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Uefcr. State Historical Society 9 VOL. HO. m PLATTSJIOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1936. NO. 23 Gclden Rod Club Holds a Fine Meeting Entertained at Home of Mrs. C. L. Wiles Where Program of More Than Usual Interest Held. The Golden Rod Study club o My nard met at the home ol Mrs. C. L. Wiles, Thursday afternoon, April 16. Mrs. Sherman Cole was the assisting hostess. The election of officers for the next club year had been post poned at the last meeting, so that was the first "order of the day. The result was Mrs. Virgil Perry for president and Miss Thelma Dill for secretary-treasurer. This year's pres ident, Mrs. Ralph Wiles, automati cally becomes vice-president for next year. These officers and the commit tees which they appoint will not be gin to act until the first of Septem ber. Following the business meeting the club and its guests sang that grand old hymn, "Faith of Our Fathers." As a special number, Mrs. Sherman Cole and Mrs. Charles Barnard sang, "The Little Old Gar den." The sentiment of this beau tiful duet was quite appropriate for the program of the afternoon. Mrs. liqy Cole was accompanist for both the hymn and the duet. The .appointed leader for the reg ' ular study was too ill to be present, so, as everyone is interested in horti culture at this time of the year, Mrs. Virgil Perry presented "Gardens 'as a substitute. As the roll was called! each one was asked to give her ex perience whether it dealt with vege tables or flowers, lawns or shrubbery. The result of this plan was very in teresting and instructive. At the end of the "study hour" Mrs. Perry read a letter from Mrs. Albert Lang, nee Manota Perry, about the oriental gar dens which she and her husband visit ed in China and Japan. Mrs. Lang wields a very skillful pen and her descriptions are clear and concise. One of the main points of her letter emphasized the difference in the opin ions of the east and west as to what a garden should comprise. Here a garden is made up of vegetables or flowers and many include landscap ing. In the Orient it is first a land scape and may include some plants, trees or shrubs. This letter was doubly interesting because Mrs. Lang who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Perry spent her girlhood in the neighboring community of Eight Mile Grove and was well known to many of the club members. After the hostesses had served a delicious lunch, the ladies partici pated in a flower exchange. Each one had brought seeds, cuttings or small plants. As this lovely spring day drew to a close, they drove home ward taking with them not only the happy memory of an afternoon spent with their friends but a deeper en thusiasm for their task of supplying fcod for their families through their vegetable gardens and beauty for their homes through their flowers. Guests oT the club on this occasion were Mrs. Harry Nielsen, Mrs. S. D. Coie, Mrs. Royal Smith and Mrs. Chester Wile3. FUNERAL OF W. A. ROUSE The funeral services of Mr. W. A. Rouse, long time resident o this community, was held Wednesday afternoon at the Sattler funeral home and where the many old friend3 and associates were present to share with the family the sorrow that his pass ing had occasioned. Rev. R. F. Allen, pastor of the First Christian church, conducted the services and brought the consoling words of the scriptures to the be reaved family and friends. During the services Mrs. Hal Gar rett and Frank A. Cloidt gave three numbers, "Going Down the Valley," "Abide With Me," and "No Night There," Mrs. O. C. Hudson being the accompanist. The interment was at Oak Hill cemetery in the west part of the city. VISITING WITH PARENTS Mrs. Carl Mathieson of Sioux City, Iowa, is in the city for a few days visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rice, Sr., and the many old time friends. RECEIVES GLAD NEWS The members cf the Rosencrans family here were made very happy this morning by a message that a fine daughter had been born to Mr. and Mrs. Blythe U. Rosencrans at the Grant Memorial hospital at Chicago. i The little lady has been christened Mary Jane, and with the mother is doing ' nicely, while the child being the first In the family has brought more than usual happiness to the father. The little one is granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rosencrans of this city. Frank Manner is Shot while Stealing Tires Lee Stewart, Farmer Near Elmwocd, Finds Harmer in Garage Re moving Tires from Car. From Saturday's Daily: Frank Harmer, a well Known resi dent of the central part of Cass county, who has often figured in the criminal records of the courts, was shot last night or early this morning at the farm of Lee Stewart, five miles west and a half mile south of Elm wood. Mr. Stewart was aroused by some one being around the garage and grabbing a shotgun he ran out of the house and fired into the garage, Harmer receiving the load of buck shot in the fleshy part of the thigh as he was in the act of trying to re move tires from the Stewart car. Sheriff Homer Sylvester was noti fied of the