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s Kebr. State Historical Society VOL. NO. UX PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1943 No. 4G BUY 5 - f 1 Honor Convocation Of High School For Year 1943 Young People in Various Activi ties Given Eecognition of Their Services The honors convocation of the Plattsniouth high school was held this week and the various students who have participated in the ac tivities of the school received their letters and certificates of recogni tion. R. G. Glover, principal of the high school presided over the ses sion and presented the awards for the cheer leaders that comprised: Donna Bea Seiver, Shirley Burcham and Joyce Brookhouser. Mr. Glover also presented the debate awards to Robert Cole and George Jacobs, win ners of the district debate honors. The commercial awards were pre sented by Mies Loris Long to the following: Rachel McMaken, B-; Deloma Dooley, B-; Mary Helen Zimmerer, B; Charlotte Steinkamp, B; Frankie Krejci, B; Georgia Carey, B-J-; Mar ine Eckles, B; Robert Grassman, B-f-:Mary Gradoville, Bf; Katha leen Larson. B-J-; Doris Lutz, B-j-; Ruth Gaines, A-; Virginia Ho f acker, A-; Donna Bea Sei ver. A-; Joan Tiekotter, A-; Geraldine White, A-; Betty Hen ton, A; Mary Jean Hatt, A; Cather ine Conis, A. The citizenship certificates were awarded to the young people by Miss Pearl Staats to: Catherine Conis, Norma Spidell, Deloris Smith, Jerry Jones, Geral dine Maasen, Patty Libershal. , The athletic awards for the sea son was given by Coach Merle Stewart In letters and certificates to the following: Football Kenneth Whit e, Ed. Gradoville, Joe Gradoville, Dick Case. Ray Beverage, Clark Jarvls, Jim Brown, Lavern Rice, Eldon Vro man, Ray Johnson, Charles Gross hans, Ed Strickland, Marvin Esfiert, Dick Novak, Duane Sack, John Con is, Art Capper, Phillip Eckles, Dale Pike. Student Manager, Bob Gall. Basketball Lavern Rice,' Eldon Woman, Sterling Cole, Maynard Hobbs, Joe McMaken, Kenneth White, Joe Gradoville, Dale Pike, Ray Evers, Ray Johnson. Student Manager, Ed. Gradoville. Track Maynard Hobbs, Rey Bev erage, Kenneth White. Baseball Bob Woster, Maynard Hobbs, L. Wolever, Junior Bolden, D. Pike, Ed". Gradoville, Eldon Wo man, A. Richards, M. Vinduska, T. Doody, R. Beverage. The Harriett Case Memorial Award was presented by Supt. L. S. DeVoe to Robert Cole, one of the outstand ing students of the high school. The girl softball honors were pre sented by their coach, B. E. Evans, were to: Ruby Holliway, Captain; Betty Smith, Donna Burke, Evelyn Siemoneit. Betty Halmes. Rose Thompson, Josephine Sedlak, Donna Mason, Norma Spidell, Betty O'Don nell. The national honor society list, comprising the members of the class of 1943 having an average placing them in the upper fifteen per cent of the class were: Maxine Eckles, Raymond Evers, La Vera Rice, Catherine Conis, Doris Lutz, Robert Cole, Mary Jean Hatt, Robert Grassman, Donna Seivers, Joan Tiekotter, George Jacobs. The music awards were presented by Robert Ash ton, director, to the following: Drill Team Geraldine White, Mary Jean Hatt, Lois Wolever, Georgia Carey, Donna Bea Seiver, Rachel McMaken, Theresa Slatinsky, Betty Smith, Dordam Kuhns, Lois Cohn, Mildred Denson. Josephine Koubeck, Norma Jean Siemers, Bet ty Gochenour, Audrey Dow, Gerald ine Case, Dorothy Allen, Phyllis Taenzler. Band Jack Buising, Lloyd Scott, Donald Forbes, Phyllis Bourck, Elo ise Cole, John Conis, Bernard Dow, Edward Berlett, Mary Kay Gorder, Geraldine Maasen, Gene Nolting, Norman Perry, Harold Pickering, La Vera Rice, Delores Ruse, Merle Shyrock, James Short, Donald Ska lak, Richard Soennichsen, Mary Kay Sporer, Helen Hough. Chorus Edward Berlett. Marie Allen, Herbert Baumgart,: Jack Bex- Enter Bank Employ Miss Maxine Eckles, who is a member of the graduating class of the Plattsmouth high school this year, has entered the employ of the Plattsmouth State bank as one of their clerks and bookkeepers. Mrs. Charles Walden, who has been a member of the staff at the bank is resigning to join her husband. Ser geant Walden, located at oue of the large army camps in the south. Miss Geraldine White, also a graduate of 1943 has been engaged in extra time at the bank during the school year and will now take up her work as a regular member of the clerk force. Farm Neighbors Plant Corn Crop For Murray Lady Splendid Gesture of Friendship Shown by Friends of the A. G. Long Family Today The farm home of Mrs. A. G. Long east of Murray was buzzing with activity Saturday morning. Tractors 15 of them to be exact with 15 farmers were lined up and ready to go. The machines be longed to neighbors of Mrs. Long, and the owners stood by the sputter ing engines in the early sunshine and discussed how best to begin the job. Mrs. Long's farm had been put in