Htlt. State Historical Society lib swim VOL. NO. LIV PLATTSMO UTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1938. NO. 90 ) r Here's Details of Santa's Visit to Plattsmouth Shrill Blasts of Whistle on the Big Biver Boat Lewis to Denote Arrival at Platts Dock When you hear three shrill blasts fionf the big steam "whittle on the Lewis, giant Missouri river dredge boat, about 1:30 Saturday afternoon that will be the signal designatin the arrival of Santa Claus and his ercorts at the Plattsmouth dock. Arrangements have been made for Captain Friemonth of the Lewis (tied up here for the winter) to meet Santa at Omaha and conduct him safely down the river to the Platts mouth dock. Mr. D. D. Thornton, thief of the U. S. Engineers office at this point will also be in the party to point out to Santa the various engineering problems encountered in leaking the old Missouri navigable. To Arrive About 1 :30 At the dock. Santa will be receiv ci! by Mayor Ceorge Lushinsky and presented the massive key to the city. City councilmen. volunteer firemen, members of the reception committee ond others who care to come will ' also be there to welcome Santa. At the moment he arrives at the dock about 1:30 the 'whistle on the Lewis will sound three prolonged blasts. One of the interesting features of the arrangements is the method to be used in passing word of Santa's arrival at the dock to the engineer on the Lewis, around the bend more than a mile upstream, ho lie will know when to blow the whistle. . As trees and river bank prohibit a clear view, a squad of uniformed Boy Scouts under direction of Ray Lar ic.n. Scoutmaster, will wig-wag the signal. The first boy rearest the dock will wig-wag to the next and so on up through the timber to the boy nearest the big bo&t. If you want to see how quick a group of trained Scouts can handle a message of this sort, be at the dock when Santa arrives. A Colorful Parade The fire truck will be used to bring Sinta up into the city, where he will be met on lower Main street by the Plattsmouth Municipal band and a grand parade formed to escort him up town. Leading this parade will be boys with American flags march ing four abreast. These boys have been chosen from the Junior Drum Corps because of their snappy march ing ability and training. They will ' e under the direction of C. A. Mar shall and if you want to witness a pretty sight you want to see this spear-head of the Santa Claus pa-" rade. The line of march will be west to 4th street, north on 4th to Vine, west to 6 th, south to Pearl, west to 7th, north to Main and east on Main to the platform at 5th and Main, where Walter Smith will preside at the "mike," informing everybody of Santa's movements. Also on this platform will appear the Guard of Honor, composed of children selected from the rural and trade schools of the county and city. King Frank Cloidt and Queen Mar tha Kaffenberger, who will greet Santa as he is presented to them by Mayor Lushinsky. Honor Guards to Meet at Hotel Members of the Honor Guard are to congregate at the lobby of the Plattsmouth Hotel not later than 1:15 p. m., from whence they will march in a group to the platform. Following the reception for Santa at the platform, the parade will re form and march to Santa's headquar ters in the following order: Flags. Plattsmouth band. Guar! of Honor, Santa with King Frank and Queen Martha in the royal car. Mayor and city officials and all the boys and girls of Cass county who come to see Santa. After personally handing his treat to the hundreds of his little friends, Santa will go to the Recreation Cen ter to inspect the work of repairing toys being carried on there, enjoy a short rest and return to the dock to proceed down the river to Kansas City, stopping for a brief call at Watson, Mo., on his old friend Mc Xeal. whom he failed to see last year due to the plane crash. WILL SPONSOR DANCE The Plattsmouth Golf club is spon soring a dance on Saturday evening at the American Legion building, the nroceeds of which will go to the maintenance of the -club and course Pick's Ki-Hatlers of Nebraska City will furnish the music and the pub lic is invited. This is to aid a very worthy civic project and should have a very generous patronage. Royal Arch Masons Install Officers Monday Large Number Attend the Ceremonies at the Masonic Temple Last Evening;. The newly elected and appointed officers of Nebraska Chapter No. 3 Royal Arch Masons, were installed Monday evening with a large num ber of the members in attendance. Leslie W. Niel, past high priest. served as the installing officer, Les ter W. Meisinger, past high priest as marshal and L. L. Wiles, past hizh priest, served as chaplain. The officers installed were: High Priest Charles L. Carlson King John E. Turner. Scribe Leonard Born. Treasurer Frank A. Cloidt. Secretary W. F. Evers. Captain of the Host George Brinklow. Principal Sojourner Ivan Deles Dernier. Royal Arch Captain L. L. Mc- Carty. Master Third Vail L. L. Horton. Master Second Vail J. L. Stamp. Master First Vail Harry Tincher. Sentinel W. S. Wetenkamp. Following the installation' of the officers the members enjoyed a very fine luncheon arranged by the mem bers cf the chapter. C0MF0RTRACT0R SHOWN BY A. 0. AULT AT CEDAR CREEK