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VOL. NO. UI
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, KONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1937.
NO. 99
If
Popular Young
People Wedded
This Morning
Tliss Eleanor Jlary Sedlak Wedded to
Mr. Arnold Schomaker, Neliawka,
at Holy Rosary Parsonage.
From Thursday's Daily
This morning at 9 o'clock at the
residence of the Very Rev. Adolph
M. Mosler, pastor of the Holy Rosary
church, occurred the marriage of Miss
t'eanor Mary Sedlak to Mr. Arnold
Schomaker of Nehawka.
The wedding was very quiet and
attended by only the immediate fam
ily of the young people.
The marriage lines were read by
Father Mo.-kr.
Miss Lillian Sedlak, sister of the
bride served as the bridesmaid and
Mr. Arthur Schomaker, brother of
the groom as the best man. I
Following the marriage the wed
ding party returned to the home of
t::e bride's parents, where at noon a
very charmingly arranged wedding
breakfast v. as served to the bridal
1-2 rty and the close relatives.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Sedlak and was born and
grew to womanhood in this city
v here she attended school. She will
have the best wishes of the many
friends here for the greatest of hap -
piness.
The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Finest Schomaker, one of the well
known families of the Nehawka eom
rr.uniry and where he has grown up
and has a very large circle of friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Schomaker are tc
r ake their home in this city where
Mr. Schomaker is employed at the
present time.
FRESHMEN HOLD CLASS PARTY
rrcra Tli urs Jay's Tially
Sixty of the freshmen gathered in
the high school gym last night for
their first-semester party. The com
mittees appointed by the president
of the class, Joe York, had a fine
evening of entertainment.
The following commitees under
the direction of their class sponsor.
Miss Jessie Whalen, planned the eve
ning program:
Program: Wilma Swatek, chair
nan: Shirley Petersen; Mary Helen
I'il!. udrey Paird. Bernard Kubicka,
Frank Lushinsky.
Games: Shirley Mason, chairman;
Helen Hiatt. Allen White. Bill Knorr.
Re'reshments: Corrine Drucker,
chairman; Whipple Leonard. Allen
IVrsinger. Howard Baker, Charlotte
Corner.
The following program was pre
sented :
Piano solo. Whipple Leonard;
Military tap dance, Shirley Mason;
mouth harp. Phyllis Redd: short skit,
"Want Ads." Lunetta Falk, Bernard
Kubicka. Ralph Johnson. Phyllis
Speck. Aileen Reed, Junior Devoe,
Norma Bryant; clarinet solo. Arthur
Skalak; autoharp. Vv'i'.ma Swatek;
accord ian solo. Helen Slatinsky;
clarinet solo, Ralph Johnson.
The remainder of the evening was
spent in pipying games and dancing.
GREENWOOD BANKER HERE
Friday aiternoon li. M. Hanson,
cashier of the Union State bank, of
Greenwood, was in the city to look
after some business at the court
house and becoming acquainted with
the Plattsmouth people. Mr. Hanson
with a group of the Greenwood resi
dents and the late L. J. Dunn of Lin
coln, started the Union State bank a
short time ago and has a fine bank
ing institution, which is filling a
lmig felt want in that section of Cass
county.
Mr. Hanson is a very pleasant gen
tleman and while here had the pleas
ure of meeting a large number of
the local people. It is a pleasure to
see our neighboring community enjoy
a fine strong financial institution in
their midst such as Mr. Hanson has
provided. Greenwood being for many
months without any banking facil
ity's. MRS. WRIGHT ILL
Mrs. V. C. Wright is confined to
her home as the result of the pre
vailing malady of the flu. She has
not been well for several days but
is now confined to her bed as the re
sult of the illness.
KAKE WINTER QUARTERS HERE
One of the groups of gypsy fam
ilies that have quartered near this
city in the past two summers, have
arrived here and pitched camp lor
the winter, they state. They have
sacured a room in the building for
merly occupied by II. L. Gamer on
South Sixth street and where they
are now at home. There are a very
largi; number in the party, men,
women and children who are now
quartered here in the large store
room.
