Nebraska State Elittfl
cal Society
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VOL. NO. XXXVIIL
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1922.
NO. 79
CELEBRATE THEIR
FIFTY-FOURTH WED
DING AE
Surrounded by Old and New Friends
in Their Western Home, Aged
Nebraskans Enjoy Day.
From Thursday's bally.
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Wescott, for
many years residents of Plattsmouth,
are celebrating today, at their home
at 1423 Magnolia avenue, Los An-
geles, Calif., the fifty-foirrth anni
versary of their wedding day, April
13, 1S6S. They were married at La
Porte, Indiana, in which city they
resided for some years, and in 1879
they came to Nebraska, taking up
their residence at Plattsmouth, where
they remained until September, 1912,
when they moved to Los Angeles,
Plattsmouth and "Sunnyside" a3
"home."
LADIES AUXILIARY MEET
From Thursdays "Oany.
The ladies auxiliary of the Pres
byterian church met yesterday after
noon at the church parlors with a
goodly number of the members in at
tendance and a mnst interesting ses
sion was enjoyed by the ladies. Dur
ing the afternoon the various church
societies filed their reports, Mrs. S.
S. Chase giving the report from the
Sunday school organizations; Mrs.
Fannie Dickson, the Christian En
deavor; Mrs. H. P. Goos. the Q. Z.
society; Mrs. John F. Gonler, the
missionary society, and Mrs. D. C.
Morgan, the auxiliary. After a short
time spent in focial conversation th
ladies were treated to very dainty
refreshments prepared by the hos
tesses. Mrs. C. P. Vallery. Mrs. P. B.
Shopp and Mrs. Philip Tritsch.
MIGHTY NEAT OFFICES
From Thursday Paily.
This morning, while in pursuit of
any possible elusive news, the rep
resentative of this paper visited the
offices of Attorney A. II. Duxbury
and found that the genial city clerk
has been right in line with the state
wide clean-up and paint-up cam
paign proclaimed by Governor Mc
Kelvie for this week, and his office
in the First National F.ank building
was one that certainly looked as neat
and attractive as the most carefully
kept parlor. Several piece3 of new
furniture have been added and with
new paper and paint the place looks
all to the good.
HERE ON VACATION
From Thursday's rn.Ilv.
This morning Mason Wescott, who
is studying at the Northwestern
university at Eranston. Illinois, ar
rived heme io enjoy the spring vaca
tion here with his parents, Mr. and
Mns. C. C. Wescott. and his relatives
and friends. This will l.e the last va
cation of the season that Mason will
enjov, as at the close of the school
year at Northwestern he will take
up a position on the road traveling
in the territory through Wisconsin,
that will occupy his time until the
reopening of school.
Phone the Journal office when you
are in need of job printing of any
kind. Best equipped chop in south
eastern Nebraska.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wescott have enjoy
ed unusual health and happiness
luring their residence in California,
and are today surrounded by many
old and many new friends there.
The three children of this vener
able couple are well known to all in
Plattsmouth. Cliff and Hilt of Platts
mouth. and Earl of Los Angeles. Five
grandchildren also share the Joy in
this fifty-fourth anniversary. Mason
and Alice, children of Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Wescott; Helen and Edgar,
which has been their home ever
since.
They have made annual trips back
to the old home and still look upon
children of Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Wes
cott, and Shirley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl C. Wescott, of Los Angeles..
Mr. Wescott, founder of the firm of
C. E. Wescott's Sons, has attained
almost to the age of eighty-one, and
Mrs. Wescott is in her seventy-fourth
year.
The Journal, among the many :
friends of this estimable couple inj
the old home, extends best wishes for
many more nappy anniversaries in
the future.