readiness for planting some time ago. Not, of course by her, for such a task is beyond the means of a woman. Mrs. Long, a widow, realized this some time ago when all the farmers were getting ready for the planting season. Just when things seemed worst, her pleasant surprise came. Thought ful neighbors gathered at her bome They all pitched in and cleared the land.. All details preliminary to planting were taken care of. That brings the story up to date. The neighbors visit this morning was no surprise to Mrs. Long. Their previous efforts left no doubt in her mind that she had friends, real friends who are on hand when the going is roughest. Today the tractors will crawl over the ground. The men will sweat. When the job is done nine different kinds of hybrid corn -donated by different companies will have been planted in the fertile acres at the Long farm. Good neighborliness is not dead in this era. If you doubt this, ask Mrs. Long. Community Club Meets Mynard Community club will hold its regular meeting Friday night at nine o'clock, with the West Side pro gram committee in charge. The pub lic is invited. Leave For Leavenworth In the delegation of 300 of the Nebraska University ROTC that de parted from, Lincoln Tuesday was Stephen G. Wiles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. Wiles of this city, who has been active in the ROTC at the University of Nebraska in his four years there. He is In the engineer ing section. James L. Webb, former Platts mouth young man, a son of Mr. and Mrs E. A. Webb, was also in the group and is assigned to the air corps. V" ett, Phyllis Bourck, Geraldine Case, Betty Ann Albert, Dorothy Cappell, Shirley Chamberlain, Leone Cool man, Eloise Cole, Lois Cohn, Mar jorie DeVoe, Rosa Forbes, Jeanne Galland, Ruth Gaines, Mary Jean Hatt, Helen Hough, Ruth Hull, Joyce Hobbs, Josephine Koubeck, Tress Ar lene Koukal, Patty Libershal, Ra chel McMaken, Joseph McMaken, Donna Meisinger, Betty Meisinger. Wilma Mumm, Vera Petereit, Harold Pickering, June Royer, John Rea, Al berta Ruth, Lavern Rice, Donna Bea Seivers, Mary Kay Sporer, Robert Spangler, Mary Soennichsen, Frances Sack, Norma Seimers, Evelyn" Sie moneit, Betty Lou Smith,' Phyllis Taenzler, John Tiekotter, Edna Mae Vannest, Lois Wolever, ' Kenneth White. Seven i Graders Eighth Are Promoted Largest Class in the City Grade Schools Receive Promotions at the Ceremonies Last Evening Not only was the 1943 eighth Ninety- fl?.de ,,clrJhe Ia:gestJn, th LisVTreshies" Initiated iuijr Ul nUllSIIlUUlIl KCIIOOIS, DUl 11 also held its promotional exercises Wednesday evening at the high school auditorium before the larg est assemblage of parents, relatives and friends ever to gather for eighth grade exercises. The class numbered 97 students. About 400 persons witnessed the exercises. An interesting program had been planned and was carried cut by the students. Some of the students gave short orations dealing with the lives of national heros. All the material for these orations was gathered and arranged by the stu dents. Other students gave musi cal selections for their part in the program. The program began with the professional by Carol Lou Bern hardt. She was , followed by the Rev. T. Porter Bennett who gave the Invocation. Then everyone joined in singing before the first oration was given. Dr. R. P. Westover, president of the school board, presented the students with the diplomas which make them high-school freshmen. School Superintendent L. S. DeVoe presided. Miss Glada Chesnut, Mrs. Zelpha Seward and Mrs. J. R. Reeder, home room teachers of grades 8a, Sb and 8c respectively, were in charge. The Rev. T, Ported Bennett end eT the exercises with the Benedic tion. Returning to Duty This morning Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Gobelman were in Omaha to spend a few hurs at the Union Station with Commander A. F. Fritchen, USN, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Gobelman, who is returning to duty after a fourteen day leave at his home at Decorah, Iowa. Commander Fritch en is in the medical service of the navy and located at Honolulu, being there at the time of the bombing by the Japs in December 1941. He was in charge of the naval hospital at the time of the attack. Being in active service for over two years he was given a short leave home and made the trip by plane to San Francisco. Mrs. Fritchen accom panied her husband as far as Omaha and will remain there for a time her mother, Mrs. David Hiatt, of Sidney, Iowa, being in very critical condition at oue of the Omaha hos pitals. Soldiers Cookie Club The Recreational Volunteers of Plattsmouth have opened a service , men's Cookie club, at 118 South' 6th street, equipped with reading matter, stationary, pen and ink, games. A young woman will be hostess to