Hebr. State Historical Society VOL. NO. m PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1936. NO. 80 Mynard Enroll ments in the Red Cross Ranks Residents of Community Respond Generously Despite the Hard Year of Drouth. In snite of the croulii. the people in the vicinity of Mynard have been i very generous in sharing their, dol lars with the great American Red Cross organization. The committee found most of the old members ready to renew their membership and some other people ready to avail themselves of this privilege. The committee, composed of Mrs. Roy Cole, Mrs. C. C. Barnard, Mrs. Arthur Wetenkamp and Mrs. R. G. Kiser, is very grateful for the help and courtesy shown in the drive. The following is the membership list for 1937: Royal Smith Alice Barbara "Wiles Arthur Wetenkamp Mrs. Martha Wetenkamp Mrs. Ed Meisinger Miss Elizabeth Wiles !Ir3 Inhn HlntZfiF Will Kraeger Joe Dierschal Mrs. Myron Wiles Mrs. J. R. Tremble Mrs. Virgil Perry Mrs. C. L. Wiles Mrs. Elbert Wiles Mrs. Howard Wiles Mrs. Chester Wiles Mrs. Jessie Smith Sherman Cole ' Albert Wetenkamp Herman Meisinger Miss Mary Propst Mrs. H. G. Meisinger Carl Kraeger Mrs. Henry Hild Mrs. Will Carey Mrs. Verner Hild Mrs. R. G. Kiser Mrs. E. H. Spangler Roy Cole Mrs. Glen Wiles Mrs. Caroline Cole Mrs. Ralph Wiles Mis3 Nell Dreamer Mrs. C. C. Barnard HONOR GLEN WETENKAMP Mrs. Glen Wetenkamp gave a birthday sui prise party on her hus band Glen, Saturday, November 2Sth. The evening was spent in playing pinochle, and bunco. Doc Carey won high in pinochle, and Will Wiles won high in bunco. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Chris Zimmerman and children, Carey Arlene, and Chris Jr., and Doc Carey, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kaffenbcrger and son Lauren Gene, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Speck and daugh ters. Shirley, Eidcl and Pattie, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Terryberry and chil dren, Dannie and , Vivian, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Terryberry and children, Mary and Donnie, Mr. and Mrs. John Terryberry and Mr. George Volk, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Terryberry, Mr. and Mrs. John Buechler, Mr. and Mrs Will Wiles and daughters, Wilma and Ruth, and Mr. Lau, Dick Hatt, Earl Wiles, Robert White, Lloyd Frady, Mrs. Edith McMaken and son. Bud die, and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Weten kamp and daughters, Edna Jean and Edith. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS MEET IN PLATTSMOUTH From Tuesday's Daily County superintendents of schools in district number 2 met in Platts mouth at the court house yesterday. Round table discussion centered up on pending legislation for the schools of Nebraska. Work in general was also talked over. The meetinc was a tre-discussion meeting in preparation for the an nual state meeting to be held Decem ber 15, 16 and 17. There are six dis tricts in the state of Nebraska. Meet ings are held once a month. Sixteen counties belong to district two. Those attending the meeting at the office of Miss Alpha C. Peterson, Cass county superintendent of schools, were: Supt and Mrs. H. M. Eaton of Douglas county, Supt. and Mrs. George Dudley of Sarpy, Supt. Charles Place of Otoe, Supt. Edith Grier of Richardson. Supt. and Mrs. J. I. Ray of Dodge. Supt. Lovina Zim merman of Nemaha, and Supt. James Callaway of Saunders, and Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Eaton of Omaha. ' Daily Journal, 15c pep week. TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL From Monday's Dally This afternoon A. E. Edgerton de parted for Omaha where he will enter a hospital for treatment and a pos sible operation. Mr. Edgerton has suffered for some years from eye Rouble and infection of the ear and which has become so severe that an operation is thought necessary. Mr. Edgerton has been in charge of the Cass County ue-empiojraeni office in this city since the organiz- ation of the work. Basketball is Now Enthroned in Local Sports High School Starts Practice for the Court Sport First Game with Tecumseh December 17. Basketball is novr- the season sport at the Plattsmouth high school and the players, many of them veterans of the football season, are now get ting busy on the first practices in readiness for the opening of the sea son, December 17th. The first game will be here with Tecumseh, a new comer on the local schedule. The squad this year promises one of the best teams in several seasons and many lettermen will be back for the season. The veterans who were on the team last year include Wayne Palk, captain; Jack Forbes, Max Seitz, Ben McCarty, Don McCarroll, Ray Wooster, Joy Miller, Richard Hatt, Elmer Newton, with the three promising sophomores who showed so well last year, Robert Hayes, Ronald Rebal and Warren Reed. The schedule of the season to come is as follows: Dec. 17 Tecumseh here Jan. S Ashland here. Jan. 15 Glenwood, la., there. Jan. 19 Nebraska School for Deaf, there. - Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. 22 Nebraska City. here. 26 Omaha North here. 30 College View, there. 