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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1944)
0 Heir. Stale Historical Society ft'; VOL. NO. LX PLATTS2I0UTH, JTEB2ASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1944 NO. 8G mi NEW JOURNAL PUBLISHER AND OWNER VETERAN NEWSMAN Lester A. Walker, publisher or the Fremont Giude and Tribune, who: has purchased the Plattsmouth j Journal, is a veteran in the news-. paper work, also a native son oi Nebraska. Mr. Walker was torn in McCook, Nebraska, where he spent his childhood days and first started his newspaper career p.s a carrier boy. He graduated from the McCooli high school and later attended the! University of Nebraska until he ! actually entered newspaper wcrk that he was to follow as a life choice! by engaging with the McCook Daily. Gazette as a reporter v.-ten the paper' was established as a daily in 1924. j Later Mr. Walker was with the! United Press at their Lincoln office for a time but returned to McCook as the advertising manager for the j McCook Daily Gazette. LESTER A. WALKER Mr. Walker was for sometime en gaged in the job printing business for himself but later again entered the newspaper game and worked on the Sheridan, Wyoming, Press and later served as thcadvertising direc tor of the Wyoming State Tribune! and the Wyoming Stockman-Farmer! at Cheyenne, Wyoming. From the Wyoming newspaper field Mr. Walker came to North Platte in IP 3 7 to become the Vice President and business manager of the North Platte Daily Bulletin. In 1939 Mr. Walker came to Fre mont where he purchased an inter est in and become the publisher of the Fremont Morning Guide and was very successful in this field and in 1941 the Morning Guide purchas ed the Fremont Daily Tribune and Mr. Walker become the publisher of j both of these papers. They were merged into the Fremont Guide and Tribune in 1S42 and arc so oper ating. Mr. and Mrs. Walker will con tinue to make their home in Fremont where he will serve as the publisher of the Guide and Tribune and co-( owner of the publication that is own- ed jointly by Mr. Walker and Alfred G. Hill, publisher of the Chester, Pennsylvania, Times, a well known newspaper man of that section of the country. The family of Mr. Walker com prises the wife, and a two-year-old daughter who will remain at Fre mont. Mr. Walker expects to be in Plattsmouth Sunday for a short time and on Wednesday will be here to take over the ownership of the bus iness and direct the paper in the future. An Appreciation I wish to thank all of the kind frienda who remembered me while I was at the hospital, sending flow ers, . cards and personal calls. Also those who assisted in the care of the family. Mrs. Carl Ulrich. Banker Visits City Otto Kotouc, Sr., banker of Hum bolt, was in the city today to visit with H. A. Schneider of the Platts mouth State bank, an old friend and associate in the Nebraska Bank ers , association. Mr. Kotouc, Jr., brought his father to this city where he had business. The younger Mr. Kotouc is a former legislator and was one of the youngest mem--bers in the unicameral. R leceDoon Given Rev. and Mrs. T. Porter Bennett Covered Dish Supper Served At' Parlors of Church Followed Ey Excellent Program Last evening at the parlors of the First Methodist church Rev. and I Mrs. T. porter Bennett were guests j at a reception honoring their return j to the Plattsmouth church. The af fair was in the nature of a six-thirty covered dish supper which was en joyed by all partaking of the de licious and varied foods served und er the auspices of the W.S.C.S. The tables were beautifully decorated with fall boquets and the Hallowe en motif was carried out. Following the dinner, Mrs. Clem Woter, President of the W.S.C.S., welcomed the guests and introdu"ed Mrs. Fred Bourck, Program Chair-1 man, who presented the following program : Group singing, led by Mrs. E. H. Wescott with E. H. Wescott at the piano. Vocal Trio, "Whispering Hope" and "The Best Things in Life are Free" by Wanda Lou Cacy, Betty McClain and Carolyn Meising er, Mrs J. H. Davis., accompanist. Short talks were given by W. F. Evers. representing the laymen of the local church, Rev. H. G. Mc Clusky, president of the Plattsmouth Ministerial Association, for the churches, to which Rev. T. Porter Bennett responded expressing his pleasure at being returned to the charge for another year. Mrs. Ben nett was also very gracious in her expressions of appreciation. Mrs. Milo Koppe presented