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VOL. NO. XLI
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1925.
NO. 57
Platte
S3
TWO KILLED
N SUNDAY
AUTO WRECK
CAR OF C. L. DEITZ STRUCK BY
BURLINGTON TRAIN AT
OREAPOLIS
BODIES ARE SADLY MANGLED
Elof Johnson, Aged 34 and Junes L.
Edwards, Aged 40, Are Killed
Louis Liner Injured.
From Monday's Daily
Death that lurks at the railroad
grade crossings Sunday afternoon
took toll of the lives of two of the
well known residents here and ser
iously if not fatally injured a third
member of the party. Elof Johnson,
aged 34, and J. L.. Edwards, aged 40,
being the killed and Louis Liner,
well known farmer, aged 55, serious
ly injured, while C. L. Deitz, driver
of the car. sustained a broken ankle '
and many very serious bruises and
injuries.
The accident occurred at the
Oreapolis crossing of the Burlington
north of this city, where the K of T .
highway crosses the railroad on the I
way to the Platte river bridge. The j
accident occurred shortly before 2
, . i . i i
o cioiK wiieu eusiuounu passenger
train No. 24., over the Burlington,
crashed into the car of Mr. I'eitz
which was on the crossing.
Mr. Deitz had been intending to
drive to Omaha and Mr. Johnson and
Mr. Edwards, who have been employ
ed at Nebraska City, decided to ac
company him. to catch the train later
in Omaha that would take them
back to Nebraska City. Mr. Leiner,
who was down in the main section
of the city was invited to accompany
them and the party left here about
1:30 on the journey that was to have
such a fateful ending lot "all" of the
party.
As the car drew near thrrross
ing they had noticed the train but
were supposedly far enough away to
allow the car to get over the cross
ing before the train arrived in a
dangerous distance. According to Mr.
Deitz, the car had stalled on the
track and before they could get start
ed again the locomotive had struck
them.
The engineer of the train stated
that he had seen the car drive on
the crossing and as they were then
quite close the whistle of the train
had been blown and the air brakes'
applied to the train but the distance'
was then short and the crash follow-j
ed in a few seconds, the car being
hurled up on the pilot and carried
some distance. William Galloway.)
who resides just north of the crossing ;
also states that the car was not en- j
tirely stopped altho there was appar
ently some trouble in getting it under
way sufficiently to carry it ove? the
crossing and out of the way of thej
approaching train.
The bodies of Johnson and Ed
wards were both terribly mangled by
the wreck and that of Mr. Edward
V CXJ lii I - 1 i k i w . - - j
extricated from the wreckage, it be-;
ing apparent that he was at least par-!
tially out of the cy and had been)
dragged along the track, spikes andj
fish plates along the track havintf
torn out chunks of the flesh and the
head of the unfortunate mar. practic-(
ally torn to pieces by the effects of
the lacerations received. .'.
The body, of . Johnson,; "who had
either gotten clear of the car or was
hurled out, was thrown to the south J
side of the tract, strimng a smau
signal switch stand and with such a
force that the body was badly broken,
there being but few bones that were
not broker.. The face and ' head of
Mr. Johnson was not lacerated to a
great extent but from the nature of
the injuries he must have been in
stantly killed when the locomotive
plowed into the car. -
Mr. Deitz was still behind the
wheel When the train was topped
Rnd the dead and injured rescued
from the wreck. He had been badly
bruised and a severe fracture of the
left ankle was found but he was con
scious in a few moments.
Louis Leiner was found in the seat
with Mr. Deitz and suffering from a
very badly injured hip and what was
first thought . was internal injuries
and his suffering was very great as
he was taken from the wrecked car
and carried to the baggage car. of
the train, where also Mr. Deitz w-as
taken and the men hurried on into
Plattsmouth where medical aid was
summoned. Mr. Deitz was taken to
his home on Wintersteen hill and Mr.
