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VOL. NO. II
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1935.
NO. 35
Popular School
Teacher Shower
ed by Friends
Miss Oca Graves Honored at Social
Event at the Glenn Vallery
Home in This City.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Vallery was the scene of a very de
lightful shower this week honoring
Miss Ona Graves, one of the popular
teachers in the county, whose mar
riage to Mr. Lester Thimgan, of this
city, will occur the latter part of
June.
The event was in the nature of a
cotton and linen shower tendered by
Miss Gertrude Vallery and Miss Loa
Davis, some twenty guests being
present to participate in the delight
ful occasion.
The home was arranged with the
attractive spring flowers and made a
fitting setting for the shower.
The time was spent in the pre
paring of the bride's book and in
which all of the members of the
party participated in making this
token that will be long cherished by
the guest of honor as a token of the
regard of the friends.
The guest of honor received a
large number of very beautiful gifts
that she will take with her into the
new home that she is soon to enter
as mistress.
The guest of honor has been en
gaged in teaching in the schools ol
Cass county since her graduation
in 1928 from the Plattsmouth high
school and for the past two years has
been engaged in teaching at a school
near Mynard.
During the evening dainty and de
licious refreshments were served by
the hostesses to add to the pleasures
of the evening
Our of town gnests ' were: Mrs.Itunlty of the entertainments afforded
Bryan McDonald. Murdock; Miss i
Angelina O'Keef, Omaha; Miss Mil
dred Schultz, Stella; Miss Elizabeth
Hatt, Seattle, Washington.
CAE, TTAS SMASHUP
From Tnurtdar"! raHr
Last evening the car driven by
Merle Long was badly damaged when
forced off the highway by a passing
truck near the junction of Livingston
Road and First street. Mr. Long and
Miss Matilde Olson were turning up
Wlntersteen hill on First street when
the truck came along and crowded
their car so much that it was forced
into a telephone pole and badly dam
aged. Both of the occupants of the car
were bruised and suffered minor cuts
and lacerations as the result of the
accident, which were treated by Dr.
R. P. Westover.
The truck did not stop to see the
effects of the damage that had been
done and the number of the truck was
not ascertained.
It is thought that the truck was
the same that had forced a car off
No. 75 north of this city near Omaha
a short time before and for which
Deputy Sheriff Walling was making
a check on the highway when the
Long car was hit.
DEPART FOIL MISSOURI
From Thursday Daily
This morning the Lamphere bro
thers departed by auto for Humsville,
Missouri, where they are to spend
a short time visiting their father,
George Lamphere, who is making his
home in that place with his brother,
Charles. Mr. Lamphere is in poor
health. The party expect to reach
their destination this afternoon and
remain until Friday evening.
Those who made the trip were
Eernie Lamphere, Omaha; George
Lamphere, Jr., Lincoln; Birt, Henry t
Charles and John of this city.
PLATTSMOUTH NIGHT SET
The opening Ak-Sar-Ben den show
cf the 1935 season will be held Mon
day night, June 10th, and the follow
ing Monday night, June 17th, ha3
been designated as "Southeastern Ne
braska" night, when the citizens of
towns throughout this part of the
state will be invited guests. This
year's show, unlike any in the past,
is to be the production of a Broadway
stage hit- Heretofore the shows have
evolved around locally written plots.
The usual free lunch will be served to
visiting delegations after the show.
HERE FROM MONTANA
From Thursday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rebal and
children, Donald and Richard, ar
rived last evening from their home
at Great Falls, Montana, for a visit
here at the home of Mr. Rebal's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Rebal and
other relatives and old friends in
this section of the state. Mr. Rebal,
who was formerly ou the Journal for
a number of years, is now employed
on the Great Falls Tribune in their
composing room and has been there
for the past seven years. They have
made the trip by auto and enjoyed a
very pleasant journey.
