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VOL. NO. L
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, IvIAY 24, 1934.
NO. 32
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Baccalaureate
Services are Held
Sunday Evening
Canon W. J. H. Petter,, St. Luke's
Church, Gives the Sermon
Church Crowded.
The baccalaureate services of the
class of 1934 of the Plattsmouth
high school was held last evening at
the First Presbyterian church, the
structure being filled to its capacity
by the relatives and friends of the
class of sixty-four ycung men and
women who are soon to leave their
high school work.
The church was arranged with the
beauty of the spring flowers on the
platform where was seated the min
isters of the various churches of the
city who were to participate in the
services. ,
The class entered the church to
the processional played by Mrs. H. F.
Goos, the organist, they being seated
at the front of the church where they
made a fine appearance, representing
the flower of the youth of the com
munity.
The invocation was offered by the
Rev. G. A. Pahl, pastor of the St.
Paul's Evangelical church, while the
scripture and the prayer was offered
by Rev. O. B. Chastain. pastor of
the First Christian church.
. The choir of the church gave the
Miiona m Excelsis " a Capella, a
very beautiful rendition of the num
ber. The sermon was given by the pas
tor of the St. Luke's Episcopal
church, Canon W. J. H. Petter, who
had as his subject, "The Years at the
Spring." The speaker stressed the
necessity of the entrance of the
Christian life into that of the stu
dent if they were to fulfill the best
that they might, possess. He urge
the young people now neariog the
close of .their "school "career, to take!
more ot the force of religion into
their lives. He pointed out to the
class that they might in their in
dividual lives have a leading part in
the life of their communities but to
carry with them the inspiration of
the best that might be in them for
the higher Ideals of life.
r Mr. Jack Figley, a member of the
high school faculty gave the selec
tion, from Handel, "Arm,. Arm Ye
Brave," a beautiful offering.
The benediction was offered by
Rev. C O. Troy,' pastor of the- First
Methodist church and following
which the members of the class de
parted from the church while tae
rudience stood in honor to them.
v COMPLETES SCHOOL WORK
Bernard I. Galloway, who has, Just
closed his school work, is here for a
visit with his parents and many old
friends in the city. Mr. Galloway has
been engaged as science teacher and
athletic coach at Dorchester high
Echool for the past two years and has
been very successful in his work. The
coach is a. graduate of the Platts
mouth high school where he was
prominent In athletics under Coach
Rothert, being a star member of the
basketball and track teams and later
was prominent In these sports at the
Peru State" Teachers college. Mr.
Galloway had a very successful year
at Dorchester and his basketball team
was one of the strong entries In class
B, at the iLincoln tournmlent. He
has been- re-elected to the position
at Rochester where his. - return was
the occasion of much pleasure to the
patrons of the school. -;
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to take this means of ex
pressing to our , friends th deep
gratitude that we feel to tne kind
ft
friends and neighbors Tor their. acts
of kindness and words of fiyrapathy
that were given us in our bereave
ment. We. desire especially to thank
Rev. G. A. (Pahl, the members of
the choir and all those who took part
in the funeral services and those who
sent- the beautiful, floral remem
brances. Henry Horn,' Miss, Helen
Horn. d&w.
From Tuesday's. Dally
William Starkjohn departed, this
morning for Gothanburgi Nebraska,
where he will enjoy a few clays, visit
and looking after' his farming; inter
ests in that section.
HAS CEMENT STOLEN
From Tuesday's Daily
William Kief who lias the contract
for placing of a concrete culvert near
the entrance to Oak Hill cemetery is
today searching for the party that
stole ten sacks of cement from the
scene of the work last night. Mr.
Kief had left the cement there in
readiness for the work today and
when he arrived at the scene early
this morning there was no sign to
be found of the sacks or their con
tents. Mr. Kief is convinced of the
identification of the party that made
away with the cement and before
taking action is willing to let the
party return the recent or its value
in money.