Leiner was later taken to Omaha to
the hospital on a special train to be
cared for there as it was thought
that his injury could be cared for
there in better shape. Vvhile in ser
ious condition he i was reported as
being still alive altho h:.s injuries
were very severe and caused him a
great deal of pain. -v -
While the bodies of the dead men
were still lying along the track and
the other members of the party were
unab! to tell the names of their
dead companions, a watch was eeen
hanging-.! rom the pocket of one of the
men and one of the young men stand
ing nearby was startled to find that
the watch was that of his father,
James L. Edwards. As soon as pos
sible after County Attorney W. G.
Kieck could reach the scene and in
vestigate the matter, the bodies were
brought into this city and taken to
the Sattler and Streight undertaking
rooms.
After taking the evidence of the
railroad men and that of Mr. Deitz.
the bodies were brought on in to the
city.
The car of Mr. Deitz, a Tudor Ford
sedan, was badly shattered by the
wreck, the pilot of the locomotive
having struck the car near the
drivers seat and it is one of the
strange features of the accident that
Mr. Deitz was not killed by the force
of the impact. While a greater part
of the car was badly damaged the
lower windshield was not broken by
the force of the wreck.
Elof Johnson, one of the victims
of the fatal auto party, is the only
son of Mrs. Charlotte Johnson, who
has been making her home here with
her sister, Mrs. Dave Wallengren and
family, and to whom the tragedy has
come with the greatest severity. The
young man was born here in this
city and has lived here for a great
many years, living for some time on
the farm near Royal, but after the
death of the father, several years ago,
the wife and son have been living in
Iowa. Kansas and in this city. The
young man was a carpenter by trade
and has for the past few months been
working at Nebraska City, to which
place he was to have returned to
day after the Sunday visit with rela
tives here. The funeral services of
Mr. Johnson were held this afternoon
at 2 o'clock from the Swedish Mission
church on Granite street and the in
terment made at the Oak Hill ceme
tery. .'
James L. Edwards, the second vic
tim of the auto party was a married
man and leaves the wife and three
children. Fred. Richard and Maxine,
all living with the parents in this
city. Mr. Edwards has been working
in Nebraska City also and was to
leave for that place last evening when
the accident terminated his life. He
is also survived by three brothers.
Fred Edwards, a switchman at Pacific
Junction, Earl Edwards of Asland.
Wililam Edwards of York, as well as
a sister. Mrs. Ella Johnson of Coun
cil Bluffs. The body of Mr. Edwards
was taken this afternoon to the old
home of the family near Pacific City,
where the funeral Bervices will be
held late this afternoon.
HEAVY RAIN FALLS
From Monday's Daily
The rain late yesterday afternoon
and last evening was very general
over the entire northern portion of
Cass county as the Plattsmouth visi
tors at the Greenwood baseball game
can testify. The clouds from the
west and northwest were very heavy
when the Plattsmouth delegation
started from Greenwood and the
greater part of the cars were in the
vicinity of Louisville when the first
of the storm struck, the rain falling
in sheets and in a few moments mak
ing the roads hard to travel. The new
ly graded roads just out of Louis
ville were soft and through the mud
and up and down the steep hills the
cars shidded and plunged. After the
new graded roads were passed the
travel was not so difficult altho the
roads were sticky and far fram pleas
ant. The rainfall east of Louisville
was not so heavy until the second
storm that struck the caravan just
west of the 8 Mile Grove church and
from then on into Plattsmouth the
rain was heavy in the extreme and
in many places the water was rushing
over the road to a considerable depth,
especially in the low places and the
Four Mile bottom. The storm was
accompanied by a very intense light
ning storm that played around the
cars. A straw stack five miles west
of the city was struck by lightning
during the storm.