Plattsmouth
Young Man on
Battle Fleet
Oliver E. Taylor Has Most Interest
ing Trip Across the Pacific to
the Hawaiian Islands.
Oliver E. Taylor cf this city, who
enlisted in the navy last year, is
now on the U. S. S. California, one of
the battleships attached to the
Pacific fleet that is now on the
maneuvers that have occupied the
last few weeks.
Oliver has enjoyed very much the
experience of the twelve day trip
from the home port at San Pedro to
the Hawaiian islands where the fleet
had a short stop and later was out
again in the Pacific for the carrying
on of the practical mobilization of
the fleet and giving the officers and
crews the advantage of experience in
actual wartime maneuvers.
The Plattsmouth young man fwas
much impressed with the beauty of
the islands and enjoyed the oppor-
by the native Hawaiian dancers and
singers given on the California.,-
Oliver, who was a member of the
graduating class of the Plattsmouth
high school in the class of 1934, still
retains his interest in the old school
and in the athletic department in
which he was active as a member of
the football and track squad during
the last two years of his school worn.
He anticipates returning to the
United States in the early part of
June when the fleet is to arrive at
San Diego to take part in the cere
molnes at the exposition there.
FLOWER SHOW OPENS
From Saturday's Dally:
The Plattsmouth Garden club flow
er show opened this afternoon at the
Knights of Columbus hall at Seventh
street and Chicago avenue. Despite
the weather conditions which have
checked a number cf the early sum
mer flowers, there is a very large
number of entries.
The showing of iris is one of the
largest that has been seen in the city
and many rare and beautiful flowers
are to be found in the collection. One
of the interesting showings is a col
lection of cacti which has been sent
from Murdock for the show.
The show will be open this even
ing and Sunday afternoon it will be
open for the visit of the flower lovers
of the community.
This is a very worthy endeavor and
reflects the efforts of the Cass county
people who are interested in floral
culture.
VISIT AT LOUISVILLE
Miss Dorothy Downey, teacher in
the Plattsmouth schools and Mrs.
Harold Peterson, of Omaha, were
here as week end visitors at the home
of Mrs. Ross Nichols. Mrs. Peterson
was formerly Miss Helen Vallery, of
Plattsmouth. She and Miss Downey
are former Louisville teachers, living
at the Ross Nichols home while here.
Mr. Peterson is a former superinten
dent of schools at Bellevue, but is
now teaching in North high school
in Omaha. Louisville Courier.
VISITS OLD FRIENDS
Mrs. J. H. Teegarden and son, of
Brock, Nebraska, were in the city
Wednesday to visit with the friends
in the old home town of Mrs. Tee
garden. Mrs. Teegarden will be re
membered here as formerly Miss
Tinsle Smith, daughter of Mr. and j
Mrs. C. H. Smith, old time residents
of this city.
City Pays Fine
Tribute to Hero
Dead of Nation
Pleasant Weather Makes Day Ideal
for Decorating Graves E. H.
McCarthy Is Speaker.
Memorial day in tlil3 city waa ex
tensively observed by the residents
of the community in tributes to war
dead and to the nany who are at
rest in the beautiful Oak Hill cem
etery west of the city.
In the morning program there was
the decorating of the graves cf the
soldiers and sailers, members of the
W. R. C. end Legion Auxiliary in'
the cemetery where the last resting;
places were marked by the flag of
their country that they had so nobly
defended. The morning services were
in charge of the American Legion
who conducted services at the G. A.
R. mound as well as the Legion plct
in the new cemetery. Attorney J. A.
Capwell spoke briefly in tribute to
the departed veterans of all of the
wars and touched with regret on the
fact that on this decoration day there
were no members of the G. A. R. or of
the W. R. C. who were able to carry
on their usual tributes as in the past
years. The firing squad from Fort
Crook gave the last salute at both
the G. A. R. and Legion plots.
Afternoon Program.
