Uefcr. State Historical Society
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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.
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