The gypsies leaving here in the
summer have driven as far vest as
the Pacific' coast and then decided to
return to Nebraska to hole in for the
winter.
Sketch of Life
of Cass County
Pioneer Woman
Mrs. Catherine McCarroll. Long; Time
Resident of Liberty Precinct,
Laid to Rest at Union.
Catherine M. McCarroll passed
away at the home of her son. Harry
McCarroll. Plattsmotuh, after a brief
illnes of 10 days, at the age of eighty
two years, six months, twenty-three
days.
; Catherine Douge was born near
'Sidney. Iowa in 1S54. moving with
her parents to Cass county, Nebraska
at the age of two years and has re
sided in and near Union ever since.
She was united with the M. E.
church at the young age of 12 years,
being a faithful member, attending
at all times until ill health prevent
ed her going.
She was married to W. F. McCar-
foll January 1, 1ST 4. To this union
stven children were born, the hus
band and four children preceding her
in. death. She leaves to mourn her
departure one daughter, Addie Amos.
Alhambra. Calif.; two sons. Moss of
Union and Harry of Plattsmouth;
nine grandchildren and four great
jrand?hildren ; one sister, Mary Jones
of Mc-gnet. Xebr; one brother, John
Doug" of Toledo, Wash.
A short service was held at the
home where she lived, by Rev.
Pooher, then going to the old home
place north of Union where services
v ere conducted. Interment was made
at Fast Union cemetery.
RECEIVES FINE PROMOTION
R. H. Anderson, who has for the
prist several years been employed as
foreman at the local shops of the
Purlington Refrigerator Express Co.,
has received a very fine promotion in
his line of railroad work.
Mr Anderson has been offered the
position of superintendent at the St.
Paul. Minnesota, refrigerator car
shops, which is a deserved recognition
of his excellent services here and a
distinct advancement for him in this
line of railroad service.
Mr. Anderson has been with the
P.REX here since they took over the
former Buriington shops in 1926 and
ht.d been one of the foremen at the
shops and a most efficient worker.
The departure of the Anderson
family from the city w ill be regretted
b" the host of friends as both Mr.
and Mrs. Anderson have been active
in the social life of the community
and in the affairs of the Methodist
church.
Mr. Anderson leaves this evening
frr St. Paul to take up his new posi
tion and takes with him the best
wishes of the old friends for his suc
cess.
Mrs. Anderson will leave later as
she is remaining to look after the
closing of their property interests.
HAS CHICKEN STOLEN
From Thursday's Dally
Sheriff Homer Sylvester was noti
fied this afternoon that chicken
thieves, who have been active over
the county, had visited the farm of
Jess Long last night. The thieves
raided the hen house of the farm,
three miles west of Mynard and made
away with three dozen and a half of
the choice chickens. So far no trace
has been found of the culprits.
Oyster supper Friday, Jan. 22,
Christian church basement. 25c.
Piec, 5c, coffee, 5c. jl8-ltw-2td
Chamber of
Commerce Names
Its Officers
Carl T Schneider. President ; John P.
Saltier, Vice-President; Frank
II. Eestcr, Treasurer.
Fmm Friday's Iiully
The Plattsmouth Chamber of Com
merce held their "annual" meeting
lr s,t evening at the dining room of the
Hotel Plattsmouth. where despite the
cold of the evening, a very good sized
group of the interested citizens gat'a
e: ed.
Secretary E. II. Wtscott read a let
ter from Edward Flynn, of the Bur
lington in whuh he told of the forth
coming construction of 250 refriger
ator ars here and at a material and
labor cost cf $1,000,000. The letter
stated that the employe co-operation
here had been fine and the general
community support excellent.
