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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1937.
NO. 51
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Family Return
from the South
Have Enjoyed Tour or 4,034 Miles
Through the Southern Portion
of the United States.
From Thursday's Dally
William A. Robertson, grand mas
ter of the Nebraska Masons, with
Mrs. Robertson and Rachel and Billy,
returned home last night after a two
Aveeks trip through the southland.
The objective of the trip was the
grand conclave of the Knights
Templar of the United States, Mr.
Robertson being the grand senior
warden of Nebraska and represent
ing the grand commandery at the
Miami meeting.
Their trip took them through four
teen states and a varied and attrac -
tive glimpse of every portion of the
south from the Tennessee and Geor
gia mountains to the Florida Ever
glades and the charming gulf coast
country with its interesting cities.
Mr. Robertson states that all parts
of the south show the growing pros -
perity and the general trend is to -
ward greater development of manu-j
facturing industries as well as gen
eral improvement programs.
In all parts there is to be found
wonderful improvements in public
works projects that have been made
possible by the government aid, roads,
bridges, public buildings and many
other extensive projects having been
carried out in recent j-ears.
He says that there are great herds
of Jersey cattle to be seen through
the south, some of these being herd
ed along the highways and making
travel difficult sometimes as one of
the large herds is found in the rural
sections roaming along the highways.
The wonderful love and vener
ation of th'e south for Its heroes' of
the civil war is also a striking fea
ture that is found by the visitor from
the west where the civil war is mere
ly history, but it is a living memory
to the southerners who had paid so
great a price in the war and the
tragedy of the reconstruction days.
Monuments and soldiers homes in all
southern states and cities tells the
story graphically.
Industrially Mr. Robertson found
the south making strides and while
at once cotton dominated the pic
ture, now corn and other crops are
heavily grown while creameries,
cheese factories, cotton mills and
paper mills are being operated as a
part of the new south's industrial
program.
The people are very hospitable to
the visitor in their states and extend
ever' courtesy that is possible to add
to the pleasure of the guest. This
was in evidence at Miami where the
Templars held their gathering. This
Florida city was very pleasant in tem
perature and only in mid-day did the
temperature mount to around 86.
The Robertson family had a nrost
delightful time at New Orleans where
they drove over the city, through the
old French sections, the docks where
ocean going vessels come and go each
day and as well to the historic battle
field of New Orleans where General
Jackson and his farmers turned back
the flower of the British army in
1S14 and saved the city from cap
ture. They also visited at Baton Rouge,
where their $5,000,000 state capitol
is modeled after that of the Nebraska
state building. The Louisiana struc
ture is newer and has several more
modern features not possessed by the
Nebraska building.
Mr. Robertson states that in con
versation with the people and in
viewing the fine road systems and
other public improvements, one is
impressed with the power that the
late Huey P. Long exerted and the
good that he did for the people of
the state.
HERE FROM NEW YORK
Mrs. E. M. Redden and children,
Norma Jean, Wayne and Buddie, of
New York City, arrived here Friday
night to be guests here at the Cass
Sylvester. Edward Gabelman and
John Jordan homes. Mrs. Redden is
a sister of the ladies. The family
will later visit at Guide Rock with
the mother of Mrs. Redden. Mr. Red
den will join the family here later.
LEAVE FOR MINNESOTA
. From Thursday's Daily
At an early hour today Mr. and
I Mrs. John W. Crabill and Mr. and
Mrs. Clement Woster and daughter,
Clemintine, departed for a trip to the
llake country of Minnesota. They will
;en' a vacation in the pleasant sur -
Iroundings of northern Minnesota and
will join Mr. and Mrs. Isaac King
of Superior at their camp and later!
the W. G. Brooks family will also
come from Burlington, Iowa, to take: direction of Pete Gradoville opened ! Evers, and Virgil Weight, announced j council had one of their busy ses
part in the family out at the lakes. tne Epiemjitl two hour pageant and ' swimming for fun. Miss Clements led sious Monday. July 26 and a large
They will be located at Cletherall, j nulsjc festival at Merritt's Beach Fri- a group of the girls in a number of number of matterswere brought up
Minn.
Closing Days
of the C. M. T. C.
