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ITclr. State Historical Society VOL. NO. LX PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1944 NO. 11 Odd Fellows Lodje!sheriffKept To Place Building In Excellent Shape Temporary Mortgage Plan First to Complete Renovation Floor of Structure of About four years ago the mem ber of the I. O. O. F.. r-alizinfe the need for a hew roof on their build ing at Third and Main street. alK? tiie aggressive lnembershin. contain li;:; a great mur.y oung ni a. de cided to tak- steps to Lave the build ing repaired and placed in proper &l.arc. The roof was renewed and a com-! piele repair of the outer wall and ; tue redecoratiou ot the interior of j the 'econd and third floors complet- I ed. ; The lunu. ol the lodge at that time was invested, and accordingly tho "Members decided on getting a loan from the grand lodge of Nebraska, i since that lime a great many de- J parted to work for the government, j so the older heads of the lodge work- j ed on faithiully. until on Tuesday evening, February Sth. they v.ere abif f stage tht burning of the! mortgage. :t:ore nit nibership wit tiie session of tu several of the I grand lodt;' officers attending the i a large mnn- I meeting. There was ber in attendance. "When the materials are available again, the ground flour of the build ing will : coinplttcly renovated ::nd repaired with a :iev front and will then he lit oat for commercial purposes. Two yt ars ago the Odd Ft Hows M:d Rtbekahs de -'icltt! to organize? a yuung srirls ( lub. known at the 'I iota Rho Girls club, that has a goodly muaher of no mbers and a grarid bodv of young women striv- i.:g to better ins; ctturs. themselves nd help Early Morning Alarm The fire department v as called out at 6: L'O 1 b ir morning by an alarm XX I t LV pUf A i frig- rutin lie::- Of tht c"i S-'Utr. t'in street, machine in the base- i. ildir.g had become lnvtr floor part of the :! a:.l and and i art of building wi: Til" t:-.:ublo iii on1 nt -i an (us fire vs. filled the ui 1 Ot SI..O.-CC. a - on e- ( t; m a few the dar.Tcr (I a With eliminated ihe f tori bigh i wot w;nd a Id be a fire getting very serious go'id dan rrer. Church Group Meets Friday evening the raembtrs the Adult Fellowship class cf I'irrt Methodist iLuich met at parsonage with It-. v. and Mrs Purler Benin tt a; lb.- hos:s of v. the the T. ih-: evening. There was a short bm-inc-si.j meet ing of the cli-s; and . ;;is Wi lOUOV - ed by the Bible Quiz, conducted by lit v. Bennett vr. proved most inter csting to the members. Rev. Bunion i- one of the Victoiy speakers of ! b city and gave :hort talk in support of the Fourth War Bond drive. The evening t losed with the serv ing cf refreshments to complete, a most pleasant evening. Inklers Enjoy Cards The Inklers card club were enter- tained on Wednesday evening at the ' home of Mrs. Frank Schiele in thy ! Schuldice apart mi nts on Webster boulevard. Tiie evening of bride t ; shewed Mrs. Schiele as the winner ; of high score and the second score ' as that of Mrs. Robert Cappcll. Mrs I 5-thiele served a very much enjoyed j l incheon at an appropriate hour. ; GOES TO KEARNEY Mrs. William Shea departed Fri day night for Kearney, Nebraska, v hert she will visit with Mr. Shea at the hospital where he is receiving treatment. VISITING WITH MOTHER Mrs. Jack Farmer of Great Falls, Montana, who is visiting her mother. Mrs. Dora P.arr.of Springfield, Neb., plans to return to' her some soon Sheriff Joe Mrasek and Deputy Sheriff Emery Doody were kept busy I on lhursday afternoon and evening a j in looking after the keeping of traf- j fie moving on the highways ovt-r the jerunty. With many roads drifted it ar.dlvas a iattl to keep the main high- jwajs open and many trucks and cars were reported as beir.g otf the road and some in ditches. Highway No. ',' was open and only in spots -was the condition bad. The east and west L'ghway from Union to Lincoln was jone ot the worst of the highways anu two mamtainers were busy last ! night working over tin ! it open. j . road to keep f 1 ! An jonn noscnar is Named Lieutenant In The Air Corps Murray Young Mar., Graduate of Local School Completes Training at Spene-i Field. Georgia Speme Fit Id. Ga., Feb. 12. John Daniel Hos- bar, IP, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford E. Hoschar of Murray. Nebr.. was appointed a second lieu tenant in the army of the United Fiater., Air Corps, ar.d awarded the proud silver wings of the Army Air Forces PiLu on Feb. S. in colorful graduation exercises at this Advanc ed Single Engine Pilot School of the AAF Training Command. A graduate of Plattsnr-uth high B' hool. Plattsmotith. where he was a members of the Glee Club, he work 1 cd as an assistant butter maker prior i to his enlistment in the Army Air i ': Corps. Feed the Birds The heavy snow of Wednesday and Thursday has proven a rc-ai hardship to the hirdlife of this sec tor, as it shuts off a great source of their food supply. The open winter that hr.s pi t vailed through this part . ot the w.