President Carl Schneider stated
that the employment here in the past
year at the BREX had been better
than at most or" the shops tf the com
pany. Dale Bartlett of Nebraska City,
supervisor ot the Recreational cen
ter activities, was present and dis
cussed the local work. The activities
here were in charge of four super
visors. Peter Gradoville. Mrs. Ruby
Lester, Margaret Hoback and Clyde
Jackson. The supervisors were paid
by the government but the expense
otherwise was largely up to the com
munity, the city having donated them
a building on Main street and the
Chamber of Commerce provided some
coal o that the regular weekly ac
tivities might be carried on. classes
three evenings a week on handcraft,
both boys and girls band and or
chestra activities under the direction
of Mr. Gradoville. Mr. Bartlett was
of the opinion that this recreational
phase of the relief program would be
continued under the new government
setup.
Frank M. Bestor reported that the
requests had been made for addition
al men for the Wintersteen hill job
and that thirty-four men were em
ployed and that the pay was around
$40 per month.
Mr. Bestor, also the treasurer of
the Chamber of Commerce, reported
that there were seventy-two mem
bers. The balance on hand, December
31. 1935 had been $179. S2. that
there had been received in the year,
$2S6.75. There had been paid out
in the past year $296.50 and the bal
ance on December 31, 193C had been
$107.07.
II. A. Schneider, chairman of the
rood roads committee, reported that
there had been little to do in the
past year, but the routing of highway
2 4 through here was a very good
thing and movements were on to try
and -secure the co-operation of Ne
braska and Iowa in hard surfacing
the roadway. Mr. Schneider also
called attention to the parking of
cjrs on Sixth street, a part of high
way No. 75, where under the present
arrangement made travel difficult
aud he thought that parallel parking
should be used there to give more
room on the highway. He also urged
that "U" turns be not allowed at
Sixth and Main streets where they
made accidents easy.
T. II. Pollock of the Missouri river
improvement committee, told of the
trip to Peoria, Illinois, the impres
sions of the benefits of the waterway
service at that place and which had
developed manufacturing. The com
mittee had taken up the matter of a
dock here but the agreements had
not been signed up as yet. The com
mittee had received every consider
ation at the hands of the local U. S.
engineering office. The river had
been placed here in best shape of
any port along the river for a dock
and with the location and the pro
tection of the river work made a fine
spot for dockage. The county com
missioners had responded in fine
shape to the requests of the commit
tee. George Hetrick of the agricultural
committee reported that considerable
drouth aid seed and other materials
fc'td been received here for distribu
tion to the farmers. He also reported
on the work of the creamery and his
produce company here which has
made an outstanding record for the
J year. The company had paid out
large sums to the farmers of the com-
munity and where possible had
bought all of its material of the local
business houses. Over $S1,0(0 had
been paid out and Mr. Hetrick re
ported that the merchant co-operation
had been splendjd. He thought
they might also puck eggs for the
next season.
L. S. Devoe in bis report recalled
tnat he had first attended the Cham
ber of Commerce five years ago when
a newcomer here and at that time
one of the subjects of discussion was
that of trading at home. Mr. Devoe
reported that the NYA project had
been used at the school, lat year the
project had paid some $200 a month
and was now paying $150, furnishing
the workers about $0 per month for
the twenty-five boys and girls. Some
had d'-awn as high as $13 per month.
The NYA had spent $4,000 here since
its start a year ago. They had
handled the cleaning and repair of
scnool buildings and saved a great
deal to the school district in the year,
t iiis project would be renewed the
1st of February. Mr. Devoe also sroke
of a Happy Hundred banquet for
February but which was not assured.
H. A. Schneider touched on a very
interesting feature of the movement
of money. Their bank had much
money shipped here from Omaha in
the past summer and in two months
had been called upon to supply $C0,
000 in money running at the rate of
SI. 000 a day and a larger part of this
had been sent out of the city appar
ently. The amounts were usually ask
ed for by those temporarily employed
here uid in the past few months had
fallen off very much. It was evident
that the larger part of this was spent
in either places.
Mr Hetrick stated that tliey had
paid out about $300 a week and
which had largely returned in pur
chases in local stores.
R. W. Knorr stated that the Platts
mouth Ad club was planning a cam
paign to make the people Plattsmouth
conscious and to reac h i'.I lines cf the
local residents. The business of the
past year had been good but there
should be a larger volume. The
lecal schools had been home spenders
and bought all of their supplies
where it was possible from the Platts
mouth business men.
