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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1938. PAGE TWO 33 Ik IPlattsmouth Journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Poatottice. Plattsmouth, Neb., as lecond-claFu mail matter MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAR IN FIRST POSTAL ZONE Subscriber liyins: in Second Postal Zone, $2.50 per year. Beyond COO miles. 13.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, 13.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly In advance. Torrential Rains Tie Up Rail Traffic Burlington and Union Pacific Train Schedules Disrupted by Reason of the High Water. Rains in many parts of Nebraska Monday night reached cloudburst heights and doused the state with one of the heaviest rains in a number of months. The heaviest rains reported ex ' tended from Omaha to Lincoln and with a torrential downpour at Omaha where three inches fell in a short time and which extended west to Ashland where 2.75 was reported and which caused a great deal of trouble for traffic. The rain had railroad traffic bad ly tangled up this morning as the Burlington and, Union Pacific were both suffering from washouts that delayed traffic and made necessary the detouring of trains over other lines. The Burlington was visited by a washout at Gretna and at Chalco that has made traffic handling neces sary over the Ashland-Oreapolis line. The . Union Pacific sent their streamlined "Denver" through here at 5 a. m. over the Burlington and later the second of the crack trains was sent westward through this city from the St. Joseph lines. j The Missouri Pacific was more fortunate that the east and west roads as their Falls City-Omaha line was not affected by the heavy rain pud the early morning trains were able to get through on schedule. The Pappio creek north of this city, was however a menace to the Missouri Pacific as the flood waters of the stream threatened to rise to the level of the bridge. Omaha Hit by Heaviest Rain of the Season Stalled Motorists and Flooded Streets of Metropolitan Area Is the Result of Storm. OCflAE, Fiom Monday's Daily Enjoy Family Birthday The members of the O'Donnell family with a number of friends, en joyed a very delightful barbecue pic nic Sunday at the home of the family on Lincoln avenue. The members of the family spent the day in visiting and partaking of the good things to eat that had been prepared for the occasion by the members of the party. Those enjoying the event were Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lockard, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Poisall. Jr., and Billy, Miss Helen Pavelka, all of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Grado ville, John Gradoville, John Walters and Mr. and Mrs. William O'Donnell and family. PLANNING BOARD TO MEET The Plattsmouth Planning Board is to meet Friday night at the of fice of Emma Egenberger in the Pekins building for further discus sion of the program of civic improve ment endorsed by it some time ago. It is expected that information, plans ana figures will be available on which to base request for Fed eral PWA grants for all or part of the work planned. A complete dis cussion of the situation is promised, and not only Planning Board mem bers but interested citizens as well are tirged to attend the meeting, out of which may come a request to the city council and school board to sub mit their respective proposals to the regional PWA offices in Omaha. That is the first step in any pro gram that may he advocated. After approval is given, the matter of fund raising ran be taken up. Mrs. II. L. Gayer, president of the Planning Board, asks that interest ed citizens attend the meeting, also all members of the Beard, represent ing as they do the different civic or ganizations of the city. The time. 7:30 p. m. at office of Emma Egenbergcr in Bekins building. OMAHA, Sept. 6 (UP) The heav iest rainstorm in several years last night stalled motorists, flooded base ments, and marooned a dozen fam ilies in Omaha suburbs. The body of a man was found near Lane Cut-Off on the Union Pacific. Apparently the man had been dead for two or thrc;e days, the rain wash- ing the body into tie open. William Nowlman, Douglas county deputy sheriff, said the body was beyond identification, little more re maining than the skeleton. High wa ter washed the remains out from the weeds. A total of 2. S3 inches of rain fell. according to airport weather bureau measurements. Sheriff John Hopkins and his de puties were busy all night log re moving families from the vicinity of Soth and Blondo streets from their homes in boats. Scores of motorists returning home from the state fair at Lincoln were stalled when the rain flooded high ways. Long lines of cars were held up until the waters subsided. The situation was particularly bad at Ashland and Gretna and beneath the underpass near Fort Crook. Several families on the Platte river were marooned. In Omaha hundreds of basements in the residence section were flooded Down town the streets were flooded. the water lapping over curbs in low er places and flooding basements of business houses. No one was report ed injured. ,The rainfall here was the heaviest reported in this section of the coun try, the weather bureau said. Both the little and big Pappio creeks went out of their banks. 