Plattsmouth City Library Adds 3907 Books in Year
Plattsmouth public library reports 3907 new volumes bringing total to 20047. 2500 readers used the library, 1957 borrowers registered, and home and institutional loans totaled 41479. Expenses and a 1.5 mill levy are noted along with summer hours and six holidays. Olive Jones is librarian. Verna Leonard assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsmouth
Olive Jones
Verna Leonard
E. H. Wescott
Barbara Gering
P. T. Heineman
H. G. McClusky
L. 5. Devoe
Local Visits Highlight Thursday and Friday Reports
Frank Mullen visited Omaha on business. Mrs Adram Edgar and children stayed with George Kaffenberger while Miss Nancy Lee of Lincoln visited her sister and husband, the Crosses. Mayor and Mrs C Hinds of Weeping Water spent a few hours with friends. Mrs Pete Carr and Tillie and Martha Summers left for a trip south visiting Missouri and Arkansas. H A Tool of Murdock visited the courthouse and friends in the city. C E Tefft of Weeping Water attended county business. Mr and Mrs J R Stine left for Omaha to visit relatives. Rex Bailey Everett principal visited Lincoln to see County Superintendent Alpha C Peterson. E P Stewart of Springfield Mo visited on business with S Arion Lewis of Omaha. Rev W C Wright of First Methodist returned from Lincoln where he attended a theological summer school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mullen
Omaha
Adram Edgar
George Kaffenberger
Nancy Lee
Lincoln
Clayton Cross
C. Hinds
Weeping Water
Pete Carr
Tillie
Martha Summers
South
Missouri
Arkansas
H. A. Tool of
Murdock
Court House
C. E. Tefft
J. R. Stine
Rex Bailey
Everett
Alpha C. Peterson
E. P. Stewart
Springfield
Arion Lewis
W. C. Wright
First Methodist Church
Funeral of Father Hoffman Recalls 27 Year Lincoln Diocese Service
The funeral honors Father Hoffman noted for a 27 year pastorate in Falls City where he built the Tiehen Memorial gym and led parish projects. Ordained May 25 1895 he served the Lincoln diocese, with services in Auburn Falls City and Tecumseh. He lies in state in Falls City before Monday mass in the Falls City church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ioffman
Falls City
Sts. Peter and Paul
Edward Hagan
Dawson
Hoffman
Lincoln
Manley
Auburn Church
Louis B. Kucera
Thomas Barden
Tecumseh
Father Hoffman
Auburn
James F. Gilroy
A. M. Mosler
V. G
F. A. O'Brien
Charles A. Becker
William Murphy
Ralph Egan
Mitre Kearer
Walter V. Sherry
John G. Mattie
Nee Bearer
John P. Mur Ly
Thurter
Lawrence F. Obrist
Sylvester G. Wagner
Lawrence H. Kalin
L. ¥. Barnes
C. J. Riordan
Flood Waters Again Sweep Sixth Street
Wednesday afternoon brought a renewed flood from South Side Creek up Chicago Avenue flooding Sixth Street from Pearl to Main and into Main Street. Residents report inadequate sewers, eroded brick mud across Chicago Avenue to Main Street, and call for larger openings and gratings to prevent future disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Creek
Chicago Avenue
Sixth Street
Pearl
Main
Main Street
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Avenue
American Legion boys beat Junior Legion 11 to 3 in Nebraska City
The Plattsmouth team won the Friday afternoon game 11 to 3 over the Junior Legion in Nebraska City. Pitchers Earl Wiles and Stuart Sedlak each threw well with strong fielding support. Wiles led the offense with three two base hits and Nebraska City’s Edward Fullerton Jr. formerly of Plattsmouth started on the mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Nebraska City
Summer in Denver For Woosters Meant For Raymond
Mrs. Joseph Wooster and her son Raymond left this week to join Mr. Wooster in Denver where he has worked in railroad shops for a year. They plan to enjoy cooler Colorado climate and return in fall so Raymond can resume his studies as a member of the local high school's class of 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wooster
Raymond
Denver
Mr. Wooster
Colorado
County Tour Showcases Soil Conservation Methods
A county tour highlights brome-alfalfa seed crops and buffer farming with contour strips on J. Hild and nearby farms. CCC crews build brush and wire check dams, ditches, and plant trees, while experts urge erosion control and five year farm programs across 43 Cass and Otoe farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hild
C.C.C
Carrie Cloidt
Kaffenberger
D. L. Gross
Nebraska
W.P.A
Leslie Wiles
Cass
Otoe
Name Change for Lutheran Synod in Midwest Nebraska 1937
At a May 19 to 23 1937 meeting in Grand Island Nebraska the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Nebraska renamed itself the Evangelical Lutheran Synod in the Midwest of the United Lutheran Church in America The amended articles rename the corporation to Evangelical Lutheran Synod in the Midwest of the United Lutheran Church in America Article 5 updated to reflect the new name Attested June 16 1937 by Secretary Alentz and President Fe Nolte with corporate seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County of
Cass
German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Nebraska
Grand Island
Nebraska
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Midwest
United Lutheran Church In America
County Surveyor Explains Drainage Shortfalls in City Area
The county surveyor outlines flood issues on Chicago Avenue and Main Street due to undersized storm inlets and sewers. He cites WPA pavement and box culverts as insufficient to carry heavy flows and notes misaligned drainage between Pearl Vine and Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Avenue
Main Street
Works Progress Administration
Pearl Street
Vine Street
W.P.A
Oine
Henningson Engineering Co
Omaha
Sixth Street
6Th Street
Vine and
Pearl
Welshimer Oil Station
Avenue 1500
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House
Jere Cooper
Tennessee
Fred Vinson
Kentucky
Frank Crowther
New York
Thomas A. Cullen
R. L. Coughton
North Carolina
Allen Treadway
Massachusetts
City Library
Journal
Great Lakes
New Record
Jocals
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POE
Sedlak
Wee
Shiffer
Phillips
Ty Hayes
iRebal
Werstler
Jones
Jackson
Ay Lutz
Noble
Nebr
Buelar
I Thompson
Boucher
Oe - Rawlings
Carpenter
Ib Adams
Helfer
Vee -Seeeren
Mullerton
No. 6
Kaffenberger Grove
John Kaffenberger
Farm Bureau
Ers
Gross
Lester Wagoner
Cedar Creek
Young Farm
George Stoehr
Victor Stoehr
Harry Williams
Louisville
Henry Ragoss
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel duPont
Wilmington
Del
State of
Alentz
FE. A. Nolte
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