Nebr. State Historical Society
mem!
i
VOL. no. im
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937.
NO. 24
Investiture Services Held for
Rt. Rev. Monsignor Adolph M.
Mosler Here Sunday Afternoon
Most Rev. Louis B. Kucera, D. D., L. L. D., Bishop of Lin
coln Diocese, Here to Confer Papal Honors on
Plattsmouth Prelate at Special Service
BANQUET IS HELD HONORING NEW MONSIGNOR
Community Joins in Tribute to Local Member of Clergy at
American Legion Building Sunday Evening Is
Pastor of the Holy Rosary Church.
With the impressive ceremony that has been handed down
through the centuries of the Roman Catholic church, the Ycr Rev.
Adolph Maria Mosler, pastor of the Holy Rosary church of this
city, was elevated to the monsignori Sunday afternoon at his parish
church in the west part of the city.
The church was filled with a large,
number of the members of the con-j
gregation, friends of the pastor from!
all sections of the city and a visit-1
ing group of clergy numbering twen
ty-nine.
The processional entered the
church as the choir sang, the priests
in their black and lace vestments, the
visiting monsignori and the Host
Rev. Louis B. Kucera, bishop of Lin
coln, in their purple robes that
marked their church dignity.
The papal order raising Father
Hosier to the new post in the church
was read by Father Riordan, of the
cathedral at Lincoln, who also read
the letter of Bishop Kucera to Mon
signor Mosler, praising his service
that had led to the recommendation
to the new church post.
The newly created monsignor was
then presented to his excellency, the
bishop for the investiture of his new
office. The duties of the office were
recited by Monsignor Mosler to the
bishop and at its conclusion -the new
monsignor was robed in the gar
ments that mark his exalted church
post.
Fathers Obrist and Kaczmarek as
sisted at the altar.
The sermon of the investiture was
delivered by Father E. C. McFadden
Rt. Rev. Monsignor
Vicar General,
of Syracuse, a long time friend of
Monsignor Mosler. Father McFadden
took his subject from the feast of
St. Mark which was the observance
of Sunday. He paid tribute to the
sacrifices of the missionaries of the
church who had crossed the seas to
serve In the wilds of the Americas,
carrying Hie crosses and the Chris
tian faith to the new world. The
first services in the new world had
been masses celebrated by the
Jesuit father in the wilds of Maine
and along the Atlantic coast. The
soil of the nation had been reddened
-. - -. . -.sr . . ,
. ' -. - A.
- .- . .' ' .
l : v . In
J
by the blood of these servants of
Christ. This church that had served
had been in existence from the time
of Christ and their leadership in the
popes had continued in unbroken line
from St. Peter, the first pope, to the
present ruler, Pius XI. Father Mc- j
Fadden told of the early services of
Father Mosler in Nebraska,-of his
long journeys over the widely sepa-j
rated family homes to minister the j
rites of the church. It was this ser- j
vice that had made the Catholic j
church enduring and which had been
'ecotrnized bv pope in the elevating j
of Father Mosler to the new honors. )
Bishop Kucera gave a short talk
in which he paid tribute to the ser
vices of Father Mosler, who as the
vicar general of the Lincoln diocese
is the first priest in the diocese, as
sisting the bishop in many of the
tasks of the church and in the ab
sence of the bishop to serve as the
administrator of the church.
Bishop Kucera also gave a few re
marks in Bohemian honoring the
older people of the parish that had
built their church and had been de
vout communicants since that time.
He paid tribute to the spirit that
had brought these people to the new
world and assisted in the establish-
I:
ft
f
Adolph Maria Mosler
Diocese of Lincoln
ment of the religion of their fathers
in this community.
The benediction was offered by
Bishop Kucera to the congregation.
The Banquet
The impressive ceremonies of the
day were climaxed by the banquet
served at 6 o'clock at the American
Legion building, the repast being
prepared by the ladies of the parish
and served by the younger women
of the church.
The tables were very attractively
arranged with bouquets of red car
Continued from Page 4.
Three Hurt in
Car Crash South
of This City
Strong Wind Sweeps Cars Into Head
on Collision Resulting; in In
jury of Omaha People.
The intense wind that swept over
this section Sunday is held respon
sible for the serious injury of three
Omaha parties in a car crash two
miles south of this city at 2:30 Sun
day afternoon.
The place where the accident oc
curred is a straightaway piece of road
and the vision unobscured but with
the terrific wind that was sweeping
along the road the drivers found it
impossible to hold the cars on a
straight course and they were swept
into each other, one car being over
turned along the side of the road
and the other badly damaged.
