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Ketr. State Historical Society 1 WO25 A24 RED CROSS WAR FUND VOL. NO. IX PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1941 NO. 20 Death Of Valentine Burke!, Long Time Resident Of Cit Here Sinoe 1882 ard a Loved and Honored Figure in the Community Funeral Tuesday Saturday evening at 8:30 at the family homo on Vine street, Valen tine Burkel, So, passed away, quietly sleeping away the last hours cf earthly life to awaken on the farth er shore. Mr. Burkel has been gradually failing, but had not been bedfast, vas up and arou.id until juat. a-few hours prior to his passing. The defeased was born at Ports mouth. Ohij, Arril 10, 189. spend ing his boyhood days in his native state, in ISS'2 came west to Nebras ka. J. P. Young, an uncle of Mr. Burkel. had located at Plattsmouth to operate a book, stationery and music shop, and to this city Mr. Turkel came to make his home. Lo cating here he entered the services of the Burlington railroad, served in the paint shop over a long period'.ot years, retiring in 1922. He has since that time carried on his trade until in recent years when his health would r.o longer permit his activi ties. On March 27, 1SS9, tb3 marriage of Mr. Burkel and Miss Nannie Sampson took place in this city where they have lived out a very happy wedded life of fifty-five years, now broken by the passing of the husband. There is surviving the death of Mr. Burkel, the widow of this city, cne son. Robert Burkel of Chicago, as well as a brother and sister, Philip and Edna Burkel, of Ports mouth, Ohio. An infant daughter 1 receded the father iu death. Mr. Burke? was one of the genial and well liked residents of the com munity in his long years, and his going brings a great regret among the old time friends. He vas a charter member of Cass Camp 332, Modern Woodmen of America, and a long time member ot Plattsmouth Lodge No. 6. A. F. & A. M. Has Narrow Escape Richard Hughson, 7, son of Mr. tind Airs. Guy Huchscn, 714 Ave. !., narrowly escaped serious injury Monday afternoon when he was struck by a ruck. He was returning from school, and waj standing at the Ruse Garage, preparatory to crossing the street. Richard suffered tuts about the head and severe sheck. After being attended by a physician, he was tak en home. The truck was driven by Tom Adamson of Brock, Nebr. An Appreciation To the? voters of the Second Judi cial District of Nebraska who were so kind as to write in my name for District Judge at the primary elec tion I take ihis means of expressing my sincere thanks and appreciation. Tt you and all other citizens I pledge my best endeavors to fairly tnd impartially perform the duties of District Judge, to which position I have been appointed, so as to meiit the confidence and support of all. I also iake this means of an nouncing lhat I will be a candidate by petition at the general election this fall aim solicit ycur support. Thank you. AVm. A. Robertson "District Judge Draws Down Fine Saturday in the county court be fore Judge Paul K. Fauquet, Eldon Covert and Clarence Redden were arraigned on a complaint filed charging them with disturbing the peace and abusing an officer. The charge grew out of their res'stance of Officer Alichael Bajeck who was arresting them for disturbing the peace.' After hearing the evidence in the case judge Fauquet imposed a fine of $25 and costs on each of the defendants; amounting 1 to"' $28.50 each. ' : : ' Death of Mrs. Petet From Monday's Daily The death of Mrs Lillie G. Petet, iQ, ocurred Sunday at Omaha, where for the past several months she has made her residence at a home for the aged due to her increasingly feeble health. Mrs. Petet was born at Knoxvuie, I.wa, April 10, 18G4, making her home for some years in Oklahoma and for forty-five years has been a resident of "Nebraska. In the more recent years Mrs. Petet made her home in Plattsmouth and up to the time of her going to Omaha occupied an apartment in the Wurl building. There are surviving her passing: Four sons, Ralph B. Petet of this city; Frank Petet of Omaha, James Petet of Carmen, Oklahoma, and Lee Petet of Mead, Nebraska. Two bro thers also survive, Espel Lockhart and Charles Lockhart. Carmen, Okla homa. Mrs. Petet made many friends here in the years of her residence, who will regret to leara of her passing and extend to the family their con dolences in their loss. The body cf Mrs. Petet was taken this morning from Omaha to Carmen, Oklahoma, where 'he funeral servi ces will be held and the interment made in the cemetery at that place. Attend Rotary Meeting Sunday Jiemcr.t AA'oster, E. H. Bernhardt .ind Duight Edwards, of the local Rotary club were in Lin coln where they attended the Sunday convention meetings and enjoyed some excellent addresses given be fore the district meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Searl S. Davis. Mr. rnd Mrs. Frank A. Cloiut aad Dr. Ii. G. McClusky, were at Lincoln today where the gentlemen attended the meeting cf the distirct conven tion of the Rotary clubs and the ladies were entertained by the Anns. The men are all past presidents of the local club. Attend PEO Convention The state convention of the P.E.O. society was held Tesday at Omaha and attended by a largo number of representatives of the chapters, es pecially in this part of the state. Mrs. Mar C. XJxcn, of Omaha, state president, presided over sessions. As a feature of the tlw i ton- lAeniion a line auaress was given ... j vy aanieiiur ci iinarii ui esiiij tin ! university. j Ladies from this city to attend jthe convention were Mrs. R. O. Cole, ' resident of Chapter F, Mrs. E. II. Wesiott. Mrs. il. B. Haye. Mrs. L. S Devc Today Mrs AVilliam Eaird, past state president, was a visitor at the convention. The Platismduth ladies had the ulea.-ure of meeting Mrs. George O. I'ovey, of Norfolk. Nebr., a former Plattsmouth lady, who is attending the convention, and renewing old i lines. Insurance Man Here C. AV. Campbell of the Equitable Life Assurance society was here to day to call on Searl S. Davis, local representative of the society, who also had a a i?it from E. G. Green, tptcial agent of the Hartford In surance company. Thanks to Friends Mrs. Patbara Snyder, who is now ot lhe home of her daughter, Mrs. B. J. Kavalec, 2Glf. Woolv.orth Ave., Omaha, desires lo take this oppor tunity cf thanking tne many fri?nds for the flowers, caids, letters, and j personal calls during her iilnecs These thoughtful act will long be appreciated. Sings High Mass Membsrs of the St. John's parish of the Catholic church had the pleasure Sunday morning of having Uev. John William Kelly, recently ordained to the priesthood, officiate at the celebration of the second mass at 10:30. Rev. Kelly sang the macs most impressively, while the sermon was delivered by Rt. Rev. Monsignor George Agins. the pastor of the church. ' Final Reports Show I Red Cross War Fund Over Top 1 ham in this city. Plattemouth Quota of $3.0C0 Pass- s Y Sn;ithf well :ilov,n res5(ent ed With $4,418.33 Ra :seti for the, of this section, offered a calf fo; Good Car.SC sole for the Red Cross, the calf be The final check up reveals that ; the 19 4 1 Red Cross War Fund drive up reveals t.iat received fine suppoit from the pocKeuiocKS oi I'lattsmoutn people, i jThe quota for PlaUsniouth and j vicinity was set at $3,000. Carl i c.i-. r. i - . - .... . ,... o.uCmC.. ulu wcw uecu.e, iu. 1 1M .-... .... . .1.., .1... 1.. .. - f ihas received for deposit to the credit of the Red Cross A1, ar Fund a total of $4,41S.3.'. i G. G. Griffin of the Cass Theatre j collected K.o4.S7 by appealing to the theatre patrons dining the lat ter part of March. The Plattsmouth Junior Woman's club aided Mi. Grif fin by uoin the "hat passing." The "house-to-house" canvass this jear was under the direction of Milo Frice, who had as ward chairmen, Clem Wester. C. R. Olson, J. W. Holmes. Leslie Niel, Herman Elling son. and Lunetta Falk. For the sur rounding rural school districts, Guy AViles, New ten Sullivan, E. A. Kou kal, Louis G. Me'singer, Wallace Warner, Henry Nolting, and Fred G. Nolting did a fine job of collect ing the contributions. All these and the more than 100 house-to-house solicitors v.