r. Sfate Historical Society
VOL. NO. LTV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1938.
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Flood Waters
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Business Section
City Visited by One of the Heaviest
Rains of Season, 1.63 Rainfall
Brings Rush of Water.
Following a rainfall which was re -
ported by the government guage at
the local Burlington station as 1.63
inches, the streets in the business
section of Plattsmouth were filled for
almost an hour with a raging tor
rent of flood water that filled Sixth
and Main streets from curb to furb
with the rushing waters Tuesday
night.
The storm found the streets filled
with parked cars and which served
to retard' the water and catching
debris held against the waters and
forced the water up onto the side
walks, promising for a time to do a
great deal of damage.
The storm broke about S o'clock
and raged with fury for a short time,
the rain falling in dense sheets over
the city and soon the streets were
rushing the surface water down the
hills and into the main part of the
city.
Creeks were soon running bank
full and sewers blocking with the
great flow of water' soon overflowed
and the made streams rush un
checked down "Washington and Chi
cago avenues and carrying on its
crest a dense mass of grass, weeds
and debris that later scattered along
the streets and caught and held by
the parked cars.
"Business places on North Sixth
street, especially on the east side of
the street were seriously threatened
for a short time as water held from
flowing away or into the sewer inlets
swept over the walks and into sev
eral places. The M. D. Brown jewelry
store as well as the Kruger paint
store received several inches of the
sllmey mud over their floor and at
the "Bright SpoF' at the corner
there was some water getting into
the room through the west door.
Only fast work kept the Shea cafe
from suffering a similar fate but the
Mater was checked at theentrance of
the building.
Several of the places received a
little water in basements but noth
ing to do serious damage to the build
ings or contents.
Residences along the main path of
the storm were seriously threatened
by the rush of water and the houses
of M. S. Briggs, Mrs. Mathilde Ram
eel and Theodore Yellck on Washing
ton avenue had the storm waters
sweep up to the doors and threat
ened to force their - way into the
homes.
One of the greatest damage in the
flood was at the subway under the
Burlington tracks at the east end of
Main street. Here the water hit
with its full fury and rushing down
the incline in a volume that at times
almost filled the subway, it tore a
large section out of the paving on
the west side and the east entrance
to the subway was completely wash
ed out and the large concrete slabs
carried far -ut into the roadway to
the bottom lands.
The flood waters swept over the
T. H. Pollock farm north of the road
way and left a large deposit of the
flood water over the greater part of
the farm.
Some water was reported to have
seeped into the planing mill at the
BREX shops but. not sufficient to do
serious damage and some also found
its way into the store department
buildings.
One of the worst places affected
by the flood was along Pearl Btreet
where the A. R. Case poultry station
is located and where the flood waters
had a clear sweep, leaving a deposit
cf several inches of mud over the
floor and in the poultry yard several
chickens, stored in crates were
drowned.
The flood waters sweeping around
the Sixth street corner hit the Gor
der garage with full force and left a
deep coating of mud over the floor
and which was being dug out this
morning. Here the water rose to the
windows.
The Glen Vallery implement house
and store rooms on South Sixth street
was swept by the flood water, which
rolled into the store room and de
spite the strenuous efforts mud and
water penetrated the office section
of the building.
The Chevrolet garage at Sixth and
Pearl streets received some four feet
of the mud and water in the base
ment of the building and which was
drained off and the mud shoveled out
of the structure.
On Chicago avenue the water
reached the proportions of a river
and left the Wimpy Inn as an island
surrounded on all sides by the raging
water. It lacked but two inches of
getting into the main part of the
, building where it would have caused
a great deal of damage.
Across from the Wimpy Inn the
water swept into the driveway and
the very attractive park of the Ofe
Oil Co., and it is the first time since
the service station has been built,
that water and mud was deposited
on the floor of the service station.
The driveway was covered with sev
eral inches of mud.
Some water and mud seeped into
the front part of the Hiatt furniture
store on Sixth street, but hard work
checked further damage. The Ritz
theatre next door to the furniture
store was however visited by a great
deal of the mud and water.
CALLED TO DENVER CHURCH
Miss Alice Marie Funk, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Funk, of
this city, has Just received a call to
one of the largest Methodist churches
in the west, the Trinity church of
Denver. This church is observing its
golden jubilee.
The church is located at Eight
eenth and Broadway in the heart of
Denver and is one of the best known
churches of its denomination in the
mountain states. The church has a
very large membership and in the
new position which is secretarial and
as a deaconess of the church. Miss
Funk will have a very active part in
the church administration.
