Historical Society
Heto. State
v0
NO. 40
VOL. NO. LIH
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1937.
Girl Dies in
j Cycle Crash
Late Saturday
Zella Brizendine, 18, Instantly Kill-! Scout.
ed and Glen Daniels Is Dan- " A brave attempt was made by Don
gerously Injured. (aid Martin, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs.
, ('. II. Martin of this city to rescue;
Zella Brizendine, 18, was instant-i
ly killed and Glen Daniels, 19, criti-
cally injured Saturday night shortly
before 11:30 in a motocycle crash
on highway No. 75 near the sub sta
tion of the Iowa-Xebraska Light &
Power Co.
Daniels, who had bought the
motorcycle only a few days before,
was riding past the plant of the Nor-
folk Packing Co., shortly after 11 j
p. m. when Miss Brizendine quit work;
and he had invited her for a ride,
they coming through the main part
of the city and thence out Chicago
avenue.
Following the motorcycle on the
way out was an auto driven by Hu
bert Cappen of Weeping Water and
who was accompanied by Thelma
Capper, of this city. As the motor
cycle and car reached the top of the
hill a car, driven by Richard Bev
erage approached from the south
and whose lights made it difficult
to see and it is claimed the motor
cycle had no rear light.
The Cappen car struck the motor
cycle and crashed toward a light pole,
carrying with it the body of Miss j
BiMzpiiflinP. whilP Daniels was hurl-,
ed to one side.
At the time of the accident it was
not know that the girl was on the
motorcycle, Daniels being uncon
scious and the occupants of the car
having not seen her. Later when
Deputy Sheriff Cass Sylvester was on
the scene of the accident, Robert
White, local taxi driver, reported
having passed the cycle shortly be
fore the accident and that a girl
was riding on it with the driver. The floor was damaged a great deal and
deputy sheriff found a shoe lying near loss to the building will prob
tho scene and as the car was par- Uly reach $1,000. The living apart
tially moved the body, badly mangled, j rrents of Mr. Golding on the upper
was found beneath the car and extri-floor wei'e Quite badly damaged and
cated .It was found that Miss Briz-ja large part of his personal effects
endine had apparently been instantly j burned.
killed, her neck being broken and The loss to the store stock will be
one of the lower limbs broken and j largely from water and is much
she was badly bruised over the body; smaller than at first thought as
and head. The body was taken to ; workers were able to get in and cover
the Sattler funeral home. jnuch of the stock with oil cloth and
Daniels, suffering from a bad head j saved its loss being far greater,
wound and what was thought might j The loss on the stock cannot be
be internal injuries, was taken to the j t'etermined until after a thorough
University hospital at Omaha by the check is completed by the adjusters
Horton ambulance and Sunday night jef the loss.
it was stated that he might recover
from the effects of the injuries.
Cappen and Miss Capper were not
seriously hurt beyond a few very se
vere bruises.
There will be no inquest held in
the case as it was apparently an un
avoidable accident.
The dead girl is a daughter of Mrs. j
C. D. Shopp of this city and in addi-1 On Sunday they were guests of
tion - to the mother is survived by j honor at a family dinner at the A. W.
six brothers and one sister. Earl, j Leonard home. Other guests attend
Walter, Glen, Hubert, Claude, of ;ing the family reunion were Mr. and
Denver and Tom of this city, as well j Mrs. Fred Gorder and Mr. and Mrs.
as the sister. Myrtle.
FUNERAL OF MISS BRIZENDINE
The funeral services of Miss Zella
Brizendine were held Monday after
noon at the Sattler funeral home and
where a ' large number of the old
friends had gathered to share with
the bereaved family the sorrow that
her passing had occasioned.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. J. W. Taenzler, pastor of
the First Christian church.
During the services Frank A. Cloidt
and Mrs. Hal Garnett gave two num
bers, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"
and "Sometime We'll Understand."
The interment was at the Oak Hill
cemetery in the west part of the city.
