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FLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, KONDAY, DECEIIEEE. 24, 1934.
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Long
Time Resident of
Cass County
Mrs. Martha Alice Hughson Dies
Wednesday After Hemorrhage .
Caused by Fall.
The death of Mrs. Martha Alice
Hughson, 67, occurred Wednesday
afternoon at the family home Just
south of this city, where for the past
two weeks she had been in very criti
cal condition.
Mrs. Hughson two weeks ago suf
fered a fall which caused a cerebral
hemorrhage and from which she fail
ed to rally, gradually failing until
death came to her relief.
The deceased lady was a member
cf one of the pioneer families or
Liberty precinct, her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Pell, being among
the early settlers in the vicinity of
Union and when but a child of ten
der years she was brought to that
community by the parents, where she
grew to womanhood and passed the
greater part of her lifetime. At the
Pell home she was married to Frank
Hughson, they making their home
on farms in that locality until the
death in 1925 of Mr. Hughson. later
the wife and sons locating in Thurs
ton county until three years ago
when they moved to Plattsmouth and
have since made their home in this
community.
To Mr .and Mrs. Hughson there
were born six children, one of whom,
Jesse, preceded the mother in death.
The surviving children are Mrs.
Pearl Heckathorne, Hutchison, Kan
sas; Mrsj Edna Dillard, Walthill, Ne
braska; Mrs. Clareta Sherwood,
Macy, Nebraska; Gey and Amos
Hughson of this city.
There also survives the aged moth
er. .Mrs. Rachel Pell. 91 years of
age, of Union, three sisters, Mrs.
Edward Midklff, Aroca; Mrs. John
Niday and Mrs. A. O. Pearsley,
Union, and one brother, Jesse Pell,
of Union.
The funeral services of this estim
able lady win be held on Friday aft
ernoon at 2:30 at the Methodist
church at Union, Rev. W. A. Taylor,
a lifetime friend of the deceased and
her family conducting the servissM.
The funeral will be under the di
rection of the Sattler funeral home
of this city. Interment will be in
the Union cemetery.
HAVE PLEASANT MEETING
The Social Workers Flower club
held a very pleasant meeting on
Thursday at the home of Mrs. Julius
Pltz in the Bouth portion of the
city, the meeting being the Christ
mas gathering of the ladies. Mrs.
Fred Mumm and Mrs. Charles Man
ners were the associate hostes?e3.
The charm of the meeting was en
hanced by the beautifully decorated
Christmas tree to add to add its
touch to the scene.
Mrs. J. Li. Stamp, club president,
presided and assisted in the program
of the afternoon. The members of
the group Joined in the singing of
the Crristmaa carols, lending an in
spirational touch to the meeting.
Santa Claus made his appearance
at an appropriate hour and brought
with him a gift for each of the mem
bers of the club to add to their pleas
ure and delight.
One new member was received into
the club, Mrs. Andrew J. Snyder.
The next meeting will be on Jan
uary 9th at the home of Mrs. John
Kaufman, who will be assisted by
Mrs. James Lepert.
At the close of the afternoon the
hostesses served a dainty two course
luncheon to complete an afternoon of
real pleasure for all of the members.
HERE FOR HOLIDAYS
From Friday's Dally
This morning Miss Alice Louise
Wescott arrived home to enjoy a
visit over the Christmas season with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wes
cott and other relatives and friends.
urien WMcntt is encased as secre-
iUIDO -w w - '
tary at the Garrett college of North
western university.
From Friday1 Daily
J. E. Hallstroin. the Avoca banker.
was in the city today to attend to
some business matters at the court
hmiBA Ann vlsitine with his many
Death of
friends over the city.
COMMISSION HOLDS MEETING
From Thursday's Dally
The Old Age Pension commission
met this morning at the court house
with the board of county commis
sioners to make arrangements for the
completion of the listing of the pen
sions that have been granted.
The members of the commission
are W. M. Barclay, of this city;
Frank Woods, Weeping Water; L. G.
Todd, Union; C. T. Edwards. Elm
wood and George E. Bucknell,
Greenwood.
Meeting Hears
Plan for State
Highway Police
Hon. W. 3. Banning of Union, Pre
sides at Meeting of Joint Good
Roads, Omaha C. of C.
Hon. W. B. Banning of Union was
presiding officer Wednesday at a
meeting held in Omaha by a Joint
committee of the Omaha Chamber of
Commerce and the Nebraska Good
Roads association. The meeting was
attended by a group of leaders of
various organizations of the state,
Henry A. Schneider of this city, a
director of the Nebraska Bankers' as
sociation, A. C. Tilley. newly appoint
ed state engineer as well as others
interested in the suggested program.
