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Historical Society GASCONADE COUNTY REPUBLICAN "For News And Advertising That Pays" Volume 38, Number 24. OWENSVILLE, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1941. CIRCUIT COURT WILL CONVENE MAY 12 Four State Charges Against Dr. E. G.

Rhodius Of Bay Scheduled For Trial Circuit Court will meet at the Court House in Hermann on Monday, May 12. The four charges by the State against Dr. E. G. Rhodius of Bay will be heard as well as the Thomas case.

The docket is as follows: MAY TERM, 1941 First Day, May 12, 1941 1. State of Missouri VS. Ralph Mason. Felony. 2.

State of Missouri vS. Oscar Franklin Easter. Felony. 3. State of Missouri VS.

George Thomas. Felony. 4. State of Missouri VS. Orville Ferguson.

Felony. 5. State of Missouri VS. Oscar Frederick Black and Richard Lemay Harper. Grand Larceny.

6. Hermann Athletic Association. In Re Dissolution Decree. Second Day, May 13, 1941 7. State of Missouri vs.

E. G. Rhodius. Rape. 8.

State of Missouri vS. E. G. Rhodius. Rape.

9. State of Missouri vs. E. G. Rhodius.

Rape. 10. State of Missouri vS. E. G.

Rhodius. Assault with intent to rape. 11. Joseph Woest, et vs. John Woest.

Partition Sale. 12. Lizzie Eatherton, et vs. W. E.

Souders, et al. Partition Sale. 13. John C. Sicht, et vs.

Grace Warner, Minor. Partition Sale. 14. Louis Gnadt, et vs. Flora Schmitz, et al.

Partition Sale. 15. Francis Jonas. Naturalization. 16.

Anna Kosulic. Naturalization. Third Day, May 14, 1941 17. Ervin Koch vs. William Bledsoe.

Damages. 18. Robert L. Reber vs. Owensville Mutual Benefit Aid Ass'n.

Damages. 19. Polly Ann Hollandsworth vS. Clayton Hollandsworth. Replevin.

20. John A. Lahmeyer et vs. Charles Lahmeyer, et al. Suit in Partition.

21. Hy. Grannemann, et vs. Walter Grannemann, et al. Suit in Partition.

22. Arthur Englert, et VS. Anton Englert. Suit in Partition. 23.

J. L. Pointers vs. Loree Smith, et al. Suit in Partition.

24. H. J. Enke vS. Emma Rodell, etal.

Suit in Partition. Fourth Day, May 15, 1941 25. V. H. Fricke vs.

C. C. Johnson, et al. Suit on note. 26.

Bank of Bonnots Mill vs. H. J. Mertens, et al. Suit on note.

27. Walter Brinkman VS. Victor Boesch, et al. Suit on note. 28.

A. J. Gould vs. L. F.

Lahmeyer. Attachment. 29. Richard W. Ochsner, et vs.

Fred Kahle. Quiet Title. 30. Blanche Webb VS. Cordel C.

Webb. Divorce. 31. Margaret Mackay VS. Hugh Makay.

Final Decree. 32. In Re Peoples Bank of Hermann. Approval vacation orders. A True Copy From The Record.

Attest: LOUIS W. BLOCK, Circuit Clerk OTTO GERLOFF DIES AT HUGHESVILLE Otto Gerloff of Hughesville died Friday at his home there. He had been in poor health for some time. Mr. Gerloff was born and reared in the Leduc community and has many relatives here.

He was married to Sophie Brandhorst who preceded him in death. Of this union one daughter, Stella, survives. He was later married to Rosa Loeb of Bem. She with two sons and two daughters, Otto John, Florence and Frieda, survive. MISS URSULA FILLA AND JAMES BLAKE MARRIED Miss Ursula Filla and James Blake were married Saturday at All Saints Church in St.

Louis. Miss Filla is the sister-in-law of Mrs. Francis Filla, nee Zemann. She has visited at the Ambrose Zemann home on Route Three. THIRTY YEARS AGO The graduation exercises of the High School, (10th grade), were held Thursday evening.

