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'I t Xehr. Stat2 T'sttxical Society VOL. No. XLVI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1930. NO. 17 I Chicken Thieves are Active in the County Again Farm of Troy Murdoch, North of Nehawka Suffers Loss of Chickens From Friday's Daily The farming section north of Ne hawka has again suffered from the visitation of chicken thieves, the first serious offense of this kind since Sheriff Reed and the Plattsmouth police rounded up the gang that was operating in this section and western Iowa, several months ago. The visitation of the thieves was at the farm of Troy Murdoch, north of Nehawka where some sixty of the fine fat chickens were stolen on Wed nesday night. The loss of the chickens was not discovered until Thursday afternoon when a check of the chicks disclosed the fact that a large part of the flock had been taken. The matter was reported to Sher iff Reed and an investigation of the case made and from the appearance it would seem that the parties had left their truck parked on the road some distance away from the farm house so that the family would not be aroused by the starting of the truck and then the parties doing the stealing had apparently gone to the truck and made their getaway from the scene. The highway had been traveled by many cars and trucks and it was impossible to find any definite clue as to the direction in which the car or truck had gone. The sheriff is urging all residents of the farming districts in case where they hear any invaders in the chick en houses, to send out a general farm line call to their neighbors to maintain a watch on the roads, then call the sheriffs office and pre pare the only family shot gun and start out to round up the robbers. The residents are urged to keep from making lights or alarming the chick en thieves and aiding in making it possible to round them up and catch them red handed, practically the only way in which a case of chicken stealing can be fixed on the- parties as after they get away it is difficult to tie them up in the chicken steal ing cases. WILL PRESENT MINSTREL The Dramatic club of the high school are preparing to present a delightful minstrel show at the Parmele theatre on the nights of Tuesday and Wednesday, April 1st and 2nd. This minstrel will have a chorus and cast of some fourteen black face artists and interlocutor and who will present a fine array of solos, dancing and chorus singing, with the talent ed young people of the school in the The minstrel is under the direc tion of Miss Martha Gorder, talented musician and who will present the talented young people in their clever stio w In connection with the show there will be a moving picture, "The Re turn of Sherlock Holmes." There will be the motion picture in the opening show at 7:30 and the minstrel will follow at once at the close of the motion picture. The tickets for the minstrel show are now on sale and are in the hands of the members of the high school dramatic club. HONOR BOLL OF HIGH SCHOOL The honor roll of the high school for the third quarter, composed of the students making three or more "A's" for the third quarter, is com posed of the following: Seniors Evangeline Craig, Melba Epler. Bernice Hogue, Beatrice Knof licek. Earl Koeble, Robt. Livingston, Ellen Nora Meisinger, Chas. Now acek, Jeanne Parker, Helen Persing er, Geo. Sayles, Frank Schackneis, Mary Swatek. Alice Taylor. Juniors RIene De Les Dernier, Rose Ferrie, Ruth Ferrie, Marie Lutz, Constance Rea, Vestetta Rob ertson. Sophomores Madge Garnet, Irene Simons, Eleanor Swatek, Helen War ge, John Becker, Winnifred Rainey. Freshman Geo. Adam, Donald Bushnell, Margaret Lahoda, Stuart Porter, Marsella Ramel, Mata Schackneis. Floyd Shanholz, Elea nore Smetana. All classes showed an increase in the number honored except the Sophomore class. The Seniors had the highest number with the Fresh man second. ENTERTAINS FOR FRIEND Mrs. Henry C. McMaken was hos tess Thursday at a very delightful 5:0 tea at her home in the Coronado apartments, honoring Mrs. S. W. Bell, who is to leave tl.a first of the coming week for Fremont to make her future home. The ladies are members of a bridge club and the occasion was made very pleasant in the playing of this fiscinating game. In the playing Mrs. Flnke was the winner of the first honors while Mrs. T. TCPTihwrcpr wan awarded the eeond prise.2 Mrs. S. W. Bell was presented with the guest pruo, a very handsome remembrance of the occasion. VISIT