Utbr. Sic.t Hisicrjral Society
VOL. NO. LTV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 1938.
NO. 64
Schwenneker
Tuttle Wedding
Held Sunday
Beautiful Ceremony Held at First
Methodist Church Many
Friends Attend.
Sunday evening at S o'clock Miss
Maymie Wehnona Schwenneker and
Mr. Ralph Deloss Tuttle were mar
ried in a very pretty church wed
ding at the First Methodist church
of this city. Rev. V. C. Wright of
Ashland performed the impressive
double ring ceremony.
A large number of friends of the
young couple attended the wedding.
The church had been beautifully
decorated with many bouquets of
flowers and was lighted by candles
in four candelabra and a lighted
cross. Miss Ruth Ann Hatt and Miss
Kathryn Barkus lighted the candles.
Mrs. E. II. Wescott sang "I Love
You Truly" and Mr. Wescott played
the wedding marches. Mr. and Mrs.
James E. Allbee attended the bride
and groom.
The bride was lovely in a dress
of royal blue velvet. She wore a
corsage of tea roses and a pearl clasp.
Her bridesmaid wore a dress of de
bonne printed silk and had a corsage
of red roses.
The' groom was dressed in a dark
suit with a tea rosebud boutonniere.
The best man was also dressed in a
dark suit and had a red rosebud
boutonniere.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Schwenneker of this
rity. She is a graduate of the Platts
mouth high school in the class of
1937.
Mr. Tuttle is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Tuttle of Brayton. Ne
braska. He graduated in 1936 from
the St. Paul High school.
They have a large circle of friends
who will wish them much happiness
in their new home in Rockville, Mis
souri where they will farm.
ATTENDS REGIMENTAL REUNION
From Wednesday's Darty
W. R. Holly of the H. M. Soen
nichsen Co., store, returned last
night from his vacation trip and
which included the attending of the
reunion of the 355th infantry of the
S9th division, one of the hard fight
ing units fo the AEF. The reunion
was held at Hastings and a very
large attendance was present from
different sections of the country.
There were eighteen of the members
of the original hand of twenty
eight present at the reunion, a fine
showing after twenty years, all of
the members having spent two years
in service together. The band gave
a concert with all of the steam that
they had as soldiers back in the
days of the Argonne when they were
among the advance troops In the
final smashes at the German lines
near Sedan. While at Hastings Mr.
Holly met Lester Dalton, now of
Edgar. Nebraska, a former member
of the regiment. Hall Pollard of j
Nehawka, was also at the reunion.
Mr. Holly also visited at Cedar
Bluffs and had a motor trip to the
Black Hills.
ROYAL VISITORS
In response to an invitation from
King Korn III, word has just ar
rived by courier, that a royal party
from the adjoining Kingdom of Ak-Sar-Ben
will be in attendance at the
coronation ceremony to be held here
next Wednesday evening the open
ing day of the karnival. The royal
party will consist of the following
personages: Miss Elizabeth Ann
Davis, reigning queen; Mr. Bert Mur
phy, reigning regent: Miss Jean
Dudley Gallagher, queen in the year
1937. With four queens and three
kings on the platform at one time
this promises to be an evening of
dazzling glamour. Invite all your
friends to join you in attendance on
this notable occasion.
UNDERGOING TREATMENT
Mrs. Henry Timm is at the St.
Joseph hospital at Omaha, under
going a course of treatment. Mrs.
Timm has suffered from a nervous
attack that has decided her physi
cians on a course of rest and treat
ments. It is hoped she may be home
in a very short time.
. GRABS GUILTY PLEA
From Wednesday's Daily
This morning Judge W. W. Wilson
was here for a few moments while
en route from Nebraska City to
Papillion and stopped over to hold
court a short time. John Ayers,
charged with grand larceny in taking
the amount or $150 from the regis
ter at the H. M. Soennichsen Co.
store, appeared before the court and
changed his plea of not guilty to that
of guilty.
Judge Wilson gave a sentence of
not less than eighteen months in
the state penitentiary at 'Lincoln
and to which place the prisoner was
taken this afternoon by Sheriff
Homer Sylvester.
