Gasconade County Republican (Owensville, MO), 1945-12-13

              Historical Soclttj conade County PUBLICAN Volume 43, Number 5. OWENSVILLE, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945. $1.50 Per Year In Advance ON OKINAWA ON WAKE ISLAND GrAS COURT APPOINTS GRAND AND PETIT JDRORS Circuit Court Will Convene In January : Other Court News INFANTILE PARALYSIS DRIVE BEGINS JAN. 14 Mrs. Jos. T. Tate Heads Drive; Community Chairmen Appointed NEWS OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE SERVICE- The County Court, in session at Hermann hist week in an adjourned November term, drew the srand nnd petit juror panel. for the January term of Circuit Court. The grand jury list follow.-;: Boulware. Arthur Koch; Boeuf, Otto Kick: Bourboi. Jacob Ring-eisen: Canaan, E. '. Brinkmann and Herman Limberg: Richland, Herbert Birk; Roark. Ed. Strehly. Oscar Hoffmann and Otto Kunz; Brush Creek, Ed. Schaefferkoetter; Third Creek. Oliver Steinbeck; and "lay. Ferd. D. Lahmeyer. Petit jurors were drawn asfollows: Boulware Elmer Liesemeyer and, Ralph Kueffer; alternates, Arthur ETfmann and Francis Brinkmann Boeuf Fred Hilkerbaumer and Harry Marsch; alternates. August Scheidegger and Juritz Barner Bourbois John Ringeisen and Lucius Baxter: alternates, Belmont Shoekley and S. H. Bacon. Canaan Theo. Brinkmann. Chas. Uffmann. R. B. Brandt and Adam Hosfeld; alternates, Walter Weiss, Chas. Diebald. A. G. Hengstenberg and Iceland Henneke Richland - Sam Kessler. Win Grimm and Jesse Wright: alternates. Harry Weeks, Ernst Thuli and J. K. Slack. Roark Rudolph Baumgaertner, Hy. Gaertner. Edwin Boesch, M. F. Kappelmann and Hugo Kuhlmann: alternates, Geo. Klott, Geo. Duffner, Hy. Klott, Hy. Boesch and Hugo Wagner Brush Creek 'Hy Skornia and Barl Kramme; alternates. Raymond Tayloe and John Wotipka. Third Creek B. B. Suelthaus and Geo. Koepke; alternates, Wm. Hoff- rnann and Ben H. Witte. ' Clay Geo. W. Brandhorst and IV E Smallwood; alternates, B F. Ilomfeldt and Henry Michel. Besides allowing routine bills, the Court approved the certificate of insanity of Paul Schmidt of Hermann. Route 2. and re-appoint- Springs, Colorado: 6 grandchildren; ed George Forderhase courthouse 16 step-grandchildren; 4 great-commissioner and janitor for 1946. grandchildren and 4 step-great- Grandchildren. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Minnie Austermann to C. H. Schaeperkoetter. EH lot 12. blk 5. Bland. $1; Warren Atterbury to Robt. F. Geagan. lot 9. blk. 16. Gasconade. $1; Warren Atterbury to Ralph C. Baseom. lot 10. blk 16. Gasconade, $1; James Branson to J. C Mestermacheh. 110 acres north we.st of Owensville. $1; Adolph Boesch. Sr , to John I. LaBlond. 200 acres east of Swiss. $1: Mina Bicker to Hy. W. Bicker, one-half interest in 115 acres near Drake. $1; Erwin Clans to Harold J. Hille-hrand. lot 63. W. 9th St.. Hermann. SI: Hy. G. Erfmann to John Erf-mann, 4.079 acres south of Bay. $1: John Erfmann to Hy G. Erfmann. 6.38 acres south of "Bay. $1: Farmers Grain and Produce Exchange to Louis Heidel. Sr . et al., lot 13. blk. 6, Rosebud, 41; Aug. F. W. Hesemann to Gilbert Boale, 176 acres near Drake. $1; Wm. F. Heidbrink to Herbert R. Ockrassa. 31 75 acres near Charlotte, $1; Louis H Krueger to Art. W. Reithe-meyer. "lot 4. S lot 5, blk 1. Bland. SI; A. H. Langhorst" to Louis Heidel. one-half interest in part lot 6, blk. 5. Rosebud. $1; August Ruegge to Rudolph Kueffer. 4 acres south of Bay. $1; Ottmar Schwartz to Harry J. Bohken. lot 52 and part lot 54. E. 8th St.. Hermann, $1; Fannie Tayloe. et al.. to Charles R. Gaddy. 316 acres east of Oak Hill. $1 ; Richard D. Thomas to Clyde E. Kuhn. lot S. hlk. 16 and fracl. stc. Gasconade. $1: Joseph Woest to Edwin L. Mueller. 