OLD FRIEND From Thursday's Dally Last evening'Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Svoboda and son, Tom, and Mrs Joseph I liber, Sr., motored to Omaha where they enjoyed a visit with their old friend and former Plattsmouth resident, John E. Nemetz; who has been an invalid for the past three years. The event also proved the birthday of Mr. Nemetz and in honor of the occasion the Plattsmouth friends as well us a large group from Omaha joined in a pleasant reminder to the genial guest of hon or. The illness of Mr. Nemetz has prevented him from carrying on his usual activities and he appreciates very much the visits of the friends. Mr. Nemetz was for many years en gaged here in the conduct of a candy store and later was employed as deputy in the county treasurer's of fice until removing to Omaha where he was engaged as clerk in the of fice of the county treasurer of Doug las county until his illness struck him down. Prepare to Start Census of Cass County Assignments Made to the Various Enumerators to Carry on the Check of Inhabitants The taking of the 1930 census will be started over the nation on April 2nd and will cover several weeks of intensive work on the part of the men and women who have been selectde as enumerators and the coming week will see the work under way in every part of Cass county. The public is urged to give these census takers every aid and curtesy in the listing of the residents of the county as it is hoped to make the census 100 per cent effective in getting the names of all of the in habitants of the towns and country precincts. This listing of inhabit ants is important to the towns. counties and state as the number of inhabitants in each -political sub division has a bearing on the gov ernmental functions of the various towns and counties who are rated by their population. II. O. Parsons of Lincoln, the su pervisor of the census in this dis trict, has announced the enumerators for Cass county who will have charge of the census taking and who will comprise the following: Emma M. Rawalt, Avoca, Avoca precinct; Dag mar K. Lauritzen, Weeping Water, Center precinct: Herman J. Hough, Plattsmouth, Eight Mile Grove pre cinct; Susie M. Cook, Elmwood, Elm wood precinct; Claire A. Bornemeier, Alvo, Greenwood precinct; May L. Foster, Union, Liberty precinct; Sarah G. Breeden, Louisville, Louis ville precinct; James M. Palmer, Ne hawka, Mt. Pleasant precinct; Har old A. Dodson, Nehawka, Nehawka precinct; Mrs. Ella J. Frazier, Mrs. Delia Hatt, Mrs. Lillian Livingston, Mrs. Nellie Carlson, Plattsmouth city; William T. Richardson, My- nard, Plattsmouth precinct; Charles D. Spangler, Murray, Rock Bluff pre cinct; Mildred E. Buckell, Green wood, Salt Creek precinct; Charles N. Buell, South Bend, South Bend precinct; Olive F. Horton, Elmwood, Stove Creek precinct; Frank Gustin, Elmwood, Tipton precinct; Emily Olive, Weeping Water city. WILL DO GRAVELING from Thursday's Dally A number of the residents of the city are planning on securing some gravel for themselves on streets in the residential section and which will make for a much better highway for the residents in the sections that are being prepared for the graveling. One of the sections that it is planned to have gravel placed, is on Thir teenth street from Main to Pearl streets and hence east on Pearl to past the residence of County Judge A. H. Duxbury. It is hoped to be able to extend the gravel west on Pearl from 13th to 14th street and thence south on 14th street to Marble, mak ing an all season highway in that section. This will make a great im provement and the residents of the locality are paying the freight them selves to secure the badly needed road. A half block of gravel is being placed on North 10th street from Main to Vine street and along the alley that runs east and west through the block, many of the residents there having their garages located on the alleyway. TIES CATCH FIRE From Thursday's Dally This afternoon at 2:30 a pile of some 125 railroad ties which were piled long the Burlington, tracks in the north railroad yards, caught fire in some manner and created a great deal of excitement as the clouds of black smoke from the treated ties rolled up and gave the impression in the business section that a ser ious fire was raging. The fire de partment arrived on the scene but as the fire was too far from the water supply there was little that could be done. Iowa-Nebraska Light Company Urges Safety Banquet for Members of Force in Plattsmouth