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Heir. Stats Historical Society VOL. NO. LTV PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1938. NO. 28 Juniors Pay Honor to the Senior Class Banquet Held Saturday Evening at American Legion Building lor the Two Classes. . . . . . . !f j ten in the school life of the youn men and women who comprise the class of 1938, Saturday evening at the American Legion building. This was the banquet, tendered by the junior c'ass. to their associates soon to leave school. The committees in charge with L. M. Gerner, junior class sponsor, had planned and carried out a very clever and unusual decorative motif for the banquet hall the sea form ing the theme and submarine scenes formed the basis of the decoration. Ceiling of blue cellophane made a beautiful scene when lights wire re flected through, and on the sidewalls of cellophane were many varieties of j fish as if floating in their native j This morning Joseph Mrasek, w ho element. In the center of the ban-jfor a great many years has been en-j quet hall was the large bow of a boatigageu- jn tne trucking and implement: that had gone to rest in Davy Jones locker," being very strikingly ranged. The tables each had a submarine as a centerpiece, small frogs very cleverly served as the nut cups and the place cards were clam shells on which appeared the names of the Quests. These shells were secured by Mr. Gerner from Crete where they were gathered along the Blue river. The menu cards were made in the form of an octopus and were very at tractively arranged. The menu of the banquet was ar ranged in keeping with the theme of the settings, that of the sea and was prepared and served very delightfully by the Catholic Daughters of America and which left nothing to be desired in the tempting menu which was as follows: Sea Foam Octopus - Sponges in Sea Moss Fish Eggs Sea Woods - Pebbles Rocks - Jelly Fish Sunken Treasure Merimaid's Delight Pearls The table for the two classes was arranged in a semi-circle while the guests of the classes were seated at smaller tables in the center of the hall. Miss Mary Louise Walton, presi dent of the junior class presided and gave welcome to the classmates of the school and the members of the faculty and board of education. Greetings to the seniors and juniors were given by Miss Wilma Swatek, sophomore president and Rosalyn Mark, the freshman president. Joy i Miller, senior president. responded for his class and expressed the appre ciation that the class felt and tfre regrets that the parting from school would bring, separating many happy days together. There were one hundred and eighty-seven to participate in the banquet party. The members of the party en joyed j a very pleasant dancing party at the j close of the formal banquet, the Eddie Clark orchestra, that had play ed during the serving, furnishing some very fine dance numbers and j assisted by Miss Patricia O'Day, vo calist, who gave several numbers. Members of the class also added to the after banquet features with a saxophone duet by Ray Wooster and Donald Cotner and a very charming vocal solo by Joan Hall, with Shirley Seiver as the accompanist. The following committees served to arrange the event. Mary Louise Walton and Frances Hadraba were the general chairmen: Hall Decoration Hariett Case and Dorothea Fulton, chairmen; Helen Sikora. Betty Jasper, Norma John son. Gloria Johnson, Margaret Syl vester, Vivian Warner, Barbara Stander. Kathleen Nolte. Anna Mc Maken. Mary McCarroll. Ruth Ann Katt. Charlotte Palmer. Table Maxine Neilsen. chairman: Opal Eyers, Jane Persinger, Betty Vallerv. Menu Shirlev Jacobs, chairman; Eleanor Giles. Alice Bennett, Robert Hayes, Ronald Rebal. Orchestra Stuart Sedlak, chair man; Hazel Kelley, Veda Capps, James Webb, Don Burcham. Invitation Tom Solomon, chair man; Stephen Wiles, Elinor Brink. Program Alice Jayne Grosshans, chairman; John Tidball, Janet West over, John Bestor, John Livingston. Property Clarence Mayabb, chair man; Keith Elliott, Ted Libershal, John Jacobs. