Hebr. Stale Historical Society
VOL. NO. LTV
PLATTSMOUTH, HEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1938.
NO. 51
Kaffenberger
Funeral is Very
Largely Attended
Member of One of Prominent Families
of Cass County Given Last Honor
Burial at Lincoln.
The funeral services for the late
George A. Kaffenberger. held Thurs
day afternoon at 1:30 at the First
Methodist church, was very largely
attended by the old friends and
neighbors to pay their last honor to
his memory.
Long before the services the stream
of friends commenced to gather at
the church, which was filled to its
capacity as a tribute to Mr. Kaffen
berger who has been a very active
figure in the church for many years.
Rev. J. C. Lowson, pastor of the
church, had charge of the services
and in his message paid a high tri
bute to the long and useful life of
Mr. Kaffenberger in the community
and which had left a fine inspiration
to the family and friends.
Mrs. E. H. Wescott, during the
services gave two numbers, one an
old German hymn, a favorite of theseason was ln evidence last night
deceased. "For the Beauty of the
Earth." and "Still, Still With Thee."
Serving as pall bearers here were
member of the Young Men's Bible
class of the Methodist Sunday school
and where for many years Mr. Kaf
fenberger had been an attendant:
Judge A. II. Duxbury, W. L. Hein
rich, George Brinklow, J. Howard
Davis, Ward Whelan and Don C.
York.
At the grave in Wyuka cemetery
at Lincoln the services were in
charge of Lancaster lodge No. 54, A.
F. & A. M. of which Mr. Kaffen
berger wa3 a member with William
A. Robertson of this city, past grand
master-of the A. F. & A. M. of Ne
braska, giving the oration.
The Sattler funeral home had
charge of the funeral.
PROCEEDINGS IN COUNTY COURT
ComDlaint was filed chareine C. O.
Herman with practicing medicine and
surgery without proper license by
the state of Nebraska and alleging
that he had illegally treated an ab
cess on Calvin Clary of Weeping
Water.
Compjaint was filed by the state
highway patrol against Charles Atte
berry charging the improper use of
dealer plates on rented car and not
used for demonstration purposes. The
defense was that the plates had been
unknowingly used on the car. The
court assessed a fine of $1 and costs.
In the case of the C. I. T. corpor
ation vs. Ray Bryant, asking the
payment of sale price of car return
ed to plaintiff by defendant between
the amount paid and that -eceived
on resale by the company, the court
held that as the car had been sold
by bid without the defendant being
notified, that the defendant was not
liable. The counter claim of Mr. Bry
ant for money paid on car was dis
missed. In the case of Silas Ferry, et al
against Edward Rosen, et al. the
court awarded plaintiff the sum of
$102 for expense of having title to
real estate quieted. The court denied
the claim of the plaintiff for $100
statutory damages.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express to our many
kind friends and neighbors our deep
est appreciation of all the acts of
kindness and words of sympathy in
the hour of the loss of our loved one.
Especially do we wish to thank those
taking part in the funeral services
and those who sent floral remem
brances. "These expressions of sym
pathy will always be a very dear
memory. Mrs. Don Warner, Mrs.
C. II. Warner and Family.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
From Thursday's Dally
Miss Jacqueline Reno, small daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reno, re
turned last night from St. Joseph
hospital in Omaha where she was
taken Monday when It was discovered
she had a peanut lodged in her bron
chial tubes. An emergency operation
was performed and the peanut re
moved. She came through the oper
ation fine and has now almost fully
recovered.
TELLS OF GAS SALES
The July issue of the Farm-Town
Hardware magazine has a very in
teresting illustrated story of one of
our local 'business men, W. A.
Swatek, of the firm of Bestor &
Swatek. Mr. Swatek, who is the
salesman for Skellgas or bottled gas.
of which his firm is the represen
tative, has had a great record in
handling of this line of their busi
ness. Mr. Swatek has second place
in the state in number of sales of
the bottled gas, with constant in
creases reported. He supplies a large
number of country homes with the
gas and many city places away from
the gas lines.
Many Here to
Attend Weekly
Mediants' Night
Special Feature Is Dick Bennett,
Singing Cowboy and His Offer
ings to Large Crowd.
