Nebr. SlLtt ITV.rlcr.l Society
VOL. NO. LTV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1938.
NO. 4G
Hundreds
Attend Rites
for W. H. Heil
Friends From All Sections of Cass
County Are Present at Im
manuel Lutheran Church.
The funeral services of W. II. Heil,
held Sunday afternoon at the 1m-
manuel Lutheran church, west of j
Louisille. was attended by hundreds i
of the friends from all parts of Cass
county gathering to pay their last j
tributes of honor and respect to this:
splendid citizen so hurriedly called
from his earthly tasks. J
Long before the services the church i
was filled and manv stood outside i
the building to hear the services.
Rev. P. Krey of the Murdock
church, grave the sermon and brought
the message of the regard of the
Christian in the life to come after
tne oriel span ot eartmy existence .
had nassed.
The choir of the church gave sev
eral of the hymns of the church.
a member
of this church for many
years.
The pall bearers
from the nephews of
being Louis. Henry,
were selected
Mr. Heil, they
William. John,
Henry and Adam
The interment
Heil.
was at
the Glen-'wiln
dale cemetery near Cedar
rvpffc
where a large group of friends
gathered to await the coming of
had
the !
i
coitege from the church.
Obituary
Henry Heil, son of Adam and
Marie Heil, was born on a farm in
Tazwell county, Illinois, July 21,
lSil. aud passed away Thursday,
July 7. 193S at the family home in
Louisville at the age
of 7 6 years, 11
months and 7 days. i
Mr. Heil moved with his parents
to Nebraska March 1. 1S70, and lived j
on tne iarm live miies east oi louib
vilie until March 1, 1918 when he
moved to Louisville. He was married
to Dora Anna Urchers, on January
24. 1SS9 by the Rev. J. Catenhusen.
He is survived by the widow and
six children. Mrs. Lloyd Group. Mrs.
Lawrence Group, Louisville; Rudolph
of Leavenworth; Paul of Louisville;
Mrs. Pat Brown, Grand Island;
Arthur of Cedar City, Utah; and ten j
living grandchildren. One grandson.!
Donald Brown, preceded him in death
five years ago. One sister. Miss Liz-i
zie Keil and two brothers. Wendell !
and George, also numerous other ;
relatives and friends are left to j
mourn his loss.
HAVE PLEASANT MEETING
The ladies of the W. C. T. U. met
Monday afternoon at the pleasant j
home of Mrs. V. T. Arn, Sr., and de- i
spite the intense heat of the day a
very large number were out.
The devotions were led by Miss
Elizabeth fpangler and following
the business session the meeting was
turned over to Mrs. Pearl Mann as
leader.
The subject was that of "The Con
stitution," Mrs. Mann giving a very
linrniifh nnfl i net rue t i ve review Of
this historical document, that
nag
been the rock upon which our na
tion has stood. She traced the con
stitution through the years and the
changes that had been made as the
nation grew and expanded. She par
ticularly stressed that section known j
as the bill of rights that granted thejand many other gifts that have been
individual freedom and protection.
The meeting closed with the W. C.
T. U. benediction and was followed
by the serving of refreshments by
Mrs. Arn, assisted by Miss Jean
Hayes.
LEAVE FOR WEST COAST
From Wednesday's PalYy
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Smith and
family departed today for Los An
geles where they are expecting to
locate and will make their home in
the future. They will join a num
ber of relatives who have already
located on the west coast.
VISIT AT OMAHA
Mr. aud Mrs. George Burris and
son-ui-law, Elmer Buskirk, were
week-end guests at the heme of
Mrs. Fern Hendricks in Omaha, de
parting by auto early Monday morn
ing for their home in Redlands, California.
HAS STARTLING EXPERIENCE
Chris Schlegel, who has been visit-j
ing at EuClaire, Wisconsin, his home!
town, is here after a very disconsert
ing trip back from Wisconsin. He is
at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Anna
Lillie. j
The train on which he was riding
was sent by way of Mankota, Minne
sota, and a number of trains made a
great deal of confusion in handling
of traffic. Mr. Schlegel had placed
hij coat on a hanger in the train
and did not pay any particular atten
tion to it until he reached Omaha
land sought his pocketbook which had
been kept in a coat pocket. He dis
covered that someone had made away
with the pocket book and money that
it contained.
