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'on- i, , v 1 n VOL. NO. XTJI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1926. NO. 15 piattemowtb it it i Mothers and Daughters in a Pleasant Meet Supper at First Methodist Chnrch by Foreign Missionary Society Very Pleasant Affair From Thursday's Dally Last evening at the parlors of the First Methodist church was staged a very enjoyable supper by the Wom an's Foreign Missionary society of the church, which was in the nature of a Mothers and Daughters ban quet, the Standard Bearers and the King's Heralds classes of the church being in attendance at the event with their mothers and friends. The occasion also marked the 57th anniversary of the foreign mission ary society as well, and in this the societies of the church engaged in the missionary work joined most pleasantly. The decorations for the supper were in silver and blue, the colors of the Standard Bearers class and which added a very pleasing touch to the settings for the interesting meeting. The Social Workers society of the church served the banqust and the menu which was as follows, was one that afforded all a very pleasant treat: Mock Chicken Pie Mashed Potatoes Banana Salad Ice Cream Sugared Figs Coffee s After the delights of the supper had been disposed of, the occasion was presided over by Mrs. G. E. Roman, president of the Foreign Missionary society as the toastmis tress, and in this role Mrs. Roman was very clever and entertaining. On behalf of the King's Heralds, Miss Germaine Mason, president of the class responded with a very clever and pleasing expression of the sentiment of the occasion. The Standard Bearers were repre-j sented on the toast list by their president, Miss Mildred Hall, whose response was very interesting and pleasing to the members of the sup per party. The King's Heralds also pleased all of the members of the party with several of their songs given with great beauty and charm. The mothers were represented on the toast list by Mrs. Frank Barkus, who gave the response in the form of a vocal solo, "Mother's Prayer," one that was very touching and en tirely appropriate to the occasion. The main address of the evening was that of Rev. Frank Emory Pfoutz who had as. his subject the story of "The Pearl Necklace," one that held the closest attention of the audience until the close of the evening. After the close of the supper, the members of the various societies ad journed to the main auditorium of the church where a pageant, "The King's Highway" was presented un der the auspices of the Foreign Mis sionary society, the Standard Bear ers and the King's Heralds. The pageant was presented most interestingly and carried out the story of the missionary work of the church in many fields over the world. The story of Marile interpreting Malichi was given very pleasantly by Mrs. C. C. Wescott and was a very pleasing feature of the pagent cere monies. DR. H. A. S ENTER VISITS HERE From Thursday's Dally Yesterday afternoon Dr. H. A. Senter, grand commander of the Ne braska Knights Templar was in the city to visit with the local members of the Templars and to confer with the local committee on arrangements for the Nebraska grand commandery which is to 'meet in Plattsmouth April 15th and 16th. The local ar rangements will be in entertaining and planning for the big event will be under the approval of Dr. Senter and who was well pleased with the arrangements that have so far been made by the committee here to make the occasion one that would be fitting for the important event. With the commandery only the matter of some three weeks away all of the citizens and particularly the residents of the main section of the city should get busy in planning their decorations and general spirit of co-operation with the committee of the local commandery. Let everyone strive to make the occasion one that will make the mem bers of the state commandery glad that they had selected this city as their meeting place and assure them that we hope we have them again as our guests. CARD OF THANKS From Thursday's Daily We deenlv annrprlato acts of kindness, sympathy and con- , solation from our friends and neigh-! bors in our hours of sorrow at the death of our beloved wife, mother and sister and wish to extend our heratfelt thanks to everyone who as sisted in any way. Mr. Mike Haus laaen and children, sister. Miss'Gere ona, George Pongratz and family. WINTER AND SUMMER From Friday's Daily March, the most uncertain and caried of the months of the year has sure played in true form this season and given us a bunch of weather that affords all the variety that could be desired. The month entered windy and blustery and this was followed by days of real