District Held Last Night The officers and employees of the Plattsmouth district of the Iowa Nebraska Light & Power Co., with a number of the invited guests, gathered last evening at the Amrr ican Legion community building lor a very pleasant banquet and to re ceive some real teachings in the "S:.fety First" movement that the company is urging in all lines of their service for the benefit of the general public as well as their em ployes. The repast of the evening was served by the ladies of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary and the mem bers of the staff of this great utility company who were gathered around the table appreciated to the utmost the fine time afforded them in the feast. The subject of the evening, "Safe ty," was given in a splendid manner by Edward Kennedy of Lincoln, who has charge of this work for the com pany. Mr. Kennedy pointed out that the teaching of the safety measures was not purely a selfish motive with the great corporation, but that they were trained to avoid accidents that were trained to avoid accident that might permanently and surely tem porarily disable employes or perhaps result in death. A number of cases were cited where accidents had re sulted in permanent injury and the result that the earning power of the man had been cut more than half. Mr. Kennedy had with him goggles that had been worn by employes and which had saved the eyes of the men from accidents from flying steel or other foreign particles and as well a piece of steel taken from the eye of an employe who had failed to wear the goggles. Mr. Kennedy urg ed that employes use all of the pre cautions and safety appliances in their work in order that greater loss of.Jife and injuries might be avoided. The Plattsmouth district was com plimented by Mr. Kennedy on the record in the safety movement so far this year. Walter Gabriel, who has charge of the sales department of the dis trict was then introduced by Fred I. Rea, district manager, who pre sided, and Mr. Gabriel gave a short "shop" talk on the sales of the mer chandise handled as a part of the Iowa-Nebraska company's line. Dale Renner of Lincoln, an as sistant in the office of President Brooks, was also heard in a fine talk on the Safety Work and the cam paign that has been in force for sev eral years to reduce to the lowest possible figure the injuries to the employes and the losses in time and money to the individual as wen as the company. In the past year the company had paid out some $29, 000 in losses through injuries, an average of some $25 per employe. Mr. Renner also cited cases where the use of safety appliance would have prevented accidents and urged the precautions that the company had provided against accidents be used all of the time. Mr. Bodie of the Humboldt offices of the company talked of the splen did co-operation that had been shown in the district, the fine spirit that all of the employes had felt and the universal desire of all of the employes to give their company the best possible service. To everyone at the banquet the work of Mr. Kennedy and his Safety First team of Lincoln, was one that held the closest attention as they gave practical demonstrations of the First Aid, a most enhghtning show ing of the things to be done in case of accident and the proper manner in which to give the first aid to the injured until the arrival of a doctor or surgeon. With speed and dispatch the team composed of Mr. Ketchera, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Baird and Mr. Shepherd, showed how various cases of lacerations, scalp or skull injur ies, should be treated as well as showing the proper way of dealing with common as well as compound fractures. The team also gave dem onstrations of the manner of restor ing anyone overcome with gas, drowning or other accidents where immediate and practical aid can and has often saved lives. W. N. Jackson, head of the con struction department of the Iowa Nebraska Light & Power Co., reach ed the meeting too late to enjoy the banquet features but gave a very fine talk along the lines of the safety movement, urging the adoption and practice of all safety precautions in his own department as well as that of the operating departments. The speaker took as an example of one of the most severe accidents that the company has suffered that of the Shenandoah, (la.), gas works ex plosion that resulted in one death and a great property damage to the company and the residents of the community there. Mr. Jackson