-st has brought many birds here that will suffer greatly in the snov unless aided by their human friends. i Householders and others are urg. d to join in the feeding of the birri l'fe that it will not perish in the ' snow and cold. Breath run. bs. scraps , from the table, or grain may be . scattc-rul cut where the birds may ; iso -ure it. Tlace the food in shelter- I ; td places where snow may be cleared j away and the birds will soon locaie j the f:od supply, suet tied to the j ; windows or shrubs is another meth od of feeding that was formerly em ployed . j Do what is possible to help out I Ihe biids in this snowy period and j iyr.ur rrward will be large. ; Goins to California Dr. R. P. Westover and daughters. Miss Janet end Miss Ruth, are de parting Sunday for the west coast where Dr. W stover is planning a t'.vo weeks visit and the daughters will enter the University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles. Mb"3 Janet, a graduate of the Univtrsity of Ne- jbraska. is taking post graduate work ard Miss Ruth will continue her ! studies. i Young Officer Here Lieutenant Edward H. Smith. U. S. air corps, who has been located at Douglas, Arizona, is here to visit his mother, Mrs. Benna Smith and his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. John Kopp. as well as the many old friends. He is looking fine and has been ffimrileltTiff tiie cnofiot (ruiinrir i in the southwest. Taken to Hospital This mcrning Mr. Frank Shoe botham was taken to Omaha in the Caldwell ambulance and entered the 1st. Catherine's hospital. The patient ihas not been well and he will he j placed in the hospital for treatment j and observation. Here from Omaha Mrs. Margaret Tefft, of Omaha, was here toclay to spend the day with hr aunt, Mrs. M. E. Buttery at her home. Jackson Promoted To Master Sergeant In England j Local Yonng Man On Return From , London Finds That He Has Re-( ceived Advance in Grade Mr. and Mrs. Civ Jackson ol this city has. received word irom j their eldest son, a member of the j Eighth Air Command, stationed in. I Ungland. the information that he is 1 now advanced to the grade of master j sergeant in the air corps, a pleasing lienor for his service. Bernard writes that he had enjoy ed a visit with his brother. Tech. Sgt. Fernard Jackson, and on his leturn to his post received the w at - : rant of his promotion to the highei j grade. The two brothers are members of the same command and Dale haf served as a turret gunner on the ships that have been engaged in many missions in the war. Soldiers Life in Greenland Master Sgt. Robert Wurl. son of j Mr. and Mrs E. A. Wurl of this city, tells of the daily life of the Ameri- t cans on this far northern island j where routine duty is the usual grind of the garrison forces. Boh j writes that in the eating line thc-j j have canned asparagus once or twice ; a week and as the others in his mess j go not like this he benefits thereby, i also that hum am: liver spreads and conned mushrooms can be bought in j The piattsmouth Blue Devils last the post exchange Bridge is one of evening added Ashland to then diversions of the men and Bob is s, , .ing of court victories by the store keeping his playing up to par with j of 30 to 23, also adding to their the foursome that he made the tr to Greenland with, they having a great time in the contests and dis- rutes over the games and the scores. j Bob writes that he had a very inter - lesting experience when he engaged j in an argument with one cf the ",ail,ri VL j ! oook ' II- Kent and also as t0 ihi" men over the matter of a lLf,si methous of reading to the greatest result of time. Jt tun ol out that the soldier Bob was; arguing with was Donald Kent, son1 of the author, and the two arc now j the closest of friends. At this tira; I of the year in Greenland the sun gets about as high as you can spit ! and one can sec it for two hours in i 'the early alternoon. There is much ! snow and oi itbat squeaks when you walk on it. ! Bob writes that the country is i wonderfully beautiful in its wild !wa aud a great treat to the resi !dfnts from mere temperate i:ones. iThe mountains rise toward the skies and the great fjords are a sight long to be remembered. He states that he saw three Eskimos who waved and said "Hokay! Hokay!" i jHcld Dancing Party Friday evening a very much en joyed dancing party was held at th--Eagles hall, there being seventeen couples invited to join in the event. The square dances were used and enjoyed by the group for several hours. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Copenhaver, cf Lincoln, bad been secured for the evening and provided the music as well as the modernized calling of the dance. The evening was one that all en joyed and other dances of this type may ue siageu uei e as cm was such a great success. aanec Entertain Relatives Helen Smetana and Rose Janca entertained a group ol girls on Mon day evening in honor of Ann Kniekc, vho is here from Washington, D. C. Those present were: Helen Far ley, Madge Garnett, Thelma Tritt, Alice Hiatt, Wilholmina Henrick son, Eula Potts, Edith. Farley, and the guest of honor, Miss Knieke. Home from Camp Hahn Sgt. Robert Pankonin, who is in service with the army at Camp Hahn, California, is home for a visit with Mrs. Pankonin and the other rela tives and old friends. Mrs. Pankonin is the former Catherine Strickland of this city. Death of Old Resident Fred M. Emshoff, 7, a long time resident of the Avoca community, occurred last night at the family home where he has been ill for some time. The Caldwell funeral home of this city v. as called and the body brought hrre to be cared for until the funeral. Fred M. F.mshoff was born in Ger many, December 21, 3 850, and when deven years old was brought to the United States, the family first lo cating in Wisconsin where he resided for a period of seven years and then came west to Nebraska and for a period of filty-seven years has been a resident of Cass and Otoe counties. residing in the Avoca community. Mr. Emshoff was married to Miss Sophia Buchholz. who survives his passing as well as five sons and one daughter, Ilenrv J., ;,;0 ; Fred E., Otoe Kansas City, county: John, Cass county; William and Ernest, Otoe county, all in the Avoca com munity, and Mrs. Elsie Berncr, Otoe county. Tht re is also surviving a sister. Mrs. Sophia Heins, Lake Wil tion, Minnesota, twenty-six grand children and one great grandchild. Blue Devils Win From Ashland By 30 -25 Score Add Conference T4eet to their List of Wins on the Maples at Ashland Last Night j score in the Central Sis conference race. The Ashland team gave the local? a rood fignt throughout aitho the , riue Devils massed a 13 to 4 lead in ! the opening quarter of the game and jv.ere never headed after the start Sterling Cole and Dick Livingston, center, led the Blue Devils in their scoring, they having eight apiece. massing more than half of the Platts ; mouth tallies. Churchill, who plaved I football the past sea.-on against the B'i.e Devils, was an outstanding J rcc-rer of Ashland, he and Kuhl each j massing eleven points. j The locals at the half time leu i Ly the score of li) to 13, Joe Grade- I jville. Livingston and Vroraan doing) i the sharp shooting for the Platts-! j mouth quintet in the first half. In the second half cf the game ! Sterling Cole here the scoring part !for the Blue Devils with his eight ! points to keep the team in the lead. The box score of the game was as j follows: PLATTSMOUTH FG FT PF TP Cole, f J Gradoville. f . Cradovillo, e Li vir.gseton, c Pil e, g Vroman, g Uatcn, g . Wolevet , g TOTAL . 4 . 0 o - t . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 12 1 0 GO TP 0 11 11 0 ASHLAND FG FT PI Miller, f . 0 0 Churchill, f Kuhl. f Hughes, e Myers, c a 0 0 o 0 1 0 0 0 0 t'arst: g 1 0 .. 0 - 0 0 'Laey Bates, g Reece, g Baer, g TOTAL Referee: Patten: Wahoo. 11 c Umpire 9 2i Lund Visit at Lincoln Staff Sgt. Dale Nearhood and his mother, Mrs. Anna Nearhood, have returned home from Lincoln where they have visited relatives. Sgt. Nearhood was visiting with his grandfather, Valentine Glebe, and aunt, Miss Evelyn Glebe. He also had the pleasure of visiting with many of the old friends, having been em ployed at Lincoln between the time of graduating from school and enter ing the armed Bcrviee, Buy War Bonds and Stamps Regularly Historical Society To Back Move For New Building Lavee Amount of Pictures. Docu nients. Relics. Should Have Proper Housing Protection Last evening the Cass County His torical society held their meeting at the Hotel Plattsmouh, a dutch treat luncheon preceding the regular business of the society. Dr. G. li. Gilmore, of Murray, the president, presided over the most interesting discussion. Miss Myrtle Wood, ot Wabash, was at the meeting and related the many points of historical interest in the Wabash and Elmwood communities that was very interesting