Nebr. State Historical Society
Journal
VOL. NO. XLVIH
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23. 1932.
NO. 42
Vacation Bible
School Has Very
Fitting Close
Delightful ProgTam Is Given by
Methodist Church as School
Bi ought to Ead.
The formal closing of the Daily
Vacation Bible school, which has
l,cn conducted at the Methodist
church for the past two weeks, was
held Sunday evening.
i tie service began with a proces
sional by the young people, after
which the congregation joined in
tinging the opening hymn.
The welcome was given by Betty
Louise Marshall, who came down
from Council Blilffs to attend the
Bible school. Since this was the
Children's day program the mem
hers of the Catechism class were re
ceived into full membership of the
church by the pastor.
As is the custom, certificates were
awarded those who had perfect at
tendance. Out of the 53 enrolled,
9 received certificates.
The splendid success of the Bible
school was due to the fine work done
by the teachers and tney indeed de
serve much credit for the work done.
The play, the "Secret of Happi
ness," was presented by the 5S young
people who had enrolled for this par
ticular training. The setting was
that of a flower garden and it was,
through mother nature's gifts that
Impulsive Youth which was very ef
fieiently played by Mary Katherine
Wiles, was to learn the true secret
of happiness.
Miss Frances Cloidt, representing
Joy. eame to Youth, anxious that she
might know this secret. Youth was
anxious to go with Joy but instead
was presented with two gifts, a bas
ket of flotrer?. which she was to en
joy in the way that seemed best, and
p purse.
Other lessons were brought by a
harpy group of nature lovers in verse
and song. Youth at first resented
having to learn any lessons, but at
la?t was convinced that they were
necessary and was desirous to learn
from the beauties and harmonies in
G'id's great out-of-docrs. The little
S-iTibeam Children who were primary
folk, and the Four Leaf Clover Girls
brought their suggestions to youth.
A very attractive drill was then
presented by eight girls from the
Intermediate department, who car
lied long gariands beset with beau
tiful roses. Herein. Youth realized
that all nature was giving, giving,
giving, for her, and immediately she
asked why she had not thought of
it before. But the time came when
she had the opportunity to incor
porate into her own life mother na
ture's lessons, for a little child, play
ed by little Elizabeth Ann Wiles,
whose mother was very ill. saw the
j y a kind word and bouquet of
flowers would bring.
A poor boy, Bobby Hayes, whose
little brother wa3 a cripple, gave an
other opportunity for giving. And
GEORGE HUNGER ILL
George Klinger, one of the old and
highly respected residents of this
community, has been confined to his
home for the past several days by ill
ness. Mr. Klinger has suffered from
heart attacks and which has made
it necessary for his absolute quiet
and rest and he has been at the home
and in the care of the family since
that time. It is hoped that with rest
and quiet that he may soon be able
to rally from the illness and be able
to resume his usual activities.
Mrs. John Albert
Observes Passing
of 75th Birthday
Event Maiked by Picnic Dinner Held
at Fremont in Honor of the
Guest of Honor.
V.CT.U. Holds
Child Welfare Meet
and Memorial
Largely Attended and Interesting
Meeting Held at Home of Mrs.
S. A. Wiles Monday.
MAKES NICE APPEARANCE
Still another, a little poor girl. Opal
Byers comes by and she too received
fiowers.
At this Youth had given away all
tiie flowers in the basket presented
her by Joy.
And at this time Joy returned to
find the empty basket.- Seemingly
indimant with Youth because she
had given her gift of beautiful flower-:
away, learned that the giving
had brought Youth real Joy, but the
purse, yet was to be opened. On
opening it. the contents was a small
pie.-e of paper on which was written
o-t-h-e-r-s, "the secret of Jcy, the
key to happiness."
At this appropriate time. Religion,
portrayed by Lois Giles, came in to
sanction this truth.
On having learned the Secret of
Happiness the Flower Maidens came
bearing a crown for her who had
learned this important lesson.
The play closed with a solo, "Oth
ers." by Miss Jean Hayes, which in
a very appropriate way brought to
a close the evening message.
