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i Itht. BUt Historical Society Vol. No. LV PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1939. NO. 3 i Platters Take Ashland Five by Score 42 to 29 locals Suffer From. Inability Connect in the Opening Half of Game. to The Plattsmouth basketball' quin tet Friday evening added Ashland to the list of teams that they have defeated, turning back the Saunders county quintet by the score of 42 to 29. The visitors had the best of the earlier part of the game when the local passing was very ragged and Ashland able to control the ball the greater part of the time, but in the latter part of the game paced by the snapshooting of Rebal and Reed and with the fine defensive work of .Wall and Smith, the Platters forged to the front in a steady mounting gain. The scoring started In the first seconds of the game when Rebal counted for Plattsmouth and a play later Atwood of Ashland had regis tered for the visitors. The score at the first quarter was 9 to 6 for Plattsmouth. It was in the second quarter that Robinson, ace of the Ashland shoot ers, was able to get away and in his well placed one handed shots had the edge on the locals. The visitors intercepted many of the local passes to keep the ball down in local territory and Robinson scored re peatedly. The score at the half time was 20 to 16 in favor of Ashland. With the opening of the third stanza of the battle the Platters were getting their shooting eye and the work of Wall and Smith kept Rob inson well occupied. Rebal tmd Reed in fast play rang , up basket ..after; basket in the period tobrlng the; locals up into the running and finally to take the lead that gradually in creased. The last quarter of the game was decidedly Plattsmouth as they were the aggressors practically all of the time and kept the visitors well bottled up in their excellent defense. The box score of the game was as follows: Plattsmouth (42) Fa FT PF 1 0 ' 2 1 1 0 1 TP 17 1 5 15 1 0 3 Rebal. f 8 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 Noble, f Hayes, c Reed, g Wall, g Minor, g Smith, f 0 2 5 0 0 1 16 .10 (29) FQ FT 42 TP 2 8 16 1 0 2 0 0 Ashland PF Scheel, f 10 1 Atwood. f -- 4 0 3 W. Robinson, f 7 2 2 Reece. c 0 10 Pilford. g 0 0 4 L. Robinson, g 10 0 Burr, g 0 0 1 Shale, g 0 0 0 13 8 11 29 Referee Pratt, Creighton; Time keeper, D. Armstrong.Plattsmouth; Scorekeeper, W. Armstrong. COUNTY COURT DOINGS In the matter of the probate of the estate of Margaret E. Gillespie, deceased, killed in December near Bradshaw, W. O. Gillespie, the hus band was named as special admin istrator. Petition was presented by Wil liam A. Umland for the probate of the will of Jacob Umland. deceased, of near Eagle. Emelie Scattergood was named as administratrix, eta by the court. COUNCILMAN HAS INJURY From S&turday'a D'iy Councilman Fred H. Vincent was making h?s way around today with the aid of a pair of crutches as the result of an accident on Friday at his work at the BREX shops. Mr. Vincent had the misfortune to have a' bolster spring drop on his left foot, bruising it to some extent. The injury was treated and it is hoped that Mr. Vincent can resume his work the first of the week. VALENTINE BOOK REVIEW TEA "The Rumelhearts ot Rampler Avenue." February 14th, 2:30 p. m.f M. E. church. f9-ltw-2td ATTENDS INSURANCE MEETING Joe E. Knoflicek, local representa tive of the Nebraska Bankers Life Insurance company, has just return ed from Lincoln, where he has been attending a three day meeting of the agents and representatives of this large midwest insurance company. Edgar "Wescott, former Platts mouth young man, was a speaker at the meeting and gave a very fine talk on the business of the company, of which he is manager of the adver tising department. Asks Damage in the Sum of 25 Thousand Louis A. Rettenmaier Sues August Ossenkop and Elmer Johnson for Injuries in Truck Crash. From Friday's Daily An action was filed in the district court today in which Louis A. Ret tenmaier is the plaintiff and August Ossenkop and Elmer Johnson, the defendants, asking damages in the sum of $25,000. The action Is the result of a truck accident eight miles west of this city on the Louisville-Plattsmouth highway on October 22. 