5 Omaha North, there. 9 Auburn, here. 12 Malvern, la., there. 17 Nebraska City, there. Feb. Feb. Febr. 19 Blair, there. Feb. 26 Wahoo, there. Feb. 25-27 Class C district tour nament. March 4-6 Class A and Class B district tournaments. March 10-13 State tournament. OPENS NEW RESTAURANT From Monday's Daily The Plattsmouth restaurant wr.s opened this morning in the Hotel Plattsmouth building on North Sixth street, the restaurant and equipment having been moved Saturday from the former location between Fourth and) Fifth streets. The rooms occupied by the restau rant in the hotel have been com pletely redecorated and with a very attractive front to the place of busi ness. The interior of the dining room is finished in tones of green that make it very bright and attractive. The dining room of the hotel proper will also be used for larger parties and small banquets, this also being redecorated and placed in first class condition. The kitchen of the hotel will be used for the restaurant and in addition a small "fry" kitchen has been arranged in the restaurant for the night trade. DEATH OF YOUNG WOMAN The death of Mrs. Marie McCul loch Lahoda, 28, occurred here Sun day following an illness of a few months, in the last three weeks of which her condition has become more serious and has confined her to her bed for a greater part of the time. The deceased, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McCulloch, was born on the farm east of Murray where the family resided for a great many years. Sh-3 received her education here and Las made her home in Plattsmout'i for the last few years. She is survived by a son, Donald, the father, James McCulloch, one Bis ter, Mrs. Richard Gochenour of this city, 'two brothers. Fred McCulloch of Chicago, and Harry McCulloch cf Murray, also a half brother, L. F. Terryberry. Your courtesy in phoning news to No. 6 is appreciated. Football Team Paid Honors at Fine Banquet "Marchie" Schwartz Chief Speaker in Event That Pays Tribute to Past Year Team. Monday evening a large group of the Plattsmouth residents gathered at the American Legion building to dine and honor the members of the 193 6 Plattsmouth high school football team, a team that has had one of the best records in the history of the local school. The settings for the banquet were in blue and white, the school colors, the tables being arranged with blue and white streams to form a mina ture playing field and with markers of small paper footballs. "Mums" were also used in the table decor ations. The dinner was prepared by the ladies of the American Legion Aux iliary and who with the assistance of the girls of the Home Economics de partment of the high school assisted in the serving. J. R. Reeder, principal of the high school, presided as the toast master of the formal program of the evening, which followed a round of singing led by Lee Knolle and E. H. Wescott. Mr. Reeder presented as the first speaker, Coach Clark Boggess, who has had charge of the athletic activ ities of the school since September and has been the mentor of the suc cessful team of this year. Mr. Bog gess gave an expression of apprecia tion for the team, himself and Mr. Armstrong, who has served as assist ant in some of the football work of the se ason. The coach paid a fine I tribute to the members of the team for their fine work and the high standard they had maintained on and off the field, being a group of gentle men at all" times. To the retiring seniors of the class he held the promise of success if they followed in future years the same high stand ard they had set on the football field. To the residents of the community he expressed the appreciation of the team and school for the new flood light system. Mr. Neal Armstrong, who had as sisted in the coaching work was pre sented and received a nice hand from the audience. William Carey, captain of the 1936 team, spoke of the impressions of the school from the first day as a freshman on the squad to the senior days when the training of past years bears its greatest results in a polish ed player and one to whom the train ing has given a greater capacity to think and act at once. Captain Carey also payed tribute to Coach Boggess, who had come to the team, members of which have served their first years under another coach but who had found the new coach a sympathetic and understanding guide and who had assisted them in the develop ment of themselves during the sea son. J. A. Capwell, president of the board of education, was presented and gave a few remarks. Mr. Capwell told of the untold value to the com munity of the boys and girls of the city school, that their's was the hey day of life with youth, health and all of the future years before them. The community had followed with interest the football team this season and were very proud and happy over the successful season and the fine group that had composed the football squad. Marchmont Schwartz, head foot ball coach of Creighton university, was the principal speaker and gave a most interesting talk on the value of football in character and body build ing. Mr. Schwartz, who back in 1929-31 was one of the members