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VOL. NO. IH
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1936.
NO. 56
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Rock Bluff Has
Annual Gathering
of Old Settlers
Despite Intense Heat Hundreds Gath
er at Hutchison Grove to Enjoy
a Very Pine Program.
Pmidav afternoon at the Hutchison
grove in what was once the thriving
river titv of Rock Bluff, there gath-
red some (!00 of the residents of this
community and many from the sur
rounding territory, the remaining old
time residents and the descendants
of those who in early days made their
settlement at this point.
Large groups arrived in the morn
ing with many baskets of the good
things to cat and which at the noon
hour was served in safeteria style in
the grove which made a very delight
ful place for the happy event.
Dr. G. II. Gilmore called the group
to order and presented Harrison L.
Gayer as the master of ceremonies, he
in turn presenting the various fea
tures of the program.
There was a great deal of business
to come before the group as well as
the enjoyment of the program and
chief among these was that of the
election of the officers of the asso
ciation, who were as follows:
President G. H. Gilmore, Murray.
Vico - President Rex: Young,
riattsmouth.
Secret ary-Treasurer Jack Stamp,
riattsmouth.
The matter of the care and betier-
mem of the Rock Bluff cemetery, his-jjs
toric burial plot ,was discussed and
it was discovered that the title to
the land w here the cemetery is lo
cated was deeded to-the town of Rock
Bluff and the untangling of the title
and the restoration of the legal title
in the association was left in the
hands of a committee composed of
Joseph SJiera and Robert Patterson,
with Judre A. II. Duxburyas legal
advisor.
The M tirray-Lewiston band was on
hand and furnished a part of the mu
sical program of the "day, dividing
the honors with the Rock Bluff or
chestra with a group of the old time
and modern dance- music.
Several addresses were given, one
by Rev. H. E. McKelvey, of Mynard
on the "Boy and Dad" problem and
th': need for the interest of the boys
and t!:tir fathers in each other.
Judaic C. S. Wormian, of South Bend,
a son of or.e of the pioneers of that
part t.f Cass county, was heard in a
fine talk on the early days in Ne
braska as he had heard them from
his parents and the old time resi
dents of the community where he had
been reared to manhood.
Rex Young gave two very interest
ing papers that had been prepared,
one on the history of the anti-horse
thief society that had been formed in
Cass county in 1S54 and of which
William Giimour. grandfather of Sam
Gilniour had been one of the officers
and left many historic facts; as to -the
organization. Mr. Young also read a
paper written by the late Mrs. Mary
Taylor, mother of Mrs. Jack Stamp,
one of the early residents of the Rock
Bluff community, in which she de
tailed many of the adventures of an
early day.
The musical and dancing numbers
furnished by the younger people made
a very pleasant hit with the audience,
these comprising dancing numbers
by Donna Fae and Shirley Mason;
Billie Rose Canterbury, songs and
dances; James Sandin, a humorous
reading; Kdna Mae Peterson, a very
artistic reading; Honey Lalloda, a
clever reading and dancing number;
Ronald Hoback, of Union, guitar and
mouth harp numbers and Bobby
Shcra a delightful reading.
A (heck of the group revealed that
the oldest man present was J. D.
Graves, of Peru, aged S4; the oldest
lady, Mrs. Mary Burnett, his sister,
aged S2. The second oldest man was
Frank Massie, a pioneer of Mt. Pleas
ant precinct, who has reached the age
of S2 and Mrs. Mira McDonald of
Murray, the second oldest lady, "who
is 79 years of age.
There was present at the reunion
Bert Parker, of South Dakota, who
made his home in Rock Bluffs sixty
years ago and had not been here since
that time. He met many of the old
time associates and among these,
Judge Charles L. Graves of this city.
The late afternoon brought the
event to a close until another year
when once more the old .town will
live in memory of the pioneers and
their descendants.
DEPARTS FOR THE SOUTH
Sunday afternoon Charles Dow,
carrier for the Omaha Bee-News, de
parted for Fort Worth and Dallas,
Ttxas, where he will attend the two
centennial expositions being staged
there. The trip is the award of
I Charles' faithful and excellent ser-
vice for the newspaper and a number
of carriers from Omaha and other
points will join in the visit in the
south and which will take up several
days of sightsreing. The young man
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Dow.
Week End is
Busy Time in the
Marriage Mart
Three Weddings Here Mark Satur
day and Monday in This City
and at Murray.
The week end saw a sudden rise
in the marriage market in this city
avd three couples were given the op
portunity of saying "I do."
