Mr. -State Historical Socteif
VOL. HO. XLVHI
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1933.
NO. 100
I
Xbe
Journal
Stockholders of
Creamery Hold
Annual Meeting
Past Year Has Shown a Pleasing Ad
vance in Business of Local
Institution.
The annual meeting of the Farmers
Co-Operative Creamery Co., was held
on Saturday afternoon at the court
house and where the reports of the
officers were given and a review of
the past year presented.
The election of the directors of
the company resulted in the selec
tion of John Hobscheidt, Jr., of Mur
ray, J. W. Murdoch of Xehawka and
H. L. Grayer of this city as the
members of the board. These direct
ors with the holdover members of the
board will meet later to name the
officers.
The past year has shown an ad
vancement in the output of the local
plant owned by the creamery and
operated by the Plattsmouth Produce
with George K. Hetrick, as the man
ager. Mr. Hetrick has enlisted the
patronage of a great many more of
the residents of the community in
disposing of their cream and pro
duce which has enable the plant to
make a great deal more butter which
has found a ready demand.
Mr. Hetrick has maintained a scale
of prices above that of other points
which has furnished the dairy farm
ers with a good return on their cream
In these depression times. With the
farmers of the community supporting
the plant by selling their cream to
this institution, it is hoped that the
output of the creamery may be dou
bled in the present year.
The stockholders, all of whom are
residents of the farming community
near this city, enjoyed an informal
discussion of some of the problems
of the day, particularly that of tax
reduction and the elimination of all
useless bureaus in the national and
state governments. With the exces
sive tax burden the farmers feel that
the commissions and bureaus that
have been built up in recent years
in the federal government should be
abolished.
ENJOY FINE CONCERT
A number of Plattsmouth people
were afforded a rare musical treat
on Sunday afternoon at the Joslyn
Memorial at Omaha. This was the
concert of the orchestra of the Uni
versity of Nebraska School of Music.
The orchestra is composed of some
eighty members but only fifty-six of
the orchestra were heard at Omaha.
Prof. Carl Frederic Steckelberg, one
of the best known musical directors
of the west, was in charge of the
concert. Of particular interest was
the fact that Miss Vestetta Robert
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Robertson, of this city, was the ac
companist for the orchestra.
The wonderful program given em
braced selections from Wagner, Saint
Saens. Haydn, Handel, Jainefelt,
Bach-Adeit, the great music masters
of the world.
Among those who enjoyed the con
cert were Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rob
ertson and family, Mr. and Mrs. T.
H. Pollock. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Minor
and family, J. K. Pollock, Superin
tendent and Mrs. L. S. Devoe, Mrs.
H. F. Goos, Miss Cora Williams and
parents of Elm wood. Russell Reeder,
Miss Amana Hiatt, Miss Lillian Gar
rett. RECEIVES SERVICE HONOR
Myron A. Birdsley, who was en
gaged with the Lincoln Telephone &
Telegraph Co. here for several years,
is mentioned for service honors in
the current issue of the Lincoln Tele
phone News, official organ of the
company. Mr. Birdsley has been in
the service of the telephone company
fcr the past five years and at present
fag loc?ed at Nebraska City in service.
BRYAN'S CONDITION
Governor Brya had a restful day
Sunday, his attendants at the execu
tive jlansion reported Sunday night.
He ate well, remained quiet and fell
into a sound sleep at night. Altho
the governor did not receive any
callers, members of his family were
with him and his condition was said
to be "as good as Saturday."
HAPPY FAMILY DINNER
The home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Becker was the scene of a most de
lightful family dinner on Sunday,
the event being in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. George Wallinger, of near Ash
land, the latter a sister cf Mrs.
Becker. The event was the birthday
anniversaries of the guests of honor.
Joining the group were the sisters
and brother and their families to par
ticipate in the happy occasion. The
Becker home was prettily arranged
for the event and amid the pleasant
surroundings the members of the
family enjoyed a delightful visit.
