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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1937.
NO. 74
Svatek-Nelson
Nuptials Held
Here Sunday
Elide, Queen Harvesta, United in
Marriage to William Nelson
in Quiet Ceremony.
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock oc
curred the marriage of Mi.ss Eleanor
Swatek, Queen Harvesta of 1937 King
Kern Karnival, to Mr. "William Nel
1:011 of this city.
The marriage lines were read by
the Rev. Father J. R. Sinkula of the
Holy Rosary church, the ring service
being celebrated.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father, William A. Swatek and
t ho bride and groom unattended in j
the simple and impressive ceremony. !
The wedding gown was of pearl
white panne satin, made on prince?
lines and the long flowing veil with
halo etlect and orange blossoms. The
bride carried a shower bouquet of tea
roses.
Following the marriage ceremony
a reception for Mr. and Airs. Nelson
was held at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. "W. A. Swatek,
at which there were seventy-five of
the relatives and close friends in at
tendance. The Swatek home was attractively
arranged with decorations of the fall
flowers to form a striking picture of
loveliness for the occasion.
Tiie members of the party were
served a two-course luncheon during
the afternoon, one feature being the
handsome wedding cake that had been
baked by an uncle of the bride, Joseph
Jelinck. of Omaha, which occupied a
place of honor.
Mrs. Roy Perkins. Miss Florence
Nelpon of Omaha and Misses Mar
garet. Marie and Doris Nelson of Lin
en!?!, sisters of the irroom. and Miss
m,,t sut,i- .it.r nf rh hririe
were at the serving table.
J.ii3s Wilma Swatek, sister of the
bride and Miss Betty Kalina, a cousin
had charge of the gift room.
One pleasant feature of the wed-
cling was the reception of a tele
graphic message of congratulation
from Arthur Hild, King Korn III from
Burwell, Nebraska, where he was on
a hunting party with friends.
Out of town guests were Mr. and
Mrs. John Nelson and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Jelinek and family,
Louis Camp, ail of Lincoln; Mr. and
Mrs. Ltlward Swatek, Mrs. Mary
Swatek and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph Jelinek. Jr., and family, Mr.
;ncl Mrs. Joseph Hrdlicka. Ted
S:n-i;tat. Mr. and Mrs. John Kram-lis-ck.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Perkins and
Mi?s Florence Nelson, Mrs. Ona Law
ton and Lyie Lawton of Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson will be at
heme to their friends in their new
home at 11th and Rock streets after
Friday. October 22.
The bride and groom have both tions of the state to discuss the meta-gro-.vn
up in this city where they areods of fire fighting, equipment and
among the most popular of thej problems of the departments in the
younger group, the bride graduating smaller cities.
here in 1S32 and the groom in 1928! North Platte has entertained the
from the local school. The bride has j firemen on several occasions and is
bee n engaged in the offices of the I one of the favorite convention cities
Norfolk Pac king company here and ;
the groom is a member of the staff
of the Plattsmouth Journal where he
hus been engaged for the past several
yc:rs. lie is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ji lKi Nelson or Lincoln.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Nt !son will join in their best wishes
for many years of happiness and suc
cess to these fine young people.
SUES FOR DIVORCE
From Monday's Dally
Ill the office of the clerk of the dis
trict court today an action was filed
in which Frances C. Cameron is the
plaintiff and Ray E. Cameron is the
defendant. The plaintiff seeks a de
cree of divorce and the custody of the
minor children of the marriage. The
parties were married on May 20, 1923
z.t Council Bluffs.
OFFICER PICKEELL ILL
Officer David Pickrell was taken
to Omaha Saturday where he was
Placed in the St. Joseph hospital for
treatment. He has been in poor
health for some time and which has
foi tu.l ufin 01 trouble
His condition has become such that
it was necessary to take the hospital-
ization in the hope of securing relief,
FUNERAL OF LOUIS KISSLING
The funeral services of Louis Kiss
ling, Sr., were held on Sunday after
noon at the Sattler funeral home
jL
arge group of the old time
gathered for their last tri
butes to the departed.
