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KcL-. Sfa'e Historical Society VOL. NO. L PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1934. KO. 47 Omaha Fireman Breaks Neck in Sandpit Here Dive Into Shallow Water Results in Fatal Injury to Leo Lenz, 2G; Dies Later in Hospital. The first tragedy of Hie summer season at the Merritt sand pits, fav orite bathing beach of this section, occurrtd late Saturday afternoon when Leo Lenz, 26. Omaha fireman, dived into the shallow water and broke his neck. The young man in company with a companion, John E. Nemetz, Jr., had motored down from Omaha to enjoy a dip into the waters of the pit and to escape the extreme heat cf the day. They had not been at the pit long: until Lenz decided to dive into the waters of the pit, think ing that the water at that particular place was some eight foot deep he leapt d into the water which was very shallow and remained motionless in the waters of the pit, his head re maining under the water. Nemetz swam to the rescue of the young man and with several others at the beach, succeeded in getting him onto shore. The condition of the young man was round to be serious and a ires sage was sent to this city and the Ilorton ambulance hurried to the scene and took the young man on to the St. Joseph hospital at Omaha. His condition was recognized as dan gerous and the last rites of his church were administered to him at once. Mr. Lenz died at 6:40 Sunday morning at the hospital as the result of the broken neck. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Lenz and is survived by a brother, Charles, and a sister, Mrs. Mariam Nash. Mr. Lenz was a member of the Omaha fire department and had been a member of the department for sev eral years. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at S:30 at the home E19 Bancroft str;et and at 9 a. m. at the St. Patrick's church at 15th and Casteler streets. EMMA C. EURDICK Funeral services for Mrs. Emma C. Burdick. former resident of Ne hawka, who died Friday at her home in Omaha, were held at Nehawka Sunday afternoon at 2: SO o'clock. In terment was at the Nehawka cerne- i. TV. Mrs. Purdiek was the widow of th.- late Fred IJurditk, who was kill ed ly a Missouri Pacific train at I'nion several years ago. She had :-'.a.; her h'-me in Omaha for a num ber of year?. She was well known in Nel rafka City where she had often vi: it'l !: s isters, the late Mrs. II. E. IHrrnhs ar.d Mr. John Scarp. She in sutviw! by fcur daughters, Mrs. Pearl Hines. Nehawka: Miss Vera Bimli-.-k. Chicago-, Mrs. John Bagley and Mrs. Anton Stahurski, Omaha. Two Asters, Mrs. Fred Nutzman and Mrs. N. Klaurens and a brother, Henry Grub, r, reside at Nehawka. RECEIVE JAIL SENTENCE Wodnf-soay's Daily This morning E'.vin Shryoek and ('harks Price, local young men, weer arraigned in the district court be fore ludge Daniel W. Livingston, hargi.l with being involved in the thi-r; of chkktns from the Nebraska Masonic; Home. The young men made their plea of guilty to the charge and were ready to rt'eciva their sentences. The mothers of the young men were present and made a plea for leniency lor tne two while Sheriff Homer Sylvester added his recom mendation as the two had already served some time in jail and were excellent prisoners. County Attorny W. G. Kieck stated that the steal ing of chickens had become quite common here and he did not favor a parole of the young men but would not object to a light sentence being given. Judge Livingston gave the young men thirty days in the county jail for their offense and they were turn- Hirfc tn ih . I - - v v. v 1 1 I I 1 1 1 v mi v r rm w- a J - ""iiio serve the Sylvester. GRAB TRAFFIC VIOLATOR The night police uniay evening arrested Julius Gutehewsky, of Omaha, who is charged with violat ing the traffic rules of the city. The man driving his car failed to stop at the stop sign at Sixth and Main street, driving on-through and turn ing north when he was captured by Officers Pickiell and Stewart. There were six in the car at the time. The owner end driver of the car was held here while funds were secured at Om aha and a cash bond cf $15 placed in the hands