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Mrs. E. J. Ferrie, who has been at the St. Mary's hospital at Ne braska City recovering from an oper ation, was able to return nome hat ! urdav afternoon and is now at the j Home of her daughter, Mrs. Carl ' chriswisser and recuperating. The j operation was made necessary 'through injuries that Mrs. Ferrie suf- f ered several months ago in an auto ( .accident and it is hoped that the, present operation will permit her toiday and su:ijay at the Bekins build-'third regain her former health and to re- bv the plattsmouth Garden club, srme her usual activties. Joseph Mrasek to Seek Sheriff Nomination Well Known Tracker and Former Implement Dealer Files for j Republican Nomination. From Monday's Pally business in this city ar-Jma(ie his fiiing- as a and Murrav 1 candid'ate for j tl rormhlirnn nnminnlmn fnr -miTitv sheriff. J Mr. Mrasek is a native of Cass j county where he was born fifty years j rgo and has since made his home in ithis community where he has a large: i 1 circle of friends who will be lnter- i ! jested in learning of his candidacy j fjr public office. He has conducted ! ..... ! (a tracking business tor a great many i years and later was engaged here as rn implement dealer. This filing will increase the repub lican candidates to four, H. E. Car son, Murdock, W. A. Bennett and L. L. McCarty of this city, having previously filed for the primaries on August 9th. LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA A very large number of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. John Galloway, of Omaha gathered Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wiles, at Mynard. Mr. and Mrs. Galloway and little , daughter, departed this morning for Los Angeles, California, w here they jare expecting to make their home j in the future, as Mrs. Galloway has not been in the best of health. The friends spent the evening in dancing and at cards as well as visiting with the friends with whom they are so regretfully parting. The guests of honor were present ed with a very beautiful remembrance that will serve as a reminder of the old friends in Nebraska, when they reach their new home. At an appropriate hour dainty re freshments were served by the hos tesses. Mesdames Chester Wiles, Law rence Leonard, Alvador Tilson, Don ald Born. The evening was closed with the friends joining in wishing that they j might have a pleasant the west coast. and happy trip to JURY IS EXCUSED Judge W. V. Wilson while here Monday afternoon to receive the ver- diet in the Twiss case, dismissed the members of the petit jury panel for the term. Judge Wilson gave his appreciation of the interest and faith ful service of the jurymen in the several weeks that the jury panel has functioned here. The members, a large rart of whom are farmers, are pleased to get to their homes so that they can resume their usual activities. J. H. McMAKEN ILL The many old time friends will regret to learn that J. H. McMaken, one of the old residents here, is con fined to his bed the greater part of the time now and has not for the past two weeks been able to be down in the business section of the city. ! He is suffering from a general break down and his condition is quite ser ious. BIRTH OF SON From Tuesday's Dally Mr. and Mrs. William Baker are the parents of a fine little son, born this morning at their home in the north part of the city. All are doing very nicely. Spring Bulb Show Proves a Real Success Display of Tulips and Early Spring 'rinn-erc o BaHvic Tlnililiiio' Larere and Colorful. -phe SprjnJ; t,u0 show held Satur-: j was a very delightful treat to the j lovers of beautiful flowers. un-' j The display of tulips was usuallv beautiful and had been ar- t ranged under the direction of Frank Xarvanek. supervisor of the bulbj thow. the groupings and settings J r. aking a verv attractive sight to thei j visitors at the show. i ! There were sixty-eight single speci-j ; nens shown, as well as twenty-nine j j tulip arrangements and these em-; j braced brilliant reds and rich ytllowsj as well as many varied color varieties ithat have been developed by their exhibitors. There were six shadow box ar rangements of the tulips and garden I nuwers uini wim nit; m-iiiiis i trul' artistic. j ceeiai giuuimS& 01 11 is aim were used in the general decorative plan