40 acres at First Creek. II. SELLS TRUCK SERVICE by the score of 49 to 34. to win V. C. Buchholz. who has operated the finals. St. Clair defeated Steel-the Buchholz Truck Service here ville to win third place and Bour-for a number of years, sold theibon defeated - St. James for the business this week to Chas. Mitten- i consolation. dorf of Route 3. who will take The tournament was very suc-charse on December 17. The name j cessf ul in every way. with good of the truck line will be changed j crowds in attendance at all the to Mittendorf Truck Service. (sessions. ! y J j I VI 1 Sgt. DURWARD C. ELLIS Sgt. Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ellis of Route 3. was inducted into the Army in September, 1 f 4 3 . and lias been overseas for the past 14 months. He is with the Engineers and took part in the invasion of Leyte and Okinawa, where he i.- now stationed. His wife and children reside on Route MRS. CHAS MORELOCK DEES AT HOME AT HIGH GATE Mrs. Chas. Morelock passed away at her home at High Gate on Friday. December 7, after an illness of about two years. She had reached the age of 71 years. 8 months and 5 days. Elizabeth Blye Morelock was born in Maries County on April 2, 1874. a daughter of the late Martin and Katherine (Blye) Brown. She was twice married. Her first mar- riaie wjs to J. iR. Thompson who with two children preceded her in death in 1929. On February 10. 1933, she was united in marriage at Vienna to Charles Morelock, who survives her. She is also survived by three step-children; one sister Mrs. Anna Bilbrey, of Colorado Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, December 9, at Skaggs Chapel on Lanes Prairie with interment in Grove Dale Cemetery. Rev. Mallow conducted the serv ice-s. Mrs. Morelock was a member of the Church of Christ. YOUNG MOTHER DIES AFTER BIRTH OF SON Germany. Holla Hospital on Sunday ber 9. a few hours after given birth to a son. services are being delayed word from her husband, serving With the armed . Decem-she had Funeral awaiting who is forces in Helen Naomi Kinsey was born at Red Bird on December 5. 1919, a daughter of Rainey F. Davault and his wife, nee Ivy Gray On September 26, 1940. she was united in marriage Kinsey. who survives her. her parents Arthur and to Guy Ellsworth with her baby son Also surviving are and two brothers William Davault of Red Bird. She had reached the age of 26 years and four days. The entire community extends sincere sympathy to the family in their loss. OWENSVILLE TEAM WINS INVITATIONAL TOURNEY The Owensville High School Basketball team won the Invitational Tournament held here last weekend. "Seeded" to win from the start, the team ha1 no difficulty clearing the way to the finals, which were played Saturday night. Owensville defeated the Bland team Ft. McClennan, Ala., December 7. (Special to The Republican) Lt. Col. Tryon E. Huber. St. John's Hospital, St. Louis. Mo., received his honorable discharge from the Ft. McClellan Separation Point recently. Col. Huber served with the Office of the Chief Surgeon in the European Theater of Operations. He won commendations from Major General Norman T. Kirk. Surgeon General, for his survey of problems involved on redeployment of medical units and personnel. Brigadier General VTalter L. Weible, director of Military Training for the Army-Service Forces, commended him for outstanding service in planning, organizing and supervising military units in training. Col Huber wears the European Theater Ribbon with a battle star, the American Theater Ribbon, and the World War II Victory Medal. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Huber of Owensville and will be here to visit with his parents as soon as he completes a business trip in Wnhington, D. C. T-5 Grover A. Hohenstreet. son of Mrs. Maud Hohenstreet of Rose- in St. Louis. bud Route, was honorably dis- j Calvin O. Horstmann. son of Mr. charged from the Army November, and Mrs. O. C. Horstmann of Rose-21. He was in the service three ; bud Route, is now stationed with yars, serving overseas twenty-nine months in the Aleutain Islands. He was awarded three ribbons and the Bronze Star. Oscar W. Collier. Cox.. USNR, husband of Mrs. Erleen P. Collier of Owensville, is on his way home. Collier is one of the 1,000 