Kebr. State Historical Society
VOL. NO. LHI
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1937.
NO. 20
City Council
Has Long and
Busy Session
Liquor Applications, Tax Property,
Bill Distributing, and Can
vassing of City Vote.
The city council Monday night had
a very busy time with a large num
ber of matters to be discussed and
also the first of the month reports of
the various officials to be heard.
City Clerk Albert Olson reported
that for the past month he had col
lected the sum of $519.69 and which
had been turned over to the treas
urer. City Treasurer M. D. Brown report
ed at this time that there was $14,
812.65 in the treasury and which
was deposited in the Plattsmouth
State bank.
The L. W. Egenberger agency re
ported that rentals for the month on
city property had amounted to
$25.20.
J. G. Meisinger presented a com
munication asking permission to cut
the curb near his residence on South
9th street for a driveway and which
on the motion of Rebal was granted.
Clement Woster, secretary of the
fire department, reported the official
list of firemen of the city numbered
some twenty-five.
The Bill Distributor.
A great deal of discussion arose
over the communication of the A. &
A. Bill Distributing Co., of Omaha,
enclosing a check for $25 to pay the
license fee as set by the city ordi
nance for bill distributors. Council
man Bestor protested the practice of
distributing the bills and circulars
over the city, in yards, door handles
and streets. Councilman Johnson
agreed the bill distribution was a
nuisance, but doubted the stopping of
it as the ordinance provided for the
license and under the provisioin held
by courts he did not think that dis
crimination could be made. City At
torney J. H. Davis stated that the
company applying had a large force
of workers and distributors who
made thi3 their business and they
served a large group of patrons
Davis also read the ordinance
Mr.
tjat
provided for the license fee of $25 j
and a bond of $500 for compliance.
Councilman Schutz was also against!
the bill distribution over the city but
thought the complying with the
by the company would entitle them
to a license. Councilman Bestor in -
sisted that the distributors should be
individual companies and not one
.
concern to represent a large number.
al30 that the company was not in any
way serving the best interests of the
citv. The matter was .settled when
Councilman Tippens moved that the
be returned to tne umana com-
pany and the license denied. On the
vote on this Bestor, Tippens, Hall,
Johnson. Schutz, Vroman and Brit -
, t, v i
tarn voted aye and Webb and Rebal
no. Councilman Webb stated he f a -
vored the Greenriver plan and asked
that the authorities take steps to pre-
Knt Hitrih,,t!nr. ,i,,Ht,p- the
night or early morning.
Mayor Lushinsky announced that,
he would have a general clean up
week for the city the first of May and
that the city and fire department
would join in making it a success.
Discuss Tax Properties.
Chairman Webb of the tax and
property committee reported that on
the matter of the lease of the old
baseball park, that the status of the
baseball teams had not been decided
but that in the event that it was not
i i t : t Vll .tr t -
It'USt'U LU lilt? J-rtf&lUll 1UI iX uail pell II 11 i
would be leased to Mr. Pollock.
The committee also asked permis -
cirm in oHvortiao fnr hirlo fnr the sale
of lots that mieht he used for huild -
ing purposes and which were now
held by tax title by the city.
A resolution was also adopted
turning several certificates back to
the county treasurer as redemption
had been made by the owners of the
property.
Mr. Webb reported that the work
of checking up the city tax property
and preparing a record and history
of the same was getting along nicely
and would be a fine and complete
setup of this work when ready.
City Attorney Davis stated that : he examinations are Edna Mae Peter
attorneys in the western part of thej sen, Rachel Robertson, John Gayer,
ptate had secured a rehearing of the j William Evers, Herbert Stander, Max
Ilazzard case before the supreme j Seitz, Wayne Falk. '
court. They represented a group of
owners of irrigated land in the west
and whose holdings were affected, it
was claimed by the points raised in
the Plattsmouth decision. The com
mittee and Mr. Davis were authorized
to proceed and take what steps were
necessary to protect the city's inter
ests. Councilman Tippens reported on
several pieces of street work that had
been completed since the last session.
Licenses and Election.
Chairman Rebal of the license com
mittee brought up the matter of the
approval of the license applications
of Henry J. Donat and Fred H.