shooting and with Deputy Cass Sylvester, drove out to the scene of the shooting and where the wound ed man was treated by Dr. Liston of Elm wood. He was later taken to Lin coln and placed in the Bryan Mem orial hospital for treatment. ' i Harmer was released on April 16th from the state penitentiary where he had been sentenced for chicken stealing and will now face another charge when he recovers from the ef fects of the wounds. The prompt action of Mr. Stewart is an example to other farmers who have suffered depredation of different kinds and will serve as a warning t o others who have been stealing from the farmers. AN INTERESTING FILE Attorney John M. Leyda, while looking over some files in the district court a few days ago, came across one in which be had served as an at torney on one side of the case and George W. Norris, then a struggling lawyer out at McCook was hi3 op ponent. The case was Josiah Peck vs. Ed win D. Jones and Ella D. Jones, in volving the foreclosure of some real estate in this city and owned by the defendants, then residing at Beaver City, Nebraska. Mr. Leyda and Judge H. D. Travis, who was also an attorney for the plaintiff, had filed in December, 1895, a motion to have a receiver appoint ed to handle the property in litiga tion and at that time George W. Nor ris arrived here and after a confer ence secured an adjustment by a stipulation that was satisfactory to the parties. None of the lawyers at that time could see that one of the trio was des tined to become one of the nation's outstanding men with a career of thirty years in the congress of the nation. MARRIED WEDNESDAY EVENING Wednesday at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. V. C. Wright, occurred the marriage of Miss Helen Mae Nichol3 and Mr. Edwin Wallace Peterson, both of Omaha. The young people motored here and securing the services of Judge A. H. Duxbury were provided wtih the proper license and then visited the Wright home for the nuptials. VISIT AT GLENWOOD From Friday's Daily Last evening E. H. Wescott and E. H. Schulhof were at Glenwood where they enjoyed meeting with the Rotary club of that city, Mr. Wescott being the speaker on the club program. Rotary Club Holds Election of Officers Frank A. Cloidt Selected as Presi dent for Ensuing Year Offi cers Installed in July. The Plattsmouth Rotary club at their meeting this week held the an nual election of officers and who will be installed at the first meeting in July, the opening of the new club year. The officers named were as fol lows: President Frank A. Cloidt. Vice-President E. II. Schulhof. Secretary Ray Misner. Treasurer Frank M. Bestor. Directors Dr. R. P. Westover and John E. Frady. The new president is one of the long time members of the club and has been very active in its work and has served as secretary of the club as well as participating in all of the activities that they have sponsored. The club had the pleasure also of a most interesting talk by Attorney A. L. Tidd, who spoke on "Conser vation," a very fine talk on the preservation of the natural resources of the country and the replacement of trees, wild life and other of the natural resources that ha3 suffered from the wastefulness of man. George Jaeger has been selected as the club representative at the In ternational convention at Atlantic City, New Jersey, this summer and which Mr. Jaeger is expecting to at tend if possible. VERY CHARMING WEDDING A very pretty wedding occurred on Wednesday afternoon at the office of Judge A. H. Duxbury at the court house when Miss Ruth Alice Ham, 2519 Washington street, Omaha, be came the bride of Mr. Claude Leslie Iske of La Platte. The bridal party arrived at the court house shortly after noon for the Arbor day wedding, the party comprising the bride and groom and their attendants and the mother of the bride, Mrs. W. G. Ham. Miss Ham wore a very attractive frock of pale blue crepe, carrying a large arm bouquet of bride roses, her accessories being in white. The young people were attended by Miss Roberta Briggs, of Carson, Iowa, and Mr. Marion Jacobson of Fort Crook. Miss Jacobson wore pale pink crepe and carried a shower bouquet of pink roses and with the white ac cessories. The marriage lines were read most impressively by Judge Duxbury as he joined the hearts and lives of the young people. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Ham of Omaha, where she has grown to womanhood and received her education in the schools of that city. The groom is a son of Henry Iske, member of one of the prominent fam ilies of southern Sarpy county and where they are engaged in farming. VISITS OLD FRIENDS Louis F. Dunkak, for many years a resident of Avoca, was a visitor in the city Wednesday where he was a guest at the regional meeting of the League of Nebraska Municipalities. Mr. Dunkak accompanied a group of the officials from Raymond, Nebras ka, and while here he had the oppor tunity of meeting many of the Platts mouth friends. He was a caller at the Journal to renew his subscription and wishes to be remembered to the old friends. VISITS IN CITY From Friday's Daily This morning Mrs. Anna May Wooley and Mrs. D. C. Morgan of Omaha were in the city to visit with old friends. They motored here with Everett Maxwell, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Mrs. Grace Faber of Omaha, son and daughter of Mrs. Wooley. