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VOL. 50. XLLX
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1933.
SO. 79
1
Noted Speaker
Urges Retention
of Dry Laws
E. "Pussyfoot" Johnson Spoke
Sunday Evening on Eehalf of
Nebraska Amendment.
Sunday evening at the First Pres-
byterain church was held a union
meeting in tne support of the dry
amendment to the Nebraska state
constitution which is to be voted ofi
at the election in the fall of 1934.
The meeting brought hers one of
the most outstanding figures in the
world cf lectures and travel in the
person of illiam E. or as he is
known over the world, "Pussyfoot"
Johnson, whose life has been devoted
to the cause of temperance and who
is now engaged in a tour of Nebraska.
The meeting was participated in
by the congregations of both the
Methodist and Presbyterian churches.
The speakers were introduced by
Dr. H. G. McClusky and both Mr.
Johnson and F. H. Hutton, president
of the state Anti-Saloon league who
also spoke, were followed with the
greatest of interest by the audience
during the entirety of their remarks.
Mr. Johnson conceded the fact
that the repeal of national prohibi
tion was at hand as the result of the
elections held in the various states
and he devoted a great deal of his
time to the discussion of the various
methods of handling the traffic. In
discussing this phase of the case Mr.
Johnson said:
"The various proposals for the re
form of the drink traffic put out un
der the patronage of Mr. John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. have been tried out
again and again in various countries
of the world. In nearly every case,
they have been sponsored by the
breweries themselves. And in every
ras. the result for sobriety bare
been more unsuccessful than the old1
time saloon itself." That is what
Mr. Johnson stated and he Quoted a
whole pile of facts and statistics to
prove it.
"South Carolina tried it for twenty
five years under the efforts of Sen
ator Tillman and the results were so
rotten that he turned upon it and
helped put it out of commission. Rus
sia tried it under the efforts of Prime
Minister Count Sergius Witte. The
results were so disastrous that Witte
himself denounced the project as a
'streetwalker" and helped terminate
it.
"Sweden tried out the systems and
the result is that arrests for drunk
enness in Stockholm, in proportion
to populations, run ten times what
they do in New York City, the rot
tenest old dump that we have in Am
erica. "Canada tried out the same old
game and the results are that the
arrests for drunkenness and the con
sumption of liquor during the past
ten years has increased faster than
in any other country on earth, save
Russia and Turkey, which have the
same system.
"England has been trying it out
in the Carlisle area ever since early
in the great war. The result is that
the arrests for drunkenness in Car
lisle are greater than in two-thirds
of the British citeis of the same class.
"This program of government
monopoly of the booze business as has
been chiefly proposed and urged by
the brewers themselves for the last
tit years. This .thing or peddling
booze for the benefit of tha peovle
and for the glory of God produces
far worse results than the old time
saloon system."
Mr. Hutton discussed the matter
of the repeal of the Nebraska dry
law that will be 'submitted to the
voters of the state next fall and urged
the rallying of the supporters of the
prohibition movement to the cause
and to be on the firing line to see
that the amendment is not repealed
and that the state law be kept intact
despite the action on the national
prohibition laws.
ENJOY HUNTING PARTY
Saturday evening Fred Lugsch,
George Jeager. Henry Ofe, Jr., and
Richard Elliott, departed on a hunt
ing trip and to take advantage of tbe
last days of the pheasant season. The
party did their hunting near Spauld
ing and secured a nice hag 'f game
as the result of their marksmanship.-
ATTENDS FOOTBALL GAME
Rev. Father Patrick Harte, pastor
of the St. Patrick's church at Man
ley, was a visitor in the city on Sun
day, motoring over to enjoy the foot
ball game between the Louisville
C. C. C. boys and the Plattsmouth
Town team. The result was a 6 to 0
victory for the boys from the camp.
Father Karte has shown a great in
terest in the work of the camp and
has assisted the young men in many
ways during the time that they were
located at Louisville.
Junior Class to
Present Mystery
Play December 8
(decided to sleep longer, it being Sun
Decide on This Play Instead of "The day and his absence was not the oc-
Solid South" Which was
First Chosen.
