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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPT. 5, 1932.
110. C3
Athletic Work
at High School
to Start Soon
Coach Bothert Arrives From Vaca
tion and Prepares to Start
Football Workout.
Fred A. Rothers, athletic coach at
the Plattsmouth high school, arrive!
here last night from; Harvard. Ne
- 1 1 m. .
uinii, vmere ne nas Deen spending
the summer with his parents. The
return of the coach will open the
active athletic program at the school
ana ouiciai practice will start on
next Tuesday.
The football prospects at the high
school this year are the brightest
rince 1930. a good heavy team of
veterans being available for the com
ing season. The letter men will in
clude Robert Hirz, Kenneth Arm
strong, William Ronne, Robert Rum-
mel. George Adam, Sam Arn, (cap
tain), Stuart Porter, John Grosshans,
George Luschinsky, William Weten
tamp, Greth Garnett, Lawrence
Rhodes, Oliver Taylor. A number of
excellent prospects will be found in
the new comers to high school this
year as well as several from the last
year second squad.
The schedule for the year will
open here on September 23rd with a
game with the Iowa School for the
Deaf at this city and will close with
the annual Thanksgiving day bat
tle with the Nebraska City team at
that city.
The schedule for the Plattsmouth
team for the year will bring several
new schools as opponents of the blue
and white and will be as follows:
Sept. 23 Iowa School for the
Deaf. here.
Sept. 30 Glenwood, Iowa, there.
Oct. 7 Thurman, Iowa, here.
Oct. 14 Ashland, here.
Oct. 21 -Malvern Iowa, there.,
Oct.- 6 Auburn, here.
Not. 4 Whaoo, there.
Nor. 11 Teeumseh, here.
Nov. 24 Nebraska City, there.
HAS FACE BURNED
Marlon Taylor, son of Roy Taylor,
suffered a very painful accident this
morning while en route out in the
country to look after some work. The
car that Mr. Taylor was driving had
become heated up and the radiator
eteaming so he decided to remove the
radiator cap and try and cool off
the heated machine. As the top was
loosened the steam blew it off and
the Bteam struck Mr. Taylor in the
face and Inflicted several severe
burns. He suffered greatly while
driving back Into the city to receive
medical aid. The whole face was
badly Injured by the hot steam and
it will be some time before he is over
the effect of the accident.
SOME FINE GRAPES
From Friday Dally
J. H. McMaken, has at ' his
tome in the north part of the city,
a wonderful vineyard of the choicest
varieties of grapes, which in the fall
of the year he bestows freely on his
Triend3. In following his custom of
years Mr. McMaken this morning
presented tl Journal with a basket
of the fine grapes, red. white and
purple being Included. The grapes
this year are exceptionally fine and
make a real treat.
ENTERTAINED AT DINNER
From Thursday's Dally
County Treasurer and Mrs. John
E. Turner and daughter, Dorothy,
were at Greenwood last evening.
They were guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Armstrong at a din
ner party. The event was arranged
by Miss Florence Beighley, teacher
in the local high school, who during
the school year was making her home
with the Turner family.
SURE A PEACH
Rex Young and wife four years
ago purchased a basket of peaches
at one of the local stores and decided
that they would plant the seeds to
see the result. This morning Rex
was down in the business section of
the city with one of the peaches
that the seedlings are now bearing.
The peach was eleven inches around
and weighed eleven ounces. The
trees are located at their residence
property In the south part of the
city.
RETURN FROM OUTING
Mr. and Mrs. Herman L. Thomas
and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cloidt, who
have been enjoying a motor trip
through the west and the Black Hills,
arrived home Wednesday after
pleasant outing. They visited
great many of the points of interest
in the Hills and in the northwestern
part of the state while on the trip
They spent tome time visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Schlater
at Oshkosh, former residents of this
city.
Plattsmouth
Young People
are Wedded
Miss Carlyne Thomas and William
E. Mrasek Married at Spring
field on August 18th.