RETURNS FROM VACATION
Sheriff Homer Sylvester and fam
ily returned Sunday afternoon from
their outing in the Black Hills of
South Dakota and eastern Wyoming,
where they visited with relatives and
friends.
The members of the family enjoyed
very much the outdoor life and all
return feeling very much refreshed
and bronzed with the days out In
the open in this favorite summering
section of the central west.
. Phone news items to no. 6.
SAVE BOY FROM DROWNING
Hubert Babbitt, nine-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Babbitt, was
saved from drowning at the Merritt
Beach Saturday afternoon by Bill
Breenas of South Omaha. The rescuer
is 15, the son of a doctor and a Uoy
Hubert, but he was too small to make.
the rescue. Hubert, who was aceom-
panied to the pool by his father, does
not swim. He had been in shallow
water but evidently stepped off the
ledge into the deep section of the
lake.
Fire Damages
Golding Building
Sunday Morning
Fire of Undetermined Origin Damages
Upper Floor Store Stock Suf
fers Water Damage.
Fire of an undetermined origin was
discovered in the Golding building
Sunday morning shortly after 9
o'clock and was brought under con
trol before it could spread to the first
floor where the variety store of Gold
ing & Stibal is located.
The fire had a good start when
smoke seeping from the windows of
the upper floor attracted persons on
the street and the alarm was turned
in. The fire department was soon on
the tcene and two lines of hose oper-
ating on the fire, it being necessary
to break the windows at the rear to
get into the building and where the
fire seemed the worst.
The fire had evidently started in
a toilet and had burned up toward
the roof when it was found and by
hard work was confined to the small
tpace. The plastering on the upper
FAMILY GATHERING
Mrs. A. II. Strute and daughter,
Amelia, and grandson, Frederick
Severson left Tuesday for their home
in Farmington, Minn. They have
been visiting relatives and friends
in this community.
Hanson of Weeping Water; Mrs. Jim
Cook and daughter of McCook; Mrs.
Clifford Duzenberry and son of Ox
ford, Nebr. ; Mr. and Mrs. E. Williams
and Billy of Oceanside, Calif.; Mrs.
'ohn Bauer and Margaret, Mrs. Henry
Kaffenberger, Mr. and Mrs. John
Wehrbein, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sulli
van, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Sullivan,
Ralph Sullivan, Miss Hanson, Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Tiekotter and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beins
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beins
and family, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Beins
and family, Mrs. Ed Tutt, Mr. and
Mrs. JuliusJMtz, Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Leonard.
ATTEND Y.M.C.A. CAMP
Carter Minor, Jimmy Mauzy, and
Corbin Davis left Friday for Colum
bus where they are attending the ten
day camp at Camp Sheldon. James
Mauzy took the boys to Columbus.
This is the first Y.M. camp period of
the year. Another camp will be held
later in the summer.
BREAKS LEG
Charles Beverage, 13 year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beverage of
Murray, broke his leg Sunday after
noon. He fell over a chair while play
ing and broke the limb.
Zitka-Remar
Wedding at Holy
Rosary Church
Attractive Summer Wedding Joins
the Lives of Two Very Popular
Young- People Today.
From Tuesday's Daily
This morning at 9 o'clock at the
Holy Rosary church, occurred the
marriage of Mis? Anna Zitka of this
city and Mr. Edward A. Remar of
Omaha, in one of the most charming
weddings of the June season.
The church where the bride had
been baptized and confirmed was fill
ed with a large group of friends and
relatives from this city, Omaha and
Brainard to witness the ceremony.
The altar was arranged w ith floral
decorations of roses.
The nuptial mass was celebrated
by the lit. Rev. Monsignor Adolph
M. Mosler, pastor of the church, and
who brought the impressive blessing
of the church to the happy young
people.
The processional was played by
Miss Dorothy Svoboda as the brides
maid, Miss Dorothy Zitka, sister of
the bride, and the best man, Joseph
Remar, brother of the groom, led the
bridal party to the sanctuary, the
bride entering on the arm of the
groom to the altar where the mar
riage vows were plighted.
