flctr. S'ctr Historical Society
VOL. 170. ltj
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1936.
NO. S3
Santa Claus to
Visit This City
Next Saturday
Positive Assurance Ke will be Here
at 2 O'clock in the Afternoon
Streets are Decorated
Christmas is in the air and Platts-
mouth's Main street reflects (or will !for $1,000 in the Bankers Life Insur
in a day or two when decorative ! ance Co., now in the possession of
work is completed) the spirit of the
occasion in regal fashion. Trees will
soon line the curb from one end of
Main street to the other many of
them profusely decorated and light
ed. In addition to this, the overhead
lighting system will be turned on
for the first time "Wednesday night
during the regular gift night cere
monies, and then again on Saturday
night, to remain on each night there
after until the arrival of the new
year.
No Christmas season would be
complete without a visit from Santa
Claus and this year will not be the
least bit disappointing in this re
spect as Santa Claus has given posi
tive assurance of stopping here this
coming Saturday while on his way to
Kansas City and other points south,
and again a week from Saturday as
Le goes back northward he may be
hero for a second visit, although that
ij not rositive yet.
On his visit this coming Saturday,
he may arrive by airplane, automobile
cr sleigh probably the latter style if
enough snow remains on the ground
to permit.
lie wants all boys and girls to be
in Plattsmouth to greet him and in
vitations have been sent through all
schools in the county advising the
children to be on hand and greet
jolly old Santa, who will have a gift
for each boy and girl.
Each rural school and each room in
town grade schools have been asked
to elect one of their number to act
as honor escort to Santa as he comes
down high school hill to the business
section of the city.
lie will make his first public ap
pearance of the day at the old high
school building, corner 10th and
Main streets, from whence the parade
will form and march with him down
the hill to the business section. He
plans to be there by 1:30 o'clock and
the parade will form at 2 o'clock.
If possible, it is hoped to have the
Junior drum corps out to head up
the parade, as Santa writes he has
heard a great deal about the Platts
mouth drum corps and wants to see
them in action in their new uni
forms. All those desiring to catch first
glimpses of Santa on his visit here
Saturday are invited to assemble at
the old high school building before
the hour of his arrival Saturday
afternoon to greet him and join in
the parad? down Main street.
It has not been definitely decided
where temporary headquarters will
be established for him in the business
section during his few hours visit
here Saturday, but a place will be
chesen where he will have ample
room to meet and greet all the little
boys and girls who come to see him,
and to present each child with a
grift.
This visit of Santa Claus and the
possible return trip a week later is
made possible through a strictly non
commercial co-operative effort on the
part of riattsmouth business men
and ether citizens interested in see
ing that Cass county children have
an opportunity of meeting Santa in
person and telling him what they
want most when he makes his annual
round of the house-tops on Christ
mas eve.
WILL ATTEND BANQUET
From Wednesday's Datly
Employes cf the Plattsmouth dis
trict of the Iowa-Nebraska Light &
Power Co., are to enjoy their annual
banquet this evening at the Grand
hotel at Nebraska City. It is expected
that there will be between thirty-five
and forty of the employes present to
enjoy the get together. This is the
second year that the banquet has
been held at the Grand hotel, as the
location is much more convenient to
the employes from the extreme south
ern part of the district as well as
from the Cass county locations.
ASKS TOR DIVORCE
In the office of the clerk of the
district court an action has been filed
in which Julian McNatt is the plain
tiff and Ida Frances McNatt, the de
fendant. The petition states that the
parties were married in this city on
June 26, 1930, that in September
193C the defendant left her home
here and removed to California where
she has since resided. The plaintiff
!aisn ask? that an insurance policy
the defendant be surrendered and
turned over to the plaintiff, Mr. Mc
Natt. Death of Well
Known Resident
of Weeping Water
Mrs. Mable Alice Hobson Passed Sat
urday after Four Weeks Illness;
Had Limb Amputation.
Mrs. Mable Alice Hobson, wife of
William L. Hobson, Weeping Water
mortician, died Saturday at her home
as the result of illness and compli
cations that followed a limb ampu
tation the latter part of the summer.
Mrs. Hobson had suffered a fall in
the summer and which had made
necessary the amputation of a leg.
She has been gradually growing
worse until death.
She is survived by the husband
and two sons. Richmond P., of Weep
ing Water and Orr, who resides on
the west coast. There is also sur
viving a sister in Chicago and one
granddaughter.
Mrs. Hobson was one of the well
known and popular residents of
Weeping Water where she had been
active in the social life of the com
munity for the years of her residence
there. Her passing brings a great re
gret to the host of friend3 in that
section of Cass county.