The marriage of Miss Carlyne
Thomas and William E. Mrasek of
this city, occurred on Thursday, Aug
ust 18th at Springfield, Nebraska
the bridal couple making the an
nouncement of the wedding today.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. V. R. Daniels, pastor of
the Methodist church and was wit
nessed by Mr. and Mrs. A. Newton
Sullivan of this city as best man and
matron of honor.
The bride wore a gown of two
toned beige with matching turban.
gloves and slippers. Mrs. Sullivan
wore a gown of brown figured crepe.
The groom wore a suit of oxford
grey. ?
Following the wedding the bridal
party motored to Omaha to enjoy a
wedding dinner and theatre party,
later returning to their homes here.
Mr. and Mrs. Mrasek are planning
on starting housekeeping soon in
this city. .. ... .
The bride is the eldest daughter
of City Clerk and Mrs. Herman L.
Thomas and has grown to woman
hood in this city where she gradu
ated in the class of 1931 of the local
high school.
The groom Is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Mrasek and also has
grown to manhood in this city, gradu
ating from the high school in the
class of 1929. Since completing his
school work he has been associated
with his father in the Implement
business here.
Both of the young people have a
very large circle of warm friends
and who Join in the well wishes to
this estimable couple that the years
may bring them happiness and suc
cess. MANY ENJOY CIRCUS
The Russell Brothers circus which
showed last Wednesday afternoon
and night at the Athletic park on
Washington avenue, proved a real
entertainment for the residents of
thi3 territory. The show is one of
the best that has played through this
part of the state, being clean and up
to the minute in every way. The
show has clever acrobatic acts as well
as a fine array of horses and other
animals that make the circus touch.
The rain of Wednesday morning
served to keep many from the after
noon performance, but in the even
ing there was a large crowd present
to gTeet the offering and all felt well
repaid for their time. The circus
travels ky truck and early this morn
ing was on the way to Nebraska City
where they are to show today.
APPLE TREE IN BLOOM
At the residence property occupied
by Joseph Mrasek and family. In the
west part of the city, there is an
apple tree that is blooming as nicely
as if the season was Maytime Instead
of the first of September. The tree
was set out a number of years ago by
William Holly, who then occupied the
property and in late years has been a
prolific fall apple tree, but this is the
first instance of its blooming so late
in the season.
SOME NICE PLUMS
The Journal has received a very
nice present of plums that were
grown on the Klimm farm south of
this city. The plums were excellent
and were much appreciated, and for
which Mr. and Mrs. Tony KUmm
have the thanks of the Journal.
Assignment
of Teachers Has
been Made
Many Consolidations Made Necessary
in Cutting of School Force
and Expense.
The Plattsmouth public schools
will open officially Tuesday morning.
September 6, for pupils with the first
teachers' meeting Monday morning
at 9:00 o'clock. Contrary to the
rumors that have been afloat, the
board of education have maintained
every department throughout the
school and in some case3 have made
additions. Four teachers have been
eliminated but this work is to be
carried on by the teachers already
employed. The changes that should
be noted are as follows: Fourth
grade pupils attending Columbian
last year and who still reside in that
ward wilT report for fifth grade work
at Columbia building. Pupils in the
third grade at Winstersteen who
were promoted will report to Win
tersteen for the fourth grade. The
kindergarten at Wintersteen will
have the same hours that the kinder
garten at the Central and Columbian
wards. The Wintersteen kinder
garten will be in the forenoon, the
Central kindergarten will bo in the
forenoon, and the Columbian kind
ergarten will be held in the after
noon. The age limit for kindergar
ten is the same as it has been for
the past two years. In order to en
ter kindergarten pupils must have
passed their fifth birthday before De
cember 1, 1932. Parents are asked
not to send the children unless they
are within this age.
The board of education have found
It advisable to close the West Second
ward school because of the few
pupils In that ward. Pupils in that
part of town are asked to attend
either Mercervllle or Central wards,
depending upon which school is the
closer. Aside from these changes
there will be but one fifth grade in
the Central building as the fifth
grade has been added at Columbian.