There was a general discussion of
the home trading problem and how
to increase it and teach the residents
the value of building up their com
munity, George Hetrick, L. S. Devoe.
V-'. C. Soennichsen and Elmer Sund
strom adding many suggestions that
might make for better understand
ing. District Judge W. G. Kieck urged
that the citizens also be made tax
conscious and that they might aid in
the solving of the gathering of the
unpaid taxes of the community.
County Treasurer John E. Turner
gave a very interesting talk on the
tax situation that was followed close
ly by the members. The law regard
ing the issuance of auto licenses had
been arranged so that the tax on the
car must be paid when the license
was issued, a car owner that moved
to another county must show that he
had paid his 193C tax on the car
before ' a license would be issued.
There was a great amount of personal
tax due and a great part of this could
be collected, the treasurer stating
that if all of the delinquent taxes
for the past ten years were paid in
Plattsmouth that the people would
not hnve to pay any more tax for two
years. The law had provided for the
two payments of personal tax. and
also that of the auto, in many cases,
particularly that of transient, the
auto tax might be paid but poll tax
and old age pension tax lost. The
penalty on delinquent-taxes was less
than the interest on borrowed money
from banks, many in this class al
lowing their taxes to go unpaid to
settle higher interest rate obliga
tions. The election of officers for the
year vas then taken up and he pres
ent efficient leaders were all renamed
despite their protests and efforts to
pass the honors to others. The offi
cers named were:
President Carl J. Schneider.
Vice-President John P. Sattler.
Treasurer Frank M. Bestor.
The directors will be named later
by President Schneider.
II. A. Schneider called attention to
the fact of local industries and in-
stitutions which should have every,
recognition and support and gave a
fine tribute to the work of Mr. Het-
. 1
iecreationai
Center Conference
Held Thursday
Dab Eartlett of Nebraska City Here
to Confer with Local Commit
ter and to Discuss Plans.
Thursday afternoon a conference
was held here between the local com
mittee and supervisors of t'ue Re
creational Center and Supervisor
Dale Bartlett, of Nebraska City.
It is hoped to keep this activity
going for the coming winter and
spring as it has proven of a great
deal of benefit to the younger folks
of the community and furnished a
worth, while and entertaining pro
gram for those who might otherwise
be unable to participate.
The Chamber of Commerce has ar
ranged for coal j' ud lights and also
lights hae been provided for the
recreational center which is located
i:i the Petersen building on east Main
slreet
The program the past season has
i.uluded baseball and other activ
ities lor the boys as well as a strong
n.usical program of band and or
chestra unuer the direction of Peter
Cruidoville. A fiv piece jazz orchestra
has been trained and is now one of
t'ie popular musical organizations of
the community.
In the holiday season the rerrea
tiona! center repaired and furnished
2,000 toys which were distributed
Christmas to the children of the com
munity. In order that the recreationa. cei.
tfr be maintained it is necessary that
the cost be split between the relief
administration and the community.
The government will supplv the sal-
iaries of the supervisors while the
bunding and other incidentals are
suppliel by the community or civic
organizations.
rick at the creamer- who had placed
the institution on a paying basis. He
also complimented the BREX and
Norfolk Packing plant for their work
in the community.
Mayor George Lushinsky. while
unable to be present, sent a very in
teresting statement of the city fi
nances and the efforts that had been
n.ade to reduce the city indebtedness
to a very low figure for a municipal
corporation. The report shows that
on January 1, 1D36 the Donded in
debtedness had been $257,000 that
in the past year $12,500 had been
prid off. The bonded indebtedness
as of January 1. 1937 was $244,500
and the city had paid in interest
$12,959.73. The city had refunded
some $C8.000 in bonds that secured
them a substantial reduction in the
interest rate and saved the city
SS07.50 annually.
ANNUAL ELECTION HELD
From Friday's Daily
Members of the St. Luke's Guild
and Auxiliary held their annual elec
tion yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Frank
Cummins will act as president of the
.Auxiliary another term. Mrs. Rae
Patterson is vice president; Mrs.