From Thu r4ay's Daily
One of the largest crowds of the
on the streets in the business district
and to enjoy the weekly merchants
night program.
The announcing was in the hands
of Superintendent L. S. Devoe, local
Graham McNamee, who took the oc
casion to take the public into some
of the plans for the forthcoming
King Korn Karnival. The opening
day Wednesday will be Burlington
day, the second, that of Farmers
day. Friday of the Karnival will be
Bohemian day and Saturday will be
the rural school day.
One of the pre-karnival events will
be an evening devoted to the political
candidates in the county and state
and which should give all the oppor
tunity of seeing and hearing their
favorites.
Last evening the usual program
was enlivened by the appearance of
Dick Bennett, singing cowboy, who
with his guitar brought forth many
1C,UU'" Ul luc
and a,so a number oi tbe Popular
songs of the day.
FUNERAL OF FRANK MILLER
From Friday's Dally
The funeral of Frank Miller was
held this morning at 10 o'clock at
the Sattler funeral home at Fourth
and Vine streets with a large num
bers of the old friends being in at
tendance. Rev. J. C. Lowson, pastor of the
First Methodist church, had charge
of the service and brought comfort
to the bereaved father and sisters
from the words of the scriptures.
Frank A. Cloidt gave two num
bers during the services, "In the
Sweet Bye and Bye" and "Saved by
Grace," Miss Estella Baird being the
accompanist for the numbers.
The burial was at Oak Hill ceme
tery in the family plot with the
American Legion conducting the
ritualistic services. Commander Ed
ward G. Ofe and Chaplain R. J.
?Json havin chare cf the 8rvice
The color guard was composed of
Edgar Glaze, Leo Boynton, John E.
Turner and Don Selver. The pall
bearers were members of the Legion,
Fred Lugsch, C. E. Ledgway, Robert
Cappell. Edward Bashus, Clifford
Forbes. R. T. Cuthrell.
Mr. Miller in addition to his mem
bership in the American Legion was
also a member of the Eagles, I. O.
O. F. and Moose.
WORK ON NYA PROJECT
The work on the NYA project,
that of the building of the new com
munity tennis courts, is progressing
very nicely and the courts when com-'
pleted will be very fine and afford
the opportunity of play for the tennis
lovers of the city.
There are flfteeu young men en
gaged in the work under the super
vision of Frank Godwin, who is as
sisted by Louis Patton.
VISITS IN CITY
Harry Wright, who has been visit
ing his parents in Ashland, is mak
ing a short visit here with Stephen
Davi and other friends. Mr. Wright,
since his graduation from Oberlin
college in Ohio a year ago, has been
assisting in teaching at the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology.
Mrs. Arnold
Stohlman Killed
in Auto Wreck
California Resident on Tour of South
Finds Vacation Shattered
by Death.
Relatives here have received the
sad news of the death of Mrs. Gail
M. Stohlman, 42, of 3620 Brayton
avenue. Long Beach. California, frcm
injuries received in an auto accident.
Mrs. Stohlman is the wife of
Arnold Stohlman, a nephew of John
Hirz of this city and a cousin of
Misses Emma and Elizabeth Hirz.
Philip Kirz, Fred J. Hirz and Mrs.
P. T. Becker.
Mr. and Mrs. Stohlman had left
just a short time previous to the
fatal accident which occurred near
if
Glasgow, Kentucky, on a vacation
trip that was to have taken them
to the south, Washington, D. C. and
Pittsburgh, and thence west to visit
the relatives in Plattsmouth and Cass
county.
The fatal accident occurred on
July 18th at Cave City, not far from
Glasgow, Kentucky. Mrs. Stohlman
did not regain consciousness after
an operation to remove a brain clot
Mr. Stohlman suffeied fracture of
his collarbone and several ribs in the
accident.
The body is being taken back to
Long Beach for interment.
Mrs. Stohlman is survived by the
husband, a son. Arnold, Jr., 17, a
daughter, Helen 14, and her mother,
Mrs. Myrtle Stephens Los Angeles.
Mr. Stohlman and his brother, Wil
liam, former residents here are en
gaged in the blacksmithing and auto
repair business at Long Beach.