urged that ignoring of the safety measures and devices should be punished and the employee and officers learn that their own interests as well as that of the company required the practice of the safety campaigns. As the close of the evening pro gram a few reels of motion pictures were shown and among these views of the Shenandoah explosion as well as other accidents; and injuries that had occurred in the company's ex perience in the past few years and which gave to the audience a real appreciation of what an accident meant to the employee as well as the company. MRS. L0HNES POORLY Mrs. John G. Lohnes, who has been in poor health for the past winter as the result of a. very severe cold that has greatly ' undermined her vitality, has been confined to her home for the past three weeks us the result of a general breakdown and which has proven very annoying. The many friends of this estimable lady will regret greatly to learn of her illness and trust that she may soon be up and around again and able to look after,, her usual activ ities. Care Necessary to Raise Standard of Butter Fat Nebraska Makes Poor Showing in Late Reports and Action Urged to Raise the Standard. Butterfat prices in Nebraska are generally lower than the average price paid in the United States, ac cording to a survey recently finished by the U. S. Department of Agricul ture. Quality of the product is also lower in Nebraska than in the aver age state. There are two practical ways of raising the quality of cream and get ting a correspondingly higher price. One of them is to keep the cream cool and the other is to keep it clean. Care of the cream should begin be fore the cow is miked. Her udder should be thoroly cleaned before milking time to prevent dirt from falling into the milk; The pail should be of a closed top variety. The milk er should be clean and healthy and should milk with -.try hands. All utensils should be cleaned and aired out folowing use. Rapid cooling of the cream after it is separated is necessary to keep down the facterial growth in the product. Several means of cooling can be used, but for Tebraska condi tions a cooling tank using circulating well water for the cooling medium meets the requirements for good qual ity cream. This type of tank also provides a clean, sanitary place for holding the cream before it is taken to market. Under no conditions should cream be held on the farm more than four days in winter, and a less time in summer. CAMPFTRE GIRLS MEET From Friday's Dally Wolohese Camp Fire group met last evening at the home of Mrs. Carl Ofe for an initiation party. Almost all of the girls were pres ent and a committee composed of Madge Garnett, Emily Lorenz and Gertrude Vallery Initiated the new members. We also initiated our new guardian, Mrs. Ofe, and the assist ant, Mrs. Theresia Haley. A short ceremonial meeting was held afterwards and the membership cards were given out. Mrs. Oft read a story about one of our laws, "Seek Beauty." The candles were lit hy Winifred Rainey, "Work," Madge Garnett, "Health," and Irene Si mons, "Love." A committee was appointed for our treasure hunt Tuesdaiy, April 1. They are Helen Virginia Price and Emily Lorenz. We hope the "weath er man predicts fair weather for April Fool's day. We have story hour Friday, April 4th, and plan to have an interesting program. DECIDE AGAINST CHANGE From Thursday's Dally Last evening Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Wescott and Russell Reeder motored to Nebraska City where they spent a few hours, Mrs. Wescott as a guest at the home of Mrs. W. H. Pitzer and the two gentlemen attending the meeting of the Nemaha area of the Boy Scouts of America. The scout meeting took up the matter of the consolidation of the Nemaha area with the Cornhusker area at Lin coln which has been discussed for the past several months but after the full consideration of the several groups In the area it was decided that the consolidation would be drop ped for the present at least and the Nemaha area in the southeastern Ne braska district would be continued. SUFFERS SEVERE ILLNESS From Friday Daily Bobbie Beal, the young son of Mrs. Golda Noble Wiles, clerk of the district court, is quite ill at the family home on the farm southwest of the city. The little lad has been threatened with pneumonia and his condition while somewhat improved is such as to cause a great deal of apprehension to the members of the family circle. Louisville Citizens to Block Robbers Militant