Gasconade County Republican (Owensville, MO), 1940-09-12

              Historical Society Gasconade County Republican 'Buyer, Seller, Finder or Loser See Page 2' Volume 37, Number 43. OWENSVILLE, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1940. SHORT DOCKET IS COMPLETED TUESDAY No Cases Tried By Jury; Number Continued To Next Term of Court Judge R. A. Breuer opened Circuit Court in Gasconade County in Hermann Monday and completed tbe work of the short docket scheduled for the September term in two days. The proceedings of the Court are as follow: In the case of the State of Missouri vs. Ralph Mason, charged with felony, case continued. The case of the State vs. Oscar Easter on similar charge was also con - tinued Lee Cooper charged with forgery pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. He was paroled to J. G. Marr on 11000.00 bond. In the case of Minnie Walz, et al., vs. Leathe Souders, judgment for $609.42 was granted by agreement.A divorce was granted to Frances Ivey ln her suit against Herbert Ivey. Her maiden name, Klausner, was restored. The case of Allen BuBchmann vs. School District No. 20, et al., for damages was dismissed. The case of Wes J. Noedel, et al., vs. Geo. Kunz, et al., suit on note was dismissed by the plaintiff. Petition for divorce brought by Sam Katzen against Yetta Katzen was denied. The divorce was contested by Mrs. Katzen with the two daughters of the Katzens as witnesses in her behalf. In the case of M. P. "Geatley vs. Fred Green, et al., suit on note, judgment was given plaintiff for $175.00. The following cases were continued: State of Missouri vs. Lon Bacon, charged with drunken driving; Polly Ann Hollandsworth vs. Clayton Hollandsworth, replevin, and V. H. Frlcke vs. Geo. A. Jordan, suit on note. In the partion sale of Arnold Scheideger vs. Lizzie Emo. the pro- peny was suiu 10 Ejrvui oireiny for $1000.00. In the partition sale of Joseph T. Tate vs. Edgar Jessen the pro-! perty was sold v to Mr. Tae for ! A. H. Burger of Hermann pleaded guilty to chicken stealing and was sentenced to two .years at Algoa Farms. He was paroled to his father, Herman Burger, on $1000.00 bond. In the case of Joseph Woest, et al., vs. John Woest, et al., O. A. Mundwiller was appointed guardian and sale was ordered. In the case of Lizzie Eatherton, et al., vs. W. E. Souders, suit ln partition. Amended petition was filed and the case continued to next term of court. ' Jurors who reported were Wm. C. Sunderwirth, August Gumper, Harry Winter, Ferd Schoening, Jr., ' Oliver Aplin, L. A. Spurgeon, Wm. Wenkel, L. E. Scego, M. J. Benson, Geo. Wehmeyer, C. H. Schweig-hauser, Milton Elckermann, Ray Wettllng, Harry Bretthorst, Adolph Lubach, Ell Brinkmann, Clarence Heberle, Wilbur Blackwell, Chester Nowack, J. L. Tayloe, Jr., John Schalk, Julias Landwehr, J. D. Homfeldt and J. Aug. Lahmeyer. No cases were tried by jury. GASCONADE COUNTY COMMITTEE REELECTED All three- members of the Gasconade County Conservation Committee were reelected at a meeting, held In Owensville, last Friday. Members of tbe County committee include J. August Lahmeyer, Bland, Chairman; Tony F. Mertle, Rosebud, Vice Chairman; Hugo C. Hee-meler, Morrison, Regular Member; and Benj, J. Gawert, Hermann, First Alternate. Members of the County Committee were reelected by delegates, who had been elected in a community meeting the previous even- tng throughout the county. These delegates were elected for the sole purpose of electing a County Com - mlttee. Some changes were made In the community and township commit - tee, but. as a rule, the group re - mained the same as last year. THIRTY TEARS AGO The cornerstone of the new Baptist Church edifice was laid Tuesday f?,7 with appropriate ceremonies. f Corder visited Mrs. Hy. Langen- hrr 1 A. V I... 1. Mf DnrtlimaiMi ........nil., . . 1 1 ij,uuu iarm near border m audition to the one he already owned. Chas. Holt has sold his property here to Hy. Naugle of near Argo. Louis Beucke of near Walbert purchased 4 acres at the edge of town from M. L. Greenstreet and Hy. Sassmann. Ferdinand Hoeppner of Rosebud and Messrs. Daul and Bolman of j Blalld are now v,gitlng , Germany Harry Pohlmann and Ben Ruffner jwere injured ln a freight train I collision last week at Lamlnn whiln on thelr way tQ Kansa8 wUh tft household goods and livestock of Wm. F. Pohlmann of Bay. All the livestock except a dog and two pigs was killed outright or burned to Drat its fiftieth anniversary at death. ! services to be held at the Church Wm. Fleer of Charlotte died at Sunday. Rev. F. W. Wahl of St. his home Sunday. He and Mrs. jLoui8 wl11 deliver the sermon. Rev. Fleer had Just returned from aWahI officiated at the laying of the visit to Nebraska. COUNTY COURT HOLDS REGULAR MONTHLY SESSION The following business was trans acted by the County Court at Her- mann last week. , The court, which! in