Local Farmers
Attend Meeting
at Bartlett, la.
!
! Sufferers From Overflow of Missouri
River Hold Largely Attended
I Meeting1 Mondav.
O -
Monday afternoon in response to
a hurried call that a flood meeting
would be held here, a very large
group of the farmers from south of
this city gathered at the court house
the expectation of meeting Con-
;gressman Henry c
Luckey and Sen-
cume.
Congressman Luckey arrived in the
middle of the afternoon in company
with Roy N. Towl, former mayor of
Omaha, who has been much interest
ed in the river development and who
several months ago expressed the fear
that an overflow of the river might
be expected.
The visitors invited the Cass coun
ty group to accompany them to Bart
lett, Iowa, where a mass meeting was
being held to discuss the flood prob
lem and particularly the matter of
the rock dam extending east from
King Hill on the Nebraska side of
the river, which many of the flood
sufferers claim was responsible for
the diversion of the water onto the
jlowa side of the river,
j At the Bartlett meeting former
j Governor Arthur J. Weaver of Ne
braska was present to take part in
the discussions.
i Another meeting will be called for
j Friday afternoon at Nebraska City
land which is sponsored by George H.
iHeinke. of Nebraska City, a candi
date for the republican nomination
for congress.
OLD TIM EH VISITS HERE
Charles Johnson, a resident of j
Plattsmouth some fifty years ago,
was here Tuesday to visit with his
old friend. Louis Reinackle, who was
ia schoolmate of his in the long ago.
Mr. Johnson is a son of Edward
Johnson, who was an engineer on
the Burlington and for several years
handled the throttle on the "Cannon
ball" and will be well remembered
by the older residents here.
Charles Johnson was driver of the
delivery wagon for F. S. White and
his store in the eighties and in 18SS
departed for Denver wnere ne nas
since resided, rie was engaged wuu
jthe Burlington in the west and has
retired from service now.
RECEIVE FINE GIFT
j addition to the beautiful organ
presented to the First Methodist
church, a gift has been given by
Edgar Wescott of Lincoln and Mrs.
P. II. Murdick of Benton Harbor,
Michigan, to the church.
This is beautiful brass candel
abrua which will find a place on the
new organ and add to the beauty of
the platform and choir loft. The
candelabrua is presented to the
church in honor of the donors' par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wescott,
members of the music department of
the church for many years.
REGISTER FOR SWIMMING WEEK
The swimming week, sponsored by
the American Red Cross will be held
the week of July 18th to 23rd in
clusive at the Merritt swimming
pool here. Registrations for the
swimming week will be taken Thurs
day, vriday and Saturday, July 14,
15 and 16, at the county commis
sioners room at the court house. Mrs.
Harley Wiles will be in charge.
City Council
Orders Payment
for New Truck
i Long Hot Session of Council as Large
Number of Matters Are Taken
Up by Legislators.
From Tuesday's Daily
The citv council sweltered through
two hours and a half of business and
oratory last night at the city hall and
which covered a wide range of busi -
iness activities from th completion
i of the payment of the new fire truck
ito the usual grist of street repair
jj0DS
i The meeting being the first in July
(the reports of the officers were re-
, .,
ceived and read. City Treasurer M.
D. Brown reported a balance of
$24,721.32. while City Clerk Al
bert Olson reported collections of
Chief of Police W. M. Bar-
Sclav reported that for the month of
jjune there had been seven arrests
I ana the sum of 158.75 collec ted in
! fines and costs.
a
1 a. VW11AIU(,11V'LA 111A I . V V. A w VA
from Dr. W. S. Eaton, asking a park
ing space be allotted him on Main
j street near his offices in the Bekins
j building. This was referred to the
j streets, alleys and bridges commit
tee.
Hugh J. Kearns post No. 5C. Am
erican Legion, presented a communi
cation asking that the occupation tax
on the Gibb's shows, which will ex
hibit here on the week of July ISth.
be remitted as the proceeds would be
used in the improvement of the Le
gion building. The Legion would
also provide officers for the policing
of the show grounds. The council
voted the exemption as asked for by
the Legion.
A report of the Cass County Re
employment service was received and
placed on file.