a group in two skits "Latin America Bound" and "In the Music Room' These . - . , , , . were skillfully rendered ty the cast consisting of Mrs. Charles Howard, Mrs. Milo Koppe, Clementine Woster, ; Jtan Holmquist and . George xMc- Convey. The delightful eTenirg closed with more group singing and the Bene diction pronounced by Rev. T. Port er Bennett. No Street Decorations The Plattsmouth Eusiness Men's 1 terms with the Saunders county ag Ad club at their meeting this week j gregation. They themselves offered voted to omit the decoration of the i a scoring threat by driving for three Main street with the colored light ing effects. This has been the policy since the war and will be continued this year and it is hoped that the coming ye3r may bring the conflict to a close and permit the usual Christmas feature. Instead of the street lighting the business men are stressing the inter ior decoration of the stores and the lighting and decorating of the show windows of the various business houses. Boys Bicycle Here Thursday evening Richard Dux bury, son of Judge and Mrs. A. H. Duxbury and Jerry Marsh, came from Lincoln on their bicyycles, mak ing the trip as a part of their Boy Scout tests for advancement. They will spend the rest of the week here with friends. They are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wescott. Visits in Omaha Miss Ruth Nelson departed thi morning for Omaha where she will spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs Charles Nelson and family and friends. Entertains Relatives Mr. and Mrs. Garland Tilson and John, have had as their guests this week, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wiles, and daughter, Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hilfiker and daughter, Elaine, Pvt. Herbert Lau who is stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, John E. Wiles, Harry L. Wiles and daugh ter, of Union. Plattsmouth Slaughters Wahoo 32 To 6 All Members of the Plattsmouth at the high school building. Squad Get to See Action in t.c The siren is to be used to sound a One Sided Contest ; curfew in the near future for the .youth of the community, the ordin- By J. C. Coffee (Ulrich) jance providing for the curfew, being a city law for a great many years. For a moment I thought I might! The siren was installed ly James reed an adding machine to total the!Won3ra. the electrician f,t the Cass Plattsmouth result but as Coach County Motor Co. shop, and is a good Stewart tased the pressure unon'joo ana one inai .reyuueu a great Wehoo by clearing the Ti.,,t. benches cf substitutes, I found I did not need a calculator, but Platts-j mouth did completely swamp WahcoJ 32 to 6 on the local field last even-j ing. Wahoo seemed to be more ' schooled in hand to band combat than body to body. j In the Blue Devils second scrim-1 mage play of the night, "Lindy" Wol j ever shook loose down the sidelines 31 yards for the initial counter. Wolever had suificient blocking to cut him wide then Cole and Bever age applied terrific blocks down the side lines to cut "Lindy" loose. Touchdown No. 2 came when Joe Gradoville faded from the fifty yard stripe and shot a bullet like pass to Livingston on the Wahoo 35 and the big end snared the ball and then raced the remaining distance un molested fcr six points. The third touchdown came in the second quarter of the game after Terry Cullen recovered a fumble on the Wahoo twenty-six' The Blue Devils drove down the field sending i Gradoville over from the five for ! the score. Plattsmouth again scored after the intermission for the fourth counter, when on the first play from scrimmage. Captain Gradoville ran forty-six yards for a counter. He had beautiful blocking on the jaunt. Touchdown No. 5, Plattsmouth drove down field being momentarily I halted, Gradoville shot a good rassCovert Jodge No n A F & A jja ito Bud Eaton for the final marker. Eaton took the ball over his should- or in the end zone. Gradoville attempted placements after touchdown were good after the first and second touchdowns but he! lost his magic and the next three were wide. There were some twenty minutes remaining after the fifth Platts mouth score but Coach Merle Stew art swept his bench and even his assortment of second and third stringers did okeh. They offered two, goal line stands, they played on even first downs to the five yard stripe before "Spike" Neil's left handed pass was intercepted. The Wahoo play was clickme and they were 1 over for a touchdown. They