Heir. 'State "Historical Society
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VOL. NO. II
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1836.
NO. 101
Revival Meetings
to Continue at
Christian Church
Rev. Allen to Carry en Work Despite
the Disagreeable Weather Con
ditions Experienced.
The evangelist and members of the -been located at Sioux Falls for the
Christian church have been laboring j past year and has found business ex
under a very discouraging situation Icellent and much improvement in all
since the revival meeting began as
the weather has been so severe, it
has Kept the attendance down a great
deal, and has not been as large as
it should be had the weather been
more favorable, therefore the work
has not advanced as it should have
done under more lavorable condi
tions. There have been several additions,
baptismal services were held last
Sunday evening for those having
made the good confession previously.
We intend going on with these
meetings until we have accomplished
cur objective, in building up the
church spiritually, as well as numer
ically. It is going to take longer to
do this than we first planned, but
we are going on until we reach this! Mr. Joseph Zitka, son of Mrs. Anna
goal, and we assure the public of'zitka. The Rev. Cermik officiated,
continued services regularly, with a The bride wore a royal blue crepe
definite nroeram to work to In the dress and accessories of navy blue
future, as Brother Allen and his good
wife have kindly consented to remain
with us indefinitely, subject to the
armroval of the membershiD of the
church. Brother Allen has proven! wore a maroon crepe dress and ac
his ability as an evangelist. He came Jcessories of black. She also wore a
highly recommended, having held j corsage of sweet peas and roses,
several charges in the largest cities; The groom's attendant was the
in the state of Iowa, the last one! bride's brother, Emil Palat.
having been in our neighboring city
of Glenv.ood, Iowa, and we are for
tunate indeed in being able to pro
cure them permanently.
Let's all show our appreciation
now., by rallying to Christ and His
church, by getting behind his move-j
ment, lending our support in every
way possible for the upbuilding of
Christ's kingdom, and His church in
which He died to establish, that
through this church a lost and dying
world might be redeemed from sin.
Are you brother interested in the suc
cess of the church in your community,
in the salvation of souls, in the teach
ings that the church and Sunday
school give to your children, and the
community? If so we will expect you
to come regularly to God's house of
prayer every Lord's day, showing by
your presence your interest and will
ingness to abide by His teachings,
ar.d the cle:ire on your part to live
a Christian life henceforth and for
ever more. Will you accept this chal
lenge, from Christ and His disciples?
The opportunity is yours today, there
never has been a greater opportunity
offered your church and this com
munity than we now have for you.
The fields are ripe unto harvest, and
the laborers are few saith the Lord.
FIRST DISTRICT WOMAN'S
CLUB LUNCHEON AT AUBURN
Mrs. John A. Jimerson, president
of the first district of Nebraska Fed
eration of Woman's clubs, entertain
ed at a luncheon Friday, Jan. 31st,
at her home in Auburn, Nebr.
Sweet peas and green tapers made
the tables very beautiful and with
the cheerfulness of the fireplace, and
the juy of renewing friendships, the
zero temperature was quickly forgot
ten. Chairmen of departments and dis
trict officers were guests. Plans were
made for the year's club work.
Those attending from Cass county
were Mrs. W. S. McGrew, Louisville,
chairman of public welfare; Mrs.
Ivan Balfour, Union, chairman of in
ternational relations; Miss Marie
Kaufmann. Plattsmouth. chairman of
art; Mrs. Ray E. Norris, Weeping
Water, chairman of law observance
and delinquency.
SUNDAY FIRE ALARM
The fire department was called out
Sunday afternoon by an alarm from
the Bekin building. A cigarette or
match had been dropped back of a
radiator in the "Bright Spot" beer
tavern in the first floor of the build
ing, this evidently falling into a
space by the radiator pipes and start
ed to burn, causing alarm that the
blaze might spread to other parts of
the wall. The firemen responded at
once and checked any possible traces
of fire that might have existed.
