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PLATTSHOTJTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1935.
HO. C2
Church Gives
Reception to Rev.
and Mrs. Pah!
Congregation Greets Pastor and Bride
Formally at Church Parlors
Monday Evening.
Monday evening the parlors of the
St. Paul's Evangelical church was
the scene of a very delightful recep
tion tendered by the members of the
congregation to Rer. G. A. Pahl and
his bride, who arrived home Satur
day evening after a short honeymoon
following their recent wedding at
Centralis, Illinois.
All of the organizations of the
church joined in their congratula
tions to the pastor and extended to
his bride a cordial welcome to their
circle.
William H. Puis, president of the
church council, presided and intro
duced the various participants in the
program of the evening.
The program was opened by a
charming vocal number, "Down the
Old Church Aisle," given by Mrs.
Edna Herring.
Miss Dorothea Siemoneit gave a
reading, "The August Couple," which
v as most appropriate to the occasion
and much enjoyed.
Miss Leona Meisinger, one of the
talented musicians of the church,
was heard in a delightful number,
"Love's Greeting," most artistically
given.
Miss Margaret Terryberry gave a
vocal selection, "Because," whose
beauty added very much to the charm
of the program.
Darwin Pitz presented several ac
cordian numbers that the young man
gave in a manner that reflected the
greatest credit on him.
With the musical program com
pleted the representatives of the var
ious church organizations were call
ed upon and each gave greetings to
the pastor and his charming bride,
also a remembrance from their
groups. Miss Marie Nolting for the
Sunday school teachers; Miss Mata
Schackneis for the Young Peoples
League; Mrs. George Klinger for the
Ladies' Aid; Mrs. George Kaffenber
ger for the Ladies' Auxiliary.
Responses were given most feeling
ly by Rev. and Mrs. Pahl for the de
lightful reception and the greetings
of the members of their congrega
tion. Refreshments of ice cream, cake
and coffee were served at the close
of the happy evening.
NEW AGENT HERE
D. S. Summers, who has been the
Missouri Pacific agent at Talmage.
Nebraska, has arrived In thi9 city
where he will take the position of
agent for the railroad company, suc
ceeding Herman L. Thomas, trans
lerred to Nebraska City.
Mr. Summers was formerly the
agent at Avoca and later transferred
to the Talmage position that he has
Just given up to accept the promotion
to the Plattsmouth agency. The
Summers family have resided at Lin
coln but are now moving here where
they will make their home and the
daughters of the family will enter
school here. The Plattsmouth people
will extend the Summers family a
very cordial welcome to the commun
ity and where they will find a pleas
ant and friendly people.
WILL ATTEND MANEUVERS
Attorney J. A. Capwell of this city,
who holds a commission as captain
in the U. S. officers reserve corps,
will have a touch of field duty this
fall In the annual maneuvers of the
Seventeenth infantry. Mr. Capwell
is attached to this regiment for ser
vice and will participate in the prac
tice march that will be held in late
September or October, when the en
tire regiment and Its wagons and
equipment will be Bent out for the
practice march which it is expected
will take the regiment as far south
as Nebraska City, with two over
night camps on the way out and on
the return.
King Korn Festival
QUEEN CONTEST
I Vote for
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Henry G. Scecmchsen was
hostess on Sunday evening at a very
charming birthday dinner arranged
in honor of Mr. Soennichsen's birth
day anniversary. The dining room
andtable was arranged very attrac-
lively with the fall flowers that made
a most fitting setting for the delic
ious repast.
There were some twenty - four
guests in attendance to join in the
observance of the anniversary and
extend their well wishes to Mr. Soen
nichsen. Popular Young
People Wedded
Here Sunday
Miss Bessie De Ora Carey Married
to Mr. Clifford L. Black in
Pretty Home Ceremony.
Miss Bessie Carey, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Carey, became the
bride of Clifford L. Black, son of Mrs.
