Kebr. State Historical Society
VOL. NO. IH
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1936.
NO. 74
Announcement
Party Honors
Helen Schulz
Fifteen Attend Dinner Party in Stella
Revealing Wedding Date of
Plattsmouth Girl.
From Monday's Daily:
Announcement was made at a G
o'clock luncheon last evening of the
engagement and approaching mar
riage of Miss Helen Schulz to Robert
Hartford of Kansas City, Mo. The
party was given at the home of
Helen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Schulz, at Sella, Nebr.
Fifteen guests were seated at the
table which carried out a color
scheme of gold and blue. A gold love
boat was used as the centerpiece. In
it were nestled bluebirds and blue
ribbon streams from each extended
to the plates. The birds bore the
message of the wedding to be held
November 14. Place cards were tiny
gold sails in the boat salad. The
"love feast" menu carried pictures of
the captain and his mate, Robert and
Helen, and the names of the crew,
which were the guests. Yellow can
dles were used on the table. j
Later in the evening the girls play
ed Romance and Hearts. Miss Pauline
Bonge and Mrs. J. E. McMullen won
prizes. Airs, bcnulz was assisted by
her daughters, Mildred and Mary
Jean.
Miss Helen Schulz was graduated
from the Plattsmouth high school in
1932. She has been employed in the
Pease Style Shop. Robert Hartford
is the. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hart
ford of Boone, la., formerly Platts
mouth residents. He was graduated
from the Plattsmouth high school in
1931.
Those who attended the party
from riattsmouth were Misses Paul
ine Bonge, Winifred and Isabelle
Rainey, Gertrude Vallery, Eleanor
and Mary Swatek, and Mrs. Howard
Davis.
VERY HAPPY GATHERING
Sunday was a happy gathering at
the home of Grant and Mrs. Martha
Wetenkamp in this city. The dinner
was served at noon. The hostess was
assisted by her daughter, Mrs. Mark
Wiles and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wm.
S. Wetenkamp.
The family was pleased to have
with them guests of honor, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Wetenkamp of Lincoln, Ne
braska and Mrs. Bessie Howard
Sehultz of Ravenna, Nebraska, a
daughter of Mrs. Wetenkamp's sis
ter. Others to enjoy the occasion were
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wetenkamp, Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. S. Wetenkamp and
Mary Katherine, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
W. Wetenkamp and Jo Anne, Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Carneal and Thomas
William, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wiles of
Weeping Water, Mrs. Nettie Mei
singer, the host and hostess, Mr.
Grant and Mrs. Martha Wetenkamp.
ATTEND FIREMEN'S MEETING
From Tuesday's Daily
This morning a group of the Platts
mouth firemen departed for Columbus
where the state association of fire
men starts its session. The firemen
have met at Columbus in the past
and found it a most pleasant con
vention city and one where they have
been royally entertained.
The meeting will draw several
hundred from all sections ofv the
Etate for the three day session which
will be filled with both pleasure and
profit to those attending.
Those leaving this morning for the
convention city included Chief O
Sandin of the fire department, Clem
ent Woster, Fred H. Sharpnack
SUFFERS SEVERE INJURY
Mrs. F. H. Nichols, of Louisville,
suffered a severe injury at her home
on Monday as the result or a fall.
Mrs. Nichols slipped on a rug and fell
to the floor, suffering a fracture of a
leg above the knee. Mr. Nichols, for
tunately was at home at the time and
medical aid was called and tempor
ary aid given, later being taken to
the Methodist hospital at Omaha to
have the injured member set. Mrs.
isicnois is reported as resting as
easily as possible under the circum
stances.
HERE FROM TAREIO
Stuart Porter and Kenneth Arm
strong, students at Tarkio college,
were here Sunday to spend the day
visiting with the relatives and many
old time friends in the city. The
young men are members of the Tar
kio college football team that Satur
day afternoon defeated Central col
lege by the score of 19 to 14. The
local boys were in the greater part
of the game. They are looking for
ward to some hard battles in the
next weeks with Peru, Hastings col
lege and William Jewell college as
their opponents.
Seeks Damages
as Result of an
Auto Accident
A. C. Carey Asks Judgment of $1,505
Against the Rocky Mountain
Transfer Company.
From Monday's Daily
This morning in the office of the
clerk of the district court, an action
was filed in which Aldo C. Carey is
the plaintiff and the Rocky Moun
tain Transfer Co., the defendants.
