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VOL. NO. XLV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, FEBR. 4, 1929.
NO. 1
Aunt Lucia Pre
sented Before a
Large Audience
Home Talent Offering Is One of Pun
and Pleasure and With Clever
Musical Numbers
Prom Thursday's Dally
Last evening was the premier of
"Aunt Lucia." clever and sparkling
home talent collegiate comedy, pre
sented under the auspices of the
Plattsmouth Women's club at the
Parmele theatre.
The clever little story of the com
edy was one that furnished a world
of very entertaining situations and
in which the members of the cast
were seen at their best.
The story opened with the faculty
and students at Bula-Bula college
seeking to interest "Aunt Lucia" in
donating a half million to the school
for a stadium. While "Jerry" was
dolled up for a female impersonation,
he is mistaken for the wealthy bene
factor of the college and from there
on the fun runs riot with the play.
In the role of "Jerry," Hilt Martin
was a real scream and his skillful
handling of the pare made for the
success of the play. "Jerry" as "Aunt
Lucia," was pursued by three ardent
bachelors who sought the wealth of
the benefactress of the college and
in the roles of the would-be suitors
"Prof Gaddis," (R. Foster Patterson)
"Collins" by R. E. Bailey and "the
Butter and Egg Man from Omaha"
by Andy Moore, the love affairs con
tinuing mixed up until the finale of
the third act when the message from
the real "Aunt Lucia" releases
"Jerry" from his red hot love affair
"Dick" and "George." college stu
dents were played by Clement Woster
and John Svoboda, Jerry's girl was
presented by Alice Crabill, while the
sweethearts of George and Dick were
played by Lorene Phillips and Vivian
Livingston. The president of the
college was well acted by Attorney
D. O. Dwyer, while the Dean of wo
men was played by Mrs. J. A. Cap
well, with Miss Etta Nickles appear
ing in the role of the presidents -wife.
Ira Mumm and Jimmie Begley ap
peared as the college freshmen and
Henry Guy McMaken as a messenger
boy, J. A. Capwell as the glee club
president and John Turner as the
fraternity president. This clever
cast made the story of the play one
of interest and was pepful and en
tertaining In every, way.
Aside from the comedy of the play
the glee club composed of the fol
lowing male voices made a great hit
on the program and their offerings
made the audience wish that they
might enjoy more of this clever or
ganization of men's voices:
John E. Turner, J. A. Capwell,
George R. Sayles. Frank Bestor. Wil
liam Simmons, Louis Sachs, Dr. O.
Sandin, John Frady, William Wol
cott, W. T. Distell, Rev. H. G, Mc
Clusky, L. O. Minor. Merritt Kerr.
W. A. Wells. Frank A. Cloidt, John
J. Cloidt, L. D. Hiatt, Leo Boynton,
Raymond Cook, Walter Herger,
Eugene Bushnell, Roy Knorr.
Another of the attroctive musical
features of the show was the tuneful
and attractive appoaring girl's
chorus and who were heard in two
special number, "Out in the New
Mown Hay" and "Breezing Along."
both being well presented by the
young ladies. The girl's chorus was
composed of the following.
Winifred Rainey. Helen Schulz,
Eleanor Swatek, Dorothy Newton,
Vestetta Robertson. Margaret Shel
lenberger, Maxine Cloidt. Lucille Al
bert, Janet Vallery, Jean Hayes.
Catherine McClusky, Margaret Nel
son. A special musical number that was
presented by Mrs. James T. Begley,
chairman of the music department of
the local Woman's club and who sang
the entrancing waltz number, "The
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi."
One of the special features that
attracted much attention was the big
Babyland Pageant" in which a bevy
of the little folks of the city in their
pajamas made a charming picture of
childhood days. This number was
featured by thi dramatic reading
given by Miss Mary Tidball, one of
the talented ladies of the city.