Having decided ten days ago to pre
sent "The Solid South"' as their an
nual play, the Junior class have since
discovered an outstanding mystery
play which they like much better and
which gives opvortur.ity for more of
the class to take part, so "Spooks"
will be given as the Junior class play.
Likewise the date has been changed
from the usual date, Tuesday before
Thanksgiving, to the night of Decem
ber Sth. So, following the original
announcement relative to the Junior
class play, final plans are now to pre
sent "Spooks" at the high school on
Friday evening, December Sth.
The play will be directed by Mr.
Figley, coach of debate and declam
atory, assisted by Miss Helene Perry
and Mr. L. L. Starrett, co-sponsor of
the class. Tryout3 for the places in
the cast were held last week and the
following have been chosen:
Elliott Butterfield Frederick Fricke
Laurette Payne Velma Wells
Marion 'BlackwelLT. IlMIIdred Cacy
Douglas Blackwell Earle Johnson
Silas Willoby Donald Cotner
Judy Jessie Carey
Sain Wiiliam Slayman
Miss Brown Mary Lindeman
Inspector Ernest Richter
Messenger Boy John Nottelman
Officer Wm. Starkjohn
The play has an unusual setting
calling for weird and ghostly lighting
eecgts and in some instances the char
acters come to the stage from the
audiences. "Spooks" is a most ap
propriate name for this spooky play,
a murder mystery which i3 not solved
until the last breath taking minutes
of the third act. The inclusion of two
darky characters in the play in the
person of Judy and Sam, gives addi
tional interest to the play. "Spooks"
is one of Samuel French's plays and
will doubtless prove to b ea happy se
lection by the class.
Rehearsals will begin this week.
HOLD HALLOWE'EN PARTY
The home of Mr. and Mrs. John
E. Turner was the scene of a very
delightful gathering on Saturday
evening, the occasion being a Hal-j
lowe'en party given by Miss Dorothy
Jean Turner to a number of the young
school friends.
The home was arranged in the
many fanciful designs of the Hal
lowe'en season and noise producing
devices added to the enjoyment of the
jolly party. Amid the scenes of the
Hallowe'en season the young folks
enjoyed many games. Miss Helen Far
ley assisting in the games and amuse
ments.
The refreshments were in keeping
with the spirit of the Hallowe'en sea
son and each of the guests presented
with a favor in the form of a tiny
clown and which wa3 filled with
candy.
Those who enjoyed the occasion
were: Dorothea Mae Duxbury, Shir
ley Mason, Helen Hiatt, Harriet Goos,
Dorothy Ann Will, Shirley Walling,
Jean Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Wiles,
June Griffin, Peggy Wiles, Rosalyn
Mark, Ruth Westover, Betty Vallery,
Helen Barkus, Betty McKissick, Willa
Sylvester, Margaret Sylvester, Dor-
othy Jean Turner.
HAVE A NEW SON
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gapen, Jr., are
rejoicing over the addition of a fine
son to the family circle and the occa
sion has brought much joy to the
happy parents as well as the grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gapen,
Sr. The little one has been christened
Richard Oscar.
Jas. Terryberry,
Old Time Resident
of County Dies
End Comes Peacefully While Aged
West of This City.
James Terryberry, 71. one of the!accc'Ptcd wiU at once bc takea into
best known riArxr. to rf roo srint
A. VUJu V.VUIliJ
and one of the wealthy and extensive
land owners of this section, passed
away at his home west of this city
sometime Saturday night.
The passing of Mr. Terryberry was
discovered Sunday morning when his
daughter, Mrs. Howard Fullerton had
gone to the room of the father to call
him to breakfast. Mr. Terryberry was
usually up quite early but the fam
ily considered that he had probably
casion of alarm.
Mr. Terryberry had been in the
city Saturday afternoon and appear
ed in his usual health, altho he had
in recent months suffered a great deal
from heart trouble and which brought
a peaceful and sudden termination of
his life.
