Nebr. State Tntcrical Society
Vol. No. IV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1939.
NO. 69
S. S. Gooding,
Veteran Railway
Employee, Dies
Resident of Plattsmouth for a Great
Many Years and Long a Familiar
Figure in This City.
From Thuradtya rarrj
Sidney Seymour Gooding, 76, vet
eran Burlington employee, passed
away last evening at 5:55 at the
home of his son, Everett LeRoy Good
ing, on Rock street, death coming
after an illness of several weeks and
a long period of failing health.
To hundreds of Plattsmouth peo
ple Mr. Gooding was a familiar
figure and a man that had possessed
a very large circle of friends,
who had long known his pleasant
greeting and association down
through the years that he lived here.
Mr. Gooding was born December
20. 1862, at Kewanee, Illinois, a
son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Good
ing, but the greater part of his life
time was spent in the west where he
was married and reared his family.
He was married at Boone, Iowa, in
18S4 to Cynthia Ann Richardson,
who with one daughter, Estella, have
preceded the husband and father
in death.
The family came west to Colorado
where they located for some time
and later moved to Missouri where
they resided for a number of years
and then moved to Plattsmouth.
Mr. Gooding entered the employ
of the Burlington railroad in 1898
and was for many years employed
in the store department of the rail
road at the local shops, serving faith
fully and well his employers and in
the last few years has enjoyed his
retirement from active service.
Since retired by the railroad Mr.
Gooding has enjoyed traveling a
great deal and his visits have taken
him to many parts of the country
and particularly the middle west.
Mr. Gooding was a member of the
Christian faith with' which he was
affiliated at Captain Linger Mills,
Missouri, at the age of thirty-two.
There is surviving his passing his
son, Everett LeRoy, two grandchil
dren, Clifton and Evelyn Lee of this
city; one brother, Frank Gooding of
East Liverpool. Ohio, as well as
a large number of nieces and
nephews, and an aunt. Mrs. Eliza
beth Oliver, 89, of Marshalltown,
Iowa.
GIVES TALK ON READING
From Saturday's tJalty
This morning at the district court
room, Calvin Reed, of the Peru State
Teachers college, held a meeting for
teachers interested in the course of
study that is being made available
by the college. This is a three hour
college course and brings out the im
portance of reading for the teacher
and the student. It is planned to
deal with the difficulties that the
students have in reading. It shows
the need of the teacher to analyze
each first grade student as to their
realization of the reading necessity
for the young student and if they are
ready to take up this branch of edu
cation. The course also presents the
proper use of reading.
These study classes are to be held
each Saturday morning at 9:30 at
the Cass county court house and are
under the sponsorship of the county
superintendent.
MAKES FINE APPEARANCE
The Plattsmouth high school band
was a fine entertaining feature at the
football game Friday evenng between
the Valley and Plattsmouth teams at
Athletic park. The members were
very attractively uniformed in white
trousers, blue sweaters with the white
suspenders and caps.. The band gave
a fine program of music and. drills,
under the direction of -Mr. David
Fowler.
DAUGHTER TO DAVIS FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Burr R. Davis are
the parents of a daughter born to
them at Wayne, Nebraska, Thursday
afternoon at 1:30. This is the sec
ond child born to them and the
little Miss is a granddaughter of Mr
and Mrs. John Vallery of this city
and Mrs. Edna Davis of Wayne.
Mrs. Davis was formerly Miss
Mary Ellen Vallery.
HERE FROM LOS ANGELES
Dr. Albert A. Fricke, of Los An
geles, is here to enjoy a visit with
the members of his family in this
section of Nebraska .and also the
many old time friends. Dr. Fricke
has been located in the west for a
great many years and is one of the
leaders of his profession in that sec
tion. While here he will visit his
brother, Edwin A. Fricke, at Ash
land, as well as his sister, Mrs. Rus
sell Harris and family at Omaha, as
well as the relatives here.