Organization of Citizens Prepare Warm Reception to Any Invaders The residents of our neighboring city of Louisvilie are organized to do battle with any gang of robbers that may visit that place day or night, and frou past showings made in this line the Louisville people mean business and how! The Louis ville Courier of this week tells of the first practice of the protecting force and from its machine like oper ation the robbers that visit Louisville are going to get all that is coming to them, as the following shows: "The Louisville Home Guard is still on the job. Last Saturday morn ing at about 3:00 a'clock they were called out of bed to officiate at a supposed robbery of Walter Blake's store. "A truck had backed up in front of Herman Kalkpai's hot dog estab lishment to install a frigid air ma chine, having been delayed in get ting it down from Omaha. Someone called central, who gave the alarm and soon the place was surrounded. Mayor Scott McGrew was the first to arrive with a shotgun that had not been fired since he was a boy read ing Diamond Dick novels. He is con fident, however, that he could hit an object as large as a truck. He says it scatters far and wide and that the driver would be unsafe even though he aimed at the rear tire. Next came Fred Osscnkop, the ex- postmaster who got his man several years ago when he potted a couple of robbers who had burglarized the F. II. Nicholas store, thus gaining for himself much notoriety besides put ting the fear of God into the hearts of law violators. "Cashier H. B. Koop of the Home State Bank, who lives just across the alley, got out his old army musket, slid on his belly to the wood shed and lay in wait for the supposed rob bers should they attempt to escape through a rear door. The fortifica tion was complete,, but when the shotgun brigade closed in and found the real cause of the alarm the re lief was general. "At any rate, this should be a warning to robbers that they will find organized resistance should they decide to pull off a robbery in Louis ville at any time day or night." A REAL PLEASANT SURPRISE From Friday' Dally Last evening a very pleasant sur prise was given at the home of Mrs. W. H. Cocelt, who live on a farm 6 miles northwest of Plattsmouth, hon oring her on her birthday. Quite a large number were present to help her enjoy the occasion. The evening was spent in playing various games among which was an old fashioned spelling contest. Mrs. Floy Hardison and George Winscott standing up the longest. Radio mu sic was greatly enjoyed by all pres ent. At an appropriate hour a very de licious luncheon was served from the baskets which the different members brought. Among those to enjoy the occasion were: Mr. and Mrs. Rus- sel Todd and sons, Fred, Forrest and Theodore, Mr. and Mrs. Hardison and son, Clifton, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Carl- burg, daughters, Mildred and Edna, and son, Glen, Mr. and Mrs. Ruel Sack and son, Richard, Mrs. Louis Sack and son, Duane, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clark and Baby, Virgie Alice, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stine, Mr. and Mrs. Esper McCleary, Mr. and Mrs. Will Kelleson and son, Raymond, George Winscott, Carroll Sutton, Har old Seay, Wallace Arnold and Miss Vivian Moore, and the family of the guest of honor, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Coffelt and children, Laurice, Laur etta, Lloyd and Wayne. At a late hour all members depart ed for their homes, wishing the guest of honor many more happy birth days. MAKES PROMPT SETTLEMENT From Friday's Daily T. M. Patterson of Omaha, repre sentative of the Bankers Life Insur ance Company, was in the city to day en route to Union. Mr. Patter son had with him the check from his company in settlement of the death claim of Clifford McQuinn, killed in an auto accident at Uniou last Thursday night. Mr. McQuinn carried a two thousand dollar policy of the Bankers Life Company which provided a double indemity for ac cidental death. The McQuinn estate will receive some three, thousand, nine hundred dollars as the settle ment in full of their claim. DOINGS IN DISTRICT COURT From Friday's Datlj This morning two cases involving suits to quiet title were filed in the office of the clerk of the district court, one being that of Nellie E. Topliff vs James Hoffman, et al., and the other Vera Urwin vs. Minnie Urwin, et al. In the cases filed At torney W. A. Robertson appears for the plaintiffs in both cases of action. CAR