tfebr. State Historical Society
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VOL. NO. XLVIH
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1932.
NO. 28
New Council
Confirms Vari
ous Officials
Joe Iibershal Chief of Police, Dave
Pickiel. Assistant J. A. Cap
well City Attorney.
Th city council met on Saturday
vrning at 7:30 in an adjourned
m--t?r.g from Monday, the purpose of
which was to induct the new council
and city officials into office.
The report of the Judiciary com
mit tte. through J. A. Capwell, city
attorney, was received on the matter
of tht- city paying: the premiums on
the bonds of the city officers. The re
port of the city attorney was to the
c-fffct that the Nebraska courts had
not passed on the matter, but that a
decision of a New York court had
been adverse to the payment. How
ever, as far as Nebraska was concern
ed there was apparently no law or
ordinance against the city caring for
th" bonding. On motion the rtport of
the Judiciary committee was received
and placed on file.
City Clerk Herman L. Thomas then
swere flayer John P. Sattler into of
fice for the ensuing term, the mayor
then swearing in the officials elected
at the last election. The officials tak
ing the oath were City Clerk Thomas.
City Treasurer Erown, Councilmen
Webb. Tulene, Rebal, Johnson and
Marshall.
New Ccuncil Organizes
Toilowing the adjournment of the
old council the new was assembled,
with the first order of business being
the election of the president of the
council. On motion of Smith, second
ed by Luschinsky, W. H. Puis was
elected as the president of the coun
til. Mayor Satliexajinouneed that he
had a large number of applications
for the various offices and distributed
a list of those applying to the council.
The mayor gave precedent to the
present members of the force in mak
ing the announcement of the names.
For chief of police, the first name
presented was that of Jess Elliott, the
occupant of the office. Mr. Elliott
secured, five votes for confirmation,
but failed of the necessary six. Those
who voted for confirmation of Mr.
Elliott were Webb, Tulene, Rebal,
Johnson and Gabelman, while those
who voted against his confirmation
w re Davis. Smith, Puis, Luschinsky
and Marshall.
With th loss of Mr. Elliott's name.
Mayor Sattler then presented the
name cf Officer Jo? Libershal for
chief of polk-e. which was confirmed
by a 7 to 3 vote. Those voting for
cor.iirn.au on of Mr. Libershal's ap
pointment were Webb, Tulene, Rebal,
Lus.hinsky. Johnson, Gabelman and
Marshall. Those voting "no" were
Drvis. Smith and Puis.
Fcr the position of assistant chief,
Mayor Sattler presented the name of
David Pickrel, which appointment
was approved by a vote of 9 to 1,
Councilman Davis casting the nega
tive vote.
For the position of merchants' po
lk,, the name of T. S. Amick was put
before the council for confirmation,
but a large part of the councilmen
apparently not knowing the applicant,
passed, ar.d the nomination was lost.
The name of Leroy Stewart was
th'-n offered as merchants' police and
confirmed by a 9 to 1 vote. Council
man Marshall casting the negative
vr te.
Fcr city attorney the name of J.
A. Capwell was presented and con
firmed by a 9 to 1 vote, Councilman
Manhall voting "no."
For sexton, the name of Warren
Tulene was sent to the council and
was confirmed. Mr. Tulene passing
and Mr. Marshall voting "no."
Dr. O. C. Hudson was confirmed as
city physician by the unanimous vote
of the council.
Name New Park Beard
The matter of the selection of the
members of the city park board was
then brought up and Mayor Sattler
presented the names of John Lutz,
William Schmidtmann. Sr. and Wil
liam C. Tippens, all of whom were
unanimously confirmed.
Under the recently announced plans
of the Finance committee, the office
of street commissioner has been abol
ished and a foreman substituted, who
will receive ten cents per hour more i
than the other workers and Will
pervise the work. This will be filled
by the Streets, Alleys and Bridges
committee.
Committee Personnel
There was little change made in th
various committees of the council, as
anniunced by the mayor, newly elect
ed members taking the places of their
predecessors. The following is the lis
of the committees:
Finance Puis, Luschinsky. Davis
Judiciary Luschinsky, Tulene and
Johnson.