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our thanks to the neighbors and friends for their help and sympathy in our hour of sorrow. Mrs. W. A. Rouse and Fam ily. : ATTEND FUNERAL The funeral of Benjamin Wind ham was held Thursday aftwncon at Omaha where a number of the neighbors and friends gathered to share with the widow and children the loss that come to them. Rev. Ernest Decker, a friend of the family, conducted the services at the funeral chapel, while mem bers of Omaha post No. 1 of the Am erican Legion served as pall bearers The body was taken to Osceola, Nebraska, for intermeent in the fam ily lot in the cemetery there. The American Legion post at Osceola con ducted the ritualistic services at the grave. River Worker Asks Large Sum as Damages Harry Edmondson Is Plaintiff in Ac tion Against W. P. Kc George, Contractor. from Friday's Dally Harry Edmonson of this city was plaintiff in a cult for $50,000 per sonal damage suit filed in the district court today against W. P. McGeorge. The action is brought under the - provisions of the U. S. Marine act of June 5, 1920, against the defendant a contractor on the Missouri river improvement work and by whom the plaintiff was employed. The petition states that on April 26, 1935, the plaintiff was employ ed as a seaman for the contractor and was engaged in working on a piling used in revetment work, that an employee of the defendant was engaged in running a pile line and through the neglect or carelessness of the employees of the defendant, the plaintiff was injured when the pile on which he was. working was lifted "and his leg caught and in jured so that it was necessary to amputate the leg of the plaintiff on May 1, 1S36. The petition names as the crew engaged on the job at the time, Orvil Abernathy, foreman, Norville Nlsworge, engineer and Ed ward Fitzgerald, deck hand. The plaintiff further states that the injuries have caused further trouble with the remaining portion of the leg and caused a permanent injury. The plaintiff has through his at torney, Frank A. Dutton, requested an attachment of the property of the defendant located in Cass county pending the outcome of the case. FUNERAL OF HENRY TTEKOTTER The funeral of Henry Tiekotter was held on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at the Sattler funeral homelS more sarety conscious ana where a group of the old friends and neighbors had gathered to pay their last tributes of respect. The services were in charge of the Rev. G. A. Pahl, pastor of the St. Paul's Evangelical church of which the deceased had been a member. The pastor brought a message of hope to the members of the bereaved family that aided in their comfort in the hour of bereavement. During the services Frank A. Cloidt gave two numbers, "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Face to Face. Mrs. J. R. Reeder was accompanist. The interment was in the family plot at Oak Hill cemetery beside the father. Pall bearers were former neighbors and friends, Henry and Waldemar Soennichsen, Vera Long, Frank Smith, Earl Leesley, Evan Noble. UNDERGOING TREATMENT R. W Clement, agent ror the Bur lington t this place. Is at the Im manuel hospital at Omaha where he has been for the present week under going treatment. Mr. Clement has not been in the best of health for some time and in the past several weeks his condition has been such as to cause the greatest apprehen sion to the members of the family. He seems to be suffering from a liver complaint. HAS CHICKENS STOLEN From Thursday's Daily Sheriff Homer Sylvester was noti fied this morning of the theft of some fifty Rhode Island Red hens from j proposes to extend planning to na- the farm of Clarence Slanker of nearjtional scope as well. Elmwood. 1 He recommended local planning be any Attend Regional League Meeting Here Very Profitable Business Session at Cass Theatre, Followed by an Evening of Great Fun. From Thursday's DalJy Although not as large a group was present as at the evening dinner and entertainment, city officials who at tended the business session of the regional meeting held yesterday af ternoon in the Cass theatre got a great deal of good out of the various discussions that were engaged in. The meeting was opened at 1:15 with Mayor George S. Lyons, of Falls City, member of the board of direc tors of the League of Municipalities, presiding. After Mayor George Lushinsky, of Plattsmouth, had extended a hearty welcome to the visitors, responded to by Mayor O. H. Persons of Wahoo, the meeting got down to business in real earnest and from then until al most six o'clock the audience was listening to or engaging in a discus sion of municipal problems. Donald F. Sampson, attorney, of Central City, Nebraska, who edits the legal department of the Munici- pal Review, official League publica tion, and who is an authority on tax matters, was the first speaker. Mr. Sampson