Heir. State Hit-arical Society TOL. NO. LH PLATTSMOTJTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1937. NO. 101 Community Club Fund Providing Shoes for Many i; Koiith Shows Many Shoes Handled and Many Supplied with Badly Needed Footwear for Winter During January expenditures from the Community Building club treas- j wry ) support the club's shoe pro gram totaled 5 61.45. $51.70 of this vats paid t H. M. Soeimichsen Com-t pany and Fetzer Shoe company for thim-five pairs of new shoes and f versnoes. Remaining 59. 75 went toi fitrr.ian Reichstadt for the repair or 14 pa ids of shoes. All of the above named have co-operated splendidly with the shoe committee in granting price reductions, making it possible to stetch the available shoe dollars contributed from the club's treasury. T::e public has also co-operated t-i: nding in many pairs of serviceable j rutrvnwa shots, or used shoes that coulu be repaired at a minimum ex per.so. During the month 21 pairs of new' ?-uoes uuu i jjans in ustu suoes v. tiei issued to needy school children; also!), t pairs of new overshoes and 21 rairs of used overshoes and rubbers. ine pair of shoes was repaired for tneir owner, bringing the total num-j. . 1 .'b'.it the lewman were able to make cr served to .5.. l nese went to o individual pupils, ranging in age from primary grades to Junior high school. Eleven of the 67 received two p-'irs r-hots and overshoes these going to children who have long dis ?".nct" to walk to school through iieavy snow. Demand for shoes and overshoes fill continues quite heavy, and the furtr.er co-operation of the public in FPiidi:ig in used shoes and overshoes v. -11 be necessary if shoe fund expen ditures are to be held down to the I60 alloted from Community Build ing club funds for this work. Supt. Devoe and School Nurse Mrs. Justus Lillie have co-operated with the club's shoe committee in point rig out and analyzing need for shoes rmong the respective pupils. The shoe program will be con tinued through the winter. Legion Hustles, who administer Community Building club funds, state, and every e .Tort put forth to supply needy chil-('li-n of school age with adequate t.i- --::r t.j protect them from wet .Mid The possibility of contracting : : k :;. ss. The- club is now nearing the end of its first year of existence, with a slightly decreased membership from he peak month of May. E : sides money contributed to the hoe fund, profits from this enterprise Pave- been usd to reduce community building indebtedness 5631.06; tc provie'e drum corps equipment, 71. 04 and to help meet the over-J heat' costs of maintaining the Bov ! Scout program, sponsored by the Le gion. $4S. Enough unpledged money Is cn hand to reduce building indebt edness another $350 at the next in terest paying date, April 1st. t THE WEATHER f Coi:rtesy Weyrkh & Hadraba - mm mm mm mm --mm- January 1937 has been consider 1.1. . ..1,1 1 . . I .1! . luiy nnufi man me i-urrespouunio i f.ve days during the past month had tempc ratures reaching above the freezing point. Last year had eleven diys with temperatures above freez ing. 3 3 days of the past month had lows below zero. Hish for January 1937 was 40 on the fifth and the low was 14 on the ninth. 1.1 S inches of moisture rie recorded. High for a year ago was 4C on the eleventh and low was --1S on the 27th. Only .C2 inches of precipitation are on record. Jan uary of 1935 had a high of 53 on the third and a low of 10 on the 22nd. 10 inches of moisture are recorded. TWIN GIRLS ARRIVE From Wednesday's Faily This morning between midnight aid 1 o'clock at the Kines sanitarium rt Omaha, twin daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Leonard of near Mynard. Mrs. Leonard was formerly Miss Edith Short of Omaha and Mr. Leonard is a son of Mr. and 'Irs. A. W. Leonard of Mynard. VISIT AT ELMWOOD County Treasurer and Mrs. John E. Turner and Dorothy Jean, were t Elm wood Sunday for a visit with iio relatives there. They were din ner guests at the home of Mr. and iMrs. V. G. Clements, the latter a sis- Mr of Turner. Others of the fam ily to enjoy the hospitality of the Clements home were O. S. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Orrest Cook and family - ::d Mr. and Mrs. S. II. James. Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Heeder also arove with the Turners to Elmwood ar.d were guests at the home of Mr. :u:d Mrs. Harry Williams, parents of Mrs. Reeder. College View Quintet Trips the Platters, 29 to 25 Elue and White Smothered by Rally ot Viewrian Saturday Night on Lincoln Suburb Court. The College View jinx hovered over the Flatters again Saturday as 'Thev f1rntn-l lhp bn skpt hn 1 1 p.nmc to 3 to 2S on the Viewman's court. The Platters, despite the small ym were able to take the lead in Ithp first niim-ter nf thp rrimp 1 0 fn K jtae score 14 alike at the half time. The third quarter of the game was the Platters as they bombarded the basket to b'-ing the score up to 23 to IG, Murphy of the Viewman being the inly one of his team to click against the blue and white, while Wocster, McCarroll and Miller all hit o the hoop. With the riatters leading at the opening of the last period Dale Xan nn of College View started a rally that ltd his team to victory, his bas kets closed the gap to 25 to 22. Forest sank a setup to come within one point of tying the game and Xanncn with a two handed push shot put the Viewman out in front, trrnsky added a gift shot and Xan bagged the basket that cinched the game. Ray Wooster, Don McCarroll and "lax Scitz were out in front for the i'latters iu their play and the floor work of Stransky and Forrest was outstanding for College View. The summary cf the game was as follows: Plattsmouth FG FT PF TF - 4 0 0 S 1 4 1 C -2115 1 0 3 2 - 2 0 3 4 10 5 8 25 FG FT FF TP 0 1 4 1 G 4 2 16 2 1 1 f. 3 0 2 6 0 1 1 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 11 7 10 29 Wooster, f coitz. f McCarroll, e Falk. g Miller, g College View ; Stri.ii.sk j f ! Nairn en, f-c Murphy, c Fori est, g i I'irker, g V.ihon, f Luasford, f Referee: Bill Bockes, Xebraska. HAS COASTING ACCIDENT SUurday afternoon, John Howard, 0 year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Tohi'Son, was badly bruised and knocked unconscious when the sled taat he was coasting on ran into a passing automobile at the intersec tion of Granite street and Lincoln avenue. The lad had started out to play arourd with the sled and decided to coast down the hill east, unknown to the parents who had warned the boy of the danger. The car of Ben Schwartz was go ing north on Lincoln avenue when the sled suddenly crashed into the front wheel of the auto, the boy be ing thrown from the sled and bruised vp afc well as being knocked uncon scious. The driver of the car for lunrtely was driving slowly, other wise the boy might have been run ever. Mr. Schwartz carried the boy to his home a short distance west of the fcene of the accident and by which time he had regained consciousness and appreciated his narrow escape. He is now doing as well as possible. Mi. Schwartz was in no way to rlan e for the accident. Daily Journal, 15c per week. Mrs, T. . Val lery, Old Resident, Dies at Mynard TTeniber of One of Pioneer Families of County and Life Long Resi dent of Cass County. Mrs. T. Yv Vallery, 7 0, passed away Sunday night at the family ihome at Mynard. whtre for the past i month she has been in failing health. i She had been gradually failing and late Sunday grew i;iu;li worse and passed away. Mrs Vallery was a member of the family of Joseph and Mary Cook, pio neer settlers in Cass countv and where she was born in 1SC0 and has since made her home. On December 1. IS 80, she was narried to Theobald W. Vallery, they locating on a farm in the vicinity of Murray and v. here for many years they ::;ade their home, retiring a few years ago from active farm life and have lince resided in Mynard. There is surviving, the aged hus bnnd, three sons and two daughters. Frank E. Vallery. Omaha: Glen and Charles Vallery, Mrs. Wade Torter of this city and Mrs. Owen Willis ot Weeping Water. Tht- Cook family of which she was a member embraced a large number of brothers and sisters and those who survive the passing of Mrs. Vallery are C. E. Cook. Mrs. S. O. Cole and Joseph Cook of this city; Phillip