Woman's Club
Entertains
for Teachers
Members of School Faculty Enter
tained by Ladies at M. E.
Church Parlors.
From Tuesday's Dally
A reception was given last night
at the First Methodist church by
the Woman's club for the teachers of
the Plattsmouth schools. A very
large number of the teachers were
present as well as the members of
the club.
As the group gathered, Chinese
checkers was enjoyed. Mrs. E. H.
Wescott. who presided, then intro
duced L. S. Devoe, superintendent
of the schools. Mr. Devoe presented
a very amusing skit, "Ye Old Dis
trict School Board." in which David
Fowler, Miss Margaret Iverson, Mrs.
J. R. Reeder, Mrs. Lora Kieck and
Mr. Devoe, members of the board in
terviewed Mrs. L. S. Devoe, Mrs.
Elmer Sundstrom, Mrs. E. H. Wes
cott and Mrs. L. W. Egenberger. sev
eral applicants for vacancies in the
teaching staff of the Plattsmouth
high school. This was very enter
taining and was very much enjoyed
by the group.
Mrs. Sundstrom, president of the
Woman's club, was then introduced
and brought the greeting to the
teachers from the club. Dainty re
freshments were served, after which
Raymond Cook sang two numbers
accompanied by Mrs. Devoe. Two
readings, "Mrs. Rastus Johnson at
the Telephone" and "Auntie Dole
ful's Visit" were presented by Mrs.
J. A. Capwell. E. H. Wescott then
closed the program with two num
bers on the Hammond organ.
RETURNS FROM PLEASANT TRIP
Mrs. J. L. Stamp returned this
week from a very pleasant trip to
Bayard, Nebr., where she was ac
companied by Dr. and Mrs. G. W.
Pugsley and departed for Steamboat
Springs, Colorado, where they visit
ed at the home of Mrs. Nelle Fur
long, sister to Mrs. Stamp and Mrs.
Pugsley. While in Colorado they at
tended the wedding of Miss Grace
Furlong.
The town of Steamboat Springs is
a very attractive summer resort, and
has their own mineral baths and
one hundred mineral springs.
Mrs. Furlong accompanied her
guests home and they departed for
Enid and Waukomia, Okla., where
the ladies visited a brother, Chas.
E. Taylor and family and other rel
atives. MOVE TO NEW HOMES
Moving day has been evidenced on
high school hill as the Elmer Sund
strom family have moved from the
property of Mrs. R. A. Bates on 11th
street to the Kaffenberger property
at 10th and Main streets, w"hich they
have purchased. Superintendent and
Mrs. L. S. Devoe and -family are
moving this week to the ' residence
vacated by the Sundstroms, which
will make it very handy for Mr.
Devoe and his work.
HERE FROM TEXAS
Mrs. W. J. H. Fetter and little
daughter, Margaret, of Greenville,
Texas, are here to visit at the home
of Mrs. Petter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Tritsch and family. The
Petter family enjoy their home in
south Texas where Canon Petter is
in charge of oneo f the leading Epis
copal parishes in that section of the
south.
Rotary Hears
Background of
Present Crisis
Milo Price of the High School Faculty
Discusses History of Ger
many and Italy.
The Rotary meeting Tuesday was
under the leadership of Frank A.
CloicU and who had arranged a most
interesting program and one fitting
to the stirring events of the world
today.
Milo Price, teacher of history in
the high school, was the speaker of
the day and gave a fine discussion
of the history of Germany. 'and Italy
from 1871 to 1914. or from the
completion of the unification to the
world war and its disaster to the
whole world. He traced the for
mation of the German empire from
the German confederated states and
the rapid development of power
through the unified . state and
which had reached its height at the
outbreak of the war in 1914. He also
followed the history of Italy from
the crowning of Victor Immanuel as
the king of united Italy and the
succeeding moves in the national
history that had niiule Italy an ally
of Germany and Austria, only to
join the allied forces in 1916 in the
world war.