The bride was gowned in an all
lace dress over white satin with a
queen Anne neckline. The sleeves
were Vfied and closely fitted at the
wrist, forming points at the hand.
The dress was made princess style
and tiny buttons trimmed the back.
Her veil of floor length with a slight
train, was of net and lace, the cap
was braided tulle. She carried a
shower bouquet of white roses.
Miss Dorothy Zitka wore a blue
lace gown of reddingote style with
short puffed sleeves, and carried a
bouquet of pink roses.
The groom and best man wore
dark business suits.
The ushers at the church were
James Zitka, a brother of the bride,
and Joe Knoflicek of Omaha.
Following the wedding the mem
bers of the bridal party were enter
tained at a delightfully arranged
wedding breakfast at the home of
the bride's mother, Mrs. Anna Zitka
The summer flowers served as the
decorative motif of the home.
Mr. and Mrs. Remar after a short
honeymoon will be at home at Omaha
after July 1st.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs.
Anna Zitka and has spent her life
time here where she was graduated
from the Plattsmouth high school in
the class of 1932. She has been en
gaged as stenographer in the office of
the county attorney since the com
pletion of her school work, being en
gaged by the late Judge W. G. Kieck
and by J. A. Capwell, the present
county attorney. She has made a
wide circle of friends by her charm
ing personality and is among the
most popular of the younger social
group of the city.
The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Remar, of Omaha, wnere he
has been brought up and attended
high school in that city. He is at
the present time in the employ of
the Eaton Metal company.
The many friends here and at Om
aha will Join in their best wishes io
Mr. and Mrs. Remar for many ytarj
of happiness in the future years.
Those from out of the city to at
tend the wedding were: Mr. and
Mrs. Adolph Kuraeda and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Emil Benish and family of
Brainard; Mr. and Mrs. John Gruidel
and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Jaske,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wiysel and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zitka and fam
ily, Mrs. iamlos, grandmother of
the groom, Mr. and Mrs. James Re
mar. parents of the groom, Marie
George and Joseph Remar, sister and
brothers of the groom, Mr. and Mrs.
Vodicka, uncle and aunt of the
groom, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Remar,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Procikal, Mrs. J.
Tleskas and son, George, Mrs. Lee
Hazecka and daughters, Margaret and
Dorothy, Mr. Al Binder, Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Dworak and daughter, Lucille,
all of Omaha.
Improving our rarm-to-market
roads will be of direct benefit to
everyone in Cass county.
HONORED ON ADVERSARY
Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Sedlak entertained a group
of friends in honor of the twerty
fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert M. Sedlak, parents of
the host. All of the members of
the family were present to shower
the parents with congratulations, as
well as a number of old friends to
join in the occasion.
In honor of the event Mr. and Mrs.
Sedlak were given a remembrance of
the anniversary.
A much enjoyed luncheon was!
served by the hostess at the close of
the evening.
Legion Auxiliary
Holds Election of
Officers Friday
Mrs. Elmer Webb, Long Active Lead
er in Organization, Is Chosen as
New Unit President.
Mrs. Elmer Webb was chosen as
president of the American Legion
Auxiliary at the meeting in the Le
gion hall Friday afternoon. Mrs
Robert Reed was chosen as vice prcsi-
dent; Mrs. Ed Creamer, secretary
and Mrs. Eugene Vroman, treasurer. !
Mrs. A. Boynton was named chap-j
lain and Mrs. C. A. Marshall, ser-!
geant-at-arms.
Annual reports were given by the
secretary and treasurer.. The treas-
urer's report showed that the group
took in $330 during the past year
and have $192 on hand. Mrs. Ray
Larson l'ad charge of the rehabili
tation. During the meeting, the auxiliary
voted to pay the membership dues
for the Junior Auxiliary. They also
made plans for a party in honor of
the Scouts who sold poppies for the
organization. The committee in
charge of arrangements was Mrs.
Fred Nolting, Mrs. John Barkening,
and Mrs. Max Vallery.
