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Uebr. State Historical Sodetj VOL. NO. ini PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1937. NO. Action Taken on Legislation; Name Committees j WV : C. of C. Opposes 40-Hour Favors Free Bridge Bill ; Roy Ol son, W. N. Brink, Speakers. From Thursday's Dally Upon motion of John P. Rattler, with amendments by Emil Weyrich and A. L. Tidd, the chamber of com merce instructed the legislative com mittee to write to the state senate opposing the forty-hour week for women employees. E. J. Richey's motion instructing the committee to write letters in favor of the passage r.f the free bridge bill was also passed unanimously at the meeting this noon. Discussion on the free bridge bill was led by II. A. Schneider. L. S. Devoe received a number of sugges tions from the chamber in regard to the Happy Hundred banquet. T. II. Pollock and A. L. Tidd commended the city council upon the action up- on the Lincoln avenue project. icided on the adoption of the plans V. X. Brink of the Brink Hatch-0f the state and federal regulations ery told of the development of his'of the handling of the poor relief hatchery from its beginning as a 1 funds that are derived from the state sideline in 192S with a 2. COO egg in-land federal funds. cubator to the present capacity of; The new set up will include the 45,000 eggs. He mentioned the fact; filing of applications by the families that the hatchery has under contract! for the relief funds and in which 65 flocks in this area and 7c above , blanks furnished must be filled out market price is given for eggs to be and which covers the family status used in the hatchery. He invited the in every way to the members, their! members to the opening to be held : conditions and needs and whic h ap- tomorrow and said that the hatchery ; hoped to put out 100,000 baby chicks 1 for the budgeting of the cases and ; was good, while Haw ley made a free this spring. :the amounts that are to be allowed , toss good for the City. Holton, break- Roy Olson, manager of the BREX(in each case. The filling of the ap- ing through the local defense made store, told of the growth of this divi- plication and their handling will be ; good a field toss, with Wooster shoot sion of the railroads. The BREX , in the office of Mrs. Lottie Rosen- i ing a two shot foul to help the Plat shops w ere opened in Plattsmouth in i crans, county relief director and her i ter cause. Berthold scored for Xe 192 6 and when the shops closed down, ; staff. The set up for each family will j braska City. Rebal was sent in to took over the work of the railroad re-1 be made at the office here. replace Wooster in the last of the i pair here. Two separate and distinct This method of handling ttie use; game. departments are in the shops, the me-lof the state and federal aid will com-j The score at the half was S to 7 chanical and the store. The mechan-jpiy with the regulations as pre-'for the Oteans. ical department is the larger and has scribed and at the same time elimin-j The Oteans took a lead in the third charge of the maintenance and up-' ate the necessity of the maintenance ! quarter w hen Holton opened with a keep the cars. The store purchases, of a general county director as was receives, and stores all supplies. at first suggested. Mr. Olson told of the bright out-; This will also make the administra look for the railroad industry. He ; tion of the work less a burden on said the railroads show the best pros-' the county than the plan first sug pects since 1929. He mentioned that gested. the expenditures of. the railroads dur ing 1C3G for miscellaneous materials showed a C4Tc increase over 1935 and the number of employees is higher than it has been during the past five years. He also mentioned that the rates were 21 under those of 1921. During the past ten years the railroads have paid $3,204.5rS,-j f.S4 in taxes. 