One of the cars was occupied by
an Omaha party and the other a
Kansas car. The occupant of the
Kansas car had apparently been pick
ed up and taken on to some other
point as no trace could be found of
him
at any of the local physicians
offices or in nearby hospitals.
The Omaha parties were taken to
the St. Joseph hospital at Omaha for
treatment, the Sattler and Horton
ambulances being called into service
for the work,
The Omaha injured were:
Tony Genaitis, 40, of the Armour
Co. fire department
suffered a brain
concussion, a broken ankle and
bruises and shock. He was the driver
of one car.
Miss Mary Sudekis, 22, of 3321
Monroe St.. received bruises about
the face and knees. She is Mr.
Genaitis' fiancee.
Helen Majkowski, 17, 4447 So.
45th St., suffered possible skull frac
ture, brain injury and other injuries
and her condition is serious.
Mrs. Irwin Constance of Fort Leav
enworth, Kansas, was here this
morning to look after their wrecked
car. She had her husband, Lieuten
ant Constance taken to the Fort
Crook hospital Sunday afternoon
immediately after the accident. He
is suffering a severe cut on the face
as the result of the wreck.
COUNTY MEETING
FOR MEDICAL MEN
From Tuesday's Dally
Dr. J. R. Thomsen, director of
dental hygiene in the state of Ne
braska, and J. Warren Bell. M. D.,
i director of the maternal and child
! health division of the state of Ne
: braska met with the medical men
land dentists of Cass county at a din
;ner in -the Hotel Plattsmouth at 6:30
j last evening. This is the first meet
' ing v. ith the newly appointed direc
tors to be held in this county. The
gathering is a forerunner of an edu-
j cational program for mothers and
; children of the state.
Addresses were given by both Dr.
inomsen ana Dr. Bell and moving
pictures were shown for an illus
trated lecture. A round table dis
cussion followed with ideas to be fol
lowed in the program for infant and
j mother welfare.
Those attending from Platts
mouth were Dr. P. T. Heineman, Dr.
W. V. Ryan. Dr. E. A. Johnson, Lr.
Frank Molak, Dr. L. S. Pucelik, and
:L. S. Devoe. Dr E. H. Kintner and
Dr. L. N. Kunkel were here from
Weeping Water; Dr. R. W. Tyson of
; Murray; Dr. W. G. Snyder and Dr.
:H. W. Worthman of Louisville.
DOG POISONER WORKING
In the past week there liave been
several dog3 die of poisoning over
the' city and with the consequent in
dignation of the owners of the dogs,
some of the animals being very valu
able as well as being cherished as
pets of the households.
The latest, victim of the dog
poisoner was the valuable Spring
er Spaniel belonging to Mr. and Mrs.
M. M. Muncie, which died Tuesday
as the result of some poison admin
istered. This dog was a great pet of
the family and was valued at $100
and makes a severe loss.
Tests are to be made to discover
the nature of the poison being used
and if possible trace down the per
sons who are doing this work.
FAMILY REUNION
A family reunion was held at the
home of Mrs. Ida Seybert over the
week-end honoring Mrs. Ruth Sayles
Thomsen, sister to Mrs. Seybert. Mrs.
Thomsen arrived early last week and
will remain with her sister for some
time. The guests arrived Saturday
and all returned to their homes Sun
day evening except Mrs. Thomsen.
Those attending were Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Krug of Wells, Kansas; Mrs. Ruth
Savles Thomsen and family of North
Bend, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. John New- mouth this morning from her trip as
ton and daughter, Audrey Claire, of i page to the 4Cth Continental Con
North Bend, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. j STcss of the D.A.R. She reports a
Sayles Thomsen and two sons, Ken- usy but very enjoyable trip.
a i ii T,,i John FViwnrri nf Miss Bestor arrived in Washing-
Edward,
Florence, Nebr.
Sheriff and
Mrs. Sylvester
Return Home
Nationally amei LAW iniorcer uaCK ;
Home After New York Trip and
Broadcast Over Columbia.
Sheriff and Mrs. Homer Sylvester
arrived at Omaha Sunday afternoon
at 4 o'clock via the United Air lines
plane from New York City, after a
thrilling week in the nation's largest
city.