Cook of Xorfolk and John Cook of leaver City. Mrs. Vallery was known by a large i.ircle of friends over Cass county and to whom her death comes as a deep sorrow and will leave a place hard to fill in the circle of those who have known her best in the long years of her lifetime. FUNERAL OF MRS. VALLERY From Wednesday's Daily This afternoon at the United Biethern church at Mynard was held I he hist rites for Mrs. T. W. Vallery, i lifelong resident of this section of Cass county. The services were Irrgely attended by the friends and neighbors of many years standing. Ilev. II. A. Mclftlvey, pastor of ;he churci:, spoke of the long and useful life of the departed lady and the loss that her going has brought to the family and the friends, and '.he rich reward of her useful life. A male quartet composed of R. W. Knorr. L. D. Iliatt, Frank A. Cloidt and Raymond Cook, gave four num bers that had been favorites of the departed lady. "Beautiful Isle' of Somewhere," "It Is Well With My Soul." "Going Down the Valley" and "Xo Disappointments in Heaven." RED CROSS DONATIONS The donations received" Monday and Tuesday for the flood relief of the American Red Cross at the Platts mouth State bank shows the follow ing sums: John P. Kaffenberger, $1. Anna Harris, $1. Frank Kravenek, 1. W. II. VanderHaar, $1. Elmer Stoehr, $1. Richard Soennichsen, $1. Mrs. Katherine Xolting, $1. Dr. O. C. Hudson, $3. John P. Meisinger. $1. Mr. and Mrs. X. E. Warthen, f 1. Dor. York, $1. Anna Peoples, $1. Joe Libershal, $1. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elotzer, $1. Julius Pitz, $1. J. Russell Reeder, $1. Max Vallery, $1. W. C. Tippens, $1. Agnes Muenster, $1. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Anderson, $5. W. A. Robinson, $1. Don Seiver. $1. Frederick Wehrbein. f 1. St. Paul's Church School, $15. A Friend, $1. First Ward school, $1. George A. Kaffenberger, Jr., $1. Helen Horn, $1. Henry Horn, $1. D. L. Pickrel, $1. Hinky-Dinky store, $5. Mr?. Wm. Carr, $1. St. Paul's Evangelical church, $7. Ralph J. Wehrbein, $1. Elmer Tritsch, $1. Mrs. Frank Barkus, $1. Joe Solomon. $1. Mrs. Anna Lillie, $1. St. Paul's Ladies' Aid, $5. R. L. Kunz, $2. Calvin Root, 52. Hild Service Station. 1. E. A. Wurl, 11. John Palacek, Sr., $1. TO CALL SCHOOL CAUCUS From Tuesday's Daily The board of education at the February meeting last night, decided on the date for the annual school' caucu.-- and at which time there v. ill be four candidates named for the board of education of dis-tri t No. 1. There will be two elected at thej spring election in April and the law : "quires that four candidate s be j nominated. i The two members of the board' whose terms are expiiing this yeai i are J. A. Capwell, present president i of the board and E. A. Wurl. who, has for a long period of years been . ? member of the board o: education, i Louisville Lady Asks Damages of $55,000 Marjorie Twiss. Former Telephone Operator Sues Lincoln Telephone Company for This Amount. From Wednesday's Daily This morning in the office of the clerk of the district court a suit lor damages in the amount of ?".r.(00 was filed by Marjoi i Tv. iss. of Louisville, agaiv.rt the Lincoln Tele phone & Telegraph Co. The suit has three ca es of ac-i Hon. the first stating that the nlain- . : or . 1 u ,. , V llii iiuu enieitu iiitr r"i n -. 01 int.- j defendant company on 1917 and continued in August 2 the emrdove of the company until July r I It is alleged that the company mam- i B tained a pension and rctiieme -nt fundi of whuh the plaintiff had been a j contributor and that ly reason ofj her discharge from t lie service oi J the company after eighteen years of service, tnat plaint in nas not oeen permitted to share in the pension benefits. She asks $".C00 damages for this cause of action. The second cause of action for dam ages is based on the alleged remarks that representatives of the defendant company made concerning the plain tiff, the remarks being made in the presence of other parties and causing damage to the plaintiff and great humiliation. The sum of ?2.".000 is asked on this cause of action. The third cause of action is that the defendant company and its agents! refused to give the plaintiff a service; letter for her work and recommen dation. It is stated that the plaintiff in her servh-e with the company had received the Theadore Vail medal for faithful service. For the failure to secure the service letter she asks damages in the sum of 525,000. DEBATE TEAM SHOWS WELL IN FREMONT TOURNAMENT Plattsmouth's high school debating earn lasted until the fifth round in me Fremont tournament Friday. 