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1 T-'-tr.rjVa Society fc&defense VOL HO. ivn PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1942 NO. 104 Site BUY jrj L N ITED ST ATI ffjfj SAVINGS .4 BUY "MiftJ &TATL9 JTiVf RAVINGS F-MthJ OMO Cass County Cases Now in Supreme Court County Attorney Smith Files Answer Briefs in Two Cases Appealed From This County Cass county, Nebraska, through its attorney, Walter H. Smith, today filed its answer brief in the Supreme court at Lincoln in the case of Con solidated Chemical Laboratories vs. The County of Cass. This case, de cided by Judge Wilson in favor of Cass county, arises from the delivery of certain merchandise consisting of soap and disinfectants to former Sheriff Sylvester between Oct. 30, 1936 and April 29, 1937 in the al leged sum of $502.64. No claim was filed until January 18, 1938 and the board of county commissioners dis allowed the claim whereupon an ap peal was taken and from the dis missal of the petition by Judge Wilson, the Consolidated Labora tories have appealed to the Supreme court. In its brief, Cass county, Nebras ka, contends that in the interest of good and efficient government, as defined by the Legislature, and in accord with the contract into which Sec. 26-119 is automatically incor porated, the appelant's lack of or dinary diligence in filing its claim with the board in the time prescrib ed by law has deprived it of an op portunity to be heard on the merits. The constitutionality of this section of the law is attacked by appellant's in its brief and the brief of the county is principally directed to this attack in upholding its constitution ality. This case has been set for hearing on February 5, 1942, in the Supreme court at Lincoln. ' On November 25, 1941, County Attorney Walter H. Smith filed the answer brief of Cass County in the supreme court in the case entitled King vs. Cass county. This is an ap peal from a finding in favor of Cass county by Judge Wilson in which the plaintiff claims damages for an alleged widening of a road by Cass county, Nebraska in 1939. In its brief, Cass county contends that the road in question was legal ly established as a public road in 1880 to a width of 66 feet and one failing to make a claim for property taken in the establishment of a road is barred from claiming damages by a lapse of 59 years during which he and his predecessors have acquiesced in the existence of such road. This case will be heard in March by the supreme court at Lincoln. PIONEER VISITS CITY Frank H. Stander and daughter, Miss Lillian, of Omaha, were in the city Wednesday for a few hours to look after some business matters and while here Mr. Stander was a caller at the Journal to renew his sub scription to the semi-weekly, he hav ing been a reader of the Journal for more than 40 years. Mr. Stander come3 of one of the pioneer families that settled in the Louisville community in the late fifties and had a large part in devel oping that section of the county. Mr. Stander informs us that 82 years ago he arrived in Plattsmouth, an infant in the arms of his mother, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stander, driving through in a cov ered wagon drawn by three yoke of oxen, making the crossing of the Missouri river at this city. Mr. Stander was for years a very successful farmer in Cass county and is now retired, but has extensive in terests in the county and is an offi cer of the Manley State bank at Manley. STATE AUDITOR HERE From Thursday's Daily State Auditor Ray Johnson of Lin coln, was in the city today for a few hours to attend to some business matters and also to enjoy a visit with old friends. Mr. Johnson is well known here through many political contacts made in the past few years. AN APPRECIATION We wish to thank all our friends for the nice cards, flowers and pay ing visits at the hospital, where Mr. Herold was treated. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Herold and family. SEEK BIRTH CERTIFICATES The business in the line of delayed birth certificates is one of the largest items in the office of the county judge. With strict government re quirements for birth certificates from workers in all government and de fense work there is a mounting call for the certificates under the new Nebraska law. Wednesday there were eleven of the certificates issued by Judge Dux bury, the largest single day's busi ness so far. The office has issued a total of 470 of these certificates. Masonic Home Board Meeting Held in Omaha Fine Condition of Home Business Shown and Officers All Re Elected for Coming Year The board of directors of the Ne braska Masonic Home association met Friday at the Masonic Temple at Omaha to hear the annual report of the officers and of the conduct of the Masonic Home in this city. The report of Superintendent W. F. Evers was very complete to every detail of the home management, the residents, cost of operation and the many other factors that enter into the