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0 t :'..le Historical Society oo i VOL. NO. LX PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1944 NO. 99 dtp III J MTrTPiiHTr r 1 1 i W K n I 111 .1 X s ill J ! I I Snowy Slick Roads Cause Many Traffic Mishaps Car and Truck Smash on High way No. 75 Ncrth of This City Near Oreapolis Viaduct Louisville Girl Seriously 111 Phyllis Jane ' Hoover, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hoover, of Louaiville, is quite critically ill at the Clarkson hospital, at Omaha. The patient is suffering a para lytic condition that makes her case very grave. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Bond Drive In Cass Comity Is Slow Reaching Goal County Chairman G. W. Hart Re ports That the Quota Is About Forty Per Cent Subscribed the parents, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sheriff Joe Mrasek was kept very Troop the latter an aunt were at the busy Sunday afternoon and all nospital to spend a few hours with through the evening as the result of te patient. the snow that was quite heavy Miss Hoover has been teachine in through this area and made driving the schools of Sarpy county when Louisville, states .Mr. Hart is in on the highways difficult. she was taken ill and brought to the the city to attend a meeting of the The travelers found the roads hospital at Omaha. board of county commissioners, quite slick and as the result there Mrs. Rudolph Zajic of this city and states approximately there has The Sixth war bond drive in Cass county is slow in reaching the de sired quota, Chairman G. W. Hart, Death of Mrs. Anne Livingston! Britt The message was received here Sunday of the death at an early hour in the day of Mrs. Anna Liv ingston Britt, 78, a member of one of the pioneer families of this section of Nebraska. She passed away at Stamford, Connecticut. The death of Mrs. Britt came as as the reirat of a sudden heart at tack the reports received by the family state. Mrs. Britt was a daughter of the late General and Mrs. Robert Ram sey Livingston, born here in Platts- Supplemental Regulations On VehicIes,Equipment OPA Offices Gives Additional In formation as to Filing Data on Price Increase On February 16, 1943, the OPA issued Supplementary Service Regu lation No. 6 to MPR 165 covering the repair of automotive vehicles and farm equipment, John G. Aid- were many cars and trucks off the is a sister of the patient. highways, requiring beinsr pulled in out of their stranded condition. The sheriff w:,s kept busy after the snow flurries in the afternoon, until late at night, when the flow of traffic stopped. There were no serious accidents on the hiway how ever and traffic today was about at normal, altho many of the truckers from the farms were idle for the day. One of the most serious of the accidents occurred north of this city, south of the Oreapolis viaduct, as the result of a truck-car collision. been around forty per cent of the quota raised. The chairman is convinced that the total asked of Cass county, $650,000, will be raised by the residents of the various communities and applied on the grand total. The weather interfered to a great extent with the work of solicitation in the country precincts, but it is Rev. T. Porter Bennett Is New nopea to nave mis stepped up in tne High Priest Appointive Officers next few days as well as the work in the towns and cities of the coun ty. Royal Arch Masons Install Officers Monday Evening Named mouth and made th's city her home rich, District OPA Director, an- for the greater part of her lifetime, nounced This regulation was issued She was for many years engaged as to remove a serious threat to the clerk in the office of the medical continuance of the essential supply department of the Burlington rail- of these services and authorizing an road, located in this city and under upward adjustment of maximum the direction of her brothers. Dr. T. prices for these services by small P. and Dr. J S. Lmngston. She later operators moved to Minneapolis to reside with Aldrich explained that the reeu- er daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Britt lation exempts the suppliers of these Keller and has since been with the services who have been exempted daughter and family at St. Louis and fT National War Labor Board later S.t Stamford. nrripra nnH wVin pmnlnu nnt mnrp During her residence here, Mrs. kan eieht persons in their entire Britt was a very active figure in the establishment. It provides that these member of the St. Luke's Episcopal I ov-m w. e Last evening the newly