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VOL. NO. LIII
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1937.
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Judge William G. Kieck
Dies at Omaha Hospital
After Very Brief Illness
Taken Monday Morning to Hospital;
Streptococcus Meningitis De
velops Bringing- Death.
William G. Kieck, 4 5, judge of the
second judicial district, died Tuesday
night at the Clarkson hospital at
Omaha after a severe illness that had
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Judge William G. Kieck
covered the past three days. He had
developed streptococcus meningitis
Sunday night following a sudden at
tack while en route home Sunday
from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he
had been for the week end taking
treatment.
Julge Kieck had suffered from
sinus trouble for a number of years
and several months ago had been op
erated on for the relief of this trouble
and had the past week had the second
treatment.
William G. Kieck was a native son
of Nebraska, born at Omaha in 1892
and in 1S94 was taken by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kieck, to
Springfield, where the family has
since made their home, and W. G.
grew to manhood, attending the
schools there and assisting his father
in the mercantile business.
He was graduated from the Uni
versity of Nebraska in 1914 with an
All degree and later taught in the
Springfield and Imperial high schools.
With the outbreak of the world war
he enlisted in the services of his coun
try and was commissioned a lieu
tenant of infantry at the Fort Snell-
ing officers training camp in 1917,
later he was assigned to the aviation
service and was in this branch of the
service in France in 1918-19.
Returning from his war service
Mr. Kieck took up the study of law
at the Creighton university college
of law, receiving his LL.B degree
there in 1921. He was elected as a
delegate to the Nebraska constitu
tional convention in 1920 from Sarpy
county.
Shortly after his graduation Mr.
Kieck tame to Plattsmouth and in
1924 was elected as county attorney
of Cass county and repeatedly re
elected to that office, laying it aside
last January when he was sworn in
as district judge to which office he
was elected in the fall of 193 G.
Mr. Kieck was a member of the
Springfield Masonic lodge - of which
he had served as master, as well as
Nebraska chapter No. 3, R. A. M. and
Mt. Zion commandery No. 5, Knights
Templar, Hugh J. Kearns post of the
American Legion of this city and the
Acacia and Delta Theta Phi fra
ternities. He had also served for sev
eral years as president of the Platts
mouth chapter of the American Red
Cross and the Associated Charities.
Mr. Kieck was a member of the
Methodist church of this city, being
at the time of his passing chairman
of the official board of the church.
He was also a past president of the
Y. M. 13. C.
Surviving are his widow, Lora, two
children, Marilyn Jean, 6, and Rob
ert, 3; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
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W. M. Kieck, Springfield; two broth
ers, Albert of Springfield and Dr.
Ernest Kieck of Cedar Rapids, Iova.
The message of the passing ot
Judge Kieck came as a great blow j
to the residents of this city and the J
entire district where he was so well:
known and in which he had just a
few brief months ago commenced J
what seemed a brilliant career on the j
bench, his splendid ability and grasp'
of the problems of the court having'
enabled him to make a wonderful i
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showing in his work in the brief;
space of time that he was permitted.
Personally of a genial and friendly
nature he has made a host of friends
over the district as 'was attested by
his election last November to the
bench, one of the highest judicial of-j
fices in the state. In his going he;
leaves a place that will long be un-i
filled in the hearts of those who had j
the privilege of knowing him best, j
and to those of his family circle there!
will go the deepest sympathy in a
sorrow that only the healing touch
of time might soften.
To have known "Bill," as he was
affectionately known, was a real priv
ilege, to have caught from his asso
ciation some of the many fine touches
of character which leave in the hour
of painful separation truly a loved
memory and an inspiration.
The body was brought home to
this city this afternoon from the
Clare mortuary at Benson and will
lay in state at the family home at
Twelfth and Marble streets until the
hour of the funeral which will be ut
2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, from
the First Methodist church. Rev.
V. C. Wright will conduct the ser
vices at the church and the Platts
mouth American Legion post at the
grave.
HONORED ON BIETHPAY
Mr. and Mrs. Max Vallery enter
tained Sunday at their country home.
Sixteen guests were present. The
Easter motif was used in the arrange
ments. P. B. Dunn of Omaha and T. E.
' Beesly of Lincoln were honored
guests, their birthdays falling on
Easter Sunday.