Loan and Build
ing Association
Elects Officers
A. Johnson Re-elected President
and E. P. Lutz as Secretary
of Association.
From Tuesday's Dally
The stockholdrrs of the Platts
mouth Loan A Building association
held their annual meeting last eve
ning at the office of the company in
the Bekin building.
There was a very pleasing number
of the stockholders present to hear
the reports of the officers and to
join in the selecting of the officials
for the year.
The Plattsmouth Loan & Building
association ranks as one of the
strongest in the state of Nebraska
and the excellent business policy of
the officers has built up a strong
organization that has carried on
through the years as one of the virile
financial institutions of Nebraska.
The directors selected at the meet
ing last evening were: R. A. Bates,
Charles E. Martin, Tone J. Janda.
Following the election the board of
directors met and organized for the
coming year, naming the following:
C. A. Johnson, president; R. A.
Bates, vice-president; E. P. Lutz,
secretary; Fred T. Ramge, treasurer
and Charles E. Martin, solicitor.
A new series of stock will be open
ed in March at the time of the close
of the stock year and at which time
the annual dividend will be declared.
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
From Tuesday's Daily
Coach Fred A. Rothert and R. Fos
ter Patterson, principal of the high
school, were at Avoca last evening
to attend the Schoolmen's Club. The
men teachers of the county were the
guests of Superintendent L. O. Lar
son of the Avoca school.
A3ide from the social features of
the evening the arrangements for
the annual Cass county basketball
tournament was completed by tne
representatives of the various schools.
This will be held on February 16-17-18,
at Avoca this year. The tour
nament in the past two years was
held at Eagle, but this year will be
sent to the southern Cass county
town.
The drawings have been made and
the Plattsmouth Reserve?, our entry
in the tournament, will be pitted
against the Union team. The junior
Platters if they defeat Union will
face Avoca in the second round.
Avoca is one of the strong teams of
tho county and was a winner last
year :n tne regional tournament.
This year the team may enter the
class A contenders at the Southeast
Nebraska meet.
ARRIVAL OF NEW DAUGHTER
From Monday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Weber of
this city are the happy parents of a
fine little daughter, Betty Jo, who
arrived last evening. The mother
and little one are doing nicely and
the occasion a pleasure to all of the
family. The father of the little lady
is rejoicing over the event as far as
possible as he suffered the removal
of his tonsils on Saturday. Mrs.
Weber was formerly Miss Margaret
Bergmann.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their kindness and
floral offerings during the Eickness
and death of our loved one. M. L.
Stander and Sons, Mr. and Mrs.
George Decker and Family.
Farmers Union
Present Plea for
Strict Economy
Present Piogram for Consideration
of the Board cf County
Commissioners.
Frcnj Tuesday's Daily
A large delegation of the residents
of Cass ccur.ty, members of the Farm-
' 1 1 T ' . T 1 - - , - f . r- V, a I mm mm 1 , rt . n
loday to present their platform of
tax reduction and economy to the
board cf county commissioners.
The delegation was headed by Wil
liam Blum cf South Bend, president
of the Union and among the members
of the party v. ere such well known
residents of the county at William J.
O'Brien, Harry P. Long, Joe Knecht,
South Bend merchant, II. H. Ragoss
and many others.
This delegation presented the
resolutions recently adopted by the
meeting of the Farmer' s Union and
A'hich included the following recom
mendations: Setting the rate of pay of road
work at 25c an hour for overseers,
10c an hour for team, 20c an hour
for men.
Refrain from dragging or grading
dirt roads unless in a case of emer
gency.
Set the wages of workmen engaged
in maintaining gravel roads at 30c
an hour.
Cut the estimated cost of the oper
ation of the county government and
the levy to the sum of 567.000.
Slashing the salaries cf county em
ployes where possible thirty per cent.
The members of the party present
ed their view to the commissioners
and who will take the matter under
advisement as this i s the annual
meeting of the board and the first
since its reorganization.
