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Keta. State Historical Society Vol. No. LV PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 25, 1940. NO. 102 Foresee Greatly Enlarged Scouting Activities Here Ambition of 80' v of Boys of Scouting Age to "Belong" Can be Ful filled During Present Year '1940 thirtieth anniversary year of the founding of Hie Boy Scout movement in the United States will witness the greatest increase in in terest and enrollment ever recorded, rot alonp in the Arbor Lodge district K'.iss. Otoe and Nemaha counties), tut in all of the eighteen districts ti nt make up the Cornhusker Coun cil, comprising 55 southern Nebraska counties." says Bert Swalley, Nebras ka City, chairman of Arbor Lodge district. ' Not only in the eight towns in our district now supporting the Boy Scout program on a restricted scale, but in every town and village in the Arbor Lodge district, will this enlarg ed scope of Scouting activities be carried out." continues Chairman Swalley's statement. "New troops will be organized, leadership train ing courses instituted in the towns to bring new adult leaders into Scout ing, health and safety education In tensified, camping and activities in creased and advancement stressed as never before." The entire Scouting program is based on the slogan "Building Boys i? Better than Mending Men." It in cludes not only the troop organiza tion existent in the district, for boys of 12 to 17, but the Cub pack orga nisation for boys of 9 to 12, Senior Scouting for older boys, and. pos sibly Sea Scouting, now almost tin known outside the larger cities of the nation. Foundation Gift Responsible I Surveys made in many towns throughout the Cornhusker Council have proven that 80, or more, of the boys of Scouting age want to "belong." The difficulty has been the securing and training of adult leadership, and that is the first prob lem to be tackled, preliminary to the early establishment of additional troops in the towns now served and new troops and Cub packs through out the three counties. Heretofore, the shortage of execu tives and field men to carry on the work of organizing new troops and training adult leaders lor service in the local communities has deprived many of these boys of the opportun ity of coming into Scouting. That dif ficulty has been overcome through the gift of $12,500 to the Cornhusk er Council from the Phillips Founda tion to be devoted exclusively to putting into operation this enlarged program. With this money, it will be pos sible to add five new field men, the first of whom. Clyde J. Surgi, has al ready been hired and put to work in the Arbor Lodge, Arrowhead and Indian Cave districts. Other new men coming into this district to help with the expansion program include Walter Dixon, region 8 field execu tive, and C. J. Williams, national field executive. In addition to this group of trained men, Arbor Lodge district will have the benefit of great ly increased service from Willis V. Elliott, assistant Cornhusker Council executive, whose efforts to promul gate Scouting under the limited program of the past few years have been spread over too large a terri tory to really prove effectual. Now, thanks to Phillips Foundation aid and the increased executive person nel it has already put to work in Arbor Lodge district, the stage is set for fulfillment of the slogan, "Scouting Marches On." As predicted by Chairman Swalley, this year 1940, that marks the thirtieth anniversary of Scouting, will really bring to the boys of our district and the entire council the opportunity they desire of "belonging." Training Courses First Step Courses for the training of adult leaders come first in this new, en larged program. Heretofore these courses, limited in number, have been held at centralized points, re quiring extensive travel on the part of trainees. Now, under direction of Prof. A. B. Clayburn. of Peru, Arbor Lodge district Leadership Training chairman, these courses will be brought to the different towns in the district that support Scouting and others desiring to institute the program. Mr. Elliott, the assistant council executive, will personally conduct the courses, as rapidly as arrangements and recommendations for them are made by the district Organization and Extension commit- tee, of which Dr. C. A. Lutgen. of Auburn, is chairman. In this effec tual manner it is planned to build up adult leadership in each of our towns to a point where not only new troops with greatly increased mem-jfraud and deceive the buying public bership can be organized, but the of the state and nation was to! J Cubbing program for younger boys (Thursday at the weekly luncheon of be established and the interest of jibe Rotary club at the Hotel Platts older boys continued through Senior mouth. Scout activities. j Dwight Holmes, head of the Better Admittedly, it is a prodigious un-'Business Bureau, cf Omaha, was the dertaking. but