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Nebr. State ULtcrical Society ill f ttj VOL. NO. LVI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1940. NO. 93 Cass County . Farmer Receives National Award Harry Knabe, One of the Successful Farmers of County Written Up in "Successful Faming" In the January, 1941 Issue of the "Successful Farming," the magazine of farm business and farm homes, Cameron Hervey devoted three col umns of space to a prominent Cass county farmer Harry Knabe of Ne hawka. Harry Knabe is regarded by many as No. 1 on the list of constructive, influential breeders of Hampshire hogs in the nation. He is the only breeder to have shared in develop ment of four family-herd boars; to have won the coveted National Swine Show trophy three consecutive years for showing the best ten head bred and owned by an exhibitor; and to have shown both the world's grand champion boar and the world's grand champion sow in a single year. The following is the 6tory of Mr. Knabe's struggle and success just as it appeared in the magazine: The tough years of the depression and the even tougher years of the drought folded up a lot of good farmers in Nebraska. But not Harry Knabe. Where there's a will, there's a way, the old adage goes. His honest Dutch face glowing with determin ation, young Harry battled economic tides and natural elements bo well on his Nehawka. Nebraska, farm, that he not only survived but man aged to show a handsome profit as well. How Knabe. often against heavy odds, painstakingly worked his way step by step up the ladder of success to the very top is an inspiring story. Twenty-two years ago, Knabe, then a boy of 16, bought his first Hampshire gilt for a 4-H pig-club project. . He didn't, rare much about hogs then, but when he won second prize with his gilt in a county fair all-breed competition, his delight flowered Into a resolute ambition to become a master hog-breeder. In the fall. Knabe took the gilt to his Hampshireman neighbor, R. C. Pollard, and had her bred to one of his good boars for a mid-March litter. A year passed and the husky pigs of that first litter were hustled off to the state fair by their proud own er. In the pig-club competition, he won first on a boar pig, and first and second on gilts. "I showed my boar pig in the open class and won seventh place. Boy! I was never happier, even when I have since won championships, than I was that day with that seventh-place ribbon In competition with the oldsters." After the state fair, every one of the five boar pigs in the litter was sold for from $50 to $175. And to top it off, Knabe was offered $750 for their dam the gilt he had paid $25 for when he started his pig-club project! To sell or not to sell was the sub ject of many an anxious debate be tween Harry and his father. Finally they decided that if the sow was worth that much to anyone else, she probably was worth as much to them. "It's a trood thing we kept her, too," says Knabe. "Seven hundred and fifty dollars looked like a pile of money, but If I'd sold her, I suppose that would have been the end of me and Hamps." There was no holding him then. Graduating from club work, fcfter winning a state 4-H championship and a free trip to the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago, he settled down to the task of making a living from his hogs. "Knabe built conservatively and soundly. Year after year saw him steadily improving the quality of his herd and winning new laurels In the show ring. Buyers began to hear of the youngster, and soon they were coming from all over the nation to acquire foundation stock and replace ments for their herds. While he probably has made a? much real profit out of the purebred hog business as any breeder any where for all time. Knabe wasn't one of those "pig-in-a-poke" sellers who have done purebreds so much harm. Square shooting as they come, he has worked hard and intelligently to im prove the productive qualities of his Hampshires. Buyers found that they got full measure and some to spare. When the depression and droughts came, Harry Knabe was prepared. His reputation for honesty and con sistently high quality stood him in good stead, and he was able to clear enough to carry him thru. Times are a little better now, and with his Hampshire profits. Knabe has completely modernized his farm home and has made his farm one of the best equipped In the locality. But it's not a show place by any means. Looking toward the future, Harry Knabe is all set to do even bigger and better work than he has done In the past. He's going to breed more and more ham on his hogs and get them closer to the ground than they were a few years ago. Greater spring of rib and more length wouldn't hurt either, he believes. Probably Knabe will never be sat isfied with the kind of hog he is (breeding. He's that kind of a man. But