That which however will probably
be longest remembered bv the large
audience was that of the Flapper
chorus, composed of the well known
men of the community and who to
aid the ladies in their play had vol
unteered to take part. Staid officials
of county and city, tired business men
of every walk of life disported them
selves as the flappers and some shov
ed an uncanny knowledge of just
now a napper works. The male flup
per were supported to be members
of the Sig-Sig-arette sorority and
certainly did their part to perfection
and their feature of the show with
the musical offering "Who's that
Pretty Baby," made a real hit and
the audience was kept In an uproar
by this weature of the big show. The
members taking part in the chorus
were :
John Bauer, Sheriff Bert Reed. Rnh
Walling, John Crabill. Will Mason,
ti. w. Clement, Herman Thomas. Ed
Schulhof, Will Kxecklow, Hilt Wes-
cott George Conis. "Doug ' McCrarv.
Lyle Hervey, James Holmes, Cliff
wescott. Bill Kieek. Dr. John Griffin,
Maldon Brown, Fred I. Rea, Em
mons J. Richey. John Wolff, Adolpfc
Giese, George Farley, Dr. O. C. Hud
son. Mayor John Sattler.
The accompainments for the of
fering were played by E. IL Wescott,
gifted artist of the city and who
also gave a short organ prelude be
for the first curtain, that was much
enjoyed.
Miss Ruth Rhodes, representative
of the Universal Producing Co., was
one of the hard working members of
the staff that made the play a great
success and her personal work did
much toward the great success of
the offering.
The Women's club committee in
charge of the production was Mrs.
John F. Wolff and who was assisted
by the various committee chairmen.
Mrs. Ray McMaken, cast; Mrs. L. W
Egenberger, tickets; Mrs. A. H. Dux
bury, Baby Pageant; Mrs. Bert Cole
man, publicity, and Mrs. L. L. Tur-
pin, ticket sale at box office.
Local Laundry
man Wedded on
December 12th
Announcement of Wedding of Ed
ward C. Harris to Miss Eliza
beth Nightengale Made
From Friday's Dally
The many friends in this city of
Edward C. Harris, local laundryman,
will be Interested in the announce
ment of the marriage of Mr. Harris
to Miss Elizabeth Nightingale of
Omaha, the wedding having occurred
on Wednesday, December 12th at
Fremont, Nebraska.
The marriage was not announced
until today by the briday couple and
came as a great surprise to the many
friends in this city.
The wedding occurred at the Path
finder hotel at Fremont, the cere
mony taking place on the mezzanine
floor cf the hotel where the settings
for the wedding had been arranged
and made a very attractive scene.
The marriage lines were read by
the Rev. H. L. Grassmueck, pastor
of the First Christian church of this
city and the impressive Episcopal
ring service was used in the cere
mony.
The wedding was very quiet ana
witnessed by only a small group of
the intimate friends from Fremont.
The announcement is made that
Mr. and Mrs. Harris will be at home
after February 15th at their home
in the Harris apartments in this
city.
The bride is a lifelong resident
of Omaha and has a very large cir
cle of friends in her home commun
ity who will learn with great plea
sure of her new found happiness.
The groom has been active in the
business life of Plattsmouth for the
past eighteen years and is the owner
of the Plattsmouth Laundry wnicn
he has operated since locating in
this city.
The many friends here will join in
their well wishes to Mr. and Mrs.
Harris and the most sincere wishes
for their future success.
P. H. S. QUINTET AT OMAHA
The announcements have been
made as to the location of the dis
trict tournaments to be held on Fef
ruary 22nd and 23rd over the state
as the preliminary to the state tour
nament to be held at Lincoln on
March 7th. Sth and 9th at the Uni
versity of Nebraska coliseum.
Under the new plan to hold tne
number of teams to a figure where
they can be handled at the state
tournaments the winners and run
ners ud at the district meets will
take part in the state tournament.
The Plattsmouth men scnooi
haskethall team which has in the
past been a participant in the Mink
tournament at Peru, this year unuer
the arrangement of the state athletic
board will participate in the dis
trict tournament to be held at the
Creighton gym at Omaha and should
have hut little ooDosltlon in tne
tournament, their most formable foe
being the Nebraska School for the
Deaf of Omaha.
The schools assigned to the Creigh
ton district tournament are Bellevue,
Gretna, Holy Name of Omaha, Ne
braska School for the Deaf, Louis
ville. Plattsmouth, Springfield and
Waterloo.