The mistakes of the treaty makers
after the world war was shown by
the speaker when ignoring the sug
gestions of President Wilson, the
foreign diplomats had written into
the treaty many clauses that were
today the cause of many of the evils
that are threatening the engulfing
of the world into a great bloody con
flict. PREPARING FOR EXHIBIT
The Cass County Historical society
is preparing for a very extensive ex
hibit at the King Korn Karnival the
next week, one that is hoped will
surpass that of previous years.
The exhibit this year will be in
the Bekins building just west of the
Pease Style shop and already the
tables and other settings for the ex
hibits are being moved into the
building to be in readiness for the
placing of exhibits the first of the
week.
It is hoped to have a large exhibit
and all those who have documents,
letters, newspapers, ox-yokes, garden
and farm implements of pioneer days
or anything that shows the early
history of this section of Nebraska,
are asked to donate the same to the
exhibit and all exhibits will be well
cared for and returned.
It is expected that someone will
be at the room on Friday, Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday.
LEAVE FOR COLLEGE
From Tuesday Daily
Last evening Miss Frances Cloidt
of this city and Miss Ruth Ganz, of
Alvo, departed for Columbia, Mis
souri, where they will enter Steph
ens college, one of the best known
colleges for women in the nation.
They left Omaha on a special train
that carried students from this part
of the west. Miss Ganz is a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ganz of
Alvo and Miss Cloidt of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank A. Cloidt.
SUFFERS BROKEN ARM
Florene Duda, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mickey Duda, who suffered the
fracture of her right arm last Sat
urday, is now home and resting very
comfortably from tne effects of the
iifjury.
She was swinging on a rope when
she lost her ho'd and fell into a small
ditch and suffered the fracture of
the arm. She was taken to Omaha
and the arm X-rayed and set at the
Clarkson hospital and was able to
return home Monday.
RETURNS FROM CREIGHT0N
Henry Horn and daughter, Miss
Helen, Mrs. W. A. Becker and grand
daughter, Marie Speck, returned
home Tuesday afternoon from a very
pleasant visit in and near Creighton,
Nebraska. The conditions had been
very dry in that section but in the
last days of the stay of the Platts
mouth visitors heavy rains fell all
over that section of the state.
RETURN FROM THE WEST
From Wednesday's Dairy
Last evening William Howland,
Wilbur and Robert Hall returned
home from a very pleasant outing on
the west coast and where they had
the opportunity of visiting old time
friends and relatives at the various
places along the -coast.
Francis Warren and Ben McCarty,
who made the trip with the party
will remain on the west coast where
they expect to locate.
Mr. Howland had the pleasure of
a visit with his sister, Miss Anna
Howland, whom he has not seen for
more than sixteen years and it is
needless to say that the visit was
one of the greatest delight to the
brother and sister.
Young People
Wedded Here
on Saturday
I$1S.00 per mile for the erection of
Margaret Shellenbarger and Marvin! said telegraph line to be measured
Pederson of Omaha Married iand allowed for from station to sta
by Rev. J. C. Lowson.
. . , i agrees to erect the said telegraph
Saturday evening the home of Rev., ine aong. the ine of said railroad
and Mrs. J. C. Lowson was the scene ;at such places as directed by the
of a very charming wedding when! chief engineer of said road, to set
Miss Margaret Shellenbarger and Mr.
Marvin Pederson of Omaha were mar-
ried
The wedding was very quiet and
impressive, the marriage lines read
by the Rev. Lowson.
The bride was very attractive in a
gown of black chiffon with the ac -
cess&ries in white.
The bridal couple was attended by
Mr. anC Mrs. C. E. Shellenbarger of
this citv. the former a brother cf
the bride.
Later the bridal party enjoyed a
lovely wedding supper at the dining
room of the Jacobs cafe.
Mr. and Mrs. Pederson departed
later for Humboldt, Iowa, where they
will visit at the home of the par
ents of the groom. They will then
return to Omaha where they expect
to make their home in the future.
ine onue is a lormer nausmouiu
girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Shellenbarger, and was educated in
the local schools and has in the last
, . - i . 1 . j i ... i
few years made her home in Omaha.