Camp at Ft Crook
jReview and Inspection Friday Will
Mark Last Event of Camp
Boys Home Saturday.
The Citizens Military TraininS
camp which has for the past thirty
days been operating at Fort Crook, is
j closing Friday for the year after the
' completion of the strenuous training
period for some 600 young men and
boys of Iowa, Nebraska and other
sections of the seventh corps area
assigned to this camp.
This year Plattsmouth was repre
sented at the camp by three of the
young men, Ronald Rebal, John
Cloidt, Jr., and Lowell Reeves.
This is the second year for Rebal
and Cloidt and who were designated j flrgt aid classes have been taught, ' senior awards this year were Dr. R. j The report of Chief of Police Lib
as corporals of their squads in Co. Djtwo flm aid stations established at R. Anderson of Union; Mrs. Frank j ershal for June was received and
and A respectively. Reeves being aFort George and ofe Oil Co. and a Webb, Leona Giles, Mrs. Eldon Mc-' showed five arrests and fines and
first year man was held in the rankS:first aid squad has recently been or -
of the privates
The members of the provisional
iegiment have had a strenuous drill
program as well as their course of
shooting on the range and also phy
sical training that has fitted them in
excellent shape and proven a real
benefit.
Friday will be the final day with
the rewarding of honors and Satur
day will be the turning in of equip
ment and the members of the camp
returned their civilian clothes and
sent . homeward after a pleasant
month of training and experience.
REVOKES BEER LICENSE
The state liquor commission sum
marily reveled the beer license of
E. A. Fisher oT Weeping Water fol
lowing a hearing Wednesday after
noon on the ground that the liquor
law had been violated. The sale of
beer on Sunday morning July 18 and
on a previous Sunday was testified
to by two state agents, one of whom
bought six bottles at 8:40 in the
morning of July 18 and immediately
turned the beer over to Mayor O. C.
Hinds who receipted for the bottles.
The agent said he believed the beer
was sold by the daughter of the
proprietor. Mayor Hinds was present
but said he did not care to testify,
but he did tell the commission the
city council had good intentions and
had proposed to act but did not act
because two or more of the council
men were away and we returned
only Tuesday evening.
Fisher runs a restaurant. He said
he was short of help and one of the
sales complained of was made
when he was taking a day off
on Sunday. He said the noisy crowd
complained of at his place did not
exist except in the mind of an enemy
who desired to get possession of his
place of business. He wanted to
know why his place was picked upon
for investigation and who filed a
complaint. He would not say others
sold on Sunday but answered by say
ing he was attending only to his own
business. Chairman McEachen said
the law was violated, the complaint
of violation had been verified and
the license was revoked dating from
next Saturday at midnight.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends
and neighbors for their many help
ful deeds, their kindness and sym
pathy, their beautiful flowers, and
especially we wish to thank all those
who helped with the services.
George Campbell and family; Dave
Campbell and family; Charles Camp
bell and family; Sara Rau and fam
ily; Frances Schafer and family.
3,000 Attend
Water Pageant
at Merritt's
porty - two Given Awards ror Junior
and genior Ue Savin&. Tiae
Swimming; Exhibition.
1 i laiiMiiuuiu a tu uuiiu u uuci
Plattsmouth's city band under the
day evening. Three thousand people j very attractive formations w ith bal- and discussed at length, altho defin
from all parts of Cass county, Otoe loons. i Ite action was not taken on them,
county. Lincoln and Omaha attended. An outstanding demonstration of! A petition was received by the
D. II. Merritt. owner of the pool, gave
a free gate for the evening. j
Judge A. II. Duxbury, home ser-,
vice chairman, introduced Mrs. R. E.I
Norris of Weeping Water, first aid
and life saving chairman for the
county. Mrs. Norris announced that
this is the fourth year that life sav-
ing has been taught in the county,
In that time there has been no acci-
dent either at the pools or in trans-
i porting the young people to and from
the swim centers 1000 registered
j f or ..swim week" this year.