RETURNS FROM PLEASANT TRIP
From Monday's Dally
W. G. Boedeker of the Murray
State bank, who with Mrs. Boedeker
and son, Charles, and Miss Buelah
Sans, have been enjoying an auto
tour of the west returned home the
last of the week, Mr. Boedeker re
ports a most interesting trip through
Colorado and the northern and cen
tral parts of New Mexico. They spent
some time at Denver and Colorado
Springs as well as Manitou and other
of the show places in and near the
capital city, including a drive up thru
a beautiful Estes park, one of the
show places of that section. They
then drove on down through New
Mexico, visiting LasVagas and also
through the celebrated Raton pass
to the town of Raton where there
is now a great oil excitement due to
the uncovering of several oil wells
in that vicinity. Glen states that
the trip was well worth while and
that they all had the times of their
lives.
DOGS AT A BARGAIN
From Monday's Dally
The round up of tiie stray dogs
of the community is taking place and
the city dog pound that has been es
tablished in the city tool house has
been filled to overflowing with the
canines that were gathered up. Chiel
of Police Johnson announces that
those who desire to secure a dog at a
real bargain should get busy and
come across with the price of a dog
tag and they can have the pick of the
animals that are being held in the
pound.
GASS COUNTY
BALL TOURNA
MENT BEGINS
Greenwood Loses to Plattsmouth and
Manley in Opening Games
Play At Greenwood.
From Monday's Daily
Yesterday, Greenwood, the flour
ishing little city of western Cass
count', was the mecca of the base
ball fans of the county and a very
large number drove from this city as
well as Manley for the games, the
visitors far exceeding the home folks
in the opening games on the Green
wood grounds.
As the result of the opening day's
games, Manley and Plattsmouth
emerged the victors while a double
defeat was the part of Greenwood,
the first game going 12 to 6 to Man
ley and the last game being 7 to 3 in
the last half of the seventh inning
when darkness made it necessary to
call the game with the score favor
ing Plattsmouth.
Manley Wins Opener
The opening contest is told in two
sad innings, in the opener, when
Manley annexed four runs and in the
fourth when they drove Brakhage
from the mound and garnered eight
more runs.
When the game was opened. Ash,
the first man up for Manley, was
able to draw a walk while Grover
Hopkins hopped on a safe one and
was assisted by the Greenwood sec
ond sacker in reaching that bag on
the grounder of E. Sheehan that al
lowed both runners a safety. Rudy
Meisinger, who was romping in the
outer garden for the Manley team,
smacked one for a single that regis
tered Ash. West hit to short center
and Hopkins scored while Sheehan
was nipped at the plate from the
throw in from the field. West and
B. Hopkins were also helped by er
rors in reaching their bases safely.
Meisinger scored the fourth run of
the game on the safe poke of Bron
ko to right.
Greenwood also scored in the
opening inning on a hit by Burk to
right who was advanced on the bases
by a juggle by Bronko at second,
scoring when Kelly, the stout outer
gardener of the Greenwood bunch,
hit safely.
The second run of Greenwood
came in the second frame and looked
like there was going to be a real bat
tle as Cope of Greenwood secured a
hard rap to center for two bags and
scored on the rap of Griffin to center.
In the fourth inning, Manley com
pletely dashed all hopes of the Green
wood team in winning as they gar
nered eight runs and six hits as well
as a walk and a number of errors
that kept them busy crossing the
plate, E. Sheehan and O'Brien each
were able to nab a home run off the
fast failing efforts of Brakhage. To
stem the tide, after eight runs had
been annexed, Cope was sent to the
mound and was able to hold Manley
scoreless, but three hits being regis
tered off of him in the succeeding in
nings. Greenwood added three in the sev
enth and one in the eighth that
brought their tallies up to six, but
the big lead accumulated by Manley
was too much to overcome although
the west end team was commencing
to find Rector most effectively.