Hallie Marshall of Plattsmouth, Sun
day afternoon at 3:30 at the home
of the bride's parents, 215 North 3rd
street with the Rev. Charles Living
stone of Weeping Water, minister of
the Christian church, officiating.
The bride's gown was white with
a corsage of rosebuds and a geratum.
The groom wore conventional black.
The couple were attended by the sis
ter of the bride ( Mrs. Harry Rohlfs;
as matron of honor and Miss Nellie
Wilcox and Richard Black, brother
of the groom.
Following the ceremony a wedding!
luncheon was served to the relatives
and close friends of the bride and
groom.
The bride is an honor graduate in
the class of 1935 of the Plattsmouth
high school, which she attended lor
the 15231 three " years, coming 'here
from Norfolk. The groom who has
grown to manhood here has many
relatives and friends. He is employed
by a firm engaged in river control
work.
Mr. and Mrs. Black have the best
wishes of the' entire community and
will be at home to their friends in
an apartment at 215 North Third
street.
Out of town guests were Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Fulton of Norfolk.
AEEANC-ING DISTINCTIVE
IDENTIFICATION TOE FAIR
At the last Korn Klub Kommittee
meeting, arrangements were discuss
ed to secure some distinctive means of
identification of Korn Karnival boost
ers at the county fair at "Weeping
Water cn Plattsmouth day, Thursday,
September 12 th.
The delegation from here will be
accompanied by the Legion Junior
Drum corps, and will participate in
a parade up and down the Main street
midway. The matter given most gen
eral approval was that of either se
curing a supply of jungle hats and
having the advertising message paint
ed on the side or of having regular
hat band3 printed to be worn around
the hats of all those attending. The
final choice was lert in the hands ofiof this city, was knocked down last
Henry Soeninchsen. general chair- j night at 11:25 at Sixth and Main
man, who can be depended upon to streets by a passing auto, but not
make proper arrangements well in
advance or the time they will be
needed.
It was al3o urged that all Platts
mouth folks attending the fair join
in behind the drum corps for the
parade.
WILL MANAGE APARTMENT
The old friends of. the F. G. Egen
berger family will be interested in
learning that Mr. and Mrs. Egenber
ger are now eigaged in the manage
ment of the Leon apartments at 1044
Appleton street. Long Deach, Cali
fornia, This apartment is owned by
Mrs. Rose Hennings, former resident
of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Egen
berger are now entering on their
new duties.
VISIT IN CITY
From Tuesday's Dally: .
I Mr. and Mrs. Levi Rakes, of ABh
jland, former residents of this city,
were here for a short time today look
ing after some matters of business
and calling on the old time friends
in the city.
Mr.andMrs.R.B.
Hayes Observe
25th Anniversary
' large Group of Friends Gather at;iji tnt schools of Janesvilie. Wiscon -
the Tamly Heme to Extend
Congratulations.
Sunday th2 plc-an: and attractive
home of Mr. and I.trs. r'.ofcert B.
Hares cn park hill, was the scene cf
a very extensive gathering or tne
friends of the past years to observe
the twenty-firth wedding anniversary
or these estimable residents.
The home was beautifully arranged
with the fall flowers whose beauty
added to the charm of the informal
reception.
During the afternoon punch and
wafers were served to the visitors.
Miss Amelia Martens, Miss Pearl
Staats, Miss Estelle Baird, Mrs. L. L.
Wiles, Mrs. J. W. Crabill, Mrs. J. V.
Hatt, Mrs. E. H. Wescott and Miss
Helen Hall assisting in the serving
and presiding over the guest book
Adding to the Interest of the after -
noon was a collection of the por
traits of the bride and groom of
twenty-five years ago, ranging from
their pictures as babes to the present
day
A large number of handsome gifts
were displayed and among these the
silver service that had been present
ed to Mrs. Hayes parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. I. Howard, on their 25th an
niversary as well as a caster, an heir
loom cf the family.
