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VOL. NO. Lm PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1937. NO. 49 Hebr. State Historical Society Garden Club Meets at E. H. Wescott Home "Arrangements" the Topic of Meet ing of the Flower Lovers of the Community. Mrs. E. K. Wescott was hostess to the Plattsmouth Garden club at the meeting Wednesday evening. "Flow er Arrangement" was the topic or the meeting. Twenty-four flower ar rangements were exhibited. Secret ballot was taken for the outstanding arrangements in each class. Mrs. Luke Wiles won grand prize for the prettiest modern arrange ment. Her display was of Sedums In a three-tier vase. Mrs. Lillian Free man won first for the most correct with a Japanese arrangement. Mrs. John Woest was first for low bowl ar rangement. Prize winner for the miniature bouquet was taken by Mrs. G. A. Pahl and for the floating bouquet by Mrs. E. II. Wescott. The floating bouquet was a huge sunflower in a green vase. Mrs. J. R. Roberts won the prize for the tall bouquet. Talks were given by the members of the club on arrangements. Mrs J. M. Roberts spoke on vase arrange ment; Mrs. Lillian Freeman, Japan ese arrangement; Mrs. Freeman Mc Farland. bowl arrangement; Mrs. Luke Wiles, new type arrangement; and Mrs. L. W. Egenberger, floating flower arrangements. An out-of-town speaker will ad dress the group at the next meeting He will speak on peonies. LEAVING FOR THE WEST From Thursday's Daily- TX Tito TY- T T? rn ia A ano ft f Ti tr ttl evening for an extended trip to the west coast and where he v 11 1 enjoy visiting with relatives and friends. He is leaving Omaha on the Union Pacific and will head for the Paci fic northwest where he will Join Mrs. Rice at Tacoma, Washington. Mrs. Rice has been visiting there for a short time with her relatives and old time friends. The rice family re sided at Tacoma for some thirteen years. They will then go on south down the coast and will stop at San Fran cisco and Oakland, where they once made their home. Mr. Rice Is very anxious to look over the new bridge over the bay, whose construction he has followed closely. In southern California they will visit with relatives, Harry Rice, a brother of W. P.. and family at Belna Park, as well as ether relatives at Long Beach, Riverside and in Los Angeles. LAYING CRUSHED ROCK From Friday's Daily WPA workers began laying crush ed rock this morning on the six and a half miles begining at the quarter corner on the south side of section 32, township 12, range 13, west three and one-half miles and south three miles to connect with highway 1 at the Schaffer corner. A new sixty horse power Allis Chalmers stationary unit is being used in crushing the rock for the road. It is expected to crush 150 yards per day. This is the first proj ect upon which the unit has been used. Twenty-three men have been work ing on the road, clearing and grub bing. New culverts were laid and one new steel pile bridge was put in. Five miles of the road lie in Mt. Pleasant precinct and between It and Eight Mile Grove. The other mile and a half are between the Plattsmouth and Rock Bluff precincts. SCATTER POISON From Thursday' Daily Farmers in the Plattsmouth pre cinct were busy scattering poison bait in their fields this morning. Two truck loads, approximately 150 sacks, were delivered here from Nehawka last evening and the farmers scatter ed the bait early this morning. D. D. Wainscott, county agent, met with the farmers of the Murray precinct Tuesday evening. He ex plained the method of killing the hop pers and is delivering bait there in the near future. RECEIVES FEDERAL POST William C. Ramsey, former Platts mouth resident, has been selected to take the post of assistant general counsel of the farm credit administra7 tion at Omaha, filling the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Fred A. Wright last January. The appoint ment will become effective on August 1st. Mr. Ramsey serves as assistant at torney general under William H. Wright and Is one of the leaders of the Douglas county bar. He is a for mer Cass county man and served as county attorney here prior to going to Omaha to enter practice. Mildred Colby Becomes Bride of Paul Biggerstaff Couple Married by Rev. V. C. Wright at Methodist Parsonage Will Reside in Boulder, Colo. Miss Mildred Colby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Colby of this city, became the wife of Paul Bigger staff of Boulder, Colo., Thursday aft ernoon at a qufct ceremony at the Methodist parsonage at 4 p. m. Rev. V. C. Wright officiated. The bride's gown was of powder blue ripple crepe. She wore white accessories. She was attended by Dorothy Elliott. The bridesmaid wore ashes of roses crepe romaine with white accessories. Everett Elliott at tended the groom. The couple left for Omaha im mediately after the ceremony. This evening a reception is being held at the home of the bride's parents. Fifty guests are expected. An aunt