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Nebr. State Historical Society Vol. No. LV PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1940. NO. 100 Judge Yilson Files for Office He Now Holds Present District Judge Makes Filing With Secretary of State To day at Lincoln. From Tuesday's DM1? j Judy'1 W. V. Wilson, present judge j ' the second judicial district of Ne- ! ! i ra ? ica . icday filed with the secretary j ',1 state at Lincoln, his candidacv i'o- i i-f-clerticn to the post that he has .'llhd since 1937. While here several weeks ago j JiidsTv.- Wilson announced that he ! v. eu!d he a candidate, and Monday! ' '1 3fr K 9 f i Judge W. V. Wilson paid his filing fee at Nebraska City and mailed his filing to Lincoln. j W. W. Wilson was born and reared j on a farm in Otoe county; gradu- j a led from the University of Nebras- ka, college of law. and entered the i practice of law in Nebraska City, in July. 1S9C. Ho served as county at-j torney of Otoe county, and county ; judge of Otoe county. In 1925, Ik j was appointed judge of the Supreme Court Commission, of Nebraska, and . re-appointed commissioner by the su- ' prune court in 1927. and again in li'2 9, at which time he was made' I residing judge. 1 He was appointed judge of this i judicial district in April. 1937, by' the governor, succeeding the late' Judge Kick, and has since served in hat capacity. He has speeded up dials in the district court, and li:i gt! n ts can now have prompt hearings His ability and fairness is recognized throughout the district. His deci sions have been well sustained by the supreme court. AGRICULTURAL CON SERVATION PROGRAM Alfred Gansemer. chairman of the Cass County Agricultural Conserva tion Association announced that tho 1940 allotments would be mailed cut this week to all landowners and oper ators. Due to the failure of corn in Cass county the past five or six years, the county average corn yield has beew reduced from 2S.4 to 27.4 per acre. A series of radio broadcasts, with "Today's Soil for Today and Tomor row" as the theme, will be heard on the National Farm and Home Hour ri'.m January through April, the Cass County Agricultural Conservation .-onin.it tee has announced. R. M. Evans. AAA adminstrator, will be heard on the first program, which will originate from Washing ton. I). C. January ICth. His topic will be. "Soil Conservation for the Nation's Preservation. On January 23rd. from Chicago Wisconsin farmers will discuss the seeding of legumes and on January r.Oth, from Washington, Tennessee farmers will tell how they are con- se rving sow. ANDREW SEYBERT ILL Andrew Seybert. 7S. who resides on West Oak street, was stricken in such a manner suddenly Sunday eve ning that since that time he has been deprived of the use of his left arm. Mr. Seybert had been a suf ferer of the flu for several days and it is generally thought that th? arm might have been paralyzed due to a backset. YOUNG ATHLETE VISITS HERE i Warren Keed. who is attending the Creightcn university at Omuhi, was here Saturday to enjoy a visit with the old friends for tLe day. Wur rtn is a lmiaber of the freshman basketball team of Creighton an.l which lias made a very fine showing this ses.son with several victories tlrt'ir credit. Warren is a graduate of he class ot i :', of the l-lattsmouth schools, playing four years here in high school basketball and "wherc 'ie was a vei-y outstanding player. Death of Mrs. Geo. Engelkemeier at Sterling, Colo. Died Suddenly at Family Home Thurs day at Age of 48 Funeral Htld Saturday at Scrling. Mrs. Georse Engelkemeier, 4S. a former resident of Cass county, died suddenly on Thursday afternoon at the family home at Sterling. Colo rado, where the family have resided fo'- il e just several years. The cltH'eased lady was a daught?r of Mr. and Mrs. John Albert, born on the ir i in west of this city. March i i. 7 Mil. Sn: grew up at the farm heme and or June 13, 1914. she was married to George Engelkemeier. To Mr ::nc! Mrs. Engelkemeier four children were born, one of whom, Edwin, pr.ssed away five months ago. ?'ne is survived by the husband, her mother. M:t. , city, one son. ters. Janet ; 1 There are brothers and rohn Albert of this Albert and two daugh- ; ,nd Evelyn at hon:-. also surviving four four sisters. Funeral services were held Satur day at the Wyman mortuary at Sterling and the interment at the cemeterv there. Mrs. Elizabeth En gelkemeier of this city, a sister, tended the services, returning home Sunday. RECEIVE LIGHT SENTENCES rrrim 'Wednesday's Patty- The crowd cf onlookers at the trial of Charles Clark this morning at the court house was so large that the hearing was moved to the district court room in order to relieve the crowd that filled