operation of a large institution of this type. The officers selected the following, all re-named: President William A. Robertson, Plattsmouth; 1st vice-president, A. C. Thomsen, Omaha i 2nd vice-president, James H. Adams, Omaha; 3rd vice-president, Charles Nicodemus, Fremont; secretary, Lewis E. Smith, Omaha. Following the session of the board of directors, the officers of the grand lodge of the Nebraska Masons enter tained the members of the board of the Nebraska Masonic Home as well as the president and superin tendent of the I. O. O. F. Home at York, Nebraska. The meeting was one for the in terchange of ideas on the operation of the institutions for the aged that both orders have maintained for a great many years. BRING IN MANY OLD PLATES Heeding the call of the nation for scrap metal of all kinds, the resi dents of Cass county are bringing in their old license plates to the office of County Treasurer John E. Turn er, for turning over to the proper authorities. H. P. Gaebel of near Louisville, was one of the donors of a large number of plates, bringing in 104 of the old plates, dating back to 1916, before county numbers were placed on them, the plates being numbered from 1 on up for the entire state. All the plates had been purchased and used by Mr. Gaebel himself. George Vogler, also of the Louis ville community brought in 100 of the plates to be turned in for scrap metal. STATEMENT INCORRECT In the Journal several days ago in an article concerning the induc tion of William Floyd Shanholtz, the statement was made, "He was formerly a stenographer, employed by the United States government at Washington, D. C, but he was forced to return and report to his local draft board in Plattsmouth." This is not true as no one is "forced" to return to the place where he claims his residence in order to be inducted. By notifying the board of his location, he may be inducted by the board in the place that he may be located at the time, and not have to return to the community where he made his residence. RETIRES FROM SERVICE Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Rezner, who for many years made their home in Omaha, are now located on the farm formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tarns, parents of Mrs. Rezner Mr. Rezner was for a great many years the general foreman for the Burlington at Omr.ha, retiring from that position on December 1, and has since been arranging to locate here where they will make their home. Mrs. H. G. Mc Clusky Called to Rest Last Evening Death Comes as Shock to Bereaved Husband and Many Friends in City and Over State It was with profound shock and re gret that the Plattsmouth commun ity this morning learned of the pass ing of Mrs. Margaret McClusky, 60, wife of Dr. H. G. McClusky, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Ill for the past 10 days, she was taken to Omaha the first of the week and placed in the Methodist hospital for treatment and Thursday had been reported as showing some gains. that greatly encouraged the husband who had spent the day at the hos pital. The sudden change came on the heart that brought instant death. Mrs. McClusky was a loved and honored figure in Plattsmouth and in the religious circles of eastern Ne braska, where her ability and lead ership has been so often felt. She was especially active in the various wom en's groups of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. McClusky was also an active figure in Chapter F, P. E. O. and the Plattsmouth Woman's club. To Dr. McClusky in his bereave ment goes out the deepest sympathy of the hundreds of friends in this hour of trial and separation. In his 26 years of service in this commun ity Dr. McClusky has brought com fort to many in their grief, may he too receive this blessed consolation at this time of stress. A sketch of the life of Mrs. Mc Clusky will appear later in the Journal. GARAGE ROBBED from Saturday's Dan- The Bauer Garage on Vine street was robbed last, night or early this morning with the parties taking three tires and also some $14 in change that had been left in the register at the garage. The loss was discovered this morn ing when the building was opened for the day's business and the office of the sheriff was notified of the loss. It was found by Sheriff Mrasek and Deputy Sheriff Doody that one of the windows at the rear of the garage building had apparently been left unlocked or opened to allow the party or parties to make their entrance to the main part of the building. Exit was made through the door at the front of the building. Two tires taken were CI 6 Bison tires and one 650 Dunlap tire. FUNERAL OF JAMES A. SCHWAB The funeral services of James A. Schwab, long-time resident of this community was held Friday after noon at the Bigsby chapel at 7th and Oak streets. A large group of the old friends and neighbors from the community where he had made his home were here for the services. Rev G. W. Gardner of the Elm- wood Christian