Nehr. State Historical Society
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VOL, HO. II
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA,. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1935.
NO. 10
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Declamatory
Contest will be
Held March 12
Local Students to Have Tryonts in
several Classes in Preparation
for Sub-District Meet.
The date for tne local declamatory
contest has been definitely set for the
evening of Tuesday, March 12th. At
this time thirteen students are en
tered whieh -will insure a fine even
ing of entertainment. The winners of
first place will represent Plattsmouth
high school in the sub-district con
test to be held at Auburn the last
of this month.
The contestants are being trained
under the direction of Mr. Wayne
Alvord who has had assistance from
other members of the faculty in pre
paring the large number of students
for the contest.
Declamatory work has played a
prominent part in the high school
list of activities for a number of
years. Three times In rectnt years,
Plattsmouth has won the sub-district
championship and has had several
district winners of individual cham
pionships. This is a fine type of work
which benefits annually a large num
ber of students with a type of train
ing that is valuable all through life.
The list of contestants to date is
as follows:
Humorous section: Joan Hall "Ma
at the Races;" La Rue Bomer. "Bro
ther in Love;" Edna Mae Peterson,
"Jane."
Dramatic reading: Velma Edwards,
"Antonio Opens His Eyes;" Inez
Drucker, "Micky's Marker;" Avi3 Syl
vester, "The Pensioner."
Original oratory: Lois Meade,
"Painting and Sculpture as Mediums
of Expression;" . Amber. Bomer,
"Crime and Punishment;" Fred
Frlcke, "Israfel." .
Extemporaneous: Naomi Day,' Eea-!
sie Carey, and Jane Boedeker. Sub-'
jects In this section are selected
from topics discussed In the current
Issues of the Literary Digest and Re
view of Reviews.
.The public Is invited to attend the
local contest Tuesday, March 12th.
GIVE FRIEND SURPRISE
Sunday afternoon the neighbors of
MiBS.Effie Creeley joined in a very
pleasant surprise to their friend, who
Is moving to a farm near Tekamah,
Nebraska, to make her home in the
futuie. The guest of honor was un
aware of the event until the friends
arrived to join In their greetings and
weir wishes for her future happiness
In the. new home.
The afternoon was spent In games
and in which prizes were awarded
the successful participants. Miss
Creeley was presenteu with a gift as
a remembrance of the friendB with
whom she has been neighbors for
the past several years and who will
greatly miss her in the future.
The members of the party had
come with well laden baskets of the
good things that formed a most de
licious luncheon that was served at
an appropriate hour. Those who at
tended the event were: Mesdames
Clifford Forbes, Catherine Nolting,
Simon Clark, Rose Bookmeyer, Henry
Starkjohn, F. J. Hennings, Will
Swanfca, Earl Kline, B. G. Wurl,
Henry Born, Phillip Born. Miss Olive
Cass, Miss Margaret Mapes, Mrs.
Margaret Hodgert and the guest of
honor. Miss Effie Creeley.
HAVE BUSY TIME
. The office of Miss Lillian White,
register of deeds is one of the busiest
spots In the court house In the last
two weeks and at this time as the
March 1st business has proven very
heavy and kept Miss White and her
deputy, Miss Hild, busy in the re
cording and handling the various
transactions of the real estate and
lease business of the office.
GO TO UmHESOTA
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Knorr depart
ed Sunday for Rochester, Minnesota,
where they will spend a Bhort time
at the Mayo clinic. Mr. Knorr has
not been in the best of health for
some months and it was thought beBt
to have a thorough check made of
his condition by the celebrated sur
geons and physicians of the Mayo
Institute.
MOVING INTO CITY
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hild are
moving Tuesday from their farm
home west of Mynard to the Creeley
residence in this city where they are
to make their home in the future.
Mr. Hild has purchased the oil serv
ice station at Granite street and Chi
cago avenue and has been located
here for the past several days and
now will be joined by the family.