The petition states that on Sept
ember 26, 1935, the plaintiff was
driving an automobile on the high-
wav. two and a half milM north of
Liuou, w uiie ill iiit; uuie a u ucn. ciiiu
trailer, belonging to the defendant,
was parked along the highway, the
rear of the truck and trailer protrud
ing some forty-five feet into the high
way; that the truck was parked there
an hour after sunset and had no flares
to warn the travel of the parked
truck.
The plaintiff alleges that as the
result of the crash of his car and
the truck and trailer, that he suf
fered injuries that have caused him
much suffering and from which he is
still afflicted, for which he asks the.
sum of ?1,230.
For damages to the car as the re
sult of the accident the plaintiff asks
the sum of $275, or a total amount of
$1,505.
William A. Robertson of this city
appears as attorney for the plaintiff
in the action.
ARREST WANTED MAN
From Tuesday's Daily:
Sheriff Homer Sylvester is leaving
tonight at 11:45 for Los Angeles
where he is called to secure P. B.
Cruise, one time Eagle lumber yard
and elevator operator.
Two years ago Mr. Cruise disap
peared from Eagle, leaving behind
him what later developed as discrep
ancies in his accounts as the repre
sentative at Eagle of a large Lincoln
lumber company. The amount of the
alleged shortage was in the neigh-
brohood of $200.
Since his disappearance Cruise has
been sought and the message came
this morning of his arrest on the
west coast on Monday night.
Cruise will be brought back here
to be tried in the local courts.
PLATTERS AT HOME
The Plattsmouth high school foot
ball squad will entertain the home
folks in their coming two games, Au
burn being here this Friday and
Blair on Friday, October 30.
The locals are working hard on
their drills and have learned much
from the College View game where
they failed to slick in the opening
two periods of the game, altho in the
last they played a fine game.
The Bulldogs from Auburn have
always been the source of plenty of
trouble to the local teams and Coach
Higgins can be depended upon to
have a good fast group.
The games will be played under
the lights altho the contracts made
early in the season and last spring
called for afternoon contests.
VISIT AT HOME
Mr. and Mrs. James GUmour, of
Ulysses, Nebraska, are here for a visit
among the relatives and old time
friends in this part of Cass county.
While here Mr. Gilmour was a visitor
at the Journal office and renewed his
subscription to the semi-weekly edi
tion of the paper which he has taken
for the past thirty-three years.
Coast to Coast
Draws a Large
Crowd in Opener
Cass Theatre Well Filled with De
lighted Audience to Witness
Home Talent Offering.
From Tuesday's Daily:
"Coast to Coast" drew an appre
ciative audience on its opening last
evening. Mrs. Ray Herring as Lizzie
Lullerlittle (just open your mouth
and let your tongue go to town) fur
nished hilarity as a fifteen-year-old
lovesick girl from the sticks. The ob
ject of her affection is Percy, the
highly educated and pampered
nephew of Titus Pennyback. Percy is
played by Robert Jacobs.
Mrs. Frank Gobelman, as a sing
ing teacher, has a new method for
developing the voice get on your
hands and knees and bark like a dog.
Don Palmer, played by John Svoboda,
complies in order to win the amateur
contest.
Don Cramer, with his goatee and
shouting for his money, also brings a
great many laughs into the situation.
He is diligently pursued by Robert
Bestor and Bob Hirz high powered
salesmen.
Katharine Luke is in tragic straits.
She owes Pennyback a thousand dol
lars and he holds a mortgage upon
her music shop. She is finally saved
by the aid of Lester Thimgan, John
Svoboda, and Berniece Weiland, her
giddy assistant. Homer Spangler,.the
colored boy, finally gets rid of a dog
-but not by drowning it or giving
it to anyone.
Chorus numbers add music and
dancing to the play. They are accom
panied by Miss Elva Olson. The last
act, featuring the amateur hour, af
fords an opportunity for some of the
local groups to exhibit their talent.
Appearing upon the program are
Mrs. Henry Noltins . of Plattsmouth,
the Meade Trio of Murray, the Little
German Band of Louisville, and Mor
ris Brothers of Union. Ray Cook
plays the part of radio announcer.
The play is under the direction of
Miss Marce W. Traux and is being
sponsored by the M. E. Women's Fed
eration. This evening is the last ap
pearance and winners of the popu
larity contest are to be announced.
OMAHA ENTERTAINERS
AT DRAMATIC CLUB
From Tuesday's Dally
A group of pantomimes, mono
logues, and the first act of "Hay
Fever" were given before the Dra
matic club last evening by members
of the Community Play House in Om
aha. Jack Christensen took a bath
in pantomime and Adolph Schneider
went through a fencing exhibition.
