eh' State ffist
Mica Society
VOL. IIO. XLVIII
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THUESDAY, MAY 26, 1932.
NO. 34
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Baccalaureate
Services are Held
Sunday Evening
L?.ic;e Number Attend Services
1'irst Piesbytcrian Church
at
A Union Jleeting.
Th- I accrUaureate services fDr the
graduating eLi:?s of the I 'lattsmoutli
liuh school, was hell last evening
a t 'if First Presbyterian church,
which wa filled to its capacity by
t'..' residents, oi the city, joining in
tl.is closing lcatur of the school
year.
TI.e foral decorations on the plat
form haii "neiii arranged by the metn
" v of ti e junior class of the school
i:i honor of the seniors.
As the processional was sounded
by Mrs. K. F. Goo.-. the members of
the e -las? of fifty-five members en
tered and v ere shown to their seats
or honor near the platform.
The gathering being a union meet
i:r th invocation was o tiered by
fa:. on W. J. H. Tetter of the St.
Lulu's Episcopal church, the scrip
ture 1 on l.y R v. C. O. Troy of the
Fir.-: Methodist church while the
prayer was offered by Rev. II. G.
Mcriusky. pastor cf the Fresbyterian
chinch.
The choir of the church, under
the direction of Miss Cora "Williams,
preset: ud the beautiful selection oi
Handel. "Holy Art Thou."
The sermon to the class, delivered
hv Rev. McCluskv. was one of the
greatert inspiration and carried with
it the charge of the class member
ship in their future life to carry on
as efficiently and worthily as citi
zen:- of the world as they had as stu
dents in the school. To choose the
higher ideals of life v. as the chal
Irr. sre of the speaker to the class, so
that their contribution to the world
might be the most worthy.
The choir cf the church, follow
ing the baccalaureate sermon, gave
the anthem. "Forward to Christ," a
beautifully rendered number.
The benediction was pronounced
by Rev. O. G. Wichmann. pastor of
the ?:. Paul's Evangelical church
and as the' audience stood the class
filed from the church in what will
be almo tre jaFt or their activities
as a lass.
GIVE SHOWER FOR BRIDE
?i;r.day afternoon the Adoiph Kou-
tie
hc-me on west Vine street was
ti e scene of a very pleasant gather
ing of young people, the occasion be
ing a miscellaneous shower tender
ed by Misses Lillian. Helen and
Antoinette Koubek in honor of Miss
Frances Sedlacek. The marriage of
F-dlacek to Mr. Frank Koubek,
v..;;; tak" place at the Holy Rosary
church in this city on Wednesday,
ji'!:0 1st.
The afternoon, was spent in games
oi ail kind.-; and in which prizes
v. f award d to Miss Mary Holy,
Mr.-. Fred i'hlik. Miss Frances Benak
an i Mi-.; Anna Jirousek.
In ho':or of the coming marriage
.ii -d!acek was presented with a
I::-; array of very beautiful preset.-
that will find a place in the
new heme of the young people.
At an appropriate hour a very
dainty and delicious luncheon was
; :e ! i y the ho:-tes.es to add to the
pi' a-ures of the occasion and the
tnen.bers of the party joined in their
v. :! wishes to the happy young peo
ple who are i-o soon to wed.
Th'" 'a ho enjoyed the occasion
v.;c: Mis-er, Mary and France?
I.:ak. Druothy Gradoville, Mary
Holy. Roso Janda. Ruth Janda, Anna
.'ii i k. Rose. Janca, Agnes Knfrst,
Fix-n c Krejci, Pauline Nowacek,
li ler. Prt.etana. Dorothy Svoboda,
"! .! sv.atek. Frances Sedlacek, An
tes ia Vt.nek. Mrs. Vincent I'ilney,
Jr.. Mrs. Fred Uhlik. Out of town
guests v. ere Mrs. Grant Olson, Mrs.
ivr.nk Sedlacek, Mrs. Clarence West
pnalin. all of Omaha, Mrs. Loren
Todd cf Murrav.
SUFFERS FROM COLD
L. D. Hiatt of the Nebraska Basket
Factory, has been confined to his
home tor the past two days as the
result of a very severe cold. .The
malady has been very annoying and
kept Mr. Hiatt from his usual activities.
