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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1936.
NO. 4
Bavis-Payton
ding is Held
at Falls
City
Miss Jacquelin Davis Is Bride of Ken
neth Payton at Impressive
Church Ceremony.
Miss Jacauelin Davis, dauchtpr nflhcme will have charge of the ser-
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davis, former j
Plattsmouth residents, was bride of i
Kenneth Payton, at a very charming
church ceremony at Falls City Fri
day evening.
The ceremony took place at the St.
Thomas Episcopal church of which
the bride is a communicant, the in
terior of the church being enhanced
in its natural beauty with decor
ations of flowers and smilax, with the
candles on the altar shedding their
glow on the scene and making a
n:ost impressive setting for the wed
ding. Preceding the wedding Mrs. John
Weber Falter sang very charmingly,
the love song of DeKoven, "O Promise
Me."
The Episcopal marriage service
was celebrated by the Rev. Father
Reginald Mitchell Karris, rector of
the church.
The bride wore a floor length gown
of blue velvet with halo hat of the
same shade of blue, with silver san
dals. She wore a large cameo brooch,
which had been her great grand
mother's. Miss Davis was attended by Mrs.
Jack Fagan, of McCook, a schoolday
friend, as matron of honor, who wore
a costume of pink lace with large
picture hat of lace.
Mr. Payton was attended by Wil
liam Schobert, of Falls City, as best
man.
Following the wedding a reception
was held at the Davis home for the
young people, a large number being
present to tender their gretfngs to
the young people.
They will reside at Falls City
where the groom is in business.
Those attending from this city
were Mrs. W. C. Soennichsen
Miss Mary Rosencrans.
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DO HEROIC WORK
One of the many fine deeds that
have been performed in the past four
weeks of cold and snow, is that of
the residents of south of this city,
v.t-o Saturday and Sunday morning
opened up the road to the Young
cemetery. The funeral of Edward
McCulloch, a highly respected resi
dent of that section, was held here
Friday, but owing to the blocked
roads and deep snow, the burial was
not possible until Sunday morning.
A force of some seventeen men of j
the community In which Mr. McCul
loch had lived for a lifetime, gath
ered and decided to open up the read
and make it possible to hold the last
rites. The men toiled until 10 o'clock
Saturday night and again Sunday to
open vp th3 road to the pioneer coun
try cemetery, a task that was no
email one with the great drifts and
the intense cold, but which was suc
cessfully accomplished and the in
terment held Sunday morning.
Mrs. Guy White, whose grand
father had established the cemetery
on a part of his farm, also served
in the fight to open the road by
serving hot coffee to the workers all
through the hours they were labor
ing as well as a fine hot meal to
stimulate the men in their work.
This shows the spirit that the pio
neers of the west demonstrated when
they came west and developed a new
empire for the United States, the
decendants of many of these being in
the working party.
CARS HAVE SIIASHUP
Monday afternoon near the Ne
braska Masonic Home, the car of Rob
ert Gray of the Lincoln Telephone
Co., was struck and badly damaged
by a car driven by Robert Crawford,
of Sabetha, Kansas, who earlier in
the day had figured in a smashup
near Union. The Kansas car, going
at a good rate of speed suddenly slid
into the car of Mr. Gray, smashing
the fenders, smashed the door and
tore off one wheel of the car of Mr.
Gray. One wheel was torn off the
car of Crawford In the smashup. For
tunately Mr. Gray and Ray Misner,
who was with him, were uninjured
save a general shaking up.
DIES AT OMAHA
Clarkson Edward Birdsley, 27, of
Odell, Nebraska, a former resident
of this city, died Sunday evening at
an Omaha hospital, where he has
been suffering from an attack of
pneumonia. The deceased was a
brother of Mai ion Uirdsiey, of Au
burn, and is well known to many
friends here who will regret to learn
of his death. The Horton tuneral
vices, but arrangements have
been completed owing to the
not
un-
settled weather conditions.