were sparked by J. B. O'Brien, tackle. Hu bert Babbitt, Glen White, and Neil were outstanding in the junior Plat ter lineup. Neil showed skill in his handling of the "T". Eaton, Livingston, Cole, Grado ville and Wolever were five men that Wahoo looked up to. These boys plainly outclassed Wahoo as Sanik and Whaley were their best. Sterling Cole, quarterback, who played a whale of a game, suffered a s'de injury in the second quarter and left the game and not to return but it was learned that the extent of the injuries was not serious. Plattsmouth meets the Nebraska City Pioneer in the next game to be played on the Plattsmouth lot. The starting lineups: Plattsmouth Eaton Howland Conis Krejci Kavakich Sack Livingston Cole Wolever Gradoville Beverage PO LE LT LG C RE RT RE QB LH RH FB Wahoo Yarman T?nhortQi Cunningham Arney An Appreciation I wish to thank all of the kind friends for their calls, visits, flowers" and cards during my recent illness, Thee will always be a most pleasant memory. Mrs. Herman Graham Installs Siren j The electric siren that was used ' here in the active operation of the : civilian Defence council for black outs, is now Installed on the rocf of the city hall, being moved there a few days ago from the former location deal ct wiring: in t the city hall ! building. Death Of Mrs. Rose McPhetridge Aged Ninety-Eight Member of the Masonic Home and In Lifetime Has, Traveled Exten sively This morning at 7 o'clock at the Nebraska Masonic Home in this city occurred the death of Mrs. Rose Mc Phetridge, aged ninety-eight years and five months, she being the oldest resident of the Home in span of years. Mrs. McPhetridge was a native of England, born June 21. 1846 and in her lifetime has traveled exten sively, as her husband was a member of the United States army and es tablished the first quartermaster corps post in the Hawaiian island,s later serving in the Philippines. The family for a time were located in Paris where the husband was at tached to the United States embassy. Later on returning to the United States the family resided in Cali fornia where the husband died in 1917. Mrs. McPhetridge was admit- ted tQ Home in M 193g from of Omaha. Since residing here Mrs. McPhet ridge was an attendant at the First Methodist church. MAO Club Meets The M.A.O. club met on "Wednes day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Louis Tiebotter with a very pleasing attendance. After the business meeting the time was snent discussin? and dem the making Qf .neipen sive and practical Christmas gifts, Christmas and home decorations and! toys for children. The lessons were given bv the leaders. Mrs. Vernon! Waterman and Mrs. R. C. Humeston. A dainty luncheon was served by i the hostesses, Mrs. Tiekotter and Mrs. George Ebersole. Returns From Omaha Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Range of this city have been spending the week past in Omaha where they were guests at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Meisinger and enjoying the many places of interest in the met ropolis. Mr. and Mrs. Meisinger are to spend Sunday here at the Range home. Edwin Hiber Operated On Edwin Hiber, who has been in naval training at the Iowa State college, is now at the U. S. Naval hospital at Great Lakes, Illinois. He 'was taken sick at Ames, Iowa, with Roberts ' what seemed a spinal ailment and Trutnajlater was transferred to the hospital Hancock at the naval station. He was to be ' operated on Wednesday, but so far there has been no word received here Sanik I bv tQe parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ockander Hiber as to the result. "'Whaley' Wagner .Teachers to Convention This morning the various district conventions of the Nebraska State Teachers association opened for a jimee uajr bcsbiuu. no buuuuib uvei , the state were -closed Wednesday afternoon for the rest of the week j and the teachers will attend thej meetings. The Plattsmouth teachers are attending the Omaha. convention at Omaha Hunter Is Victim Of Hunting Accident Friday Companion Shoots At Crow as Un fortunate Man Eaises and He ceives Shot In Head William Hoye, 50, residing at 44th and Poppleton avenue, Omaha, was fatally injured this morning while hunting with party of friends of the island east of Rock Bluffs. The unfortunate man with three companions were In a bund and Hoye, who had a crow caller wras amusing himself by calling, a crow responding to the call and was coming over. As the bird drew