Dry Weather
Brings Water
Shortages
Union Curtails Use of Water While
Nehawka Residents Feel the
Effects of Drouth.
The prolonged drouth that has set
tled over the west this spring, has
begun to show its force in the de
creasing water supplies in various
communities where wells that have
been the source of supply have dried
up and. are useless.
Union, our neighboring city to the
south, is one of the points that has
felt the effect of the dry weather, as
the water supply of the town has
become such . that restrictions are
necessary on usage. The city water
system has been restricted to drink
ing and household use. Use of the
city water for watering cattle or
sprinkling lawns has been forbidden
by the water board until the condi
tion of the supply improves. The
water is secured from ; wells and
pumped to the standpipe from which
Jt la distributed through the city sys
tem.
Nehawka also has felt some trou
ble from water shortages in the pri
vate wells drying up and cisterns be
ing dry from lack of rainfall to re
plenish their supply. George C. Shel
don is assisting in relieving the situ--ation
by hauling water to fill cisterns
as lie has a fine well near his manu
facuriag plant that has apparently
been little affected by the drouth and
with ar electric pump be is able to
secure a ready supply. A large num
ber of 500 gallon truck loads have
been distributed among the homes of
the city to ,fill up cisterns in order
to relieve the drouth.
AGED LADY DIES
From Tuesday' Daily
Mrs. Frank Janda. Sr., 87, who
has been in poor health for several j
months, died this morning snoruy
after It o'clock at the home at Vine
and Fourteenth streets. Mrs. Janda
has been a sufferer from heart trou
ble for some time but has been up
and around the greater part of the
time, and today was out in the yard
cf the home when she was stricken
and died almost at once and before
aid' could reach her.
The deceased lady was formerly a
resident of Ord, Nebraska, and has
made her home here since 1906, com
ing here after her marriage to Mr.
Janda.
In addition to the husband, tMrg.
Janda ia survived by three children,
Joe, Absolom and Mrs. Frank Mazar,
c f Ord, and "Frank Absolom, who re
sides In Bohemia. There are also a
number of step children surviving.
TQ PLACE GRATING OVEB
DSADT DIPS AT CEHETEEY
. At Jagt week's council meeting it
was voted to authorize purchase of
grating to be placed over the drain
dips in the paving at the entranceway
to, Oak Hill cemetery on the two east
driveways. These dips were construct
ed last winter by C W A workmen to
act as, iipillways for the water com
ing out of the cemetery and divert It
into, the: ditch at the roadside before
It spreaids out. across the road and
washes away gravel near the en
trances, but they have been found un
satisfactory In their present condi
tion, causing a sharp rebound even
when driven over at slow rates of
speed.. Accordingly,' the heavy iron
gratis"-;.'? will be procured and placed
in cion in the near future.
Eighth Grade
Exercises Held
Here Saturday
Large Group of Young People From
All Sections of Cass County
Given Promotion.
The promotional exercises of
trol
Cas3 county schools were held Satur
day afternoon at the American Ltgion
building and attracted several hun
dred here to enjoy the program and
to see the young people prepared to
enter their high school work at the
close of the successful eighth grade.
The exercises were presided over
by Miss Alpha C. Peterson, county
superintendent, who introduced the
different features of the program, also
presenting the diplomas.
The Louisville high school band
under the direction of G. E. Corum,
the superintendent of schools of that
city, opened the program with a stir
ring number that was followed by
the invocation by the Rev. G. A.
Pahl of the St. Paul's Evangelical
church.
Phyllis Hennings. one of the num
bers of the class was heard in a well
given musical selection as her offer
ing. The entire class of young people
joined in the impressive flag salute
as a token of their patriotic loyalty
to their country.
Mayor George Lushlnsky. on be
half of the city of Plattsmouth, ex
tended to the students, the teachers
and the parents, a cordial welcome
to the city and the appreciation that
the community felt for this honor.