Fire and Water Davis, Smith and
Rebal.
Claims Webb, Gabelman and Mar
shall.
License Marshall, Rebal, Puis.
Streets. Alleys and Bridges John
son. Puis. Smith.
Police Rebal, Marshall, Luschin
sky.
Lighting Smith, Johnson, Gabel
man.
Parks and Improvement Gabel
man, Webb, Tulene.
Cemetery Tulene, Davis, Webb.
There being no further business
the members of the council adjourned
until the next regular meeting on May
9th.
Dr. Heineman
Elected President
of Rotary Club
One of Charter Members Is Selected
to Head Local Club of Inter
national Eotary.
From Tuesday's Daily
The annual election of officers of
the Plattsmouth club of the Inter
national Rotary was held today at
the noonday luncheon of the club
at the Majestic cafe. The nomina
tTons had been made at the last
meeting and the final selection made
today. The officers named were:
President Dr. P. T. Heineman:
Vice-President R. E. Bailey.
Secretary George K. Petring.
Treasurer-Frank M. Bestor.
Directors F. I. Rea, E. H. Spang
ler. Representatives to Hastings con
ference William Eaird, Dr. P. T.
Heineman..
The two high school boys selected
for the months of May were James
Nowacek, senior, and William Wet
enkamp. junior, who were welcomed
to Rotary by E. H. Wescott in his
usual pleasing manner.
Searl S. Davis, leader of the-meeting,
had arranged a very entertain
ing musical program by the pupils of
Mrs. J. M. Roberts, who wa3 pres
ent with the members of her class
to enjoy the occasion.
Richard Fetring and Billy Knorr
and Stephen Davis and Richard
Petring were each heard in piano
duets as well as Harriett Goos and
Jean Knorr, all being delightfully
given. Miss Malinda Friedrich, one
of the advanced pupils of Mrs. Rob
erts gave a very artistic piano colo
that was much appreciated.
LAD STRUCK BY CAR
Sunday morning the little son of
Mrs. K. L. Capper, was bruised and
injured somewhat when he was
crossing Main street near the Meth
odist church. The little boy had won
a prize in the Bible class of Mrs.
James Mauzy and had accompanied
the teacher to her car, parked on the
south side of Main street near the
church. The little one had not wait
ed for the teacher but started back
across the street just as the car,
driven by George Sayles, Jr., came
down the steep high school hill. The
car was not going at a high rate of
speed as the driver had been able to
apply his brakes and the boy was
only knocked down. A Tew bruises
was the net sum of his injuries.
BRING IN COYOTES
From Monday's Datly
The coyote bounty season is now
on in full blast and several small
coyotes were turned in today at the
office of the county clerk. James
Emshoff of Avoca, brought in seven
of the young animals as did also
Julius Neumeister, also of that place.
Eddie Weyers, of Elmwood, brought
in six of the young animals. The
season on the coyotes is from April
1st to October 1st and the county
under the law pays a bounty of $2
on each head that is delivered to the
county clerk. The older coyotes have
evidently escaped the hunters, as all
that have been brought in so far
su-Jhave been very small.
Many Enjoy
Banquet of the
Woman's Chib
Splendid Repast Offered ry Pres
byterian Ladies and Clever
Toast List.
From Tuesday's Daily
The eighth annual banquet of the
PlatUmouth Woman's club was held
last evening at the Fellowship room
of the First Presbyterian church and
very largely attended by the ladies
of the club and their husbands and
friends.
The table settings were in the
color scheme of red, while and Llue,
a patriotic touch to the evening.
Streams of blue and red were laid
on the snowy ncpiery while the pro
gram cards of the evening were also
in the scheme of red, white and
blue.
The colors of the club, purple and
white were carried out in the pur
ple and white lilacs, which with the
red, white and blue of the Washing
ton bi-centennial made a very at
tractive picture.