Box score:
Manley
AB H PO A E
Ash. cf 3 0 0 0 0
G. Hopkins, lb, p 4 4 8 1 1
E. Sheehan, 3b 5 112 0
Meisinger, If 5 12 0 0
O'Brien, c 5 1 11 0 0
West, ss 5 10 4 2
B. Hopkins, rf 5 2 0 0 0
Bronko, 2b 5 2 111
Rector, p 5 3 4 0 0
Totals 42 15 27 8 4
Greenwood
AB H PO A E
L. Jardine. 3b 5 0 110
Burk, 2b 4 12 3 3
Langdon, c 5 1 10 1 0
E. Jardine, lb 5 2 11 1 0
Kelly, cf 5 2 1 1 1
Stradley, If 5 0 0 0 0
Cope, rf, p 4 10 3 0
Brakhage, p 1 0 0 3 1
Shawkey, rf 3 0 0 0 0
Griffin, ss 3 2 2 2 2
Plattsmouth Wins Second
The second game was delayed by
the lateness of the first contest and
it was in the purpling twilight when
the decision of the Greenwood um
pire in the last of the seventh in
ning was that the contest should be
called on account of darkness and
the game won by Plattsmouth by the
score of 7 to 3.
The game was much better thru
out than the first contest and showed
a faster quality of ball on the part
of the Greenwood team than they
had exhibited in the earlier game.
For Plattsmouth the decision was
to send Swanson to the mound and
who pitched a very effective game.
While 6even hits were annexed off
his delivery in the same number of
innings, this was largely due to 'the
last innings when the darkness pre
vented the fielding of the ball and
ordinary outs were good for hits.
Gustavison was on the mound for
Greenwood and was souched for 7
hits, including two circuit drives.
the second inning when Newman led
off with a safe blow to left field and
was resting nicely at second to where
he had been sacrificed by McCarty,
when Henry C. Burkhart, our romp
ing star hurler, who was performing
in left garden, smote one of the de
liveries of GustavLson and nearly
caved in the rear of one of Green
wood's business houses, the ball sail
ing over the centerfield fence, which
counted two runs for Plattsmouth.
Mason was hit by Gustavison and
O'Donnell secured a safety over
short, Mafaon being sacrificed
third by Swanson and both runners
scored when Martin doubled to cen
ter field.
The first scoring for Greenwood
was in the third when E. Jardine
dropped one of Swanson's slow ones
over the left field fence for a four
ply drive.
Greenwood added their remaining
two runs in the fifth inning when
the darkness was making it hard to
distinguish the dark-hued balls that j
were used. L. Jardine opened with
a grass cutter out into the right gar- I
den. while Burk was out on a fly to
McCarty. Langdon hit safely to j
right, scoring Jardine. while E. Jar- From Tuesday's Daily
dine with another safety to right j Today as the new day was speed
scored Langdon. ing westward with its message of the
In the third inning Herb Klau- : morning, the spirit of one of Platts
schie walked for fear that he would mouth's oldest and best beloved resi
damage the residences in the vicin- dts, Mrs. Marv L. Hemple took its
ity of the park as he planted a foul night into the eternal dav whose
in a garage across the street from riifipri treasures will be the reward
the park, and Herb was just getting
a nice rest on second when J. Honos
Aewman ien upon one or tne ueiiv-
eries of Gustavison and planted a
homer over in the direction of the-
Burlington station, chalking up two'
more for the locals.
The last one for the locals came
in the fateful seventh when Ilerold
hit to center and in the gloom that
prevailed. Kelly dropped he ball.
Pete scored when McCarty drove one
through first base.
Box score:
Plattsmonth
AB H PO A
Martin, 3b 3 2 0 2
Herold. 2b r 4 0 0 3
Klauschie, c 2 0 6 0
Newman, ss 4 2 11
McCarty, cf S 1 1 0
Burkhart, If 3 12 0
Mason, rf 10 10
Johnson, rf 10 10
O'Donnell, lb 3 19 0
Swanson, p 2 0 0 3
Totals 27 7 21 9
Greenwood
Art H 1V A
L. Jardine, 3b 4 10 1
Burk, c 4 14 2
Langdon, rf 4 2 0 0
E. Jardine, lb 3 3 9 0
Kelly, cf 3 0 10
Stradley, If 3 0 2 0
Shawkey, 2b 3 0 4 2
Griffin, ss 3 0 1 C
Gustavison, p 3 0 0 2
Totals 30 7 21 13
GIVE FRIEND SURPRISE
From Monday's Daily
John Hadraba. who is leaving in a
few days for Florida to make his
home, was given a genuine surprise
Saturday evening by more ' than a
score of his friends, many of whom
are members of the Legion Drum and
Bugle corps in which Mr. Hadraba Louisville, Kentucky, where they lo
has played the bass drum, since the cated for some time.
