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VOL. NO. L
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1934.
NO. 53
Assist Students
at the University
of Nebraska
Government Aid to Assist Students
in Working Their Way
Thru College.
Lincoln, Nebrfl Soon the old-
fashioned idea that only young men
and women with a lot of money can
go to university will be placed in
the museum of queer beliefs. Nearly
3.T.0G students worked part-time last
year while they attended the Uni
versity of Nebraska did their best
to prove that high school graduates
with ambition can go on to school.
Earning from a few cents a day to
all their expenses, and working at
all kinds of jobs from selling sand
wiches to trading horses, 40 per cent
of the men and 25 per cent of the
women enrolled at the University of
Nebraska last year were employed.
During the coming school year, as
during the past semester, needy stu
dents will be able to receive aid un
der the provisions of the Federal Em
ergency Relief Administration. Last
year a total of 454 University of Ne-
braska students received aid from
this source while next year the quota
has been set at 545 students, at least
half of whom must be new students.
Under this plan students may work
at the university and e-arn an aver
age of 515 a month.
Of course, many of the hundreds of
other men who had other forms of
employment worked as waiters or
helpers for their board, but there
were others who had ideas and made
them pay. A Junior in the college of
engineering called himself the "cam
pus watchman." He repaired watches,
for which he had six years of ex
perience. Last year an enterprising
young fellow paid his way by raising
mushrooms and selling them over the
city. Now he is making that his busi
ness since finishing school.
Most unusual among the avoca
tions of university men is perhaps
that of horse-trading, which a stu
dent in the college of agriculture
used as a means of helping on ex
penses while studying. In the list of
strange jobs is that of a plain-clothes
policeman. The young man watches
in a Lincoln department store to
guard against shop-lifting.
Some of the men work in mortu
aries for room, others clerk in stores.
One young man has paid expenses
by prizes which he won on livestock
he had entered in the state fair; an
other runs a restaurant; another
makes sandwiches and sells them at
fraternity houses.
Though outnumbered, the young
women at the University of Nebraska
are no less ambitious and resource
ful than the men. Several of them
who are skilled automobile drivers
have become chauffeurs for an edu
cation. The radio has furnished em
ployment for some who are able sing
ers or players. Others act as steno
graphers at the university or in
downtown offices.
With so many students wishing
to work part-time, the University
has set up two employment depart
ments one for men, and one for
women. Mr. J. D. Epp, in charge of
the former, has discovered some
things about possible jobs. He has
found that shoe-selling and barber
ing are two kinds of work for which,
he does not get enough applicants.
"Shoe-selling is an art." says Mr.
Epp. "Students must fit feet with
fallen arches, with corns, with
bunions wide feet, and short feet,
and they must make the customer
satisfied." The difficulty with young
barbers is that they must have li
censes to work, he finds.
From the secretary of women's em
ployment, Mrs. Ada S. Westover,
comes Information upon her clients.
"It is much easier for girls to find
work," she said, "if they have had
some experience. Having done sim
ilar work before makes the work seem
less difficult to start." Mrs. West
over pointed out that she interview
ed the girls wishing work, then in
terviewed the possible homes or em
ployers and then tried to fit the Job
to the young lady and to her uni
versity studies.
A stylist says thafin ilea years
everyone will laugh at present-day
millinery. Some of us are ten years
ahead of the times.
RETURNS FROU SOUTH
Mrs. D. O. Dwyer, who has been
enjoying a vacation trip in the south,
has returned home after a very
pleasant time spent in the scenes of
her girlhood days. She spent the
greater part of the time at Birming
ham, Alabama, as well as Americus,
Georgia, her former home. She was
accompanied to the south by Miss
Margaret Taylor, who was heard in
a number of musical offerings at
Americus.
Death of Mrs.
M. G. Churchill of
Murray, Saturd'y
Funeral Services Held This Afternoon
at Murray Christian Church;
Member Pioneer Family. .