The memorial services in izie after
noon were held at the First Methodist
church and a large group of the resi
dents of the community were present
to take part in the tribute to their
dead. The services were yresided
over by C. A. Marshall, commander
of tha local American Legion post.
The meeting was opened by the
assembly call byScout Burton Rishel,
as a fitting opening of the program
of the day.
The audience joined in the singing
of "America," led by Mrs. E. H. Wes
cott, chairman of the patriotic coun
cil. The pledge of allegiance was giv
en by Scout James Webb in a very
impressive manner and Joined in by
the audience.
Rev. C. O. Troy, pastor of the First
Methodist church, gave the invoca
tion and called the divine blessing
on the assembly and the glorious
spirit that it represented in honor to
the departed.
The male quartet composed of
Lawrence Leonard, Charles Howard,
Henry Hild and Edward Howard gave
several of the old war songs of the
civil and world war days that added
a most impressive touch to the scene.
Miss Virginia Trively, member of
the graduating class of the uigh
school, presented in a very able man-
ner the immortal address of Presi-J
dent Abraham Lincoln on the battle
field of Gettysburg, one of the great
est messages in the history of the
United States.
The roll call of the dead was given
for the veterans of the Spanish-American
war by Louis Reinackle, who
was a member of Co. B, Third Ne
braska, in that struggle, with Ray
mond J. Larson giving the roll call
of the world war dead, thrjee of
whom have been laid to rest in the
past year, Bernard C. Rakow, Ernest
D. McCarty and James Robert Jones.
Mrs. J. H. McMaken presented the
sole surviving veteran of the civil
war, Abram Shellenbarger of this
city, who despite his great age is
still keen and active, it being a very
great pleasure for all of the audience
that he was able to be present at
the services.
The American Legion Auxiliary
presented their beautiful ritualistic
service in honor of tho soldier dead,
Mrs. Don Seiver reading the 'poem,
"Flander's Field." with the musical
setting by Mrs. L. S. Devoe. As the
poem was given Marjorie Devoe and
Dorothy Jean Cappell placed the
poppies amid the white crosses on
the field of green to represent the
resting places of the world war dead
In foreign soil.
The address of the afternoon was
by E. H. McCarthy, past commander
of the Melting Pot post of the Am
erican Legion at South Omaha. Mr.
McCarthy made a very fine address
and in which he told of the service
and sacrifices of the men of the na
tion in many war.s their undying
devotion that had first made the na-
tlon free, had preserved it from the
I - w- " "
J menace of dissolution in the civil
war, had freed the, peoples cf Cuba
and the Philippines and last had
served to fight the battle of world
democracy on the fields of France.
Mr. McCarthy paid a very beautiful
tribute to the civil war veterans who
are now but a handful from the mil
lions that served in the war of the
states. The speaker also attacked
the teaching of unAmerlcan prin
ciples in the college or school where
the old established ideals of the Unit
ed States were attacked and the
serving by bearing arias for the na
tion attacked.
The meeting closed with the bene
diction by Rev. C. O. Troy and "Taps"
by Scout Rishel.
The ushers of the afternoon were
members of the Boy Scout troop.
Raise Enlistm't
Age for the CCC
Call for June
Members May Now Be Enrolled From
Ages of 18 to 28, to Report
at Fort Crook.
Mrs. C. A. Rosencrans. county pro
bation agent, vho has had charge of
the enlistment of members of the
Civilian Conservation Corps, has Just
received the information from the
headquarters of the fact that there ,
will be called another group of younjr '
men for June 17th, yhen they will
report at Fort Crook.)
The age limit on th3 forthcoming
class has been raised and now will
be from 16 to 28 years, giving a
three year additional age limit to
the new recruits.
The total number in the state to
be called on the expansion program
from June 15th to July 5th will be
1,700. The authorization has been
given to the counties Ju. the stote to
make selection for Junev. 17th and
June 19th.