Sharpnack for package liquor store
permits, the "on sale" application of
Henry Timm and the "on and off"
applications of Carl G. Chriswisser,
B. C. Cohn, William Sweenie, Edward
Donat, Emil Ftak, George Conis, Phil
lip Hoffman. R. W. "Wasley. All of
the applications were approved and
the recommendation of the council
will be sent to the state liquor com
mission at Lincoln.
The council then took a short ad
journment for the canvass of the vote
cast at the last city election and w ith
the following result:
Board of Education E. A. Wurl,
445; J. A. Capwell, 313; P
T. Heine -
man. 292; S. S. Davis. 22S.
Councilman. 1st Ward W. II.
Puis, 72: H. T. Woster, 55.
Councilman, 2nd Ward W. C. Tip
pens. 114; C. D. Palmer, 41.
Councilman, 3rd ward J. C. Com.
stock, 96; E. C. Giles, 62.
Councilman, 4th Ward C. A.
Johnson. 49; O. E. Finnyfrock, 32;
Fred H. Vincent. 50.
Councilman. 5th Ward Henry
Kuhman. 24; E. O. Vroman, 65.
The committee composed of Bestor,
Schutz and Rebal reported the can
vass and that certificates of election
be issued to the successful candidates.
It was also voted that the board of
education be billed for their share of
the expense of the April 6th election.
The matter of changing of retain-
ing walls along the new rock sur-
faced road on Wintersteen hill was
taken up and it was decided to have
the mayor take up the matter with
the several property owners to se
cure their co-operation in the matter.
The following bills were ordered
paid by the council:
'; Iowa-Nebr. Light &
Power
:Co - lights $246.95
ljiuiaii . t iiitc, i ui u urcua -iv.vv
Platts Water Corn., hvdrant
t ; 1 1 : . r t t "i, ; .. . ,i . r, ,i in ri n
rentai 4S3.96
Iowa-Nebr. Light & Power
Co.. lights 9.68
i Bat.ea Book Store, office sup-
' T)lios
; man --d---"--
: Ivan Taylor, street work
; George Taylor, same
', George Taylor, same
John Kubicka, same
i John Kubicka, same
!John Kubicka labor on scales
ivan Taylor, same
i George Taylor, same
'Albert Olson, same
1 Linln Tele. & Tele. Co.,
; phone
1.00
2.50
49.20
7.00
57.60
22.40
21.00
2. SO
3 20
2.80
3.25
6.65
Tidball. supplies 48.66
ofe Oil Co., supplies
R. M. Gochenour, bury dog
: John Boetel. same
Richey. material for scales
; Bauer AutQ & gupply Qq fe
j pajra
j mid Service station, gas and
j oil
Norfolk Packing Co.. cinders
6.42
.CO
.60
13.45
14.10
11.96
3.06
24.10
j F. R. Gobelman, paint and oil
John Boetel, install election
booths 10.00
Tidball. coal
13.15
2.75
C. A. Ruse Motor Co.. supplies
Beushausen Supply Co., elec
tion supplies
Cass county, absent voter sup
plies 22.00
.35
Platts. Journal, ads and sup
plies 106.44
Mrs. R. A. Bates, rent, elec
tion room 7.00
j E(i Gabelman, same 7.00
jFetzer Shoe Co., fire coats 41.10
Anderson Co. Inc., fire de-
partment supplies 4.to
Cass County Motor Co., re
pair truck 20.95
.Teuk Someville Co., insurance 136.46
! .TlldeeS and clerks. 2nd Ward 19.00
! Judges and clerks, 5th ward
20.50
20.50
20.50
7.00
Judges and clerks, 4th ward
Judges and clerks, 3rd ward
Jess Perry, election room rent
TAKING EXAMINATIONS
The examinations at the local high
school for the regent's scholarship,
! offered by the University of Nebraska,
are now being held. There has been
much interest shown by the young
people and seven of the high ranking
students of the senior class are busy
in the tests. Those who are taking
Eula Mae Reed
Dies at Lincoln
Monday Night
! expressed by friends and neighbors
Only Daughter of Late Sheriff Bertjduring the recent illness and death
Reed and Wife Pases Away
After Long Illness.
