Nebr. S!ate Historical Society
VOL. 110. II
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1935.
NO. 23
Juniors Pay
Honor to the
Senior Class
Annual Banquet Proves Colorful Af
fair Saturday Evening Held at
the Presbyterian Church.
One of the events that marks the
close of the school year and one that
is always a pleasant memory to the
seniors, is that of the Junior-Senior
banquet and which for the class o"
1935 was held Saturday evening at
the Fellowship room of the First
Presbyterian church.
The junior class members had
transformed the room into a fairy
land of color and charm for the set
ting for the banquet, the motif being
that of the Maypole which was car
ried out in the table decorations as
well as the pillars of the room which
were wrapped with the bright color
ed streamers.
On the tables the tapers were ar
ranged with streamers of varied
colors cf the glad springtime sea
son. Nut cups were cleverly arranged
in the form of leaves to add to the
cleverness of the table settings. The
menu and program folders were
covered with the bright colors to add
to the general brightness of the
scene.
The ladies of the Federation of the
First Presbyterian church were in
charge of the menu and serving and
had arranged a most delicious repast
for the young people of the two
classes and their guests.
The menu also carried out the
springtime theme in the following:
Blossoms
. Roees - Snowballs
Orange Blossoms - Marigolds
Tulips
Old Fashioned Nosegay
May Day Delight - Butterfly
Nectar
The Ted Harris orchestra played
during the course of the evening.
The ushers were members of the
sophomore class, John Cloidt, Billy
Evers and Alvin Johnson.
The toast list was presided over
by Jce Hendrix of the junior class
and who welcomed the visitors and
extended to the members of the senior
class the greetings of their associates
who will be the seniors of 193 6. Mr.
Hendrix made a very clever toast
master and ably handled the duties
of this position.
The representatives of the classes
of the high school had been invited
to join in the banquet and these were
called upon to offer their part to the
excellent entertainment of the even
ing. Dick Hall for the freshman
class added a clever part to the pro
gram as did Earl Taylor of the soph
omore class, extending greetings to
the seniors of the school, "Merry
making" was the theme of the talk
of Dick and that of "Youth and Am
bition," that of Earl Taylor.
R. Foster Patterson, principal of
the high school and who ha3 assist
ed in the guiding of the students
through their high school career,
gave as his talk, "Prophecy," review
ing the future that will lay before
the students as they leave the school
where they have spent so many happy
years.
Mrs. Etta Gorder, president of the
board of education, responded for the
board incongratulations to the young
people, "Opportunities," being her
theme as she bade the class of 1935
hail and farewell.
The response for the seniors wa
given by Miss Loi3 Giles in a most
delightful manner while for the
juniors Miss Grace Wiles extended
the well wishes to the associates of
the past three years and in whose
footsteps her class is soon to follow.
The banquet was one of the most
Euccessful of the school and to the
untiring efforts of J. R. Reeder, one
of the class sponsors who had charge
of the supervision of the arrange
ments, a great deal of the credit be
longs as well as to the students of
the junior class that did the plan
ning and preparation of the details
of the happy event.
The committees of the class com
prised the following members:
Hall - Decoration Joe Hendrix,
chairman; Marijane Long, Rosemary
Cloidt. Marjorie Fitch, Betty Bulin,
Floyd McCarty, Mary Margaret Kline,
Glen Kohrell, Stephen Davis.
Table Decorations Amber Bomer,
chairman; Thelma Kohrell, Leona
Price, Rosemarle Burcham, Sheila
Todd.
Menu Aimee Jane Thomas, chair
man; Mildred Dvoracek, Kathryn
Armstrong, Stephen Davis, Cleda
Koukal.
Orchestra Ed Hadraba, chairman;
Wilda Johnson, Donald Warga.
Invitation Anna Marie Rea,
chairman; LaRue Bomer, Marjorie
Wohlfarth, Grant Howard, Louise
Fitzmeyer, Imogene Worthan.
Program Grace Wiles, chairman;
Frances Lillie, Louise Rishel, Alberta
Timmas, Mary Ann Gradoville..