Rev. G. A. Pahl, pastor of the St.
Paul's Evangelical church, conducted
the services and in which he brought
comfort to the members of the family
circle who are mourning the passing
of a kind and loving father.
Mrs. Otto Pitz. Miss Lydia Pitz and
Mrs. George Klinger gave two of the
well loved songs, "Beautiful Isle of
Somewhere" and "Good Night and
Good Morning." Miss Leona Meising
er was accompanist.
The interment was at the Oak Hill
cemetery and the pall bearers were
old friends and neighbors.
ri 1 1"V 1
f rEHlR LfllllDcir
Dies at Home in
California
For Many Years a Resident Here and
Manager of the Hotel Riley
in This City.
Prom Monday's Daily
Frank H. Dunbar, 70, a resident
of Plattsmouth for a great many
years, died at an early hour this
morning at his home in Los Angeles,
where he has resided for the past
fifteen years.
In the past few years Mr. Dunbar
has been in failing health and been
a partial invalid and his passing was
not unexpected.
Mr. Dunbar was the manager ofjof the congregation for a great many
the Hotel Riley in this city over a j years. It wn? under the pastorate of
long period of years and later was j the Rev. F. A. Campbell that he un
engaged in the operation of a bil-dertook the payment of the debt on
Hard parlor here until his departure i the church which, at that time still
for the west coast and where he en-1 amounted to several thousand dollars.
1
gaged in the hotel business until his
health made necessary his retirement.
He is survived by one daughter,
Mtb. Harry E. Simons of Yreke, Cali
fornia, Mrs. Dunbar having preceded
her husband in death several years
ago.
Mrs. May Wiggenhorn of Ashland
is a sister of Mr. Dunbar.
The news of the passing of Mr.
Dunbar will bring a great deal of
regret to the old friends who had
known him for so many years.
The funeral will be held in Cali
fornia where the wife is buried.
ATTEND FIREMEN'S MEETING
F i ons Monday's Daily
Chief 0. Sandin of the fire depart
ment. President Franklin Kief, Carl
Ofe, William Schmidtmann, Jr., and
D. Ashbaugh, departed today for
North Platte where they will attend
the state convention of the Nebraska
Firemen's association.
The meeting will bring several
hundred of the firemen from all sec-
for the firemen.
TO ATTEND MEETING
The Plattsmouth public schols will
be dismissed for the Nebraska State
Teachers Association meeting October
28 and 29. Some of the teachers will
attend the Omaha meeting and some
will go to Lincoln for the meeting.
These meetings are greatly bene
ficial to the teachers through the In
spirational lectures and the discus
sions of educational problems. Some
of the outstanding thinkers oi the
United States in the fields of teach
ing and economics will speak.
The parents will please observe
that there will be no school on these
two days.
REJOICE IN NEW SON
Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock at
the family home on Main street, a
fine little eight pound Bon was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Recek of
this city. The mother and little one
are both doing nicely and the event
brings the greatest happiness to all
of the members of the family circle.
Mrs. Recek was formerly Miss Caro
lyn Kalasek of this city. Without
any word Raymond is a very happy
man
History of
M. E. Church
is Related
Services Sunday at Church Devoted
to the Government of Church
End Properties.
Another of the special
services
marking the eightieth anniversary of
the First Methodist church of this
city, was held Sunday morning at
the morning worship hour and
brought out many interesting facts
in regard to the business manage -
meut of the church and many inter-
seting facts in regard to the church
; history
1
j The board of trustees, .and other
; official bodies of the church were re
viewed by C. C. Wescott, long time
member of the official family of the
church and who served some twenty
five years as superintendent of the
Sunday school.
Mr. Wescott had gathered many in
teresting facts as to the church and
its nhvsical nroDerties back in theiLargre Number Attend Cass County:
early days of the coming of the
church here.
The first church building as was:
related by Mr. Wescott was located
where the building occupied by the
Gamble store is now located, at that
time the structure being built on
piling to escape the high water from
the creek that flowed a short distance
away. Here the church was housed
until the building on South Sixth
street which is now occupied by the
Farley Furniture store was built.
