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VOL. NO. XT.TX
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, SEPT. 25, 1933.
NO. 63
Two Great Parades
Feature Opening of
the Korn Festival
Children's Pet Parade in Afternoon
One of Color and Charm Kourt
Parade at Night.
From Thursday's Dally
The two parades that were held
in the afternoon and evening were
such as would have been worthy ol
a much larger city and showed the
skill and hard work of the men,
women and children that had labor
ed to make the events so successful.
The children's Pet parade in the
afternoon was sponsored by the
Plattsmouth Woman's club and was
one in which the ladies of the city
had worked hard in preparing the
children and their hundreds of at
tractive costumes and vehicles for the
big event.
The afternoon parade formed at
the Legion and Elks building and was
under the leadership of Dr. J. L.
Taylor, as marshal, the marching
starting shortly before 4 o'clock and
was a scene of beauty as the color
ful arrayed marchers with their
ponies, bicycles, scooters and doll
buggies swung into Main street and
for the length of the street was a
double column of bright hues and
winsome children. All sections had
vied with each other in the arrange
ments for the parade and as each
spction passed it seemed that it couid
not be surpassed.
The high school band and junior
drum corps assisted the marching
columns while the Avoca band from
the reviewing stand also added to
the musical settings of the big par
ade. The comic section of the parade
brought out many of the charactersj
in the city dailies as special prizes
were offered by the Omaha papers
for the best in the several classes.
The task of the Judges was very
difficult as there was a most wonder
ful array of costumes of all kinds
and colors as well as decorated ve
hicles to add to the genral picture
of a real success.
The Evening Parade.
The Kangaroo Kourt parade, one
cf the long looked for features of the
festival was witnessed by a crowd of
some 5,000 persons last night when
the long line of merrymakers in all
manner of costume were in the line
of marchers.
The parade included all those who
had appeared at previous parades of
the Kourt prisoners and in addition
the persons sentenced last Saturday
were in line as well as a large num
ber of the ladies of the city.
The drum corps and the "German"
band led by W. R. Holly furnished
the music for the paraders and it
was truly a gala occasion for all of
the marchers as well as the delighted
audience.
IThe beautiful and .colorful tiny
"Butterflies" were a feature of the
parade as they had been some two
weeks ago and also the "Early Amer
icans," which had been so popular,
the "Hot Chas" in(their uniforms, as
well as hundreds of the snappy In
dividual costumes made a scene that
w ill long be remembered. One of the
new and surprise features was the
"shot gun wedding" party which was
a clever nad well carried out part of
the parade.
Following the parade the Amer
ican Legion building was the center
of attraction as several hundred of
the young and old gathered to take
part in the ball that had been ar
ranged for the occasion and served to
entertain the crowds until a late
hour.
WIN MANY 4-H AWARDS
State Club Leader Frisble report
ed Thursday that Nebraska members
won" major prizes at the Sioux City
4-H baby beef show at which there
were 300 entries. Lloyd Peters ol
Dakota county was first for the sen
ior Hereford steer class, and later
won the reserve championship. Oth
ers in the class were DeForest, Rog-
genbauch, Wayne, second; Kay
Peters. Dakota, fifth; and Vernon
Hixson, Antelope, ninth. Clifford
Ambrose, Pierce, showed sixth In the
senior Shorthorn class; Ralph Knud
son, Dakota, third in senior Angus
class, and Don Lutt, Wayne, eighth
individual place.
farm: home destroyed
From Thursday's Daily
Fire of an undetermined origin
last evening destroyed the farm resi
dence occupied by the J. E. Scott
family, south of this city. The place
is located near the former Mark
White farm south of Rock Bluffs and
the fire was discovered by a neigh
bor who was driving past but it was
impossible to save the property or
the household goods. The family had
left horns to attend the Korn festival
in this city and their first intimation
of the fire was when the telephone
message was broadcast from the plat
form at 5th and Main streets. The
loss will be quite heavy to the family
as all of their possessions were de
stroyed and the house burned to the
ground.