RETURNS FROM ROCHESTER
Charles E. Hartford, who has
been at Rochester, Minnesota, lor
the past two weeks undergoing
examination and treatment at the
Mayo clinic, returned home Sunday.
Mr. Hartford has not been in the
best of health for some time and it
is honed that the treatments that
he has leceived, as well as the course
of future treatments, will result in
his regaining his old time health.
The many friends are pleased to see
him home again and trust that he
may have a complete recovery.
Governing Flour
Sent to Feed Cass
County Families
Eight Hundred and Forty Sacks Re
ceived Here Today from Wil
ber for Distribution.
From Monday's Daily
This morning a carload of flour
for distribution among the needy
residents of Cass county, arrvied at
the local Burlington station from
Wilber, Nebraska, where it had been
milled. There were eight hundred
and forty sacks in the carload and
which will be distributed to the 2S7
needy families over the county.
This flour is made from govern
ment owned wheat milled under the
act of congress for the relief of the
needy and is being distributed
through the American Red Cross.
The sacks are stamped as being gov
ernment owned wheat and not sub
ject to sale.
The sacks will be distributed to
the various towns over the county
as follows: Plattsrnouth, 3Ci sacks;
Louisville. 150 tacks; Weeping Wa
ter, 7C sacks; Alvo, 9 sacks; Elm
wood, 16 sacks; Union, 35 sacks;
Cedar Creek, 20 sacks; Eagle, 12
sacks; Greenwood, 34 sacks; Murray,
3S sacks; Nehawka, 33 sacks; South
Bend 34 sacks; Wabash. 12 sacks.
The flour will be distributed as to
the number of families, those hav
ing a large number receiving more
of the sacks than the smaller fam
ilies. The towns of Manley, Murdock
and Mynard reported no needy fam
ilies in their communities.
The jTurvey of the county was made
from several sources and every pos
sible effort tosecure an accurate
check has been made by those In
charge of the work.
ROTARY CLUB MEETS
From Tuesday's Dailv
The Plattsrnouth club of the In
ternational Rotary held their week
ly luncheon at the dining room of
the Hotel Riley this noon, the din
ner being served by the Brown cafe.
The club members had the priv
ilege of hearing a very interesting
address from A. L. Tidd, one of the
leading members of the Cass county
bar, who had as his subject, "What
Clubs Mean to a Community." The
speaker touched on the various ac
tivities that can be promoted by
clubs and organizations of all lines
of community life, business, social
and in many other ways. T4ie talk
was much enjoyed by all of the large
number in attendance.
Frank A. Cloidt gave a very
beautiful vocal offering, "My Task,"
a number that was particularly en
joyed by all of the members of the
club.
The meeting.was under the leader
ship of William Baird, past presi
dent of the club.
MANY ENJOY GOLF BREAKFAST
The golf breakfast arranged for
the Elks country club Sunday, proved
a real success in every way, there
being some seventeen out for the pre
breakfast play at 7 o'clock, and re
maining for the delicious repast that
had been prepared at the club house
by the L. L. McCarty family. A num
ber from out of the city were pres
ent to participate in the games and
the breakfast, these including Dr.
W. J. Snyder of Louisville, Dr. J. W.
Snyder of Papillion, Carl Brown of
Papillion and Walter J. Wunderlich
cf Nehawka.
The golf course was a very busy
place all day and into the early even
ing, many who were not at the
breakfast coming out later to spend
a few hours.
Report of W. C.
T. U. Convention
Held at Union
Largely Attended Institute and In
teresting Program Is Of
fered the Ladies.
The following report of the Cass
county institute of the W. C. T. U.
has been prepared hy Mrs. Ivan Bal
four, county secretary of the society:
A very successful W. C. T. U. in
stitute was held at the Baptist church
at Union on April 27th, the insti
tute commencing at 10 a. m., with
Mrs. Emma Olsen of Weeping Wa
ter, in charge. x
Following the opening song and
devotions, Rev. W. A. Taylor ol
Union, pastor of the church, extend
ed the welcome to the ladies.
After the song service and salute
to the flag, a summary of the 1931
institute, held at Louisville, was
given.
