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ffebr. State Historical Society VOL. no. ltv PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1938. NO. 2 Nehawka Gives a Banquet for the Boy Scouts Large Group Present to Enjoy the Father and Son Gathering to Observe Scout Week. Monday evenin: fine ob-'. M. V J UU. X.' . servance of Boy Scout week was held at Nehaw ka. the occasion being a : Father ar.d Son banquet, prepared j and served by the ladies at the par lors of the Methodist church. There were some fifty in attend- ance and the larger part of the boys j had their fathers with them to en-1 joy the evening and the excellent program that had been arranged. j The ladits had prepared a line j menu that was heartily enjoyed and j prepared the members of the party for the line program. E. C. Stimbert. scoutmaster, as well as the superintendent cf the Nehawka schools, was in charge of the pro - gram and presented the Scout lead-! ers. Eugene Nutzman, well known American Legion leader in Cass coun- tv. w;;K Tiresenrpfl ?!; thp i-hnirmnn of - ' - - - - " . thethe Boy Scout committee and ac - tive in securing the fine community j support that has given Nehawka oneiette. Indiana, where she grew to of the most active Scout groups in 1 the county. ! Anotlur of the veteran Scout work-i ers is Waiter J. Wunderlich, Ne- hav.ka banker and w ho was-instru-i mental in the organization of the 1 first troop in 1921. i Glen Rutlege, Nehawka newspaper ; man was another of the leaders in . the campaign for the Scout move-, mt-T't T,m' i n c,r rn nifTi r n 1 in nrm ti i 7 in p- ! .... - - - ...... ... u. summer auto tours for the boys in : and Helen Mary, all at home. There , le-v urcr.am sang a ciuet. meres a the western mountain country. also survives two brothers, William ' Goldmine in the Sky," accompanied The speaker at the banquet was ! Tavlor of Chicago, Eugene Taylor of i b? Eleanor Giles. A piano solo E. II. Wescott of this city, identified Creiehton and one sister. Mrs. Franz ! "Humeresque" was given by Thelma ror many years with scouting and ! Kvriss of Creightor... One daughter j Krnger, followed by a reading "Lias" who has been active in the leader- j preceded her in death. j by Elizabeth Ann Wiles. The map- ship of the Scouts in this city for the! The funeral services will be held,ter of ceremonies. Darlene Edgerton. past quarter of a century and is now j on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock , thanked the Woman's club for spon a member of the executive commit-j frr,m the First Christian church, of ' sorin5 their Scout troop. A number tee. which Mrs. Minniear had been a de- of the Suts then sang "The Star Mr. Wescott spoke on Scouting and!Vout member for manv vears. j Spangled Banner." in his able manner and thorough un- derstanding of the Scout work and ; its advantages to the youth in char-i acter building and and developing) cf the physical, mental and spiritual qualities of the boy The address was much enjoyed. ; Among those attending the ban- quet from this city in addition to , Mr. Wc-pcctt was James Rishel and , where interment was made. Miss John Rishel. the latter a Star Scout. ; Warstat was born in Brainard. Min representing the father and sen. and nesota on June 7. 190G, coming to Wiliiam E. Evers. a Plattsmouth ; Plattsmouth with her parents w hile Eagle Scout. Rev. W. D. Lanker, pastor of thejmotuh and later returned. Nehawka church, gave the invoca- j cfK, was an active worker in the tion at the opening of the program j st. Paul's c hurch here, and was for while the P.oy S:-out benediction was i manv vears a secretarv in the offices used at the close. WOULD PLAT LOCALS T,he Plattsmouth high school athletic authorities have received from the Falls City high school, the proposal for a two year contract for : basketball between the two schools,! starting with the 1939 season. The Falls City teams have dom- i-ated the southerstern conference in ! er at both the Sunday school and both football and basketball in the I church services. They were enter past five years and their desire to j tained at dinner at the home of takf up athletic