of the bride is baking the wedding cake. It will be served with coffee and ice cream. Mrs. Elmer Elliott is assisting Mrs. Colby. Mr. and Mrs. Biggerstaff will leave Saturday morning for Boulder where they will make their home. Mr. Big gerstaff is a gold miner near Boulder. ACT AS PEACEMAKERS Sheriff Homer Sylvester and De puty Cass Sylvester were called out to the south part of the city Wednes day evening when a family and neigh-' : borhood disagreement protended for a ' ten.' moments a situation as acute as! the China-Jap crisis. The parties in the case had par taken freely of the foaming bever ages and with the heat aided in the development of much disagreement, t'ne of the householders procured himself a shotgun and took station on a well curb to repel any and all attacks. The officers were notified of the matter and reached the scene of the trouble and escorted the party to the county jail to rest. This morning in the gray dawn of the morning after the night be fore the man with the gun was re leased and sent home rejoicing that he had committed no rash act and that he had been confined for the night. MAO.TET) AT SUTTON Announcement has been recently made of the marriage of Miss Mary Catherine Chappell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Chappell, of Nehaw ka, to Lieut. Adrian Tolen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irl Tolen at a ceremony per formed June 27 at 1:15 p. m. at Sut ton. Rev. D. B. O'Connor officiated. There were no attendants. Lieut. Tolen has attended the University of Nebraska, where he affiliated with Phi Alpha Delta, law fraternity. Mrs. Tolen will leave July 31 for Fort Snelling, Minn., to join her husband, who has been there for some time. He will be statioifed at Camp Huston, near Winona, Minn. Mrs. Chappell has been making her home with, her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Dore. WILL TEACH SCHOOL Miss Mildred Wilson, of Murray, has returned home from Peru where she has been attending the summer school and will now rest until the opening of the school year. Miss Wilton will teach at the Kenosha school east of Murray during the coming term. Council Bluffs Youth Dies in Merritt Beach Harold Larson, 21, of Council Bluffs. Drowned While Companions Close at Hand. From Friday's Daily- Harold Larson, 21, Council Bluffs, drowned last night about 9 o'clock while swimming at Merritt's Beach north of this city. Young Larson, whose home address was 1920 Avenue B, Council Bluffs, had gone to the beach with Ludwig Kunick, 2540 Avenue D, Council Bluffs, Marie and Edna Hammers: 2024 Chicago street, Omaha, and their mother, Mrs. George Hammers. The companions of the young man said he had dived off a springboard into about fifteen feet of water and as he came up to the surface he shouted. The other members of the party thought he was playing a prank when he sank but when he failed to come up immediately they summoned the life guard, George Dixon. Dixon recovered the body on the first dive, but it was estimated that the body had been under the water for some five minutes. Workers at the beach made at tempts to revive the youth and mem bers of the local fire department and first aid crew were called to the scene as well as the Omaha fire de partment rescue squad, also Dr. L. S. Pucelik of this city, but all efforts to revive the youth failed. The body was brought to the Sat-; tier funeral home in this city. PROGRESS ON RIVER High water on the Missouri river has accomplished more for river Im provement during- the past month than has- been accomplished in .the past two years, is reported from the U. S. Engineers office. The amount of water carried by the river has been the largest this spring of any year since river Improvement began. Willows are springing up on the land that has been built up behind the dikes. The land will be usable only for grazing during the next few years. After that it may be tillable but will probably always be subject to flood periods, as are the low lands which are now being farmed. These low lands must be expected to have flood stages, they have been provided by nature as flood basins and serve as safety valves. If the water were kept in a channel on the Missouri during a high water stage, it would do immense damage as it swept down the river and steadily grew in volume. These flood basins spread the water and slow up the current. Farmers on the low lands will have to take the risk of floods in the future as in the past. How ever reports are that the river did not flood as much land this year as usual with water reaching the height of this spring. Some trouble has come from "cross-streams." The Platte, with every high mark, carries heavy sand down to deposit it at the mouth. KING KORN KAR NIVAL The King Korn committee are buckling down to work in preparing the big show for 1937. With a bumper crop of corn in Eight it looks like .this should be the best ever. One point already agreed upon is that this is to be pre-eminently a Corn Karnrval and the corn exhibit is to be emphasized. In making the pro gram the committee would be glad to receive suggestions. You may either mail it to or see personally, Henry Soennichsen, general chair man. Remember the dates are Sept. 22, 23, 24 and 25. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our apprecia tion of the many acts of sympathy and kindness at the time of the loss of our husband and father. We wish especially to thank the American Le. gion and the American Legion Aux iliary, the pall bearers, neighbors., friends and co-workers. Mrs. Anna R. Pittman, Donald Pittman, Irma PIttman, Earl Pittman. GREENWOOD WITHOUT BANK The Union State bank of Green wood, established last year, is quit-; ing the banking field and once more j the west Cass county town will be without a financial institution. The Union State bank is closing voluntarily and the officers will see that the bank is liquidated and all depositors paid in full as the bank prepares to close its doors. The institution has been a very great aid to the community since its establishment and it will make a distinct loss for the community. The retirement of the bank from the field leaves the number of banks; in the state at 295. Large Number of Business Men Go to Louisville Eusiness Men's Ad Club and Other Residents Gather to Enjoy an Evening with Neighbors. Friday evening a very large dele-! presented by life saving demonstra gation of members of the Business tion. A dance by the waier sprites Men's Ad club and other citizens mo- follows. Competitive swimming tored to Louisville where they at- j brings the swimming for sport phase tended the "Homecoming" festiv-jan(i tiie clowns furnish entertain ities that is marking this week in our ment in swimming for fun. Singers neighboring city. will assist in the program through- The delegation was accompanied ; out. by the Plattsmouth American Legion j Presentation of instructors and life junior drum corps and who paraded j guards is to be followed by a dance in the streets at Louisville and added, by the nymphs, presentation of the a very fine and colorful touch to the evening entertainment. The members of the Plattsmouth party visited the various attractions that made up the carnival and also; with the friends among the Louis- ville residents.- the stores being j visited and greetings extended to the Louisville people from the neighbors to the east. i hoped that 5000, will attend this 'It was a very much, enjoyed triplgrand finale. Admission is free. - . and one that showed a fine friendly! , and intercommunity spirit among the COMMITTEES FOR PAGEANT residents of the two towns. j General chairman, Mrs. E. H. Wes- The Louisville festival has attract- j colt Nurses, Mrs. Fred Lugsch and ed good crowds and is closing with;Mrs- A- H- Duxbury; Lighting, Judge the Saturday night offering of the i Duxbury. J. C. Woest, and Iowa-Ne- carnival. The promoters of the festi- vaI at Louisville are to be congratu lated on the excellence of the event i and the fine spirit of hospitality that!Misner: Transportation, Mrs. Lottie is shown. REGISTRATION CLOSES AUGUST 1 FOR READING All children who wish to join the i Publicity, Frank Smith, Judge Dux "Summer Roundup" reading club !"-. Elmer Webb and Hazel Baier; and enjoy the treat which is given j Loud speakers, Charles Tunnell; in the fall for those who complete ! Flags. Elmer Sundstrom and Ed Ofe: their reading list, must register at! Police and escorts, Ray Larson and the nublic lihrarv hv Au trust 1. Miss scout troop ; 'Costumes. Woman's club; Olive Jones announced today. 105 are now enrolled and 4 8 have com pleted their five books for the sum mer. Another group of fine juvenile books from the Literary Guild have been added to the shelves. A num ber of the books are pioneer stories. "Wagons Westward" will be found an interesting story of the Old Santa Fe trail. It is written and il lustrated by Armstrong Sperry. "New World Builders" by Blanche More- head is a story of the Lewis and Clark expedition. "Listening" is another of Kate Seredy's delightful books. Among the travel books are "Marcos, Mountain Boy of Mexico" by Millicent Lee and "Navarre of the North" by Darling. Among the other new books are: "Henner's Lydia" by Marguerite De Angeli; "Remember the Day," Ken neth Horan; "Bitsy Finds the Clue," Augusta Seaman; "Strange Pettin gill Puzzles," R. Carlson; "A Dog at Hils' Heels," Charles J. Finger; and "King's Mule" by Dwight Akers. MRS. ANNA LARSON From Friday's Dally Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. today for Mrs. Anna Catherine Larson, 90, at her home in Syracuse, Nebr. Interment was in the Park Hill cemetery. Mrs. Larson wa3 born in Gutten berg, la., April 15, 1847 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mohrman. She was married March 7, 1867 to Hans Larson at McGregor, la. The couple came to Syracuse fifty years ago and have resided there