The residents of the city are pleased
to have this excellent family as a
part of the citizenship of the com
munity and extend them a most cor
dial welcome.
Death of Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller,
Old Resident
Passed Away Saturday at Koine of
Daughter, Mrs. Hugh Standley at
Lincoln; Funeral Sunday.
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Miller,
a resident of Plattsmouth for . the
past fifty-six years, occurred late
Saturday at Lincoln where she had
been making her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Hugh Standley and
family.
Mrs. Miller was the widow of W.
H. Miller, for many years a well
known resident of the second ward
of this city and for many years re
sided In the home In Orchard Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller were married
at Philllpsburg. New Jersey. Decem
ber 25, 1876. coming to Plattsmouth
a few years later where they have
made their home. Mr. Miller was
for many years engaged in the car
penter business here until his death
a number of years ago.
Mrs. Miller is survived by two sons
and one daughter, George Miller of
Janesvllle, Wisconsin; William Miller
of this -city and Mrs. Hugh Standley
of Lincoln. There are also ten grand
children, one of whom. Mrs. Ralph
Katt, resides In this city.
The deceased lady was a member
of the Episcopal church for the
greater part of her lifetime. .
WINS A PRIZF
From Monday Dlly
Mrs. Lester Capps of Plattsmouth,
Nebr., is the winner of a new RCA
Globo-Trotter radio with dual wave
and European reception, she was in
formed today by the Omaha Flour
Mills company of Omaha, Nebraska,
sponsors of a contest on Omar Won
der Flour.
Mrs. Capps recipe for Applesauce
Doughnuts was chosen the winner
among hundreds of entries from
Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and
Illinois, said the Omaha Flour Mills
company in congratulating her upon
her award.
The radio, which Is the latest
model, having long and short wave
reception, including European sta
tions, will be delivered to Mrs. Capps
through her grocer, some time this
week.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Sunday afternoon Hillard Grass
man, who has been ill for the past
three weeks from an attack of erysi
pelas, was taken to Omaha where he
was placed in the St. Catherine's hos
pital for care and treatment. Mr.
Grasaman had been feeling much im
proved and on Friday was able to be
down in the business section for a
short time but on his return home
suffered a relapse and Saturday and
Sunday grew much worse and to such
an extent that pneumonia developed
and it was deemed best to have him
taken to the hospital for treatment
He was taken in the Sattler ambu
lance and will remain at Omaha un
til his trouble is definitely turned for
the better. Mrs. Grassman accom
panied the husband to the hospital
ARRIVAL OF LITTLE DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hell of west of
this city are the parents of a fine
little daughter that arrived Satur
day at the Clarkson hospital at Om
aha. The mother and little one are
doing very nicely and the occasion
bringing a great deal of pleasure to
all of the members of the family. The
little lady haajeen christened Patty
Ann. Mrs. Heil was formerly Miss
Mabel Rummel, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Rummel of this city.
Auto Party En
Route from West
Have Wreck
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Keitz and Son
Have Auto Wreck in Kansas,
Due to Dust Storm.
0;i Sunday, February C4th, while
en route from their home in Los An
geles to Plattsmouth and Omaha, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Keltz and son, Bobbie,
had a very painful and destructive
auto accident. While entering Gor
don City, Kansas, they encountered
the severe dust storm which was of a
very dangerous nature to people
traveling on the highway in that
section.
In attempting to avoid running in
to what looked like a red danger light
Mr. Keltz had The misfortune of col
liding with a truck, with such force
that part of the windshield was
broken out and it is thought that a
part of this struck Mrs. Keltz who
was riding In the rear seat, inflict
ing a very severe scalp wound and
injuring her nose very badly. The
other occupants of the car, which in
cluded a lady intend, were not ser
iously injured, but the force of the
compact did a great deal of damage
to both cars. Mrs. Keltz's injuries
were so severe it was found neces
sary to have her removed to a hos
pital at Garden City where she stayed
until Thursday, February 28, when
she was able to be brought into Om
aha where the party stopped at the
home of Mrs. Keltz's cousin. Mrs.