The sheriff was busy at his duties
at the court house today and ex-
pressed the opinion that New York j
was a wonuenui cuy win many j
places of interest to visit but its j wreatll was ,,laced honoring the
largeness, the rush and bustle of the , founders At noon a Nebraska lunch
great city seemed to make old Cass nn . . , 00 prnn frnTtl Xp
county more attractive and to join
the many friends after the stay in
the east.
i vaaa rucnu uau " 1 j
were royally entertained, witn tne
American Security Co. hosts at sev-1
eral of the events. The company had
arranged for a lujicheon for them j
on their arrival and from then on j
they were kept busy in touring the
city. Radio City was one of the high-jtor
lights of the trip and where they saw
the many wonderful features there
w hich will long be remembered. An
other of the thrills was the visit to
the vaults of the sub-treasury and
where thev viewed the great stores
of gold that are held there by theiyisited wJth Janies Robertson at the
government and which is heavily
guarded and protected.
The sheriff while tn rew l orK
dropped around at the central police
headquarters when the "lineup" v'as
in progress. Among the parties that
were being looked over was "Father
Divine," colored religious cult lead
er. The Cass county visitors were dis
appointed in not seeing the "Queen
Mary" said, but they had other en
gagements that kept them from see
ing this great floating palace as it
left for England.
The sheriff has received an invi
tation to be a guest at the luncheon
of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce
on May 4th where he will be hon
ored for his excellent work and that
of hi3 brother in apprehending the
bank bandits here last week.
ATTEND CLOSING MEETING
OF ROTARY CONFERENCE
From Wednesdays Daily 1 -ESS counij, uwig at
Judge and M:s. A. H. Dubury. Avoca and in late years at Tlatts
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sundstrom, Mr. ; mouth. He was married at Avoca in
and Mrs. Fred Lugsch, and Dr. and
Mrs. R. P. Westover drove to Fre-
mont last evening to attend the Ro -
Davis and Frank Cloidt, who had at -
tended nrevious sessions, returned
last night. Dr. Guy E. Cutshall.jin Council Bluffs, three sons
chancellor at the Nebraska Wesleyan
university, was a speaker. The gov
ernors' ball climaxed the session last
evening.
Dr. Frederick W. Minty of Rapid
City, S. D., and Charles N. Cadawal
lader were elected governors for the
newly divided 19th district of Rotary
International. Mr. Cadawallader de
feated Seymour S. Sidner of Fre
mont for the district B governorship,
while Dr. Minty was unopposed in
district A.
L. D. Phelan of Aberdeen, S. D. is
retiring district 19 governor. Under
a new plan adopted 19 B will in
clude clubs in Nebraska and 19 A
clubs in South Dakota and western
Iowa. The new governors will select
the next convention city.
Plattsmouth
Girl Returns
rom DAR Meet
Lois Bestor Returns from Washington
Where She Served as Page at
Continental Congress.
From Tuesday's Daily
Miss Lois Bestor returned to Platts-
ton. D. C. April 18. It was extremely
warm. The temperature remained at
j 9 0 degrees until late in the evening.
Monday morning she and the other
page from Nebraska, Miss Ann "Walsh
of Lincoln, visited the Constitutional
and Memorial halls and looked at
the rooms which had been furnished
by the different states.
Mondav afternoon, the pages meet-
ling was held. 200 girls from all parts
of United States assembled. Follow-j
Unr lne meeting the girls were taken
to pee the cherry trees in blossom
visited Washington monument, Lin-
coin memorial, the Smithsonian In-; daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Williams of! Miss Zitka was attractively pown
stitute, Arlington, and the tomb of .near Murdock were victims of an i ed in pink lace with the white ac
the unknown soldier. The convention ; auto wreck Monday afternoon a few j cessories. Her headdress was :i
was formally opened Monday eve-.miles south of Madison which result-i wreath of pink rosettes and her bou
iiing. The pages, in white formals, j j in the injury of several of the'quet was of pink roses,
escorted the President General to the party. Following the wedding the im-
stage.
Tuesdav morning. Miss Bestor and
Miss Walsh were amoEg the thirty
vho hel( the robes while lhe
braska attended the c-nvention;
Luekey conducted a tour of the
botanical gardens and the capital. In
the evenin
the girls attended the
pages' ball at the Mayflower Hotel.
A reception at the White House
was the highlight of Wednsday's
program. Mrs. Roosevelt received .the
members. In the evening the state
, regent reports Were given. Miss Bes- J Willard Bornemeier was thrown
hcJd the flaff and Mis3 Walsh tnecear of the car as it r0ne(i OVer,
flowers for the Nebraska regent, Mrs.