of the Notre Dame football team under the coaching of Knute Rockne, gave several entertaining stories of exper iences in hi3 school football days, showing the necessity of the player to maintain their mental poise in face of praise or publicity. Mr. Schwartz pointed to the great popu larity that football had attained in the United States and its value to the high school student who participated. The game taught to the student the conquest of fear, self reliance, quick , thinking was developed by the plays that required thought by the player in split seconds of the game. Seventy five per cent of football was the cour age and alertness of the player. The danger of the game was not great in teams well and hard coached that prepared the player for action. Mr. Schwartz also paid high tribute to high school football and congratu lated the local players on their very successful season. Guests w ho accompanied were Wil bur Eaton, line coach of Creighton and Frank Pellegrin, publictiy direc tor of Creighton and dean of the col lege of Journalism. The highly successful evening was concluded with the showing of mo tion pictures of Nebraska university games this year, Johnny Williams, who was one of the leaders of the team in 1933, being here to give the pictures and explaining the plays as they flickered on the screen. The fans were given a fine opportunity of witnessing the highlight plays of the Iowa State, Indiana and Pitts burgh game3 that had been played at memorial stadium in Lincoln. The pictures gave the clearest views of the plays and many were repeated to show the exactness of the plays that had been successful. The high school football squad Is losing the services of twelve seniors who will graduate in the class of 1937, among these being some of the most outstanding players of the past few years and who have made a great part in the football history of the school. The seniors in the team are Captain Carey, Wayne Falls, Robert Vallery, Max Seitz, Elmer Newton, John Gayer, Alvin Johnson, Frank Nelson, Richard Hatt, Dale Bowman, Norris Hennings, Clark Finney, Earle Taylor. The following members of the foot ball squad were the honor guests of the banquet: John Gayer, Dale Bowman, Ray mond Wooster, Bill Carey, Dennis Hiskett, Warren Reed, Joy Miller, Jack Forbes, Joe York, Bernard Jack son, Bob Vallery, Joan Cloidt, Ben McCarty, Earle Taylor, Dick Hatt, Clark Finney, Donald McPherson, Harley Minniear, Don McCarrol, Al vin Johnson, Allan White, Bill Steinkamp, Max Seitz, Wayne Falk, Bill Armstrong, Elmer Newton. Junior Devoe, Charles Stastka, John Tidball, Frank Nelson, Robert Ye- lick, Bob Richter, Austin Rhoades, Harley Cottingham, Junior Sell, Bill Knorr, Warren Allbee, Raymond Kalasek, Jack Christy, Gayle Rusk, Norris Hennings, Ronald Rebal, Ted Libershal, Frank Lushinsky. ATTEND GRAND CHAPTER From Wednesday's Daily The seventieth annual convocation of the Royal Arch Masons of Nebras ka opened this morning at the Ma sonic temple in Omaha. The first convocation of the grand chapter was at Plattsmouth in 1866. A number of the members of Ne braska chapter No. 3, of this city, were in Omaha today to take part in the chapter proceedings. Among those going to Omaha this morning were Lester Meisinger, high priest; Anderson Lloyd, high priest elect; William F. Evers, Leslie W. Niel, William A. Robertson, deputy grand master of the A. F. & A. M. of Nebraska, Raymond C. Cook, deputy grand .custodian of the A. F. & A. M. The Masonic quartet composed of Frank A. Cloidt, Dr. H. G. McClusky, L. O. Minor and Raymond C. Cook, wj.ll sing at the banquet this eve ning at 6:30 at the Masonic temple. Harold Thom of Omaha will be the accompanist. WADLE SPANGLER DIES From Monday's Daily Wadle Spangler, 38, died at his home at Mobile. Ia., Sunday morning after a short illness with pneumonia. Funeral services will be held tomor row at 2 p. m. at the Climbing Hill church near Mobile. Mr. Spangler is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Spangler who formerly lived west of Murray. The family moved to Mobile 26 years ago and have resided there since that time. The decoased leaves' his wife and two small daughters; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Spangler of Mo bile; three brothers, Roy and Ralph of Mobile and Francis of Omaha; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Wilson and Mrs. Mattie Bridge of Mobile. Cass County Well Represent ed in University Eighty-fonr Fine Young People Rep resent County in the Several Colleges of University. Eighty-four students from Cass county are among the G5 4 6 students attending the University of Nebraska this semester. The Cass county fig ure represents an increase of three over last year when eighty-one at tended the university. Twelve towns are represented; Plattsmouth with twenty-two, Weeping Water thir teen, Murdock ten, Elmwood and Louisville seven each, Greenwood six, Eagle five, Alvo and Avoca four each, Nehawka three, Murray two and Union one. Of the twenty-two from Platts mouth, five are enrolled in agricul ture college. Charles Walden, a mem ber of Lamb'da Chi Alpha fraternity, and Louis