tJebr. State Historical Society putt month VOL. NO. LIII PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1937. NO. Past Master Night Observed by Masons Lester W. Meisinger, Retiring- Master Is Honored Guest at Colorful Banquet Last Evening. I'loni Friday's Iaily riattsmouth lodge No. 0, A. F. & A. M.. last evening enjoyed their an nual past masters banquet and at v. li Letter W. Meisinger, retiring master was honored by the associates' of the lodge. j The committee in charge had ar ranged their program very cleverly; and in which recognition was given -Mr. Meisinger and "Wayne Bennett,! who was in charge of the preparation and serving of the banqikt. The tables were arranged in the lodge room and some 170 of the Ma-j sons wer-2 seated, patriotic colorings! being used in the decorative features' of the banquet board. ! The menu that all enjoyed very; much was as follows: j Roast Beef, Gravy ?.Iashed Potatoes - Navy Beans Biscuits - Cold Slaw Tutti Frutti Ice Cream Wafers - Coffee The serving of the banquet was very expertly carried out by a group of the high school boys. Luke L. "Wiles, past master of Plattsmouth lodge, presided over the toast list and presented the various speakers and features on the pro gram. The group singing was led by Dr. Raymond P. Westover, past master ana with L. H. Hescott at the piano' to provide the accompaniment for the songs. The invocation was offered by the Rev. V. C. Wright, pastor of the First .wcmouisi cnuicn. , Lowell S. Devoe, superintendent ; of the city schools, gave a demonstra-j tion of his magic for the members of the banquet party and revealed many new and startling features of the slight of hand artist. ! Robert Foster Patterson, newly' installed master of Plattsmouth lodge No. C. gave welcome to the visitors and guests of the local lodge, there being large numbers from the lodges at Weeping Water. Elmwood and Ne- i hawka here for the banquet. Mr. Pat terson was at his best and his re- marks much enjoyed by the part v. ' District Judge William G. Kieck, 1 committee, Mrs. Forrest Leonard and thig number 22 percent left NYA rolls past master of Springfield lodge No. Mrs' George Topliff, had charge of . to ac.cept positions in private indus 112. responded to the toast, "Neigh- the entertainment at the meeting of ! try. Xhe function of the work proj bors" and in which he discussed the the mard community club last cve-'ects i3 to provide remunerative em Pleasant relations of the members of ing in the community hall. j ployment for needy vouths and to Masonry in their association with '; As musical selections Miss Beulah ; give them practi(.al training The each other in the various commun- Kiser I'la"ed the xylophone; Junior , projects are sponsored, arranged and ilis- :K,ser ,he piano aecordian; Shirley ! supervise(i bv local public and Bemi. Raymond C. Cook, past master and Leonard, the violin; and Whipple ; public agencieS( such asschoolp u. deputy grand custodian of the grand Leonard, piano. Emma Riene Topliff ' brarles municipal departments the lodtre. was called upon and added aild Don Topliff gave readings. ; Red Cross. Y.M.C.A. and county 'agri much to the fun and entertainment A votal duet was &iven b' Shirley culture agents. The project Vouths of the evening in his response to the Leonard and Wilma Nolte. Whipple 1 earned from approximatel. $13"tQ o5 toast. "Gastronomical Gems," altho Leonard accompanied. Shirley Seiver fo . G w . M. mnnt . the title failed to adequately describe the speech. I Searl S. Davis gave a very fine ad-!Dtm Rhodeu v"as followed by a vocal dress on the value of Masonry and the sol hy lrs- Chester Wiles, accom services of man to himself and his I,anied ,)y Mrs' Ro' Co3e community, which proved a fine con-! An accordiau aild guitar duet was tribution to a splendid evening. Mr. rlaytd by Junior Kiser and Clarence Davis' remarks were deeply impres- sive on the banquet party and will be long remembered for its fine thought and inspiration. William A. Robertson, deputy grand master of the grand lodge of the Nebraska Masons, also past mas ter of No. 6. presented the past mas ter's jewel to Mr. Meisinger and gave warm words of praise for