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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1936.
NO. 52
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Hundreds Join
in Holy Rosary
Picnic Sunday
Over 650 Fed at Noonday Chicken
Dinner; Many Join in After
noon, Evening Program.
One of the largest picnics and out
ings of the summer.season was staged
Sunday at the delightful "20 Club-'
park north of the Platte river when
the members of the Holy Rosary par
ish of this city entertained at a
chicken dinner.
The serving was started at 12:30
and long before that time the park
was being filled with cars from this
city bringing the hundreds out to en
joy the dinner that had been ar
ranged for t.iem. A real feast of
home fried chicken and all of the
necessary trimmings had been ar
ranged and over 650 were served in
the noonday rush while others ar
riving later were provided with the
fine meal.
The tables scattered over the shade
of the park were soon filled with
the groups of family parties and
friends and where with the cooling
southern breeze it made a most pleas
ant setting for the occasion.
The attendance was estimated at
the peak at some 1,200 persons and
who took the fullest advantage of the
occasion to join in the fine program
of sports that was offered and the
opportunity of visiting with the
friends to whom the picnic made an
ideal meeting place.
A large group of Omaha residents,
formerly of this city, were also here
to join in the fine get-together picnic
party.
The sports in the afternoon con
sisted of races of various kinds and
which were under the direction of
Frank J. Koubek and Louis Swoboda.
With the coming of evening, sand
wiches and other refreshments were
provided for those who decided to
make a day of the picnic and remain
for the dancing in the evening. The
Sparta orchestra of Omaha played
for the dance In the popular num
bers as well as the well known Bo
hemian dance melodies that made a
decided hit with the enthusiastic aud
ience. The Very Rev. Adolph M. Mosler
and the members of the parish are
to be congratulated on the success
of the event and the fine outing that
it afforded the residents of the com
munity. YOUNG MAN PASSES AWAY
Saturday at the family home west
of Murray. Howard Engelkemeier,
21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Engel
kemeier, passed away. The young
man had been an invalid for his life
timeand patiently bore the burden
of life until he was called to the last
rest.
The body was brought to this city
to the Sattler funeral home and the
funeral services will held on Tues
day afternoon at 2:30 at the Eight
Mile Grove Lutheran church in which
faith the young man had been re
ceived In his childhood.
The body will be taken from the
funeral home here Tuesday morning
to the late home near Murray where
it will lay in state until time for
the services at the church.
ATTEND VACATION CAMP
Mrs. Tony Klimm of near this city
and Mrs. Will Cook, of Union, have
returned from a short time spent at
the summer vacation camp at Camp
Brewster, which was attended by a
group of the ladies from-the eastern
rortion of the state. The camp mem
bcrship this year was smaller than
usual and the Cass county ladies
themselves only enjoyed one day stay
at the camp Instead of the former
week stay.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
From Monday's Dailr
William Barker, a resident of this
community for a great many years
was taken this afternoon to Lincoln
where he was placed in the hospital
for treatment. He has been 111 since
Saturday and it is hoped can be
greatly helped by the course of treat
ment. '
TRANSFERRED TO WYOMING
Attorney and Mrs. W. A. Robert
son of this city have received word
from their son, James Robertson, II,
that he had been transferred for his
return home from Europe to the
U. S. S. Wyoming. Mr. Robertson,
with a party of the midshipmen from
the Annapolis naval academy, were
on shore leave at Paris when the
Oklahoma, on which they made the
trip to Europe was ordered sent, to
Spain. They were transferred and
ordered to report on the Wyoming
for the return trip as the Oklahoma
will remain European waters durin
the Spanish troubles and look after
the care of the Americans who are
being evacuted from the war zone.
Cemetery Board
Adopts By-Laws
at Monday Meet
Adoption of By-laws to Be Followed
by Rules and Regulations and
Fees to Be Charged.
The newly created cemetery board
met Monday evening with Chairman
W. F." Evers presiding and took up
the matter of the adoption of the
by-laws of the new body and which
will cover their scope of activities.
Aside from the routine regulations
as to the business of the board, the
new by-laws provided for the creation
of the position of superintendent of
the cemetery who shall look after the
planting and care of the grounds of
the cemetery and shall have the gen
eral charge of the cemetery under
the direction of the cemetery board.
The rules and regulations that will
be taken up later after a more exten
sive study, will provide the rat of
fees to be charged for lots as well
as other fees that may be paid Into
the cemetery fund and which is one
of the chief objects of the board to
place the cemetery management on a
strictly business basis.