Louis Gavin, where her injuries be
came so painful that it was found
necessary that she again enter a hos
pital. Don C. York, a brother of Mrs.
Keltz visited her at the Evangelical
Covenant hospital yesterday and
found her restfttg very well, doing
as well as could be expected under
the circumstances.
Mr. Keltz was en route to see his
sister, seriously ill in Kansas and
when he was able to reach her home
after recovering from the injuries of
the accident It was to find that she
had passed away.
DEATH OF AGED LADY
From Monday's Dally
The death of Clara Minerva Searl,
res!dent of the south portion of the
city, occurred this morning at 5
o'clock at the family home.
Mrs. Searl has made her home here
for a great many years and had a
laigc 'circle of friends who will re
gret to learn of her passing.
The deceased lady was a native of
Ohio and at the time of her death
was aged eighty-three years, eleven
months and twenty days. She was
the widow of A. M. Searl who pre
ceded her in death last June. She
is survived by several nephews and
one sister-in-law, Mrs. J. W. Hendee,
of Wishita, Kansas.
STOLEN CAE RECOVERED
From Monday's Dally
This morning Omaha police report
ed the finding of the Hupmoblle "8"
sedan of Leslie Thimgan. which ap
parently had been abandoned in the
south Bide district by those taking it
from this city.
The car was stolen early Sunday
morning from the vicinity of Ninth
and Pearl streets, and while officers
made search over the city the per
son taking the car had evidently
drives direct to Omaha and there
abandoned the car.
DOING MOVING JOB
The McMaken Transfer Co., of this
city, which boasts that they can move
anything that Is loose, were busy
Sunday and today in moving the
household effects of the Alexander
Geist family from this city to Bea
trice where Mr. Geist has a new posi
tion with the Lincoln Telephone &
Telegraph Co. The McMaken firm
havealBO moved household goods of
the Robert Gray family from Table
Rock to this city where they are to
reside.
RETURNS FROM WYMORE
Mrs. J. H. McMaken has returned
home from Wymore, Nebraska, where
she has been visiting at the home of
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Serman Taylor and family.
ARRIVAL OF LITTLE DAUGHTER
There was born" to Mr. and Mrs
Harold Tucker of Omaha, a fine eight
pound daughter on Saturday at !)
p. m., at Glenwood. Mrs. Tucker has
been at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stivers at Glen
wood for the past week. The mother
and little one are doing fine and the
event has proved a great happiness to
all 'of the members of the family.
The little one has been christened
Ruth Ann. The little lady is a great
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon
Clark of this city.
County Work
Planning Com
mittee Meets
Committee Representing Central Or
ganization Meets Here to Or
ganize Precinct Meetings.
From Tuesday's Dallr
This morning the Cass county com
mittee that was appointed a week
ago to take up the planning of pro- models.
posed public works projects was in T,ie bys are EOW actively at work
the city to meet with the county on he Parts tney have in tbe
commissioners and to discuss among circus, which is to be held at Memor
themselves various idea cf work that' Ial building in Nebraska City on Fri
might relieve the present situation. !da' APril 5th- An afternoon matinee
The committee composed of Sen-'tow at 4 P- m- be followed by
ator W. B. Banning, Union, chair- supper for all Scouts and Ecouters
man; Elmer Hallstrom. Avoca. ex- hefore the evening show.
officio member; William J. O'Brien.
South Bend; Frank Melvin, Murdock;
Judge A. H. Duibury of this city , tne larger cities, is reany a inree
and D. D. Wainscott, Weeping Water, i rIn exhibition of Scouting in its en-
The nlembers of the committee ; tirety from Tenderfoot to the ad
were met here by a committee of vanced rank of Eagle Scout. It Is
the residents of East Rock Bluffs InPUt on with all the showmanship and
which they urged the surracing orsrimdeur of the "big top." from
the highway into their portion of the j whence it derives the name "circus."
county as one of the means of afford- Manifold acts appear simultaneously
ing employment through man labor, on tho large floor of the auditorium
Tbe general committee urged that where it is presented, following each
all crecinct and sectional chairmen other in rapid succession and having
prepare to hold -meet i'-Jn . all, -of
their localities to take up. plans for
public works that might aid in. the
employment of persons who are now
unemployed or on the relief rolls of
the county.