46 of which went for the schools of United States. ! Materials are coming in for the the president of the Presbyterian fed cars w hich are to be built here be-! eration and the chairmen of the five ginning March 1. circles at a dessert committee meet- The following committees were inS yesterday afternoon. The guests named for the year 1937: Finance and Membership Frank I M Restor. chairman; John J. Cloidt. j Ld. L. Schulhof. Roy . Knorr, Clem-i ent Woster. F. I. Rea. P. T. Heine- man. Highways and Roads H. A. Schneider, chairman; John P. Sattler. ! W. H. Puis, Geo. L. Farley, Ed. G. Ule. Legislative J. Howard chairman; A. H. Duxbury, Kieck, W. A.' Robertson. Industries L. O. Minor. Davis' yy. q' ' ! chair-! "man; A. E. Stewart. C. C. Wescott, E. J. Weyrich, F. I. Rea. Railroad Traffic Elmer Sund strom. chairman; D. E. Waller. D. S. Sumner, John W. Crabill, George Jaeger, E. J. Richer. Missouri River Improvement T. ; II. Pollock, chairman; E. J. Richey, j A. L. Tidd. John Turner. Publicity Paul Vandervoort, chairman; Elmer Webb. Frank Smith, Hazel K. Baier, C. C. Wescott. Agriculture George K. Hetrick, j chairman: Roy W. Knorr, A. E. Stewart. Henry Nolting. Jean Spang-jtake 7m... .r; Pahl. chairman: J. H. McMaken. Ray ! Misner, A. L. Tidd, Ernest C. Giles, 1 John J. Cloidt, Dr. H. G. McClusky, , lt1z'. . Entertainment L. S. Devoe. chair-, man; Clement Woster rri rf I Woster, Henry Soennichsen, J. Russell Reeder. Warren Frank R. Molak. Scharfenberg, Dr. City Planning S. S. Davis, chair man: A. L. Tidd. Rev. V. C. Wright. Dr. P. T. Heineman. Miss Gail Davis, of Crete, who has been visiting for the last month here with Miss Ida Mosler, at the Holy j Rosary parish house, returned to her. heme Thursday. RESERVES SHOW CLASS From Thursday's Daily The Plattsmouth Reserves last eve ning added their second game of the; season from the Nebraska City Re- ' serves, taking the game 22 to 13,! their than margin of victory much better their 21 to 20 win here. The blue and white boys made! clear their dominance in the game. jand some fine basket shooting was j ; shown by the blue and white with j jMcCarty heading thes harpshooters. ! All of the team showed well both ; on their offensive ar.d defensive plays ' jand added to their fine record of the: ; season. i County to Bud- get iveiiei y? oik in New Setup While Administration Will Be Car ried on Locally. State and Fed eral Plan Followed. The county commissioners have de- plications shall be used as the basis The old age assistance, child and blind assistance is not affected under the new plan and will be continued as at present under the direction of Paul Vandervoort, the present direc tor. ENTERTAIN OFFICERS From Friday's Pa.il- 1 Mrs. H. G. McClusky entertained1 were Mesdames Sterling Ingwersen, -lartin. Geo. Farley, I hillip II. Hirz, E. C. Giles and Roy Knorr. Th tM. .-. moot fimrmtnir with la touch of the patriotic colors being ! , - used. The place cards were small red ; Chinese sailing vessels of different : 'types rvxng over, tne guests; The box score launched at once into the task of thejf0uows: afternoon, that of arranging the new j Plattsmouth circles for the coming year. These i will be read at the March federation meeting and on March 17th when all circles will meet together at the church, each circle will organize for the new church year, which starts APru ; HOLES COURT AT NEBRASKA CITY ! From Saturday's Daily- District Judge W. G. Kieck was here for a short time this morning to up a few matters before return ling to Nebraska City where a jury IS out deliberating the case of Bud A Rains vs. Fred L. Gauchat, a damage! ! suit for $G5,000 for injuries. The Isuit is the result of an accident north . . OI -eDrasKa city on uctoner iu, 19 "6, in which Rains, a highway worker was injured. HAS ARM INJURED Dr. R. P. Westover is carrying his arm in a cast as the result of a slip - on the ice last week He injured the elbow and last night had to have the arm put in a cast. He is able to at- jtend his business, despite the sprain. Nebraska City Evens Games by Winning 17 -15 ! Oteans Have Eest of Fast and Fnriotis Strnggle at Nebraska City Wednesday Night. The Nebraska Cit "oasketball c;uin- ', tet "Wednesday night on their own ' court, evened the games for the sea-j son with the Platters when they' emerged winners 17 to 15 in an ex-, citing and hard fought battle. Earlier! in the season they had taken it on j the chin lure from the Platters 22! to 12. j The Oteans show ed much better j form than in their previous encoun- ter with the local blue pantied boys.j Haw ley being in the line up while; Gerber. just released from quaran-: tine, was back at his guard post.' Berthold. who played center in the; game here, was at guard for the' i Oteans and directed their play. The first quarter opened w ith the two teams feeling out their foes and it was several minutes old before Max ' Seitz registered a free toss when foul- ; ed by Kastner. MeCarroll scored from the field and Berthold registered to; hold Nebraska City in the scoring.; The score at the whistle was 3 to 2 j for the Platters. In the second quarter Holtcn, the hot shot of the Otean scoring, was placed i:i the game and had a decid ing effect on the rest cf the contest. "Wooster increased the Platter lead w ith a nice under basket shot that score after the quarter was several . 'minutes old, Berthold with an under! basket shot brought the purple and gold stock up to a higher point. Mc- j Carty, who had replaced MeCarroll j i at center made a free toss good for; the riattsmouth offering for the' .quarter. Berthold, fouled by Falk. made both shots good to make the. score 13 to 9 for the City. The final quarter was a real bat-! ! tie royal and the Platters fought ' ihard to regain the lost ground but ; while bombarding the basket they ; missed many shots in the dving; moments of the struggle. The game , , was rough and many fouls shots miss ed on both sides. Hayes relieved Miller in the last quarter. Wooster made good a foul shot and MeCar roll tried to close the gap with his underbasket shot. Nebraska City made eood a fic-kl ironl nnri then sf itr witU a free throw and Gerber from , i iir lit:-iii Mid t-i i . r : i k m and rnfin a i font cv,t na t,, ,.. . ! foul shot as the game was dving and despite the desperate fight of the blue ! and white at the close the whistle found they lagging 17 to 15. of the game was as FT PP TP 1 3-5 1 5 0 2-2 1 2 2 0-0 1 4 j 0 1-1 0 1 j 0 1-1 0 lj 0 2-4 1 2 3 9-13 4 15 Tr. FT I'F TP 0 0-0 2 0 ; 3 1-2 2 7 0 0-0 10 1 0-2 2 2 1 0-0 2 2 3 0-2 3 6i 8 1-6 12 17 Wooster, f Seitz, f MeCarroll. c McCarty. c Miller, g Falk, o Nebraska City 'Kastner, f Holton, f ' Miller, f ; Haw ley, c I Gerber, g liertnoia, g HERE FROM CALIFORNIA From Thursday's Daily Merritt Patton, who has been en gaged for the past several months near Sacramento, California, in river improvement work, arrived home last evening for a visit with his parents and friends. Merritt likes the west very much and has found his work very agreeable and is expecting to return in a short time to resume his activities. Phone news Items to No. G. TROUBLE BRINGS FINE Overindulgence in the flowing bowl and attending trouble, was air- :ed Wednesday afternoon in the office ;;u Judge C. L. Graves. The party had been charged with creating ; trouble in a tavern and later was arrested by Officer J. E. Lancaster. The court after hearing the case de cided on a fine of $10 and costs on the intoxication charge and 1 on the disturbing the pea'e and settle ment for which was arranged. Later the defendant tiled a com plaint against others for violation of the state gambling law. Auto and Truck Licenses for the Year Required Deadline Set by Local Officers Feb ruary 1st and New 1937 Plates Must Be Used Now. The owners of cars ar.d trucks in Cass county who have, failed to se cure their new license plates for ; 1937. are now subject to having a fine iimnosed for operating these vehicles without the lawful plates. The state law has set the time for securing the license plates each year at the first day of January, but ! the local officers in most of the coun ties are lenient in allowing until the j first of February for the new licenses j to be secured and placed on the cars and trucks. i The state department has com- ,.i 1- r .u trucks tr-"t are operating on the! The councilmen who are retiring higaw stii" this year comprise Frank M. Bestor. ; onerf on e li on maie 1 St ward; W. C. Tippens. second! T 1 " L !"VJ n Hiward; W. H. Puis, third ward; C. A. ' Lilt- UIM1CIS lliuit lu a numii .n.v. u. well as the enforced purchase of: plates. j 1 cn.i.r 1 innntlaf! I " 1 -1 Vt O C? 1 Cii Tl checkups and parties forced to either i get the licenses or suffer the conse , quence. i The final deadline has now expired and Sheriff Homer Sylvester will start in on the checkup of all who have ; failed to get the new plates and still