HIGH CLASS ORCHESTRA
During the past winter a number
of the musirally inrlined residents
of the territory adjarent to this city .
have been meeting together to en
joy musical evenings and from their ;
playing has sprung an orchestra that J
bids fair to rank with any -in the'
county from any standpoint and in
the opportunities that have 'been
given the public to enjoy their pro
grams, they certainly have made a
most favorable impression. The or
chestra is composed of Mrs. Roy
Cole, piano; Mrs. Arthur Troop, vio-
lin; Sherman Cole, Trombone; Roy
Cole, cornet; Mrs. Elbert Wiles,
flute; Mrs. Sherman . Cole, 'cello;
Miss Opal Cole, saxophone. The or
chestra played on Tuesday evening;
with tre Murray dramatic club at
Union and were one of the big hits
if the evening.
GET WIRELESS GOING
Krora Thursday's Jally.
For the past two weeks W. R. Hol
ly and William Kettleson have been
busily engaged in work on a wire-
; less outfit that they have installed at
the Willard battery station in the
M. W. A. building and they nave so
far progressed that this evening they
expect to have their radio working j
and be able to grab off messages
from the air and get in touch with '
cities for the radius of hundreds of
miles in either direction. They have!
only a receiving plant as yet and 1
will only be able to catch what is
"wirelessed" each evening from the
large stations such as time, weather
forecasts, musical concerts and oth
er news . matters that are flashed
across the country from the big send
ing stations.
RETURNS HOME IMPROVED
From Thursday's Daw.
. Mrs. George Klinger, Jr., who has
been at the Immanuel hospital in
Omaha for the past three weeks, re
turned home Tuesday evening, feel
ing much improved and hopes, after
a short pericd of recuperation, to be
restored to her former giod health.
The return of Mrs. Klinger has
brought much pleasure to the family
and host of ifriends who trust that
the patient will now enjoy good
health and a permanent relief from
her former suffering.
Blank Books at the Journal Office.
CAMPAIGN FOR
A MUNICIPAL
BRUSHING UP
PAINT UP, CLEAN UP AND GET
READY FOR 1922 LAUNCH
ED IN THIS CITY.
From Thursday's Datly.
In getting ready for the spring and
summer season this city is not going
to be behind the other progressive
cities of the state if a general cam
paign, will have the desired effect of
stirring out the citizens to make
their homes and places of business
os attractive as possible and in this
they will have the hearty co-operation
of the city administration to
make the date the first week in
May a record breaker.
To stimulate the campaign that
opens the first week in May will con
tinue for the entire month, a meet
ing was held last evening at which
a number of the cfitzens were pres
ent and a general campaign planned
with H. II. Cotton as the chairman,
Frank Gobelman, secretary and Ed
win A. Fricke, treasurer. It is the
intention to enlist in the cause all of
the civic organizations such as the
labor unions, the chamber of com
merce. Woman's club and the public
schools to make the event a real
cleanup in every way and one that
will put Plattsmouth over the top
as the neatest and most attractive
appearing city in the state.
Not only are the residents of the
city urged to devote their time to
the repainting of their places but a
general cleanup of al unsightly ob
jects in the city is urged as a matter
or" safety first and general healthi
ness of the community. The cleaning
of the yards will be an important
phase of the campaign and the do
ing away by burning of all debris,
rubbish and other unsightly objects
around the homes or places of busi
ness is urged. Everyone can enter
in the campaign and it is through
the hearty spirit of co-operation that
it is hoped to make the event so suc
cessful that it-will grow into an an
nual cleanup. that n- assure the
city being always apic and bpen, win
ter and summer if tho the practice
is followed up.
It is planned that the schools of
the city will be asked to assist in
the work of the campaign and the
young people with their pep and en
thusiasm stir up the city to the need
csf a general cleaning and scrubbing
that will make it fit for the sum
mer season and banish many of the
dangers from fires or the spread of
disease through the accumulation of
rubbish and debris around the homes
and other properties.
Mayor C. A. Johnson with his us
ual pj-ogressiveness. is strong for the
movement and will when the occas
ion arrives, proclaim the general
cleanup of -the city. With the exten
sive city improvements the property
owners should get their places in
r.hape so that this city will be noted
as a truly spotless city as far as the
efforts of its people can make it.