summer-like warmth and pleasantness that brought out the spring clothes and the early seed catalogues ,for the residenter to se lect his seed for the family garden, but this too passed away and the last two days have sprinkled in a little of the winter season just for good measure and to show the resi dents of this locality that they are not entirely out of the grip of win ter. Carl Kunsman to Make Race for Councilman First Ward Voters to Have Oppor tunity of Securing an Exper ienced Business Man. From Friday's Daily The democratic candidate councilman in the first ward for this coming election will be Carl Kuns man, well known resident of the city for a period of some forty years, as William Barclay, who was first selected for that position will be un able to make the race and on the urging of his friends Mr. Kunsmau has consented to offer his services to the voters of the ward as their representative in the city council. It is hardly necessary to say any words of introduction for Mr. Kuns man who has been one of the lead- intr citi7onu t f thiQ f itv nnH urhn i -5 ! making a sacrifice for his party and the community in consenting to allow . the use of his name in the present race. Mr. Kunsman has been a success ful man in his own business affairs by his thrift and carerul devotion to business and a safe and economical handling of his affairs and in this respect he wUl be the type of man that the city of Plattmouth has a crying need of in the handling of city affairs. His experience in practi- cal lines is an assurance of his abil- ity and hi3 conservative and safe judgment that has stood him in his own personal affairs will be a valu- able asset in the handling of the affairs of the city government. The first ward is fortunate in hav- ing Mr. hunsman consent to Decome a candidate for the office of council- man and the whole city will be bene- fited in the election of this capable and energetic citizen to the city council. He is a safe, conservative and able represntative to trust with the affairs of the city government and one that the community needs very much to help guide the affairs of administration for the benefit of the men and women whose taxes pay the expense of the city. RETURNS TO FARM HOME From Friday's Daily Maynard Tritsch, who has for sev eral months been suffering from the effects of severe burns sustained at his home on the day before Christmas, has been suffering from the effects of an attack of smallpox for several weeks and was quarantined here at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Jacob Tritch, being released yester day and enable to return to his, home in the Fairview neighborhood, west of Mynard. Maynard has been show ing very pleasing progress from the effects of his burns and it is hoped that he will soon be on the highway to complete recovery. MAY RUN FOR SHERIFF From Friday's Daily John C. Brittain, former constable of the county court here, has In the last few days been receiving urging messages and personal solicitations from residents of Union and Elm wood asking him to allow his name to be filed for the August primary. Mr. Brittain has affliated with the democratic party and as a candidate would probably file under that party designation. So far he has not fully made up his mind as to whether or not he was in a position to launch his hat into the political ring for the dash for the chief law enforcing office of the county.- DIES IN WISCONSIN Julius Schulke, formerly of near Greenwood, where he was engaged in farming for many years but who some years ago went to Oskoak, Wis., to farm, died suddenly at that place last week. His two brothers, Charles and Richard Schulke, and brother-in-law, Mr. H. M. Handon. departed on last Wednesday for the home in Wis consin where they went to attend the funeral and be of such aid as they could. Mr. Julius Schulke will be well remembered by the citizens of Greenwood and vicinity where all knew him as an excellent citizen and their sympathies will go out to the sorrow stricken family in this hour of trial. School Teachers Interested in the Progress of City Many of Them Not Permanent Resi dents Here, Contribute to the Community Auditorium. From Friday's Daily The community auditorium build- in uuuu - ing fund was given a nice boost to- day by a contribution of $40 from the teachers employed in the Platts - mouth citv schools. Supt. G. E. De - Wolf, early in the drive, contributed $25 as his personal donation, and with the $40 given by the grade and high school teachers, makes a very pleasing showing for the schools and bespeaks the interest of the teachers, ; many of whom do not live here, in j seeing Plattsmouth get a substantial community building of which it is! so greatly