Knoflicek are freshmen this year. Lois Ernestine Giles and Richard Howard Spangler are taking second-year work; Miss Giles be longs to the 4-H club, Coed-Counselors, and the Home Economics As sociation. Spangler is affiliated with Kappa Sigma fraternity. Dorothy Jane Farmer is a member of the Home Economics Association and a junior at the university. Business administration college in cludes three Plattsmouth registrants. James Nowacek, Irma Frances Pitt man, and Clemens Eric Sundstrom, are freshman, sophomore, and Junior, respectively. Miss Pittman resides at Howard hall, university co-operative house . for women, belongs to the YWCA, and Newman Club, Catholic society on the campus. Sundstrom holds a membership in Delia Upsilon social fraternity. " Three ' Plattsmouth boys are en rolled in engineering college, while the fourth, Francis Meisinger Liber shal, is a sophomore. Libershal is af filiated with the student branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, is a member of Newman Club and N Club, the latter an organ ization for all athletic letter winners at the university, is in the R. O. T. C. band and Pershing Rifles, basic R.O. T.C. honorary. The first year stu dents are John Fletcher Nottelmann, Edwin Cyril Kalina and James Floyd Comstock. Joy Kaufman Vallery, Theta Chi fraternity member and sergeant of the pledge class as well as second lieutenant, infantry, R.O.T.C., is one of two teachers college students from Plattsmouth. He is a sophomore, while Cecil Wade Comstock is a junior this year. Madge Helen Garnett is a law col lege senior this year while Robert Edwin Hall, a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, is registered as a first-year student in pharmacy. Six from Plattsmouth are in arts and science college. The freshmen are Floyd Roland McCarty and Jo seph Clyde Loveless. Aulton Elsmore Roland, a member of Pershing Rifles, is listed as a sophomore. Junior reg istrants include Lois Bestor, Anna Margaret McCarty, who is affiliated with Delta Delta Delta sorority, and Herbert Elmer Sundstrom, member of Delta Upsilon fraternity and second lieutenant, field artillery of the uni versity R.O.T.C. University records yield this infor mation concerning students from Weeping Water: Enrolled in agriculture college are Joy Mllford Smith, Wayne ElwLn Do mingo and Clifford Eugene Domingo Smith is a freshman, Wayne Domingo a sophomore and member of the R O.T.C. band, while Clifford Domingo belongs to the Palladian Literary so ciety and is a senior. Clifford Fowler Norris and Mar vin Louis Hunt, the latter a regents' scholarship winner, are registered as freshmen in engineering college, as is Ward Tefft, a senior this year and affiliated with Sigma Tau, engineers honorary fraternity, and the student branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Seven are in arts and science. Freshmen include Quentin Thomas Wiles, regents scholarship winner, Doris Wolcott, an affiliate of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Max McCoy Raines, and Murval France Specht. (Continued on Page 2.) ATTENDS STOCK SHOW Elbert Wiles, prominent farmer of near this city, is at Chicago where he is in attendance at the Interna tional Stock Show. Mr. Wiles is one of the best known breeders of horses in this part of the west and has a fine array of horse flesh at his farm He i3 enjoying the opportunity of seeing some of the finest speciments of stock and horses in the country at Chicago. Santa Claus to Pay Visits to Plattsmouth To Be Here December 12 and to Visit With the Children of Cass Connty. 19 From Wednesday's Daily The planning committee? of the Plattsmouth Business Men's Ad club met last evening to arrange the de tails of the annual Christmas activ ities which are always a colorful part of the holiday season. Santa Claus has been contacted and it is good news to the youngsters of Cass county that he will pay visits here on Saturday, December 12th and on Saturday, December 19th. As usual Santa will have with him treats for the children and it i3 expected that a large number of the children from all parts of the county will be here to greet him in person. To aid the shoppers in the Christ mas season, the stores of the city will arrange to be open evenings after Monday, December 14th and up until Christmas. Wednesday, December 16th, has been designated as special Christmas bargain day in the local stores and a fine array of bargains in all seasonable and gift lines will be offered. The planning committee which is arranging the Christmas activities is composed of R. W. Knorj", chairman; K. G. Soennichsen, John L. Tidball, Frank Mullen, John Cloidt, James G. Mauzy, Phillip Hoffman, C. C. Wes cott, L. S. Devoe, E. H. Schulhof and Elmer Sundstrom. CHILD SUFFERS INJURY Monday evening just before 6 o'clock, Billie, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Adams, was injured near Sixth and Main street when brushed by the fenders of an auto and knocked to the paving. The lad with his older brothers, had started across the street and stepped out directly in the path of a car driven by A. Tyson, who had made the turn at Sixth and