Begin to plan now for your part
in the campaign for every man, wo
man and child will have a part and
they will be expected to do it well
inorder to make the campaign the
success that it should be.
DENY PLACARD CHARGE
About a week ago a treveler pass
ed through this city and stopped at
the Hotel Wagner over night , and
during his stay there visited the tel
ephone booth and pasted there a
printed placard, urging motorists to
avoid our neighboring town of Ne
braska City, setting forth that the
auto drivers were being "picked on"
when .they visited that city, and toe
ing unjustly fined on some charge
cr other that might be preferred
against them. The charges reached
the ears of Editor J. H. Sweet of the
Nebraska City Press and he has come
back with a statement that should
hold the author of the placard for
some time. We will state, however,
that the card was not the product
f Plattsmouth or any of our people
who have always received the most
hospitable treatment from the good
people of our neighboring city, and
certainly the community here should
not be blamed for the act of some
soreheaded -traveler.
STOLE BIG HUDSON SEDAN
BROKE DOWN AND LEFT IT
On last Thursday as Fred Fleisch
man was coming home from Lincoln
he stopped and picked up a fellow
who had broken the axle of his large
Hudson sedan on O street road and
took him to the Bryan Smith place
where it is said he telephoned to ga
rages at various places for assist
ance, but when nelp arrived he had
disappeared. He then walked to
town and got a meal and then took
a bed at the hotel. It was soon dis
covered that the fellow had stolen
the car from a cafe owner at Lin
coln and was trying to make his get
away. It is understood that the au
thorities were after him, but the fel
low seemed to have made good hfs
getaway. Elm wood Leader-Echo..
Books! Books! Books! We have
them till yon can't rest, at the Jour
nal Office.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Fiom Thursdays Dally. fc
Yesterday afternoon Grant Bur
,'nn'o rutiimnH tinnie to this cftv af
ter a stay of six months at the Uiii-!
versity hospital in Omaha, and dur-
... . . -ma - "i i
Ing whicn lime jir. - uurrows lias
been in most critical condition and
has undergone a number of surgical
operations with the hope of giving
him some permanent relief. He has
been a sufferer from stomach and in
testinal trouble and which has made
a number of the operations necessary,
Dut it is uiougni on
ine iiigiiwity n uuiuicic ictuvci).
The father, J. A. Burrows, accompan
ied the young man home. Grant is
still quite weak and can only walk
short distances but hopes now to
soon regain his health. :
PASSING OF OLD
TIME .RESIDENT
f
William Aioert uawu, wnose xeain
Occurred Here Tuesday; a Han
of Great Experience.
From Thursday's T;aHV.
William AUiprt O'Neill, whose Dass
ing has occasioned a jrreat deal of
gret among the old time friends and
neighbors. wa3 truly a pioneer resi
dent of this portion of Ntbrarka. Mr.
O'Neill was born June IS. 1S47 in
I.-tran pimntv OMo. whrn of
tonri.or venrs his father. James O'Neill
and wife removed to Miils county.
Iowa, where they located cn the east : improvements raaue as v.Cii as a
side of the Missouri rivar, and where , Ereat luany Permanent bndtres placed
they could let their gsze rove over ver the county and other improve
the bluffs that crowned the Nebrar,-! nieilts tlia.1 1,ve S"ne toward p.acing
ka side of the river and in the spring counties in the leading ranks of
of 1S5E, James O'Neill and familv ! the counties of the state. Tne taxes
came across the turbulent waters of
the Big "Muddy, and located on what;
is now a part of the city of Platu-!
on what is known as Wintersteen hilljcase th,at has been noticeable
and the effort3 of the pioneer resi -
dent brought a number of others I
here and in a nhort time twelve or i III ft Ijnfi IJflcIO 11
fifteen homes v;ere erected and thef)flnlfU W3ltJ UL."
city or Piattsnicutn was csiaciisneu.
