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HeTr. State Historical Society T VOt NO. LX PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1944 NO. 4 At - Hassler-Harvey Wedding Held At Omaha Friday Bride Daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Hassler and Grandaughter of Mrs. Mary Hassler of This City The parlors of the First Presby terian church at Omaha was the scene Friday evening at ? o'clock of the marriage of Miss Mary Frances Hauler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Hassler, to Lieut. Dale Rich ard Harvey, son of Mr. and Mrs David Harvey of Lyons, Nebraska. The marriage lines were read by Dr. Thomas R. Niven, pastor of the church. The bride was given in marriage by her father, Earl Hassler, and was attended by her sister, Shirley Ruth Hassler. Lieutenant Harvey was at tended by Lieut. Max Young, of Lincoln. The bride wore a white wool street length dress fashioned on draped lines. Her hat was of match ing material and she carried a white prayer book with gardenias. The bride's attendant wore a light blue wool dress with matching ac cessories and carried an arm bouquet o? pom poms. The groom and attendant wore their uniforms of the IT. S. army. There were some two hundred of friends and relatives to attend the reception at the church parlors that followed the wedding, those assist ing at the reception being Miss Lu cia Ann Hassler, Lincoln, cousin of of the bride, in charge of the guest look; Mrs. Carl E. Wolf, Mrs. Don ald C. Arthur, and Misses Essie and Lorraine Stockman, Elizabeth Fish er, Betty Schoulder, Betty Claire Kinney. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, parents of the groom, drove from Lyons to at tend the services, and Miss Anne Hassler, aunt of the bride was also a member of the wedding party. Lieutenant and Mrs. Harvey will make their home temporarily at Fort Knox, Kentucky, where the groom is stationed. Here from Lincoln Willian L. Hassler of Lincoln, was a visitor here over the week end and Sunday at the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary Hassler and sister. Mis Anne. Mr. Hassler and family hod leen in Omaha to attend the wedding of a niece, Mary Frances Hassler Death of Mrs. Taylor The community was profoundly shocked to learn of the death of Mrs. Howard Taylor, at the family home at 6:15 this morning, after an illness that had confined her to her led for the past week. The patient however had been in failing health for several months. The deceased was formerly Miss Clara Smith and after her marriage to Mr. Taylor, the famiiy resided in Louisville until moving to Platts inouth where they have made their home the past year. There is surviv ing the husband, Howard Taylor; tons sons, Max, in the United States Navy; Gerald, located in the Coast Guard at Pensacola, Florida; one daughter, Mrs. Delorcs Patsch, who is with the parents at the home in this city. The body is at the Caldwell funeral home at 7th and Oak streets to await the funeral arrangements that are depending on the word from the sons in service. Accident Near Weeping Water Deputy Sheriff Emery Doody wras called Saturday afternoon to the vicinity of Weeping Water where a car crash had occurred and involved the cars 4riven by George L. Brinton and the other by Joe Huber, of near Nehawka. " The accident occurred near a small bridge when the left front wheels of the two cars locked The accident occurred on Highway No. 50. ' ' ' : ' ' Mrs. Brinton and daughter,. Opal, were passengers in the Brinton car and Mrs. Brinton suffered some seri ous injury and all were injured to a greater or lesser extent. Attends Naval School John Urish, a member of the U. S. Navy, who has had a great deal of active service in the Pacific ocean area, is now enjoying a six weeks special training course at the naval base at Bremerton. Washington. John is enjoying the occasion very rt.uch, as he is contact with his friend, Ralph O. Tinini, chief petty officer in charge of the naval sta tion "galley." or mess hall, as the soldiers know it. In a letter to friends he states that he had the pleasure of helping Ralph cook din ner and supper for the gobs. Since returning to the west coast John had the pleasure of being near his brother, Pvt. Virgil Urish, who is stationed near San Francisco. It lias been a real treat to all of the boys to be together again if even for only a short time. Home from Hospital Mrs. Herman Tiekotter, who was operated on at an Omaha hospital several weeks ago, has so far re covered from the illness and opera tion that he is now back home Mrs. Tiekotter is feeling very ranch improved and it is hoped she may soon be back in her former good health. 