Among others in the party were:
H. L. Bornemier. Alto; Roy Bricker,
Martin Blum, South Bend; Arthur
Ro-elof, Alvo; August Oehlerking,
Wabash; Henry Ragoss, Louisville;
Paul Gerard, Weeping Water; Wil
liam Blum. Earl Talbot, John Roddy,
Owen Dill, George Yogel, William J.
O'Brien, Henry Long, Joe Knecht,
Herman Kupke. Charles Frolich.
VERY CRITICALLY ILL
Gerald, the little son or Mr. and
Mrs. Yv'illiam Ketelson, is very criti
cally ill at tho St. Catherine's hos
pital at Omaha, suffering from pneu
monia, from which he has suffered
for the past ten days. The condition
of tho little one became so serious
Sunday that he was rushed to the
hospital to be treated. The little
patient has been given oxygen treat
ments since Sunday and has a fight
ing chance of recovery if the vital
ity of the patient has not been worn
down by the struggle against the
malady that he has struggled with
for the past week. The many friends
of the family are anxiously awaiting
word as to the condition of the little
one and trust that he may soon be
able to pass the crisis of the case j
safely and be restored to health. Mr. i
and Mrs. Ketelson are at the hos
pital with the little son.
Reports from the hospital this
afternoon were that the child had
suffered a sinking spell this morning
and its condition was very grave at
this time.
CHANGE IN TRAIN TIME
From Monday's Daily
A number of the officials of the
Burlington in the train, freight and
mail service departments were here
today to look over the local situatfon
as to changes in train schedules. The
I'.iirlington Is planning a change in
train time for the "Schuyler," which
now leaves here for the west at 3:17.
Effective on January loth this train
will leave this city at 1:10 p. m.,
two hours earlier than at present.
This change is made primarily to
allow connections at Ashland and to
eliminate overtime which is now
charged.
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
From Tuesday's ra?ir
This morning the little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Willis was
taken to the hospital at Omaha for
treatment. The little one has been
suffering from pneumonia and its
condition is quite critical.
CONFISCATE BOOZE CAR
From Monday's Daily
This morning a hearing was had
on the matter of the 1929 model
Chevrolet coupe which was found
parked near Third street several
nights ago by Officers Pickrel and
Stewart. The car was impounded by
the county under the state law as it
contained four gallons of intoxicat
ing liquor or hootch. The owner of
the car was nowhere to be found and
accordingly the car was left to face
the law alone. The hearing before
Judcre A. H. Buxbury today resulted
an order for the sale of the car
under the state law and the proceeds
turned over to the county.
High School
Enrollment at a
High Figure
Opening of New Year Finds Enroll
ment Record Well Over That
of ths Past Years.
The opening or the new year finds
the enrollment record of Plattsmouth
high school to be well above last
year's figures according to a check
of the records in the principal's of
fice made this week. The school year
opened last September with an en
rollment of 273 which compared very
favorably with previous years. To
day the total enrollment is 267 show
ins a net loss of only six students
which is a very small shrinkage for
th9 half year period. The present
record is further emphasized by the
fact that the enrollment at the close
of school last year was 243 with a
mid-year mark of 254. Thus the en
rollment this year is well ahead of
last year's marks and all indica
tions point to fininbir; Vhe year with
little further loss. The figures for
this year do not include seven post j
graduates who are doing part time or
full time work.
The uniform enrollment figures for
this year and the low shrinkage is
doubtless due in part at least to the
economic factors which have caused
an increase in most of the public
schools throughout the state whereas
there has been a loss of from five to
twelve per cent in college and uni
versity enrollment. Students who
might have dropped out of school
in normal times, returned to school
in September and fewer are dropping
out to take jobs because of the scarc
ity of employment. During good
times, the schools always had to com
pete with business and industry in
holding many pupils after they had
passed the compulsory attendance
age.