From Monday's Dally
Mrs. M. G. Churchill, 57, died at
10 o'clock Saturday evening at the
Methodist hospital at Omaha where
she had been for some time under
going treatment after an illness of
some duration.
Mrs. Churchill, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Graves, was born on
September 2. 187 6, in Mills county,
Iowa, coming here when a very
small child with the parents who
settled in the vicinity of Rock Bluffs
and near where she had spent her
lifetime.
In her youth she was united with
the Christian church at Murray and
was a very devout member of this
faith until her death.
She was married in 1897 at Mur
ray to M. G. Churchill, who with
one daughter, Mrs. John Frans of
Murray, survive her passing. There
also remain the aged parents, Mr.
and Mrs... A, H. Graves of Murray,
three brothers, George and Edward
Graves of Peru; J. H. Graves of this
city; two sisters, Mrs. Frank E. Val
lery of Omaha and Mrs. Bert Craw
ford of Coleridge, Nebraska.
The funeral was under the direc
tion of the Horton funeral home of
this city.
PREPARE TO REGISTER
Plans are now being made look
ing toward the registration of the
high school students the last week
of August. Official announcement of
the dates of registration will be made
next week. The probabilities of a
large enrollment are fairly certain
due to the increase in the size of
the Sophomore class as a result of
the huge beginning class of last year.
The Senior class will be smaller by
eight or ten than the record class of
1934. The size of the incoming
Freshman class is somewhat prob
lematical depending on the number
of non-resident students, but it is
certain that it will reach at least
ninety.
Several inquiries have already
come to Mr. Patterson from rural
students who desire places to work
for their board and room and also
from some who wish to obtain places
where they may obtain room and
board at a reasonable cost. The
school is particularly anxious to aid
these students in getting located and
any residents of Plattsmouth whe
are interested are urged to call Mr.
Patterson.
LEAVES FOR THE SOUTH
From Monday". Daftj-
This morning Mrs. Nelson Jean,
formerly Miss Frances Weidman of
this city, departed for her home at
Donna, Texas, with her children,
Iois, Nelson, Jr., George and Mary
Catherine, after a visit of several
weeks with relatives in the north.
Mrs. Jean and the family have en
joyed visits here and at Plainview,
with the Fred W. Ebinger and Fred
Weidman families. They were accom
panied to the south by Richard Spang
ler, who will enjoy a visit In that sec
tion of the country for a short time.
UNDERGOING TREATMENT
Kenry Ofe, Jr., of this city, is at
the St. Catherine's hospital at Om
cha where he is undergoing treat
ment. Mr. Ofe has suffered very
much from the excessive heat and
which has made it necessary that he
go to the hospital to spend some time
iu care and recuperating.
Urge Cass Co.
Farmers Prepare
Trench Silos'"
County Farm Bureau Presents Help
ful Suggestions as to Need
of Forage Retainers.
Every farmer in Cass county
should seriously consider digging
trench silo immediately. Practically
every acre of corn is now ready to
put in a silo. A close examination of
the bettsr iields in the coui.iy shows
they have a large cob with only fourj
or five kernels on it so there is little j
chance the corn wlil make a cio?
now. Many farmers are considering
cutting their corn as fodder which cf
course would make a lot of feed but
will not compare with silage by 25
to 50 7c per acre.
Mcst cf the corn in eastern Cass
county will make three or four tons
per acre, of green silage. This will
be worth $4 to $6 per ton within
90 days. Farmers in the southeast
ern part of the state are buying green
fodder at about $4.00 per ton now.
There is already considerable de
mand from commercial firms for any
corn acreage. They can easily see
where there is going to be a big de
mand for it to feed to livestock this
winter. Some counties within the
state do not have corn even good
enough to put in a dlo so Cass coun
ty farmers should seriously consider
this proposition and take some ac
tion to put every acre in corn in
Cass county into a silo. If they do
not have need for it themselves they
will have a ready sale for it this win
ter as it will be shipped, as far as
three and four hundred miles to be
fed.