During the four years 3S senior
and 78 junior life saving awards barges. The act was followed by the'Frank Cheval, street work
have been made. 42 of that number ; call from Father Neptune for the .?e?reT:or' st-work team
.... . . , . , John Kubicka, cut weeds and
were added this summer with 14 fairest of the swimmers that he might . street work
senior and 28 junior. Beside the value take her to his realm in the deep. Cloidt Service, gas
of learning to sw im, the instruction ! Janet Westover was brought to ac-; Roy Taylor and Sons, open
has provided a directed vacation ac-' company her father as the fairest, j 8er
( , , , I John Boetel, burying one
tivity for the children. j Awards Made Ansr
liesiae tne bwim ween program,'
Cass county has done other things to
isave unnecessary loss of life. Seven
ganized in Plattsmouth.
Introduces Chairmen
Mrs. Norris expressed thanks to
I all who gave time and Bervice to the;
j 10 committees who had charge of the
pageant. She introduced Mrs. E. II. j City; Herbert Knutson and Bill
Wescott, general chairman, who gavejKardt of Louisville,
practically all of her time during the j Junior awards announced last eve
past week to the preparation of theining went to: "Mrs. Grace Thompson,
pageant; Miss Augusta Robb, Cass; Clinton Pullen, Jared Smith, Charles
county chairman of Red Cross; El-! Schwitzer, Bill Stuart, James Kres
mer Sundstrom. vice chairman; Mrs. 'sen and Eugene Lourey, all of Ne
ll. A. Tool, secretary-treasurer; andjbraska City; Tim Finny, Union; June
jJohn Miller of Nebraska City, chair- j
man of the Otoe county Red Cross.
One of the very beautiful spec-
tacles of the pageant was the pre-
sentation of the costumes which rep
resent the nine phases of the vol
unteer service. This is an unusual
sight, seldom seen except at the na
tional conventions. The costumes
were sent
from St. Louis for the
pageant.
Explains Costumes
The lady representing administra
tion was dressed in a white costume
with scarlet collar and veil. Mem
bers of the staff assistant corps are
dressed in cavalry yellow with white
collar, cuffs, and yellow veil. Those
in the production service are dressed
in white with dark blue collar and
veil.
Women working in braille wear
dark blue uniforms with white trim
mings. The canteen staff is dressed
in bright blue with white. Mem
bers of the motor corps are garbed
in light green costumes with oxford
grey caps. Health aides have cos
tumes of deep pink with white. The
home service costume is of white
with purple collar and veil. Hospital
and recreation corps wear grey with
white.
Also among the volunteer staff is
the Junior Red Cross with seventeen
and a half million members. Last
the registered Red Cross army and
navy nurses were presented wearing
their costume of white with the Red
Cross insignia.
Mrs. Fred Lugsch. Mrs. Albert !
Kraeger and Mrs. R. R. Anderson rep
resented the county's registered
nurses.
Pageant Opens
Trumpeters from the Plattsmouth
drum corps announced the opening
of the pageant. Dr. O. Sandin acted
as Herald, announcing father Nep
tune's approach with his court. The
barge was decorated with Japanese
lanterns and sea horses at each cor
ner. Neptune was accompanied by
a group of men singers from Glen
wood. Dr. R. P. Westover took the
part of Neptune.
Neptune called for a display of
the work of the Red Cross. Miss
j Betty Clements swam to the barge j
I announcing swimming for health. A
, j demonstration of the standard strokes:
was given. Next came Loren Hnizda
announcing swimming for safety. An!
exhibition of the breaks and carries!
were given as well as the use of
equipment.
i George Dixon pre
;for sport. A grouv Df
resented swimming
the young swim-
liners raceu across me wie. as ine
tinal phase of the Red Cross swim-
Ill 1 11 C. I lit; tiuw list 1 x , uin
rning. the clowns, Joe York, Bill1
diving was made by Omaha and
Plattsmouth swimmers.
Girls Chorus Sings
Throughout the pagant numbers
w ere given at intervals by members
of the Plattsmouth high school chorus
I under the direction of Mrs. Everett
j Pickens. Their voices were especially
i pretty across the lake.
Loren Hnizda, swimming instruc-
tor: his assistant. Miss Betty Clem-
j ents; and George Dixon, life guard
were introduced.