elected and appointive offices of Nebraska j This occurred shortly after 4 o'clock chapter No. 3, Royal Arch Masons, and the sheriff was called out to the were duly installed into their offices scene of the accident. at the services held at the Masonic A car owned by E. D. Bloemer of building. Omaha, who had his son, Fred J., 16, Raymond C Cook, grand king of as a passenger, was coming- north, the grand chapter of Nebraska, was while at the same time two trucks the installing officer, while W. were coming south, south of the Evers served as the marshal end Dr. viaduct, the leading truck started H. G. McClusky as the ceremonial to turn west, at the same time, the chaplain. driver of the truck following, put The officers installed were: on his hrak?. On thP cnowv click High Priest Rev. T. Porter Ben- road the second truck swung acro.53 nett. the road, the car from the south King Robert M. Mann Plattsmouth Scores Win Over Papio Blue Devils Are Winners by Score , of 30 to 24 Tuesday Evening at Papillion church and its organizations. She had many .friends that learn with Surviving is the daughter, Mrs. Keller, two grandaughters, all re siding in Stamford and one sister, Mrs. R. W. Clement of this city, adjustments. However, effective De hitting head on into the side of the truck. The truck was owned by George King of Blair, and was driven by bis son, Allen Swegler, a member of the armed forces. Fred J. Bloemer, was injured Scribe John Janacek Treasurer Frank A. Cloidt Secretary C. E. Ledgway. Chaplain Dr. H. G. McClusky Plattsmouth high took its initial win from Papillion Tuesday night by a score of 30 to 24. The Blue Devils run the score to 11 to 4 early in the second quarter, only to see a Pappio rally cut the margin to 15- 12 at the half time. Sterling Cole again led the locals with a ten point first half spree, Captain of the Host J. Russell and his teamates paced by lanky Reeder. Principal Sojourner Cecil A! slightly and brought on into Platts- Hennings. mouth but as medical aid was not Royal Arch Captain W. Randall available was taken on into Omaha York. to a hospital. ' Master Third Both car End truck were .quite Meismger, Veil Herman P. badly damaged by the collision. Junior Woman's Club Has Christmas Party Master Second Veil F. Hild. , Master First Veil Sullivan. Sentinel Ralph D Monday evening the members of the Plattsmouth Junior Woman's Credit Wcmen Hold Christmas Meeting Dale Reckard, came through in the second canto to move far in front midway in the "fourth. " With the score;29 to 16, the Plat ters reserves took over but the most they could muster was a gift shot by Les Niel and the Papio boys hit four Raymond from the field Cole and Reckard with ten and W. Newton nine points and Krist of Papio with 12 points were the leaders. Plattsmouth Reserves took an easy 29 to 12 win in the preliminary. Larry Thimgan paced the gcore with eight points. Boys Town will bring their fast movine- ouintet here Fridav for the ureaKiast third bi time how on thfi local Umland v,; ... vcu.., " tiuu Jiciu 'Lucia vyiii l.iLiii. Lraiiv l . x i --- the parlors of the First Methodist Kub. he,d their bus!nff feting and floor this year i; 1.11109 yal KJIL iuuuuajr ;iiiug The DOX SCOre '. at the pleasant home of Mrs. L. W Egenberger. Mrs. Egenberger and PLATTSMOLTH Mrs. Don Seivers were the hostesses FG FT PF TP church that had : been very attrac tively decorated for the occasion The large Christmas tree occupied the place of honor, while the yule- tide theme was carried out in the decorations of the tables, making a very colorful note. . The members of the party enjoy ed the pleasures of game3 for a part of the entertainment of the evening, also the singing of the Christmas carols under the direction t of Mrs. Robert Painter with E. H. Wescott at the piano. The high school sophomore quar tet, comprising Keith and Kenneth Fitch, Robert Tritsch and Kenneth of the evening. Cole 5 The home waa verv attractively Thimgan 0 arranged with the Christmas season Gradoville 1 decorations that were much admired Wolover 1 by the members of the group. Reckard 3 The first lesson of the new series Attebury 0 was given by Mrs. jerry Mctjora L.jvigsi.un i end proved very interesting to all Cullen 0 of the members. Kimball 0, One of the exciting moments of Eaton i 1 the evening was the revealing of Neil 0 the "secret pals" and the exchauge of gifts among the members 12 0 0 1 0 3, 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1 0. 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 9 10 2 30 I nnJ mann n -fo i-it nnfo nrAVn f.l"a Tiekotter, cave three numbers that . . 