There were ninety-two present at
the banquet table as the program of
the evening epe'red.
The dinner was exquisite in its
quality and served in the capable
manner of the ladies of the church.
The menu was as follows:
Grape Ice
Chicken a-la-King in
Rosettes
Potatoes in Masque
Golden Beans
Rolls - Marmalade
Spring Salad
Radishe3 - Olives
Pistachio Nut Cream
Angel Cake
Coffee
During the course of the banquet
a program of popular and standard
musical numbers were given by
Glenn Woodbury, pianist and Robert
Nichols, saxophone.
The guests entered the banquet
room to the processional played by
Mrs. Robert Reed in her usual ar
tistic manner.
Hie numbers of their club and
their guests joined in the salute to
the flag as the meeting formally
opened.
The toast list was presided over
by Mrs. James T. Begley, the retiring
resident of the club, who introduced
the various features of the evening's
program.
The Masonic quartet was heard in
two numbers that proved very pleas-
ng, compelling an encore to the
umbers, "Lassie O' Mine" and "Ne
braska," being the numbers.
The past presidents of the club
resent or these from out of the city
sent greetings to the club, being pre
sented by means of a radio station
which Mrs. William Baird served as
announcer. The past presidents who
sent greetings were Mrs. Earl Stan
field, Mrs. R. P. Westover. Mrs. Etta
Gorder, Mrs. Catherne Flynn, Mrs.
A. J. Beeson. Mrs. L. L. Turpin and
Mrs. E. H. Wescott.
Mrs. John R. Hughes of Omaha,
chairman of press and publicity of
the state federation of Women's
clubs spoko briefly and brought
greetings from the national, state
and district federations.
Mrs. E. C. Stimbert, of Nehawka,
formerly Miss Mildred Crom of this
city, secretaiy of the first district,
also brought greetings from the first
district organizations.
Miss Cora Williams, supervisor of
music in the local schools, gave two
very beautiful vocal offerings as her
part of the evening program, "Sum
mer Rain" and "Don't Talk to Me
of Spring," Miss Estelle Baird being
the accompanist.
The speaker of the evening was
Harry O. Palmer of Omaha, who is
one of the candidates for chief jus
tice of the supreme court of Ne
braska. Mr. Palmer, a clever and
entertaining speaker, had chosen as
his subject, "Some Women I Have
Known from Kamchatka to the
Fijis," covering many stories of lit
tle known peoples of the world. In
his opening Mr. Palmer traced the
development of woman as the think
er, the primitive man being the hun
ter and fisher to provide the food,
while the woman, at the home de
veloped the spirit of the thinker and
planner. In his remarks Air. Pal
mer told of a settlement in Formosa,
where at night the single men of
thp settlement are gathered m a
ctockade ior the night. In the topic
cf the women of the orient Mr. Pal
mer pointed to the influence that
the women of China had cn the de
veloping oi the nationalistic spirit.
This was due large!y to tie women
cf the "labor batttal;o:is," the hus
bands having fcerved in Kurort- i:i the
world war. returned home to tell the
women of the conditions in other
parts of the world and which had
filled them with ambition that their
nation and people migiu take its true
place in the v. orld.
The influence of women cn the
life of the Japanese nation was also
tolt! by the speaker, reviewing many
of the wonuns or'ganizntior.r, in re
ligious and social lines which have
developed in the great empire of the
orient.
Mrs. E. H. Wescott, past president
of the club and state regent of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, gave one cf her always delight
ful vocal numbers, a selection es
pecially arranged for honoring the
memory of George Washington.
"Father of the Land We Love." Mr.
Wescctt served as the accompanist.
The report oi the various club of
ficers was received and covered all
lines of the club activities for the
year.
The newly elected officers of the
club were then formally installed
into their offices by Mrs. James T.
Begley, retiring president. The new
officers cf the club are as follows:
President Mrs. John F. Wolff.
Vice-President Mrs. Bert Cole
man. Recording Secretary Mrs. Etta
Gorder.
Corresponding Secretary Miss
Ruth Colby.