CAR-TRUCK SMASHUP
Sunday evening a trailer truck of
the Rocky Mountain Transfer Co.,
was damaged and a sedan driven by
a Nebraska City party also damaged
and the occupants injured in a smash-
up near the Crede Harris farm north
of Union.
The truck was going south when
the car from Nebraska City approach
ed at the same time another car com
ing north appeared and in the con
fusion of passing the car crashed into
the side of the truck and tore off
one of the wheels.
The automobile was damaged and
the occupants also suffered injury
that made it necessary for them to
be taken on into Nebraska City for
treatment.
The drivers of the truck, J. R.
Stevens and Neil Todd of Union were
not injured.
MARRIED ON WEST COAST
The announcements have been re
ceived here of the marriage on
Thanksgiving day of Miss Rosemarie
Burcham and Mr. Elmo Sexton, both
former residents of this city.
The ceremony took place at the
Latter Day Saints church in Los An
geles and was attended by a large
group of the relatives and friend3.
Following the marriage ceremony
the members of the bridal party were
entertained at a very charming wed
ding dinner at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Schliscke, also former
Plattsmouth people.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Burcham, who
with their family moved to Los An
geles in the late summer. She is a
graduate of the Plattsmouth schools
in the class of 1936.
The young people will make their
home in Los Angeles in the future
where the groom is now employed.
DIES LN MISSOURI
The word of the death of George
Lamphere, Sr., has been received here
by the relatives, he having died at
his home in southern Missouri,
where he has been making his home
for the past several years. It is ex
pected that the body will be brought
here for interment in the Oak Hill
cemetery beside that of Mrs. Lamphere.
Patterson is
Named Master
of Masonic Lodge
Popular School Man Named as Head
of Plattsmouth Lodge No.
6, A. F. & A. M.
Monday night Plattsmouth lodge
No. C, A. F. & A. M. held their an
nual election of officers, a large num
ber of the members being in attend
ance to participate in the meeting.
The lodge selected as the new wor
shipful master, Robert Fester Pat
terson, who has served the past year
as the senior warden of the lodge.
The other officers named by the
lodge were as follows:
Senior Warden Anderson Lloyd.
Junior Warden J. R. Reeder.
Secretary L. W. Niel.
Treasurer Frank A. Clcidt.
The other officers of the lodge will
be appointed later by the new wor
shipful master and all will be in
stalled together. j
The new worshipful master, was J
raised to Masonry in the local lodge j
and in the years that he was here as j
principal of the high school, he was!
one of the active leaders in local j
Masonry and was well known over
the sfate for his brilliant addresses!
along the lines of the teachings of
the fraternity. Mr. Patterson is now
a teacher in history in the Tarkio
college at Tarkio, Missouri, where he
ranks as one of the leading school
men in the Missouri colleges. Mr.
Patterson i3 a man of brilliance and
delightful personality and his friends
are legion in this section of Nebras
ka, who will be well pleased at his
selection to the high position in the
local Masonic lodge.
While engaged in his college work
he has faithfully carried on his work
in the local Masonic body and who
will find hiai a capable and. distin
guished leader.
S? ANGLER OPENING OFFICE
From Monday's Daily
Jean Spangler is opening the re
settlement office in Plattsmouth to
morrow. He will handle the Cass and
Sarpy county territory. During the
past two years he has been in the
work in Nebraska City.
Emergency grant problems will be
the first with which the office will
be concerned. Men who have been
on the drouth WPA will be taken off
the pay roll for that department by
December 15. They have been work
ing on soil erosion, dams, ponds, etc.
Workers will be reclassified. Those
who are strictly farmers, that Is,
have earned their living during the
past year from farming, will be
given grants for living and in return
will sign volunteer work slips. The
work slips will be turned over to the
county commissioners.
Laborers with whom farming was
only the secondary mode of liveli
hood will be classified in regular
WPA.
Another part of the winter pro
gram is the emergency loan for feed
for foundational live stock during the
winter months.
Miss Inez Eberhardt of Wahoo is
the assistant to Mr. Spangler in the
office.
ATTENDS LINCOLN MEETING
Coach Clark Boggess of the Platts
mouth high school, with William .