Miss Funk, who graduated from
the Plattsmouth high school and the
Kansas City Deaconess school, has
served for the past three years with
the Fayette-Bennett church at Balti
more, where her splendid service won
her high recognition and it was with
regret that she was released to accept
the western church assignment,
which will bring her closer home and
offers a new field for her work in
the church.
The many freinds here will be
pleased to learn that Miss Funk is
returning to the west and that she
may have continued success in her
work in the cause of hte church.
RESIGNS SCHOOL POSITION
Miss Marion Borkenhagen, who
has been a very efficient member of
the teaching faculty of the Platts
mouth high school in the commer
cial department, has notified the
local board of education of her resig
nation of her teaching contract for
the ensuing year.
Miss Borkenhagen has been elected
to the faculty of the Albion high
school at an increase and will take
up her work there at the opening of
school next week.
She has been teaching typewriting
and shorthand in the local schools
for the past two years.
GIVE FINE CONCERT
The Plattsmouth Recreation band
played another enjoyable concert last
Sunday afternoon at the "20 Club"
where the Holy Rosary Parish was
holding a picnic.
The music was enjoyed to the ut
most by an audience of several thou
sand people who were gathered there
to have a good time and to visit
with their friends.
The members of the band, about.
twenty-five In number, enjoyed this
picnic as they were treated to hot
dogs and ice cream cones by the spon
sors of this picnic.
TO RESUME TEACHING
Miss Maxine Cloidt who has spent
the greater partof the summer here
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank A. Cloidt, is leaving this
week for McCook, where she is en
gaged in teaching in the high school
at that place.
MADISON VISITORS HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Houtfca and Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Houtka of Madison,
Nebraska has been visiting here at
the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Alois
Smetana, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Kalina
and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Swatek.
New Rulings
Made on 1939
Wheat Paym'ts
Farmers Who Stay Within Their 1939
Allotment Will Be Eligible for
Wheat Loan for 1839.
A number of Cass county farmers
may benefit from two new rulings af
fecting 1939 wheat payments an
nounced today by Alfred Gansemer,
chairman of the Cass county agri
cultural conservation committee.
Wheat mixtures for pastures or
cover crops will not count as wheat
if the mixture contains 25 per cent
or more by weight of rye, barley or
vetch or 50 per cent or more of flax.
oats or other grains, he said.
Farmers whose 1939 allotments We
less than eight acres or who have no
wheat allotment may harvest up to
eight acres of wheat for grain or hay
without deduction from other pay
ments earned under the 1939 farm
program.
If such a farmer harvests more
than his allotment but not to ex
ceed eight acres of wheat, he will
earn no wheat payments. However,
he will be eligible to earn a payment
on his wheat allotment at the rate
for such crops as oats or barley. In
event he prefers to stay within his
alloted .acreage, he will earn the
regular wheat pay on his allotment.
On the other hand, if he harvests
more than eight acres of wheat for
grain or hay, the excess above eight
acres will be deducted from other
payments earned under the 1939
farm program.
Gansemer also pointed out that all
Cass county farmers who stay with
in their 1939 wheat allotments will
receive payments totaling 2G to 30
cents a bushel on the normal produc
tion of their alloted acreage. On a
farm with a normal yield of 10 bush
els per acre, such a payment would
amount to $2.60 to $3.00 an acre;
if the normal yield is 20 bushels the
payment would be from $5.20 to
$6.00 per acre.
Farmers who stay within their
1939 wheat allotments will be elig
ible for any wheat loan that may be
made in 1939 and for insurance on
their 1940 wheat yield. "I don't be
lieve the average wheat farmer can
possibly make as much money out
side the wheat program as he can
by going into it," Gansemer remark
ed. "We'll be glad to help any farmer
in the county figure out before he
plants this fall how much he can
make by staying within his allotment
and the most he can hope to make
by exceeding it."
YOUTHS TO STAND TRIAL
Monday afternoon in the district
court before Judge W. W. Wilson,
Roy Lillie, Floyd Bedfield and Dan
Mecum, all of Lincoln, were arraign
ed on the charge of breaking and en
tering and on which charge they
had been bound over by the county
court on August 16th.
The trio is charged with having
broken into the school house in dis
trict No. 7, in Cass county and
taking therefrom a number of articles
of equipment, later recovered by
state patrolmen and turned over
with the prisoners to Lancaster coun
ty authorities.
The young men when arraigned
entered a plea of not guilty and
were bound over by Judge Wilson
for trial at the November term of
the district court. Bond was fixed at
5800 each and in failure to supply
the same the prisoners were remand
ed to the custody of Sheriff Homer
Sylvester.