Treasurer Mrs. J. E. Wiles.
Auditors Mrs. Glen Vallery, Mrs.
Fred Lugsch, Miss Grace Xolting.
Mrs. Wolff, newly installed presi
dent, then gave a short talk, ex
pressing the appreciation oi:i,he club.
to Mrs. Begley for her services as
president in the past two years, con
eluding with the presentation of a
Woman's club pin to the retiring
president.
Mrs. Begley responded to the pre
sentation in expressing her appre
ciation of the co-operation of the
members and the pleasure that she
had derived from the work. She also
praised the wcrk of the department
leaders. Mrs. R. B. Hayes, parlia
mentary; Miss Pearl Staats, better
English; Miss Marie Kaufmann, bet-
ter movies; Mrs. Robert Reed, mu
sic and Mrs. William Baird, dra
matics. These ladies have planned
and carried out a splendid program
of work for the year.
Judge James T. Begley gave a few-
remarks in praise of the community
service of the club, the efforts that
they had made toward a better city
and the building up of the commun
ity spirit.
A number of distinguished visitors
from out of the city were in attend
ance, including Mr. ar.d Mrs. E. C.
Stimbert, Nehawka; Mrs. John W.
Gamble, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Norris, Weeping Water, the- latter
county secretary of Women's clubs;
Mr. and Mrs. John It. Hughes, Om
asa; Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Mayfield,
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McGrew, the lat
ter president of the Louisville club,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sundstrom, all
of Louisville; Mrs. Maude Hayhow,
Papillion.
MORE COYOTES
From Monday s Daily
This afternoon Edward Jochim,
Jr., of the vicinity of Louisville,
drove in, in company with his moth
er, Mrs. Edward Jochim. bringing
with them seven coyotes which had
been captured on the Jochim farm.
Mr. Jochim, Jr., found the young
coyotes in a tree on the farm and
proceeded to capture them. The
young man received the bounty of
fourteen dollars for his work in
lounding up the coyotes.
CATCHES LARGE FISH
Gus Whitely. who has been en
gaged for the past few weeks in fish
ing operations along the Missouri
river at this place, was fortunate
Sunday in landing a large 21-pound
white cat fish. The fish was caught
on a throw line which Mr. Whitely
had set on Saturday evening. The
fish was a fine specimen and one that
will provide many luscious feasts for
Mr. Whitely and his family.
Masonic Lodge
Elects Officers for
the Coming Year
Robert IvI. Painter Named as Wor
shipful Master cf Plattsmouth
Lodge No. 6.
The annual election of officers of
Plattsmouth lodge No. . A. F. &
A. M. was held cn Monday evening
at the lode looms in the Masonic
building, a large number of the
member:; being in attendance at the
meeting.
The officers selected were as fol
lows :
W. M. Robert M. Painter.
S. W. Leonard Tei ryberry.
J. W. Leonard Born.
Treurure; Frank A. Cloidt.
Secretary L. W. Niel.
Thes elected officers as well as
the appointive, will be installed in
their offices in June following the
session of the grand lcdc at Omaha.
Mr. Painter, the newly elected
master cf the lodge, has been one of
the hard working members of the
lodge in recent years and has served
in the various offices cf the order.
BURGLARS ACTIVE
From Monday's Daily
Sometime Sunday night or early
Monday morning one of the rear w in
dows ot the store building occupied
by the Hir.ky-Dinky company, was
broken and the store entered. As far
as can he ascertained there was
nothing taken. The window was pro
tected by a screen and also a wooden
shutter, the screen being torn off
to aliow breaking the glass and per
mit entry of the intruder. The wood
en shutter was not fastened and it
was possible for a small person to
force their way through the broken
pane of glas3 into the rear room of
the store.
Egress was of necessity through the
same place, aa the door is locked with
a padlock on the inside and could not
be opened without difficulty to per
mit of any contemplated carrying out
of goods the culprits may Lave had in
mind.