'Bill' Hart Makes Appeal For People Of Cass County ' Urges That People Invest Money With Government in Bonds While Soldiers and Sailors Fight Citizens of Cass County! Between January 18 and Febru ary 15, 1944. you Tiave the opportun ity to deposit your money in the United States Treasury and receive up to 2 l2 per cent on your invest ment. . WTe say again your "opportunity and privilege" because congress did not choose to raise taxes or say how much you should invest. It is entire ly up to each and every one of us to become a stockholder which will make this nation strong financially a n d, remember, your financial strength depends upon the amount of your personal deposits. Now my dear friends we want you to know that Cass county has over 1,000 men and women in the armed forces of the United States of America, many of these on the fir ing line, with no thought of 2 12 per cent profits on investments, only the thought of an all out victory. So let our thoughts be all out on bond issues. Don't wait to be asked to invest in government bonds. Go to your bank, postof fice, village, city or precinct chairman and de posit your money with him and re ceive your bonds and join the army of volunteers in the GREAT Fourth War Bond Drive. G. W. Hart, County dim., War Finance Committee Tied and Untied The marriage and divorce records for the past year as released from the offices of the clerk of the dist rict court and the county judge shows that in the past year there were 177 marriage licenses issued by the county judge and in the district court there were thirteen divorces granted. The marriages in the coun ty have fallen off a great deal since the enactment of the recent blood test law and the marriages from other states are few and far between owing to the necessity of having Nebraska test records. The divorce records shows a average for the year. Funeral of Joe Johnson The funeral services for Joe John son, 43, of Chicago, will be held at 2 p. m. on Tuesday afternoon at the Sattler funeral home at 4th and Vine streets. Mr. Johnson, who a short time ago was discharged from the United States army, died of a very sudden heart attack at his home in Chicago. A brother, Friedolf Johnson, of Compton, California, arrived in the city Sunday to remain until after tbe funeral services. Many Hunters Take Part In Wolf Hunt South OfCity Three Coyotes Are Secured That Net $19.50 fcr the US0 Fund of This Locality Sunday afternoon many of the residents of the city added to by the farmers from the Murray locality on north, were out in force to take part in the wolf hunt that had been arranged by Sheriff Joe Mrasek. There were between 350 and 40'. hunters taking part in the hunt. The territory that was covered, was from the Missouri river on the east, to the highway near the Horn ing school, thence south to the Rock Creek school road and on the west the road west of Murray. There was a great deal of fun by the members of the hunting party in the search for the wolves and also in visiting with each other as the lines were slowly closed on the hunt ed animals Three was the number of wolves bagged, these were sold later for S19.50 and the funds turned over to C. R. Olson of the local USO commit tee, and will be sent to the treasurer, Elmer Hallstrom at Avoca. The ex penses were borne by the origina tors of the hunt and the printing cost by the Journal. The going w as rough, especially on the east side of the line, where there are many hills aDd a great deal of the country rough and broken, with vcjds and gullies, ideal for crafty animals to seek shelter. It is esti mated that from ten to twelve es caped through the weak parts of the line. Sheriff Mrasek is arranging an other hunt for next Sunday that will take in new territory and may also include the river section, but these will be anniunced later by the sheriff. Visit in Old Home Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Davis of Fullerton, California, have been here visiting with relatives while on their way home from the east where they have visited a son, who is expecting soon to leave for active service on the war fronts. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are members of pioneer families of this section, he being a son of the late William Davis, a resident at one time of near Nehawka, arid a nephew also of the late Stephen A. Davis of this city, and Wesley W. Davis of Weeping Water. Mrs. Davis is the former Inez Hesser. daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hesser, who resided on the farm now occupied by Alvin Ramge, south of this city, where Mr. Hesser maintained a large greenhouse. On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Davis were at the .home of Mrs. Addie Perry south of this city, being guest3 at a dinner party. Those who at tended were Mrs. Perry, Rev. and Mrs. Paul Iverson, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Davis and Mrs. D. J. Pittman