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0 Jfebr. Slate Historical Society VOL. NO. LX PLATTSKOITTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1944 NO. 84 I l r i ninrcB crumEP COMMANDER AMERICAN LEGION Union War Veteran Is Named to Head the 12th District for the Coming Two Years The twelfth district convention of the department of Nebraska, Ameri- can Legion, met Wednesday at Ne-, braska City with a large attendance from the various posts over the dist rict that comprises Cass, Otoe, Lan caster and Seward counties. The convention was presided overincnth approved, by Varro Tyler, retiring commander, Decree was entered in the case of with a fine program of talks by the j Fred Pitner Forbes and Flora De various state officers including Reed j Vonne Forbes vs. Harry E. Alexand O'Hanlon, new state commander andjer, confirming title of plaintiffs to Mrs. Gladys Plantenberg. president ! certain real estate, cf the state Auxiliary.. A school forj Judge Dunbar entered an order service officers was conducted in j setting date for hearing th? case of the morning by Elmer Webb of the Albert Godwin, administrator, vs. state fund committee and assistant Joe Lapidus, et al, also the case of Adjutant Ray Lang. H. A. Schneider, trustee vs. Joe Lap- The convention adopted resolu-1 idus, et al. The cases were set for tions asking the legislature to in-j hearing on October 31st. crease the state aid fund for veter- ans ironi two million to eight mil lion dollars to care for the veterans of world war II as well as I. The convention elected as the new commander, Oliver Schiber, of Un ion, one of the well known veterans of the well known veterans of the of the east portion of Nebraska. The new commander is a member of the Union post of the American Legion that he has helped to organize, and n 0, -Vv . k mander. Mr. Shiber is a member, of the Cass County Voiture of the 40 et 8 of this city. Other officers named were: Vice-Commander Edward Mun- son, Lincoln Chaplain Rev. E. C. McFadden, Syracuse Sergeant at Arms Kurt Meyer, j Seward The 1945 district convention will be held at Plattsmouth. There were fifteen of the local Legion members at the convention. Funeral of John Lutz The St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church was filled Friday! afternoon with the old friends of John Lutz who came to pay their last tributes to his memory. Rev. E. J. Moritz gave the sermon ! filled with comforting thought and' paid iiibute to the long and useful' life of Mr. Lutz in the community ; where he had feme as a young man and rose to civic leadership. During the services Mrs. Louise ! Klinger and Mrs. Ray Herring grave' three of the favorite hymns. "Saved by Grace". "Beautiful Isle of Some-Mrs. Neuzil as well as the relatives where" and "Peace. Wonderful and friends. Mr. Neuzil is the prin Peace", Mrs. Frank Bierl served asjcipal and coach of the Manly school. the accompanist The interment was at the Oak Hill cemetery and the pall bearers were old friends and associates compris ing C. A. Johnson. Mayor R. B Hayes, William Kief, E. G. Ofe, G. Wurl and M. D. Brown. B. Police Court Notes Wednesday afternoon Charles Al len, Jr., and Robert Kershey of Ne- 1 r, 1 - -;.. - - i .V . police court before Judge C. L. Graves on the charge of disturbing the peace by fighting. The men were arresed by Chief of Police Noah Parker. On hearing the facts in the care Judge Graves assessed a fine of $1 and costs. This morning before Judge Graves Fred He'l was charged with intoxi cation and received a fine of $10 and costs that were settled and the defendant released. Expected Home Soon Mrs. Carl Ulrich, who has been at Omaha 'at the St. Catherine's hos pital, is expected home Saturday. She has recovered nicely from the re cent operation and the family are looking forward to the return of the wife and mother at the week end. Visits in City Mrs. J. A. Stewart and Miss Doro thea Stewart of Brandon, Nebraska were overnight guests of their. son and brother Coach" Merle Stewart and. Mrs. Stewart. They are enroute to Kentucky. niQTOirT Session of District Court Judge Thomas E. Dunbar, of Ne i braska City, was here Thursday foi; a short session of the district court and' took up a number of matters that were pending. In the case of Albert E. Tyler vs. Dorothy Lu Tyler, motion of plain tiff for reduction of payment of child support from $100 to $50 a ITo Enjoy Outing Mrs. George Hall and her sister, Mrs. I. N. White, of Omaha, depart ed last night for Washington, D.C. and New York City. While in Washington they will be guests at the home of Lieutenant and Mrs. William D. White and will visit the many places of interest in I the capitol city. They plan to be away for two weeks and on return i ins: home they will