Both brought hearty response. Mono
logues from Dorothy Parker given by
Miriam Towle and Gwen Wagonseller
were also hilarious. Robert Brinkima,
announcer for the program, joined
the group in a situation plot. The
concluding number was taken from
the first act of Noel Coward's "Hay
Fever."
During the business meeting which
followed the program, the dramatic
club decided to give two short plays
from Dickens for the Book Week pro
gram to be held in the basement of
the library November 16 and 17. The
program will be open to the public.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Tuesday was the seventy-second
birthday; anniversary of William
Holly, for many years a resident of
Plattsmouth but now living in Om
aha. Last evening, in honor of the
event, a number of the old friends
from here motored to Omaha to help
celebrate the occasion. The party en
joyed the evening at cards which
proved a most delightful diversion.
At an appropriate hour Mrs. Holly
Served a very much enjoyed lunch
eon to the members of the party.
Those from here to attend the
event were: James Rebal, Emmons
Ptak, James Dvoracek, Severin
Krejci, and William R. Holly.
Fried Chicken Supper. Eight Mile
Grove Lutheran church, Oct. 27,
serving starts at 5:30.
We will aoDrecTats our readers
Phone details to Ho. 6.
YOUNG BRIDE HONORED
AT CHINA SHOWER FRIDAY
Mrs. Germaine Mason Cundall was
guest of honor at a china shower at
the home of Mrs. Robert Fitch, Jr.,
Friday evening. A bowl of rose buds
centered the table of lovely gifts.
Twenty friends of the bride par
ticipated in bingo during the even
ing. Prizes were won by Mrs. R. H
Fitch, Mrs. Dorothy Meisinger and
Mrs. John Sattler, Jr., Hallowe'en
decorations. Mrs. R. H. Fitch and
daughter, Morjorie, assisted the hos
tess.
Colored Man
Loses Leg in a
Train Accident
Richard Hargrove of Marshall, Texas,
Falls From Train and Cars
Pass Over Leg.
Members of the train crew of the
early morning Missouri Pacific pas
senger train Sunday, discovered a
colored man very badly injured, ly
ing along the right-of-way near the
Platte river bridge.
The injured man had suffered the
loss of the left leg which had been
cut off as he had lain helpless on the
track, he having fallen off a freight
train and several of the cars had
passed over the leg. The accident
had occurred sometime during the
night and he had laid there until
discovered by the crew of the passen
ger train.
The message was sent to this city
aud the Horton ambulance took him
on into Omaha where he was placed
in the University hospital in very ser
ious condition due to the loss of
blood.
The man was identified as Richard
Hargrove, his home as Marshall,
Texas, and he had come north seek
ing employment. '
A PLEASANT SURPRISE
The friends and neighbors of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Scotten of Murray
gathered at their home Saturday
night and gave them a pleasant sur
prise, in honor of their 33rd wedding
anniversary. The evening was spent
playing cards, and various games. The
Scotten home is noted for its hos
pitality. Everyone there voted Mr.
and Mrs. Scotten royal entertainers.
At a late hour delicious refresh
ments were served.
Those present to enjoy the happy
event were: The guests of honor Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Scotten, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Wohlfarth, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Merrit, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Noel,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Noel, Mr. and
Mrs. Lon Crosser, Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Noel, Mrs. Nell Wehrbein, Mrs. Alice
Creamer, Dale and Bobby Wohlfarth,
Jack and Betty Noel, Shirley Eilane
Nickles, Duane Noel, Alice Marilyn
Noel, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Nickels, and
Betty Kennedy.
HONOR NEWLYWEDS
From Tuesday's Dally
A reception was given last eve
ning at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. II. Spangler in honor of their son
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jean Spang
ler. Mr. and Mrs. Jean Spangler were
married September 26 and returned
Saturday evening from their three
week honeymoon in California. Fifty
neighbors and friends gathered at the
home to extend congratulatioas. The
evening was spent In cards and
games.
Jean Spangler is supervisor of the
Cass and Sarpy county resettlement
administration. His office is to be
in the Bekins building in Platts
mouth. Mr. and Mrs. Spangler plan
to live in the Coronado apartments.
CONTEST WINNERS NAMED
From Wednesday's Daily
Donald Grassman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hillard Grassman and Dixie Lee
Barrows, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Barrows, were announced last
evening as the winners of the penny
popularity contest. Donald was spon
sored by the Bates Book Store and
Dixie Lee by the Mauzy Drug Co.
The announcement was made at the
second nerformfltifA nf tlo nlnv
j "Coast to Coast."
Ivan D Holt, DD
will Preach Here
Friday Night
Union Sen Ices at M. E. Church at
7 :30 Will Bring; President of Fed
eral Council of Churches.