The deceased came to Nebraska
when a bey cf nineteen year3 and
had since made his home in Cass
county and by his diligence and thrift
acquired a great deal of the choice
farming land near Cedar Creek and
Louisville. He was a great lover of
the outdoors and one of the leading
sportsmen of the county, enjoying
hunting and fishing a great deal.
Mr. Terryberry is survived by six
sons and two daughters, the wife
having preceded him in death some
years ago. The children are Dan,
Fred, Jess, Earl, John, and Glenn,
all living near Cedar Creek; Mrs. Otto
Schafer of Murray, and Mrs. Howard
Fullerton who has been making her
home with the father,
-r Mr; and Mrs. Fullerton were plan
ning on moving into this city in a
short time and the father was to have
accompanied them to reside here and
leave the cares of the farm.
CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY
The passing of the sixty-seventh
birthday anniversary of George A.
Kaffenberger, one of the well known
citizens of the community, was ob
served at the family home on high
school hill Sunday. The event was
in the nature of a dinner party and
in which a numberof the neighbors
were invited in to join the members
cf the family in their congratulations
and well wishes to the guest of honor.
The dinner was arranged by the
daughters and daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Lester Foxwell, Mrs. Adrain Edgar
and Mrs. John B. Kaffenberger and
was a most delightful occasion and
was followed by the social evening
and visiting among the members of
the party.
The centerpiece of the birthday
dinner at the noon hour was a fine
birthday cake that had been prepared
by the members of the family circle.
In the afternoon the friends came
in to give the guest of honor a most
delightful surprise and to remain
over for the evening. A buffet supper
was served at 6 o'clock for the mem
bers of the group.
Those who enjoyed the occasion
were: Mrs. Lester Foxwell and son,
Leo, Mrs. Adrain Edgar and sons,
George and Harold, Mr. and Mrs. R.
W. Knorr and Jean and Billy, Mr.
and Mr3. F. R Gobelman, Mr. and
Mrs Frank A. Cloidt and daughter,
Frances, Mrs. Laura Erinkman.
HOLD INTERESTING MEETING
The members of the St. John's
school Parent-Teacher's association
held a very interesting meeting on
Friday evening at the school and
which was attended by a large num
ber of the membership. The program
of the evening was in the nature of
a "Hallowe'en event and which was
furnished by the pupils of the eighth
grade of the school, some very clever
numbers being presented by the tal
ented young people of the school.
The business session was largely
devoted to the discussion of the con
stitution and by-laws of the organ
ization. At an appropriate hour erfresh
ments in keeping with the Hallowe'en
season were served and which added
to the enjoyment of all of the mem
bers of the group.
FORESTERS TO REPORT.
The local board that will have
charge of the selection of the fifteen
young men who will represent Cass
county's quota for the conservation
camps, have-received the official no-
ucf. tBal ine yo ? . are
house here on Wednesday, November
Sth at S a. m. for examination and if
' EOIVlCe
The examination and enlistment
will bc in charge cf Major A. C. Wal
lir.gton at thi3 city, t
C. C. C. Boys in
West Camps are
Ready for Winter
Lccal Group at Camp Tyee, Hoseburg,
Oregon, to Have Winter
Quarters Ready.
The Plattsmouth young men be
longing to the Civilian Conservation
Corps, who are located at Camp Tyee,
Roseburg, Oregon, are engaged with
all members of the camp force in pre
paring for winter weather and the
necessity for warmer quarters.
Walter Eledge, one of the members
of the camp writes that the winter
barracks are now under way and fast
nearing completion and will be ready
for the shelter of the company by the
time the change in weather occurs.
The members of the camp force
that deeircd were enabled to make
the trip to Portland. 'Oregon to en
joy the U. cf Oregon and Southern
California football game.
Walter has been able to put his
river knowledge to good use as he is
in charge of the ferry that plies on
the small river near the camp and
serves to transport the men and
trucks to and from over the river.
He is assisted by Johnnie Richardson,
grandson cf - John RSixwdson, wh.o
for many years operated the ferry
here. The boat that they use is
equipped with a motor and which
aids the navigators very much.