The roll call of the Unions show
ed attendance present, Alvo S; Avoca
0; Eagle " ; Elmwood 0; Louisville
7; Plattsrnouth 5; Weeping Water
T; Union 12, besides several guests
of the unions.
Mrs. Coatman of Alvo, gave the
Washington memorial song. "Father
of the Land We Love," the accom
paniment being played by Miss Doris
Coatman.
State President Mrs. Iva Innis of
Lincoln, was introduced and gave a
short talk as did Mrs. W. S. Me-
Grew of Louisville, county president.
showing statistics and touching on
the moral side of the prohibition
question.
Mrs. Fred Gorder of Weeping Wa
ter spoke on "Sunday School Tem
perance," and Mrs. Frances Baldwin
of Weeping Water on "Posters for
the Fair." It was voted to give prizes
for the posters, first $1.00.
Mrs. Morley led in noontide pray
er and all adjourned to the dining
room where a lovely luncheon was
served by the Union ladies, each
Union helping contribute.
Tho afternoon session opened by
dtvotionals conducted by Mrs. B. N.
Kunkel of Union, followed by an
nddrers by Mrs. Innis, who told us
many things we will not soon forget.
She urged us to stand by the dry
candidates .
A playlet "The Woman Who Elect
ed Kelly," by Union ladies showed
that the people who stay home and
do not vote are the ones who are
electing our officers.
Mrs. R. B. Hayes of Plattsrnouth,
sang a soio, "Nebraska." Then she
told of S. T. I work in the rural
schools and of prizes offered.
Mrs. McGrew sang a solo "Hear
Our Prayer," and Mrs. Sundstrom
of Louisville, spoke on "Motion Pic
tures." Mrs. J. U. Deles Dernier of Alvo,
gave a reading, "Satan and the
Grogseller." ,
After a song "Win Them One by
One," the institute closed with the
Aaronic Benediction. A very enjoy
able time was spent by all present.
Mrs. W. B. Banning had several very
nice posters on display.
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
Monday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Frank Rice on Wintersteen hill
occurred a very pleasant surprise
party when Mrs. Rice entertained
for her mother, Mrs. Will Hiner. The
afternoon was spent in visiting and
playing games.
Those present to enjoy the after
noon were: Mrs. O. C. Hudson, Mrs.
L. D. McKinney, Mrs. C. O. Carlburg,
Mrs. E. M. GrifTin, Mrs. M. B. Allen.
Mrs. A. Rouse, Mrs. J. II. Graves,
Mrs. Chester Minnear, Mrs. Roy
Stine, Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Alvin Jones,
Mrs. Esper McCleary and Mrs. Wil
lard of Des Moines, an aunt of Mrs.
McCleary, Mrs. John Parker, Mrs.
John Potter, Miss Edna Potter of
Gretna, Nebr., relatives of Mrs.
Hiner, Mrs. Will RicK, Mrs. L"S Rice,
and daughter, Mrs. Fred Rice and
daughter, Mrs. Emmett Rice and son,
Mrs. Roy Stewart and the guest of
honor Mrs. Hiner and Mr3. Frank
Rice.
A very delicious lunch was served
which was enjoyed by all. Mrs. Hiner
received a large number of gifts as
the remembrance of the friends, as
well as the well wishes of the many
friends.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this means of expressing
to the many kind friends and neigh
bors our most heartfelt appreciation
of the many acts of loving kindness
shown our loved one in her illness,
as well as for the sympathy and the
beautiful floral offerings at the fun
eral. We especially wish to thank
those who took part in the funeral
services and those assisting us in
every way. Jonas Johnson and
Family.
County Judge
Has Rush of
Marri
nages
Four Couples Joined in Wedlock at
the Couit House by Judge
A. H. Duxbury.
Saturday afternoon was a busy
time for Judce A. H. Duxbury. coun
ty judge, who was called upon to
officiate at four weddings in the of
fice at the court Louse. The judge
was kept busy in pionourcing the
marriage vows for the young people
and giving them the opportunity to
say "I Will."
Miss Venus S. Bray of Syracuse
and Carlyle Q. Thomson of Bethany
were married in the presence of Mrs.
G. E. McCormick and G. C. McCor
mick of Syracuse, as witnesses.
