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Nebr. S'atc Historical Society VOL. NO. LIV PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1938. NO. 13 Junior Members Guests at Legion Auxiliary Meet'g Forty-Four Attend Meeting at West over Home A Varied Program Follows Business Session ! banjo, aecordian and saxophone rind Forty-four, evenly divided as to'had learned to play them without adult and junior members, attended i lessons. They played at the state fair the Marc h meeting of. the American jat Lincoln and over station KFAI5. Legion Auxiliary held last night at The group listening last night en th" home of Mrs. R. P. Westover. ! ioved their nerformance verv much. Mcsdames Edward G. Ofe, James Rebal, Mabel Thimjahn. John Had laba and Frank Rice were associate hostesses. This was the first evening meet ing of the current year. At the business session. $10 was voted to pay the expense of a party fur patients at the Veterans' hospital in Lincoln in the near future; thei sum of S2.rn voted for the purchase ! of a book to be given the library in j observance of "Book Week," withj Mesdanies Ravmond Larson and C. ! A. (June) Marshall the committee to' ascertain v. hat is desired and pur-; chase same, and an accumulated dish rent;il and breakage fund amounting j to some $"S ordered spent to re-! place and add to the dish equipment of the organization. This is the first re-order of dishes since the original purchase in ir27. and will bring the number available for complete ser vice back up above the 200 mark r.s many as were bought originally. Mrs. Adelaide Boynton, chairman of the dish and property committee, and the unit president were em- oweved to make the purchase. Tlie Rehabilitation committee. oflYoboril; "Midge Warning." Kath- v. hich Mrs. Robert Cappell is c hair-, man. reported establishing contact with the families of all hospitalized j er Foster; "Elmer," Joy Miller; veterans, and it was suggested cards j "Alpha." Pat Cloidt; "Omega." Clara be sent to Ed Steppat and Frank ;Senf; "Margie Scanlon." M. Thoma Pettit at the Veterans' hospital in!51011; two baggagemen, Leonard Hoi Lincoln i ourK and Ben McCarty; towns- ' The semi-annual county meeting ; letPl. Dorothy Runner. Jane Rebal. . t ...:..:n . : i. Clara Toman. Shirley Seiver, Robert ill loii ir- 1 I It III .'JM H 111 i'- m tended by a large number of the local Auxiliary members. The exact date of the meeting has not been annonn ced. After the business session. Mrs. Edward G Ofe spoke briefly on our vest coast fortifications, a subject that had come in for some discussion at the February meeting. She gave the members most enlightening in formation on the strength o the , Pacific fleet and preparations that have been made to repel any invad- insr force. i Mrs. P. Y. McFetridge. who repre- ! ctt tiio unit nt tho rcrrnt cfincer control meeting held at the Recrea- ; tiov.al center reported briefly on what is being done in Plattsmouth along that line. , Mrs. Fred I.ugsch. cne of the mem bers of the committee for the Wom en s r leiu irmy organized 10 com bat and control cancer, read an in teresting article on how to detect th early symptoms of cancer and what to do. This was followed by a brief address by Dr. Westover, who i ,.11 rf Vi Iioot-i- flnnth toll rnnepr I is exacting in this country and gave . hearty endorsement to the work of! the American Society for the Control ot t ancrr in us cirive 10 euucaie me public. The speaking program and the Bingo party that followed it were: arranged by the Program committee,! composed of Mesdames I'. Y. McFet-J Coach II. C. Boggess will start ridge. Eugene O. Vroman and Frank ;the spring athletic program Monday Rebal. Jwith the boys out for spring football In the Bingo games prize win-Jand track work. The prospects for ncrs were: jnext fall's football team will be given Juniors Betty Jean Vroman. Rose ; working out and limbering up exer Mary Steppat. Marguerite McClin-: cises w hile those who are interested tock. Veda Capps, Mae Capper and in track will have an opportunity Jane Rebal. f showing their wares. There are a Adults Mrs. Edward G. Ore. Mrs. number of very fine track prospects Edgar Creamer. Dr. Westover, Mrs. ; in the group of local athletes, w ho Elmer