relations with the Rev. and Mrs. Calloway. Mr. Davis local school is a pleasing recognition , of the high standing that the local school has in southeastern basket ball. TO DIRECT TRAFFIC From Wednesday's ralty Sheriff Homer Sylvester and De puty Sheriff Cass Sylvester were out this afternoon in tie vicinity of Ne hawka where they looked after the direction of traffic during the fun- eral of Mrs. Gertrude Wolph. The j servic es were at the home south of I highway No. 34 and the officers pro- tected the funeral cortege as it came on the highway en route to the cemetery. TO OBSERVE HOLIDAY The greater part of the county offices will be closed on Saturday, February 12th, the observance of Lin- coin's birthday. The public that may J wish to look after matters at the ' court b'iuse should be here Friday to make certain of being able to get their matters transacted. LOCAL BOY LOSES The local entry on the Golden Gloves boxing tournament at Omaha, Earl Wiles of near Weeping "Water, was decisioned by Leonard Fleharty of Red Oak, Iowa, in their bout in the opener. Wiles was outpointed . by the more experienced bcxtr from . jiowa. j i Several from this city attended the j matches and enjoyed the large card j of boxing entries from Nebraska Land Iowa lost of the last year win-J ners were able to weather the storm of the opening matches. Mrs. Walter Minniear Dies at HoSpital ! pesideilt Hre for the Past Twenty- j eigtt Years Funeral Services I j to e 3 Prida". j J' ; Mrs. Walter Minniear. 49, died Tuesday evening at 7:15 at the ; iClarkscm hospital at Omaha, where ' sne has been for the past few weeks j undergoing treatment. Mrs. Minniear ;-i,.,c l.n tr, t or-t- ryitrr, -(inrlitinn ii u LTTll 1U ' V ' . V J 1 . - V- IA V f0r the past week. The deceased was born at Lafay- womanhood and later came west to! Nebraska where twenty-eight years nEro sh(. was married at the U. B. parsonage at Mynanl to Walter Min- j njar. The family have since made their home in this community where Mrs. Minniear had a very large circle cf friends who will share with the family the sorrow ol her passing, Thprp is Rurvivmtr the husband a v,. .v. ; 1 n Vayrt- r-incM ui; J I li : re luiiuicu, Atiij, ...... v The body is t the Sattler funeral I home, FTJXLT.AL OF IDA WAESTAT Word has been receive! by rela- tives here that funeral services for Ida Waretat were held on Monday afternoon at Sacramento, California. ; i yet a small girl. They left Platts- of A. L. Tidd. She had been in very j poor health, and w ent to the western j j coast, but failed to regain her health dying in a hospital at Sacramento. ATTEND LOUISVILLE SERVICE From Monday's raily I Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Davis were i at Louisville yesterday morning j where Mr. Davis was the guest speak- is the president of the Cass County Sunday School association and ex pects to call on most of the Sunday schools of the county during the year. VISIT RELATIVES EERE Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Otto, of Au burn were here Monday and today to visit at the heme of Mrs. Otto's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Ferrie and also with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chriswisser. Mr. Otto, a member of the staff of the U. S. Engineers, was at Omaha Monday where he attended a meeting at which Captain H. B. Loper, retiring head of the Omaha office of the river development work, was one of the honored guests. SUFFERS FROM PNEUMONIA Carlye Ann, daughter of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Cass Sylvester, is suffering from an attack of bronchial pneumonia. The little one had been showing some improvement but last evening her condition was not so good. Girl Scouts Give Program at Club Meeting ftber Present to Enjoy the Meeting Held at Home of Miss Mathilda Sosnnichscn. From Tut sfiay's Da.::y Miss Mathilda Soer.nichsc-n onter- tained the Plattsmouth Woman's jclub last night. The president, Mrs. j Elmer Sundstrom, presided. Mrs. i William Heinrich presented Mrs. Ed I Ofe, who gave the devotionals, read ying the first chapter of Genesis. Re ports of the officers and committees