A new detachment of young men
has arrived at Camp Tyee, they being
largely from St. Louis, Missouri.
FUNERAL OF JAS. TERRYBERRY
From Tuesday's Daily
The funeral services of the late
James Terryberry were held this aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock from the Glendale
church west of this city and near
the family home. The services were
largely attended, there being a large
number from all sections of the
county present to pay their last trib
utes to the memory of this splendid
citizen who had so suddenly gone
from the scene of his earthly activity.
The services were in charge of Dr.
H. G. McClusky, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of thi3 city, who
brought to the family circle and the
old friends a message of comfort in
the words of the scriptures.
Frank A. Cloidt gave a solo num
ber, "The City Four Square," while
the Masonic quartet composed cf
Frank A. Cloidt, Raymond C. Cook,
H. G. McClusky and R. W. Knorr
gave the beautiful old hymn, "Going
Down the Valley."
The interment was at the Glen
dale cemetery near the church where
the body was laid to rest beside that
of the wife.
COMPLETE TESTS
Boy Scout leaders and scoutmasters
from several points in southeastern
Nebraska gathered at Nebraska City
on Sunday where they attended the
completion of the second class exam
ination. The work, under the direction of
B. B. Dawson and L. Harbottle, exec
utives of the Cornhusker area, was in
struction in the regular second class
degree in Scouting. The meeting was
the last of a series of six held for
the leaders there.
ine leaaers were aiviaea into two
patrols of nine for the taking of the
tests, in tne evening tanner was.iamiiy, wno nave Deen mamng tneir
cooked over open fires without thejhome at Wahoo, are moving today to
use of cooking utensils one of the, this city where they will make their
requirements. jhome in the old home of Mrs. Cap-
Tracking, and woodcraft, as well pell, the Wohlfarth residence on
as pacing and fire building were other
requirements studied.
Those from this city to complete
the work included Scoutmaster Ray
Larson as well as Aulton Rolland and
Francis Libershal.
State to Call
for Bids on Paving
and Viaduct Here
Last Steps to Complete Gcp in High
way No. 75 North of This City
Is Now Undertaken.
The prospects cf the completion of
the last remaining unpaved section
of highway No. 73 between this city
and Omaha, will soon be completed
as the call for the bids on the work
has been issued from the office of
the department of roads and irri
gation. The job will require a great deal
of grading and filling H3 the new
highway is to be constructed across
a part cf the Stull farm as well as
the land of the Merrit sand and gravel
1 company, making a new and straight
section of roadway from the end of
the present paving to the Platte river
bridge and which will eliminate the
present curve at the Nord corner.
The state has completed condemn
ation proceedings for the land accord
ing to law and the damages assessed
by th? appraisers and the work will
be undertaken as soon as the con
tracts can be let. The owners of
the land are to carry an appeal of
the damages to the district court,
but the state will go on with the road
regardless of the court action.
It is hoped that with favorable
weather that the road can be com
pleted by the middle of the winter
season and provide the much needed
highway improvement and eliminat
ing the rough stretch that has for
several years marred the fine stretch
of paving through eastern Nebraska.
The call for bias also calls for a!
viaduct over the Burlington tracks at
Oreapolis 2SQ feet long; 1 concrete
slab bridge 16 feet long; 1 12 foot
concrete slab bridge and 1 SO ft con
crete slab bridge. ......
The building of the viaduct at
Oreapolis will eliminate all of the
railroad crossings between here and
Omaha as there are viaducts over the'
tracks at La Platte and Fort Crook.
HAVE TEMPERANCE PROGRAMS
The committee or the W. C. T. U.
which has in charge the preparation
and presentation of the programs in
the Sunday schools of the city, gave
several of these on Sunday at the var
ious churches.
In the Methodist Sunday school
Mrs. E. H. Wescott distributed leaf
lets in the boys and girls classes, also
in tbe young men's class of the school
Stuart Porter gave a most interesting
and instructive talk to all. The tem
perance program was presented 100
per cent in the Methodist church.
At the Christian church in the
department of Mrs. O. C. Hudson,
there was given a very fine talk by
the minister. Rev. Chastain that add
ed to the observance of the occasion.