Dr. R. P. Westcver asked permis
sion to have the curb cut at his new
j office building and which was grant
ed, the work to be done under the
supervision of the streets, alleys and
j bridges committee.
I Police Judge C. L. Graves report
ed for the week of June 30th that
i there had been one arrest and fines
land costs of $13.25 received.
Chairman Tippens of the street
committee reported that there had
been several bad places in concrete
paving fixed up and a clean up made
after the overflow of the Chicago ave
nue sewer.
Closing Hour Rules
Chairman Vincent of the license
committee brought up the matter of
! what time a person would have to
remove bottled beer from a tavern
after the closing hour had arrived for
the sale.
Mayor Lushinsky stated that the
ordinance set midnight as the closing
time for beer sales, that they had
allowed ten or twelve minutes to
jdrJnk what haye ,
een legally
purchased and also to get out any
bottled and sacked goods that might
have been purchased. Councilman
Webb stated that state agents had
ruled that the sale of the beer had
not been consumated until the bot
tles or case had been removed from
the premises and that they should be
removed by midnight.
Seek Electrolier Settlement
Chairman Comstock of the lighting
committee, reported that his commit
tee had purchased electrolier globes
at $5.50 each instead of the $7.50
that had been first estimated. This
had saved the city $12.90 on the
globes purchased. Mr. Comstock also
brought up the matter of the broken
electrolier at Seventh and Pearl
streets and urged that some definite
action be taken to see that the cost
was paid. After some discussion it
was voted to pay the cost of replace
ment from the city treasury and that
the city attorney be ordered to file
action against Charles Tunnell and
the insurance company to recover.
Discuss Recreational Work
L. S. Devoe, in charge of the
Recreation Center, stated in a short
talk that the recreation centers were
being placed on definite basis and
that municipalities were being asked
to sponsor them. In late August or
September the federal agencies would
be willing to allot $5,000 in labor
expense to the upkeep of the centers.
The center would ask that the city
give $10 per month to aid in the
work which would care for the lights
and other small expenses.
George Huston of the NYA, was!
also present and discussed this ac- j
tivity and also the desire to have j
tennis courts construcied, for which j
the NYA would pay the labor costs :
and the city merely supply the site i
and wiring for a backstop. It was j
voted to accept the offer of the NYA '
;and have the courts constructed
jthe Epperson place at Fourth and j After 6 to 3 Victory Over Hick
!Oak streets and at a cost of not more j man at That piace
!than 540. I
j Councilman
i Councilman weUD reported
Uhe city had several bids on the
' ter place" on North Third street
land which would soon be disposed
; f. He also asked that the city pay
i into the court the purchase price of
Uhe old Hyers lots so that a clear
title might be given to Everett New -
;ton, the purchaser.
' Ordinance No. 735. authorizing
i tne 1isrosal of tax Property owned
by the city was then read and pass -
jed. securing three of their total hits,
1 Pay for New Truck jtwo singles and a double and with
i The finance committee then took an error gave them all of their
up the matter cf the payment for the J scores..
new fire truck which has been here ( In the old lucky seventh the Plat
for some time. The fire department i ters unloaded an assortment of hits
a few moments teiore nad turned
over a check of $1,000 from their
own funds to add to the purchase.
The committee recommended the
temporary loan of $1,500 from the
I general fund to the fire department
fund and which would with the other
funds available make the purchase
! price of $4,079.45 for the truck.
!The firemen also added to the funds
'$55 made on their dance and spent
$S0 of their funds on special truck
equipment.
On motion of Councilman Schutz
a vote of thanks was voted the mem
bers of the fire department for their
co-operation in the securing of the
truck and its payment.
On motion of Councilman Schutz
the finance committee was author
ized to secure figures as to the in
surance on the new fire truck and
present at the next meeting.
Mayor Lushinsky reported that heAlbee rf
had been able to secure several blocks
i
jfor rock surfaced road3 from resi
dents in the west part of the fourth
ward. He urged the councilmen to!
, ... w, jKaucn, D .
get Dusy ano see mac me mans ay -
plications were placed in the hands
:of the nronertv owners who could,
now secure this surfacing at such a
j low price.