of the show. Music was furnished by radio which was donated through the cour tesy of William Schmidtmann. The prize winners in the various classes were announced Saturday eve ning and were as follows: Mike Vetesnik. one first, three sec onds; Julius Pitz. one first, one sec ons. two thirds: A. L. Tidd. one first, one second: Mrs. Luke Wiles, one first; Pauline Pitz. five firsts, two seconds; one third; first, three thirds; horn, three firsts. Anna Harris, one ; Chas. Schimmer one second; Mrs. Roy one Knorr. third ; two Mrs. firsts, one second John Woest, one! first; one third; George Kaffenberger, one second, one third: Mrs. Mary Smetana, one second; Miss Ella Ken nedy, one first, one second, one third; Mrs. Emma Egenberger. one first, one third; Mrs. J. W. Crabill, two firsts, one second; Miss Amelia Mar tens, one first; E. H. Wescott, one first, two seconds, one third; Mrs. E. H. Wescott. five firsts; one third; Lillian Freeman, one first, one sec ond: Mrs. G. A. Pahl. one first; Mrs. John Livingston, one second; Mrs. John Bajeck. two firsts, three sec onds, one third: Mrs. P. T. Heine man, one first, one second. The sponsors of the tulip show are very grateful to Phillip Hoffman, Soennichsen's and L. B. Egenberger stores for their assistance and co operation as well as all who assist- ed in show. any way in the success of the PREPARE FOR CLEANUP WEEK Mayor George Lushinsky has an nounced that the annual cleanup will be held in the city on Mondav Tues- day and Wednesday, May 16. 17, IS. In the interest of a -cleaner and more healthful town. uked to co-operate th ritiv,lc aroied a verdict finding with the city government in the three up campaign. days Clean. The city will haul away the ac cumulations that may be placed in containers so as to be easily handled and placed where trucks and wagons can reach them, free of charge on the three days. The city will not haul leaves or brush or dumps of tin cans. The trucks will operate on the north side on Monday and Tuesday and on the south side Wednesday. ATTEND GRAND CHAPTER -uonaay evening .Mr. ana .Mrs. Wil liam A. Robertson-and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Evers were at Prpmnnt uhew , . ... - - .. they attended the meeting of the P'l'nTirl rhpntpr of Vt o Pact orn c, in Nebraska. In his capacity as grand master of Nebraska Masons. Mr. Roh - trtson gave a short address to the chapter. Today Mr. Robertson with Henry Carson, grand tyler. of Nebraska City, was at Columbus and Shelton. At Shelton the grand lodge officers are assisting in the dedication of a :ow Masonic hall. MOTOR TO WAHOO Mr. and Mrs. William o. Hartwick fnd Mrs. James Sochor were Sunday visitors at Wahoo and at David City, with relatives and friends. They were brought home by Mr. and Mrs. Glen Neal. of Wahoo last evening after a most pleasant outing. PLACE IN TOURNAMENT Two of the Plattsmouth tracksters who were at the evening meet at Clarinda. Iowa. Friday were alfle to 'place in the events. Joe York secured a second in the high jump and Bill (Armstrong placed third in the half mile. ! Warren Reed and Allan White qualified in the 100-yard dash in the trials but did not run in the finals In the 440 the relay team took place and fourth in the iS0, ! a. very fine showing. There were twenty-five schools rep-; ; resented and the competition was very keen and whye the weather and 1 th p night contests hampered many teams so that the not so high. time records were Mothers' Day Largely Observ ed in the City i Occasion Is Observed fcy Special Ser j vices in Church and Many Home Gatherings. Mother's day sivelv observed was one very exten through the citv and i many home gatherings vied with the snecial services at the various churches to pay honor to the spirit; jof the day. j The musical programs of all the. churches carried the theme of; ! mother and beautiful and impressive j 'sermons were heard in tribute to the . i motherhood of the nation and of the j : community. i One of the impressive services was !rt the Y.M.B.C. of the Methodist; j church where the members placed, i petals in an urn in memory of their: ! mothers, a white petal for a departed; mother and a red for those living. A number