John Schut2. secretary; and Mrs.
Maude Fricke, treasurer.
Officers named for the Guild were
Miss Dora Fricke, president; Mrs.
John Carmack, vice president; Mrs.
Hilda Coffman, secretary; and Mrs.
J. A. Donelan, treasurer.
Mrs John Carmack was named as
a delegate to the ladies annual aux
iliary meeting of the Diocese to be
held in Omaha next Tuesday. Mrs.
Frank Cummins, Misses Mia and Bar
bara Gering, and Mrs. J. A. Donelan
will also attend.
Members of the Guild voted to give
the shoes, which were left from the
rummage sale, for distribution among
the needy.
The meeting was held at the home
of Mrs. J. A. Donelan.
TO ATTEND MEETING
The -St. Joseph News-Press, of St.
Joseph, Missouri, has a very fine pic
ture of Mrs. J. W. Newell, of St.
Louis, in their late edition. Mrs.
Newell was formerly Miss Hallie At
v ood of this city, and is at the pres
ent time supreme president of the
P. E. O. society. She is to be honor
guest at a luncheon to which P. E. O.
members in fifty Missouri and Kansas
cities have been invited.
I
KRS. T. Y. DORWART
DIES IN LEXINGTON
Frrini Saturday's Daily
Dr. Clinton Dorwart was calied
early yesterday morning by the ser
ious illness of his sister-in-law, Mrs.
T. V. Dorwart, at Lexington, Ne-br.
At 7:10 word came that she had died
ot "pneumonia after a two-day ill
ness. Mrs. D. C. Dorwart left later
yesterday.
Mr:. Virginia Dorwart. 35, was the
wife of Dr. T. Y. Dorwart, a son of
Mrs. I). C. Dorwart of this city. She
leaves beside her husband two sons
and a daughter. Funeral services
v ere to be held in Lexington today.
Mrs. Dorwart lived in Omaha until
her marriage.
Mrs. Mary Dasher,
an Old Resident,
Died Late Friday
For Many Years Resident of Green
wood Passes Away at Home of
son, William in This City.
Mrs. Mary Dasher, 7S. resident for
many years of Greenwood, died at 9
o'clock last nieht at the home of
her son, William Dasher in this city,
where he has made her home since
November.
The Dasher family came to Green
wood a great many years ago and
there their large family was reared.
Of the ten children, there remain
six to mourn the passing of the
mother, Charles Dasher, living in
Washington. Mrs. Emma Brov n of
Bridgeport; Mrs. Doris Barr, Spring
field; William Dasher of this city;
Mrs. Bessie Bilstine, Alliance; Mrs.
Clara Layton. Waveiiy.
The husband and father passed
away sixteen years ago and later Mrs.
Pusher moved to Springfield where
she made her home with her grand
son, Carl Burr. In the late fall she
fell and broke her arm and since
thei has been in failing health. In
November she came to this city and
has since been making her home
with Mr. and Mrs. William Dasher,
being bedfast since a short time after
Christmas.
HEALTH IS IMPROVING
Plattsmouth friends will be pleased
to learn that Father Marcellus Agius,
who is now visiting at his old home
o.i the island of Malta, is greatly
improved in health. For several
months before going to Europe,
Father Marcellus was in very poor
health and was under the care of spe
cialists for some time but with but
little gain. but is now improving and
gradually being restored to his old
time vigor. His trouble has been
found to be of a liver disorder and
which is yielding to treatment.
He has enjoyed the visit in his
childhood home and where his sister
and family are still residents and
with whom he i3 visiting. The cli
mate is very mild there v. ith temper
atures of from fifty to sixty. Malta
is one of the important military and
naval posts of the British empire.
TO VISIT IN FLORIDA
W. G. Boedeker, president of the
Murray State bank, with Mrs. Boe
deker are leaving on an auto trip to
the south with Florida as their ob
jective point and where they are ex
pecting to spend the next six weeks
or two months.