corps was organized early last spring. Later the brother and sister re
The surprise was carefully planned moved to Davenport. Iowa, where on
and carried out to a nicety and when
Mr. Hadraba was escorted to the
scene df the party at the T. J. hall
he was greatly surprised when he
was greeted by the friends who had
gathered there. The evening was
enjoyably spent with cards and con-
versation, after which a buffet lunch-
eon was served and it was a rather
late hour when the guest and his
friends departed for their homes as-
serting it had been a most pleasant
get-together and wishing John the
best of luck in his new home in the
south.
SUFFERS AUTO ACCIDENT
From Monday's Dany
Word has been received here of
the serious inlurv that was sustained
a few days ago by Alexander Duncan,
who was formerly residing here and
is well known to many of the young-
er people of the city. The accident
occurred in the vicinity or loieuo.
Ohio, while Duncan and a compan-
ion were en route from Buffalo, New
York, back to Omaha. The injured
young men were taken to the hos -
pital at Toledo where they were
cared for. Duncan had a very severe the forces of rebellion, the little pio
cut on one leg and was also bruised . darkened when the
and injured in quite bad shape and
which kept him in the hospital for
several days. The accident will de-
lay .them several days but they ex -
pect to reach Omaha within the next
vseets..
GIE1S WUTMIXGHI HERE' - ioPt chTreo!
, j i,,i,. itwo of whom, Bernard and Catherine,
From Monday s rail- . 'with the husband and father, have
was offered the past week to the lo-
, v,r
an w0 nn
Saturday - to rv and connect up a
game. The ladies wished to play
her. Anmist 23rd. but as this is the
date of on of the Cass county tourna-
ment games it was necessary to fore-
go the pleasures of the girls' game
in this citv. The management of the
Athletic Girls will probably seek a
game -with Louisville, Bellevue or attendant at the services at the
Weeping Water in the next week church and when deprived by her
and give the residents there a real years of being able to attend the ser
treat. vices save on rare occasions, she
DEATH CALL
ONE OF CITY'S
PIONEER WOMEN
to'MES. MARY L. HEMPLE PASSES
AWAY AT RIPE AGE AT
OLD HOME HERE.
RESIDENT HERE SINCE 1858
Last of the Members of the Guth-
maun Family Who Came Here
at Early Day to Reside.
nf thp lon and faithful life of this
splendid lady, whose lifetime has
ppaiined lhe period of eighty-eight
years
For as j as the aVerage span
f lifo Mrc T,n,T,, ,,as Wti a rpsi.
'dent in this city and vicinity and her
peaceful, gentle life has served as an
inspiration to her family as well as
-v t- Inrrm ? -v t fr!nnfla Trie
; Hemple in the long per-
, : - ".',.
jUU Ul v fills 1 I ' 1. 1 ui uic ju-a.
; Christian as she was devoted to the
tenets of the Christian faith and in
K!her last days when the sands of life
i were fast fleeting away her thoughts
0 were with the things of the world
0 beyond, it seeming as though in her
0 fast dimming earthly life she could
0 glimpse the glories of the great be
0 yond that she had made her goal in
0 all the years of life and which she
0 today was permitted to enter into.
0 joining there those of her loved ones
1 who had gone on before.