Councilman Webb proposed that
some WPA labor be secured to take
I off the paint on the city hall and
rrvifrh the bricks preparatory to
'placing stucco on the building and,
Ithe new fire house annex. On mo- j
!tion the mayor was authorized
to!
sign this application which would be
'prepared by C. E. Markham of the
WPA staff.
The Claims Allowed
The following claims were ordered
paid by the council:
Iowa- Nebr. Light & Power
i
Co.. street lights $249.95
iPuls Hardwarde. two files
.70
4.90
E. J.
Richey,
supplies Lin-
coin Ave.
Iowa-Nebr. Light & Tower
Co.. light city hall 4.10
Bates Book store, supplies,
Lincoln. Ave. -85
F. G. Fricke Co.. paint 35.70
Platts. Water Corp., hydrant
rental 483.96
Ernest Converse. 1 dog .60
W. A. Baker, supplies, Lin
coln Ave. 16.00
John Boetel. 1 dog .60
Farney Cafe, meals to pris
oners Frost. Congdon & O'Hara.
auditing 115.00
Continental Oil Co., supplies,
Lincoln Ave. 16.50
Capital Bridge Co., culverts,
Lincoln Ave. 87.12
Tidball Lumber Co.. supplies
Cass County Motor Co., fire
truck 4,079
C. E. Markham. supplies to
city 1 22
A. Funk, dray age
Cappell Electric Co., install
electrolier 28
.45
.58
.60
Paxton & Verling Co.. electro
lier post
Platts. Journal, printing
24.78
53.85
Tidball Lumber Co., tile, Lin
coln Ave. 18.90
George Taylor, street work
George Taylor, painting park
ing 6.40
4. SO
George Taylor, street work,
team 41.00
D. L. Ramel, tractor work,
Lincoln Ave.
D. L. Ramel, washing sts.
D. L. Ramel, tractor work
Ivan Taylor, street work
Ivan Taylor, painting parking
John Kubicka, cleaning sts.
John Kubicka, painting and
washing streets
John Kubicka, street work
9.30
2.25
29.38
35.63
5.35
16.40
5.85
13.20
Rubber Stamps, prompt deliv
ery, lowest prices. All sizes at the
Journal office.
Legion Juniors
Annex Another
Win at Hickman
atPrepare to close Se&soa at
that , The American Legion Junior base-'Fal-
ball team stepped closer to their dis
trict championship Tuesday after
noon when they won from Hickman
at that place by the score of G to 3.
"tub" Sedlak. local hurler whiffed
, fifteen of the opposing
team and al -
(lowed but six
hits and was effective
at all times.
j Both teams had a big inning when
.their scoring largely occurred, the
: Hickman team in the sixth inning
ion Egger. Hickman hurler. netting;
.themselves four runs and placed them ;
out in front. With two down, Jones
hit safely and was followed by Smith
who also hit, Phiffer was passed
and John Jacobs laid on the wood for
j the scoring.
The locals will play Syracuse here
on Friday afternoon in what is ex
jPected to be a feature battle as
; Syracuse has shown some improve
ment in the past few games.
; The box score cf the game was
as follows:
Plattsmouth
AT! P. H PO A K
.513100
.411120
.5 1 3 0 4 1
.4 0 1 0 0 1
.4 0 0 1 0 0
.4 0 1 0 0 0
.412100
. 4 0 0 10 0 0
. 3 2 2 13 4 0
.0 0 0 0 0 0
37 C 13 27 C 2
AB TZ II TO A K
.511321
3 1110 0
4 118 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 1
4 0 1 10 0 0
4 0 0 2 0 0
3 0 113 0
4 0 110 0
4 0 0 1 0 0
34 3 6 27 5 2
Smith.
Sniffer.
Jacobs,
Sedlak,
2b .
3b .
ss
p
Phillips, rf .
iParriott. cf
! White. If .