of Murray. On Sunday the Davis were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Davis and where they were joined by Mr. and Mrs Bert Jameson, -' a cousin. An Appreciation I wish to express my appreciation of the many acts of kindness of my friends during my recent illness. The birthday cards, flowers, letters and many messages of cheer and en couragement helped hasten my re covery. Mrs. G.. H. Gilmore Card of Thanks We wish to thank all of the kind friends and old neighbors for their many expressions of sympathy at the time of our bereavement, also for the beautiful flowers and to those taking part in the funeral ser vice. , "A. P. Chriswisser and Family Let's Win the Peace, Too Buy War Bonds Writes from Germany J. II. Graves, local mail carrier, has just received a copy of the Sher wood Valley News, published at Sherwood, Oregon, that; contains a letter written by George Crawford, a nephew of Mr. Graves, who is now in a German prison camp.' Hemmerstsein, Deutschland. Augusts 8, 194 3 Dear Folks: Just a line to let you know that I am O. K. This is the first letter I have wrote to you. I don't know if you have had word where I am. So far everything is as good with me as can oe expected. I am in good health and really feeling good. Hope you are all well. I am really anxious to get honie again. I have never ot a letter from you yet. Some o the boys that were captured with me has got letters irom nome. i can't write letters often so notify these people where I am We get packages from the Red Cross with some food and eigarettes every eek. Got an American one today. Had Lucky Strike cigarette. First smoke I have had since captured. I sure think of Frank an awful lot and wonder how he is. I am sine anxious to hear from you at home. Time seems to pass fairly fast here in these camps. I sent two cablegrams home but don't know if they ever reached you Hope to hear from you before long. Well keep your chin up and keep smiling. Hope to see you be fore long. Can talk a little German now. (Georpe) Crawford Knights Templar Have Installation Of New Officers Large Number Attend . Impressive. Ceremonies at the Masonic Build ing Monday Nieht The officers of Mt. Zion Comman dery No. 5 of the Knights Templar were installed on Monday evening at the session held at the lodge rooms in the Masonic building. William A. Robertson, past grand commander of Nebraska, member cf the local commandery, served as the installing officer with W. F. Evers, ceremonial marshal and Ray mond C. Cook as chaplain. The officers installed comprised the followirg: Commander George Brinklow Generalissimo Louis Friedrich Captain General Lester Meisinger Senior Warden John Rummel Junior Warden Glen Wiles Prelate Raymond C. Cook Treasurer Frank A. Cloidt Recorder L. W. Niel Standard Bearer Edward Wehr bein Sword Bearer Robert M. Mann Warder Herman Meisinger Sentinel Elmer Tritsch , Following the installation the members of the commandery had a very fine luncheon served by the members of the commtitee in charge of this feature of the evening. Visiting in California Mrs. John Weber Falter, of Falls City, a former resident of this city, is visiting for a short time on the west coast with, her daughter, Mar Lou Falter, engaged in defense work at Oakland. California. Mrs. Falter will also visit her sister, Mrs. R. F. Patterson, and family at Oakland. Dies at Masonic Home Sunday afternoon at the Nebras ka Masonic Home occurred the death of Lenn Craig, 48, the oldest mem ber of the home family in point of residence, altho one of the young est in years. - Mr. Craig w as born July 31, 1895 at Thurston, Nebras ka, and on July 20, 1928, was ad mitted to the home from Pilot lodge No. 240, A. F. & A. M., of Lyons. Nebraska. Since coming here, Mr. Craig has teen an. invalid for prac tically all of the years. He leaves a number of children in the vicinity of Pender, Nebraska, as well as a daughter Mrs. Shawder of Billings, Montana, and a sister, Mrs. Paul Andre of Eagle, Colorado. , The body was taken to the Cald well funeral home and ; later to Lyons, Nebraska, where the funeral services will be held. Noon Fire Causes Excitement In Downtown Section Short in Wire in Eepair and Opti cal Shop of Mike Tritsch Caused Much Loss to Mr. Tritsch From Tuesday's Daily A fire alarm at noon from the Bekin building at Sixth and Main streets, caused a great deal of ex citement for a half hour as the dense clouds of smoke rolled out of the second story of the structure, where the fire was located in the watch repair shop and optical ex amination rooms of Michael Tritsch. The fire department certainly deserve a great deal of credit for the efficient manner in which they res ponded, the effective work that they performed in getting the chemicals on the fire to confine the actual fire to a space