Carey, captain of the 1936 football
team, was at Lincoln Tuesday to
spend the day. They were among
the guests at the football rally and
entertainment arranged by the Junior j
Chamber of Commerce of Lincoln;
There were present coaches and foot-;
ball players from the leading high
! schools of the state and a fine pro
gram of entertainment arranged for
the visiting guests,
j In the absence of the coach, the
j basketball practice Tuesday was In
charge of Assistant Coach Armstrong.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our apprecia
tion of the many acts of kindness
shown us in the hour of sorrow in
the death of our loved daughter and
sister. We wish to thank all those
taking part in the services and for
the beautiful flowers. Mr. James Mc
jCulloch and Family. j
ROUND UP KIDS
From Tuesday's Daily
Deputy Sheriff Cass Sylvester and
Chief of Police Libershal were busy
today in rounding up a group of boys
whose ages range from 13 to 16 years,
who it is claimed have been com
mitting petty thefts over the city.
The boys were first suspicioned of
taking junk and disposing of it and
the investigation now discloses that
they may be implicated in the steal
ing of brass and lead, the property
of L. L. McCarty, as well as a gun
from the Feed Center and a case of
beer that was purloined from one of
the local trucks.
9 m i
oman s liiid
Christmas Party
Opens Season
Members of Social Committee Hos
tesses at E. J. Richey Home
Last Evening.
From Tuesday's Daily
Plattsmouth's Woman's club open
ed the holiday party season last eve
ning with a Christmas party at the
E. J. Richey home. Electric candles
in green wreaths lighted every win-
uow anu smaii puies ai enuer "lue
of the entrance gave a festive wel
come with their colored Jight3. The
blanket of snow added to the Christ
mas spirit.
nnsiinas cauuie uuu kiis
stars furnished the decorations anal
lighting for the large drawing room
and dining room. Gayly wrapped
gifts of canned goods, which were
brought as Christmas offerings by
the members, were piled about the
fireplace. They are to be distributed
to the needy for the holidays. Dur
ing the business meeting the women
voted a $5 contribution to the city
Santa fund.
"Bird Portraits in Color" by
Thomas Sadler Roberts, the book pre
sented to the city library as a book
week gift from the club, was exhibit
ed. It contains 92 full page illustra
tions of 295 species of North Amer
ican birds a3 well as full descriptions.
Mrs. Robert Reed led the members
in a group of Christmas carol3 as the
opening of the evening's program. A
clever play was given by a group
from the Plattsmouth Dramatic club
under the direction of Roy Olson.
"Christmas Chimes" was portrayed
by Gertrude Vallery, Mildred Cacy,
Clem Woster, and Robert Wurl.
Mrs. Fred Rea led devotionals with
the Christmas story. Members of the
social committee were assistant hos
tesses. Mrs. J. F. Wolff is chairman
and Mrs. Ed Ofe, Mrs. H. L. Gayer,
Mrs. Frank Mullen, and Mrs. John
C. Woest are members. Forty at
tended the meeting.
PROGRAM AT MASONIC HOME
Mrs. Raymond Larson had charge
of the Eastern Star program at the
Masonic Home Friday evening. A
very entertaining display of Platts
mouth young peoples' talent was
given. Ruth Woest interpreted the
reading, "Its Queer" and Leslie Niel,
Jr., gave "Family Troubles."
Wauneta and Granville Sigler gave
trumpet and clarinet duets, "Petite
Valse Lilacs" and "Claudine Waltz."
"Alexander" and "The Tack" were
given by the boys' octet from the
high school. Shirley Seiver and Mar
garet Vallery sang "Christmas Lulla
by," "Away in the Manger" and "Si
lent Night." The program was closed
with a group of Christmas carols by
the girls' chorus "It Came Upon a
Midnight Clear." "Hark the Herald
Angels Sing," "O Come All Ye Faith
ful" and "O Little Town of Bethle
hem." HIT FOR SOUTHLAND
Sunday while the streets and high
ways were covered with snow andgr at Havelock
the zero mark indicated, an exidua
of trailer houses could be seen pass
ing through the city. There were a
number of these passing through the
city and apparently headed for the
south and regions where the cold is
not so severe and permits the gypsy
like wanderings of the owners and
their trailers over the country. Many
of the trailers are California bound
where the owners may bask in the
Pacific sunshine.
Plattsmouth
Teacher Wins a
Fine Recognition
Miss Jessie Whalen Gives World
Wide Touch in New Method
of Teaching Geography.
Perhaps the greatest booster for
the state of Nebraska Is no other than
Jessie Whalen, teacher at Platts
mouth, Nebraska.
Miss Whalen teaches geography,
and does it in her own fashion. Not
only has she half the town enrolled
in her class, but hundreds of foreign
students from all parts of the world
now identify Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
as the one big friendly spot in Amer
ica. New York, incidentally, is just
the docking place.