of the police and he al lowed go on to his home. The hear- mg m tne case lias ween set tor a o'clcck this evening before Judge C L. Graves. Geologists Fail; Farmer Succeeds in Water Quest; Neliswka. Man Locates Water Supply With Wire and Peach Rod Selves Problem. Water pumping from a sixty foot well at tho rate of twelve gallons a minute Tuesday at Nehawka brought vindication to "water witching" and triumph to Henry Wellensiek, farm er. Armed only with a battered sec tion cf heavy wire and a slender peach whip, Wellensiek located a new source for Nehawka's water sup ply when expert geologists had fail ed. Last week end, Wellensiek took his divining apparatus and traversed the section where he believed a welt should be sunk. When his wire in strument, bent into the shape of a "U," began to writhe n his hands, he maiked the spot on the earth and commanded city officials to sink their well. "You'll strike a vein of r writer tnn pn-li r hctu-fpn &irtv Jinfl sixty-three feet," he said. Tuesday, well diggers reached the sixty foot level and struck water. Location of a source of water af ter several unsuccessful attempts solves a water problem which was rapidly becoming acute. City officials plan to sink half a dozen wc-ll3 and connect them with a new distribut ing system to be constructed with the aid cf PWA funds. PIONEER RAILROAD PICTURE In the east window of the Wes cott's clothing store is one of the collection of old tmie pictures or Plattsmouth people, taken from the George B. Mann collection. This is a group picture of the employes of the Burlington store department which was taken in 1SS5 when a large force of men was engaged there. Of tho large number there is only one still residing in the city, James K. Pollock, present assistant cashier cf the Farmers State bank. The list of names as far as could be checked by Mr. Mann comprised the follow ing: J. H. Waterman, Charles Win scott L. C. G. Erinkman, L. A. Dor rington. Sereno Dutton, T. C. Shep herd, Charles M. Wead. Walter House-worth, Cliff Shepherd, John Kline, Henry Jackson, Samuel Hin kle, J. N. Glenn, S. C. (Tom) Wilde, Martin McGuire, William Slater, John Pajeck. Sr., Peter C. Minor, William II. Mann. G. F. S. Burton, James K. Pollock, John J. Buttery, Jerry Hitter. George F. ITouseworth, Dan Thouvenel, Charles E. Chassot, Thomas Wilkinson. Robert A. Ttate, John L. Minor. Charles M. Butler, II. T. Srribner, Capt. Edward Dono van, John II. Young. ASK PASTOR'S RETURN The last quarterly meeting of the 'year was held at the Methodist church Sunday with a large representation of the congregation being in attend ance. The conference was presided over by Dr. M. E. Gilbert, superin tendent. The church congregation voted unanimously to ask the return or Rev. C. O. Troy to the Plattsmouth church where he is completing his fourth year of service. The residents of the community at large will join with the members of the church in the hope that the Cenial . i 4 v,ni-o may again ue bciii cause of his church and community. Cass County og-Corn Associ- -&Zmm. IT 9 sv returned heme from Minnesota. The j party have been spending a short Officers cf Association Estimate Tvo time at East Battle Lake. Minnesota, and Three -fourths Per Cent I c:ie cl" Wfc11 known fishing resorts Cf 3eret PajmcntS. j ; tfc-t state. The party had some j excellent fishing- during their stay in Expenses? of the Cans County Corn-it ha north wcod:3 and also found the Hog association vp until July let' weather nice and mild in every way will amount to 2 per cent of the, ber.cf.t payments which farmers cf this county will receive on their con- i tracts. Jahn 15. Kaffenberger. trtas- urtr of the association says, lie based the figures on the benefit payments at CO? per bushel ca ccrn and $5.00 per head on the heg allotment, ccm- pared w ith the budget turned in oy j the association for expenses up tcj July 1. Books cf the association are epen 1 1 men who sign contracts, and show actual expenses of the as- sociation from the time activities j started last January until June 30th. The facts of the case contradict ru mors which may have been goin around about the excessive expenses; of the association. Practically all of the money spent will go to local people, most of them members cf the association, who have done the work. A little money ha3 been spent for office equipment and supplies, and the remainder has gone for services and mileage of associa tion commiitemen and employees. A ire v.