Marshall County News from Marysville, Kansas • 1

MEMBER.AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION First With Pictures VOLUME 84. NUMBER 20. (14 Pages) MARYSVILLE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1945; (In Two Sections) $2.00 A YEAR. First With News RIDING FOR A FALL Oldest Employee Resigns As Street Of Marysville Commissioner Merle Grabhorn First County Man Discharged Under Point System beachhead action, the taking of Three Teachers Are Employed For Central Superintendent Wolgast Announces Filling Of Three Vacancies In Grade School The employment of three new teachers in the Central school for the 1945-46 school term has been i announced by Supt. D.

E. gast. Employed to teach the sixth, seventh and eighth grades in the Commencement Exercises For 97 Graduates Marysville High School Graduates To Receive Diplomas Wednesday Commencement exercises for graduates of Marysville high school will be held at 8 P. M. next Wednesday in the high school auditorium with Milton S.

Eisenhower, president of Kansas State college, delivering the main address. Baccalaureate services will be! held at 8 P. M. Sunday in the ernoon. It was snowing pretty heavy all the time, too." Seventy-one years old last May, Vogtmann recalls the time when Marysville streets were far differ ent than they are now.

Appointed acting street commissioner in De cember, 1909, by Mayor Charles F. Pusch, and commissioner the fol lowing April, he well remembers the time when Marysville had nothing but dirt streets and "only a light coating of gravel on Broadway. Less than a block of concrete sidewalk had been laid. "The sidewalks and culverts were wood," he remembered. "The streets Were muddy or dusty then, and I have seen all of the side walks built from cement and all the streets paved." -Only other city employee on the job when Vogtmann was first employed is A.

B. Campbell, who was then serving on the council as he is now, but his terms of office have not been consecutive. Adding a final touch of cheer to Vogtmann's first day of leisure was a letter Tuesday afterndbn (Continued on Page 4A) Five Graduates Will Not Attend Final Exercises Three Of MHS Graduates Are Now In Armed Forces; Two Finish In Summer Of the 97 graduates of Marysville high school who will have earned their diplomas during 19-44-45, five will not be present at commencement exercises next Wednesday night, Supt. D. E.

Wolgast has announced. Of these, three are men who have entered the service, includ ing Robert Arlyn Myers, Arlyn Francis Rowland and Gene B. Slupianek, all of whom left in the last two weeks to become mem bers of the armed forces. The re maining two, who completed their high school work during the summer session, are Kathleen M. Mon-ahan and Mary Prudence Bennett DOGS MUST HAVE LICENSE" Marysville residents who own dogs are urged to buy a license for their dog from the marshal at the city hall before June 16, and place the license number on the collar of the dog.

After June 16, any dog not wearing a license tag will be picked up, held three days, then disposed of, Marshal T. S. Blod-gett declared. DISCONTINUE PUBLICATIONS Publications of bills allowed by city council every two weeks will cease following the vote of the council Monday night to discontinue all publications except those required by law. After 36 years of service to the city of Marysville, Carl Vogtmann, oldest city employee, this week resigned his position as street commissioner, with the intention of taking a well-deserved rest His resignation was accepted Monday night by the city council, only one of whose members was holding office at the time Vogt mann was first employed by the city 36 years ago.

Coming to Marysville in February, 1909, from a farm near Bre- men, he began work for the city as a laborer on the city street crew, under Tom Walters, then street commissioner, and he has continued in the service of Marysville continuously, without vacation, and with less than a week off -altogether because of illness. "Often I worked on Sunday," he recalled, "and even on Christmas day. I'll never forget last Christmas when I got up at 5 A.M. to get the house warm for the kids, and a car stopped out front-somebody to tell me a sewer was, stopped up. I only took time to tell the kids where I was going, and I didn't get through until aft-i Heads Manager's Week Sale MARION BEVERIDGE, manager of the local A store.

has announced an extensive gro eery sale now being held In the local store, as well as in aU A stores throuehout the nation during Manager's Week which be gan Monday and wUl close Saturday night STEAL PLANTS OF LATE MRS. SAM HERRING HERE Several house plants which belonged to the late Mrs. Sam Herring were stolen some time Saturday night from the front porch of the Roy L. Martin residence, 604 North Eleventh street. Mrs.