'Corn fields were levelled by the flow of the water in many places. Tracks of the Union Pacific, Burlington and North western railroads suffered damage and there was some rerouting but ser vice was restored to normal this afternoon. From Tuesday's Dally Have Dinner Guests Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Barnes of Kan sas City, Missouri, spent the week- lend here at the home of Miss Etta and Lee Nickles and Mrs. Fannie Crosser. Mr. and Mrs. George Nickles of Murray were also here for dinner Sunday and Monday the group were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Nickles. Olden Times in Plattsmouth is Rotary Theme Mrs. E H. Wescott Discusses Pro gram for Karnival Miss Olive Gass, 0. C. Dovey Give Talks Olden days in Plattsmouth, was the theme of the program at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary club Tuesday and in which L. O. Minor, leader, had provided a real treat in little known pages of Plattsmouth I M urray De- Teachers' Reception Superintendent and Mrs. L. S voe entertained the members of the faculty of the public schools of Plattsmouth and the members of the board of education and their fam ilies at an informal reception Sun day afternoon at 4 o'clock. There were about 50 present. The house was attractively decor ated in yellow flowers and this color I scheme was carried out in the re freshments. Frances Cloidt, Bill Knorr and Stephen Devoe assisted in the serving. A musical program was presented which was very enjoyable. David Fowler, supervisor of music in the schools, played a group of violin se lections and Frank Cloidt gave a group of vocal solos. OPEN U. B. CONFERENCE FANS HONOR "GABBY" Closeout MEN'S AND BOYS' PANTS Hurry! WESCOTT'S Where Quality Counts VbccGCOseocoscocccecoooaoS PVm Monday's Dally The Florence Merchants of Omaha failed to make their appearance at the ball park yesterday, and the Mer chants had a five inning game with a team of local players, mosty Legion Juniors. The Merchants won 7 to 2. "Gabby" Street whose scheduled game was to be in his honor, took the mound for one inning against his fellow Merchants and nroceeded to strike out the three men that faced him. Clem Sundstrom, "Chuck" Ault and Harley Street each collected two hits. "Stormy" Hall was the most successful hitter for the losers as "Tink" Wiles gave up three blows. Next Sunday the fans are again invited out for a game with a good classy team in this vicinity, there being no charge for admission. Junior AB R II E Smith. 2b-p 30 1 0 Sniffer. 3b 2 0 0 0 Jacobs, p-2b 2 0 0 0 Sedlak. ss 110 0 Spidell. cf 2 0 10 Hall, rf 2 111 Parriott. If 2 0 0 0 York, lb 2 0 0 0 Jones, c 2 0 0 0 Rev. and Mrs. Paul L. Dick left Wednesday noon for Lincoln to at tend the sixty-fifth annual session of the Nebraska annual conference of the church of the United Brethren in Christ. Mrs. A. W. Leonard, of Murray, and Mrs. C. A. Wetenkamp of Plattsmouth. will represent the church as lay delegates at the con ference, each attending a part .of the time! " I T- TZ " ' Rev. Dick appears twice on the conference program, speaking each time in connection with the young people's work, of which he is con ference director. The conference closes Sunday, with the sermon by the bishop, Dr. V. O. Weidler, of Kansas City, the ordina tion service for those who have been accepted by the conference as elders, and the report of the stationing committee. A feature of the Saturday evening program will be the presentation by the Mynard Christian Endeavor play ers, or tne sermon-drama reason. the Blind Disciple," which the group has given recently in the Mynard church and at Nehawka. history and incidents. j Mrs. E. H. Wescott, of Fontenelle I chapter of the Daughters of the Am erican Revolution, who are sponsor ing the marking of historic spots over the city, was presented. Mrs. Wescott told of the plans and par ticularly of the recording and mark ing of the places associated with the early history of the Burlington rail road, this to be a feature of the open ing day of the King Korn Karnival on September 21st. Miss Olive Gass was presented and from her recollections gave a very fine picture of the educational insti tutions of the city from the earliest days to the present time. It was pointed out that the first schools of the community were largely sponsor ed by the efforts of individual citizens and operated as private schools, until in the gradual settlement of the com munity the public school became a part of the life of Plattsmouth, to which later was added the parochial school system. Oliver C. Dovey, who as a boy had come here in 1863 with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Dovey, told of the early life here and of the com ing of the railroad that spelled the passing of the steamboat days when cargoes were hauled here from St. Louis and the larger cities for the merchants of the frontier settlement. Mr. Dovey told of the locations of the first Burlington stations here and which are to be marked in the next few weeks.. Miss Gass was called upon to give a demonstration of the music of an early day and which she did in the waltz of the seventies. "Heaven ward," a very beautiful number. The Rotary club had present their high school students for September, Ronald Rebal, senior and Allan White, junior. f YES, BROTHER ART, WE DO HAVE THE DOCK L RETURN FROM IOWA IS 2 3 Merchants AB R H E Speck, If 3 0 0 0 Rhoades, ss 3 2 11 C. Sundstrom, c 3 2-20 Street, p-2b 3 1 2 0 Ault,' lb : ; 2 12 0 Spangler. 