Rusell Warren was heard in a vo
cal number that was much enjoyed
and appreciated by the large aud
ience. Miss Chloe Baldridge, state direc
tor of rural education, was the chief
speaker- of tho day and gave a very
delightful address on the value of
education and many cf the problems
that have in the last years been faced
by the schools of the nation and par
ticularly that of the rural commun
ities over the country. She also ex
tended congratulations to the young
people on the attainment of this im
portant step in their' educational
work. ,
A very delightful vocal duet was
offered by Rachel Coleman and Jack
Headley that showed' the greatest
skill on the part of the young people.
The address given by means of a
chalk talk, by Glen Anderson, wa3 a
featur that 'was followed closely by
the audience. -
Shirley Buckingham and Shirley
Anderson, two of the graduating
class were heard in a finely given
violin duet, "Birds in Springtime."
The class march was then taken
up as the students came forward to
receive their honors for the comple
tion of the eighth grade of their
school work.
The history award made by Fon
tenelle chapter of the Daughters of
the American? Revolution of this city,
was made by Mrs. F. R.1 Gobelman,
regent of the chapter. - ,
The Fontenelle chapter award was
given" to Junior Kiser, Miss Lucile
Albert, teacher, and that of the Jona
than Cass chapter award was given
by Miss Evelyn Wolph, to Lois Hall,
district No. 59, Miss Lois Parcell,
teacher.
Mrs. K. B. Hayes presented the
Scientific Instruction awards. .
The. diplomas, which represented
the faithful work of the students, in
the years of their grade school work,
were presented by; Miss Peterson,
who gave to all the students words
of praise for their excellent showing
which reflected their own Interest In
their school as well as the fine train
ing by the teachers. .
The Louisville band played the ac
companiment as the audience Joined
in the singing of "America," and the
audience stood while the benediction
was given by Rev. f G. A. Pahl, to
bring to the close one of the most
successful graduating programs that
has been, held In the county.
From Monday's Dally
: Mr. and Mrs. Andy- Schmader, of
Omaha, were in the city toduay for a
fiw hours and while here' visited at
the home of Mrs. Schmader's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rabb, Sr., also
looking after some matters of busi
ness. Mr. Schmader is much improv
ed In his condition and which is most
p;!easing to the many friends.
LEAVES FOR -CLEVELAND
From Tuesday's Daily
This evening R. Foster Patterson,
principal cf the local high school,
denarts for Cleveland, Ohio, where
ihe will attend the gensral conference
cf tlie Presbyterian church of the
United States, one of the'greatest re
ligious gatherings of the year. Mr.
Patterson was selected as one of the
Nebraska representatives at the con
l'erence. The meeting win bring to
Cleveland many cf the noted laymen
pnd ministers cf the church from all
sections of the Unitsd States and
who wu iiane up iu yiouiems ot ine
church and the plans for the future
policies of this great, protcstant
church body.
Delphians
Enjoy Annual
Season Closing
Beautifully Arranged Banquet Held
at the Gerirs Home Officers
of Chapter Re-elected.
From Tuesday's Dally
Lewis and Clark Delphian chapter
iield their annual banquet marking
the close of their yaar of study, last
evening at the beautiful Gering home
ou North Sixth street.
The dining room and table where
the banquet was served was arranged
most artistically in keeping with the
study theme of the session closed,
that cf the history of art and artists.
The highway of art was a part of
the table decorations and a large
centerpiece was formed of the chief
works of the masters of the world of
art and the portraits of the various
artists whose works have been studied
this year.
Roses in profusion and the White
candles also added a very charming
t ouch, to Jhe scenes .
The banquet itself waa.; one -thai
was most thoroughly appreciated and
prepared and served most delight
fully. The chapter proceeded with the
annual election, the present officers
being retained in their positions they
being: Miss Mia U. Gering, presi
dent; Mrs. C. C. Wescott, vice-president;
Miss Genevieve Whelan, treas
urer, and Mrs. Louis Ward Egenber
ger, secretary.