Martin told the News yesterday that "I prized the plants for 'sentimental reasons." She listed the loss as: Strawberry plant, airplane plant, fern, ivy, and a collection of nine or 10 cacti. BLOOD DONORS TO BANK The' last load of blood donors to go to the Kansas City blood bank from Marysville will leave from in frofct of Lake's Marysville hatchery at 6:30 Saturday morning, the blood donor service committee has reminded. This will be the last trip before the bank in Kansas City closes. Back in civilian clothes and able to do as he pleases for the first time in more than four years, Merle son of Mr. Mrs.

R. E. Grabhorn, Blue Rap ids, hardly knows what, to do with himself since' his. discharge from the army Sunday. The first Marshall county man to be discharged from the service under the point system, Grabhorn, a sergeant, had 104 points to his credit for more than four years of army" service, three of which were overseas.

Home on furlough from overseas service, he reported to Fort Leavenworth for re-assignment Friday, expecting to be sent back to the fighting front, and was completely surprised by his discharge. "The officer told me to report at 6 o'clock to be discharged," he told the News, "and it was so sudden I didn't have time to think about it!" He arrived home Sunday morning, expecting to surprise his par ents, whom he had left only a few days before, but his father met him at the train, having heard on the radio that he hadJ been released from the army. Said his mother, "This was the most wonderful Mother's day gift I could have thought of." Veteran of four campaigns, Grabhorn participated in the invasion of Africa November 8, 19- 42, and fought through to Tunis under General Clark, then went into Italy with his tank destroyer unit. He participated in the Anzio Little Action In District Court Judgments have been rendered In only three cases in the May term of district court in one of the lightest terms of many years. Annulment of a marriage was granted Bertha Mae Busey, an incompetent person, in a case brought against Henry Booth by her mother, Mrs.

Nellie Busey, Blue Rapids. The marriage was performed December 1, 1941, in Westmoreland. Edna Cohorst, Frankfort, was granted a divorce from Joseph F. Cohorst on grounds of abandonment, and was given custody of the minor children and $25 per month support money. The decree will.be final in six, months.

Title to property near? Frankfort was adjudged to be merchantable in an action brought by the Peoples Building and Loan association against W. H. Hard-man. Geologist Explains Of Land On Moore Wholesale Buying Of Property Occurs Here A wholesale buying and selling of property took place in Marysville this week as five homes in the city changed hands. Mr.

and Mrs. D. G. Neuman purchased the home at 1500 Jenkins from Mrs. Esther Delong, and have moved into the house.

Walter Johannes, route 4, purchased the Eugene Broihier home at Fourteenth and Laramie streets, and Mr. and Mrs. William Lake have bought a home at 910 Hillcrest where their daughter and daughter-in-law will live for the present. I The W. T.

Levicks have purchased the Robert Mayer home at Thirteenth and Elm streets and after remodeling it, intend to move in sometime In the fall. ft MRS. ETHEL NELSON a I Cassino and the battle of Kasser-anui i 3 t- i iiic jjusa, LUU weak iillki iwiiic 1.11c day after it fell into Allied hands. He also assisted in taking Naples, MERLE 'GRABHORN and had reached the Po river when he was allowed to return to this country on furlough. Although reticent about, speak ing of the fighting in which he (Continued on Page 4A) 128 Graduate From County Rural Schools Commencement Exercises For Eighth Grade Graduates Monday One hundred twenty-eight stu dents from Marshall county rural schools will participate in eighth grade commencement exercises to be held in the Liberty theatre at 1:30 P.

M. Monday, when Dr. David L. MacFarlane, Topeka, will deliver the principal address; Meeting at the courthouse at 1 P. the graduates will march in a body to the theatre' where, following a program presented by students, the movie, "True to the starring Judy Canova, will be shown.

The program will "include: Vocal music, Phyllis, Jeannette, Ra-mona and Mary Elizabeth Ellen-; becker, accompanied by their mo- (continued on page 4A) Disappearance Farm Near Oketo Explanation for the disappear ance of a large piece of land on the farm of J. H. Moore near Oketo, came this week from J. M. Jewett, geologist with the State Geological Survey, University of Kansas.

In a letter written in reply to a request for an explanation of the phenomenon written by Moore several weeks ago, the geologist wrote: "In all probability the sinkhole was formed when the roof of a cavern in an underlying limestone bed collapsed. I think that the cavern had been formed slowly by solution in the Fort Riley limestone. "The sudden appearance of sinkholes is not common, although in the past several thousands of years, a fairly large number must have occurred in Kansas. A few have appeared in historic time. Old sinks, mostly filled with soil and rock, are somewhat common in areas where the Fort Riley limestone is not lar Deiow the surface.