In the assignment of teachers a few
hanges have been made. Miss Edith
Cook will teach the fifth grade at
Central, Miss Amana Hiatt and Miss
Agnes Muenster who have been teach
ing the fifth grades at Central build
ing have been assigned to the sixth
grades in the same building.. Miss
Grace Nolting and Miss Alice Ely
have been transferred from the Cen
tral building to the Junior high
school. Miss Marie Kaufmann who
as been penmanship and art super
visor will have charge of the pen
manship in the Junior high school
and teach classes in art, bookkeep-
ng, penmanship and sellinpg in the
hgih school. Miss Rose Prohaska,
who was formerly at West Second
ward will have charge of Mercer-
ville and Miss Miriam Tritsch will
have grades two, three and four at
Winstersteen. Miss Alice James, who
was formerly at Mercerville will have
the second and third grades at Co
lumbian building. Another teacher
will be added to take Mr. Kvas-
icka's place as high school history
teacher.
The board of education asks the
o-operation of the community in
accetping the changes and consoli
dations, for by so doing this they
have been ablo to continue the same
as in the past and at the same time
reduce the taxes. The following are
the assignments:
High school: Miss Florence Beigh
ley will teach two classes in begin
ning algebra, advanced algebra and
plane geometry; Mis3 Clara Weyrich
will teach Junior business in addi
tion to her Junior high classes; Miss
Marie Kaufmann will teach book
keeping, art, spelling and writing in
addition to her Junior high classes;
Mr. R. F. Patterson, high school
principal, will teach American gov
ernment and American history. Miss
Estelle Baird will teach two classes
in sophomore English, French, Cae
sar and beginning Latin. The his
tory teacher will have two classes of
World history, senior English, voca
tional guidance and American his
tory; Mr. Russell Reeder will teach
industrial geography, physics, gen
eral science and biology. Miss Lu
cille Nordham will teach two classes
of beginning home economics, two
classes of advanced home economics
and girls physical education; Mr.
A. Rothert will teach beginning
manual training, advanced manual
training, athletics and boys physi
cal education; Miss Cora Williams,
music supervisor, will teach normal
training music in addition to her
grade supervision; Mr. I S. Devoe,
superintendent, will teach sociology;
Mr. Harold Jordan will teach two
classes of beginning typewriting, ad
vanced typewriting, beginning short
hand and advanced shorthand. Miss
Pearle Staats will teach two classes
of Freshman English, commercial
English, Senior English, Senior Re
views and pedagogy.
Junior high: Miss Grace Nolting
and Miss Alice Bly, grade 7: Miss
Ciara Weyrich and Miss Jessie
Whalen. grade 8.
Central buildnig: Mi3s Vivian
Johns, kindergarten; Miss Amelia
Martens, grade 1 ; Miss Bernese Ault,
grade 2; Miss Selma Diehm, grade
3; Miss Evelyn May. grade 4; Miss
Edith Cook, grade 5; Miss Amana
Hiatt and Miss Agnes Muenster,
grade 6.
Columbian building: Miss Vivian
Johns, kindergarten; Miss Helen
Quimby, grades 1 and 2; Miss Alice
James, grades 2 and 3; Miss Nettie
Hawksworth, grades 4 and 5.
Wintersteen building: Miss Ruth
Tidball, grades kindergarten, 1 and
2; Miss Miriam Tritsch, grades 2, 3
and 4.
First Ward: Miss Helen Farley,
grades 1 and 2. Mercerville: Miss
Rose Prohaska, grades kindergarten,
l.
3, and 4.
Corn Festival
Planned for City
in October
Discussed Before the First Meeting
of the Fall Season of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
From Thursday's Dally
The Plattsmouth Chamber of Com
merce resumed its regular meetings
today at the dining room in the
Hotel Riley. This important civic
organization will meet regularly
from now on, on the first and third
Thursday of the month.