Webb. Mrs. Raymond Larson showed well last year in their work and Mrs. Adelaide Boynton. jouts. Following the Bingo games, the games. hostesses served delicious refresh- ments. ! Mrs. Vroman of the Year Book' committee announced the place of April meeting at the home of Mrs. i nospital at Lincoln, has so far re A. H. Duxbury. j covered that she is now able to be at the home of her mother in Lin Rubber Stamps, prompt deliv-jColn. The will be there a few days ery, lowest prices. All sizes at the'ar.d will probably be able to return Journal office. jhome the first of the week. MANY ENJOY CONCERT From Friday's Dally Last evening a large group of people gathered in front of Wescott's store to hear the Schroeder family play and sing. It was a family of I nine with seven playing. A little girl of only three sang a song. The Well of Apparently jSiack Virgin Oil i family was from the sandhill coun- j on Farm at City Edge a Mys try and were making their living by tery for Some Time. jgoing from town to town playing and j i singing. They played drums, guitars Senior Class Play Cast is Selected nirt sleeves, a comedy xframa oi Modern Plot Will Be the Play To Be Presented in April. The senior play trials were held I last week at the high school, with ;Miss Estelle I'.aird, Miss Pearl Staats and Milo Price assisting Lumir Ger i ner select the cast. The play this lyear is "Shirt Sleeves," a comedy i drama with a very interesting and modern plot. It w ill be given in the 'last week of April in the high school : auditorium. ; Those selected are: "Franklin Rand." Ray Wooster; "Julia Rand." ! Eleanor Minor; "Esther," Frances Cloidt; "Theodore Rand," Dick Hall; "Diana Rand," Beatrice Arn ; "Don ald Rand." Robert Woest; "Kitty," : I. Rosencrantz; "Norman Aldrieh," ! Richard Cede; "Clarissa Scott." Betty ryn Grosshans; Gavin Farmer; "Rhhard Crandall." "Auctioneer," Ches- Riser, James Iske. Dale Wohlfarth, Leonard Weiland. Lumir Gerner will direct the play. assisted by Shirley Seiver, student ! director. I i JARVIS E. LANCASTER FILES From Thursday's Dally Jarvis E. Lancaster, member of the PJattsmouth police force, today entered the list of candidates for the democrat i-.: nomination for county sheriff, and subject to the wishes of the voters at the August primary. Mr. Lancaster has spent the greater part of his life in Cass coun- ty. coming here from Missouri, farm-! ing, moving to Plattsmouth in Jan uary lt.,:: when he was appointed deputy sheriff, serving in that capacity until in April 19C4. follow ing a sensational battle here with bank bandits, he was appointed as i a deputy state sherin hy Governor C. W. Bryan. He served in the deputyship until March 1, 1935 when he retired on account of the health of his wife. He made an excellent record in the deputyship and re ceived hisrh commendation from "the B(at'e sheriff. . M.!io n nnin)oil in ,.5tv j lire force by Mayor Lushinsky two hnQ srvp(1 f-ffioientlv in that office. SPRING ATHLETICS START SHOWING IMPROVEMENT Mrs. J. Howard Davis or this city, who has just recently undergone an ! appendectomy at the Bryan Memorial Discovery of 'Oil Weir Causes Much Excitem't ; Friday afternoon R. T. Cathie 11 'who is farming on the former Wiles j farm at the southwest border of '.he j city, discovered what seemed to be -in 1 oil well ia tlie alfalfa field in tL ! north part of the place. Mr. Cuthrell notified II. A. Sehnei- j error, which crept through despite der, owner of the farm, of the well j the fact that commissioner proceed find, and an investigation followc d. j ings are always read by copy as a The well looked promising as a spring special guard against errors in the oil veil that had sudd'-nly started to seep its black gold from the rich Ne- braska soil. This morning Mr. Schneider in vited lriends to drive out to the oil fields and they too found great hope in t lie apparent oil spring, the sight bringia visions of many towering derricks. trains of trucks, blacken d swearing oil workers all striving to! bring forth more of the black gold. , Several suggested getting c oneessions : for dance halls, gambling houses and j .. ... ,...1 oilier sources oi entertainment ii i the workers in the oil field and scir.it ; of the more optimistic even suggest ed