to this group that is endeavoring to pre serve the historic places ot the county. Mrs. Verna Goos reported on the manner in which the historic places in Dodge county are being maiked and the manner of raising funds for the work. Mrs. W. A. Robertson, member of! Stephen G. Wiles, 2.7, son ot Mr. the committee of Chapter F.. P. E. O.. jand Mrs. Guy H. Wiles, of near this that is sponsoring the erection of at.jty has 1)een grauuated rom the fireproof building to house the largo i . ,. ... , , jongineer ofliecr candidate school, collection of relics that have been ! offered the society made her report. Fort r'elvoir' Virginia, on Febru The Historical society voted to ac-jary 9, lt)44. He is now a second copt the sponsorship of the P.E.O., j lieutenant in the corps of engineers, in this most worthy objective, that j Army of the United States, of rpeuing the drive for '.he erection j He was born on January 23. 1922, of the building as one of the post- growing up on the farm near this var projects of the community, to!tjty an( itcr attending the Platts start when peace comes. j mouth schools: graduating here in It was voted to have the next meetine on the second Wednesday of March, the matter of the hour be ing settled later. Looks After Roads County Commissioner Sam T. Gil mour was a busy man Friday as he was out with the road crews that v ere battling to get the roads open as far as possible and in the least possible time. The machines and men were working on the Louisville i and Cedar Creek roads which they i had well in hand at the close of the da v. The Mynard and Rock Bluff roads will also be visited today and opened up and !hrr: t h c v.'irlr rM! ilip ! connecting roads will C ommiss ioner Gilmour be started, had his men oi; the job ar soon as it was possible i after the stcrm to give needed relief to the resiuents who were storm bound on their farms. Showing Improvement Mrs. Mattie Egenberger, former resident of this city, new residing at Long Beach, California, writes to friends here that she is now im proving from the effect of her frac tured arm, sustained here v. hen on a visit last fall. Mrs. Egenberger also siates that the is expecting to move as new owners of the apartment hous3 arc expecting to reside there. She also reports that it is raining on the coast at the time the letter v.as written. Here from Colorado Misses Mary Ann and Theresa Sed lak. who are employed at Cheyenne, Wyoming and living at Fort Collins, Colorado, are here for a visit at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Sedlak. Departs for Duty Pfc. Chatles Tasler, who has been home for a ten day furlough, de parted last evening for Fort Jack son, South Carolina, where he is sta tioned at this time. The visit home v.as one that was very much enjoy ed by the family and many friends cf Charles. Have New Son A son was born on Tuesday even ing at 10:0 at the -St, Catherine's hospital at Omaha to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Engelkemeier, well known residents of this section. All are do ing well. The mother is the former Marie Molting of this city. Let's Win the Peace, Too Bny War Bonds Confer on Superintendency The members of the board of edu cation held a meeting Friday even ing to confer the matter of the resig nation of L. S. Devoe as the super intendent of the Piattsmouth city jrchools, and the selection 'of a suc- ' ccssor. The bcaul has received a number ! of applications from school men over 1 1 he state and these were discussed ' by the board but r.o action was tak cn. ! It i" hoped that the selection may be made before the departure of Mr. ! Devoe for his new post with the 'Veterans administration at the Lin 1 coin office. Stephen G. Wiles Lieutenant In Engineer Corps Local Young Man Graduates From the Engineer Officers Candidate School, Fcrt Belvoir, Va. !the class of 19.19. He later attended ;d graduated from the University of Nebraska where he was a mem ber of the ROTC. He entered the arm ed service April 10, 1942 and has been in active training since that time. Boy Scouts to Aid Drive I Chairman V. F. Kelly of the Fourth War Drive in Piattsmouth, j conferred this noon with the Scoui I masters of the city and secured the jrledge of the organization for the participation of the Boy Scouts in 'the drive. The boys of the vaiious troops will imake a house-to-house canvas of the ! city starting Saturday in the inter- iest of the drive. This is a fine patri otic move on the part of the Scouts ard will make it possible to reach every home in the community. Give the boys a cordial welcome and treat them with every honor when they call at your home