AND TRUCK SMASH From Saturday's Daily Yesterday afternoon while one of the McMaken trucks was engaged in hauling gravel to the Louisville road west of the city, the truck and a Ford coupe crashed near the Louis Schiessil farm. The truck was com ing east and the Ford coupe south and met at the corner. At the time of the accident the driver of the truck was facing the sun and unable to fee the coupe, the drive of which was also unaware of the near ap proach of the truck until they struck in the center of the road. The coupe was thrown clear off the road and burst into flames a few seconds after the impact. The driver of the truck, Charles Lan.phere, hastened to the wrecked coupe and rescued the dri ver, a young man named Holcomb, who was partially dazed by the force of the impact. The driver of the coupe was then taken to the home of his brother-in-law, Arthur Samp son, a short distance from the scene of the wreck. It is not thought that the driver of the coupe was seriously injured. W. F. Evers is Given Pleasing Recognition Selected as the Grand Representative of the State of Mississippi . at R. A. M. William F. Evers, one of the lead ing and active members of Nebraska Chapter No. 3. Royal Arch Masons, a past high priest in the local chap ter, has been selected as the grand representative of the grand chapter of the state of Mississippi at the grand chapter of the order in Ne braska. This honor is a very pleasing rec ognition of the great interest and effort that Mr. Evers has shown in the work of the order in this state, he being a very active figure in all of the branches of Masonry in the state and having served as the. head of Plattsmouth lodge No. 6, A. F. & A. M., s Nebraska Chapter t No. 3, Royal Arch Masons and Mt. Zion Commandery No. , 5, Knights Temp lar. Mr. Evers is at the present time the superintendent of the Nebraska Masonic Home in this city, which office he has held for a great many years and in known over the state for his splendid work for the great fraternity. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY From Saturday's Daily Yesterday being the twenty-first birthday anniversary of Ralph Ma son, who is a student at the State Teacher's College at Peru, the young man was guest of honor at a very delightful birthday party held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrrence Sprecher. In the entertaining and serving Mrs. Sprecher was assisted by her sister, Mrs. W. H. Mason. The evening was spent in games of all kinds and cards and at which a great deal of pleasure was derived by all of the members of the jolly crowd and in honor of the event Ralph was presented with a number of gifts . At a suitable hour dainty and de licious refreshments were served that aided in the completion of the eve ning of rare delight. Those who attended the event were: Florence Nelson, Vivian Light body, Eleanor and Mary Swatek, Germaine Mason, George Sayles, Ralph Mason, William Nelson, Rob ert Fitch, Bernard Galloway, Mrs. W. H. Mason and children, Shirley, Dona Fae and Billy and Mrs. L. R. Sprecher. CHECK ATTENDANCE RECORD The check of the attendance rec ord at the hieh school for the third quarter shows that the sophomores lead the other classes in the per centage of attendance as well as in the size of their class, having an en rollment of 70. a perfect attendance of 33 or 47 per cent. The seniors are the second class in the scnooi with an enrollment of 60, a perfect attendance of 28 and a percentage of 4 3. The freshmen are third in the school with an enrollment of 68. a Derfect attendance of 26 that gives them a percentage of 3S. The juniors are the tailenders with an enrollment of 68, a perfect attend ance of 19, or a percentage of s. SETTLE UP ARGUMENT From Saturdays Dally This morning Judge Charles L. Graves in the police court was called up on to decide the issues in a case coming from the south section of the city where one lady was charged with having attacked another of the lady residents in that locality. The matter was reported to the author ities and this morning Chief of Po lice Libershal was called upon to serve the warrant that brought the matter into the police court. A plea of guilty to the charge brought a fine of $10 and costs, amounting to $13.50. Phone your news to the Journal. Plattsmouth Students Win i in Contest Robert Livingston, Herschel Score , Firsts, Margaret Shellenbarger, 1 Chas. Nowacek Seconds From Saturday's Daily With Robert Livingston winning first in