3S schools were in competition at the Fremont college. Those attending from Plattsmouth were Coach Milo Price, John Bestor, Harriet Case, Rob ert Woest, and Jack F.arton. John Bestor also took part in the after dinner speech competition and Jack Barton, in the extemporaneous speeches Lincoln high is to compete with; T'lattsmouth in the near future in a public debate. This will be the first home appearance of the local debate team. The question for debate this years is "Resolved: The production and distribution of public utilities t-hould be government owned and operated." Thus far, Platsmouth has had com petitive debates with Omaha Tech; Lincoln High; Vermillion. S. D.; Thomas Jefferson in Council Bluffs; Omaha .South high; Wayne; Geneva; and Fremont. SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY Eugene Ault was given a very pleasant surprise Monday evening when a number of school friend3 and associates arrived at the Ault home to assist in the proper observance of he nineteenth anniversary of their friend. The evening was spent in playing Monopoly and in presenting Eugene with a number of gifts as remem brances of the event. ' At a suitable hour refreshments were served by Mrs. Charles Ault as listed by Mary Alice and Betty Ault. ! Historical Society Holds Meet Tuesday Committees Appointed to Survey His torical Spots, Plot Cemeteries; Addressed by Judge Root. Tlie Cass County Historical Society nut Tuesday afternoon at the district court room i:i the court house, some fixtv of the members from various 'parts of the county being in attend ance. I The meeting was opened by Dr. ;G. II. Gilmore, cf Murray, president land with C. L. Graves as the secre tary. Judge Jesse L. Root cf Omaha, a former resident here, was presented ave a most interesting talk that ed the past fifty years since he had frst arrived at Plattsmouth and J where he was admitted to the bar. ! Jute Root was a (.ader in the local ;hai. ,(:. r.anv veai.? pt,,.vinB as coun. jtv attol.nev aml also slate senator and later was a member of the Xe- braska supreme bench. He served up to two years ago as solicitor for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. Judge Root gave a very vivid pic ture of manv of the leading events from IS SC. when he was admitted to the bar here, down to the time tiiat he had left Plattsmouth, relat- jiiic, iiic iiiaii vo.ii i. r 13 i ii a i iiuu n held over the location of the county seat, sketcnes ot tne many uistin- a e:iJoyU. Juuge Koot also toiu an interesting fact of the only two cases of perjury that had been filed in the county and which occurred In this ease a man had been arrested charged with stealing brass from the railroad, but was acquitted when a frier.d testified that the man had been in Murray at the time the crime was alleged to have taken place and had not returned to Plattsmouth un til the next day. they shooting crap that night. Later the perjury charge i was filed against the man that had furnished the a'.ibi and he received a penitentiary sentence. Later the ac quitted man was apprehended and also received a sentence for perjury. A. E. Sheldon, secretary of the i State Historical society, was asked by Dr. Gilmore to preside over the business session of the society. The committee on constitution, of which Mrs. Marion Tucker, of Xe hawka, was the chairman, reported the constitution of the local society and w hich was adopted. The commit tee which will have charge of look ing after the cemeteries over the various parts of the county re ported. Mrs. Guy White is chair man and Judge A. H. Duxbury as the legal advisor. Robert Fitch, county surveyor, will plot the ceme teries for the