River Program
One of Importance
to This City
Chamber of Commerce Taking Up
Matters of Interest as Navi
gation Grows Nearer.
The Chamber of Commerce has re
ceived several communications in the
last few days relating to the open
ing of the Missouri river to naviga
tion in this stretch of the river. A
meeting is to be held to discuss the
plans for the handling of shipping
when the river Is ready to serve the
barge travel,, and in which several of
the cities of the state will be repre
sented to discuss the possibilities of
this new form of shipping.
Plattsmouth from its situation will
be one of the important port3 of
entry for the state and from where
merchandise and stocks could readily
be handled to the towns farther in
the state and serve as entry point for
Lincoln and other towns in the east
and central parts of the state.
The Chamber of Commerce has
also had considerable correspondance
and discussing of the docking facil
ities that could be arranged for this
city as well as suitable roads leading
from the river front where docka'and
storage placea would be built to ac
commodate the river shipments both
in and out of the port.
These are important matters for
this city and all of the state and it
is going to be but a comparatively
short time when the river will be
ready for navigation for at least as
far as Omaha and the river towns
must be in a position to realize the
full opportunity that is offered them
through the river shipping.
ENTERTAINS FRIENDS
Miss Rachel Robertson was hostess
at a very charming Valentine party
at her home Saturday evening, some
eleven of the school friend3 being
present to enjoy the event. The home
was arranged in the valentine theme,
with tally cards of red hearts intro
ducing the partners for "Travel." In
the game Eleanor Minor and Edward
Hadraba were the winners of the
first prize while consolation prizes'
were given to Stephen Davis, Donald
Warga and June Sumner. The young
people spent the remainder of the
evening at cards and dancing.
Streamers of red hearts were sus
pended from the chandalier to the
four corners of the table, red candles
and individual candles at each place
adding a most attractive touch. The
refreshments also carried out the
valentine theme.
Those who enjoyed the event were
Eleanor Minor, Frances Cloidt, Mar-
jorie Ann Tidball, Mary Kay Wiles,
June Sumner, Rachel Robertson,
Floyd McCarty, Stephen Davis, Rob
ert Vallery, Edward Hadraba, Donald
Warga and Charles Walden.
RETURNS TO OMAHA
Miss Laura Grassman, who has
been spending the past week here at
the home of her aunt, Mrs, R. A.
Bates, returned Sunday to Omaha, to
resume her work in that city. Miss
Grassman was called here by the
death of her mother, Mrs. Belle
Stoner, and has remained here for the
last rites and to visit with the other
members of the family circle in their
bereavement.
ENTERS ORATORICAL CONTEST
The Plattsmouth high school was
added Monday to the list of schools
that will take part in the sub-district
oratorical contest. The contest will
be held at Nebraska City and so far
there has been but four entries.
Nebraska Boy
is Winning Fame
as Illustraton
John Falter, IIeinber of Prominent
Cass County Family, Scores a
Success in New York.
John Falter, of New York City, a
son of Mr. and Mrs.
id Mrs. George H. Falter,
;nts of this city, is mak-;
former reside
ing one of the outstanding successes
in his work as an illustrater in the
east, where he has Lad his drawings
appear in many of the leading maga
zines.
Mr. Falter ha3 often visited here
while living at home at Falls City
and h:3 advancement in hi3 chosen
line of work has been followed with
interest by the friends of the family.
The Hearst Cosmopolitan in the'
March issue hr.3 a very interesting
sketch of Mr. Falter, who is iiius-!
trating "Halfway House" in that"
azme a3 well as having nis draw
ings in the Tictorial Review.
In speaking o Mr. Falter the Cos
mopolitan states: "John Falter is
only twenty-sis years old. He is six
feet three and thin, with brown eyt3
and black hair. He writes his own
biographical note:
"I spent most of my youth in Falls
City, Nebraska, bothering my elders,-
teachers and the township by draw-
in
pictures on every available iur-i
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face. V hen I was twenty-two I mar-,
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rieu my uest moaei anu aDiest critic,
. T, , , , I
Margaret Ruggin3 from Emporia, i
forts to each other in our old age.