stay in Chicago for a few days. Blue Birds We met at the library Wednesday after school. Took care of the busi- ness then we sang songs and played games. We decided to take a hike Friday evening. Scribe Janie Yard ley. Reported Resting Easy Lee Nickles of this city, operated on Wednesday morning at the Im manuel hospital at Omaha, is re- ! ported as coming thiough the opera tion in excellent shape. It is hoped : that he will be definitely better In' plcasant Tisit witn Mrs. Thomas ; &ing for fifty-eight yards, he inter a few days and soon be able to re-1 , . . t, Vcl.actn cepted a pass in the shadow of his turn home. Here from Iowa Mrs. Lois Neuzil and son. Jack, of Manly, Iowa, arrived here Wed- nesday to visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Bestor. parents ol l Undergoes Operation Miss Bertha Nickles of Murray, was operated on this morning at the Immanuel hospital at Omaha, the : operation being of a serious nature. Lee Nickles a cousin of Miss Nick les, is. also at the Immanuel hospital and is doing fine reports received from the hospital states. J VlElt in the City Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riester and son, Frank and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Puis of near Manley were in the city today to attend to seme matters of business at the court house. To Attend Funeral Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. King, ofj at. Louis, arrived this morning to attend the funeral services for John Lutz, father of Mrs. King, held this afternoon at the St. Paul's church. Mrs. King was here a week ago to visit the father before his condition became so critical. - 1 ! Home from Hospital Mrs. George Swain, who has been at the Clarkson hospital at Omaha recovering from a recent operation has so far recovered that she was able to be brought home this morn- ing. The many friends of Mrs. Swain will be pleased to learn of her return and trust she may soon be able to resume her usual activities. om Buildings The Cass County Historical society met Wednesday noon at the Hotel I Plattsmouth for their monthly meet-'ed this afternoon by a large numher ing and to enjoy an excellent pro-'of the old friends to pay their last gram that had been prepared. (tributes to the memory cf William! The subject. of the meeting was C. Tippens. largely that of old and historic) There was a very large represen-j buildings of the county and was un-4ation of the veteran employes of the: der the guidance of George L. Far-! Burlington, long associated with Mr. 'ley, native son of Cass county, fam-j iliar with many of the historic spots of the county, especially with the; schools as he was formerly county i The services at the Home was con superintendent and these were j ducted by Dr. H. G. McClusky, pastor touched upon by Mr. Farley as a of the First Presbyterian church, of part of the history of the county. (which Mr. and Mrs. Tippens had J. H. Graves, local mail carrier ; teen members. also added a very interesting talk! During the services Frank A. to the program on the pioneer homes Cloidt gave two numbers, "Sweet and buildings of the community. Oliver C. Dovey, member of one of the pioneer families, coming here(er being the accompanist. j in 1863, gave the members of the' The Masonic service was conduct group many interesting facts as to ed by W. F. Evers as master, assisted the homes of the early day residents, i by the officers of Plattsmouth lodge T.t MoTino flnidt nf the WAVFS No. 6. A. F. & A. M. I was Dresent and conducted a short! question box which was enjoyed byjHill cemetery beside the wife of the' the membership as they brought out ! departed. The pall bearers were old many very interesting facts as to j time friends of the departed Mayor j the WAVES. The members voted to make the dues of the society $1 a year instead of 25c as formerly. A program committee was named to plan for future activities and Mrs. E. H. Wescott, chairman, Mirs Min nie Guthman and George L. Farley. Legion Auxiliary Meeting Held At Nebraska City Delegation of Local Ladies Present to Enjoy Program Krs, Vesta Thomas Presides The twenty-third annual district convention of the American Legion Auxiliary was held at Nebraska City on Wednesday. Mrs. Vesta Thomas district presi dent presided, and brought a touch of home to the Plattsmouth delega tion as Mrs. Thomas is a past unit president here as well as at Nebras ka City. The locals member had a City unit. Mrs. Thomas is to con tinue over the coming year. Speakers at the convention includ ed Mrs. Gladyt- Plantenberg. depart ment president, Mrs. Genie McGlass on, department habilization chair- j man and Miss Emily Gould, depart - ment secretary. The Plattsmouth unit was honor ed by the presentation of the gavel awarded