Plattsmouth
Girl Wins in
State Contest
Miss Mildred Knoflicek of This City
Awarded "Superior" in Violin
Offering at Lincoln.
In the state music contest held by
the high schools of the state Satur
day at Lincoln, Miss. Mildred Kno
flicek of this city was awarded the
highest recognition by the judges.
her violin selection being given the
rating of "superior."
Miss Knofiicek, who is a sophomore
in the Plattsmouth high school, has
since her early childhood been a de
voted student of music and her de
velopment of tHe, artistic spul of
the violin in her playing has won her
recognition wherever she has appear
ed in concert or recital.
She was winner at the Peru con
test and also at the district contest
at Omaha this year, scoring the high
est ratings and now is honored by
the state wide resognltion at Lin
coln. This talented little lady is a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A.'F. Knofiicek
of this city and comes of a family
that Is noted for their musical talent,
all of the. brothers and sisters being
noted for their artistic ability on
many instruments and have added
much to the musical department of
the Plattsmouth schools.
WILL HOLD MEETING
The annual meeting of the Nebras
ka Tuberculosis association will be
held at the Fontenelle hotel in Om
aha May 14 in conjunction with the
annual convention of the Nebraska
State Medical association.
Many of the 1934 Christmas Seal
Sale chairmen and members of their
committees are planning to go to
Omaha for this event. All the ses
sions are open to the public. The
first of these will be a luncheon
meeting at which Miss Harriet
Brenenstall, district supervisor FERA
nursing service will be the principal
speaker and Dr. John F. Allen, na
tional director, will preside.
The luncheon-meeting will be fol
lowed by a Seal Sale conference con
ducted by Miss Florence Breed of the
National Tuberculosis association,
New York City. Ways and means of
selling Christmas Seals and ways of
spending proceeds from the same will
be emphasized at th afternoon ses
sion. A dinner-meeting presided over by
Dr. F. W. Heagey, president of the
Nebraska Tuberculosis association
and Dr. H. G. Wood an outstanding
member of the Mayo clinic, Rochester,
Minnesota, as principal speaker, will
close the conference.
"The 1934 Christmas Seal cam
paign went over the top eleven (11)
per cent," according to .Miss Alice
Marshell executive secretary of the
Nebraska Tuberculosis association,
sponsors of the drive. "This is the
second consecutive year that the sale
has increased. This is most gratify
ing and it Is no doubt due to the
splendid organization work shown by
our Seal Sale chairman, the gener
osity of the state papers in pub
licizing the campaign and the effec
tive way communities are spending
Christmas Seal proceeds."
APPLE BLOSSOM TIME
The World-Herald of Sunday had
a picture of the apple blossoms that
are now making the J. E. Smith or
chards at Florence a scene of great
beauty. Many Plattsmouth people
have visited at the Smith orchards,
one of the best known in this part of
the state, to admire the beauty of
the trees as well as in the summer
and fall to purchase the products of
the orchard. Mr. Smith is a brother
of Mrs. T. B. Bates, a former resi
dent of this city and has been a fre
quent visitor here.
Long Time Resi
dent of Co. Cele
brates Birthday
C. L. Martin Guest cf Honor at Fam
ily Dinner at Home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harley Wiles Sunday.
Sunday the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harley Wiles was the scene of a Ie-
lightiul family gathering that had;
been arranged by Mrs. Wiles in hon-
oring the seventy-fifth birthday an
niversary of her father, Charles L. '
Martin.
The occasion was featured by a
delightful dinner served at the neenj
hour and at which the family gath-j
ered to join in the congratulations to'
the father and grandfather. One cf
the pleasant features of the event
was that Mrs. Mae N. Creamer, of
San Jose, California, sister of Mr.
Martin was present to loin the mem-
bers of the Martin family in the
birthday party.
Mr. Martin is a son cf Mr. and !
Mrs. C. J. Martin, pioneer residents j
cf Cass county, who settled in an
early day on the farm south of this;
it,r nr.,1 wV,om Mr C T. Martin was
born and for many years made his
home until the family moved to
Plattsmouth to make their home. The
family homstead is now occupied by
Walter Martin, a son, and grandson
of the original settlers of the farm.