annexing Omaha to Plattsmouth ! until the Douglas county deticit was ' mentioned. i j A can of the oil was dipped from ( ! the well and brought on into the' city and was the object of great i:i ; teres! to callers at the bank, some , even suggesting that a stock sale j campaign be starte d at once. All was well until the newspaper representative mentioned the well toj one of the eld residents here and then; i the beautiful vision was blotted out.; A great many years ago, the old timer! stated. J. C. Petersen, Sr., had owned J j this place and had a very fine orchard I w here the field where the well w as found, was located, lie had two-large i cisterns on the place and in whiih lie placed crude il to be used in the .smudge pots to keep the fruit from i freezing or frosting of the blooms j in the early spring. One of these i cisterns had apparently broken in land the oil started to bubble out. 'DIDN'T HEAR WHISTLE ;" DESCRIBE McPAUL TWISTER From SaturdaVK DpMj Ernest and "Bill" Clark, who live about twelve miles south of Platts - i , i mouth on the Nebraska side of the ! Missouri river, nearly opposite the town of McPaul, Iowa, were in thejm ! city today and called at the Journal i ; office, relating their experience as j ' eye witnesses of the cyclone that did ; ! much property damage at McPau 1 rTtii Dorlir n ftrirn rrTt Ernest states that he was working, in the yard when he heard a noise i whic h he describes as most nearly j resembling that of a rushing freight train. But he "didn't hear a whistle" and besides the nearest railroad was j several miles away (The teacher of the McPaul school also described the ! noise made by the approaching twis - ter in a similar manner). Ernest called to his brother that there must be a cyclone coming and in a few moments time they saw through the murky cloudiness the dark blue funnel shaped cloud cross ing the river with its accompanying water spout. Crashing through the willows at the river bank it seemed to pause momentarily at the base of the large bluff not far from their home, where it ground two chicken coops into bits and wrecked a tool shed. The twister then moved over the hill, through timber land only a couple of hundred yards from the Clark home, following a draw be tween the hills before it vanished into the sky leaving a trail of twist ed and broken trees. It traveled ap proximately one mile in Nebraska territory. Both boys admit the storm came plenty dose to them, and while they were too intensely interested watch ing it to think of seeking a place of safety, after it had passed on, they began to sense the dangerous posi tion they had been in. AN APPRECIATION The Catholic ladies wish to ex press their sincere appreciation to all who helped to make the orphanage supper a success. APOLOGIES TO COUNTY j COMM. IL C. BACKEMEYER The Journal is pleased to correct an error that occurred in publica tion of the unofficial proceedings o? the county commissioners a week ago. wherein it was made to appear that the claim bill of Commissioner II. C. Backemeyer for telephone calls, stationery and stamps was $01.21. The claim bill for these items was for SC. 21. No' one regrets more than a news paper publisher himself the occasion al error that creeps into the paper. and we are giacl to coi rect such an and we are glad to correct figures Former Resident Dies at Home in Portland William Raker, Erother of Mrs. W. E. Rosencrans of This City Dies at Age of 72. The death of William Raker. 72. a former resident of Cass county, occurred on Friday at 1: is home in Pert land. Oregon, where he has made his home for a great many years. The announcement of the death 1 1 IT i was receiveu nere uy iMrs. . r.. Rosencrans. a sister of the deceased land who last year had the pleasure !of visiting him at his home in the ! west. j Mr. Raker was a former resident of lElmwood for a great many years and hater located at Gretna. Nebraska. where he resided until going to the west coast. While a resident of Oregon he has been very active in various com munity enterprises nv.tt particularly in the organization of Girl Scout organizations on the Pacific coast. Mr. Raker was director of the Port land Campfire girls, serving for many years as ihairman oi" the camp com