On Friday evening at 7:30 at the
First Methodist church. Rev. Ivan
D. Holt, D. D., president, Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in Am
erica, will be heard here in an ad
dress.
Dr. Holt is pastor of the St. John's
Methodist church. South, of St. Louis,
one of the largest churches in the
southern branch of the church.
Dr. Ivan Lee Holt succeeded Dr
Albert W. Beaven as president of
the Federal Council of Churches, be
ing elected on December C, 1934, and
will serve until the biennial conven
tion of the council at Asbury Park,
in December, 1936.
Dr. Holt is one of the outstanding
clergymen of the south. Since 1918,
he has been the minister of St. John's
M. E. church, South, in St. Louis,
commonly regarded as "The Cath
edral Church of Southern Meth
odism." This church is widely known
for its participation in the commun-
DR. IVAN D. HOLT
ity life of the city social, civic, edu
cational, and philanthropic. His
leadership in these lines led to his
election as president of the Metro
politan Church Federation of St.
Louis several years ago.
Dr. Holt was born in DeWitt, Ar
kansas in 18S6. He comes from a
southern family and has the personal
charm commonly associated with the
south. After graduating from Van
derbilt University in 1904, he went
to the University of Chicago for
graduate study, where he received
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
in 1909. He has received honorary
degrees of Doctor of Divinity from
Drake University and Doctor of Laws
from Southern College.
Dr. Holt's leadership covers the de
nomination as a whole. He has taken
a prominent role in the editing of the
new Methodist Kymnal, has been one
of the foremost members of the Gen
eral Conference of the church, a mem
ber of its General Board of Educa
tion, and of the Board of Trustees of
Southern Methodist University.
As a preacher. Dr. Holt's influence
reaches far beyond the United
States. He has frejuently gone to
England as an exchange minister.
His first volume of sermons. "The
Return of Spring to Man's Soul" was
published this year.
In 1935. Dr. Holt was the official
delegate of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South to the Centennial An
niversary of Australian Methodism,
and also visited the Christian leaders
of China and Japan.
He is participating in the National
Preaching Mission for two months
and will visit eighteen of the twenty
five centers, in the south, east and
midwest.
NOT QUITE SO WELL
From Monday's Iarly
C. C. Wescott was in Omaha to
day to visit with his wife at the
Methodist hospital for a short time.
Mrs. Wescott is still suffering from
the effects of the injuries received
in the auto accident Thursday even
ing, having apparently suffered an
internal injury of the neck that has
caused her a great deal of pain and
which has made necessary her re
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maining at the hospitaL
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
From "Wednesday's Dally
This morning in the county court
FreJ Gautchat, of Nebraska City, was
arraigned on a charge of reckless
driving and with having struck Guy
Rains on October 10th, on highway
No. 75 near Union. The defendant
made a plea of not guilty to the
charge and the case was set for hear
ing on November 21. Judge Paul
(Jessen of Nebraska City appeared as
the attorney for the defendant in the
action.
Plattsmouth
Teachers to
Omaha Meeting
Miss Jessie Whalen of Plattsmouth
Schools Will Have Part on
Program of Evening.
riattsmouth's public school teach
ers will be among the 3,000 who will
go to Omaha Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 29, 30 and 31, to at
tend the 16th annual convention of
District 2 of the Nebraska State
Teachers' association. The district
covers 15 northeast Nebraska coun
ties. General sessions will occupy the
teachers on each of the three morn
ings, while division and sectional
meetings will be held in the after
noons. Highlight addresses at the
general sessions will be "Leisure the
Challenge of Our Public School Sys
tem," by Dr. Jay B. Nash, professor
of education, New York university;
"Civilization a Race Between Edu
cation and Propaganda," by Abba
Hillel Silver of the Temple, Cleve
land, O.; "The Place of the Schools
in the American Scene," by Dr. Alex
ander J. Stoddard, superintendent of
schools, Providence, R. I., and "What
Next in the U. S. A.," by H. V. Kal
tenborn, Columbia radio news com
mentator. Dr. Nash and Dr. Silver
will speak Wednesday and Dr. Stod
dard and Mr. Katenborn Friday.
A pageant on "Early American His
tory," the annual business meeting
and a panel discussion on "The
School's Provision for Individual Dif
ferences" will occupy the teachers
Thursday morning. Dr. J. Ralph Mc
Gaugby of Columbia university, New
York City, will preside at the panel
discission in which leading educa
tors from Iowa, New Jersey, Illinois,
Colorado and Nebraska will parti
cipate. Appearing on the convention pro
gram win be Miss Jessie wnaien,
Plattsmouth teacher, who will talk
on Arousing interest in a unit dur
ing the sectional meeting of the so
cial studies group.