guided by the fact i sp aker. exposing in li is remarks that America's future lies in its;many of the "gyp" schemes that his youth, it is not unreasonable to ex- organization had encountered in pect that the interest of enough men their campaign to crush out misep in each of the communities of Arbor iresc-ntation in selling to the public. Ledge district can be aroused to! in his talk Mr. Holmes told of the carry on the program of "Boy Scout 'methods cf operation, of the checking Training for Useful Citizenship" on0f advertising of firms and business such an enlarged scale that EVERY houses so that they would not misrep boy in Plattsmouth and vicinity canlresent the value or o.uality of goods have that coveted opportunity of becoming a Boy Scout. The District Set-Up Arbor Lodge district is now orga nized under the six committee plan formulated by the National organi zation to carry on this greatly en larged program. The committees and their chairmen are: Organization and Extension Dr. C. A. Lutgen, Auburn. Leadership Training Prof. A. B. Clayburn, Peru. Health and Safety Edward G. Ofe. Plattsmouth. Camping and Activities Glen Rut ledge. Nehawka. Advancement Rev. Walter Jack son, Nebraska City. Finance C. D. Damast, Nebraska City. Besides the committee chairmen, each of the six committees is 'made up of one man from each of the towns in the district that support Scouting. At present there are eight towns, Nebraska City, Plattsmouth, Auburn, Peru, Syracuse, Dunbar, Nehawka and Louisville, with a total of eleven troops. Other towns in the district are becoming interested and the goal of at least thirty active troops by mid-summer along with Cub packs and Senior Scouts in some of the towns served, can be realized as a result of the aid that has come from the Phillips Foundation. Weeping Water and Union are two Cass county towns that formerly had active troops and which are expected back into the fold this year. New men are being brought intoj Scouting in every town in the dis trict men who will become the com mitteemen, merit badge counsellors and Scoutmasters to help carry en this enlarged program. Next week the Journal will give its readers a partial list of those who will lend their aid to some phase of the job in this community. HOW STORIES SPREAD Last Saturdav the community here was stirred by the report that one of the residents here had been electro- cuted while at his work. The story was widely circulated, many calls were made at the homes of the rel atives cf the supposed victim. The affair was an example of idle gossip, or as it had first started, as a joke. Last week one day the story appar ently had its origin at Murray, two of the residents conversing when one 1 of the parties said: "Say, did you hear about So and So being electro cuted? The other party replied "How?" The answer was that "He sat on a fruit cake and the currants got him." This was spread around and reaching here was repeated with names added to make a great deal of annoyance to the family and friend of the party named. AN APPRECIATION I wish to take this means of ex pressing to the many good friends and neighbors, my appreciation of their friendly messages, calls and floral remembrances while at the hos pital. They have made the stay at the hospital much more pleasant. MRS. HENRY TIMM. Feed the Birds, Save Our Feath ered Friends. Rotary Speaker Tells of War on 'Gyp' Schemes j i Head of Omaha Better Easiness Bu- reau Tells of Various Schemes to Defraud the Public. The story of many schemes to de- offered. Many instances were told by the speaker where articles of in ferior makes or brands were offered for sale at prices much higher than they should be. There are two hun dred firms and business houses in Omaha members of the bureau, find ing in the organization a great aid in the building up of better busi ness, eliminating the attempts of misrepresentation to the public. Judge A. H. Duxbury was the lead er of the meeting, as program chair man for January, D. R. Thornton, the chairman for the day unable to be in attendance at the meeting. ATTEND INSTALLATION A group of the Plattsmouth people were in attendance at the joint in stallation held by Canopy lodge No. 209 A. F. & A. M. and Ideal chapter O. E. S. at Elmwood. The officers of Canopy lodge were installed by Raymond C. Cook, de puty grand custodian, assisted by William F. Evers as marshal and W. A. Robertson as chaplain. The officers of Idal chapter were installed by Mrs. J. R. Reeder of this city, past worthy matron, she hav ing the pleasure of installing her sis ter, Mrs. Karl Schneider, as worthy matron. Alfred Stroemer is the new master of Canopy lodge in which he has been a very active member for a great many years. During the evening the Eastern ' c . .. ...... . r t t . . . . . 