since that time. One daughter, Miss Ella Larson, survives. T - IV water rageani to be Given Here Friday Evening . Father Neptune, His Court, and Swim mers from rC(j Cross Take Part in Closing Event, beautiful water pageant A will close "Swim Week," July 30 at 8 p. m. at the Merritt's beach north of the city. Mrs. E. H. Wescott is gen eral chairman and is being assisted by Mrs. R. E. Norris, county chair iman of life saVTTig. The pageant will open with the drum corps followed by an explan ation of Red Cross by Mrs. Norris. A pageant of registered nurses and Red Cross nurses in costume will follow. Trumpets will announce the arrival i of Father Neptune's barge with his court which have come to view the fitness of Red Cross for entry into Neptune's favor. The parade will be preceded by the Red Cross float. A demonstration of swimming will be given for Health. Safety is to be fairest of swimmers, and the awards by Mrs. Norris. A living cross and ; song of the living cross, the return 1 of Neptune to the sea. and taps con- elude the program. The pagenat is an adaptation of a Red Cross pageant, Music, costumes, dances, lighting and decoration of the barges will add to the beauty of the pageant. It is : braska Light and Power Co.; Boats, Elmer Sundstrom, Fred Lugsch and Don York: First Aid- Ed fe and Ray Rosencrans and Elmer Sundstrom. Mrs. Everett Pickens has charge of music and is assisted by Mildred Kno- flicek; Drum corps and buglers, June Marshall: Dances. Shirley Mason; Emergency squad float, Ed Ofe and Ray Misner. TO VISIT OLD FRIENDS Mrs. John II. Hallstrom departed Friday night for Chicago where she will spend several days as a guest at the home of Mr and Mrs. Seven Ohlander, friends of the old days in her native land. A special treat is looked forward to by Mrs. Hallstrom as Mrs. Rodein, of Minneapolis will jalso be a guest at the Ohlander home. Mrs. Hallstrom and Mrs. Rodein were schoolmates forty-five years ago in their native Sweden and this will be their first meeting in this long period of years. W hile they have both made their home in the United States for many years they have been un able to get together until this time. . TRANSFERRED TO SEWARD Justus Lillie, who has for the past few years been the storekeeper of the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co., has been notified of his being trans ferred to a similar position at Seward. The change is a very distinct pro motion for Mr. Lillie and a fine re cognition of his services for the com pany in the past. The Seward district in which he will serve has a very large store de partment and supplies a large num ber of communities with the electric supplies which will be under the charge of Mr. Lillie. While The many friends will be delighted to learn of the advancement of Mr. Lillie, they will regret to see the family leave this city as they have been very active in the social and church life of the community. VISITING IN THE CITY Mr. and Mrs. Isaac King, of Su perior, are here to enjoy a shot visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Crabill, Mrs. King being a sister of Mr. Crabill. They are en route from their home to Minnesota where they plan to spend some time at West Battle Lake, one of the popular fishing resorts of that section of the north. Mr. and Mrs. King expect to be joined later by Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Brooks and family of Burlington, Iowa, who will spend some time in the lake country. Henry Weidman Dies Today at Pekin, Illinois For Many Years Prominent Resident Here and Members of One of Old Families of This City. From Saturday's Daily Henry E. Weidman, 64, former Plattsmouth resident, died this morn- ing at his home at Pekin, Illinois, as the result of a heart attack. Two weeks ago Mr. Weidman was bereft in the death of his wife and since that, time he has not been in the best of health. Mr. Weidman was born in Platts mouth, a sen of Mr. and Mrs. George I'. Weidman, early resident here and it was in this city that he grew to manhood and received his education in the city schools. He was for a number of years en gaged in the conduct of a book and stationery business, first with the Lehnhoff Brothers and then in the conduct of his own business. In late years he has resided in the east, being engaged as clerk in one of the large Chicago hotels, but in the past years he has lived at Pekin, Illinois. He is survived by two brothers and five sisters, George E. Weid man of this city and Fred Weidman of Plainview, Nebraska, Mrs. F. W. Ebinger of Plainview, Mrs. Fred Kroehler of Lincoln, Mrs. Anna Wag ner of Lincoln. Mrs. Ida Blish of Sajrre, Pennsylvania and Mrs. Nelson Jean of Donna, Texas. The tentative funeral arrangements call for a service here on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Streight funeral home and the in terment at the Oak Hill cemetery where the other members of the fam ily are at rest. HAVE INTERESTING MEETING The local aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles held a very fine meet ing at their hall on Thursday, eve ning, the occasion being the install ation of two of the officers that were unable to e present at the former installation. The officers who were inducted into office were Ray Whiteman, chaplain; and John E. Schutz, con ductor. After the installing of the officers the members had a social hour with luncheon and refreshments to add their part to making it a most enjoy able occasion. The Eagles are making a policy of having these pleasant social fea tures in connection with their meet ings and which add a great deal to the interest and attendance. JUDGE IS TRAVELING Judge W. W. Wilson, who has been keeping the wheels of justice grind ing in all counties of the district, is lending a helping hand to other of the members of the district bench. Judge Wilson is at Fremont today where he 1s holding court for Judge Spear who is vacationing in Europe. On Monday Judge Wilson will be at Auburn where he will serve for Judge "Virgil Falloon, who is also on his vacation. Judge Wilson will also hold court at Tecumseh and Falls City for Judge Falloon. RECEIVES APPOINTMENT J. A. Persinger, w ho has been time keeper for WPA projects in this coun ty, has recently been promoted to the position of supervising time keeper. He now supervises the work in five counties, Cass, Otoe, Nemaha, Butler, and Saunders. Beauty Pageant Offers Winner a Free Fair Trip "Miss Plattsmouth, 1937," Like Her Predecessor of Last Year, to be Guest of Fair Board. Who will be "Miss Plattsmouth, 1937?" That question is asked in a large poster herald being printed in the Journal job department, listing the names of the three score or more young ladies of this community who have entered the local contest spon sored by the American Legion Auxil iary. It will be answered by three out-of-town judges on the night of Tuesday, August 3rd. Master of cere monies will be none other than Fos ter May, well known newscaster of WOW, Omaha. The 1937 finals of the beauty event will be staged at the state fair in Lincoln, as last year. The local winner will be awarded a free, all expense trip to Lincoln and will j tli ere compete with some 150 Ne- j braska town and city representatives If successful in winning the title of Miss Nebraska, 19 37, she will receive a free all-expense 10-day trip to At lantic City, N. J., in September, next year, where she will represent this state in the official pageant of the Nation and compete for the title of Miss America, 193S, large awards, free trip to Hollywood and a poten tial movie contract. Each of the unit show winners throughout the state will have all expenses paid including round trip transportation, hotel rooms and her meals, and will be royally enter tained at the State Pageant finals in Lincoln. W. A. Herrington, director of the State Fair pageant "recently issued this statement: "Last year's pageant was a glor-' ious event. The town and city rep resentatives who were fortunate enough to win free trips to Lincoln were lavishly entertained and prop erly chaperoned by prominent society matrons. Among the many outstand ing features offered the young ladies was the afternoon tea at the Gover nor's mansion. This year we are planning to give even more time to entertainment and I feel sure that each girl will return home with the announcement that she enjoyed her trip immensely and participated in the most colorful and altogether the most interesting and exciting event in Nebraska. "In addition to the first prize trip to Atlantic City, a diamond studded wrist watch valued at $275 will be awarded the runner-up. We plan to make the State Pageant even more elaborate than that of last year. It will be an outstanding feature of the 1937 State Fair program." The local unit show will be staged in a strictly clean and high-class manner. Girls will wear sports, af ternoon or evening attire clothes having nothing to do with the selec tion. Out-of-town judges will select on facial beauty, figure, grace and personal charm. Bathing suits are positively prohibited. A dance with all the contestants as honor guests will follow the pageant. Who will be "Miss Plattsmouth, 1937?" HAS NEW POSITION Harold Stewart, who has formerly been motion picture machine oper ator at the Cass theatre here, has been offered a very fine position at Shenandoah, Iowa, which he has ac cepted and will at once enter on his work in the Icwa'city. The new position is one as oper ator at a large downtown theatre in Shenandoah, one of the best in that portion of Iowa and which will give Harold a very decided advancement in his work. PLEADS NOT GUILTY From Friday's Dally This morning Louis Harris was in county court on a charge of assult and battery with Ernest Elliott as the complaining witness. Harris en tered a plea of not guilty to the charge and the hearing was set by Judge A. H. Duxbury for Saturday, August 31 at 2 p. m.