Later the O'Neiil family returned to
Iowa and lived there until 1857 when
they again returned to Plattsmouth j
and made a permanent home, the!
father and mother r'vling hnra un-j
their ' death a f.m
ifiber of. years
ago.
It was in Plattsmouth more than
fifty years ago that William Albert
O'Neill was united in marriage to
Victoria Gingery and to this union
eight children were born, one of
whom died in infancy. Two sons
and four daughters are left to mourn
the death of Mr. O'Neill. Albert.
whose whereabouts is unknown;
Jess, of Alameda. California; Mre.!
Myrtle Hulberd. Alameda; Mrs. Clara ,
Marker limnl- Mr? Hossie .1. !
Kastener, Nebraska City; Mrs. Henry
Timm. Murray, and Mrs. Mabel Koio-;
kitter, Los Angeles.
TVo funapnl vot-ioc o.nr-o. lial thin
afternoon at 2:"30 at the late home
in the west part of the city and con
ducted by Rev. John Calvert of the
Methodist church.
A. A. STILLGER
HAS HAND BADLY
INJURED IN WEST
Former Plattsmouth Man Working
in Furniture Factory at Grand
Junction, Colo., Eurt.
From Friday's Daily.
A telegraphic message was receiv
ed here this afternoon by C. H. Lewis
of .this city announcing the news of,
a very serious accident that befell
his son-in-law, Amel A. Stillger, at
Grand Junction. Colo., yesterday af
ternoon. Mr. Stillger has been work
ing there in a furniture factory since
his removal from this city some
months ago and it is supposed that
the accident was caused by getting
his hand caught in some of the ma -
chinery in the factory. Two-thirds of
the hand of the unfortunate young
man. including three fingers, were
severed and the injured man liurried
trt th hnnnit.T.1 where he is still in:lumblan school nave their bird
very serious condition. Mr. and Mrs.
Stillger had expected to corae back
to Plattsmouth to visit in a few
weeks Imt the accident will cause
thetir plans to be altered. Mrs. Still
ger is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Lewis of this city.
TOO MUCH SPEED
From Thursday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon Earl B?cker
was driviner his car down Main street
and when traveling through the!
block from Fifth 'to Fourth street,
stepped on the gas too freely while
Chief of Police Alvin Jones was
standing in that section of the city
nmi th r po ii it w.ns that the sum of
! $13 in the form of a cash bond was
uepositea wun tne cmei to cover 'luc
cost of speeding.
INSURANCE
I write for the Farmers Mutual
and the Columbia.
Your business will be appreciated,
phon 2411. tfw-3td
W. T. RICHARDSON.
Blank Books at the Journal Office.
CASS COUNTY IN
EXCELLENT SHAPE
FINANCIALLY
Compared With Other Counties in
This State and Iowa. Shows a
Most Excellent Record.
The citizens of Cass county can
feel wen pleni?ed with the financial
condition of the county as compared j " th':w Jftnn n- v v
it . , i, - .. of the afternoon were Me.sdames
with tt of other counties of tMV Gertrude Morgan, Pet
state and of our neighboring state of ! Batton u
Iowa. Cass county has not had forable da, refreshments
a numoor of years a cen t of bonded j d the hostesses,
indebtedness rnd at this time has no j
outstanding warrants against
the
very pleasing
Irhowing and an indication Of the'
'careful management of the board of I
commissioners of the county for the;
past ten yer.rs ns well as in the hand-j
I ling of the finani'iul af.'airs of the
The conu.arison with the counties
in Iowr is certainly most creditable
to the Xebratka county. In Kossuth
county, Iowa, the indebtedness is
$2,CS0,913. and in Mills county, in
which our neighboring city of Glen-
re-jwood is 'ocaJ;1:.)i
; ne3s ' 5492,162
there is an indebted-
It has been the policy of the cov.n-
ty board for a number of years to
run the county in a very conservative
manner that would make as small an
I outlay as possible end i:i the face of
this
there has been
extensive road
t i?r
OI ine county, 100. nave not increase!
n lre propurixon tiiat. omer lorms o
taxation have, as the state and school
in
"ie l)d-sl len Jars.