193S and in which the plaintiff was injured when his truck was overturned. The petition of the plaintiff al leges that on the date mentioned that Elmer Johnson was driving a truck for the defendant August Os senkop. the truck owner, that the defendant had dumped a pile ot gravel on the highway and that at the time of the accident it is alleged had his truck partially across the road and as the plaintiff approached the truck that Johnson had started up bis truck and as the. result the truck of the plaintiff was forced from the highway and overturned. The damages asked are for in-; juries claimed to have been received a3 the result of the accident. MOURNS DTATH OF POPE The death of Pope Pius XI which has plunged the entire Christian world into grief, brings vividly back to Rt. Rev. Monsignor George Agius pastor of the St. John's church of this city, a visit that be had with the great head of his church at Rome some thirteen years ago, and a visit there several years prior. Monsignor Agius with a party of friends, members of the priesthood, had visited Rome and were received by the holy father in audience and bad the great pleasure and honor of paying personal tribute to the pope. Monsignor Agius states that Pius XI was one of the most learned of the popes and his great work for world peace will make him long an outstanding occupant of the papal throne. It was Pope Pius XI that con ferred on Monsignor Agius the rank of domestic prelate, a very high honor of the church and conferred on the distinguished members of the clergy. lie also honored at that time Monsignor A. M. Mosler, for merly here and now pastor of the St. Patrick's church at Haveloek. CARS HAVE CRASH From Thursday's Daily This morning in the snow storm the cars of Phillip Kehne and E. J. Lutz collided on the Cedar Creek road west of the Oak Hill cemetery. No one was injured but the cars were damaged to some extent in the impact in the storm. ILL AT COUNTY FARM Joseph Kastl, who makes his home at the county farm west of htis city, is quite ill from a severe attack of grippe and flu and, due to his ad vanced, age, makes his condition much more serious. Mr. Kastl is a brother of the late Dora Kastl. ENTERS OMAHA HOSPITAL From Friday's Dally Mrs. Adam Kaffenberger of this city departed for Omaha this morn ing where she will enter the Anton Kani hospital for treatment, as she has not been In the best of health for some time. Chas. Ellington Veteran Fireman City of Omaha Native of Cass County, He Had Served Omaha as Fireman From 1888 to 1912. The death of Charles Ellington, 78, on Tuesday night at his home, 4129 Grant street, Omaha, removed a long active figure in thi3 section of the state. His illness had covered the past year and in the last few weeks his condition has been ex tremely grave. Mr. Ellington was a brother of the late Joseph Ellington of this city, and was born at Rock Bluffs, where his parents, pioneer residents, had settled. He spent his youth in this county and in 1881 he moved to Omaha where he has since resided. In the year 1888 Mr. Ellington entered the service jof the city of Omaha as a member of the fire de partment and continued in that work until 1912 when he retired from active service. Mr. Ellington had a very notable career as a member of the department and in 1898 while fighting a fire at the Shirvick fur niture store was buried with several other firemen under a caved in wall. Two of the firemen were killed and Mr. Ellington suffered a fractured skull and wounds that left their mark for the rest of his life. He spent the greater part of hi3-service with Company 7. at 36th and Jack son streets. He had the rank of junior captain on his retirement. In later years Mr. Ellington was engaged with the Anderson Fire Equipment company. He is survived by his widow. Julia; daughters, Mrs. M. F. Kyhl and .Jean Ellington. Omaha; - sons. Donald and Robert of Omaha and C. Douglas of Grand Island; three grandchildren. Miss Bertha Elling ton of this city was a niece of the departed. RETURN FROM BUYING TRIP Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Soennichsen and daughter, Mary Phyllis, and W. R. Holly of the men's wear department of H. M. Soennichsen Co., returned from Chi cago. They have been spending the past week at the large wholesale marts of that city where at this time the showings of the spring and early summer offerings are being made. They visited the large wholesale and jobbing establishments and found a market full of the greatest values and most attractive lines for the coming season, making a large selection for the Soennichsen store here in both the men's and women's lines of wearing apparel. Mrs. W. E. Rosencrans and Chris tine Soennichsen, who accompanied the party to Chicago will remain there for a short visit, Mrs. Rosen crans with her son, Blythe and fam ily and Miss Soennichsen with a number of friends. PRESENT "N" PINS The Plattsmouth High School held a pep rally at the high school auditor ium Friday afternoon. During the afternoon, Principal J. R. Reeder pre sented the "N" plaque as well as the "N" pins to the boys who were not at the school at the present time. The boys receiving them were: Ronald Rebal, Robert Hayes, Warren Reed. Allen White, Stephen Devoe, James Jones, Carter Minor, and Josepn York. Principal Reeder also announced that the Plattsmouth High Cchool