The graduates were Elsie Warden, Edgar Eugene Smith, Martha Mabel Maupin, Lena Marie Sassmann and Andrew Paul Davis. On Saturday evening declamatory contests for the Grammer and High School pupils was held. Willie Wood won the contest for the sixth and seventh grade with "An Extract of an Oration Delivered Daniel Webster on American Independence." Miss Mabel Maupin won in the High School with a recitation, "The Painter of Seville." Judges were Mrs. Poe of Belle, H. E.

Neese of. Bland and Prof. Chas. Cole of Union. Robt.

Gross had charge of the program, Prof. S. L. Cantley having been called to High Gate by the fatal illness of his father. Theo.

E. Pounds of St. Louis and Martha Shockley of Owensville were granted a marriage license in Clayton last week. Herman Wittrock has purchased three lots south of Stukenbroker's place from Wm. F.

Sassmann. Fourteen Years Ago -May 6, 1897-Louis Landwehr was appointed postmaster at Bem, C. A. McMillan, resigned. Joshua Tappmeyer is replaced by F.

E. StrehlMann at Woollam. Mr. Strehlmann's store, known as New Woollam, is the place where Uncle Sam will do business the next four years. BENEFIT MOVIE TO BE GIVEN BY LEGION AUXILIARY "Land of Liberty" edited by Cecil B.

DeMille and released by MetroGoldwyn-Mayer will be presented at the Gasconade Theatre Monday afternoon by the American Legion Auxiliary. Proceeds of the benefit movie will be used for child welfare. The picture is a historical review of this country beginning with the Pilgrims and going to date. One hundred and thirty-nine Hollywood stars take part in the production. This number includes John and Lionel Barrymore, Bette Davis, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Robert Montgomery, Don Ameche, Lewis Stone, Bob Burns.

Henry Fonda, Margaret Sullivan, Loretta Young, Ann Rutherford and many other equally well known stars. The picture was made by the United States government with the cooperation of these stars and the producers. It is being sponsored over the country by Schools, the American Legion and Auxiliary, and other organizations. The Schools in Hermann showed the picture a short time ago. Mrs.

D. E. Williams, theatre manager, has given the picture to the Auxiliary for this benefit showing and is also donating the use of the theatre and equipment Monday. The Owensville Schools will be dismissed on Monday afternoon SO that the school children will have the opportunity to see the picture. ONE OUT OF EVERY HUNDRED DRAFTEES HAS TUBERCULOSIS One out of every 100 Selective Service men are being rejected because of tuberculosis, according to Major General James C.

Magee, surgeon general of the U. S. Army. In emphasising the necessity of early diagnosis of tuberculosis, a disease that can be in an advanced stage before any symptoms appear, General Magee called the Early Diagnosis Campaign of the Missouri and National Tuberculosis Associations being held this month, scientific approach to the general problem of tuberculosis and a measure of great importance in national defense." ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING Alvin Fisher was arrested by Trooper L. B.

Smith for driving at an excessive rate of speed on First Street and was tried in Justice of the Peace C. F. Chaudet's Court Friday. He pleaded guilty and was fined. COUPLE CELEBRATES GOLDEN WEDDING Mr.

and Mrs. W. A. Juedemann Of Woollam Were Married On April 23rd, 1891 The Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.

W. A. Juedemann was celebrated at their home Sunday. A dinner was served at noon for the immediate family and Rev. and Mrs.

J. S. Arvin and Rev. and Mrs. A.

W. Darter. After the dinner Rev. Arvin made a short talk on years past and the marriage of the Juedemanns which took place on April 23, 1891. Rev.

Darter then spoke on the future years for them. Two granddaughters, Miss Schwegler and Miss Koch, sang "Silver Threads Among the Gold." Those present at the dinner were the children of Mr. and Mrs. Juedemann: Mr. and Mrs.

H. F. Juedemann, Mr. and Mrs. V.

E. Koch and Edw. C. Juedemann of St. Louis; Mr.

and Mrs. W. A. Juedemann of Blackburn; Mr. and Mrs.

W. E. Juedemann, Mr. and Mrs. F.

C. Juedemann and Mrs. Chas. Fulkerson, of Kansas City; and Mr. and Mrs.

A. L. Schwegler of Alma; the grandchildren--Mary Virginia Juedemann, Lawrence, Eugene, Leona Pearl, Edna Mae and Lillian Schwegler, Verna Jennie and Virginia Koch, Maxine, Emma and Bobbie Lee Juedemann. Other guests besides the Arvins and Darters were Mr. and Mrs.