1, ...... .. ion -. c - - "11 ' """'r,u'" this city, was heard in several num bers. This quartet comprised Ray mond Cook. Don C. York, Mrs. J. R. Reeder and Mrs. Harry Nielsen. After the ceremonies of the eve ning a very delightful luncheon was served the large number in attend ance at the event. Those attending from this city were: Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Robertson. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Evers. Mr. and Mrs. Roy O. Cole. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Meisen, Mr. and Mrs. Kay Cook and Mrs. Anna Cook, of Tacoma. ;Washington, Don C. York, Mr. and j Mrs. J. R. Reeder. j ATTEND INSPECTION From Tuesday's I?art Last evening Raymond C. Cook, grand master 'of the first vail of the grand chapter of the Royal Arch Ma sons of Nebraska, was at Omaha to inspect Delta chapter of the R. A. M. This was the first visitation of Mr. Cook in his official capacity as a grand chapter officer. Accompanying Mr. Cook on the of ficial visit was Frank A. Cloidt, John E. Turner, high priest of Nebraska chapter No. 3, and L. L. McCarty. MYNARD COMMUNITY CLUB The Mynard Community club will meet this week on Saturday, January 27th at the community building. The east side committee will have charge. All members and friends are urged to attend. REJOICE IN NEW SON From Wednesday's Dafty This morning at the St. Catherine's hospital at Omaha, a fine seven and a half pound son was born to Dr. and Mrs. T. R. Molak of this city. ARREST WANTED WOMAN Deputy Sheriff Emery Doody was at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Monday afternoon and arrested Mrs. John Halderman, who was wanted here on a charge of forgery. The young jwoman was returned to this city and jthis morning was arraigned in thf j county court on the charge of for jgery. She was charged in two counts, lone of making a forged check and j in the second of passing the check, j The defendant entered a plea of iguilty to the charge and was bound lover to the district oourt, bond be ing fixed at $500. Crushing Rock for Roads in Rock Bluff Precinct Crusher Moved to Wheeler Farm to Crush 10,000 Cubic Yards Necessary for Work. County Surveyor Robert M. Mann announced today that the rock crush ing plant operated by Cass county and the WPA. has teen moved from the quarry southwest of Nehawkn, to the quarry on Joe Wheeler's farm, east of Murray. Monday the plant began to crush the ten thousand cubic yards of rock necessary to surface about ten miles of road east of the paved highway in Rock Eluffs precinct. It is anti cipated that the surfacing of these roads will be completed by the first of April. The road surfacing to be placed will directly benefit one church, on (school and thirty-two farm families. The average number to be em ployed in the work will be fifty. ANOTHER $5 CONTRIBUTION From Wednesday's tally Yesterday another $a cash con tribution was made to the Community Building Club's shoe fund, by a gen tleman who does not wish his name publicized. This makes a total ot $10.50 in outright cash contributions besides the many pairs of outgrown and discarded usable shoes and over shoes that have been turned in at the two collection points Wescott's store and Conis Shining Parlor. As stated in a previous article, no cash contributions are being solicit ed, but when volunteered are accept able. Primarily, this shoe distribu tion is financed from the 10 cents in weekly dues paid by members of the club, which in the present year and former years has accomplished a lot of good in the community. Among the shoes brought in are many suitable for women and a few for men. These are being turned over to Mrs. Sundstrom, county re lief officer and will also be distribut ed to the best possible advantage. New demands this week are again creating a drain on the supply of) used footwear and requiring the Fr"m ruesdav's DH issuance of quite a few new shoe and Last evening the fire department overshoe orders. was called to the Everett Pickens The splendid response on the part home on Oak street, where they found of the public is greatly appreciated, 'the house full of smoke and causing and will result in continuation of a great deal of alarm to the family, the program as long as weather con-jlt was found that a short in a radio d it ions rant. and need of footwear war- BREAKS SNOW BLOCKADE From Monday's Catty This morning Mrs. John Albert, clerk in the office cf County Super intendent Lora Lloyd Kieck, was able to reach this city from the farm homa near Cedar Creek. Mrs. Albert has been snowbound on the farm since Wednesday by the roads drifting shut and which made it impossible to get out and into Plattsmouth. Mrs. Albert is planning on remain ing in the city until the weather is more settled and the danger -of being snowbound is over. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Charles W. Armstrong returned 1 -i r 1 i , nome cunaay iium uuiu.ua, wuere ne was operated on the past week for hernia. "Bill" is getting along in excellent condition and in a few days it. is hoped will be entirely over the effects of the operation. Feed the Birds, Save Our Feath ered Friends. County Board Holds Annual Meeting Monday Approve Budget and Appropriation for County Fair and Maintain ing Share of Farm Bureau. At the annual meeting of the board of county commissioners the board was reorganized by the elec tion of George L. Farley as chair man, H. C. Backemeyer as vice-chairman and Ray Norris as the junior member. j Dr. J. W. Brendel, of Avoca, was ie-named as the county physician for the ensuing year. j Ben A. Olive, of Weeping Water, j was named as a member of the! I soldier's relief commission, to sue- j teed himself. The board received the report of the Cass County Farm Bureau for the year with budget for 52.800, for the conduct of the extension work of the bureau. The sum of ?2,800 was voted for the bureau. The sum cf $2,000 was appro priated for the county fair. The salaries of the various clerks at the court house will remain as of last year. Under the new law affecting the mother's pension law. the board made the estimate of expense as $4,000. The budget for the year as made ?ome time ago was adopted, being as follows: 89,667 General Fund $ Bridge Fund Read Fund Poor Relief Fund (including 30,000 62,000 deficit of $15.927) 4S.927 1,200 jSoldierB ReHef Rund $231,794 ARE YOU GOING TO THE BALL' Tuesday evening at the American Legion building in tais city, the an nual ball to aid the fight against in fantile paralysis will be staged. This is held on the date of President Roosevelt's birthday, he himself hav ing been a victim of this malady, since which time he has led the fight to aid other sufferers. The funds secured from the ball will be devoted to the funds to assist in bringing back to normal activity the children and groups over the country now shattered by the malady. It is a great privilege to help In this work and in each community there are representatives who will see that you can secure tickets for the ball and assist the good cause. The ball is not political in any sens but purely for aid of the unfortunate. Fred Wehrbein. King Korn of 1939. is the Cass county chairman and is urging all who can to join in the good work of aiding the crippled. SHORTED RADIO CAUSES ALARM had started the smoke and at first the source of the trouble was undeter mined. BIRDS SEEK FOOD Sixteen robins and one turtle dove were seen at the Virgil Perry farm recently. Hundreds of meadowlarks were also seen along the highways and motorists are requested to drop crumbs and small grain along the road. Many of the birds are dying due to cold and lack of food. SUFFERS FROM ILLNESS Joseph Lapidus, of the Hotel Plattsmouth, was taken ill Saturday night and has since been confined to his apartments at the hotel. He has been under medical care since that time and today was reported as -somewhat easier but still far frou well. LIVINGSTON SALE FEB. 1 The postponed farm Bale of B. W. Livingston & Son, will be held on Thursday, February 1st at the Dovey section near Cedar Creek. VILLAGE SEEKS FORECLOSURE The village of Union, following the example of a number of towns, and cities is starting a program f tax foreclosures on property in the town on which the village has the tax liens. Attorney A. L. Tidd, of this city, is appearing as the attor ney for the city in the clearing up of the property. This method in this city has re sulted in the placing of a great deal of property back on the tax rolls by the business-like methods of handling the sales. W. A. Robertson Renamed Head of Home Ass'n All Officers Re-elected at Annual Meeting in Omaha W. F. Evers Superintendent. At the annual meeting of th stockholders of the Nebraska Ma sonic Home association held at Oma ha Tuesday, William A. Robertson ipt this city was re-elected as the j president of the association, J The vice-president selected were: i Herman Reimers, OmahV first vice- 'president ; Frank H. Woodland, Oma- ha, second vice-president; C. B. Nico demirs, Fremont, third vice-president. The report of the officers was re ceived and showed this great fraternal ihome as being operated in fine shape and w ith an excellent year just pased in point of business manage ment and the care of the aged mem bers of the Home. William F. Evers. superintendent of the Home, was again chosen to fill the post in which he has so capably served. The able manage ment of Mr. Evers has kept ttu Home at a high standard and serving the needs of the large number that have been residents of the Home during his regime. There are now eighty-four resi dents at the Home in this city while I the association is caring for forty outside of the Home in various points over the state. One new member was named to the board of directors, James W. Adams, of Omaha, succeeding the late Dr. Kuhns. ATTEND ANNUAL MEETING Prom Tuesday's DalTy Today the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Nebraska Ma sonic Home association is being