The broken window was discovered
early this morning when the clerks
arrived at the store and at once Sher
iff Ed Thimgan was notified of the
burglary. The intruder had left a
flashlight on the ground just outside
the window, probably dropped as he
made his exit, by being caught and
pulled from his pocket. This was
turned over to Deputy Sheriff Ray
Becker as a possible clue to the rob
bers. One other possible clue was the
appearance of fresh car tracks just
off the alley paving at the rear of the
siore, and which from their appear
ance were the impression of new or
nearly new Goodyear tires.
There had been no apparent dis
turbance of the stocks in the store,
cigarettes, which are generally first to
be picked up, not even being molest
ed, but a close check will be neces
rary to fully determine whether any
thing has been taken from the stock.
It looks very much as though the
party making entry to the store was
in search of money, which they had
thought might be left in the store
over Sunday, and failing in this quest
had made no attempt to remove any
goods.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
From Monday's Daily
V.". T. Adams, deputy county clerk,
is today observing the passing of his
sixty-eighth birthday, altho he does
not by any means show the advance
of years. Mr. Adams was born in this
city, the family at that time living
near where the T. E. Parmele prop
erty is located. The parents of Mr.
Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Adams,
were pioneer residents of this local
ity and the son has spent all of his
years in this locality and is one of
the loved and honored residents of
Cass county. The passing of the
birthday was just another day to
Mr. Adams, however, as he was busy
at his work at the clerk'3 office as
usual.
Mother day cards in all styles and
designs can be found at the Bates
Book & Gift shop. Come and look
them over while the line is unbroken.
DIES AT HEBRON
From Monday's Daily
The message was received here to
day by relatives of the death on Sat
urday evening at Hebron, Nebraska,
of Jacob Franzen, 82, who passed
away after an illness of some dur
ation. Mr. Franzen was a long time
icsider.t of Hebron and vicinity. He
was the father of Fred J., and E. H
..Hranzen of Omaha, jwho married
termer Plattsmouth girls. Miss Crete
Briggs and Miss Esther Larson.
VISIT WITH MOTHER
Mrs. Gus A. Swanson and little
scr., iionalu ot Linwood, Calilornia,
rrived here Monday to spend some
time with Mr. and Mrs. Jonas John
son, parents of Mrs. Swanson. Jo
seph Johnson, a son, of Chicago, is
also expected here this week to visit
at the family home. Mrs. Jonas
Johnson has not been in the best of
health for some time and is now tak
ing treatment at the hospital.
Chicken Thieves
Very Active in
the Community
Farm of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Wiles
Suffers Loss This Time of
Fine Flock.
This community has in the past
winter suffered from a great many
cases of chicken stealing and the
latest place to be visited was the
farm of Harley Wiles, just at the
southwest outskirts of the city.
The Wiles farm had a very line
flock of pure bred Orpington chick
ens which they have raised with con
siderable trouble and from which
they were hoping to realize a nice
return. .--,,.-, .. . .
Sunday evening the Wiles family
had come down .to the main part of
the .city and it was during their ab
sence that the chickens were taken,
altho the loss was not discovered un
til Monday when Mrs. Wiles fed the
chickens. There were over 100 taken
and largely consisted of the best lay
ing pullets on the farm.
The farm home and barn is con-
side: abie distance from the road
which branches off from highway
No. 75 and the persons stealing the
chickens could carry on their oper
ations with comparative ease and
without fear of detection.
Mr. Wiles is offering a reward to
anyone that raw any parties driving
up the private roadway to the farm
on Sunday evening.
GIVES FINE RECITAL
From Monday's Daily
The piano class of Mrs. J. M. Rob
erts cave a verv delightful recital
Saturday evening at the home of
their teacher on high school hill.
The home was filled with a large
group of the relatives and friends,
all of whom were delighted with the
fine program given.
One of the interesting features of
the program was that of the Melody
Way class, comprising Rachel Mc
Maken, Helen Barkus, Peggy Jane
Wiles, Ruth Ann Hatt, Shirley Wall
ing and Thelma Kruger, who gave
several presentations of their musi
cal work, both as a group and in
solo piano numbers.