- budget will be drawn by the directors of the association to' cover the period from July 1 until the close of the year. This budget is not likely to be as high as the one for the organization period. In other words, the total expense of the ccrn- hog association will likely not be more than 5 per cent of the benefit payments. This means that farmers receiving benefit payments will pay in association expenses about- rive cents out of each dollar of total bene fit payments. The average corn-hog association of the state has drawn up contracts covering three hundred and fifty thousand dollars in benefit payments. Cass county has over a half million. Had a commercial corporation at tempted to set up and manage an or ganization handling one-third to a half million dollars in a year, the cor portion would have deducted about 25 for organization expenses, and then probably have employed a man ager with a salary of from five to ten thousand dollars per year to handle the business of the organization. In the case of the corn-hog association, the members themselves have man aged the organization of the associa tion, and have net only been econom ical, but have spent practically all of the money within the county. -VISITS EN THE CITY II. H. Ragoss, one of the well known residents of the Louisville community, was in the city Saturday to spend a few hours visiting with friends and attending to some busi ness matters. Mr. Ragoss is one of the active farm leaders in the coun ty and a member of the wheat acre age reduction committee for Cass county and which has kept him quite busy. Mr. Ragoss has bevsn busy the past week in hi3 candidacy for the democratic nomination for county commissioner in the second district. DRAWS FIRST CHUCK From Monday's DalTj- The first check issued in Cass coun ty in the corn hog reduction program was paid over today to E. H. Arm strong, well known resident of the vicinity of Greenwood. There Is some $20,000 that is to be distributed to the residents of Cass county that have signed up the hog corn agreements. The first to be paid will be the resi dents in the west portion of the county. DEPART FOR FAIR Saturday night James Nowacek to gether with four of the carriers for the Omaha World-Herald, departed for Chicago where they will spend a week at the Century of Progress ex position as guests of the newspaper. The carriers have earned their award by their special work and Mr. Now acek as the local representative, was also invited. RETURN FROM OUiING Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ofe, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McKissick and Mr. arid Mrs. William Sehmidtinann, Jr., and on Saturday it was coo! enough for blankets. On their return tlit-y stiuck the extreme heat in north - em iowa and wnicn cuntinueu to, grow m intensity t-ae tanner soutn ; they came. j Sues for $50,000 Damages for Sand Pit Accident - Actica File ! Here Saturday Night by Representatives cf Leo Lenz, Who Has Since Died. There was filed in the office of the clerk of the district court here Sat urday evening an action in which Leo F. Lenz was the plaintiff and ! rieit I.ierritt et si, defendants, ask ing damages in the sum ot $30,000. Tha care is an action for damages arising from the accident at the Mer ritt rand pits Saturday afternoon in which Leo Lenz suffered a broken reck and from which he died sever- al hours after the filing of the suit in court here. The petition states that the de fendants maintain a swimming beach to which the plaintiff as well as oth- ers paid admission and that the com- pany had represented the beach as cafe and had erected and maintained a f.iving board from wbh tha plain tiff had dived and Teceived his fatal injuries. The petition stated further that the plaintiff was twenty-six j-ears of age and capable of earning