.The many friends will join in their
congratulations to Mr. Martin and
trust that he may enjoy many more
such happy occasions in the future.
HONOR AVOCA MAN
A jeweled award emblematic of
50 years as a member of the I. O. O.
F.: lodge was presented B. C. Mar
quardt of Avoca at a banquet and
meeting of District 7 lodges held In
that place Saturday. Nebraska Grand
Officer Shubert made the presenta
tion. ?
State Senator Fred L. Carsten was
presented a 25-year service award.
His son, Calvin Carsten, and Harold
Greenrod were given the Initiatory
degree in : services that closed the
evening.
One hundred lodge members from
the district attended a banquet served
by the Avoca Congregational ladies
aid in the Congregational church
basement.
Supt. L. L. Larson of the Avoca
school served as toastmaster. Roy
Haslam of Weeping Water, Harry
Linder of Elmwood, Elmer Stoll of
Nehawka and Stanley Schroeder of
Avoca gave short talks. Estel Bever
age and Verne Rawalt furnished the
musical portion of the program.
AWARDED COMPENSATION
Nebraskans employed on Missouri
river development projects on the
Iowa side still are under jurisdic
tion of the Nebraska workmen's com
pensation law, State Labor and Com
pensation Commissioner V. B. Kin
ney ruled Saturday at Lincoln.
Kinney pointed out that the Ne
braska law on compensation is far
more favorable for workmen than
the Iowa statute.
Many laborers and skilled workers
at Nebraska City, Falls City and
Plattsmouth have been employed on
the Iowa side of the river in the
work of creation of a six-foot Mis
souri river channel.
Kinney's ruling was handed down
in the case of Joe Solomon .of this
city, injured while working on the
Iowa side. The Iowa compensation
act awarded him $8.65 per week for
12 weeks. Kinney's decision Satur
day revised the award to bring him
a total of $10 per week for not
more than 300 weeks.
VISITS MANY LODGES
Raymond C. Cook, associate cus
todian of the grand lodge of the Ne
braska A. F. & A. M., has returned
home from a tour that has taken him
over the greater part of the north
east portion of Nebraska. He was
traveling in company with Lute M.
Savage, grand custodian of the A. F.
& A. M., they holding school of in
struction at Dakota City, as well as
auditing and inspecting lodges in
some thirteen cities of the northeast
part of the state. The trip covered
some 800 miles and kept the officers
very busy in visiting the various
lodges.
ENJOY CHURCH MEETING
Sunday five of the; members of the
Young Men's Bible class of the First
Methodist church were in Omaha
where they attended the meeting of
the national association of Men's
Bible classes. Those att3!iding frcm'
here were Rev. C. O. Trey, pastor cf
I the local church, E. II. Wescott,
teacher of the Y. 31. B. C, G. O.
! and Roy Schwennikcr and Earl Koc-
bel. They report a ,very 'fine meet-
ing and a great deal of enthusiasm.
Woman's Club .
Enjoys Annual
Banquet Monday
Held at M,
: "
E. Church; Mrs. Jimer-
son, District President, Mrs. Nor-
ris, County Head, Here.
From Tuesday's Daily
I A large crowd attended the Wom
j an's club banquet which was held
last evening at the Methodist church.
The Social Workers of the Methodist
church served a very delicious dinner
for the members and friends. The
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Fruit Cccktail
Escalloped Chicken
Candied Sweet Potatce?
Green Eeann
Surprisa Salad
Rolls - Coffee
Strawberry Shortcake
Nuts - Mints
The club colors of purple and wtiite
were carried out in the room and
! table decorations. The purple lilacs.
white lilacs and tulips added much to!
the pleasantness of the room.
The processional was played by
Christine Soennichsen. Warren Reed
gave the flag salute. The songs
were led by Mr. H. T. Grifiin, music
supervisor of the public schools, with
Mrs. L. S. Devce at the piano. " These
songs were a source of enthusiasm
and pep. y .
