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eV, Historical Society BUY vol. no. ivn PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THTTRSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942. NO. 99 - J i Plattsmouth L & B. Holds Annual Meet line Shoeing Made for the Yeai;itr cf Mr- and Mrs- Ry Bax. who Staff cf Capable Officers Re tained by Stockholders From Tuesday's Dan j The stockholders meeting of the ; Plattsmouth Loan & Buiiding asso-j cation was held last evening at the office cf the company in the Bekin building. I The meeting received the reports of the officers for the past year, this being one of the best in years, with a fine increase in the volume of business and the dividends secured for the stockholders. The report of Secretary M. D. Brown showed that in the past year ; there had ben some forty-eight new;Fre4 Drucker Has Chief Post andiorder issued by the ofJce of Produc-j loans made, an increase in the loans in the year in the sum of $30,000. The investment shares showed an in crease of S2S.000 in the past period. The association has declared a dividend of four and a quarter per; -em :n me six monm periou to me stockholders of the association. ! The report showed that the asso-. nation also nad seven pieces or prop- , rty carried on tneir books at Jl ana; which are worth approximately er. who was the night man on the Jectives ot tne tire rationing pro-; ?10.000. j old shift, has been advanced to the ' gram. j The stockholders selected as di-' post of chief and for the night jobs.! Function of Loal Tire Rationing! rectors for a three year term. V. C. Ira Parker, who has been foreman j Boards are. (1) To receive applica ?oennichsen. John Lutz and M. D. of the street force has been placed ; Hons for tire rationing certificate Erown. all re-elected. The associa- on the police assignment and Clif- ad to decide in accordance with es ticn has adopted a change in the : ford Stoehr also the night force to;tablished eligibility classifications by-laws that sets the directorate at protect the city and the property of .and criteria of need whether or not not more than seven or less than five : directors. ! The directors after the election selected their officers, all of these ', being re-elected to the posts that they have so exceptionally filled. j President, C. A. Johnson: Vice President. John Lutz; Treasurer. F. T. Ramge; Secretary, M. D. Erown. LEARNS NEPHEW SAFE i Mrs. Edgar Newton of this city, , received an air-mail letter Monday from her nephew, Clark Finney, who wrote from Honolulu in the Naval Cntonmen. Cork's letter was dated December 1? and arrived here just yesfrdny. The following are excerpts from bi very interesting letter: "We have a dusk-to-daylight blackout here. That puts us in a sort of n crimp. I am writing this letter by the aid of a flashlight. We have had tv o weeks of blackout so far. We are working 10 to 12 hours a day. so those Japs sure made a lot of work for us. They (the Japs) hit a jack- pot when they bombed us Dec. 7. The navy gunners cert? inly know; hew to handle thoe guns. They use ;ome old planes for practice. There v ere about 3.000 people killed and tiir:- ships sunk. I was in the middle of it but I didn't get a scratch. My ecrs hurt a little bee? use the tor- pe ;os make a lot of noise. I am making real good money, but I would work for nothing elsewhere. When you load 25 dead sailors in a truck it makes you want to fight. The army ?rd naw are sure on their toes, There is no chance of this island be - "ir.g taken. "They are sending all the army and navy men's wives back to the states. I had never seen so many women feel so bad in all my life, j I went to town and stayed all night j one time and there were women! everywhere, crying and lamenting. Fome had lost everything they had i their families, homes, etc. Mv , . flashlight is about to go out." Clark has been in and around Pearl Harbor since fall, and along with his letter he included Christ-( mas greetings to the Newtons. wish-; i . . .1 1 .. I. . . . ...... . v. ins "e cuuiu UK uut jci uc was glad to be where