Only those- applicants whose par
ents are on relief rolls will be con
sidered for filling the places allotted.
Four new camps are on the list lo
cated at Niobrara, Ponca, Valentine
and Gering. Each wil Itake 189 en
rollees. POLICE HAVE BUSY TIME
The members of the night police
force had a very lively time Friday
night when they were compelled to
take Into custody a lady from our
neighboring city of Omaha who had
acquired a large load of liquor that
she was not carrying so well.
The lady and her boy friend, who
however was sober, appeared on the
streets shortly after ten o'clock and
the lady was not making her feet be
have so well, in fact attracting con
siderable attention and making neces
sary the law to urge her departure.
The lady in que3tion became en
raged at the appearance of the police
and proceeded to give them a cursing
out that would have been creditable
to one of ye old pirates the girl
knew all the words. The two were
taken to the city Jail while the man
attempted to get his companion
tamed down. The lady, however, was
not to be confined by bars of steel
or windows of glass and proceeded
to smash out two panes in the win
dows of the Jail. The lady received
some cuts on the hand which was
given first aid and as the man of the
party was able to dig up the price of
the window the two were sent on
their way back to Omaha.
A large group of the youth at
tracted by a damsel in distress con
gregated near the jail to look and
listen.
VISIT WITH RELATIVES HERE
From Thursday's Dallr
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Buttery and
children, of Alliance, arrived here
last evening to spend some time here
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Buttery, the parents of Mr. Buttery.
It is expected to enjoy a family
reunion here on Sunday as all of the
members of the family are now here
or located in this Bectlon of the state
and can be here for the pleasant
event.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Knorr and
children, departed Wednesday after
noon for Hastings, Nebraska, where
they will spend Decoration day visit
lug with the relatives at that place
day services
as well as attending the Memorial
Keith Miller is
Killed Under the
Wheels of Train
Fifteen Year Old Boy Tending Cow
Meets Death on M. P. Tracks
Near His Home.
Keith Miller, 15, was Instantlly
killed Thursday afternoon at 1:15
near a private crossing over the Mis
souri Pacific tracks south cf Pearl
street, when struck by a northbound
j passenger train.
The youth had been noticed by
James Sedlak, residing north of the
scene of the tragedy, a short time
before the accident, the boy looking
after a cow that was grazing along
the right of way and near the tracks.
Shortly after the passage of the train
Mr. Sedlak noticed that the boy was
not in sight and glancing down the
track saw the mangled body lying on
the center of the track some 200
yards south of the Pearl street cross
ing. The office of Sheriff Homer Syl-
i vester was notified and Deputy Sher
' iff Tom Walling hastened to the
scene of the tragedy and the body
i was removed to the Sattler funeral
home.
The boy had been badly mangled,
I ir Hrht c!a nf tha Vionsl find fflPP
being caved in, both arn.3 were
severed from the body and the right
foot crushed to small bits as the
wheels had passed over the body.
The train crew were apparently
unaware of the fact that they had
struck the unfortunate boy and con
tinued on to Omaha before they were
notified of the tragedy.
The train striking Miller is due
here at 1:05 p. m. and Thursday was
running some .ten minutes late.
It is thought that the death" oc
curred as the boy was engaged in
preventing the cow that he was herd
ing from getting on the tracks and
was caught when the train, sweep
ing out of the cut near the Wiles
farm was on him before he was fully
aware.
The young man was well known
and very popular among a large circle
of friends in the city and his un
timely death came as a sorrowing fea
ture of the holiday. Keith wa3 a
freshman in the high school and had
been very active in the work of the
Boy Scouts, being a member of the
drum and bugle corps and active in
all of their work He was the only
son of Mr. and Mrs. James Miller,
who reside in the Bajeck residence on
Maiden Lane just a short distance
from the scene of the death of their
son.