church, conducted the services and gave one of the old and loved hymns during the service, Mrs. Gardner being the accompanist. The body was laid to the last rest in the Lewiston cemetery, near the scenes of Mr. Schwab's life ac tivities. The pall-bearers were My ron Wiles, S. S. Davis, Reuel Sack, Fred Campbell, H. A. Schneider, Ray F. Becker. INSTALL AT PAWNEE Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond C. Cook and Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Wehrbein of this city were at Pawnee City, attending the installa tion of the officers of Pawnee lodge No. 23, the ceremony being open to the public. There were representatives from ight of the lodges in that section of the state to enjoy the impressive ceremony. Mr. Cook, who is the deputy grand custodian of the grand lodge of Ne braska, was the installing officer, be ing assisted by Henry Carson, Ne braska City, grand tylerof Nebraska, as the marshal, and R. L. Becker of Pawnee lodge as the chaplain. Following the installation a fine banquet was served to the members of the lodge and their friends that came as the climax of a very delight ful and inspiring evening. INFANT DIES The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Williams died Thursday. The babe was born in this city yes terday morning. Interment took place at the Oak Hill cemetery and the Sattler Funeral home was in charge. In addition to its parents, the baby is survived by a sister, Mary Jo, and a brother, Donald Joe, jr.; ma ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Solomon of Plattsmouth. Mrs. Williams was the former Martha Solomon. Viewmen Win by Score of 32 to 20 Last Night Blue Devils Show Real Action in the Opening Quarter But Weaken In the Last College View, a suburb of Lincoln, handed the local boys their seventh loss of the season at the local court before a sparce crowd. It was one of the wildest games ever played on the local court, the shots were bad on both sides. College View ap plied a good zone defense that put the curb on Ralph Hilt's scoring. The tall, rangy boy dropped in but one fielder and some of his shots failed to hit the baslcet. Stern, who played his last game for the View men, hit from any place. The freshmen walked off victorious in the preliminary by a score of 31 to 20 as Cole dumped in 16 counters. The game started out like it did a week ago. and at the half the Blue Devils had to be contented with a 13-13 tie but through the next half all the Plattsmouth team could drop in was seven points and only one in the third quarter. Plattsmouth put on a brief rally in the fourth but could not put the brakes on Henson. who kept dropping them in. The box score of the game: Plattsmouth FG FT PF TP Bratt f 2 3 17 Noble f 0 0 0 0 Larson f 2 12 5 Hilt c 12 3 4 Rice g 0 0 10 Gayer f 0 0 10 Sbtinsky g 0 3 3 3 Dooley g 0 0 10 Johnson g 0 111 5 10 13 20 College View FG FT PF TP Henson f 4 13 9 Kelmsing f 3 0 ls 6 Westlrook f 1 n 9. Porter f ,. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Mauhier c Miller c Stern, g 5 2 2 12 Fisher g 0 0 10 Richardson g 1 0 3.2 14 14 SHERIFF HAS ANNIVERSARY From Saturdays I5a!' Today was the thirty-fifth wed ding anniversary of Sheriff and Mrs. Joe Mrasek, ve were informed at the court house today. Miss Hazel Edna Kline and Joe Mrasek were married at the court house on January 25, 1907, by Judge J. E. Douglass and since that time have made their home in this section of Cass county. Their many friends will join in ex tending their congratulations on the pleasant anniversary. The sheriff observed the day by going to Weeping Water after two prisoners thrt had been arrested there last night and escaped only to be recaptured. RECEIVES SIXTY DAYS From Friday's Dally Charles Clark was arraigned in the county court this morning on complaint of his wife, Mrs. Pauline Clark. The young man was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Doody and follow ing the testimony in the court was given a sentence of 60 days in jail by Judge Duxbury- DEPARTS FOR SERVICE From Saturday's Dally Today two Cass county young men, selectees under the last call, depart ed for Fort Leaven worth, Kansas, for induction Into the army. Ralph Dreamer ot Elmwood and Kenneth R. 