There positively i3 not enough hay
and straw to feed the livestock there
will to be fed this winter so it is a
question of roughage, and silage will
solve the question better than fod
der. The field can be cut with a
grain binder or corn binder which
ever is available and if an ensilage
cutter is not available the bundles
can be packed in whole in the trench
silo, lengthwise, and covered with
six inches of dirt and they will keep
in good shape.
Corn put in within the next few
days will not require any more mois
ture but if left another two weeks
it will make the fermenting process
too dry to keep the corn in good
shape- Circulars are available at the
Farm Bureau office on dimensions of
a silo. One standard size is a trench
forty feet long, eight feet deep, four
teen feet wide at the top and ten feet
at the bottom. It will hold 85 tons.
It will take approximately forty
pounds per day for cows, ten to fif
iffn puuuus ier uuy lur noises, live,
pounds per day for sheep. The up
right slat silo is not as satisfactory
as the trench silo, as spoilage is con
siderable greater than in a trench
silo and it is about as expensive as a
trench silo with everything consid
ered. One precaution is that a few
strips of corn fodder be left in the
fields to prevent blowing this winter.
Already fields are eroding where
crops have been cut off clean and if
the entire corn field is cut off clean
dust storms may prevail all winter.
The following word was put out from
Director Brokaw's office Monday re
garding silage:
Every individual and organization
In the state was asked by state offi
cials this week to get behind a cam
paign to save every pound of rough
age which might be used this winter
for livestock feed. Farmers in the
more favored parts of the state will
be urged to use trench silos, balers
and all available storage facilities to
put away enough feed to last until
next spring.
So far as feeding livestock is con
cerned, the winter of 1934-35 began
August 1st this year, W. H. Brokaw,
director of the Agricultural College
Extension Service, declared in start
ing a number of men to the field to
hold meetings about trench silos and
the saving of straw and hay. This
winter will go down in history as
the hardest winter on livestock since
the state was settled.
The sensible thing for drouth
stricken farmers to do is to get down
to the minimum of horses and cat
tle they need on their farms, then
plan a maintenance ration to carry
them thru the winter in fair flesh.
Farmers with corn that will make
silage, particularly those' with a sur
plus cf fodder corn in northeastern
Nibaska, may have a little gold mine
in their trench silos this winter. If
they pick up well bred stock either
by purchase or on a -wintering con-
from the fodder corn in the trench
' . . . j ,
silo than tney couiat Dy narvesting
the corn in any other v.ty. Experi
mental results prove that wice as
much beef can be produced from an
ac:e cf torn when it is put in the
ajsilo as when it is husked and fed
s
es, r corn.
The man who 'burns a straw pile
th:3 fall will be considered another
one of the public enemies. Straw is!
worth real money when baled and
made available for shipping,
j no
Miss Anna Heil
Dies at Home Here
Early Today
Passes Away After Illness of Some
Duration at Home of Sistsr,
Mis. Louis Tiekotter..
From Tuesday's Ially
The death cf Miss Ar.ne Heil,
occurred this morning at an early
. , ..,
Louis Tiekotter, following au- l.lness
of some duration and during which
time she had made her home with
the sist-r, Mrs. Tiekotter.
The deceased lady was a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Heil, long
time residents of Cass county and
who have preceded the daughter in
death. She was born and reared on
the farm near Cedar Creek, making
her home there until after the death
of the mother, since which tiuie she
has resided in this city.
There are surviving tiiree brothers
and one sister, Guy a4"J.W.A. lltil
of near this city. Leu is H. Hell of
Omaha and Mrs.- LOuis Tiekotter of
this city.
The deceased possessed a large
circle of friends that will regret to
learn cf her passing and share with
the family the bereavement that the
death has brought.
MARRIED AT UNION
The wedding of Miss Hallie Marie
Griffin and Mr. Lester R. Scboe
maker, well known young people of
the Union and Murray communities,
occurred on Wednesday, August 1st,
at Union.
The marriage took place at the
residence of Rev. and Mrs. W. A.
Taylor, old friends of the family of
the deceased, the ceremony being at
2 o'clock in the afternoon.