The place where the death occurred
has in the past been the scene of two
other similar accidents that resulted
fatally, residents of that section of
the city state, John Bajeck, Sr., meet
ing his death there a great many
years ago and Charles Zltka. resid
ing nearby the tracks was also killed
in a similar accident a number of
years ago.
The funeral services were held this
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Sattler
funeral home at Fourth and Vine
streets, attended by a large number
of the neighbors and close friends of
the family and of the unfortunate
boy.
Rev. C. O. Troy, pastor of the First
Methodist church, brought the com
forting message of the Christian faith
to sustain the grief stricken parents
and the sorrowing relatives and as
sociaes of Keith.
During the service Frank A. Cloidt
was heard in two vocal selections,
"Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and
"What a Friend We Have in Jesus,"
E. H. Wescott being the accom
panist. The body was laid to rest at Oak
Hill cemetery, the pall bearers be
ing members of the Boy Scout troop
of which Keith was a member, John
and Burton Rishel, William Rosen
cranB, William Evers. Richard Yellck,
and Gavin Farmer, patrol leader of
the departed.
ttt-rt. FROM WAHOO
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Janda and
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cech, of Wa
hoo, were in the city Thursday for a
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Don at. Sr. Mrs. Janda is a
atntor rtf Hfr TVinnt and la bnnvn
in this city.
SEEKS TO RECOVER INSURANCE
Monday in the federal court at
Lincoln the trial of the case of Erma
V. McCrary vs. the New York Life
Insurance Co., will go on trial before
a Jury.
This is an action in which the
plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of
$4,000 on double indemnity under
the terms of of a 12,000 policy car
ried by her son, William D. McCrary.
The case was removed from the
district court of Cass county on the
motion of the defendants and trans
ferred to the court of Federal Judge
T. C. Munger at Lincoln.
Old Timer Here
is Honored on
80th Birthday
Farnam Wellington, Resident Here
in Late Eighties, Now Editor
at Houston, Texas.
Friends here have received an ac
count of the recent birthday cele
bration of Farnam Wellington, a
resident of Plattsmouth in the late
eighties, who is now located at Hous
ton, Texas.
Mr. Wellington was engaged in the
insurance business while a resident
of Plattsmouth and quite active in
the affairs of the community and
while here he was married to Miss
Hattie Latham, daughter of Fred
Latham, then agent of the Burling
ton in this city.
The family later moved south and
Mr. Wellington is now the editor of
"The Great Southerner," a publica
tion devoted to the insurance inter
ests of the oouth and southwest at
Houston. .
On the occasion of the anniversary
of the eightieth anniversary of Mr
Wellington a large'Humber of 'the
friends gathered to assist him and
Mrs. Wellington in the happy occa
sion. 1
These old residents will be remem
bered by a large number of the older
resident of the community and who
will learn with interest of the birth
day observance.
SCHOOL TO TAKE CENSUS
The board of education has ap
pointed Naomi Day, Virginia Trively,
Mildred Hall. Margaret Yelick and
Anna Peoples to enumerate the school
census of School District No. 1 for
this year. They will -call on all of
the homes in this district and secure
information relative to the date and
place of birth of each person below
21 years of age, and other informa
tion. They will be working during
the month of June and the board of
education earnestly requests the co
operation of the citizens with these
girls in getting a list of the school
population of the Plattsmouth dis
trict. This information is not only
valuable to the superintendent for
his records, but is required by law
to be filed with the county superin
tendent. SUFFERS FROM ILLNESS
Miss Virginia James, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy James, former resi
dents here, is quite seriously ill at
the home of her parents at Blanch
ard, Iowa, she being ill for some time
from a malady that has affected the
arteries and has made her condition
serious. Miss Emma DeHart of this
city, an aunt, has been at the bedside
of the ailing girl for the past several
days.
Betty and Ted James, brother and
sister of Virginia, are here for a visit
at the home of their uncle Ward
Whelan, for the past several days
and enjoying a vacation outing.