from twenty five dollars up per week, that the ac cident ha3 permanently injured him, and for which reason the damage is asked. Since the death of Mr. Lenz, it is probable that another action will be started by his estate against the de fendants in the case. GARDEN CLUB COMMITTEES The following committees for the Plattsmouth Garden club have been announced by Mrs. E. H. Wescott, president of the club: Publicity Frank Smith, E. A. Webb, Paul Vandervoort. Flower Show A. L. Tidd, chair man; Mrs. L. L. Wiles, secretary. Planning Mrs. C. E. Hartford, Mrs. John Cloidt, Mrs. C. F. Janda, Roy Olson, F A. Cloidt, John Svo- jboda. Pilgrimage and Transportation Mrs. J. E. Wiles, Mrs. L. S. Devoe, J. A. Pitz. Junior Garden Club L. S. Devoe. Posters Mrs. Otto Keck, Mrs. Jess Warga, Mrs. Fred Herbster, Anna Peoples. City Beautiful A. L. Tidd, J. A. Pitz, Mrs. Lillian Freeman. Courtesy Committee Mrs. L. W. Egenberger, general chairman; Mrs. Frank M. Bestor, Mrs. J. H. McMak- en, Mrs. Fritz Fricke, Mrs. Roy Stewart, Miss Estelle Baird, Mrs. Harry White. Scrap book Mrs. Fritz Fricke. Library Mrs. P. T. Heinemann, Miss Minnie Guthmann, Roy Olson. SETTLE DISPUTES The board of control of the kitten ball league at their meeting tills week took up the matter of the schedule for the second half of "the season, but the schedule committee have been withholding their schedule until the matter of two additional teams is settled and which seem very likely to materialize. The board also took up the matter of two protested games and made its findings. In the matter of the pro test game between the Mynard team and that of the Norfolk Packers, over the fact that ore Mynard player claimed to have scored and was not credited, the official score was sus- tained and the game awarded to the Packers. In the game scheuled between the Orphans and Wintersteen Hill in which the Wintersteen Hill team failed to show up for play, the board awarded the game to the Orphans as forfeited. Flower Mission and White Ribbon Recruit Program W. C. T. II. Has Largely Attended Meeting and Fir.e Features Pre pare;! by Leaders cf Union. The W. C. T. U. held a most inter esting meeting at the Feliowsnip room of the First Presbyterian church, which for the occasion had j been arranged with the bright sum- mer flowers to observe the Flower Miction day of the Union. The little ones of the white ribbon recruits also added their touch of charm to their portion cf the program. Mrs. Fred G. Morgan, chairman of the Flower Mission, was in charge of that part of the program and had arranged a very beautiful and attrac tive program that carried out the charming custom established by Miss Jennie Castidy, the originator of the Mission. Mrs. Morgan gave the beau- j tifu! poem, "God Let Me Give," as well as a sketch of the life of Miss Jennie Cassidy. In this feature of the program fine musical selections were heard, there being several piano numbers by Jean Har-iKnorr, Cecil Comatcek, Mrs. Donald Gray of Gilliam, Louisiana, while lit tle Miss Elizabeth Ann Wiles gave two splendid readings. Miss Elizabeth Spangler, associat ed with Mrs. Morgan in the pro gram presented each of the ladies with a very beautiful bouquet as well as a scripture card, a present from Mrs. C. R. Trocp, who for so many years served the Union efficiently as their president. Mrs. E. H. Wescott gave two of her always enjoyed vocal offerings appropriate to the double program of the afternoon, the accompaniment being played by Mr. Wescott. White Ribbon Recruits. The latter portion of the afternoon was devoted to White Ribbon re cruit day, Mrs. S. A. Wiles serving as the leader cf this section of the en tertainment. Two little recruits were received, Avis Marie Troop and Charles How ard Newton. In the program of the afternoon Emerson Wiles was heard in two readings and Charles Howard Newton also was presented in a reading. Mrs. Howard Wile3, v. ho with Mrs. S. A . Wiles, hostesses cf the after noon, gave a very interesting paper cn "The Quiet Hour. Mrs. J. E Wiles was heard in a most inspir ational paper. "The Influence of a Good Mother." Mrs. Lois Troop, one of the active leaders of the