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VOL. NO. LTV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBEASEA, MONDAY, JULY 25, 193S.
NO. 49
American Legion
Drum Corps Seen
in Splendid Drill
Large Crowd Greets Popular Organ
ization on Its Initial Sum
mer Appearance.
From Thursday's Dally
The American Legion Junior drum ;
and bugle corps made their initial I
appearance of the 193S summer sea- .
sun last evening in a drill on Main
i-tieet. witnessed by several hundred
who lined the streets and gave the:
youngsters u hearty hand for their j
i. ne won:.
The drum and bugle corps has been
a popular organization in this sec
tion of Nebraska and appeared at,
many festivals and fairs in the past j
two vears and will also be in great
demand this season as a striking fea-j
ture for the summer entertaining j
programs of many of the nearby j
towns.
They will participate in the com-;
petitive drill August 2 at the Amer-
ican Legion state convention at Fre-
mont. where thirteen other corps in
the state v. ill participate. ;
The organization has also served ,
to give I'lattsmouth some real adver- Duxbury, the parties being brought
tising by their their sr.fippy wort and here by members of the state high
lla.shy appearance wherever they have way patrol for hearing,
participated in public gatherings. j Charles Waite was arraigned on
Their work last night was excel-' the charge of reckless driving and
lent and showed a precision and care ; endangering the safety of others on
in their work that demonstrated the the highway. He was given a sen
excellent training they have received teiiee of ten days in the county jail,
and their playing showed even bet-. Paul Gering was arraigned on a
ter than ever. It is a group that the eharte of intoxication and was given
community can feel proud of pos- a fine of $25 and costs and remanded
sessiiig and well worthy of the whole
hcarud support of the community.
i
FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE
j
on Win-,
the Guy
'
From. Fi luaj 'a Dally
The residence property
tersteeii Hill, occupied by
Stewart family was gutted
by fire
this morning shortly before 2 o'clock
and Mr
csiapin
Stewart had a close call in
from the burning struc-
t ure.
The fire was
Dajeck, night
BREX shops, a
who gave the
first seen by Michael
watchman at the
short distance away,
alarm. The fire de
partment was delayed in getting in
to the garage where the fire truck
v. as lot? ted but on arrival at the
scene did very effective work and
the new pumper proved its value in
increasing the pressure of the water.
When aroused .Mr. Stewart was
forced to hurriedly flee from the
building with only his night gar
ments and suffered from burns in
getting away. The clothing of the
family and furniture was all de-
Kt roved. ,
The lower portion'oi' the house was
occupied by the Marion S. Taylor
family who managed to save a por
tion of their bedding andhousehold
effects.
The origin of the fire was r.ot de
termined. MANY ATTEND PICNICS
From Thursday's Dally
l'lamore park north of this city
was a very lively place last evening.
two large picnic parties from Omaha
being there to enjoy an outing in the services and gave a sermon filled
the pleasant surroundings of the 'with hope and consolation for those
park. jwho had been called upon to part
The clerks of the P.randeis store. , with their loved one.
some several hundred in number.! During the services a mixed quar
formed one of the groups that en-jtet composed cf Rev. and Mrs. Paul
joyed the picnic supper and general j Die k. Mrs. Chester Wiles and Ray
good time. i mend Cook, gave three numbers.
The Nebraska Tower Co. employees j "The Old Rugged Cross," "Nearer
also had a party of some 200 at the : My God to Thee" and "Beautiful
park and they too came with the! Valley of Eden."
settings for a picnic supper. j The body was laid to the last rest
j in the Oak Hill cemetery west of the
LEAVE FOR WEST COAST city.
Mrs. Clyde H. Graves and
dren, Jimmie Bob and Sally
departed Friday for the west
chil-
Lou,
coast
where they will join Mr. Graves whOjville, departed Friday for California,
is now located at Burbank, California, being called there by the illness of
and where also reside the Elmer j her sister, Mrs. Eleanor Cooper. Mrs.
Rummel family. Mr. Rummel being a Cooper is expecting to have to under
brother of Mrs. Graves. ;go an operation und wishes the sister
jwith her. The ladies are both daugh-
NEW SON ARRIVES Iters of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haffke of
Jthis city.
Dr. and Mrs. L. S. Pucelik are I
the proud parents of a fine S pound
baby boy born Thursday night f:t
the St. Catherine's hospital in Om
aha. Both the boy and Mrs. Pucelik
are doing fine.
PREPARING CAMPAIGN
The committee in charge of the
King Horn Karnival are now open
ing the campaign for the big fall
j festival which will open on
Sep-Sep-
itember 21st and continue over
tember 24th.