Were given. The two high school visi- Gayer ere presented. They were Mary nd Janet Westover. The meeting was then turned over to JIrs- H- C' Vcgsess vho had charge of.the Program which was given by the Girl Scouts- Darlene Edgerton acted as master of ceremonies. The Promise and Salute was given by the troop. Questions and answers on Girl Scouting were given by Alice Rea ail(1 Eleanor Giles. Mcriam and Margaret Frk-ke gave the ten Girl Scout laws and what they mean. They also gave the standard of endeavor and their motto. Mary Anne Winseott gave a talk on the American fug. describing it. show- ing how it should be held or hung and how it should be folded. A demonstration of knots was given by Shirley Walling and Babe Cioidt. Mary Jean Ilatt and Georgia Carey gave demonstrations of handicrait. A reading, "Tongue-tied Piece" was given l-y Betty Fay Read. Billie Sylvester gave a short talk on Valen- tine Day. Bonnie Waiters and Shir- ice lar-e group oi gins ana ine fine rrogram presented was proof of the good work being done in the Scout troop, under the leadership of Captain Mrs. Boggess. The troop is sponsored by the Woman's club. Delicious refreshments were served after which Eleancr Giles sang a so!o- "Remember Me." and Darlene Edgerton sane: "Dark Town Strutter's Ball" and danced. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Ed Ofe, Mrs. Carl Ofe. Mrs. Frank Gobelman. Mrs. H. L. Gayer and Miss Rose Pro hasfea. EOLD FINE SERVICE Dr. H. G. McClusky. pastor of the First Presbyterian church, held the services at the Nebraska Masonic Home Sunday afternoon and gave a most impressive sermon that was en- I joyed to the utmost by the large con gregation of the residents of the Home. As a part of the services. Miss Estelle Baird and Frank A. Cioidt gave two duets. "My Faith Looks Up to Thee" and "Sweeter as the Years Go By." Mr. Cioidt also gave a solo number, "Wonderful Peace." Mrs. H. F. Goos, organist of the church, played the accompaniment. TO VOTE ON BEER A petition has been presented to the village board at Louisville ask ing that the matter of the sale of beer within the corporate limits of Louisville, be placed on the ballot at the spring election. The petition was signed by thirty-one of the resi dents of the village. The petition having the required number of signatures, it was accept ed and the village clerk instructed to place the question on the ballot at the spring election. DR. HALL NOT SO WELL Dr. J. H. Kail, dean of the phy sicians of Cass county and one of the oldest practictioners in the state, has not been in the best of health for the past few days. He has been confined to his apartments at the Hotel Platts mouth since last evening and under medical care. His son, James I. Hall, came in from the farm Tuesday to be here with the father. RECEIVES ADVANCEMENT Edgar S. Wescott, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Wescott, of this citv, has been named advertising manager of the Dankers Life Insurance company '; of Nebraska, it was announced Sun- ! day at Lincoln. j lie succeeds Kenneth Van Sant 1 who has been named student union 'head at the University of Nebraska. I A graduate of the University of j Nebraska in 1932, Mr. Wescott has 'been connected with the Bankers Life : Insurance company for the past three years. Prior to that time he was j with the Standard Oil company. Asks $10,000 for Alienation of Affections ; Pan! Pickering of Union Ering-s Ac j ticn Against Parents of His ! Former Wife. , From Wednesday's Daily A suit for alienation of affections ; wa3 filed today in the office of the I clerk of the district court by Paul ' Pickering, of Union, naming as the defendants, L. II. Upton and Mrs. i L. R. Upton, parents of the plaintiff's i former wife. I The action is for $10.f'00 damages jand in the petition the plaintiff al leges that the parties were married 'August 2, 1937. and it is alleged that the defendants prevailed upon 'the wife of the plaintiff, Martha j Upton Pickering to sue and obtain a i divorce. DISTSICT DECLARATORY CONTEST AT PLATTSMOUTH Preparations are no-.v in progress for the district declamatory contest at