J. R. Wheeler and Mr. and Mrs. Meines of Sedalia.

In the afternoon a reception was held in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Juedemann. Some two hundred friends and neighbors visited them at their home during the afternoon and evening. MRS.

LOUISE HEUMANN DIES NEAR HERMANN TUESDAY Funeral services were held for Mrs. Louise Heumann at the Blumer Funeral Home in Hermann followed by services at St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church at Bay with interment in the Church Cemetery this afternoon. Rev. H.

0. Ring and Rev. J. M. Hertel officiated.

Mrs. Heumann died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Julius Buchholz, near Hermann Tuesday. She was 90 years of age. Mrs.

Heumann is the grandmother of Mrs. Henry Ruskaup of Owensville. Louise Westholz Heumann was born at Bay on June 13, 1850. She was married to Bernhard Heumann at Bay and they made their home there until 1922 when they moved to Hermann. Mr.

Heumann died a year later and Mrs. Heumann has made her home with her daughter since then. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Frank Waldecker of Bay, Mrs. Edw.

Blinne of Baldwin and Mrs. Buchholz. One daughter, Mrs. Rud Krumrey of Chesterfield and an infant son preceded her in death. She leaves thirteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Mrs. Heumann has been a member of St. Paul's Church at Bay since she was 14 years old. CHILD HEALTH DAY TODAY By Presidential and Gubernatorial proclamation today, May 1st, is designated as Child Health Day and all health workers have been urged to concentrate on this day for special emphasis in child health1 work. The child health programs extend over the entire year, this one day is set aside annually to bring to the attention of each community the importance of the child's health, development and well being throughout life, of proper food, rest, exercise, medical care and protection against disease.

The slogan for this year is "The health of the child is the power of the nation." REGULAR TRIMMING HELPS DEVELOP COLT'S FEET The feet of the colt should be trimmed once every 6 to 8 weeks to develop the most desirable foot says T. A. Ewing of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture. Trimming the feet of colts regularly aids in the soundness of feet and legs in the mature horse. JAS.

CARWILE KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Son of Mrs. Jesse Carwile Of Cooper Hill Buried Tuesday; Worked In Kansas City James Carwile, 20-year-old son of Mrs. Jesse Carwile of Cooper Hill, was killed in a head-on automobile collision near Warrensburg Sunday. The young man was riding with Jack Brownfeld. of Pilot Grove when they collided with the automobile of Mrs.

Edson K. Bixby, widow of the late publisher of the Springfield News-Leader. Her car was driven by Robert Heriford of Springfield. Mrs. Bixby was seriously injured.

Mrs. Carwile went to Warrensburg Sunday to identify the body of her son. He was brought to Belle where his sister lives and services were held at Cooper Hill Tuesday. The boy is survived by his mother, one sister, Lucille, who is employed at Vardaman Shoe factory here and two other sisters and two brothers. He has been employed in Kansas City since he left CCC camp three weeks ago.

LAURA RUFFNER IS BRIDE OF JEROME SCHUSTER Miss Laura Ruffner became the bride of Jerome Schuster of Hermann at nuptial mass at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. Rev. Fr. J. J.

Martin officiated. Attendants of the couple were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Passet, Miss Mary Duda and George Mundwiller of Hermann. The bride was dressed in white satin with a finger tip tulle veil held in place by a cap of pearls.

She carried an arm bouquet of red roses. Mrs. Passet, sister of the bride, wore a white floor length tafetta dress and carried red carnations. Miss Duda wore pink lace and carried white carnations. After the ceremony a wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs.

Mary Ruffner. Guests at the wedding dinner beside the bridal party and Rev. Martin were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Freise of Union, Mr.

and Mrs. T. W. Eggers, and children of New Haven, Mrs. Louisa Ochsner, Miss Ethel Brown, Mr.

and Mrs. Paul Baumstark, Leonard Baumstark, Jake Volkerding, M. A. Schuster, Mr. and Mrs.