Mrs. Christine Kirkpatrick wis in
charge of the program of the even
ing and introduced Mrs. L. S. Devoe
In two very artistic piano numbers
as the musical portion of the even
ing. A number of games and contests
had been arranged in which artists
and their works were a part, and in
these prizes were won by Mrs. Devoe,
Mrs. Egenberger and Miss Mia U.
Gering.
FILE PETITION
This morning at the office of Coun
ty Clerk George R. Sayles, a peti
tion bearing some 200 names was
filed, asking that the name of J. E.
Lancaster be placed on the primary
ballot as a candidate for the demo
cratic nomination for the office of
sheriff. The filer of the petition paid
the accustomed filing :e and it is
now up to Mr. (Lancaster to accept
the petition and the request before
the legal time expires before the pri
mary election.
Mr. Lancaster has been serving as
one of the assistants on the staff of
State Sheriff Fred Benton since May
1st and whether he will decide to
make the race for the county office
Or retain, the position with the state
li its law enforcement department
will remain to be sen, as he has a
long period to accept the filing made
by the petitioners.
DEATH OP MRS G0UCEEN0UR
.The death of. Mrs. Ike Gouchenour
occurred Sunday morning at the
home of ,her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Dasher, where she has been
under medical care for some time.
Mrs. Gouchenour has been in very
serious condition for several months
and her recovery has been dispared
of for some time. The passing of this
estimable young woman comes as a
severe blow to the family and the
many friends In this community
where she has so long made her
home.. ,' ' '
She is survived by the husband and
two children as well as her parents.
Burlington
Crack Train
Here Saturday
Will Pass Thru This City Saturday
Between 11 and 11:30 a. m.
Shop Whistle to Sound.
On Saturday, May 2Gth, the Burl
inRtcn's new Diesel '.'powered, stain
less steel, streamline train, the
i Zephyr, will make a high-speed, non-
j slop rlln from Denver to Chicago,
j BtartInB in the early morning and
J tirminnrini? thnt rver.inir at. the Cen-
I
tury of Progress grounds, as a part
of the ceremonies incident to trie
epening of the fair on that date.
This train will arrive in Platts
mcuth on its non-stop flight on Sat
urday, passing through hers between
jl and 11:30 a. m. When the train
leaves Lincoln the shop whistle will
sound to advise the public that may
j wish to see the train pass that they
should proceed to tlia vicinity of the
tracks. The best view of the train
y.ill be frcm the hills that command
9 view of the track as the speed of
the train will net allow a good view
(lese up. All parties will be forced
to remain off the station platform
cv.ing to the suction of the train.
; A. Cozswcrth, Jr., general passen
ger traffic manager of the Burling
ton, has issued the following state
ment as to the measures that are tak
en to protect the public and the train
on this speed run:
"While every conceivable precau
tion in the interest of safety is being
taken, we are dependent to a con
fiderable extent upon the co-operation
of the citizens cf the commun
ities through which the train will
rcss. If this distance of something
ever a thousand miles is to be cover
ed between dawn and dusk, a high
rate " of speed will be necessary
through, the "various ..Intermediate
cities and towns, , and to Insure
c gainst confusion or cccidents, it is
highly important that all ..of those
who are interested in watching the
prcgress of the Zephyr through their
community stand well back from the
track. At stations, they should not
be closer than the back line of the
t-tation platform, and at other places
back of the outer line of the right-cf-wny.
Where people may gather
on bridges to watch the Zephyr pass
below them, it is also important that
nothing be dropped on the track
ahead of it nor on the train as it
passes." ,
A TALENTED SPEAKER
The class of 1934 of the Platts
mouth high schol feels very for
tunate in the selection of the class
speaker, Ralph G. Brooks, superin
tendent of schools at Hartington, Ne
braska. Mr. Brooks is a talented speaker
and brings in his address r.n Inter-
est that holds his audience to the
close and is filled with not only in
spiration but entertainment as. well.