RETURNS TO DAKOTA
From Monday's Dally
This morning H. L. Taplett return
ed to his work at Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, after a visit here over the
week end with his family and the
many friends in the city. Mr. Taplett
is the representative of one of the
large distributing companies for bev
erages in South Dakota and has been
very successful in his work. He has
lines.
Palat-Zitka
Wedding Occurs
at Prague, Nebr.
Miss Victoria Palat and Mr. Joseph
Zitka Wedded at St. John's
Church at Prague.
On Saturday morning at eighty
thirty o'clock at the St. John's
church, Prague, Nebraska, Miss Vic
toria Palat, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Palat. became the bride of
to match. She also wore a corsage
of sweet peas and roses.
Her only attendant was Miss Anne
Zitka. Bister of the groom. Miss itka
A dinner was served at noon to
members of the immediate families at
the home of the bride's parents.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Palat of Prague, Ne
braska, The groom is the oldest son
of Mrs. Anna Zitka and is employed
in Omaha where they will reside.
SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY
Edna Mae Petersen, whose seven
teenth birthday anniversary occur
red on Saturday, was given a real
birthday surprise by a group of the
high school friends. Miss Petersen
was Quietly spending the evening at
home when the party of friends ar
rived to shout their birthday greet
ing and giving her a real happy re
minder of the occasion.
The members of the jolly party
spent the evening in visiting, games
and dancing to add to the enjoyment
of all of the group. In honor of the
occasion the guest of honor received
many very attractive gifts.
At a suitable hour the many good
things provided for the party was
produced and a dainty luncheon en
joyed.
Those who participated in the
pleasant evening were Patricia Cloidt.l
Rachel Robertson, Marjorie Wohl-
farth, Anna Marie Rea, Margaret
Will, Grace Louise Wiles, Betty Ka
lina, Rita Libershal, Shirley and
Edna Mae Petersen.
SNOWBOUND
Dr. P. T. Heineman, local dentist,
had a real winter experience Monday
that he will long remember. Dr.
Heineman was called to Louisville on
some business matters and started
home in the afternoon in the midst of
the blizzard that was driving the
roadway full of snow and made travel
more difficult as the car fought its
way along in the endeavor to reach
Plattsmouth. The car was able to
travel as far as the farm of David
Rutherford and there the drifting
had so effectively closed the road
that further progress was impossible
and Dr. Heineman sought shelter at
the Rutherford home, where he was
compelled to remain all night and
until the roadway could be opened
up.
ASKS FOR DIVORCE
From Monday IaITr
In the district court today an ac
tion was filed by Mrs. Eskie Cappen,
asking that the ties of marriage with
Earl Cappen, be dissolved and that
the plaintiff be given a decree of
divorce, also the restoration of her!
maiden name, Eskie Stock. The peti
tion states that the parties were mar
ried at Topeka, Kansas, December
23. 1931. W. G
Kieck appears as
attorney for the plaintiff.
Old Age
Assistance by
March 1st
Payments Possible, Assistant Attor
ney General Murphy Tells As
sistance Committees.
The school of instruction and round
table for county boards, county clerks
and' county directors of assistance,
under supervision of Director Tolen
of the state assistance committee,
with Assistant Attorney General
Murphy as lecturer, continued dur
ing the day in representative hall at
Lincoln and closed with a night
school. It is to be resumed again
Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. In
spite of stormy weather and some
snow blocked highways representa
tive hall and closed with ties attend
the day session. Commissioners Pitz,
Gorder and Chapman of Cass county
were among those attending.
Review of provisions of the old
age assistance law, with time out
for answering questions, occupied
most of the afternoon. The night
session was devoted almost entirely
to forms, such as application blanks
for old age assistance, forms for
county investigators of applicants,
finding and report of county assist
ance committee on applications, and
forms for county requisitions for state
assistance funds.