Judge Begley
Serves Twenty
Years on Bench
First Appointed to Bench in 1913 to
Fill Vacancy and Has Since
Served Second District.
James T. Begley, judge of the sec
ond judicial district, will, the com
ing month, observes the twentieth
anniversary on the bench of the dis
trict to which he was appointed in
1913 to succeed the late Judge Har
vey D. Travis.
The district in earlier years had
embraced Cass and Otoe counties
alone, but some twenty-five years ago
the addition was made of Sarpy coun
ty and which brought the native
county of Judge Begley into this dis
trict. In the past fifty years the district
has had few judges. Judge S. M.
Chapman serving several terms on
the bench in the late eighties and
nineties, then Judge B. S. Ramsey
was called to the position to be suc
ceeded by Judge Paul Jessen in 1900,
he retiring after two terms on the
bench and was succeeded by Judge
Travis of this city.
Judge Begley aad served brilliant
ly as county attorney of Sarpy coun
ty as well as county judge, in which
office he was serving when he was
called by Governor John H. More-
head to take the district judge posi
tion as a settlement of a long fight
between other candidates.
The district court has had no more
able figure than that of Judge Begley
and his work has won him statewide
recognition for his work on the bench
and in his work with the supreme
court he has been called upon to pass
on some very important law cases.
ALL STARS TAKE GAME
From Friday's Daily
The All Stars of this city took the
Cocoa Cola kittenball team of Ne
braska City last evening by the score
of 7 to 5 in a hard fought battle and
in which Knoflicek, local hurler gave
but seven hits while twelve blows
were garnered from Kessner of the
visitors.
Both teams scored twice in the
opening inning and the visitors one
each in the third and fourth to lead,
but the All Stars with two tallies in
the fifth tied up the score. The visi
tors again stepped out one score in
front in the seventh. The All Stars
with three runs in the eighth inning
took a lead that was not to be over
come as they held the visitors score
less in the ninth.
The tabultaed score:
Nebraska City
R H E
Tinnemeyer, 3b 2 10
New-master, c 12 0
McGuire, 2b 0 0 2
Chrisman. ss 10 1
Thorns. If 0 0 0
Red McGuire, cf 0 10
Flemming rf 0 2 0
Schnot, ss 0 0 0
Heisner, p 10 0
Able, lb 0 10
Plattsmouth
R H E
Ashbaugh, c 110
Schlieske, cf 12 0
Schutz. ss 2 11
J. Krejcl, ss 110
Ofe. If 110
Hirz. lb 0 0 2
Kriskey, 3b 1 3 0
F. Krejci, 2b 0 2 2
Svoboda.t rf . 0 1 0
Knoflicek. p 0 0 0
7 12 B
Century of
Progress Parade
Great Feature
Residents of Communities Near This
City Stage Magnificent Parade
of Floats, Farm Products.
The Century of Progress parade,
arranged and staged by the residents
of the farming communities near this
city, Thursday afternoon, was one of
the finest that has been held in the
city during the Korn festival.
In originality and cleverly staged
floats and period characters, the par
ticipants showed the greatest skill
and for their splendid efforts they
deserve the greatest commendation
of the residents of the community.
The parade was arranged under
the auspices of the committee head
ed by Charles Barnard and in the
work of getting the program under
way the committee had the lrjarty
co-operation of the men and women
in the communities near this city.
The parade formed at Seventh and
Pearl streets and headed by the mar
shals, Charles Barnard and Fred
Wehrbein, formed a long array ol
floats and marching bodies that cov
ered the entire street in the business
section. The wide variety cf floats
and vehicles made the parade one
that required some time to pass.