On the other hand the mainten
ance of enrollment and low
shrink-1
age may be attributed also to the
holding power of the school in the
type of work which it encourages,
its organization and personnel. The
effectiveness of a school may not
only be judged by the success of the
products which are graduated but
also by its ability to keep young peo
ple in school and interested in a
secondary education. These aims,
Plattsmouth high school endeavors
to foster and its graduates and stu
dent body will be favorably compared
with any other .school in Nebraska.
Seven members of former gradu
ating classes are doing part or full
time work, chiefly in the commercial
subjects. The Freshman class con
tinues to be the largst with a total
of 77, closely followed by the Junior
class with 72. The Sophomores num
ber 68 and the Senior class numbers
an even fifty.
WINS BASKETBALL HONORS
The Downers Grove. Illinois, high
school basketball team were the win
ners of the annual Stagg holiday in
terscholastic tournament at Chicago,
the finals being held on December
31st. Downers Grove defeated Roose
velt school of Chicago 35-2C. Then
is some interest here as Superin
tendent G. E. DeWolf of Downers
Grove was former head of the Platts
mouth schools for a number of years.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank firemen, neigh
bors and friends that assisted dur
ing the fire that destroyed our home
on Jan. 6. C. M. and Mrs. Parker.
ltd-ltw
Pioneer Resi
dent Dies at Age
of 97 Years
Mrs. G. W. Mayflcld Called to the
Last Rest at the Nebraska Ma
sonic Home Tuesday.
Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 at the
Nebraska Masonic Home in this city,
Mrs. Emeline P. Mayfield, aged 97
years, two months and twenty-seven
day.-, passed to the last reward.
Mrs. Mayfield had been a resident
of Nebrarka since early territorial
days and has lived largely at Louis
ville and Plattsmouth in the long
years of her useful life. Despite the
fact that almost 100 years had mark
ed the span cf her existence, she was
bright and keen until the end and
! enjoyed to the utmost the passing
years.
In the last weeks she suffered the
bereavement of the loss of her oldest
son, C. G. Mayfield, of Louisville, and
since her return here had not been
in the best of health. A few days
ago she suffered an attack of pneu
monia and from which she failed to
recover.
The deceased lady was born Octo
ber 13, 1835. in the state of Ohio,
then on the frontier of the new na
tion and in that state she spent her
early girlhood days. (The parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Todd, de
cided to seek a home in the new por
tion of the west where the restless
pioneer spirit was calling the set
tlers, and accordingly the family
came to the territory of Nebraska,
settling on a homestead just west of
the frontier settlement of Platts
mouth. Here she grew to womanhood
and in 1S55 she was married to
George W. Mayfield, then a young
minister of the Christian church, also
a pioneer newspaperman of Nebraska.
m r
xw.is Cu5xbCU m.
puoncation at sunwooa, ve
present Louisville Courier fifty years
ago.
The home of Mrs. Mayfield at
Louisville over a half century, was
the center of hospitality of that lit
tle city and where the old friends
gathered to enjoy the opportunity of
visiting with the old time residents.
In 1925 the family circle was
broken when Mr. Mayfield was called
to the last rest and in the last five
years Mrs. Mayfield had resided here
at the Masonic Home where constant
care and comfort made her last years
ones of restful peace.
Embodying the sturdy spirit of
the early American settlers of the
v est, Mrs. Mayfield leaves a splendid
heritage of courage and faith to the
members of the family that she has
reared to manhood and womanhood.
Born while Andrew Jackson was still
serving' as president of the nation,
Mrs. Mayfield was given the oppor
tunity to see her home land advance
to a great nation, stretching between
the oceans, to follow her country in
four great wars, to see the west
wrested from the Indians and be
come a great agricultural empire, as
well as to see all of the great in
ventions that have made life easier
brought into being.
Mrs. Mayfield is survived by five
sons and two daughters, E. O. and
O. M. Mayfield and Mrs. F. A. Secord
of Omaha; A. U. Mayfield of Denver;
G. A. Mayfield of Artesia, California;
Mrs. V. W. Valentine of Los An
geles and L. J. Mayfield, editor of the
Louisville Courier.