The board after the adoption of
the rules and regulations will also
decide on the matter of the superin
tendent and other details of the man
agement of the cemetery.
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
Sunday afternoon the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Born was the scene
of a very pleasant gathering of the
members of the family, the occasion
being the first birthday anniversary
of Phyllis Louise Schiessl, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schiessl and
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bori.
A large array of very fine gifts were
received by the little guest of honor.
The members of the family came with
well laden baskets of good things to
eat and which formed the basis of a
delightful feast and with a handsome
birthday cake, sponsored by her little
cousin, Norma May Bartek. The aft
ernoon was spent In visiting and tak
ing pictures of the family group.
Those who attended were Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Born, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Bartek and children, Marie,' Norma
and Shirley, Mr. and Mrs. Will Bartek
and son, Billie Franklin, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Spreick and daughter.
Donna Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Schiessl and the guest of honor,
Phyllis Louise.
ENJOY CAMP WEEK
Many of the 4-H club girls from
this city enjoyed a very pleasant half
week at Camp Brewster.
Among the 4-H girls from this
city were Willa Sylvester, Mary Alice
Ault, Margaret Frlcke, Miriam
Frlcke, Wilma Swatek, Opal Byers,
Shirley Peterson, Dorothea Duxbury,
Ellen Cloidt, Elizabeth Ann Wiles,
Betty McKissick, Rose Brink, Cath
erine Brink and Ruth Gaines.
The many camp activities Included
handcraft, tennis, ping pong, archery,
horse shoe pitching and swimming.
The winner of the girls 20-yd. free
style swimming tournament was
Willa Sylvester. On amateur night
Wilma Swatek won first place with
her reading, "Polly at the Movies."
The Chamber of Commerce of Om
aha sent three large busses out to
the camp to take all the 4-H'ers to
the Ak-Sar-Ben den show. It was
4-H and army night at the show. All
of the children enjoyed the fine treat
A 4-H CAMPER.
Young People
Wedded Sunday
at Murray
Miss Mae Christina Wilson Married to
Robt. E. Sedlak at Home of Rev.
and Mrs. C. Loyd Shubert.
On Sunday morning at 10 o'clock
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. C. Loyd
Shubert, of the Christian church of
Murray, occurred the marriage of
Miss Mae Christina Wilson of that
place and Mr. Robert E. Sedlak of
this city.
The wedding was very quiet and
attended by only the bridal couple
and their attendants, Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Shrader of this city serving
as best man and matron of honor.
The bride wore a gowu of blue
chiffon with picture hat to match and
accessories in the matching shades
of blue. She wore a corsage of the
Talisman roses.
Mrs. Shrader also wore a costume
of the blue chiffon with white ac
cessories and a corsage of the loses.
Following the wedding ceremony
the bridal party motored to the home
of the bride's parents where a very
delightful wedding dinner had been
arranged by Mrs. F. T. Wilson, moth
er of the bride and which was en-
Joyed by a number of the immediate
families of the young people.
The bridal party later were guests
at a very attractively arranged wed
ding supper at the Jacobs cafe in this
city which had been arranged by Mrs.
Jacobs in honor of the young people.
Mr. and Mrs. Sedlak are starting
housekeeping at once in an apart
ment on South 9th street where they
will be at home to their friends in
the future.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. T. Wilson, prominent resi
dents of Murray and where she spent
her girlhood days, receiving her edu
cation in the Plattsmouth schols and
from which she was graduated in the
class of 1931. She has made her home
here since that time as she has been
engaged In several of the business
houses of the city.
The groom is the oldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Sedlak, and
was born and reared in this city
where he received his education. He
is at the present time engaged at the
tavern of Emil Ptak.
The many friends will join in ex
tending to the young people their
heartiest well wishes for their future
happiness and success.
PICTURE WINS PRIZE
The rotogravure section of the
World-Herald of Sunday contained a
prize photograph which had been
submitted by Mrs. John Hiber, Jr.,
of Hastings, Nebraska, a daughter-
in-law of Mr. and Mrs. John Hiber
of this city. This was of two children
standing by the bucket of an old time
well. The picture has added interest
as the tots pictured there are Rob
bert Bestor of this city and Richard
Hiber of Hastings. The picture was
taken some twenty years ago at the
Hiber home in the west part of the
city by Frank M. Bestor and has been
kept among the keepsakes of the fam
ily until sent in for the contest. Both
of the subjects are now grown to
manhood.