6 : PAPILLION FG FT PF TP were greatly enjoyed and showed the fine progress this new quartet has made. At the close of the evening the members of the party were treated to delicious refreshments by the en- trtainment committee that compris ed Mrs. Henry Donat, chairman, Misses Ruth Patten, Joan Tiekotter, Doris Lutz, Shirjey Jacobs, Alice Jayne Grosshans, Mrs. Robeit , Painter. - Awards for perfect attendance were given Miss Anne Hassler, Mrs. L. W. Egenberger, Mrs Jerry Mc- Cord and Mrs. Don Seivors. ing of delicious refreshments by thej!n hostesses. Krist 5 ' 2 Miller ........J 0 0 Cossairt 1 2 Steuhm ...".111.....:.. 0 0 Janis I 0 ' 0 - 0' 2 Deter 3 0 9 6 12 0 1 0 1 0" 0 2' 4 5 13 21 Parents of Daughter 1945 License Plates Issued January 2nd 1945 license plates -for:' motor vehicles will be isused January 2, 1945. Applications by mail received Mrs.Marie Jean Suffers Injury in Fall Saturday Mrs. Marie Jean, former resident during last week in December will of this citf, now making-her home in be held on file until issuance date. J Omaha, suffered a severe injury on The many Plattsmouth friends will Registration., Fees Passenger Cars Saturday evening while er.route be interested in learning that Flight Less than 2800 lbs 1...$3.6 from work to her home Officer and Mrs. Randall Bigsby Over 2800 lbs $5.00 The accident" occurred at 40th are the parents of a seven and a House trailers $2.00 and Dodge streets, Omaha, when she half pound daughter, born Sunday, Due to the fact that the state slipped and fell, as the result s.uf December, 10th, at the Methodist motor vehicle division has assigned fered the injury'of the left wrist hospital , in Omaha only 4700 passenger plates to Cass and the breast bone; Mrs. Biesby has been making her county, persons having motor ve- ' Mrs. Jean was taken; to Doctors home in Omaha since the enlistment I hides bearing a number higher than hospital where x-ray examination of Mr. Bigsby in the armed service. 4700 will be assigned a lower num- was made and today she is being Flight Officer Bigsby is now sta- ber. Only one plate will be assigned given a second examination to more tioned at the air station at Casper,for each vehicle, with the exception fully determine the full . extent- of Wyoming. I of commercial trucks. ; her injuries, hourly rate basis by adding any in crease in labor cost since March, contained in the regulation. The original regulation exempt ed the filing with OPA of these re- last of her immediate family. Mrs. M. S. Briggs Dies Monday , Resident of Plattsmouth for Past Sixty Years Had Been Omaha Last Few Days cember 6, 1944, the Office of Price Administration issued Amendment 1 to this regulation requiring a person using- Supplementary Service Regu lation No. 6 to file data concerning a price increase with their War Price and Rationing Board. They will file a signed duplicate of the state the ment and the lists on or before the in date of any price increase made un der this regulation. High School Gridders Receive Recognition In the matter of scoring in the past high school football season, the Plattsmouth high school griddeis have received recognition in the re view of the past season made by Gregg McBride, sports commentator, these being based on the reports re ceived from the coaches. In the list of punt returns, Charles Wolover of the Blue Devils has the record of ninety-five yards in the Ashland game. In the forward pass to touchdown, Joe Gradovile to Dick Livingston has a record of ninety-seven and a half yards. Captain Joe Gradoville in the mat ter of points scored and games pay ed has a record of seventy-six points and participation in nine games in the season. Local Draft Boards Ordered To Apply Deferment Checks Need For More Ccinbat Troops and Great Need of War Workers Causes Ruling Death Of C. W. Haffke At Family Home This Morning Has Made Home Here for the Past Forty Years When Retiring From Farming Aldrich stated that copies of these The death of Mrs. 1L S. Briggs, j two regulations may be obtained 83, occurred Monday,, afternoon at from your War Price and Rationing the home of -her daughter, Mrs. Fred Board or by writing direct to the Franzen, in Omaha, where she District Office in Omaha, Nebraska. had been taken the latter part of ast week. Mrs. Briggs has in the past two years been in gradually failing health, in recent months has been quite feeble, altho sue has remained at home she was- under constant care for the past few months. Rachel Clara Ozbun, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ozbun, was