See the goods you tuy. Catalog
descriptions are alluring enough,
but how about the goods when
you get them?
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Lenten Season
Ends in Lovely
Easter Services
Churches of Plattsmouth Present
Special Programs for Wor
ship Yesterday.
Easter services opened in the
churches of Plattsmouth with a sun
rise Young People's prayer service
at the Presbyterian church at seven
o'clock. Young men and women of
the St. Paul. Methodist, and Presby
terian churches joined in the wor
ship. Rev. G. A. Pahl played the organ
softly throughout Uie service. Miss
Mary Kay Wiles gave the main talk
of the morning. Stephen Davis led
the response to the scripture. A poem
on Easter was read by Donald Mc
Pherson. Misses Eleanor Giles, Elea
nor Minor, and Jean Knorr gave a
trio number. Remarks were made by
Rev. V. C. Wright and Dr. H. G. Mc
Clusky. High mass was held at the St.
John's church at 8 a. m. with second
service at 10:30. Rev. George Agius
was assisted by a priest from the
Mission. George Jaeger played a vio
lin solo. Vocal solo3 given during the
morning service were by John Cloidt.
George Jaeger, Mrs. J. C. Peterson,
and Miss Lois Bestor. The church
was filled for the early service. Over
200 communicants were present.
The program for high mass at the
Holy Rosary church at S o'clock, in
cluded Yidi Aquam; Pail Chan; Mass
by Mattfeld; Veni Creator from
Nommers Choir Book; Exultate from
Nommers Choir book; Regina Coeli
from St. Basil book. Second mass' was
held at 10 a. m.
Plattsmouth Knights Templar were
guests at the Christian church at the
service at 11 o'clock yesterday. A
special number was given by the
choir with solos by Mrs." George Ol
son of Lincoln and Greth Garnet.
Three new members were taken into
the church.
Rt. Rev. Ernest Vincent Sha5'ler,
bishop of Nebraska, officiated at the
celebration of the Holy Eucharist at
the St. Luke's church at the 11
o'clock service yesterday morning. A
special vocal number was given by
Miss Betty McCarty. Two babies,
Alice Carolyn Hasse, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Hasse, and Julia
Elizabeth Ledgway, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Ledgway o,f Lincoln,
were baptized.
Baptismal services were held for
nine young people at the Presby
terian church yesterday morning,
Phyllis Westerlund, Beda Capps, Mar
garet Sylvester, Barbara Rhoden, Al
vin Rakow, William Hitt, Corbin
Davis, Juanita Sigler, and Albert
Richards. 24 young people were taken
in as members to the church and four
came in by letter. Special music of
the morning was given by a ladies'
quartet, Mrs. J. R. Reeder, Miss Es
telle Baird, Mrs. Karl Keil, and Mrs.
Hilt Martin.
At the First Methodist church the
Sunday school was marked by one
hundred eighty attending and taking
part in the Easter program. Morn
ing worship service. was the culmin
ation of three months of spiritual ef
fort to quicken the church and mark
ed a total engathering of seventeen
new members with more in prospect.
Epworth league devotional meeting
was on the resurrection. The evening
service marked the climaxing event
of the day in depecting the scenes
in the life of Christ. A large aud
ience was uplifted and instructed.
HOLD FAMILY GATHERING
Members of the Turner family en
Joyed a delightful family reunion and
dinner party on Easter at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Cook, near
Alvo, all of the members of the fam
ily being present.
The party comprised the father,
0- S. Turner, of Elmwood; County
Treasurer and Mrs. John E. Turner
and daughter, Dorothy Jean, Platts
mouth; Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Bothwell
and Jean Adair, Mr. and Mrs. V. G.
Clements, Elmwood; Mr. and Mrs.
C. N. Turner and family of Mar
quette; and Mr. and Mrs. Cook.
All kinds of commercial print
ing done promptly at the Journal
office.
YOUNG PEOPLE WEDDED
Miss Willie Norris arrived here
Saturday afternoon from her home at
Knoxville, Tennessee, to become the
bride of Mr. Amos Hughson.
The young people motored to Union
where the marriage lines were' read
by the Rev. William A. Taylor, a long
time friend of the family of the
groom. Both the bride and groom
wore gray with blue accessories.
Following the wedding ceremony
the bridal party were honored with
a wedding dinner at the home of
Mrs. John Niday, an aunt of Mr.