The program committee is getting
bus' and will at once start in lining
up the various events for the fall
festival, hoping to secure new and
high class features to be used in the
platform numbers,
All of the popular features that
nave attracted statewiue
each year will again be
attention
used and
jwith the newer attractions it is hoped
to make it
than ever.
even bigger and better
Traffic Cases
are Heard in the
County Court
Three Offenders Are Arraigned on
Charg-es Preferred by Members
cf Highway Patrol.
Three traffic violation
cases were
heard Thursday afternoon
county court before Judge
it the
A. II.
to the custody of the sheriff until j
the fine and costs are naid. I
I Oliver Laverty was charged with
!the offense of operating a motor ve
ihicle while under the influence of
liquor and for this offense he w as
given a sentence of thirty days in
the county jail. He had no drivers
.license and accordingly the court is
sued an order that he was rot to be
issued
year.
a license for a period of one
DEATH OF JAMES VALLERY
James Valley. IS, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Vallery of this city, died
Wednesday afternoon at the Lincoln
General hospital where he has been
for several weeks. lie has been ill
for the past nine weeks, suffering
from pneumonia and complications
that have made his case a matter of
doubt as tov recovery from the beg
inning.
The deceased was born in Cass
county and has made his home in
this community for his lifetime.
He is survived by the parents and
two brothers, Ernest and Joseph Val-
erv, all of this city.
The funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
FUNERAL OF JAMES VALLERY
From Friday's Dally
This morning at the Sattler fun
eral home the funeral services for
the late James Vallery were held
and attended by a group of the
friends of the family.
Rev. Paul Dick, pastor of the My-
nard
U. B. church had charge of
LEAVES FOR CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Edward Schmader, of Louis-
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
Mrs. Frank Libershal, who frac
tured her leg recently, is reported as
very much improved.
Drop Another
Mill from Levy
for City Taxes
! Appropriation Ordinance to be Pass
ed Tonight Calls for 20 Mills,
Compared to 21 Last Year
Despite WPA sponsorship of rock
surfacing on Lincoln avenue, the shot up into the air. The water corn
purchase for cash of a new fire truck ;1)any had the water shut off after a
and the building of the lire station : few moments but not until a great
:.i.:;ex to the city hall involving a deal bad been wasted and cut down
total cost of more than $7.000.00 the pressure at outlying points,
the Plattsmouth city tax levy can be. .
reduced another mill this year. The
Finance committee of the council
meeting rather frequently during
the past week, has drafted the au-
filial appropriation ordinance that
will be presented for passage at to
night's council meeting, providing
for a gross levy of 20 mills to carry
on the affairs of the city during the
1 9 C S-l ! C 5 fiscal year. Last year's
levy fur city purposes was 21 mills.
The year before tha:, 23.4 mills in
193C-37. In 1935-36, 23. C mills, in
II' 3 4-3;.. 23. S mills; in 1933-34. 24.4
jnills and in 1932-33. 25 mills. Thus
j a drop has been made in six years
of 5 mills the equivalent of 2 5 per
cent of the present year's tax levy.
City finances are in excellent con
dition, with the long time overdraft
in Storm Sewer No. 1 fund, handed
down Horn many years
back.
the
only fund in the red. Starting last
year a small levy was made that will
eventually pay off this overdraft. As
no bonds or warrants are outstand- :
irg. the overdraft' does not involve
the payment of interest, simply cut
ting down the size of float balance
in the various funds of the city.
The complete table on which the:
20 mill levy is based is published in
an adjoining column of today's Jour
nal and affords an interesting study
of city finances, listing May 1st bal
ances in all the funds, the amount
r-ppropriated from each fund, surplus
or deficiency, contemplated revenue
aside from direct taxes, amount re
quired to be raised by taxation and
the mill levy calculated to yield that
sum.
Although total appropriations for
the year amount to $62,725.00, un
expended surplusses in some of the
lunds and revenue from other sources
cut down the amount to be raised by
direct taxation to $39,320.00.
Far and away the largest single
item of appropriation is the $21,000
required to meet bond and interest
payments during the year. Bonded
indebtedness is being reduced at the
rate of $12,000 a year.
Readers are invited to study the
table and method used by the Fi
nance committee in arriving at the
20 mill levy a method that takes
into consideration the complete fi
nancial status of the city and in
volves the preparation and study of
extensive experience tables to calcu-
late contemplated revenue aside from;
direct taxes.