high-point Navy veterans whom the "Magic Carpet" is bringing back to the States aboard the USS Marcus Island. The USS Marcus Island one of more than 250 carriers. battleships, cruisers, and attaok j report of that ship's record pub-transports in the Navy's famed ; lished a few weeks ago. The Ben-"Magic Carpet" fleet left Guam, 1 nion was under attack over 50 November 24, and is scheduled to j times and was in the Pacific for arrive in San Dieso about Decern- 19 months before returning to the ber 8. Passengers will go directly j States. to the Separation Centers nearest ! Orville Blaske, son of Mrs. Frank their homes to complete the for- Blaske, returned this week after malitles of obtaining their dis having been honorably discharged charges before returning to civilian life. Gunner's Mate 1-c .Eugene Gied-inghagen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Giedinghagen of Owensville, has written the following interest ing letter from Korea: rived at our new place Jinsen. Korea. It looks like a big city with large buildings, and is of Jap and Chinese design. We are in the Yellow Sea now, and it really is yellow or muddy. There's a lot of fishing 'Junks' all about the bay. The tide ranges 28 feet ami it is funny to see an island in the morning and all water at night. We will be here for about 5 or 6 months on mine patrol duty. We go out and look foi mines that might be loose or that the mine sweepers have cut loose. They are then set off. They say there are 150,000 mines to be taken care of. There are a lot of ships here but we can't get anything, not even water. The weather here is about the same as at home only the water makes some difference. Have been here only one 'Hy and am tired of the place already. Gene." George J. Erny. machinist's mate, third class. USNR. 419 West 9th St., Hermann, served on the light I cruiser. USS St. Louis, when she made After i visit to Kiirun, Formosa, j picking her careful way i through mine-strewn Formosa n : waters, 'the heroine of Pearl Harbor" entered Kiirun harbor October 17 to cover landings by elements of the Chinese 70th Army and thus became the first American hip ever tied up to a Kiirun dock. She was met by two barge-loads of Chinese civilians who bade her welcome with exploding strings of firecrackers and wierd string music. Equally intriguing, for the crew, wa the St. Louis' preceding assignment, patroling China's Yangtze River, with frequent liberty in Shanghai. The St. Louis, which has been added to the "Magic Carpet" fleet, spent the last 40 days of the war swinging back and forth in the East China Sea, watch-inn over minesweepers operating in one of the wrorld's largest minefields, and participating in anti-shipping sweeps along the China coast southeast of Shanghai. Previously she played a major role in the securing of Okinawa and was a segment of Task Force 58 in carrier-plane strikes against the Japanese homeland. Walter A. Rose, son of Mr. and ! Mrs. Wm. Rose of near Rosebud, has been honorably discharged j after having served nearly two; years overseas. A member of the j Army Air Forces stationed in Eng- j land, Walter volunteered for infantry duty and was with the. Ninth Army at the crossing of the ' Rhine at Cologne. His brother, Richard, is now at Jefferson Barracks, where he is in the hospital. He expects to be discharged shortly after January 1. Carl Ehlert. son of John J. Eh- lert of Rosebud was recently honorably discharged from the Army and is now with his family the Navy "Seabees" on the Island of Guam. Edgar Eichler, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Eichler, has been given an honorable discharge from the Navy and returned this week from Bremerton, Washington, where he received his discharge on December 8. His wife, who had spent a few weeks in Bremerton, accompanied him. Edgar served aboard the USS Bennion, a Destroyer, and our readers win recau an interesting from the Navy. Orville served with a Radio Research group and has spent the