the fine ser vice that retiring master had given to local Mason? y. The Masonic quartet composed of Frank A. Cloidt. Raymond C. Cook, H. G. McClusky and R. W. Knorr gave two numbers to close the fine program. "Lights Out" and "I Don't." Ml- XToi in . V, 1 - .V. , " oV ' ' responded m a very feeling iiwnner to the tributes of the brother Masons. i Among the guests from out of the city was the Re v. Luther M. Kuhns, ' of Omaha, one of the leading figures in Nebraska Masonry and Harry Cun ningham of Tarkio, Missouri. The preseut officers of the lodge ore Robert Foster Patterson, W. M.; ' Anderson Lloyd. S. W.; J. Russell Reeder. J. W. ; Frank Cloidt. treas urer; Leslie W. Niel, secretary;' Ralph J. Wehrbein, S. D. ; Wayne A.I Bennett. J. D.; John Parkening, S. S.; 1 J. Howard Davis, J. S.; and John E. i Schutz, tyler. ; HAS PLEASANT SURPRISE OlTicer J. E. Lancaster had a very i pleasant surprise given him Fridayj morning as he was home resting', from his duties. The officer was pass- ing his birthday anniversary very; Quietly and was given a most de- i lightful reminder of the birthday, when his sister, Mrs. John Eppings, of MuYdock, arrived here to visit with ths Lancaster family. Mrs. Ep-; pings brought with her a fine birth- i day cake which bore the name of the honoree in the frosting and was a real piece of artistic baking. j Carl Ebinger, Former Resident, Dies at Plainview i Born and Spent Boyhood Here Where. His Father was for Many Years a Leading Merchant. Carl Ebinger, 4 4, a resident of Plattsmouth in his childhood and ; early youth, died Thursday afternoon j at Plainview. Nebraska, where he has 1 made his home for the past twenty j five years. j Mr. Ebinger had been ill for the past two weeks from an attack of ! the flu ai.d a few days ago he suf i f ered a stroke and had since then been failing rapidly. : Mr. Ebinger was the eldest son I of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Ebinger, i for many years prominent residents i of Plattsmouth where the father was i engaged in the hardware business ;for a great many years, later the familv moved to Plainview- where Mr. Ebinger again engaged in the hardware business and in which Carl has assisted. Surviving the death of the young man is lhe wjdow Alice, the parents, Mr. and Mrs p,.ed w Ebinger of Plainview one sister, Mrs. Louise Mote of Denver and one brother. Dr. William Ebinger of Kanna. Wyoming. He was a nephew of George E. Weid man of this city. The funeral services will be held on Sunday afternoon at Plainview with the interment at the cemetery there. MYNARD COMMUNITY CLUB Fr Saturday's Uaily Members of the west-side program ; accompanied for Ketty Ann Albert. tap dancing by A reading by Mrs. Micke. Miss Helene Perry gave a ,t,dU1"S anu uaymond Cook, a vocal solo. Mrs. Roy Cole accompanied Mr Cook. "Uncle Dick's Mistake," a one-att play was presented by Forrest Leon ard, Robert Vallerv, Margaret Ann Vallery, Mrs. George Topliff and Rob ert Leonard. HAS SEVERE INJURY From Friday's Daily James Holoubek, who resides on a farm west of La Platte, was severely injured this noon in an auto acci dent near his home. Mr. Holoubek was driving along the roadway near his farm when the car that he was drivi ing nit a rut and was forced into a large snow bank, he being thrown against the windshield. Mr. Holoubek suffered a bad eutjtbeir variety store. They report the on the right side of the face and head and which severed an artery causing him to bleed profusely. He was able to drive on home, the blood flowing over his body from the wound. He was hurried into this citj and taken to the office of Dr. R. P. Westover where the artery was tied; and the wound closed. Mr. Holoubek is the father of Leonard Holoubek, junior in the local high school. NYA Program in State Success During Past Year 10.C00 Young People in the State Given Employment by This Part of Relief Program. The National Youth Administra tion spent approximately JCTo.SSo during li3G U provide employment for nearly 1 0,000 ...young people in Nebrasl.