held at the Masonic temple in Omaha. The annual meeting brings a large group of the individual stockholders as well as the various lodges, chap ters and commanderies that hold stock in the home. William A. Robertson, president of the association and William P. Evers. superintendent of the Home, with Lyle L. Horton, commander of the Knights Templar and John E. Turner, high priest of Nebraska chapter, R. A. M. were in attendance. SUFFERS FROSTED EARS R. T. Cuthrell, who resides on :the former Wiles farm southwest of the city, had a very painful ex perience in the keen north wind and temperature of five below zero. The car which he was driving left the road and ran into the deep snow, Mr. Cuthrell being forced to get out and battle to get the roadway cleared. The result was that both ears were frost bitten and very painful. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the many friends who rendered assistance dur ing the illness of mother, and for the aid and sympathy given us after she passed away, and we will long remember our friends for their kind ness. Chas. Byers and Family, Ley Byers, Walter Byers. SHOWS IMPROVEMENT Carl Oschlager, local grocer, who was taken with a very severe heart attack at the store Saturday, was much improved today. His condition was very grave Saturday, but im proved a great deal Sunday. State Auditor Commends Work RecodKeeping Meets With County Officials Today and Praises Excellent Way County Records Kept. State Auditor Ray C. Johnson wa? here this morning from Lincoln, pay ing a visit here to meet with all of the county officials and to report the audit made by his off ice of the records of the county officers and board of commissioners. Mr. Johnson was well pleased with the efficient manner of the record keeping of the county. The following letter was given the Journal and expresses the auditor's findings: The Journal, Plattsmouth, Nebr. Gentlemen : In compliance with Legislative Bill No. 310 passed by the Fifty Second session of the Legislature of Nebras ka, we have completed an audit of all the county officials and county com missioners of Cass county. I believe that this is the first time in the history of Cass county that such an audit has been made by your State Auditor and it covers a period from April 1. 1938 to June 30, 1939. We have today delivered this audit in person to the county commissioners and a copy of this audit is on file with your county clerk, where we will be pleased to have anyone inter ested in county government inspect our work. In this examination and audit we examined all the books and records of John E. Turner, county treasurer; George R. Sayles. county clerk; Ray P. Becker, register of deeds: A. H. Duxbury. county judge; Joe Mrasek, county sheriff; Lora Lloyd Kieck, county superintendent: and County Commissioners George L. Farley, H. C. Backemeyer, and R. E. Norris. We are very happy to report through this medium that all the books and records of these officers cf Cass county were found to be in ex cellent condition and very well kept and all monies properly accounted for and properly remitted to its proper office. We wish to congratulate these of ficers for the splendid and efficient manner in which they are keeping the records in the various offices and meeting recent laws and statutory requirements as provided for by law. Yours very truly, RAY C. JOHNSON. State Auditor. DISTRICT COURT FILINGS Filings made today in the office of the clerk of the district court in cluded the following: Norfolk Packing Co., a corpor ation vs. Chester Lee Keil. petition in error. The petition sets forth that the defendant was in the employ o the plaintiff company on July 26. 1938, that on that date the defendant had suffered injuries. The defendant was awarded $9.60 for a period of ten weeks by the state compensation court, from which was to be deducted $96 already paid by the defendant by the plaintiff. The award i3 claim ed to be excessive. Three suits to quiet title were filed also, Bessie Aschenbrener vs. S. N. Merriam; George W. Fornoff vs. W. D. Merriam and Emil Ptak and Keith Snyder vs. William Y. Etheredge. ct al. Judge W. W. Wilson of Nebraska City was here today to hold a ses sion of the district court. MEETING OF FARM BUREAU The annual meeting of the Cass county Farm Bureau will be held :t the Methodist church in Weeping Water, Friday, February 2, at 1:30 p. m. The main purpose of the meet ing is for the reorganization of ex tension work in Cass county. Changes in the constitution and by-laws will be open for discussion. All farm operators and their fam ilies are urged to attend. d&w SUFFERS FROM INFECTION James Benedict, who is at an Omaha hospital, suffering from an in fection is still in quite serious condi tion. An infection developed in the finger has spread through his sys tem and made his condition very criti cal for a number of weeks. Feed the Birds, Save Our Feath ered Friends.