Piano duets were given by Helen
and Kathryn Barkus, Billie Knorr
and Richard Petring, Stephen Davis
and Richard Petring, Jean Knorr
and Harriet Goos. All of this group
were also presented in solo numbers
during the program of the evening.
In addition to these there were
piano solos given by Iola Burmeister,
Catherine Meisinger, and Malinda
Friedrich.
Everyone who took part in the
program showed the splendid train
ing that had been given them by
their teacher and their work shows
the promise of a bright musical fu
ture. DIES AT NEHAWKA
From Tuesday's Daily I
Peter Johnson, 78, a pioneer resi-
dent of the vicinity of Nehaw ka. pass-;the
ed away at his home Sunday after, them rounded up and to prevent their
an illness of several months due to , visiting the stores to seek to tell for
cancer. The funeral services were tune8 or to secure what they might,
held this afternoon at Nehawka andj
largely attended by the old friends. jOUPna WanWAdS get retUlU!
City Clerk's
New Office is
Now Complete
City Clerk Will Have Headquarters
in Scale House Building Ad
joining the City Hall.
The office which will be "home
sweet home" to the city clerk in
the future, has been completed and
City Clerk Herman L. Thomas, is
'new installed in the new office.
The office is located in the city
scale house on North Fifth street,
adjoining the city hall building and
makes a very convenient and pleas
ant office for the city clerk in every
way.
To accommodate the city records
a large cupboard has been built in
the room and where they can be
kept under lock and key and still
be of easy access to the city clerk.
The large safe belonging to the
city has been moved to the new loca1
tion and installed and ready for the
clerk.
The room is also used by the po
lice department during the day and
night as it is on the street level and
equipped with telephone so that the
police can keep in touch with the
calls that may come in for them.
The change in the location of the
office of the clerk will probably be
peiT.ianent as it was made with the
view of eliminating the 110 charge
made for rental in recent years.
Up until twelve years ago it was
the policy to have the occupant of
the city clerk's office have the same
and records taken to the place that
they might wish as an office with
out rental, but as the business of
the office grew it was voted by the
couneUat that time that a rental of
110 might he allowed.
ENJOY BIRTHDAY DINNER
The country home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Meisinger was the Bcene of
a very delightful birthday dinner on
Monday evening. The occasion was
in honor of the passing of the anni
versary of Mrs. Jess F. Warga, sis
ter of Mrs. Meisinger.
The birthday dinner w nerved
at G o'clock and was a most enjoyed
event, featured by the large white
and gold birthday cake with its
glowing candles.,
The decorations of the table and
in the dining room were the purple
and white lilacs that lent their
fragrance and beauty to the Bcene.
Following the dinner the members
of the party spent the time in cards
and at which a great deal of enjoy
ment was derived until the home
going hour arrived.
Those to enjoy the dinner party
were Mayor and Mrs. John P. Sattler,
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mason,
Ml- and Mrs- F,ed "fibster. Mr
land Mrs. Frank Toplif, Mr. and Mrs.
Jess F. Warga, Misses Germalne,
Shirley and Dona Mason, Billy Ma
son and Mr. ar.d Mrs. Bernard Mei
singer. HAS HIGH SCHOLASTIC HONORS
Miss Winifred Rainey, a sopho
more at the University of Nebraska
and a Plattsmouth girl, has been
designated as cue of the number of
the student body to be honored at an
honor convocation of the student
body. The honor convocation will
be held Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock at the coliseum of the uni
versity. Miss Rainey has had a very
high standing in her school work,
both in the high school and the uni
versity, maintaining a very high av
erage. Miss Rainey completed her
high school work in three years and
has been recognized as one of the
outstanding students at the univer
sity. GYPSIES IN CITY
From Monday's Dally
This morning Chief of Police Lib
ershal was kept busy in rounding
up a group oi the wandering Ro
manies who made a stop here. The
women of the party in their bright
hued garments were Boon scattered
over the maIn part of tne clty anti
cMef Bpent me time in getting