the small court room and hall. Th" charge against the young de fendant was that of assault and bat tery upon Don Leesley on last Sat urday night on North 6th street. The evidence indicated that the t rouble- had started on Vine street near the Legion building with the affair reaching its climax near Cth and Main streets. The defendant was represented by Attorney Baldwin of Omaha while County Attorney W. II. Smith rt presented the I The evidence in the state. case against t Charles Clark was completed at 1:20 ;and 'he case of the State of Ne braska vs. Wayne Clark was then taken up. he hieing charged with ! abusing an officer. ' The cases were brought to a close :this afternoon at 3:1" and Judge jA. 1L Duxbury gav? both of the de fendants a sentence of ten days ir. jjail and to pay the costs of the prose cution. FRANCES GHRIST CARPEN TER DIES AT DES MOINES Friends here have received of the death of Mrs. O. H. Carpenter at the Lutheran hospital at Des j jMoircs. Iowa. January 10th. Funeral j services were held January 12th and ! i i interment was at Jefferson, Iowa. j J Mrs. Carpenter will be remembered j as Frances Christ, daughter of Mr. ;and Mrs. A. S. Ghrist of Des Moines. I The death of this young woman (comes as a great shock to her host of friends as she was ill only a couple ! of weeks. j LOCAL LADIES HEAR W00LLC0TT Attorneys Florence Fouchek and Madge Garnett were in Omaha Fri day evening and heard Alexander Woollcott speak at the Tech high school. Mr. Woollcott's lecture, "Con fessions of a Dying Newspaper Man" commenced at 8:30 p. m. The young ladies reported an enormous crowd attended and an inspiring and amns- jing talk was given. T 9 PI L Woman s Club Hears of Welfare and Assistance Miss Hekn Porter, County Assistant i Director. Tells of Far-Reaching Assistance FrogTara. From Tuesday's Party The Plattsmouth Woman's club met last evening at the home Mi's. John Woest. Associate hostesses ' .were Miss Amelia Martens. Mrs. j ; Augusta Haunt and Miss Hermia j ; Windham, j Devotionals were led by Mrs:. ; George Urinklow. which was follow- j led by the saluate to the flag and roll call. Vis. Frank Mullen, president, pre- sid.d over the business meeting. ! Mi-j Fred Lugsch was prograr i leader, her tonic being "Welfar !Mrs. Lugsch presented Miss Helen ! Porter, county assistance director. Miss Porter reviewed in detail the ; major assistance carried on in the 'county assistance office. She named 'as the largest assistance project the OA A or old age assistance. The other chief help of this office being "P.A" ,ov blind assistant e and "ADC" or laid to dependent children, i Miss Porter also briefly reviewed some of the other projects of the government, namely: WPA or Works .Progress Administration; NYA Nt tional Youth Administration; CCC Civilian Conservation Corp; FSA -Farm Security Administration; FSC; ; Federal Surplus Commodities; CC Crippled Children. Miss Porter explained that in con nection with the NYA there are projects carried on for training boys and girls between the ages of IS and 2a years. At Eellcvue the boys may study cabinet making, tin work, cement work, acetylene weld- at-jing and i popular auto mechanics. The mosi being auto mechanics. At jPeru the girls are instructed in k-ooking. marketing, sewing and gen eral house work. Reports are that Jthese young people are doing some ivery fine work and which will help them in the future. Miss Elizabeth Ann Wiles was heard in two humorous readings .which were very much enjoyed. At the close of the evening de- licious refreshments were served ROBLN MAKES APPEARANCE Mrs. Lillian Freeman, who is cme of the bird ports that a lovers of the citv, re rohin made its appear- iance Sunday at ' Marble street. her home on west Mrs. Freeman has ibeen feeding the birds during the , winter season and particularly dur !ing the heavy snows that have check jed the natural food of the birds. The i robin made its appearance with j other birds at the Freeman home. ind is either the long looked-for forerunner of the spring or one that has decided to stay north during the cold season. Mrs. Freeman has no ticed as many as fifteen varieties of bird? at one time at the feeding grounds. Mrs. F. R. Guthmann also reports a robin at her home on North 4th street. Sunday. ASKS FOR DIVORCE From Monday's Pally This morning in the office of the i n-in. ui nit? uimiiu i-uun an uciion -lerk of the district court an action for divorce was filed by Elizabeth M. ! effect that Ralph Petet of this city, Stohlman against Christian C. Stohl-jwho was taken there Monday, is in man. The petition states that the j very serious condition. He is ap parties were married on May 25, I parently suffering from rheumatism 1930. J. Howard