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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 70 SIX PAGES, SECTION B PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1951 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 40 I? CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Charter members. Joe Hadraba, Ed Donat and James Rebal were caught by the Journal photo grapher a week ago as they appeared at the Eagles hall. - Journal Photo Active Charter Meinrabeirs Doran Bowman Is Elected Eagles New President Doran Bowman was elected president of Plattsmouth Aerie, No. 365. Fraternal Order of Eagles. Thursday night. April 12. at the lodges annual elec tion. He will succeed Wm. P. O'Donnell. Other officers elected were: Amos F. Strough, worthy vice president; Leslie V. Steinbach. chaplain; Marion W. Barnard, treasurer; Thomas J. Menden hall. secretary; Sterling' Cole, conductor; Stewart Gochenour. outside guard; and Ray O. Abel, trustee. Abel and Mendenhall were elected for three year terms, the others will serve one year. The Eagles also named Dor an Bowman and Ray Abel dele gates to the state convention to De held at Beatrice. Chas. Jan ecek and Wm. K. Wilson were named alternates. The new officers will not be installed until June. 1951. Din) lbBI?WS)lnlS 0 TMl? Forty-eight years is a long time to stick to one project, but sticking seems to be endowed in the three active charter members of Plattsmouth Aerie No. 365, Fraternal Order of Eagles. The three, still members after signing the original charter 43 years aso. are Joe Hadraba. James Rebal and Ed Donat. All more or less retired now. they have as their on? common denominator, the Eagle lodge. James Rebal. who recently ob served his 87th birthday, is the grand-daddv of the charter members. His younser partners are 83 and 75. with Hadraba holdinc the diaper role. All residents of Plattsmouth for more than 60 years, their 48 years with the lodse is in dicative of their strong asso ciation with the community. James Rebal was the first of the three to locate in Platts mouth. He came here from Iowa City, la., in 1885. and had been actively eneased in his work, lodse and community until three years ao. Mr. Rebal was a broom man ufacturer in Plattsmouth for almost 50 years after coming here. Five years aeo he began to cut his working dav. and three years ago retired. He is a past worthy president of the lodee. Ed Donat claims 61 years of residency in Cass county's lar gest city. Now 83. he came here frcm Moravia in 18D0. He was in business here for more than 50 years. May 1, 1901. he moved his ta vern to the present corner lo cation of Donat's Tavern. And he can still be found at the ta vern everyday. The kid. as Joe Hadraba might be referred to. came to Platts mcuth with his parents from Ohio when he was just a boy. As a lad he entered the em ploy of the Burlington railroad as an apprentice in the boiler shop. Following an injury to his hand, he transferred to the paint shop where he learned the trade of a coach painter. He worked for the railroad until 1922. A Dast worthy president of the local lodge, he attended the national convention in Balti more one year. To them, local Eagles will be eternally indebted. j Rochester Host To 1951 Convention The 1951 Grand Aerie conven i tion will be held in Rochester, i New York. August 9 to 12. Sev I eral hundreds of Eagles are ex ! Dected to attend from the Eagle i jurisdiction in the United States j and Canada. It will be the 53rd convention ! in the history of the order and ; will be the first time that the ! sessions will be held at Roches i ter. lotate convention To Be At Beatrice . The state convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will be held June 3. 4. and 5 at Bea trice chapter No. 531 will be host to the group. For local Eagles it will be the next main attraction on the agenda. Their only local open ouse takes Drioritv. Plattsmouth Aerie No. 365, Fraternal Order of Eagles will be host to Eagles throughout the area at their lodge hall Sunday, April 22, 1951. The special meeting is in honor of the local Eagles 48th anniversary. Plattsmouth Aerie will nate its -18th ' anniversary April 19. It was founded in 1903. The special open house also commemorates remodeling completed here recently. Devere Watson, past grand worthy president and a member of the grand trustees, will give the principal address in the main lodge hall at the Eagles building. ,, A United States Congressman 111"! 