! Mary L. Guthmann was born on
2 September 27, 1838, in the little
JcommUiiity of Walthausen, Germany,
K 'iiit daulW Li ILittLii Frank and
0 ;Anna Maria Guthmann, whose fam
2 'ilies were old residents of the grand
0 'duchy of Baden. Here in the pleas-
1 ant surroundings of the old home, .the
1 girlhood of this lady was spent un
0 til she had reached the age of six-
2 teen years when her brother', Charles,
decided to leave the old home and
journey across the sea to the United
" States to seek his fortune there in
" the land whose opportunities were
greater than at the old home. The
long journey was made by the broth
er and sister across the Atlantic in
the old time sailing vessel, they
spending sixty-five days on the ocean
before they reached New Orleans, the
port of their entry into the United
States. From the southern seaport.
the two came north, traveling on the
river steamboats and finally reaching
March 10, 1856, Miss Guthmann was
united in marriage to Bernard J.
Hemple, who had just come to
this country. After two years spent
in Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Hemple came
westward, making the trip by boat
down the Mississippi to fat. iouis ano
thence up the Missouri river to the
outpost of Plattsmouth, where they
landed and located in a community
that was practically isolated from
the outside world and where the
neighbors were distant forty and
fifty miles.
One of the incidents of the pio
neer hardships is related by the fam
ily when the father was compelled
to walk fifty-five miles to a physi
cian to secure supplies for the care
of the familj'
The hardships and
the privations of the early days
showed the great depth of friendship
.and love that was a part oi tne me
of Mre. Hemple as she was unfailing
in her attention to her neighbors
and would respond to tne can oi neea
and suffering among those whom she
felt needed assistance, this kindly
feeling being kept up until death,
j when tne war clouds gathered in
,Sfi-, ttl 11T1inT1 was menaced bv
husband and ather responded to his
, ,. all aT1(1 wame a member
I f tl, 1ct K,hr9.kB ,1T1f1pr mi. R. II.
LM anfl served with honor
i&nd i8tinctIon throughout the great
conflict.
Henry
vlliiui rii t iiu out w i
, ' , ' , T. ,,.
Hemple, Omaha; Mrs. D. O. Hewitt,
Omaha; Mrs. Louise Kline, Omaha,
"d MisS Te,resf Hemple' LCflS
There are also ten grandchildren and
twenty-two great-grandchildren.
In her lifetime, Mrs. Hemple was
from earliest childhood a devout
member of the Roman Catholic
church and up until the advanced
age came on her she was a regular
maintained her deeply religious life
and made the eternal salvation one
of the main things in her life, for
saking many of the earthly ideals
for the great inspiration of her re
ligious life.
VISIT RELATIVES HERE
From Tuesday's Daily
This morning, Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Dudley and two children. Mrs.
Wheeler, mother of Mrs. Dudley,
and Miss Stella Dudley, motored
down from their home in Lincoln.
While in the city they were the
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
K. li. Perry and family, Mr, Dudley
being a nephew of Mrs. Perry. The
members of the party made the trip
in their fine new Packard that made
the trip from the capital city a most
pleasant one for the members of the
party.
INJURED MEN ARE
GETTING ALONG IN
VERY GOOD SHAPE
Survivors of Sunday Auto Tragedy
Both Very Badly Injured But
Probably Not Fatally.
From Tuesday's I'ally
The condition of Charles L. Deitz,
Burlington lumber yard foreman,
and Louis Leiner, well known farm
er, the survivors, of the Sunday auto
mobile tragedy, is slowly showing
improvement although both victims
are suffering a great deal from their
close call from death and the very
severe injuries that they have re
ceived. Louis Leiner, who was the most
severely injured of the two, is at the
Immanuel hospital in Omaha where
he was taken by a special train af
ter the auto accident on the Oreapo
lis crossing. He is suffering from a
fractured hip that is most painful
and will keep him bedfast for some
time at least and his suffering has
been very severe, but fortunately his
rase will not result fatally, it i3
thought now as he apparently has no
revere internal injuries as was at
first thought he had sustained.
Mr. Deitz is at his home on Win
iersteen mil ara suffers a great deal
ilthougn he la showiug the. grate
courage in his pain and suffering and
making a game fight for a speedy re
covery. He has a fractured ankle as
well as a severely bruised hip and
shoulder and several contusions and
cuts on the head and body, as well
as a badly bruised shoulder and is
unable to move himself in bed to any
extent.