SEEK POULTRY SHOW
From Thursday's Dally
The directors of the Tri-County
Poultry show, comprising the exhi
bition of the puoltry raisers of Cass,
Sarpy and Saunders counties, meet
at Ashland this week and at that
time will receive the Invitation of
the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com
merce to hold the poultry show at
Plattsmouth In 1929.
This show will take three days and
is one of the largest poultry shows
in the state and covers a three day
period with many fine exhibits from
the three counties where there are
many flocks of fine thoroughbred
chickens to be found on the farms
and in the smaller cities.
The local people will provide
prizes for the show as well as place
of holding the show and in the last
the American Legion Community
building makes an ideal place for
the holding of the meetings.
Phone your news to the Journal.
Platters Trim
Nebraska City
Last Night
Score of 23 to 5 Represents Story of
the Very Much One Sided
Battle at Neb. City.
from Thursday's Dally
The blue and white basketeers of
the Plattsmouth high school journey
ed down to Nebraska City last even
ing and proceeded to do things to the
purple and gold and maintained their
record of wins from the Otoeans, the
game resulting in a score of 23 to 5
in favor of Plattsmouth.
As the prelude to the main game
the Plattsmouth and Nebraska iCty
faculty tangled in a game that was a
real rough house from the start and
when the last round was called the
score was 26 to 16 forthe Plattsmouth
Pedagogs. Both teams were roughed
more or less and gave the afns a
chance to see the game as she used to
be.
The main game opened with Had
raba and John Galloway at the for
ward positions, MrClanahan at center
and Joe Hartford and Roy Turner at
the guard positions, this combination
making itself felt in the offensive
against the Otoeans. The Nebraska
City boys were first to register when
Sterner sunk a field goal and was
followed by Galloway with a goal
and then Turner rang up two more
points to make the count at the first
quarter 4 to 2 for Plattsmouth.
The second quarter saw Galloway
and Turner each annex a field goal
and the only tally made by Ne
braska City was by Schanat with a
free toss, making the score at the
half 6 to 3.
The game was fast and aggressive
and in this the Platters showed the
greater experience and were able to
hold Nebraska City in both the halves
of the game to a point where they
at no time were dangerous and were
kept largely on the defensive.
In the second half of the game
substitutions were used freely by
Coach Rothert and practically all of
the locals were able to score against
the purple and gold. In the final half
McClanahan rung up two field goals
and one each were made by Gallo
way, Hadraba, and who also had a
free toss, Fitch, Bob Hartford and
Joe Hartford.
This was the first game cf Platts
mouth in the southeastern confer
ence and the team and fans were
much pleased with the success in
winning from the Otoeans on their
own floor.
The Nebraska City gym, located in
the new Junior high school is a fine
room and its size and playin floor
was very pleasing to the local lads
and brought many words of praise
for the new school.
The tabulated score of the game
was as follows:
Plattsmouth
FO FT PF TP
Hadraba, rf 110 3
Galloway, If 3 0 16
McClanahan, c 2 0 0 4
Dew, Hersh 0 0 0 0
Fitch, If 10 0 2
Turner, rg 2 0 14
B. Hartford, rg 10 0 2
McCrary, g 0 0 0 0
J. Hartford, Ig 10 0 2
11 1 2 23
Nebraska City
FO FT PF TP
Sterner, rf 10 2 2
Kelly, rf 0 0 0 0
Mclntyre, If 10 12
Neumei3ter, c 0 0 0 0
McMadden, c 0 0 0 0
Owens, rf 0 0 10
Hodgens, lg 0 0 0 0
Schanat, lg 0 10 1
LITTLE ONE ILL
From Friday's Daty
For the past several days, Doris,
four year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Bergin, has been quite
ill at the family home, suffering from
a throat trouble that has been the
cause of a great deal of worry to
the members of the family circle.
The little one two years ago had her
tonsils removed and at that time it
was discovered that a small fishbone
was lodged in the throat, which fact
was unknown to the parents of the
child as the little one had not com
plained of it. The bone, or as much
as possible was removed at the ton
sil operation, but it is feared that
some may have remained in the
throat and is causing the present
trouble.