COMMITTEE ARRANGING
- PRE-KARNIVAL EVEKTS
From Thursday's Daly
The program committee of the
King Korn Karnival met last eve
ning to discuss the matter of the
arangements for the pre-karnival ac
tivities in the coming month and
September.
Tentatively it has been decided
that on Wednesday, August 31st, to
have a massed band concert of bands
from all sections of the county and
possibly a parade.
On Wednesday, September 7th. tho
program will be placed in the hands
of the Boy Scouts, a parade and dem
onstration of craftwork being a part
of the program.
Wednesday, September 14th Is to
be candidates night and all who
have a message to deliver In behalf of
their candidacies for office are to be
given five minutes to get it off their
chest.
LEAVE FOR NORTH DAKOTA
From Thursdav's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hadraba
and children departed for Mandan,
North Dakota, today where they will
visit for a short time with relatives.
They will be guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Jiran, and family while there.
Mrs. Jiran is a sister of Mr. Had
raba and the family former residents
of Plattsmouth. The old friends here
will regret to learn that Mr. Jiran
has had a great deal o! trouble with
his eyes and has suffered the loss
of the sight of one and the other
now affected.
RETURNS FROM IOWA
From Thursday's Dally
Frank R. Gobelman returned home
last evening from Decorah. Iowa,
where he motored with his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Ruth Grow, of Mans
field, Texas, they visiting at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Fritchen, the
latter a sister-in-law of Mrs. Grow
and Mrs. Gobelman. While there
they visited many places of interest
and enjoyed a very fine time. Dr.
Fritchen and Mr. Gobelman also took
a fishing trip up Into Minnesota -for
a few days.
HERE FROM S ED ALIA
Frowl Saturday's Dally
Anton Peterson, former resident
here, came up this morning for a
visit at the home of his daughters,
Mrs. Elmer Stoehr and Mrs. Victor
Meisinger and to accompany his
daughter, Mildred, back home after
her vacation here at the farm homes
of her sisters.
CHILD IS STOPPED
Friday evening shortly after 5
o'clock a stranger stopped a young
girl near Athletic park and tried to
induce the child to accompany him
into the park. The child refused and
continued on home and where she
told the parents of the incident. The
authorities were notified and search
ed the neighborhood but without suc
cess. The man, a stranger, was re
ported to have been seen by others in
that locality earlier in the afternoon.
This is a few blocks from where Miss
Clara Hofacker was attacked Tues
day night.
Mother-Daughter
Banquet at
M. E. Church
Mothers and Members of Standard
Bearers Meet in Most Delight
ful Event Friday Night.
From Saturday's Dally
The Iottlor - Tlo lin-h tl. liannnct
""'" ccm uie jrcai Ul oittllUttl U
Bearer work, was held last night in
the basement of the First Methodist
church. Mrs. It. B. Hayes, who has;she save me a degree in a hurry.)
been a great help to the girls in their
work and in keeping the club alive,
presided over the meeting.
The identity of the Mystery Moth
ers, who had been exchanging letters
and gifts with their Standard Bearer
daughters throughout the year, was
discovered by the girls by matching
handkerchiefs. Each girl sat at the
tables, which formed a cross, with
her mother to her right and her
Mystery Mother to her left.
The room was beautifully decorated
with cut flowers and paper butter
flies. Small potted imitation flowers
were the favors for the girls, besides
the handkerchiefs whtcit were given
by the mystery mothers. A delicious
dinner was served.
Clara Senf. president of the Stand
ard Bearer club, was introduced by
Mrs. Hayes and gave a fine talk on
the benefit of Standard Bearer work.
Alice Grosshans, secretary, and Janejnothing like a glass of cold water.
Persinger, former secretary until she
moved from Plattsmouth, were then
introduced and Alice gave a report
of the meetings of the club. Anna
Mary McMaken, treasurer, then gave
the financial standing of the club
Mrs. J. C. Lowson, speaker of the
evening, gave a fine, inspirational
talk on mothers and daughters, after
which Mrs. L. S. Devoe gave a piano
solo, "Country Dance." The Stand
ard Bearer girls then sang their pep
song which was written by Miss
Dorothy Glock. their leader. A short
play, "Three Candles Are Lighted,"
demonstrating the missionary work
to be done here at home, was pre
sented by three former Standard
Bearer girls. Misses Virginia Trively,
Viva Palmer and Mary Kay Wiles.