committee and which will make a fine permanent record. Mrs. E. H. Wescott and Mr. Fiteh were named as a committee to mark the historical spots over the county that they may be preserved for the future years. E. II. Wescott was named chair man for permanent location and museum A pleasant social feature of the meeting was the refreshments of tea and wafers served at the close of the afternoon. Mrs. William A. Robert son being the chairman of the com mittee, Mrs. Ilea Patterson assist ing. The tea was prepared by Miss Florence Buxman, home demonstrator for the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co. HAS HAND CRUSHED Paul Peterson, an employe of the Western Precipitation Co., at Louis ville, was injured Tuesday morning at his work. He had his right hand caught in a hoist and as the result suffered the loss of the end of one finger and the whole hand was mash ed and bruised. FOR SALE Modern 6 room home, paving, garage. $2,500. Close in, Terms if desired. Ralph Anderson, 814 4th Ave., Plattsmouth. fl-2tw Want ads are read. Almost in variably, they get results. SEEK BUS LINE The state railway commission has v't February 17 as the date for hear ing the application of Herbert Eager r Louisvill", to establish a bus line oetv.cen that place and Omaha. The line proposed wuld run from i.ouisille to Springfield, Papillion Ralston and Omaha. It is being op posed by the Stiles bus line that oper ates between Papillion and Omaha. The bus line if allowed will be found a great convenience to the resi dents of Louisville and Springfield, permitting them to enjoy an adequate transportation line to and from Om ;ba and which they do not have at this time. Ruge-Carsten Wedding Tuesday in Avoca Church Young Couple to Make Home on Farm Near Avoca Dinner Attended by One Hundred. Miss Ruth Ruge, daughter of Mrs. Martha Ruge of Avoca, became the wife of Calvin Carsten, son of Sen ator and Mrs. Fred Carsten at a beautiful church wedding in Avoca Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock. The bride was dressed in white satin with a train. She wore a veil of white lace and a coronet set with pearls. Her bouquet was of white roses and sweet peas. She was at tended by Miss Dorothy Sundeen of Lincoln as maid of honor. Miss Sun deen wore pink lace and a lavender sweet pea corsage. Miss Angeliue Kvetensky of Omaha, bridesmaid, was! dressed in floor-length blue lace and wore a corsage of pink and white tea roses. Ted Brown of Lincoln was best man. Miss Bertha TeSelle of Firth play-. ed -'Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" and "At Dawning" on the violin as the candles at the altar were lighted by cousins, Mrs. Harlan Maple wearingj peach satin and Miss Mera Faap or Lincoln wearing blue satin. Miss Dorothy Snyder sang "I Love You Truly" and the bridal party entered to the music of Mendelssohn's Wed ding March, played by Miss Dorothy Gollner of Lincoln. Rev. Robert Tow nsend of Otoe per formed the wedding ceremony. Bas kets of pink and white snapdragons were used on the stage. Miss Hattie Ganzel of Lincoln had charge of the gifts and Mrs. Albert Sill, the, guest book. Harold and Wilford Greenrod were ushers. Following the wedding the guests went to the church basement where dinner was served to 100. The wed-j ding cake formed the centerpiece fori the bridal party table. Pink roses and candles were used on the other tables. Misses Evelyn Schutz. Willene Fager, Agnes McCann, Hazel Baier, Pauline Wessel, and Julia Jean Ruhge served. Mrs. Albert Schutz, Mrs. Wm. Baier, and Miss Anna Marie Sailing were in the kitchen. The couple left immediately after the dinner for a honeymoon in thei south. They will make their home on a farm near Avoca. COMMISSIONERS HOLD MEETING From Tuesday's Daily The board of county commission ers are hoiding their regular month ly meeting at the court house today, a large volume of business occupying their attention. The task of receiv ing, checking and investigating the many claims is a task that takes up the greater part of the session. The commissioners are very carefuly in their handling of claims and all must br examined thoroughly before the board allows them. MAKES GUILTY PLEA From Monday's Daily George Jacoby, who is being held 'n Omaha in connection with the stealing of three sacks of mail from (he Missouri Pacific station at Mur ray last Tuesday made a guilty plea to the charge. His alleged accomplice, Frank March, is to be arraigned today on the charge of robbing the mail. Jacoby has served a term in the Xebraska penitentiary and is now under a five-year federal parole for mail fraud. Cass County Red Cross Sends Over $1,500 j Contributions to Saturday Nicht Made from All Sections Chapter Quota of S150 Added. lp to Saturday night. ? 