VISITS FOSTER PARENTS
Mrs. Roy E. Butter, who has been
enjoying a visit with her foster par
ents, left for her home in San Diego,
California, Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Butter is making the trip via
bus.
Mr. Butter is employed in the Sig
nal Corps of the navy, and at pres
ent is with the fleet participating in
the maneuvers in the Pacilc.
She was accompanied as far as Om
aha by Dr. and Mrs. H. G. McClusky,
who will drive on to spend Decoration
day in the former home, Laurel, Nebraska.
Cass County is
Swept by Toiren
tial Rain and Hail
Greatest Fury of Storm at Louisville
Where Rain Reaches Cloudburst
Stage; Much Crop Damage.
Sunday afternoon one of the most
severe rain and hail storms of many
years swept over the entire county
with the chief fury of the storm ap
parently in the vicinity of Louisville,
growing less violent as the storm
proceeded eastward.
The dark lowering clouds In the
west anr northwest early in the after
noon protended a severe etorin and
following the reports of tornadoes In
the central part of the state, warn
ings were eent by radio and tele
phone to the residents of the local
ities in this part of the state to be
prepared for a possible wind storm
as well as rain and hail, but for
tunately the tornado aspect of the
storm was not felt in this territory.
The storm that struck Louisville
between three and four o'clock
brought a rainfall of three to five
inches in the space of an hour and
sweeping down from the hllla soon
had the small creeks and streams
flowing bank full and Mill creek in
the town of Louisville a raglcg tor
rent, bringing reminders of the great
flood of 1923 that took toll of several
lives. A heavy hailstorm also accom
panied the rain, which battered the
residences of the town and did untold
crop damage in the farming terri
tory southwest of Louisville.
The Platte river, swollen to Hood
time proportions commenced to over
flow the lowlands to the north of
Louisville and added to the great
volume of water pouring from the
small creeks inundated a large sec
tion of the settlement north of the
Burlington w here there has been a .
large number of homes built by the
employes of the Ash Grove Cement
plant. The residents were forced to
leave their homes in the face of the
menace of the rising waters. The
Platte also broke through the dikes
at the recreation park and flooded
that to a depth of several feet and
into the north lake of the park.
The rain and hail in the territory
west of Plattsmouth six to eight miles
did much damage and a great many
wheat fields are reported as ruined
by the force of the hall that coverd
the ground like a snowfield for some
time after the storm. I'leldn stood
covered with water as the tremen
dous rainfall was not absorbed by
the already soaked soil.
Northwest of this city along tho
Platte the river overflowed in many
places and the Four Mile creek, swol
len to riverlike proportions swept
over the lowlying farm lands. Resi
dents of that section, fearing a tor
nado, gathered at the Todd farm and
with the rush of tlie waters consid
erable difficulty was experienced in
getting out of the water filled low
lands to the highways.
Workmen of the Lyman-RIehey
Sand &. Gravel company had diffi
culty in getting to and from their
work owing to the rising waters and
the truck of Clyde Jackson was forced
to be abandoned Sunday arternooa
on the road leading into the sand pit
grounds.
The Flatte was overflowing Into
the lowlands on the Sarpy side of
the Platte river and the severe storm
brought a great deal of water Into
La Platte as the result of the tor
rential rain.
Watchmen were stationed at the
north side of the highway bridge over
the Platte last night where it was
feared that the attack of the Platte
on the north side of the stream might
endanger the approach to the bridge
and the highway.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this means of ex
pressing to the many kind friends
and neighbors our deepest apprecia
tion of the many acts of kindness
shown us in the time of our great sor
row. We especially desire to thank
the Boy Scouts for their wonderful
expressions of sympathy and aid ex
tended us, as well as to all those tak
ing part in the funeral service. Mr.
and Mrs. James Miller.
Farmers are optimistic follow
ing ths spring rains and foreses
prospects of a bumper crc?.