The Presbyterian church had a
special program with Mr. C. A. Rawls
giving a fine instructive talk. This
department at the Presbyterian
church is under the direction of Mrs.
George L. Farley.
MOTOR TO MISSOURI
From Tuesday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Brigg3 of this
city with Mr. and Mrs. Chester B.
Briggs and daughter, Beverly Belle,
of Winner, South Dakota, and George
Amos of Lynch, Nebraska, returned
home this morning from an auto
trip to the Ozark section of Missouri.
The party motored to Stoutland,
where the Brigg3 family have land
interests and also visited at the Lake
of the Ozarks at Bagnall, one of the
largeat artificial lakes in the coun
try. They had a very fine trip and
one that took them over a great deal
of country.
MOVING TO THIS CITY
prnm Tiisiv raviv
J Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cappell and
North 4th street and which they hare
purchased.
The many old time friends will be
pleased to learn that they are return
ing to this city and will be able to
enjoy the associations of the past.
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
Mrs. Homer Sylvester, wife of the
county sheriff, is new showing a rapid
improvement at the St. Joseph hos
pital at Omaha wher she has been
ince last Thursday night. Mrs. Syl
vester was very critically ill for some
time but was able to rally and is now
apparently well on the way to recov
ery. This will be most pleasant news
to the friends over Cass county and
they trust that she may continue to
rally until able to return home.
Ted Hadraba is
Given Fellowship
at Prague Uni.
Selected by Northwestern University
for High Honor Only Fellow
ship Granted in U. S.
From Wednesday's Dally I
Theodore Hadraba, son of Joseph!
F. Hadraba of this city, a former
graduate of the Plattsmouth high
school and Northwestern university,
has been awarded a fellowship in the
University of Prague, Czechoslovakia.
The award was made by Northwest
ern university on the basis of the
outstanding record that he had made
as a student and teacher at the Am
erican university.
The fellowship award will cover a
nine month stay at the Prague uni
versity, one of the best known and
highest ranking schools in Europe.
It includes room, board, medical and
hospital care and the salary of 300
crowns per month during his stay at
the Czech school.
Mr. Hadraba was a graduate of
the local high school in the class of
1925, spending his first year at the
University of Nebraska and complet
ing hi3 last three years at North
western, where he was graduated as
one of the highest ranking students
of the great school. He took a vaca
tion of some two years on account of
his health, later returning to North
western where he has been an in
structor in the College of Business
administration and Finance.
Mr. Hadraba was recently given
his master's degree in the college of
business and finance and will on his
return from the University of Prague
resume his teaching work in his alma
mater at Chicago. In the awcrd of
his master's degree he received one
of the highest ratings of any student,1
having perfect record in all of the
tests. !
During the past summer Mr. Had
raba has been in charge of the retail '
department of the Czechoslovakia
building at the Century of Progress
exposition and will remain there un-
til November 24th to assist in thejCovert, Donald Busch, Edward Eashus
closing of the affairs of the exhibit, jand Raymon Kiel.
He exnects to be home for a few!
days visit with the father, brother
and sisters, before leaving for New
York where he is to sail about the
first of December. He is to report at
the University of Prague December
loth to enter on his work.
Mr. Hadraba was an outstanding
student from his high school days and
a young man of exceptional force of
character and personality and his
splendid recognition for scholastic
work brings a real pleasure to the
many old time friend3 in his home
community.
ENTERTAIN QUARTET
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond C Cook was the Bcene of a
very pleasant gathering on Monday,
the occasion being a pheasant din
ner which was served to the members
of the Masonic quartet and their
ladies. The event was one that all
cf the party will long appreciate and
remember with pleasure.
Those enjoying the event were Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Knorr, Dr. and Mrs.
H. G McClusky, Mr. and Mr3 Frank
A- Cloidt, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cook,
Miss Nell Dreamer and Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond C. Cook.