The advance in farm transporta
tion was told most graphically in
the large number of wagons, bug
gies and autos in the line of the
parade, starting with the covered
wagon of the earliest pioneer to in
clude the "democrat" wagon of the
next later period then the horses and
carriages that in their day was the
smart word in the line of transpor
tation, including the '"hack" that
one- had featured in many social
functions. In keeping with the spirit
of the parade each of the wagons
or carriages had groups costumed to
represent the particular period.
The beautiful array of horseflesh
in the parade was another of the
popular features that appealed to
everyone, from the great powerful
draft horses to the prancing saddle
horses that were rode by the men
and ladies in the line of march.
King Korn was fittingly hailed by
hi3 subjects as beautifully arranged
floats carried loads of corn in the
shock and in special designed floats
with the ear corn on display.
The parade was assisted by a clever
costumed band as well as the drum
corps.
The parade of the farming com
munity not only touched the high
est spots in cleverness and beauty
but also they had the best array of
clowns and funmakers that have been
in any of the parades and their live
ly antics kept the crowds lining the
streets in a roar.
The parade was judged by D. D.
Wainscott, county agent, Frank E.
Wood, secretary of the Cass county
fair and E. H. Spangler of near this
city. The large number of entries
made the task difficult, so keen was
the competition in the various classes.
The awards of the judges in the
several classes were as follows:
Best team of horses in parade
Howard Wiles, first; Ed Todd, sec
ond.
Best team of mules in parade
William Wehrbein, Ruel Sack and
George Mumm.
Best agricultural float Elbert
Wiles, Albert Glaubitz.
Best farm produce float Myron
Wiles.
Best dressed couple or person
Bernard Meisinger, Mary Katherine
Wiles.
Worst dressed persons Towner
Livingston and party.
Most original costumes, John Hob
scheidt, Tilly and Mack.
Most comical costumes Perry Cor
nell, William Wetenkamp.
Best representative of old times
Ralph Wehrbein, Shanty Wood
ward.
Most dilapidated auto Albert
Wetenkamp, Tilly and Mack.
Most dilapidated team and buggy
Mrs. Virgle Perry, John Wehrbein.
Oldest couple in parade T. E.
Todd, J. A. Kiser.
Largest family In parade Ben
Speck and his Indians, John Hob-
scheidt and party.
Largest display of farm products
Glen Wiles and Nelson, Cole Bro
thers.
Best hill-billy outfit Ted Carey,
Ruel Sack.
Best horse and rider Mrs. Henry
Hild, Albert Young.
Best pony and rider Don Snyder,
Emerson Wiles and Fred Hike.
The distribution of the prizes was
made at the platform at 4:30 to pre-ce.-
afternoon closing entertain
ment by the old time orchestra, led
ment by the old time roehestra.
SUFFERS SEVERE FALL
Mrs. J. IT. McMaken is recovering
from the effects of a'pair.ful accident
that she sustained at her home on
North 11th street. Mrs. McMaken
had arisen in the night and leaving
her room had failed to turn on the
lights arid suddenly fell down a
flight of stairs to the lower flower.
She was badly bruised and shaken
up and was confined to her bed for
come time. Her daughter. Mrs. Sher
man Taylor, of Wyniore has been
here with the mother, returning home
this afternoon as Mrs. McMaken is
now improving nicely.
Old Settlers
Enjoy Reunion
Here Thursday
Program at Elks Building Arranged
for Old Time Residents Music
by Kynard Orchestra.
Carrying on the Old Settler's re
union which was originated some
forty-five years ago, the old timers
of Cass county and the former resi
dents of Plattsmouth gathered in this
city to enjoy a real get together.
For the convenience and comfort
cf the older people the program was
held at the Elks building where there
was ample accommodations and here
the program of the afternoon was
held.