he was. HAVE HEAL WINTER A. B. Kraeger, LaPorte, Colorado, and was the property of the defend a former resident of Cass county ant W. L. Dwyer. and a long time reader of the Jour- j nal. writes to tell of the winter con- s RETURN TO NEBRASKA ditior.s prevailing there. j The letter was written on January ; Mrs. Charles Eades. former Platts 5 and states that it had started to mouth resident, has returned to s snow two weeks before and snowed 14 inches before stopping and has melted but vc-rv nttie stnee mat naa planned to make California her 27 below zero at,home but with the conditions forced time. It reached one time and has never been above. zero since the snow. NEW STUDENTS AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL LISTED The Plattsmouth High School has received three new students follow ing its holiday vacation period. They are: j Anna Bax, twelfth grader, daugh- came from Greenwood, Nebraska. Mary Helen Zimmerer, eleventh grader, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Prank Zimmerer. returned to this city from Conoga Park. California. Mr.rilyn Fay, freshman, daughter ; of Mrs. Bessie Fay. came here from York. Nebraska. Police Force Reorganized as Some Resign Clifford Stoehr and Ira Parker as Night Operators ine aeiense worK program nas.t ' ; led to the general reorganization of ; promulgated by the office of Price; the city police force as Chief Guy , Long is rasing a piace at tne .Martin,""" i plant in Fort Crook and Officer Nor- Boards will become non-paid Fed-j man Renner also is there in a guard, capacity. In tne changes made Fred DrucK- ; the residents. Dwiaht Edwards Purchases New Oakmont Home j One of the Choice Residences in the New Addition to the City Se cured by Iowa-Nebr. Mgr. J. Howard Davis, the owner of Oakmont Addition, announces that a contract has been entered into with Dwisrht T. Edwards for the sale an(j purchase of one of the new will remain in effect until a change: dwellings nearing completion in Oak- is deemed necessary, and any change month Addition. Mr. and Mrs. Ed- in office hours will be publicly ( ward? have selected the dwelling fed. with the hieh roof and red shingles. Our" of tires and tubes will be Tn contracting for purchase prior ic?ned by mimber of units broken to completion of the dwelling Mr. don by passeneer and truck tires, ri d Mrs. Edwards have the privileee "hile cuotas will be assigned to cf f fleeting their own color scheme each Eoard on a monthly basis, not for interior finish and floor cover- more than 25 per cent of the quota, inrs. ! shall be used up by the end of the j They expect to occupy their new; first week of the month, not more; home on February 1 and will be on i than 50 per cent used by the end of the eround to welcome their new the second week, and not more than; neighbors as ether homes in Oak-;"5 per cent by the end'of the third1 rnor.t Addition are completed and week. Any unalloted balance remain-; sold. , ins: at the end of the month, how- ; Mr. Edwards is the manager of ' eTr will automatically be cancelled , the loal office of the Iowa-Nebraska and not carry over from month to L'ght & Power company and expects month. The January quota of tires tc make Plattsmouth his permanent and tubes for Cass county has been residence. Mr. Davis is particularly ,set at: Passenger. Motorcycle and pleased to have his first house cupied by a permanent local resident ;w - ho is identified with the business iatd social life of the community.! jr js expected that the other dwell-( irgs will be occupied as soon as they are available. " ASKS FOR DAMAGES From Monday's rjailr In the office of the clerk of the district court this mornine. a suit (for damages was filed by Irvin T. Hohang vs. Dennis O. and W. L. Dwyer. The petition asks judgment for $25,000 for alleged injuries sustain - . . i i . ea in an auio v.recs on nignay io. i "U1LU Ul j-iansuiuuiu uu . V. .t Tttn . . . V. X ...... - . ber 24. 