Interpretations of the state laws,
coupled with federal social security
requirements, with many routine de
tails fo rguidance of county boards,
were entered into by Murphy. H. H.
Swink of Champion, chairman of the
Chase county board, expressed the
view that it might be better for
counties to collect and spend their
own money as they see fit instead of
sending their $2 head tax and 1 cent
gasoline tax to - the .state and then
having the state tell them how to
spend their own money.
Murphy said he was not inclined to
argue the merits of the state law, but
he said the federal government had
offered the state about 5 million dol
lars for social security and it had
decreed that there should be a central
state agency thru which it should be
expended, and that supposedly the
state legislature had done its best to
formulate laws to comply with fed
eral requirements. He said great
latitude is given both the state and
county assistance committees and
that they are able to work in har
mony with each other.
Murphy, in defining the steps neces
sary to get applications for old age
assistance claims thru the county
committees and to the state commit
tee for approval, said a ten day wait
ing period is necessary for time for
Jan appeal. Even with this necessary
ftime he believed it would not take
i ' i i
mor iemy uays 10 gee a ciaim
thru and that upon receipt of the
state director s certificate of approval,
money could be paid out before March
1 for old age assistance. He said
county committees coul dauthorize
county clerks to issue warrants im
mediately after notification of ap
proval from the state committee di
rector. DIES IN OHIO
The death of Mrs. Paul Outland,
40, a former Plattsmouth lady, oc
curred Saturday night at Sylvania,
Ohio, a suburb of Toledo, where she
has made her home In recent years.
The deceased lady was formerly Miss
Pauline Kalasek of this city where
she was born and reared to woman
hood. She was married at Omaha to
Paul Outland several years ago and
the family made their home for a
time at Omaha and Superior.
Mrs. Outland is survived by the
husband, her mother, Mrs. Mary But
tery, and one sister, Mrs. Florence
Outland, all living near Toleda, She
was also a niece of Cyril Kalina of
this city.
The funeral services and inter
ment will be at the Ohio home as
far as learned here.
ATTENDANCE REMAINS GOOD
The attendance in the city schools
is reported as very good despite the
extreme cold weather and only in the
kindergarten and lowest grades has
the attendance shown any particular
drop. Even in the blizzard like con-
dition of Monday there was a very
good showing in the high school and
grades in all schools of the city.
LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA
From Monday's Daily:
Henry Albert of Louisville, with
his sister-in-law, Miss Anna Sanders
of this city, departed today for San
Diego, California, where they will
join Mrs. Albert and daughter and
Henry Sanders, who have been spend
ing the winter there.
The party was accompanied to the
west coast by Mrs. Hamburg, who has
been here to visit with her mother,
Mrs. William Budig and her sister,
Mrs. William Ofe and family.
Blizzard of
Monday Causes
Many Drifts
Sweeping Wind Piles Snow in East
West Roads, Despite Attempts
to Keep Them Open.
One of the old fashioned blizzards
swept over eastern Nebraska and
western Iowa Monday afternoon, fol
lowing a day of steady snowfall and
the high wind at once swept the
snow into deep drifts and closed
many of the highways and made
travel disagreeable and dangerous.
In this city there were large drifts
formed over the residential section
which blocked many of the roads,
marooning residents and making it
necessary making their v. ay out on
foot. 4
The roads in this locality also suf
fered from the drifts and many of
the side roads are vast fields of un
broken snow that will require sev
eral days to get open for normal
travel.
Road maintaining forces were busy
at Murray all Monday afternoon to
keep this east and west road open
for travel and several crews were
there in the fightVeep it from
drifting shut.
SURPRISED . ON BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Phillip Hirz was given a most
delightful surprise on Tuesday after
noon by the members of her card club
which proved a real surprise to the
guest of honor. Mrs. Hirz had been
assisting at the store of her hus
band and returned home shortly be
fore 1 o'clock to find that the home
was filled with the members of the
club. The visitors had arranged a
most delicious 1 o'clock luncheon in
honor of the birthday and which all
appreciated very much. The afi.tr-!
noon was spent playing bridge and
visiting with the guest of honor.