1 I from Iowa. Watson is from KflflfyP tllirnPfl Council Bluffs. He has been "VMr5' j prominent in Eagle activities in his home Aerie and in the grand Mortgage Here February, 1944 lodge. Other high ranking Eagle officers slated to attend the Sunday convention are John Smith, state president from Burning the mortgage on their j Beatrice, and Herbert Mont- Eagles Kept Busy Weekly dances, recreational activities and numerous lodge functions are housed in the lar ge, spacious hall in the upstairs Plans are being made to make room of the Eagles building, use of their motion picture pro jector to provide weekly enter tainment for youngsters. Thanks Extended To Benefactors In commemoration of our 48th anniversary and the support given the lodge, the Eagles wish to thank 31. L. Brown, director, the editorial staff of our Eagle publica tions; our Plattsmouth mer chants and associated retail and wholesale firms of the Aerie: our charter and local members, and the staff of the Plattsmouth Journal; all who have contributed to make this splendid edition. WM. P. O'DONNELL, Worthy President II. M. Soennichsen Oldest Initiate Active present building in February 1944. was one of the feature 1 points in the 48 years of Eagle ' history here. It marked tlv high point in their i'. vclcp ment. The Eagles purchased their present hom" on March 27. 1929. gomery. state secretary from, Nebraska City. Clement Woster. Mayor of Plattsmouth and a member of the local Eagle lodge, will give the welcoming address. Registration will be held star ting at 11 a.m. An estimated for $6,742 irom the Modern three to four hundred Eagles Woodmen of America. On Feb- from throughout the area are ruary 10, 1944 they voted to expected to attend. Invitations The oldest initiated "member of Plattsmouth Aerie is H. M. Soennichsen.' He was one of the first initiated after the original charter was granted in April 1903. and has been active since that time. The Eagle Records show that he was initiated at the age of 37. July 15. 1903. He has held continuous membership since that time. An active community man as well as an Eagle. Mr. Soennich sen retired from active affilia tion with his business two year? aeo. .. : A native of Germany, he j came to Plattsmouth in 1882 and ; began his business career in ' 1889 in the establishment known as Lenhoff and Soennichsen. In 1S91 he organized the '"Five Corner Grocery." and four years later purchased a coal business. He later joined A. H. Week- bach & Co.. as a partner. He be- j came sole owner when his part- i ner died a fewr years later. His business interest, as well as his i community service, spread after ; the turn of the century. j Now 85 years old. he can look j back on an active life as a for- mer of the board of education. ! city cleric, city treasurer andj countv assessor. But his Eagle j affiliation still grows. 1 make final payment, and two weeks later burned the mort gage during a special meeting. Wm. P. O'Donnell. current president, was president in 1944. He held the mortgage while C. U. Nolan, representa- wcre sent to lodges throughout Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa. A business meeting and initia tion win be held at 2:30. with Devere WTatson delivering the address following the meeting. tive of the national order light-: At the same time Auxiliary ed it. Eagles gleefully watched members will be entertained at it burn. i games in the game rooms of the The Eagles were instituted in club, the Beacon building, later trans- i Lunch will be served from five ferring to the Atwood building, j until seven by members of the Thev switched back to the Bea- local Eagle Auxiliary. After din con building, returned to the i ner guests will be treated to a Atwood building, and finally) floor show, with a dance sched were at the Beacon building 1 uled to close evening activities, before buying. i Selected to serve on the din- j ner committee are Mrs. Fran Join the Eagles. 1 Continued on Page 3 TA Plattsmouth Aerie No. 365 Fraternal Order Eagles f Promdly Celebrate Their "I nl 7 I i u n iio 1 Auxiliary Officers Past Madam President DOROTHY JANECEK Madam President ANNE SCHUBECK Madam Vice-President MATHILDA BOMBERG Madam Chaplain CLARA JORDAN M-dam Conductor IRENE SMITH Madam Secretary DELOMA MULLANEX Madam Treasurer EDITH HALEY Madam Inside Guard MARJORIE DALBOU Madam Outside Guard MARY GOBELMAN Trustees RUBY GOCHENOUR MINNETTE SYLVESTER VLASTA LAND with OPEN HOUSE for ALL visiting Eagle and Auxiliary Members who wish to inspect our newly REMODELED Home REGISTRATION OF MEMBERS FROM 1 1 : 00 A.M, Business Meeting and Initiation - 2:30 P. M. - Free Game Party For Ladies Guest Speaker: DEVERE WATSON, Grand J. P. W. P. Cafeteria Lunch Served - 5:00 P.M. Dance at Aerie Home - 9:00 P.M. Special Entertainment for AH 7:00 P.M. Music: Glen Mendenhall and Orchestra Entertainment -:- Lunch -:- Speakers -:- Initiation Aerie Officers ' Junior Past President EDWARD M. KOHRELL Worthv President WM. P. O'DONNELL Worthy Vice-President WILLIAM K. WILSON Secretary I. JAMES HALL Treasurer MARION W. BARNARD Chaplain AMOS FRANK STROUGH Conductor CHARLES JANECEK Inside Guard RICHARD GOCHENOUR Outside Guard JOHN SMITH Trustees TONY LAHODA, SR. FREDERICK A. BRUCE JOHN P. SATTLER