VISITS IN COLORADO
Mrs. J. L. Stamp, of south of this
city, is enjoying a short vacation in
the west, a guest of her sister, Mrs.
E. O. Furlong and family, at Steam
boat Springs. Colorado. While there
Mrs. Stamp will visit a great many
of the places of interest in that part
of the west.
RETURNED MISSIONARY HERE
From Monday's Daily
Miss Jessie Bragg of Raymond,
Nebraska was a guest yesterday at
the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Low
son. Miss Bragg is a returned mis
sionary from India and will return
to her work there In October.
WHEAT LOAN INSPECTOR
Glen R. Todd, of Murray, has been
appointed wheat inspector under the
federal wheat loan program in Cass
county for farm-stored wheat.
The inspectors or sealers as they
are also called are responsible for
determining what farm bins and
granaries are suitable for storing
wheat under the federal loan pro
gram; for determining the quantity
of wheat stored and obtaining repre
sentative samples of it; and for seal
ing and inspecting the bin or granary
after a loan has been approved.
Murray to
Vote on New
Water Plant
Village Board to Submit Proposition
of Bond Issne of $9,700 to the
Voters September 26.
The village of Murray through the
town board is moving to take steps
to secure a water plant for the town
and its people and which will be sub
mitted to the voters on September , bingQ tQ &dd tQ the pleasures of the
26th at a special election. ! crowd
The board is submitting the mat- j Dur'ing the afternoon the Recrea
ter of the issuance of $9,700 in bonds ;tion Center band under the direction
to the voters of the village for thejof Peter Gradoville was presented in
purpose of raising funds for the erec-a concert aud which served to make
tion and maintaining of a water sys-an ideal entertainment for the crowd
tem for the village. !that rested in the cool of tne 6hade
The bonds proposed would be for
twentv years, optional after a five
year period and at a rate of interest
not greater than four per cent.
Murray has long felt the need of
a water system for private consump
tion as well as for fire protection,
several important buildings having
been wiped out in recent years by fire
and the lack of adequate fire protec
tion. SUFFER AUTO ACCIDENT.
Monday evening Mr. and Mrs. John
Little and two children were in
volved in an auto accident south of
this city and which resulted in the
injury of several of the party but
fortunately not dangerously.
The Little family were driving
along the rock road south of Platts
mouth and in passing another car
the Little car struck loose rock and
swung out of the control of the driver
and into a small ditch.
The members of the party were
brought on into the city by Homer
Spangler, who was passing at the
time of the accident, they being
taken to the offices of Dr. R. P. West
over for treatment. Mrs. Little suf
fered a cut on the left arm that re
quired eight stitches to close and
also a badly bruised right shoulder.
Mr. Little suffered several small cuts
on the face as the result of the acci
dent. DEATH OF MRS. LAMBERS0N
The death of Mrs. A. E. Lamber
son, 41. occurred Sunday night at
9:30 at the Clarkson hospital at
Omaha where she has been for the
past week in very critical condition.
She has been in serious condition
and several blood transfusions were
given in the hope of building up
her resistence but without success.
During her residence here Mrs.
Lamberson has made many friends
who will share with the family the
loss that .has come to them in the
taking away of the wife and
mother.
There is surviving, the husband
and three sons. Earl Lamberson, in
the U. S. navy, Lawrence and Eu
gene at home. There is also sur
viving the mother, Mrs. Mulvane, liv
ing at Raymond and two sisters.
BIRTH OF DAUGHTER
Mrs. Walter Sikora was taken to
the St. Joseph's hospital in Omaha
Saturday morning where a baby girl
was born. The little one was placed
in an incubator for a while. Mrs.
Sikora has been quite ill and no one
Is allowed to see her for a few days.
She is suffering from urenic poison
ing and heart trouble. Mrs. Sikora
was formerly Miss Catherine Hirz.
DOING VERY WELL
Mrs. Walter Sikora is doing very
nicely in the hospital in Omaha. The
baby girl, a premature baby, is gain
ing rapidly.
Picnic of the
Holy Rosary
Parish Sunday
I Several Hundred Gather at Twenty
Club to Enjoy -Fine Dinner
Arranged for Occasion.
The annual picnic of the Holy
Rosary parish of this city vas held
on Sunday afternoon at the Twenty
Iclub north of this city in Sarpy
! county, being attended by several
! hundred of the residents of the com
Jmunity here and church members
jfrom Omaha.