1 . 7. ",7 from Cass county ( in linlli.g a il' contribution by the C.i'.s County Chapter itself) had been forwarded to national headquarters . f the Red Cross. A total of several trillions of dollars leceived by the national head quarters is being use1 t meet the" great relief need the Ohio ami Missis sippi river floods have caused. Anyone can contribute any amount they wish to this worthy auso and all who have not done so yet. can still make contributions through the Red Cross collection agencies in their respective towns. As the amounts turned in from the differen' towz:s of the county are increasing from day to day. the Journal will not attempt to publish a list at present. Later en, the complete list of town contribu tions will be published. Eleven states are involved an1 up wards of $00,000 people are affected. At the end of January refugee? were being cared for in 25" com entration camps in the Hood zone and luC field hospitals, an increase of " hospitals in two days. The problem of sanitation in af fected cities, where the population lias not completely evacuated is becoming a major one. The innoculation of the population is proceding rapidly under the direction of the I. S. Public Health Service and state and 1 a 1 health officials operating with the Red Cross. Crying Need is for Money Bulletins received by C:.ss county Red Cross officials state: "Appeals for. donated supplies should be delayed until it is appar ent that the fund campaign is prac tically completed. Shipment of such supplies from any chapter should not be made without first contacting Red Cross headquarters. Caution should be used in asking for use:l clothing because the supply is generally more than sufficient without any appeal. "Chapters and their branches re ceiving collections of used clothing for shipment must assume the re sponsibility of inspecting, cleaning, sorting, packing and labeling such clothing before making shipment." In accordance with these instruc tions, the branches of the Cass Coun ty Chapter will please refrain from shipping any used clothing without first contacting the chapter officers as to the call and need. The Ft. Louis office is keeping every chapter in- formed. As in other disasters, the railroads have offered free transportation of donated supplies shipped by Red Cross representatives. In accepting this of fer the Red Cross has assumed the responsibility of limiting the ship ment of donated supplies to those for which there is a known need in the flooded area. Reports cf destruction increase daily and only the maximum possible response by Red Cress chapters every where in the raising and forwarding of money for use in the llood area will enable the National organiza tion to take care of the responsibili ties it has assumed. FIRE AT FARM HOME The residence at the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kliaim. south of this city, was visited by fire Tuesday, th chimney of the house burning oi.t and causing a great thai of damag". The chimney was cracked badly and the whole house suffered a great deal from smoke. The f.re was ex tinguished before it could catch the roof. SCHOOL CHILDREN GIVE AID The children of the Nehawka schools have contributed $1S to the Red Cross for flood relief work. Thi3 sum was in small amounts that ths youngsters from all ages gave from their banks and penny savings to aid the cause. The Cass County chapter of the Red Cross has given ll.'O f 'om their funds in addition to the .amounts that have been raised by the J various chapters.