-ho work ed in Plattsmouth did more than was expected. The result was that Platts mouth excaeaed its quota by more than $1,400. This does not include the contributions of Plattsmouth people made through the Bomber Plant solicitations. It does include the extra 1354.87 collected by Mr. Griffin at the theatre. The Douglas County Red Cross, which does the official collecting at lhe Bomber Plant has reported that they will give Cass county ciedii for funds they have received from Ca:-s county people. In the riattsmouth Journal of March 1C, 1C44 aprearcd the state ment that the list of Red Cross tumors would be published. The exe cutive committee of the Plattsmouth Red Cross signed this statement. The chairman of the 1 i' 4 4 drive and the publisher and staff of the Platts- 'mouth Journal intended to cooperate , , villi the Red Cress committee. The , -ournal has given much time and space to all Red Cross publicity and will continue to do so, but the man rower shortage is such that the Journal has had only one linotypist for some weeks. None of the Red Cross committee want the names published Dad enough to learn to run the linotype. If any of the con tributors wish to help in this effort, Mrs. Bates will be more than delight- ed to see you, or them. The problem cf setting up for print a list of one thousand five hundred seventy-fewton Sullivan collecting, gave three names along with the amounts j jfKn.jjo. District No. 2S, E. A. Kou contributed it is a real task and kat chairman, ?!5.50. From Dist. would add much to the work of a : vr, 29 ram, lmis G. Meisinsrer with full staff at the Journal office. If the list can later be published, it will; if not, feel free to stop at the post office and ask the postmaster whether or not your contribution was properiy turned in. First Wad, under the chairman ship of Clem Woster, contributed almost $1.00 to the good cause. Twenty-four of these contributions, 270 in all. were for $10 or more Second Ward contributed ? 322.5 8. J. W. Holmes and C. R. Olson weru I co-chairrien. Two hundred eighty- ime "contributions of $1.00 or more jwere received. Seven were for $10 or more. Third Ward, with Leslie Niel as chairman, gave $716.82. Of the contributions ot $10 or more, there were six. Memberships were issued to 34 1 Third AVard people, for that many gave a dollar or more. Fourth AA'ard was the source of SI 72.77 with 336 memberships and 1': contributions of ten dollars or .-.bove. The "Canning Factory" list probably took several memberships from some other wards, as did the BREX. Herman Ellingson was chair man for this ward. Fifth Aard chairman, Lunetta Falk, and her solicitors collected from the less populous part of the city but from 97 members received almost S200.00. Another $2u() came unsolicited to The Bank and ' Post Office. The surrounding rural school dist- Helps On Red Cross The farmers of ;he community h-ive been dohig a good job in help ing out on the Red Cross funds in this locality by their contributions i made at the auctions at the sales ing purchased by M. Witthaucr, who j.,,.,,,., i,nfv fy... ri flhers buying the:(ulf :.iid turning j it back were Hunry llobscheldt. j Ilalmes, Fred Campbell, S. D. Sor- j i enscn and was finally purchased by j lhe original bidd r. The calf brought I for the Plattsmouth chapter. Charles Spurer, of Murray, gave a pig to the sales barn for auction and this animal under tno spirited bid ding brought the sum of 83 that was earmarked for the Murray Red Cross contributions. These all help to swell the funds of this greal American organization comfort and help to the service men of the Hath. n. Hear cf Water Plant PueaSay .'it the weekly luncheon of the Rotary club, the members hud the pleasure of hearing of the Platts mouth water plant, purchased some lime ago by the city of riattsmouth, placed under the operation of the Hoard of