Dr. 0. C. Hudson
is Secretary of
Nebr. Osteopaths
Local Physician Well Known Over
the State is Honored by Mem
bers of His Profession
Dr. O. C. Hudson, of this city, has
been honored by the Nebraska Osteo
pathic Association by being selected
as the secretary of the association, a
very much deserved honor for his
years of service in the profession.
The association at their meeting
at Hastings elected the local physi
cian to the staff of the state officers.
which carries with it a great deal of
responsibility and work.
The secretary will have charge of
all the correspondence and office
work for the organization at his of
fice here, which, with his large prac
tice, will entail a great many sacri
fices of time.
In his official capacity, Dr. Hud
son will be required to attend the
district, state and national meetings
of the organization.
The many friends of Dr. Hudson
here are very happy to learn of his
selection to this important office, as
it is a pleasing recognition of hi3
line work and outstanding service in
his profession. '
HERE FROM WYOMING
From Thursday's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. John Speck and son,
Ted, with Carl Speck, arrived last
evening from their home at Casper,
Wyoming, to spend a short time here
at the home of relatives and old
friends. They have been at Sioux
City, Iowa, to visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Fi td H. Speck and family, com
ing on to this city to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Eerett Gooding and family and
Ha' iv Speck.
Carl Speck, who was so severely In
jured last December in an auto wreck
in Wyoming, is still compelled to get
around with the use of crutches, but
i3 showing much improvement and
it is hoped will soon regain the full
use of his left leg that was so
badly shattered as the result of the
accident. He is still undergoing
treatment.
FUNERAL OF E. M. POL
LARD HELD AT NEHAWKA
The funeral of the late Hon. E. M.
Pollard who passed away at his
home in Lincoln last Sunday after
noon, was held from the Nehawka
Methodist church Wednesday after
noon. A large concourse of friends
and relatives attended the last rites.
Mr. Pollard was born in Nehawka
and grew to manhood there. He
moved to Lincoln about twenty years
ago. He was ever active in the wel
fare of his local community and ac
tive in politics, serving his state and
county in congress and was during
that period ever working for the
welfare of Nebraska and represented
the first district in a very capable
manner.. He made many friends over
the entire state.
MRS. SCHUETZ BETTER
Mrs. Herbert Schuetz, who has
been bedfast the last few days. Is
showing considerable improvement
at her apartment in the Coronado
apartments. Mrs. Schuetz has been
very ill and she is being cared for
by Miss Edith Mason, who also is
assisting in the household duties. ,
ATTENDS CONFERENCE
Mrs. Elmer Sundstrom of the local
assistance and welfare department,
was at Lincoln Thursday attending
a meeting of directors and workers
in this department of the assistance
program.
Local People
Return from the
AL Convention
Eugene 0. Vroman and Wife, Mrs.
Helen Vroman, President of Aux
iliary Have Fine Time.
i
Prom Thursday's Dall
This morning Eugene O. Vroman,
finance officer of the local post of
the American Legion with Mrs. Vro
man, president of the local unit of
the American Legion Auxiliary, re
turned from Chicago where they
have been in attendance at the na
tional convention of the Legion.
The Plattsmouth people report the
convention one of the greatest and
with great crowds and colorful and
brilliant pageantry surrounding the
gathering that had drawn thou
sands to Chicago.
They enjoyed a visit with Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Distill, former resi
dents here, who were present repre
senting Hobart, Indiana, post of the
Legion, and also visited with Mrs.
Vroman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. L.
York and her brothers, Frank, Cecil
and James York and their families,
as well as at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Verdon Vroman, the former a
brother of Mr. Vroman.
Mr. and Mrs. Vroman were out
to enjoy the great parade on Tues
day and with the hundreds of thou
sands of spectators spent the time in
the early morning in the light rain
but the clouds broke at noon to make
the parade much more enjoyable.
They had the opportunity of enjoy
ing part of the parade from the Ne
braska headquarters in the Stevens
hotel, as it required seme fifteen
hours to pass and the last marchers
were reported in at 2 a. m.