behalf of the county, had a claim acainst the e9late of p,.ai,k Breuer in pro - bate court here, settled the claim !took charge on September 15, 1890. for $1200. The claim was made IIIs widow. Mrs. Boellner, of Over-by the court by reason of the : 'and wi" be here for the services, county's expense for many years. The first church was built in in the care of Oliver Breuer, a j 1 889. It was a frame building son and heir of the late Frank and stood where the church still Breuer, at the state hospital at j stands at the corner of Main street Fulton. He was recently discharged j and Avenue A. The tower was as a patient. built in 1907 and the first clock C. W. Rogers of Owensville was I was put in the tower by Mil- granted permission to enter the oiaie jsuniianum ai mourn vernon as a county patient for treatment for tuberculosis. Mamie L. Blackwell of Owensville, adjudged of unsound mind bv the Drobate court and sent to Fultoni wag accepted ag a county patlent FOUR GENERATIONS OF KOTTWITZ FAMILY rjf m - J vwt I, -ft:: CJ m a... .... , y,,,, Illinois, great grandmother. Mrs. August Loeb of Owensville Route Three, grandmother, Mrs. Wilbur Price and little daughter, Marcella JoAnn, of Rosebud Route. Mrs. Kottwltz was formerly Miss;war dead of St. Louis and vicinity Christiane Baumbach. She is 82 1 back from duty. Though he does years old. She and her husband, ; not remember this particular Inci-Albert Kottwltz. to whom she was dent 0r picture, he said that many married on May 31. 1881. were pictures were taken and that this born In Germany. They now make'pCture ghowa only a BmaII portiOI1 their home ln Ohlman, Illinois. ot the llne and rows ot the blerg Mrs. Loeb. the former Emilie Kott- that were gven mllltary gute as witz. was born near Oak Hill, 63they were brought home day after years ago. She and Mr. Loeb;day-, s live on a farm near Bern. j . Mrs. Melba Price is the twenty- j ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT DAY six year old daughter of Mr. and TO BE OCTOBER 5 Mrs. Loeb. She and Wilbur Price I to whom she has been married ' Fourteen Women's Extension for four, year, are tenants on the 1 Clubs will be represented in the Kottwtti'farm near Rosebud. Mar-Annual Achievement Program to cella JoAnn is five months old. 'he held at the Owensville High 'School, Saturday, October 6, 1940. ATTEND FUNERAL OF RELATIVE Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wotliiks I and Mr. and Mrs. John WoMpka j of Route Three attended the fun- jeral of their relative, Mrs. Henry I Macke, Monday morning at the Port Hudson Catholic Church. Mrs. ! Macke, nee Mary Wotipka, died 'Friday at Fulton. She Is survived j by two sons and one daughter. METHODISTS TO CELEBRATE SUNDAY Wi, m i at LL OWENSVILLE METHODIST CHURCH The Methodist Church will cele- comer stone when the church was remodeled and rebuilt In 1927. The corner stone was laid on April 15. Rev. L. H. H. Winter was the pastor at the time. The building as it now stands was dedicated on ! September 4th of that year. Sunday the church will cele- bl ate tlle appointment of the first Pastor to this charge. Rev. Guido : L- Boellner was the pastor. He j ford L. . Greenstreet, then jeweler! nere. in the present clock ! was Installed. This clock was not used for a number of years. Rev. J. C. Lee, pastor of the church for the past four years, spent a great deal of time working on the clock : and now has it in perfect order PICTURE APPEARS 'IN JULY 30 ISSUE OF "LOOK" MAGAZINE A picture of A. M. Fell, First ! Sergeant, standing at attention be-: fore a row of flag I raped biers i bearing the bodies of America's I young men brought home from I France for burial at the close of j the World War, appears in the i July 30 Issue of "Look" magazine. ! The picture is an illustration with jan article written by Major Leonard : Nason. The article is entitled "Why Hitler Laughs at our Army." ;The author states with the story I "I have written this for my son's (sake my son and, yours!" j The pictures with the entire : article are tragic and many are ' ghastly reminders of the horrors of the battlefields of the World War. Mr- Pel1 say that he believes plcture waB ,aken at Unlon rtation in St. Louis some twenty-; two years ago. He was sent out from tne Recruiting office with a firing squad and bugler to meet many of the trains that brought the I A flower show will be an interest- jing feature on the program. Each club will have an exhibit tlhis-jtratlng what has been done by that club on one particular oroblem. Many of the ladies will participate in a dress review, which will be held . in the afternoon, ' Entertainment in the form of ' surprise tajsnt, (roup singing, games and music by tbe Owensville High School Band will keep the Jday full ot Interest. and people of Owensville are again unconsciously raising their heads regularly as they pass