BATE AGAINST P,
. i Hi S, LAST
n
I
'Large Audience Hears the Question
of the Open or Clsoed Shop
Discussed by Debators.
From Friday's Daily.
Last evening the high school au
ditorium was filled 'to its capacity
by a very much interested audience
near me question. anouiu ine
i-iosea smp movement oi urgauiaa
Labor Have the Support of Public
'Opinion," debated by the reprcsen-
Tauves oi ine uanoo ana tne i''a"s-
uiouin niga eciiuui. -rui
live Oi IXie UUCbtlUIl Llie I 1 H I UIVMI IU
dobators, AlMson Flynn, Kurl Wurl.
and Raymond Bookmeyer, submitted
their views in favor of the closed
shop, while the negative or open
shop side of the question was cham
pioned by the Wahoo boys in a very
forceful manner. At the close of the
'debate the judges. Supt. C. L. Knott
j nf Springfield, Rev. Spear and C. R.
; Spear of Nebraska City, decided the
merits of the debate in favor' of the
visiting team from Wahoo.
I During the evening a short musi
; cal program was given consisting of
' n. vocal solo by Miss Margaret Sitz
mr.nn as well as a selection by the
high school orchestra composed of
, Clement Janda. August Knoflicek,
Harlan Gorder and Robert Creamer.
Attorney W. G. Kieck presided
over the meeting in a very able man
ner and Tiandled the debate most
pleasingly to all the participants.
.
MORE BIRD HOUSES
Tho pupils of the lower grades of
the public school, the first, second.
itlurd and fourth grades, nave oeen
'quite busy the past few weekj in
the construction of' bird houses in
(which tht feathered residents of thte
'locality could find a home, and as a
J result of the work of the little folks
many very attractive designs have
: been secured. The pupils of the Co-
houses on exhibit at the meat mar
ket of S. S. Chase while the pupils
of the Central building are placing
their exhibits of houses in the show
windows at the Wescott clothing
store They are air very neat and
show much originality and skill on
the part of the litle folks
PARTY ATTENDS THE
DECLAMATORY CONTEST
The district declamatory contest of
the schools of eastern Nebraska was j
held today'at Omaha and the Platts-,
j mouth schools were represented by j
Miss Hazel Clugy. who won the gold J
medal 'here at the recent declama- '
tory contest. Superintendent G. E.
w imc u-,u tnw, (
' faculty at the contest and Mrs. O.
! Sandin, who has been training Miss,
i Clugy in her work, was also in the ;
party making the trip to Omaha. I
Other of the young people who were
in the recent contest, Freda Klinger, '
Effa Patterson, Clara Johnson, Hel- j
en Stallsmith and Gladys Elliott,
aecomnanied the narty and will en-
I joy the work of the representatives
of the various schools on the plat-
form.
LADIES HAVE FINE MEETING
From Friday's Daily.
The ladies aid society of the Meth
odist church was very pleasantly en
tertained yesterday afternoon at the
church parlors with some seventy
ladies n attendance at the meeting
and treated to a very well balanced
and entertaining program. Mrs. H.
G. McClusky gave a very much en
joyed talk on "Playing on the Heart
strings," and Misses 'Marguerite
Wiles apd Marvel Whittaker a piano
duet and Helen Farley and Harriett
Peacock, a vocal solo, all of which
afiuv If A IimftJVHA
DIES TUESDAY NIGHT
Well Known Resident of Nebraska
City Dies After Illness of Sev
eral Months Duration.
From Friday's Dally.
Mrs. O. A. Johnson, a resident of
this city for the past thirty-nine
years, died last night shortly before
ten o'clock at her home. Ninth St.
and Sixth avenue, after an illness of
several days and death was expected.
She was born in Sweden Novem
ber 23, 1851, where she grew to
young womanhood and was united
in marriage to O. A. Johnson, who
died in this city ten years ago. Thirty-nine
years ago they left Sweden
and came direct to Nebraska City
where she had since made her home.