born at Salem, Iowa, April ,18, 1861, and in later years moved to Plattsmouth where she has resided xl i i m ior tne past sixty years, one was . m -. " 1 Miss Marv Townes, reading spe- f o t v. ui. Ii. vi cuihst from Chicago, spent Thursday 4.. u. ui ik ka, wiiv wiui . uirce vim Tuesday morning shortly after 10 o'clock at the family home on Win tersteen hill, occurred the death of C. W. Haffke, 85, who for the past year has been in failing health and confined to his home the greater part of the time. Carl William Haffke, was born April 19, 1859, in East Prussia, Ger many, coming to the United .States at the age of twenty years in 1879. He settled at Omaha and worked for a farmer in that vicinity for a number of years, later sending back to the old home in Germany for hi3 boy hood sweetheart, Wilhelmina Specialist Pays Visit To Schools Of Plattsmouth Mis Mary Townes of Holds Reading Clinics Teachers of the Schools Chicago for the dren survives her passing. The chil dren are: Mrs. Fred J. Franzen and Leland Briggs of Omaha and Bur detet Briggs of Corvallia,. Oregon. There are also three sisters, Mrs. Lydia Davis, Donnellson, Iowa, Mrs, Elsie Dillie, Milton, Iowa, Mrs. Rhoda TomJinson, Indianola, Iowa, , , j . schools auu -one oroiner, . remote uzduh, Waukee, Iowa, as well as grandchildren. with the faculty of the city schools holding reading clinics, giving de monstratons and in discussing read ing technique wth several groups of our teachers. Miss Townes represents the Rowe Peterson Company, pub lishers of the Basic Reading . Pro gram which is used in the local eleven Scottish Rite Masons In Reunion at Omaha Two clinics were held in the morn mg the first m the coium(bian building: for the primary teachers using second grade pupils for the demonstration lessons. The : second morning clinic was held in the Cen tral building for the primary teach er3 Here second grade pupils were Raymond C. Cook, prominent fig-1 used also. The afternoon clinic was ure in local Masonary, was in Omaha) in the Central school for the inter Tuesday, attending tne 108 reunion mediate teachers and fourth grade of. the Ancient and Accepted Scot-j pupils were used in giving the dem tish Rite Masons... jS 1 onstration lessons Mr. Cook was assisting in the con- A panel or. round table discussion ferring of the work of the 16th L centering on the outcomes of the degree on Tuesday at the sess'ons. clinics together with reading tech- There are a number of the Scot- niques and objectives was held at tihs Rite members who are planning 3:30 completing the activities of on attending ' the sessioir on Thurs- the day. All of the elementary day and the traditional banquet that "chool teachers were in attendance will be held on Thursday evening at and participated , in , .the discussion 6 'clock. Amontr. those who are clan- Many helpful . contributions from nmg on the trip , are E. H Bern hardt, Roy O. Cole, Frank A. Cloidt and Mr. Cook. personal- experiences were.' -offered by the elementary- school principals! :Mrs. Lucille Rosencrans, Miss Mar garet Iverson and Miss Amelia Mar ; tens as ; well , as by ,.. Miss Townes, ENTERTAINS AT DINNER A fine dinner was enjoyed at the reading specialist home of Mr. and .Mrs. Virgil Arn- Several rural teachers , together old. Those enjoying the fine dinner with County. Superintendent L. A, were: Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCul- Behrends, attended . some of these i loch, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancaster, clinics and demonstrations Mr. : and Mr3. ..J. E. Lancaster, : Lt. I In order to give teachers the-. op- Richard Eppings and .tniother, ; Mrs. portunity of attending one or more J.: E.. Eppings. of Murdock, the: host of these demonstration lessons, high and hostess, r. Mr. ; Jand Mrs. Virgil school normal training students took Arnold and daughter Freda. V over teaching A duties for forty-five Lt. Eppings is expected to return j minute periods. These students were to his base in Victorville, . Calif., Jane Applegate, Phyllis Carey, Mary soon ,., , Cottmgham, Kosa Forbes, ; Alyce Prisks, they being married in. Omaha in 1892.. He made farming his life's work until he retired and came to Platts mputh , some forty years ago, . and has since made this city his home. His wife preceded him in death fif teen years ago. To Mr. and Mrs. Haffke were born three children, two of whom survive the ' father, Mrs. Harry Wilson , and Fred Haff ke of this city. One son, William R. Haffke, preceded the father in death two months ago. There ' are seven grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild. He also has four broth ers surviving that reside in Omaha. Washington, Dec. 11 Major General Lewis B. Hershey today or dered local draft boards to apply deferment yard sticks ''in the light : of the immediate urgencies" for : men on fighting and production fronts and to re-classify for im mediate military service men with occuptional deferments who leave their obs without draft board per mission. Acting swiftly to implement the; "work or fight" mandate of Jamesj F. Byrnes, director of war mobiliza-? tion and reconversion, Herthey tele graphed local boards that amended memoranda would be sent them with in a few days. ''There is continued urgent need for combat replacements in the European aand Pacific theatres of war and a most critical shortage of workers in war activities," the tele gram said. It was therefore "increasingly necessary" 'for all persons, but par ticularly "registrantg 17 through 37" to give their fullest suppoi-t to the war effort either in uniform or in essential war or civilian activities. The department standards have been applied very strictly on men 18 to 25 and the order was therefore aimed primarily at the 25 through 37 age group whose deferments have been granted more liberally. CARD OF THANKS I: wish to , express my sincere thanks and anpreciation to my friends for the gifts and, cards, which made my stay at the hospital more pleasant. - . .. -.- , ', Joan Hula County Officials Attend Meeting at Omaha The county officials from over Nebraska are meeting in Omaha to day and Thursday to discuss the needs of their offices and th leis-" lation that may be asked " at the forthcoming -session of the state legislature. . , The' county commissioners, assess ors, and registers of deeds are meet ing at the Hotel Castle while the treasurers, clerks and clerk3 of the district court are meeting at the Hotel Fontenelle. Attending the meeting from this city are George R. . Sayles, county clerk, Lucille Horn Gaines, register of deeds, W. H. Puis, assesser, Ruth Patten, treasurer. Roberts, Mary Kay Sporer, Patricia Stander and Evelyn Siemoneit. M's5 Pearl Staats, Normal ' Training ' In structor, contributed to the Euccecc of these clinics by assigning these high school students to specific work in relieving the elementary teachers and she was also able to arrange her high school teaching program that she could participate in one of tbess demonstrations. The faculty is grateful to Presbyterian Choir To Sponsor Service The choir of -the Fi"ft Presby terian ihureh are pres?ntig a crndle light vesper service h? church on Sunday,' December 17th at 6 o' clock Ail tr embtrF o? t.:e church and friends are invited to attend. 1 ATTEND HEARING County Attomev Wa'.ter H. Smith, County Jucg? rrnl E. Fauquct and B Deputy Shs:i;f H rery Doody, were i m Vork today. They were called Mhcre to at' end f murt hearing on Miss e niaer f a habeas corpus hear- Towncs and to the publishers of our "t' , basic reading program for the scr- vices they are rendering our schools. ; PRESIDENT TO SPEAK Theoutcom.es of . these clinica'andj demonstrations are significant in that teachers ere 'given insight into the program which is new to some end that a broader over-all outlook of the total program will achieve the ultimate goal of desirable pupil attainment in a the subject of read ing. : y '': : ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 OI.R) President Roosevent will speak for about fifteen, minutes over all broadcast networks at 4. -15 P. M. cwt., on Sunday, December 24th in, his annual Christmas Eve address to the nation, the White House an nounced today NORFOLK PACKING PLANT EMPLOYES FOREGO GIFTS . ; The employes of the . Norfolk Packing plant have in the past years enjoyed partaking of the Christmas spirit in the inter change of gifts among themselves, tokens of friend ship and regard. ..... ; . This year at the coming of the yuletide, ,our fighting boys and men are engaged in a great and bloody struggle in far off Europe, ' a strug gle that , finds, its echo in, almost every home of the', community. The Norfolk Packing plant work ers almost all have some of their loved ones in the armed service, and this year instead of the usual exchange of gifts, the members are engaged in the preparation of pack ages to be distributed to the ser vice men in the hospitals of the country, hoping to make their Christ mas a little brighter and happier. The ladies have so far prepared thirty boxes that are to be turned over to be given to some boy in the hospitals. ' ' - ' !