pointed out the steps in cident to collection of real estate taxes of long time delinquency sim ilar to the plan being followed in Plattsmouth, Nebraska City and sev eral other town3 over this section of the state, namely, through the pur chase of tax certificates, holding of same for a minimum of two years and a maximum of five years, before be ginning foreclosure action. This al ways brings from six to eight or nine years' taxes on property before fore closure is undertaken and Mr. Samp son said experience has shown when properties get that many years back in taxes, only a fraction of one per cent ever pay up, and it is better to have them foreclosed and sold,, so they are again back on the tax list. Following the talk by Mr. Samp son, W. C. Emery, chief deputy State Sheriff, spoke on "Police Problems and Law Enforcement." Much of his address was devoted to the problems of highway accidents and the effort now being put forth to enroll a mil lion members in the State Safety Council, an organization composed of drivers who will pledge themselves to drive carefully at all times. There is a membership fee of 25 cents, but the enrollee receives a card and a windshield sticker. Mr. Emery said the people are be- the number of accidents decreasing in direct proportion to the amount of educational work being done along this line, in the schools, over the air, in newspapers, through billboards on the highways and devious other man ners. He also stated that in pro portion to the decrease in accidents insurance rates for liability go down. Next speaker was A. C. Tilley, the state engineer, who spoke on "State and City Planning." His address was quite lengthy, but he held the atten tion of the audience as he gave facts and figures of proven authenticity. Highlights of his talk were that Ne braska has just organized its first state planning board (a new position created by the last legislature), al though three-fourths of the states of the union have had such boards for a good number of years. The new board held its first meeting two months ago and outlined a tangible program. A series of slides were thrown upon the screen showing the method and results of proper city planning. Mr. Tilley stated in closing that, although aided to some extent by federal funds, the newly created state planning board is not in position to extend its services to local planning, but will be glad at all times to aid the local community insofar as it may be possible to do so. Since we plan our houses and our gardens, Mr. Tilley said it is but a logical conclusion that we like wise engage in city, county and state planning. In fact, he said, he had just returned from an inter-state planning meeting in Chicago, which left to a board, as by law provided, to be set up by the council. A. H. Mann, new field representa tive employed by the League, gave a short and to-the-point statement of what member towns might expect in the way of service from him. Conduct of the meeting was then turned over to C. E. Beal3, League secretary, who conducted a question and answer period that ran nearly two hours in duration, as question after question on municipal affairs was propounded. In the giving of "right answers," Mr. Reals was aided by Attorney Donald Sampson, of the League board, as well as by Attorney George Mann, of Lincoln, who has long been identified with the work of revising and compiling Nebraska statutes, as well as by various city attorneys present at the meeting. The subjects brought up for dis cussion varied greatly. One of the particularly live ones was that of interpretation of the Ne braska liquor control act, under the terms of which the supreme court has ruled that beer and hard liquor may both be sold from the same premises. Mr. MeEachon, member of the Ne braska Liquor Control commission, accompanied by Max Adams, form er Plattsmouth boy, and now secre tary t)f the commission, were present, and assisted in unraveling some of the perplexing requirements set by the law and the courts. It was nearly six o'clock when the afternoon meeting was adjourned so the members might go to the Legion building for the complimentary din ner and entertainment of the even ing. The Evening Funfest The members of the conference closed their labors of the day shortly before 6 o'clock to await the dinner and the evening of fun that the committee of the Plattsmouth coun cil had arranged for their entertain ment, proving a fitting climax of a most enjoyable and profitable occa sion. The American Legion building was the scene of the evening dinner and program and the members of the party found on their arrival that the ladies of the St. Paul's Evangelical church had arranged a very delicious repast which was much appreciated by the visitors as well as the local participants. The tables were arranged in colors of purple and white and this color scheme was also carried out in the caps worn by the bevy of young ladies that did the serving . The menu was: Breaded Pork Loin Escalloped Potatoes Whole Kernel Corn - Cold Slaw Buttered Rolls and Jelly Pickles - Radishes Apple Pie, a La Mode Coffee