of the mothers were in at tendance at the services. Judge A. H. Duxbury gave a short and impres sive talk on "Mother" taking as his example that of Susanna Wesley, mother of John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the Methodist Epis copal church. DOINGS IN COUNTY COURT The county court was busy Mon day in the trial of the case of Merle Long vs. Herman Fclken. R. M. Den nis and Wellington Dennis, an action covering a three-way auto smashup between Elmwood and Weeping Wa ter. The car of Folken and Dennis side- swiped and the Folken car struck, that of Long, it was claimed. The j insurance company that carried thei insurance on the car of Mr. Long, brought the action to recover the j amount that had been paid for thei ! repair to the car. The case was tried before a jury hich after deliberating return- and w for Folken and 'giving him a judgment of $75 against i the plaintiff. The deiencant uennis ! was dismissed from the action. CLUB HAS MANY VISITORS The luncheon of the Rotary club Tuesday brought a number of visit ing Nebraska City members as guests and to enjoy the associations of their Plattsmouth friends. In the group were N. C. Abbott that visited herepcai superintendent of I Those attending from the Platts the school for the blind. Thomas i rtrr.n Tt T-T Oiers. J. N. C. McLean, i as well as Walter Perry of Orange, ... .... California, who is here to visit wun his Cass county relatives, and Dr. ii. c i'ooc; rnnTi:v it'i:iii.n. aiiu a ' i . T. B. Lacey. of Olenwooa. L. S. Devoe, superintendent of schools, was presented and gave a fine i report of the meeting recently held at Nor,h Platte and 'here.he waS a ! delegate Plattsmouth received spec- i ial recognition at this meeting. I Dr. H. G. McClusky gave a very interesting review of the last issue of "The Rotarian," official magazine of the organization. SETTLE DAMAGE SUIT In district court settlement has been made of the case of J. H. Mc Maken vs. Fred Lutz. an action for personal injury as the result of an auto accident west of Murray some two years ago. The plaintiff was given a judgment of $2,750 for the injuries that he sustained and the cause dismissed by agreement of the parties in the suit. Jury Gives I a Verdict for Marjorie Twiss ; After All Day Deliberation Jury j Finds for Plaintiff on Two i Causes of Action. One of tne longest drawn out trials in district court here in recent years tt nninated Monday afternoon at 5:15 when the jurv trving the $55,000 damage suit of Miss Marjorie Twiss 1 against the Lincoln Telephone &j Telegraph Co., returned a verdict that found for Miss Twiss on two causes! of acMon and for the telephone com- j i pany on the third. j On the first cause of action for : discharge and the depriving of her i pension rights the jury gave Miss i Twiss $1,272.95, together with in- jterest at six per cent from August jirs. Elmer Bennett Named as Grand 1935 to date. j Regent Last Evening at ! On the second cause of action.! St. John's School. Islander, the jury found for Miss Twiss in the sum of 55.000. ten of the j The monthly business meeting of members of the jury concurring in j the catholic Daughters of America ithis finding. Uvas heid Tuesdav evening. Mav 10th. In the third count where it was charged that the telephone company 'iad refused to give the plaintiff a service letter at the time of her dis charge, the jury found for the tele phone company. The case had attracted a great c'eal of attention in Louisville and vic nity where the plaintiff was a tesident for many years and where she was operator at the telephone ex change for some eighteen years. Large numbers from Louisville were here as witnesses and to attend the; tial which lasted from last Tuesday ; ?ntiirrlav nftornnnn CEMETERY E0ARD REORGANIZES The Plattsmouth City Cemetery board met last evening for the pur pose of reorganization and preparing for the commencement of the new year of activity. Edward G. Ofe and L. W. Niel were re-appointed to the cemetery board by Mayor Lushinsky. The board re-elected W. F. Evers. as the chairman and L. W. Niel as the secretary-treasurer. The reports were read and a very pleasing showing was given for the test where both