in need. It is regrettable that more of our) nome peopi3 are not uac-King up tins fund. If every one to whom an ap peal for aid has been mailed would give only ?5 (and surely there are few but can afford that amount) the drive would go over the top at once, and permit of immediate action by the building committee in getting! the plans approved and the contract let for the erection of this new 60 by . democrats at tneir meeting ueunes 120 building that will be ample in ; day evening for the position of city size to accommodate all kinds of. clerk, has, after full consideration of gatherings for years to come. Only today there were in the city parties seeking to contract for an appearance here next winter of some of the leading vocalists of the nation. including Madame Schuman Ileinke, but lack of facilities prevents Platts mouth from enjoying such treats and forces our people to go to Omaha to ; hear such noted entertainers. I The forthcoming Knights Templar Convention and district Legion con- - ' - UtT IU Willi;!! L1113 UUIIVIlilfi v w u 4 tJs put, and with it available for the en tertainment of visiting delegations, Plattsmouth could soon gain recogni tion as the convention city of south eartern Nebraska. TVio 1 .ncrrT Hnpq rtrtt aim to nrnflr. either directly or indirectly by hav- ijg this bundlng. As has been pre- viously explained in these columns, it win assume the payment of a heavy- remaining indebtedness, to be raised thru jts annual indoor carnivals and other money-making enterprises that will take a lot of hard work on the part of its members. it is not now. nor has it ever been considered that the building itself will pay off this indebtedness. The rentals win oe nxeu on a Dasis ex- pec-ted to take care of the overhead, which includes interest, taxes, light, fuel and janitor service, and for strictly community events to which no admission is charged it will be available without cost. The Legion was founded with one of its cardinal principles dedicated to "service of community, state and na- non anu tne oiiicers anu mmuem i me ioi-ai uusi utMiee mcie . better way in which they can serve the home community than by backin this project aimed to give to Platts mouth a community auditorium. With this in view, it drained its own treasury to purchase the build UK S'lf 1UI U1C Utr UU11U.1.,, ""'i I A It v a Imi! 1 il ! n nr 1 n I fa now only asking the community to contribute a small portion of the total cost of the structure What will YOU give to have this building in Plattsmouth this year? MRS FOGGATT IMPROVING From Friday's Dally The reports received here by thelfrnm u. ..,,..,, n,ro nn B,,tMp relatives 01 jvirs i.yr "u"'V Foggatt, state that this estimable young lady is now showing the great est improvement at her home in the California city where she underwent an operation a short time ago for appendicitis. Mrs. Foggatt has had a very serious ordeal and her many friend3 here will be pleased to learn that she is improving. Mrs.Foggatt is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Schulhof, former residents of this city. SUFFERING FROM INFECTION From Friday's Daily Edward Patterson has been suffer ing for a few days from an In fection of the right eye that has proven very annoying and trouble some and yesterday the injured mem ber was examined by a specialist in Omaha and the infection drawn off and the eye bandaged. The young man is suffering the inconvenience of the use of one eye only for a few days but it Is thought that in a short time the eye will be back in serv ice and Ed enjoy peace and comfort again. DOES HAVE FINE PARTY From Thursday's Dally The B. P. O. Does last evening held a very, interesting and pleasing meet ing at the Elks club house which was largely attended. The ladies discussed their plans for the card party and dance which is to be held at the Elks club house on the evening of Easter Monday, April 5th. It was voted to have the receipts of the dance and card party placed in a fun that will be devoted to charitable purposes. VERY PLEASANT EVENT From Friday's Daily The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jess At terberry in the south portion of the city was made very happy yesterday by the fact that a fine , ten pound daughter came to make her home with them in the future and to shed joy and happiness in the 4iome. Mrs. Atterberry and the little one are do ing nicely and it needless to say that Jess is feeling that he is sitting on top of the world. The occasion has also been a great pleasure to Mr. and Mrs. Li. E. Vrovan, grandparents of i ,, - .n , , e nine one, Mrs. Aiierorrry oeing ! formerly Miss Donice Vroman. The 1 happy parents will have the sincere ' wishes of the host of friends for the fguture