Davis appears as Jthat has affected the nerves and mad-i the attorney for the plaintiff. jhis condition such that his case h?.3 ! caused a great der.l of apprehension. CARD OF THANKS 1 wish to express my sincere thanks j to all those who so kindly assisted me during the sickness and death of my dear husband. I also wish to ex tend thanks for all the beautiful floral offerings and to all who help ed in any way. Mrs. Martin Nel sen. d&w SHOWING IMPROVEMENT rrom Tuesday's Dally Julius A. Pitz, former county com missioner, who was ill the latter part of last week due to a heart attack, 'son, William E. Evers, Burton Rishel, is now up and around. He was able 'Robert Woest and John Benton Liv to drive down to the business sec- jingston, who caught the night Mis tion of the city today. ;?ouri Pacific train for Lincoln. VISITS OLD HOME Charles A. Miller, cf Brunswich. Nebraska, arrived Monday for a short visit here with the old time friends and looking over the old home community where he spent so j many years. "Whitey," as he is well j known to the old friends, was reared i in this-city and has a large circle of j friends who are much pleased u j have the opportunity oi visiting , with him. He made the trip with : two of his neighbors. Clyde and! x 'Floyd Hild. who are visiting with a : s sister here for a few days. Mt. Zion Com mandery Installs Officers Monday ;iLyk. L. Horton New Commander Members Enjoy Sausage and Pancake Supper. Last evening the members of Mt. ; Zion cemmandery No. 5. Knights ; Templar, held their installation of i officers at the asylum in the Masonic ' building with a large number of the ; members in attendance. : Preceding the installation the : members of the commandery were : treated to a very delicious sausage i and pancake supper served in the dining room of the building. Th? supper was arranged and served by John F. Wehrhein assisted by Fred i Wehrbein and George. Saxton. j The installing officer was Harri- son L. Gayer, past commander, with j , J::dge A. H. Duxbury, past com- manner, as marshal and Dr. H. G. jMcClusky as the prelate. ! The officers installed were as fol- i 3ows: Commander Lyle L. Horton. Generalissimo Roy 0- Cole. Captain General L. 1. McCarty. Senior Warden W. P. Kraeger. Junior Warden Leonard Born. Prelate Raymond C. Cook. Treasurer Frank A. Cloidt. Recorder W. F. Evers. Standard Bearer George Brink low. Sword Bearer W. S. Wetenkamp. Warder L. F. Fiiedrich. Sentinel Elmer Tritsch. FUNERAL OF MARTIN NELSEN I The funeral services for Martin jNelsen were held Saturday at the iSattler funeral horn? at Fourth and ! Vine streets, a large group of the old 'friends and neighbo-s coming to pay 1 ;thcir last tributes of respect to the 'memory of this fine gentleman. i Watchtower Society services were j ( conducted by Mr. Smutz, of Council Bluffs. Mr. Nelsen being a member of the society for a number of years Icial. and economic ideals and mter Dnrinir the services two voral mim- ! ?sts and integrate them into a higher bers were given bv Frank A. Cloidt, "He Will Hide Me" and "Face to theiface." E. H. Wescott being the ac- '?ompanist ' "ll is m' intention to serve tho f The pallbearers were selected from ;PeI!? f this-district to the best of ! . imv ability. I have no political par- ;the neighbors and old friends from . t0 serve j wiu not perve any j Council Bluffs. Mike Vetesnik. Ray Imperial interests, but rather go for IPatton, Robert Patten. II, of this 'ward to meet the problems of our :-ity, Seno Petersen, rivrto ctiiHvnU The body was taken to Emerson. Iowa, where the interment was held in the family plot in the Emerson cemetery. IN SERIOUS CONDITION The reports from the V. S. Sans' hospital at Lincoln are Veter- ans hospital at Lincoln are to tne SUFFERS FROM FLU From Wednesday's Dally County Treasurer John E. Turner was on the sick list today, suffering an attack of the flu and which had made necessary his remaining away from his office. It is hoped that he will be back on the job in a few days at least. RETURN TO UNIVERSITY Sunday evening W. F. Evers mo tored to Union t.kicg with him his Wm. A. Metzger Files For Post In Legislature Well Known Young Farmer cf Near Ctdar Creek Files and Makes Statement ot Position. Wm. A. Metzger. one of the well knewn young men and progressive farmers ot the vicinity of Cedar Cietk. Wednesday afternoon made his filing for the nomination on the non-political ticket for the legisla ture from the third district, compris ing Cass and Sarpy counties. Mr. Metzger is a native son of Cass county, a me-mlnr of two of th- pioneer families of this community ! and has since the completion of his work at the University of Nebraska, ;made his home on tne farm Mr. Metzger was a candidate for