Those present were Mrs. E. II.
Bernhardt, Christine Soennichsen,
Mrs. James G. Mauzy, Mrs. Harley
Wiles, Mrs. W. C. Soennichsen, Mrs.
W. V. Ryan, Mrs. H. L. Thomas, of
Nebraska City and Mrs. Hirz.
OBSERVES BIRTHDAY
From Wednesday's Daily
Today was the eighty-second birth
day anniversary of A. W. Smith, one
of the highly esteemed residents of
the city and whose many friends will
join in their congratulations to him
and for many more such happy events
in the future. Mr. Smith has made
his home here since 1910 and has
been one of the community's best
citizens. In honor of the anniversary
his daughter, Mrs. W. T. Richard
son, of Mynard and his son, Arthur
Smith and family Joined in the din
ner party at noon at the Smith home.
SHOWING FINE IMPROVEMENT
Mrs. Ralph E. Gansemer, who has
returned home from the Clarkson hos
pital where she was given a very ser
ious operation, is showing a very
pleasing gain and doing just as well
as possible. Mrs. Gansemer is here
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Clement, the extreme cold
weather making it inadvisable to
have her taken to her farm home near
Murray. The many friends will be
pleased to learn of her Improving
condition and trust that she may
continue to gain in strength.
visrrs with friends
Miss Rosemarie Burcham spent
Sunday with her friends, Miss Ethel
Kuenzli. Miss Kuenzli who has beea
confined to her home with illness the
past week is now on the road to recovery.
Phone news Items to Flo. 6.
Birds Face
the Danger of
Starvation
While Winter Birds Can Stand Bit
ter Cold, Heavy Snow Prevents
Securing; of Food.
The very heavy snow of the past
two weeks is bringing a real menace
to the bird life of the central west
and if large numbers are to be saved
from starvation it must be through
the action of the residents of the
communities. The birds are able to
withstand a very bitter cold but
when their food supply is covered to
a depth of several feet with snow, it
creates a most critical situation.
Many of the Plattsmouth people in
heir thoughtfulness for the feathered
friends that prevent insects from
ruining our crops in the summer,
have arranged feeding places for the
birds but a more general movement
of this kind should be started.
Sn:all grain scattered on platforms
or in cleared places, soon will at
tract the attention of the birds and
they will readily find them. Sections
of suet, tied or wired to trees also
irrnishes a suitable food supply for
the birds. A number of the Platts
mouth householders have made win
dow ledge feeding places for the
birds where they gather to pick the
grain or bread crumbs provided.
The state game commission is
urging a general movement to pro
vide food for the birds over the state
to save the lives of thousands who
otherwise will perish fiom starvation
and in many cases organizations are
providing grain to be used for the
bird feeding.
SURPRISE FRIEND
Miss Margaret Bauer, whose birthr
day anniversary occurred" on Satur
day, was given a very pleasant re
minder of the event by a group of
the young friends who reside in the
same neighborhood. The jolly party
arrived at the Bauer home and all
joined in an evening of the rarest
enjoyment and in games of cards un
til a late hour when a dainty lunch
eon was enjoyed. The luncheon was
featurd by the large and attractive
birthday cake that was prepared by
Mrs. Louisa Bauer, grandmother of
the guest of honor. In honor of the
occasion Miss Bauer was given a
large number of very attractive gifts.
Those attending were Agnes and Ger
trude Brink, Marie Nolting. Lois
Giles. William Starkjohn, Willard
Brink and Sheldon Giles.