1940. The petition sets forth 'tubes must be made on O.P.A. FormiStates Defense stamps to aid in rais ,that a car striking that of Ho-'R-l. which may be obtained from!inE: funds for the government to ;hang was operated by D. O. Dwyer any one of the duly authorized "In- prosecute the war against the axis. Omaha from California where she has spent several months. Mrs. Eades by the war time necessities she has decided to return to Omaha. Plan for Ration ing of Tires and Tubes Explained chairman W. G Ecedeker of Cass rives Outline of County Board Gives the Rules as Issued To meet the emergency of the an ticipated rubber shortage our govern-; ment has adopted the following plan: After January 4, 1942, new tires; 'and tubes may be obtained only by iapplving to a local Tire Rationing; j board, which are being set up in; jeach county, for a certificate which j jwill authorize the applicant to buy; a new tire or tube. "Certificates will ( ibe issued only to persons performing) ja function essential to the war effort' or to the health and welfare of the l i nation as defined in the rationing; ition Management, and signed by the! President." The program will be carried out Administration, and persons who have ral Agents and hae been given "ul',u"1-' l" 1J 1 -"uuu".' lu .xuy uul the applicant is entitled to a new tire or tube within the quota assign-! ed to the Poard. (2) Upon approval.! i in iss:if a spriillv nnmhprpd pprtifi- . jcate to the applicant that will entitle ; ihim to buy the tire or tube needed, ,if and where available. ! The Rationing Board for Cass ; county consists of W. G. Boedeker. chairman. Fred Rehmeier and Ben A. Olive. This board has established ; its office in the basement of the Farm Program office in Weeping Water. The office hours will be from ; 1 o'clock p. m. to 4 o'clock p. m. on Tuesday and Friday of each week, which office hours they believe will Sufficiently serve Ca? county, and : oc-;Lifrht Trucks 15 Tires and 13 Tubes. : Truck and Bus 36 Tires and 30 Tubes. hr, AreaskedtotuTtitheminonoThe - g nave oeen namea , WpdneBda Tanuarv 14th -t thp The followin as Tire and Tube Inspectors in Cass county; Ed. G. Ofe and John n a n enoffriro -in loco Cloidt. of Plattsmouth. John N. I Cole, of Weeping Water, and j - B- Elliott. Alvo. Additional in- .spectors may be named later at which j time announcement will be made. Any person who believes that his' vehicle comes within rmp nf the class-1 IS cations set forth in "Eligibility classification." which is printed on jgai:ed there this morning started a the back of O.P.A. Application formJTery EEe and patriotic move. They ; rw-x may uie wilii me uoaru an dp-; (plication for authority to purchase '. ! .. .. - mew tires or tUDes. . . . . r , ! piic-auons ior new iires ana spectors," any one of the Tire Ra-! tioning Board Members, or at the office of the Tire Rationing Board in Weeping Water. j Mr and Mrs Homan cxinney of No Application for Authority Jo' Murray are the happy parents of a Purchase a new tire or tube shall be fine six and one-half pound daugh Cled until an inspection of the tire r i,nrn t, (or tube already on the vehicle shallot the Clarkson hospital at Omaha. have been made by an inspector duly The little ladv has been christened authorized by the Tire Rationing Board to make such an inspection, Inspection of tubes on such vehicle (continued on Page 2) EISCONTLNUE MERCHANTS MART The Merchants mart that has been operated at the Twenty club north of this city in Sarpy county, has been discontinued for the present. The heavy snow has made it the matter of great difficulty to reach the dub and cut down the attend- lance so that it was thought best to have the mart discontinued. It is expected to have it revived later and the public will be advised through : the Journal of this fact. Eastern Star Installs New Officers Home Chapter No. 189 Has Fine Meeting Despite Pad Weather ; Mrs. Wiley Sigler, W. M. Tuesday evening Home Chapter iNo. 1S9. Order of the Eastern Star, heId their installation at the lodge; rooms in the Masonic building. De - . . - wintrv weather conditions there was a Tery pleasing j attendance of the members. Q . . fe2tures 0f the installa- wag thg pre5,nce of Mrs Grace Annis of Omaha, past grant