Miss Eula Mae Reed, 24, the only
daughter of the late Sheriff Bert
Reed and Mrs. Reed, died Monday
night at a Lincoln hospital follow
ing an illness that has covered the
past few years.
Eula Mae Reed was born at Elm
wood on May 27, 1913 and spent her
childhood days in that place and at
Weeping Water where the family re
sided for a number of years. With
the election of the father as sheriff
in 1926, the family moved to Platts
mouth and where Eula attended the
local high school and graduated in
the class of 192S.
After the close of her school work
she carried on her work as a teacher
in the rural schools of the county
and continued in this until her fail
ing health made necessary her lay-1
) inS aside her work. With the death!
of the father the daughter failed
rapidly and has been almost constant-;
ly under medical care. i
There is surviving the mother, j
Mrs. Bert Reed of this city and one!
brother, Samuel P. Reed, of Platts-j
mouth.
The body was brought here to the j
Horton funeral home to await thej
funeral this afternoon.
RETURN FROM CALIFORNIA
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Todd, who have
been spending the winter in Call-
jfornia. have returned home to Nc-
I braska and are again at the farm
northwest of this city. They report
the spring season in California has
been very backward and a great deal
of real cold weather for that part of
j the west was experienced. They were
in the fruit belt during the time that
the burning of smudges was neces
sary to try and keep the citrus crop
from freezing.
While in the west Mr. and Mrs.
jTodd had the pleasure of enjoying
many visits with the old friends from
Nebraska who are now located in the
Los Angeles and Long Beach terri- j
tory.
N0T IDENTIFIED
Sheriff Homer Sylvester still has
on his hands the stranger picked up
ihere last Friday and who is unable
j to identify himself or where he might
i nave come from.
! Mrs. Lines of Lincoln was here to
j view the man in the hope that it
might be her brother, but was not
able to identify him.
The sheriff has had the man finger
printed and also photographed and
Jjthe prints and picture will be sent
to Washington try and identify the ;
man M a former service man.
FIND TRUCK DRF7ER GUILTY
The case of the State of Nebraska
VB R. A. T?P5ittv rharp-ful -with ririv-i
ing a car while intoxicated, was given
to the jury in the district court at
3:30 Monday afternoon.
The jury returned a verdict last
evening In which the defendant was
found guilty of the offense as
charged.
Beatty waived any appeal from the
verdict and Judge W. W. Wilson then
sentenced him to ten days in the
county jail, to pay the costs of the
case and also taking away his right
to operate a motor vehicle in the state
of Nebraska for a year.
The defendant has already served
four days in the jail and this period
of time was ordered taken off the
sentence.
W. F. HETER DEES
Alvo, Neb. Wililam F. Heier, 73,
died here suddenly Tuesday morning.
He was born in Minden, Germany. He
is survived by his wife and 11 chil
dren, Arthur, Marie and Minnie of
Lincoln; William and Ervin of Green
wood, Harvey of Alvo; Raymond and
Everett of Murdock; Ella Reinke of
Ashland; Walter of Wabash and Emil
of Louisville. He also leaves ten
grandchildren, four sisters and many
other relatives and friends.
CARD OF THANKS
"The Lord who sends us griefs
to bear
Sends friends who understand
and care."
We are deeply grateful for the
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of our beloved father and brother.
We especially wish to thank the East-j
ern Star, members of the Christian I
church and the singers. May the!
same spirit of sympathy and comfort
be yours in your hour of sorrow.
The family and brothers and sisters
of Samuel Hackenberg.
Local Shop Men
Perfect a Craft
Organization
Meeting Monday Evening; Selects
Committees to Handle Prob
' lenis That May Arise.
From Wednesday's Daily
The district court room was filled
last night by workers from the Bur-
; lington Refrigerator Express Co.
! shons. called to perfect t. local or
ganization of the various crafts and j
which later may be affiliated with
national labor unions.
The meeting was presided over by j
, acting as the secretary.