Hughson, featuring a very handsome
wedding cake. Mrs. John Klimm and
Miss Dorothy Niday, cousins of the
groom were in attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Hughson are to make
their home in this city where Mr.
Hughson is a substitute letter car
rier at the local postoffice.
Raymond V oster
Named Captain
of Basketball
Outstanding Player of the 1936-37 j
Season Is Honored by Asso- j
ciates with Captaincy. j
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The lettermen of the Plattsmouth ;
high school basketball team have se- j
lected as the captain of the 1937-38 j
team, Raymond Wooster, one of the ,
outstanding players of the squad and;
the chief scorer of the Platters in thei
present season. . j
The selection of Wooster is a de-j
served recognition of his excellent j
service to the athletic department of j
the schools in the years that he has
been active in football and basket
ball. He has served well in both foot
ball and basketball and his hard
driving in the past season in the
backfleld of the football team helped
to carry the locals to; victory many
times, while his sharpshooting bas
ketball work has won victory for the
Platters on many occasions.
Ray is a member of the class of
1938 of the local school and is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wooster of
this city.
WILL HAVE PLEASANT TOUR
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Lockhart and
son, Robert, of Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, arrived Saturday evening at
the home of Mrs. Lockhart's parents, ,
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gapen, where,
they were guests for a family dinner, I
departing Sunday for a trip of some
three weeks.
Their tour will take them through
the south and West Indies before re
turning home. They expected to
spend Sunday night at Hannibal, or
the Mayfair hotel at St. Louis, Mon
day night or Tuesday morning at
Nashville, Tennesssee with Robert E.
Park, department of social science of
Fisk university. Tuesday night they
were planning on being at Mont
gomery, Alabama, and Wednesday
night or Thursday morning at the
DeSota hotel in New Orleans, where
they will remain until Saturday
morning when they will sail on the
S. S. Sixaola, for a delightful voyage
through the West Indies and parts of
South America. They will visit
Havana, Cuba; Christobal, Panama;
Aluiraite, Panama, then to Honduras,
Havana and then to New Orleans and
home.
t THE WEATHER
J. Courtesy Weyrlch & Haiiraba ?.
March 1937 has been a joy to the
people of this section of Nebraska.
It has furnished 2.53 inches of mois
ture which will start spring crops
nicely. Last year .84 inches of rain
fell in March and March of 1935
shows only .4 inches.
The old axiom "in like a lamb,
out like a lion" failed this year.
March opened with balmy weather
and the last day of the month is
equally warm and sunny.
High for the month was 65 on the
7th. Last year's high temperature
was 75 on the 23 and 24 and 1935
had a high of 57 on the 3rd. Low
for the past month was 15 on the
25 and 26. Low for 1936 was 16 on
the first and for 1935, 4 on the
26th.
Phone news Items to No. 6.
Gail Rusk is
Injured in Car
Truck Crash
Gail Rusk is in a critical condition
at the hospital in Omaha. Reports
early this morning announce that the
boy is still unconscious. No opiates
have been given since the injury. He
had convulsions last night. His ser
ious condition has prevented X-ray.
His mother and father are with him
today. His brother, Irvin, left Idaho
this morning to come home.
Truck From Dawson Crashes into
Rear of Car and Rusk is
Caught Beneath.
From Tiu-sday's Daily
Gail Rusk, living-south of this city,
was seriously injured in a three way
smashup between a truck from Rich
ardson county, his car and a truck
driven by Joy Miller, local high
school student.
The Miller truck, loaded with scrap
iron, was coming north and one of
the tires punctured and the driver
.sought aid. securing Rusk to help in
getting the car jacked up. Rusk park
ed his car at the rear of the Miller
truck and securing a jack was down
trying to get the heavily loaded truck
up so that the tire might be changed.
They had placed out flares at the rear
of the truck they claim.
While Rusk wa3 working on the
jack, a truck came from the south
and struck the back of the car, crash
ing into both the truck and car and
Rusk was hurled some distance away
by the force of the impact. Miller
had seen the approach of the truck
as he was not entirely under the pick
up truck and called to his companion
who was unable to get out until the
crash.
Rusk was taken to the Clarkson
hospital at Omaha by Albert Young,
who was one of the early arrivals at
the scene of the accident. He was
suffering from several broken ribs
and it was thought a possible skull
fracture.