Walter Hoemann and children of Hermann; Mrs. Lillian Tugle, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jansen and family, Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Buschmann and Miss Slona Hart of St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stubblefeld and family of Bland, Mr. and Mrs.

Walter Schulte, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ruffner, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Opitz and son, Ronald, Mr.

and Mrs. F. W. Stukenbroker and Mrs. Minnie Ruffner of Owensville.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Ruffner. She attended the Owensville Schools and has been employed at Vardaman Shoe factory for a number of years. Mr. Schuster is the son of M.

A. Schuster of Hermann. He is a graduate of the Hermann Schools and is associated with his father as a photographer in Schuster Studio in Hermann. He and his bride are making their home in Hermann. BOOSTER CLUB WILL MEET MAY 9TH The Owensville Booster Club will hold its regular meeting on Friday night, May 9, instead of the regular first Friday.

The meeting will be held at the City Hall at 8 o'clock. The Road Committee selected by the Board of Directors last week was not included in the report of committees. The committee members are Wm. Aufder Heide, T. E.

Crowder and 0. J. Koch. WM. ZINNS CELEBRATE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr.

and Mrs. William Zinn celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary Sunday at their home on Route Three. Dinner was served to a number of relatives and close friends. Mrs. Zinn was formerly Miss Lydia Brandenberger.

They have one son, Lewis William. SHOWER GIVEN MRS. L. CURTIS A miscellaneous bridal shower was given in honor of Mrs. Leo Curtis by Mrs.

Glenwood Tappmeyer at her home last Thursday evening. Thirty guests were present. The hostess served cake, jell-o and coffee. Mrs. Curtis received a number of lovely gifts.

Her department at Vardaman Shoe Company gave her a floor lamp. A wedding dinner was given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

A. C. Price, Sunday. Guests were Mr. and Mrs.

Carl Hoppe and son, Miss Mae Price and Lois Mae Ferris of Washington, Miss Gladys Meyer and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Adcock and son. Mr. and Mrs.

Curtis were married at 9 o'clock Saturday morning, April 19, at the Presbyterian Church in Gerald. Mrs. Curtis was Miss Verna Price before her marriage. GOLDEAN BRANSON WEDS AL TURNER SATURDAY Miss Goldean Branson and Al Turner of Rolla were married at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at the Baptist parsonage. Rev.

M. Frederic Johnson performed the ceremony. The bride wore a dusty rose street dress with beige accessories and a corsage of white flowers. She is the daughter of Mrs. Blanche Branson Webb.

She attended the Owensville School and was graduated from High School here in 1938. Since her graduation she, has been employed in the AAA office. Mr. Turner was reared in Ava. He attended High School in Columbia and was graduated from University High there in 1937.

He attended the University of Missouri for a time and was employed in Owensville for several years. He is now employed as an automobile salesman and radio repairman at Rolla. Mr. and Mrs. Turner are making their home in Rolla.

MRS. ALBERT FOWLER BURIED AT BOEUF CEMETERY MONDAY Funeral services were held for Mrs. Albert Fowler at her home at Bay at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon with burial in Boeuf Presbyterian Cemetery west of Gerald. Mrs. Fowler died at her home Saturday.

She had been ill for a number of years. She was 76 years old. Mrs. Fowler is survived by her husband and the following children -Daniel Hafley of Eureka; Mrs. A.

M. Graham of Gerald; Edward and Elmer Hafley and Mrs. Myrtle Owens of Bay; George Hafley of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and Mrs. Elsie Lore of Belle. She also leaves thirty-two grandchildren and twenty-seven great grandchildren.

Minnie Ellen Robinson was born at Rolla on July 16, 1864. She was first married to George Hafley. After his death she was married to Albert Fowler. Mrs. Fowler was preceded in death by two sons, Thomas and Benjamin Hafley and three daughter, Eva and Amanda Hafley and Clarsey Fisher.