Judge A. H. Duxbury. chairman
of the "reunion committee,' served as
the presiding officer of the afternoon
and introduced the srveral numbers
of the program. :
The Mynard Community orchestra,
composed of Mrs. Roy Cole, piano;
James Schmidt, Willis Cole, violins;
Robert Wolfe, clarinet; Mrs. Elbert
Wiles, flute; Roy Cole, William Hin
richsen, trumpets; Mrs. Sherman
Cole, cello; Clifton B. Smith, bass
saxophone; Sherman Cole, trombone;
Otto Schafer, drums, under the di
rection of James Schmidt, gave a fine
program. The numbers were well
selected and offered a wide selection
of delightful music.
The Rock Bluffs orchestra, a group
of the real old time musicians was
also on the program and entertain
ed with several of the old and loved
melodies of the long ago. This was
composed of Sherd Graves, Perry
Graves, Joe Shera and Ray Hutch
ison. Adding to the entertainment of
the program was the readings by
Janet Westover and Virginia Trively,
two of the talented young ladies of
the city.
During the afternoon there were
several letters read from old time
residents, A. L. Timblin, Judge Jesse
L. Root, Byron Clark and several
others, sending greetings as they were
unable to be here in person.
FINE MUSICAL OFFERING
From Friday' DeJlr
The concert last evening by the
Louisville municipal band was one of
the most enjoyed features of the Korn
festival, this splendid musical organ-1
ization under the direction of G. M.
Crom
This band is one of the crack mu
sical organization of Cass county and
its concert numbers appeal to the
lovers of real music. The residents of
this city and vicinity are delighted
to have had the opportunity of hav
ing them here and trust that they
may be induced to repeat their isit
here at some future time.
REAL AUTO TROUBLE
Here's the language In which Ed
Schulhof describes his recent auto
mobile troubles, according to a
friend :
"I got incited and stepped on the
celery instead of the brake puddle,
so we had a head-in collusion. So
our regulator was dentaled, the mud
gutters was shuttered, the lances of
the headlands was smashed to smat
tereens, and the man had to come
from the surface station with the
whacker to tow us in.
"When we got to the barrage we
found out one of the cinders was
crackled and had to be wilted. And,
besides that, we had to get new pis
tols and a new commentator and a
new correctinf rod."
Death of Mrs.
J. C. Ellington
on Thursday
Long Time Resident of Nehraska
Passed Away After niness of
Some Duration.
Thursday afternoon at the family
home here occurred the death of Mrs.
J. C. Ellington. C7, death coming
after an illness that has covered the
past year and a half and during
which the patient has been gradu
ally failing until death came to her
relief.
Anna Seybert, daughter of Andrew
C. and Susan Seybert, was born in
Monterey, Virginia, June 21, 1866,
when a child of two years she was
brought by the parents to Nebraska
and settled in Cass county where she
spent the greater part of her life
time. She was educated here and on
December 5, 1888, was married to
Joseph C. Ellington, who preceded
the wife in death four years ago.
The family resided in this commun
ity until they moved to the northern
part of the state and spent some
twenty-five years in the vicinity of
Bloomfield, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs.
Ellington moved back to Plattsmouth
some nine years ago.
To bless the life of Mr. and Mrs.
Ellington five children were born;
two preceding the parents in death,
the surviving children being Miss
Bertha Ellington of this city, Roy
Ellington of Valentine and Mrs.
George Gade of this city.
There will be funeral services here
on Saturday afternoon at 4:30 at
the Sattler funeral home and the
body will be taken to Bloomfield Sun
day morning for interment. Friends
wishing, to take a last farewell may
call at the Sattler. funeral Jiome Sat
urday from 10 a. m. to 12 noon.
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM
The high .school musical talent
furnished the greater part of the
entertainment at the platform for
Thursday afternoon. Miss Cora Wil
liams presenting several of her pupils
in numbers.
The high school boy's double quar
tet composed of William Jensen,
Oliver Taylor. Ed Kalina, George
Adam, Greth Garentt, William Wool
cott and Bernard Knoflicek, were pre
sented in two numbers.