! It was decided to have a central
! committee elected of members from
j each of the crafts employed at the
shops and who will serve in handling
I problems that may arise us to hours,
j working conditions and wages.
The committee selected by the
; meeting to represent the workers
! that comprised the following:
Carpenters Ray Aylor.
Sheet Metal Workers Gus Kopp.
Electricians Louis Svoboda.
Painters Harry Shiffer.
Mill Operators Ottu. Lutz.
Pattern Makers Carl Knieke.
Tractor Operators Elmer Lohnes.
Tinners Frank Rebal.
Blacksmiths Anton Hula.
Machinists Frank Koubek.
Upholsters Cyril Kalina.
Store Department Mctt Frady.
Brass and Oiler Henry Kuhman.
The matter of the selecting of a
general chairman for the committee
was deferred until a meeting of all j
of the craft heads.
The organization it is hoped will
be able to handle the various matters
j that may arise such as the wage ad
' justments which have caused some
dispute in the last few days.
CAR-TRUCK ACCIDENT
Monday night a car-truck smash
up occurred near the Sixth and Pearl
street intersection and as the result
I the car driven by Francis Toman
l suffered considerable damage.
The truck, loaded with poles, was
narked on Sixth street, a short dis -
&nee frQm the path of traffic around
the corner. The load had a red flag;trp to old Mexico
fastened to the end of the poles but
:no light or flare and Mr. Toman drove
his car into one of the poles, break
ing the windshield, damaging the
headlight and otherwise injuring the
! car.
I The matter was adjusted by the
truck owner who was called to the
scene, agreeing to pay for the dam
age sustained.
DISTRICT COURT MEETS
From Monday's Daily
District Judge W. W. Wilson, of
Nebraska City, was here today to
hold a session of court and the jury
for the April term called for service.
The first case called was that of
the State of Nebraska vs. R, A.
Beatty, in which the defendant was
charged with operating a car while
intoxicated and to which he plead
not guilty in county court.
The defendant is charged with
driving his truck into a car occu
pied by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bush
nell, Marie Kinnamon and Charlotte
Tracy, on highway No. 75 in the
south portion of the city.
MOVES OFFICE
J. A. Persinger, supervising time
keeper of the WPA projects, is mov
ing into the office on the second
floor of the Donat building on Main
st. This office will afford more room
for the headquarters.
Bible Class Has
31st Anniversary
Tuesday Night
Young Men's Class of the Methodist
Church Meet at Home of County
Treasurer John E.. Turner.
The Young Men's Bible class of the
First Methodist church met Tuesday
levelling at the home of County Treas
urer John E. Turner with a very large
group of the members in attendance.
The occasion was the observance
of the thirty-first anniversary of the
class which has long been a very ac
tive factor in the church and Sunday
school activities of the community.
The class was organized on April
1, 190G when nine young men met
and decided to launch the new or
ganization and it has had a very suc
cessful career since that time.
James Rishel, the only charter
member still here, was unable to be
in attendance, but greetings were re
ceived from Taul Morgan, Hay
Serines, the first president of the
i class, Edward Roman of Santa Ana,
j California, and Hugh Cecil, of St.
i Paul. Nebraska.
The song period was led by Lee
Knolle and the devotions by Judge
i A. H. Duxbury.
The class took up the matter of
the election of the officers for the
year and the following were select
ed: President Randall York.
Vice-President Lee Knolle.
Secretary Ray Schwenneker.
Treasurer Ward Whelan.
Song Leader Lee Knolle.
Assistant Leader Don York.
Teacher E. H. Wescott.
President Emeritus Jesse P.
Perry.
Following the election the mem
bers had a very fine talk by J. P.
Cleland of Omaha, a noted world
traveler, who had as his topic that
of "Egypt," a land of antiquity and
mystery.
Mr. Cleland told of his journey
along the valley of the Nile, the many
cities that he had visited, rich in the
history of ancient years, the tem-
nine ihnt nro found in all narts of the
r.nrnt the ancient
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worship of the Egyptians. His de
scription of the great pyramid was
most interesting and showed the
greatest detail in his description of
the tomb of the Egyptian kings.
Rev. Wright, pastor of the church,
closed the session of the class with
the benediction.