CONCERT PLEASES AUDIENCE
From Friday's Dally
The concert last evening at the
First Methodist church presented by
the students of the Philander Smith
college, of Little Rock, Arkansas, was
enjoyed by an exceptionally large
audience of the local music lovers.
This group of seven young colored'
singers had a fine and well arranged
program that embraced many of the
stirring negro spirituals, given in
the true feeling of their composers,
an well a3 a number of the songs
that had been requested and were
so popular over the nation as a part
of the negro musical theme, among
these being ' Old Man River," "Deep
River" and "Short'ning Bread." The
beautiful and inspiring "Swing Low
Sweet Chariot" was also one of the
favorites of the large audience.
The young college people are on a
trip through the north and have ap
peared at many of the Methodist
gatherings over the nation.
Philander Smith college is one of
the leading colleges for the colored
people in the south and has a rank
ing among the leading educational
institutions of the country.
LEGION COMMANDER HOME
From Friday's DalTy
This morning George Conis, com
mander of the local American Legion
post arrived home from Chicago,
where he has been since Sunday in
attendance at the national conven
tion of the American Legion. The
commander found the convention
most interesting as well as a lively
and gay gathering of the service men
and women of the nation.
The convention was one of great
import as held on the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the breaking out of
the World War, with another Euro
pean war under way as the men who
fought in the last war gathered to
consider problems aimed to keep this
nation out of the present conflict.
While in Chicago, Mr. Conis was
a guest of-friends and had the pleas
ure of visiting with them as well as
taking in the convention.
SHOWS FR0SH PICTURE
from Thursday's Dlly-
An excellent picture of the fresh
man squad of the University of Ne
braska football team appears in the
State . Journal this morning and
among the players appearing are
Ronald Rebal of this city, Leland
Morrow of Murdock, Richard Harns-
berger and Charles Lohr of Ashland,
well known here.
F. H. A. AIDS NEW HOMES
Every three minutes, day and
night, ground is being broken for a
new home somewhere in the United
States under the Federal Housing
loan plan. Walter J. Wunderlich, of
Nehawka, who is negotiating these
FHA loans here, says! that Nebraska
is holding well up to the average of
other states in new home construc
tion under this plan.
It is pointed out that the fact
that the borrower in many cases can
borrow as much as 90 per cent of
the value of house and lot for a new
home is what is stimulating the
home construction program.
Death of John
G. Wunderlich
Occurs Sunday
Long Time Resident and Prominent
in Affairs of the County
HI for Many Months.
Sunday night at 10:30 at the fam
ily home north of Nehawka. John
G. Wunderlich, 73, passed away after
in illness of many months and in
which he has gradually been fail
ing until death came to his relief.
Mr. Wunderlich was long identi
fied with the affairs of Nehawka and
Cass county and was a gentleman
that possessed a very large circle of
warm friends who will share with
the family the sorrow that his pass
ing has brought.
He was engaged in farming for
the greater part of his lifetime and
was one of the most successful farm
ers in his section of Cass county. He
moved with his wife into Nehawka
some years ago and was for a time
engaged in mercantile activities
there until, his failing, health made
necessary his retirement.
Mr. Wunderlich was active politi
cally as a democrat and was a leader
in the party in the county and state
and for many years assessor of Ne
hawka precinct. When his health
permitted Mr. Wunderlich was al
ways a familiar figure at democratic
conventions.
There is surviving his loss the
widow, two sons, Walter J. and Les
ter Wunderlich, of Nehawka, three
daughters, Mrs. F. J. Knecht, of
South Bend, Mrs. Charles Adams and
Mrs. Sadie Shrader of Nehawka.
Funeral services will be held on
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the farm home north of Nehawka
and the interment at the cemetery
near the old home.
COUNTY COURT HEARINGS
A number of probate matters were
before Judge A. II. Duxbury Friday
and a number of pending estates were
closed.