Shirley Mason and Shirley Seiver
presented a tap dance on one of the
At the close or tne pageant. .Mrs.
Norris made the awards to the junior
and senior life savers. Those winning
jMillen, all of Nebraska City; Ruth
iAnn Ganz, Alvo; Harold Strable,
(South Bend; Joan Cook, Alvo; Don
laid Wall. Vera Edwards. Dick Ed-
w ards. Wayne Falk, Harvy Blair,
all of Plattsmouth; Fred Rothman
and Phyllis Dammast of Nebraska
Crawford. Harvy Blair, Eugene Grefe,
,Jack and Charles Arnold, and Earl
j Baum, all of Louisville; Dwight Rec-j
tor. How ard Molden, Bob Renner,
Weeping Water; Roger Gary, Lin-1 Plattsmouth Ad club, that the ordi
coln; Keith and Richard Clements j nance had nothing in it that w ould
Elmwood; Herb Jackman, Margaret 1 interfere with the farmers or others
Sylvester, Donald McBft ide, Gerald j selling their products raised on their
Petet, Edwin Hiber, and James Webb,
'Plattsmouth.
As the chorus sang, red cloaks were
placed upon the junior and senior
life savers and they stood in the for-j
mation of the Red Cross, representing
the living cross.
Committees for Pageant
Taps sounded by the buglers, and
sung by the girls chorus closed the
evening's program.
Committees for, the pageant were:
General chairman, Mrs. E. H. Wes
cott; Nurses, Mrs. Fred Lugsch and
Mrs. A. H. Duxbury; Lighting, Judge
Duxbury, J. C. Woest, and Iowa-Nebraska
Light and Power Co.; Boats,
Elmer Sundstrom, Fred Lugsch and
Don York; First Aid, Ed Ofe and Ray
Misner; Transportation, Mrs. Lottie
Rosencrans and Elmer Sundstrom.
Mrs. Everett Pickens had charge of
music and was assisted by Mildred
Knoflicek; Drum corps and buglers,
June Marshall; Dances, Shirley Ma
son; Publicity, Frank Smith, Judge
Duxbury, Elmer Webb and Hazel
Baier; Loud speakers, Charles Tun
nell; Flags, Elmer Sundstrom and Ed
Ofe; Police and escorts, Ray Lar
son and scout troop; Costumes, Wom
an's club; Emergency squad float
Ed 0fe and Ray Misner"
VACATION IN COLORADO
Miss Beatrice rjposn of Weeping
Water and Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Spohn of Lincoln returned last week
from a two week's vacation spent in
the mountains of Colorado. They en
gaged a cabin at the Y. M. C. A. camp
near Estes and took sight-seeing trips
from there. Among the most enjoy
able were the trail ridge drive from
Estes to Grand Lake which included
a stop at Iceberg lake, and also the
skyline drive and over the Royal
Gorge near Canon City. A trip to
Red Feather lakes was most scenic.
They returned via southern Kansas.
City Council
Has Busy Time
at Meeting
Green Hirer Ordinance, Sewering and
the Eudget for 1937-38
Chief Features.
mi un iiiriu ucj s vi t&cii t liitt vii
council signed by some sixty persons, the dumping of grass and other debris
j asking that the three parking spaces j into w aterways over the city and
be reserved on the west side of Sixth; which had caused the blocking of the
; street at the Hotel Plattsmouth for 'sewers quite often.
bus and taxi parking. Councilman
j Tippers moved that the petition be
granted. Objection w as offered that
j it w ould lead to further demands
j for parking places and w hich was
now an acute problem. The petition
was denied 6 to 4.
The finance committee of the coun-
'cil reported the following bills which
were ordered paid:
D. L. Ramel, tractor work $
!4.40
' -1 : .
52.80
21.00
17.75
10.35
.60
j Charles Vallery, gas 17.50
iJ. K. McMaken, rebuild sewer
; openings 2S0.OO
; costs amounting to 536.50.
Judge C. L. Graves reported one
arrest for week of July 15th and two
arrests for week of July 22 with sen
tences on street work.