happiness ofj the, little one. T . Klinger to Make Race for Clerk Decides to Represetn Democratic Party in the Contest for City Clerk at Election. From Friday's Dally - . Miss Minnie Klinger, who was nom- ', inated by the city committee-of the the matter, decided that she would allow the use of her name on the j ticket, altho on the first considera- tion of the matter she had not fully decided to accept the office. The friends of Miss Klinger are very much pleased to learn that she will enter the race and which as f urcs the city of the services of a very i oble and competent lady in the event that she is selected for this office. Miss Klinger haa had a number of years experience in office work, having cerved as stenographer at the office of former County Attorney A. G. Cole and since that time has been the bookkeeper at the office of the McMaken Transfer Co., and in her work has proven a great success '-and this splendid service the will be able to give the city if elected as the city clerk. She will be a61c to maintain her office down town and be ready at all times to look after the conduct of the business of the clerk's office if she is named to the position. SHERIFF GETS "UNROOFED" prom Thursday's Dally Vpctprilav afternoon whilp Sheriff E. P. Stewart and County Attorney q KjeCk were driving out to Elmwoort they had an experience that they will long remember and which v.ns a fitting observance of the an- njversary of the Omaha tornado, al- tho jt ;as delayed a few days from the exact date. The auto of the pherirf js equipped with a Caijfornia top that has stood jn a 1;indg of wcather and condi- tions an(1 hag made the gash cuariot of the choriff a vorv t1 on C5i n t nlapp to travp, an(, aU hag be(?n W(?n untn yesterday afternoon. The sheriff and the county legal advisor were driving along admiring the miles of beautiful farmlands that are just at this time responding to l.o f5 t-o tr.ns.Va rf or,-.-..., n ,1 J, - farm Parting in their work of & tQ f(?ed the Qf g a crop the nation, when the blow fell. In some manner the rear portion of the top became loosened so that it permitted the strong wind that was blowing to force its way into the car and in an instant the toD left it5 mnnHrip-q and nrnropilPfl tn hlnw over the front part of the car, entrap- ping the law enforcing officers in a confusion of top and wind. Just how the damage was repaired has not been learned but the two officers returned home safe in the eve ning and with the car repaired so that there was no serious after effect of the accident. Hereafter when the sheriff travels he will drive headon into the wind and not allow the breezes to get the advantage of catch ing his car in the rear. APPOINTS NEW ASSESSOR From Thursday's Daily County Assessor W. H. Puis has made his appointment of Joseph Had raba as one of the assessors for the city during the coming assessment of real and personal property of the city. Mr. Hadraba will have charge of the assessing of all property in the north portion of the city. Main street being the dividing line, while on the south side J. A. Pitz will look after the work as he has done in the past several years. The various city and precinct as sessors will start in on their work on April 1st and continue until all of the property in the county has been listed and returned to' the coun ty assessor for placing on the tax list of the county. County Assessor Puis has arranged a meeting of all of the assessors of the county that will be held at the court house on Tuesday, March 30th, and at which time there will be the discussion of the plans for making the assessments and the various classes of property that will be handled. Blank books at the Journal office. A Story for the 'Old Timers' of This City Bart Kirkham of the Belle Fourche (S. D.) Post Writes of Old Times at Plattsmouth. In the last issue of the Relle Fourche (S. D.) Post, Editor Bart Kirkham, who was for many years a resident of this city and a close .associate and friend of a large group 'of then young men of thi3 community, jwrites cf a very entertaining story (that will be familiar to many mem ! hers of the "old gang" that may be still residents of this community. I The story of Mr. Kirkham which is a true one is a follows: About twenty-five years ago three newspaper men and the son of a prominent attorney were occupying the smoking compartment of a chair car, which was rolling along the rails of the Missouri Pacific track, south bound between Omaha and Kansas City. It was well on toward midnight when the quartette board ed the train, and sleep was the last thing to be thought of, so they de cided to put in the remainder of night as had been the earlier part to some extent and that was be fore