Wonder what great-grandfather would have said if he could have seen the ultra-modern COMFOR- TRACTOR that A. O. Ault. local MM dealer presented at Cedar Creek on Dec. 12th. In all probability he would have muttered "Tain't pos- ible!" and walked away. But the fact remains that Minneapolis- Mo- ine's newest tractor creation is a reality, fully equipped with all the modern luxuries enjoyed only in pleasure cars, yet able to perform all the functions on the farm that the ordinary tractor can, including use as a stationary power unit. It may have been dreamed of by some artist visualizing the tractor of the future, but it remained for Minnea-polis-Moline, the pioneer of the mod ern tractor industry, not only to have that vision, but to bring it nto existence. The Comfortractor protects the farmer from the weather, dust and elements, it's better for his health, as well as more comfortable. This tractor offers real protection. The safety glass all around and air circulation and temperature control features indicate clearly that it's built for the safety and comfort of the operator as well as to get work done. It costs more than open trac tors, but good farmers well realize its worth. The amazing thing about this trac tor is its versatility. It combines the functions of the ordinary farm tractor with a powerful farm truck and an efficient passenger vehicle and is streamlined in the 1939 mode of trucks and automobiles. It has all the power required to pull four fourteen-inch bottoms under ordi nary conditions. VISITS IN THE CITY J. L. Young, one of the prom inent residents of near Murray, was In the city Saturday afternoon to look after some business and while here was a caller at the Journal. Mr. Young is a firm believer In news paper advertising as he has just run a for sale ad in the Journal that cleaned up his hogs advertised for sale, in a few days, and in the past he has also been very successful In his advertising. Plattsmouth Youth Loses Arm Result Accident William Vallery, 15, Has Arm Caught by Revolving Shaft at State Industrial School. William Vallery. 15. of Platts- mouth, inmate of the state Indus trial school at Kearney, had an arm amputated just below the elbow at Kearney hospital late Tuesday after he was injured in the school laun dry. Boys at the school were chin ning themselves on a revolving shaft A rope which the boys had tied to the shaft "for fun" caught Vallery's arm and pulled him into the shaft almost completely tearing off his arm. All of his clothing except his shoes was removed from hi3 body. The boy remained conscious and was able to walk from the building. He was taken to Kearney for medical aid. TO VISIT IN THE EAST Mr. and Mrs. Herman Tiekotter and family are leaving for a holi day trip to the east and where they will enjoy a month in looking over the many places of interest In the east, including New York City, Wash ington and Richmond, Virginia. They are to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Merle Rainey in New York, a sister of Mrs. Tiekotter and after visiting in that city go to Washington and Rich mond, where they will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cross, Mrs. Cross also being sister of Mrs. Tiekotter. TO SPEND VACATION AT HOME Harriet Goos, Joe Hendrix and Marjorie Tidball of Plattsmouth will be home from Doane college to spend the Christmas vacation, December 16 to January 3. The last week before vacation was filled with special activ ities varying from sacred Christmas concert of the choir of sirty voices to the formal Christmas dinner in the Frees Hall dining room. LEAVING TOR DETROIT' From Monday's Dally Charles Bennett of this city, is leaving today for Detroit where he will visit with an uncle in that city and may possibly spend the winter there. I'll Be Seeing You In IPILATTSMOUTIK Saturday, Dec. 17 Yes, sir, Boys and. Girls, when the shrill blasts of the whistle on the dredge boat Lewis are heard about 1 :30 Saturday afternoon, Santa and his party will be arriving at the Missouri river dock, and in less time than it takes to say 'Jack Robinson' he'll be up town to greet his old Cass county friends again. Of course you'll want to be on hand to greet him . . . and he'll be disappointed if you aren't. So whisper the news to 'Dad' and 'Mom' and let nothing keep you away! A Gift for Every Boy and Girl On this pre-Christmas trip to Plattsmouth, Santa is not coming empty-handed. In his pack will be a gift for every boy and girl who calls on him at his headquarters after the platform program, when he has been introduced and welcomed by the King and Queen and members of the special Guard of Honor, composed of rural and grade school child ren of this vicinity. Bring the kiddies to see Santa! Shopper's Guide In this issue of the Journal will be found the ads of Plattsmouth stores carrying large and complete Christmas stocks. Readers will save both time and money reading these ads which contain news of importance to the shopping public. Read the ads! DID APPROPRIATION LOSE? In an opinion given to a query by Stanton county officials by the office of the attorney general, a question has arisen as to whether or not the matter of voting approval of the ap propriation of money from the coun ty general fund