F. W. Baker of Omaha.
Sessions closed on Friday after-j was driven through the roof of the
noon. Lois spent the afternoon and car and for a short time it was f ear-
evening sightseeing. Saturday morn-; ed that her injuries would be fatal.
ino- cio a-cr.t tn Annannlis whpre Rhe!Mrs. Williams suffered a badly
-naval academy and attended an
academy dance in the evening. She
. returned to Washington Sunday aft-ito go on to their home at Elmwood
: ernoou and left in tne evening for latter another car was secured.
! xebraska. She went to Lincoln this! The car, while battered and dam-
! afternoon to resume her work at the
University of Nebraska.
Among the outstanding speakers
on the Congress program. Miss Bestor
mentions Wm. Tyler Tage, author of
the American creed; Mrs. Wm. Beck
er, president general of D.A.R. ;
George E.. Sokolsky; F. A. Silcox,
chairman of the forestry service; Miss
Ruth Rose Richardson; and Chas. P.
Taft. Youth and the modern times
was the central theme of the con
gress. 3,142 women attended.
OLIVER H. TOWER
Oliver H. Tower was born in 1
Spenser county, Illinois, on July 26,
ic nri ,inrtfH thi lifo at Shen -
Lindoah, Iowa, April 2 4. 1937. As a
ivonnc- man he came west and located
A. -- 1 A. Tk,"-1 1- n
'1910.
Mr. Tower was employed here in j
; the railroad shops for several years'.
rpfpnt ver-rs he had
! retired from active work.
: He is survived by tne wire uyi.ij.
and!
three daughters, Walter, of Laramie,
Wyoming, Jess of Columbus. Nebras
ka, Alfred of Council Bluffs, Mrs.
Cora Cotner, of Boone, Iowa, Mrs.
Laura Cunningham of Shenandoah,
Iowa, and Ethel Tower of Murdock.
Mr. Tower passed away at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Cunning
ham, with whom he has made his
home for a short time.
The funeral services were Mon
day afternoon at the old home in
Avoca, with interment there.
NOTICE
On and after May Srd our bank
will be open for business at 8:30
a. m. and close at 3 p. m. Platts
mouth State Bank. a26-2td-ltw
WILL INSTRUCT IN SEWING
Mrs. Alice Bates whas been trans
ferred from sewing room to the re
creation project. She will have
classes in sewing and fancy work,
making over dresses and other
clothes.
High school girls interested in any
kind of sewing or fancy work should
see Mrs. Bates at Recreation Center
Tuesday afternoon at 3:30.
All women are invited to meet
with Mrs. Bates at the center at 2
p. m. Tuesday. Bring your favorite
quilt pieces and exchange ideas with
the others
The same group will ex- j
change recipes
makers ideas.
and other home-
Elmwood People
Have Car Wreck
Near Madison
Mr. and Mrs. August Bornemeier and I
Two Children Suffer Injuries Re- I
turning from Amelia, ITetr.
i
Mr. and Mrs. August Bornemeier
and son, Willard of Elmwood
The Bornemeier family had
i-t Amelia, Nebraska, to attend theiple were entertained at a beautifully
funeral of Mrs. Dora Fax. 7 S, mother ' appointed wedding dinner at the
cf Mrs. Bornemeier, whose death oc
curred last week, the Cass county
members of the family remaining at
Amelia for a visit with the relatives , with decorations of roses and snap
fter the funeral, and left Amelia dragons and the centeri iece a larp
Monday morning for the return
home.
They struck a piece of very slick
roadway after leaving Madison,
i which with the speed of the car and
j the force of the w ind caused the car
! to skid and overturn and it turned
- over three times before it stopped.
while the mother, Mrs. August
I Bornemeier was badly injured as she;
bruised shoulder in the wreck and Mr.
1 Bornemeier was bradly bruised but
: the members of the party were able:
aged was able to be run. but it was
brought on to Elmwood by truck to
i;nrlertro repairs.
The members of the auto party are
all very badly bruised and it will be
seme time before they are over the
fleets of the accident.
HOLD LABOR MEETING
From Wednesday's Daily
Last evening a large number of!
the employes of the car shops of the
Burlington Refrigerator shops in this
city, met at the Eagles hall to dis -
I cuss the plans of organization.
The workmen at a previous meet-
ing had named representatives from
' the various crafts that are employed
at the shops and who selected Harry
i Shifter as the general chairman.