Two present Standard Bearers. Kath
erine and Helen Barkus, then gave a
duet, after which impromptu talks
were given by the mother expressing
their joy in the work and their appre
ciation of what it does for the girls.
The evening was closed withall
joining hands and singing "Blest Be
the Tie That Binds."
FINDS CROPS EXCELLENT
Crop conditions in western Ne
braska and eastern Colorado are very
good, reports J. W. Holmes, former
postmaster, who has just returned
from a visit to his farms in the;ment buildings, the cathedral and
west part of Nebraska. Good rains
have aided in making a real wheat
crop in Chase county where the
Holmes farm is located and on his
farm Mr. Holmes states tho yield is
running twenty-four busLels to the
acre. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes also while
!n the west enjoyed a very pleasant
visit with Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Chase,
old friends, who are residing at
Holyoke, Colorado, and where the
crops have been very good this sea
son. VISITS IN CITY
Judge and Mrs. E. B. Chappell of
Lincoln were here Thursday after
noon for a short time, attending the
Kaffenberger funeral and also visit
ing with old time friends in the com
munity. Mrs. Chappell is the former
Miss Myra Stenner of this city and
while here had the opportunity of
visiting a number of friends. Judge
Chappell Is a candidate for chief jus
tice of the supreme court.
Plattsmouth
Lady Writes from
Old Mexico
Mrs. Lillian Freeman. Clara and Mary
Bookmyer, Hazel Dovey and Min
nie Guthmann Enjoy Trip.
In response to the urgent request
of members of the Chamber of Com
merce Miss Minnie Guthmann, who
with Mrs. Lillian Freeman, Clara and
Mary Bookmeyer and Hazel Dovey,
are touring old Mexico, have written
a very interesting letter to the sec
retary of the Chamber of Commerce.
E. H. Wescott:
Mexico City. Mexico,
July 13, 1938.
Chamber of Commerce,
Mr. Hilt Wescott, Secretary,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
Gentlemen :
It was suggested if any of us find
time to write you a letter about our
trip to do so, and here it is.
We have all found it very interest
ing from the time we went through
the Customs. The custom inspectors
' w-ere very superficial. They passed
.vhon TJo,o1 tlnvcv
declared us teachers. (She couldn't
I think of any thing to make me. so
The verdure of the land begins to
change far on the other side of Laredo
when cactus palms appear, strange
trees and tropical birds, and wild
flowers, which made the hottest part
of the trip interesting.
The Mexican city of Laredo, across
the bridge, is entirely different from
the American city. The Mexicans
build their stores without show win
dows, and dwelling houses are right
on the edge of the sidewalks. We
have not learned how to distinguish
them in the poorer quarters. Of pov
erty, there is an appalling amount.
We stopped at "Powers." an Am
erican, who has a fine store on the
American plan, about 40 miles from
the border. He has Indians making
silver work there, and all kinds of
Mexican hand work for sale at very
reasonable prices. Also he has cool
drinks. Water is not the question we
thought it would be. Only in the
small villages it is not considered
safe to drink. Mineral water and a
mild beer make fair substitutes, but
after all when one is thirsty there Is
After resting and admiring Mr.
Power's things, we drove on to
Monterrey. We arrived about 7:00
p. m. and found a delightful place
to stay. Tile is plentiful and very
beautiful, end used lavishly every
where. (I wish Plattsmouth had a
le walk aroun,dr our court ! . He
I iue wants ul luuiueriey, uuuuluiiv
patterned of grey and green.)
We went to the tile factory. All of
the tiles are hand made, decorated
and marvelously done. They use them
in the arches of doors, set them in
the walks, and every house has a
tiled floor, except, of course, the poor
who have earth floors.