3b 3 10 0 Wilson, cf . 3 0 0 1 Nord. rf 2 0 0 0 Wiles, p 2 0 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. James Rebal re turned Tuesday evening from a week's visit at Iowa City. Iowa, with their son, George E. Rebal and wife and at the home of Mrs. Charles Pechas, a sister of Mr. Rebal. They found the crop conditions in that part of Iowa very fine and corn looks good for a great yield. A few had complained of too much rain in the lowlands but as a whole the crop is one of the best for years. On their way home Mr. and Mrs Rebal found it necessary to detour at Fort Crook where the overflowed Pappio creek had covered a part of the highway. TREASURER'S OFFICE BUSY 24 r-i Call 4203 R. I. QOOD for JELLY GRAPES - - - 1 Bu. Delivered Also DOUD SOAP The office of County Treasurer John E. Turner has been very busy the past few days as the second half of the real estate taxes are com mencing to roll into the office. The force spent the greater part of Labor day in looking after the tax money. The receipts for August were very good, states Treasurer Turner, some $38,000 being paid in and while this is $6,500 less than last year it is even a better showing in compari son, as the price of the wheat crop is half of what it was last year. Subscribe for the Journal. Grapes for Sale Priced Right! George Lechncr 3 miles N. E. of Union Corner Art Sweet, of Nebraska City N-F, who inherits his father's well-known ability of driving home facts, both pleasant and otherwise, to the read ers of that paper, in hfs "Just Things" column Saturday, says: And, speaking of projects. Major General Julian L. Schley, chief of all the U. S. army engineers, said in Kansas City after traversing the Mis souri river from Sioux City the other day that by next year at this time the river will be ready for navigation as far -north of Omaha. Right now, declared the aeneral, the river is ready as far as Rulo, and the govern ment barges could be making regular calls as far as 'St: Joseph, Mo., ex cept that St. Joseph doesn't have a dock. That brings its up to Xebraska City. We have a dock board, which has suggested in writing to the City Com mission that ground be acquired on the river front, lie don t propose to forecast what benefits there will be next year at this time, if the barges are operating. But if they do oper ate and perchance they should carry a little freight, they can stop at Plattsmouth, for the dock at that point has been completed. Nebraska. City doesn't want to for get that one of its assets should river navigation pan out is going to be its river front. The city oices it to its citizens to have a dock site in mind so that docking facilities can be built, starting tomorroic, if necessary. VISIT UNCLE HERE Earl Lancaster was called to Union Monday of this week to look after some business matters. Mrs. Nelle Wehrbein departed for Plattsmouth Tuesday morning to ac cept a position at the Pease Style Shop. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Merritt were in Lincoln Sunday attending the state fair onthe opening day, Veter ans' Day. , Charles Staska, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Staska recently made purchase of a new bicyclew hich he is to use for his transportation. Troy L. Davis was called to Murray last Saturday to look after some busi ness matters and meeting a number of his friends and acquaintances. Following a very severe attack Mrs. Orville Noell has rallied and is quite a bit better than during the severe spell which she had during the recent attacks. W. S. Smith who has a well Just north of the store has been having some difficulty in getting the water from the well and so has had the pump taken out and repaired. James W. Holmes of Plattsmouth was a visitor in Murray last Saturday looking after the old store building property which he was arranging to rent to some parties from Platts mouth. Ralph Doty of near Weeping Wa ter has a large boil on the end of his nose which was giving that gen tleman much grief, and so came to Murray to have it treated by Dr. G. H. Gilmore. The home of John J. Toman was made happy by the arrival there of a very nne son, tipping tne scaies at just seven pounds. The mother and young man are reported as do ing very well. Mrs. Lester Shrader who has been at the hospital for some time re ceiving treatment following an oper ation is reported as slowly gaining. Her many friends are honing for a speedy and permanent recovery. Roy and B. F. Wiles both of Weep ing Water were in Murray last Sat day to see about the well fa la post auger) of Tom Nelson as