The members were interested in
knowing of progress which has been
made in regard to paving projects
north and west of Plattsmouth. In
reference to one of our own local
institutions, the men were interest
ed to know that there are a thousand
head of stock being fed in the feed
yards of the Norfolk Packing com
pany. Roy W. Knorr, president of the
retail eection, gave the Chamber an
outline of the Corn Festival planned
by the retail section for October 6,
7, 8 and 9. Henry Soennichsen is
general chairman for this big un
dertaking and is making plans for
committee assignments and arrange
ments at this time. The Chamber
voted to attend the Fair at Weeping
Water on the last day along with
the members of the retail section in
order to show the interest of this
community in the fair.
Tt vL-na !nrninH that rr Onmirn
and a party of geologists would be
in Plattsmouth for lunch on Satur-
day and they will be officially wel-
nmwt w o .nmTnitM ha r,,m. 1
ber of Commerce.
Mr. G. J. Yeager, new superin
tendent of the BREX shops, was in
troduced to the group and has been
invited to become a member of the
Chamber of Commerce. The members
were glad to welcome him into the
organization.
Supt. L. S. Devoe cf the public
schools was introduced and spoke in
regard to his Impressions of the
community and the very favorable
prospects for our public schools this
year. Hi3 remarks were very enthus
iastically received.
The Chamber of Commerce under
the able leadership of President
Schneider and the splendid men who
compose the board of directors and
committees look forward to a busy
and profitable year.
HAYEACK VS. TEUCK
The old fashioned horse drawn
hayrack proved the undoing of one
of the trucks of the Watson Brothers
Transfer line of Nebraska City. The
truck, which was southbound, was
overturned when it collided with a
loaded rack of bailed hay, the accl-
dent occurring on highway No. 75,
Just south of the C. E. Cook home,
Two hayracks and the truck were all
three going south and the racks hav-
ing no rear lights on them the truck
was on the hayracks before they dis-
covered it and as the result was over- I
turned. The glass in the windshield
and cab of the truck was broken and
it hurled on its side, but the hay-
racks were nninjured. One of thslnow starting her third year in tetmtembers of his former parish and
occupants of the truck was shaken school. Mrs. Mann has served as prin- friends. He Is now becoming settled the J. A. Pits family. They are re
up and badly bruised, but as far as cipal of the Clearwater school as in the new charge and becoming ae- ; turning today to arrange for the
could be learned this was the extent well as being in charge of the mathe- quainted with tho residents in the children to enter their school work
of the injuries.
Legion Planning
Many Activities
for Coming Fall
To Participate in Corn Festival, Give
TTotta T. W t?L AH,',!
Heme Talent Play and Attend
County Fair in Body.
Plattsmouth Legionnaires listened
to convention reports and transacted
other business at their monthly meet
ing last night presided over by Com
mander Clyde Jackson.
Most pleasing cf the convention
highlights was the announcement of
a continuation of the present policy
of making state aid payment in
cash, with vouchers drawn payable
jointly to the recipient and local post
service officer. Plattsmouth post had
gone on record before the convention
iavoring tnis plan, as opposed to a
new centralized buying proposition
that wa3 submitted for consideration
at the annual meeting of post service
officers the opening day of the con
vention, and voted down.
Reports of participation in the pa
rade and other activities at Norfolk
were also heard from among the large
number of local Legionnaires in at
tendance one or more days of the
convention.
Committee reports included an out
line of the trade-show activity pro
posed for the four days of the Corn
Festival and Homecoming in October
and the resumption of dancing each
" eanesaay nigni. ai a popular c aa-
mission price.
1 . . .
The Entertainment committee also
reported plans for another home tal
ent play on the stage in the Com
munity building early in November.
Messrs. Cook and Bennett, who have
aided the Legion greatly in the past.
are gathering material for the show
and it Is expected to start rehearsals
right after the conclusion of the big
Corn Festival and Homecoming.
Revival of , the Legion Drum .Corps
1S uUuer -cuce iu r
three nights a week and this organi
zation, along with a large delegation
of Legionnaires will attend the clos
Ing day of the Weeping Water fair
and participate in the parade. The
Chamber of Commerce and Retail
Section are arranging for a large
Plattsmouth representation at the
fair on this day and committees of
the three organizations will work to
gether in promoting the project.