To keep fit I play an hour of hand
ball every
free time
day and the rest of my
I spend painting land -
scapes, driving long distances and
playing the accordian. I have want
ed to be an illustrator for as long as
I can remember and would not trade
places with anyone in the world."
TWO INJURED IN WRECK
From Monday's Dally:
Today just after the noon hour as
a car from Falls City going north
and another from Omaha going south
wire endeavoring to pass each other
:n a narrow lanj cn the highway
which had been opened in the snow
and the wind whipping sheets of
snow, making visibility very poor,
the two cars collided. They were un-
able to see each other until veryi
close to each other, when the car
going south applied the brakes which
threw it to the left and the cars came
together. Both occupants were in
jured, being cut and bruised very
severely, altho not rendered uncon
scious. The accident happened near
the home of Paul Swan, north of Completing his school work, he enter
Union, who when notified of the ac-Jed the study of law and has been en-
cident hastened to render assistance,
taking both men to his home while
he went back to see what could be
done about righting the cars and
clearing the highway,
Following the south bound car was
a car in which Carl Ofe, Robert Wall
ing and E. L. McKissick, all of Platts
mouth, were going to Humboldt on
business. They were endeavoring to
I rIsht the cars when Bruce Wells, the
bread man, came along with his truck
and pulled the cars out of the cut
in the snow and cleared the highway.
The injured were taken to Union to
the office of Dr. R. R. Anderson, who
gave first aid while the care were
also taken to Union.
BLAIR HERE FRIDAY
The Blair high school basketball
team will play here Friday evening
at 8 o'clock against the Platters.
Blair has made a good record this
year and should afford good competi
tion for the locals.
The preliminary game at 7 o'clock
will be played between the Platter
second team and the Omaha Central
Freshmen. Central Freshmen won
over the Junior Platters 31-28 at
Omaha a few weeks ago, but
seconds intend to get revenge.
the
PREPARE FOR HOLIDAY
The Cass county court house is to
be closed on next Saturday in recog
nition of Washington's birthday.
This Is a legal holiday In Nebraska
and those who are expecting to have
business in any of the offices at the
court house should look after them
before Saturday.
FINED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING
From Tuesday's Dallv
This morning in the county court,
Ray Crawford, of Sabctha, Kansas,
changed his plea to a charge of reck-
driving, from that of not guilty
to guilty and was accordingly given
a line of $25 and costs.
Crawford was arrested late Monday
afternoon after it is claimed he had
been in two auto accidents and was
booked on the charge of reckless
driving. He had first pleaded not
p.,
gllilty
and was released on a cash
a i bond o
'mind.
C. E. Tefft to
Accept Petition
Filed by Friends
Frominent Jlember of Cass County
Ear to Enter Race for District
Judge in Jina iusrnct.
From Tuesday's Daily.
A petition signed by a large nuru
ber of the residents of this county,!
was filed today asking for the placing I
of the name of C. E. Tefft. well known j
member of the Cass county bar, enj
the ballot a3 a candidate for district!
judge. The petition was accom-j
panied by the Cling fee. j
Mr. Tefft was in the city today and;
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null UI IUU lllCUUb clUU ttilUtv l lie uac
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iof his name. Mr. Ten.t gave the fol-
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lowing statement to the Journal as
"I have been requested by my
friends who have known me and
lived with and near me and whom I
have served in many capacities to (
file for District Judge. ;
it 13 an nonor to De inougui
worthy of this responsible office i
when the request comes without so-
licitation on my part and I am thank-;
ful for such confidence.
"The position is one of honor and
great responsibility and carries with
it an opportunity for service, honest
and Impartial service, of decisions to
be arrived at without fear or favor.