Several foreign students have al
ready vacationed in the Friendly
Little City, and are coming back,
which is a true test of its genuine
Iicspitality. To most students, geo
graphy has always been more or less
a pain in the neck. Colored maps,
charts, imaginary lines called the
equator were just an extra punish
ment to read about and forget. Then,
too, many of the old geography books
are out-dated and obsolete. Miss
Whalen didn't require a "brain trust"
to remedy the situation. She embark
ed upon the most fascinating adven
ture that the people out Plattsmouth
way have ever experienced, by adopt-
( ing ..international correspondence
as a side issue.
More than 100 students from col
leges and universities from all over
the world were selected thru the Stu
dent Forum on International Rela
tions. Then, too, the Rotary presi
dents from any foreign ports took up
the good work and obtained many
worthy foreign correspondents for
the "traveling geography class."
Each student ia assigned a given
quota of foreign correspondents as
assignments. So far all letters re
ceived have been successfully trans
lated. There i3 no port too strange
for the "traveling geographers" to
visit, vicariously at least. And if you
think you can tell 'em anything they
don't already know about any place
in the world, you are wrong. They
have compiled enough first-hand in
formation, pictures and important
data to write 20 up-to-date geography
books. They're better letter writers
than the average school produces.
They are taking a great interest in
foreign languages. They have a keen
er understanding of vital foreign af
fairs. Perhaps their most important
accomplishment is the unparalleled
enthusiasm that they have implanted
in the foreign schools. The imagin
ary people of the textbooks have be
come real human beings, with very
much the same ideals, aims and de
sires as our American scholar.
Nebraska may well be proud of
Plattsmouth, the friendliest little city
in southeastern Nebraska. Pearl
Puckett (The Western Farm Life).
RETURNS HOME
Billie Adams, 6, who suffered a
skull fracture in an accident a week
ago Monday, was able to return home
Monday evening. Billie is doing very
nicely and it is hoped will soon be
over the effects of the Injury. He
struck his head on the paving at
Sixth and Main street when he was
brushed by the fender of a passing
car.
RETURN TO CHICAGO
Mr. and Mrs. Jame3 Ptacek and
daughter, Gertrude and their grand
son, Buckey Marcelak, returned Mon
day evening to their home in Chicago.
They have been visiting here at the
heme of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J.
Yelick, the latter a daughter of the
Ptaceks. While here Mr. Ptacek also
visited his mother, Mrs. Mike Warga,
SON ARRIVES
From Wednesday's Daily
A phone call early thi3 morning
announced the birth of a nine pound
boy to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rothert of
Auburn. Both parents taught In the
Plattsmouth schools. Mr. Rothert
; was athletic coach here for thirteen
years and his wife was formerly Miss
Alice James, of Ord, a teacher here.
GOING TO THE EAST
From Tuesday's Daily
Rev. and Mrs. Adrain Edgar ar
rived here today from their home
at Wymore and with Mr. George A
Kaffenberger, father of Mrs. Edgar,
will go on to Chicago and Milwaukee.
Rev. Edgar will attend a youth con
ference of the Methodist church at
Chicago while Mrs. Edgar and father
will visit at Milwaukee with the
daughter and sister. From Milwaukee
Mr. Kaffenberger goes to New
Rochell, New York, to visit with
the C. A. Spacht family over the holi
days. Rotarians are
Told of Conditions
in Europe Today
Dr. Roy Royce West of the Municipal
University of Omaha Tells of
Present Day Germany.
The members of the Rotary club
had a most enlightening talk at their
weekly luncheon Tuesday on the
modern conditions in Europe and
particularly of Germany, one of the
countries that today occupies so large
a place in the world's politics and
activities.
The guest speaker was Dr. Roy
Royce West, member of the faculty
of the Municipal University of Om
aha. Dr. West is a graduate of the
Heidelberg university, one of the
greatest institutions of learning in
the world, his studies there and ob
servations giving him a wonderful
opportunity of comparing the present
day Germany with that of his earlier
school years.
Dr. West in his discussion of the
European conditions made plain that
the nation of Germany is firmly be
hind their leader, Adolf Hitler, that
his policies that have brought them
from the gloom of the post war
period. Today in Germany there is a
great faith in the leader of the na
tion and his policy of ignoring the
burdens cast by the treaty of Ver
sailles on the German nation, also
in the rearming of Germany to pro
tect their nationalistic aspirations,
which have made Germany a great
armed camp.
Dr. West has recently traveled ex
tensively in Europe and had a great
opportunity of observation.
The program was enlivened by the
appearance of one of the girl's sex
tettes from the high school, they giv
ing several numbers. The group com
prised Wilma Swatek, Margaret Ann
Vallery, Mildred Knoflicek, Flora
Belle Meade, Eleanor Minor, Helen
IIiatt.