This structure housed the members
Rev. Campbell was successful in his
work and was able to burn the mort
gage to the property.
At the opening of the new century
the members decided to have a new
church built and the property at
Seventh and Main street was pur
chased and work started. The new
church was finished under the pastor
ate of Rev. Asa Sleeth and services
started
The new church was built under
the supervision of C. E. Wescott, and
the trustees, who at that time com
prised W. H. Newell, president; S. A.
Davis, secretary; K. B. Windham,
C. S. Polk. Washington Smith, C. C.
Wescott and George M. Spurlock. Of
these only Mr. Wescott and Mr. Spur
lock are surviving.
John Robbins did the directing of
the carpenter work and the large
beams of the roof of the church were
those that had been used in a Pres
byterian church built in the late
eighties in the west part of the city
but later abandoned.
The parsonage first secured was on;0' 14 he moved with his parents to.
Pearl street between Seventh and
Eighth in the year 1868, this being
used for many years. Later the prop
rety at Eighth and Rock streets was
occupied by the pastors and their
families until 1920 when the present
parsonage was completed under the
pastorate of Rev. A. V. Hunter.
ATTEND NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Miss Evelyn Wolph, Nehawka, and
Mrs. Howard Capwell, Elmwood, rep
resented Cass county at the National
Home Demonstration council meeting
at Manhattan, Kansas, October 13-17.
They not only represented the
county but they both appeared on
the program. Mrs. Capwell served as
chairman of the panel discussion,
"How the Home Demonstration Ser
vice Can More Adequately Serve
Rural Women." Miss Wolph was one
of twelve participants on the panel.
Some eighty women from Nebras
ka attended this meeting and remain
ed for the conference of the National
Rural Forum which is under the aus
pices of The American Country Life
association.
WITH BOWLING ALLEY
Ellis Larue of the duckpin alleys
here, has Becured the services of
Floyd Broman to assist at the alleys
in the Hotel Plattsmouth building.
Mr. Broman is well known in the
community and should make a valu
able assistant to Mr. Larue.
BOOT OF ARMSTRONG WINS
The big right foot of Kenneth !
Armstrong, all-Missouri state tac kle j
on the Tarkio college football team,
! again provided the margin of victory j
I for Tarkio in the first conference 1
!game against Central college last 1
i Friday
Tarkio won 10 to 7. After the Owl 1 s the Result of Auto Acci
team had driven to the Central six-j dent Monday Night,
teen yard line, Armstrong stepped !
'back to the 25 yard line and booted
1
a placement through the bars
Fol -
j lowing the Tarkio touchdown. Arm
, strong also added tne extra point.
This is the second time in two 'which occurred near Sutherland, Ne
years that Armstrong's educated toe braska.
j has brought victory to Turkiu. Last;
jj-ear his kicks after touchdowns gave
Tarkio a 21-20 victory over Missouri j
Valley college.
Albert Burns
of Avoca Wins
Husking Title
J5 v
J Contest at Farm of Elbert Wiles
.wear J.U1S City Tuesday.
The Cass county corn iiusking con-
test was held Tuesday afternoon at
the farm of Elbert Wiles southwest
of the city and despite unfavorable SUTHERLAND, Neb., Oct. l'J (UP) J has covered the past few years. In 'visited Toronto, the Ontario capital
weather, a large number, estimated ; E E Gaines, poultry truck driver j the past few months the condition city and where they found a real
at 20 were preseut to witness the'from Alliance, Nebraska, was burned ! of Mrs. Porter has been very serious : observance of Sunday as the city is
battle of the champions. ! to death When his truck caught fire j Mid left no hope of her recovery. completely closed upon this day. all
The contest started near 2 o'clock aiter crashing into the rear of a gaso- j The deceased lady was a daughter ; activities are suspended, no shows as
and for eighty minutes the ears of line truck aiiven by John Koenig of of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Vallery and ; the American cities and all busi
coru were rattling like machine gun i RCOitsblufr, three miles west of heifijwas born on the farm near Murray ness activities closed,
fire against the bank boards of the;earjy today. (where she ppent her girlhood days1 ln tne eastern section of Canada
wagons, j Koenig and Griff Diavies. an extra ; until her marriage to Wade Porter ! they found the French atmosphere
The Wiles farm was selected as oneidrjver attempted to pull Gaines from ! thirty-one years ago and since that I Prevailing in both Montreal and Que
of the best in the county and where tne naming wreckage but Gaines' j time the family have made their home j bec. the latter city being a part of
the yield is very heavy and furnished lc?s were piniied and they could only (largely in this section. ! oId France with its streets narrowed
a good demonstration spot for the en-' t his hea(i aud shoulders out of the! In her younger years Mrs. Porter 'as in the days of the first settlers.
