Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1936)
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE MONDAY, SEPT. 21, 1936. MANLEY'NEWS Mrs. Mary Evans, of Omaha, was a guest of friends here several days Luring the past week. Mr. ui'.d Mrs. It. Bergman were at Omaha Saturday of last week, where tl.oy transacted business and visited friends. Miss Mary Murphy was in Omaha ever the week end. where she en joyed a visit at the home of her hi ot her. George Ran and 'Bud" Rhocien ve accept rd a position with the government rechecking the corn and hog program, and have been busy with this work during the past ten days. ' Mr. and Mrs. William Meyers and ton. Billie. of Ashland, were guests over the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. McDonald. They '..ere taken home Monday by Mr. and Mi. Rolurt McDonald. Many from this vicinity will at tend ilie Korn Karnival in Platts niouth this week. Wednesday to Sat urday, inclusive. The program for the entire four days is published elsewhere in this paper. During the time of the Cass coun ty fair last week, almost the entire Population of Mauley "and the sur lvuuding countryside was over to the neighboring town taking in the big show, many going for all three days. Miss Rena Christenscn, who has been making her home in Omaha for iome time, was a guest at the home (if her sister. Mrs. Herman J. Rauth, during the past week, and enjoyed the privilege of attending the Cass i runty fair at Weeping Water, where sue met many of the old friends. Andrew Schliefert Improving Andrew Schliefert. who has been ill at his home the past ten days, fol lowing a severe stroke, is reported slightly better at this time. His i: any friends are hopeful that he will soon be able to be up and about soon. Enjoying Two Months Vacation John" Crane, manager and part owner "of the Manley lumber yard, left last week for New York City, ar.d from there took passage on a pan American liner that will enable him to visit the Bermudas, the West Indies and central America, passing through the Panama canal, thence i:p the west coast to San Francisco, lie expects to be gone about sixty cays and will surely see many inter filing wains During his absence. Gfover Laur eiisen will have charge of business ;.t the lumber yard. Reunion of War Nurses Mrs. Mary Cu liens, of Chicago, ar rived hist week for a visit of several 'ays with her friend, Mrs. J. C. Rauth. The ladies were Red Cross nurses during the World war and following their return were located l..r a time at Chicago, but were later separated and had not seen each other in a number of years. The re union has been a most pleasant and happy one. Miss Anna Rauth, of Omaha, was also a guest at the J. C. Rauth home during the visit of Mrs. Cuilens and last Sunday all motored to Lincoln, where they spent the day at the home of another friend ol the ladies, a Mrs. Costello. Mon day they drove to Omaha to take Miss Anna back to her work there and .pent part of the day in that city. First Prize on Spread Mrs. Robert McDonald exhibited a beautiful l ife bedspread at the Cass county lair that was a gift to her ;.t t lit time of her marriage from her grandmother Nelison, of Denmark. It was the center of admiration at the spread and quilt show at the fair and was awarded first prize out of the large number shown. Mrs. McDonald is justly proud of this fine :;;read which is truly a most beauti ful piece of work. Phone news Items to No. 6. DO you suffer burning, scanty or too frequent urination; backache, headache, dizziness, loss of energy, leg pains, swellings and puffiness under the eyes? Areyou tired, nerv ous feel all unstrung and don't know what is wrong? Then give some thought to your kidneys, be sure they function proper ly for functional kidney disorder per mits excess waste to stay in the blood, and to poison and upset the whole system. Use Doan't Pills. Doan's are for lh kidneys only. They are recommended the world over. You can get the gen uine, time-tested Doan's at any drug store. ISMiTOiaiQflgl CIAL From Thursday's Daily Birthday Party Mrs. Vern Hendricks and Mrs. Joe Faith entertained at a birthday party for their sister, Mrs. Forest Rhodes, Tuesday evening. The eleven guests had a great deal of enjoyment from the game "man on the street" which was played during the evening. Mrs. Henry Donat won first prize and Miss Josephine Rys was judged second. Junior Woman's Club Misses Mary. Swatek and Maybelle Taplett were hostesses to the Belle vue Junior Woman's Club last eve ning. Twenty-four members from Omaha and Bellevue were present at the Swatek home. Mrs. Puis of Om aha reviewed one of Booth Tarking t an's new books. During the business meeting a 'jreakfast was planned for the group, to be held at Bellevue September 21. Weiner Roast Celebrating the advent ot fall weather, a group of Plattsniouth resi dents drove out to the country home of Mrs. II. F. Hendricks, for a weiner roast. After the supper the group danced. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hendricks, Mrs. Forrest Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Donat, Mrs. Ed Donat, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Joe Faith, and Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Mark. Coffee Ladies of the Holy Rosary Parish gathered at the church yesterday afternoon for a coffee. The hostesses were: Mrs. Adolph Koubek, Mrs. Frank Koubek, Mrs. Joe Kvapil, Mrs. Vincent Pilney. and Mrs. Hermie Svoboda. The coffees are held on the third Wednesday of each month. St. John's Altar Society Mrs. E. J. Riehey was re-elected president of the St. John's Altar so ciety at the regular monthly busi ness meeting at her home yesterday afternoon. Other officers for the coming year are: Mrs. Emil Lorenz, vice president; Mrs. Edgar Creamer, secretary; and Mrs. A. G. Bach, re elected treasurer. The next meet ing of the group will be held at the heme of Mrs. A. G. Bach and will be the first of the new year. Degree of Honor . There will be a Degree of Honor meeting at the home of Mrs. Hermie Svoboda Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. From Friday's Daily Thursday Bridge Club Miss Beatrice Seybert of Chicago and Mrs. Theodore Ftak were guests at the meeting of the Tuesday bridge club at the home of Mrs. Carl Keil yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Hilt Mar tin won first prize and Mrs. John Sattlcr, second. Pinochle Club Miss Margaret Bauer was voted in as a new number of the pinochle club last evening at the meeting at the home of Miss Anne Sander. Miss Helen Smetana and Mrs. Mabel Tie kotter won prizes for the evening. At the close of the party, the guests were taken to Wimpy's Inn for hot chili and hamburgers. Birthday Party Miss Charlotte Coiner was guest of honor i-t a party celebrating her fourteenth birthday last evening at her home. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cotner. Seven teen school friends enjoyed the even ing of games climaxed by dainty re freshments. Charlotte was the re cipient of many lovely presents. Those present were Lunetta Falk, Betty and Margaret Bruce, Jean Johnson, Hazel Wiess, Betty Jean Vroman, Audrey Baird, Eileen Les ter, Alice Ohlschlager, Dorothy Wall. Lova June and Rachel Wright. K. B. Bridge Olub Mrs. James Lulin entertained three tables at a party for the K. B. bridge club last evening. Mrs. L. W.Egen berger won first prize, Mrs. Fred Lugsch, second, and Mrs. Frank Gobelman, consolation. From Saturday's Daily: Pinochle Club Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Swanda enter tained the Friday evening pinochle club last night. Mrs. Elmer Lohnes won first prize for the ladies and Mrs. William Wills, consolation. Wm. Wills took first prize for the men and Elmer Lohnes, consolation. HEADS PAROLE GROUP Chicago. A. C. Lindholm, of the board of parole of Minnesota, was elected as president of the American Parole association. Wabash News Mrs. H. H. Gerbeling has been visiting in Lincoln the past few weeks, at the home of her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stromer, of Alvo, were guests last Sunday at the home of J. C. Brown and Clif ford Brown and family. John Woods and brother, M. V. Woods have been building new dump bodies tor their trucks, as they have a contract for graveling some of the highways of Cass county in the near future. Orval Gerbeling and family mov ed to Elmwood last Tuesday, where they will make their home in the future. Mr. Gerbeling will be em ployed in the new store of Orville Quellhorst, which the latter recent ly purchased irom William Winkler. Louis F. Langhorst, of Elmwood, accompanied by the family, stopped in Wabash last Wednesday to pick up Will F. Langhorst, being en route to the county fair at Weeping Wat er for the democratic day rally, at which addresses were made by Con gressman Luckey and Governor Roy Cochran. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hammond, of Davenport, Iowa, have been visiting in Wabash, as well as in Murdock, during the past week. While here, they were guests at the home of Mrs. Henrietta Lawton, mother of Mrs. Hammond, and at Murdock they vis isted at the home of Mrs. Hammond's brother, H. 11. Lawton and wife. Visiting with Friends Here Will Cappen and family, of Port Arthur, Texas, drove in last week and have been guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Browne. The two ladies are sisters. During their stay here, the Cappens have en jeyed meeting many of the old time friends. Installs Electric Lights William Reuter and family and Albert Reuter and family are now enjoying the conveniences of electric lights in their respective farm homes. A line was run from the Charles Bornemeier corner to give them this service. With but two families be ing served from this line, the cost will be higher than rates in town, where the required investment is not so great, but is in line with the power company's plan to extend its service to all farm homes in its ter ritory, when the rates can be further reduced. Enrollment Increases Notwithstanding tiic raet that a number cf pupils who attended the Wabash schools last year have been transferred to the Murdock schools, enrollment this year has increased about fifty per cent in number. With the opening of the school year, Miss Hilda Schlaphoff, the teacher, reports seventeen enrolled as compared with a registration of eleven last year. There are ten boys and seven girls in the school this year, all eager and willing to learn. Visiting -with Myrtle Wood Miss Edith Abel, who has been a missionary in China lor some twenty years, and who resided near Elmwood and was a school chum of Miss Wood years ago, is back from the Orient and is spending some time here as a guest of her old friend. Miss Wood. They are enjoying recounting the days when they were school girls to gether and Miss Able has much of interest to tell of her work in the mission fields of the far east. Miss Abel has been granted a fur lough of one year, which is given to all missionaries in that held after they have worked a certain number of years, and after another period of service she will be eligible for re tirement on a pension. She is well versed with Chinese customs and is pleased to visit with and relate her experiences to any of the ladies of the community who may be inter ested in calling on her during her stay here. RAILROAD VETERAN RETIRES The former Burlington shop em ployes here and veterans of the railroad work will be interested to learn that E. J. Wheeler, for many years an inspector of the Burlington out of the Lincoln headquarters, has retired from service. During the many years that the shops were engaged in passenger Car work here, Mr. Wheeler was a weekly visitor to check up on the work and was familiarly known to a large group of Plattsniouth people. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler have moved from Lincoln to Denver where they are now making their permanent home and like it very much in the mountain city. They are planning a trip in the spring over a great deal of the country, the first real outing that they Lave enjoyed. From Thursday's Daily ""Miss Lois Giles left"Monday for school. She enters classes at the Uni versity today. Mrs. Otto Muts of Lincoln is visit ing at the home of Mrs. G. M. Min ford in Murray this week. Mrs. Mutz was formerly Miss Russell of Platts niouth, the daughter of Judge Cal vin Russell, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cook and Mrs. L. S. Devoe are to be guests at the meeting of the Eastern Star in Nebraska City this evening. Mr. Cook will sing at the meeting and will be accompanied by Mrs. Devoe. Sheldon Giles and Lloyd Frady re turned yesterday from their 4,000 mile trip mrougr. me wese. 1 ney re port a wonderful time but think they found only 3 cities in which they would rather live than Plattsniouth. From Friday's Dally Chauncey Nelson of Potters visited with his sister, Mrs. Robert Jacobs, during the early part of this week. Miss Alice Eaton, who has been visiting relatives in Plattsniouth, re turned to her home in Omaha yester day. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kimber of Omaha were in Plattsniouth Thurs day and had lunch at the Jacobs Cafe. From Saturday's Dally: Believe it or not, George Tartsch has cherry blossoms on his trees. Perhaps you should speak for your fall supply of cherries. Attorney Andrew P. Moran of Ne braska City, was here Friday after noon for a few hours attending to some matters of business and visit ing with his many friends here. Robert Marshall, eight - ; ear - old son of C. A. Marshall, is able to be out of bed again. Robert has been ill for several months and under went an operation the latter part of last month. Mrs. Fred Lugsch went to Lincoln yesterday to see her husband who is convalescing at the Veterans' hos pital. Mrs. Lugsch had an operation on Tuesday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Croy and daugh ter of St. Joe have been visiting at the Harry Pood home south of Mur ray this week. They arc spending to day with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wiles. NEWS FROM OXFORD SCHOOL Located Near Weeping Water Our school started Monday, Sep tember 7. We have six pupils, in cluding one new scholar. Our first grader has been learning to write her name. Our second grad er has been reviewing stories read last year in Reading. Our seventh and eighth grade pu pils have been studying a unit on farming in Vitalized Agriculture. Our fifth grader is having a very interesting study of South America. We have organized a Knighthood of Youth club, selecting the follow ing officers: Lyle Schafer, president; Arlene Engelkemeier, vice president; Norma Schafer, secretary treasurer, and Ralph Puis, news reporter. We had a float at the Weeping Water fair Friday and will also have one at the Korn Karnival at Plattsniouth next Saturday. It takes a lot of work, but is both interest ing and valuable to the students, who enjoy having a part in its prep aration. Some of our pupils entered their calves and ponies at the county fair. It was indeed a pleasure to attend the fair the closing day, when a very large crowd was present. Ralph Puis, Reporter. CONSTITUTION BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED AT SCHOOL From Thursday's Daily "Our Constitution is 149 years old to-day" said Mrs. E. II. Wescott to the assembly of high school students this morning a3 a cake, decorated in blue and white and bearing 149 flaming candles was brought to the stage. "This constitution of ours was not the first great document written in this new world but it was the cul mination of previous declarations," she said. Personnel of tne constitutional convention was described by the speaker and a brief resume of the work of the group. She told inter esting facts concerning the delegates. She quoted Gladstone in saying "The American Constitution is the mott wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose." In closing, she urged the students to make a more careful study of the document. "This is your coun try your constitution. But remem ber, eternal vigilance is the price of liberty! May you have many more happy birthday parties." Banner Contest Opens Monday for Grade Pupils Young Readers May Start Working for Stars for First Quarter Thi3 Coming Week. An attractive biui chart was placed on the door f the public library yesterday to record points for the annual readiag contest for children of the fourth to the sixth grades. It bears the inscription "Books are Your Friends." Each room in the Plattsniouth schools comprises one team for the banner contest. The first room each quarter to complete the reading list 100 per cent may have the banner on dis play in their room during the fol lowing quarter. During the first quarter a pupil must read one book for his star for his room. In the sec ond and third quarters, two are necessary. Due to the large number of activities in the last quarter, only one book is again necessary. Two banners are awarded in the content one for the rooms of the central building and one for the out standing ward school. At the end of the school year, all rooms which have 100 per cent records on their read ing are eligible for a treat. Only one room had such a record last year. It was Mercerville, taught by Miss Marie Nolting. SHOWS SEASON'S RECORD The following report is the record of the 193 6 edition of Donat's Fal ?taff softball team. The recofd in cludes only the fifteen scheduled games, exclusing all non-scheduled games, play-off games, and out-of-town games. The Donat team won ten or the fifteen games, losing one each of the first two