:York, lb
Jones, c
Hickman
i
j Hickman, If
j Brown, c
J. Brown, ss
iKallemeyer, lb
jKister, 2b
Egger, p
Adams, rf
I Griffin, cf
ROTARY HAS YOUTH
PROGRAM
' From Tuesday's Ta.lZy
j The Rotary luncheon today was
devoted to a program of youth and
(the future outlook of the nation and
'its idealism. j
J E. H. Wescott was the leader of the j
; meeting and gave a very interesting!
sketch from the July issue of Scout- j
ing, in which was told of the move- j
ment that is to be pushed from now
until in December, "National Re-
dedication." Through the press, the
radio, the churches, the schools, the
motion pictures and other channels it:
is proposed to revive the things that
jare vital to our country. The move
jment calls for:
! 1. To rekindle the public mind to
the splendor of America's free in
stitutions and to offer the opportunity
jof personal re-dedication to the prin-
1 75ciPIes f civic and religious liberty
2. To popularize the Bill of Rights.
3. To proclaim again the power
of the ideal of freedom to unite men
of divergent races and creeds.
i 4. To re-assert the demands which
jthe institutions of a republic make
0 !on the integrity and the large mmd-
iedness or tne individual.
5. To stimulate that faith which
has been the nation's strength; faith
in liberty, faith in man. faith in
America and faith in God.
Mr. Wescott also presented Stephen
Davis, who as a youth gave that
viewpoint of the modern day, thejerican Legion Junior
view of youth and the problems that.Ed Smith is leading the team in hit-I
confront our nation, the youth
re-
action to the things of life and par -
ticularly with association with his
fellow man and those of an older age.
It was a very fine talk and much
appreciated and enjoyed as the
thought of a modern youth who is
now entering his more matured life.
AN APPRECIATION
I wish to most sincerely thank
the many friends for the beautiful
flowers and cards they have sent me
and also wi6h to thank my neigh
bors for their many kind deeds they
have done for us during my recent
illness in the hospital. Mrs. Louis
G. Melsinger.
REHABILITATE LIVESTOCK
The Nebraska Hampshire Breed
ers' association recently took steps
to help rehabilitate the Nebraska
livestock industry.
A committee has been appointed
by the organization to study the pos
Home ' sibility of making a limited number
of good sires available for use by
youths enrolled in 4-H clubs and
Smith-Hughes vocational agriculture
projects. Under the suggested plan,
the sires would be available at a
nominal cost to members of these
groups who could not otherwise ob
tain the services of high class sires.
Harry Knabe of Neuawka is presi-
ident of the Hampshire association.
Guy McReynolds of Ashland is vice
ipresident and Ed S. Renr.ick of Pilger
is secretary-treasurer.
Hopper Poison
Distributed Over
Cass County
Farm Bureau Truck Will Visit Var
ious Points of the County With
Poison for Use of Fanners
Some farmers are reporting dam- ;
age to crops since small grain and j
alfalfa has been cut. We believe that ,
the next two weeks is the critical i
time as far as poisoning hoppers is j
concerned.
We can't expect to get a good kill ;
every time we scatter poison, but :
with a consistent and conscientious '
job of poisoning you will find your i
results are best. '
The following schedule will be
made by the truck until we let you
know differently:
Tuesday of Every Week
Elmwood Bank Corner. 12:30 to ;
1 p. m.
Eagle Bank Corner, 2:00 to 2:30:
p. m.
Corner, 3 miles north of Alvo, 3:30 ;
to 4; 00 p.- m. j
Wednesday of Every Week
Lemon School. 12:30 to 1:00 p. m.
Murdock Lumber Yard, 2:00 to
2:30 p. m.
Manley State Eank, 3:30 to
p. rn.
Friday of Every Week
Heil School. 12:30 to 1;00 p.
Ed Snangler Corner. 2:00 to
1:00
m.
2:30
p. m.
Rock Creek Filling Station, 3:30
to 4:00 p. m.
You can also get poison from the
plant at Nehawka or the Farm Bu
reau office. The Farmers Cooper
ative Creamery at Tlattsmouth is co
operating with the Farm Bureau by
keeping poison on hand there so that
farmers living in that community
can get poison more easily.
RrVER NOW RECEDING
i The Missouri river at this point
jis commencing to show signs of re
' ceding and while still high is starting
! to fall slightly. While reports
of small rises farther up the stream
is reported, it is hoped that the re-
cession here will be sufficient to
(carry additional water without any
overflow.
! It will be some time before the
iwaters that now cover the lowlands
is again back in the confines of the
j river and permit the residenters on
Ithe bottom lands to again move back
to their homes and resume their
'usual activities.