-. ThL-5 r.ifrney furnished: lit part-time employment for needy high school, college and graduate students between the ages of 16 and 2a so that they could continue their education, (2) employment on work projects of young persons, chiefly from relief families, between IS and' 25, and (3) funds for assisting with' i the establishment and encouragement of job training, counseling and place- ! !ment service for vouth. The NYa! i program was divided according to purpose into three major categories; i. e., student aid, work projects job guidance and placement. Student Aid. I and The primary aim and chief benefit nr t li i v A cttilont r.ul Y-i-o-i-o rr is its enabling of needy youth to re-j main in school. The selection of stu-1 dents for NYA jobs was the function! and responsibility of the school off i-! cials. who also arranged and super-; vised the work. High school students i earned a maximum of $6 per month,! college students were able to earn i an average of 515 and a maximum of $20 and graduate students an aver age of $30 and a maximum of $40. School officials in many institutions i have paid each student less than the average wage in order to spread the funds to benefit a greater number of students. Average number of stu dents paid each month: January to June high school, 2.674; college t and graduate, 39. September 1 1.794 j to January high school, 3.3S3; col lege, 2.34S; and graduate, 29. Num I ber of schools participating: Jan uary to June high schools. 416; col leges. 23; and graduate, 3. Septem ber to January high schools, 542; colleges. 23; graduate, 3. ! Work Projects. Approximately 3.900 different! ; youths were employed on work proj- ects in Nebraska during 1936. Of! youths were from public assistance families. A few of the types of work performed by these youth were: mak ing Braille books for the blind, con- struct ing equipment and facilities for public use, landscaping public grounds, mending and cataloguing i , . ... UOOKS 111 llDrarleS. Servinp- S) nacict- ant iul .ruciuuiidi supervisors, testing seed corn, making and mending gar ments for the needy, etc. Job Guidance and Placement. . The NYA cooperated w ith 'the State Employment Service in its efforts to place young people in private indus try. Two junior placement counsel ors paid by the NYA were employed in the SES office in Omaha. In addi tion to this service, the NYA spon sored activities designed to stimulate interest in vocational guidance. REPORT HEAVY SNOW Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Knorr were visitors at Villisca, Iowa, Friday where they spent a short time look ing after some business matters at ;snow iaii in that section of Iowa w-ns very heavy, much more snow falling than in this section of Nebraska. NEW PERIODICALS Two new periodicals are being brought to the library. George Mark has donated the Omaha Bee-News, both the daily and Sunday edition. The Legislative Journal is also coming to the library. HAVE BILL FILES For those who may be interested, the Chamber of Commerce has re ceived a file of all bills that have been introduced in the legislature at Lin coln. The file is available to the pub lic at the office of the secretary at the Wescott clothing store. The various bills that have been dropped in the hopper have reached 3V, 7 and affect almost all business and industries in the state in some form and the individual citizen alsj can find much information in these bills that may affect him. High School Class Pays Visit to legislature j American Government Class Has Fine Time in Viewing- Work of the Lawmakers of the State. The American government class ' i. Lite 1U( (1 1 U 1 JV, l WV'l I'CllU 4 lOl , , Friday to Lincoln v. here they en- I joyed a session of the unicameral leg of the islature and the battle tnat is raging bill. The class of thirty with their teacher, Milo Price, departed in the morning for the capitol city and ar rived as the legislature was ready to swing into action on the gasoline, tax bill. Senator Fred L. Carsten, of Avoca, the representative of the third 'district, presented the clas to the members of the legislature and who ; greeted the young men and women ijf the class. After the time spent in the legis- i 'ature. the party was guided through the capitol building and watched the functions of the various office staffs 