Mayor George S. Lyons, of Falls City, who had presided at the after noon session called the banquet party to order and presented Superintend ent L. S. Devoe as the master of cere monies, who presented to the ban quet party many of the visiting dig nitaries from the east Nebraska cities and who were warmly greeted by the banqueters. Mr. Devoe also added his own per sonal touch to the entertainment fea tures wtih his magic act which thrill ed the auditors as he climaxed the act with the appearance of Mayor Elmer Hallstrom of Avoca from a doll house. Members of visiting delegations were called upon to stand and be greeted and large delegations were present from Tecumseh, Wahoo, Lin coln, Raymond, Nebraska City, Ash land, Bellevue, Elkhorn, Millard, Au burn and Peru. To add to the fun of the evening the toastmaster insisted that mem bers of the visiting parties be in itiated into the organization and Messers Peterson and Erikson of Wa hoo were selected for one of the initiatory stunts and in which they entered with real sport. Dr. Barrett of Ashland, also was one of those who were marked for the initiation and his penalty was to tell a funny story with the sequences that follow ed. The banquet party was fortunate in having as their guest speaker, R. Foster Patterson, of the department of history of Tarkio college, who proved that while master of historical lectures and matchless eloquence in his addresses .also has a large stock of fun and humor that sparkled throughout the talk. Mr. Patterson kept his audience in roars of merri ment as he followed one clever story after another in his subject, "How to Run a Municipal Government by a Braintruster." "Pat" was at his best and proved one of the bright and shining features of the evening. The committee in charge of the program, Councilnien Bestor, Webb and Puis, had secured the assistance of the Plattsmouth Dramatic club for the skit, "Model Session of the Town Bored," a clever jab at the routine meetings of city boards and councils. The playlet was for laughing pur poses only and proved its purpose as the members of the "bored" carried on their work. In the cast were C. R. Olson, as the mayor, Clement Woster, Fred H. Sharpnack, Paul Vander voort, Ray Bourne, Donald Cotner and John Svoboda, with L. D. Hiatt as the climax of the one act comedy. With the close of the program a picture of the group was taken and C. E. Deals .secretary of the League of Nebraska Municipalities, express ed the pleasure of the visitors for the hospitality of Plattsmouth and its people. Jury Awards Charlotte Tracy $800 Damages Return Verdict in Auto Damage Suit Late Friday Afternoon Against Roland A. Bsatty. The Jury hearing the case of Char lotte Tracy by her next friend and mother, Mrs. Carrie Tracy, vs. Roland A. Beatty, late Friday afternoon re turned a verdict giving the plaintiff damages in the sum of $600. The court had previously sustained the motion to drop A. A. Beatty, fath er of the defendant from the case as the son was not acting as agent for the father at the time of the accident. The case is. the outgrowth, of an auto accident on July 30, 1935, at the intersection of Holdrege street and Chicago avenue In the south part of the city when the car driven by Mr. Beatty, coming from the north, struck a car in which the plaintiff was riding In company with several friends. The plaintiff had asked damages in the sum of $5,000. There are two other cases cover ing the same accident and in which Mrs. Mae Bushnell and Marie Kinna mon are plaintiffs against Mr. Beatty, but which will not be tried at this term of court. HOLD GALA TIME From Thursday's Dany Last evening the gala dance that was to mark the competion of the concrete paving on South Sixth street was staged along the block from Main to Pearl street. Despite the arctic like atmosphere that prevailed there were several hundred gathered along the walks for some time before the dancing started, which was after 9 o'clock, due to the non arrival of the musi cians that were to furnish the enter tainment. The committee in charge of the ar rangements had secured a large quan tity of corn meal end sawdust which was sprinkled on the paving and on which the merry dancers enjoyed the measures of the new and old dances for several hours. The Ray Herod orchestra played the old fashioned numbers while the Ilinrichsen or chestra gave the snappy modern se lections for the members of the dancing party. The occasion was one that all enjoyed and in its rucceFS John Hatt, general chairman, do serves a great deal of praise for orig inating the idea of the free street dance. DRAWS THIRTY DAYS From Friday's Dally This morning In the county court Henry Shafer, giving his residence as Otoe county, wa3 arraigned on the charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor. The defendant had previously made a not guilty plea which v.as changed today to that of guilty. Judge A. H. Duxbury gave the de fendant a sentence of thirty days In the county jail and to pay the cost of the prosecution and as well re voked his driver's license for a period of one year. Phone news items to No. 6.