of a few feet. The fire had evidently originated in a short in the wiring at the bench of Mr. Tritsch, the fire was all confined to the bench and the ad joining wall. Mr. Tritsch will be the thief sufferer from the fire as all of his tools that were on the bench are practically ruined and difficult to replace at this time. The dense smoke caused the opera tors and occupants of the beauty shops on the Main street side of the building to hurriedly rush from the building, the stifling smoke making it difficult to get in and out of the building and adding to the hard work of the firemen. Enjoys Liberty Home L. R. Upton, A.E.R.M. first class, U. S. Navy, was in the city Satur day, visiting with frisnds; coming from Union where he is visiting his mother, Mrs. Nina Upton and old friends. He has spent some twenty months in service in the Aleutian islands, where the army and navy drove out the Japanese invading forces. - ' Called to Active Duty Miss Edith Solomon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Solomon of this city, .who a short time ago was noti fied of her acceptance into the WAVES, has received ordsrs to re port for active training. Miss Solomon will report on Janu ary 27th at Hunter's College, New York City, where she will receive her course of special training. She expects to leave ' here on January 25th and will enjoy the next few days visiting with the relatives and friends. Miss Solomon, a skilled employe of the Federal employment service, has been continuing at her work at the Omaha office until the definite call came and will take a short vacatiou before assuming her new work. Proceeds Buy Scouts a Truck Boy Scouts in Moline, 111., have bought a big truck with their profits from Waste Paper collections and are now going into the salvage busi ness in a big way. Funeral of Mrs. Seydlitz The funeral services of Mrs. Augusta Seydlitz were held on Sa turday afternoon at ' the. -.-Saltier funeral home at 4th and Vine streets, a large number of the old friends of the departed to. take part in the services to the memory of this long time resident. Rev. C. A. Seyboldt, of the St. Paul's Evangelistic and Reformed church, conducted the services and paid tribute to the long and useful life of the departed and her devo tion to family and friends. During the services - Frank A. Cloidt gave two of the hymns, favor its of the departed, "He Leadeth Me,': ' and "Going Down the Valley One by One," Mrs. J. R. Reeder be ing the accompanist. The interment was at Oak Hill cemetery beside the departed's has hand, old family friends being the pallbearers, Henry Timm, R. C. Jahrig, Fred H. Mumm, Ernest Schubecb, Eldon Hull, Herman Tiekotter. Womens Shoe Sale Shoe stores will be able to sell ration-free at $3 or less a pair, a Itrcentage of their stock of women's footwear during the two-week periou from January 17 to 20. The footwear released is limited to 15 per cent of the dealers' stock of women's shoes listed in his September inventory report to OPA. This action is taken to help dealers dispose of wearable shoos, mostly novelty types, which in consumers' hands will provide ad ditional shoe mileage. Meet with Old Friends In a letter received here by Mr. and Mrs .Searl S. Davis, from their son. Captain Stephen M. Davis, now on duty with the American forces in England, he tells of a very pleas ant meeting with old friends in the tight little island. Captain Davis had a Christmas leave and spent the time at London, taking in the many places of interest in the British capital. While there he called cn Colonel Marshal Pitzer, formerly of Nebraska City, who has now trans ferred to the regular army service with the new rank of colonel. He vas formerly in the judge advocate's department. While in London, Captain Davis also had the pleasura of meeting on the streets of London, Ernest Zitka ot this city, who is now stationed in that area and the two had a most pleasant visit. Captain Davis on his leave also looked up Captain Waldo Minford, of Lincoln, a relative who has been overseas for some time. Junior Woman's Club To Sponsor President's Ball Local Ladies Will Sponsor Drive for Funds to Combat Infantile Paralysis .Plans are now underway for the Cass County Infantile Paralysis Drive which takes place from Janu ary 15 to January 31. Plattsmouth will hold its customary local benefit known as the President's Birthday Ball, on Saturday, January 29, at the American Legion hall. For the four th consecutive year this ball will be sponsored by the Plattsmouth Junior Woman's club. Many people in this community will be glad to learn that the music will be furnished by Svoboda's Red Raven Orchestra; and will appreciate the opportunity of dancing to this outstanding orches tra. Tickets for this occasion will be priced at cue dollar ten cents per