The guests for the' evening were in
troduced, District ' President Mrs. J.
A. Jimmerson of Auburn and County
President, Mrs. Ray Norris of Weep
ing Water. The book review of "John
Hoy" was given by Mrs. David Sinims
of Hastings, Nebraska. This was very
well given and enjoyed by all pres
ent. The Masonic male quartet com-
j posed of Frank A. Cloidt, George
Jaeger, H. G. McClusky and R. W.
Knorr, with Mrs. L. S. Devoe as the
accompanist, sang "In the Garden
of Tomorrow," "Lullaby Moon" and
"I Don't." The evening would not
have been complete without this fine
! music.
Mrs. Reed, the retiring president.
extended her thanks for the help the
club members have given her and
leiiueu greetings auu b"u uuca
the incoming president.
Installation of officers was held.
RECEIVES SAD NEWS
From Monday's Dallj
This morning J. R. Reeder, science
teacher of the Plattsmouth high
school received the sad news that his
mother had passed away at an early
hour at the family home at Baldwin,
Kansas. The message came as a
great shock to Mr. and Mrs. Reeder
as the mother had been in very good
health and was suddenly stricken.
Mr. and Mrs. Reeder left this
moraine bv auto for the late homers well as four brothers and four
and to be with the bereaved father
and other relatives. One daughter,
teaching in California, had arrived
home on Sunday on her vacation and
was with the family when the mother
was so suddenly called away.
The many friends here will join in
their sympathy to Mr. Reeder on hi3
bereavement and the deep loss that
has come into his life.
RECEIVES PROMOTION
Earl Jardine. well known isurance
i agent, residing at Greenwood, who
has been engaged in work over the
county for the Monarch Insurance
company, has received notice of a
well deserved promotion. Mr. Jar
dine his been named as the general
agent for the insurance company for
the elates of Iowa and South Dakota.
He will have his headquarters at
Sioux City, Iowa, and expects to take
up his new duties on June 1st. Mr.
Jardine has been very successful in
his work and has shown a great abil
ity in the handling of the insurance
business.
Phone the news to !o. 6.
Class Play,
'Hot Copy5 to be
Given Friday
PMpo.tinn of Vine. Cast md Live and
Gripping; Play Assures Success
ful Offering by Class.
i The curtain will go up on "Hot
Ccpy," the Senior class play Friday
night at S:15 at the Platz theater,
Present indications point to a full
house for the presentation of this fine
newspaper story. The setting of the
play i3 found in the ofrices of the
Evening Herald end all of the char
aclers are connected with the news
paper in some capacity. It is an up-
to-date story involving the news
.paper's policies and the ambitions of
certain local politicians.
This is the first time in the his
tory cf the class plays that a story
;of this type has been presented. We
have had dramas and mystery thrill
ers but this is the first time that a
newspaper story has been brought to
the local audience by the Senior play
cast.
The stage and theater have been
put ia excellent condition for the
I i, .ay and the cast i3 completing re
i ha:sals this week. The continued
j :.::pcaranccs of mumps and measles
j Las kept someone cut of the cast for
several days in the weeks that have
j passed but fortunately none of the
principal ' characters have been forc
ed out so that practice sessions have
gone right ahead.
Mr. Wayne Alvord is the director
and has a tremendous task in pre
paring a production cf this kind out
it is expected that the cast will pre
sent a play that measures up to the
tradition of Senior plays in Platts
mouth. The advance sale of tickets has
been very . encouraging with the
prices being' 25 ' cents for students
and. 35 canU..Il0radult3. . All seats
on the main floor and the first two
rows of the balcony will be ready fcr
reservations at the Mauzy. drug store
beginning Thursday morning, at 8
o'clock and continuing through un
til the opening curtain Friday night.
It will not be possible to fill reser
vations by telephone until reserva
tions for those who have been wait
ing in line have been made.
The high school orchestra, directed
by Mr. Iloyt Griffin will present a
half hour concert beginning at 7:45.