they are slightly short of water over near Weeping Water as well as near Mur ray. Kelley Rhoden who has been re siding on his farm northwest of Mur ray last week moved to Plattsmouth where he will be nearer to work which he had in mind, and where the children will have a" better op portunity to attend school. George E. Nickles and wife while on a trip over the country made the purchase of 1C0 pounds of brome grass seed, which he will sow at a number of places on the property as well as on the estate of the father which the family still retain. George Bucholds of east of Avoca had a gathering in his head in the region of one of his ears which was giving the young mach much grief. and was in Murray to see the doctor about the gathering. He was ac companied last Saturday by his moth er-in-law, Mrs. Lyle Kruger. Mrs. Linas Massotb. All concerned are doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sheehan of Manley are grandparents of two of the youngsters. Attended Father's Funeral. Dr. R. W. Tyson and wife with their little daughter were over to Elmwood last Saturday to attend the funeral of the father of Dr. Tyson, L. A. Tyson. They remained for a time to assist at the home of the mother in Elmwood, but had to hasten home on account or urgent calls for him in a professional way. Suffers Broken Collar Bone. Little Phillia Ann Switzer, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Randall Switzer in her play sustained a fracture of the collar bone. She was brought to Murray and treated by Dr. R. W. Tyson who first gave her an X-ray and found the collar bone broken isquarely across. The ratient is get ting along as well as could be looked for and was taken back to her home at Nehawka. Sustains Fractured Arm. Jack Wunderlfch who has a pony and gentle enough at most all times, but which threw his master with the result that his arm wa3 fractured. Dr. R. R. Andersen took an X-ray of the injury showing the fracture and then took the patient to the St. Mary's hospital at Nebraska City where the fracture was reduced and Jack is getting along nicely. New Roof on Farm Home. One of the historic places in Cass county where the house has stood for more than a half century, the Wm. Nickles estate, which has sheltered many people in its time, has been showing some signs of needing a new roof, and Lee Nickles of Plattsmouth had J. A. Scotten with his crew place a new roof on the building. came Chester and family and John Urish and daughter Genera and her family, closely -followed by Henry Urish and family and Phillip Schafer and family, and Jesse Terryberry, until the house was filled, and was he surprised. They all brought well filled baskets and enjoyed a fine din ner. We are not going to tell how old lie is for he is slightly bashful and don't want everyone to know. Will See What People Want. The day for the voting on the proposition as to whether the village of Murray wants a waterworks sys tem or not will be demonstrated on September 2 6 when a vote will be taken. There is just now a scarcity of water, even at the Rock Creek pumping station on the Mrasek place, and there is much inquiry for water and the Murray Transfer company has to keep a truck with alarge tank ready for delivery of water not alono to people in town but also in th" country. It is thought well to con sider the proposition of installing a water system for the village. So the matter will be decided September 20. Enjoying Delightful Time. Notwithstanding the international complications making uneasy the heads of authority in France and neighboring countries in Europe, which is keeping the entire world guessing, the family of,W. G. Boe deker write they are having a won derful vacation, enjoying every min ute of hteir stay in France. Over Four Score There. At the session of the Bible school of the Murray Christian church last Lord's day there were SI present, which is more than for some weeks. With the coming of slightly cooler weather there is a marked increase in attendance and as well an in creased interest manifested in the work of the Bible school. Celebrate Birthday Anniversary. Mrs. Charles Tilson was born Sep tember 5. 1857 and was just 81 years of age last Sunday, and in honor of the passing of the natal day her con, James" Tilson. wife and daughter provided a very happy occasion for the aged mother i:i celebration of the passing of the day at the Tilson home east of Murray. Those present were: James Tilson Cud family. Garland Tilson and fam ily. John Duram and family. Earl Mink and family of Nebraska City. Delbert Jenning and wife and son Delbert. jr., Robert Meriss and fam ily of Tahnage, Wallace Rose and wife and Albert Holbach and family of Talmage. The guests all brought eats and all ate in common, thus honoring one of the eldest citizens of the vicinity of Murray. With the con gratulations also was extended the wish for many more such happy occasion. FREE "GROUND SCHOOL" M. M. Beal. one of tr.c old resi dents of the city, had a very pleas ant surprise on Sunday when a num ber of his nephews and nieces fronj Iowa came in to spend the day with him. The party which comprised Mr. and