Miss Catherine McCulloch, of Mur
ray, and Mr. Edward L. "West of this
city, were granted a license here on
Saturday and later were married by
Rev. K. G. Sloan, pastor of the Mur-
iray Presbyterian church, lhe bride
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
McCulloch, prominent residents of
the Murray community. The young
people are planning on moving to
this city to make their home In the
future.
Miss Elda L. Niepman and Mr.
John C. Hopp, of Omaha, were here
today and visited the home of Judge
A. II. Duxbury at an early hour to
have their life's happiness consum
ated. The marriags lines were read
most impressively by the court and
the ceremony witnessed by Mrs. Dux
bury and Miss Emma Hirz. The bridal
couple left at ones on a trip to the
Pacific coast.
Late Saturday afternoon Miss
Myrtle C. Craven and Mr. Walter
H. Wittmark, both of Omaha, called
at the court house and securing the
necessary license were joined in th
bonds of matrimony by Judge Dux
bury. They later returned to their
home in Omaha.
MANY ATTEND REVIEW
Sunday afternoon a large party of
the Riattsmouth residents who have
sons and relatives in the C. M. T. C.
were at Fort Crook to witness the
dress parade staged by the student
regiment and also the formal guard
mount. The youthful soldiers, a large
part of whom have had but the two
weeks training, made a very fine ap
pearance, a strict attention to me
detail of the marching formations.
The parade was reviewed by tthe offi
cers of the 17th infantry as well as
Col. hil L. Hall, who is serving as
commander of the student regiment.
The formal guard mount, always a
very colorful formation, was executed
in excellent shape by the student
soldiers and who assumed the guard
duties after the formation.
The student regiment were hiked
to the rifle range north of this city
this morning and where they will
spend the next three days in shooting
on the range. The second and third
year men will be given the course in
machine gun work while the basics
will have the regular rifle course to
shoot.
STATION IS BOBBED
Sunday morning the Missouri
Pacific station at Weeping WTater
was found to have been entered dur
ing the night and the place ran
sacked, fl being taken in small
change that had been left in the
cash drawer. The parties had made
thir entrance by breaking a window
in the building and which permitted
the search of the interior of the of
fice. The safe of the station was
unopened, altho bearing evidence of
having been tampered with. Sheriff
Homer Sylvester and Special Agent
Kirk, of the railroad company were
on the scene to make an investigation
of the crime.
Slander Family
Hold a Reunion
at Louisville
Members of One of Best Known Fam
ilies of Cass County, Hold
Annual Gathering.
The community building at Louis
ville was the scene Sunday of the
annual reunion of the Stander fam
ily, one that settled in early days in
that community and have made a
large place in the history of Cass
county.
The dinner served at the noon
hour was the main event of the day
and the tables, very attractively ar
ranged with the many tastefully pre
pared viands made a fitting climax
of this reunion.
The members of the party were
the children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Stander, residents near Louisville
for many years and had a large part
in the development of that portion
of Cass county. Of the children there
were present George Stander of near
this city, James, Arthur and Mrs.
Helen Cleghorn, of Louisville, Henry
of South Bend, Louis of Archer. Mr.
Louis Stander was accompanied by
his son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Stander of Chapman. Another bro
ther and wife, Mr. and Mrs. William
E. Stander, of Orange, California,
who have been visiting the relatives
in the community, remained over for
the reunion. The absent members of
the family were Ralph W., of Wilsey,
Kansas and Mrs. 'Alice Clifford of
San Mateo, California.
The day was spent in visiting and
the meeting of the many members of
the family who have been separated
since the last reunion of the family
and who found a great pleasure in
the get-together.
The oldest member of the imme
diate family was George Stander, 76.
of this city and the youngest, Shirley
May Erhart, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Erhart, the little lady
being three months old.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stander of
Omaha, members of the original fam
ily, group were unable to be pres
ent owing to the illness of Mrs.
Stander.
Those from out of the community
to attend the reunion wre R-ev.
and Mrs. O. W. Low and family of
Stanton, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Rauth
of York, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Seiker
of Elmwood.
Two visitors from the family group
were Sister M. Alevine, of Omaha and
Sister M. Redempta of Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, who were able to join
the family circle and received the
esteem and honor of the family.
FUNERAL OF MRS. SPENCER
Monday afternoon at 3:30 the fun
eral services for Mrs. Mary Spencer,
long time resident of the city, were
held at the Horton funeral home at
Seventh and Vine streets, where a
large number of the old friends and
neighbors were present to pay their
last tributes to her memory.
Rev. V. C. Wright, pastor of the
First Methodist church, conducted
the religious services and paid tri
bute to the long and useful life of
the departed and bringing words of
comfort to the members of the family
circle.