The body of Mrs. Mayfield was
taken to Louisville last evening by
the Sattler funeral home and the
funeral services will be held at that
city Thursday. Services will be at
the Christian church. Rev. W. E.
Goings of Greenwood, formerly min
ister at Plattsmouth and Louisville,
and Rev. Robert D. Murphree of the
Methodist church at Louisville con
ducting the service.
Interment will be at the family
lot in Riverview cemetery at Louis
ville, beside that of the husband.
Plattsmouth stores offer every
shopping advantage of the larger
city, plus a personal contact be
tween buyor and seller that means
far more than the "opportunity of
choosing from an extra shade or
two of pink."
Alter tneir marriage air. anu w. j invention3 that had dispiaCed mil-!A. F. & A. M. and tho Mt. Zion com
Mayfield resided in several of the lng Qf workers over the wortd and mandery of the Knights Templar ot
towns of Cass county, Mr. Mayfield ,n creating ot Plattsmoulh.
RECEIVES SAD NEWS
From Wednesday's Daily
This morning the message was re
ceived here by the Louis Born family,
announcing the death of Harry
Thimgan, 35. of Elmwood, a nephew i
by marriage of Mrs. Born. The death
occurred at a hospital at Lincoln
treatment for erysipelas for some;
4 '- rry l i . 1 i '
nine. 1 UB
the widow
deceased is survived by!
and one daughter, Mrs.
Thimgan being formerly Miss Mable
Meisinger. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
G. L. Meisinger of near Manley.
funeral arrangements have a3
been made.
Vocational
Guidance of
Youth Urged
Is
Vance E. Thomas of Lincoln
Speaker at the Luncheon of
the Rotary Club.
The members of the Rotary club business for a great many years,
had the pleasure Tuesday of hear- later enlarging his activities, the
ing a most interesting talk on the, Hotel Drake being built twenty-two
vocational guidance of youth. The' years ago. He was married June G,
speaker was Vance E. Thomas of 1900, to Miss Millie B. Bell, a mem
Lincoln, vocational director of the ber of one of the pioneer families of
Lincoln School of Commerce. near Ashland. To this union two
Mr. Thomas took as his topic the sons were born. Charles B. Drake and
present day conditions where the Miles Prances Drake, the latter pass
thousands of young people that grad-jing away some years ago and the
uate from schools and colleges and departed is survived by tho widow,
vnd that there is less opportunity to, the son, Charles as well as a brother,
secure positions or a start in a life C. F. Drake of Spooner, Wisconsin
work. In past generations the young and a half brother. Clayton Drake of
man or woman found opening injMonterey, California,
many lines that they might choose I The deceased was very active in
for a lifework, which is impossible, his own community, organizing the
i
today. This condition made neces- first commercial club and serving
sary the guidance of youth into lines j several times as chairman of the vil
which they might be best suited and lage board. He was a charter mem
for which they were prepared. The ber cf Louisville lodge No. 184, I. O.
aptakt r aiso took up tho raaffr of o F and the local Woodmen an--',
tho machine age. touching on the a. O. U. W. lodges. Mr. Drake was .
raanv mechanical develooments and
!
tho present world wide problem of.
unemployment.
11C 1 TTT111 n 1WO VI Li. . k v.
fo:iowed with great interest and
! proved a topic that all felt personal
I interest in.
During the program which was un
i der the direction of Superintendent
L. S. Devoe, a delightful piano duet
was afforded by Mrs. R. W. Knorr
nnH Mrs npvne.
Rev. H. G. McClusky gave the'librar- Th':s llbrar- is used to pro'
t o w r.t fH Mnh reading matter for the sailors
C i . . i . V r ill v .11 v. vu. x s u t
Emery Doody in his usual impres
sive manner.
SOCIAL WORKER'S ELECT
ton, D. C.