"But one promise is made; that
with all of my ability, if elected, I
will discharge the duties of the of
fice honestly, impartially and fear
lessly. "There are no friends to favor, no
enemies to punish but the constant
endeavor to humbly and conscien
tiously seek justice and justice alone.
"Judicial positions should not be
sought by political manipulations nor
bv specious promised but selections
should be strictly upon qualifications
of honesty, ability and upon the
high grounds of extreme impartial
ity." Mr. Tefft is a Cass county product,
his parents, Hon. Orlando Tefft and
wife having been pioneer residents of!
near Avoca and where Mr. Tefft was
born and spent his boyhood days.
gaged in active practice at Weeping
Water over a long period of years
and ranks as one of the longest
practicing attorneys in Cass county.
This makes the fourth entry into
the race for judge, Judge Daniel W.
Livingston of Nebraska City, W. G.
Kieck of this city. Judge C. S. Wort-
man fo South Bend, having already
gotten into the campaign.
SUSTAINS THE TV A
From Monday's Daily
The United States supreme court
this morning at Washington, handed
down the much awaited decision in
volving the Tennessee Valley Author
ity, one of the most important per
manent measures of the new deal.
The court sustained the govern
ment in the building of the Wilson
dam and the main points of the TVA
which hair been fought In the court
by representatives of private inter
ests. Writh the decisions in the NRA and
the AAA, it had been expected that
the court might also send the TVA
into the dump as unconstitutional,
but they have sustained the rights of
the act.
CARS MEET HEADON
Attorney" J. A. Capweii had a close
call from a serious auto accident
Monday while he was returning home
from Union. In ono of the single
track roads in the Union vicinity he
was driving his car very slowly when
out of the swirling enow another car
appeared and It was most fortunate
that both cars were going very slow
as they met head on but with little
damage.
Fred Nutzman
Passes Away at
Lincoln Monday
Fcrmer Legislator Succumbs to Heart
Trouble at Lincoln General
Hospital Aged 75.
Fred L. Nutzman, 75, one of the
most prominent figures in the af
fairs of Cass and Otoe counties in
the past thirty years, died Monday at
the Lincoln General hospital at Lin
coln. His death came after a very
severe attack of heart trouble from
which he had been a sufferer for
years. On last Thursday the neigh
bors had opened up the road to the
highway so that he might be taken
to Lincoln for treatment.
Mr. Nutzman was born at Schwer
in, Mecklenburg, Germany, February
7, 161, the ton cf Mr. and Mrs.
Christian Nutzman. His grandfather
Brandt served in the wars against the
first Napoleon.
The family left the city of Ham
burg, Germany, in Ocetober, 18C5,
when Mr. Nutzman was four years
old. After an ocean voyage of 19
days thc-y landed at New York, mov
ing to Milwaukee shortly thereafter.
A few months later they went by
rail to St. Joseph, Mo., then to Ne
braska City by steamer. The elder
Nutzman took his family to the Otoe
county farm on which he settled.
In 1911 Mr. Nutzman was chosen
to represent Otoe and Cass counties
in the state legislature. He was re
turned in 1915 and again in 1921.
He probably could have held the of
fice longer had he chosen to run.
At the time of hi3 death Mr. Nutz
man was president. of the Nehawka
State bank and ono of the most ex
tensive cattle feeders in this district.
He was considered the
wealthiest
man in the community. ...
April 25, 1SS2. he married Mary
Gruber at tho Methodist parsonage
in Nebraska City. To them four
children, Mrs. Henry Ros3, Mrs. Carl
Balfour, Mrs. Will Ost and E. A.
Nutzman, were born. The children,
with Mrs. Nutzman and eight grand
children, survive. They all reside in
the Nehawka community.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made.
ENJOY SOCIAL MEETING
The mem'jers of the Catholic
Daughters of America enjoyed a very
pleasant social meeting Tuesday
evening at the home of Mrs. F. I. Rea,
with Mrs. John Hadraba, Mrs. Ruth
Koukal, Mrs. Joseph Woostcr and
Mrs. Thomas Waliing as the asso
ciate hostesses.