The old sinkholes are small shallow depressions. and generally contain water only in wet seasons. In other times they are not very noticeable. The Fort Riley limestone lies not far below (Continued on Page 4A) Ferguson Child Severely Burned By Electric Switch Three-Year-Old Ardis Ann Ferguson, daughter of Ensign and Mrs. Robert E.

Fifteenth and Elm streets, suffered severe electrical burns and shock Friday when she placed a live electric switch in her mouth. Mrs. Ferguson, who had been using an electric sweeper, had pulled the plug from the sweeper, leaving the other end of the plug connection in the wall. While Mrs. Ferguson was out of the room for moment, the child stuck the plug which had been in -the sweeper in her mouth.

Severe burns followed and it is hoped no surgery will be necessary. GET CIGARETTE MONEY Marshall county's share of April cigarette revenue totaledl $971.02, according to word from the state treasurer. i- WASTE PAPER' DRIVE Another waste paper pick-up will be conducted throughout Marysville by the Boy Scouts next Saturday, beginning at 8:30 A. J. W.

Skidmore has announced. All residents are urged to make an added effort to have all waste paper bundled and on the curb ready for collection early in the morning. May Plan Project To Prevent Flood Of Spring Creek Possibility that some project for relieving the flood damage done yearly by Spring creek may be in prospect was introduced at city council meeting Monday night by Mayor J. A. Beverldge, who told the -council it was his intention to get the state highway engineer to investigate the situation.

The mayor's statement came in response to the pleas of residents of the flood area Who told the council that suffer damage loss in floods several times '-a year. They suggested a new channel for the creek further south outside the city limits might prevent the periodic invasions of the water. Representing the residents of the flood district at the meeting were Ray Heinzelman, George Eichelberger, Jack Partridge and Herman Frye. Poppies to honor America's dead warriors of two World wars will be wornjn Marysville a week from Saturday, Mrs. Roy Maldoon, president of S.

M. N. R. post of the American Legion auxiliary, has announced. The flowers are made of crepe paper on the pattern of the wild poppy of Flanders, and have been ordered from Topeka where, disabled veterans -made them under the direction of Miss Emma Lange, state poppy chairman whose home Is in Marysville.

"This year it is expected that more Americans than ever before will wish to wear the poppies as a salute to the dead soldiers and their bereaved families, and as a financial aid to the living but disabled soldiers and their needy families," Mrs. Maldoon junior high school is Mrs. Ethel Nelson, Riley, who will fill the position formerly held by Miss Lucy Bigelow who will go to California. Principal of Riley grade school for the past two years, Mrs. Nelson taught in Walsburg for a year, and for several years was a teacher in rural schools of Riley county.

She attended six summer sessions at Fort Hays oiaie xeacners college, ana one summer at Kansas State college. Miss Cyneth Presnall, Mundan, 'will teach the first grade which has been taught by Miss Helen Starn who will also go to California. Miss Presnall, who is teaching in Washington schools, taught four years in '-Republic county rural schools, and at tended Emporia State Teachers college for two years. The fifth grade, now taught by Mrs. Reba Carnine, will be taught by Miss Martha Armstrong, Cen-tralia, while Mrs.

Carnine will the second grade, replacing Miss Evelyn Wehling, who is going to Denver, Colo. Miss Armstrong, who has attended seven summer sessions at Emporia State Teachers college and one summer at Kansas State college, has taught three years at Centralia and seven years in Nemaha coun ty rural schools. $3,136 Paid At Tax Sale A total of $3,136.50 was paid for properties in Marshall county auc tioned by Dan Horigan at the tax sale Friday, according to Wallace J. Koppes, clerk of the district court UA ocvcim iiuuuieu peiauiia xluiii over the county attended the sale, and bidding was fast and heavy. Sale of 102 tracts of land was completed in two hours.

Top price was $400 paid for one piece of property, and lowest price was 50 cents paid for a lot. Mrs. R. Morley Files Petition For Alimony Who Disappeared April 16, Alleges Abandonment Mrs. Robert E.