The truck from Richardson county
that struck the parked cars was
driven by Clarence Shaw and was
owned by John Carlson of Dawson.
The truck drivers claimed not to have
seen the flares.
Gail Rusk was reported this morn
ing as suffering from the rib injuries
as well as a broken jaw and possible
skull fracture. Ten stitches were
taken to close a gash on his head.
The young man is a junior in the
high school and is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Rusk.
Shaw was arraigned this morning
in the court of Judge C. L. Graves
and charged with reckless driving
in an information by County Attor
ney J. A. Capwell. The defendant
was given a fine of $10 and costs
which was paid and he was released
from custody.
PLAN BASEBALL LEAGUE
The plans for the organization of
a baseball league for Cass, Otoe and
Nemaha counties to function as a
part of the recreational program of
the WPA was discussed Tuesday
night at a meeting held at Nebraska
City.
Dale Bartlett of Nebraska City,
head of the recreational program in
the district presided and a tentative
plan for league membership was
adopted by the representatives of the
various towns present.
Teams will be placed in Auburn,
Burr, Otoe, Union, Plattsmouth, Syra
cuse and Nebraska City is expecting
to have two teams to participate in
the league.
The age limit of the league was set
at twenty-three years and each team
is allowed three players over this
age.
The entry fee was fixed at $10 for
each team.
Those attending from this city last
evening were H. Luttman, local re
creational director, William C. O'Don
nell, Clyde Jackson, Tom Grosshans,
Max Seitz, Jack O'Donnell, V. Chev
onec, Eugene Ault, and Lorence
Rhodes.
Plattsmouth offers a splendid
market for farm produce. Local
dealers always pay top prices.
Club and Social news are being
featured in the Journal.
HELD IN 1920 KILLING
Frank Gay, who was for ten years
a well known character of Louisville,
is now being held at Houston, Texas,
where he retold his strange story of
a killing in Kentucky back in 1920.
After the long years in Louisville,
Gay one day appeared at the Omaha
police station to report the story of
the killing of the past years, making
his way to Omaha at the time in a
driving blizzard.
Gay was later treated at the Doug
las county hospital and then sent to a
transient shelter, from which place
he disappeared and had not been
heard of in Omaha until the report
from the Houston police that they
were holding him. He had been
picked up as a vagrant at Houston.
Plattsmouth
Rotary Club
Honors Farmer
Dinner Held at Mynard Community
Cluh Prepared by Ladies of
the Auxiliary.
From Wednesday's Daily
Plattsmouth's Rotary club had as
guests farmers of the Mynard neigh
borhood at the dinner at the Mynard
Community church last evening. Roy
Knorr and Ed Spangler had charge
of the program.
Frank Cloidt opened the program
with "America." It was followed by
prayer by Rev. II. A. McKelvey.
Ladies of the Community club sang
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" and
"Moonlight and Roses." Their num
bers were followed by community
singing led by Dr. R. P. Westover.
L. S. Devoe acted as toastmaster
for the program which followed the
three course dinner served by the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Mynard Com
munity church. Judge A. H. Dux
bury gave a'talk on "What is Ro
tary." James Sandin interpreted the
humorous selection "Idiocyncrosies."
Frank Cloidt sang a solo.
Milo Price, instructor of history
in the Plattsmouth high school gave
an address on Unicameral Legisla
ture. Raymond Cook also gave a
short talk before the members. Im
pressions of Rotary were given by
the high school guests of the month,
Dale Bowman and Harley Minniear.
The meeting closed with a short talk
by President Frank Cloidt.
Each member of the Plattsmouth
Rotary had as a guest a farmer friend
from the Mynard community. Sixty
two attended the banquet in the com
munity hall.
SUES FOR $26,GOO DAMAGES
In the district court an action has
been filed, J. Howard Davis, admin
istrator of the estate of Ivan J. Full
er, deceased vs. Joe Youngquist and
Chester A. Eager, asking damages in
the turn of $26,000 for the death of
Mr. Fuller.
The petition states that on April
29, ,1935, Ivan Fuller was driving
north on highway No. 50 in a Chev
rolet coach, that the defendant,
Youngquist was operating a truck
loaded with gravel and owned by
the defendant, Eager.