The graduating exercises will be
held on Thursday evening at 8
o'clock at the high school auditorium
and at ,which time Mr. Brooks will
speak. .
. The Journa? arms xo print all
the news and will appreciate your
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assistance to that end. Can Ho. .
HEAR CONVENTION REPORTS
The meeting of ibe local Rotary
club Tuesday noon was devoted to
the reports of the nineteenth district
convention recently held at Omaha
and at which there were over 1,000
of the club members in attendance
from the states of Nebraska, South
Dakota and western Iowa.
The meeting was under the leader
ship of L. O. Minor, who also had a
very fine part in the convention re
ports, giving his impression of the
highlights of the gathering. Dr. H.
G. McCIusky and Searl S. Davis also
gave their viewpoints of the conven
tion and its chief features.
The usual Rotary songs were en
joyed by the membership.
Kittenball is
Attracting Large
Number of Fans
Crowd of 400 Attends Second Game
of the Season Last Evening
. at Athletic Park.
From Wednesday's Dally -
Despite the face that the chilly
weather last night was not the most
conducive to the enjoyment, of the
open, a crowd of some 400. were in
atendance at Athletic park to wit
ness the second of the games of the
1034 kittenball season.
The fact that the crowd was forced
to stand also added to the discom
fort of the evening, but this will be
remedied in the future as the direc
tors of the league have secured the
use of the high school bleachers for
the park. The board of education has
consented to allow the use of the
bleachers provided they are cared for
and not damaged or destroyed. The
board had the expense of their pur
chase, some years ago for high school
football games ,an,d while they .are
anxious to give every possible aid to
the kittenball season, they ere asking
that all possible care be taken with
the seats. 4
In the game last evening the
Eagles' team came from behind to
take the contest with the Orphan by
the score of ,18 to 17, the fraternal
team making a whirlwind finish that
netted them the (necessary r runs to
bring them the Victory.
The pitching f6r the Eagles was by
Charles Miller, while Bernard Gal
loway, home from bis school work at
Dorchester, did the-tossing for the
Orphans.
The Orphans had a' lead of 16 to 9
in the last stages of the game but tne
Eagles were able to tie and win the
contest by the one point margin.
Following is the boxrscore of the
game:
Ergles "'
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II PO
2 2
A
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
0
0
0
Schliscke, 3b 4 3
Sprecher, rf-cf 4 1
Schubeck, rri 5 2
Thimgan, lb-ss 4 2
Clark, s-s3b 5 1
Lamberson, c ! 5 1
Miller, p 4 0
Thomas, 2b-lb 5 3
Fullerton, If 5 2
Kercld. cf-rf 4 3
McCarthy 1 0
1
0
5
1
1
1
1
2 12
0 0
4
1
2
1
5
0
1
0
46 18 17 29 9 12
Orphans!
ab R h ro
A
Kiel, lb 6 2 3 8 0
McCrary, rs 6 2 3 2 0
Buttery, c- -6 2 3 4 0
R. Wehrbein, ss 6 1 0 0 0
Hatt, i: 5 3 3 5 0
F. Wehrbein, cf- 5 1 .1 0 1
Galloway, p : 5 2 3 2 0
Kaffenberger, 3b 5 2 2 2 3
Woster-Bulin, if 5 1.10 0
Born, 2b 4 1 1.1 1
53 17 20 24 5 11
Struck out by Galloway 3, by Miller
9; Bases on balls off Galloway 5, off
Millev 1. Home -runs, Thomas 2;
Buttery, Hatt, Kaffenburger. None
out when winning run in.