Miss Mayniie Barney and James
W. Dalbey, both of Omaha were mar
ried by Judge Duxbury with Mr.
and Mrs. Phillip Ktllner. also of
Omaha as the sponsors of the young
people.
Miss Ada Roberta Mitchell and
Harold Howard Ulfers, of Omaha,
were among those who had their
life's happiness consumated at the
office of the judge, with W. R. Gor
don and Mrs. Vera -Larson, also of
Omaha, as the witnesses.
Edith Swedenbuig Doremus and
Fred Hoimquist. residents of Omaha
were Joined in the bonds of wedlock
to make a day of record in the num
ber of marriages performed.
License was also issued to Miss
Pauline Sanderson, Sidney, Iowa, and
Mr. Verbyle Schnepp of Shenandoah.
These young people were married by
Rev. C. O. Troy of the First Meth
od isi church.
HOLD CRIBBAGE TOURNAMENT
From Tuesday's Dally
Last evening a round in the crib
bage tournament between Bernard
Wurl's Eagles and Ed Schulhof's
Buzzards, was staged at the Farnham
cafe and as the result the Eagles lest
a few tail feathers, the score of the
games being 17 to 13 for the Buz
zards. The third of the series in
the tournament will be played on
next Friday evening at the Farnham
cafe and promises to be a struggle
of the wizards of cribbage. The
members of the Eagles team com
prised Sam Beverage, Leo Boynion
Fred Armstrong, Glen Whiteman.
Ernest Schubeck, Bernard Wurl,
while the Buzzards comprised Frank
M. Bestor, F. R. Gobelman, W. M.
Barclay. E. H. Sehulhof, Judge C. L.
Graves and James Farnham. Fol
lowing the play the members of the
group enjoyed light refreshments
which were much appreciated after
the two hours of playing.
HERE FOR VACATION
From Tuesday's Daily
Mrs. George B. Mann, who has for
the school year been engaged in
teaching in the schools at Clear
water, Nebraska, arrived home last
evening, and will enjoy her vacation
here at home. Mrs. Mann has been
the principal of the high school at
Clearwater and received a re-election
to the position for the ensuing year
as an appreciation of her splendid
services to the school.
A FINE RAINFALL
From Tuesday's Daily
This community was visited with
a fine rain last night and which was
of untold benefit to the growing crops
and vegetation of all kinds, it com
ing after two weeks of dry weather.
The rain was gentle and soaked into
the ground to give aid to gardens
and al30 to the 6trawberry beds which
have needed rain to develop the
crop. In this city .70 of an inch
was reported.
Sheriff Cap
tures One of
Jaiibreakers
William Soucke Is Captured at Home
of Friend in the Vicinity of
Weeping Water.
From Wednesday's Daily
This morning Sheriff Ed W. Thim
gan brought back William Soucke,
22, one of the prisoners to break
jail here Tuesday morning, the man
being captured on a farm near Weep
ing Water. 1
The sheriff had received word that
the prisoner had funds due him from
a man residing in the vicinity of
Weeping Water and accordingly
plans were made to secure the man
if he appeared in that locality. This
morning shortly after daylight
Soucke appeared on the scene at the
farm of the man owing him and the
sheriff war; at once notified of the
presence of the man and started after
him.
When returned here Soucke stated
that when he and his companion,
Clyde Clark, alias Frank Taylor, had
escaped from the jail they had agreed
to meet, he to join Clark a few
blocks southeast of the jail. Being
confused with the directions here he
was unable to find Clark and started
out to make his own way to safety.
Clark had rtated when the break
from the jail had been made that he
was going to Oklahoma and for
Soucke to secure the money due him
and Join him in the south.
Both cf the men had apparently
stayed around the vicinity of Platts
rnouth all day Tuesday and last
night ventured out. Soucke making
his way to Weeping Water while it
is supposed Clark started on his
journey to his old home in Okla
homa."- --.
Soucke. against whom a complaint
of breaking and entering was to have
been filed, would probably have es
caped conviction cn account of the
lack of evidence of intent, but he
now faces a term for Jail breaking or
possible deportation as he is an
alien.