One of the principal things enter
ing into this year's reduction is the
drop in General fund levy from 2.1
mills last year to 1.2 mills this year,
made possible by increased revenue
from three liquor stores and nine
taverns. Each liquor store, in addi
tion to its state and federal tax. pays
into the General fund of the city as
occupation tax. $150. the same as it
pays to the state for school use, and
each on and off sale tavern pays the
Fiim of $75 to the state for school
use and a like amount to the city.
Thus the gross contempleted revenue
that will accrue to the General fund
from this source for the current year
is $450 for the liquor stores and
$C75 from the taverns, or $1,125.
Another fact the committee is be
ing forced to recognize is a decreas
ing amount of special improvement
assessments, as many of the older
paving districts are running out and
by 19 4 3 the only collectable amount
from this source will be delinquen
cies, as the last district runs out
that year. Where a few years ago
$8,000 to $10,000 contemplated in
come could be safely counted on from
this source, this year the estimate
has been cut to below $5,500.
Mr. and Mrs. John Murdock of Ne
hawka , were business visitors in
Plattsmouth yesterday.
CAE, CREATES EXCITEMENT
A car parked on North Third street
on Thursday caused considerable ex
citement in that section and particu
llarly at the Coronado apartment
house. The car, belonging to one of
the men engaged in river work,
broke loose and started rolling down
the hill and by the time it reached
Vine street was going at a very
good rate of speed. It crashed into a
city fire hydrant, breaking it off and
a gevser of water some thirty feet
Rebekahs Have
Installation of the
New Officers
District Deputy President Mrs. Leo
Peters and Staff of Greenwood
Here for Meeting.
From Friday's Daliy
Last evening the local lodge of
the Rebekahs held their installation
of officers and with a very large
number of the members present to
take part in the interesting cere
monies. Mrs. Leo Peters, of Greenwood, dis
trict deputy president, was the in-
stalling officer and was assisted by
the members of her staff in inducting
the officers. Those installed were as
follows :
Noble Grand Mrs. Hilda Coffman.
Vice-Grand Mrs. Fred H. Mumm.
Secretary Miss Marie E. Kauf
mann. Treasurer Mrs. George Hall.
Warden Mrs. Fred Haffke.
Conductor Mrs. J. W. Taylor.
Chaplain Mrs. W. H. Ofe.
i Supporters to the -Noble Grand
Mrs. Emma Olson, Mrs. Henrietta
Ofe.
Supporters to Vice-Grand Mrs.
Harry Kruger and Gerda Peterson.
Musician Miss Mildred Kail.
Outside Guard Bertha Elington.
Inside Guard Fern Jahrig.
1 Those here from Greenwood were
' Mr. and Mrs. Leo Peters, Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Paulus. Mr. and Mrs.
E. F. Brunkow, Mrs. Edith Etker-edge.-
HONOR NEWLYWEDS
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Austin.
! whose marriage occurred a few days
ago, were honor guests at a ball
given on Thursday night at the Mur
; ray hall by a group of the friends
; of the young couple and which was
very largely attended.
Dancing was enjoyed until a late
! hour and during the course of the
evening Charles Howard, on behalf
of the friends, presented Mr. and Mrs.
; Austin with a fine forty piece set of
silverware which will serve in their
new home as a reminder of the many
'friends and associates in this part
i of Cass county.
Mrs. Austin was formerly Miss
Alice Dill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Dill and
young women
munity.
one of the popular
of the Murray com-
DIES IN THE EAST
The news has been received here
by friends of the A. E. Stewart fam
ily, of the sudden death of Mrs. W. E.
Buckley, sister of the late Mr. Stew
art. Ker death was caused by'a sud
den heart attack similar to that
which caused the death of Mr. Stew
art. Mrs. Stewart, who has been in
California, flew back to Pennsylvania
for the funeral.
ATTENDS CONVENTION
Edgar S. Wescott. of Lincoln, head
of the advertising and publicity de
partment of the Nebraska Bankers
Life Insurance company, is at Chi
cago this week. He is attending a
meeting of the advertising represen
tatives of national insurance com
panies and a very large group is in
attendance from all sections to take
part in the program.
ENJOYING VACATION
Miss Lillian Sedlak, efficient clerk
in the office of the county assistance
director. Paul Vandervoort, is en
joying a vacation from her duties.
She is spending the time in a well
deserved rest from her duties.
Auto Party
Injured as Car
Turns Over
, George Volk Severely Injured and
Others Suffer Minor Accidents in
i Wreck Snndav Afternoon.
, w
George Volk. well known farmer
of near this city, was severely injured
and Henry Volk and Paul Bartek less
.seriously injured shortly after noon
Sunday when the car in which they
were riding v. us overturned several
times on the Louisville road near the
Warner farm.