In the estate of George A. Kaffen
berger, deceased of this city, the final
settlement was granted and the dis
charge of Ola Manota Spacht, execu
trix ordered.
Final settlement was had in the
estate of Andrew Zoz, deceased, and
the discharge cf Martin and Joseph
Zoz, administrators ordered.
Hearing was had on the probate
of the last will and testament of Rev.
Herman Pieper, deceased, of Elm
wood, and the document appointing
August II. Pieper as the administra
tor was admitted.
Final settlement was had in the
estate of Louis Lohnes. deceased, and
George Lohnes, - the executrix dis
charged. PLATTSMOUTH STUDENTS
ACTIVE AT PERU NORMAL
PERU, Nebr., Sept. 28 Virginia
Trively has a part in the homecom
ing play at the State Teachers' col
lege here. James Sandin also has a
part in the play. Virginia Trively
is a member of the Dormitory Coun
cil and Secretary of the Dramatic
Club. Edna Mae Petersen is vice
president of the Kappa Omicron Phi.
DISTRICT COURT FILINGS
In the office of the clerk of the dis
trict court a divorce action has been
filed by Ruth Babbitt against Homer
A. Babbitt. The parties were married
in this city in September 1938.
Another action for divorce is that
of Minnie Wilcox vs Homer Wilcox,
the latter a non-resident defendant.
Cass County
Federation of
Women's Clubs
Convention to be Held at Murdock
Evangelical Church Thursday,
Oct. 5 Fine Program
The sixteenth annual convention
of the Cass County Federation of
Women's clubs will be held at the
Evangelical church at Murdock on
Thursday, October 5th. Any lady in
the county who wishes is invited to
attend the convention and enjoy the
fine program which will be given.
The theme will be: "Educating
Democracy for Human Welfare."
County officers are: Mrs. G. R.
Eveland, Elm wood, president; Mrs.
J. M. Kokjer, Avoca, vice president;
Mrs. John Hay, Elmwood, secretary
treasurer. The morning session will open at
9 a. m., with registration, followed
by the program below:
rrelude, Mrs. Harmon, Weeping
Water.
Call to Order.
Convention Singing led by Mrs.
J. J. Cullen, Avoca.
Flag Salute.
Devotionals, by Rev. Harvey A.
Schwab, Murdock.
Welcome, Mrs. A. J. Tool, Mur
dock. Response, Miss Evelyn Wolph,
Past County President, Nehawka.
Address, "Obligations of Citizen
ship," A. H. Duxbury, County Judge
cf Cass County, Plattsmouth.
Presentation of Visiting Chairmen
of Other Organizations.
Response, Mrs. Lora Loyd Kieck.
County Superintendent of Schools of
Cass County, Plattsmouth.
Announcements.
Scholarship Loan Fund March. t
NOON LUNCHEON " '
(Voting will take place dur
ing the noon hour.)
Program for the afternoon session
as follows:
Invocation, Mrs. Harvey Schwab,
Murdock.
Reading of Minutes.
Group of Songs, Cass County Ex
tension Clubs' Chorus.
Presentation of State Officers.
Response, Mrs. Walter Keichel,
State President of Nebraska Federa
tion of Women's Clubs, Tecumseh.
Address, "Adjusting Education to
Reality," C. S. Boucher, Chancellor
of the University of Nebraska, Lin
coln. Presentation of District Officers.
Response, Mrs. Scott McGrew,
President of First District, Louis
ville. Trio, Eunice Kuehn, Pearl Reuter
and Doris Bornemeier, Murdock.
Nebraska Folk History Featuring
the Omaha Indian, Mrs. Belle Coak
ley, Elmwood.
Reports of Committees.
Invitation for 1940.
Reading of Minutes.
Adjournment.
WILLIAM RUMMEL QUITE ILL
William Rummel, one of the promi
nent residents of Cass county, has
been confined to his home on North
Eighth street for the past few weeks
and his condition is reported as quite
grave at this time. Mr. Rummel a
shoit time ago underwent an eye op
eration and in the last few weeks has
suffered from other complications
that has made his case much more
severe.