has received a notice from O. L. Webb. secretary of the Nebraska Activities Association, saying that Plattsmouth has been asigned to the Class A tourn ament to be held in Fremont March 1,' 2, 3, and 4. STUDY CENTER HEAD Lloyd Leyda has been appointed by the University of Nebraska as Study Center director with head quarters at Plattsmouth. Mr. Leyda lives at Murray and Is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and has had considerable teaching experience. Anyone wishing to take advantage of this opportunity to take college work by extension should see Mr. Leyda for instructions. AN APPRECIATION Deeply grateful for the many acts of friendship, the expressions of sym pathy, beautiful flowers and per sonal calls and messages, I wish to let my friends know how much I have appreciated them. During my stay at the hospital and since re turning home these contacts with the friends are heartfelt appreciated. The" members of the American Le gion Auxiliary I wish to thank as a group as well as individually, d&w MRS. J. F. KNECHT. Mid-Winter Concert by the High School Will Be Held at the School February 15th Will Feature Elimin ation Vocal Contest. The music department of Platts mouth high school has set Wednes day night. February 15 at 8 o'clock as the date for its mid-winter con cert. This program has two main attractions which should interest the patrons of the school very much. The first is the annual local elimination contest for soloists. Eighteen boys and girls will compete for the op portunity of entering as contestants in the Peru M-I-N-K contest and in district competition. In order that the advantages of contest singing may be given more students a dif ferent group of soloists will enter each contest. The second feature of the concert will be the singing of the high school a cappella choir. This organ ization made its first appearance at the high school last fall and received much favorable comment by those who heard it. Since them the num ber-has been enlarged until the choir now numbers 110 students. The choir will sing a varied program of music which will be sung entirely unaccompanied. Representatives of the instru mental department participating in the local contest will be James San- din and Allan White who will play trumpet solos. One selection by the Boys' Glee club and one number by the Girls Glee club will complete the large group events. A girls 'oc tette and a boys' sextette, will com plete the list of events tor this pro gram. The public is cordially in vited to attend this concert. TO LOCATE AT ASHLAND A. O. Moore, veteran telegraph operator of the Burlington, is leav ing Monday for Ashland, where he will take over the position of first trick operator at the Burlington station at that place. Mr. Moore has in the past few years served as operator in Omaha and has been1 engaged at the Bur lington station at that place, prior to that being at Gibson. For a great many years Mr. Moore was the first trick operator at the Plattsmouth station but with the re adjustment and curtailing of the wtfrk here, he was transferred to the Omaha district. Mrs. Moore and daughter are plan ning on moving in a short time to Ashland to make their home and are anticipating a very pleasant loca tion in the Saunders county city, one of the important stations on the Burlington. CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS From Saturday's Dally The board of county commission ers at their session this week took up the mater of the approval of the bonds of several officers who were holding over or appointed to fill ex isting vacancies. J. M. Kokjer, veteran justice of the peace of Avoca precinct, was ap proved to hold over in his office, Fred Marquardt. elected to the of flve having declined. Justice Kokjer filed his annual report of the office and also presented his bond for ap proval. Walter Burks, of Eagle, had his bond approved as constable for Tip ton precinct. P. A. Jacobson had. his bond ap proved as justice of the peace in Louisville, to fill existing vacancy In the office. Old Resident Here Recalls Can non Expedition Louie Reinackle, Member of Party That Attempted to Recapture Famous Nehawka Cannon Lcuie Reinackle, on or the old residenters here, was much Interest ed in reading the account of the se curing of the famous cannon that is now the property of Nehawka. Eack in the 80's residentso f this city had captured the cannon from Spring field or LaPlatte and brought it here and it stood for some time on the then steep clay bank near where the T. H. Pollock residence is located. It was from there that the Nehawka residents took the cannon to their city. The most graphic recollection of Mr. Reinackle however is that of the attempt of a group of Platts mouth men to later recapture the old time field