Wm. A. Metzger jthe legislature at the 193S election i land made many friends in the cam paign by his progressive stand on the ' issues of the day. j In making his filing Mr. Metzger igave the following statement as to jhis views on the present day (-ondi-j tions: J "It is an important election that : confronts the people in 1940. With j halt' the world at war. and the other half, including ourselves, engaged in 'an inner conflict to keep our demo cracy alive and vital, today is not the time to follow the flag waving 'patriot, who has little to offer, other I than words, but rather it is a time in ; which good citizens must look defin iitely to the future of America. We jhave entered a new era we have kentralized our government more in jthe past decade than at any period in our history, we have new prob lems today and new and more ser iious ones to face tomorrow. It will. ! I I believe be the beginning of a new j nolitie:il lif in America with fewer old time political forces. We can jsum up our changes in a phrase "The Rebinh of America." It is mv concept of Americanism that our dostiny is to gather the multitude of divergent political, so- unity that will bestow upon all men .the greatest measure of justice with a minimum of control, limitation and coercion. istate and of my district as they may !iMoont tli.TViBi.li'Ot. Iorincr nli.-m-f j in mind that we are a fortunate peo p!e to live in a land so great and j foolish, only when we fail to guard our interests more carefully." HOMER WILLIS DIES From -Wednesday's Dally This morning Homer was found dead in his Willis, bed at 6S. his apartments on Wintersteen Hill, having passed away in the night. Mr. Willis was suffering from heart trouble for some .time, apparently suffering an attack while in his sleep. He i3 survived bv five children, Harold, of this city; Audrey, of Lin coln; Arkel. of Kansas City; Mrs. Hazel Hanger, of Boise. Idaho; Mrs. Vera Fulton, residing in California. The body is at the Sattler funeral home to await the arrangements for the funeral. It is expected that the interment will be at Marquette, Ne braska, former home of the family. DR. EATON HOME Dr. W. S. Eaton, who spent several days at the St. Catherine's hospital at Omaha, undergoing treatment for a throat infection, is back home and at his office. Dr. Eaton is now over the throat trouble and feels much better after the rest at the hos ; s i -! ?; p pi, ; j FINNISH RELIEF FUND At the suggestion of numerous citizens of Plattsmouth, Elmer Sund- strom, has been selected by the coun ty chairman to take active charge cf solic iting relief funds in this city i and vicinity. His business frequent- j ly takes him to many parts of the j Officers of Church Selected and Re-:-oun:y. hence he will assist Mr. j ports of Year Received Delight Dwyer in the supervision of the fuli i ful Dinner Party Enjoyed, relief work throughout the county, as it progresses. Intense Cold Grips This Part of Central West Coldest Bay of the Year Follows the ' Snowfall of Wednesday in This Section. Plattsmouth residents awoke this morning to face a world of snow and the coldest temperature of the year so far. The snow that continued all day Wednesday, ceased last night ar.d at once the intense iv.ld sweot down trtm the north and west. Temperatures this morni ig ranged around the twenty below mark and nv.de travel very difficult either for the pedestrians or motorists. The cj'-i weather took a heavy toll of tars and trucks, the garages being busy all morning on calls for help from stranded motorists, while many who had their cars going assisted in pushing JTnd pulling the cars of the less fortunate car drivers. The cold is very general over this part of the state and with the heavy snow that covers this section makes it very uncomfortable. The int'-nce cold caused the train service in and out of the city to be late, especially on the through trains from the east and west. ELIZABETH MOORE GREGG new lines from the usual gift pre- Elizabeth Moore was born at Cali- sentations. The guests were request fornia. Mo.. July 15, 1S50. She was ed to give the names of several cue of eleven children. She went to J philanthropic or religious organiz rest on January 10, 1940, at the age Rations which they desired to have re of S9 years, 5 months, and 26 days, jmembered. In this Matthew Herold. On January 7, 1872. she was united jwell known New York City attorney. in mavrinee to C.eorse I). Greee. Six children blessed this union. Mr. Gregg died in 19tS. Two of the children also have preceded her to the eternal home. Two sons and two daughters are j left to mourn their mother's passing. , They are: Harvey Gregg. Roy Gregg, j and Mrs. Allie Hughes, all of Ne hawka. and Mrs. Grace Chambers of Denver, Colorado. There are also fif teen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; and three sisters and cue brother who live in the state of California. Mrs. Gregg became a member of the Christian church at the age of 20. She first came to Cass county with her husband and family in 18S1, and then moved to the western part of the state, where they homesteaded iin Hitchcock county. Since 1902 she ! tl S S SOent mOSt of her time in Cass j county in the neigh horhooa oi e hawka where she was living at the t imc of her death. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our deep sense Ir. Doyle has been there for several of appreciation for the many actsjweeks. undergoing a veiy delicate of kindness shown us by the neigh-'operation on his i:r,so, the process bors and ffiends at the death of our requiring three omrations and bene beloved mother. Especially do we grafting. He expect.-s to later enter -i.- I .i jn..Tnant nf Tit Vincnital ,vtc in t mnk those WHO gave me - beautiful floral remembrances and !to those taking part in the funeral 'services. The Children of Mrs. Lizzie services Gregg: i Gregg: Harvey Gregg. no vin Mrs. Allie Hughes. Mrs. Grace Cham bers. ED SCHULH0F QUITE ILL E. IT. Schulhof, who has been home for the past few months from a long period of hospitalization, is again quite ill at the family home on Granite street. Mr. Schulhof has a host of friends over the community who will regret to learn of his ill ness and hope that he may soon be able to show improvement and be up and around again. We will appreciate ptione caTIa of news items from our readers. Subscribe for the Journal St. Luke's Church Has Annual Meet at Gering Home I Tuesday evening t lie beautiful Gering home on North Sixth street jwas the scene of the annual meet ing of the St. Luke's parish of the .Episcopal church of this city. Owing U) illness several were unable to tie in attendance but those who attend ed found an evening of delight and interest. The dinner served at C:30 was a wonderfully prepared and served re past, that all will long pleasantly ; remember. The guests were seated I at the small tables, that w ith snowy jlinen, sparkling glass and silver made ja very attractive setting. Large candles through the parlors and dining room also added to the charm of the settings. In the serving tho ladies were assisted by two of the jyoungcr girls of the parish. Catherine I Con is and Frances Solomon. The business session of the parisii followed the dinner and was one of the greatest interest. The parish of- fleers reported a fine condition of he church finances, the church build ing and parish house which have been i improved and placed in the best ot." t ,3hape in the past year. The parish is :one of the oldest in the state and has ; maintained a verv active church or ganization down through the years. During the business meeting a let ter was read from Mr. and Mrs. Gus tavus A. Pfeiffer, of New York City, in which they had made the presen tation pf $100 to the St. Luke'a church. The Pfeiffer family had en tertained at Christmas night a party of friends, at which they had an nounced that their Christmas re membrances would be given alona: i had presented the name of the St. jLtike's church, which was according- ly remembered, the donation being one that the parish has most grate fully appreciated. The officers of the vestry were also selected, the following being named: R. F. Patterson, senior war den; Edward E. Egenberger, junior warden; Mrs. John A. Donelan. Mis Dora Fricke, Miss Mia V. Gering, vtstrymen. The delegates to the diocesan con ventions to be held at Omaha were also selected, the following being named: Delegates, R. F. Patterson. Edward E. Egenberger and Miss Mia U. Gering. the alternates being Mrs. Frank L. Cummins, Mrs. R. A. Bates and Mrs. Perry Coffman. TAKING HOSPITALIZATION j The many friends here of James j Doyle, former employee of the Bur jiington and local business man. will be interested to learn that he is still j a t tht Hines Veterans' hospital at Initios. Plinois. just out of Chicago. iinuuiei uci'm""' " for a minor operation and will re main at Hines for several weeks at ileast. SWANDAS HAVE NEW SOY The many Plattsmouth friends of Mr. and Mrs. William Swanda will be pleased to learn that they were made happy by the birth of a seven pound son on Friday, January 12. The Swanda family live in Burwell, Nebraska and the infant was named Billy Eugene Swanda. This makes the third child in the Swanda family two sons and a daughter. Billy Eugene was born at 1:30 a. m. CONFIRMS PRICE APPOLNTMENX WASHINGTON. Jan. 16 (UP) The senate today confirmed the ap pointment of Milo W. Price as post master at Plattsmouth, Nebraska.