The meetings will be called in the
various sections at once and concrete
plans for public works will be pre
pared as soon as possible to the
proper sources.
YOUNG PEOPLE WEDDED.
The announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Margaret Snodgrass
of this city and Mr. Theodore Voss
ler, of Lincoln. The young people
were married last June and have
kept the matter of the marriage a
close secret from even the members
of their family until a few days ago
when the announcement was made.
The young people are visiting at
the home of the bride's father at
Thurman, Iowa, for a few days and
will later go on to Lincoln to make
their home.
The bride is well known here
where she has grown to womanhood
and has a very large circle of friends
In the community. She is a daugh
ter of Edward Snodgrass.
The groom has made his home at
Lincoln where he is an employe of
the Burlington at their shops at
Have lock and is a young man held
in the highest esteem by all who
have the pleasure of his acquain
tauve. RECOVER STOLEN CAR
Monday Deputy Sheriff Tom Wall
ing recovered a Plymouth sedan here
that was later identified as the prop
erty of Herbert Winton, of Nebraska
City. The car was taken early Sunday
morning at Nebraska City and aban
doned here on west Pearl street. The
car evidently was abandoned by the
parties that had later stolen the car
of Leslie Thimgan and which had
been abandoned in Omaha. The find
ing of the car was reported by Mr.
Walling to Sheriff Carl Ryder of Otoe
county and the machine turned over
to the owner.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
The ten day maximum Incubation
period having expired since any case
of meningitis has occurred in Platts
mouth, the Board of Health hereby
directs the lifting of all existing bans:
on public gatherings, etc.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Assignments
Completed for
Scout Circus
plattsmouth Boys to Have Important
Parts in Arbor Lodge District
Show at Nebraska City.
For the first time in the twenty
five years of Boy Scouting, a Scout
dc nciu. Aroor loage aisinci, oi wnicn
the local Scout troop is a part has
been selected for this first co-ordinated
exhibition of showmanship by Boy
Scout troops spread over three coun
ties, and Platsmouth Scouts will
have no small part in the perform
ance.
Among the acts assigned to local
', Scouts are the following: Games sec
' tion. "Streets and Alleys;" Signal
ing, Semaphore (4 boys); Bell and
Buzzer (2 boys); Knot Tying, rope
machine (4 boys); rope spinning
(group of boys); Tenderfoot knots
(4 boys); Chariot race, one entry;
Aviation, one stick and three scale
What It Is
The Scout Circus, held frequently
all ihe earmarks' of the "greatest
Bhow on earth."
A nominal admission charge of 25
cents for adults (10 cents for child
ren at the matinee performance only)
will be used to defray the expense of
production, including the meal pro
vided following the matinee, and the
remaining balance divided equally
among the troops participating.
Tickets will be in the hands of the
various troop committeemen in the
near future, with early preference to
outlying towns, up to a week before
tbe date, when the rest of the limited
seating capacity will be placed on
sale in Nebraska City. This Is done to
assure giving the outside towns op
portunity of attending. Only avail
able seating capacity, which at best
will be limited due to the large area
of floor space required for the acts,
will be sold.
Raymond J., Larson, Plattsmouth
Scoutmaster, has been selected to be
director of the Aviation act, that will
feature some forty stick and scale
models of present day planes, and
Supt. L. S. Devoe will be director of
the "Out of the Ark" comedy number,
assisted by Supt. Stimbert, of Ne
hawka. Rev. Edgar, of Syracuse, well
known here, will be director of the
chariot race feature. D. W. Webb,
Louisville Scoutmaster, will direct
the heavy pioneering act which
comes as the grand finale of the show
and includes cumbersome equipment
that will be left intact so the var -
lous creations may be inspected by
the audience as they come down on
the main floor from the balcony after
the show.