Plattsmouth, Saturday, February 12. The contest is so extensive that lit will start in the morning at 9:30 (o'clock and continue throughout the i entire day. I'art of the program will be held in the high school audi torium and part in the Central build ing auditorium. This is one of the largest decla mation contests that has been held in Plattsmouth and it is the anti cipation cf the school that the local people who are interested in this art will avail themselves of the op portunity to hear the contest. The entries from Tlattsmouth will be Jean Knorr in the extemporaneous. Flora Bell Mead in dramatic and L. Stephen Devoe in the original oratory One Act Plays Of special interest will be the one act plays. These will be given in the high school auditorium, Satur day afternoon and will be among the better entries of the entire day's content. The judges will be H. Alice Howell. i of the Universitv of Nebraska, and i Lucille Beals Aron. from Doane col lege. The following is the schedule of the day's program. Forenoon 9:00-9:30 Registration, high school building. 9:30-10:30 Class B humorous; Class B Interpretative Oratory. 10:30-11:00 Class A Humorous; Class A Interpretative Oratory. 11:00-11:30 Class A Extemporan eous; Class B Extemporaneous; Class A Original Oratory. Afternoon 1:30-3:30 Class B One Act Tlays; Class B Original Oratory; Class B Dramatic. 2:30-4:00 Class A Dramatic. 3:30-1:30 Class A One Act Plays. 5:30 Decision of judges. RECEIVES "PRESENT" From Wednesday's Daily Today was the birthday anniver sary of William R. Holly of the H. M. Soennichsen Co., one of Plattsmouth'E eligible bachelors. Mr. Holly received a small home made "pie" from some of his friends and was anticipating a real treat when it was discovered that the pie was a snare and a delusion and instead of rich creamy contents there was but cotton. NOTICE TO SPORTSMEN At a meeting of the Wildlife Fed eration, held on Jan. 27th, the hunt ers and fishermen present requested me to call a meeting of the hunters and fishermen alone for the purpose of organizing a Sportsman's Club. Meeting for that purpose at public library, Friday, Feb. 11th. at 7:30 p. m. You are urged to be present. A. L. TIDD, Chairman. Platters Bow to Auburn by a 28 to 23 Score Inability of Locals to Kit Under Easkct Shots Erings Second Loss of the Season. From Wednesila y's Daily The Auburn Bulldogs, who occupy the third place in the southeast Ne i braska conference, nipped the blue and while last night by the score of 2S to 23, the conflict being staged on the Auburn court, j The victory of the Auburn quintet 'was largely due to the sharp shoot I ing of Stuck in the opening half and j Llewellyn, the ce nter in the last j .half, they accounting for twenty of the Auburn points. ; The Platters were slow in locating the hoop in the opener and many of their shots refused to stick, altho they ; had many chances at the basket. I i"e game was close ail ot tne way ana Ued up well most of the time until the last moments. Auburn secured a 12 to 10 lead at ments to be held March 2-5, were , the- half time through the work of i announced today by O. L. Webb, sec Stuck, their flashy forward. j reiary of the Nebraska High School ; For the Platters Hayes proved the j Activities association, 'leading scorer with eight points I Class C tournament designations ; while Reed and Wooster each ac- will be released tomorrow. Elimin ' counted for six points. j ation play in Class C is scheduled The box score of the game was as ! from Feb. 23-26. follows: TF TP Plattsmouth (23) FG FT Wooster, f Rebal. f Jacobs, f McCarty, f 3 0 0 0 0 0 o 1 1 0 0 0 Si " 0 g g , 0: , o3 ; 0 0 o o Mayes, c Reed, g Miller fc 1 ! 