HEADS AUTO GROUP
Providence, R. I. Thomas P.
Henry of Detroit was re-elected pres
ident of the American Automobile
association for his tenth term at the
thirtieth annual meeting of the or
ganization here.
The observance of the seventy
fifth birthday anniversary of Mrs.
John Albert, one of the long time
residents of Cass county, was held
on Sunday at Fremont, Nebraska.
The members of the party motored
from several communities to meet at
the central gathering place at Fre
mont and where the children, grand
children and great grandchildren ar
ranged the gala occasion in honor of
their loved one.
A picnic dinner was enjoyed by
all of the party and the remainder
of the day was spent in visiting and
a general good time among the var
iou3 members of the party until time
for the departure for home. All join
ed in the wish that Mrs. Albert
might enjoy many more such happy
events in the future.
The members of the family party
were: Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Engei-
kemeier and Margaret, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Albert and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Phillip Albert and children.
Mr. and Mrs. John Albert and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Sprieck, Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Spreick and son, Le
Roy of Pilger, Nebraska, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Frandell and Aleta, of
Beemer, Nebraska, Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey Ax?n and family of Stanton,
Nebraska, Margaret and Albert and
August Stohlman.
FORM NEW ORGANIZATION
From Tuesday's rally
Last evening Dr. G. L. Taylor in
company with Dr. O. Sandin motored
to Omaha to meet with a group of
veterinarians from six counties sur
rounding Omaha. The purpose of the
meeting wa3 to form a regional vet
erinary association to meet monthly
and discuss the many new conditions
and diseases that are constantly
arising. In the organization of the J
group Dr. C. C. Hall of Omaha, was
elected president and we are pleased
to note that our own Dr. Taylor was
elected secretary-treasurer. Dr. A.
K. Quim, president of the Iowa Vet
erinary association was present and
gave a very interesting and instruc
tive talk on the construction of sec
tional associations. The main part
of the evening was spent in the dis
cussion of swine eresypelas, a disease
that is comparatively new in this
territory, but is beginning to show
up quite frequently. This discussion
was led by Dr. T. M. Munce of Sioux
City, Iowa, who has spent consider
able time with this condition.
Meetings of this kind are a great
help to the men attending in keep
ing up to date. We wish to compli
ment both of our Plattsmouth veter
inarians on their interest shown with
such a movement.
The Plattsmouth W. C. T. U. met
Monday afternoon at the country
home of Mrs. S. A. Wiles, south of
this city, a large number of the
membership being in attendance.
The meeting was one devoted to
the child welfare section of the so
ciety as well as the annual memorial
for the departed members of the
Union, two very fine programs being
arranged for the observance.
The child welfare and recruit
portion of the program was in charge
of Airs. S. A. Wiles, a large number
of the young people were heard in
musical selections and readings. The
program was opened by Miss Maxine
Nielsen, with the song. "Precious
Jewels." Miss Alice Louise Hiatt gave
a delightful violin number with Miss
EsteTle Baird as the accompanist.
Miss Elizabeth Ann Wiles gave two
vocal numbers with Miss Mary Kath
ryn Wiles at the piano. Miss Mary
Kathryn also gave two piano selec
tions. Miss Dorothea Mae Duxbury
gave two charming readings and
Miss Maxine Nielsen a piano solo.
The memorial section of the pro
gram was in chajge of Mrs. Charles
Troop, president of the local union.
and Mrs. W. L. Propst, assisted by
the officers and members in their
tributes to the departed. As the roll
of the departed members was called
by the secretary, an appropriate
scripture selection was read by the
officers of the union and a beautiful
bouquet of avreet .peas presented in
memory of the departed. As the
memorial , service wma eims held
Miss Marjori Am played very soft
ly. "Blest Be the Tie That Binds."
Mrs. Robert B. Hayes and daughter.
Miss Jean, gave a most enjoyed vocal
duet and Miss Jean a vocal solo. Mrs.
Lois Troop closed the memorial with
a reading, bringing a message of
love and remembrance of those who
had once served in the membership
of the society.
The home was very beautifully
arranged with the flowers of the
early summer season and made a
handsome setting for the services of
the day.