worthyiers and the business houses of the t - Nebraska who while a : resident of Dunbar, was a very close j Mr. Hetrick showed in his report friend of the family of Mrs. Wiley; that in the ppst year there had been Pigler. installed last evening as wor-' 275.000 pounds of butter manufac- thy matron. itured. The company has paid out in Mrs. Anni3. as the installing offi-,the year some $125,000 in the com- cer, was assisted by Mrs. A. H. Dux-.munity, eighty per cent of this bury, as the ceremonial marshal and; amount being expended by the farm- Mrs. John E. Schutz ss ceremonial , chaplain. The officers installed were: Worthy Matron Mrs. Wiley Sig - Patron -Howard Wiles. Associate Matron Mrs. L. S. De-i voe. Asso-iate Patron Herman Mei- singer. Conductress Mrs. Howard Wiles, Associate Conductress Miss Ma- linda Friedrich. Secret a ry-Trsnrer- -Mis's Clara Weyrich. Miss Marr Petersen. Chaplain Mrs. Glenn VcIIery. Marshal Mrs. Eernice Smith. Organist Mrs. Roy O. Cole. Adah Mrs. I.ora Lloyd Kieck. Ruth Mrs. Carl Schneider. Esther Mrs. E. H. Bernhardt. Mprtha Mrs. Don Seiver. E'ect3 Mrs. Mi'o Hoppe. Wnrder M"s. Fred Pourfk. Sntirel Edwr.rd Wehrbein. Miss Mari Noltire. retiring wor- thy matron held a very beautiful and impressive ceremony honoring the worthy matron just taking office. NfiTITF TCI AJIFNS Sheriff Joe Mrasek and Chief of Police Fred Drucker have received in - structions from the V. S. erovernment that enemy aliens who have radio transmitters snort "'are receiving; sets, cameras or firearms must turn them in under the order of the de partment of justice. The officers are notified to give public notice and that the parties I covered and who have these articles " office of the sheriff at the court ! house. Failure to comply with the order will result in a severe fine. AID IN DEFENSE SERVICE The employees of the Norfolk -n . .i... .. rnvniiig company in iuis cuy, or ai ieast a iarge group of the people aske(1 vf- E W Bernhardt snner-1 lntendent and manager of the com-! i pany, to have five per cent of their aal!,rjp5 r?j Mf.b nav y-pHed REJOICE IN NEW DAUGHTER patricia Kay. and with the mother is doing very fine. Mrs. McKinney was ' formerly Miss Helen Franke of this city. p f farmers Co operative Co. Holds Election Report of the Plattsmouth Creamery j Shows a Very Fine Record For the Year -'rom Wednesdays Dany The annual meeting of the Farm ers Co-Operative Creamery company was held last evening at the Mynard j community building, where a fine j representation of the stockholders; (was in attendance despite the cold j j weather. j i John Hobscheidt. vice-president, t (presided owing to the illness of W.i F. Nolte. the president of the or-j ganization. The business of the creamery com pany for the year as reported show- j a (1 1 f yi n r ct t-r r A . rt A T n c m rct ora t i - ; fying to all. The able management! ; of the creamery by George K. Het- rick has made the local institution one of the best m this section of the state and its handling has build up a great community center, a fine (trading place for the products or i the farmers as well as supplying a large financial return to the farm- community en. m tnis city. The creamery company this year cessories and carried a bouquet ofihss since become the leading invi declared a dividend of seven per cent Talisman roses. She wore a neck- i ttional tournament in the state. to the stockholders, a fine New Tear i present from the management of the j company. The directors selected were: AI- inert A. wetenkamp and Paul Jlur- doch. both re-elected to their offices, j The board of directors will meet later to elect the executive officers of the company. ASKS REVERSAL Everett Pickens through his at torney asked the supreme court Mon day to reverse a judgment of the Otoe county district court, which re- fused to grant him a judgment of $2,160 against the Maryland Cas- ualty company. Pickens says this is the amount it cot him to defend a court action brought against him by George Moore. He argues that the company is tinder obligation to pay this expense, by reason of the terms of a