FALL TO HOLD LODGE
The severe storm of Monday
brought about an incident in Ma
sonry in Plattsmouth that so far as
the members can recall has not oc
curred before. This is the failure to
hold a regular meeting of Platts
mouth lodge No. 6 on the date pro
vided. The failure to hold the meet
ing wa3 due largely to the storm
that blocked roads, preventing Les
ter Meisinger, master and Anderson
Lloyd, junior warden from getting
in from their farms, while R. Foster
Patterson, senior warden, was storm
locked at Tarkio, Missouri, With
these officers absent no lodge session
could be opened.
VERY CRITICALLY ELL
From Tuesday's Daily:
J. Howard Davis was called to Lin
coln at an early hour today by a mes
sage announcing the very grave con
dition of Rev. D. W. Parker, father
of Mrs. Davi3. Rev. Parker is at the
Bryan Memorial hospital at Lincoln,
suffering from pneumonia that has
been very severe. Mrs. Davis has
been with her father at the hospital
since thel ast of the week. A mes
sage trom Lincoln at noon toaay
stated that the patient had withstood
the severe condition of the night and
seemed slightly better but still grave
ly ill.
HAVE FIRE CALL
The members of the fire depart
ment this morning were called by
an alarm of fire at the Epler resi
dence, just east of the city hall and
fire station. The alarm was occa
sioned by the burning out of a chim
ney. The burning chimney was
checked without any serious damage.
DR. GILMORE ILL
Dr. G. II. Gilmore of Murray, one
of the veteran members of the med
ical profession in the state, is con
fined to his home at Murray by an ill
ness that he has suffered from for
several days and which has placed
him on the inactive list. The family
seems to be suffering a jinx in the
way of sickness as the son, John,
was recently operated on and Mrs.
Ray Frans of Union, sister of Mrs.
Gilmore, is quite seriously ill at
Union and is being cared for by Mis3
Amelia Frederich of this city, a
trained nurse.
Father and Son
Move Discussed
by Searl Davis
Local Man Gives Very Interesting
Talk at the Meeting of the
Rotary Club Tuesday.
The members of the Plattsmouth
Rotary club had the opportunity of
hearing a very fine discussion of the
father and son movement and the
problem of the young man and boy
in the community, given by Searl
S. Davis.
Mr. Davis in his talk took up the
problem of the boy from both the
standpoint of the parent and of the
boy. Mr. Davis strongly urged that
some community gathering place for
the youth might be provided that
would permit the association of the
young men together in surroundings
that would be of a more inspirational
atmosphere than those that they now
have to find for themselves. This
idea, to following along the lines of
the Y. ML. C. A. in a limited scope,
was suggested and Mr. Davi3 urged
that some building be provided where
the youth might gather and have the
encouragement and guidance of more
mature minds in providing for their
recreations.
There were present the two high
school students who will be members
of Rotary for the month of February,
Arthur Warga, senior and Richard
Otterstein, junior.
The meeting was under the leader
ship of Carl Ofe.
LOSE HARD FOUGHT GAME
The Plattsmouth Reserves were at
Omaha Tuesday afternoon for a
tussle with the seconds of Central
high school and showed fine against
the Omaha team, altho losing by the
score of 31 to 28. The Junior Plat
ters paced the Omaha team until in
the last quarter when they appeared
to tire and the Central team was
able to eke out the necessary three
points for a win. Hayes was the
sparkplug of the Platter offense and
led the team in scoring. Rebal, who
has been out of the game on account
of illness, was back in the game and
able to play a part of the time. The
Central team will be here on Friday,
February 22, to play the preliminary
of the Plattsmouth-Blair tilt.
SEEK SHELTER HERE
Monday afternoon a number of the
youngsters attending school at La
Platte were brought to this city for
shelter and to spend the night at the
Hotel Plattsmouth, rather than take
the chances of the attempts to force
a way to the homes of the children.
The children reside west of La
Platte where the heavily drifted roads
made it impossible to get through
the drifts and after several attempts
were made it was decided to have
the children brought here rather
than risk further exposure. The
party of children were taken back
today to their school and it is ex
pected that by night the roads to
their homes may be opened up.