piece. The cannon after removal to Nehawka had been placed in the cellar of the Sheldon store and it was there that Platts mouth invaders located the gun. A large party made the trip to Ne hawka in buggies and team and wagon and were all set to make the capture. In some way the fact of the arrival of the invaders was i noised around the village and while a group of the Platsmouth men were just ready to hoist out the cannon, the alarm bell rang from a church and brought out the indignant resi dents onto the Plattsmouth bunch and a hurried retreat was made from the cellar and a general rush for the vehicles made. In the ex citement of the getaway a number of the Plattsmouth men were forced to escape on foot and did not ar rive home until the next day. As Mr. Reinackle recalls he and Attorney D. O. Dwyer, who was in j those days a youthful lawyer just embarking In business, are the only members of the war party that are left here. Louie Is of the opinion that this expedition was far more exciting in the short time than his later ex periences in the Spanish-American war when he served in Co. B of the Third Nebraska under Captain George Sheldoni of Nehawka. OPENS NEW MEAT MARKET The many friends of Gilbert Hlr2. son of Mr. and Mrs. Pihilip Hir2 of this city, will be glad to learn that Mr. Hirz has opened up a meat mar ket in the Hested grocery store In Nebraska City where he will take immediate charge. Mr. Hirz has had many years of experience in the.nve woras or less tne reasons xney field of meat marketing, he having 'consider one particular breed of baby been manager of the meat depart- chicks the best kind to raise. There ment of the Smith Allied grocery s no charge for entering and no pur store in Omaha for the past few chase is required. The purpose of years. The Hested store is one of the contest is to determine the rel the largest in Nebraska City and ative popularity of the various breeds with the keen ability and business of chicks. experience of Mr. Hirz should make j In addition to the seven free trips it an outstanding place of business to these two outstanding fairs and for the residents of that section of Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Hirz and child are moving to Nebraska City the first part of next week where they will make their home. HAS APPENDECTOMY Miss Barbara Stander, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stander, un-i group of the members of the organ derwent an appendectomy operation ' ization from Nebraska City as well Tuesday evening at the Anton Kani as the Plattsmouth members to par hospital in Omaha. The patient tkipate in the interesting meet, withstood the operation very well j Dana Cole, president of the Lin and is on the highway to recovery, 'coin Chamber of Commerce, will be :the principal speaker and will dls- T0 HANDLE OIL DRILLING 'cuss "The New Deal in Business." Mr. Cole is one of the outstanding II. C. Stephens of Humboldt ar- figures in the business world of rived In Plattsmouth Friday where Lincoln and will have a real worth he came to take charge of drilling ; while message for the members of the oil well near Murray for the Golden Rod Oil company. Mr. Stephens expects to start drilling immediately. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our thanks to those who were so kind and thought ful to us in the loss of our dear and precious mother. B. L. Shrader, Dora Murray, Wm. H. Shrader, Fern Gish, Lester Shrader. ATTEND MASONIC MEETING Thursday evening William A. Rob ertson, past grand master of the Ne braska Masons, R. C. Cook, deputy grand custodian, W. F. Evers, super intendent of the Nebraska Masonic Home and George K. Hetrick, were in Omaha where they attended a meet ing of Bee Hive lodge of the A. F, & A. M. The Plattsmouth men attended the initiation ceremonies and at which Lawrence Bell, of Omaha, was received into the order, he being a cousin of Mr. Cook. Platters to Play at the Fre mont Tourney Will Enter the Fremont Tournament as Southeastern Tourney Goes to Beatrice This Year. The Plattsmouth high school bas ketball quintet will play in the dis trict tourney at Fremont as the southeastern tournament will be held at Beatrice, much farther away. With the tournament being held at Falls City last year the locals were able to compete in the southern group while this year they will go to the nearer meet at the Dodge county city. At the Fremont tournament the ?latters will have some fast com pany in Columbus, Fremont, West Point and Wahoo, who are doped as the most formidable of the teams, in addition to Plattsmouth the other teams competing will be Ashland, Blair, David City. Oakland, Schuyler, Tekamah. The Platters have a seasonal vic tory over Ashland in the group and this 'week will battle the Blair team and' close the season