GIRLS WIN THREE RATINGS IN STATE CONTEST Miss Gladys Meyer, High School Junior, was given a three rating on her alto solo "My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice" by Saint-Saens, and Miss Norma Rose Pollman, also a Junior, received a three rating for her oboe solo "Orientale" by Cui in the State Music Festival held in Columbia Friday and Saturday. There were 14,692 entries in the contest. Gladys and Norma Rose won first place ratings in the district contests held at Rolla several weeks ago. FUCHS NELSON Miss Della Nelson of Cuba Route One and George Fuchs of Route Three were married in Jefferson City on April 21, by the Lutheran minister there. Mrs.

Fuchs is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Nelson of Cuba Route. She has been working at Vardaman Shoe factory here.

Mr. Fuchs is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fuchs.

He and his bride are making their home on his farm. 20-YEAR-OLD SON OF DR. BAKER DIES Young Man Becomes Ill While Attending School of Mines; Cause of Death Unknown Funeral services were held for Tommy Baker, 20-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. B.

M. Baker of Belle, at the Belle Methodist Church Sunday. Rev. H. W.

Woodruff of Camdenton, former pastor of the Belle Church conducted the services. Burial was made in the Bland Union Cemetery. The young man died in a St. Louis hospital early Friday morning. He had been ill six weeks.

The cause of his death was not determined. Tommy became ill some time ago while attending the School of Mines at Rolla. His condition grew steadily worse and he was taken to the hospital where he died while undergoing an operation Friday morning. Tommy McCoy Baker was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on March 18, 1921. In infancy his family moved to St.

Louis. He attended school in the city and in Belle and was graduated from Cleveland High School in St. Louis last June. He was a member of Delta Xi Kappa fraternity at Cleveland. His fraternity brothers served as pallbearers at the services Sunday, Tommy is survived by his parents, four sisters, Geraldine, Jessamine, Natalie and Avonell; three brothers, Jimmie, Larry and Ronald, his grandmothers, Mrs.

Maude Sellers Kane of St. Louis and Mrs. Nancy Ellen Baker of Belle. The young man was a member of the Belle Methodist Church, having Joined that church on Easter Sunday four years ago, during the time that Rev. Woodruff served at Belle.

Dr. Baker, the boy's father, is an eye specialist with offices in Belle and Owensville. JOHN F. STOVALL DIES IN OKLAHOMA FRIDAY John Fielding Stovall, brother of Mrs. Clyde V.

Carnahan and Mrs. Almeda Souders of Owensville, died at his home in Okemah, Oklahoma, Friday. He was 72 years of age. Mr. Stovall was born and reared in this community.

He was born at Woollam on November 29, 1868. While he was a child his family moved to Oak Hill where he grew to manhood. He was married to Evelyn Schultz in September, 1889. Three children were born to then. In 1900 they moved to Oklahoma to make their home and three years later, Mrs.

Stovall died. He was married to Mrs. Mary E. Crawford of Okemah, Oklahoma, in 1913. His wife, two daughters, Mrs.

Floyd Casey of Clovis, New Mexico, and Mrs. Bernard McGahey of Washington, D. and six grandchildren survive. His only son, Joshua, preceded him in death in 1939. He leaves two brothers, Robert Stovall of Jake Prairie and George Stovall, of Lovington, Illinois; and four sisters, Mrs.

Mac Stubblefield and Mrs. Theodore Wieman of Oak Hill Route, Mrs. Souders and Mrs. Carnahan. Mr.

Stovall was a member of the Okemah Masonic Lodge and the Modern Woodman of America. CELEBRATE SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY Mr. and Mrs. Adam Ringeisen, of Cuba Route One celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary Sunday. Their anniversary was Saturday, the 26th.

Approximately 100 persons were present including Mrs. Ringeisen's great uncle and great aunt, Mr. and Mrs. August Brinkmann of Bay. A basket dinner was served at noon.

The Ringeisens have one daughter, Miss Wilma. Mrs. Ringeisen was Miss Emilie Tayloe before her marriage. BIRTHDAY PARTY SUNDAY AT HY. BLACKWELL HOME Mrs.

Henry Blackwell was honored with a party Sunday in celebration of her birthday anniversary. Guests were Mr. and 'Mrs. Forrest Gail and Mr. and Mrs.

A. P. Rice of St. Louis, Mr. and Mrs.

Clarence Gail of Overland and Mrs. Sydney Gail and son and daughter, Dale and Patty, of Hermann..