Mrs. Joseph A. Capwell, one of the
talented musicians of the city, play
ed during the afternoon as the groups
of friends arrived at the Hayes home
to greet the bride and groom.
The members of the party were re
ceived by Mr. and Mrs. Hayes in the
living room of the home, Mrs. Hayes
being very charming In a dinner
gown of bltie and silver organza
HOLD FAMILY GATHERING
On Sunday at the A. D. Crunk
home." south of Union, was held a re
union of members of the Queen fam
ily, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Jasper
Queen and daughter, Dorothy, of
Culver City, California, who have
been visiting here for the past three
weeks.
The members of the party enjoyed
a fine array of fried chicken and all
of the trimmings and ice cream and
cake to complete the delicious re
past. '
Those who attended the event were
A. D. Crunk and family, Union; Wil
liam Wilson and family, Union; El
bert Queen and family, Stanton,
Iowa; F. T. Wilson and family, Mur
ray; Robert Sedlak, Plattsmouth and
the guests of honor, Mr. and Mrs.
Jasper Queen.
Mr. and Mrs. Queen and daugh
ter, Dorothy, departed for home fol
lowing the reunion after a most
r'rasant visit cf the past three weeks
at the F. T. Wilson home at Murray.
STRUCK BY CAR
From Tuesday's Daily:
Mike Gehiers, farm hand engaged
!at the Charles Warga farm southeast
seriously injured. Mr. Gehiers was
cutting across the intersection in
stead of following the pedestrian
lane and a car driven by Arlie Chris
tianson, came along and the driver
was unable to avoid the man and
who was knocked to the paving.
Gehiers was taken to the office of
Dr. L. S. Pucelik on the Insistence
of the driver of the car and an exam
ination failed to disclose any injuries
and he later returned to his duties in
the country.
KETITEN FEOM WEST
Sunday Attorney O. E. Trilety, of
Washington, D. C, with his mother,
Mrs. Anton J. Trilety, returned home
from a trip to the west which has
covered the past two weeks. Mrs.
Trilety stopped for a visit with her
daughter in "Wyoming, while Mr.
Trilety continued on for a visit in
the Pacific northwest in Washington
and Oregon. He reports condition:
excellent there and enjoyed very
much the visit in that section of the
country. From here Mr. Trilety will
return to Washington to resume his
duties.
VISITING IN CITY
Miss Ruth Lindsay, of Lodi, Wis
consin, a former supervisor of music
in our city schools, is visiting this
rZ
among her Plattsmouth friends,
leaving Plattsmouth, Miss
inclsay became supervisor or music
j Ei" v,here Ehe has 3st completed
pve "ears of successful service; re-
signinj
at this time, that she might j
; spend this year in rest and further
study.
j While in the city. Miss Lindsay is;
'ne guest ci nr. aau -urs. n. o. jic-
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Clusky.
Cass County
Teachers Hold
Regular Meet'g
(eveuing. This band is under the di
Yearly Institute Held Here Saturday rection of Joe Matchlka of Omaha
by County Superintendent Miss
Alpha C. Peterson.
The teachers of the rural schools
'of Cass county met here Saturday to
attend the annual institute that is
held preceding the opening cf the
schools over the eounty, with a or.e
hundred per cent of the teachers on
hand when the opening session . as
held.
The sessions were presided over by
Miss Alpha C. Peterson and a very
Interesting program had been ar
ranged for the teachers and v. hich
was participated iu by several of the
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well known residents of the county.
The musical section of the insti
tute was under the direction of Mrs.
E. II. Wescott, who led the members
in the singing and in the discussion
of the value of music in the schools.
Judge C. S. Wortman, of South
Lend, who was county superintendent
some thirty years ago, was present
and discussed the teaching profession
and the work of the fccholl an-d their
importance to the ccmnmnities.