FUNERAL OF MRS. JOHNSON
The funeral services of the late
Mrs. Jonas Johnson was held Satur
day afternoon at the Sattler funeral
home at Fourth and Vine streets.
The services were very largely at
tended by the many friends of this
kindly lady who gathered to pay
their last tributes of respect to her
memory.
Rev. C. O. Troy, pastor of the
First Methodist church, had charge
of the service and spoke words ofj
comfort to the bereaved family and
paid tribute to the fine Christian
life of the departed lady.
During the services Mrs. E. H.
Wescott gave two of the old hymns,
"Asleep in Jesus," and "In the Sweet
Bye and Bye," Mr. Wescott playing
the accompaniment.
The body was laid to the last long
rest in Oak Hill cemetery, the pall
bearers being friends of many years
standing from this city and Waverly.
SOPHS WIN BALL GAME
The sophomores of the high school
have developed some real baseball
talent and Friday defeated the fresh
men of the school by the score of 17
to 3, after a defeat to the freshmen
35 to 6 earlier in the week.
In the game Friday the sopho
mores had "Dusty" Rhodes as their
hurler, with Lambertson back of the
bat, while the freshmen depended on
Snodgrass, Richardson and Pullen
for their battery. In the game Jen
sen and Lambertson each scored a
home run for the sophomores.
In the game earlier in the week
Ronne and Taylor of the sophomores
were in the home run class.
VISITING IN MISSOURI
From Tuesday's Daily
Dr. and Mrs. O. C. Hudson depart
ed for Kirksville, Missouri, early to
day on a Ehort outing and business
trip which will cover a week, they
expecting to return home by June
1st. While in Missouri they will en
jry a visit with the relatives of Mrs.
Hudson and the many friends al
Kirksville, where Dr. Hudson attend
ed school for a number of years.
RIVER SHOWS RAISE
From Tuesday's laiJ.v
The Missouri river at this point'
showed a ten inch raise over the
twenty-four hour period, due to the
rains of last nij'ght, according to
William Grebe, veteran fisherman,
and who has become familiar with
the river over many years of life on
the stream. The raise has caused
the water to become very muddy and
poor fishing condition, Mr. Grebe
states. The annual June raise of the
river is expected in the next three
weeks.
Eighth Grade
Promotional
on Saturday
Eighth Grade Pupils Will Have Ex
ercises for County in
This City.
The eighth grade promotional ex
ercises of the Cass county high
schools will be held in thi3 city on
Saturday afternon at the auditorium
cf the high school building.
The exercises have been arranged
by Miss Alpha C. Peterson, our effi
cient county superintendent, to honor
the 160 young people who are com
pleting their work in the schools of
the county aside from those in the
city systems, who are now eligible
for their high school work.
The graduates will represent every
section of Cass county and shows
the splendid work that the young
people have carried on to complete
this very important step in their edu-!
cational work, that of the comple
tion of -the grade school studies. I
The program arranged for the ex-,
ercises which open at 2 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon will be as follows;,
Music.
" 'Invocation. . .
Music Wintersteen Rhythm band.
Music P. II. S. Boy's quartet.
Address (Cbalk Talk) "There
Is No Handicap But Laziness," Glenn
I. Anderson.
Class March.
Presentation' of Diplomas Miss
Alpha Peterson.
Song "America."
Benediction.
It is expected that a large num
ber will be in attendance aside from
the members of the class, the teach
ers and members of the families of
the young people also being present
at this event.
BLACK CAT CAUSES CAR WRECK
A black cat darting acroBS the
lrighway Saturday evening caused
the car of John Libershal to be con
siderably damaged in a collision with
an Omaha car. Mr. Libershal was
driving down Washington avenue a
short distance back of the Omaha
car, when suddenly a black cat "dash
ed in front cf the Omaha car and
the driver at onca stopped to pre
vent hitting the cat. The car of
Mr. Libershal was so close that he
was unable to stop and crashed into
the rear of the Omaha car with the
result that considerable damage was
done to the car of Mr. Libershal.
This is one case where a black cat
was truly an unlucky omen to the
car driver.