Announcement wa3 also made of
Veterans' day at the state fair Sun-
day w&en the honorable discharge or
membership card in any veterans' or-
ganization will serve to admit the
beer f ree to the fair grounds, al-
though he must pay for other mem-
Ders of his family. A special veterans'
program will be held in the arter-
noon, beginning at 3 o'clock with
many of the crack drum corps and
bands that appeared at the Norfolk
convention present. Newly elected
Commander Robert Armstrong of the
Nebraska department will address the
gathering at the conclusion of the
parade.
Considerable attention was given
financing nroblems that concern the
nost and community buildine and a
new active committee named to work
with the trustees to the end of re-
ducing indebtedness and curtailing
expenditures.
Karlv In Derember. Plattsmouth
win hP hnt to the twelfth district
convention, bringing here for one day
a large number of Legionnaires from
over the district, cbmprising Cass,
Otoe, Lancaster and Seward counties.
Preliminary arrangements for this
activity will be started this month.
The local post will complete thir
teen years of existence on September
30th, that being the date of a meet-
ing of ex-service men held at the
court house in 1919, when applica-
tion was made for a charter, on me
same date, the community Duuamg,
a Legion sponsored activity, will be
five years old, having been formally
opened on bepiemoer tv, ivzt
RETURNS TO SCHOOL WORK
From Friday's Dally
Mrs. George B. Mann departed this I
afternoon for Clearwater, Nebraska, I
where she has been engaged in
teaching in the high school and is
matics department of the school.
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
From Thursday's Daily
Mrs. A. R. Noble, who has for the
past several days been suffering from
pneumonia, is reported as being
somewhat better and resting easier
from the effects of this malady. Mrs.
N'obl.e was ;etry 111 da s
and her condltl caused a great deal
of apprehension to the members of
the family, but she is now doing
nicely. The many friends wil Join
in the wish that she may soon be'
able to be around as usual and en-
tirely recovered from the effects of
the illness.
Packing Plant
Keeps Rushing
Corn Output
Wet Weather Has Held Back Corn
-d. t, TVim. -n ni
Lines Being Run.
The corn nackini season nt the
plant of the Norfolk Packing Co.,
here, which has been on for the past
several weeks, 13 kept at top speed
as lone as the weather nermits the,clt-
delivery of the corn at the plant.
The work has been rushed during
the clear weather of the past weeks
but was checked somewhat by the
heavy rain of Tuesday night and
which made it impossible for many
of the farmers to deliver corn yes
terday or last night, but the plant
was operating this afternoon on the
packing of corn.
The corn pack has furnished em
ployment for a large number of peo- his car.
pie in the community and the plant I At the time of the arrest two
is a rushing bustling place with the Pints of liquor had been found along
workers busy at their tasks as the; the roadside, the officers testified to,
hundreds of cans of cans of corn are aid which it was claimed had been
rushed through the plant each hour! Thrown from the Whitely car. There
JWhen the corn pack is held up by
the non-delivery, the plant Is kept
dust with the nrenaratlon of nork
I beana eeTeral hundred thousand
- nftnillar Btnni Mn
popular' staple being
turned out at the plant since it was
opened in this city.
LARSON WINS MEET
Raymond J. Larson, veteran ten-
nis player of this city, demonstrated
Tuesday at Nebraska City that he lsj
still a wizard with the racket. Larson
took the Nebraska City open tourna
ment, 7-5, 6-7. 6-3, from Firuerich,
of Talmage. The battle was strenu- nnuunwu luai ..-ri.B.vn u& u-c
ous and the Plattsmouth player show- panted the Missouri Pacific Trans
ed real class as he laid away his op- Portation Co., to discontinue tho scr
ponent, the survivor of the Otoe coun-'.vlce of a bu3 each between Om
ty entries in the tournament. ana and Auburn. The bus passed
Mr. Larson has been an active fie-
ure in the tennis circles of southeast
Nebraska for many years and his vie-
tory is one that shows he has lost
none of the skill of the past years.