The chief speaker was State Sen
ator Callan of Odell, who discussed
at some length the plans for a state
highway police system.
While the state senator did not
disclose full details for financing the
state police system, he said that he
believed it would pay its own way
thru collection of licenses and fines
for traffic violations. The bill also
looks to the co-ordination of var
ious state law enforcement facil
ities. ' '
The consensus of the committee
was that the system should be ulti
mately on a merit basis with a pro
bationary period preceding perman
ent employment. It was held that
the changing of the personnel every
two years would weaken the system.
Additional meetings are planned
before the legislature convenes.
THE GLAD TIDINGS
Let Christmas greetings be of
good cheer;
The happiest day of all the
year!
Remember him who came on
earth to teach us here
That we might live in hopes
instead of fear.
That soul that was born in
Bethlehem long years ago
Who came to teach us the way
here below
Follow in his footsteps now
as then;
The great teacher of all nations
and all men.
Let traditions praise his name
again and ever more
For he who lifted up the dead
and healed the sinful Bore;
It wa3 Jesus of Nazareth; let
us pray in his name
The Son of our Father, who
is ever the same.
Then let us praise has name
with both heart and tongue
For Jesus of Nazareth on the
old cross was hung.
Now they plated him In the
tomb when they thought
life was over
But he arose from the dead and
ascended to that beautiful
shore.
T. M. A.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
Notice is hereby given to all tock
holders of the Plattsmouth Loan &
Building Association, that the reg
ular annual stockholders meeting
will be held on Monday evening, Jan
uary 7, IV st, lor tne purpose or elect
Ing three directors and such other
business as may come before the
meeting. The meeting will be held
at the office of the association in
the Brown Jewelry Store, Platts
mouth, Nebr., at S o'clock p. m.
O. A. JOHNSON,
EL P. LUTZ, President.
Secretary. d22-ltd-4tw
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Thomas Walling Company
Abstracts of Title
Phone 324 - Plattsmouth
H-K-I-M-K-I-I-I-I-I-I-H-
Blue and White
Open the Season
with a Victory
Take Ashland Quintet ly Score of
16 to 10 Local Team Shows
Promise cf Good Season.
From Thursday's Dally
The Plattsmouth high school bas
ketball team last evening took their
initial step into the 1334-35 season
with a 10 to 10 victory over AEhland,
showing real promise in this first
game.
Coach Rctnert retained his start
ing five in the game throughout with
the exception of a few moments when
Wail relieved Hula, the quintet
clicking in very good shape in this
tht-'r first real test.
In the opening period both teams
were unsettled and unable to make
their plays effective and unable to
hit the loop, the only score beir.g a
free toss made good by Jack Forbes
for the first tally of the game. The
Platters led 1 to 0 as the period
ended.
With the opening of the second
stanza, Cotner, who had been unable
to locate the basket in the first, drop
ped in two nice long field goals and
Hendrix with a field goal put the
Platters out in front by two. For
Ashland Wagner secured a field goal,
Barger a goal and free toss and Mul
len a free throw. The score at the
half time was 8 to C for the Platters.
The opening of the second half was
discouraging for the visitors as they
were held scoreless for the period,
they missing their only chance when
Barger failed to make good on a
gift shot. For the Platters Hendrix
led the scoring with two field goals
while Cotner annexed one to bring
the locals up 14 to 6 as the quarter
ended. -
In'the last roundup Ashland push
ed their offensive in hope of over
coming the Platter margin but were
unable to secure the necessary bas
kets, altbo they outscored the Plat
ters who played largely on the de
fensive. For the visitors, Frank, cen
ter, and Busch, guard, each rang up
a field goal while for the Platters
Joe Case, guard, registered two
points for the locals. The game
closed with the 16 to 10 margin for
the Platters.
The team looked very promising
and in Case and Forbes, Coach Roth-
ert looks to have worthy successors
of the many excellent guardsmen
and white. Hula at forward played
and white. 2 Hula at forward played
an excellent game and his defensive
work was especially good. In Cotner
and Hendrix, the only two lettermen
of the team, there Is a pair of ex
cellent basket shooters that should
be heard from during the season.
The box score of the game was
as follows:
Plattsmouth
FG
FT
1-2
0-2
0-0
0-3
0- 0
1- 1
TP
Cotner, f 3
2
Hula, f 0
Wall, f 0
Hendrix, c 3
Case, g 1
2
0
2
0
3
Forbes, g 0
7 2-8
16
TP
2
3
0
2
1
2
Ashland
FG
1
1
0
1
0
1
FT
0- 0
1- 3
0-1
0- 0
1- 3
0-1
PP
1
2
0
0
2
1
Wagner, f
Barger, f .