DISALLOWS CLAIM
Thursday the hearing of the claim
against the estate of Charles F.
Reichart occupied the greater part
of the day in county court. The
claim was that of Mrs. Katherine
Reichart for the sum of $1,460 and
was opposed by the estate. After the
hearing of the evidence and argu
ments in the rase, Judge Duxbury
denied the claim against the estate.
RETURNS TO SOUTH
Canon W. J. H. Petter, wife and
little daughter, have returned to the
south to their home at Greenville,
Texas, after a pleasant visit here
with Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tritsch,
parents of Mrs. Petter. Their visit
here was much enjoyed by the old
friends and- former parishioners of
Canon Petter.
LEAVES FOR CANADA
Mrs. Lea Blais of Los Angeles,
Calif., who has been spending a ten
day visit with Mrs. M. E. Phlllipson
at "River View Farm" has continued
her journey to Quebec, Canada where
she will spend the winter, returning
west in the spring. Mrs. Blais is an
artist with the brush as well as de
signing costumes and stage decor
ations. A very charming lady and
her visit was extremely enjoyed by
Mrs. Phillipson.
Eastern Star
Entertains at a
Chicken Dinner
Event Honors Grand State Chapter
Officers and Residents of the
Nebr. Masonic Home
Friday evening the members of
Home chapter No. 189 of the Order of
the Eastern Star entertained ,at an
indoor picnic dinner for the officers
of the Nebraska grand chapter of the
order, as well as residents of the Ne
braska Masonic Home, members of the
families of the Star also being guests
The members of the chapter had
come with well laden baskets that
iurnished a truly royal feast of the
good things and which was very much
enjoyed by the group that numbered
some 200.
The grand chapter officers present
were Mrs. Frona Van Andel, Lincoln,
grand worthy matron; William Coch
ran, of Auburn, grand worthy pat
ron; Mrs. Crabtree of Lincoln, grand
chaplain; Mrs. Muriel Smith, Omaha;
grand conductress; Past grand worthy
matrons present were Mrs. Grace
Annes, Omaha, Mrs. Margaret
McPherson, Lincoln, Mrs. Ethel
Thrope, Omaha, and Miss Cochran
of Auburn was also in the party of
visiting officers.
A delightful program had been ar
ranged following the dinner and
which composed several musical of
ferings, Mrs. L. S. Devoe and Mrs.
R. W. Knorr giving a piano duet,
Mrs. Helen Wescott Murdick and
William E. Evers, a vocal Juet, Mrs.
Henry F. Nolting, a piano-accordian
solo, Raymond C Cook, a voc.al num
ber and Jaunita Sigler and Mary
Ellen Dill, a vocal duet.
Later in the evening the visiting
officers were called upon and gave
short talks on the work of the order
in the state and nation and expressing
the pleasure of attending this annual
event arranged by the Plattsmouth
ladies.
William F. Evers, superintendent
of the Nebraska Masonic Home gave
moving pictures of his recent trip to
the west and which was very much
enjoyed by the large group.
A very large delegation from Ne
braska City was here for the oc
casion.
ARMSTRONG GOES STRONG
Kenneth Armstrong, former P. H.
S. and Tarkio college football star,
played most of the game at left tackle
as the Newark, New Jersey Bears
won their first game in the Ameri
can professional league last Friday
night. The Bears crushed the Union,
New Jersey Rams 27 to 7 and the
powerful Bear forward wall was re
ported in Newark newspapers as
"holding like a brick wall."
Armstrong now weighs 251 pounds
and is in top condition after several
.veeks of training in which the squad
of thirty-five practices from two to
five hours a day.
Friday night of this week the
Bears will play their second league
game against Danbury, Conn., and
cn Sunday will meet the Brooklyn
Eagles at Brooklyn, New York.