The girls' trio comprising Mary
Ann Rosencrans, Helen Gilmour and
Velma Wells also were heard in two
numbers that were given in a very
artistic manner.
A vocal solo was given by William
Jensen, bass soloist of the high school
group and which was well given by
this talented young man.
A piano selection was also offered
by Miss Virginia Samek of the school
group, one of the well known musi
cians of the city.
Miss Mildred Cisney was present
ed in a guitar selection that added
much to the interest and enjoyment
of the large audience.
RECEIVES PRIZE
E. F. Parker, R. F. D. No. 1. Weep
ing Water was in the city Wednes
day to enjoy the opening day of the
Korn festival. Mr. Parker was the
winner of a yearly subscription to
the Journal, which was offered as a
premium at the Cass county fair at
Weeping Water. Mr. Parker was
winner of first prize for the grand
champion bull and he is very much
pleased with the premium that was
given and which will visit his home
for the next year.
OLD TIMER HERE
From Friday's Dally
Charles A. Miller, better known
to the associates of years ago as
"Whitey," came in this morning to
spend a 6hort time here with the
old time friends. Mr. Miller Is now
living at Brunswick, where he has
for the past years been engaged in
farming. He is looking fine and en
joyed to the utmost the opportunity
of meeting the old time friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Reese Hastain and
Mrs. Nellie Agnew, mother of Mrs.
Hastain, were In the city for a short
time Thursday to attend the Old Set
tler's reunion and meeting old
friends.
YOUNG PEOPLE ENTERTAIN
The entertainment at the platform
at Fifth and Main streets on Friday
afternoon was largely by the young
artists of the city in several varied
numbers. John Kenneth Bestor was
presented in a reading, Eloise Cole
in a delightful piano number while
Mildred Knoflicek was heard in a
charming violin offering as a part of
the piogram. Anton Bajeck, veteran
xyleophone artist, was also presented
in a series of numbers and which in
cluded a very clever representation of
bird calls on the instrument.
In the evening, following the band
concert, Greth Garnett and Marvin
Tritsch, who have often delighted
Plattsmouth audiences, were heard
in one of their clever acts. These
young men are always popular enter
tainers and their offering last eve
ning was one of the fine features of
the excellent program.
First Workers
Start on River Im
provement Work
Ten Men Placed at Work Today on
Task of Building Shacks Near
Scene of Activity.
From Saturday's Daily
This morning a force of ten men
was selected here and sent to the
Iow a side of the Missouri river where
they are to start in on the prepar
ation for the opening of the active
work on the Missouri river improve
ments, contract for which i3 in the
hands of A. W. Farney of Kansas
City.
There will be additional men sent
on the job the first of the week it
was stated at the local, employment
office, the work, being pushed so that
the actual river. work may soon be
under way, the projects requiring
some ten months to be completed.
The applications ,through regis
tration for the river work has been
larg and the local offices handling
the matter have been rushed by the
hundreds who are eager to again be
given the opportuntiy for work.
TEAM HAS TRY0UT
The Platters in their scrimmage
Friday afternoon at South high, had
the first experience of the year in a
scrimmage with the Packers of Coach
Davis. The Platters showed well as
Coach Rothert worked out several
combinations of the players that will
constitute the team for this season.
On the defensive the Platters show
ed well and Armstrong and Jess Tay
lor were particularly effective in
their work on the line. This year
the absence of veteran backs with
the exception of Ronne, powerhouse
of the offense, makes necessary Coach
Rothert to pick his ball luggers from
the second stringers of last year.
Plattsmouth has its first game on
next Friday afternoon on the local
field with Glenwood. This will be
the first opportunity for the fans to
see the 1933 natters in action and
they should have a good attendance
for the opening battle. Glenwood lost
Friday on their own field to Thomas
Jefferson of Council Bluffs by the
score of 36 to 6.