The ladies of the church had ar
ranged a fried chicken dinner that
i was as usual a wonderful treat and
'which had with the delicious chicken
(all of the trimmings to make a
sumptuous repast. The park was nil
ed with the family groups enjoying
the dinners and the refreshments that
had been provided.
After the dinner was disposed of
the large party were entertained at
games and contests for the younger
members and the fascinations of
of tne parfc
During the afternoon and evening
i refreshments and lunches were sold
on the grounds and many attending
remained over until the evening
when the dance served to entertain
the crowd until a late hour. The Al
Binder orchestra of Omaha furnished
the music for the dance and a large
number of the young people of the
community were in attendance at the
event.
HOLD FAMILY GATHERING
From Monday's Dally
A large family gathering was held
yesterday at the home of Mr. and
j Mrs. Leslie Niel in honor of Mr. aud
Mrs. Karry McClory of Fostoria,
Ohio, and Mrs. Ella Moyer and Mrs.
Alice Wilt of Clyde, Ohio who are
visiting here, and also in honor of
the fiftieth birthday anniversary of
Grant and Schuyler Hackenberg. Cass
county's oldest twins. The members
of the family all came with well
laden baskets which provided a de
licious dinner for the group.
Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Sharp and children, Lor
ene, Delia Jeane, and Jerry Lee, Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Turner and daugh
ter. Donna Marie,' Walter Turner,
Miss Shirley Turner, Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Kirscher, all from Omaha; Mr.
and Mrs. Phillip Rihn of Union;
Grant and Schuyler Hackenberg of
Mynard; Miss Grettal Hackenberg of
Wayne, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs.
Harry McClory of Fostoria, Ohio;
Mrs. Ella Moyer and Mrs. Alice Wilt
of Clyde. Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Hackenberg and children, Robert,
Darlene. Donna Lee, Lyle and Donald
and A. G. Hackenberg of Platts
mouth. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. Ella Cooper of Weeping Wa
ter, who was operated on some two
weeks ago at the Methodist hospital
at Omaha, was able to return home
the past week and is feeling much
improved. She was brought home by
her father, E. M. Ruby and her
brother, Bernard Ruby, of Nebraska
City. While improving she is re
cuperating from the illness and oper
ation at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ruby near Oxford.
Mrs. Cooper has received a large
number of cards and letters at the
hospital that greatly pleased her and
since returning home has had many
callers and among these Mrs. Daisy
Foltz and daughter, of Omaha as well
as Mrs. Franke, one of the old neigh
bors. HAS TONSILS REMOVED
Patty Sylvester, the small daugh
ter of Sheriff and Mrs. Homer Syl
vester was operated on Tuesday for
the removal of her tonsils at the of
fice of Dr. L. S. Pucelik. The patient
came htrough the ordeal in fine shape
and last evening was able to take
some ice cream and is feeling in ex
cellent condition.
FILES LARCENY CHARGE
County Attorney Edwin Moran at
Nebraska City Monday afternoon filed
a charge of petit larceny against
Charles Harris, 21, an itinerant, who
was charged with having stolen
clothing and other articles from a
bunk car. The man had obtained
work on the Missouri Pacific on a
gang working out of Wyoming and
proceeded to gather up property be
longing to nine of the workmen ana Robert Foster Patterson, professor
make his getaway. of history at Tarkio college, Tues-
Harris was apprehended here byiar at the luncheon of the Rotary
Sheriff Homer Sylvester, being taken I dub, held at the Stewart cafe.
by the sheriff from a Missouri Pacific
freight train here on the request of
the Otoe county authorities.
More Funds to
Lincoln Avenue
Road Project
Amount of $2,100 Allocated hy Lin
coln Office of the WPA for the
Completion of Work.
From Tuesday's Daily
The local city government received
the announcement todav of the fact
that the WPA offices at Lincoln had
given approval of an additional f2,
100 to be applied on the Lincoln ave
nue surfacing and road improving.
This will enable the completion of
the work for which funds have been
running low and will make possible
several necessary pieces of work in
order to assure the success of the job.
The new funds will provide the
labor cost of the rocking of a portion
of the creek that has been giving the
directors of the work some trouble
by washouts. This rock work will
be laid and held in place with con
crete to make a strong wall that will
hold against all weather conditions.
The city has held their part of
the work well within the allocated
sum in the budget and will be able to
secure the material cost for the new
wall without increasing the outlay
at first estimated by the city.
HAS PLEASANT OUTING
Miss Julia Svoboda has Just return
ed from a very pleasant outing in
Wisconsin where she visited her sis
ter, Mrs. Morawetz and family at
Racine, Wisconsin. She enjoyed a
number of motor trips with the rel
atives, going to Boulder Junction, in
the pine woods country for a short
visit and also at Madison, the state
capital and Montford and later at
Dubuque, Iowa.