the Methodist Church to check on the time of day. it J p -S ' ; "5 . i. wu1! Tlie picture above shows Henry Korff and A. H. Idel laying the corner stone for the new building on Friday, April 15, 1927. Rev. Winter, local Methodist pastor at that, time, Rev. W. A. Dahlem of the Bland Methodist Church, Rev C. Ralph Schmidt, formerly of the Evangelical Church, Rev. J. S. Arvln, former Baptist minister here, and Rev. Wahl of St. Louis are seen here as they took part in the ceremony. HIGH SCHOOL PAPER TO BE PUBLISHED MONTHLY The first edition of the High School paper which has been taken over by the Journalism division of the Public Speaking Council will be published on Tuesday, September 24th. The paper will be published monthly. It will be a four or six page paper of tabloid size and will be printed on newsprint and made up in regular newspaper style. The members of the group are selling subscriptions now and plan to begin with a circulation of at least 200 subscribers. The paper will be sold at five cents a copy with a nine months subscription rate of forty cents. It will carry high school news principally but will also have at least one column of grade school news. Wllbert Hemeyer was elected editor of the paper and Robert Mc-Can business manager at a meeting Tuesday night. Other members of the staff are Mary Phelan Sundy, assistant editor; Weldon Winter, assistant business manager; Roy Knehans, circulation manager and Joe Grubbs, advertising manager. C. E. Vaughan and Miss Hazel Miller are the faculty sponsors. The name of the paper will be chosen next week from names submitted by High School students. The student submitting the - name that is chosen by the journalism division will receive a nine months subscription to the paper. The school has had a paper, "The Avalanche," during the past three years. This paper was sponsored by the Commercial Department and was printed on a mimeograph. It has been discontinued and the new paper will take its place. RECRUITING OFFICER HERE Corporal Bentz, U. S. Army Recruiting agent, located ln Washington spent today in Owensville. He will be here again next Thursday to discuss army enlistment with interested young men. For Information about enlUtment In tbe regular army write Corporal Bents, Poatofflce Building, Wash ington,. Mo. EBKER BERGER Wilbur Ebker and Miss Laura Berger were married at the Evangelical parsonage at Charlotte by Rev. J. M. Hertel last Thursday afternoon. Arthur Berger and Miss ! Lydla Ebker witnessed the cere mony. The bride wore a soldier blue dres8 and a corsage of gardenias. Thursday evening a charivari was : given in honor of the couple at i the home of his parents, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Henry Ebker, of Drake. On : Friday they left on a wedding trip to Nebraska and Kansas, j Mrs. Ebker is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Bergor of Owensville Route. She has been employed in St. Louis. Mr. and i Mrs. Ebker will make their home , near Drake where he recently pur-: chased 458 acres of farm land from his father. REGIONAL HEALTH MEETING TO BE HELD HERE The Regional Health Conference for this region of the State Board i of Health will be held at the Owensville Grade School next Wednes-i day. The local health office will ' be in charge. I Units from St. Louis County, j Kirksville, Marion County and the Central Office in Jefferson Citv will ! j attend. Approximately sixty per- sons are expected. Lunch at noon will be served at the Methodist Church. ' , ,,, , The morning program w be , . . taken up with special meetings for ., , , , the nurses, engineers and doctors. n r . c i . Dr. Roger Deacon of St. Louis ... ... .. . . . , will discuss the control of venereal .. , ... . diseases. The meeting Is open to .... . . . .. all doctors in this vicinity. AGRICULTURAL LEADER TO SPEAK Grover B. Hill, Assistant Secre - tary of Agriculture, will speak at a picnic for farmers and business! men to be held at Union September 13 at 2:00 p. m. The meeting Is being sponsored by the various agencies of the Department of Agri culture including the Agricultural Conservation Association, Extension j he held next year and that arrange-Service, Soil Conservation Service, . ments for it w ill begin early In I Farm Credit Administration, Rural , the spring. i Electrification Administration and The Idea of a show was taken j U. S. Forestry Service. I As a Texas farmer and an agri cultural official, Hill has establish- led himself as an Interesting character bers of tlle two organizations and and a good speaker. It has been ! ,ne "'"breeders In the vicinity I said that he has the ability to marie 11 PSRlhle to give a success-Iftt his remarks to any agrlcurturai , ful "how in so short a period of igroupj time. The prize money and ex- ! Farmers and townspeople alike are invited to hear him speak. MRS. GEORGE