ATTENDING CONFERENCE
From Tuesday's Dally
Rev. O. G. Wichmann, pastor of
the St. Paul's Evangelical church,
departed this morning for Cook, Ne
braska, where he will attend the con
ference of the ministers of the Evan
gelical church of this synod. The
conference will cover two days and
the ministers will take up the var
ious problems of the church at the
meeting. There are some twenty-five
of the ministers of this faith expect
ed at the meeting and which will
be filled with the greatest Interest.
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
William P. Warga, who is at the
St. Joseph hospital at Omaha, re-j gradually failing until death came to
covering from an operation forlhis rec The deceased is survived
hernia. Is reported as doing very by two daughters , Mrs. Walter
nicely at the hospital and while he Gouchenour and Mrs. Walter Byers
is still confined to hi3 bed it Is hoped of tniB clty an(j three sons, Edward
that in a short time he may be able'and William of Omaha and Clarence
to be up and around some and to re-0f smart, Iowa,
turn home at the end of the twoV '
week period following the operation. j0UPna Want-Ad get results!
Pay Honor to
State Regent
of the D. A. R.
Mrs. F. R. Gobtlman Entertains at
Tea in Honor of State Regent
and Mrs. J. S. Livingston
From 'Wednesday's Daily
Mrs. F. R. Gobelman was hostess
at a most charming 0:U0 lea last
evening to the members of Foment lis
chapter of the Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution and guests, hon
oring Mrs. E. II. Wescott, state re
gent of the society, and Mn J. S.
Livingston, past regent ol the local
chapter.
The home was arranged very at
tractively with a prolusion of the
late spring flowers that r.iace a color
ful setting for the delightful event.
The tea was served by Mrs. Gobel
man who was assisted by Misses Lois
Bestor and Alice Louise Hiatt.
Following the tea a short busi
ness session of the chapter was held,
the last meeting of the year, and at
which the reports of tho officers
were received and the accomplish
ments of the society for the year
given.
The chief business was that of the
election of the onlc-crs for the year,
the following being chosen:
Regent Mrs. F. R. Gobelman.
Vice-Regent Mrs. L. O. Minor.
Recording Secretary Mrs. Otto
Keck.
Corresponding Secretary Miss
Helen Farley.
Treasurer Mrs. H. C. McMaken.
Registrar Mrs. R. W. Clments.
Historian Miss Pearl Staats.
Chaplain Miss Caroline Baird.
The members of the chapter enjoy
ed a very complete reviesv of t!ie
continental congress of the society
held at Washington, D. C, by Mrs.
E. H. Wescott. which the had the
plectuie of attending a of'icial rep
resentative of the state chrpter.
The guests of the evening were
ladies who are eligible to member
ship in the society of descendants of
levolutionayr soldiers and Eailors.
ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE
From Wednesday's Paily
Last evening Mias Marie Horn
and sister, Mrs. Lucille Gt.ines, en
tertained a group cf friends at their
home on North Fourth street, the
event being a shower in honor of
Mrs. John Horn, formerly Miss Mil
dred Leffler of Springfield. Nebras
ka. The guests were at the home
when Miss Phyllis Speck anired
bringing with her Mr. and Mrs. John
Horn and making the announce
ment of the marriage of th?se popu
lar young people, which occurred at
Albany, Missouri, on February 4th.
The wedding had been kepi a secret
from the relatives and fiiends until
the formal announcement was maue
last evening.
The evening was epent in game3
of all kinds and in which prizes
were awarded to Miss Marie Leffler
of Springfield and Mrs. Join Terry
berry. At a suitable hour dainty refresh
ments were served by the hostesses
to add to the enjoyment of the occa
sion and the members of the party
joined in their well wishes to the
newlyweds.
Mr. and Mrs. Horn are making
their home on the farm west ol this
city and where they will be at home
to the friends in the future.
The bride is one of the well known
and popular young ladies of the vi
cinity of Springfield and the groom
the only son of Mr. and Mrs". P. A.
Horn of this city, a young man uni-
j versally respected and esteemed by
a very large circle of friends.
DEATH OF SOLOMON BALDWIN
From Wednesday's Dally
The death of Solomon Baldwin,
73, an old time resident of Cass
county, occurred last evening at Lin
coln where he has been taking treat
ment at the hospital there for sev-
Grai years. Mr. Baldwin had bern