'in the conduct of the state affairs. j The party made the most of their ; opportunity in visitingnThe state hla-j torical society rooms and inspecting ; L 11 iiur iuiirv.Liuii mat i ' i t La L A i history of Nebraska since the earliest territorial days dow n to the present j tme- ! A number of the students w ith Mr. j Price paid a visit to Morrill hall at ; the state university, where they found much to entertain them in the;pon and Marie Anderson of District wnndprful rnl!AClinn5 hnnspH thprp " I j ett of District 22; Bessie Kennedy ! DRAWS DOWN FINE and Buelah Kiser of District 27; i J Ralph Barkening of District 30; j Warren Harmer, resident of Weep-1 Charles Arnold and Katherine Mc jing Water, was arraigned Wednesday j Gl"es of District 32; Frances Bierl of before Judge C. L. Graves on a three j District 37; Doris Stander and How j count complaint filed by County At-jai'd Wood of District 40; Marie Lentz Forney J. A. Cap well. The defendant ! of District 41; Clayton Sack of Dis ; was charged w ith operating a car j trict 45; Betty Larson and Dorothea without a drivers license, operating j 1 ennant of District 4.; Shirley Kaz a car with unlaw ful license plates ; mark and Opal Kimball of District and on the third count of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Harmer made a guilty plea to the charge of drrring without a license and also that of having unlawful plates on his car, but pleaded not guilty to the charge of driving while intoxicated. Judge Graves found the defendant guilty on all three counts and assess ed $5 and costs each on the first two and $20 and costs on the third. Pending the payment of the fines the defendant was remanded to the custody of Sheriff Homer Sylvester. RED CROSS CONTRIBUTIONS The following contributions have been received by the Cass County Chapter of the American Red Cross up to February 20th: Alvo $ 126.25 Avoca 207.00 Cedar Creek 16.50 Eagle 115.45 Elmwood 204.72 Greenwood 57.19 Louisville 267.61 Manley 15.50 Murdock 95.60 Murray 47.50 Mynard 37.37 Nehawka 151.04 Plattsmouth 720.75 South Bend 7.10 Union 105.00 Wabash 27.50 Weeping Water 192.10 TOTAL ?2,26S.03 LOCATES LN CITY A. R. Ortley, of Sioux City, has ar rived here and will be employed at the Norfolk Packing plant in this city. Mr. Ortley is making his resi dence at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Davis on high school hill. Clayton Sack is Champion Cass County Speller -.iynard Joy Vvms liOtn Ural ana Written Contests This After- neon 32 Entries. From Saturday's I.'aily Clayton Sack won first place in both the oral and written spelling contests held in the district court loom this afternoon. He is a student of district 45 near Mynard. Alice Barbara Wiles is teacher end plat e in both contests went to j Margaret Everett of Weeping Water Helen Gorder. Mary Allen of Weep ing Water won third in the oral. She is also of the Weeping Water city schools. Ronald Lester, a student of the Plattsmouth city schools won third in the oral. All winners- were thirteen years of age and in the eighth grade. Thirty two contestants were entered from all parts of. the county. Clayton w ill rep resent the county at the interstate contest on April 20 and at the World Herald contest. May 1. He will also enter the state fair contest at Lin coln this fall. the Dr. R. W. Eaton, author of l rue uiue contest speller pronounced the words. Judges for the contest were Mrs. Don Seiver and Mrs. Wm. Schmidtman. Jr., of Plattsmouth and Rev. C. L. Shubert of Murray. Mrs. Marie Kaight acted as register. Probably the worst stumbling block in the list of words given f or ! thfi writtnn r-r.ntuct m-oc itViil " Tt ' was the word which gave the nation-! al championship to the winner last year. In oral spelling, Margaret Everett spelled laudable "laudible" to give lhe championship to Clayton Sack, Entries in the contest from the schools of Cass county w ere: Ronald ! lest C I" Rosalyn Mark, and Verona Toman of District 1: Betty Gaver. Aiice Campbell, and Josephine Warga of District 5; Yvonne De Les Dernier of District 14; Kathleen Balbour and Dorothy Applegate of District 18; Marcie Ruth p0nard Doris Ander- t r, . ' iiJ,f 'uarj