' The party was coming to Platts
mouth in the car of Mr. Bartek and
when coming down the hill the car
started to skid in some loose gravel
and despite the efforts of the driver
to control the car it was overturned
several times and badly shaking up j
' the occupants. j
Paul Bartek suffered a number of
cuts and bruises as the result of
the car overturning and also Henry
Volk was cut and bruised and had a
very severe neck injury that required
medical attention and has caused him
a great deal of pain and suffering.
George Volk was so severely injured
ithut he was taken on into Omaha
i
and placed in a hospital for treat
ment. He was suffering from what
; was thought a fracture of the arm
and collar bone.
The car wa", badly damaged as it
wf.s turned oer a number of times
before coming to a final stop.
DOINGS IN COUNTY COURT
! Hearing on claims was held in the:
estate of George Maurer, deceased, j
of Eagle, Henry Trunkenboltz. ad-J
i ministrator, being here for the hear-!
i
. nig-
lu the matter of the guardianship
of Sophia Nielsen, deceased, order
i was entered to permit the invest
ment of $3,000 in U. S. bonds,
j In the estate of James I. McCarthy,
: deceased. Theodore McCarthy was
'named as executor of the estate.
VISIT OLD FRIENDS
! From Saturday's DHy
Mrs. Will Ofe. Mrs. Henrietta Ofe.
: Mrs. Alvina Roessler and Mr. and
Mrs. Val Burkel were in Ralston
; yesterday where they spent the day
with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Altman. old
neighbors while residents here. A
covered dish picnic dinner was en
joyed at the noon hour, and the after
i noon spent in driving through the
parks, markets and other places of
; interest in Omaha.
j SHOWS SOME IMPROVEMENT
i
j George A. Kaffenberger, who is at
jthe Methodist hospital at Omaha un-!
jdergoing treatment, was reported as;
j being slightly improved this morning;
; after a very critical day Friday. His i
j condition was such that the members;
of the familv were called to the hos- '
i i
jpital Friday afternoon, the patient;
I having a severe sinking spell. Later!
Friday night he rallied, however,
and seemed much better. !
AN APPRECIATION
i . prorn Frjd.y lJny
1 With the deepest gratitude we wish; Miss Evelyn Gooding returned last
to express to the many kind friends j night from her vacation trip. She
land neighbors our heartfelt appre-jwent with her aunt, Marie Speck and
jciation of the many acts of kindness j ner cousins. Arleen and Donna
i and words of sympathy in the death i Speck, who joined her at Lincoln.
I of our loved one. Also we wish toijijuch ef the time was spent with her
thank those sending the beautiful j uncle, John Speck, and family at his
j flowers and taking part in the fun- home in Casper, Wyoming. They also
eral services. Mrs. John Kaffen- visited at Thermopolis and at Bill
berger and Family. lings. Montana before returning home.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to take this mears of ex
pressing my deep appreciation to my
Imany kind friends for the beautiful
1 flowers and cards sent me during my
long illness. Their many acts
of
thoughtfulness and expressions of
friendship will long be cherished as
pleasant memories. Mrs. Pete Carr.
TO VISIT IN CITY
From Saturday's Daily
Flo Kolcomb. daughter of Mr. and
I Mrs. Garold R. Holcomb, will arrive
; Sunday from her home at Kankakee,
Illinois, for a visit here among the
school friends and former playmates.
She will be a guest at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Don Seiver.
START ON TENNIS COURTS
Work was started Friday on the!
tennis courts at the old Walker place j
on North Fourth street. This is a
project of the NYA and when com- j
pleted will give two very fine courts j
for the use of the tennis players of
j lhe cit' and vicinity and afford a,
means of good healthy exercise to nie
I young people of the community.
The courts are to be leveled
clayed to make a good hard and
and
fast
surface for the play
The project will employ a num
ber of the young men of the com
munity and with other of its type j
will be under the supervision of
Frank Godwin.
Paul Iverson
Goes to Church
at Hastings
! ment convention to be held at Fre
mont August 1. 2 and 3.
Following Ordination Here in Local! I)r G L Tavlor fprmer member
. 1. TTTill T A
vuuilii, mil xiciumc asMH-
ant at Hastings.
Paul Iverson of this city whose
examination was approved oy me i
Prffilivtf-rinn cvnfifl nf VfhrncVn cev- I
eral weeks ago. is to become the
assistant to the Rev. A. B. King, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
of Hastings.
Rev. Iverson will be ordained at
the First Presbyterian church in this
city, Sunday. September 4th, this be -
ing the church which he attended as
a child and carried his membership
until entering the study for the min-
istry of the church.