Public Works. F. I. Ilea, the chairman of the board, was the speaker, teiling of 1 lie methods of conducting, the financial handling and other lines of the plant opera lion. Mr. Ilea, as well as the other members of the board, E. II. Bern hardt and C. A. Johnson and Robert j Cappell. superintendent, are doing a great job in handling the affairs of the plant, as was realized by the Kotarians, as they learned of the fine set up and organization that is doing its part that some day the people of the community can fully realize their dream cf a municipal plant. The financing of the purchase of the plant was by revenue bonds and is being paid by the receipts of the plant. The leadei of the meeting was Mr. Cappell. Petition for Gravel Petition has been filed in th" of fice of the county clerk by residents of South Bend precinct, asking that a levy be made of not more than 1 ?10 mills for a period of one year for the purpose of graveling. It is proposed to have three and a half miles of the highways in tho precinct graveled tnd made all weather road. j ritts certainly aided the cause. Dist- f Q with Gvy AViles and j$G9.00. In District No. 37 was found 128 iron men for the Red Cros.s. Wal lace Warner and Henry Nolting rounded them up. Fred Nolting of District No. 42 got a hatful. ?1G0. Of these rural contributions, 26 were for $10 or above. Following is the list of those con tributions of above $10.00: John & Clara Borgmann .$27.00 . 20.00 . 15.00 . 25.00 . 5 0.00 . 15.00 . 15.00 . 15.00 . 50.00 . 32.00 Dr. & Mrs. P. T. Ileineman Henry J. Donat - I..!. .iainiuio ooenn:ciaeu IL M. Soenriohsen Caldwell Funeral Home J. Howard Davis George Con is H. M. Soenniehsen Co., Eagles, Aerie 365 Mr. & Mrs. W. C. Soenniehsen Robert Walling Mary Propst 25.00 25.00 15.00 15.00 ilowa-Nebr. Power Henry Jacobs 25.00 Scarl Davis 25.00 II. A. Schneider 100.00 Barbara Goring .... Mr & Mrs. Robert Eestor Mrs. n. A. Bates Norfolk Pack. Co.. Blue Star Produce of Council Bluffs (Thanks Blue Star) Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Starkjohn Mr. & Mrs. John Halmes 25.00 15.00 25.00 35.00 50.00 15.00 15.00 Mr. & Mrs. Ceo. Kaffenherger 15.00 Wm. Halmer. , 12.00 Nazi W ar Prisoners Rushed To Aid In Protecting Dikes noiamg uiKes Aicng tne Missouri iliver in Iowa Omaha, Nelr., April IS. (UP) jThe mighty Missouri river, swollen tc a flood sfage by melting snows j'ind heavy ruins, continued today to claw and oite at dikes protecting jlush Io-va farmland. Mxiy uerman prisoners ot war and volunteers worked all night and today strengthening the Shannon ieee nco.- Nebraska City. The Army Engineer Corps reported that water was lapping over the levees on either side of Nebraska City, but that the barricades had not been breached. The prisoners of war and volunteers, however, were working on a second ary line of defense should the levees softensd by the excess water, The river was at the 19.5 feet stage at Nebraska City early toiay, a rise of .1 of a foot since yesterday. The water began a downward trend up river the Engineers Corps said. At Omaha the stage was at IS. 3 feet, a foot lower than yester day. Blair reported a drop of 2.1 feet, while Sioux City reported a fall cf 1.1 feet. Eagles in Basketball Game Last evening Plattsmouth Aerie No. 3 5 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles were hosts to the team of the Nebraska City Eagles, losing a o to 28 coi.test to the visiters. At the half time the score was 22 to 19 in favor of Nebraska City team, with Haines, Sterner and I'illman leading tlte-visitors, -while Schubeck. Wheeler and Siebert dol ed the PlatU mouth quintet. The effective shooting of Chap man and Hardick, one time purple and gold high school stars, sewed th game fcr the visitors in the second half. Schubeck b?ing the only loeal to connect effectively v. ith the ball in this part of the game. The box score: P'.attsmouih FG FT PF TP 5 0 2 10 . 