HERE FROM MISSOURI
From Friday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. John Gentry, son,
Robert, and grandson. Bobbie Ray
Gentry, of Peace Valley, Missouri,
are in the city for a visit with the
relatives here and may decide to
locate in this -section of Nebraska
where they have a number of their
family living. Mr. and Mrs. Gentry
are the.jparents of Mrs. Con Lynch,
Mrs. Earl Schanholtz and Mrs. Fred
Howland of this city and at these
homes they are enjoying a visit that
all are enjoying to the utmost.
Read the Journal Vent-Ads.
TAKEN . TO HOSPITAL
From Friday's Dally
Lloyd Schneider, who was so bad
ly burned a few days ago at the fire
at his farm near Cedar Creek, was
taken to Omaha yesterday where he
will be placed in the' hospital to re
ceive treatment. The fact and head
of the injured man has .swollen and
caused a great deal of suffering and
the condition of the injured man
become such that treatment at the
hospital was decided upon.
Reports from Cedar Creek are to
the effect that the fire at the Schnei
der home was caused by Mr. Schnei
der heating a quanity of oil for use
in his auto, the vessel containing
the oil becoming so heated as to
cause an explosion and in which Mr.
Schneider had his cap burned off his
head and his face and head badly
burned. The many friends are hope
ful that the patient may soon recover
from the effects of the burns and be
able to return home.
Knights Templar
Have Inspection
of Commandry
Grend Captain General C. H. Marley
of Omaha Here for Inspection
Fine Banquet Enjoyed
From Friday's Dally
Last evening Mt. Zion commandery
of the Knights Templar of this city
enjoyed a visit from a number cf
the distinguished- members of the
order in this part of the state, the
occasion being the official visit of in
spection by the grand commandery
of Nebraska.
The inspecting officer of the eve
ning was Charles H. Marley, grand
captain general of the grand com
mandery of Nebraska, who was ac
companied by Grand Inspector Daw
son of Blair as well as a large number
of Masons from nearby cities to at
tend the event.
Among the visitors here were Paul
Gilmore, commander of Mt. Carmel
commandery of Aub'n-and several
of the members, while .Nebraska City
was represented by several of the Sir
Knights.
Preceding the session of the com
mandery the Members of the local
commandery as well as the visitors
were entertained at a very delight
ful dinner served at the banquet
hall by the ladies of the Eastern
Star. The banquet was presided over
by L. L. McCarty, commander of the
Mt. Zion Commandery and during
the dinner the members had the
pleasure of hearing from Captain
General Marley.
Following the dinner the officers
carried out the ritualistic work of
the Templars and received the warm
est praise from the inspecting offi
cers for the manner in which the
work was demonstrated.
The Mt. Zion commandery had
every officer in their stations and
their splendid presentation of the
work of this branch of Masonry was
one of the best that had ever been
witnessed, members of the inspecting
party stated in their remarks follow
ing the confering of the degrees.
ENTERTAINS BRIDE-TO-BE
On Tuesday Mrs. Ellen Welch of
Julian, was hostess at her charming
home at a bridge luncheon com
plimentary to her niece, Miss Kath
erlne Joiner, whose marriage to Mr.
Dale Lyon of Julian will occur on
Wednesday, February 6th. The mar
riage will take place at the Roman
Catholic church at Julian.
The settings for the bridge lunch
eon were in the form of the valentine
decoration and the red hearts and
cupids made a most fitting back
ground for the delightful pre nup
tial event.
In the bridge contests Mrs. Lon
Henry of Plattsmouth received the
first prize, Miss Alice Bernard of
Julian, second and Miss Lucille Ma
honey of Palmyra the consolation
prize.
The bride-to-be is one of the ac
complished teachers of the Cass coun
ty schools and has been teaching at
Manley for the past few years and
her host of friends learn with plea
sure of the coming happy event.
Those from out of the city to at
tend the luncheon were: Miss Lu
cille Mahoney, Palmyra: Mrs. Lon
Henry, Plattsmouth; Misses Rose
mary and Helen John, Elmwood;
Misses Ava and Norma Lyon of
Brock; Miss Bridget Duerr, Nebras
ka City; Mrs. Andrew Walte, Oma
ha; Miss Dorothy Mahoney, Lincoln;
Miss Alice Bernard, Julian.