The groom is a son of Rev. and
Mrs. Pederson, of Humboldt, Iowa,
and where he formerly made his
home.
The many friends will join in their
best wishes to these estimable young
people.
TO ENTER ROCKFORD
ROCKFORD, 111., Sept. 12. Miss
Eleanor Minor, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lynn O. Minor of Plattsmouth,
will begin her studies a Rockford
college next week as a member of
the freshman class. Miss Minor is a
graduate of Plattsmouth high school.
Freshmen will gather on the
campus beginning Thursday (Sept.
15) for the orientation period which
precedes the formal opening of the
92nd academic year. Upper class
men will arrive in time for the week
end social program and for classes on
Sept. 19. The following day Presi
dent Mary Ashby Cheek will preside
at the first convocation of the fall
term.
HOLD COMMITTEE MEETING
A meeting of the democratic coun
ty central committee was held here
on Saturday to arrange for the hold
ing of the caucuses over the county
for the nominations for justices of
the peace, road overseers and assess
ors. These meetings must be held
and the results certified to the coun
ty clerk by October 5th in order to
appear on the ballot at the fall elec
tion on Nov.r.ler Sth.
Each ward and precinct of the
county is required to nominate candi
dates for assessors and in Platts
mouth and Weeping Water there will
be assessors selected in each ward.
FRIED CHICKEN SUPPER
The Christian church ladies are
serving a fried chicken supper bep-
temper 17 at the church. Serving
starts at 5 o'clock. The menu:
Fried Chicken
Mashed Potatoes - Green Beans
Vegetable Salad
Hot Rolls - - Jelly
Pie - Coffee
Adults, 35c - - - Children, 20c
The Coming of
the Telegraph
to Plattsmouth
Came as Part of Extension of Rail
road Lines to West With the
Location of Burlington.
The coming of the telegraph to
Plattsmouth. Nebr., April 7, 1S72:
The following is an agreement
made between J. P. Springer of the
first part and Burlington and Mis-
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the second part, under which the
former is to erect for the latter a
telegraph line from Plattsmouth to
Lincoln, both in Nebraska:
The said party of the second part
is to provide at its own expense and
deliver along the line of its road
all the material necessary to the
I construction of said telegraph line,
! namely poles, brackets, insulators,
jwire. telegraphic apparatus, etc., to
'furnish for the use of said Springer a
I hand car and to pay at the rate of
tion as completed, if so required.
The said party of the first part
th Voles from 3 to 4 feet deep in
. v, . . j j- i - c rwi n
ithe ground and at distances of 200
j feet arart upon the bottom and
prairie lands and at distances not
j over 200 feet apart upon bluffs and
upon all prominent points of said
bluffs.
He also agrees to clear away trees.
hrnnrhc ptn 9A foot oarli ciria nf
;said 1Ine when there ig any proba.
jbility of damage to the wires and
j poles by allowing these to remain.
j The said Springer also agrees to
irovide att hs "n expense all the
! necessary tools, etc. He also agrees
jto attach the brackets securely to
j the poles and to firmly fasten the
jwire to the insulators between the
; brackets upon that side of the poles
I whi,ch ia, '"thereat distance from the
: 1.1:11 in vi 1 luc iui vera, lie airu tt&i ctra
to firmly tamp the earth about the
poles and to do a good and work
manlike piece of work to the satis
faction and acceptance of the chief
engineer.
Wo furt hpr aptppq tn rnmnlptp the
, Hne tQ Ashland durin& lne present
! month of April and the total line to
j Lincoln in one week after the rails
j shall have been laid to that point. He
' 1
also agrees to set two poles opposite
each station house near together and
to put the brake between them and
to make all necessary connections
therefrom to the stations.
(NOTE: In March, 1844, L. F. B.