The evening was closed with the
cDrvinf of rpfrpshmpnts which were
much enjoyed by
the members of the
party.
HEAR OF OLD MEXICO
The Rotarians Tuesday had the
pleasure of a most interesting talk
y j y Oliver of the A. W. Farncy
ictriff who related his exneriences and
j g recent vacation
Mr. Oliver gave a very graphic
sketch of the southern republic that
is so little known to the North Amer
icans. Mr. Oliver had made the trip
by auto and had the opportunity of
observing the nature of the couiitry
and the customs and habits of the
people from the Rio Grande to the
City of Mexico, the center of the cul
ture of the nation.
The meeting was under the lead
ership of James G. Mauzy and who
presented the interesting speaker of
the day..
VERY HAPPY EVENT
From Wednesday's Daily
This morning at the Clarkson hos
pital at Omaha a fine son and heir
was born to Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Thorn
ton, of this city. The mother and son
are doing nicely and the father very
happy over the addition to the family
circle. Mr. Thornton is head of the
office force of the U. S. Engineers.
Mrs. Thornton was formerly Miss
Grace Schlater of Louisville and
Plattsmouth.
SHOWS LMPHOVEMENT
Miss Ida Mosler at the St. Eliza
beth's hospital at Lincoln, is reported
as showing a very nice improvement
following her recent eye operation.
She is expecting to be able to return
home in a short time and to resume
her activities.
VISITING IN THE CITY
Mrs. Eugene Burdic and children.
Mary and Allan, of St. Edward, Ne
braska, are here to spend the week at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Schneider, parents of Mrs. Burdic.
Mary is recovering from the effects
of an accident received two weeks
ago. Mr. and Mrs. Burdic were mo
toring home from Genoa, when Mary,
riding in the back seat, was able to
turn the handle of the door and open
ed it, falling out before the parents
could stop the car. She suffered a
scalp wound and a cut on the lip but
is now doing nicely.
William A. Wells
Dies at Family
Home in This City
) In addition to the junior high boys
Has Been in Failing" Health for Some exhibit under the direction of Clark
Time Was Resident of This Boggess. girls of the eighth grade
City Since 1924. will give a military performance,
i calisthenics, and Scotch, Irish, sailor
William Austin Wells was born in and milkmaid dances. Miss Jeanne
Albia, Kansas, Nov. 4th, 1S79. ln!Ray nas charge of the girls' classes,
early life the family moved to Wash- J It is a joy to some of the older
ington, Kansas, where he grew to residents of this community to s'-e
manhood. (gymnasium activities r vived. 1c.
In 1903 at Washington he was j earlier days Plattsmouth v on nation
married to Flora May Alwin. To them ai fame in gymnastic events,
was born two children, Wayne and j John Sattler was influential In
Velma. organizing the Turnverein in Platts-
In 1924 the family moved to mouth. Mr. Sattler had been a
Plattsmouth where Mr. Wells en-j turner in Germany. When he camo
gaged in business for himself and I to this country in 1SS2 he organ
where they have since resided. Since J ized a school in Massachusetts and
1929 he has been employed in theJiater in Pekin, 111. After arriving iu
A. G. Bach store. Plattsmouth six months. Mr. Sattler
In his early boyhood he accepted j assisted in the organization of the
the Lord as his personal Saviour and ' class here and acted as the first
was an active member of the Baptist ; teacher. The class was opened ia
church, having charge of the music ; lSSG in the hall in the IUkins build
in both Sunday school and the church 1 ing. Young men of 1C-21 were in the
service. In 1924 the family moved class. Another class was oiganized
to Plattsmouth where he became a for girls and in later years the old
member of the Methodist church. singing class was combined with the
He passed away this morning at turners and a building was erected oa
12:40 at -the family home. (the present site of the Coffman resi-
Those left of his immediate family j dence about 1S92.
to mourn his loss are the wife, one j Among the members of the first
son Wayne of Omaha and a daugh-!ciass to enter national competlticn
ter, Mrs. Velma Edwards of Santa .'in the tournament at St. Louis were
Monica, Calif., one sister, Mrs. A. J.