for farm bureau purposes carried. The fact of the returns showed that 3,422 persons bad-voted for the measure and 3,253 against the ap propriation in Cass county. The ruling of the attorney gen eral's office is that the majority must be a majority of the TOTAL, vote cast and which in the Cass county case as well as Stanton was much larger than the number cast on the initiative measure.. The total vote of Cass county was 7,167 and the proposition lacked a majority of the total vote. Local county officers have watched with interest the rulings and will probably await more definite ruling on whether the mere majority was sufficient to put over the measure. LEAVING FOR CALIFORNIA Eddie Todd and brother, Russ Todd, are leaving in the next few days for the west coast and Cali fornia. They expect to leave Tues day if possible and will make the trip in the new Buick that Eddie Todd has recently purchased and which will have a trans-continental tryout. Mr. Eddie Todd will Bpend the winter with relatives and the many old time friends and also look after his business interests on the west coast which are quite extensive. Rus sell Todd is joining his wife and children who are now all located in and near Los Angeles and where he will make his home with the other members of the family. With reports of zero weather in the west part of Nebraska and Wyo ming, the Plattsmouth men are pre paring to take the southern route to Los Angeles and the west coast. SPORTSMAN'S MEETING There will be a meeting of the Cass County Sportsman's club at the public library, in Plattsmouth, on Friday, December 16, 1938, at 8:00 o'clock p. m. All members are urged to be present. Important informa tion in regard to establishment of farm game bird sanctuary. By COMMITTEE. ST"' I fa Emery J. Doody to be Deputy for Sheriff Mrasek Popular and Well Known Resident of This City Will Serve New Sheriff as Assistant. The people of Cass county will be pleased to learn that Sheriff-elect Joe Mrasek, has appointed as his deputy in the office, Emery J. Doody, well known resident of this city. Mr. Doody has made his home here since 1931 when he came here as the manager of the Plattsmouth Feed Yards and in which position he made a large circle of friends among the people of the county. For the past two years he has been conducting the All-in-One Manufacturing Co., of this city and at which he has been very successful. Mr. Doody is married and has a family of the wife and two children and is a young man of most pleas ing personality. With his ability and good judgment he will be in a position to give the people of Cass county a real service in the ofTice of deputy sheriff and be a most valuable assistant to Sheriff Mrasek. TO ATTEND TOURNAMENT The Plattsmouth high school has an unusually strong basketball schedule this year including Omaha Tech and two basketball tournaments. The big interest'in December will be the Auburn tournament December 21, 22 and 23. Plattsmouth and Tecumseh will open the tournament on December 21 in the Class A divi sion. The strong teams in this tour nament will be Auburn, Humboldt. Nebraska City and Plattsmouth. Au burn playing on their own floor will have some advantage but both Ne braska City and Humboldt have a veteran team. They will no doubt be strong contenders. Coach Hoffman is taking 10 men to this tournament. GO TO THE SOUTHLAND Mr. and Mrs. George K. Hetrlck departed Sunday for Curio, Texas, wrere they are expecting to spend the holiday season visiting with old time friends of Mr. Hetrick. They expect to enjoy a real southern ob servation of the Christmas holiday. SERVICES AT CEDAR CREEK Sunday evening at the Cedar Creek community church a special candle lighting service was held by the young people of the Sunday school and church, the event being under the direction of Mrs. Evelyn Franke, superintendent of the Sunday school. A very beautiful service was held with the lighted candles and Dr. H. G. McClusky, pastor of the First Presbyterian church gaye a short sermon on the significance of the Christmas season. During the ser vices Frank A. Cloidt gave a vocal number, "Holy Night" with Miss Estelle Baird at the piano. 'Vine Kelley is President of Junior C of C First Regular Meeting and Organ ization Plans Membership Drive in the City. The first regular meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday evening at the Recrea tion Center and the organization was perfected and ready to start the enrollment of members and then ready for their participation in the community work. The chapter had their by-laws and membership regulations ready and which provided that the membership shall be from the young men of the community from eighteen to thirty- five years of age. The officers selected to head the new group were: President Vincent Kelley. Vice-President Ray Bourne. Secretary-Treasurer Ordell Hen nings. The purposes of the new organ Ization as outlined in the meeting will embrace many excellent stand ards as the goal of the young men: 1. To aid the senior Chamber of Commerce in all community matters where possible. 2. Bring out and strive for new projects in the community. 