A number of pre-nuptial social
events are being given for Miss
Joiner by the friends in this part of
the state.
MARRIED HERE WEDNESDAY
From Thursday's Dally
The wedding of Miss Fern E.
Cramer and Mr. George B. Nelson oc
curred yesterday arternoon at the
Methodist parsonage in this city.
Both the bride and groom are resi
dents of Craig, Nebraska, the former
home of the Sorter family and motor
ed to this city that Rev. Sortor might
join them in the bonds of holy wed
lock. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson will make
their future home at Craig.
Soennichsen
Company Joins
National System
Large Cass County Stores to Be Part
of Federated Stores of Amer
ica in the Future
W. C. Soennicbsen, who is the
manager cf the II. M. Soennichsen
Dry Goods Store, has just announced
the affiliation of his local business
with the Federated Stores of Amer
ica, a national organization of inde
pendently owned and controlled
dry goods and department stores.
The purpose of the Federated
Stores movement, according to Mr.
Soennicbsen, is to perfect the mer
chandise values and service of the
best typp of independent, locally
owned stores in cities and towns all
over the country. Federated Stores
have their own centralized buying
organization in all the big markets
of this country and abroad. Pur
chases are made in large quanities.
The savings which result are passed
on the the public in the form of de
cidedly lower prices.
A monthly store paper is issued
at the headquarters and goes to each
Federated store's individual custom
ers. It is filled with the latest auth
entic merchandise news, interesting
household information, together with
showings of the current offerings in
the local Federated store.
The constant presence of Feder
ated representatives buyers, style
scouts, and store service men In the
domestic and foreign market centers
makes it possible for them to get
merchandise and style information
far in advance of theordinary chan
nels. Better Values
Better values are the rule In Fed
erated Stores, Mr. Soennichsen de
clares. When a Federated store ad
vertises an attractive price on some
staple item or a new line, it is not
a mere bid to attract new trade. It
is the logical result of bargains made,
possible through a union of hundreds
of stores in the same line buying
as one. ', It is the outcome of sim
plified and standardized store opera
tion methods and joint advertising
service.
"Federated stores have been or
ganized by wide-awake merchants
who are determined to give their
communities the very best of service
in the country," said Mr. Soennich
sen. One readily sees that the combina
tion of private ownership and con
trol of their stores by men who live
in the towns where their stores are
located who bank in these towns
and buy from their fellow merchants,
together with buying power that
comes from a united financial streng
th, is best for smaller towns.
Federated Stores continue to give
the personal service which represents
a locally interested proprietor, and
at the same time they offer values
second to none," said Mr. Soennich
sen. BIRTHS AND DEATHS
LAST QUARTER OF 1928
The report made to the state de
partment of health from Cass county
for the months of the last quarter of
1928, October, November and Decem
ber, show that from the reports made
to the department from various lo
calities there were sixty-five births
and fifty-four deaths in the county.
The reports from the various lo
calities were:
Births Deaths
Nehawka 3 1
Murray 8 1
Avoca 8 2
Elmwood 6 3
Eagle : 2 4
Greenwood 3 2
Ashland 3 3
Weeping Water 6 5
Plattsmouth 19 28
Louisville 4 3
Union 1 2
The place showing the largest per
centage of births over deaths is at
Murray, with Avoca a close second,
while at Eagle the deaths exceeded
the births two to one and in this city
the deaths exceeded the births.
SUFFERS ACCIDENT
From Friday's Dally
Yesterday while John Tidball,
small son of Mr. and Mrs. John Tid
ball, was engaged in playing at the
Central school grounds, he was un
fortunate enough to fall on the ice
and frozen snow and sustained a
very painful cut on the forehead
that caused him a great deal of in
convenience and made necessary the
calling of a physician to look after
the injury. The cut was so deep that
it required three stitches to close the
wound and the young man was able
today to resume his school work al
tho compelled to wear his head band
aged. ENTERS HOSPITAL
Topeka, Kan.i Jan. 29. Charles F.