The Personnel
Rev. Walter II. Jackson, of Ne-
braska City, a 23-year Scouter, is
the general chairman and will be
assisted by Rev. D. S. Coad, of Peru,
In carrying out the general arrange
ments. Bert Swalley, of Nebraska
City, is program director; Ed Harvey
of Auburn, will have charge of pre
parations; Elmer Webb, of Platts
mouth, promotion, including pub
licity and ticket sales, with M. R.
IShrader of Nebraska City assisting
in ticket distribution; L. S. Devoe, of
Plattsmouth, staging, and C. D. Da
mast, of Nebraska City, general busi
ness manager.
Troop committeemen and Scout
masters in every one of the eight
towns represented will have import
ant partB in the co-ordination of the
i circus, including supervision of the
Tarious acTs that go to make up the
program.
A general meeting of Arbor Lodge
district Scouters will be held in Ne
braska City next Monday night,
March 11th, to further formulate
plans for the show.
Tne March court of honor for the
district will be held at Peru Tuesday
evening, March 19th.
RETURNS HOME
From Wednesday's Dally
Last evening Mrs. Andrew Robin
son and babe, Ralph Lawrence, re
turned home from Omaha where they
have been since the birth of the son.
They are now at the home In the
Blocm apartments.
Local Teacher
Resents Reflection
at Profession
R. Foster Patterson Speaks Before
Central High P. T. A. at Omaha
Opposes Oath Bill.
.R. Foster Patterson, principal of
the Plattsmouth high school, was the
guest speaker Tuesday evening be
fore the Central high school P. T. A.
at Omaha, offering a criticism of the
bill Introduced in the present legis
lature and which would require Ne
braska school teachers to take an
oath to support the federal constitu
tion. Branding the bill as an unneces
sary and unwarranted invasion upon
the rights of our boards of educa
tion," Patterson said that it had "no
other purpose than to cast aspersions
on the school teachers of Nebraska."
He attacked the sponsors cf the
bill, particularly William Randolph
Hearst, in stinging phrases that
evoked applause from the five hun
dred listeners. Objecting that the
bill limits the cath requirement to
school teachers, Patterson Raid it
should apply to "lawyers, clergymen
and all h'o make public addresses
and to newspaper publishers."
"School Teachers Loyal"
"I hope." he said, "that among the
first who will rush forward to sign
will be that intellectual Caesar who
publishes a journal in this city, that
superpatrlot, that keeper of the keys
to all things holy in love of country,
that self-appointed guardian of all
our liberties, that super-red hunter,
William Randolph Hearst."
School teachers as a whole, he said,
are inclined to conform. He said he
believed they are loyal In their sup
port of the constitution, and that the
requirement of an oath was unfair.
"If there should be any sedition
in our schools, the boards of educa
tion have all the power necessary in
order to correct the situation. They
need no further grant, he continued.
Patterson pleaded for "that old
fashioned Americanism based on tol
erance." "It does not countenance
sedition and treason," he said, "but
neither does it proscribe dissent."
Which Is a "Traitor?'
"How," Mr. Patterson asked, "can
school teachers be expected to inter
pret the constitution when members
of the supreme court cannot agree
upon It?"
Citing the recent decision in the
gold case, he asked if the dissenting
justices were "traitors." If Mr.
Hearst's argument were consistent.
Patterson said, then all those who
opposed the Eighteenth amendment
j while it was a part of the constltu
tion were equally traitorous.
j Mr. Patterson's address was pre-
ceded by a musical program in which
Mrs. Mabel Allen Smails, Mrs. Eloise
West McNIchols, Madge West. Grace
Leidy Burger and Oscar Welnstein
took part.
Community singing ' was led by
Charles R. Gardner, while Dr. Frank
G. Smith gave the invocation. George
W. Pratt, president of the group,
was chairman. The meeting was the
last for the school year.