Mrs. Tom Beal, Charles Beal, Miss Jennie Beal, and Mrs. Millie Martin, were from Sigorney, Iowa, the old home of Mr. Beal. Murray Gets Another Family. John Sheard and family were mak ing their home in Plattsmouth and working in a stone quarry near Rock Bluffs, but in Plattsmouth the rentals were rather high, and so Mr. Sheard came to Murray and not finding any- Bashful Eillie Sporer's Birthday. Last Sunday was the natal day of William Sporer and while he allowed the time to slip quietly by, the fam ily of Martin Sporer were busy cre ating a condition which would sur prise Mr. Sporer when the day really came. Cards were sent to people away challenging their attention to the date of his birth, and when late last week he received cards of con gratulation he wondered how so many people came to remember his birthday. He was notified that Mar tin Sporer and family would eat din ner with him Sunday. But imagine his surprise when Charles Sporer and wife came and stopped in front of the house and took their seats on the porch, asking where the other were. Mr. Sporer told them he imag- Then thing here except the store building of James Holmes rented it and moved ;ined they were at Bible school in, making his home there. Thus Murray has increased her population, in a manner recompensing for the number of families recently lost. LINCOLN. Sept. 7 (UP) I. V. Packard, secretary of the state aeronautics commission, announced plans today to provide several hun dred Nebraskans with Dee "ground school" training in aviation. The program, not yet complete, contemplates instructions in aero nautics, dynamics, meteorology, navi gation and mechanics. Courses will be given probably two nights each week. Men and women 1C years of age and over would be eligible to enroll. Classes are to be conducted at larger cities in the state. Packard said he hoped to have an experi mental school in operation early in the fall. EABY BEEF CHAMPION LINCOLN. Sept. 7 (UP) "Skippy Stanway" a 920 pound Hereford owned and exhibited by Gilbert ITolz. 19 year old Stanton farm boy won the 4-H club grand championship baby beef crown at the Nebraska state fair today. Marjorie Yates. 12 year old Geneva girl, won reserve championship with her 880 pound Angus steer. Young Bolz put his prize winning 15 month old steer on feed last Novembr IS. NOTICE OF WATER BOND ELECTION ATTEND CHURCH CONFERENCE From Wednesday's Daily Rev. J. C. Lowson, pastor of the First Methodist church of this city and Elmer Sundstrom. lay delegate from the church, were at Omaha to day to attend the Nebraska confer ence. The conference will be pre sided over by Bishop Oxnam and representatives from all parts of the state will be in attendance. Filling Lot With Feeders. John Noddleman has just had placed in his feeel lots some 200 feed ing cattle, shipping them from Idaho to Plattsmouth. having them deliv ered to the feed lots on the farm by the Mrasek Transfer company. After the long trip the cattle sure had a good appetite. Two Arrive Last Thursday. On August 31st at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lutz there ar rived a very fine young lady who was pleased to call Mr. and Mrs. Lutz her fond parents, and on the same day there a arrived at the farm east of Avoca. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyers a very fine son. A daugh ter w.s born at the St. Mary's hos pital in Nebraska City to Mr. aiid f Thomas Walling Company Abstracts of Title Phone 32 i Plattsmouth SARD. - OUAUEL loaded On Your Truck VERY SPECIAL PRICES ! ! BELL SAND & GRAVEL CO. Mi. East Platte River Bridge Phone 4123 Public notice is hereby given that an election nas Deen nuiy caneu auu will be held in the Village of Mur ray, Nebraska, on the 26th day of September, 1938, at which there will be submitted to the legal voters of said Village the following question: "Shall the Village of Murray, Nebraska, issue its negotiable bonds of the principal amount of - Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($9,700.00) to become due in twenty years from the ' date of issue, provided, however, any or all of said bonds shall be payable at the option of the Village at any time after five years from their date, and draw ing interest at not exceeding four per centum (4) per an num, payable semi-annually, for the purpose of erecting, con structing, and maintaining a Village Water Works; and shall said Village levy and collect an nually a general tax on all the property therein in an amount sufficient to pay the interest and principal or said bonds as the same mature?" The polls for voting at said elec tion will remain open from s:oo o'clock a. m. to 8:00 o'clock p. m. of said date, and the voting place will be as follows: MURRAY GARAGE Voters desiring to vote in favor of said proposition will mark an "X" in the square following the word "Yes"; voters desiring to vote against said proposition will mark an "X" in the square following the word "No." CHARLES H. BOEDEKER, (Seal) sS-15-22 Village Clerk. Clip this and place it near your radio! EC OIL SCHEDULE rvra'-rrr-w, v i 7:00 10:00 12:15 6:15 10:00 U a. a. P. P. P. m. m. m. m. m. rTTT7 liW U II II II