Morley, 1506 Jenkins street, whose husband's mysterious disappearance a month ago yesterday has not been Tuesday brought action in district court in a suit for alimony filed against her husband and the Franklin Life Insurance company. In the petition, which was filed for here by Walter T. Griffin, Marysville attorney, Mrs. Morley alleges than on April 16 her husband, "without reasonable cause, willfully abandoned and deserted her, and has concealed his whereabouts from her, and left her without means of support." "She further charges that at the time her husband abanddned he left her with four children in an "almost destitute condition as respects money and necessary food, shelter and other requirements." To help support herself and the children, she asks the court for the household goods, United States bonds, an equity1 in the automobile, an interest in real estate owned in Abilene, all of which are the property of her husband, or of her and her husband jointly. She also asks that provision be made against lapsing of life insurance policies owned by her husband, and requests that the insurance company be required to apply the remaining surrender value on the policies to her.

Morley, who was employed as repair man for the Southwestern Bell Telephone company, disap peared about 2 A. M. April 16, after telling his wife that he had been called to work. Later developments showed that he had not gone to work, and that he had left his car parked at the east side of the Gamble store. He has not been heard from since his disappearance, and local authori ties continue the search for him, ASSESSORS ARE THROUGH All Marshall county assessors i have finished their reports and turned them in to the office of the 'county clerk, Miss Manilla Preb-ble said yesterday.

Last to report was Vermillion township, and Cottage Hill township was the first school auditorium, with the following program, as announced by Supt. D. E. Wolgast: "Pomp ana Circumstance" (Elgar), by the high school band, directed by Paul Darnell; "America," by the congregation and band; invocation, the Rev. R.

E. Vandersall; "My Task" (Ashford), by the boys' oc tette; scripture, the Rev. John Newton; "The Lord's Prayer" (Malotte), by Janis Yontz; serw mon, "We Would Be by the Rev. E. J.

Bowers; "Lift Thine Eyes" (Mendelssohn) and "Spirit Flower" (Campbell-Tipton), by the girls' glee club; prayer and benediction, the Rev. K. Resler. Program for commencement Will Vta "TVirvin A wtiip aim stance" by the band, directed by Darnell; invocation, the Rev. Joseph Reich; "Korsakob" (Yod-er), by the band; "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" (Herbert), by Janis Yontz; "Country Dance" (Kre-nek), clarinet quartette; address, "Victorious Milton S.

Eisenhower; "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Waring), by the dozenettes; presentation the class, Prin. R. F. Rowland; presentation of diplomas, W. C.

King, president of the board of education; "El Capitan" (Sousa) and "Stars and Stripe3 Forever" (Sousa), by the band; benediction, the Rev. Mr. Vandersall; recessional, by the band. U. S.

Employment Service Office Opens Here A United States- Employment service office managed by Thomas P. Halloran, formerly of the Manhattan office, was opened in Marysville yesterday at 803 Broadway, to serve employers and job seekers in Marshall, Washington and Nemaha counties. Announcing the opening, Director E. W. Franzke, Tbpeka, outlined the three primary purposes of the office.

The office will recruit workers for essential employers, principally war plants. It will also give employers and workers information about man power controls, and provide employment service and an informa-" tion center for veterans. The of- fice is charged with maintaining a special Veterans' Employment Service division which offers veterans job counseling and job opportunities. A veterans' employment repre- acmaiive aim a sieiiograpiier will also be employed in the office. Big Hailstones Damage Windows And Wheat Crop Big Blue River Overflows Its 'Banks? Mercury Low Huge hailstones which accom-3 panied Sunday night's storm did some damage in town and country as moisture continued to fall intermittently throughout the '-week to bring the total here to 3.17 inches.

Approximately 125 windows were broken in the Marysville Floral company building, while" some roofs about town were slightly damaged. Neon lights were broken at the Liberty theatre. Northeast of Home City wheat sustained some damage, reported Ivan Hartman, Home City, hail Insurance representative. Lawrence Travelute, Bremen in-! surance representative, said that some damage to wheat resulted east of Marysville a few miles. It was reported the stones were as large as hen eggs east of here and near Blue Rapids.

The Big Blue river rose to a -peak floodstage of 37.2 feet here Monday and had receded to yesterday, according to C. M. knap, of the Kansas Power and Light company. Temperatures the past week, remained low for this season of the year: May 10 58 37 May 11 j. 65 41 May 12 47 May 13 86 52 May 14 60 40 May 15 46 40 Estimated COUNCIL ALLOWS BILLS City council Monday night allowed bills amounting to $2,056.60 for the three weeks since the last meeting.