ATTENDANCE NORMAL '
From Monday' Dally
Attendance at tne high school
went back to normal this morning
and with practically every desk oc
cupied, the work of making up work
missed by many students will be
quickly and thoroughly done. The
third quarter will close the third
week in March and the regular exam
inations will be held on Thursday
and Friday, March 21 and 22. This
gaves tne stuaenLs more man iwo
4 weeks to prepare for tho usual tests.
Murdock Five
Winners of Their
District Meet
West Cass County Qnintet Closes a
Brilliant Season Play Brainard
in Regional at Lincoln.
The Murdock hign school quintet
has Just closed a brilliant season that
has brought them to the regional
class B contest at Lincoln next Sat
urday evening when they will play
Brainard.
The team has Just won the district
meet when they eliminated Eagle on
a 27 to 23 victory and move on to
larger fields to conquer.
The Murdock quintet won their
first game from Bennet by the score
of 30 to 10 and Alvo fell in the sec
ond round, 21 to 15. In Hickman
the Murdock boys had one of their
stTrTest opponents, winning by the
scora of 1C to 13. The final game
with Eagle was wone by the score of
27 to 23.
In the tournament play Knoap,
forward, was the high scorer of the
team with a total of 32 points; Tool,
20; Rikli, 21. Tbe guard work of
Epping and Kuehn, who played in
all Hie games was a large factor in
their team winning:
The box scores of the games were
as follows:
Murdock
FO FT PF TP
Tool, f 110 8
Knosp, f 3 10 7
Rickli. c 2 116
Epping, g 0 10 1
Kuehn, g 5 2 2 12
Miller, f 0 0 0 0
Weber, f 0 0 0 0
Klemme, g 0 0 0 0
Bornemeier, g 10 0 2
11 6 3 20
Bennet
Fa FT PF TP
English, f 114 3
Roeder, - f 0 0 0 0
Monk, c 10 0 2
Church, g 0 0 2 0
JU11. S 2 12
Strieker, f 0.0 1 0
Jensen, g 0 0 10
4 2
i
FO FT
10 10
Murdock
PF TP
0 5
Tool, f 2 1
Knosp, f 3 2
Rickli, c 1 3
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
8
6
0
1
0
0
1
Epping. g 0 0
Kuehn, g 0 1
Miller, f 0 0
Weber, f 0 0
Bornemeier, g 0 1
8 & 20
FT PF TP
0 0 0
0 0 0
14 7
0 16
0 10
2 4 2
0 0 0
11 10 IS
Alvo
FO
Miller, f 0
Cook, f-g 0
West, c 8
Skinner, g 3
McGinnis, g 0
Ganz, f 0
Keller, c 0
Murdock
Fa FT PF
Tool, f 2 10
Knosp, f 2 2 0
Rickli, c 2 12
Epping, g 0 0 0
Kuehn. g 0 0 3
Bornemoier, g 0 0 0
C 4 5
Hickman
FO FT PF
&
6
5
0
0
0
16
Offer, f 10 2
Patton, f 4 0 0
F. Buhl, c 0 12
J. Buhl, g 0 0 0
BettenhauBen, g 0 0 4
Wismer, f 0 0 2
Wessel, f 10 0
Grote, c 0 0 0
Helm, g 0 0 1
8
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
9 13
Murdock
FO FT PF TP
Tool, f 3 12 7
Knosp, f 5 1 1 11
KIckli. c 2 10 5
Epping. g 0 0 8 0
Kuehn, g 12 14
11
7 27
Eagle
FO FT PF TP
West, f 0 0 2 0
Adams, f 1118
'Ronhvde, c 10 2 2
Bird, g 4 2 1 10
Henrickeen, g 3 0 0 6
Winkler, f 10 0 2
10
6 28
Cass conty farmer produce
full share of the foodstuff cf the
nation. It is to your Interest and
mine that their business of pro
ducing be placed on a profitable
basis, for then we will all ah are
In that prosperity.