I The high water has effectively
i blasted the crops on the lowlands
jand the once promising corn fields
jare lost under the depth of several
feet of water.
BATTING AVERAGES
j
j The following are the
'averages for the players of
baseball team, j
ting but the greater
part are over
jthe
00 mark:
Smith, .355; White, .320. Shiffer,
.307; Noble. .306; Sedlak, .303; Par
riott. .275; Jacobs, .269; Jones, .205;
York, .179; Albee, 0.
HERE FROM TEXAS
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Jean, of Mc
Allan, Texas, are here to spend a
short time visiting with Mr. .and
Mrs. Charles L. Jean at their farm
home, as well as with the other rel
atives and old time friends in this
section. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Jean
have both been in poor health, for
some time. They are accompanied by
their daughter, Catherine.
Blame Drainage
Ditch for Bart
lett Waters
, C. Cook of the Omaha U. S. Engi
neers Office and D. R. Thornton
of Local Office Visit Scene.
i Wednesdav C. C. Cool;, chief engi
j neer at the Omaha office ' f the
'V. S. engineers, with D. R. Thornton.
i head of the forces in the Plattsmouth
i
jarea. were at Bartlett, Iowa, to inves
(tigate the conditions there and the
i cause of the excessive high water.
I The cause of the condition at Bart
ilett as viewed by the engineers, was
;the drainage ditch that extends from
ithe bluffs to the Missouri river, a dis
tance of three miles and passes a
i point less than one half mile below
Bartlett. The water level
below
jthe drainage ditch is 3.2 feet
ithan the water level on the
lower
north
side.
j Water "Pooled Back"
! "The long dike has prevented
:the w;;ter from escaping, and forced
lit to 'stack up' and 'pool back.'"
said Mr. Cook. "The result is that
! Bartlett has had to cope with the
i water that normally would havo
i drained off to the south, and at a
lower level. While the dike has re
sulted in the flooding of som crops
above, it has protected other crops
below. It has probably saved more
land than it has damaged the trou
ble is that some farmers benefited at
the expense of others."
Mr. Cook pointed out Wednesday
that many of the flooded fields were
in natural flood basins, and that
anyone who tilled such land should
expect to gamlile rgainst occasional
inundation.
"During the drouth years more
and more land was cultivated," he
said. "There were no floods, so peo
ple began to believe that there woulJ
be none.
"River Unpredictable"
"The drouth is partially respon
sible in another wav. During the
! years the Missouri river was so low
iit failed to scour out its bed in a
'normal manner, with the results that
deposits were made, and these now
interfere with the stream's normal
'carrying capacity.
j "The flood would have been every
bit as had this year if there hadn't
; been a lick of channel work. Look
'what happened recently in the Ohio
river, unhampered by a single dike or
I revetment. The water went 20 and
25 feet above what anyone consid
ered possible. Rivers are unprc dut
iable." GUESTS AT VR0MAN HOME
Ftm Monday's Daily
Mrs. O. L. York, son James and
wife, arrived here today to spend a
few days as guests at the home of
Mrs. York's daughter and husband.
I Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Yroman. The
i visitors reside in Chicago, but spent
yesterday with relatives in Omaha
before coming here. James York is
an interior decorator in the Windy
City and is enjoying a brief vaca
tion from his work.
Mr. York plans to come later in
the summer for a brief visit at the
home of his daughter.
VISIT IN CITY
Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Bothwell
and daughter. Je.m Adair with O. S.
Turner, father of Mrs. Bothwell, were
guests Sunday evening of County
Treasurer and Mrs. John E. Turner.
Jean Adair remained for a visit
I with her cousin. Dorothy Jean Turn
batting, er while the other members of the
the Am-j farnj)v returned home last night.
WILL ENJOY OUTING
Ordell Hennings, manager of the
local Hinky-Dinky store, with his
brother, Norris, is spending a week's
vacation at Lake Okoboji, Iowa, rest
ing and enjoying the points of in
terest of this popular central western
resort.
VISITS LOCAL CENTER
Harold Hill, supervisor of recrea
tional work, was here from Lincoln
Monday to visit with L. S. Devoe, in
charge of the local center. He was
well pleased with the manner in
which the various activities are being
carried on-and the interest and co
operation shown by the local people.