The afternoon was closed w ith the
serving of refreshments, Mrs. Wiles
being assisted in serving by her
daughter, Miss Helen Wiles.
The rear surroundings of the Gold-
ing building, occupied by the Re
liable 5c to $1 store, has been very
much improved. Mr. Byron Golding,
the owner of the building, has had
the rear yard raked up and cleared
up, all debris being taken away and
the lot made very attractive. In ad
dition to the work ef Mr. Golding in
getting the yard cleaned up, Mr. and
Mrs. William Schmidt man n, residing
nearby have planted a flower gar
dent that wiii in the summer months
odd to the general, attractiveness of
the scene. '
Wolff FamUy
Enjoy Reunion
for Mother
Seventy-Sixth Anniversary of Mrs.
Maiy Wolfi Made Occasion for
Picnic at Nebraska City.
i
Sunday at Arbor Lodge at Nebras
ka City, the children, grandchildren
and great-grandchildren of Mrs.
Mary Wolff, pioneer resident of Cass
county, gathered to assist the aged
lady in the observance of hsr seven
ty-sixth birthday.
The members of the party motor
ed to the Otoe county, city and where
in the charm and attractive settings
of the state park the picnic dinner
was enjoyed and the time spent very
pleasantly in visiting and social con
versation. The children of Mrs. Wolff
are Mrs. Simon Clark, Mrs. William
Schneider, Mrs. G. F. Iloppel. of
Bayard, Nebraska, Mrs. A. O. Ault,
John F. Wolff and Mrs. George R.
Sayles.
The members of the family group
included all of the children, aside
from Mrs. Hoppel and their families.
they being, A. O. 'auU and .Gerald.
Kenneth and Bernice Ault, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Schneider and children.
Robert and Edith. Mr. and Mrs. Ol
iver Schneider, Mr .and Mrs. Robert
M. Stivers of Glenwood and children,
Feme, Lucille, Erma and Willard,
George Sayles, Jr.. Mrs. John F.
Wolff. Mr. and Mrs. William Stivers
and children, Billy and Elaine.
Will Arraign
Elmo Imbler in
Local Court
MOVE BACK TO OLD HOME
Man Who Attempted to Blackmail
Henry and Edward Knabe Now
in Cass County Jail.
From Wednesday's Daily
Elmo Imbler, whose attempt to ex
tort $10,000 from Henry and Ed
ward Knabe, Nehawka residents, was
foiled by the quick action of Sheriff
Thinigan, is in the county jail here
to await action of the courts.
The prisoner, who was held in
the Douglas county jail following
his arrest Sunday at Omaha, was
brought here yesterday by Sheriff
Tbimgan and will remain in the jail
here until he can be arraigned for
his alleged crime.
It had been thought that perhaps
the man might be held for a federal
charge but the district attorney and
postal authorities have decided that
the offense was not one that could be
taken up under the United States law
and must be handled by the state.
The complaint against Imbler will
be filed by County Attorney W. G.
Kieck, but the hearing will be de
layed at the request of the defend
ant who is expecting his father to
arrive here in the next few days
from his home in western Kansas.
The trial of the case may be held
in the county in which the letter was
mailed or received and as it was
mailed on a train, the place of mail
ing is not known and the trial will
be in Cass county where Mr. Knabe
received the letter.
From Monday's laily
This morning Mrs. Jonathan Hatt
and daughter. Miss Lucille, arrived
from Chicago, joining their son and!
brother, Ralph Hatt here and where
they are to make thir home. Mr.
Halt is preparing to open the bakery
in the Hatt building, the family re
siding in tho apartments on the sec
ond floor of the building. The Hatt
Local Man is
Member of State
Grand Lodge
Arthur Kief Selected as Worthy State
Conductor of Eagles W. M. Bar
clay on Old Age Relief.
family have resided in Chicago for.
.-. ... . .
the past several years and their many e state convention ot me i-.a-
o4 friends here are delighted to teinal Order of Eagles, in session
welcome them back to the old home, this week at Nebraska City, adjourn-
ed its meetings Tuesday after one of
the best meetings in recent years.