WOULD CAPTURE PIGEONS
The pigeons that hibernate in large
numbers around the tower of the Cass
county court house, have been caus
ing a great deal of annoyance by
their increasing number. They have
been charged with having roosted on
the hands of the clock in the tower
as well as roosting in the tower and
causing more or less damage.
The pigeons may have a short lease
of life if the plans of Clyde Jackson
are materialized. Mr. Jackson has ob
served the action of alcohol on man
and now proposes to turn this an
cient foe of mankind on the birds.
Ke proposes to have grain soaked in
alcohol placed in vantage points
where the pigeons feed. This, it is
figured will cause the pigeons to par
take of the soaked alcohol and in
turn become "soaked" themselves. In
this way they may be captured and
made into pigeon pies.
The outcome of the experiment will
be watched with interest and pro
gress reported.
NEW ROOF ON LIBRARY
From Wednesday's Dafiy
Work started yesterday on the new
roof on the Plattsmouth public li
brary. The roof has been leaking for
some time and a number of valuable
volumes have been damaged. The re
roofing is being done under a WPA
project.
A new book on knitting has come
into the library. Visitors at the li
brary will notice two fine stamp col
lections. They have been loaned by
Hal Garnet and Albert Grey.
Congressman
Rankin Hits at
New Deal Foes
Before Crowded Banquet Hall
Louisville, Mississippi Congress
man Flays Money Interests.
at
From "Wednesday's Dally
Congressman John E. Rankin of
Tupelo, Mississippi, member of con
gress from the first district of that
Ftate, last evening flayed the great
money interests, whic hhe charged
were attempting to drive President
Roosevelt from office as well as scor
ing the great power interests for their
attacks on Senator George W. Nor
ris. The banquet was held at the muni
cipal hall in Louisville which was
filled with some 200 of the residents
of the county to hear the fine address
that was in store for them.
The tables were arranged In the
patriotic colors of red, white and
blue.
The very much appreciated menu
was arranged and served by the Hotel
Louisville and proved a fine repast in
every way and very delightfully
served.
The meeting had been arranged by
the central committeeman and women
of Louisville and Eight Mile Grove
precincts and prominent Louisville
democrats.
Frank Stander, one of the prom
inent young democrats of Cass coun
ty, was the presiding officer of the
meeting and presented the FpeakerB
of the evening.
Mr. Stander, discovering that sev
eral of the candidates for non-political
offices were present called on
them for a brief greeting to which
they responded. Among these were
Bertha Roach Smith, of Lincoln, can
didate for university regent; William
G. Kieck, candidate for district
Judge; Fred L. Carsten, candidate for
the legislature. J. A. Capwell, demo
cratic candidate for county attorney
and J. A. Pitz, democratic candidate
for commissioner in the first district,
were also introduced.
Congressman H. C. Luckey of Lin
coln, was introduced and gave a short
talk in support of the national ticket
and his own candidacy for congress
man. Mr. Luckey admonished Ills hearers
that the coming election was one
that was very important for the na
tion and the mass of the people as to
whether the government was to be
responsive to them or the great in
terests. In the two years that he had
served, Mr. Luckey pointed out that
the congress had been engaged in.
earnest and thoughtful effort to re
lieve the farmer, to restore his buy
ing power and thereby give them
purchasing power that in turn could
buy the products of labor and indus
try. The Hoover depression had
taught the nation that they must all
pull together if they were to emerge
and the administration had striven
to give the people relief of their dis
tress, facing a situation that no ad
ministration had found to be such
a crisis. On the charges of spending
Mr. Luckey pointed out that under
the stress of the situation for human
aid and relief, that the public debt
had increased 112,000,000,000, of
which 16,000,000,000 was reclaim
able and which left only $6,000,000.
000 that had been actually spent in
the various phases of relief. These
had produced roads, overhead passes,
river improvement, repaired schools,
public buildings and many other acts
of a permanent nature. The world
war had cost the nation a sum of
$60,000,000,000, Mr. Luckey pointed
out, all without any permanent good
to the nation, measuring thi3 in his
remarks to the sums spent to aid hu
man suffering and need. Mr. Luckey
pointed to his record in congress aa
a representative of the agricultural
west.
The audience had a real treat when
Congressman John E. Rankin, of Mis
sissippi, was presented by Mr. Stand
er. Mr. Rankin is the chairman of
the World War Veterans committee
of the house of representatives, was
author of one of the compensation
measures of congress for the veter
ans, is also a member of many of the
most important committees in con-
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