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.