DEPART FOR MINNESOTA
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Soennichsen
and daughter, Phyllis, with Miss
Mary Rosencrans, sister of Mrs. Soen
nichsen, departed Sunday evening for
an outing trip In northern Minne
sota. They have enjoyed their out
ings in the past few years along the
shores of Lake Superior and the
Canadian border and will again visit
that section of the lake country to
recuperate from the extreme heat of
the central west.
ATTEND FUNERAL AT WESTON
Among those from here who at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Joseph
Samek at Weston Sunday afternoon,
were Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Capwell, the
latter a daughter of the deceased,
Miss Virginia Samek, another daugh
ter, Joe Hendrix, a grandson; Mr
and Mrs. John Turner and daugh
ter, Dorothy Jean, and Mr. and Mrs,
Walter Tritsch.
WILL BUILD NEW HOME
Charles D. Palmer, councilman
from the Fourth ward, has started
the erection of a new residence on
the lot he recently purchased at the
corner of Eighth and Locust streets.
The contract for the excavation and
the construction of the cellar of the
house has been let to William Kief
who with his workmen are now en
gaged in the first steps of the con
struction. The site is a very fine one
with paving on the east side of the
lot, and is but a short distance from
the main business section of the city.
The work will be rushed as Mr. Pal
mer is to vacate his present home in
the first part of September, the prop
erty that he now lives in being sold
to Harry Rainey.
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Rotary Club
Has Dist. Presi
dent as Guest
Interesting Talks Given by Gnests
That Make Meeting of More
Than Ordinary Interest.
The weekly luncheon of the Rotary
club today found a number of distin
guished Rotarians'and guests gath
ered around the luncheon board and
to share the fellowship of the meet
ing. President Frank. A. Cloidt presided
over the deliberations with L. O.
Minor, bronzed from an outing in
Colorado, as acting secretary and
George Jaeger on the job to lead the
singing In the absence of Dr. West
over, vacationing in the north.
The club had an unexpected guest,
the new district president, Roy
Phelan, of Aberdeen, South Dakota,
who has been attending a conference
at Council Bluffs ant!' dropped -in. on
the local members to receive a most
enthusiastic greeting. With the dis
trict president was President Fred
Haas of the Omaha club and John
Sterling, also of the Omaha Rotary.
Ralph Holmes, of Camden, New
Jersey, with his father, J. W. Holmes,
were also guests and Mr. Holmes, who
is connected with the research de
partment of the R. C. A. in the tele
vision department, gave a very inter
esting talk on the steps that are be
ing taken in this great development
of the modern age.
R. Foster Patterson of Tarkio, Mis
souri, was present and received a
warm reception from the old friends
and to which he responded in his
usual clever manner.
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
Dorothea Fulton, one of the popu
lar young ladies of the community
was taken to the Methodist hospital
at Omaha last week where she suf
fered the removal of her tonsils. The
operation was quite serious as the
tonsils were so deeply embedded, but
the patient rallied nicely and was
able to return to her home on last
Friday.
Miss Fulton has not been in the
best of health for some time and it is
hoped that she will soon recover her
former good health.
SUFFERS AN INFECTION
Mrs. H. G. McClusky, who has been
spending the vacation period at In
let, New York, Is reported as suffer
ing from a toe infertion that may
delay the return of the family. Dr,
Mclusky is expected to return to this
city Saturday to resume his wrork as
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, but the condition of the wife
may delay the return, but if possible
they expect to reach home by the
week end.
DRAWS DOWN FINE
From Monday's Dally:
Roy Garrens, of Union, was a visl
tor at the county court today to an
swer to the charge of being Intoxi
cated. He was arrested Sunday and
entered a plea of guilty to the charge
and the court accordingly gave a fine
of $10 and costs which he settled and
was sent on his way rejoicing.
VISIT AT COUNTRY HOME
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Chalfant were
guests at the home of Mr. Chalfant's
sister, Mrs. H. F. Hendricks Sunday.
Prepare for
Opening of the
City Schools
Date Set for Tuesday, September 8th
Select Two Teachers for the
Coming Year.
The board of education held their
rrgular meeting on Monday evening
at the high school to arrange the de
tails of the opening of the city
schools for the coming term, the date
of the opening of school being set for
Vuesday, September 8th.
The board of education had to take
up the matter of filling two vacancies
in the teaching force for the year,
the position in the commercial de
partment made vacant by resignation
of L. L. Starrett being one of these.