tries in the contest.
D. D. Wainscott. county agent, was
on the job and in charge of the con -
test.
The results of the contest showed
the first three contestants to be
follows.'
1st Albert Burns. Avoca. 1.351
nnnnrlB rl 1 Q ! hiTchala
2nd John Dankleff, Avoca, 1330
pounds, 19 bushels.
3rd Herbert Oehlerking, Elm-I
wood, 1293 pounds, IS. 47 bushels. !
Other contestants were Arthur
Weiss, Plattsmouth; Ralph Krause,
Elmwood; Eli Parker, Weeping Wa-I
ter; Marshall Gregg. Weeping Wa-;
ter; Alvin Oehlerking. Wabash;;
George Olson, Platsmouth; Harold
Manners. Plattsmouth.
CALLED TO INDIANA
Chester Minniear has gone to La
fayette, Indiana to attend the funeral j
of his brother, J. H. Minniear, 44, j
who died from heart trouble. j
Mr. Minniear was born in Lafay- j
ette where he lived until at the age j
Plattsmouth. He was well-known in i
Murray, Nehawka and Union and t
farmed in the vicinity of Union. He j
belonged to the Baptist church, and ;
was an Odd Fellow. He had been j
working at the Monon shops at La- i
fayette. He leaves a Avife and two
children. Jack and Melba, who is'
married and brothers Chester, Irving, i
Lafayette; Orrey, Panville; Walter,
Plattsmouth; a sister Mattie of Ross-
vllle. His mother anil fatlirr nnrl nnpi
brother. Edward, preceded him in!
death. He will be buried beside his I
mother and father in the Springville
cemetery. I
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
Mrs. Mary Clark, who several weeks
ago suffered the fracture of her hip
in a fall is reported as doing very
well and showing a marked progress
to recovery. The injured hip has
healed in fine shape and it is expected
that she will be able to be up and
around as formerly. She is recuper
ating at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. E. J. Richey.
OMAHA PARTIES MARRED
The marriage of Theresa M.
Scheuerer and Leland E. Lintz, both
of Omaha, took place Saturday after
noon at the court house when Judge
A. H. Duxbury in his usual impres
sive manner read the marriage lines.
The ceremony was witnessed by Marie
Scheuerer and Phillip J. Hofschire,
also of Omaha.
Elmer Gaines
Meets Death Near
Alliance Today
: Former Plattsmouth Resident Killed
, from Tuesday's Daily
i Elmer Gaines, 3;, of Alliance, a
former resident of Plattsmouth. wagL.bich win be .,ose to the Mlllford
killed last night in a truck accident
Mr. Gaines has been engaged in
the trucking business in the west
since leaving here.
j A message announcing
I was received here early
the death
this morn-
ling by Harold Gaines, a brother, but
I gave no particulars of the tragedy
I that had claimed the liTe of the
I brother.
! The members of the family of Mr.
'Gaines were notified at Alliance and
leit at once for Sutherland to learn
: if possible the full details of the acci -
dent.
i Mr- Gaines was engaged here in!
tnt uurnngion snops tor several years
and has many friends in the corn-
munity that will regret to learn of
his passing,
'.
' cab window.