Philpo. f .
Frank, c .
Mullen, g
Busch, g .
4 2-S 6 10
Referee, Huston, N.; Timekeper.
Lamberson, P.
In the curtain raiser the Platts
mouth eighth graders swamped the
Bellevue eighth grade by the score
of 14 to 0. The locals, led by Kief
in scoring were ahead from the first
play and some excellent material was
shown In the youngsters, who next
year will be in high school to push
the P. H. S. veterans.
VACATION DAYS ARE HERE
Friday afternoon the doors of the
city schools closed for the Christmas
vacation and from now until Thurs
day, January 3, pupils and teachers
aiike can have the opportunity of
enjoying a rest and recuperating
from the Christmas festivities.
The members of the city teaching
force residing in other communities
will spend their vacation at home
where it is not at too great a dis
ltance
SUFFERING FROM ILLNESS
The friends here of Will G. Davis,
formerly a secretary of the local
Chamber of Commerce, will regret
to learn that Mr. Davis is at the pres
ent time ill at the transient hospital
at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr.
Davis has not been In the best of;
health since the death cf his wife
last year and in the last few weeks
was taken ill and forced to go to the
hospital. His address is Oklahoma
Transient Bureau, 21 West Main
btreet, Oklahoma City.
Urge Revival
of the Happy
Hundred Here
Chamber cf Commerce Prepares to
Take Up Hatter Praise EE.EX
for Excellent Eecord.
From Friday's Dally
Twenty-seven were present at the
regular meeting of the Chamber of!
Commerce yesterday. Chief among j
the propositions discussed was that,
of a revival of interest in the Happy!
Hundred banquets which many will'
remember as so successful in former :
years. The Chamber of Commerce '
went on record as endorsing a re-!
newal of these affairs with a banquet j
scheduled for January, February and J
March. The Rotary club has also
been interested in this project and
with the support of both these com
munity organizations, the return of
the Happy Hundred should be acccm-!
plished.
Considerable interest was shown
also in the matters cf employment
now facing the community. Renew
ed contracts for meat packing and
the reopening of projects along the.
river were bright prepacts for the
immediate fut?:re. Comment was also
made of the fine record of the local
BREX in maintaining a steady work
year for a large number of employees.
This meeting marked the final
meeting of the Chamber for 1934 and
the annual meeting will be held in
January -at which time the officers
and aims for 1935 will be decided
upon. The Chamber of Commerce is
of real service to the community in
the services which it seeks to render
and during the past year under the
fine leadership of President F. I.
Rea has been a valuable asset to
Plattsmouth.
Plattsmouth has another fine or
ganization in the field of community
and business activity in the Busi
ness Mens Ad club of which R. W.
Knorr is president. This group is
composed of men engaged In the re
tail business and directs its efforts
toward advertising and business ac
tivity but In addition has sponsored
a number of events of community
wide interest. It has been a remark
able tribute to this organization and
its leadership during the past years
of general business depression that
it has kept this community active
and progressing.
There is need in the community
for such organizations as the Cham
ber of Commerce and the Business
Mens Ad club. Both render a distinct
service to our town and are deserv
ing of that support which is so ne
cessary to promote the good of the
community at large. None of the
men who devote so much time to the
affairs of these two civic organiz
ations receive any pay, they make
these sacrifies as a community serv
ice.
HERE FROM SOUTH BEND
From Thursday's Daily
M. E. Bushnell, assessor-elect and
Martin Wilson, newly chosen road
overseer of South Bend precinct.
were in the city today to look after
some matters of business for a short
time at the court house with the
board of county commissioners.
From Thursday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Sitzman of
Weeping Water, were in the city to
day to look after some business mat
ters and visiting at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. F. H. Gerbel
ing and family for a few hours.
Paul Lemke, who has been attend
ing the Gregg college at Chicago,
one of the leading shorthand schools
of the country, is home for a visit
with the relatives and many friends.
Christmas
Program Given
by High School
Many of the Alnmni of Plattsmouth
High School Are in Attend
ance at Program.
A large number of former students
and patrons of the school were pres
ent yesterday for the annual Home
coming Christmas program which
has come to be a traditional activity
in Plattsmouth high school. The
program as planned by the student
council committee this year was cen
tered wholly around the Christmas
theme and was an outstanding pro
gram. A beautiful setting for the occa
sion was provided by the Christmas
cantata, "The Wondrous Story," pre
sented by a mixed chorus of eighty
voices under the direction of Mr.