CONTEST DRAWS INTEREST
The harmonica contest which was
held at the platform at Fifth and
Main streets on Friday afternoon at
tracted a great deal of attention with
three youngsters in the contest.
There were two boys, Wayne Falk,
14, -Ivan Smith, 11 and also one girl
contestant, Phyllis Redd, all furnish
ing three numbers. The determin
ation of the winners was by the ap
plause of the auditors and which
gave R. Foster Patterson consider
able difficulty in determining the
winner, so the first place was divided
between Ivan Smith and Phyllis
Redd and second place to Wayne
Falk.
Don Brittain was also heard In a
special feature offering with the
Jew's harp on which he showed as a
real artist.
Ivan Smith with his mouth harp
and Roy Lancaster with" the banjo
also gave several numbers while
Louis Patton also gave severe.1 mouth
harp selections with the Three
Muasketeers.
Business and
Industrial Parade
Big Attraction
Local Business Houses and Corpor
ations Present Handsomely Ar
ranged Floats in Parade.
The parade staged by the Lupines;?!
houses of the city as wf ll as several
of the utility corporations, Friday
afternoon, was an event that will
long rank as one of the most attrac
tive and colorful parade htld in the
city.
The parade had been organized
under the direction of E. L. McKis
sick of the Iowa-Nebraska Light
Power Co., and the response ol" the
business houses was very fine and
the array of handsomely decorated
fioat3 and cars showed the interest
and effort that had been made in pre
paring for the event.
The parade was formed on Wash
ington avenue and with the drum
corps heading the line of march en
tered the business section of the city
on Vine street, the nto Sixth and
south to Main, east on Main and
countermarched to Sixth and south
to Pearl, west on Pearl to Seventh
and then north on Seventh to dis
band. The floats showed a great deal of
skill in their preparation and many
clever ideas were to be found in the
designs that had been arranged,
showing the lines of activities of the
concerns entering the floats in the
parade.
The work of the telephone com
pany was shown on their industrial
float in a fine manner as they had
both the construction and maintain
ing force as well as the operators on
the floats emblematic of their serv
ice. . .....
The Iowa-Nebraska Light & Powf
Co., had a large representation In
the electric kitchen which was the
object of much interest and left here
as an exhibit for the rest of the
festival.
The automobile dealers of the city
had a large display in the parade, the
Chevrolet company having the honor
of providing transportation for the
mayor and city officials, while the
Ford company had a large display
as well as the Dodge and Plymouth
cars.
The Missouri river fishermen had
an original and striking representa
tion in the skiff and their nets with
which they catch the fish to supply
the demands of the residents of this
section.
The many finely decorated cars
with their array of bright hucd crepe
paper, or natural greens and flowers
were many and to describe each in
detail would be an impossibility.
Among the most elaborately decor
ated of the cars in the parade was
that of Henry Jasper, florist. Mauzy
Drug Co., Bates Book store and the
R. W. Knorr Variety store, all of
which had evidently represented long
hours of effort. In cleverness and
originality the E. A. Vv'url miniature
store, the Bauer plumbing company
and the large Hatt were especially
interesting, as well a3 the Pease Style
Shop.
All those who prepared and took
part in the parade are to be congratu
lated on the showing that they pre
sented for the city as a part of the
great Korn festival.
WEEPING WATER HERE
Friday afternoon and last evening
a very large delegation of the resi
dents of our neighboring city of
Weeping Water were here to enjoy
the Korn festival and also to return
the complimentary visit of the Platts
mouth business men to the county
fair last week.
Weeping Water wa3 most promin
ently identified with the Friday pro
gram as the concert band of that city,
one of the best in the eastern sec
tion cf Nebraska, played the concert
at the platform at Fifth and Main
streets. This band was under the di
rection of A. W. Hawkins and gave
one of the finest programs that has
been heard here In many long days.
Weeping Water has a right to be
proud of their band and have given
it a strong support that is well de
served in the summer concert program.
Phone the news to No. 6.