Discuss Ordinance
Chairman Rebal of the judiciary
committee asked for further time on
the Green River ordinance which has
been requested for adoption by a
large number of the business houses
of the community. At the request of
Mr. Rebal the clerk again read the
ordinance which had been read at
the previous meeting as it was adopt
i ea at Green River, Wyoming.
There w as some little discussion of
the proposed ordinance and it was
pointed out by E. J. Weyrich, of the
farm. He termed this argument was
merely "a smoke screen" raised in
small towns against the ordinance
that was aimed at solicitors and
peddlers.
Mayor Lushinsky granted the re
quest of the judiciary committee for
more time to secure reports from
other places as to the operation of
the ordinance.
Committee Reports
Chairman Webb of the tax and
property committee presented a reso
lution that followed the request of
County Treasurer John E. Turner
for the return of a-tax sale certi
ficate held by the city and w hich had
been purchased by parties paying
the back taxes on the property. The
resolution was adopted and the cer
tificate ordered assigned by the city
treasurer as provided by Jaw.
Chairman Tippens' of the streets,
alleys and bridges committee, report
ed that work of clearing up the dirt
streets had been performed several
times and rains had washed out a
great deal of this work.
Mayor Lushinsky took the occasion
to compliment the council commit
tee in charge of the sewer remodel
ing work, Messers Puis, Webb and
Tippens, E. J. Weyrich, advisor of
the committee and J. H. McMaken,
the contractor that performed the
work.
Sewer Discussion
Chairman Kali of the claims com
mittee, reported that he had inter
viewed members of the private sewer
district on South Sixth street where
a recent leakage had made necessary
repair work by the city. He has con
tacted a number of the owners of
the sewer system but they had not
known of the blocking of the sewer
and he had failed to get settlement
of the cost of the sewer repair. The
committee recommended that the bill
be paid and the city attorney be em-
powered to collect from the respon
sible parties.
It was pointed out by City Attor
ney J. H. Davis as well as Mayor
Lushinsky that the sewer was a pri
vate one built by individuals and who
had the right to charge for all con
nections made after the district was
created.
After some discussion the matter
was reported back to the claims com
mittee to again take up with the
members of the private sewer district.
Mayor Lushinsky asked that the
lighting committee have connections
made for light at the band stand in
Garfield park so that band concerts
could be given.
The mayor also cautioned against
Councilman Webb asked that the
WPA workers assigned to the city
clerk be empowered to prepare a local
"doomsday book," or a record of all
of the offenses and misdemeanors
that are covered in the city ordi
nances so that the city officers could
know exactly when one of the 726
ordinances of the city was being vio -
lated.
Mr.
Webb also reported for the
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aiiiu iieei seer cuiiiumiee, suuh-
ing the construction of the sewer
work to make it a better job and
which had amounted to some $68.10,
bringing the total cost to $2S0 In
stead of $211.90 as had been tte
bid price.
At the suggestion of Councilman
Webb the authority was given the
police in time of heavy rains that led
to high water to secure a number of
men at sewer injets to keep them free
of grass and other debris and permit
the free passage of the water.
Adopt City Budget
Ordinance No. 727, the annual ap
propriation bill was then placed on
its first leading. This ordinance cov-
ers the city appropriations for the
various funds and the mill levy neces
sary to raise the amounts needed as
was published in the Journal Satur
day. The levy this year shows a very
distinct cut from 23 mills of last year
to 21 this year and has been carefully
prepared under the law. This will
mcan a saving of $2.40 per $1,000 of
valuation for the residents of the
city and places this city in a small
and select class this year among Ne
braska communities in making the
reduction of taxes.
The following is the appropriation
and the amount to be raised:
FUND Amount Raise by
Approp. Taxation
General $6,000.00 $4,120.00
Police 3,500.00 3,000.00
Road 3,600.00 2,800.00
Library 2,850.00 2,800.00
Fire Hvdrant 6.000.00 6.340.00
Ref. Bonds, Int.19,000.00 13,700.00
PD's 11-33 1,040.0a 600.00
PD 25 1,330.00 600.00
Cemetery 2,500.00 800.00
St. Sewer No. 1 600.00 600.00
Fire Dept. 850.00 500.00
Fire Equipm't.. 200.00 200.00
Parks 400.00 300.00
Lights 3,400.00 3.400.00
Unemp. Relief 2,000.00 2,000.00
Gasoline Tax 2,400.00
Business Tax 1,500.00
Dog Tax 30.00
TOTALS 57.200.00 41,760.00
The ordinance was then placed on
its second and third reading and re
ceived the unanimous vote of the
council and its publication ordered
at once.