After seeing the sights of Monter
rey, a city of 170,000, with many
Americans and far more Germans,
we drove down to Saltello, a summer
resort, in the mountains above Mon
terrey. Driving over a well-surfaced
highway, we saw many adobe huts
with palm thatched roofs, but what
really gave us a start was to see peo
ple living in dugouts with thatched
openings and at that they are re
markably clean in regard to wear
ing apparel; every peon by the road
side wore white trousers and shirt
with the wide brimmed hats. Our
Cass county farmers would be more
amazed than we were to see the corn
farming all up and down the moun
tains at unbelievable angles fine
looking corn and well tilled fields,
the work done in the most primitive
manner ox teams on more level
stretches and back-breaking hand
work on the mountain sides.
Mexico City would take a long
time to see. The Piazza with govern-
museum all grouped together are very
beautiful. Prices are reasonable, and
E-nglislf -speaking guides plentiful.
We went to a number of convents
and churches, all very beautiful and
dating back to 1590 and earlier. We
were taken to a place where the
lava flow covers a primitive civil
ization dating back over 10.000
years. The lave rock over this ex
cavation Is 18 feet deep. The skele
tons had been buried in the Chinese
manner with food left by the bodies.
We are now at Taxo, a famous sil
ver mining town 80 miles south of
Mexico City. It is beautiful here.
The town is built on the slope of
two mountains. No telephones in
the town and no modern style build
ings. The Mexican government Is
trying to keep the style intact, so the
town looks as it probably did 200
years ago. (We have a fine modern
hotel on the edge of town.) Cortez
mined here and later Borda, who
gave a marvelous church to the
town. This church is said to be one
of the most beautiful in the world.
I can't begin to go Into the mar
kets, where native goods are sold,
mostly by the Indians blankets,
weaving of all kinds, straw mats.
cactus fiber baskets, bracelets, belts,
silver things, fruit. In fact, just al
most anything.
One thing that caught our atten
tion and and never failed to amuse
us, all Mexican motocycle police wear
aprons must be a great help?
I forgot to mention there have
been 23.5 earthquakes in Mexico City
since July 4. Hazel is the only one
who has not felt one.
Very truly yours,
MINNIE GUTHMANN, ET AL.
HAVE TONSILECTOMIES
From Thursday's Daily
Two tonsilectomy operations were
performed yesterday at the offices of
Dr. L. S. Pucelik. The two children
were Charles Koke, Jr. and little
Miss Sally Gaines.
Dr. Charles
R Kennedy Die
Suddenly
Born in Plattsmouth Death Comes
as Result of Heart Attack at
Minnesota Lake Camp.
Dr. Charles It. Kennedy, 59, one of
the best known surgeons in the state
and a former resident of Plattsmouth,
died suddenly Friday evening of a
heart attack at Pine Crest camp near
Nevis, Minnesota.
Dr. Kennedy was concluding a
two weeks vacation in the lake coun
try and had planned to be back in
Omaha on Monday.
Mrs. Kennedy and their daugh
ter, Betty Ann, were with him at
the camp.
A son. Dr. John Kennedy, is serv
ing his internship in the University
of Minnesota hospital. In addition
to the wife and children, he is sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. II. H.
Northcutt of Omaha and Mrs. John
W. Crabill of this city.
According to associates in Omaha
Dr. Kennedy . had been apparently in
his usual good health when he left
for the lakes two weeks ago, but had
been complaining of being tired and
which had led to his taking a rest
at this time.
Dr. Kennedy was a son of Mr. and
Mr3. E. W. Kennedy, pioneer resi
dents of Cass county and Plattsmouth
and where he was torn and grew
to manhood. He graduated from
the Plattsmouth high school in 1898
and later entered the old Omaha
Medical college, later the University
of Nebraska medical school. Enter
ing the practice of his profession Dr.
Kennedy was soon recognized as one
of the ablest members of his pro
fession. He was for a ten year period
associated with the late Dr. A. F.
Jones.
Dr. Kennedy has been called upon
to treat and operate on large num
bers of Plattsmouth residents in the
past years and to his friends here his
death came as a very severe shock.
RETURN FROM TRIP
From Saturday's Daily
Mrs. John L. Tidball and son.