Hoyt Griffin with Jane Boedeker at
the piano and with the high school
orchestra cf twenty pieces, accom
panying. In unfolding the beauti
ful yuletide story in song, both the
ch&rufa and orchestra showed the fine
training which they have received
under Mr. Griffin. The many compli
ments which were heard upon this
fine musical presentation were well
deserved and well repaid the direc
tor and students for the hard work
cf preparation.
Canon W. J. H. Petter of St.
Luke's Episcopal church, gave the
Christmas address and many fine
comments were made upon his im
pressive and timely remarks. Taking
a Christmas card as a means of con
veying the true meaning of Christ
mas in its words and pictures, he
brought a most appropriate messsage
to his audience yet with a simplicity
of outline that made it a splendid
contribution to the ' progTam. He
urged the students not to lose sight
of the true meaning of Christmas in
its celebration of the birth of the
Messiah and that in the adoration of
the Madonna at Christmas time, they
remember the priceless virtue of pur
ity in their conduct. Canon Petter's
closing references to the Wise Man
and the Christ as the great inspir
ation of all mankind through life
left his audience with a fine impres
sion of a most appropriate and appli
cable Christmas theme.
The closing minutes of the pro
gram were devoted to audience sing
ing of the beautiful Christmas carols.
The program committee was com
posed of Herbert Minor, Grace Louise
Wiles and Richard Cole, with How
ard Hirz presiding.
A REAL SHIPBUILDER
The residents of this community
were unaware up to recently that
a shipbuilder of the highest rank
was a resident here. This is no other
than Herman Eeichstadt, the well
known shoe-rebuilder.
Mr. Reichstadt has two of the
boats that he has built and put on
exhibition at his shop on upper Main
street, and they are real works of
art. One is a miniature ocean liner,
perfect in detail and of a size that
makes it possible to represent every
part of the boat. The other vessel
is a battleship which has been care
fully constructed to even the mov
ing turrets for the large guns of the
ship.
These boats In their perfect detail
are made from memory, as Mr.
Reichstadt in his youth was engaged
in working in the French naval yards
at Toulon and from his experience
there he has been able to reconstruct
perfect models of the various styles
of vessel that he was engaged in the
French naval port.
TVTATTF.S BEAUTIFUL SIGHT
The large cedar tree that stands
in the south terrace of the Cass coun
ty court house is a most beautiful
Bight in the last few evening3 as the
tree has been decorated with the
many colored lights that carry in
colorful theme the welcome to the
great festival of the Christian world.
The colored lights are enhanced by
the white star that crowns the tree.
This tree in connection with the
many smaller trees along the walks
displayed by the business houses of
the city add much to the Christmas
spirit in the main section of the city.
REAL METROPOLITAN SIGN
The H. M. Soennicbsen Co. Friday
had installed a new Neon sign on
their builidng that is a real addition
to the business section of the city.
This sign covers the three fronts
of the building, the men's and dry
goods sections as well as the Black
& White grocery. The sign is one
that adds very much to the appear
ance of the business section of the
city and is worthy of the progressive
mercantile company that operates
the store, the largest in Cass county.
Mrs. C. E. Hartford
Talks of Flowers
of the Great West
Interesting Meeting Held by the
Plattsmonth Garden Club at
E. H. Wescott Kome.
From Tuesday's Dally
Last evening the members of the
Plattsmouth Garden club met at the
pleasant home df Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Wescott to enjoy their Christmas
party and the fine program that had
been arranged.
The resignation of Roy Olson as
chairman for the east fourth ward
was received and his successor will
be named later.
The members had an unusually
fine treat afforded them in the talk
given by Mrs. C. E. Hartford, one of
the active members of the club who
has just returned from California.
Mrs. Hartford told of the native
flowers of the Pacific coast, the many
beautiful foliage plants and trees to
be found in the far west, arranged
most artistically around the homes.
She also told of the cacti found on
their journey through the desert
country where the greatest speci
ment can.be found, and which to the
residents of the fertile sections of
the mid-west proved a great treat.
In honor of the Christmas season
refreshments were served at the
close of the meeting by Mrs. J. H.
McMaken, Mrs. L. L. Wiles, Mrs.
Lillian Freeman and Mrs. A. L. Tidd.
URGED TO OBTAIN SCHEDULE
A bulletin, released Wednesday by
Charles M. Haller, census supervisor,
urges all farmers and ranchers who
have not received sample copy of
the schedule to procure sane at
the earliest possible moment so that
they may give careful study to ques
tions and be prepared to give full
and accurate information when the
enumerator calls. Copies may be ob
tained from the district supervisor.