The convention adjourned follow
ing the installation of M. F. Killeon
of Fullerton, as worthy state presi
dent. In the selection of the officers for
the ensuing year, Arthur Kief of
Plattsmouth, past worthy president
of the local area, who served last
Ellsworth Hill, 70, I'onnd Shot in years as grand worthy inside guard.
Aged Elmwood
Farmer Ends Life
at Farm Home
MEETS UP WITH LAW
BEES CREATE EXCITEMENT
OFFICERS AT OMAHA
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
The passing of the second birth
day anniversary of Mary Josephine
Rebal, was observed Monday after
noon at the home on South Tenth
street, when a party of the little
folks of the neighborhood came in
to enjoy a few hours. The time was
spent in the playing of games that
were much enjoyed and in honor of
the event the little guest of honor
received a number of gifts. At a
suitable hour dainty refreshments
were served, featured by the birth
day cake. In the serving Mrs. Rebal
was assisted by Mrs. James Rebal
and Mrs. Helen Koubek.
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From Tuesday's Dally
Sheriff Edward W. Thimgan and
County Attorney W. G. Kieck, were
at Omaha today where they were in
vestigating further the extortion
plot against Henry and Edward
Knabe of Nehawka. Elmo Imbler,
26, was arrested in Omaha Sunday
as the result of the cleverly ar-.
ranged trap by Sheriff Thimgan and
which brought a speedy arrest of the
young man. The local officers are
conferring with federal officers as
to the case, it being thought that the
extortionist might be held under the
postal laws, providing a severe pun
ishment. The state statute provides
only for one to two years for the of
fense, a sentence that other much
less serious crimes have a heavier
penalty. The capture of the man is a
fine piece of work and Mr. Thimgan,
who worked out the details of the
case deserves a great deal of credit
for his splendid handling of the case.
He had every detail of the case cov
ered and had taken every precaution
to avoid frightening the blackmailer
before he could be rounded up and
placed in jail.
ENJOY FAMILY DINNER
Sunday morning while Judge
Charles L. Graves was engaged at his
office in the city hall, he was most
agreeably surprised to have the mem
bers of his family from Lincoln ar
rive to enjoy the day with him. They
had come with well filled baskets of
the good things to ea'; and decided
that they would enjoy dinner at the
city hall, arranging improvised tables
and where the feast was spread.
Those who enjoyed the event were
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Graves, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Royal, Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Derieg.
A swarm of bees created a great
deal of excitement' Tuesday near the
court house when they took the war
path and decided to move from their
quarters in the hives near the Platts
mouth laundry building where Mr.
Harris had them quartered. The
beeo, apparently missing their queen,
were unable to get settled down and
decided to locate in a tree near the
laundry where they started to swarm
until aroused and then took the war
path as they were annoyed by the
persons w ho came near the tree. The
chief sufferers from the attention of
the bees was Henry Donat, Kenneth
Armstrong and Keith Snyder, who
were engaged in tarring the roof of
the Redman building. The bee3 be
came so friendly with the boys that
they were compelled to give up the
tarring for several hours, but not
until several casualties had been
suffered from the stings of the bees.
It was not until late in the after
noon that the bees settled ubwn and
it was possible to go on with the
work oi the roof.
Two of tho Plattsmouth city offi
cials bad an experience a few even
ings ago that they will long remem
ber. The "two' offfcials had accom
panied a fiiend on a trip to one of
the smaller cities of southeast Ne
braska and while the friend was en
gaged in looking after business af
fairs, the two officials decided to look
over the town. Not that the Platts
mouth men are of the type to arouse
suspicion, aside from their size, but
the stern guardian of the law of the
neighboring town was cn them. The
night watch, patrolman, or whatever
designation he holds, stopped the
Plattsmouth men and inquired to
know why and wherefore they were
engaged in walking around the usual
peaceful village and especially after
the hour when the sidewalks had
been hauled in. The friend finally
appeared and rescued the officials.
else the city might have had to use
its compensation insurance.
Head in Attic of Home by a
Neighbor Eaily Today.