During the services Mrs. E. II. Wes
cott gave two of the old and loved
hymns, "Nearer My God to Thee" and
"Abide with Me," Mr. Wescott
serving as the accompanist.
Interment was at Oak Hill ceme
tery and pall bearers were selected
from the old friends of the family,
G. O. Schwenneker, L. D. Hiatt, E. II.
Wescott, Clifford Forbes, II. B.
Perry and E. II. Schulhof.
PREPARING FOR INSTITUTE
Miss Alpha C. Peterson, county
superintendent of schools, is very
busy at this time in arranging for
the annual county institute, which
is to be held the latter part of Au
gust in this city. The institute this
year will be especially important as
the new courses of study are to be
discussed and reviewed. This is a
most important subject to the grade
teachers of both the rural and city
schools and it is expected that a full
attendance of the teachers will be
here for the meeting.
PICNIC AT OMAHA
Sunday a group of Murray and
Plattsmouth people motored to Om
aha where they spent the day at
Riverview park, enjoying a picnic
that all appreciated to the fullest
extent. The members of the party
came with wel filled baskets and
amid the attractive surroundings of
the park the feast was spread and
tho remainder of the day spent in
visiting and sightseeing until dusk
when a supper was enjoyed to close
a most delightful time. Those who
took part in the picnic were Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Gansemer and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Clell Gansemer and
children of Murray, Mrs. Bessie
Bourne. Rex Bourne and Stuart Sed
lak of this city.
Cars in Wreck
North of Union
Monday Night
Mrs. R. P. Cremes of Central City at
Nebraska City Hospital; Floyd
Redding Also Injured.
Last night on highway No. 75,
north of Union a very severe car
wreck occurred and in which two of
the parties were very badly injured
and the cars smashed up.
R. P. Cremess, of Central City was
driving north on the highway and
was accompanied by his wife and as
they came on north along the high
way there appeared a car from the
north headed toward Union and at
the same time a parked car was seen
along the side of the paving and at
the point where the three cars were
forced to pass. Mr. Cremess, as he
stated to the officers, had tried to
avoid the collision but owing to the
condition of the road at the time, his
car and the parked car crashed. The
car that was parked v;xa one belong
ing to Leo Olmstead of Sioux City,
Iowa, and who was accompanied by
a friend named Redding.
In the wreck Mrs. Cremess was in
jured o severely that it was neces
sary to have her taken on into Ne
braska City for care at the St. Mary's
hospital while Mr. Olmstead and his
companion were brought here. Mr.
Redding was given treatment here
and it is thought that possibly he
may have sustained an injury to his
back.
Deputy Sheriff Cass Sylvester was
called to the scene and assisted in
getting the highway cleared and the
injured parties cared for.
MARRIED AT LINCOLN
Dr. and Mrs. H. G. McClusky were
at Lincoln last evening, attending
the wedding of Miss Lois M. Nelson
to Mr. Frank W. Jackson, which took
place at the 22nd St. Christian
church at eight o'clock.
The ceremony was witnessed by a
large number of relatives and friends
of the bridal couple, and was per
formed by Dr. McClusky, who has
been a friend of the bride from her
early childhood days.
The bridal party had a personnel
of fourteen, the Vandyke double ring
ceremony was used, and a reception
followed, in the parlors of the church.
The bride is known to many in
this city, for she has spent much
time here with her aunt, Mrs. Robert
Troop.
SUFFERS FROM APPENDICITIS
Russell Reeder, principal of the
Plattsmouth high school, was stricken
Sunday afternoon at his home with
a sudden attack of appendicitis and
the case was so acute that he was
rushed at once to the Nicholas Senn
hospital at Omaha for an operation.
Mr. Reeder had been in his- usual
health Saturday and had just return
ed to get settled for the school work
of the year, when he was taken ill.
It is hoped that he may soon Te able
to recover from the ordeal and to
take up his school work at the com
mencement of the term.
VISITS AT TEKAMAH
Mrs. W. A. Robinsor and son,
Ralph Lawrence, are at Tekamah, Ne
braska, where they will spend a few
days at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
fJ. Feelhaver, parents of Mrs. Robinson.
High School to
be Strong in
Many Activities
Program of iixlra-Cunicular Activ
ities Outlined for Term) Start
ing in September.
The board or education Iiave spent
considerable time in selecting a
faculty for the coming school j-ear
who are not only qualified in their
academic work but equally prepared
in the field of extra-curricular activ
ities. This phase of school work has
assumed a prominent place in high
schools at the present time and the
training the pupils receive in these
departments is recognized as of
great value.