STATE FAIR PARADE
on
"The Nebraska State Fair
Reels'' annual parade will start as ;
usual on scheduled time and no
doubt will be the most representa-'
tive of anr Previous year. The par
aae movea Promptly at one o ciock.
Thursday afternoon. September 8th.
in front ot the grandstand and re
huIres one hour to P498- 11 is tne
I""' "" i
one hour's time you see all or e-
braska's prize winners. Make your,
reservations early,
VISIT AT SHENANDOAH
From Friday's Dally
This morning Mr. and Mrs. Louis,
Born, accompanied by their guests,
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Frederlch of
Plainvlew and Mrs AntonMeising-
denarted for Shenandoah. Iowa.
The party vlsit at tne radi0
Btatjon8 and look over tne flne floral
di , of tne seed houseB for 1
day They are antlcjpatIng a very
pleaRant tme and wm enjoy several
of tne radio program3 at the Btudios
of KMA and KFNF.
VISITS EN THE CITY
Father Marcelles Agius. pastor of
the Catholic church at v alparalso, ,
Nebraska, motored in this morning (
to spend the day with his brother, .
Father George Agius and with the
new location.
i .
Liquor Case
Draws Large
at City Hall
Standing Room Only as Case of State
of Nebraska VS. Gus VTbitdy
J Heard in Court.
' From Thursday's Dally
me case ot trie state or .-CDrasKa
r.gainst Gu Whitely, charged with
transportation of liquor, proved a
drawing card in the court of Justice
C. L. Graves today. The case was
set for 10 o'clock and when the zero
hour arrived there was a Jam a3 the
curious ones gathered to hear the
evidence that might be offered.
On the night of Thursday, Aug
ust 11th Mr. Whitely was arrested
in the vicinity of Murray, being cap
tured two miles north of that place
when his car was haIted bv Deputy
ifenerin nay iiecKer. i ne car oi Air
Whitely had passed the car of Mr.
Becker and gone some distance, re-
fusing to heed the call to halt and
j which made necessary the firing of a
ehot- In the car was Mr- and Mre-
Whitely and Harry Newman of this
It was claimed by the officers that
they had seen several bottles thrown
from the car before it was overhaul
ed by the deputy sheriff, which was
denied by the defendants and the
other occupants in the car.
Witnesses for the defense at the
hearing today gave as the reason
for Mr. Whitely not stopping the
car, was that they failed to recog
nize Mr. Becker until after passing
waa no lI(Iuo n the car when it was
searched.
I The defendant and MS Witnesses
.denied that there had been any 11
Quor in the car or that any had been
thrown out as was claimed.
The state had as witnesses Deputy
Sheriff Becker and Leslie Thlmgan
and Ralph Surface, who were with
him on the night of the arrest. The
'witnesses of Mr. Whitely were th.
occupants or ms car.
CUTS BUS SERVICE
The ttate railway commission has
through here going norm in mo
morning shortly after 9 o'clock and
on the afternoon trip left Omaha at
1 P- m- and "ached here at 1:40.
(The transportattion company made
jShowing that the bus was operating
:at a very heavy loss and that they
.should be entitled to take it out ot
service. The dropping of the busses
from the schedule was opposed by
"3f,d the bus for the handling of
'their afternoon papers to tho south
east Nebraska towns.
MANY SEEK SHELTER
From Saturday' Dallr
The city Jail was well filled last
evening by wanderers who sought a
shelter from the chill of the early
fall weather, there being some twenty-three
quartered there. This is the
largest number that has been cared
for at the Jail for several months and
is a forecast of the weather condl-
tions when the Jail will be filled each
night. The men were from ell sec-
tions and conditions of life and all
'in search of eome labor that they
might support themselves. The large
part were young men
BETUEN TO 1HSS0UBI
From Saturday's Dally
This afternoon Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Brinkman, who have been
spending tlie past two days here with
jrelafV-es and friends, departed for
their home at Sedalla, Missouri. They
have enjoyed very much the short
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Cyril Janda, parents of Mrs. Brink-
mand with Mrs. Frank Brinkman,
-mother of Henry, as well as with
on Monday in the Sedalla schools.