if he doesn't achieve everything he wants, there s a second generation of Knabes coming on who show signs of being just as dyed-in-the-wool Hampshire enthusiasts as he is. Just as soon as they are old enough, four-year-old John Edward and 10-year-old Margaret Ann are going to fol low in their daddy's footsteps with a 4-H pig club project. If you could hear them discourse learnedly on ways and means in the hog busi ness, you would realize that there is little danger that the Knabe bloodlines will ever fail for lack of someone to carry on. Our hat's off to Harry Knabe who had the will and found the way to make his hog business a Dust bowl bonanza. Death of Old Resident of Cass County Herman John Rieke, Resident of Near Murray and Union for Great Many Years. The death of Herman Rieke, long time resident of Cass county, occurred at his home north of Union on Fri day, December 13th. Herman John Rieke was born June 18, 1865 In Halle, Westphalen, Ger many. He came to the United States and Nebraska in 1883 at the age of eighteen years. When he came to Nebraska he settled at Nehawka, later he moved to the vicinity of Union, where he spent the remainder of his life. He married Dorothea Eliza Ost March 21, 1893. To them were born eight children, one infant daughter deceased. Surviving are his wife and seven children, three sons, Fredrick Wm. of Stockton, Calif., John Herman of Weeping Water and George Henry of Union; four daughters, Hattie, Mrs. Oliver Schiber, Mrs. E. N. Hope of Union and Mrs. Cecil Pohlenz of Lin coln; also seven grandchildren and many friends. Mr. Reike was baptized and later confirmed in the German Lutheran church in Germany and has always maintained his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. , Funeral services were held Sun day, December 15, with" short ser vices at the home and services at the Baptist church at Union. Services were conducted by Rev. W. A. Tay lor and Rev. Neil Stewart of Mur ray. Active pallbearers were W. B. Ban ning, John Hobscheidt, Earl Wolfe, John Christensen, George Nickles, Lee Faris. Honorary pallbearers were James Niday, John Hansell, George Ray, L. R. Upton, C. F. Harris, Hugh War den., Burial was in East Union ceme tery. Card of Thanks We wish to express our deep grati tude to the good neighbors and friends for their assistance and sym pathy in the Illness of our loved one and at the time of our bereave ment. Mrs. Herman Rieke and Fam ily. WILL SPONSOR BALL The Junior Woman's club will take over the sponsorship of the Roose velt ball this year, it was decided last evening at the meeting of the club. This ball is held on the anniver sary of the birthday of President Roosevelt, January 30th for the pur pose of raising funds for the cam paign against infantile paralysis. Funds raised at the local ball as well as hundreds over the countjy are placed at the disposal of the na tional foundation for the war on In fantile paralysis and a part is al lotted to local agencies to combat the disease. Misses Helen Smetana and Anne Knieke are co-general chairmen of the ball and will start at once in planning for the event. Subscribe for the Journal. Snow Removed from Streets in Business Section Workers labor Through the Night to Clear Main btreets oi Heavy Snowfall. From Tuesday's Dairy The business section of the city was open to travel this morning and the huge piles of snow that blocked traffic and parking along the streets Monday had vanished. This was due to the prompt action of the city ad ministration, business men and work ers in getting snow moved. In response to the requestof Mayor Lillie for workers and shovels, there were some forty ready at 7 o'clock last evening to start in on the work and in addition a group of the local business men and clerks also joined in the campaign to rid the city of snow. The city in conjunction with the Ad club and business men hired a number of trucks as well as the men needed, in addition to this the county road maintainer was loaned for a short time, palling the snow to the curbs where the men could more readily shovel it into the waiting trucks. The men kept the work up in great shape and had there been more trucks even greater speed could have been maintained by the force. The enow was loaded Into trucks and taken to the city lot between 2nd and 3rd on Pearl street where it was dumped to await melting. The removal of the snow was without doubt one of the most ef fective steps to clean up after a storm that the city has taken for a great many years, A number of years ago the snow was moved into a large row along the length of Main and Sixth street where it remained for weeks as a menace to travel, but usually the snow has been left to let nature take its course. The Iowa-Nebraska Light & Pow er Co. Monday removed the snow in front of their Main street offices with their own truck and labor be fore