at Wahoo, to they will have experience with at least three of their prospective tour nament teams. The pairings of the teams will be announced nearer the time of the tournament opening on March 1st. LOCAL FEED STORE ANNOUNCES UNIQUE EABY CHICK CONTEST Herman Meisinger, local feed store at Mynard, in conjunction with Al lied Mills, is sponsoring an All -American Baby Chick Poll contest in which seven free trips to the New York World's Fair or to the World s Poultry " Congress, to be held in Cleveland next July, are offered to the seven major winners. Anyone who raises chlck3 may compete in the contest merely by registering and stating in twenty- , expositions, Mr. Meisinger Is offering worthwhile prizes to local winners. TO SPEAK AT BANQUET The first anniversary banquet of the Plattsmouth Credit Bureau will be held on Wednesday evening, Feb ruary 15th at the Hotel Plattsmouth. This meeting will bring a large the credit organization LARGE SUM TO CASS COUNTY WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UP) The WPA will spend 193.957 for a complete sanitary sewage system at Weeping Water, and $26,000 for im provements to the Nebraska national guard camp at Ashland, Senator E. R Burke was advised today. The Weepirig Water system will include a sewage disposal plant. Charles Reichart, Prominent Louis ville Man Is Dead Lifetime Resident of Cass Coutny and a Well Known Figure in Com munity Services Today. In the death of Charles F. Reichart, of Louisville, at the age of 9 years, i lifetime resident of this section of Cass county has been taken from the ji'.dst of a large circle oftriemis and mandates. Mr. Reichart was taken ill a week ago Saturday at Louisville with a eevere ehart attack and from which he failed to rally and on Friday he passed away. Charles F. Reichart was born on September 7, 1869 at Cullom, Ne braska, a son of Phillip Reichart and Laura Seybert Reichart and at the age of two years he suffered the loss of his parents by death. He was then reared by his maternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Seybert and made his home with them for his younger years. After the death of his grandparents he made his home with his uncle, A. F. Seybert and family at Cullom and where he as sisted in farming for Mr. Seybert and his brother, the late W. H. Seybert. remaining there for some fifteen years or until the farms were dis posed of. He then moved to Louis- ilJe and has since resided in that community where he was a highly respected and honored figure. He ftas unmarried and made his home with his uncle, George Reichart and family for the ensuing years. Mr. Reichart on locating in Louis ville engaged in the operation of a livery barn for a great many years and later la the late years be changed this to a garage and filling station and which he operated tot he last. There is surviving a niece, Mrs. Laura Reichart Gesa, of Louisville; half-brother, Fred Reichart. St. Joseph, Missouri; several uncles, Jacob Reichart, Louisville, Godfrey Reichart, Ulysses, Nebraska; A. F. Seybert of Plattsmouth and a large number of cousins and more distant relatives. The funeral services were held this afternoon at Louisville and the in terment made at the Riverview cemetery. FIRE DEPARTMENT EUSY The Plattsmouth fire department had a busy time Friday afternoon ith alarms that kept them covering a great deal of territory. The first alarm came from Oreapolia where the section house of the Burlington was reported on fire.' The depart ment responded and found that an overheated chimney had caused the fire and which had a good start and did much damage before it was final ly subdued. The members of the de partment and those living nearby formed a bucket brigade to finally set the fire out. The firemen were called to the George Taylor home in the north part of the city shortly before 6 o'clock rnd where another overheated chim ney had caused a small f.re. The walls in the home were damaged to some extent but the prompt work of the firemen soon had the blaze out. TO DRAMATIZE STORY Plattsmouth people are much in terested in the plans of the Colum biad Broadcasting System to present over the radio, "The Rumelhearts of Rampler Avenue." This very interesting story of to dy ,is from the pen of Mrs. Maude Smith Delavan, of Omaha, and has nroven one of the year's really popu 'ar books. It will be reviewed here on Tuesday, February 14 th, at the M. E. church by Mrs. Delavan. as sisted by Mrs. Polian and Mrs. Herr ing, of Omaha. HOLD SESSION OF COURT From Thursday's Dally District Judge W. W. Wilson was here from Nebraska City today to hold a short session of court and taking up a number of matters pending before the court. A mo tion for a rehearing In the case of Ruth Schell et al vs. Sophia Schell I was argued before the court.