for the unit that has the; largest membership over the quota! for the year. The local unit now has 93 paid up members. A very fine banquet was served the ladies of the Auxiliary at the Bethel Lutheran church and quite largely attended. Those from the local unit attend ing were Mrs. Gladys Glaze, unit president, Mrs. Margaret Langer, Mrs. Dorothy Janacek, Mrs. Viola Fitch and Mrs. Martha Cuthrell. Dies in Omaha Word was received today by W. R. Holly, of the sudden death Thursday afternoon of an uncle, Frank Holly, 71, at his home 3102 Curtis Ave.,! Omaha. The message did not state the cause of the death. Mr. Holly was well known in thi3 city as he was a visitor here a great ; many times during the years thati J his brother, William Holly, was a resident 6f Plattsmouth. The deceased is survived by the wife, Mary; sons, Frank J., George and Arthur; brothers, William, Omaha; eight grandchildren. Feeling Much Improved jtwo yard run for a touchdown. De- Mrs. Robert Pankonin, patient at'.laney's Pass for the extra point was the St. Catherine's hospital at Om-i1101 ood. aha, is reported as doing very nicely, i Plattsmouth then started to drive She is under observation and treat ment for a skin irritation that has proved quite painful. When improv ed sufficiently she is expecting to return to this city to the hom of her mother, Mrs. A. R. Case. i Honor Old Veteraan The chapel of the Sattler funeral home at 4th and Vine street was fill- ii- Tippens in his work in the shops, j many of them associates for years of the departed. Peace the Gift of God's Love'' and "Face to Face," Mrs. Russell Reed- The interment was at the Oak Robert E. Hayes, Henry J. Donat, Ivan Taylor, Earl Meisinger, E. S. Tutt, L. D. Hiatt. Holy Name Yins Hard Fought Game By 12 To 6 Omaha Attacks Spearhead By McGill Fleet Footed Back While Joe Gradoville Shines for Locals By J. J. Coffee (Ulrich) In a game that featured sustained drives and long runs. Holy Name ofi"1 Mrs. Annerson nas comyieieu Omaha slipped past 4be local Blue her three e&T training and Devils by the score of 12 to 6. This1haa been deemed eleble to take was a game well worth watching, itth state Board examination in the contained everything with HolyiEtat of Colorado. Along with the x. . j 4:v,- iAir,r' training at her home hospital she the issue over Plattsmouth's vaunt- ed power. A large amount of credit for the Blue Devil's showing is due to Joe Gradoville, Plattsmouth right half back. His punting was terrific, one own goal, he snagged a pair of pass es from Wolover's left arm and on Plattsmouth's scoring drive he push ed up the majority of of the yardage. The first quarter was scoreless with the Blue Devils using Crado- j ville's punting as their major weap - on. Holy Name threatened early in the; second canto when Murphy, Holy Name tackle, blocked Gradoville's tick, Ellsworth recovering for Holy Name on the Plattsmouth seventeen. One the succeeding play Gradovillq intercepted Delaney's pass intend ed for Tom Gates, on the Platts mouth three and returned it to the seventeen. After an exchange of punts Holy Name drove down the field, sending Bergin over for the marker. De laney's attempted conversion was blocked by Beverage. intermission The score at the was b to o for tne visitors. In the third quarter Plattsmouth ' witn Mr and Mrs Hubert Dew and drove back sixty-seven yards withjfamiiy Defore returning to the west. Duane Sack mixing up the plays j beautifully. Gradoville savagely : i . : . 1. 1 ; .... . ,.1 i, itors twenty-seven yard line where j the attack temporarily bogged down but on the Fourth down Gradoville fired to Tritsch out in the flat and he carried the tall all of the way 'to the visitors sixteen. After several plays Ray Beverage carried the ball through center for the Blue Devils ! counter. Gradoville's attempted post, then placement hit the goal .bounced away. j Holy Name came right back and I took the lead with an eighty yard drive featured by Joe McGill thirty- back, going to the Holy Name four yard line where a mixup in signals caused a fumble and Jedlicka re- covered for the Omaha crew. This play cost Plattsmouth the game. It was the break of the game to give Death Of William 7 f t ffg f i. nantie m Omaha Thursday Former Resident of This City Dies cf a Cerebral Hemorrhage at the Family Home The death of William R. Haffke, i 55, former resident of Plattsmouth, ! occured suddenly on Thursday at the family home, 3404 South 13th street, Omaha, just as Mr. Haffke was preparing to leave home shortly i before noon to his work. He was ! stricken with a cerebral hemorihage and died almost instantly. ! Mr. Haffke was born in this city and spent his earlier years here, j where he was engaged for some four Ueen years with the Burlington rail ' road