the plan of the general cleanup was suggested. SATURDAY THE 21ST That's the day of Santa's return visit to Plattsmouth. If you haven't heard about it, take notice now that he will surely be here on that date "with bells on." The mode of his appearance will be a secret but you will find him at his headquarters in the John Wolff Garage on South 5th street. He expects to arrive about 1 p. m. and if he possibly can will remain till 4 p. m. when he has to hurry away for his next engagement at Omaha. The room will be warm and jhe will take time to talk to any lit tle boy or girl who cares to whisper in his ear. Parents are especially in vited to bring the little ones who have never yet seen Santa in per son. He will have a gift of candy for every child that comes. To the parents we want to say youi will find no parking trouble in Plattsmouth incident to this kind of weather. Thanks to Mayor Lillie and the busi ness men a force of over 40 men worked all Monday night to shovel and haul away the snow from Main and 6th streets. Probably no city in Nebraska can boast as clean and clear a curbline than Plattsmouth t this time. Come to Plattsmouth and avoid all parking troubles. DEPART FOR CALIFORNIA Mr. and Mrs. George Brinklow departed Tuesday for Oakland "and El Cerrito, California, where they will visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Stout, parents of Mrs. Brinklow and also her brother, Lester Stout. While there they will also enjoy the opportunity of visiting with a number of the old time friends now residing on the west coast. PROGRAM FRIDAY EVENING A play will be enacted at the Philpot school Friday evening, De cember 20 at 8 o'clock. Admission is adults 20c, children 10c. Every one is welcome. Verona Jerabek and Osa Marie Eoedeker, teachers. ENTERS SERVICE For the first time since twenty- jthree years ago, a representative of the Journal is entering the services of his country, Lawrence Lamberson, who has been the carrier on Main street and the first ward, has enlist ed in the navy. Lawrence gave up his carrying ork Saturday and will soon be a full-fledged member of Uncle Sam's naval boys at the training station, n.aVing ready for active service. An oldt-r brother, Earl, is also a member of the naval forces. The Journal and his friends join in the best wishes for every success in his career in the U. S. navr. Knights Templar Holds Election of Of f i icers Roy 0. Cole Is the New Commander of Mt. Zion Commandery No. 5 Election Monday Evening Monday evening the members of Mt. Zion commandery No. 5, Knights Templar of this city, held their elec tion of officers and selected the fol lowing to serve for the coming year: Commander Roy O. Cole. Generalissimo Wm. P. Kraeger. Captain General L. L. McCarty. Treasurer Frank A. Cloidt. Recorder L. W. Niel. The newly-elected commander will appoint the other officers of the commandery to be Installed in Jan uary. The retiring commander is Lisle L. Horton who has completed a very successful year in the work of the commandery. PRESENT BEAUTIFUL PAGEANT From Monday DaJTy - - . Although the disagreeable weather prevented many of the local people from witnessing the beautiful pageant. "The Light of the World." enacted at the Methodist church last evening, the church, nevertheless, seated a large number of persons who availed themselves of the oppor tunity of seeing the pageant. The lighting at the church was furnished by County Judge A. H. Duxbury, and the music was sung by the women's choir. The pageant had as its theme "The Spread of the Gospel Throughout the World." and the following men participated in the program City Attorney Howard Davis, Rev. James C. Lowson, Superintendent of City Schools Lowell S. Devoe, William F. Evers, Clement Woster, Claude Pickering, Harry White, Hallie Perry, John Frady, Kenneth White, Thornton Baker, Edgar Glaze, George Brinklow. George Conis, William Heinrich, R. C. Jahrig and C. R. Hutchison. As C. C. Wescott read the story, the various parts within the pageant were enacted. The pageant was a missionary one and showed how the gospel traveled from Jerusalem to the numerous parts of the world. The lighting, a symbolic part of the pageant, was carried out by the use of candles. HOME FROM HOSPITAL After spending over a week at the Anton Kani hospital, Omaha, Miss Anna Marie Glaubitz, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Glaubitz, returned home. Anna Marie underwent a minor operation and is slowly recovering from the effects. AN OPEN YOU'LL FIND IT A PLEASURE TO TRADE IN PLATTSMOUTH ALL the snow has been hand shoveled and hauled away on Main Street, so the entire curb line is open. Avoid the congestion and parking problems of other cities and come to Plattsmouth to do your Christmas shop ping. Stores open evenings to serve you! Business Men's Ad Club Red Cross Pro duction Committee Shows