a matron in charge. The'and alg0 gtopped for a xMt public is invited to visit the new iclub rooms, and to assist if they! desire. Anyone wishing to donate cookies may can pnone t,ut, ana to assist may call 455. Reports for Duty This morning Charles C. Clark berg, Mo., is arriving this afternoon departed for Omaha from where he;to a guest here at the home of reports for active duty with the ' jjrs. H. F. Goos and with Mrs. Henry merchant marine. He left Omaha Herold. Mrs. Dutcher is a former this noon with other enlisted men for his station of duty. Old Friends Meet W. W. Biggs, of the faculty or the University of Nebraska, was here today for a short time to visit with his old friend and college as socate, Dr. Foster Patterson. Mr. Biggs was formerly the superintend- ent of schools at Summerfield, Kans., later receiving his degree and the position on the University of Nebras- ka faculty. Wins High Rank Junior Warrant, Off iter Thomas S. Solomon, son of Joe Solomon of Plattsmouth, received a telegram to day announcing -the promotion to Chief Warrant Officer in the Army Air Force. I Warrant Officer Solomon has been in the service for four years, and has climbed, in that time, from a $21-a-month private to his present position which pays 1300.75 a month. The boys of the Eighth grade pro motional class had a very exciting time last evening following the ex ercises, at least those that were down in the business section of the city. Members of the high school classes were lying in wait for the new freshmen and planned to "I nitiate" the youngsters. Natural ly the freshmen sought to escape and caused a great deal of shouting and racing along the streets as the lower classmen sought shelter. The penalty af capture by the up per classmen, was the removal of the pants of the victims, and it is re ported that two suffered this pun ishment, others compromised with the captors. The police finally swooped down and the initation was all over. Funeral of Adam Stoehr The St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church was filled to its capacity Wednesday afternoon lor the funeral services for Adam Stoehr, one of the prominent residents of this section of Cass county, the many old friends and neighbors gathering for their last tributes to his memory. Rev. Willard Sherman, the pastor of the church, brought a message of comfort to the members of the be reaved family and a tribute to the long life of Mr. Stoehr in the com munity. During the services Frank A. Cloidt gave two of the hymns, "Just As I Am," and "Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling," Mrs. Frank Bierl being the accompanist. The interment was at the Oak Hill cemetery west of the city beside the son, Weldon Stoehr. The pall bearers were former neighbors and friends: Donald Born, Walter Forn off, Arnold Heil, Garold Keil, Ar thur Spreick and Clifford Stoehr, Seek Title Quiet In the office of the clerk of the district court, C. E. Ledgway, two suits to quiet the title to real es ate have been filed. One is that Clifford H. Gray, et al., vs James O'Neill, et al, and the other that of Floyd L. Woodlow, et al,. vs Fran cis Forbes, et al. William A. Rob ertson appears for the plaintiff in both cases. Will Visit in City Dr. R. Foster Patterson, head of the department of history of the , University of South Dakota, arrived in the city this afternoon to deliv er the commencement address of the clags of 1943 of the local school Dr. Patterson has been delivering a number of addresses in Kansas his parents in Arkansas for a few days before returning north. While here Dj. Patterson wiU . be a guest Mp an(J CarJ Schneider To Visit in City Mrs. E. T. Dutcher, of Warrens- resident of this ritv i Don't forget Lugsch Cleaner's Wednesday Special. Men's suits and lop coats and spring coats Plain dresses and mannish suits, cleaned and pressed for $1.00. Hats cleaned and blocked 50c. Cash and carry. California Visitor j Mrs. Albert Staats is here visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and -Mrs. C. A. Johnson. She plans to return to her home in Pasadena, Cal., Bometime next week. Suggestions For Writing To Men In Service Compiled by OWI From Personal Contacts With the Men in the Armed Services Washington, May 27. (UP) Here are some suggestions for you when you wonder what to write to men in the armed services. The suggestions are not from morale officers but come straight from 6,130 men in the armed servi ces and were compiled by a special service officer for the Office of War Information. If you want your letter to bring a grin to your soldier correspondents face write what he likes to read: That you and the family are anxi ous for their return, what you are doing financially, what you and the family are doing to help win the war, who