The bride and groom were attend-
ed by Miss Opal Griffin, sister of;
me oriue as Driaesmaiu ana air. nay
Schoemaker, brother of the groom,
as the best man.
The bridal couple departed fcr
Fair Play, Missouri, former heme
of the Griffin family, where they
will enjoy a visit of a few weeks
with relatives and friends.
The bride is the eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Griffin of Union,
and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. M. Griffin of Plattsmouth. She is
a graduate of the Union high school
and a lady loved and esteemed by
all who have the pleasure of her ac
quaintance. The groom is a son of Mrs. Ed
ward Schoemaker, of Murray, and
has grown to manhood in this por
tion of Cass county where he has a
large circle cf friends and is a young
man of the highest standing.
The many friends will join in their
best wishes to this estimable your.g
couple on this happy occasion of their
lives.
DEATH OF BABE
From Tuesday's Dally
The death of the two-day old in
fant of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Sut
ton occurred early today at the fam
ily home in this city. The little one
was born Sunday morning but its
little life was not to be enjoyed by
the members of the family and it
was called back to the everlasting
rest.
Funeral services were held today
at the home and conducted by the
Rev. O. B. Chastain, pastor of the
Christian church.
The burial was at the Oak Hill
cemetery and under the direction of
the Horton funeral :Jiome.
Nearly Score
of New Buildings
at Boys' Camp
Thousands of Feet of Lumber Going
into Construction Wcrk at the
Government Rifle Range
The boys camp located on the gov
ernment rifie range property north
cf this city is an unusually busy
place just now, with upwards of 120
youths cf from 17 to 21 years of age
i and 20 skilled tradesmen selected
i
from the thousand older men being
sheltered at the transient bureau
camp in Omaha, working together on
the laying of foundations and erec
tion of the fifteen or mere buildings
to be constructed during the coming
weeks. A Journal representative
visited the camp Sunday and as a
guest of John McPherson, of Omaha,
state transient director, who has
general charge of the "bureau" at
Omaha and the camp here, and I. Z.
Hayes, acting commandant 'of the
local camp, was shown about the
grounds and given extensive infor
mation on the work planned there.
Extensive Building Program.
All cf the land owned by the gov-
! eminent north cf Plattsmouth, ex-
f .
cept the firing range itself is under
lease to the transient division of
FERA for a one year period from
July 1, 1934, and for at least that
long will be used for boys camp pur
poses. The plan of segregating boys
of tender age from the more mature
men and establishing them in camps
of their own has proven most satis
factory, according to Director Mc
Pherson. In order to house the boys and
carry on requisite camp activities,
it is necessary to erect a large num
ber cf buildings, as follows: Six bar
racks buildings, each capable cf shel
tering 25 persons; dining room, bath
house, hospital and infirmary build
ing, work shop and garage, admin
istration building, staff headquarters
building, recreation hall, dairy barn,
milk house, cattle shelters and pens.
To date, the only buildings complet
ed are the dairy barn and dining hall
and kitchen. The dairy barn milk
hcuss, shelter and pens will be con
structed largely of salvaged lumber
from condemned buildings in Omaha
torn down by transient help. Other
buildings in the group will be con
structed entirely of new materials.
Bids for materials are taken in the
regular government manner and
awarded to the low bidder. Many
thousands of feet cf lumber, plumb
ing and electrical equipment are
among the items contracted for. With
city water available on the rifle range
for sonie time, complete sanitation
can be provided and men are now
busily engaged in laying a sanitary
sewer line through the draw along
which will be located on each side
the six barrr.cks buildingr;, bath
house and administration building.
Further modern convenience is being
provided by the running of a 220
volt electrical line to the camp by
the Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power
company.
Operate Their Own Farm.
Included in the land under lease
is 60 acres of fertile river bottom
land given over to truck gardening.