past three years in the Aleutians and on WhLbley Island. S-Sgt. Fred Wehmeyer left last Thursday to return to Dibble Gen- We ar- eral Hospital in Menlo Park. Cali-today fornia. after spending the past two months with his wife and other relatives at Rosebud. Edwin Korff returned to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Korff on Rosebud Route last Wednesday. having received his honorable discharge from Lambert Field. Mr. Korff served as a Pharmacist's Mate 2-c in the Navy and was in the Southwest Pacific for over two years. Raymond Ilomfeldt arrived at his home in Bland Saturday evening. He received his honorable discharge from the Navy at Lambert Field after serving 19 months in the service with 16 months spent in the Pacific. He has the Navy Citation, S battle stars, the American. Asiatic and Philippine ribbons. Benj. B. Payton. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Payton of Bland received hi discharge and returned home Saturday after serving one and a halt years in Europe. Kenneth Payton. another son of Mr. and Mrs. Payton received his discharge the same dav. He had served 23 months with the Army in the Pacific. The brothers received their discharges from Jefferson Barracks the same day but did not know the other was there until they ar- rived home. Boyd Pierce arrived in Bland last Tuesday with a discharge from the Army.' Kenneth Lini: and Arvil Crider of Bland reported Monday for ser- vice in the Army. Mr. and Mrs. James Pollard ar-j rived here Sunday from Amarillo. ! Texas. he haviag received his honorable discharge from there last Friday. Walter Winter returned here Tuesday with an honorable dis-(Continued on Page 6.) !- VJOV',t 1 T ;":.yf I; I ? A A i ; 1 i Sic JOHN O. SPURGEON Seaman Spurgeon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Spurgeon of Route 3, was inducted into the Navy in March, 1945, and after boot training at Great Lakes, Illinois, was sent to Wake Island where he is now stationed. His wife and children reside on Route 3. TWO BROTHERS INVOLVED IN SEPARATE DIVORCE SUITS Two brothers, veterans of World War II. are involved in separate divorce suits filed in Circuit Court at Hermann. In the first t-uit. Raymond Aytes of Bland, who served overseas in the Army, seeks to sever his marital ties with his wife. Ruby V. Aytes, and alleges in his petition that his wife, since last July, has frequented dances and road houses with various men: and that she corresponded with other men. The Aytes were married in 1939 and separated Oc- tober ,3 1945 TvQ childr?n were born of the marriage, Roy, 4, and Virgil, 3. Aytes seeks care and custody of the children. Mrs. Zelma Aytes of Owensville requests a divorce from her hus band, Oscar Aytes, in the second petition. Mrs. Aytes charges her husband, who has been discharged from the Navy. with jealously, cruelty and drunkenness, and alleges he told her he was in love with another woman he met while in service. Mr. and Mrs. Aytes. who were married in October. 1927, iave fOUr minor children. Oscar, Jr., 16. Ray Jean, 14, Jimmie, 12. 7. Mrs. Aytes and Binnie Sue. seeks proper maintenance and care and custody of the children. OBITUARY Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Wright nee Carey, was born at Oak Hill. Crawford County. Mo.. May 8, 1888, and departed this life suddenly December 3. 1945; aged 57 years, 6 months and 26 days. She was married to Edward Wright November 10, 1907. and to this union were born 10 children of whom two preceded their mother in death. She leaves to mourn her depar ture 4 daughter and 4 sons, namely M,.s Annie Spurgeon, Mrs. Sylvia Boyd. Mrs. Loraine Ringeisen f Maplewood. Mrs. May McGee, Rolla. Jake Wrright of St. Louis. Tom, Wilson and Virgil of Maplewood; also one sister Mrs. Annie Mark-ley of Independence; 5 grandchildren, many other relatives and f,ienn-s FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY FORMER RESIDENT Funeral services for Frank Hesemann. former resident, are being held here today (Thursday) from: Gottenstroeter Funeral Home to St. James Evangelical Church at Char- lotte. Mr. Hesemann died Sunday, at his home at Dunbar, Nebraska, : from injuries received when he was g:ored by a bull two weeks ago. Kev. Paul Wuebben conducted the services and interment will be in St James Cemetery, Frank Gustave Hesemann was born at Drake on October 29. 