While at Racine Miss Svoboda had
the pleasure of a visit with Mrs.
M. A. Bates, widow of the late Col.
Bates, who makes her home at Racine
with her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Voel
kers. Mrs. Bates wished to be re
membered to all of the old friends
here.
PASTORS VISIT HERE
Rev. Norman Calloway of the
Louisville Methodist church and Rev.
Schwab of the Murdock church were
here Monday to spend a few hours.
They are on the committee that is
arranging for the big religious rally
which will be held on the Sunday
afternoon following the close of the
King Korn Karnlval and is the cli
max of the five days. The pastors and
the churches of the county are plan
ning on making this a very notable
part of the fall festival.
DIES AT ASHLAND
Mrs. Mary Stander, 26. died early
Saturday at her home in Ashland
after a short illness. She is survived
by her husband, Peter Stander and
an infant son; her mother, Mrs.
Anna Zoz of Elmwood and three sis
ters, Mrs. Julia Barta, Miss Frances
Zoz of Elmwood and Mrs. Joseph
Stander of Greenwood, as well as
one brother, William Zoz of Mur
dock. EXAMINING STUDENTS
Miss Alpha C. Peterson, county
superintendent of schools, with Mrs.
Irma Johnson, visiting nurse, were
out in the county Tuesday to test
the physical condition of the chil
dren before they enter school. Mrs.
Johnson will spend all of this week
in the work to reach as.many of the
youngsters as possible before the
opening of school. . .
Foster Patterson
Speaks at Rotary
Club Meeting
Teacher of History at Tarkio College
Tells of Trend of World to Take
Away Individual Liberty.
brought the membership of the or
ganization face to face with the fact
that in all parts of the old world and
threatening the new world was the
trend to stifle the individual's right
to personal liberty and to render
j them a mere part of governmental
! machinery.
This was shown by the speaker in
the moves in the past two years in
European countries where little by
little in all save the great demo
cracies, the individual has become a
part of the great government ma
chinery which in a great many cases,
is invading liberty of action and the
j right of religious freedom, bought
(through the years with the blood of
! millions
The address was one that left with
the audience a deep thought on
what the future might hold for all
nations both of the old and new
world.
James G. Mauzy was the leader of
the meeting and the club had a very
large number of guests, among them
being: Hon. Harley Moorehead. post
master and attorney of Omaha; N. C.
Abbott, superintendent of the School
for the Blind at Nebraska City: Dr.
T. B. Lacey, of Glenwood and Rev.
Robert Salmon, acting pastor of the
St. John's church of this city.
DISTRICT COURT NOTES
In the district court Monday after
noon a hearing was had in the mat
ter of T. W. Hawkins,, administrator
vs. F. E. Manners, et al. The stipu
lations of the parties were received
and George I. Craven, iutervenor,
was allowed a judgment against the
plaintiff and the American National
bank of Sidney, Nebraska, for f 1,000.
Sale was ordered confirmed and deed
ordered.
PLACED IN CAST
Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Wynn and
Clarence Forbes, were at Council
Bluffs Tuesday to visit their brother,
George Forbes, at the Mercy hos
pital. Mr. Forbes, suffering from a
broken hip, was placed in a cast yes
terday and it will be a period of
several weeks before it can be re
moved. It i3 thought that in time he
may entirely recover from the effects
of the accident.
WILL TEACH AT VESTA
Cecil W. Comstock. recent gradu
ate of the University of Nebraska
has just accepted a position as prin
cipal of the high school and instruc
tor of history, English and typing
at Vesta, Nebraska. He will leave
for his new position Saturday to take
up his work beginning the following
Monday. He is a graduate of the
Plattsmouth high school in 1932.
EIRTH OF LITTLE SON
From Wednesday's Dally
The home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Hasse was made very happy this
morning by the arrival of a fine little
son. who with the mother is doing
very nicely. Mr. Hasse, who under
went an appendectomy the past week
at Omaha is expected home from the
hospital today and to greet the son.
REPORTS SMALL RAIN
From Wednesday's Daily
County Commissioner Elmer Hall
strom, of Avoca, was here this morn
ing to look after some business at
the court house for a short time.
Mr. Hallstrom reports that the Avoca
community received a fine half inch,
rain last night that was very bene
ficial to the crops.
RETURN FROM IOWA FAIR
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Taenzler re
turned last night from Des Moines,
Iowa where they have spent several
day enjoying the Iowa state fair.
Phone news !tem lo Jla. fi.