DEATH OF MRS. PETERSON
From Tuesday's Dally
This morning at 11 o'clock at the
ifnmilv hnmc nn North Sth street oc-
ex-jcurred death q( MarUn
Peterson, 46, who for a period of
several years had been in very poor
health.
The patient has been gradually
failing until today when the death
messenger came to her relief.
Mrs. Peterson had many friends
here in this community where she
made her home over a long period
of years and who will share with
the bereaved family the sorrow that
her passing has brought.
She -is survived by the husband
and two daughters. Miss Alice Peter
son and Mrs. Roy F. Turner, the aged
mother residing at Weeping Water,
sisters.
A more extended account of the
life of Mrs. Peterson will be given
later.
KN0ITERS ROPE CLUB
The Eight Mile Knotters Rope
club held its first meeting April 30
at the Pleasant Ridge schol house.
Marion Speck presided over the meet
ing, hearing roll call and minutes
from the secretary. John B. Kaffen-
'berger, leader, then took charge of
the meeting. The group learned to
"nip enas. spnce an eye, spiice a
crown, besides several knots.
The next meeting is to be held at
the school house May 10th. Anyone
wishing to join may do so by coming
to this meeting or getting in touch
with Mr. Kaffenberger.
MARIE SPECK,
News Reporter.
From "Wednesday's Dally
Byron Golding of the Reliable 5c
to $1 store, was in Omaha today to
look after some matters of business
for a few hours and visiting with
old friends there.
VISIT IN THE WEST
Saturday evening those two expert
anglers, Robert M. Walling and E. L.
McKissick, departed for the west part
of the state, driving to Alliance and
Scottsbluff on some business matters
and incidentally Sunday did some
fishing. They stopped at one of the
sandhill lakes and secured a number
of game fish that will furnish the
two families the means of a pleasant
fish dinner.
School Board
Organizes for the
Coming Year
Dr. P. T.-Heineman, President; R. W.
Knorr Vice-President; Frank
A. Cloidt, Secretary.
The board cf education of school
district No. 1 at their meeting this
week made the selection of the offi
cers for the ensuing year and pre
paring for the selection of commit
tees for the conduct of the business
of the board.
The officers selected were as fol
lows: President Dr. P. T. Heineman.
Vice-President R. W. Knorr.
Secretary Frank A. Cloidt.
The only changes made On the
board is the accession of Mrs. George
B. Mann to the board as a member,
succeeding Mrs. Etta Gorder, who re
tires after nine years of service on
the board. Mrs. Gorder for the past
year has served as the president of
the board and in her service for al
most a decade she has been untiring
in her service. Mrs. Mann, who has
served as a teacher in the local
schools, brings a ripe experience to
the board ' and which will greatly
add to the' service that she may give
to the task of helping guide the af
fairs of the schools and the district.
The resignation "of -Miss Alice
James was received 'and 'accepted by
the board regretfully, as Miss James
has been a most efficient member of
the teaching force and is retiring on
account of .her forthcoming mar
riage. .
W. C. T. U. MEETING
. The W. C. T. U. met on Monday
afternoon at , the pleasant home of
Mrs. J. A. Capwell on Park Hill, a
very pleasing number of the mem
bers being in attendance at the meet
ing Mrs. George B. Mann, vice-president,
presided at the meeting and
also had a part in the program of
the afternoon.
The devotionals of the meeting
were conducted tiy Miss Elizabeth
Spangler. ;
Mrs. V. T. Arn gave a most inter
esting review of the Union Worker,
official paper of the W. C. T. U. in
the state of Nebraska, while Mrs.
George Farley and Mrs. Mann gave
a review of the April and May issues
of the Union Signal, the national
paper of the society. This was follow
ed by a general discussion of the
various articles in the paper.
Mrs. R. B. Hayes gave an excel
lent talk on the S. T. I. work in the
public schools and also the health
program that is sponsored by the
w. c: t. u.
At the close of the afternoon
dainty refreshments were served by
Mrs. Capwell assisted by Mrs. R. B.
Hayes to add to the pleasures of the
members of the party.