in the local shops, leaving here in 1923 for Omaha where he has resided. j There is surviving his death the widow, and one son, Floyd, of Om aha, the aged father, C. W. Haffke, Fred Haiike ana one sister, Mrs. Harry Wilson all of this city. The deceased was a veteran of the first world war. Graduates as Nurse On April 28, 1944, at the Immacu late Conception Cathedral in Denver, Colorado, occured the joint gradu ation exercises of the three Catholic Schools of Nursing of Denver: St. Anthony's, St. Joseph's and Mercy. Among the eighteen graduates of St. Anthony's Hospital school of Nursing was Mrs. Kenneth W. An derson, the former Miss Elizabeth Anne Ruffner, youngest daughter of If- -9 -W T7 - Dnffno ftf Vi O auu u" wi w- had three months affiliation at Children's Hospital and six weeks af filiation at Ave Maria Out-Patient Clinic, both of Denver. Mrs. Anderson received her ele mentary education at Eight Mile Grove school and St. John's Paroch ial school of this city .She attended high, school at St. Bonaventure's high of Columbus, Nebraska, and Plattsmouth high, graduating from the local school in the class of 1940. She entered St. Anthony's Hospital . School of Nursing in S9pt, 1941 Her husband,. Cpl. Kenneth W ; Ander30n is wlth the United stateg Air force in India. Reported Improving Reports from the hospital in Om aha are to the effect that Kay Fran- ( ces, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis McConaha, of this city, is getting along in fine shape. She was operat ed on Saturday. Visiting With Mother Mr. and Mrs. James Dew of Oak land, California, arrived last evening Ifrom the west 'coast and will visitjguests of honor. They were enter-i during 3P30-1940. Scotts tained t the home o Mrg GlenlBl uty with atout one-half its jJam es and also at Council Bluffs Is Recovering Nicely I ne reports from tne Doctor s nos - pital in Omaha are to the effect The 0hih, group wert on a picnic'efit stabilized and expanded live that Walter Weisse of this city Tuegday 0ct 17 lg44 up by lne ' stock production and feeding. Irri recovering very well from the ef-j ' h & yery Ume. ! gated land supports C and one-half fee s of illness and the operation he , m Marlene; times as many animals units as non- unaerwrent a ween ago. fiis improve ment has been very pleasing to the!' members of the family. Omaha the victory. The starting lineup of the game plattsmouth Po LE LT LG C RG RT RE QB LH RH FB Holy Name J. Murphy! T. Murphy H. Ellsworth j B. Ellsworth Minturn Eaton Howian(j Conis Krejci KarakisU Sack MeMahan Livingston uaiee Cole WTolover Gradoville Beverage Delaney Bergih McGill Christiansen Has Close Call Emil Koukal, well known farmer of near this city, had a very close call from serious injury Wednesday afternoon, while he was engaged in cutting sweet clover. He was oper ating a tractor on some uneven land and the machine suddenly tipped over and before Mr. Koukal could leap he was caught under the mach ine. Norman Renner, vwho was also assisting in the work, was able to extricate Mr. Koukal who escaped perhaps fatal injuries by mere inch es. Medical aid was called and an ex amination disclosed no broken bones but Mr. Koukal was quite severely bruised. Church Groups Merger La$t evening the members of the Philathea and a part of the men's adult Bible class of the First Meth odist church, met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Perry. There were twenty-five of the members present and the meeting of the Philathea class was opened by Mrs. G. O. Schwenneker, president. C. C. Wescott was elected as the teacher for the coming year. The meeting was for the purpose of the merging of the two classes of the church and Sunday school into a larger adult group that will be known as the United Adult Class in the future. The officers named for the group comprised: President, Miss Margaret Mapes. Vice-Pres., H. B. Perry. Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. H. B. Perry. Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. W. L. Tropst. Pnllnwinif tha Vinci nPaa fipscirm nf the class the members of the group enjoyed games for a short time and the evening was closed by the serv ing of refreshments. Hre for Funeral Peter Herold, of Omaha, old time baseball player of this city, was here Friday to attend the funeral of his uncle, John Lutz, and while here to meet a few of the old time friends. Mr. Herold states that both of his sons are now overseas, Richard being in the army and is now stationed in one of the islands of the South Pac ific where he has been for the past several months. Lieutneant Poisall (Bud) Herold is In the land of mystery, India, where he has charge of a large quartermaster detachment that is engaged in handling supplies j to the allied troops in