Activity Every Eranch Working and Two Sub Branches Organized for Ser vice in Campaign. Mrs. F. J. Knecht, production chairman, for Cass County Red Cross reports that Cass county is 100 per cent in organisation for production. with every branch working, and two sub branches. They are the Four Corners club, Avoca, and the Ash Grove Cement club, Louisville, which has seventeen members, making nine teen units in all. Production chairmen Etill have need of more sewers and knitters. Get in touch with your local chair man at once, and let her know what you will do. Cass county production chairmen are: Alvo Mrs. W. C. Timblin. Avoca Mrs. Caroline Marquardt. Avoca Miss Mary Young, Four Corners club. Cedar Creek Mrs. Mary Schnei der. Eagle Mrs. Ernest Underwood. Elmwood Mrs. Emily Gonzales. Greenwood Mrs. Hazel Dyer. Louisville Mrs. E. H. Worthman. Louisville Mrs. Gretchen Heil, Ash Grove Cement club. Manley Mrs. Rudolph JJergmann. Murdock Mrs. Floy Buell. Murray Mrs. Evelyn Norris. Mynard Miss Grace Livingston. Nehawka Mrs. George Sheldon. Plattsmouth Miss Edith Solomon. South Bend Miss Edith Braun. Union Miss Mary Becker. Wabash Mrs. Katharine Munford. Weeping Water Mrs. Martin Blum. MRS. THOMAS MURTEY, Publicity Chairman. RETURNS FROM THE WEST Prom Monday' Daily Cyril Kalina, who has been at the bedside of his daughter at Hood River, Oregon, returned home this morning on No. 6 over the Burling ton. He reports the daughter, Mrs. Newell Pollard, as gradually show ing improvement, but still quite ill from the effects of the bursted ap pendix. Mrs. Kalina will remain in the west until the daughter is able to leave the hospital. DISCUSS GIRL SCOUTS Miss Dorothy Taylor, district di rector of Girl Scouts for this area with headquarters in Kansas City, met with a group of Plattsmouth club women on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. H. Wescott. Plans were outlined for the expan sion of the work in Plattsmouth and it is anticipated that in the future a number of troops will be formed in Plattsmouth. DI OMAHA HOSPITAL Wilda Rouse, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Rouse, is in the Anton Kani hospital, Omaha, where she underwent an emergency appen dectomy operation. The young lady was rushed to Omaha at one o'clock Sunday morning. She is a grand daughter of Mrs. W. A. Rouse and Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Arnold. Her condition is said to be fair. CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22ND The seventh annual candle light ing service presented by the Meth odist choir, will occur Sunday after noon, December 22 at the Methodist church at 5 o'clock. dl9-ltw-3td CURBLINE ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF 1 EGG-LAYING CONTEST; In the Brink Hatchery ad this week some interesting facts and fig ures are given on the result of the 70 day esjg laying contest just re cently ended. Confined in a laying battery in the hatchery window, the eight hens laid a total of 3C3 eggs, worth $6.05 on the very conserva tive valuation of 20 cents a dozen. The cost of the feed was $3.90, leav ing a net profit of $2.15, which re futes the claim of some that you can't make money on eggs feeding the so called high price feeds. A Buff Orpington hen owned by Mrs. Ed Ruffner won the contest by laying 55 eggs in the 70 days, only one more than a White Wyandotte owned by Mrs. Fred Lutz, with 54 to her credit. The weekly produc tion of the hens was as follows: No. l o No. 2 5 No. 3 4 55777656 7 55 65565665 5 54 56546666 3 5i No. 4 3 54565555 548 No. 5 0 35656 666 3 46 No. 6 0 15555555 2 3S No. 7 4 55355303 437 No. 8 0 01356564 434 $1 Dozen to the Winner Mrs. Ruffner will receive $1 per dozen for the eggs produced by her prize winning hen, while the other seven owners will be paid the pre vailing market price now well above the 20 cents a dozen on which profits were reckoned. Mrs. Oliver Meisinger guessed the exact number of eggs the eight hens would lay in the 70 days 363 and will receive a sack of Wayne All Mash laying mash. The hens will probably be kept in the battery for further study of pro duction, since they are not harden ed to withstand cold weather, after ten weeks indoors, Mr. Brink states. They have attracted much atten tion during the contest, the reBult of which is pointed to as proof that one can make money feeding the commer cial feeds, both on eggs produced and the gain in weight of the fowls which wasn't considered in arriving at the profit on this group of ordi nary farmyard pullets. ENJOY MOTION PICTURES Tuesday the members of the Ro tary club had the pleasure of having with them a representative of the Ford company, Mr. Niven, of Omaha, who brought with him a number of reels of pictures of the Ford plant as well as personal pictures taken in the Yellowstone park the past summer. The leader of the meeting was Richard