is marrying or dating whom, who (especially girls) has asked about him, and intimate gos sip. "And get this straight," one sol dier said, "letters seem more impor tant sometimes than ammunition." Even Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Brereton, Commander of the U. S. forces in the middle east, said so in a broadcast from New Delhi recently. According to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, al lied North African commander in the Pacific, "writing regularly to sol diers in the service is definitely con tributing toward winning of this war." Seniors at Work The close of the 1943 high-school year finds many high-school sen iors holding part time jobs in local businesses. Most of these students have been working since the begin ning of school in the fall. An ar rangement by the school whereby seniors attended school a half day and worked the other half day prov ed not only beneficial to business men who were having a hard time operating with a war labor scarcity, but also to the students who gained valuable knowledge from actual ex perience. A number of the boys ex pect soon to be called to service. Following is a list of the students and their place of employment: Mar garet Ann Adams, Cass Drug Store; Gertrude Bernice Anderson, Jacobs Cafe; Mary Alice Arnold, Style Shop; Robert E. Austin, Cohns New Way Lunch; Herbert H, Baumgart, Phil's Market; Emilia Bierl, Egenberger Insurance Agency; Fred Bruce, Egen berger Grocery; Jack LeRoy Buis ing, Hinky-Dinky; Georgia Maria Carey, Ration office; Catherine Con is, county superintendent office; Troy H. Cotner, Taxi; Philip Virgil Eckles, Telephone company; Ray mond F. Evers, Bauer Garage; Rob ert C. Grassman, Omaha offices Un ion Pacific; Charles H. Grosshans, U. S. Engineers; Raymond Otis Har old Jr., Black and WTiite Market; Mary Jean Hatt, county assistance office; Nadine Evelyn Heigl, Shea cafe; Joe E. Highfield, Hinky-Dinky; George E. Jacobs, Lockers; Doris Eileen Johnson, Knorr Variety store; Frankie Mae Krejci, telephone of fice; Edward Kubicka, Soennich sen's; Doris Mae Lutz, water office; Richard O'Donnell, Egenberger gro cery; Roy Rice, Burlington rail road; Albert Richards, Taxi; Shir ley Ver Nell Speck, Soennichsen's; Charlotte June Steinkamp, Tidd law office; Don Steppat, Kent Oil Co.; Joan Katherine Tiekotter, county treasurer's office; Bernard E. Ulrich, Lorenz Brothers Market; Geraldine White, Plattsmouth State bank; Kenneth Ray White, Taxi; Matilda Glaubitz, Tas-Tee Shop; Dorothy Mabel Woodruff, Jacobs Cafe; Wil da Maxine Eckles, Plattsmouth State bank; Zora Ruth Gaines and Mary Helen Zimmerer plan to take civil service positions. " James D. Brown is in the Navy:. Clark Boyd Jarvis is in the army. Visits Friends Here Pollock Parmele, of Lincoln, was a visitor in the city Wednesday to spend a few hours visiting with friends and looking after some busi nes matters. - Return From Illinois Mr. and Mrs. John H. Toman have returned home from Rockford, Illinois, where they have enjoyed a visit with their son, Pvt. Raphael Toman, stationed at Camp Grant one of the large army training posts in the northern part of the United States. They found the son doing fine and now busy with his basic training and expecting later to be sent to a specialized school. Mr. and Mrs. Toman were much impressed with .the immense size of the camp that is one of the famous camps of the first world war and where the then 86th division of the national army was trained. Hans Christensen Old Resident Of County Laid to Rest Services Held at Weeping Water For One of the Beloved Residents of That Community. Hans Peter Christensen, 83, re tired farmer and a Cass County resi dent for many years, died Tuesday morning, May 25, at the Clarkson Hospital, in Omaha, after an illness which has lasted several weeks. His condition became serious, a bout two weeks ago, when he was removed from the home of his son to the hospital. Mr. Christensen was born March 17, 1860. in Denmark. After his4 marriage, fifty years ago, he and his wife came to the United States, locating first in Massachusetts, and later coming to Cass County, where the family lived on a farm in the vicinity of Weeping Water. Follow ing the death of his. wife, Mr. Christensen left the farm and went to California, where he lived for six years, then returned to Weeping water to make his home with his son, Leo Christensen. While in his native country of Denmark he serv ed with the Danish army. Mr. Christensen was well known and beloved in the Weeping Water comunity. His was a life of use fulness to the end of his daysl Since returning to Weeping Water to spend his old age, his delight was in his grandchildren, his garden and keeping things in repair about his son's home and helping his neighbors. His kindly ways and his helpfullness will be cherished by those who knew him. Surviving him are six sons, Walter and Hel niar, both of Long Beach, Cal., Louis, of Omaha, Jack, Manilla, Iowa; Miller, of Nehawka, and Leo, of Weeping Water, and three daugh ters, Mrs. Roscoe Sill, Newport, Neb., Mrs. John McCune, and Mrs. Hugh Sinclair, both of Omaha. Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon at the Hobson funer al home, in Weeping Water, with burial in Oakwood cemetery. Rev. W. D. Lenker of the ; Methodist church was in charge of the ser vices. Destroy Unused Stamps Washington, May 26, U. P. The Office of Price Administration urged housewives today to destroy unused red and blue ration stamps which have expired and to view with sus picion any attempts to solicit their surrender. Card of Thanks It is with feeling of deepest grati tude that we wish to thank all of the old friends and the neighbors for their acts of kindness during the illness of our husband and father and his stay at the hospital and for the many expressions of sympathy in our bereavement. Mrs. Adam Stoehr Mr. and Mrs. Otto Meisinger To Visit in Red Cloud Troy Cotner, son or Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cotner will leave Friday to visit an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cotner and son, Dayle, in Red Cloud. The viBitor is a memDer of the senior high school class and ex pects his call to the army early in June. , r Senators Name Matzke Chairman State Council Organization Meeting Thursday to Start in Study of Needs of State for Next Legislature Sixteen state senators chosen for the 1943-45 legislative council elected Senator Stanley Matzke, Sewr ard, as chairman at an organization meeting Thursday but deferred ac tion for a month on launching elec tric power and Platte water inquir ies. Meanwhile, Matzke said, prelimin ary facts and maps on power facili ties and the Platte valley watershed will be prepared by Roger Shumate, council research director. Matzke was empowered to call another coun cil meting late in June. The power investigation was or dered by the legislature to include facts on operation of both public and private power organizations to help in shaping a future policy for state power legislation. The Platte water inquiry, also asked by the legislature, is slated to furnish in formation on irrigation water sup plies and recommendations on whe ther to permit diversion outside the valley of any surplus. The council was directed to make reports to the 1945 legislature. Matzke served as vice-chairman of the 1941-43 legislative council, whose major study into reform of the state taxing system was junked when a bill to revise assessment pro cedure died this spring in legisla tive committee. Senator John Mekota, Crete, was chosen vice-chairman. Advisability of increasing the state trust fund from which income . goes for relief of needy veterans of World War and their families may also be studied by the council. Sen John Doyle, Greeley, asked that it be considered.- . i "If we are to give the same treat ment to the 158 thousand Nebras kans in the armed forces today, the original two million dollar fund may need to become six millions or more," Doyle said, . , . , Other subjects assigned the coun cil for 1945 reports are: Advisabiity of establishing an an nual audit for . the state highway department and board of control. Bonding of state employes, wheth er revisions should be made in present bond practices and whether the state should pay premiums. The question of whether fee- collecting state offices should be allowed to continue spending such income direct or whether it should be reported into the state general fund and be appropriated back only J. as needed. Pioneer Dies Ed Emery, Cass County pioneer, passed away last night at his home in Omaha. Mr. Emery was one of the early residents of this part of the county and leaves behind him many old friends. He was liked by all who knew him, and was known to everyone. The funeral will be held at the Glendale Mortuary in Omaha at 2:00 p. m. Saturday, with interment at the Horning cemetery, south of Platsmouth. The Masonic order will be in charge. An Appreciation r We desire to take this opportuni ty of expressing our deep apprecia tion of the many kindnesses shown to us in the illness and death of our mother and grandmoother. We wish to thank you all for these express ions'.' The Children and Grandchildren of Mrs. Martha Chriswisser. Justice Takes A Holiday Rock Port, Mo., (UP) Justice took a holiday in Atchison county. The manpower problem and the crop situation are of first importance. Circuit Judge Ellis Beavers reces sed court until June 30 and announc ed: ' . . :r..r . : "There'll be no more jury trials until farmers get their crops in," . 0