Glaze, 517 Marble street, Platts
mouth, Nebr., is in the S. B. A. Hos
pital at Topeka, for a surgical opera
tion. This hospital is maintained by
the Security Benefit Association and
Its services art free to members of
tne society.
PERU WARRIORS HERE
From Saturday's Daily
Last evening Russell Wasley, cap
tain of the 1929 Peru Bobcats, Joe
Krejci, the all state center of the Peru
basketball team, Bernard Galloway
and Ben Groothes, came up from
Peru state teachers college for a
week end visit here with the rela
tives and old time friends. The boys
are feeling elated over the fact that
the Bobcats were able to turn back
the Kearney normal at Peru Thurs
day by the decisive score of fifty to
fifteen and making the Bobcats in
position where another all conference
title is almost within their grasp.
In the game all three of the Platts
mouth players were in the game.
Galloway, one of the reserves being
sent into the game to battle the
Kearney team.
W. T. Smith is
Called to His
Last Reward
Lorg Time Resident of Cass County
Succumbs to Dlness Covering
Several Weeks.
Ironr Saturday's Dally-
This morning William T. Smith,
a long time resident of Cass county
was called to the last reward after
an illness that has covered the past
two months and in which the patient
has gradually been failing until the
death messenger came to his relief
and brought the peace and comfort
of the final summons.
The passing of Mr. Smith takes
from the community a well known
and loved figure who has made his
home for the past sixty years In
this county, spending his younger
years in farming in different parts
of the county and where he has a
very wide circle of friends who will
share with the family the sorrow that
his calling has brought.
W. T. Smith was born in the state
of Indiana, December 12, 1848, the
old home being located along the
Wabash, and it was the privilege of
Mr., Smith to enjoy the eightieth
birthday before the last Illness lay
its bands upon him and also to cele
brate the golden wedding anniver
sary with the wife of his youth, who
is left to mourn his passing, together
with the seven children, Mrs. J. I.
Osborne and Mrs. Alva Osborne of
Jordan, Montana, Mrs. Ben Menchau
of Eagle, Mrs. Audrey Gomel of St.
Joseph, Missouri, Claude Smith of
Omaha, J. C. Smith of Pipestone,
Minnesota, and William J. Smith of
Lincoln.
While fame had not laid its hand
upon the departed, or called him to
high places of the earth, his life has
been such that the world has been
better for his living, the kindly
friendships that he has held, the
helpfulness that he has been to his
fellowman In the long Journey of
life will long be remembered by those
with whom he came in touch.
In their sorrow members of the
family will have the deep sympathy
of the many friends of this commun
ity. .
SALE OPENS FINE
From Friday's Daily
The great price reduction sale
that is being featured at the Fetzer
Shoe Co. store in this city, opened
yesterday morning and with a most
pleasing start In both the attendance
and the satisfaction that the custom
ers received from the array of the
bargains that were found on the
store shelves.
Before the formal opening of the
sale a very large numbered gathered
at the store despite the fact that
the mercury was below the zero
point and when the key was turned
there was a general rush for the
store where the tables and shelves
were filled with the lines of shoes
for men, women and children and
which were snapped up by those who
were among the "early birds."
The sale was most pleasing for
the opening day and should bring in
very large numbers from all of the
nearby localities before the opening
of next week with moderating
weather conditions as have been
promised by the weather man.
The stock at the Fetzer store Is
one of the best in this part of the
state and all is being placed on sale
at the bargain prices during this
sale.
HOLD FINE MEETING
From Saturday's Tany
Plattsmouth Rebekahs in session
assembled last evening were indeed
pleased to meet and greet Mrs. Lil
lian Silvernail, of Scottsbluff, who
in her capacity a3 assembly vice
president, conducted a school of in
struction. The genial lady also exam
ined several applicants for certificates
of proficiency.
The resignation of Miss Jessie M.
Robertson was received and by unan
imous vote the lodge elected Miss
Estelle Geis as vice-noble grand of
the lodge.
The committee on refreshments
composed of Mrs. Ed Brantner, Miss
Estelle Geis and Miss Helen Johnson,
served a most delicious repast of
oysters, coffee and cake, that aided
in making a most enjoyable evening
for all of the lodge members.