BOSTON BURIED AT GERALD TUESDAY Funeral services were held for Mrs. George Boston of Gerald at the Presbyterian Church with burial In the Church Cemetery Tuesday j afternoon. Rev. J. G. W. Klrsch- ner officiated. Mrs. Boston died ! at her hom on the Gasconade-1 Franklin County line west of Gerald Saturday. She was 76 years of age. Five children survive Mrs. Boston. They are Mrs. Luther Whit-lock of Rosebud Route, Mrs. Wm. LeClere and Mrs. John Whitson of St. Louis, Walter Boston of WlllianiB, Iowa, and Leslie Boston of Gerald Route. She also leaves t v.. j r, . j . Rosebud Route and several grand- children Mr. Boston, one son, Osborne, and three daughters. Pearl, Nora and Helen, preceded her in death. Mrs. Boston was Mary Rodgers before her marriage. ATTEND FUNERAL OF SISTER AT BERGER WEDNESDAY Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Nolte attended funeral services for Mr. Nolte's sister, Mrs. Fred Freese, at Berger Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Freese, nee Mollle Nolte, died at ber home there Monday morning. 8he is survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs. Dora Nolte, of Swiss, two daughters, Mrs. Frieda Hossmann and Mrs. Luella South of near Berger, one brother, Mr. Nolte, and four grandchildren. . Mrs. Dola Notts formerly made feer horns la Owensville. 34 COLTS ENTERED IN SHOW HERE Stock Owned By Frank Schwegler and John Danuser Named Champions Frank Schwegler, of Bay, and John Danuser, of Bland, took the Grand Champion ribbons for their colts entered in the First Annual Colt show held in Owensville last Saturday. Thirty-four entries from Gasconade and adjoining counties were made in this Bhow. The colt owned by Frank Schwegler won first prize in the filly colt class. Other prizes In thiB class went to John Vanrtegrlffe, Owensville. second; Wm. Zinn, Owensville, third; Henry Bruens, Cuba, fourth. Roy Carwile, Bland, won first prize in the horse colt class. It was the only colt entered in this group. The colt owned by John Danuser also won first prize in the mare mule colt class with second going to Tom .Silltman, Oak Hill; third, A. and G. Reithemeyer. Bland; and fourth, George Crider, Bland. In the horse mule colt class Leslie Spurgeon, St. James, won first; John Woods, St. James, second; Henry Mlttelhauser, Belle, third; and Otto Kottwltz, Bland, - fourth. First prize for the three best i colts from one aire was awar'd j to 0tt0 Kttwitz, of Bland, for his stallion and to B. B. Blackwell, - . . . , of Bland, for the Jack, i . i rirst and Recond prizes were I ... ,. . , . awarded to Otto Kottwltz, of Bland, I , , , ,,, ..... . 'or two stallions entered. He a so . . wo" fll'8t anl second In the Jacks . . , , with third going to Carl Depper- . ;mann, of New Haven. The Judge for the show was Harold Slusher, of Fulton. The show was held ln connection with the Band picnic here Satur- 1 ay- " was the first show of its ! k,I1l to be held in Owensville since the Fair was discontinued some twenty years ago. The show was well received hy the business people of Owensville and by the people of the entire community. It Is planned . now that a larger show up by the Booster Club and the Band late this year and only the splendid cooperation of the mem- ; penses OI tne atralr WDlcn a"iounted to almost $100.00 was made up from the ads .sold to business men, candidates and stockbreeders. The ads were printed In a booklet with the program. Pictures of the grand champion colts and some of the other winners will be published next week. MRS. CARWILE HONORED A group of friends and relatives honored Mrs. Walter Carwile with a BUrPHse dinner at her home Sun- day in celebration of her birthday anniversary. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rethemeyer and daughters and Mrs. Gilbert Rector and son of Hermann, Mr. and MrB. Fred Brand-son and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lansford and Kenneth Schweer of Gerald, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dun- lean, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Duncan, . . .. ' 'I a " Franlt Carwile and family, Mr. ana Mrs. Alva Aytes and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hlnson and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Carwile and Joe Williams of Owensville. ROHUTNGS ARE HONORED WITH BIRTHDAY PARTY Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Rehiring were honored with a surprise party last Thursday evening In celebration of their birthday anniversaries. Mr. Rohlflng's anniversary was Thursday and Mrs. Rohlflng's Is September 27th. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koenig of Bland and approximately thirty, guests from ln or near Owensville were present. Refreshments of eake, fruit salad, orangeade and coffee were served. The eake, made by Mrs. E. W. Neuman, was decorated with white and pink frosting.