John, Mrs. Edgar Wescott cf Lin
coln and Marjorie Ann Tidball, re
turned last night from a two weeks
trip that has taken them as far as
the Pacific coast.
The party had a very delightful
time in motoring at their leisure
through the west and stopping at the
many places of interest through
which they passed. In traveling
through New Mexico they passed
through an area where a heavy hail
had left piles of hail along the high
way and made necessary the clear
ing of a roadway for cars.
They enjoyed a fine visit in Los
Angeles and enjoyed its beauty for
several days and then motored on to
San Francisco where they visited the
great bridges and the interesting
places of this old west coast metro
polis. SUFFERS BURNED HAND
From Friday's Daily
William P. O'Donnell, Sr., had
his left hand badly burned this
morning while at his work. He was
assisting in tarring a floor in a re
frigerator car and ln some manner a
quantity of the heated tar ran down
into the glove which he was wearing
on the left hand. He was taken to
the office of Dr. L. S. Pucelik where
the injured member was dressed and
the victim made as comfortable as
possible.
Recreation
Council Holds
Meeting Today
Supervisors Give Repoits and Discus
sion of the Work Enjoyed
Band Work Stressed.
(From Saturday's Dally
The Recreation Executive Council
composed of John Sattler, Sr., chair
man; Rev. G. A. Pahl, Mayor George
Lushinsky, Judge A. H. Duxbury, Ed
Schulhof and Fred Sharpnack, held
a most interesting and beneficial
meeting with the staff of recreation
'supervisors in the council chambers
of the Recreation Center this morn
ing. During the meeting, the super
visors gave a report of their indi
vidual activities at the Recreation
Center in order to give a clearer pic
ture of the value of the Recreation
Center.
Proposed winter activities were
discussed generally among which
were chorus and drama work and
also public forum and debate work
as part of the fall and winter pro-
jgram
It was also brought out that the
federal government would spend ap-
proximately $5,000 annually in sal
aries as their contribution if there
was sufficient cooperation and the
need felt by the municipal and coun
ty governing bodies.
Also during the meeting, bands
and band work was discussed to
great length and the fact disclosed
that Plattsmouth now has one of the
best municipal bands in this part of
the state. Band work and musical
training is one of the most bene
ficial activities in the summer train
ing and educational program of the
children of Plattsmouth or any com
munity. The fact that there has been
no complaints of children running
the streets this summer definitely
proves this point.
At this meeting it was also brought
out that the band was sadly in need
of uniforms. This band is playing
the type and class of music that
well warrants the support of the citi
zens to the extent of dressing them
up In uniforms so they will look
'Sood as well as sound good. Another
advantage of uniforms is that they in-
still a desire and incentive to play
their best music.
A committee consisting of Ed
Schulhof, E. A. Wurl, and Rev. Pahl
was appointed some time ago for the
purpose of obtaining funds to fit the
band in uniforms. This committee
will take active part in the near
future in a drive for this purpose.
When they come to your place of
business or j'our home, hold onto
your chair with one hand and reach
into your pocket-book with the other
and help make the Plattsmouth Re
creation band the envy of the state.
This band will continue their
Thursday evening concerts in Gar
field park through the month of
August, terminating that series with
a massed band concert the last night.
Members are asked to attend prac
tices regularly and especially thi3
coming Wednesday night as the band
is going to South Bend this coming
Saturday night to help them with
the Red Cross swimming school.
As a parting shot, we wish to ask
everyone to help dress the band up
for the King Korn Karnival this
fall with new uniforms.
FINDS UNUSUAL OWL
Noah Parker was a caller at the
Journal Friday afternoon with an
unusual speciman of the bird king
dom, a "monkey faced" owl. The
bird, one that was quite young was
found by Mr. Parker in the road
north of the U. S. rifle range and
was placed in a box and brought on
into the city. The owl has a perfect
ly formed face similar to a yourg
monkey and certainly was a most
interesting speciman of its kind.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to take this means of ex
pressing my deep appreciation to
ray many kind friends who visited
me and sent many beautiful cards
during my recent illness ln the hos
pital and at home. Their many acts
of thoughtfulness and expressions of
friendship will long be cherished as
pleasant memories. Mrs. Joseph No-votny.