Morse and his friend constructed the
first practical telegraph line. It ex
tended from Washington to Balti
more. The first message was a senti
ment). MARRIAGE OUT OF HOCK
Some time ago Judge A. II. Dux
bury had a call from two Omaha
young people who had the spirit of
the summer in their hearts and the
desire to be wedded. The court while
relaxing at home, was glad to assist
the young people in attaining their
happiness and accordingly with the
spoken word, made them as one in
the eyes of the law and man. It was
then revealed that the groom had
but one dollar available to liquidate
the amount for the license and cere
mony. While the ceremony states
that let no man set them apart, the
court retained the marriage certi
ficate until the amount was forth
coming. This morning Judge Duxbury re
ceived a letter inclosing the funds
for the marriage and the assurance
of the young people from their home
in Omaha that the marriage had
been one big success and they wish
ed the written evidence which will
be a joy and pride to their home.
HERE FROM LINCOLN
Miss Twila Fae Hendrix, who is
in nurse training at the St. Eliza
beth hospital at .Lincoln, was here
Sunday. She spent the day with
her uncle and aunt, County Attor
ney and Mrs. J. A. Capwell and her
brother, Joe Hendrix.
RETURN HOME
Mr. and Mrs. John Jorgensen and
children, Emily, Joseph, Johnny and
Donald of Hay Springs, Nebraska de
parted for their home last Saturday
after a four day visit at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Toman, Sr.
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PACKERS SHUTS OUT WEEP
ING WATER; SCORE 1-0
From Wednesday s Dally
"Chuck" Nelson in his usual form
gave the Cass county fair softball
fans at Weeping Water a real treat
when he turned in a 1 to 0 victory
over Weeping Water yesterday, al -
tuning uuij iu intuhij' uiuwb.
Smokey secured a single in the 3rd
and likewise Long connected in the
Cth for a single.
Neither team was able to score
until the last half of the 7th when
Svoboda drove one into right center
field for a nice hit and later scored
on Thimgan's smash into left center
field. Both teams played errorless
ball. The actual game time was 40
minutes.
Funeral of
John Group, an
Old Resident
Services Are Held Tuesday After
noon at the Louisville Meth
odist Church.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at the Methodist
church at Louisville, for John Group,
84, a long time resident of the Louis-
ville community.
Rev. N. B. Callaway, pastor of the
church, conducted the services and
paid tribute to the life of the de
parted who has had such a prominenMjendrix. Harriet Goos and Marjorie
part in the life of Cass county.
Interment was at the Riverview
cemetery and the pall bearers were
old time friends and associates, John
Schoeman, Andrew Schoeman, Martin
Sjogren, Jake Reichart, William
Schwalm. John Eusche.
John Henry Group, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jaeob Group, was born in
Utica, Wisconsin, March 27, 1854,
and died at his home in Louisville
on Sunday, September 11, 1938. He
was for many years engaged in farm
ing but of late years has made his
home in Louisville. He was married
to Mary A. Heim, February 24, 1885.
The wife and five children survive
his passing, Lloyd Lawrence and Ed
win Group, all of Louisville; Mrs.
Celia Chatelain. Washington. D. C,
and Mrs. Dorothy Breckenfeldt of
Omaha. There are also twelve grand
children in the family group.
EXTEND WELL WISHES
The Louisville Chamber of Com
merce has extended to the local civic
body their appreciation for the aid
to their carnival and their well
wishes for the local fall festival. The
letter is as follows:
King Korn Committee,
Plattsmouth. Nebr.:
Gentlemen: At the last meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce, the sec
retary was instructed to write a
letter thanking your body for send
ing over your King Korn float and
also your band -to our carnival.
We appreciate these neighborly
gestures and assure you of our mu
tual reciprocation at any time.
Yours for a successful King Korn
Festival at which time Louisville
will be seeing you.
LOUISVILLE C. OF C.
J. F. Zastera, Sec.-Treas.
HAS SOUTHERN CHARGE
The Rev. Father Robert Salmon,
who served as acting priest at the
local St. John's church during the
absence of Monsignor George Agius,
has been assigned to service in the
northwestern part of Oklahoma.
Father Salmon will have charge
of the parish at Woodward, Okla
homa, one of the large and important
cities in that section and will also
have the supply of two of the mis
sions in that part of Oklahoma.