mittee. His book on the development of Camp Namann won Portland Campfire Girls the blue ribbon at the national convention held at Lin coln last September and at which Mr. Raker was a delegate. Mr. Baker was a noted authority j on ornithology and all outdoor life - ""! the last years of his lire were 1 spent in lecturing and showing ric- tures on the coast. Mrs. Raker preceded her husband death and of his family there is one son, Sam W. Baker, Portland and one daughter, Mary Baker of Seattle, Washington, also two sisters, , I Mrs. E. T. Hughes of Omaha and Mrs. W. E. Rosencrans of this city. and two brothers. Charles Iiaker of Oregon and Frank Raker of Imperial. Nebraska. ATTEND ASSISTANCE MEETING Paul Vandervoort. county assist Leland lance director, Greth Garnett. Lassee and Mrs. Elmer Sundstrom. were in Lincoln Thursday to attend a conference of assistance workers, members of the Southeastern Nebras- ka Welfare association. Charles Nowacek. formerly of this city was one of the speakers at the meeting, he being in charge of the research division. ATTEND D. A. R. MEETING Miss Pearl Staats. regent of Fon tenelle chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, with Miss Caroline Baird. were at Nebraska City Thursday evening to attend the banquet of the state conference and the program of the night meeting. Mrs. E. H. Wescott of this city was i heard on the program m a vocal se I lection. VISIT IN THE CITY Mr. and Mrs. William Riger, and daughter. Miss Ida. of Falls City, were here Wednesday evening to visit for a few hours at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold J. Lillie. Mrs. Riger is an aunt of Mrs. Lillie. AN APPRECIATION We w ish to take this means of ex pressing our sincere appreciation for all the thoughtful acts shown Mr. Palmer by his many friends during his long illness. They will long be remembered. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Palmer and family. P. H. S. Makes a Good Record at Tourneys Basketball. Declamation. Typing and Debate Entrants All Advance to the State Contests. Plattsmouth his climbed back to a position of importance in the field of hich school debating. In If).".! the debating trio Bestor. Wehrbein and Miss Garnett won one of the sixteen Nebraska dobate district championships. This qualified them as one of the sixteen teams privi leged to enter the state contest that year. Gerald Kvasnicka was the coach of that successful team and his removal to Lincoln allowed local interest in debate to ebb. Last year there came into the high school faculty as History teach er. Milo Price, v ho v as also interest ed in debate work, and this extra curricula activitsr was again resum- ! ed. Seven years from the time Platts- j mouth had previously advanced to! the state tournament in debating; circles, last Friday and Saturday, to be exact, another Plattsmouth debate' team qualified for the state high; school tournament. This time there: were but ten teams to be selected j from all of Nebraska the champion . and the runner-up in each of five i large district. This time the team' was a debating duo Bestor. brother' of the former winner, and Miss Case. ' with Woest as alternate. Auburn. Aurora. Beatrice. Geneva, j Lincoln. Nebraska City. Plattsmouth; and Wvmore were the teams assisrn-i ed to compete in Lincoln. Platts-! mouth drew the hardest qualifying' schedule of the tournament, Geneva. Auburn and Beatrice. Two of these! teams had to be defeated if P. II. S. were to reach the semi-finals Satur-j day. The two were Auburn and i i Beatrice. j In the semi-finals. Plattsmouth' met and defeated Aurora while Lin-i coin defeated Geneva. This forced Coach Kvasnicka's Lincoln team to defend their last year's district championship against the rapidly im- proving P. II. S. team. Lincoln par-' ticipated in the Saturday debate minus the help of Miss Trudelle Downer, but found a capable sub-' stitute in George Blackstono. who debated in Plattsmouth a week ago Friday. Lincoln used the best three; tf over one hundred Lincoln high1 school debate students. Plattsmouth used the best two of the four local 1 debate students. j Lincoln won. but both Lincoln, and Plattsmouth will face eight other debate teams for the state championship late in April. Miss