Immediately after
his ordination
Rev. Iverson will leave for Hastings
to take up his active duties as as
sistant pastor. The friends of the
young minister are pleased to learn
of his new assignment, as the Hast
ings church is one of the largest and
most important in the state and will
give him a large field of activity.
UNI0N SWIM WEEK
! The Red Cross swim week for
Union is over and a fine week it was
.with 66 enrolled for instruction and
i average daily attendance was 59.
Trucks and cars left the park daily
at 1:30 p. m. To all those who so
kindly provided transportation the
boys and girls and chapter chair
man are most grateful, for without
your help the 23 boys and girls could
.not have earned their swimming but
tons. Twenty-three passed the tests
'and one, Bernard Morris, the senior
life saving.
j Miss Augusta Robb, chairman, ex
presses sincere appreciation to Mr.
J Morris, D. B. Porter, Mr. and Mrs.
jEarl Hathaway, Mrs. Louis Burbee.
'Mildred Burbee, Mrs. Vic Clarence
I Mrs. Ralph Pearsley, Mrs. Geoi
rr ct i
Lutz. Mrs. W. O. Martin, Mr. Boo
her, Mr. Whitworth and D. R. Frans
for always being on hand to trans
port the children
Splendid cooperation of all the
children and the helpers made it a
real success Mrs. Ralph Opp. assist
ant, was kept busy with the olive
oil bottle As a result no sunburns.
RETURNS FROM VACATION
VISIT OLD HOME
From Saturday's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hickson. of
: Omaha, were here today to spend a
'few hours calling on old time friends.
.The Hicksons lived here a great many
years ago and have lived in Omaha
for the past twenty-five years. Mr.
Hickson is an employe of the street
railway company.
FILES SUIT IN COURT
From Saturdays Dally
An action was filed in the district
court this morning entitled Bena
Smith vs. Will H. Smith. The action
is one for divorce. The petition
states that the parties were married
at Nebraska City on January 5, 1916.
Clergyman is
a Candidate for
Commander
Rev. Jerome L. Fritsche. of Kearney,
Present Chaplain. Has Strong
Backing- for High Office
Among the candidates Tor com
mander of the Nebraska department
of the American Legion is Rev. Je
rome L. Fritsche. of Kearney, who
; is supported unanimously by Buffalo
! County Post. No. 52. of his home
! city. The resolution, adopted by
j that post, commends Dr. Fritsche to
j all Legionnaires and directs that it
j be forwarded to department head-
quarters at Lincoln, so that it may
I be handled in the regular order of
j business before the nominations com
jmittee at the 20th annual depart-
i ... phittsmnnth noKf and now -nil n-
j tive member of the Legion at Kear
j ney. writes the comrades here:
! ' No doubt by this time you know
that Rev. Jerome Fritsche of Kear-
j ney is a candidate for department
commander. I have been personally
acquainted with Dr. Fritsche for the
past two years and he is a;e high.
He is a wonderful talker, has a com
I maiiding appearance, and is a hust-
! ,er- As for "Nation, he holds nve
! degree-s. But the strongest point in
i h is favor is that he has no polities 1
j ambitions oi tie-ups. He is one who.
1 as state commander, when called up-
on to go before other civic- groups
will, by his dignity and ability. rive
a very i'avc ruble
American Legion,
for it; you won't
porting 'Jerry.' "
impression of the
So take my word
go wrong by sup-
DR. JEROME L. FRITSCHE
Served -sith Combatant Troops
Dr. Fritsche. pastor of St. Luke's
Episcopal (hurch at Kearney and
now serving the Nebraska depart
ment as chaplain, served with com
batant troops and not in a clerical
capacity during the war.
He is a charter member of Scho
field Barracks Poft, No. 7. Honolulu.
H. I., served that post as command
er for two terms, was delegate from
Hawaii to the New Orleans national
convention in i;22. served as chap
lain of posts at Denver. Colo.. Salina.
Kansas. Sfottsblufl'. Nebraska, and
K e j rney.
Dr. Fritsche is also vice president
of the Cornhusker Boys State. He
served as department commander
of Disabled American Veterans, de
partment of Colorado, in 1929.
In accordance witl; tradition, the
Plattsmouth delegation to the state
convention goes uninstructed either
as to department commander or the
place of holding the next annual
convention.
MANY ATTEND MEETING
There was a very large attendance
Wednesday night at the meeting held
by the South Bend Taxpayers league
at the Fairfield school house in dis
trict 93.
The various candidates for county
offices had been invited and a large
percentage responded to the invi
tation to meet the voters of that sec
tion of Cass county. They were pre
sented by Mrs. J. F. Knecht to the
gathering and several made short responses.
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