From Wednesday's Paily
This morning shortly after t
o'clock at his farm home near Elm-
wood, Ellsworth Hill, 70, was found
dead, the aged man apparently hav-j
ing ended ins me witn a revolver
fhot through the head.
Mr. Hill, who is a member of one.
of the old families of Elmwood, was
living alone at the farm home and
had been engaged in working for a
neighbor. Having not appeared for
work for several day?, the neighbor
called at the Hill home early today
tc see if the aged man was ill. En
tering the house he started a search
for the man and which resutled in
the finding of the body.
As scon as the body was found
County Attorney W. G. Kieck was
called and also B. I. Clement, under
taker, and who took charge of the
was advanced to the position of grand
worthy conductor, a recognition of
his excellent service..
The officers selected were:
M. F. Killeon, Fullerton, worthy
state president; John M. Tanner,
South Omaha, worthy state vice
president; Charles L. Rates. Hast
ings, worthy state chaplain; Frank
A. Matthews. Omaha, worthy state
secretary; John C. Miller, Nebraska
City, worthy state treasurer; Arthur
Kief, Plattsmouth. worthy mate con
ductor; P. 11. Toellner, Fells City,
worthy state inside guard; J. A.
Mohring, York, worthy state out
side guard; J. P. Wickham, Bea
trice. Claude J. Powell, Grand Is
land, and W. J. Pedersen, Alliance,
worthy Etate trustees. S. H. Spence
cf Fremont is worthy past state
'president. S. H. Spence was chosen
I delegate to the national aerie con
tention in Detroit this fall,
j Business was completed several
hours earlier than anticipated Tues-
no alternoon session was
BREX OFFICIALS HERE
body. As' there was no reason for any
suspicion that the death was due to , ,
. . ' , , ........ . . iheld. At the morning session com-
mquest held. I ... . v t t
. , A. mittee reports were heard and final
While a number of relatives were.
- . . , , business was cleared.
resitting at timwooa, mv. jiiii, wnoj
was a bachelor, had lived alone at
the farm home. (
ifie parents of Mr. Hill have pre-)
ceded him in death and he is sur
vived by two brothers and a sister.
all reading In the vicinity of Elm
wood.
VISITS MASONIC HOME
Frank C. Lavigne. of Helena, Mon
tana, superintendent of the Mon
tana state Masonic Home, was in the
city Monday for a short time, visit
ing at the Nebraska Masonic Home.
Mr. Lavigne was en route
Louis
I Judge C. W. Britt of Omaha,
chairman of the old age pension com
mittee, reported activities of the past
year. He told the delegates that the
Eagles are behind a movement to
secure an act of the Nebraska legis
lature establishing old age pensions
instead of the present system of
charitable institutions.
At the last session Senator John
W. Cooper, also an Eagle, presented
a bill to the legislature which was
defeated by one vote. The pension
rvtem is in effect now in 19 states.
j In the naming of the old age pen-
HERE FROM CALIFORNIA
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Haney of Los
Angeles, Calif., are visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Hof-
mann, parents of Mrs. Haney. They
report a wonderful trip, motoring
from Los Angeles along the Pacific
highway to Vancouver, Canada,
making stops at Portland, Oregon.
and Seattle, Washington, then along
the scenic Columbia River highway,
to Boise, Idaho, then on the Old Ore
gon Trail.
ATTEND MOTORCYCLE RACES
A large number of motorcycles and
drivers passed through the city late
Saturday and Sunday ,en route to
Auburn. A series of races wa3 staged
at the Auburn driving nark and par
ticipated in by riders from Iowa, Ne
braska, Kansas and Missouri. Many
motorcyclists from Omaha were, at
the scene of the races, forming quite
a procession as they sped through
this city.
C. L. Nash, general storekeeper of
the Burlington Refrigerator Express
Co.. and IX R. Elmore, assistant to the
general manager of the company,
were in the city for a short time Sun
day. The officials visited the local
shops of the company and conferred
with Superintendent W. T. Distell
and Storekeeper Roy Olson, as to the
work at the local chop. The officers
spent several hours here and Sunday
evening departed for St. Paul, Min
nesota, where they will visit at the
shops in that city of the refrigerator
company. The trip was one of in
spection of the store departments of
the various shops of the company.