Poppies Will Pay High Tribute To America's Fallen Heroes Program For Junior High Commencement Fifty Students Will Receive Diplomas In Exercises Monday Night Program for the junior high school commencement exercises to be held in the Central school at 8 P. M. Monday, has been an nounced by Miss Nina Kirkwood, principal, who listed 50 students to receive their diplomas. "Program. will include the follow-Lii Processional, Grand by the junior high school band under the direction of Paul Darnell; invocation, the Rev.

E. K. Resler; greetings, Ar-lene Hahn; piano solo, Martha Ann Whitten; reading, "Uncle Abner on, Opportunity, Harold Well's; sextette, "In the Hush the Afternoon," Marian Echelber-ger, Martha Ann Whitten, Margaret Meyer, Shirley Wells, Mari lyn Skidmore, Betty Fletcher; "Looking Janine Mill er; clarinet solo, "The Holy City," Marian Echelberger; class history, Edward Taddicken, Dale Acker- man; piano duet, "The Coronation March," Janine Miller, Marian Echelberger; music, junior high girls' glee club, directed by Mrs. Loraine Eddy; presentation of the class, Miss Nina Kirkwood; presentation of diplomas, Supt. D.

E. (Continued on page 4A) First Bond Sale Report To Be Made Saturday The first report of he Seventh War Loan will be made at the close of business George Mack, county war finance chairman, said yesterday. Special features will mark the Seventh War Loan here, the chairman said, revealing that a bond premiere movie has been booked by the Liberty theatre for June 20, and there is a ppssibility that some celebreties may make a personal appearance in June. The chairman also announced appointment of' Lloyd Elliott as city chairman at Frankfort, and added two bond issuing agencies at Beattie, the post office and the First National barfk. i MISS MARTHA ARMSTRONG Navy Personnel Must Request Subscriptions To Newspapers WILL TEACH IN CENTRAL GRADE SCHOOL CITY PURCHASES LOTS Seven lots offered for sale at the tax sale Friday were purchased by the city for street building material, at a cost of $47, it was announced at city council meeting Monday night.

scriptions or renewals. The order reads In part: "Relatives and friends may pay for the subscriptions or renewals pro vided the addressees have initia-j ted requests for them; but complimentary copies sent by publishers, copies paid for by advertisers, and copies sent under any kind of an arrangement whereby the requests of the addressees are solicited, shall not be accepted." The News suggests that parents or friends who have been subscribing to the paper for their men in service overseas, inform them immediately of the new ruling so that their requests for subscriptions and renewals will be available. Nine Are Accepted For Military Service Nine of the 16 Marshall county men who reported to PHt. Leavenworth May 1 for pre-induction examinations were accepted for military service. Accepted were: Richard Lawrence Mullen, Floyd Ross Wollen-berg, Raymond Edward Wecker, Marysville; Raymond D.

Blaske, Harold Raymond "Hanson, Water- John Michael Stitz, Bailey- ville; Joseph Harry Finnlgin, Beattle; Clifford Dale Tilley, Irv ing; Paul Anthony Greiveldlnger, Bremen. A written request for subscriptions to the News, as well as all other newspapers and periodicals, will be necessary beginning July 1, before the paper can, be sent to navy, marine corps and coast guard personnel, according to a new postal regulation announced a week ago today. Initiated in order to conserve shipping space and to prevent non-essential mailings, the order makes Clear that individual copies of newspapers and magazines mailed by the publisher and addressed by way of a fleet post office in New York, or San Francisco, will be accepted only when they are being sent in fulfillment of written requests initiated by the addressees for sub More Space At Craven Implement Store In City Additional space measuring 14 by 50 feet in wnlch to carry additional repair parts is being made available by Craven Implement company here, it was annonced Saturday. The company now has the largest repair stock of its kind of any business in the state and the addition will increase the capacity considerably. Interior of the repair department also will be renovated.

4- MISS CYNETH PRESNALL Pictured above are the three new They are: Mrs. Ethel Nelson, sixth, Miss Martha Armstrong, fifth grade. i teachers who will take positions in Central grade school next year. seventh and eighth grades; Miss Cyneth Presnall, first grade; and.