Alien anti .Margaret t:er- 66; Carrol Eornemeir and Phvllis Schneider of District 70; Dorothy Ulrich of District 88; and Lorene Hubbell of District 97. Amjng the visitors at the contest, other than the teachers of the schools represented were: Mr. and Mrs. Hall Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Anderson, ! Mrs. Ivan Balfour, all of tCehaw ka I Viola Davis and Mrs. Scott McGrew of Louisville; Mrs. Allen, Miss Edith Norton, and Mr. Wood of Weeping Water; Miss Mary Fager of Avoca. Miss Alpha C. Peterson, county uperintendent o schools of Cass coun ty, sponsored the spelling contest. CRLES 118 SALES IN FTVE MONTHS 1 From Thursday's Dally Rex Young, riattsmouth auction- j eer, is in his home town today on ! regular duty at the Plattsmouth sale j barn. W. E. Reynolds accompanies ' him as clerk. Since September 14, Rex has cried These bones were similar to those 118 sales in Cass, Otoe, Sarpy, Saun-'that have been uncovered here at ders, and Lancaster counties. He is ' various times and are thought to be booked until March 10. jthe bones of a very ancient race that A remarkable sale was made last; once resided along the Missouri river. week at the, Granville Heebner farm when a two-year-old polled Here-; might be those of a people here be ford male brought $200 at the auc-fore the Indians as we know them, tion. The animal was of a high grade ' lived in this part of the west. but was unregistered. norses are probably claiming as I much interest as anything brought to the sales. With farmers anxious to prepare for farming a top of 1185, has been paid for excellent work horses with an average between $140 and $150. Plattsmouth Is the Ideal large. count o le Values here the Squa? ofPthose found anywhsra read the ads for bargain news, ASSISTANCE BOARD MEETS Frm Friday's Daily The Cass county assistance board is meeting at the court house this afternoon to take up the hearing on a number of applications for old age pensions and the care of dependent children. There are sevral who have ! applied and whose claims have been' checked and are now ready for the approval or disapproval of the board. The local assistance board is com posed of the county commissioners and the county treasurer. County As sistance Director Paul Vandervoort -yijggialso met with the board. Sec- Make Arrange ments to Pay Old Age Pensions Social Security Board Expects 300. C00 Persons to File Claims This Year. Washington. The social security board is getting ready to pay old age pensions to 300,000 persons this year. Altho the contributory pensions sec- iapt quarter for what the i feree con tiou of the social security act did not sidered an unsportsman-hin rlav. jgo into effect until Jan. 1, the beard estimates that 100,000 of the millions no are naving tneir pay uocKea tor the old age benefits w ill reach the age of Co during 19: Another 200,- 000 will die. Those who retire this year at Co and the heirs of those who die will be entitled, as a final settlement, to 3 'z percent of the wage or salary on which tn? wpre linirl nrnviflinc . the salary or wage was not more than 3'000- ! For instance, if a clerk received $100 for last month's work and re tired at 65 Jan. 31 after his pay check was docked $1, he is entitled' to a $3.50 settlement from the gov eminent. If the clerk was under 65 and died Jan. 31 after his check had been clockerl SI. his wifp children or estate are entitled to $3.50. So far the board has received only , 49 informal claims, 23 from persons who have reached 65 since Jan. 1 and 2 6 from the heirs of persons now dead. When the board's lawyers be gan drafting regulations to pav off ' the claims, they discovered a slight ' legal hitch. They found on the (Statute books a 1909 law which pro 'vides that no government official j "otherw ise than in the discharge of nis proper onicial duty shall aid or assist in the prosecution or support" of any claim against the United States. That caused the board to stop and Father Time. The seasons were rep think. The law provided a penalty resented bv Alicebelle Gradovilk . ! of one year in prison for violation. Now. however, the board has decided Donald Sheard. January was repre to