received superior first year of the organization and ratings. definite strides made in the creation1. Miss Voboril will sing at 10:30 of a permanent cared for ceme- a. m. in the contest at the Scottish tery. iRite cathedral and Mr. Wooster will The cemetery superintendent is on ' be heard in the contest at the Joslyn duty each day and has cared for ; Memorial at 4:15 p. m. Thursday, the maintenance and upkeep of the Miss Jean Knorr, who has been ac cemetery and w hich the board found ; companist in the school offerings of very satisfactory. j the two young people will accom- j pany them and play their accom ATTEND REBEKAH MEETING The meeting Rebekahs was of the second district held on Monday at the Hotel Rome at Omaha, the visit- ! rtprewiuaints ut-iiig me butoi-o - .. . .. . : 1. . - I- rt m w i - t o of Belle Lodge of Benson as the hos tess lodge. There was a very interesting pro gram given and which was climaxed by the banquet held at 6:30 in the crystal room of the hotel. In the election of the district of ficers Mrs. H. L. Kruger was named as the outside guardian, succeeding l Mrs. William H. Ofe. of this city. who has held this office for the past mouth lodge were Mrs. .Kruger, Airs. lOfe, Mrs. George Hetrick and Miss j Bertha Ellington. i VISITING IN OMAHA - j Misg Margaret Harris, of New i York Citv. is at Omaha to visit with . her parents Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Harris, the latter formerly Miss Lena j Fricke of this city. En route home she stopped to visit Mrs. Benjamin H. Halstead of Chicago. Another daughter of the Harris family, is Mrs. William L. Shearer, II. who arrived with her husband from Columbus, Nebraska for a week end visit. RETURN TO ELMWOOD Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Williams, of Elmwood, were here Saturday to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Reeder, the latter a daughter. Mrs. Reeder and her twin daughters were at Elmwood Thursday to attend a i Mother's and Daughter's banquet with Mrs. Williams and accompanied the parents on to this city. FILES FOR COMMISSIONER From Tuesday's Daily G. W. Hart of Louisville filed yes terday for the republican nomination for countv commissioner from the j second district. He has resided in the district for ;2S years, making many friends throughout the district. He is a i business man. property owner and j taxpayer. Four of the 2S years were : spent in Weeping Water where he worked in a shoe store. Two were .spent in Nehawka, and for the past 1 12 years he has been operating his j own shoe store in Louisville. Catholic Daughters Hold Election 'at St. John's school. j As soon as the regular business i was taken care of, election of officers ; followed. The newlv elected officers of the i ; court to take office Juue 1st, are as 1 follows: j Grand Regent Mrs. Elmer Ben nett. ' Vice Grand Regent Mrs. Elmer ! Webb. ! Prophetess Mrs. Wm. Swatek. j Lecturer Mrs. Frank Mullen. 1 Historian Mrs. Thomas Walling. Financial Secretary Mrs. Cyril Kalina. TreaSUTCT MiSS Josephine Rys. Monitor Mrs. Hermia Swoboda. Sentinel Mrs. Anna Zitka. Organist Mrs. Emory Doody. Trustees Mrs. Wm. Nelson, Mrs. Agnes Bach, Mrs. Fred Rea, Mrs. John Hadraba, Mrs. Lester Gaylord. TO ATTEND REGIONAL MEET Plattsmouth will have two of their accomplished musical students at the regional music contest which will be held at Omaha on Thursdav, May i 12. These two young people. Miss j i Betty Voboril and Raymond E. Woos- ' ter, were winners in the district con- paniment. Lee Meyers, musical director at the high school and Superintendent L. S. Devoe will also attend the contest. FUNERAL OF MRS. ANDERSON j The funeral services of Mrs. August i Anderson were held Monday after jnoon at the Sattler funeral home at j Fourth and Vine streets and where a j number of the old friends of many I years ago gathered for their last tribute. Rev. J. C. Lowson, pastor of the First Methodist church, conducted the services during which Mrs. E. H, Wescott gave two of the old hymns. "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" and "The Church in the Wildwood." The interment was at the Oak Hill cemetery where others of the family circle are at rest. RETURN