Volstead had interfered with the rights of American citizens. As a matter of course, there were traveling men on the tram, some of whom, also, were not inclined for some reason or other, to get them selves wrapped' up in the arms of Morpheus, and one of these dropped beak to the smoking compartment and inquired of those in possession if he could crowd in and smoke up a cigar or two. Cordial assent was given and he seated himself beside one of the newspaper men, and who happened to be the wit of the bunch. After a few moments of conver sation with his seat mate, the pencil pusher suddenly turned to the com mercial traveler and said, "I beg your pardon, stranger, but did you ever hear ttue story of the "Dark and Stormy Night?" The stranger .re plied that he had not and that he would be glad to listen to the story if he saw fit to tell it. Whereupon the ink-spreader took another whiff at his cigarette and started in. "It was a dark and stormy night, and the rain came dow nin torrents; there were chieftains and there were brigands, and their were brignads and there were chieftains, and the King said unto Antone: Antone, tell us a tale; and Antone began as follows: "It was a dark and stormy night, and the rain came down in torrents; there were chieftains and there were brigands, and there were brigands and there were chieftains, and the King said unto Antone: ANTONE. tell us a tale; and Antone began as follows: "It was a dark and stormy night, and the rai when the aforesaid stranger saw the point and said. "Wait; I've got a box of cigars in my grip; wait till I get it." The three others of the original crowd knew what was coming when the wit began, and had been taking turns in repairing to the adjourning aisle to keep from laughing in the man's face. But he soon returned with the box of cigars and then gave the en tertainer to understand that he had a pal back in the car and that he wanted him to enjoy the same story, which he would explain to him was a little the best story that ever came over the pike. He brought his pal in, all excited to hear something new in the story line, and after introducing all around the story started. If memory serves correctly, "Antone's" story was re peated three times while number two was anxiously waiting for the point, but when it started for the fourth time, he raised out of his seat with a war whoop and shouted, "Hold! enough! Wait till I get that quart from my grip." And the "Quart" was at once forth coming, but the sextette soon made it look like anything but a quart. The "quartette" mentioned are all still among the living, one a hotel manager in Omaha, one a reporter on a Lincoln paper, while the other two are located elsewhere, still en gaged In newspaper making, any and all of whom could, and would, if asked to, verify the foregoing. FUNERAL OF MRS. HAUSLADEN From Thursday's Daily The funeral of the late Mrs. Michael Hausladen was held yester doy morning at the St. John's Roman Catholic church in this city and was very largely attended by the old friends and neighbors to avail them selves of the opportunity of paying tribute to this splendid lady that had gone to her last reward. The beautiful requiem high mass of the church was celebrated by Mon signor M. A. Shine, rector of the church and assisted by the choir of the church. At the close of the services the body was borne to the Oak Hill cemetery where it was consigned to the last long rest. SQUIRES FAMILY LEAVING From Saturday's Dally The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Squires are regretting very much to part with this estimable family who are to leave in a few days for Dixon, Nebraska, where they are expecting to make their future home. Mr. Squires who has had the trick from midnight to 8 o'clock in the morning at the local telegraph office of the Burlington, has grown tired of the night work at the office and securing the opportunity for a day position at Dixon has accepted it. The new home of the Squires family will be on the O'Neill line of the Burlington and while the friends are regretting very much to lose Mr. and Mrs. Squires from their circles they are extending the be.t wishes to the friends in their new home. Knights Templar to Hold Impress ive Easter Rites Attend Services Here on Easter Morn ing and Join Nebraska City Commandery in Afternoon From Saturday's Daily The members of Mt. Zion com mandery of the Knights Templar are planning a very impressive observance of the Easter season for Sunday, April 4th and which will be partici pated in by every member who is able to be here for the event. The local commandery have ar ranged to hold the special services here on Easter morning at the First Methodist church of which their pre late, the