Attorney J. A. Capwell of this city
gave a very interesting talk on the
constitution of the United States and
its various clauses and amendments
that had been added from time to
time. This was most interesting and
fitted in with the forthcoming ob
servance of constitution week which
is to be held in the middle of Sept
ember. Mrs. Fred H. Gorder of Weeping
Water was present and fiiscussed the
school work at the county fair in
which she has had an active interest
in the past several years.
Mayor Troy L. Davis of Weeping
Water, also was present and extended
the Invitation to the teachers to all
have their schools represented at the
great county fair that is to be held
at "Weeping Water.
Miss Peterson, the county super
intendent, took up with the teachers
many of the phases of the work of
the schools which are Just commenc
ing for the term and problems of the
work that the teachers will find in
their coming year in the school.
LEAVING FOR COLLEGE
Miss Dorothea Siemoneit, graduate
of the Plattsmouth high school in the
class of 1934, is to depart Tuesday
for Tarkio. Missouri, where she will
enter Tarklo college for the coming
term.
Miss Siemoneit is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Siemoneit, resid
ing northwest of thi3 city and in her
high school work in thi3 city was
among the outstanding students of
the school and with her ability and
studious disposition should make a
real success of her'work at Tarkio.
At Tarkio college she will have the
nleaaurp of finHinrr one of her former
mentors. R. Foster Patterson, as a.
member of the faculty of the college
where he 13 in the department of his
tory. TO VISIT HI DAKOTA
From Monday Dally
Mr. and Mrs. Emmons Holy, of
Sioux Falls. South Dakota, who have
been visiting here at the home of
James Holy, Sr., father of Mr. Holy,
are departing this evening for their
home. They will be accompanied on
the return trip ljy James Holy, Jr.,
and Emmons Ptak, who are to visit
for a short time at Sioux Falls and
then go to Armour, South Dakota,
where they will visit with the Frank
Ptak family for a few days before re
turning to their homes here.
Fall Festival
to Have a Large
Array of Bands
, cf the Best n0wn Bands of
This ectitm Wi
u part of j
Will Ee Heard
Program.
E H Schulhof veteran band man.
who has had charge cf the task of
iding. band music or the fall
! fe.tU al that opens here on Septem
ber ISth to run until September 21st,
jhas completed his task and a list of
!son:e of the best bands in this sec
tion is assured for the event.
On Wednesday evening, the open
ing date of the festival an accordian
band of thirty pieces will be here
from Omaha to entertain the visitors
wth a large array of music for the
and 13 one of the crack organizations
of its kind in the state.
On Thursday, both alternoon and
evening the Avoca band under the
direction of Will B. Green, of Lin
coln, will be featured and those who
heard this band at its previous ap
pearance here can appreciate this
tne treat that it awaiting the resi
dents and visitors to the city.
The Friday band feature will also
be featured both afternoon and even
ing, the band of the Peru State
Training school, an organization of
fnrtv-eicht nieces and which won
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first place in their class in the Mid-
West musical contest at Omaha the
past week.
The closing day of the fall festival
will bring to this city the Farmers
Union band of Louisville, one of the
best in the state, and which is under
l he direction of Mr. Green. This
band was here last year and was one
of the big. features of the festival.
With this array of talent, awaiting,
the visitors to Plattsmouth during
the four gala days there is a treat
in store for the music lovers and Mr.
Schulhof is to be congratulated on
his task well done.
MAKES DASH FOE LIBERTY
From Wednesday's Daily
Last night Ray Cadwell, who hails
from the land of Oklahoma, made a
dash for liberty from the Cass coun
ty Jail and caused Sheriff Homer Syl
vester and Deputy Sheriff Tom Wall
ing several hours of search before he
was returned to the county bastile.
Cadwell was being held on a
drunken charge and last night when
the still watches arrived the prisoner
pried open a window on the upper
floor of the jail building and tieing
together several blankets made his
escape for a few hours.
The prisoner was located about 5
o'clock this morning in the wooded
lands north of this city and promptly
returned to Jail.