sessions, and losing three in the final session. The team scored 202 runs, as compared with the 150 runs scored by the team's combined opponents. Only three of the play ers O'Donnell, Rhoades, and Seitz played in all of the fifteen sched uled games. Below is the batting average of the individual players. The "At Bat" column consists only of the official times at bat: Player AB II Ave. Dasher 16 8 .500 Brizendine 67 31 .463 Arganbright 43 18 .419 Vanlaningham 37 14 .38 Kalina 46 16 .34S Porter 1 55 19 .345 Clark 65 21 .323 Stephenson 56 18 .321 Rhoades 59 18 .305 Cotner 30 9 .300 O'Donnell 74 20 .270 Seitz 60 15 .250 Mayabb 37 8 .216 Thirteen Players 645 216 '"335 WRECK WEST OF MURRAY From Saturday's Dairy: Parties returning from the county fair at Weeping Water last night re ported an auto wreck some eight miles west of Murray where a large Buick sedan was in the ditch and badly damaged. The wreck was not reported at the office of the sheriff and the parties in the wreck were returned to their homes at Omaha, none seemingly badly injured. The wreck was a three way affair according to the reports received here. The Omaha car w as going west on highway No. 1 and was followed by a car driven by Merle Long of Elmwood. As the cars were going west another car came from that di rection and whose lights evidently caused the blinding of the driver of the Omaha car as the two collided and the one car forced into a ditch. The car of Mr. Long was close behind and the lights also blinded him so that the Long car bumped into the Omaha car but without injury to any extent. IOWA PARTIES MARRIED Thursday aflerYioon at the resi dence of Rev. V. C. Wright, pastor of the First Methodist church, oc curred the marriage of two Iowa young pepole, Miss Maxine Gene Travelet of Randolph and Mr. Charles Marlin Dalton. of Tabor. After the wedding ceremony performed by Rev. Wright, the parties returned to their homes in Iowa. PLAN RALLY, PROMOTION DAY Teachers of the St. Paul's Evan gelical Lutheran Sunday school met at the church last night to make plans for Rally and Promotion Day. The promotion exercises are to be held on the last Sunday of Septem ber, the 27th. Alvo News Mr. and Mrs. Everett Ayres were shopping in Lincoln Tuesday after noon. Mrs. Vera Lancaster was called to Lincoln Wednesday morning to be with her father, who is ill at the hos pital. Mrs. Simon Rchmeier is again able able to do her housework after hav ing been on the sick list for several days. ' James Roelofsz looked after the care of Arthur Roelofsz pony at the county lair at Weeping Water last week. J. B. Elliott, Jr., held his fifth public, sale Monday afternoon. Quite a large crowd was in town during! the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Will Christopherson of Lincoln and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse "Williams spent Saturday evening at the Elmer Klyver home. John Kelley. George Fifer and Jesse William drove over to Nebras- j ka City Friday morning to look af ter some business matters. Ed Stone, who moved to Califor nia last fall, returned the first of last week for a several days' visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. Everett Hires and Miss Doris Klyver of Lincoln drove out to Alliance Sunday morning, where they expected to visit until Thursday. A group of Weeping Water friends drove up to the Frank Taylor home Sunday evening. Fourteen were pres ent to enjoy a delicious picnic sup per. Mr. and Mrs. George Fifer, Dallas and Sheral enjoyed a picnic supper with Mr. and Mrs. Berdett Fifer, of Lincoln, the occasion being Berdett's birthday. Miss Marie Stroemer returned to Lincoln Sunday afternoon for the opening of her school Monday morn ing. Miss Stroemer is a teacher in a Lincoln school. Members of the Farmers Union en joyed a weiner roast at the Joe Vickers home JTonday night. Quite a large crowd was present to enjoy a very pleasant evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Copple and Lee attended the Crawford and Cole man reunion held at Grand Island Sunday. There were S2 present to make a most enjoyable day. Lon Herman returned home from the Bryan Memorial hospital in Lin coln last Saturday after spending a week there receiving treatment. He is reported as feeling much better. The larmers of this community are still purchasing tractors, putting them to work on fall plowing. Those who have recently purchased are W. L. Copple, Albert Swanson and Frank Taylor. The Woman's Reading club held their first meeting of the club year at the home of Mrs. Minnie Peter son. A number were present at the meeting and enjoyed a delicious cov ered dish luncheon. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hardnock and Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Mickle were help ing Mr. and Mrs. Orval Gerbeling move to Elmwood Tuesday. Orval will assist C D. Quellhorst in the store for a few months. The Mothers and Daughters coun cil will hold their meeting on sched ule, Tuesday, Sept. 22, with Mrs. Elmer West and Miss Emma Jordan entertaining. The program will fea ture "The Little Child's Future." Verna Vickers and Margaret Paul us are taking a post graduate course in the Alvo school this semester. Mar garet spends only one half day at school but Verna spends all day, r.s she works in the Superintendent's office part of the time. A large number from here plan to attend at least one day of the King Korn Karnival at Plattsniouth this week. The complete program of the entire four days appears elsewhere in this issue of the Semi-Weekly Jour nal. Look it up. Not nearly as many from this com munity as usual exhibited at the county fair. Farm products are very scarce this year and not many have done much canning, so it was but natural that not so much interest was taken in contributing to the various competitive displays. Resume Flower Club Meetings The Flower club expects to begin holding their regular meetings again this week. The meetings were dis continued during the extreme hot weather. Mrs. Frank Taylor will entertain the members at her homo Monday, September 21. The program will be on "Bring the Garden Indoors." Local Minister Transferred Rev. Ben Wallace received the Alvo appointment by the Methodist conference held at Grand Island last week. Rev. R. J. McKenzic, who has been pastor of the Alvo church the past four years, was assigned to the FOR. SALE Improved 80 Acres at Bargain Price SEE Methodist church at Courtland. Operation on Eye Fails Fred Prouty had to undergo a third operation on bis eye Wednes day. The eye has been in quit" sor iom; condition for some time and the attending physician fears that infec tion may set in. Mr. Prouty was taken to the Bryan Memorial hos pital about ton days ago. At first hopes were entertained of partially restoring the sight, but no lmpe is held now, and all possible is being done to avoid having to remove the eye ball entirely. Has Leg Amputated Mrs. Frank Cook has been advised that her cousin's wife. Mrs. William Hobson, of Weeping Water, lias ha I to have her limb amputated roently. Mr. Hobson. who conducts a funeral home in Weeping Water, has bad charge of a number of funerals in this community at various times and is ruite well known here. Number Av:ay at School A number of young folks from this vicinity are attending college this, school year. They i re Frances Ann Edwards, Merle Kir. ney. Dale Ganz and Dale Hacrtcl, at the University of Nebraska and Donald Davis, at Wesleyan university. Miss Doris Kinney did not return to school this year, as she has a p( -sition in Lincoln that does not give her enough time off to attend school as she did last year. Dale Ganz has been pk'dcod to the Delia Upsilon, University of Ne braska fraternity. Russell Bornemeier, who received an A. B. degeree at the close of sum mer school, returned to school on September 11. The reason for his re turn a week early was that he has earned an assistant-ship in the Psy chology department and ws on hand to help le-arrange that dcpartnwnt and make necessary preparations for his assistant teacher's work. MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE Wednesday afternoon at the court house occurred the mariiage of Miss Lucille A. Campbell and Mr. Leroy Gibson, both ot Omaha. They were accompanied here by Mrs. Gladys Campbell and Mrs. Veva Campbell, mothers of the bride and gioom and who witnessed the ceremony. The marriape lines were read by Judge A. II. Duxbury imprest-ive manner. m u .1 A naviganle Missouri river by 1937 is the orom;so of Missouri river development boosters. ARE YOUR Household Just a few dollars spent for good insurance may save you a heavy loss if fiie or lightning comes your way. INSURE FOR SAFETY It is wise to be safe . . It is not economy to take chances. Call or See Phone- 15 Plattsmoutm fti rip insured INSURANCE- tye rw