Case now has the good re.c - ord of having started from "scratch" as a Sophomore and a debate begin- ner and yet, over the two year per- iod. participated in twenty victories and no more defeats. John Bestor I has been a party to the same number j of victories but has been in more i i losing encounters. He must have : learned from defeats, for the general concensus of opinion among the ; judges and coac hes at the district ' tournament was that Bestor of T1 - A A. 1- 1 . . .1 ! i lansinouin as me numi.er one ue - hater of the Lincoln district. In Four State Tournaments P. II. S. has now qualified for thejL)R Angeles. Mrs. Minor suffered a state tournaments in at least four ; iu.art attack on last Thursday but different actiies basketball. typ-js ow improving and resting very ing. declamation and debate. That is easily. a record worthy of note for any j Herbert is greatly pleased w ith his high school in towns of this size 1 school and in addition to the class and speaks well for the quality of ; room work he has been engaged in instructors and coaches. J the school machine shop depart- ! ment w here he has an opportunity SUFFERS FROM INJURIES 'jof putting his knowledge to prac- jtical purposes. Reports from Des Moines, Iowa, i He was greatly surprised some state that Raphael Janda, formerly j days ago to meet Fred Fricke, a of this city, is suffering from very - school friend here at Plattsmouth and severe injuries that he sustained last ' the two or them visited Bob Hirz Saturday in an auto wreck west of and the trio enjoyed a fine time to Des Moines. He has sustained fivegether for a few hours. fractured ribs, a slight brain con-1 cussion and a bad laceration on the j RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL back of his head that necessitated some twelve 'stitches. Mrs. Josephine Janda, ' Moines. His mother, is still at Des j When the accident occurred it was 'necessary to have Raphael taken 1 125 miles in an ambulance to Des Moines to be treated. . . - COUNTY COURT NOTES Application was made Wednesday afternoon in the court for the ap- I poir.tment of Mrs. Rose Friesrl, as uardiau of W. II. 1-riesel, her father- law of Weeping Water. W. H. Friesel. who is ninetv-four years of . ge, is the last surviving veteran of the Civil war, in Cass county. Edward C. Fowlkes, GT, of Ilulett, Wyoming and Magirie Amelia Tcater, 34, of Lincoln, were married Wed- nesday afternoon by Judte H. Duxbury in house. The bis office at the court wedding was witnessed i ;y Register of Deeds Miss Lillian White and Miss Minnie Hild. deputy! of the county judge. j Hunters Draw Heavy Fines for Offences Hunting Wild Gecsc Oat of Season and for Failure to Have the Proper Hunting; Licenses. Friday afternoon in the county ,f wildlife. Such causes as drainage, court was heard the trial of t.om. ! pollution, forest tires, over-grazing, Plaints tiled against Ben Kcarns and ; 'Xcessi ve cultivation bring disaster Elmer Eaton, of near Union, c harged j u',on wildlife and human life alike, with violation of Hie game laws by j Nuw- joining hands in the Feder shooting or attempting to take wildation- ai"' llot mi' sportsmen, but . ' U'unnYi'o ii-o-o ii t iniir- line i ti ach " i nl l sreese out ol season and also lor i hunting without a license. Kearns was fined ?10 on the count of attempting to take geese and $10 j for failure to have the proper bun t-! ing license. Eaton was fined $20 for shooting two wild geese and also received f 15 for having been hunting without the proper license as provided by law. The hearing was attended by the group of game wardens who have been lure to probe into illegal shoot ing along the Missouri and Platte ! rivers. H. C. Mapes, state game war den was the complaining witness. MASONIC MASTER DIES From Saturday's Dally Karl F. Hobbie. 41. worshipful master of Western Star lodge No. 2. A. F. A. M. of Nebraska City, died at the St. Mary's hospital in that city Thursday afternoon. Mr. Hobbie has been suffering from pneumonia for the past week and in the last few days his condition had become critical. He was one of the best known farmers of the vicinity of Nebraska City and was born on November 24, 1S9( on the farm northwest of Ne braska City and where he has spent his lifetime. He was married March 14, 191S to Miss Louise Git linger of Nebraska City, who with four children survives his passing. Also surviving are his ! parents, now living at Dunbar, j Air. Hobbie had served as the mas- 'cr of Western Star lodge No. 1 for ; t!lc I1" tw' months. He was also j ve,'v active in the Eastern Star. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Bethel Evangelical church of which he had long been a member. MRS. MINOR IMPROVING Herbert Minor, who is attending nne of the large mechanical schools on the Pacific coast, has written to his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. II. , . . Rtalllur that lle had Pollock, and stating that he spent the week end with his paternal errandmother. Mrs. Kate Minor at Mrs. Fred Bourck, who has been at an Omaha hospital recovering from la recent operation, has so far re- j covered that she was able to be j brought home. She was brought home ! in the Sattler ambulance and stood jthe trip in splendid shape. National Wild life Week to Start Sunday Movement for Restoration of the Wildlife to the Nation Finding- Warm Response. ' From Saturday's Daily- National Wildlife Restoration j Week will be observed throughout i ,he r"njU.i States, beginning March 20. Wildlife Week has been launched by lnc General Wildlife Federation. ! Its purpose is to bring together all the organizations and agencies, state (and national, concerned with Amer i ica's outdoor resources, j It's a pretty big program. J. N. "Ding" Darling, president of the w delation, points out this first Wildlife Week is the real beginning of a much-needed movement. - l",rtsmf' h" been active In ' "'iiservation for many years. Hunt- ;mg and tishing lor sport are not re j sponsible for the alarming decrease " " t-.'.-'-. ..".-, wuom3.-i n, farmers, boys and girls. "The future of outdoor America." says "Ding" Darling, "is everybody's concern. Wildlife Week's chief aim is educational." Land hunger was an important reason why the early colonists flock ed to America. The craze for cultivated lands has caused some mighty tragic blunder ing in this country. Millions have been S7ent in drainage schemes that changed vast marsh areas into sun baked mud fiats. The marshes were paying dividends, in game, fish and fur. The dry flats failed to pay, all too often, and on top of drainage bonds were piled mortgages, until ruin overtook the occupants of the man-made desert. Much local interest is shown by lovers of nature. A. L. Tidd is chair man of our county to promote Wild life Restoration Week. The state chairman for Nebraska is Dr. M. C. Pedersen with state offices at 1700 S. 24th St., Lincoln. Nebraska. DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT From Thursday's Daily The death of Mrs. Sally L. Lloyd, 7S. of 4017 Binney street, Omaha, occurred Wednesday afternoon at a convalescent home where she has been receiving treatment for the past five weeks. She lias made her home with a daughter. Mrs. Elizabeth Roelter. who with three grandchildren. Eliza beth, William, and Harry Boelter, survives her. Mrs. Lloyd was the widow of Harry W. Lloyd, they mak ing their home here for a number of years in the brick residence prop erty on west Oak street, now occu pied by the Prohaska family. The funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Burkett chapel. The body was brought to this city for interment in the Oak Hill cemetery. The family has made their homo in Omaha for the past thirty-six years. TOSSES HAT IN RING From Thursday's Daily - This afternoon H. E. Carson, of Murdock, made his filing as a candi date for the republican nomination for county sheriff at the Atigust pri maries. Mr. Carson, w ho. conduc ts an ele vator at Murdock, is the first man to file for the sheriff's office on the GOP ticket, altho there are several on the democratic ticket. The new candidate is unmarried and with his mother has resided at Murdock for the past eight years and is a gentleman known to a large circle of friends in that section of the county. UNDERGOES APPENDECTOMY Jimmie Webber. 4, son of Joe Webber, underwent an appendectomy operation early Wednesday morning. He is in quite serious condition as the appendix had been ruptured, but is doing as well as possible.