Drouth this year has limited the yield
to beans and cucumbers. Primarily
Intended only to supply table needs
for the camp, arrangements have
been made for the Norfolk Packing
plant to take care of surplus crop in
a year of good yield. Besides the
farm, the camp is now engaging in
the dairy industry, having received
in the past few days a herd of 24
Holstein dairy cattle, purchased from
a thoroughbred Holstein breeder
near Fremont. Like the farm activ
ity, this is intended primarily to sup
ply the camp with milk, the daily
consumption here and at the Omaha
"bureau" being 130 gallons. An ad
ditional 20 head of cattle will be
added to the herd later.
The dairy barn, milk house, shel
ters and corrall are to be models of
efficiency, having been designed by
the Animal Husbandry department
of the University of Nebraska- Mr. E.
C. Carr, of Lincoln, is the new staff
engineer to have charge of all fu
ture building operations, being a
University of Nebraska graduate en
gineer connected with PWA depart
ment of the Federal Emergency Re
lief Administration. He succeeds a
former transient engineer temporarily
assigned to the job.
The new dining hall and kitchen
are not being used as yet, the reg
ular 17th infantry dining hall now
housing the men at meal time. As
soon as the electric line from town is
completed, the new dining room will
be opened with electrical refriger
ation and modern conveniences. Then
the present dining hall will be util
ized as a recreation building until
the new recreation hall at the top
of the hill i3 built, this being one
of the last buildings in the group
slated for completion.
It was our pleasure to dine with
the men at their Sunday evening
meal and one noticeable thing is the
fact that the officers and directors
from the highest down eat with the
men of the same food and at the
same long tables in the mess hall. A
very credible meal was provided and
we were told their Sunday evening
meal is among the lightest of the
week. Conversation with a number
of the "boys" brought the informa
tion that they are more than satis
fied with the "grub." Much of the
provisions u?ed are purchased in
Plattsmouth of local dealers.
How the Work is Done.
The entire project is free from
commercialism so far as labor is con
cerned, being designed, as Director
McPherson states, primarily to pro
vide work for the men being given
shelter, food, clothing, medical care,
etc., as wards of the government.
Skilled tradesmen from among the
older men at the Omaha "bureau"
are picked for supervisory work in
various fields, while the general
work is done by the 17 to 21 year old
boys sheltered at the camp. Asked if
he could find plenty of skilled men
in all classes, McPherson responded
with the statement that a check-up
a few days ago revealed that he
could furnish us on instant notice
some 22 printers, bo we didn't ques
tion him further. Besides their
"keep" the men receive tobacco at
regular intervals and are allowed
from 90 cents for ordinary labor to
$1.20 a week for straw bosses in cash
for incidental expense. Every able
bodied man in the camp or at the
Omaha "bureau" is required to work
thirty hours each week. A local doc
tor renders contract medical aid to
the camp, while hospitalization Js
provided in Omaha whenever neces
sary. Dental inspection and service
is also included in the benefits re
ceived. Recreation Facilities.
At present recreation Is limited
to such entertainment as can be pro
vided on an open air platform erect
ed near the center of the camp, in
cluding boxing, etc. When the 17th
Infantry's dining hall becomes avail
able for this purpose in the near fu
ture,' an extended program can be
provided, and still later by time of
completion of the new recreation
building, it is expected to have talk
ing pictures and stage entertain
ments, there being many of theatrical
accomplishment registered at the
Omaha "bureau" where weekly
vaudeville shows are arranged. Books
furnished by the Plattsmouth li
brary in group lots are available to
the men and many are finding re
creation in kittenball. with a camp
team now registered in the city
league.
Preferj the Farm.
Thomas Martin, who has been
camp commandant of late, has been
obliged to give up the work due to
illness, and the camp is temporarily
in charge of Mr. Hayes, a Nebraska
.orid war veteran, who has prev
iously been farm superintendent and
is reticent about taking full direction
of the camp, preferring the farm
work to this added responsibility
Just who the permanent camp com
mandant will be is not known at
this time.
May Improve Road.