The Social Worker's of the Meth-j Mrs. J. S. Livingston gave an in
odist church held their regular meet- teresting review of the D. A. R. maga
ing at the home of Mrs. Edgar New- Zjne and Mrs. Otto Keck contributed
ton, Tuesday afternoon, with a large a most interer-ting paper on "Con
number of the members in attend- servation and Thrift."
ance. The ladies had as the chief, At the conclusion of the afternoon
msiness tne election or onicers, trie
following being named:
President Mrs. W. A. Wells.
Vice-President Mrs. R. B. Hayes
Secretary Mrs. L. S. Devoe.
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l reasurei jriis. nemj u.e, i.
After the close of the business.
meeting a pleasant time was enjoyed
by the ladies in a social manner and
the afternoon closed with the serving
of dainty refreshments by the hos
tess. SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
John Lutz and Fred G. Morgan,
two of the veterans of the Burling
ton, were at Omaha Sunday for a
few hours, visiting there with their
old friend and associate in the shops
here, George Dodge. Mr. Dodge has
hupn ill fnr thp nfit tvr wpfks hut
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is now feeling much better altho he.
is still confined to his home. The
many friends of Mr. Dodge will be
pleased to learn that he is better and
trust that he may soon be entirely
over his sickness.
DAISY DAIRY CALF CLUB
The members of the Daisy Dairy
Calf club will organize the club for
the third year work January 20th,
1933, at Noble Kiser's.
All boys or girls between the ages
of 10 and 21 who wish to Join are:
asked to meet with us that night. ;
Members.
Miles Drake, an
Old Resident of
Louisville, Dies
; SuddeEl at at UBk
After Suffering Heart Attack;
Veteran Hotel M:ia.
From Monday's T'ai'v
This morning at 3:30 Miles Drake,
long time resident of Louisville and
No one of the oldest hotel men in busi
yct ness in eastern Nebraska, pac-d
I
away suddenly. Mr. Drake had net
been in the best of health for the
past year, but was not considered
critical until the heart attack this
morning.
Miles N. Drake was born in North
'Chemung. Chemung county, New
York and came to Nebraska with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Drake,
to what was then called Plum Creek,
where Lexington is now located, in
1874. In the year 1887 Mr. Drake
came to Louisville and engaged in
the restaurant and confectionary
'member of SDrin:rfi3ld lodge No. 112.
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HOLD PLEASANT MEETING
Fontenelle chapter of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution met
'Monday afternoon at the home of
5 Mrs. Henry McMaken on high school
hill. The chapter has decided to se
cure another box of books which will
Ibe shipped to the merchant marine
on boats under tne American nag,
as they are engaged in their voyages,
j A representative and alternate v.as
! elected to the Continental Congress
! which is held in March at Washing-
Mrs. McMaken served refresnments
appropriate to this season of the year.
ERROR IN S0ENNICHSEN AD
proTT1 T"OPiay'P Hall-
rue to a transposition of prices in
the Soennuh.sen "January Clearance"
' a(j ;n yesterday's Journal, a group of
Women's. Misses' and Children's Coats
were priced at $2.95, and a Child
ren's group at $4.95. The Children's
Coats should have been quoted at
$2.95 and the Women's group at $4.95
that figure being the lowest priced
aduit coats offered by the Soennlch
sen company. They are also offering
some sensational values in the higher
priced coat range, at $9.50 and $7.95,
that include some splendid fur trim
med garments. Exceptionally low
prices on seasonable merchandise is
the order of the day at Soennlchsen's
and their ad listed dozens of values.
The Journal regrets this error in
coat prices and hastens to correct it.
REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES
Tho real estate farm mortgage re
cord fnr the year 1932, has been com
piled by Register of Deeds Miss Lil-
Han White, the following being the
number and value of the mortgages:
j Farm Property.
f 231 filed, value $833,096.86; 144
1 released, value $788,490.65.
City Property.
89 filed, value $154,066.12; 7S
released, amount, 148,435.S9.