While the charge of drunkenness
is a comparatively light one that of
jail breaking carries a very stiff pen
alty. TEACHING AT WEEPING WATEB
Miss Vestetta Robertson, eldest
daughter of Attorney and Mrs. W. A.
Robertson of this city, is now start
ing in her work as a member of the
teaching force of the Weeping Wa
ter city schools. Miss Robertson is
teaching in the fifth grade and alsoSlama, of Clarkson as teacherof Eng
has music supervision of the third jlish in the Junior High school. Miss
and fourth grades of the school. MiB3 Slama also is very highly recommend
Robertson is one of the talented mu-'ed, is a graduate of the University
sicians of this city and will make a J of Nebraska and has had two years of
splendid addition to the Weeping teaching experience, coming to this
Water schools as she has fine educacity from Leigh, Nebraska, where she
tional atainments, being one of the
highest ranking students from the
Plattsmouth school from which she
graduated in 1931 and also in the
University of Nebraska where she
was a student.
"WAE.UTT.T) 49 YEAES
Speaking of the lony time wedded
residents of the community, Mr. and,
Mrs. Sam Archer are among the old
est in this city. Mr. Archer and Miss
Nellie Patrick were married here in,
Plattsmouth on September 1, 1886
and at once started housekeeping in
the residence on Locust street which
they have continued to occupy since
that time. They Quietly observed the
occasion Sunday and in the home
where they first came as bride and
groom.
RETURN FI101I TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Queen of Cul
ver City, California, Misses Mae and
Neita Wilson and Robert Sedlak,
have returned home from an auto
trip through Missouri and southern
Kansas. They were visiting with the
members of the Queen family who
formerly resided in this county be-
lore going to Missouri to make their
home.
They state the crops look very poor
in southern Kansas and Missouri,
but plenty of rain the past week has
improved the outlook a great deal.
Banking Head
Home from Trip
to Northwest
H. A. Schneider of Plattsmouth State
Bank Enjoys Trip Over Large
Part of the Country.
H. A. Schneider, president of the
Plattsmouth StatSe bank, who has
been enjoying a combined business
and pleasure trip to the Pacific
northwest returned home Monday af
ter a very Interesting journey
through a great expanse of that sec
tion of the United States and Canada.
Mr. Schneider spent several days
at Calgary, the capitol of the prov
ince of Alberta, being there at the
time of the provincial election for
members of parliament, witnessing
one of the most heated campaigns in
years with the social security pro
gram as an issue. The result of the
election was a great triumph for the
advocates of the measure that would
provide old age and unemployment
insurance, they electing 53 of the 63
members of parliament.
Mr. Schneider visited a short time
at Portlaid with old friends and also
at Seaside, one of the ocean resorts
which has had a very large business
from tourist trade the past year.
-The heavy travel by train as well
as auto tourists has set a record this
year in that section of the north
west and points to the evident in
crease of the spending power of the
people.
Mr. Schneider in returning came
through the southwest section of Ne
braska and reports that crops there
are not so good and with the terrible
toll of the Republican valley floods
has made the outlook there very poor.
From Hastings on east the corn and
other crops were much better as he
neared the Missouri valley section
where the crops appeared excellent.
SELECT NEW TEACHERS
At the meeting of the board of
education Monday evening the elec
tion of two teachers was made by the
board, one additional teacher being
necessary due to the large enrollment
while another was selected to teach
until the recovery of Miss Helene
Perry, teacher of the Junior High
school.
The selection cf L. A. Gerner of
Crete, was made as an additional
teacher of English and dramatics i
the high school and who will at once
enter on his work in the school. Mr.
Gerner is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Nebraska where he majored
in English and has had four years
of teaching experience. He comes
here very highly recommended.
The board selected Miss Mrcella
.was engaged for the past term.