..jrs no use l)OVS ym stuck." Koe-
jn5, said Gaines to!d thenu He then
pulled his head back into the blazing
: inferno.
said he had stopped his
-3 ! Koeni
truck to repair the fuel pump. Flares
were placed close to the truck instead
of lhe regulation 100 yards back,
sheriffs' investigators asserted.
, . wr .o-rrJhave nreceded her in death.
&.L& IiLfl-N I LNli-Jil.ai.iJNU rJiiitu
j On his trip to New York, Law
rence "Dusty" Rhoades visited these
' much-heard-of places: Holland Tun-
'nel. Madison Square Garden. Radio ; reaved family in the loss that has
Center. Fifth Avenue. Broadway, Har-jCme to them,
jlem, Bronx, Hoboken, the Atlantic;
ocean. Times Square. Jack Dempsey's
and Mickey Walker's world famous j
restaurants, and all five of the world j
series games in which he saw the
Yankees clean house on the Giants.
On his trip home, he came down
through Washington and Philadel
phia. While at Philadelphia he visit
ed Indepence Hall and Carpenter
iHall, both museums. At ashington
he visited the White House, the cap-
jitol, the old Ford Theater where Lin
coln was shot, the Washington Monu
jnTent, the Lincoln Monument, and
! other monuments and statues to the
last war and political heroes. He
icame through Columbus, Indianapolis,
St. Louis, Kansas City, and then homej
i where he arrived at 9:30 Sunday eve
ining. after sovering 3.400 miles, all
i hitch-hiked.
REVEAL MARRIAGE
The announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Caroline Heigl,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Heigl. of this city, to Mr. John H.
Mahr. of Omaha. The marriage took
place at Council Bluffs on August
2nd, with Miss Frances Knott and
Mr. LeRoy Buck as the witnesses.
The young people are to make their
home in Omaha where the groom is
employed and they are now ready to
take up their new home.
Mr. Mahr is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Mahr of Sioux City, Iowa.
GROUP ATTENDS CONVENTION
Frrm Tuesday's Dally
This morning a large delegation of
Plattsmouth ladies departed for Elm
wood where they will attend the
county federation of Women's clubs
which is opening its sessions today.
Mrs. Elmer Sundstrom of thfs city
is the county federation president
and will preside over the session.
PRESENTS HOME TO DAUGHTER
William M. Cobie of Omaha, former
postal inspector, has purchased the
I). J. Pittman residents in Murray,
from C. F. Harris of Union. Mr.
Coble purchased the property for his
daughter, Mrs. Will Minford. who
will make it her home. Mr. Coble has
deeded the property to Marion Coble
Minford and will also completely fur
nish the house for Mrs. Minford.
This will make the Will Minfords
a very comfortable and modern home
farms which Will Minford now oper- j
ates. j
Mr. Minford is erecting a new ;
double garage on the property and (
reroofing and redecorating the new j
home. i
Death Calls Mrs.
Wade Porter; 111
a Lone Time
I Member of One of the Pioneer F"m -
1 n; ? r r tw,.
Early Hour Today.
Mrs. Wade Porter, 53,
member of
one of the pioneer families of Cass moved and preserved for future gen
county, died shortly after 2 o'clock erations.
this morning following an illness that i Going on into Canada, the party
affiliatedwith the Christian church
and for several years was a member
j of the church at Weeping Water.
There is surviving her passing the,
(husband and one son, Walter J. Por-
Iter of this city, the aged father, T. W.
J Vallery, three brothers and one Bia -
iter, Frank, Glenn and Charles Val -
lery of this city and Mrs. Margie Wil-the brilliantly colored trees and vege
lis of Weeping Water. The mother j tation fired by the heavy frosts of the
and 'one sist?r, Mrs. Thomas Tilsonurar winter.
Mrs.
warm
friends who will miss her presence
in their circles and whose deepest
sympathy will be extended to the le-n
NEHAWKA LADY WINS
Two hundred dollars for one hun -
dred words was the reward received
by at least one family in Nebraska
during the past few days. The for-
tunate family is that of Mrs. Vilas
Sheldon living in Nehawka, and the
reward. ?200.00 worth of General
Electric merchandise, came as the
result of Mrs. Sheldon's successful en
try in the nation-wide "Electrical
Standard of Living" contest.