Extemporaneous, Herschel Dew winning first in Humorous and Charles Nowacek and Margaret Shel lenbarger placing t-econd in Oratory and Dramatic, the Plattsmouth high school entries in the Sub-District De clamatory Contest held at Auburn yesterday afternoon and evening made a most enviable record and one that stands unequaled by any other school in this section. The local speakers have been under the able direction of Miss Mary Jane Tidball. For the second successive year, Plattsmouth has taken two firsts in the Sub-District. Last year Clelland Retelsdorf won the Extem poraneous championship and subse quently the District title and Chris Bulin was the Sub-District Cham pion Orator. This morning. Princi pal R. F. Patterson wired District Director J. Arthur Nelsr.n at Fre mont, asking that the District Cham pionship finals he held at Platts mouth. The Extemporaneous and Humor ous sections were held in the after noon in the Avenue Methodist church with splendid acoustic facilities. Each entry in the Extemporaneous drew for subjects an hour before the contest was scheduled to start. Rob ert Livingston drew "The Sugar Lobby and The President." His pre sentation of this subject stood head and shoulders above that of any of his four competitors. With an ana lysis of subject matter, keen choice of words and impressive stage pres ence that would do credit to a speak er of maturer years, he was the only logical choice for first place. Hum boldt was second and Auburn third. Herschel Dew had eight competi tors in the Humorous division. Hi3 clever presentation of the Italian dialect Section "Just A Iak A Iat." made a hit with the audience and the high praise of the Judge for the man ner in which Herschel handled as difficult a selection as one demand ing dialect throughout. Herscke!'3 work stood outclearly above any of his competitors. Humboldt was sec ond and Nehawka third. The evening contests began at 7:30 with the Oratory first. Charles Nowacek was one of seven young Demosthenes who were contesting for the Oratory title. He spoke sixth and made a profound impression on the audience with his ease of delivery and ability to lead his hearers troni one climax to another In his r-eltc-tion "If We Break Faith." It was evident that the awarding of first place would lie between the Nebras ka City speaker and Charles. The judge gave the decision to Margaret Leidth of that place, who delivered Wilson's oration "Americanism." Charles was ranker second. Margaret Shellenbarger did a mas terly piece of work in the Dramatic Division with her beautiful selection entitled "The Highwayman." Speak ing last on the program after the audience had listened to seven other dramatic selections as well as last speaker of the entire contest, Mar garet immediately captured the en raptured attention of all until only the steady "tick tock" of the clock on the wall could be heard above her voice. Her poise and control of voice and gesture are seldom equaled by a high school student. The judge in her oral decision said. "The High wayman is a most difficult selection to read, I have herd it read many times by amateurs but Miss Shellen barger's interpretation of it w;;s the best that I have ever heard. It wa3 a marvelous piece of work." De spite this, her decision went to Lila Codington of Auburn, who read "The Quitters." with Margaret second and Falls City third. It would have been very unusual had Plattsmouth taken first in all divisions but two firsts and two sec onds was the best record made by any other school and clearly Indi cates that the Plattsmouth was most ably represented. Too much credit can not be given to Miss Tidball for her untiring efforts in making the local contest possible and preparing the speakers for the final content. The school i3 also grateful to Mr. Sterret and Mr. Kvasnicka for in valuable assistance which they have given the winners in sixteen coun ties of eastern Nebraska by Robert Livingston in the Extemporaneous and Herschel Dew in the Humorous. The following schools participated at Auburn: Auburn, Falls City, Honey Cretk, Humboldt. Louisville, Nebraska City, Nehawka. Platts mouth and Salem, representing Otoe, Richardson, Cass and Pawnee Coun ties. The judge was Miss Ilolcoinb of the school of Fine Arts at the Uni versity. Mrs. E. J. Ringwood of Minne apolis, formerly Miss Laura Puis, of Murray, arrived here yesterday by auto, bringing with her the mother, Mrs. William Puis, who has spent the winter at Minneapolis with the daughter and family.