near, E. E. Eegantz, Jr., 19, Omaha, one of the hunters, fired at the crow and as he did so, Hoye raised up in the blind and the full force of the charge from the gun hit him in the back of the head. Members of the party rushed to a nearby farm and placed a call for a physician but when Dr. R. P. West over reached the scene the man was dead. The Caldwell ambulance was called and the body was brought into this city. Other occupants of the blind were E. E. Eegant, Sr., and E. L. Sibert, both of Omaha. C D. A. Meets On Wednesday evening Lady of Loretta Court Catholic Daughters of America held a combined busi ness meeting and sewing bee at the home of Mrs. William Nelson with a good number in attendance. A report was made on the Christ mas packages sent to eleven mem bers sons and sons-in-law who are serving overseas In the United States forces. Gifts will be sent to those sons stationetl in this country at a later date. Thanks were received from the Indian Mission in South Dakota for the generous gift of clothing sent by the Court. The highlight of the meeting was the completion of plans for the Bazaar and Bake sale to he held on December 1st and 2nd. The ladies busied themselves with needles and;ine Meisinger daughter of Ralph! thread and many items were com pleted. Give Shower for Friend Thursday evening Misses Phyllis and Shirley Speck were hostesses at !a miscellaneous shower nonormg Mrs. Albert RichardB. lormerly Miss Daisy Dean Dill. The shower was held at the home of Mrs. Cynthia Dawson on North Third street. There were a group of the school friends and associates to participate in the pleasant evening, games serv-jthe groom. Her wedding bouquet was ing to assist in the pleasant and en- of white roses. joyable features. In the games prizes j Miss Shirley Ann Meisinger, at were awarded to Gertrude Harris j tended her sister as bridesmaid, she and Mrs. Richards. ' wearing a gown of Powder blue, with The guest of honor received many j a bouquet of the red roses, beautiful remembrances from the George Hobrcheidt, of LaVern, friends that will be cherished by her in the futuie and one of the thrills of the evening was the re vealing of the gifts. At the olose of the evening a de- licious luncheon was served by the hostesses who were assisted by Lo - retta Smith and Mr. Dawson. Goes to Florida Lieutenent Tom O. Crizendine, who has been visiting here for seme time since his r:turn from Europe j where he had completed his missions over the enemy held territory, has departed for the south. He was ac - companied by Mrs. Brizendine to the I ' AAF redistribution station at Miami, ' Florida. Lt. Brizendine will remain there until reassigned. Campfire Leaders Meet The local guardians and presidents of the various Campfire groups in the city had the pleasure this week of a visit from Miss Geisler, head of me cauip lire urgaiiiittiiun m vjiua - ha and her field assistant, Miss Turner. .They met at the home of Mrs. Russell Reeder with some fourteen of the ladies of the city interested in this work present. Will Lay Aside Work As Newspaper Publisher Mrs. R. A. Rales with Hie coininsr week is closing a newspaper career that has covered the greater part of the time since 1902, with the past len years as owner and publisher of the Journal. For a great many years Mrs. Hates was a faithful and earnest helper of her husband, the late Robert A. Hates, not only in tbe printing plant but, as well as in the book store that they operated in connection with the Journal for a lime, later as a seperate institution. With the passing of Mr. Hates in 1934, Mrs. Rates took up the active management of the news paper and printing office and lias guided it through the succeeding years, a period that has been beset with many problems to those who were engaged in business of any kind and particularly that of the operation of a print shop. In her conduct of the newspaper 5u-s. Hates has been a strong supporter of any worthy cause in the community and has given liberally of her own time and space of her paper in these forward . r. . r looking movements. Not only in the newspaper has Mrs. Bates aided in the various activities but has contributed liberally to all of the various movements. She has always taken a deep personal interest in the welfare of her employees and their families in the years that she has headed the Journal. The retirement from the active newspaper game will give Mrs. Bates the opportunity for a period of relaxation from the hard tasks