TO REMAIN AT HOSPITAL
John Potter, former Plattsmouth
man, now located at Ashland, who
entered the Veterans' hospital at
Lincoln several days ago, has advised
Legion officials here that he is still
under observation, but the indica
tions seem to point to gall bladder
trouble. Definite diagnosis will be
completed within a few days, but he
expects to remain at the hospital for
some time. John was formerly locat
ed here with the Lincoln Telephone
& Telegraph company.
Sketch of Life
of Samuel Latta
of Murray
Native of Cass County, Deceased Lei
Very Active Life and Engaged
in Many Occupations.
Samuel Foster Latta was born on
a farm near Rock Creek, Nebr., on
April 1C, 1SG5, and departed thi.i
life at Hastings, Nebr.. on February
1, 1936, aged 70 years, 10 month
and 15 days. He was the fourth sou
of Robert M. and Letttia Latta, pio
neers and homesteaders of this com
munity. He had two sisters and lour
brothers, only three of whom survii
him: William E. Latta or Culbert
son, Nebr.; James T. Latta of Escon
dido, Calif., and Elbert J. Latta of
Hastings, Nebr.
His mother died when he was five
years old. alter which time he made
his home with his sister, Mrs. Sid
ney Miner, who mothered him to
young manhood. He attended coun
try school until he was about 1C
years of age, after which time he
attended college at Valparaiso, Ind.,
for one year.
Later he associated himself with
Samuel G. Latta, an uncle, this be
ing his first business venture, estab
lishing the first store in Murray.
Selling out a few years later he be
came a professional cook, holding
many important positions. His health
being impaired by close confinement
he became a farmer, locating near
Wolf Lake, 111., from which place lie
came to Murray. He was married in
1895 to Ida Neal who preceded his
going one year.
He always in all his location as
sociated himself with the church,
holding membership in several or
ganizations. He held membership in
Jonesboro lodge No. 111. A. F. &
A. M., at Jonesboro, 111., and was
also a member of the Odd Fellows
lodge. He lived a friendly life as evi
denced by his recent election to an
office in this community, the term of
which was cut short by his death.
. Those of the family from out of
the city to attend the funeral ser
vices were Dr. and Mrs. K. J. Latta,
Hastings; Dr. J. C. Latta and wife,
Clay Center, Nebr.
NAMED ASSISTANCE DIRECTOR
From Wednesday's Daily
Paul Vandervoort of thl3 city, has
been selected as the county assist
ance director to serve under the local
county assistance commission which
is composed of the board of commis
sioners and the county treasurer.
Mr. Vandervoort was at Lincoln
Tuesday and today to attend the
meeting being held there to provide
schooling on the new security law
and its operation.
Mr. Vandervoort is well qualified
for this work and can give it his
fullest attention and care to the im
portant work which will cover the
handling of the pensions for the
blind, old age and children. The
many friends will be pleased to see
him assigned to this work.
HERE FROM LINCCIN
From Wednesday's Daily
Edward Murphy, of Lincoln, for
mer well known resident of Mt.
Pleasant precinct, was in the city to
day to look after some matters of
business and calling on his many
friends in the city. Mr. Murphy is
now connected with the state liquor
commission as un inspector and his
duties take him to all sections of the
state.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
C. C. Wescott, who has for the
past three weeks been at the Meth
odist hospital at Omaha, returned
home Sunday afternoon and will re
cuperate at the family home in this
city. Mr. Wescott is recovering from
an operation for glandular trouble
and is now doing very nicely and
well on the highway to recovery.
CARD OF THANKS
It ii with the deepest gratitude
thatl wish to acknowledge the miny
acts of kindness shown In the last
illness and death of my loved wife.
I wish to thank all who were so ten-
Jdcr In their sympathy and assisted at
the funeral service. Fred G. Morgan.