PRIVES TO NELSON
Dr. Frank L. Cummins departed
Sunday for Nelson, Nebraska, ac
companied by" Mrs. Norris Cummins
and children, where Mrs. Cummins
and the children will spend some
time. Mrs. Maude Fricke has been
called here by the illness of her
m'other, Mrs. Alice Eaton and while
she is here Mrs. Cummins will re
main at Nelson to keep house for
the Fricke children.
VERY HAPPY EVENT
A fine little son was born to Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Scott of this city at
the Immanuel hospital at Omaha Fri
day. The mother and little one are
both showing fine progress and the
advent of the little one has brought
much pleasure to all of the family.
Mrs. Scott was formerly Miss Nora
Livingston, daughter of Dr. T. P.
Livingston of this city.
sinn nmmittPA for the pncilinc venr.
to St.
.Poet flfonl Wnrt h v PmcldiiTil W i I -
where a meeting of the heads . , m
of the various Masonic institutions.' ; , , ' "
. . . , t nrmed as a member of this commit-
is being held this week. Mr. Lavigne . . . ,
was much impressed with the splen- ...
did manner in which the Nebraska. . . ... ,
. , .his services will add much to the
nome is conuucieu ana iuok ine 1
portunity to inspect the Home and
the methods that have made it one
of the most successfully conducted
units of its kind in the country.
VISIT AT NORTH BEND
Mrs. Ida Seybert and daughter,
Mrs. C. A. Young and son, Billy, of
Dayton, Ohio, have returned home
from a few days visit at North Bend.
While at North Bend they were
effectiveness of the work for the
measure. The other members of the
committee are Judge C. W. Britt, of
Omaha, chairman, and Andrew P.
Moran of Nebraska City.
DEPARTS ON AUTO TRIP
From Wednesdayu Dally
This morning Harlan Gorder, who
is now located at North Platte, de
parted with two of his friends from
this city, on an auto trip through
guests of Mrs. Ruth Thomsen. sister the cagt Tne party ,eft North piatte
or Mrs. beybert and wmi -Mr. anoonday and Fpent Tuesday here with
Mrs. John Newton and family. They John R Gorderf mother of Har-
report the conditions on the farms ,an Ktartin3 lhis m0rning for the
in that section as excellent .there be-
east. The party will visit Virginia
ing abundant rain and the crops 'and make a tour of that beautlful
looking the best. Mrs. Thomsen and state Wa6hlngton, D. c. and then
family are doing nicely and enjoying 'on tQ Xcw York for a short v,slt
life very much, which will be Pleas-! h . f ntere8t there.
1 A A 1 2..l. X A . X r.
wig neb 10 ine many menus in i"'.They expect to be gone until. July
community.
OLD MAN RIVER FALLING
4th and will then return to North
Platte to resume their business activities.
Tho Mlea.-inri rlvtf wl-.ich Mon-
T5 V "" T7T7TJ TVT" TTATUT fkTJTTJ A VTflW
day morning was at flood stage and'"'" x ww
spread over a portion of the bottom J
lands east of the Burlington station,!
today was a peaceful stream. Old
Man River during the night fell sev
eral inches and this morning the wa-
The many friends of Peter Grado-
ville will be interested in learning
that he is recovering from an oper
ation that was performed last Thurs
day on him. He is at the U. S. Vet-
orona hrkcrtitn! at T Inpnln fr rirflrln.
lands but leit in its wake a great ii
deal of mud ld silt from the flood , , ....
. . . injury to nis Knee wnue engaged in
waters. The water, however, was 4 3 , 7,
. . . . work in the local shops, the Injury
sufficient to damage the crops on ., . .
, , . . , , uaving Doinerea aim a. greai aeai
much that It ... ....
will require replanting if there is m m ...
ation nerfornied. The patient was In
any crop. I ......
, l quite serious cuuuiuuii iui ecvciai
.......- ' 'days, but now seems t obe doing as
few cents and set real results I wel1 as could be peed.