the difficult figllting area. Both of the hoys in writing home tell of the excessive ' J dampness of the climate, as torrential; rains are a part of that section of the world. Iyopta Campfire Tuesday the Iyopta campfire group had their meeting at the home of their guardian, Mrs. Glen Jones. We went cn a nature hike to the ! small park on Third street. October 10th we had a dinner to pass our rank, Mrs. Ted Akeson and Mrs. E. H. Bernhardt were Jones. ' cropped acreage uTi.er lrngauuu, Mrs. Jones is going to give a,air-ed 18 Percent. Hallowe'en party for the Iyopta and I "Second:. tat!llrcd and increas Netab groups. Scribe Kathleen Feld- c CrP production. .Irrigation houser doubles and trebles yields of many . ; crops and maintains them at those The Casipfire Group j r z Albun's house and have a Hallow e'en party. Treasurer: Mary Burdic Guardian: Miss LaSuer :. Friends Have Outing Dean and Mrs. Thompson of the University of ' Nebraska, are to be guests in the city Sunday, visiting with Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Knorr, Mr. and Mrs. Frank' Cloidt and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Starkjohn. All three i tamiues nave summer aoiues ai "eu ies have summer ning, Minnesota, and have many. pleasant times there eacn year. Tne group is planning a steak fry at the Starkjohn farm Sunday. Burlington Leader Addresses Local ChamberCommerce Val Kuska, Agricultural Develop ment Agent, Tells of Needs of State Tor the Future The regular meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce Thursday at the Hotel Plattsmouth had as the guest speaker of the occasion, Val Kuska, of the Burlington railroad, veteran agricultural development agent, who discussed the needs of the state and presented a clear picture of what might be done in the way of relief of the conditions. L. A. Caldwell, president of the Chamber of Commerce, presided. Mr. Kuska's remarks in part were: "The Missouri River Basin is com prised of Northern Kansas, North ern Colorado, most of Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota, all of South Dakota and Nebraska, part of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. Therefore Nebraska, being entirely within the basin, is vitally convern ed in any plans for future develop ment of the Basin, as regards agri culture, industry or commerce. "Soil and climate of the Missouri River Basin generally are favorable to agriculture, except that precipia tion is a limiting factor. Undoubt edly, the low crop value of $7.56 per acre is one reason for the loss of 200,000 population in the Basin during 1930-1940. "Despite inadequate rainfali, the Basin has abundant water resources in its Etreams and underground flow. , home of that water has already been put to beneficial use on 5 mil lion acres. Present plans for develop ment in the Basin will add 4U to 5 million acres more for irrigation, which should raise production levels create 50.C000 new farm homes, bring 500,000 more people to the cities in the basin, and increase property valuations by 5500,000,000. "In Nebraska, only one million acres are now irrigated but, under proposals pending, an additional one and one-half million acres can be irrigated by gravity flow or pump installations by utilizing some of the 6,802,000 acre-feet of water poured out of the state every year by Ne braska streams, as well as ground water supplies. "All the proposed projects are in settled communities, requiring a minimum of strategic materials, labor and time to build. If authoriz- ( ed and constructed, they can con- 'tribute materially to tha production of essential war foods. Then, in the postwar shift to icace-time occup- ations, these irrigated arta3 will pro vide productive lands for returning servicemen and war-wor e:-s. "Irrigation deveo; m us makes in tensive agriculture posrb'e and pro vides stability in rrodrcM-u in areaa' of low rainfall where otherwise it would not he possible "The benefits most directly af fecting agriculture re. FIRST, in creased population, whi h means a larger market for rr-cessed goods. While Nebraska lcsf 4 7 percent pop- ; levels. Assured and adequate feed I su utiles make cossible a THIRD ben- irrigated grazing land can maintain. "If Nebraska's potential irrigation projects had been in operation dur ing the drouth in 1934, there would have been sufficient feed in the state to make unnecessary the disposal of 496,526 head of cnttJe on 39.495 farms. "The Sand Hill region Is one of the best cattle producing areas In the country but, until irrigation assures grain and feed supplies in I surrounding counties, most of the I cattle raised in the Band hill? will - . lla . fo,,0j . lnt and Xp-hrncka feeders nr.d processors will get only u small liare. (Catlaae mm FS X. CL 1)