Despite the bad weather conditions
that prevailed, there were a large
number out to enjoy the evening.
Cards proved the diversion of the
evening and in bridge Mrs. W. A.
Swatek was the winner of high score
and in pinochle, Miss Dorothy Svo
boda proved the most successful.
Guests of the evening were Dor
othy Svoboda, Anna Zitka, Sophie
Bierl. Cleda Koukal and Mrs. L. I.
Kocin.
Refreshments were served at an
appropriate hour by the hostesses.
HAS LONG TRIP
Herbert Campbell, residing in the
Cedar Creek community, was in the
city today, his being here involving
a long and out of the way means of
getting in here. Mr. Campbell Tues
day afternoon caught the west bound
Burlington train at Cedar Creek and
traveled as far as Ashland where he
spent the night and this morning so-
cured a train Into Omaha and hence
to Plattsmouth. The long Journey
wa3 necessary due to the very heavy
snow and drifted roads that have
checked all travel from the country
districts.
WOULD SEEK LEGISLATURE
From Wednesday's Dalir
Application was made today at the
office of County Clerk George R.
Sayles, by Ernest Hanning, of Weep-the rail rate is 6.16 cents a bushel,
ing Water, for a filing as candidate 'The barge rate on bulk wheat de
for the legislature from the third llivered to Chicago elevators from
district. The application was return-1 Kansas City is 4.8 cents a bushel; the
ed to the sender as the correct filing j rail rate is 9 cents.
!fee had not been mailed. Mr. Han-
ning is 54 years of age and has been
a 6tockraiser and farmer in southeast
Nebraska for the greater part of his
lifetime.
LITIGATION SLOW
Clerk of the District Court C. E
Ledgway, reports that the filings in
his office for the past month have
been the smallest in many months.
The past thirty days has shown but
seven cases filed in the district court
and several of these have been ap
peals from the lower courts. This
makes one of the smallest months in
the office since Mr. Ledgway has
been serving as clerk. The scarcity
of new cases, however, permits much
record work to be caught up with.
Benefits of
River Transpor
tation to West
Agriculture of Middle West to Bene
fit by Use of Water Transpor
tation, Says A. J. Weaver.
The following is taken from an
article written by former Governor
Arthur J. Weaver:
"The farmers cf Kansas, Nebras
ka, and the Dakotas pay more to ship
their grain to European markets than
the competitive countries of Canada,
Australia, or Argentina, because of
the long haul to seaboard. It cost
Canada from 10 to 12 cents a bushel
less to Liverpool than it costs Kan
sas and Nebraska.
"In 1932 it cost G4 cents a bushel
on corn from Omalia and interior Ne
braska to Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco and S3 cents to Portland and
Seattle by rail. From Burlington,
la., (upper Mississippi) and from
Peoria and Havan on the Illinois
river, it cost3 only 16 to 18
cents a bushel. It cost to ship milk
products and by-products from the
Pacific coast to New York by water,
45 cent3 per cwt; it cost $1.10 from
Nebraska.
"Nebraska and Iowa have only 12
canning factories left out of 08, be
cause they can no longer compete.
"These rates and mauy like them
are eloquent in our fight for justice.
A sound national policy requires re
gional equality.
Savings to tlie Farmer.
"Our basic industry is agriculture.
The five states of South Dakota,
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis
souri, based on a five-year average
prior to the great drouth of 1934,
produced 1,800,000,000 bushels of
grain annually. A transportation
saving of 5 cents a bushel (and more
than that is being saved through
shipments on the Illinois rier and
the upper Mississippi on this pro
duction would represent a saving of
$90,000,000 annually to the farmers
of these states. The Missouri valley
states produce a great surplus. The
eastern and southern states have a
large deficiency. Eighty-five per cent
of our surplus grain and grain prod
ucts is marketed in the territory east
of the Mississippi river.