1885. a son of Henry and Minnie (Brake- ; meyer ) ) Hesemann. He is survived; by his aged mother, two brothers Herman and John Hesemann: and two sisters Miss Emma Hesemann and Mrs. Emil Lottmann. He had reached the age of 60 years, 1 month and 10 days. Mrs. Jos. T. Tate, chairman of the Gasconade County Infantile Paralysis Committee to raise funds for the fight on infantile paralysis today announced that the appeal will open January 14th and continue until January 31st. "All people," Mrs. Tate said, "have come to know that the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is a necessary and Invaluable force in our national life. We know how effective it has been in epidemics of polio, providing medical care and treatment for poliomyelitis patients, regardless of age. race or color "We realize that much of the knowledge of the disease and treatment results from scientific research made possible by the National Foundation. I am sure that everyone will contribute more . generously this year than ever be-; fore. "As in former years," Mrs. Tate said, "one-half of all the money, collected in the county will remain here to finance the hospitalization, care and treatment of local sufferers. The other half goes to headquarters of the National Foundation and is used for continuing research, education and emergency aid in epidemics throughout the nation." Community chairmen for the drive are as follows: Mrs. McKinley Johnson, Swiss; Mrs. Armin Kreter, Owensville, Route 3; Mrs. Edw. Krause, Bland; Mrs Gus Dittman, Bland, Route 1; Mrs." Edw. Langenberg. Drake; Mrs. Nola Reinholz. Gasconade; Mrs. Sherman Mahan, Hermann; Louis Schweighauser. Morrison; Mrs. Dewey Owens, Bland. R. F. D.; Mrs. May D. Crowder. Owensville: Mrs Mary Kelley. Pershin'a; Mrs. Gus Scheel, Bland, Route 1 : W. Palton Hensley, 'Rosebud; Rev. Herbert Kuhn. New Haven, R. F. D.; Marvin Bock. Hermann, Route 1; Mrs. Frank Warren, Cuba, Route 1 ; Miss Malinda Ritterbusch of Bland Rt. 2. Contact the chairman in your community and give him or her your whole-hearted support in this worthy cause. IN CIRCUIT COURT Circuit Court was in session last week to dispose of two casse On application of Mrs. Lillian Douglas, nee Homeyer, of Owensville to have the name of her six-year-old son Erich H. Marxen by her former husband changed to Douglas, the name of hef present husband, the Court so decrted the change of name. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. C. Douglas have a10-month.-old child by their marriage. Mr. Douglas, served four and a half years in the Army and was a serpent; he was recently given his release.On entering a plea of guilty to recently stealing an automobile from Jack Hinson of Owensville. which due to a flat tire he abandoned at Beaufort, Ermy Plank, native of Slig6. Mo., and who resided at Beni and Owensville. was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. Except for being jailed several times for drunkenness and once for stealing a pair of pants. Plank had never before been involved in any serious crime; he never attended school and cannot read or write. Plank is 4 8 years oid and was never married. Hermann A-C. WOOD HEEL COMPANY BEGINS OPERATIONS J. W. Gorman, superintendent of the United Wood Heel Company plant here, informs us that the :!ant be '.-a n operations on Monday morning of this week in the Community factory building. The company has just completed redecorating th- plant and also installed a modern steam furnace. Mr. Gorman says that the company is unable to secure enough operators in this community and anyone wanting employment should .-ee F. H. Saasman.