onpnile their motor vehicles on the highway. Those who expect to continue to operate their cars and trucks should get busy and secure one of the hand- some gray and black County Treasurer John selling. plates that E. Turner is Y.L.E.R.A. IN 5 2ND YEAR Membership dues of $1 are begin ning to come in to the membership ! chairman. Mrs. Val Burkel. for the Y.L.R R.A. The cre:anization was ! started in 1SS5 by a group of Flatts- j mouth girls. The young women paid j ! monthly dues at the beginning for ! the purchase of books. After the es tablishment of the library the : Y.L.R. R.A. shelf for many years took the place of the pay shelf. At the present time both the pay shelf and the Y.L.R. R.A. shelves are used. The i membership fee entitles the indi- . -: .1 . , , 1 4. v, a nc- . .if t n r into nnnke j lUUdl t l III- 1 - ' i ' 1 ' ...v.- the placed on the Y.L.R.R.A. shelf. At the end of the year, April, the books from the Y.L.R. R.A. shelf are turned over by the organization to the library to be replaced by new books purchased with the dues. Over 1,200 books have been added to the Plattsmouth library shelves in this manner. Any person who wishes to pay $1 may become a member and have the privilege of the use of the shelf. At the present time the mem bership stands at 4 0. RECEIVES PROMOTION Word comes from Washington, D. C. of the promotion which has recent ly been given to Theodore Hadraba, son of Joseph Hadraba of this city. Theodore is now assistant to the com mission in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He started as clerk there, then was appointed to third man position, now he is second in position there. SUFFERS INJURED NOSE Cecil Ilennings, while roller skat ing Thursday evening, fell and was unfortunate enough to suffer the fracture of his nose. He will have to have the member bandaged for several days until the break heals. City Convention Soon to Name Local Candidates Eoard of Education and City Coun cilmen to Ee Selected in Next Two Weeks for Spring Election. The residents of the communit3" will in the next two weeks be called upon to select candidates for coun cilman in each of the Ave wards of the city and as well to name candi dates for the board of education. ! While the offices are not Ulcerative i in return to the parties that hold ;theni, they are very important to the community, the council caring for the city business and the board of educa tion that of the school district which also includes some territory outside of the corporate limits. Careful handling of the city af fairs are necessary to enable the grad ual whittling down of the bonded debt and to keep expenses at a low figure in order that it may be possible to lower the tax levies where pos sible. That this can be done makes necessary the naming as members of ' the councilmen who have good jud ment. interest in the welfare of the city and its future and who have in terests that will be affected by the levies that are made each year for taxes. There is to be a councilman named in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth wards, or half of the council membership will be selected this spring, each ward having one hold-: over councilman. T.intl A i a n,i c c i r. n nil r nivsr c h m V C Tr.hncnn fmirth word nnrl V C rn - man. fifth ward. Mr. Puis is movinc will automatl-)the jtO the first ward and convention rally out in his old ward. The first of the city will be on Saturday, February 27th, i that of the democratic voters, while; the republican meeting will probably; be a few days later. The law makes it necessary to hold these conventions , some thirty days prior to the election which is April Cth. The selection of members of the board of education is a matter of concern to taxpayers and the parents of children of school age, as the board not only transacts the business affairs of the district, but can be of the' greatest aid to the superintendent: and school heads is keeping the schools at a high standard such a has characterized the schools in the; past years. The school meeting will be held at the high school building; on Tuesday, March 2nd. i SHOES FROM CEDAR CREEK From an unknown contributor al Cedar Creek, the mail brought a pair of boy's high top boots that are in very good shape and will