martin also added to the interest of the parade and gave a fine musical program as their part of the big show. Czech Turning and Dancing Following the parade Duane Har mon, of Weeping Water was heard in two fine cornet numbers, which were much appreciated by the large assemblage. The latter part of the evening was turned over to the visiting delegation of Czech turners and the Beseda Dancing club of the south side. The turners included a number who had participated in the great athletic meet held this summer in Prague, having only recently1 return ed to Omaha. Their performances on the parallel bars and the hozi zontal bar and was a most Inter ring one as each of the movements was carried out in perfect order. The turners were presented by Louis Cinek, well known South Om aha eoal and lumber dealer. The dancing party from South Omaha received an ovation as they appeared on the scene and gave their rendition of the attractive folk dances and the beautiful Beseda dance. The dancers climaxed the evening with their artistic perform ance and it was the earnest wish of all that they might come again as guests of the people of Cass county and Plattsmouth. JOHN ALBERT BETTER ' Messages received here by the Albert and Sanders family are to the effect that he is apparently some better at a hospital at Couer d'AIene, Idaho, where he has been under treatment. Mr. Albert, who resides at Spo kane, Washington, was taken with a very severe throat affection, which made his hospitalization necessary. His condition was so serious for sev eral hours that his recovery was given up. His father, Henry Albert, took a plane for Idaho to reach the son, arriving there Friday. The young man is reported to have suffered a paralysis of one aide aa a result of the attack. Flower Show at Elks BIdg. a Fine Attraction Building Visited by Several Hundred to Admire Beautiful Exhibits and Fine Arrangements. The first floor of the Elks build ing is a very beautiful place with some 300 entries of flowers, plants and vases and very artistically ar ranged by the 125 residents of Cass county who helped to make the flower show the huge success that it is. The ceiling Is covered with ferns and flowers and plants of every kind are to be seen throughout the room. Of particular interest is the lemon tree owned by Arthur Troop being shown. This tree is 20 years old and has 13 extremely large lemons on its limbs. Another interesting dis play is that of antique vases in which a number of very old vttses are being shown. A beautiful rock garden table arrangement and shadow boxes are fine displays and help to make the show Interesting to the many visitors It has had. No prizes are being given this year but first, second and tMra ratings are given for the best flowers and arrangements. Mrs. Freeman, in her flower arrangements, rated higher than any other exhibitor with at rating of 98 per cent. On the second floor of the Elks building is the Junior Department flower show in which there are 4 0 entries, showing the skill of the younger ffower lovers in arranging flowers. Russ Todd won a first prize on his bouquet. In the miniatures Janice Schmidtmann won first, Mar garet Heineman won second and Helen Kruger won third. Shirley Martin won first and Anne Martin second for their colonial bouquets. Virgil Phyrock won first prize and Merle Shyrock second for their gar dens. Of particular interest In the junior department were the picture boxes and the table arrangement. "Home Sweet Home" by Margaret Heine man won first prize. Second was won by Janice Schmidtmann with "Spring Time Down on the Farm." Dorothea Duxbury won third. Janice Schmidt mann won first for her table arrange ment. In flower arrangement Mary Evers won first, Dickie Beverage won sec ond and Junior Reichstadt won third. Margaret Fricke won first prize in minature arrangement, and Marion Fricke won second. In the wild flowers Margaret Heineman won first prize and Russ Todd won sec ond. In the miscellaneous division Johnny Rea won first, Ruth Woest second and Kathryn Kaffenberger third. Also on the second floor is a very unique and clever exhibit of garden tools under the supervision of Stephen Devoe. Every kind of tool needed to keep the garden in excel lent shape can be found in this ex hibit. The Plattsmouth public library has a very fine exhibit on this floor of the Elks building and A. L. Tidd's conservation department is very in teresting. A number of paper plates decorated with free handwork, a part of the school exhibit of District No. 10 are very attractive, as is the In dian head molded from Cass county clay by a school boy. Any one or all of these exhibits show work and skill in preparation and are well worth a trip to the Elks building to see them. OLD RESIDENT HERE From Friday's Dally R. C. Bailey, who a number of years ago was located in Cass county. was here today to attend the karnival and looking up old time friends. He operated a blacksmith shop for sev eral years at old Maple Grove, west of Murray. He is now the national president of the Blacksmith's asso ciation of the United States. HERE FROM MANLET Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rauth, of Man- ley were here today to look after some matters of business and while here were callers at the Journal. Mrs. Rauth Is the vice-chairman of the Cass county democratic county committee and also the district com-mltteewoman.