9 5 i Auburn (28) ! FG FT 'Stuck, f 5 0 i Smith, f 1 0 I Blankenship, f 0 0 i Llewellyn, c 5 0 i Morris, g L- 0 Meyers, g 2 0 ! Gritz, g 0 0 1l 2 o 1 0 3 1 1 0 10 o 4 0 14 0 10 2S Referee. Art Jones. Nebraska City; Timer, R. Sellborn; Scorer, Dow- Arm strong, Plattsmouth. Seconds Play Close Game In the curtain raiser of the eve ning the Auburn Reserves nosed out j the Junior Platters 17 to 15 in a 'close and exciting contest. Wall led the juniors with three field goals, while Gritz was the tops for the Bulldogs with three baskets. ADDS TO CHURCH PLANT The First Christian church Sun- room, constructed m the basement Marv.g of O'Neill, Springview, Stuart, of the church for the use of the Sun-; Benedict (12): Benedict, Clarks, day school department of the church. Giltner, Gresham. Henderson, Mc This room was constructed by the Cool Marquette, Polk, Rising City, earnest efforts of Rev. J. W. Taenz- ; Stromsburg. Jes- Y' , , , . Columbus (10): Cedar Rapids, bt. ler and the men of the church. ! Bonaventure of Columbus, Genoa. The room was used as a storage gt Francis of Humphrey, North Bend, space after the rest of the basement : Osceola. St. Edward, Shelby, Silver w as finished as church club rooms, i Creek. alley. . . , , , , j I Crete Doane College (S): Adams, It has been plastered and placed m j Crogpin Dorchester. Friend, excellent shape and makes a much Milfordi Sterling, Wilber, Western. appreciated addition to the class i Geneva (12): Alexandria, Ches- rooms of the Sunday school. Iter. Clay Center, De'shler, Exeter, Fairfield. Fairmont, Guide Rock, TAEES TO AIRWAYS from Monday's Daily Carl Ofe of the Ofe Oil Co., was at , . i , matters cf business and also enjoying J a plane trip for a few hours. In com- pany w ith a friend, he flew from the Omaha airport to Sioux City, Iowa, and back. They found the flying excellent and a fine view afforded of the country between the two cities, heart of the Missouri river valley. The trip was made in fine time and Mr. Ofe home in ample time for the noonday luncheon. ATTENDING BUSINESS COLLEGE From Monday's Dally Miss Geytrude Vallery is attend ing the Van Sant business school in Omaha. She has been employed at the Knorr variety store for some time, and started her studies at Van Sant school today. MRS. CACY HOME Mrs. Tom Cacy was sufficiently re covered to permit her returning home yesterday from Clarkson hospital j lose their licenses for drunken driv where the underwent an operation ing in this county out of a total of for goiter. J fifty-one in the state. RECEIVE NEW MEMBERS Two new members were received into the local Rotary club at their Tuesday meeting, these being Rus sell Reeder, educational classifica tion and J. Howard Davis, legal classification. The charge to the new members was given by Searl S. Davis, past president of the club. Arthur Troop had charge of the meeting and conducted a quiz for the membership on the Rotary work and which served to test the knowledge of the membership on the aims and objects of the organization. Platters to Play in Falls City Tourney Assignments for Annual Elimination Tourneys Announced Many Good Teams in Meet. LINCOLN, Feb. 9 (UP) Team as- . signments for the annual Class A md B district basketball tourna- j Class A and B. assignments al J number of competing teams at each tournament center follow: Class A Falls City (9): Auburn, Beatrice, Fairbury, Falls City, Nebraska City, Pawnee City, Plattsmouth, Tecumseh, Wymore. Fremont CS): Blair, Columbus, David City, Fremont, Schuyler, Sout Sioux City. Tekamah, Wahoo. Lexington (13): Broken Bow, Cozad. Curtis. Gothenburg, Ho Imperial, Kearney, Lexingtoi Cook, Minden. North Platte, Og Cozad. Curtis. Gothenburg, Holdrege, on, Mc- allala, Ord. Nebraska Wesleyan (6) Ashland, Crete. Lincoln High, Havelock, Jack son High, Teachers College High. Norfolk (15) Ainsworth, Albion, Bloomfield, Fullerton, Madison, Ne ligh. Newman Grove, Norfolk, Oak land, Pierce, Plainview, Valentine, Wayne. West Point, Wisner. Omaha University (6): Benson, j v triiLi ai, v, i rif, 11 iuu i lu, auuui, itcuiucai, Scottsbluff (14): Alliance, Bay - ard. Bridc-enort. Chadron Hieh. Chan- pell, Gering. Gordon. Kimball, Ly man. Mitchell, Morrill, Oshkosh, Scottsbluff, Sidney. ; York (12): Aurora, Central City, Geneva. Hastings, Hebron. Nelson, ; Red Cloud, St. Paul, Seward, Super- j ior, Sutton, York. ' Class B j Arapahoe (9): Alma. Arapahoe, Beaver City, Cambridge, Elwood. Hol brook, Orleans. Oxford. Wilsonville. i Atkinson (S): Atkinson, Bassett, Hardy, Harvard, Lawrence, Shick- ley. Humboldt (9): Barneston, Daw son. Humboldt, Lewiston. St. Bern