and allow her to more fully enjoy her home and the society of her many friends. PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL SOLD TO LESTER WALKER OF FREMONT; ASSUMES OWNERSHIP NOVEMBER 1 Meisinger Hobscheidt Wedding Saturday Young People Married at the St. John's Catholic Church By fit. Bey. Monsignor George Agius The marriage of two. of the pop ular young people of the community took place this morning at 8:30 at the St. John's Catholic church, at tended by a large group of the rel atives and friends. The bride was Miss Katherine Ros-: Meisinger, the groom, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hobscheidt of this city. The wedding service was celebrat ed by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Gecrge Agius, pastor of the church. For the wedding service the altar ot tne cnurcn was oeautiruiiy ar- i ranged with the decorations of gold and white chrysanthemums. I The bride wore a gown of white satin with knit overdress, the gown : having a sweetheart neckline. The deep appreciation of your co-oper , bride wore a string of rsarls, gift ofjation and your counties-, curtesies. j Iowa, served as the best man for his; brother. Both wore dark suits. Following the wedding there was a reception in the club rooms of the church and the occasion featured a ' large three tier wed ling cake. There jwere some seventy cf the close i friends and relatives attending. A wedding dinner was served at noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Johji Hobscheidt, parents of the groom, at 12T0 Pearl street. Mr. and Mrs. Hobscheidt will re side on the farm n?ar Murray in the future. j 'ShoWS Improvement j Mrs. George Barr and granddaugh- ter, Lois Schroeder were in Omaha Thursday where they spent a few hours at the hospital visiting with Kenneth Schroeder, who is there re covering from an operation. He is doing fine and should be home soon. Called by Death j 1 iurs. Auiia iveuer, id, muiuer ui Robert Keller of this city, passed i away last night at her home in i Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Keller are leaving this evening for j Kansas City to be with the members of the bereaved family. The Plattsmouth Evening Journal and the Plattsmouth Journal, pub lished seci-weekly, has been pur chased by Mr. Lester A. Walker, publisher of the Frejiiont Guide and Tribune, who wiii assume the owner ship of the Journal on Wednesday, November 1st. Mr. Walker is one of the well known newspaper men of the state and his long association with the newspaper work assures that this city will have the advantage of hi3 experience and ability in the future conduct of the local papers. Familiar with the operation of many papers in the years past Mr. Walker i3 pre pared to give the people of the com munity a live and outstanding paper for their consideration. My decision to place the Evening ; journal and the semi-weekly in j other hands was made after long consideration and with the added burdens of the past few years. During the thirty-two years of happy association with my husband in the Journal and during the in tervening ten years since his death, it has been a cherished privilege to serve the people of Plattsmouth and Cass county. I wish I could prt into words my At the same time, I f cl that the time has come when the aper should go forward under rev and younger management. That 1 riefly is the reason for the announcement made today, made with rr rret but also with the knowledge tliat it is for the best. This will not be a parting how ever, for which I r m indeed happy. I will. continue to devote my best ef forts to the Bates Took store and to a lifelong habit of daily contact with my friends of the eonmuuity I wish again to thank all of the patrons of the Journal and to the members of ' the Journal force that have been with me. MRS. R. A. BATES. Dies in Omaha William H. Tuey, 89, a resident o Plattsmouth for a great many years, died Tuesday at the family home, 330 Fowler avenue, Omaha. Mr. Tuey and family resided in the south part of the city, south of the Colum bian school for a number of years, later In 1924 moving to Omaha where they have Bince resided. Ho is survived by a daughter, Mrs. H.' O. Ehlers, a brother, Ben, Inter national Falls, Minnesota, a sister, Mrs. Rudolph Hansen, Litchfield, Minnesota. Theta Rho Meeting The Theta Rho girls held their regular meeting last nteht at 7:30 p. m. Our next regular meeting will be November 9th et 7:30. We will have formal initiation