"Low cost of navigation on the
Missouri will permit the Missouri
valley states to transport on a nine
foot channel all the way their prod
ucts to Pittsburgh, to Chicago and
the lake cities, to New Orleans, Mem
phis, the Gulf and eastern coasts and
to the markets of the world. Fur
thermore, we will receive needed
articles of commerce from domestic
and foreign regions at a great sav
ing, aggregating for the Missouri
valley as a whole, more than $20,
000,000 annually.
"The solution of the problem of
farm relief i3 dependent on cheap
transportation. This solution will be
real and permanent, as compared to
the uncertainty of the pallatives of
fered and provided by the govern
ment during the last decade.
"As an example, it now costs 21
cents ship by rail a bushed of wheat
from Salina, Kas., to Chicago, a dis
tance of 641 miles. Yet thi3 same
bushel moves from Chicago via Great
Lakes to Buffalo a distance of 900
miles for lc a bushel. The barge
rate from Kansas City to St. Louis
1 13 2.4 cents a Dusnei on wneat; tne
new rail rate is 6.6 cents. The barge
rate on corn i3 2.24 cents a bushel;
"Omaha i3 one of the great grain
'markets. When navigation comes, it
will bo one of the greatest inland
grain markets in the world."
A. L. TIDD.
Judge Duxbury
Files for Re
Election Today
Present Occupant of the Judgeship
Makes Filing at Office of
County Treasurer.
Judge A. II. Duxbury, w ho has oc
cupied the position of county judgfl
of Cass county, for several terms, this
morning made his filing for re-nomin
ation and election to the office.
Judge Duxbury was first elected to
succeed Judge Allen J. Beeson and
ha3 occupied the office since that
time, filling the position with excep
tional ability and has passed upon a
large number of important ca.ces of
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JUDGE A. II. DUXBURY
law that have afterwards been sus
tained in thehlgher courts.
Judge Duxbury following the close
of the world war where he was a
member of the naval forces of the
country, was elected as city clerk and
while in that office Etudied law and
wa3 admitted to the bar. After prac
ticing for a short time he was elected
to the bench and has been a most ef
ficient official in the office.
He has been very active in the
work of the American Legion, serving
as the service officer practically since
the organization of the local post,
and ho also has filled the various
positions In the local Masonic bodies.
Under the supervision of Judge
Duxbury, the records of the otice
have been indexed and listed from
the first case filed down to the pres
ent time and which has added to the
efficiency of the office to all who have
any need for reference to the record!
of the office.
HAVE VALENTINE PARTY
The home of Dr. and Mrs. R. P.
Wcstover was the scene of two very
pleasant social events the past wet-k,
the daughters, Janet and Ruth, en
tertaining a number of school friends
at valentine parties.
Janet was hostess Thursday to a
group of the high school friends, they
spending the evening in games f nd a
general good time.
On Friday Ruth entertained a num
ber of the seventh grade ;irls at a
most pleasing party and in v. hich
games suitable to the valentine sea
son were played. Those in attendauce
Friday were Dorothy Turner, June
Griffin, Jane Moffitt, Peggy Wilfs.
Shirley Walling, Verna Toman, Alico
Zatopek, Betty McKissick, Ronalind
Mark, Helen Barkus, Norma Bryant
and the hostesses, Janet and Ruth
West over.
Dainty refreshments featured both
of the parties.
DRAMATIC GROUP MEETS
From Tuesday's Dally:
Last evening a group of the young
people of the community met at the
public library to perfect the organ
ization of the "Little Theatre Croup,"
which is composed of young poople of
the city who have been interested
in the promotion of home talent dra
matics in recent years. C. R. Olaon
was selected as president and Miss
Mary Swatek as secretary-treasurer.
The group adopted a constitution
and by-laws and will at ence start
in on the promotion of local dra
matic presentations in the hope of
building up a larger anrreciatlon f
the stage.
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