Mrs. Sheldon's entry was judged j Philadelphia where they visited the
during the first week's phase of the scenes connected with the early his
contest and her name was included injtory of our nation, Independence and
the intial group of winners. Mrs. j Carpenter's halls and spots v. here the
; Sheldon was informed of her success
by Mr. F. I. Rea, district manager! The Nebraska party were much im
of, the owa-Nebraska Light & Power j pressed with the crops in Ohio, In-
Co., which company cooperated in
this territory in furnishing contest
information.
The contest is being conducted in
ten weekly phases. Awards are made
each week in the amount of two hun
dred dollars in General Electric mer
chandise to ten winners, a total of
?2,000.00 in prizes each week. An
nouncements of awards are made
every Monday night at 8:30 c.s.t.,
over the NBC red network.
ATTEND WALTON MEETING
Attorfney A. L. Tidd, who is a
member of the Wild Life conservation
movement for Cass county, was at
Lincoln Tuesday to attend the meet
ing of the Izaak Walton league. Mr.
Tidd was accompanied by Arnold
Lillie and they both enjoyed very
much the meetings and the address
by J. N. Darling, who is in charge of
the conservation of the wild life in
the west. They attended the luncheon
at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
attended by some 400 persons.
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Local Banker
Returns from
Eastern Trip
H. A. Schneider, President of Ne
braska Bankers Association En
joys 5.0C0 Mile Tour.
II. A. Schneider, president of the
Nebraska State Hankers association,
returned late Monday afternoon from
his eastern trip that has covered some
5,000 miles and included attendance
at the American Bankers association
at Boston.
Mr. Schneider made the trip by
auto in company with W. B. Hughes
of Omaha, secretary of the Nebraska
Bankers. II. A. Arnsberger, of Oxford
and Fred Lyles of the National Secur
ity company.
The party in their travels had a
fine opportunity of seeing a widely
diversified section of the country and
also an interesting part of Canada.
On their way east they tarried for
'a snort- time at Dearborn. Michigan,
I to look over the wonderful historical
'spot that Henry Ford has created and
I where some oi" the buildings that
have a part in history have been
'hile Montreal was more of a modern
J city and its large buildings and busy
jlife making it the largest city in the'
north part of the American continent.
j Air. cnneiaer states tnat one oi
j the most impressive parts of the jour-
jney was that through Maine, w here
,the late autumn has left its mark in
I Mr. Schneider enjoyed a short visit
' w ith Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Burnie at
j Biddeford, Maine, former residents
j beI"e, where renewal of old times
made it very pleasant.
The convention of the American
Bankers association at Boston was
(one of the most interesting that has
jbeen held and where the small bank
ers were given their place in the de-
; liberations and their viewpoints and
j observations closely followed. There
were many notable speakers in the
J banking and financial lines heard in
j the meetings and which will long be
j remembered. The convention turned
j westward for their new head, naming
: OrvilJe Adams of Salt Lake City, as
the president of the association for
the next year.
On their return they stopped at
1 new nation was born.
i ciiana. anu Illinois, w nere me coi a is
(excellent and one of the best crops in
years.
One of the observations of the party
in the cast was the unrest caused by
the high cost of living that has been
keenly felt and the cause of much of
the labor disputes.
INSTALL WATER SOFTENER
The Nebraska Masonic Home is
installing a water softener in the
laundry plant at the Home. This is a
very fine addition to the equipment
of the plant and will give a supply of
soft water to use, making a saving
on the equipment and also in the bet
tering of the washing facilities.
CARD OF THANELS
The children of Louis Kissling,
Sr., wish to express in this manner
their deepest appreciation of the
many acts of kindness shown to them
during the illness and at the time of
death of the father. Also they wish
to thank those who took part in the
funeral service and for the flowers.
The Kissling Family.