Spangler and the group singing was led by Frank A. Cloidt with E. H. Wescott at the piano. Don Guthrie, a visiting Rotarian of Oklahoma, was a guest at the luncheon. LOST ONE AND WON ONE Plattsmouth lost one round and won another in the debate tourna ment held at the auditorium of the high school last Saturday. On the negative side of the issue were Clay ton Sack and Mary Ann Winscot, who won, and the affirmative was supported unsuccessfully by Ruth Lowson and Margaret Fricke. Their opponents in both rounds were pupils of Benson high school, Omaha. The question debated was: "Re solved that the Power of the Federal Government Should be Increased." LEAVE FOR MONTANA From "Wednesday's Daily Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett will depart this evening for a visit in the northwest with two of their children, residing in 'Montana, where for sev eral years also made their home. They will visit at Folsom with a daughter, Mrs. Alice James at Ural, Montana, with their son, Austin. They plan to be gone for a month or six weeks. SENDS PAPER AS GIFT I. P. Campbell, of this city, seek ing a Christmas reminder for his daughter, Mrs. Arlie Vanlanding ham, of Colusa, California, has order ed the Journal sent to their address. This will keep them in touch with the relatives and old friends here. Join the Journal's growing list of Semi-Weekly suoscrlbers. It costs only sz per year. - - Call Men for Physical Exams to Enter Army Twenty Sent Notices to Appear to Be Examined Board Has Classified 103 Men Registered. Twenty men have been sent no tices to appear for physical exam ination from the first one hundred and six men classified for military training under the Selective Service in Cass county. An average of about one men in every five has been ten tatively classified as eligible for ser vice. Dr. R. W. Tyson of Murray will make a thorough physical examin ation before each man is finally placed in Class I. The majority of men are falling in Class UI (men with dependents.) Men classified in Class II are bo placed for six months. At that time each case will again be considered. Men who are deferred for occupational reasons fall in Class II. Cass county has eight volunteers for army service. If their physical examinations prove them physically fit, they will be the first called. The one naval volunteer will not be called until the navy decides to take recruits for one year, or when his order number comes, which ever Is earlier. Three hundred and Bixty-five ques tionnaires have been mailed in Cass county. This is about twenty per cent of the total registration of 1827 men. No further questionnaires will be sent until after the -first of the year. Alvin A. McReynolds of Nehawka and O. A. Davis of Murray have been sitting every day for the past week classifying registrants. They intend to have the 365 questionnaires which have been filled out, classified by January first. There will probably be a call lor men from this county during the first week in January. AN APPRECIATION We would like to take this means of expressing our personal apprecia tion to all who have assisted in the annual Red Cross roll call for mem bers that has just been completed. To the roll call directors, chair men and assistants In each of our seventeen Cass county town3 and communities and also to every person who has contributed with your mem bership. By your generosity you have made this 1940 roll call the largest since the World war. We are very grateful for this in crease as our Red Cross is so greatly needed at this time. As your roll call director and county chairman we sincerely thank you. May you be blessed thru the new year with peace and with plenty of cheer each day to pass on to others in your own generous manner. We extend our heartfelt thanks and the season's greetings to every one. Mrs. Ray E. Norris, chairman Cass County Chapter, A. R. C: Dr. N. D. Talcott, roll call director. PARENTS OF TWINS Mr. and Mrs. Newton Sullivan are the happy parents of twins, a boy weighing five pounds and a girl weighing six pounds, that were born to them Monday afternoon at the Anton Kani hospital in Omaha. The mother and little ones are doing well and the event brings much pleasure to all of the family circle. The twins are grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Sullivan of south of the city and Mrs. Sophia Mayfleld and great grandchildren of Mrs. L. II. Peter sen. VISITS FAMILY HERE Fred II. Sharpnack, who has for the paBt several months been en gaged In the east, came In Saturday to enjoy a visit with his wife and son, Jerry, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Emil Ptak. Mr. Sharpnack is en gaged with one of the large manu facturing plants that are now en gaged in government work at Has brouck Heights, New Jersey. A num ber of former Plattsmouth men are 'now engaged at the same plant.