T-o t ir-lit thr u-nrV-Tren tinri nres-
cnt a representative ct the Amer-
ican Federation cf Labor to discuss
the affiliation with the Brotherhood
of Railroad Carmen and the general
sentiment was favorable to the local
I group
a ff iliatin:
j nr
animation.
HAS L0C0T.I0TIVE TROUBLE
- .. Mrs. Mrry I.gu.! v t.o tn
From W'ednesiiay'p Dally i spending the vinter in Omaha w ith
The Missouri Pacific northbound ; her daughters, three sisters. Mrs.
train No. 119, due here at 6:20 was Florence Turpin and Mrs. Mary Bell
two hours late this morning. The 0f Omaha and Mrs. Ma Baumc.irt c f
delay was caused by locomotive ; Crookston. Nebraska, as w ell :.s three
trouble near Verfion and which j brothers. Fred B.. of Pes Molne?. Wil
forced a delay for some time before iam vf Lexington and Carl of this
the train
Omaha.
could proceed on intOjcjty.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Real estate taxes for the first half
of the tax year are delinquent after
May 1st. Taxpayer? are urged to
take note of this.
JOHN r, TURNER,
a28-ltd-ltw County Treasurer.
Phone news Items lo No. G.
Pleskac-Zitka
Wedding Held at
Omaha Church
Popular Young Peorle Are Married
at the Assumption Church
Tuesday Mornir.g.
Miss Helen L. I'leskac of Omaha
and Mr. James C. Zitka, of thin tity,
were wedded Tuesday morning in a
very beautiful ceremony at the As-
sumption church. South ide, Omaha.
The altar was arranged with pro
fuse decorations of ferns and cut
flowers.
The nuptial mass was ct lebrated
by the Rev. John Krajioelc. pastor
of the church, the bridal couple
kneeling at the altar as the ceremony
was performed.
The attendants were Miss Bar
bara Zitka, sister of the groom and
the best man was George I'leskac.
brother of the bride.
The bride was very
lovely in Iut
v. i':i prim
gown of w Lite
i l :i
style lace overdress.
wearing the long
bouquet was of
flowing veil. Her
home of the parents of the bride,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph PI-skac, 001
S street. The table was arranged
wedding cake.
Following the wedding Mr. ard
Mrs. Zitka departed on a s-hort
honeymoon and will return to this
city the latter part of the week whe-e
they have a very .attractive home on
Rock street awaiting their coming
and where they w ill' he "at home to
their friends after May 1st.
The bride is graduate of South
high school at Omaha and in which
city she has grown to womanhood.
Since the completion or her school
j work she has been encaged as a
: stenographer at the II. A. Mars
1 wholesale house on the south side.
j Mrs. Zitka w ill make a delightful
j addition to the younger murritd
group of the city.
j Mr. Zitka is a son cf Mrs. Anna
j Zitka of this city and where he v.-a 3
born and has grown to manhood. He
received his education here and has
in recent years been employed at
I BREX car shops in thi.s city. He
the
.s a
j young man of splendid character ind
has a legion or friends among tite
j who have the pleasure of knowing
! him.
j The friends will join in t-ieir
I heartiest well wishes to these two
'fine young people in their fuure
years.
Those from tins city to attend
the wedding were Mrs. Anna Zitka.
i niother and the sisters and brother
jt,f the groom. Misses Anna. Dorothy
land Barbara and Ernest Zitka.
TJEATH OF ANNA EGENBERGER
';
From Tuesday's Iail
Th" message was
recel'"fwl h'-re
ueaih Mo i'!-y
tr.is morning 01 in
i night at S ilt Lak--- CM:; . of Miss .Vina
Eger.berccr of t L i - ci.y. v. ho for the
' past two years has been makinc h r
' home with her aunt. Mrs. J. V. Egt-u-
; berger, Jr., w ho has been ill.
1
with the national j Mi--s Egenberger was ill for sv
' eral weeks sir.d has gradually lail'-d
! until death tarn" to h r relit-f.
She is 5-i:rvi,-:J x:y t!1
rr.o
: r.
JOHN HAT.T.STR0M H07.IE
John Hallstrom. who has been in
jthe hoFpital in Omaha, retur v d to
j hi3 homp -n Plattfmol:th Tue.iay.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hallstrom and
Corrine of Avoca and Mrs. Jairie
Mauzy went up for him. The Avoca
guests remained at the Ha.'.strora
home for the evening.