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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1932
Page
8
The Nebraska basket factory shipped a truckload of baskets to the Omaha market for fruit and vegetable handling. The King White brand baskets are described as sturdy and among the best in the west. They are made from native wood processed at the local saw mill and finished by workers including Mrs Slayman, a company owner.
Sunday June 19th marks Fab 13 day with an attractive greeting card for Father’s Day. Bates Book and Gift Shop offers the selection and sale.
Nebraska Grand Lodge Masons and visitors from Missouri and Illinois gathered in Bellevue to unveil a granite Masonic altar monument marking the 75th anniversary of Nebraska Masonry. The ceremony featured Harold H. Thom presiding, William S. Heller presenting, John R. Tapster receiving, with a keynote by A W Jefferis and a Fort Crook Seventeenth Infantry Band performance.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gauer hosted a family birthday party Sunday for sons Join 6 and Harold 24. A noon dinner and social hour followed with sixteen relatives, including Harold Gauer of Omaha and members of the Gauer and Salsbureg/Jennings families.
Mrs Isaac Cecil, long at Lord Lister hospital in Omaha for a dislocated hip, has recovered enough to go home. She traveled by Sat tler ambulante to Omaha and then to her daughter Mrs David Rutherford's home, where she will continue recovery among friends.
County Superintendent Miss Alpha Peterson received notice from the state superintendent that Cass county high schools are entitled to draw tuition for the education of all legally entitled pupils. The two year schools at Manley Murray and Pleasant Hill No. 80 and the four year schools accredited to the University of Nebraska are included, listing Plattsmouth Louisville Weeping Water Elmwood Nehawka Eagle Greenwood Murdock Union and Alvo.
Platz theatre announces summer reopening starting Sunday June 12 with a larger auditorium at comfortable temperatures. Opening feature Disorderly Conduct stars Sally Eilers Spencer Tracy and El Brendel. Matinee Sundays and two nightly shows resume, with early bookings including Devil's Lottery Secret Six Crowd Roars Great Valley Get Crazy Way Back Home Lost Squadron.
The Virgel Perry residence hosted a family gathering honoring Mr. T. H. Pollock’s birthday. Guests toured the lawn fish pool gardens and farm stock, including Mrs. Pollock and extended family members Hermie Windham, George E. Dovey, and Herbert Patterson.
The Hatt family prepares the south side of Main Street between Fourth and Fifth for a bakery. Ralph Hatt, arriving from Chicago, will oversee the project and business setup using equipment from the Mumm bakery. The city had one bakery since Zandler closed in late May.
A brooder house at William Wetenkamp's farm near Mynard burned down early Sunday, destroying the new building and 500 young chickens. The loss is blamed on a small oil heater used to heat the structure. William Wetenkamp Jr. had built the house to shelter his large brood of chicks.
The hot weather brings residents to local bathing spots with Lyman Richey pits drawing hundreds NW of town and pits near highway 75 south of the Platte River bridge drawing many youths. Murrey beach opens next Sunday with athletic events and a reorganized facilities promise a popular season for Cass County residents.
The department of agriculture reports many applications for hopper bait from Lincoln and other areas. Secretary Pelton cautions bait distribution through county boards only, with Franklin and Dakota Antelope counties seeking aid and state delivery planned. Prices noted and hatch rates discussed amid reports of widespread grasshopper damage and failed rains.
The funeral for Mrs S E Carri gan was held Tuesday at 1 pm from Sattler funeral home Fourth and Vine streets. Christian church of Havelock led services with church pastor and choir. Pallbearers were L O O F and Rebekahs. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery with Women’s Relief Corps rites.
The bureau of engraving and printing begins producing four billions of three cent stamps as the July 1 rate takes effect. Output at 100 million daily includes the Lincolnn three cent, the Washington bicentennial three cent, and a new three cent design related to the two cent bicentennial series. The post office also distributes one billion one cent stamps for use with two cent stamps and two cent stamped envelopes.
Father's Day falls on Sunday June 19. Find a suitable remembrance card at Bates Book and Gift Shop to honor the occasion.
Carl Ohl Schlager advertises strawberries for sale in Plattsmouth with contact telephone 582 for buyers to call.
Mrs. Lulu Hill 65 widow of David Hill died at home in Lincreek Missouri shortly after midnight Tuesday Telegrams to Nebraska City relatives said she was born in 1867 and came to Plattsmouth as a child She moved with her parents to Nebraska City in the early eighties She married David Hill November 7 1900 in this city Survived by husband three sons Ernest David Jr and Guy Hill and daughter Agnes all in Missouri Also survived by brother Ed Wooster St Louis two sisters Agnes Wooster St Louis and Mrs James Turnbaugh Nebraska City
Local booster urges residents not to send money away and promotes Plattsmouth as the county’s main shopping hub for prosperity.
Police disrupted an attempted bombing of the train carrying King Carol, highlighting peril faced by Romanian travelers. the incident underscores ongoing dangers to royal transport in turbulent times.
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