With the locomotive striking the
car near where Mr. Deitz was sitting
beneath the steering wheel of his car
and unable to get out, it seems a
great wonder that he was not killed
as well as his two companions.
It is hoped that the two survivors
of the unfortunate auto party will
soon be able to show decided im
provement and be able in time to re
sume their former activities.
GAS TAX FOR JULY SO
FAR REACHES $243,177
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. lfr. The re
ceipts for July under the gasoline 'tax
law, as reported to the state depart
ment up to this morning, totaled
$24 3,177. Twenty-five dealers are yet
to be heard from. Chief Bass of
the collection bureau said he estimat
ed the total gasoline tax receipts for
July to reach 270 thousand dollars.
Use ALL
of our
SEPyiCE
10 Miles or
From
Whether your trip is short or long,
the safety of the money you carry with
you is vitally important.
Carry Travelers' Cheques on every
trip! They can be cashed without ques
tion anywhere, yet offer the best possible
safeguard against I loss. Buy them here
for a mere fraction of what their protec
tion is actually worth to you.
The First National bank s
THE BANK WHERE
PLATTSMOUTH ,1 "NEDKASKA.
"TLt Bcnk WLert Yua Fetl ci Home!"
t i
YOUNG PEOPLE
ARE JOINED IN
WEDLOCK TODAY
Miss Helen Slavicek United In Mar
riage to Mr. Vincent J. Pilney
This Morning at 9.
From Tuesday'? Dally
This morning at 9 o'clock at the
Holy Rosary Roman Catholic church
occurred the marriage of Miss Helen
Slavicek and Mr. Vincent J. Pilney,
two of the well known and popular
young people of the community and
who have grown to manhood and
womanhood in this city where their
friends are legion.
The impressive nuptial matis of the
church was celebrated by the Rev.
Father John Hancek, the ring ser
vice Joining the lives and hearts of
the two estimable young people.
As the bridal party arrived at the
church the notes of the wedding
march was sounded by Cyril Janda,
organist, and to which the bridal
party advanced to the altar where
the sacraments of the church Joined
their lives until the end of time.
The bride was very attractive in
a costume of white canton crepe,
wearing the flowing bridal veil
caught and held in place by the
wreath of orange blossoms a t.hower
bouquet of bride roses being carried
by the bride.
The young people were attended
at the altar by Miss Agnes Slavicek,
sister of the bride as bridesmaid and
iFred Uhlik as best man. Miss Agnes
Slavicek wore a smart gown of coral
colored satin faced crepe, carrying a
showesr of pink roses. Her head
dress was of a silver band that added
a pleasing touch to her costume.
Following the marriage ceremony
the members of the party drove to
the home of the bride's parents of
West Main street where a family din
ner was served at noon to the rela
tives of the contracting parties. The
dining room was very handsomely
rations of the late 6ummer flowers
and the very artistic wedding bells.
One of the features of the dinner was
the . wadding cake that occupied the
centerpiece of the table.
Mr. a"nd Mrs. Pilney will leave to
mbrrovr for the west where they will
visit at Denver for several days and
will return to this city next week
where they will be at home to their
friends in the new home on West
Main that they have awaiting their
coming.
Both the bride and the groom have
spent their lifetime in this city,
growing up here into two of the fin
est citizens of the community. They
were educated here in the city
schools and their friends are delight
ed that they are to continue to make
their home here. The bride is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sla
vicek while the groom is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Pilney, Sr.
The out of town guests who were
here for the wedding were Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Janda, Mrs. Frances Sko
mal and children. Rose, Lucille and
Charles of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs.
James Wooster of Sedalia, Missouri.
The many friends are Joining In
extending to the newly weds their
best wishes for their future happi
ness and success and a lifetime filled
with all the good things that they
so well deserve.
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Bates Book and Gift Shop.
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