She was well known and highly es
teemed in ithe community and ha3
hundreds of friends who will be
pained to learn of her death.
She is survived by the following
children: Gus Johnson, Terre Haute,
Inl.; Frank Johnson. Peru; Carl
Johnson, Spreckles, Calif.; George
JohnKDn, Nebraska City; Mrs. Birdie
Gilmore, Murray, Neb.
The funeral announcement will be
made later. Nebraska City Pres3.
ASKS FOU DIVORCE
. -An action entitled Frances -McV
Cart vs. Floyd D. McCart, has been
filed in the office of Clerk of the Dis
trict Court James M. Robertson, in
which the plaintiff asks the dissolu
tion of the bonds of wedlock. The
parties in the suit were married in
this city May 22, 1916. The charges
preferred by the plaintiff are cruel
ty and non-support. The plaint in al
so asks for the custody of the -minor
child. County Attorney A. G. Cole
appears in the action for the plain
tiff. UNDERGOES OPERATION
From Thursday's Dally.
The many friends here of Rev.
Michael A. Shine, rector of the St.
John's Catholic church, will be pleas
ed to learn that the rector is doing
very nicely at the St. Catherine's hos
pital in Omaha, following an opera
tion there yesterday morning. The
surgeons were pleased that the case
was not as severe as has been feared,
and it is thought that the patient
will now do very nicely, providing
some unforseen complications do not
arise.
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payable at any time now.
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MUSICAL COMEDY
IS RAPIDLY FORG
ING TO THE FRONT
"In Hot Tamale Land" the Musical
Setting is Being Rounded Out
By Diligent Rehearsing.
From Friday's Dally.
The musical comedy offering "In
Hot Tamale Land," which is to be
presented here at the Parmele thea
tre on Wednesday and Thursday,
April 26 and 27, gives promise of
being one of the niott pleasing home
talent entertainments that has ever
been staged in the city and one in
which the greater part of the musi
cally gifted residents of the city are
participating. Director Percy Field
has chosen with great care tho prin
cipals ot the cast and among these
are seme of the most talented solo
ists in the city.
The musical comedy has a very
large chorus, composed of the young
er people who are to furnish the vol
ume and pep in the dances that will
set off the other portions of the show
and make this comedy of life among
the toreadors, senoritas and hot ta
males, one full of life and action.
In the ensemble there are some
sixty persons and with the careful
and thorough training they are re
ceiving the show is certain to get
off In good shape at the premier pre
sentation and another success to the
many pleading home talent enter
tainments that have been given here
in the past few years.
The American Legion, which is
sponsoring the show, has bt-en very
fortunate in receiving the assistance
of the talented people of the com
munity in putting over the musical
comedy and it can be assured to the
public now that they will have a
real treat when this musical comedy
offering Is presented for their con
sideration the last of the month.
GOOD FRIDAY OBSERVANCE
From Friday's Dally.
Today is one of the most Impres
sive in the Christian Church being
Good Friday 'the anniversary if the
greatest of time 'the crucifixition of
the. Savior. - The. lay van -extent vely
observed in the Episcopal and Catho
lic churches with services. At the St.
Luke's Episcopal church ervice
were held from the early morning
communion through to the three
hours devitlon from noon until 3 o'
clock when the members of the par
ish gathered at the church to spend
a short time in prayer in commem
oration of the death of the Master.
The ritualistic services were held at
the two Catholic churches, the Holy
Rosary and St. John's during the
greater part of the day. From the
dawn of Good Friday until the East
er day is most impressive with the
churches and filled with devotion
and prayer prior to the day of re
joicing over the risen Lord.
NEW TAXI LINE
Charles Tilton. the veteran taxi
driver, is once more back on the Job
and has taken over the line formerly
operated by Leonard Terryberry and
is now all ready for business with a
number of closed cars that assure
comfort to the patrons and Charley
will see that all calls are made
promptly and all possible courtesy
extended to the patrons.
NEDRASICA.
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