The regular schedule lists thirteen
games. If the Bears win the cham
pionship of the northern division of
the league they will go Into the
championship playoffs in December.
VISIT IN THE WEST
From Friday's Daily
County Attorney Walter H. Smith,
with his friend, Raymond Fox, de
parted this morning on a business
trip to the west partjf of the state
and will visit at Sidney and Alliance
before returning.
,Want ads are read and almost
invariaoiy oei results.
Two Die from
Injuries in Car
Truck Crash
Lillian Woods Wittliff, Formerly ot
This City, and Elmer V. Duvall
of Brownville Victims.
From Saturday's Daily
Friday night shortly after 7 o'clock
death claimed the lives oC Lillian
Woods Wittliff and Elmer V. Duvall,
of Brownville, Nebraska, in an auto
truck crash on highway No. 75, two
miles south of Fort Crook.
The car in which the two were
riding, a coupe, driven by Robert
Spargur, Jr., of St. Joseph, Missouri,
crashed into the rear ot a truck
driven by Mark M. Sheldon, Percl
val, Iowa, as the truck was being
driven off the highway to allow its
lights to be fixed.
Edgar Creamer of this city waa
coming south at the time of the ac
cident and was some distance north
of the scene when he noticed tha
lights of the car ahead of him sud
denly disappear. A few minutes later
he wa3 up to the scene of the acci
dent and saw the car badly smashed
as it had crashed into the rear end
of the truck, the body of which was
high enough to permit the front
part of the car being driven under
it, to a point where the top was
badly mashed and crushed from the
impact.
As Mr. Creamer reached the scene.
Spargur, the driver, apparently dazed
and bleeding profusely, though not
dangerously injured, had been able
to extricate himself from the wreck
age. Mr. Creamer, with the assist
ance of other autoists who soon ar
rived at the scene, extricated Duvall,
who. was unconscious and fatally in
jured, and Mrs. Whitliff from, the
c$r. Iifrs. Whitliff had suffered a
fractured leg and numerous head
wounds from which she died later.
Mr. Creamer was trying to aid
Mr. Duvall, when he expired in his
arms a very few moments after be
ing taken from the wrecked car.
Mrs. Wittliff was taken to Mercy
hospital in Council Bluffs, where she
died at an early hour this morning.
Claims Blinded by Lights
From the story of the parties who
were able to relate the circumstances
of the wreck, it was apparent that
Spargur was on the right side of the
road behind the truck which was also
coming south and some distance
ahead of Mr. Creamer. Spargur ad
vised County Attorney Guy Tate of
Sarpy county that the lights from a
car approaching from the south had
blinded him and he failed to see the
truck into which he crashed. Shel
don, the truck driver, stated he was
driving his truck onto the shoulder
at the side of the road when the
crash occurred.
Duvall, who was a construction
engineer on the Brownville bridge
project, and Sparger, an apprentice
iron worker, borrowed the car from
a fellow worker, W. D. Chapman, at
Auburn. They had then gone to Om
aha to secure Mrs. Wittliff and take
her back to Auburn with them to
attend a fish fry at the home of a
sister of the deceased woman, Mrs.
M. M. Muncie, being en route to
Auburn when the accident occurred.
The body of the dead woman was
brought here to the Sattler funeral
home to await the arrangements for
the funeral.
Mrs. Wittliff was a daughter ot
Franklin Woods of this city and was
married here cn July 1, 1939, at the
Cass county court house, since which
time she had resided in Omaha. In
addition to the husband, Herman W.
Wittliff, she is survived by the aged
father, two brothers, Vern and For
est Wroods of this city and the sis
ter, Mrs. M. M. Muncie, of Auburn.
RECOVERING FROM OPERATION
Mrs. Ray Becker, wife of County
Register of Deeds Ray Becker, is re
ported as doing very well following
her sinus operation at the Clarkson
hospital at Omaha on Friday. It is
hoped with the present improvement
that the patient wall be able to return
home the coming week.
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