It is alleged that the truck was
overloaded with the gravel and as
such was not under control of the
driver, that the driver was oper
ating the truck at a high rate of
speed as it approached the bridge
where the accident occurred and he
was unable to control the truck as it
struck the car of Fuller. As the re
sult of the wreck Fuller was killed.
The driver of the truck is a resi
dent of Richardson county and the
truck owned by the Eager Transfer
Co., of Louisville of which C. A.
Eager is the head.
DIES AT LINCOLN
The death of Miss Pernina Ann
Tucker, a former resident of Platts
mouth, died at her home, 6344 Have
lock at 10:30 Saturday. Surviving
are a brother, William, and a sister,
Mrs. Charles A. Rankin, both of Lin
coln; another sister, Mrs. Agatha
Gienger, Chicago and several nieces
and nephews.
The funeral services were held at
Castle, Roper & luattnews Havelock
chapel, Wednesday morning, the Rev.
II. H. Marsden, of the University
Episcopal church, officiating.
Fatal Accident
Occurs Near
Union Tuesday
Ernest Crowner of Nebraska City Dies
o:i Way to St. Mary's Hospital
Crash into Truck.
Tuesday night at 10:30 an auto
truck crash near ti e Garrison farm
north of Union, claimed the life of
Ernest Crowner, of Nebraska City
and caused serious injury to all f
the members of the auto party from
Nebraska City.
The car, a model A Ford, was com
ing north on highway No. 75, when
it crashed headon into a truck of
Richard Hason, parked along the
road and where the driver, II. L. Hun
son, was doing some repair work on
the truck.
The car was owned and driven by
Carl Huss and who had with him
Conrad Castor, R. II. Detlef and Ern
est Crowner.
Hanson had placed out his Hares
as required by law when the trucks
are stopped and the occupants faibd
to see or heed the flares and drov
on into the truck.
The car was badly damaged an!
all of the occupants badly injured in
the accident. Crowner suffered a
skull fracture, a broken leg and many
minor injuries, dying before he
reached the St. Mary's hospital rt
Nebraska City.
Sheriff Homer Sylvester was calhd
to the scene of ftie accident and
with Deputy Sheriff Cass Sylvester
hurried to Union, the ambulances
from the Sattler and Horton funeral
homes being called to take the wound
ed on to the hospital at Nebraska
City.
Shortly after the accident Dr. Gil
ligan of Nebraska City, returning
home from Omaha passed the scene
of the accident and gave what aid
was possible to the injured men be
fore they were taken on to the hos
pital. TO FIGHT 'HOPPERS
W. B. Banning, state director of
agriculture, said Nebraska should re
ceive between $125,000 and $150,
000 of the $2,000,000 congressional
appropriation for grasshopper con
trol if President Roosevelt approves
the measure now before him. "This
should make it possible for us to do a
better job than last year when $50,
000 was available," Banning paid.
"The plan as I understand it is for
the federal government to purchase
the bran and poison, ship it out here
and then we will mix it. The distri
bution will be left to county agents
and farmers should be able to obtain
it for about 25 cents a hundred
pounds to cover the costs." If the poi
son bran is made available by April
15, he said, "we could catch the
young grasshoppers right after they
hatch around April 20 and half our
troubles would be over."
DIES AT MASONIC HOME
The death of Judson Hughes, S7,
occurred at the Nebraska Masonic
Home on Sunday where he has been a
resident since October 31, 1I3C. Mr.
Hughes came to the Home here from
Los Angeles where he had been a
short time, but for many years lived
at Fremont and from where he was
admitted to the Home through Fre
mont lodge No. 15, A. F. & A. M.
Mr. Hughes was born September
22, 1S49, in Sangei field township,
Oneida county. New York, but has
lived the greater part of his time in
the west. He was engaged in the
harness making trade at Fremont for
many years. Mrs. Hughes passed
away in 1932 at Central City, Ne
braska. He is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Henry Jurging, residing in
California.
VISITS IN THE CITY
Sunday a number of out cf town
relatives and friends were entertain
ed at the home of Mrs. Herman Gar
tleman in the south part of th city.
The party made a surprise visit to
Mrs. Gartlcman and which proved
very pleasant. The party comprised
Mrs. Orpha Kinnamon. Mr. and Mrs.
Will Kinnamon and Mrs. Ruth Sum
ners and children, Carl and Barbara.