Glen Vallery, who has been select
ed as one of the members of the club
was present and with his interest and
enthusiasm in the work of the organ
ization should make a fine addition to
the club membership.
Guests of the club for the meet
ing were Fred Haas, president of the
Omaha club, who had accompanied
Dr. West to the meeting, as well as
Rev. G. A. Pahl of the St. Paul's
Evangelical church.
HAS PLEASANT TRIP
Father Marcellus Agius, who is to
enjoy several months of rest from his
church work has arrived at his old
home in Mata, word received here by
his brother. Father George Agius,
states
Father Marcellus sailed from New
York on November 7th, arriving at
Naples on November 14th, where he
enjoyed a few days in the delights
i of that attractive city. He arrived
! at the old home, Malta, on Novem
iber ISth, where he is now visiting
with his sister and meeting the
friends of his childhood days.
Father Marcellus will probably be
absent from the United States for
the next six months.
HAVE A FINE SON
Mr and Mrs. Lawrence Malmos
of this city are rejoicing over the
arrival at their home of a fine little
son, born Monday. All are doing
nicely and the event has brought a
great deal of happiness to all of the
members of the family circle. Mr.
and Mrs. Malmos were married here
in 1935 at the Korn Karnival wedding.
Cass County
Young People are
Adjudged Best
Live Stock Judging Team Wins in
Contest with 21 Teams Can
ning Club Also Wins.
Cass county has every right to bo
proud of the splendid fhowing made
by its 4-II representatives at the 4-11
Club Congress in Chicago last week.
Word has been received that the live
stock judging team composed of Rob
ert and Merritt Pollard and Oscar
Brandt, who represented Nebraska
in the national livestock judging
content in which 21 teams competed,
had placed ninth.
Miss Ruth Ann Sheldon, Nehawka,
whose dressing center was chosen to
represent Nebraska at Chicago, won
the blue ribbon placing. The exhibit
won a minimum cash award of SS.O'J
plu3 additional cash awards to be
prorated to those placing in the blue
ribbon group.
Canning club members, enrolled in
the club led by Miss Evelyn Wolph
of Nehawka, won approximately 90
dollars in cash on their 7G jars of
canned food on exhibit there. They
won first place on their budget which
consisted of 12 jars, two large fruit,
two small fruit, three vegetables, two
meats, one salad mixture, one f ickle
or relish, and one marmalade or pre
serves. A ?G0 cash award goes with
this first place ribbon. Miss Virginia
Pollard won first place and the na
tional championship on her in
dividual jar of cherries, and third
place on berries. Miss Marie Ander
son won second on tomatoes and
third on beets. Bertha Horner's jar
of beef also placed second. Miss Mar
gie Ruth Pollard won two second and
two third placings on individual jars
of canned food. The cash awards on
individual jars of $6, $4, and $2 for
1st, 2nd and 3rd placings. in each sec
tion of the United States, i. e. central,
southern, eastern and western. The
contest was sponsored by the Hazel
Atlas Glass company of Wheeling,
West Virginia.
TO REARRANGE OFFICES
The offices on the third floor of
the court house, formerly used by
Judge James T. Begley, are now be
ing cleaned and arranged for the
occupancy of W. G. Kieck, who will
assume the office of the district judge
in January.
The walls, ceiling and woodwork
of the rooms are being cleaned and
will later be redecorated and placed
in excellent shape. Offices have been
unoccupied and rather badly neg
lected and the cleanup is a real job
that has taken several days to get
ready for the final touches.
The suite includes the office and
study of the judge as well as the
office for the court reporter at the
rear of the judge's office.
J. A. Capv.ell, county attorney
elect, will occupy the present offices
used by Mr. Kieck and adjoining the
d'strict judges office.
AGAIN IN TROUBLE
From Wednesday's Dally
Last evening Ross Shropshire, who
has been a frequent caller at the local
courts during recent years, again se
cured the spotlight last evening. He
has been out on a parole given by
Judge Livingston and with Sheriff
Homer Sylvester as the official guard
ian. Mr3. Shropshire has an apartment
at the O'Donnell home on Pearl street
and last evening the husband arrived
at the domicile considerably under
the influence of liquor and a quarrel
ensued. Sheriff Homer Sylvester was
called to the scene of action and es
corted Shopshire to the county Jail
where he will await the filing of
charges of intoxication and disturb
ing the peace.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks
and gratitude to all of our friends,
neighbors and relatives who so will
ingly and earnestly offered their ser
vices and help through the death and
funeral of our loved husband and
father. Mrs. John M. Kaffenberger,
Martha and Elmer, Mr. and Mrs.
Verner Kaffenberger.