For teacher in the commercial de
partment Miss Catherine Lune, of
Lincoln was selected to fill the va
cancy. Miss Luke is a graduate of
Doane and Nebraska Universities and
has several years teaching, her last
school having been at Napanee, Ne
braska, where she was very success
ful in her work.
The position In the grades, teach
ing at the Wintersteen Hill school
was filled by the naming of Miss
Garnette Louise Claire, of Stuart, Ne
braska, who is also a Nebraska grad
uate and has had some six years of
teaching experience at Chester and
Ulysses, Nebraska.
The board also decided on making
a few improvements at the Winter
steen hill school this summer before
the opening of school to add to the
betterment of the condition of the
building and the safety of the stu
dents. The teaching force is now well ar
ranged for the opening of school and
in the next week the final arrange
ments of plans will be made by the
superintendent and teachers for the
coming nine months of school.
OMAHA PARTIES WEDDED
From Tuesday's Dally:
This morning at 9 o'clock Miss
Elizabeth Zielenskl and Mr. Landis
S. Dozier, both of Omaha, were unit
ed in marriage at the Holy Rosary
church on west Pearl street. The
bridal couple was attended by Miss
Genevieve Hindera of Omaha as
bridesmaid and Mr. August Houpka
of St. Mary's as the best man.
The nuptial mass was celebrated
by the Very Rev. Adolph M. Mosler,
pastor of the church, the choir under
the leadership of Miss Mildred Kno-
flicek assisting in the mass.
The bridal party returned to Om
aha following the ceremony where
they were to be tendered a reception
by their friends there.
FILES WILL IN COURT
Petition for probate of the will of
Emeline S. Strode, wife of former
Congressman Jesse Strode, deceased,
was filed in the Lancaster county
court Monday. Her will left $500 to
Mrs. Virginia Gohde, Lincoln, a
great niece, and $500 to Nellie Smith,
a sister-in-law of Plattsmouth, since
deceased, and provided that the resi
due should go to the First Christian
church of Lincoln and the Nebraska
Christian Board of Education for the
use of Cotner college, in equal shares.
It is asked that Carl Sanden be made
executor.
TO WINTER IN THE WEST
Mrs. H. F. Gansemer of west of
Mynard, departed Sunday for a trip
to the west coast and where she ex
pects to spend some time and possibly
the winter. Her son, Leslie A. Gan
semer, is located at Milwaukee, Ore
gon, and she expects to spend the
greater part of the time there as
well as visiting many of the leading
places of interest in the Pacific north
west.
HERE TO VISIT OLD FRIENDS
Wood Rainey, who has been mak
ing his home at Elk Point, South Da
kota, and other points in that state
and North Dakota, arrived In the
city Monday evening to visit here
with the relatives and old friends
While en route here he stopped for a
short time at Greenwood, the old
home of the family and where the
parents are buried.
LOCAL TEACHER HONORED
Miss Jessie Whelan, one of the ef
ficient members of the faculty of the
city schools, has been selected as one
of the persons to be on the program
of the meeting of the Nebraska
Teachers association in October at
Omaha.
Miss Whelan will present to the
state meeting her unit of Internation
al correspondence that she has built
up in her teaching work in the local
schools and In which her students
have been in correspondence with
the young people in various other
nations, forming a very valuable in
terchange of Ideas and the various
customs of the different countries.
Cass County
Added to Drouth
Area of State
Approval of Designation of Cass Coun
ty Made at Washington as
Well as Otoe County.
In dealing with the matter of
drouth relief Tuesday at Washing
ton the federal government desig
nated Cass county as one of the four
teen in Nebraska to be one of the
counties to receive relief. Otoe coun
ty was also included in the group
that represented Nebraska.
The application for the drouth re
lief for the farmers of Cass county
was made the past week by the board
of county commissioners and the
county agent, setting out the condi
tion of the crop situation and the
need of the residents for relief In the
immediate future.
The listing of all of the road ma
chinery in the hands of the county
will be prepared for the use of the
relief agencies in providing work for
the farmers of the county when the
WPA program is prepared for the
drouth relief.
Other counties in the state to be
added to the drouth district were
Boyd, Kearney, Adams, Brown, Keya
Paha, Pawnee, Keith, Dixon, Cherry,
Rock, Thayer, Clay.
OFF ON VACATION
From Tuesday's Dally.
Judge C. L. Graves, police magis
trate of the city, departed this after
noon for Lincoln, his son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Graves, driving down for him this
morning. The judge is to throw away
the cares of the law for a week or ten
days and enjoy the time visiting the
children and their families as well as
old friends over the state.