They are making the trip largely
on account of the health of Mrs. Boe
deker. who has been ill and it is
hoped the stay in the milder climate
of the southland will assist in her
recuperation.
They are planning on visiting at
Palm Beach. Miami and other of the
resort cities cf the Florida coast.
WAS FORMER RESIDENT
he death of George Able, prom
inent Lincoln contractor, is of inter
est here in the fact that Mr. Able
ves the husband of a former Platts
mouth girl. Pearl, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Ilemple, of Omaha
and a niece of Miss Theresa Ilemple,
grand secretary of the Degree of
Honor. Mrs. Able made her home
here in her early girlhood, the fam
ily later moving to Omaha and where
she was married.
Plattsmouth
Women Attend
Omaha Meeting
American Legion Ladies Attend Area
Meeting- on Child Wel
fare Conference.
From Saturday's Daily
Ten women lrom the American Le
gion Auxiliary in Plattsmouth drove
to Omaha yesterday to attend the
tenth annual Area D child welfare
conference of the American Legion
vrd allied organizations.
Among the outstanding speakers
during the afternoon were Mrs. Elsie
Tiers of Omaha, national child wel
fare chairman; John I). Crowley of
Cambridge. Mass.. national child wel
fare chairman; Mrs. Mollie Averill
of Mount Vernon, Wash.. Le Chapeau
National; Mis. Eulah Belle Orr of
Omaha, executive secretary. Omaha
child welfare association; and Mrs.
A. F. Nuquist of Lincoln, director of
state child welfare bureau.
Methods of promoting child wcl
are in different communities were ex
plained by speakers. A loan cabinet
was described by one of the speak
ers. From this supplies are taken
for persons who are too poor to go
to hospitals in case of illness. Among
the supplies kept were bandages, hot
water bottles, etc.
Another speaker told of a car com
pletely equipped with medical sup
plies which was used when needed.
All speakers stressed the fact that
the approach should be made, not as
chari'y. but as friends. They also
suggested that the te-rm "training
schools" be used instead of "state in
stitution." The morning session was devoted
to round table discussion by persons
from all sections of the area. Thir
teen states were represented.
Mesdames H. L. Gayer. Edear
Creamer, Ray Larson. Leslie Niel.
Robert Cappell. and A. II. Duxbury
went up yesterday morning. Those
v ho attended only in the afternoon
were Mesdames Fred Herbffer, Otto
Keck, Elmer Webb, and Fae McClin
tock. ASKS DAMAGES FOR HURTS
Attorneys for John Sanderson,
erstwhile hired man on the Henry
Huffman farm in Banner county, de
fended in supreme court Tu-sday the
$500 judgment he obtained against
his employer and his wife because cf
a beating at their hands. Sanderson
is 67 years old. and because a young
son of Huffman threw rocks at him
while he was milking he chased the
lad to the protecting arms of his
mother upon whom he served notice
that if she did not keep the kid in
doors he would kick the stuffing out
of him. This led to Sanderson's
severing his connection with the
farm. When Mrs. Huffman was writ
ing his check he gave voice to the
opinion that Huffman was a cheap
skate who paid his help less than
others. He says Huffman answered
with an epithet, and while he was
shaking him by the collar and de
manding that he take it back. Mrs.
Huffman hit him over the head with
a claw hammer. As part of the pro
vocation Srnderson accused Huffman
of net showing the government man
all of the hogs on his place when he
came around to fix allotments. Huff
man rays that Sanderson vas drunk
and that a3 he is a giant of a man
ail they did was in self defense. San
derson counters by declaring that
there is no justification in law for
beating a man up merely because he
called another one a cheap skate.
FIND DEMOLISHED TELEPHONE
From Thursday's Daily
The telephone and coin box that
was stolen from the pay booth at the
Purlington station Tuesday night,
was found yesterday along the rail
road right of way near the pumping
station.
The telephone instrument had been
smashed w ith a hammer and the coin
box also broken to pieces.
The telephone was a complete
wreck and means a loss of some $40
to the telephone company. It is
thought the parties recovered at the
very best not over a quarter from
the box as it had been checked a few
flays before and the coins removed.