Union, gave two of her always dramatic readings that were deeply appreciated by the ladies. After the refreshments the flow ers from the mission were distributed among the sick of the city. VISITING LN THE CITY Mrs. F. R. Gobelman has the pleas ure of a visit this week from a sister, Mrs. Ruth Grow cf Mansfield, Texas, as well as a niece, Arlene Blanch Wood and Mrs. Delia Laney of Spring field, Missouri. Mr3. Grow will spend the rest of the summer at Sidney, Iowa, with her mother, Mrs. David Hiatt, while Miss Wood will spend her vacation with her grandmother, Mrs. Hiatt at Sidney and also at Springfield. Mrs. Laney is a very close friend of the ladies and will be a house guest of Mrs. Gobelman for the week. HERE FOR VISIT Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Shellenbarger and son. Merle, with Mr. and Mrs. Al Harding, of Beaver City, have been here visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Shellenbarger, return ing home Monday. Mr. M. L. Shel lenbarger is a nephew of Mr. E. G. Shellenbarger and grandson of Abram Shellenbarger of this city. MAZE FAST TIME From Wednesday's Dally A message was received here to- day from Henry Donat, who with Ice land Shanholtz and Mary Jane Mark, left here Sunday afternoon at 6 o'clock, had arrived at Portland, Oregon, forty-seven hours later. This is a fast trip and the members of the party enjoyed it very much. UNION PARTIES ARRESTED Sheriff Homer Sylvester and De puty Walling were at Union Tues day vening where they were called by the report cf disordtr being caused in that place. They found that Frank Bcggs and Roy Cogdell had been the cause of the trouble, it being alleged that Boggs was in toxicated and that Ccgdell had used improper language in the presence of the wife of the owner of t restau rant in the village. The men were bi ought here and later arraigned be-! fore Judge A. II. Duxbury. The court found both guilty, Boggs drawing down a fine of $10 and costs and Cog dell one of $1 and costs. Rotary Club Has Program oi Com munity Service Sarl R Davie Tfn(W a-nA Number of Local People Give Views on Many Projects. The Rotary club meeting on Tues day was under the leadership of Searl S. Davis, head of the community service committee of the club and brought out a large number of inter esting ideas on matters of public service. Mr. Davis called on various mem bers of the committee who discussed the swimming pool, skating ponds, publicity and other features that might add to the advancement of the civic life. Those who participat ed in the discussion were L. O. Minor, president of the club, John E. Frady, Milford B. Bates, Frank M. Bestor and Arthur Troop. Many very help ful suggestions were made that might add to the possibilities of improv ing the city. Mr. B. B. Davis, Scout executive in charge of Camp Quivera, located near Cedar Creek, was present and gave a very fine talk on the work cf the camp which is just closing and which has had a large group of boys from the Cornhusker area in the past few i-.onths. Dr. R. R. Anderson of Omaha was also present as a guest of Dr. P. T. Keinemann, Dr. Anderson being here in charge of the practice of Dr. R. P. Westover during his vacation. DRAW DOWN FINES The court of Judge A. IT. Duxbury Monday afternoon presented an ac tive appearance as three prisoners were on hand to be charged with in toxication. Two of the men, Tom Glandon and Earl Daugherty. were arrested at Nehawka on Monday morning by Sheriff Homer Sylvester and Deputy Sheriff Walling, follow ing a call from Nehawka that the men had been making a disturbance and were under influence of liquor. The two were found near the Ne hawka depot dozing when the officers arrived and brought them on intc this city. After hearing the stories of the parties and the fact that the two had farms near Otoe and which requiied their services, the court gave a fine of $1 and costs. John Johnson, arrested at Weeping Water Sunday for intoxication was also given a fine of $1 and costs for his offense. TRAVEL BY MOTORCYCLE Sunday morning there passed; through this city a family of six all riding on one motorcycle and side car and apparently having