VERY HAPPY EVENT
The many friends here of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Frady, of Omaha, will be
pleased to learn that a fine eight and
a half pound son was born to them
Saturday evening at the Covenant
j hospital at Omaha, All are reported
as doing nicely and the occasion has
brought the greatest happiness to
all of the members of the family
circle. Mrs. Frady was formerly Miss
Hilda Rabb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Rabb, Sr., of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wescott were
; at Red Oak, Iowa, Monday evening,
where they were guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Turner, the
former a cousin of Mrs. Wescott.
City Planning
Committee Makes
Recommendations
Meeting Tuesday Evening Endorses
Chicago Avenue Sewer, Surfacing
Wintersteen Hill as Two.
The city planning committee, com
posed of members from all of the
civic organizations of the city, met
Tuesday evening to take up the mat
ter of recommendation of projects to
be submitted under the WPA to the
proper authorities.
The meeting was presided over by
A. L. Tidd, chairman, and the mem
bers went on record as definitely
favoring three very worthwhile proj
ects and which would result in per
manent good to the city and its peo
ple.
The committee adopted the follow
ing resolutions ou the projects se
lected and which will be urged as a
part of the plan for the permanent
improvement of the city:
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BE IT RESOLVED. That the Platts
mouth Planning Committee recom
mend the landscaping and beautify
ing of the post office grounds.
EE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That a copy of this resolution be
sent to the postmaster, and each of
the civic organizations represented
by this committee.
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WHEREAS, The open sewer on
Chicago Avenue Is causing the pav
ing on said highway to give way.
AND WHEREAS, the opportunity
is now here to obtain federal funds
through the WPA for the complete
extension of said sewer,
THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED
that the Plattsmouth City Planning
Committee recommend to the Mayor
and Council of said city that a proj-
ect be made and presented to the fed
eral authorities for the complete ex
tension of Baid sewer.
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WHEREAS, mail route No. 1 on
First 6treet on Wintersteen Hill is
now a dirt road and in wet weather
difficult to travel,
THEREFORE. EE IT RESOLVED
that the Plattsmouth City Planning
Committee recommend to the Mayor
and Council that a federal project
be made of said highway from the
intersection of Highway No. 34 to the
corporate limits of said city, and
that said highway be stone surfaced
as one of the WPA projects.
Mr. Tidd of the planning commit
tee, estimates that the material cost
of the rock surfacing of the Win
tersteen hill mall route will be 1135
with the cost of hauling and placing
$117. The WPA under the proposi
tion would provide the, labor cost for
the project.
"SPINNING FEOM THE COBWEBS"
The above is the title of a most
interesting volume of verse, written
by David R. Churchill, of Twin
Falls, Idaho, and a former resident of
this section. Mr. Churchill has had
this 259 volume printed by the
Caxton Printers of Caldwell, Idaho,
and the book is now on the market.
The Journal has received a copy of
the book and which has many very
beautiful thoughts woven Into verse.
The volume Is dedicated to Mrs.
Churchill who Is a sister of Mrs.
C. A. Rawls and James W. Holmes
of this city.
Mr. Churchill, the author, was
born in the Rock Bluffs community,
where he grew up and attended tho
"little fed school house." as he af
fectionately terms it In his book of
verse. After his marriage in this
county the family moved to Daven
port, Nebraska and to Idaho in 1912.
After a fall in 1921 that made him
unfit for his work as blacksmith, they
moved to Twin Falls and where he
has given the world many delightful
thoughts in verse and which are now
gathered into a volume.
EETTJENS FEOH EAST
From Tuesday's Dally
John Schwartz, one of the well
known residents fo the Ithica com
munity, was in the city today for a
few hours and while here was a
pleasant caller at the Journal to re
new his subscription. Mr. Schwartz
is returning home from an outing in
the east where he has been visiting
with relatives and friends.
From Wednesday' Dally
Harry McCarroll, one of Union's
good citizens was in the city this
forenoon, attending to some business
matters and visiting friends.