FROM CALIFORNIA From Tuesaay's DalTy Mr. and Mrs. William P. O'Don nell returned this afternoon from a trip of some two weeks duration on the Pacific coast where they visited with relatives and old time friends. jThey had a very fine time and met jmany of the former Plattsmouth peo ple who are now located in that city and vicinity. ATTENDS CONVENTION From Wednesday's Daily Mr. and Mrs. John P. Sattler, Jr., were in Omaha last evening to at tend the banquet and the sessions of the Nebraska Funeral Directors and Embalmers association. The meet ing was very largely attended by rep resentatives from all sections of the state. Plattsmouth Commercial Departing High Commercial Students Make Excellent Showings This Year in State and District Contests. April 9, 193S Plattsmouth high en tered the state commercial contest, 144 schools entered, making a total enrollment of 3,025 students. Platts I mouth high school placed as follows: I Second place in the state eommer jcial contest, won by Plattsmouth's novice typing team composed of Janet Westover with a rate of 59, Mary Gayer, 54, and Flora Mead, 47, bring ing the average rate to 53 words per minute. First place in district contest, won by Plattsmouth novice typing team, composed of the above members. First place in district contest, no vice individual typing division, won by Janet Westover. Fourth place in district contest, novice individual typing division, won by Mary Gayer. Fourth place in district contest, champion typing division, won by Plattsmouth champion team com posed of: Hazel Payton with a rate of 62; Shirley Seiver, 60; Irene An thes. 57. The average team rate was 59 words per minute. Second place in district contest, bookkeeping division, was won by Chester Foster with a score of 11S. Fifth place in district contest, bookkeeping division, won by the bookkeeping team composed of Ches ter Foster, Dale Wohlfarth and Betty Jasper. Third place in district contest, champion shorthand division, won by Plattsmouth champion team com posed of Kazel Payton, Marion Ol son and Irene Anthes. Plattsmouth won 12th place in the state commercial contest out of the 144 schools entered, and fourth in the district commercial contest. Falls City ranked first in the dis trict contest, and Chadron Prep rank ed first in the state commercial ton test. RUNAWAY BOYS CAPTURED From Wednesday's Party Three runaway boys, escaping from the Riverview home at Omaha, end- Jed their freedom last night at Bart ilett. Iowa, after taking a boat and allegedly looted a grocery store at Believue. The boys secured their supplies frcm the grocery and procuring the boat started out as modern Huckel berry Finns for a trip down the river. The robbery was reported here Tuesday morning and Deputy Sheriff Cass Sylvester joined other officers in a search for the boys. The runaways were located by Deputy Sylvester and Ira Beedle and Harold Kimse last night near Bartlett, Iowa, where they had put in when their boat had caught fire and forced them to land. They had alsost lost an oar on the way from Believue. The boys who gave their ages 10. 12 and 14, were taken on as to of Papillion to await the disposal their case. AN APPRECIATION Music week in Plattsmouth was more generally observed this year than in several yer.rs past. Through the variety of programs offered there was entertainment and enjoyment for Through the co operation of so many agencies including the Platts mouth Woman's dub. the Recreation Center and staff, the public schools, civic organisations and citizens in sjc ural, our coiamnlty was the re cipient of many fine musical pro- i grams. To the Plattsmouth Jour nal for its co-operation and fine pub licity much credit is due and those in charge of this observance are ap preciative of the fine spirit mani fested by all. AN APPRECIATION I wish to thank the members of the Plattsmouth Garden club for the very fine bouquet presented to me and which was very deeply appre ciated. MISS ANNA LEACH. CARD OF THANES We thank our friends for the many acts of kindness and sympathy in our recent bereavement. We are truly grateful. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shulley and Family, Wichita, Kansas.