Carey Marshall played two piano
solos on the afternoon program and
vocal selections were offered by Mrs.
James Begley.
TO STAGE DOG SHOW
The Recreational Center is
to i
stage a dog show at the city park
playground on Saturday morning,
June 25th at 10 o'clock.
The show will be one that will
permit the pet lovers of the city to
enter their dogs in several classes
and for which prizes will be offered.
The dogs may be listed with Miss
Hoback or Mrs. Anna Bates at the
playground and no entry fee will be
charged. No dog under one month of
age will be entered.
The committee in charge of the
show have announced that all dogs
must have a collar and be on leash,
otherwise "the entry will not be ac
cepted. The various classes in which the
dogs may be entered are as follows:
Oldest dog.
Largest dog.
Smallest dog.
Dog doing most tricks.
Ugliest dog.
Dog with longest tail.
Dog with longest hair.
A special event will be held on
road west of park. Owner will be in
bandstand and call dogs. Dogs will
be released and first dog to reach
owner will be declared winner.
H. Luttman will be in charge.
Peter Gradoville will be in charge
with the judges. Miss Hoback and
Mrs. Bates will handle the prizes and
entries, Clyde Jackson, publicity and
Anton Bajeck and David Robinson
will be in charge of grounds.
RETURN FROM COUNCIL
Delegates to the Grand Council of
Job's Daughters returned from Om
aha last week. The grand opening
was held on Monday evening. Miss
Clarii Weyrich, past grand junior
custodian, and escort. Queen Jean
Knorr, were participants in the cere
mony. Miss Weyrich has now been
appointed head of the remembrance
committee. The council closed with
the election of honary queens, senior
princesses, junior princesses and an
elaborate installation ceremony. Oth
ers who attended from Plattsmouth
were Misses Shirley Keck, Jacqueline
Grassman, and Wilma Friedrich.
Alice Funk is
Ordained as M.
E. Deaconess
Ceremonies Are Held at Baltimore
Where She Has Served for the
Past Three Years.
In the ordination cereiaoiiies eon
ducted by the Methodist Episcopal
church,, a Plattsmouth young lady,
Miss Alice Marie Funk, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Funk, has been
given the degree of deaconess in the
church government, the highest rank
that can be given a woman in the
church government.
The occasion also cidained five
young men to the ministry and three
to be deacons of the church.
Miss Funk, a graduate of the class
of 1929 of the Plattsmouth high
school, has followed her choice of a
life profession, that of a worker in
the church of her faith, attending
school at Kansas City, Missouri, for
a time and later was assigned to the
Favette-Bennett church of Baltimore,
Maryland.
The Plattsmouth young woman has
made a notable record at the Balti
more church, one of the largest of
its denomination' in the east and has
been requested to again serve this
important church in her capacity of
deaconess and which includes direc
tion of manv of the church activities.
This is her third year at the Balti-
more charge.
The speaker of the ordination cere
monies was Bishop Charles Meade,
one of the best known of the Meth
odist prelates of the nation.
A DIRTY TRICK
The members of the Girl Scouts
were to have a treat afforded them
Tuesday afternoon by their sponsors
and which was marred by a mighty
mean trick pulled by someone.
It was arranged tnat the girls
would have a treasure hunt in the
park east of the Searl S. Davis home
and here sma.ll silk flags were con
cealed over the park to be searched
for by the youngsters.
Mrs. G. A. Tah! arrived at the
park with the refreshments for the
young people and the discovery was
made that the flags had been taken
by someone, all but two of the flags
having been stolen.
Mrs. L. W. Egenberger had secured
thirty-six of the small flags for the
event and a real time had been an
ticipated but which was marred by
the mischievous action of sometone.
wmip th, hunt wa fnrwri to holing of her school for West Point.
abandoned the treats of ice cream
were served and helped make the
afternoon a jolly one after all.