3. Build a better young citizen ship. 4. Promote civic, industrial and educational activities. The membership committee will get busy at once and enroll as many of the young men of the community as possible In the new organization. ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA The Royal Neighbors of America held their annual election of offi cers on Monday evening at the lodge rooms in the Modern Woodman build ing. There was a fine attendance of the members and the following officers were selected: Oracle Mrs. Freda Stibal. Vice-Oracle Mrs. Minnie Renner. Recorder Mrs. Sadie Jones. Receiver Miss Malinda Friedrich. Chancellor Mrs. Margaret Kaffen berger. Marshal Mrs. Louise Klinger. Inner Sentinel Mrs. Pearl Mei singer. Outer Sentinel Mrs. Emma Kaf fenberger. Manager Miss Wilma Friedrich. Flag Bearer Mrs. Emma Mc Maken. Physician Dr. R. P. Westover. The officers will be Installed at the first meeting In January. DECORATE CHURCH BUILDING The exterior of the First Meth odist church has been given a touch of the holiday season In the decor ations that have been arranged by the members of the congregation. The tower has eben arranged with decorations of evergreens around the open arches and on the Interior of the tier of blue lights have been ar ranged which at night makes a very beautiful sight with a sky like hue to. tire tower. Around all of the windows of the church thereare evergreens being used In the decorative plan and which make a most attractive sight and real Christmas like atmosphere to the downtown church. PROGRAM - PLATE SUPPER Given by Kenosha school at Lewis ton Community Center, Friday, Dec. 16, 8 p. m. Everyone invited. ALICE CAMPBELL, Teacher. Phone Rates are Increased at Weeping Water Railway Commission Finds That Rates Asked by Lincoln Com pany Are Reasonable. With Commissioner Good dissent ing, the railway commission Tues day authorized the Lincoln Tele phone and Telegraph company to in crease rates at its Weeping Water exchange. The schedule of charges approved provides: Business, indi vidual, $3.75; business, extension. $1.00; residence. Individual. $2.25; residence, extension, 50 cents; busi ness ten party farm. $2.25; resi dence, ten party farm, $1.75. The company had asked $4.00 for busi ness rate. The proposed rates In creased business 75 cents a month and residence 50 cents, with farm metallic line service as at present. Testimony by the company show ed that under the old rates it was out of pocket in excess of $3,000 a year. not including a return on the in vestment and bond interest, while the new rates will still result in an oper ating deficit of $1,806. A fire de stroyed the central office equipment a number of months ago, and a building was constructed to house the new equipment, adding $9,845 to the Investment. The commission order says that as the proposed schedule will fail to return out of pocket expenses, with no return upon the investment, and so that the community may continue- to receive telephone service. It finds it is In the public Interest that the application be granted with the ex ception of the business rate. The commission says $3.75 a month for business is more In line with charges at exchanges of like service. The new rates become effective Jan. 1. Objectors did not challenge the fig ures, but pleaded severe financial straits of the community due to crop failures. Mr. Good said in his disnent that the economic situation should not be wholly ignored, and that the rate payer should not be penalized be cause of crop failures and the fire. He says that the reports of the com pany shows that as an integrated sys tem it is earning a reasonable net income, and that if the commission approves an advanced rate at any exchange showing a deficit it should, to be consistent, go into rates where exchange reports might reflect an un warranted high scale, unwise to un dertake at this time. VISIT IN OLD HOME Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Sherman, Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Lois Troop, of Lincoln, were here Sunday for a few hours to visit with old friends in the city where they formerly resided. While here they were callers at the home of Misses Mia and Barbara Gering and other of the old friends. Mr. Sherman is better known as 'Cy' Sherman, the sports editor of the Lincoln Star and Journal and who started his newspaper career in Plattsmouth many years ago on the Journal, then owned by his father, the late C. W. Sherman. He has over a long period of years however been located at Lincoln and following his profession of journalism. INJURED IN CAR WRECK Sunday afternoon on highway No. 50, three and a half miles south of Weeping Water, an auto driven by Alfred Oehlers was overturned and as the result Peter Jurgensen of Avoca was badly Injured altho the other occupants of the car were not ser iously hurt beyond being badly shaken up. Mr. Jurgensen was thought to have suffered an injured back and neck and which made neces sary his being taken to a hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sudman of Avoca were also in the car. The accident was caused when the car was caught In the loose gravel along the roadside and the car un able to be controlled by the driver and overturning as the result. LOST One 10 gallon oil can on Cedar Creek road. Finder please phone 537. L. L. McCarty. ltw