certain policy of insurance, in ;full force and effect at the time of ithe accident which gave rise to Moore's action against him. The com- : pany says since no judgment was ob- 'tained by Moore against Pickens, it ;is not M5gI to. pay fcr the alleged :l us,Lb ai;u "" OL ueienug fase -State Journal. CARD OF THANKS ' t I sincerely wish I could thank each and every one of you person- ally for your kindness shown me dur- lns my recent illness and stay in the 1'1' - lur lue u"ul" nu nt, cards, letters, personal and tele-; t i ..iif.,1 .ri ,, phone caIIs a11 of which made my ... jStay more pleasant while there. I am xeTr srtxxl for your thought- jtuiness of me and mine. May God (bless you all. Mrs. John Lidgett. AN APPRECIATION With the deepest sense of appre- en-;ciation we wish to thank each and everyone of the dear friends and neighbors for their sympathy and helnf nines Theso friends in the hour of sorrow will long be remem- bered. Mr. and Mrs. V. T. Arn, jr. POSTPONE FARM SALE The Charles Koke varm sale at Rock Bluff, scheduled for today, had to be postponed until Monday, January 12 because of bad weather. All fanners far and near are invited to come to the sale next Monday. RETURNS TO LINCOLN Miss Dorothy Jean Turner, who was here for the holidays with her par Job ents. County Treasurer and Mrs. hn E. Turner, departed Sunday for Lincoln. She resumes her studies at Ithe state university today. RESUMES HOSPITAL WORK Miss Shirley Petersen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Petersen of this city, has resumed her active work in the nurse training school at the St. Catherine hospital at Omaha. Miss Petersen some weeks ago was oper- ated on for appendicitis at the hos-. ;pital and had a very fine recovery.! j being able to be home with the par ents for the holiday season. It is ex pected that in a short time she will be back in her usual good health. Prominent Cass County People Wedded Miss Betty Ost cf Nenauna Becomes the Bride of Boyd A Mayfield Of Weeping Water The marriage of Betty Ost. daugh - ter of Mr. and Mrs V!'!iam A Ost nf Nehawka, to Boyd A. Mayfield. son Df Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mayfield, of . near Weenine- Watr ted- t'9pp January 3 at 4 o'clock at the Ost home, south of Nehawka. j , Marriae- lines were rp hv p.pv I Lenker of the Methodist church un - de a white wedding bell hung from a canopy of yellow and white. Tall; baskets of white chrysanthemums completed the background. Lohen-j grin's bridal chorus wps played by Charlotte Mayfield. sister of the bridegroom. Only immediate families were present. The bride wore a street length dress of blue crepe with brown ac-iTt lace worn by her grandmother at her! wedding 60 years ago. Edith Srhoemaker, bridesmaid, was attired in a brown street dress, and wore a corsage or violets. The bridegroom was attended by his brother. Robert. A dinner was served following the ceremony. The table was centered with a wedding cake decorated with yellow rosebuds and topped with a miniature bride and bridegroom. For an evening reception the table was centered with yellow jonquils. The couple left immediately for a short wedding trip. The bride attr.cd Donne College nd the Lincoln School of Commerce. The bridegroom attended University of Nebraska college of agriculture. chools Start After Holiday Vacation Zero Weather Welcomes Teachers Sack from Vacations and Stn- nents Kesnmmg School. The city and parochial schools re-! opened today after the holiday va- cation that covered from December; 22 until today, the students and j teachers finding truly winter condi-1 tions prevailing as they ascended the! hilltop in the enappy eight blow zero! . t earner. The teachers have largely spent 4their holidays at home and with rel- atives and school friends. One of the local teachers to have 3 real touch of winter was Coach B. A. Hoffman, who has been at; j the farm home of his parents nearj ; Ashland. He has been snowbound j since New "War's and spent the great-1 er part of the time shoveling snow t -t.ach the highway, the shoveling-! keeping him in trim to