LINCOLN PEOPLE HERE
A group of some eighty members of
Lincoln chapter 148, Eastern Star
and East Lincoln lodge No. 210 of
the Masons were here Sunday to visit
at the Nebraska Masonic Home.
The members of the party gave a
very interesting program iu the aft
ernoon in the dining room of the
home and which was enjoyed by all
of the residents as a most delightful
diversion of the day.
There were gifts of candy for the
members of the Home group and
which added to the pleasures of all
of the Home folks.
The Lincoln group had brought
well filled baskets and staged a picnic
supper on the lawn of the home before-
saying goodbye to the happy
day's outing.
EIGHT HURT IN CRASH
Two automobiles were involved In
nearly identical accidents early Sun
day morning" on highway No. 16 on a
curve a mile "west of the Elkhorn
river bridge in western Douglas coun
ty. In one of the accidents, Jack
Rainey, 31, formerly of this city suf
fered a skull fracture, when the car
of Harold Hooker, in which he was!
.... , , ... : Rov'o school at Father Flanagan s , Mrs. Anton Dvorak, of Jackson, Min
ridiug, crashed through the bridge: s sluoul Xtll"cl b i ' '
rail and into a ditch. jHome is in the city to spend a short j nesota, w ere week-end visitors at the
TO UNDERGO T0NSILECT0MY
From Monday's Daily '
Mrs. Lester Thimgan departed this
morning for Omaha where she will j athletic program at the school in re
undergo a tonsilectomy. icent years.
RETURN FROM. WEST
Miss Margaret Iverson and Paul;
Iverson returned Sunday evening;
from a trip through the west. They (
came here directly by train from'
Portland where they were guests oi
the Wilson family and attended the
Rose Festival.
While on the trip the couple re
port all types of weather. While
mountain climbing In Colorado they
were caught in a blizzard. In Ne
vada they went through a dust
storm.
Paul will leave the latter part of
the week for New York where he
plans to work in a Settlement Camp
during the summer.
Telephone
People Have a
Picnic Tuesday
Plattsmouth Area Treated as Award
of Winning in Competition with
Others in District.
Tuesday evening the employes of, engaged in work on tlie railroad,
the Plattsmouth area, comprising theThey are now residents of Louisville.
towns of Murray. Union, Murdock
Weeninsr Water. Elmwood and Ne
hawka, were the honor guests at a
picnic which was tendered them by
the Lincoln offices.
The Plattsmouth district was
awarded a "Whing-Ding" in the re
cent district competition in which
the point having the largest sale of
telephones was to be given a treat.
The Plattsmouth area w as the winner
and accordingly the event was most
royally staged by the Lincoln force.
The group of some sixty-live found
the golf course a well chosen spot
and its shade and cooling breezes
made it a very attractive spot for the
party.
Games were enjoyed to the utmost
by the jolly group and later they
were invited" to participate in the
picnic supper which had been ar
ranged and served by the Lincoln
sroun.
ped by the dessert of ice cream. which
had the mophone design.
Lyle DeMoss of radio station KFAB
with his group of entertainers served
to provide the program.
A number of the members enjoyed
a round of golf.
VISITS WEST POINT
Miss Dorothy Contryman, who has
been teaching in Ogallala the past
vear. left immediately after the clos-I
New York, where she was a guest at
the home of Lieutenant and Mrs. C. ""' t.
L. Heitman. She also visited her mouth hi-h scho1 this nin
aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, at Mrs- IIan,,i returned Monday eve-
Schnectady, X. Y. She also visited injninS from ""nois.
New York City, at Niagara Falls and
saw the Great Lakes Exposition! OLD TIMER HERE
at Cleveland, and of many other in-j cunday evening Charles Johnson,
teresting places in the east. On re-jof Denver, arrived in the city to
tvrnins home she stopped for a visit spend the day Monday looking over
at Janesvilrfe, Wis., with her uncle the scenes of n5s earlier vears. Mr.
and aunt.
Mr.
and Mrs. Frank
Oliver.