This district includes Butler, Cass,
Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson,
Pawnee, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee,
Polk, Richardson, Saunders, Saline
Seward, Thayer and York counties
with headquarters in the Lincoln
postoffice, room 421. Actual work of
taking the census is scheduled to be
gin Jan. 2.
According to William L. Austin,
director, bureau of census, this is
to be the most significant farm enum
eration since the inception of agri
cultural statistics in 1840.
REPORT BOY KILLED
From Saturday's Daily
The offices at Camp Plattsmouth
north of this city, this morning re
ceived inquiries a3 to the rdentifica
tion of a boy killed when he fell
under a freight train in the railroad
yards at Kansas City. The boy, it
seems had told a companion on the
train on which they were beating
their way, that he had been in the
Plattsmouth camp for a time. The
camp officers report a boy missing
whose leaving would make about the
same as that of the one killed in
Kansas City. The boy, Russell
Ronoll, left here and had told others
at the camp that he was going to
St. Louis, so it is thought that per
haps he may be the boy killed.
TO ENJOY REUNION
From Saturday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Gayer and
family departed today for St. Angelo,
Texas, where they are expecting to
spend the Christmas holiday with i
the mother of Mr. Gayer. They will
be joined there by brothers and sis
ters of Mr. Gayer from Louisiana, the
occasion being made a family reunion.
A. L Tidd Named
Head of W orking
Men's Council
Selected to Head Group at Meeting
Held at the Court House cn
Thursday Evening.
A large group of the unemployed
met last evening at the district eourt
room to pass upon a petition that
had been circulated earlier in the
wee!; asking Attorney A. L. Tidd to
accept the position of chairman of
the Workingmen's Council as the new
organization was termed.
The meeting was called to order by
Thomas McMasters and who stated
that the petition had been signed
by tome 175 of the residents of the
city, Mr. McMasters putting the mat
ter to a vote and all were in favor
of the petition and the naming of
Mr. Tidd as chairman.
While Len Austin was dispatched
to notify Mr. Tidd, short talks were
Civen by Pete Clark and Adam Mar
shall in which they urged unity and
harmony in the ranks of those seek
ing employment and relief.
Mr. Marshall urged the appoint
ing of committees and the drafting
of resolutions that should be pre
sented to the legislature by the com
mittee, favoring legislation for re
lief and unemployment. He also read
figures a3 to the raising of the sal
aries of the heads of great corpor
ations while the workmen were at
the depression standard of wages
even those who might still be work
ing. Mr. Tidd on arrival was intro
duced and gave a resume of his posi
tion and wishes in regard to the sit
uation. He asked that the men be
square with him as their chairman
as well as their employer. If any
one did not care to do a full -day's
work then he need not affiliate ith
the council. Mr. Tidd stated there
were twenty-seven road districts ia
the county and in the funds due them
there was $14,147, it being his pur
pose to ask the county commissioners
to get the overseers busy and get the
men to work on the roads. There
was also J1S.000 in the highway
fund and $13,000 in the road
fund which could be used cn road
work as the county had absolute con
trol over these. There were many
places alcng the roads and highways
where washouts had occurred that
could be remedied by hand labor and
employ a large number at possibly
57 a week. Mr. Tidd also stated that
he would ask a meeting of the busi
ness men that had signed the peti
tion to secure their aid in getting
work for the unemployed. He also
gave as one of his objectives to have
the county commissioners buy timber
tracts where the unemployed might
cut their supply of wood, the com
missioners providing the trucks to
haul the workers to and from the
scene of labor. The emergency meas
ures Mr. Tidd felt could provide work
for the next three months and ease
the burden on the unemployed of the
community.
PEOYEOE BANK FACILITIES
The residents cf Union have n'tcr
several mouths of bei:i v. ithvut
banking facilities, the opportunity
of enjoying the convenience of a
banking house.
The new banking house is known
as the Union Co-operative Credit As
sociation and is one of some lifty
that is operating in the utate under
the provisions of the law passed by
the last legislature. The bank has
been operating since December 14th
and has shown a steady gain since
it v.as launched.
The officers of the association are
as follows: President. P. F. Rihn;
Vice-President, J. G. Chapman; Secretary-Treasurer,
C. A. Stites. The
other directions are David Kendall
and O. J. Hathaway.
The association operates under
the Nebraska banking departi Jent
and is financed b3' the depositors.
Similar associations are now op
erating at Greenwood and Murdock
in the west portion cf the county.
From Friday's Dally
Attorney C. E. Tefft of Weeping
Water was in the city today for a
few hours to look after some mat
ters In the county court for a short
time.