start in with renewed vigor cn the coaching gram. ) ham. Nebraska, brother-in-law of Roads in the vicinity of Ashland ; Rev. Lentz. based on II Kings 4:26. were well blocked by the storm and j Her cousins, Richard Wieters. Rob it was not until late Sunday thatiert Buis. Clarence Erei. Fredrick the South Bend highway was open- j Njenaber were the pallbearers; and ed up for travel to the residents on (Helen Wieters and Loretta Adams the east of Ashland. were the flower girls. Interment I was at the Lanham cemetery. GOES TO WASHINGTON, D. C. Miss Delia Solomoa. Csughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Solomon, left Monday noon for Washington. D. C. ' to accept a position as junior clerk- typist in the War Department office. jfjss Solomon took a Civil Service examination last fall. She is one of many now in Washington. D. C. em- ployed by the United States govern- ment. Local Students to Participate in Midland Meet Invitation Will Bring Many High School Debate Teams to Fre mont for Competition FREMONT, Neb.. Jan. 6 (Special) j Six Plattsmouth High School stu- dents will participate in the six teenth annual Midland College Invi tational High School Debate tourna Jment Thursday, Friday and Satur day. j The affair annually attracts de baters and other forensics students jfrom leading high schools of the state. Fifteen schools will compete this year, with the possibility that j four more may send late registra ; tions. I In addition to the Jebate tourney. ; the event will include an extempor- 'nnenns sneaking mniw tt.Ar. iner speaking contest and an internre- jtative speech clinic. The last is an ! ir norm inn th n, ' gram. Plattsmouth debaters who will at tend the Midland tourney are Bill ;Hu!a. Bill Robertson. George Jacobs t Robert Cole and Margaret Fricke. Bill Robertson will also partici- ' pate ?.? an individual speaker, The tournament is sponsored by the Midland forensics department, 'Alice Reed. Fremont, senior, is tour- ; r.ament director for the second year, The tournament is one of the pi- ioneer events of its kind in Nebraka. was inausurated 15 rears aeo and The Cclleee yearly awards a 1100 tuition scholarship to the outstand !? individual debater in the tourna- i ment and a cup to the winning team. Plattsmouth Is one of 14 schools entered to date. Others are Omaha North, South. Tech. Central and Ben son; Lincoln. Kearney. Beatrice, (North Platte. Grand Island. Aurora, Hastings. Fairbury and Eenson. SEXTCH OF IIFE OF ANNA MAE LENTZ It hath pleased the Lord of life and death to take to himself from this vale cf sorrow the soul of Anna Mae Lentz. daughter of Rev. A. ; Lentz and his wife Dora nee Duis, bcrn Dec. 6. 1534. Baptized. She svc.-um"r.ed to lympho sarcoma on Dec 21. 1941. Attained an age of " vea'-s and 15 days. She leaves to Turn her departure her father and mother and two sisters, Maria and Jeanne: 17 uncles. 28 aunts, and 40 cousins and many friends. Funeral services were held from Christ Lutheran church on Friday. Dec. 26 at 1 p. m. Rev. Lor in J. Wolff. S.T.M. of Diller. Nebraska, a friend of the family, held the funeral sermon based on Mark 10: 14-15 and the services. The choir sang: "I Am Jesus' Little Lamb. The S"hafer girls quartet sang "O Loving Father." Miss Wilma Friedrich. Flprene 3chafer. Ruth Alexen and June Keil were the pallbearers. Her classmates in Sunday school were the flower girls: Joy Hild. Dorothy Hild. Mari ln Schafer. Deloris Hild. Doris Ann Franke. Betty Hild; flowerbearers: Marilyn and Phyllis Hennings. Mil dred Engelkemeier and Malinda Friedrich After the services she was taken to Diller. Nebraska. On Saturday the services were held from the home i of Mr. and Mrs A-z p.rei of Odf!i Whrasti siotpr nnr hrnrTiPr.-n-iaw of Mrs. Lentz. the funeral sermon pro-jwas held bv Rev O Oelke of Lan- RETUSN TO KEMPER m MnnrtaVj PatTv This morning John Soennichsen and Corbin Davis departed via the "Eagle" over the Missouri Pacific for Boonville, Missouri. They are on their way to resume their school work at the Kemper Military acad- emy after the holiday visit here with the home folks. I