Blue and White
Win Great Game
from Auburn
One of the Best Games Seen on Local
Floor Is Checked Up for the
Platters 21 to 10.
I From Saturday's Dally
The members of the Plattsmouth
quintet last evening gave the custom
ers at the high school gym a dollars
worth of basketball for forty cents
and incidently put a large dent in
the aspirations of Coach Higgins'
Bulldogs from Auburn to be the
champions of the southeastern dis
trict. The game was plenty sweet and
one in which every member of the
battling five of the Platters deserve
a world of credit for their offensive
as well as their great defensive
game, clamping down on the visitors
in threatened attacks and taking the
lead in the scoring Plattsmouth held
this advantage to the close of the
game.
Auburn has a real team, it is fast
and shifty, in fact one of the best
that has played here this season and
in Reed, captain and left guard, have
a great battler, but whose speed and
skill found a stone wall in the fast
guarding game of the Platters. Reed
jhas the distinction of tallying the
only two field goals that Auburn
secured in the game.
In the opening quarter both teams
started to mix freely and the first
store of the game was secured by
Risse, Auburn center, on a free throw
and in this period the lanky center
post dropped in four of the free tosses
while Reed slipped through for a
field goal. For Plattsmouth, John
Galloway dropped In a nice one from
the side and followed by Joe Hart
ford, local captain, with a field goal
and free throws by Hadraba and
Turner, knotted the score at six all
at the end of the quarter.
In the second quarter the Platters
drew away from their foe with two
field goals by Hadraba and one by
McClanahan, while the only tally of
Auburn was the gift shot of Reed for
one-point, the score- at the half time
standing 12 to 7 for Plattsmouth.
The third added to the Plattera
scoring when working through the
defense of the Bulldogs, Hadraba
scored from under the basket and
McClanahan from the side in two
nice shots. For Auburn Reed drop
ped in a field goal and Gordon, sub
stitute scored a free toss. The score
at the close of the third period was
16 to 10 for the Platters.
In the final period Coach Higgins
rushed In many substitutes to try
and wear down the Plattsmouth de
fense but without success as Auburn
was held scoreless In the last period,
while the Platters added to their lead
by invasions of the Auburn territory
when John Galloway slipped in a fine
under basket shot and Hadraba rang
up one from the foul line as well as
a free throw and with 21 to 10 the
final score, the crowd departed feel
ing that they had seen a real game
and a team that did full credit to the
Plattsmouth high school in the five
valiant and untiring warriors that
bore the blue and white in the battle.
Following is the box score of the
game:
Auburn
FO FT PF TP
N. Anderson, rf 0 0 0 0
Handley, rf 0 0 0 0
Danderm, If 0 0 10
Gordon, If 0 10 1
Ell, If 0 0 0 0
Risse, c 0 4 14
: Reed, c 0 0 0 0
Myers, rg 0 0 0 0
Reed (c) lg 2 12 6
' 2 6 4 10
Plattsmouth
FO FT PK TP
Hadraba, rf 4 2 1 10
Galloway, If 2 0 14
B. Hartford, If 0 0 0 0
McClanahan, c 2 0 14
J. Hartford, rg 10 12
Turner, lg . 0 10 1
Fitch, c 0 0 0 0
9 3 4 21
In the preliminary the freshmen
were able to defeat the Junior high
10 to 7 in a close and hard fought
game and in which this grade school
team led in the early part of the
game, but were swamped in a last
minute rally.
( During the intermission between
'the half of the main game the boys
'of the school staged a performance
jof the game of foot-basketball a new
'and very interesting form of the
sport and which should appeal to a
great many of the schools of the
state.
In the handling of the game George
Parish of Omaha, was the referee and
made his usual fair and impartial
rulings of the contest to the satis
faction of both teams.
CHICKENS ARE MISSING:
Henry Snoke, former county com
missioner and a prominent farmer of
Tipton precinct, is mourning the de
parture of some ninety chickens
which were taken from the Snoke
farm last night. The matter was re
ported to Sheriff Bert Reed this
morning and who drove out to look
over the scene and if possible try
and locate the parties that might
have committed the offense.