'Wessell, of Nehawka, were the two to respond to the call. Subscribe to The Journal Church Sponsored Rural Life Meet and Conference Will Be Held at Several Places in the Diocese of Lincoln Church Leader to Speak The trend toward tenancy, com mercialized farming and large con centrated land holdings in American agriculture is now regarded every where as one of the major problems confronting both church and state. To stimulate an intelligent study of this vital question, the Catholic Dio cese of Lincoln, under the auspices of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, will sponsor a Farmers' Institute which will be addressed by Monsignor Ligutti, the Conference Executive Secretary, and several speakers recognized as qualified au thorities on the things which con cern the nation from the viewpoint of the farmer. Altogether five re gional meetings will be held. They are scheduled for Monday, January 26, C.Y.O. hall, 18th & J streets, Lincoln; Tuesday, January 27, Tie hen Gymnasium, Falls City; Wednes day, January 28, St. Angela's hall, York; Thursday, January 29, St. Cecilia's school auditorium, Hastings; Friday. January 30, St. Catherine's hall, Indianola. In his Pentecost address last year. His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, referred to the farm home as a "vital space." On that occasion, the Holy Father de clared: "Of all the goods that can be the object of private property, none is more conformable to nature than the land, the holding in which the family lives, and from the pro ducts of which it draws all or part of its subsistence." "And only the stability which is rooted in one's own holding makes of the family the vital -and -.most, perfect and fecund cell of society, joining up, in a brilliant manner, in its progressive cohesion, the pres ent and future generations." "If today the concept and the cre ation of vital spaces is at the center of social and political aims, should not one, before all else, think of the vital space of the family and free it of the fetters of conditions which do not permit even to formulate the idea of a homestead of one's own," The material basis of family cul ture is ownership. It must, therefore, be the aim of human society to give its support to all measures, legisla tive and otherwise, which seek to promote the family-type farm. Our tenancy system is probably the worst among civilized nations. It has developed a policy of commercialized farming that is destructive of fam ily life and home culture. Now that our county is engaged in the most stupendous program of all history for the defense of basis human rights and fundamental freedoms, it is a patriotic duty to stem the tide of servile farming and restore the coun tryside home to its proper place as a native habitat of the human family. RESIGNS AS STENOGRAPHER Conant Wiles, who has served as one of the stenographers in the Cass County Assistance office for a period of 11 months, has tendered his resig nation and is to report for work as clerk-stenographer in the office of the Soil Conservation Service at Al bion, Nebraska, Monday. A Weep ing Water resident, Conant's new position is a Civil Service appoint ment. No one has been named to suc ceed him. ASKS FOR DIVORCE In the office of the clerk of the district court today an action for di vorce has been filed by Mary Fen wick against Robert H. Fenwick. The petition sets forth that the parties were married at Lexington, Missouri, February 14, 1939. The de fendant is a non-resident of Nebras ka. J. Howard Davis appears as the attorney for the plantiff. RETURNS TO NEERASKA Albert H. Bornemeier, formerly a resident of Wabash, has returned from Baltimore, Maryland, where he was engaged with the Glenn L. Martin company at their plant in that city. Mr. Bornemeier is prepar ing to take up his work at the Fort Crook plant of the Martin company. CHANGES PLEA TO GUILTY From Thursday' Daily This morning in the county court Ellis Phillips was present to change his plea of "not guilty" to the charges of grand larceny and break ing and entering to "guilty." The young man was accordingly bound over to the district court and will probably be arraigned the com ing week. Judge Wilson has notified the clerk of the district court to day that he will be here on Thurs day and Friday, January 29 and 20. Geo. Van Horn, Old Resident. DiedLast Night Had Made Home in Cass County for the Greater Part of His Lifetime From Friday's DalTy Last night at 8:30 at the Cass county farm west of the city, George Creston Van Horn, 61, passed away after a long period of failing health, the past two years being a partial invalid. Mr. Van Horn was born April 1, 1880 at Creston, Iowa, son of Henry C. and Dora Van Horn, they later moving to Cass county where they resided until their death. The father passed away in 1931 and the mother in 1905, both living here at the time. Mr. Van Horn was married in 1905, after the death of the mother, to Ethel Eates and was married the second time January 29, 1913, to Cecelia Peterson at Omaha. There survives the death of Mr. Van Horn the widow and one broth er, Albert of Granville, Idaho. LOCATED AT SHEPPARD FIELD SHEPPARD FIELD, Tex. Jan. 23 Beginning the first lap of a course that eventually will give him a rat ing as an aviation mechanic. Pvt. Bernard A. Jackson, of Plattsmouth, today is enrolled in the mechanics school at Sheppard Field, Texas, the world's largest Air Corps Technical Training School. Private Jackson, attached to the 312th School Squadron, began class work Jan. 1, and is scheduled to graduate in May. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Jackson, 5th street, he attended Plattsmouth high school. At present. Private Jackson is in the third week of school and is study ing structures. Before he qualifies as one of the eight specialists necessary to keep one plane in the sky, Private Jackson will have undergone inten sive training designed to give him a complete working knowledge of the battle birds. NAME DRIVE COMMITTEE In preparation for the annual Boy Scout drive and the 32nd anniversary of the establishment of the organiza tion, the local Scout committee met on Thursday night at the office of W. A. Robertson to plan for the drive to raise funds for Scouting in this community. Dwight Edwards and W. A. Robert son were named as the majors for the dawn to dusk drive and empow ered to name the captains of the various teams. Dr. Leonard Fitch was named as the soliciation chairman George Dobson, arrangements chairman and Andrew Robinson as the publicity chairman. PROCEEDS FROM FLOUR SALE GOES TO RED CROSS John Bishop, an employee of the Consumers Public Power Company, has been the recipient of a sack of flour. Wanting to do his bit for the American Red Cross War Relief Fund, he donated the flour to the organization and it was disposed of in a fitting manner. The proceeds netted the Red Cross $5.80. ENGAGED AT FORT CROOK Edgar Glaze of this city, sometime ago took a civil service examination for chauffeur and has been notified that he was successful and assigned to a position at Fort Crook. Mr. Glaze has been for some time engaged as guard on one of the local railroad bridges but will take up the work at the fort. Murray Reaches Quota in Red Cross Drive Total Now Two Dollars Over Re quested Sum; Committee Still Receiving Contributions Murray residents, and those in the community, have responded to the Red Cross War relief in spendid man ner, raising the quota set for them and raising $150. Not satisfied with the showing the members of the chapter are carrying on the work and contributions can be made to Willard Nelson, Dale Wohlfarth or Charles H. Boedeker. The report of the contributions follows: Murray State Bank 10.00 C. D. Spangler 5.00 Geo. E. Nickles 5.00 E. S. Tutt 5.00 Rev. Neil Stewart 1.00 Henry Kircher 2.00 J. A. Davis 1.00 A. L. Carper 5.00 Charles H. Boedeker 5.00 Ben J. Noell 5.00 John J. Stones 1.00 Dr. R. W. Tyson 5.00 G. E. Brubacher 5.00 Frank Mrasek 2.00 C. M. Read 5.00 Parr Young 5.00 Vearl G. Smith 1.00 W. G. Boedeker 10.00 Bert Jameson 2.00 lima Dvorak 1.00 Chester Stone 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Seybolt 2.00 William Sporer 1.00 Curtis Faris 2.00 F. T. Wilson , 1.00 Willard Nelson - 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gamemer 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Young, sr 5.00 Philip Keil, jr. 2.00 Harold Jacobs 3.00 Robert Weston, Mgr. Robinson Elevator Co. 5.00 Elbert Keil 1.00 F. J. Hild 5.00 Arthur- Hild 2.00 M. H. Worthan 1.00 Dale Wohlfarth - 1.00 J. J. Gleason ' 2.00 Wilbur Lang 1.00 Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Gilmore 5.00 John Sans , 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Davis 2.00 Mrs. Margaret iBrendel 1.00 Rev. H. B. Hulchman 1.00 Esther Rhoden 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. Everett Spangler 10.00 Mrs. J. H. Faris 1.00 Mrs. A. D. Asch , 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bethel 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wohl farth 1.00 Emma Reine Topliff 2.00 TOTAL $152.00 ACCEPTS TEACHING POSITION Francis Kvapil, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kvapil, left Sunday afternoon for the central part of Nebraska. Frank, as he is better known to his friends, has ac cepted a teaching position in Custer county and he began his duties Mon day morning. The young man was graduated from the Plattsmouth High School in 1941 and during his school year he majored in Normal Training. He succeessfully passed the state ex aminations and, therefore, was eli gible to teach. In his letters Frank stated that he is well pleased with his position and likes that part ot Nebrasklu Hereafter Frank will be well posted on the activities and news of Plattsmouth as the Semi-Weekly Journal is being sent to him. ENTERS BOMBING PLANT Floyd A. Yelick, who has been an employe of the Journal for the past nine years, this morning started ins work as an employe of the Glenn L. Martin assembly plant force. Mr. Yelick has an exceptional tal ent for machine work that makes him well suited for this line of work. He was one of a class of 200 ami was selected to take the tests for the position that he is now entering upon. Mr. Yelick will commute between this city and the place of employment as he only a short time ago complet ed the remodeling of his home on high school hill. AT LINCOLN THURSDAY Cass County Assessor William H. Puis was at Lincoln yesterday and attended a special-called meeting of the county assessors from Nebraska. At the meeting the assessors decided to hold the 1942 County Assessors Association meeting February 5 and 6 at a Lincoln hotel.