VISIT AT OMAHA
Mr. and Mrs. Eernard Meisinger
and little son and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Sharpnack of this city were at Omaha
Sunday where they spent the day
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Perkins, old friends. The event
was one that all enjoyed to the ut
most and the visiting party returned
home late Sunday after the day's out
ing in the city.
MERRY MIXERS CLUB
The Merry Mixers 4-H club was or
ganized at the Cedar Creek school
Monday afternoon, April 29, with
Mrs. Penton leader. The club officers
are as follows:
President Eleanor Knutson.
Vice-President Betty Pace.
Sec.-Treas. Lois Wagner.
Reporter Nadine Penton.
International
Rotary Secretary
a Guest Here
Wallace C. Journey, Birmingham,
Alabama, Visits Local Club at
Tuesday's Meeting.
Plattsmouth Rotarians had the
pleasure on Tuesday to have as their
guest one of the active leaders in
their great organization, Wallace C.
Journey, of Birmingham, Alabama,
the international secretary, who is
making a trip through the west from
the headquarters at Chicago.
Mr. Journey had come unan
nounced and dropped in at the week
ly luncheon as George Jaeger and the
club members were warming up ia
song, to Join with his fellow Ro
tarians in the fine meeting.
The meeting was one devoted to
the international relations phase of
Rotary and under the leadership of
William Baird. There were letters
read from many countries of the
world and practically every section of
the inhabitable globe sent some word
of greeting in response to the letters
of the local Rotarians. Letters were
read by Dr. II. G. McClusky, Searl S.
Davis, Judge A. H. Duxbury, Super
intendent L. S. Devoe and Frank A.
Cloidt, in which their correspondents
discussed the problems of their own
land and the appreciation of the fine
work of Rotary in making the world
akin.
The local Rotarians who had visit
ed the conference of the nineteenth
district held at Lincoln last week,
gave a very interesting review of the
highlights of the meeting and the
many able addresses on Rotary and
its mission that had been given at
the meeting.
Carl Hula, who has been one of
the high school representatives of
Rotary this season, spoke of his im
pressions and the proceedings of tho
boys' conference which was held as a
part of the nineteenth district meet
at Lincoln, making a very fine and
much appreciated report.
ATTEND FISH MEETING
Tuesday evening a large number of
the leading republicans here motored
to Omaha where they spent several
hours and attending the meeting at
which Hon. Hamilton Fish, congreBB
rr.an from New York, was the main
speaker. Mr. Fish is strongly men
tioned as a candidate for the repub
lican nomination for president , in
1936 and his address was along the
lines of the present day issues. He
criticized the new dealers to a great
extent and also many of the acts of
the old republican guard. Among
those from this city to attend the
speaking were Searl S. Davis, Judge
A. H. Duxbury, L. S. Devoe. Frank
A. Cloidt, County Attorney W. G.
Kieck, County Treasurer John E.
Turner and H. A. Schneider.
ENTERTAINS AT DINNER
Mrs. George A. Meisinger of north
7th street, entertained at Sunday
dinner in honor of her great grand
son, John Thomas Easley of Okla
homa City, Oklahoma.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Easley, Jr., and son, Jon Thomas
of Oklahoma City, Okla., Mr. and
Mrs. L. G. Meisinger, Plattsmouth,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed G. Meisinger and
daughter. Donna Fern of Mynard,
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Meisinger and
daughters, Virginia, Dorothy and
Vivian, Greenwood, Mrs. Metta Hanni
and daughter, Maxine, Murray, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Cameron of Waverly,
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Stoehr, Platts
mouth, Mrs. G. A. Meisinger and son,
Bill.
ANNOUNCEMENT
"Mother of Mine," a three-act
play will be given by the teachers
and ethers of the Eight Mile Grove
Lutheran church at the church par
lors, Tuesday, May 14th, 8 p. m. Ad
mission, 25c and 10c. Lunch will be
served. The public cordially invited.
m8-4td-2tw
George Brown of Minneapolis ar
rived Sunday for a visit at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Keck, Mr.
Brown being a brother of Mrs. Keck
and the occasion has been the source
of a great deal of pleasure to all of
the family.