Milo Price, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, will have charge
of the debate team. Mr. Price has
been a member of the Curtis high
school debate squad and was on the
university debate team for three
years. It has been some time since
Plattsmouth has had a debate squad
and this phase of extra-curricular
activity will be a welcomed addition
to the high school program. A num
ber of debates w ill be arranged be
tween Omaha, Fremont and Blair
schools and other surrounding towns.
Lumir Gerner will continue with
the declamatory work, giving atten
tion to the dramatic, humorous, ora
torical and extemporaneous readings.
Under Mr. Gerner's leadership this
department has had considerable
success. ..Next year witn tne DacK-
ground of experience Plattsmouth
should have some winning teams in
the district declamatory contests.
Lee Knolle will have charge of
the music. It is Mr. Knolle's inten
tion to organize both a boys and
girls glee club and to carry on the
band and orchestra. Mr. Knolle
taught music in the Greenwood high
school and last ' year did develop
some excellent choral groups in the
Plattsmouth Junior High school.
H. Clark Boggess will have the
position as coach. Mr. Boggess is a
three sport man, majoring and per
forming in track, basketball and
football. He has developed winning
teams at Sutherland and Corning,
Iowa.
Dow Armstrong, ex-letter man
from Wayne Normal, will be the as
sistant coach and have charge of the
second team. Mr. Armstrong lettered
at Wayne and conies well prepared
to assist in the athletics.
HOLD FAMILY DINNER
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Sedlak in the northwest part of the
city, was the scene of a most delight
ful family dinner Sunday, the occa-I
sion honoring Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Sedlak of Los Angeles, who are here
for a visit with the home folks for a
short time.
The occasion brought together all
of the members of the family circle
with the exception of one daughter
in California and a son in Missouri.
The dinner was one that provided all
the possible good things to eat and
enjoyed to the utmost by the large
group of the children and their fam
ilies. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Alexen and family, of Cedar
Creek; Mr. and Mrs. WTilbur Driver,
of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fulton
and children, Albert, Matthew and
Florence Sedlak, Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Sedlak of this city and the guests of
honor, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sedlak.
ASKS FOR DIVORCE
In the district court an action has
been commenced in which Mrs. Mar-
jorie Kaiser is the plaintiff and Lloyd
Kaiser the defendant. The action Is
one in which the plaintiff asks that
the parties be granted a divorce and
the plaintiff be given the custody of
the minor child of the union, as well
as suitable allotment for the care of
the child.
ATTEND BOARD MEETING
From Tuesday's Daily:
This morning Rev. V. C. Wright
and C. C. Wescott departed for Blair
where they will attend a meeting of
the board of directors of the Crowell
Memorial home, which is maintained
bv the Methodist church. Mr. Wes
cott Is a member of the official board
VISITS AT HUMBOLDT
Miss Maxine Cloiat departed today
for Humboldt, Nebraska, where she
will be a house guesfof Miss Calista
Cooper, a former classmate at the
University of Nebraska and where
both were members of lhe Pi Beta
Phi sorority. Miss Cooper is to be
married to Mr. Morris Nelson Hughes
of Tokio, Japan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. K. Hughes of Champaign, Illi
nois. The wedding will take place
on October 3 at the Cooper home,
Miss Cloidt is to be one of the bridal
party.
The couple will spend their honey
moon in the east before sailing for
Tokio where Mr. Hughes is third sec
retary of the American embassy.
Camp Men
in
Fight
to Check
Bad Grass Fire
Force of 100 Men from Forestry Camp
North of This City Do Fine
Work Checking Blaze.
Sparks from a passing locomotive
started what might have been a very
severe grass and brush fire Tuesday
afternoon north of the pumping sta
tion of the Plattsmouth Water cor
poration. That it was not more ser
ious was due to the excellent work of
the men from the forestry camp north
of this city.
The fire started on the west side
of the track and the flames were
soon traveling rapidly through the
grass and brush when the force of
100 men from the camp was called
out and started In to check and beat
out further progress of the fire.
With everything dry as tinder from
the long drouth and intense heat it
was a very fortunate thing that the
large force of men were available to
battle the flames that might other
wise have covered a large area of
country and doing a great eal of
damage.
The officers and men at the for
estry camp are deserving of a great
deal of praise for their splendid work
in averting a very serious fire that
might have laid waste a large section
of territory and caused property
damage.
SPANGLER-SNIDER
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Snider of Om
aha are announcing the engagement
and approaching marriage of their
daughter, Mary Alice, to Jean H.
Spangler, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Spangler of near this city.
The wedding will take place Sept.
2G.