Rev. Frank Emory Pfoutz, is the pastor. A very impressive musi cal program will be given and the holy communion will be administered for the members of the order. Following the services here the members of Mt. Zion commandery will depart for Nebraska City where they are to join the members of Mt Moriah commandery. No. 2, of that city in their Easter obligations. The services at Nebraska City will be at the St. Mary's Kpiscopal church and where the celebration of the Holy Eucharist will be held and the mem bers of the joint commandery will join in receiving the Eucharist. It is expected that the observances will be the most extensively obsrved in recent years and participated In a very large number as the local commandery has a very large member ship now and ranks as one of the best in the state in point of member ship. MRS. TAYLOR IMPROVING f-rom Saturdays Daily The many friends in this section of Cass county will be pleased to lear nthat Mrs. Mary A. Taylor, one of the old time residents of south of this city who has been rather poor ly, is now showing some improve ment. Mrs. Taylor is at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Pugsley at Bay ard, Nebraska, where she has been spending some little time and her condition is now much better than it has been for some time altho she is still far from well and at her d vanced years her illness has proven annoying. rr -,r I C KZ.. ,irzrfr I uoopej The Will io In the region of San Francisco Bay is a tribe of Indians whose customs have hardly changed for 3,500 years. We progressive white people of America are not content to live as our remote an cestors did. We are not satisfied unless we are continually progressing. A steady growing Savings Account at this bank will help you improve your condition. The First national bank THE BANK WHERE PJJMTSMOUTH iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;iiti)iiiuiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiJ Has Close Call from Serious In juries in Flames Mrs. E. F. Grybsky Badly Burned in Attempting to Save Hatchery From Destruction. From Saturday's Dally 1 Late yesterday afternoon at the Bed Bird Poultry yards of E. F. Grybsky on North 11th street, one of the hatcheries 'of the establish ment was destroyed by fire and in the attempt to save the property Mrs. Grybsky received very serious burns j and a close call from being fatally j injured from the flames. The fire originated in a lamp that was used in an incubator and which had started smoking and later over heated and caused the fire to break out in the hatchery. Mrs. Grybsky was at the house at the time and made a desperate attempt to beat out the flames and taking the lamp which was threatening to cause further spread of flames, attempted to re move it from the already burning house. She had carried the lamp up some fourteen steps leading from the hatchery to the surface when the oil from the lamp fell on her hands and caused such Intense burns that she was compelled to drop the lamp and the blaze then spread rapidly aver ihf inflnmahle narta of the hatch ery, rne on tailing irom me lamp caught the dress of Mrs. Grybsky afire and only due to her clearheaded ness was she able to save herself from what would have been fatal burns. Escaping from the now rapid ly flaming house the lady beat out the flames on her dress and was able to reach the house to call the fire department altho her suffering was intenee and caused her much pain. The fire department responded promptly and was able to hold the flames confined to the hatchery and preventing it spreading to other buildings. The straw that was used In the packing of the roof of the hatchery proved easy prey to the flra and in a few momenta was a roaring furnace of Ore. The hatchery contained twenty five little chicks that were all de stroyed in the flames and the loss to the building will be considerable as well as the equipment that was burn ed and soaked in the efforts to get the fire out. While the flre was serious enough the family are feeling very fortunate that Mrs. Grybsky escaped without more serious Injury. CARD OF THANKS We are very appreciative of the many acts of kindness snown our dear mother during her last Illness, and at the time of her death for the kindly words and kind acts that aid ed us In the bearing of our loss. Also to the friends for their beauti ful floral rememberances and to the ministers and those who sang and assisted at the last services for our dear one. We wish to assure the friends that their words and acta will long be cherished in our mem ory. The Children of Mrs. Adam Hild. An ad in the Journal is worth two on a billboard. . J .- 1 u.i tun Go Forward! a la .1 a 3 -3 ."3 3 YOU FEEL AT HOM6 IBl nnk