Mayor Lushinsky complimented
the members of the committee on
their very fine work and the thought
ful care used in the preparation of
the budget.
SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY
On Sunday, July 25th, a very
charming birthday dinner was served
at the John Alexson home and which
honored Miss Irene Alexson. .The
event was a complete surprise on
the guest of honor and the members
of the family and friends carried it
out so cleverly that she was kept
unaware of the significence of the
event until greeted for her birthday.
She received many pretty gifts for
the anniversary. The members of the
party all came with baskets that car
ried something to be a- part of the
dinner.
Those present were: Air. and Mrs.
Anton Meisinger, Mr. and Mrs. Le
roy Meisinger, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Alexson, Mr. and Mrs. Tinus Romberg
and family, Mr. and Mrs. John
Alexson and family.
Rain and Elec
tric Storm Sweep
Over This Section
Two Inches of Rainfall In an Hour
Brings Up High Water in the
Low Lying Sections.
One of tte heaviest storms of the
slimmer season swept down on the
community Thursday night and
drenched the entire farming section
as well as causing watercourses to
run bank full during the storm. The
rainfall was 2 inches in an hour.
Banks of dense purpling clouds in
the west and north shortly before C
o'clock protended the storm and
which broke shortly before 7 o'clock.
A very heavy wind and electrical
display preceded the rain and the
downpour burst and was driven by
the wind in sheets.
The heavy rain brought in its wake
the overflowing of the streets in the
business section of the city, flood
waters from the southside sweeping
j down Chicago avenue as the sewer
was unable to carry the heavy vol
ume and soon the water was running
almost to the curb top on the south
portion of Sixth street. Police and
volunteer workers battled to remove
grass and debris from the sewer open
ings and while a great deal of water
swept on into Main street, the water
was never over the walk on the south
section of Sixth street.
The north fide sewers and water
courses oversowed after that of south
Sixth street had partially subsided
and soon the turgid waters were
sweeping into the business section of
the city after transforming Washing
ton avenue into a miniature lake. The
movement ot the waters was inter
fered with by a large number of cars
parked along North 6th street and
I which held back the debris and rub-
bish and threatened for a time to
force the waters into the places of
business on the east Bide of the
street. The flood waters from the
north side was the highest that it
has been for some time but despite
the height of the water and the
blocking by the cars, the sewers were
able to get a large part of the water.
The lightning was very severe in
the early part of the storm and did
s:-nall damage in several places to
trees.
The Gibbs carnival company, show
ing on the old baseball grounds in
the south part of the city, suffered a
great deal from the effects of the
storm that whipped their tents with
the heavy wind and also the rain
swept and drove through the shows
and concession tents. The storm made
it necessary to fold up for the night
and miss the usual performance.
The farming sections near the city
were drenched by the heavy rain that
in some sections reached four inches.
Water was running over the road in
many places south of the city and
those returning home after the storm
found it necessary to wade through
the waters.
The small creeks In the country
side were bank full and overflowed in
many places to low lying fields.
DIES AT SIOUX CITY
From Saturday '8 Dally
W. H. VanderHaar, 49, formerly
with the Norfolk' Packing Co., in
this city, passed away Thursday night
at a hospital at Sioux City, Iowa,
where he has been for the past three
months suffering from illness of long
standing.
Mr. VanderHaar has been in fail
ing health for the past two years
and his condition has gradually
grown worse until death.
The family made their home here
for some time and Mr. VanderHaar
was very active in the Methodist Sun
day school and church and made a
very large circle of friends who will
regret to learn of his passing.
He is survived by the widow, three
sons and two daughters.
The funeral services were held
this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Sioux
City and the interment in that place.
RECOVERING NICELY
John Sheard had an operation at
the Clarkson hospital Friday morn
ing for appendicitis and hernia. He
is reported to be getting along nice-
lr.