During the absence of Judge
Graves the police court work will be
handled in the court of County Judge
A. H. Duxbury.
CHANGE PENSION PAYMENTS
Old age pensioners in Nebraska in
the future will receive their checks
on the last of each month instead of
on the first, Irl D. Tolen, state as
sistance director, said Saturday.
Beginning this month, Tolen said,
checks will be paid a week later each
month until they come regularly on
the last day. By about November pen
sioners will receive November checks
the last of the month and so on. He
said the new plan would effect better
bookkeeping and bring about a sav
ing in administrative costs.
VISITS FRIENDS HERE
From Tuesday's TraMy
R. Foster Patterson, member of
the faculty of Tarkio college and for
mer principal of the Plattsmouth
high school, was here today for a few
hours visiting with the old time
friends. Mr. Patterson has been at
tending the summer school of the
University of Colorado at Boulder,
where he has been on the teaching
staff and also working on his mas
ter's degree. While here he was a
guest at the Rotary meeting.
ARRIVAL OF LITTLE DAUGHTER
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Sykora in the south part of the city,
was made very happy on Sunday by
the arrival of a fine eight and a half
pound daughter, who with the moth
er is doing nicely. The occasion has
brought the greatest of happiness to
the members of the family circle.
Bette Bulin is
Chosen as Miss
Plattsmouth
Cass Theatre Is Filled to Witness
Parade of the Handsome Young
Women of Community.
The Cas3 theatre was filled to Its
capacity Tuesday evening by the resi
dents of the community to witness
the selection of "Miss Plattsmouth,"
selected from a group of some ninety-
two young ladies. The winner of the
event will represent this city In the
state beauty contest at the state fair
In September, at which time the
judges will pick "Miss Nebraska."
The program opened with the in
troduction by Mayor George Lush-
Insky, of W. A. Herrington, of Lin
coln, as the official master of cere
monies, who in a very clever manner
presented and announced the ladles
and the slogans of the various firms
that sponsored them.
The stage was very attractively ar
ranged and before the parade of the
contestants for the "Miss Platts
mouth" honors, a large group of the
little girls from two to six years of
age were presented, their childish
charm and dainty costumes making
a charming picture as they formed
on the stage. In the award, Bonnie
Barrows was acclaimed as "Miss
Plattsmouth Jr."
The contestants for the main
honor had gathered at the Hotel
Plattsmouth and where the lobby was
the scene of attractiveness with the
large group of the girls and their at
tractive costumes as they awaited the
time to participate in the contest at
the theatre.
The presentation was given a mu
sical setting by the Rhythm Kings
orchestra which played, throughout
the evening and which added to the
enjoyment of the large audience.
Mrs. Robert G. Reed, one of the tal
ented pianists of the city, served as
the accompanist for the production
and the presentation of the young
ladies.
The ladies were presented In their
numbered order and so large was
the number that they were divided
into three separate groups to be
paraded before the Judges and the
audience. Each of the groups seemed
to present even more loveliness and
the task of the Judges was made dif
ficult with the large number of at
tractive candidates.
To fully determine the choice, each
group was presented twice and from
each one a certain number was pick
ed by the Judges as the most out
standing and in the finale these were
cut to a group of twenty, then to ten
and finally to five and from these the
last three were selected.
It was breathless as the three last
contenders were withdrawn and the
hour of the choice was at hand for
the Judges. The first to be announced
was the winner of second place, Miss
Frances Gamblin, sponsored by the
Lugsch Cleaners, and then the name
of Miss Bette Bulin, sponsored by
the Cohn New Way Lunch, was ac
claimed as "Miss Plattsmouth," while
Miss Genevieve Bloom was awarded
third place honors. The two runners
up will take the place of "Miss
Plattsmouth" In case the first place
winner is unable to make the trip to
the state fair to compete for "Miss
Nebraska."
The Judges were from Omaha and
were unacquainted with the ladles
participating or any of the firms that
were sponsoring them.
Following the pageant at the the
atre the members of the pageant were
honored at the grand ball given at
the American Legion building and
where the many friends Joined In the
pleasant close of the delightful even
ing of beauty and charm.
The "King Korn Klub" of this city
was the local sponsor and their fine
and effective committee is entitled to
a great deal of praise for the manner
in which it was staged and assisted
In promoting the' Interest that
brought out one of the largest gath
erings in several months in this city.
The committee was composed of C. C.
Wescott, E. H. Schulhof and Mrs.
James G. Mauzy and who gave a lot
of hard work to make the event a
great success.
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