I Tooley of Greenleaf. Kansas, a great !
. 1
i host or other relatives and friends.
The last services will be conducted
from the Sattler funeral home, Fri-
day at 2 p. m.
VISIT IN MISSOURI
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Porter and
son, Walter, accompanied by Frank
E. Vallery and Ordell Hennings en-
i J - ue"5iluul mutul 11 lv
ISundav down into the northwestern
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yui uuu ui wusuuu,
They made the trip over highway j Joe peters, Phil Moeller. Paul Wurl,
No. 275 and returned on highway No. j Emil Wurl, George Ko huke, Albert
71. The party found the wheat in Fricke. Bernard Wurl. and Otto Wurl.
that section as being in the best of ; Emil Wurl was trainer for the (ham
chape and this held all through the pjCns.
sectior visited. ; a grat many of the men now liv-
When in St. Joseph, Missouri, the jnfT j:i riattsmouth were members of
narty visited at the home of Jesse the Turners before the organization
James, noted early day outlaw, on finally disbanded a few years before
Jones street and where he was killed. the World war. It is hoped that a
On the way back the party stopped preat many of those old members
at Shenandoah, Iowa, and visited at come out to see what thf present gen
radio station KMA. ' oration is doing with the equipment
The distance traveled was 346 upon which they won fame.
ilps and gave them a very fine day's ;
outing.
DISMANTLE STONE CRUSHER
From Wednesday's Daily
Deputy Sheriff Cass Sylvester was derfoot badges at the meeting of the
at Weeping Water this morning tO;roy Scout troop at the school house
investigate the dismantling last night jast evening.
of the stone crusher owned by Ole Ol- This brings the troop's member
son and used in the quarry near that ship to 3 6. John Morris also came
place. into the troop as a new member last
The parties did a good job in pur- j evening. He is being transferred
loining some 500 pounds of the cast
iron from the crusher and which was
hauled from the scene. The crusher
is valued at around f2,000 and the
removal of the iron has made the ma:
chine useless. j
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have been taken to some of the near
by towns to be disposed of and the
sheriff and deputy are checking this
phase of the case very thoroughly.
SUNDAY VISITORS HERE
Mrs. Perl Wells and daughters,
Margaret and Ardith, of Beatrice and
Dr. and Mrs. George Tulley of Lin
coln spent Sunday at the W. A. Wells
home. Mr. Wells is reported to be
wer.ker today.
Gym Exhibit
Will Revive
Old Memories
Shades of Past to Be Seen in Free
Program by Physical Education
Classes of Local School.
Memories of the Old Tu-ner Hall
will be revived Friday evening when
the physical education classes of the
Plattsmouth junior high students go
into action in their annual exhibit
at 7:30 at the high school gym.
Equipment for the boys' events a3
originally the property of the Platts
mouth Turnverein. It has been re
built at the school by W.P.A. labor
ers and interest in the art of tumbling
and work on bars and horses has been
revived.
John Kopp, John Lutz. and George
Lushinsky. In 18S9 John Kopp met
jand defeated the late Secretary or
j var George Dern, in competition at
j Fremont. Ed Lutz and H. M. Soen-
nichsen were also early members of
the Turners.
In later years the five Wurl
brothers made outstanding showing
for Plattsmouth in state, interstate,
and national exhibits. In 1S97 the
j Plattsmouth turners took the cham-
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pionsbip in tlie national restival or
! thp Vnrth Ameri ran r.vmnastic
i union, iwemoers oi mat team were
TENDERFOOT INVESTURE
From Tuesday's Dally
Don Martin, Cary Marshall and
Gerald Hennings received their ten-
from the Union scout troop. John ia
a second class scout.
Lee Knolle, E. II. Wescott and
C. A. Marshall were on the commit
tee in charge of the award last eve
ning. HAS HOGS STOLEN
Sheriff Homer Sylvester was at
Eagle Sunday where he was called to
investigate the stealing of five reg
istered Hampshire pigs from the
home of August Bergman.
The pigs were part of a litter from
one of the registered animals that
had been raised by the son of Mr.
Bergman and all were valuable pigs.
So far no trace has been found of
the missing pigs.