to aid the bond drive. Social Workers Flower Club The Social Workers Flower club held their February meeting on Wed nesday. February 9, at the home of Mrs. Joe Sykora, Mrs. George Mumm being the associate hostess. The meeting was opened by the recitation of the Lord's Prayer, and followed by the members joining in the singing of "America." The regular business meeting was held and at which time the members received a card from Dean Snyder, now in the armed service, thanking the club for their remembrance to him. The club had 100 per cent member ship present and the occasion was very much enjoyed by all. At the close of the afternoon the hostesses served a delicious lunch eon that all enjoyed very much. The next meeting will be March S, at the home of Mrs. Georgia Creamer, with a covered dish lunch eon at noou and all day quilting. Cousins Have Meeting Mrs. M. E. Buttery of this city has received word of the fact that two of her grandsons, Ernest But tery, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Buttery of Omaha, and Donald Youn ker, son of Mr. antl Mrs. Lloyd Younker of Union, had met. Both of the young men are in the United States navy and accidently met in one of the ur. -named ports that they visited. Tim visit of the two cousins was very much enjoyed. They both entered the navy at near the r.ame time. Raymond Pollard Installed As Grand Tyler Of Masons Large Number cf Nebraska Masons at Nehawka for the Impressive Ceremonies Cass county that has furnished many distinguished members of the Masonic order down through the past years, was again honored on Wednesday evening when Raymond C. Pollard of Nehawka was installed as the grand tyler of the grand lodge of the A. F. Ac A. M. of Nebraska. There were eighty numbers of the Masonic order present, ten lodges be ing represented in the group, as the impressive charges were given the new tyler. W. E. Wanner, of Falls City, grand master of the A. F. & A. M. of Ne biaska, was tiie installing officer, and was assisted by William A. Rob t rtson of this city, past grand mas ter of the Nebraska A. F. & A. M., as the marshal, Raymond C. Cook, deputy grand custodian of the grand lodge as the chaplain. Following the ritualistic work 1 lie members were served refresh ments by the committee of the Ne hawka lodge Attending from this city were William A. Robertson, Raymond C. Cook, W. F. Evers, superintendent of Hie Nebraska Masonic Home. J. R. Feeder, and Roy O. Cole of Piatts mouth lodge No. C A F. & A. M. noia ramuy r?.rty 1 1 f - The members of the congregation of the First Methodist chinch last evening enjoyed a "Get Together Evening ' at the church where there were ninetysix of the members and their families gathered to enjoy the occasion in the church parlors. The members enjoyed group sing ing, led by Mrs. E. H. Wescott, with Mr. Wescctt at the piano. The program was in charge of Mrs. Fred Bourck and Mrs. Edger Glaze land was very interesting to all of the party. The men1 bers enjoyed a number of mixer games to become better ac quainted with each other; these were very much enjoyed by all of the group. The program was participated in by a number of the members of the church and Sunday School, and t-mong these was a recitation by Dick Cramer that was very much enjoyed and two piano numbers by Harold Pickering. Rev. T. Porter Bennett, the pastor of the church, gave a short talk on the spirit of friendship and offered the prayer. A number of the students of the Wintersteen Hill school under the direction of their teacher, Mrs. C. A. Rosencrans, presented a very clever number that everyone enjoy ed. The youngsters taking part com prised Douglas and Jackie Reno. By ron Finnifrock, Raymond Adkins. Comma Ann Kelley. Edith Brittain, Henry Siebert and Sally Sykora. Marilyn Bourck gave a very de lightful vocal solo with the accom paniment played by Clementine Wos ter. The Piattsmouth high school girls, comprising Marjorie Devoe, Phyllis Bourck and Ruth Ann Neiscn. gave several vocal numbers and were ac companied by their, teacher. Miss Miller, Ruth Ann Nelson also gave two trumpet solos that showed ar tistic appreciation by the musician. A number of games were enjoyed under the direction of Mrs. Edgar Glaze and in these Mrs. Logan Co vert, Mr. and Mrs. Harry White and Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Edwards were the winners Refreshments were served at a late hour by the committee of the W. S. C. S . comprising Mrs. E. J. Josiassen. Mrs. II. B. Perry. Mrs. Herman Hough. NOTICE I am now taking appointments, cither days or evenings, with those needing help on their Income Tax returns. J. HOWARD DAVIS