She returned to Plattsmouth Sun
day morning and on Monday accom
panied her mother, Mrs. Chas. Con
tryman to their home in the western
part of the state.
VISIT AT BUTTERY HOME
The home of Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Buttery in this city was the scene
of a very pleasant family gathering
Sunday when the members of the
group gathered to enjoy the fine din
ner and the day in visiting. Those
who were in attendance were Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest. Buttery and son. Junior, jng the hot(i here Monday sought out
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Buttery andthe rostoffice building which in his
children, Eleanor, Joan and Dickie i dav had been iocated i tne j. p.
of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tee
garden, the latter a cousin of Mr.
Buttery, and Mr. and Mrs. Roland
Teegarden and two children of Brock.
VISITING IN CITY
John Conradt nrincipal of the
time visiting with his old menu, i
Frank Naugebauer, they both havingi
resided as boys in the town of Stein-!
auer. in rawiiee cuum. i.
4 lfM
radt has had charge of a part of the
Rolland Landis
Drowning Victim
at Louisville
Eighteen Year Old Boy Fails to Re
vive After Hour in Water; For
merly of Plattsmouth.
From Tuesday's Daily
Rolland Landis, IS, formerly of
this city, was a drowning victim at
the Stone lake northwest of Louis
ville last night. The accident occur
red at 9 p. m. The young man had
been riding a log iu the lake and
drifted into the deep water where he
fell off. La Rue Williams and the
local firemen were called. The body
was taken from the water about an
hour after it went down. Efforts of
Art Kutson and George Branier
trained in life saving, were unsuc
cessful in reviving the young man.
Rolland is the son of Claude and
Edith Green Landis. He was born
June 16, 1919, at Cedar Creek. The
family lived in Plattsmouth a num
ber of years, where Mr. La-ndis was
-fbrothers, Ival of Louisville: William
and Paul of Plattsmouth; and Delvin
of Lincoln; also by three sisters, Mrs.
Fritz Franke of Cedar Creek; Bess,
May, and Enid of Plattsmouth. The
body is at the Stander and Stander
funeral home. Funeral services will
be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday. Rev.
Callaway will have charge. Inter
ment is to be in the Riverview ceme
tery. HANNI-C0WDEN
Miss Maxine Hanni, daughter Of
Mrs. Metta Hanni of Plattsmouth, be
came the wife of Raymond Cowden,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cowden
of La Corte, Ind., formerly of Plant
City, Fla., at a church wedding in
the Congregational church at liown
er's Grove, 111., Saturday, June 1S,
at 2 p. ni. Rev. Pitman performed
The bride wore a white suit with
British brown accessories. Ilcr cor
sage was of orchids. She was attend
ed by Mrs. Henry Hyde who wore a
blue suit and corsage. The bride-
! groom w as dressed in light grey. He
was attended by Henry Hyde.
Mrs. Metta Hanni was among the
guests from the immediate families of
the couple. Immediately after the
ceremony the couple left for a short
honeymoon in the east. They will
make their home in LaCorte where
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of a manufacturing company. Miss
TTn ti i I iifrta A ii rx rA f Pll t t Q-
Johnson, when a youth, was engaged
here in the local Burlington shops,
remaining here until in 1S88 when
his father, George Johnson, an engi
neer on the Burlington, went out on
the famous engineers' and firemen's
strike. The family moved from here
to Denver and there Mr. Johnson en
tered the services of the Colorado
Southern and the Burlington in the
railroad shops.
This was the first visit that he
has paid to the old home since leav-
, ins here as a l)oy and he had the pp
portunity of seeing a number of tho
old time friends that he knew so
manv years ago. Mr. Johnson leav-
Young store in the Waterman opera
house building, standing where the
present Journal building is located.
HERE FROM MINNESOTA
John Lusk and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Lusk, Mrs. Jandera and
nome oi nir. ana Airs. Jonn jirouseK
in the south part or the city. They
also visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Anton Hula and Mr. and Mrs.
William Kelley near Manley. Mr.
Lusk is a brother of Mrs. John
Jirousek.