When the building program is
completed, Director McPherson says
the men will be available for use in
improving the rifle range road, pro
viding their work thereon will not
be an encroachment on work that
might be done by the county or
6tate, thereby serving to keep anyone
out of employment.
The public 13 invited to visit the
camp and see what progress is be
ing made, but asked to secure per
mission at the headquarters tent be
fore goirg about the grounds.
Soon boats wfM be plying up
and down the Missouri, hauling
vast cargoes of freight.
Rev. F. H. Fruend
a Former Pastor,
Dies in the W est
Served to Organize the Local St.
Paul's Evangelical Church and
Here Several Years.
Rev. F. H. Fruend, 75, veteran
minister of the Evangelical church
in the central west, died on July 27,
at Portland, Oregon, where he had
made his home in recent years. Death
came as the result of a sudden heart
attack.
Rev. Fruend as a young man came
to Nebraska and located at Nebraska
City where he organized the Bethal
church of that city in 18S5 and be
came the pastor of the church, his
first charge in the ministry.
After several years spent in Ne
braska City, Rev. Fruend came to
Plattsmouth and was instrumental
in getting the St. Paul's church of
this city established, organizing a
congregation and which held meet
ings in one of the local halls until
the present church structure was
completed. Rev. Fruend was the first
pastor of the church and his lead
ership placed the church organiz
ation on a firm basis that has car
ried it on in the years.
Some three years ago Rev. Frued
paid a visit to Nebraska and renewed
acquaintance with the old friends
here and at Nebraska City.
The body was taken from Portland
to the old home at Freelandville, In
diana, for burial.
RED SOX WIN
The Plattsmouth Red Sox Sunday
afternoon entertained a baseball
team from Nebraska City, to win
the contest by the score of 9 to 2 in
the hot and boiling atiuospheie that
prevailed.
The team playing here was not
the Nebraska City team of the
Nemaha valley league, however.
The locals had little trouble with
the visitors, who scored their runs
in the second and ninth innings.
For the Sox, Alex Schliscke, bard
hitting third baseman, nicked the
offering of Gude, for a three bagger
in his first trip to the plate in the
opening inning.
In the eighth inning Joe Mc
Carthy, veteran Sox player, poled a
home run to add to the slaughter of
the visitors.
Del Sylvester held Nebraska City
to four hits for the game.
The box score of the struggle was
as follows:
Red Sox
AB R
Schliscke, 3b 5 1
Hall, cf 5 0
Svoboda. lb 4 0
J. Krejcl. ss 2 2
Kennedy, rf 3 0
F. Krejci. c 4 1
Pierce. If 4 1
PO
1
1
12
0
1
10
0
0
1
1
A
c
0
1
5
0
1
0
1
1
0
K
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
t
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
3
1
Brittain. b
Sylvester, p
McCarthy, 2b
2 1
4 1
1 2
34 9 11 27 14
llebraska City
AB R II PO A E
Zeiner, 2b 4 113 3 0
Blackey, cf 3 0 0 1 0 0
Kriefels, If 4 0 0 1 0 0
Moyers. p-lb 4 0 1 C 0 0
J. Gude, ss-p 3 1 0 0 4 2
Christy, 3b 3 0 0 1 2 1
Mille.-, lb 3 0 1 4 0 0
Poggemeyer, c3017 00
Schutzer, rf 2 0 0 1 1 0
Gude. p 1 0 0 0 1 0
4 24 11
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Koukal of Ta
coma, Washington, are in the city
for a visit at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Emil Koukal and also at the
home of Mr. and Mr. Charles Ault.
CARS HAVE SMASHUP
Sunday night near the Nebraska
Masonic Home, a small auto Emifhup
occurred on Webster Boulevard. vhen
the car of George M. Bechtel of Om
aha and that of John Richardson of
this city, collided.
The cars were damaged to some
extent In the smashup but fortun
ately none of the occupants of the
cars were injured beyond being
shaken up to some extent.
Mrs. Glen Vallery and daughter,
Gertrude, departed Saturday even
ing for Chicago .where they will at
tend the Century of Progress exposition.