a real time. The side car had been arranged with a large box and in which rede the mother and three small children while the father drove and a larger girl occupied a seat on the rear of the motorcycle. The party received a good shaking up when they came along Sixth street over the rough pavement. GOES TO CHICAGO From Monday's Dally This morning Miss Mary Swatek departed for Chicago wher she will be the guest of friends and expects to attend the Century of Progress ex position and view the many inter-. esting features of this exposition Later she will go to Lakesdie, Mich- igan, where she will enjoy a short stay and also visit at Milwaukee,' in this great fruit section of Ne Wisconsin, before returning home. Jbraska and late apples look bad. Red Sox Win from Ramblers Here Sunday Locals Take Game by Score of C to 4 in an Interesting Game at Athletci Park. The local Red Sox baseball team, minus the .services of several of their regulars, Sunday afternoon took the Rattler:; of Omaha, winning the game by the Fcore of C to 4, before an audience that had gathertd des pite the intense heat and blistering wind. The locals started in to take a lien on the game in the opening inning when after Stone was retired Mc Carthy singled and when the hit of Krejci was juggled in right field he was able to tally and Krejci scored on the double of Pierce. In the second inning Los Thimgan trippled to s,tart the inning and scored on the single of Taylor v. bo also scored on the double of Mc Carthy. The locals closed their Bcoiing in the third with two more runs, Krejci was the recipient of benefit from sev eral errors that placed him on base, scoring on the blow of Thimgan v ho was able to advance while Taylor was being given a pass to first and the hit of Bradley scored the last run of the locals. The visitors scored two of their runs in the fourth inning as the re- suit cf four safe hits that they se cured off Bradley, but aside from this ir.ning they were never danger ous. The box score cf the game was as follows: Red Sox ab i: n ro a r. ! Stone, cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 McCarthy, 2b4 1 3 4 2 0 Svoboda. lb 4 0 0 9 0 0 J. Krejci. ss 4 2 1 3 3 1 Pierce. 3b 2 0 1 0 3 0 F. Krejci, c 3 0 0 3 2 0 Thimgan, If 3 2 3 1 0 0 Taylor, rf 2 110 0 1 Bradley, p 3 0 1 0 0 0 29 C 10 21 10 2 Rattlers a b i: ii ro a i: Jackson, rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 Rcsplock, c-p 4 0 0 3 1 3 Ash, 3b 3 2 2 1 1 2 McElroy, cf 3 12 10 0 Nelson, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 Cass, ss 3 0 1 4 4 0 Jenkins, lb 3 0 1 7 0 0 Lepaine, If 2 0 0 0 0 0 Arnold. 2b 1 0 0 0 2 1 Godner, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 Specks, If 2 1 2 2 0 0 28 4 8 18 S 7 DIES AT MASONIC HOME The death of Mrs. Rach 1 H. Graves, 84. occurred on Monday niht at the Nebraska Masonic Home where she had been a resident si m e January 9, 1934. she being in very serious condition when brought here to be cared for. The deceased lady was born at Emporia, New York, February 22, 1S50, spending her younger ytars there and later coming west to Ne braska. She was a member of Lib erty chapter. No. 273, Order of East ern Star, of Omaha. The deceased is survived by oue daughter, Miss Flcs::ie Grave.; of Ne braska City. The body was taken to the 1! ni ton funeral home to await the ar rangements for the funeral as it has oi oeen ucciueu wnetner tne uuiiai 'ill be here or at Deadwood, South Dakota, where others o: th.j family are buried. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Lillie re turned home Monday night from a trip through Richardson and Paw nee counties in the interest of Mr. Lillie's candidacy for the democratic nomination for land commissioner. They report that the crops in that section west of Falls City look very bad, the drouth and the hot weather having baked the growing crops and presenting a most discourging out look for any crops even tho a rain should come in the next few days. Pastures are as brown as in the late fall while field after field or corn is whitened by the dry and heat, the corn brittle to the touch. Fruit trees also have suffered from the heat