OilAHA SOX WIN
The local Red Sox Sunday after
noon were defeated by the Omaha
Red Sox on the Athletic park diam
ond, by the score of 20 to 6. The
visitors scored heavily, in the first,
second, seventh, eighth and ninth in
nings. Sylvester opened the game for
the locals and pitched a good game,
but the fact that a number of play
ers were not able tD be in the local
lineupt caused the injury of their
chances at victory. The game was
featured ; by the heme run blow, of
Herb Schultz. . .
Aid to Farmers
Through Land
Bank Loans
Governmental Functions Aid Farm
ers in Refinancing Themselves
in Past Months.
A total of $1,303, GOO of Federal
land bank and Land Bank Commis
sioner's farm mortgage loans was
made in Cass county, Nebraska, from
June 1, 1933, to May 1, 1934, accord
ing to the Farm Credit Administra
tion. Of this total, farmers in Cass coun
ty ,'used approximately $1,203,UO,
or 92.3 per cent to refinance their
indebtedness. By refinancing, farm
ers obtained new mortgage loans
v. Inch they used to repay their old
debts. They generally reduced their
annual interest charges in doing so.
In a number of cases, scale-downs
of indebtedness occured in connection
vith the new loans. These and oilier
advantages benefited farmers primar
ily. Secondarily, creditors benefit
ed from the receipt of cash or bonds
in exchange for obligations they
held.
Of the loan money used by farmers
in Cass county for refinancing their
debts, about $329,800, it was esti
mated, repaid their debts to banks;
$229,400, their to insurance com
panies; $10,400, their taxes; $033,
600, their debts to "others," or cred
itors not separately classified, in
cluding private mortgage lenders,
mortgage loan companies, retired
farmers and many others to whom
farmers were in debt.
A total of about $100,400 of loans
in the county was used for purposes
other than the refinancing of borrow
ers' debts. Of this sum, $39,y00 was
used for the purchase of land and
equipment, the construction or im
provement of buildings," anil for gen
eral agricultural uses, including the
provision of capital, while $01,300,
the balance, was used for the pur
chase of stock in national farm loan
rssociations, for loan fees, etc.
Throughout the United States ap
proximately $675,000,000 of land
bank and commissioner's loans were
made from June 1, 1933, to May 1,
1934. Most of these loans were made
to refinance debts resulting from the
long period of low farm income.
Generally farmers pay considerably
less interest each year on the new
than the old loans. Land bank loans
made through national farm loan as
sociations carry an interest rate of
5 per cent, but there is a reduction
to 4 per cent until July, 19 38.
Loans made direct by banks carry a
rate of 5 per cent, but there is a
reduction to 5 per cent until 1938.
The rate on commissioner's loans is
5 per cent. Against these rates farm
ers in most case3 had been paying
lrom 5 per cent to 8 per cent, but on
numerous loans they had been pay
ing 9 per cent, 10 per cent, and even
above 10 per cent.
Until March 26 the land bank and
commissioner's loans were made in
cash. Commencing on that date they
were made mainly in the government-guaranteed
bonds of the Fed
eral Farm Mortgage Corporation.
These bonds arc exempt lrc;u r.ll icd
cral, state, municipal and local Lux
ation, except surtaxes, tti ie, inheri
tance and gift taxes. They are guar
anteed fully as to principal and in
terest by the United States govern-,
ment. In a relatively short period
after they wero issued, they i;old
above par and had met a favorable
reception from farmers and tJ;eir .
creditors all over tho United States.
With the use of thrse bonds, tho re
fnancing program i3 going -forward,
rapidly.
MUCH CATTLE MOVING
Tho stream of trucks moving to
the stockyards at Omaha loaded vith
cattle and hogs was the largest Sun
day night for many months. Tne
truck leads of stock started moving
early in the evening and ' continued
practically all forenoon today. The
number of trucks reached several
hundred arid truckers returning from
the yards reported that the cattle re
ceipts there reached as high as 17,
000. A large part of the stock mov
ing here was from the farms or
southwestern Iowa, altho there was a
large numbr of local county stock
moving:
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