Main street and had started on east. The car was going at a slow rate of speed and the boy was just brushed by the fender but this was sufficient to cause him to fall to the paving. The injured boy was taken to the office of Dr. R. P. Westover by Mr. Tyson and given first aid. His condi tion seemed to indicate a skull frac ture and he was accordingly taken on into Omaha and placed in a hos pital. An examination was made and disclosed a definite fracture but the reaction of the lad was most favor able and it is hoped that he may soon be able to rally from the effects of the accident. ROTARIANS HAVE QUIZ The Rotary club met Tuesday for their weekly luncheon at the Mulli gan cafe in the Hotel Plattsmouth building, where they have delightful quarters arranged for their luncheons in thp dininc room of the hotel. The room has been redecorated and ar ranged and makes a very attractive meeting place. The program was under the direc tion of Arthur Troop and comprised a "quiz" on the Rotary International, many interesting facts as to Rotary being developed in the series of ques tions propounded by Mr. Troop. The club had present the two high school boys who are to be members of the club for December, these being William F. Evers, Jr., senior and Charles Staska, junior. The boys were presented to the club and for the next few weeks will be attend ants at the Rotary meetings. Several visiting Rotarians were present at the meeting. Sketch of Life of Pioneer Cass County Woman Mrs. Wilhelmina Schlueter Borne meier for Many Years Active Fig ure in West Cass County. Wilhtlmine Schlueter Bornemeier was born Sept. 14, 1S53 at Lippe, Detmold, Germany, and departed this life at Lincoln, Nebr., Nov. 22, 1:JG ; aged S3 years, 2 months and S days. She was united in marriage to Henry Bornemeier, Feb. 21, 1879, and came to America the following year. They first settled at Platts mouth, soon removing to Louisville vicinity. There she was converted and united with the Evangelical church under the pastorate of Rev. Schueltzky in 1SS1. She remained a faithful member of the Evangelical church for 55 years, or till the time of her going home. Her husband preceded her in death in 1903. She leaves to mourn her going. seven children, namely Gustav of Lin coln; Mrs. Minnie Brakhage of Mur dock; Paul of Elmwood; Ernest of Lincoln; Martin of Murdock; Arthur of Lincoln; Mrs. Mathilde Ytach of Stromsburg; and also the following step-children: Mrs. Amalia Reickman, Henry and Charlie Bornemeier, all of Murdock; one step-daughter, Mrs. Louisa Meierjurgen preceded her in death in 1916. She also leaves 53 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Her two brothers, Henry and Simon Schlueter, and her sister, Mrs. Amelia rfueter preceded her in death. Of this world's material store she was able to leave but little, but the memories of a consecrated, devoted. Christian life which she left behind are beyond price. Mrs. Bornemeier was one of the old pioneers of Cass county. She and her family came to this country when neighbors were few and far between. She endured all the hardships of pio neer life but with a smile on her lips and a grim determination to win she went on, overcoming all obstacles, meeting all problems, always ready with a helping hand wherever she was needed. Her life was one of ser vice to her family and friends. To know her was to love her. She was in excellent health most of her life and was active and well to the last. She spent most of her married life on a farm near Murdock, Nebr., where she reared a large family. She moved to Lincoln in 1919. A few years later death took her son Gus tav's wife leaving a 2 year old baby. Mrs. Bornemeier again opened her arms and her home to the grandson. Buster, who now has grown to man hood. It was her greatest joy to minister to those around her and she was happiest when she was in her own home, where her son Gustav joined her about ten years ago. Mrs. Bornemeier had enjoyed fair health up to the time of her going. On Sunday evening she was feeling as well as usual and expressed a de sire that the family go to church. On their return they found she had suffered a heart attack. Two doctors were summoned but could not pro long her life. She passed away a few minutes later peacefully, with a smile on her lips. Short funeral services were held at Calvary church in Lincoln Wednes ay afternoon where she was a mem ber, and then taken to the large, beautiful country church at Calla han, near Murdock where a large crowd gathered to pay tribute to an old and well beloved neighbor and friend. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. She was laid to rest by the side of her husband in the lovely church yard at Callahan. VISIT APPROVED SCHOOLS Mrs. Edna Jackson, Inspector of approved schools, from the state superintendent's office, and Miss Alpha C. Peterson, Cass county superintendent of schols, are visit ing the approved schools of Cass county today. This Inspection tour helps to determine the granting to tuition to the schools for the coming j year. There are three approved schools in the county Murray, Dis trict 80, and Manley.