0 0 1 0 -4 2 1 10 -10 0 2 0 0 0 0 2105 -0101 12 4 4 28 ' FG FT PF TP - 4 0 0 8 3 0 0 f -10 2 2 6 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 2 4 0 0 2 0 -2105 IS 1 7 37 j Schubeck, f j Bowman, f AV heeler, f jilerre, c ikora, c Siebert, g Albee. g Total Nebraska City Haines, f Chapman, f i AViles, f : Hardick. f Bauer, c . Bossing. c . Dillman, a Duncan, g Sterner, g Total Have Family Party The home of Mr and Mrs. Charles Troop cn Chicago avenue was the scene of a very 'pleasant family gathering Sunday, featured by a fine dinner and a real visit among the members; of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Jack von Gillern and children, Roger and Jack, Jr., came down Irom Lin coln and were joined here by Mr. and Mrs Arthur Troop of south of the city. The condition of the roads inade travel dfificult so the Lincoln group decided not to attempt the D ip to the farm. Taken to Hospital Sgt. Donald Nearhood, who has been her9 on a furlough to visit his mother, Mrs. Anna Nearhood, was taken ill on Thursday with an aucte attack of tonsilitis and this had grown worse until Sunday when the jcung soldier was taken to the mili tary hospital at Fort Crook for treat ment. Sgt. Nearhood has been meet ing the many friends here and the sudden attack has made it necessary to curtail many of his visits with the friends. He will probably be, at the r.ppital fcr tevera! days. , , ' 'Death of Former Commissioner Henry J. Miller, SG, former coun ty commissioner from the third dist rict of Cass county, died Monday at a Lincoln hospital where he had I been for some time under treatment. was for many years one of .the leading tanners of the v.cst part of Cass county :ind some twenty years ago was elected as j county commissioner but later re signed owing to the condition of the health of Mrs. Miller, he remaining home to care for her in the last days. Air. Miller was born in Illinois and came to Cass county some C5 years ago and has since made his home here. He was a member of the Church of the Bret'.icrn. Surviving are tour daughters, Mrs. John Wood, Elmwood; Mrs. Sam Hardi'o-jk, Alvo; Mrs. Harriett Kear, Lincoln, and Mrs. Earl Bow man, Harrisburg, Va.; and two sons, Archie and Lyal. both of Alvo. Funeral services will be held at ' p. m. Thursday at the Methodist church in Alvo. with burial in the Church of the Brethren cemetery. Last Rites for Val Burkel Tuesday afternoon at the chapel of the Satller funeral home there was a large attendance of the old f l iends and neighbors of Valentine Burkel to pay their last measure of respect to the memory of the old friend now gone to the last rest. Rev. T. Porter Bennett, pastor of the First Methodist church, had charge of the services and in his thoughtful way brought a sense of comfort to the member of the be reaved family. Mrs. E. II. Wescott sang two of the beloved songs requested by the family, "Lead Kindly Light," and Wescott as the accompanist. AVescott as the accompanit. The Masonic services for the dead were conducted by W. F. Eveis. past master of Plattsmouth lodge No. 6, A F. & A. A!., of which Mr. Burkel was an early day member. The intenuent was in the family plot at the Oak Mil! cemetery and the casKet bearers comprised old associates and members of the Mason ic order. AV. II. Ofe, John E. Sohutz, Robert Hayes, George Lushinsky, Leslie W. Niel, Howard Wiles. Receives Honors Grace Louise AViles of Plattsmouth was one of 2.X5 University of Ne braska students honored for high scholarship at the honors day con vention. She is a senior in the School of Nursing and in the upper 10 per cent of he: class in scholarship. Attend Clinic The chiropractors of Nebraska and northeast Iowa held an exten sive all day and evening clinic in Omaha at the Fontenelle hotel Sun day. Dr. Joe J. Stibal of this city was in attendance. The clinic was super vised by Dr. Thomas Lake of Phila delphia. Attend Bank Meeting H. A. Schneider, president, and fc. W. Burdic, vice-president ot the Plattsmouth State bank, were in Lincoln today where they attended the meeting of Group Two of the Nebraska State Bankers association. This is one of the large meetings of the year in hanking circles and brings representatives from the banks in this part of the state. Lincoln Visitor Here Mr. and Mrs. John E. Turner and daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Eugenie Sor- rell, of Lincoln were in the city Sunday for a few hours. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were guests at the home of Mrs. Lora Lloyd Kieck and family. while Mrs. Sorrell was a visitor with Mrs. AVilliam Steinkamp and daugh- ter, Diane Kay. . Spend Sunday Here Mr. and Mr. Harry Royal of Lin coln, were in the city Sunday to spend a few hours with Judge C. L. Graves, father of Mr. Royal. BUY MORE WAR BONDS Nebraska Visited By Heavy Snow Sncw Falling Largely Over West and South Parts of State Very Heavy and Wet More snow, following heavy, un preceented fail yesterday, was prom ised for the extreme cast part of Ne braska today by Meteorologist M. r. Robbins of the Omaha weather bur- j eau. The snow forecast for today, however, wiil be light, Robbins said. The snow which fell generally over the western and southern portions yesterday was heavy and wet. Much of it melted as it fell, but the snow was too lieay to disappear entirely. A fall of 13 inches was recorded at McCook, II inches at Minden and 10 inches at Kearney and Lexington. A heavy bla.ikct of wet snow fell at Omaha yesterday and last night much of it melting as It hit the ground. Slush and mud were reported in many placs in the state, A few roads were reported impassable be cause of th2 heavy fall, but weather forectsters expected the snow to disappear quickly because of high temperatures. Chadroc. Sidney and Alliance were the only other spots in the state to report temperatures that usually ac.-ompany a heavy snow. Sidney had a low of 4 degrees, Chad ion 17, and Alliance 20. Other spots v. ere near freezing. The heavy snow was expected to cause river.-; to rise, possibly add ing to the flood threat along the Missouri and Platte rivers. Farmers in lhe dry sections were jubilani iiOA-evcr, because of water that will be added to the summer reservoirs. Ranges included: A'alentine 4 2 2'J; Alliance 32-30; Omaha 44-32; Lincoln 45-32; Forth Platte 35-31; Sidney .U-4; Chadrou 40-17 and Lurwell 36-SO Entertain Friends Saturday evening tne Hotel Platts mouth was the scene of a very pleas ant dinner party, given by Rev. and Mrs. T. Porter Bennett, the occasion marking the thirteenth anniversary of their wedding. The dinner also honored Ju lge and Mrs. A. H. Dux- bury, long active members of the church. The guests attending were District Judge AVm. A. Robertson, Judge and Mrs. A. H. Duxbury, DoVthea and Richard, and Rev. and Mrs. Bennett. Leaves Hospital L. B. Egenberger. of this city, who was at an Omaha hospital for some time undergoing treatment, has gone lo the home of his thin filter, Mrs. J. H. Carter in Omaha where he is being cared for. Mr. Egeuberger is reported as being some improved. Returns from Convention Dr. Leonard Fitch returned home this morning from Lincoln where he has been attending the annual meeting of the Nebraska Optometric association that has been in session the past two day.?. Dr. Fitch is the secretary of the association and his splendid services were recognized in his re-election to the office. He re ports a very interesting meeting. Showing Improvement Mrs. Wiiliam O'Donnell. who is at the St. Joseph hospital at Omaha, is reported as showing improvement from her operations of the past week. Mrs. O'Donnell had a: appen dectomy as well as a corrective op eration and now seems weil n the road to recovery. Receives Promotion Edgar L. Glaze, who has been en- aged at. the ordnance plant at Fort i Crook since January 26, 1942, has jjust received a nice promotion in his line of work, being given the rank of Motor Vehicle Operation Dispatcher. This means a very nice advancement in salary and. also places Mr Glaze in charge of some 170 vehicles and eighty drivers. The advancement is a fine recognition of the excellent work of Mr. Gla.e at the army planty