ard's of Nebraska City, Udell, rcru. Shubert. Table Rock I Ac Colleee (12): Bennet, Syra- A uwcfec ' miicvnie i cuse, Ceresco, Gretna. Louisvine. ; BethanT( Cathedral. College View, j Mea(jet Papillion, Weeping Water, j Waverly PREPARE FOR EARLY SPRING Local seed dealers report that Sat urday saw a very brisk demand for lettuce seed, the home gardeners evi dently preparing to get this favorite sowed and ready for the first break ! f sPrin&- With the temPerature at 70 Saturday aiiernoon n wus a vci; clear reminder that but a few weeks should remain of winter and then gardening can be started in real earnest. REVOKE LICENSES Cass county ranks high among the counties of the state where driv ers licenses have been revoked since the enactment of the new highway patrol law. There have been four Charles Howard is Badly Injured in Auto Wreck Others in Anto Party Injured as Car Crashed into Electrolier Post Early This Morning. Charles Howard, well known young farmer, is at the Methodist hospital at Omaha, suffering from a cracked ihip bone and severe cuts and bruises j while Charles Tunnell, Dr. F. R. Molak, Carl Keil and Clifford Tunnell are suffering from cuts and severe bruises as the result of an auto wreck late Wednesday night. The auto party was driving north on Chicago avenue and with Charles Tunnell at the wheel and when ap proaching tiie turn into Pearl street j the driver states that the wheels of the car seemed to lock and at the same time the car crashed on over the curbing on the north side of Pearl street and into the electrolier post standing in front of the Tid ball Lumber o. office. The car was turned over by the force of the impact and Mr. Tunnell hurled from the car as the front door was forced open, he going clear over the car and some eight feet east of the wreck. Dr. Molak was thrown back over the front seat into the rear of the car and where the other three members of the party were sitting. Howard, caught in the wreckage, suffered the fracture of the hip and the other members were cut by the glass and badly bruised as they were hurled together as the car turned over. Charles Howard was taken to the office of Dr. L. S. Pucelik and the other members of the wrecked party were cared for at the office of Dr. O. C. Hudson. The car, which was badly damaged, was taken to the Chevrolet garage near the scene of the accident. TO ATTEND FUNERAL From Tuesday's Daily Dr. and Mrs. W. II. Ay re, of Ely, Minnesota, were here today for a short time, coming to attend the fun- Pffl-l jolrh, an old friend, which is to be i held at Nehawka. Mrs. Ayre was formerly Miss Euna Morning, and resided in Plattsmouth in her girlhood, her father oper ating a bakery here in the nineties. They were close friends of the Shel don family of Nehawka of which Mrs. Wolpli was a daughter. Dr. Ayre took Mrs. Ayre on to Nehawka and returned to attend the Rotary meeting today and they both enjoyed a short visit with the Wes cott family, old friends. TO LAY CORNERSTONE William A. Robertson, grand mas ter of the Nebraska Masons, will leave Thursday for Gering, Nebraska, where he with other grand lodge officers will participate in the lay ing of the cornerstone of the new Masonic temple. It is expected that the event will be attended by a large group of the Masons of western Ne braska. VISIT IN CITY Mrs. Edna Evans and son, Carl, and Cliff Mason of Lincoln were visit ing with Mr. and Mrs. Merrlt Kerr Sunday, bringing Mrs. A. R. Breese here. Mr. Breese and his daughter came Monday and spent the after noon with Mr. and Mrs. Kerr, taking Mrs. Breese back to Red Oak with them. TO HOLD TAX MEETING A meeting of the Liberty Precinct Tarpayers will be held on Saturday evening at S o'clock at the school building in Union. It is hoped to have a large group of the residents present to take part in the meeting and to express their views on the needs of the day along the line of tax reduction and saving. FOR RENT Lovely country home at Avoca, bath, toilet, furnace, garden, pasture, chicken houses, three-quarters of a mile to high school, all for $15 a month. William Gerlach, 210 Mason St., Omaha, Nebr. fl0-17-24w