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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1935
Page
5
A 1935 check-up shows 73 of 150 Club members paid $1 dues, with 12 more paying $3 for 1934-35-36 to fund Camp Wheeler cabin. Only $72 remains toward the $90 current-year dues, overhead and insurance, prompting a plea for all pledgers to deliver $1 to E. H. Wescott by June 15 to sustain Scouting.
J. E. Noyes of Louisville spent a few hours in the city today. He attended to matters at the county court and visited with many friends during the outing.
The funeral for William Randolph Bryan longtime Cass county resident occurred Wednesday at 2 20 at the Marcy and Blair chapel in Ashland. Rev C S Cecil of Shenandoah led the service with tributes from Judge C S Wortman and hymns by Mrs Leata Breeden and Claire Atwood. Burial followed in Ashland cemetery with pallbearers from old friends including E W Richards and C S Wortman. Attendees from Plattsmouth Lincoln and nearby areas were listed.
The Farm Credit act reduces Federal Land bank loan rates to 3 percent for one year and then 4 percent for two more years, saving Nebraska borrowers about 2.0 million dollars in interest next year. About 22,500 farmers with some 110 million dollars in land bank loans will benefit. commissioner loans stay at 5 percent.
Secretary Ickes indicated he may override PWA engineers by dropping power from proposed Nebraska public power and irrigation districts seeking PWA allotments. He noted engineers recommended eliminating power from the north and middle Loup projects, but said his view would not necessarily stand because he is for power. Leading sponsors feared self liquidation without power income while others doubted a market for extra power.
Henry B. Dupont announces Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will retire from active connection with Transcontinental and Western Air as technical adviser after four years of service. Dupont says reports of termination were for a time at least and cites board differences with Lindbergh.
Greenwood residents and guests are recorded in a dense diary of visits and events. Numerous Lincoln travelers and Ashland guests are noted along with Memorial Day activities and school meetings. The column records social calls, family visits, and community happenings across Greenwood and nearby towns.
A large group from Omaha and nearby states attended the funeral of Mrs. Sanborn on Sunday at P. A. Sanborn. Among the visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Reichter of Sioux City Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Storz, Charles Schoville, Mrs. W. B. Sanborn, and several other relatives and friends from Omaha Lincoln Gretna Shadler Oklahoma Springfield.
Mr and Mrs Ben Conley Superintendent W F E Warren and wife and Everett Reese joined others to tour the flood district. They traveled to Red Cloud to assess the disaster from heavy rains and floods, and also visited McCook in the same region.
W. L. Hillis who ran a cab and service station south of town sold the business to Howard Michards of Ashland last Wednesday morning. Hillis plans to move to McPherson Kansas to take a position with a large oil company there.
Albert Etheredge of Pleasantville Iowa hosted a family visit over the weekend. His daughter Mrs Emma Ether edge Cart and Rev Wilson with his wife, pastor of the Pleasantville Christian church, stayed they returned home Monday.
Vernon Sherman 48 of a farm five miles north of Greenwood and west of Ashland died suddenly last week and was buried Sunday at Cedar Hill cemetery. He was well known in Ashland and Greenwood and leaves a wife and five children.
Aaron Newkirk, long time Omaha Shelby route driver, is reassigned to a Omaha Lincol n run dubbed his home run and will be home two days per week. Glen Rouse shifts to a St. Joseph bound run.
Perley Arthur Sanborn 67, longtime Greenwood resident and active local businessman, died instantly after an accidental fall at his shop when a doorway edge tripped him. He had moved to Greenwood from Sarpy County years ago. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with interment in Springfield where family graves lie.
June 4 1868 in Council Bluffs Iowa death of Mr Sanborn at 67 11 26 married to Mary Elizabeth Dunn April 4 1892 at Wilbur two children Clayton and Veda Sanborn who predeceased him. Residence traced from Gretna to Omaha and Greenwood with farming work and church memberships. Survived by wife Mary E son Clayton sisters and brother with funeral rites led by Rev Gideon.
A mixed quartet including Norman Peters, Miss Frieda Woittzel, Mrs. Bruce Gideon, Vernon Greer, and Miss Greta Woltzel furnished the music. Pallbearers were FE. L. McDonald, Henry Wilkens, George Bucknell, Oscar Swanson, C. D. Fulmer, and Harry Marolf. The community offers sympathy to the grieving family after the sudden loss.
In Fremont Nebraska a Wall transfer truck carrying 16,000 pounds of newspapers crashed into a Northwestern railroad switch engine at a crossing east of town. Two truckers were slightly injured, with driver Clarence Rasmussen 27 suffering possible arm fracture and leg bruises, Howard Watts 24 unhurt aside from minor cuts, and a Omaha woman rider also uninjured. It was the third such crash in ten days following four deaths in prior accidents.
The House approved a bill authorizing the president to call national guard officers to duty in an emergency. Liberals condemned the measure as allowing guardsmen to be used as strikebreakers. Chairman McSwain said the bill intends policing in flood or earthquake areas.
A brief public notice notes rains boost crops and farmers anticipate prosperity with better days ahead. Local observers link steady rainfall to improving yields and economic prospects for the region.
The room pictured above replaces the original nursery and serves as the boudoir for the young lady of the house. A built in dressing table with book cases at both ends frames the alcove. two closets unseen in the photo hold her clothes. Twin beds provide guest accommodation.
A family upgrades a daughter's nursery into a grown up bedroom with practical touches. Renovations include built in bookcases and drawers, cedar closets, extra electrical outlets, a hidden radiator cover, and a dressing shelf with swinging arms. A modernization loan may help fund the project with parental consent.
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