start a nationwide publicity cam-'sented by Lyie Lewis, Donna Ci'tner, paign to inform the people at large Deloris Dooley. Vernon Gochenour; when they have a right to file claims. February by Billy How land. GK-nna Such a campaign, the board feels, 1 Alchin, Charles Newnn, Mary Jo w ill be its "proper official duty." ' Rebal ; March by Leon Elliott. Don- Tne board, however, will refrain from approaching individuals separately, in case that might be construed as a Wise. Barbara Newburn, Elva Jean violation of the law Smock, Donna Lou Kit hards, He len Means; June by Charles Quinti'tt; UNEARTH SKELETONS July by Richard Wohlfarth. Junior Kaffenbergc r; August by Wilua Workmen at Nebraska City Friday Rouse; September by Ruby Gunsul unearthed what seems to be an Indian ley, Carl Grassman, Geraldin? Wiles; burial ground and five of the ancient skeletonS w ere uncovered. The men were working at terracing lne court house law n when they broke into the grace that contained the skeletons. Most of the bones crumbled w hen they were exposed to the air, altho one skull of paperlike I thinness remained intact. Several have thought that the bones CAST IN SCHOOL PLAY Miss Virginia Trively of thi3 city has the role of "Lucille Marcy," a;similar party next Thursu damsel in distress, in the cast of "One Mad Night," the next major offering of the Peru State teachers college on March 12. j Miss Trively was one of the Peru ' PlayerS l be advanced from this or- Sixth and Marble streets to the sanization to the Dramatic club, thejdence on Granite street formerly o - 'second semester. icupied by the Hickenbottom family. Platters Lose 47 - 28 Decision to Wahoo Five Local Team Steamrollered by Scoring Power of Saunders County Quin tet From Start of Game. From Saturday's Daily The Wahoo high shol l.asktt ball cjuintet which has ! u unde feated so far this season preserved their record last night on their urt and added the Plattsmouth. team to their list of victims, 47 to 2S. In the opening quarter th PiaUt-rs were able to hold their own again-t the deadly shooting of th" Wahoi tribe, Woostr bring able to c.n:;e t for the locals. The Wahoo team kept their bom bardment through the second quarter and at the half time b-d th Platters by the score of 20 to 11. The Platters sufiered from the smallness of the gym and also re ceived a large numlur of penalties that removed Wooster from the gam while McCarroll was "shoo-d" in the ; Warren Reed was used through the game and proved a good shooter as well as on the detVnsiv. ern tne Uelnsiv' plav and Rebal, Hayes and McCarty also wnc sifted in the game in tb hope of a clicking combination but without success and left the Wahoo quintet easy winner. Plattsmouth rr, l'T IT TP 5 3-4 4 13 2 1-2 2 .". 0 1-3 0 1 2 i-i i r. 0 O-O 1 0 0 0-0 10 1 2-2 3 4 0 0-0 0 o 10 S-12 12 2S o t't rr tp 2 0-1 1 4 5 4-6 2 14 5 1-5 1 11 5 1-1 3 11 Q O O O O 17 S-15 9 42 OOPter, f ir-eitZ. I Vf per! f McCarroll. c McCarty, c Falk, g Miller, g Rebal,, g j Wahoo Dvorak, f Ivell retr f Smersh c I Dokw lal, g Dailey, g () Wahoo score not complete. FATHER TIME'S PARTY From Saturday's Daily Thirty-eight children took part in the one act operetta "Father Time's Party" at the Columbian school yes terday afternoon. All children were in costume for the play. Over fifty parents and friends attended. Charles Painter took tb part oi Verna Bailey, Frank Gaines, and aid Young; April by Billy Blunt. Iirry Thinigan ; May by Helen Faye October by Helen Yard'ey. El von Hol- comb. Myron Vronian; Novembe r by Alic ebelle Gradoville, Verna Bailey. Frank Gaines. Donald Sheard; De c - ber by Marvin Ferris; New Year by Arthur Hull. The program includ d all the chi!- dren of Grade 1 and c ue division of Grade rected. Miss Bernkce Wieland c'.i- SKATING PARTY Plattsmouth's skating rink pa rt y was last turned over to a private evening. A number who had not skated for a number of years had th'' thrill of gliding over the floor again. Spills were frequent, but taken i:i good humor, and without s-rnus r suits. Over eighty attend- d th party. Plan3 are being made for a y evening. The 1.I0VE TO NEW HOME Arnold Lillie family has from their former home at moved