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
John P. Meisinger, one of the long
time residents of this part of Cass
county, is now being able to be
around after a severe Illness. Mr.
Meisinger was taken with pneumonia
and for several days was gravely ill
at the family home here. He is now
able to be down in the business sec
tion a part of the time.
CONDUCTS DENTAL EXAM
From Wednesday' Dally
Dr. Paul T. Heineman, dentist,
was called to Weeping Water today
to help examine the entrants in the
Better Babies contest held by the
Cass County Fair association.
Plattsmouth
Students to
Many Schools
,students Seeking mgh Education
in Many Colleges University
Has a Large Group.
A large number of Plattsmouth'a
young people have entered the col
leges of this section of the west to
carry on their educational work in
advanced fields.
A very large representation of the
students from the class of 1938 of
the Plattsmouth school, will be rep
resented at the University of Nebras
ka. Tarkio, Doane and Peru colleges.
Those who will attend the Uni
versity of Nebraska are: Burton
Rishel, Mary Kathryn Wiles. Alberta
Timmas, Gaven Farmer, Flora Belle
Meade, Grant Howard, Bill Evers,
Robert Hall. Robert WoetU. Rachel
Robertson, Mary Gayer, Ed Kalina,
Raymond Wooster, Vincent Sund
strom. John Gayer, Dick Hall, Joan
Hall, Francis Libershal.
Tarkio will have Wayne Falk,
Kenneth Armstrong, Donald Cotner,
Stuart Porter and Joe Case.
Virginia Trively, Edna Mae Peter
sen, Mildred Knoflicek, Nadine
Naeve and Bill Carey are at Peru.
Those to take nurses training are
Kathleen Cloidt and Twila Fay Hen
drix. Those attending Doane are Joe
Ann Tidball.
Stephen Davis will attend Kemper
Military school at Boonville, Mis
souri. Joe Kvapil will attend Van
Sant bufeiness school at Omaha and
Elmer Newton attends Grand Island
business school. Florence Lowson
is attending Nebraska Wesleyan at
Lincoln.
Jean Knorr enters Linwood col
lege, Frances Cloidt goes to Stevens,
Eleanor Minor enters Rockford and
Betty Vorboril and John Cloidt will"
attend Creighton.
WILL ENTER ON DUTIES
Father Marcelles Agius, who has
for the past two years been largely
inactive from his work as an active
parish priest, due to ill health, has
so far recovered that he is able to
again take up his work. Father Mar
celles, who has just recently returned
from Malta where he has been re
cuperating, departed this morning
for the central part of the Btate.
He has been temporarily assigned to
the Grand Island diocese of the Ro
man Catholic church of Nebraska,
and is to report to Bishop Bona for
duty. He expects to be at Kearney
for his religious field of activity.
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C. E. ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
The Christian Endeavor held a
meeting Sunday evening for the elec
tion of officers for the coming year.
The following were named: Presi
dent, Richard Hitt; vice-president,
Janet Westover; secretary. Norma
Jane Johnson; treasurer, John Liv
ingston; superintendent of prayer
meetings, Gloria Anne Johnson; song
leader, Eleanor Giles; rianist, Ruth
Westover.
The Christian Endeavor urges
every young person to come to the
regular devotional meetings on Sun
day evening at seven o'clock.
REVEAL NOTE
In investigating a box belonging
to the late Arthur Copenhaver, it
was found that a note had been
found which wa3 not discovered at
the time of his death. The contents
of the note has been requested for
publication by members of the fam
ily. The contents of the note was
as follows:
"Can't go on, not well enough to
stand it and make things go. No
blame but my own."
GET READY FOR PARADE
Charles C. Barnard, who Is the di
rector of the Farmers Day activities
of the King Korn Karnival, as in
the past few years, is urging that
the farmers get their horses ready
for entry in the parade on Thurs
day afternoon, September 22nd. The
extension clubs are also urged to pre
pare and enter floats in the parade
that has so splendidly represented
the people of the county.