couple or ladies fifty cents. Tickets may be obtained from any member of the Junior Woman's club, or from the following community chairmen throughout the county: Mrs. Oliver Meisinger and Mrs. Floyd Gauer, Cedar Creek; Mrs. Marion Minford, Murray; Mrs. J. W. Banning, Alvo; Mrs. Virginia Keckler, Weeping Water; Mrs. John Ilauth, Manley; Mrs. Lottie Knecht, South Bend; Nelson Berger, Nehaw ka; Mrs. Kenneth Roeber, Louis ville; Msr. O. B. Lupardus, Murdock; Mrs. Carl Zaiser, Avoca. One half the money received from this drive is turned over to the Cass County Chapter to be used in infan tile paralysis emergencies in this county and the other half is sent to the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis to be used for research work. Those who are unable to attend the ' President s Birthday Ball are urged to buy tickets anyway, since every citizen should do his part to support the Infantile Paralysis Drive. We can't do enough to fight a disease from which those in our own county are not immune. Goes to Great Lakes Elvin Shyrock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shyrock of this city, who has just completed his boot training in the navy at Farragut. Idaho, has been ordered to the Great Lakes naval station at Chicago. He is strik ing for machinists mate second class and will take his special course of training in the east. The young man snakes his home at Louisville where his family is located. Judge Wilson Files For Re-election To District Bench Second District Judge Makes Fil ing at Lincoln Today for Re election Has Notable Eecord This morning at Lincoln the fil ing of Jiici" W. W. Wilson, for re election as judge of the second judi cial district was made in the office of the secretary of state at Lincoln Judge Wilson has made an excellent record on the bench in the six years that he has served. Cases in the district court are heard promptly r.nd the court is well up with the work in the several counties of the district, Judge Wilson's ability and fairness is recognized over the district and his decisions have been well sustained by the supreme court W. W. Wilson. Nebraska City, Ne braska, was born on a farm in Otoe county, and has always lived in Otoe county. He ttended the University of Nebraska, graduated from the law school in 1S:)6, and entered the prac tice of law at Nebraska City that year where he has since resided. He served as county attorney, Otoe county, 189D to 1903; county Judge, Otoe county, 1906 to 1912; judge Nebraska Supreme Court Commis sion, 1925 to 1931, presiding judge last two years; appointed district judge in April, 1937, and elected in 1940. Car Badly Smashed Early Sunday morning a 1938 Chevrolet car, driven by "Sonny" Covert and owned by Vernon Hall, was badly damaged when it turned over several times on highway No. 75 south of Union, in Otoe county. The tar was coming north at the time and it is thought the driver dropped to sleep for a few seconds to allow the car to roll off the high way and overturn. Clarence Redden, a passenger in the car suffered cuts and bruises and Covert, the driver, a bad cut on the leg. The car was almost demolished in the crash. Sheriff Joe Mrasek and Deputy Sher iff Emery Doody, were called to the scene of the accident and assisted in getting the injured men back to this city. Still at Fort Bliss Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cotner of this city have received a letter from their son, Pvt. Troy Cotner, who is stationed at Fort Bliss, near El Paso, Texas. Troy has been at the Texas post since last June when he was inducted into service and has had the opportunity of visiting the Texas city, a distance of seven miles, on many occasions. One of the pleas ant treats was the attendance at the Dust Bowl football game on New Year's day that he and a large num ber of comrades were able to enjoy. Funeral of Mrs. Chriswisser Monday afternoon, a large group of the old friends of Mrs. A. P. Chriswisser and family gathered at the chapel of the Sattler funeral home to pay their last tributes of love and memory to the departed friend of many years standing. Rev. T. Porter Bennett, pastor of the First Methodist church, gave the message of the scriptures with their comforting thoughts. Mrs. E. II. Wescott gave two of the old hymns, "Nearer My God to Thee," and "The Old Rugged Cross," Mr. Wescott playing the accompani ment. The interment was at the Oak Hil! cemetery, with Philip Hirz. John Jennings, Lee Houston, A. R. Case, Charles Vallery and W. A. Swatek serving as the pallbearers. Naval Officer Here Ensign A. B. Carlson, USN, is en Joying a short leave, visiting here with his father, A. B. Carlson, Sr., clerk at the Hotel Plattsmouth and also with the old friends in Council Bluffs, Iowa, his former home. Before Anything Else, Buy War Bonds