Miss Snider was graduated from
the University of Nebraska where
she was a member of Alpha Phi
sorority. She attended the Municipal
University of Omaha where she was
a member of Sigma Chi Omicron sor
ority and Phi Alpha Theta, national
history fraternity.
Mr. Spangler is a graduate of the
University of Nebraska where he
joined Kappa Sigma fraternity. He
is now representation of the national
Resettlement Administration in this
district.
REPORTS ON CONVENTION
The Rotary club at their weekly
luncheon on Tuesday had the pleas
ure of a very interesting talk on the
convention of the International Ro
tary, held at Atlantic City, N. J.
The report was given by Fred Haas,
president of the Omaha club a dele
gate from Nebraska to the great
meeting. Mr. Haas discussed the
many highlights of the convention
and the contacts made with the rep
resentatives of the several countries
that formed the convention.
The meeting was under the leader
ship of Dr. P. T. Heineman.
HERE FROM WASHINGTON
A. W. Farmer, who has been en
gaged for the past year in the of
fice of the Resettlement Administra
tion at Washington, D. C, arrived in
the city Tuesday for a short vacation.
He will enjoy bjs outing visiting
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B.
Farmer and the many old friends In
this community. He has enjoyed his
work very much and finds Washing
ton a most wonderful city.
Young Republi
cans Hold Meet
Here Monday
District President Wm. Matchullat of
Lincoln and County Chairman
Mrs. Harold Brunson Here.
There was a very pleasing number
out Monday evening at the home of
Miss Minnie Guthmann to take part
in tne preliminary worK or tne
launching of the Young Republican
of Plattsmouth and Rock Bluff pre
cincts. At a previous meeting the club
had adopted their constitution and
this session was devoted to talk on
the work of the organization and
the opportunities for service in the
coming campaign.
Mrs. Harold Brunson, of Louis
ville, county chairman of the Young
Republicans, gave an outline of the
plans for the work that had been laid
out in the next few weeks and urged
the hearty co-operation of all inter
ested in the campaign.
William Matchullat, Lincoln attor
ney, a former Plattsmouth young
man, was here as the district presi
dent and gave a very inspiring talk
to the club members and those inter
ested who had gathered to take part
in the meeting. Mr. Matchullat also
urged that republicans take prompt
action to start the campaign going.
Mr. Jackman of the Louisville pre
cinct republican committee, also dis
cussed at some length the i.ssues of
the campaign and the necessity for
activity on the part of the republican
wooers.
It was decided to appoint a nom
inating committee which would se
lect the candidates for the various'
offices and which would be acted on
at the next meeting at the city hall,
Wednesday, August 22nd. and at
which all active republicans are
urged to be present.
HERE FROM CALIFORNIA
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Rebal, son
Harold and daugnter, Shirley of
Montebello, Calif., and Fred S. Rebal
of Santa Monica, Calif., arrived In
this city Tuesday afternoon, driving
through Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and
Nebraska, Mrs. Fred Rebal having
stopped off at Monroe, Utah, the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson, where she will remain until
the jeturn trip of the party to Cali
fornia.
Ed and family and Fred are visit
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
James Rebal on North 10tli stree
and F. A. Rebal on South 10th street.
They expect to be here about a week
visiting relatives and friends. They
will also visit at Nebraska City, home
of Mrs. Ed Rebal's mother, Mrs.
Laura Stevenson and at Iowa City,
la., Omaha and Lincoln.
Ed and Fred are engaged in the
retail grocery business in southern
California and report business on
the increase on the west coast. Mr.
Rebal reports Jack Schulhof and
ife, Mary of Los Angeles, doing
fine, Mr. Schulhof being connected
with the retail grocery business.
VISIT IN THE NORTH
Dr. and Mrs. Joe Stibal have Just
returned home from a combined busi
ness and pleasure trip that they have
enjoyed in Minnesota and North Da
kota, where they found much cooler
weather than that which has prevail
ed in the middle west states.
At St. Paul, Minnesota, they spent
some time at the large wholesale
houses, looking over the stocks and
making purchases for the Reliable
variety store in this city for the fall
and winter season.
While en route home they came
by the way of Lidgerwood, North
Dakota, where they visited at the
home of the parents of Dr. Stibal and
other of the old friends in that com
munity. SUFFERS BROKEN ARM
Tuesday afternoon the non of Mr.
and Mrs. F. I. Zimmer, residing on
North Ninth street, suffered the
fracture of his lef arm, as the result
of a fall from a swing. The accident
occurred at the family home where
the lad was playing with some com
panions. The Injured member was
treated by Dr. R. P. Westover.
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