RETURN FR0K CHICAGO
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mauzy, who
have for the past three weeks been
enjoying a visit at Chicago, have re-
turned home after a most delightful
outing. While at Chicago they were
guests of their daughter, Mrs. Verdon
Vroman and family and also enjoyed
the many sights of the Century of
Progress exposition which is now be
ing in the last weeks.
Hallowe'en is
Extensively
Observed Here
Mummers Parade as Well as Dane
for Social Features; Much Ac
tivity by Merrymakers.
From Vunelay"i Daily
The Hallowe'en season was gen
erally observed here and the event
was more actively participated in by
the residents of the city than for
many years, the celebration usually
being confined to the youngsters, but
last evening the older people entered
into the observance in true Marji-
Gras spirit.
The parade that had been arranged
as the chief feature of the evenii.fr.
wa3 one that was enjoyed very much
by the crowds that lined the walks
in the business section. There e:o
many attractive costumes shown.
largely of the Hallowe'en characters,
in which there were several clever
characters as witches, black cats,
ghosts and goblins. The group ot
merry minstrels in Spanish costume
was one of the most elabornte that
Las been seen in any of the parades
and were headed by the trio of musi
cians that dispersed music along the
line of march.
The parade was headed by the Jun
ior drum and bugle corps and the
"Little German Band," of years ago
found a place in the line of march to
assist in the success of the parade.
This is the first year for this oc
casion and it is the Intention of the
Retail Section and the American Le
gion to repeat this festival in the
future.
While it was not possible to get
the names of all who won prizes the
following are a few of tbe names:
Ella Rhoden, Barbara Rhoden, Clara
Toman, Anna Altschaffl. Mary Alt
chaffL Clyde Oraves, Catherine ShH
lenbarger, Ruth Ann Hatt. Kathryn
Kaffenberger. Mary Ann Wainscott.
Betty Eusch. Eleanor Giles, Sylvia
Moore, Harold Moore, Robert Mar
shall, Fern Stivers. Ruth Ferrie.
Ruth Rotter, Marjorie Devoe, Anniee
Lee White, Betty Mae Schubeck.
Helen Messersmith, Frances Li 1 lie.
Harriet Goos. Mildred Engelkemler.
Dorothy Duxbury, Margaret Rea,
Jimmy Mauzy, Jesse Hoffman, DonzJd
Gorder, Junior Devoe, Emmet Mul
len, Mrs. M. D. Brown. Ruth Thomas.
Dorothy Ann Wills, Alice Rea. Ralph
Hilt, Mary Rishel, Mary Jean Hatt.
Kathryn Conis. w.artlla Farnham.
Louise Jolley, Elizabeth Ann Wiles.
Betty Jean Dodds, Raymond Harold.
Marium Fricke, Margaret Fricke,
Robert Cook, Leonard Baxter, Veta
The committee in charge of
the
event was Fred Eusch, chairman; L.
S. Devoe. Bruce Rosencrans. Hilt
Martin. L. V.. Egenberger and E. L
McKissick. The Hallowe'en ball at the Amer
cian Legion building was largely at
tended by the merrymakers and who
had a very fine time in tbe dancing
and in the general Fpirit of carnival
.times that prevailed and the dance
continued until a late hour.
The youngsters of the city and
some of the older merrymakers, were
out with the usual line of mischief
and windows of business house?, cars
and dwellings were liberally smeared
with soap and wax, fheda and other
buildings overturned in different
parts of the city. At the tourist park
some ambitious group took the tablf-s
and benches that have been located
in the tourist section of the park and
piled them on the baseball diamond
in the park.
VISITING AT OLD HOME
From Wednesday's Daily
Frank E. Schlatcr, or Denver, for
mer resident cf Louisville and Flatt
mouth, i3 at Louiorille for a visit
with relatives, being called there" to
attend the funeral cf his Lrother-in-law,
William Ossenkop. Mr. Schlater
was for many years prominent In the
business and political life of Cass
county, being a deputy sheriff as well
as county treasurer for several term
lie removed to Denver some ten years
I ago and has since made hl home
there. While regretting the mission
that brought him to Nebraska, the
old friends at Louisville were delight
ed to have the opportunity of seeing
him again.