require win require permit being only minor repairs to issued to some worth Plattsmouth school child. This is the first pair of outgrown or used shoes to be sent in from out of town, but Plattsmouth people have responded in fine shape to the appeal for used shoes and overshoes. Today's shoe report shows 109 pairs have been issued to day, 54 of them t ew. 53 used and 2 pairs of shoes repaired for their owners. DR. J. H. HALL ELL Dr. Joseph II. Hall, dean of the medical profession of Cass county, is ill at his home in the Hotel Platts mouth and has for the past several days been confined to his apartment. Dr. Hall has not been in the best of health and at his very advanced age makes his case one that is more ser ious. James I. Hall, a son, who resides on a farm south of this city, has been here since Monday to assist in look ing after the father. HEADS PERU CLUB Miss Louise Rishel, Plattsmouth student at the Peru State Teachers college, has been selected as presi - dent of the Personality club for the second semester. Miss Rishel is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B Rishel of this city. HAS FALSE ALARM From Saturday's DaPy j I A crew on a Missouri Pacific train i j this morning reported that a man j 'apparently dead, was lying along the j I right of way south of Mynard. The j matter was reported to Sheriff Homer j j Sylvester and who secured the service j J of a motor car from the railroad and j I started dow n the tracks to the scene j I of the supposed death. ' j The sheriff found on arrival at i the scene two miles south of Mynard. that an aged man was engaged in picking up coal along the right of way and who had stopped to rest while the train came by and caused the impression that he was a corpse. First District Short Course in Gardening j All four champions have served as Mrs. E. H. Wescott of Plattsmouth i local leaders of clubs and performed to Be Presiding Officer at j outstanding community services in All-Day Session. their home counties, and have won i major awards not only locally but in Omaha will be hostess to the fii'st;state ancj national 4-H competition. district of the fedrated garden clubs I of Nebraska at a short course in gar dening to be held February 27. Mrs. ; E. H. Wescott. first district director, ' will preside at the session which opens at 9 a. m. Outstanding speak ers are on the day's program. Six- teen counties are included in the : first district. Mrs. A. E. Rapp. president of the : Iowa Federated clubs, and Mrs. Fred Grouseman president of the Nebras- oeen a consistent winner in home eco will conduct the round ; nomics exhibits. ka clubs, table discussion of aims and amln-, 'ions of the clubs. Mrs. A. C. Nelson, president of the den clubs of Lincoln, will conduct , a i u.uoo.i. v. . " ui uu6uuui ; ' 1 , . . , I,-.,, ih.nitirhriitt day" is the topic urn which Mrs- jCumminB Raw-son of Des Moines will j I Speak at the luncheon- Mrs- E' E-; Mann win give an musiraiea leciuie upon America's famous gardens andjington tripg antj signally honored for the inter Wonder Garden. Lrnest Heminghaus will speak upon the planning and development of the small garden. All sessions and the luncheon will be held in the ball room of the Hotel Fontenelle. Reservations for the luncheon, which is 75c. must be in ;the hands of Mrg M T white G04 No. 4 0th st., by Thursday evening, j This is the first course of this kind to be held. The federation was or ganized in 1936 and one meeting has been held since that time. Officers are, Mrs. Fred Grouseman, president; Mrs. J. E. Marsh and Mrs. Yaclar0eef work. in his home community Novak of Wilbur, vice-presidents; j he nas taken an active part in civic Mrs. Warren Day of Lincoln, secre-1 affairs, and has been interested in tary; and Mrs Warren Day of Lin-1 music activities also. The c lub led by coin, treasurer. ! Cadwallader did heroic rescue w ork All persons interested in gardens, ' in the Republican river valley flood whether members of a club or notJ0f 1935. are invited to attend the sessions and! everyone is urged to exhibit some- ! thing if it is only a plant or a garden snap-shot. Each club is asked to , range the flowers on a table. snap-shot. Each club is asked to ar RECEIVES CHURCH CALL Rev. Clifford Cecil, who has been pastor of the Christian church at Shenandoah, Iowa, for a period of several years, has received a call from the First Christian church at Greeley, Colorado. Rev. Cecil, a son of Mrs. Isaac Cecil and a former Plattsmouth young man, has made a very fine record in his work at the Shenandoah charge and it is very pleasing that he is to be called to the Greeley church, one of the largest of this denomination in the northern part of Colorado. He will leave soon for the new charge. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC All auto and truck ow ners are noti fied that they must secure 1937 auto ! license plates if they are to continue I operating the trucks or cars. The . tneir regUiar meeting was held Tues j deadline for securing the new plates day afternoon with the old fashioned jwas set for February 1st and thi3 is ; tea. Mrs. Wm. Kieck and Mrs. H. B. (now past. ; Perry were in the receiving line for i 11 e necessary 10 nave inethe tea. Assistants with the serving j state law enforced and those who ere Misses Beatrice Arn and Maymie j have not secured the new plates are Schwenneker. Mrs. V. T. Arn. Mrs. , urged to do so now and save a fine land necessity of being picked up. n. ciii1.oii,n, Sheriff of Cass County, Daily Journal, 15&- per week. Cass County Girl Wins Trip to Washington Frances Rehmeier of Weeping Water One of Nebraska 4-H Cham pions Chosen for Cairp. Nebraska's 1927 delegates to the I national 4-H club camp in Washing- ! ton were announced from the college i of agriculture: Pranc es Rehmeier. 'Cass county; Gladys Weitkamp. j Washington county; Miles Cadwal lader. Furnas county, and Joe Car ; ter, Hitchcock county. ! The four champion Nebra?kans w ill irepresent some 23,000 rural Corn husker youths enrolled in 4-H dub .work. The Washington trip, an ;aw aid made annually to two boys and girls, is the highest honor that can come to a 4-H club meriber. Fiances Rehmeier. IS, probably has participated in as many 4-H clubs as any other Nebraska girl. These include swine, keep well, rope, dairy, baby beef, clothing, girls room, weed, canning and crop clubs. She has served as local leader of 11 different 4-H clubs. In county, state and na tional competition, the Cass county girl nas exhibited major winners in swine shows. In addition, she has Another outstanding 4-H girl and leader has been Gladys Weitkamp. 19. Df Washington county. Like Miss Rehmeier. she has participated in o i . .!.. I II... mail uiuereui aamuts. iiri ex- ..... a minis nave won major honors in county, tri-county, state and nation- al completion. In school w ork Gladys ranked in the top third scholastic-ally. The two DOys Winning the Wash- their contributions to 4-H work both come from southwestern Nebraska. Joe Carter, 21, has been especially prominent in baby beef club work and has developed many outstanding beef clubs in Hitchcock county. A snarp judge of livestock, his opinion i nf bnhv Iippvps has l. bichlv re- i "thrnoiit the state cr - - - Miles Cadwallader, jr.. of Furnas county, has also long been known in 4-H club work. He is now 18. He has competed in practically every phase of the club work. Like Carter, he has been outstanding in baby METH0DIST CIRCLES ; From Friday's Daily j Mrs. Wm. Baird entertained the Naomi circle at her home yesterday afternoon. She was assisted by Miss Margaret Mapes, Mrs. Robert Patton, Mrs. Walter Propst, and Mrs. Don j York. Mrs. J. Howard Davis gave a sketch of her recent trip to the west coast for the members. Mrs. L. S. De- ; voe played "Juba Dance" by Delt 'and "Country Dance" by McFayden. Plans were made for the Easter egg sale to be held the Saturday before Easter at the home of Mrs. John : Crabill. Mrs. E. Thimgan led devotionals at the meeting of the Gleaners circle. Mrs. George Mann had charge of the social period. Roll call was answered : by "most embarrassing moments." ; Pictures of famous people were pass ed and a contest for identification was .held. Mrs. R. B. Hayes was hostess with Misses Berniece Arn and Ior- 'othy Glock assisting. i Members of the Dorcas circle visit- ed the other meetings yesterday as jFred Burk. Miss Wilma Pickard, Mrs. !Wm. Heinrich, Mrs. Will Wells, and Miss Berniece Arn assisted with th l t refreshments. Other members of tb 'circle were in costume.