Nebraska State Histori cal Society g VOL. NO. xin PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 192S. NO. 32 Baccalaureate Services Enjoy- ed by Many First Presbyterian Church Pilled to.' Its Capacity by School People and the Friends. From Monday's Daily Last evening the baccalaureate service of the Plattsmouth high school at the First Presbyterian church was attended by a congre gation that filled t'-e church to its utmost capacity and marked the opening of the exercises of the final week for the class of 1926 of the Tlattsmouth high school. The organ prelude of the service! was beautifully given by Mrs. Lillian; Caldwell and was selected with 1 sion. As the prelude was closed the march was sounded and to which the members of the senior class en tered the church for the service. The members of the class with the bright hued gowns of the young ladies and the more sombre garbs of the young-men made a very striking , Local Ferrv Company That Plies the Picture of youth and charm as they Missouri River Also Is Improv entered the church and were ushered . tt;w0.t tw with th facultv to nlaces of honor! at the front of the church. The mem bers of the class were: Connie Allen, Stuart Egenberger, Harlin Gorder, Qtcriinir Hatf RniiMnh Trnrcnn Pari.been in operation for a number of Keil. August Knoflicek, Lester Long, ' Jean Spangler, Fred Steger. John Straka, Frank Stuchlick. Kenneth I Sullivan. Theodore Svoboda. Charles I Tavlor, Earl Winscott. Elsie Allen,! Lorene Ault, Violette Begley, Helen j ri.m0nt riominr nnM : Franke. ' Lucille Horn. Ella' Hyde, Louise Kalasek. Edna Klinger. Marie I Kopp. Selma Kreager, Dorothy Lam- borg, Eleanor McCarty, Charlotte) Nielson, Florence Nowacek, ivian Farker, Helene Perry, Evelyn Robb, Louise Rummel, Catherine Schneider, Mirian Tritsch. Elizabeth Tritsch. Verena True, Helen Vallery, Beulah Warren. Mary Warren, Delores Wiles, Alice Wooster. The prayer of the service was offer ed by the Rev. Frank Emory Pfoutz, pastor of the First Methodist church and fittingly opened the religioiu3 services of the evening. The choir of the church beautifully gave the special anthem "Fear Not, O Isreal." The scripture lesson of the service was given by the Rev. O. G. Wich mann. pastor of the St. Paul's Evangelical church and was a most fitting selection for the service, which marked the leaving the house of learning of the young people of the community. Mr3. Edna Marshall Pettys of Omaha, former resident here, wap heard in one of her beautifully given vocal selections. "Open Wide the Gates of the Temple" and which made a most impressive touch to the inspiring character of the service. The servi-es were closed with the benediction by the . Rev. Walter R. Robb. pastor of the First Christian church. SHOPLIFTER GETS CAUGHT Frm Monday's Daily Saturday afternoon while the H. M. Soennichsen department store was filled with a large number of custo mers, a lady was detected making awav with a number of articles that she had purloined but which had been detected by an alert clerk and the matter reported. j The store management called Chief t of Police Arnold Johnson to the j scene and the lady was found to have j me anegeci scoien articles upuu nci person and was taken into custody by the chief of police, but later released when the amount of the goods taken was repaid and the store management decided that they would not prose cute the case in court. This matter is one that is very risky for the parties pulling them off and that the lady involved got out of it as easy as she did as a mat ter that she can feel very thankful for, not only for the punishment that would have been meeted out but the notoriety and publicity that would have followed the prosecution of the c ase in court. The following of the practice of taking articles from stores will even tually lead to severe punishment and the business men of the city who find anyone stealing their goods will see that the cases are vigorously prose cuted in the future, so that anyone who is carrying on this kind of work will do well to "lay off" before they get hailed into court and have the humiliation of the matter being air ed in the court and press. SLOWLY RECOVERING From Tuesday s Daily Frank Slavicek, one of the em ployes of the Burlington in the local shops, who has for the past six weeks been under the weather suffering from an attack of stomach trouble, was down town today and bears very much the effect of the long period of illness that has made his condi tion most serious and troublesome for the past few weeks. While still around Mr. Slavicek is very weak and finds getting around the matter of great difficulty. TO WORK IN CHAUTAUQUA From Monday's Daily Miss Hazel Clugy, of this city, who graduated the last week from the Misner School of the Spoken Word, at Omaha, has accepted u;i engage ment for her appearance this coming summer on the Chautauqua circuit and left Saturday evening for To- , peka. Kansas, where she will join the remainder of the Chautauqua com pany; for the summer tour in that part of the country. Miss Clugy has made a very distinct mark in her work as an elocutionist and dramatic reader and her host of friends in this city will be very much pleased to learn of her recognition in bing placed at once on one of the large summer entertainment circuits of the country. Miss Clugy is a daughter jof Mrs- J- F- Clugy of this city and a I graduate of the Plattsmouth High school. Ferry Has Very Busy Time with Traffic Sunday From Monday's Daily The Missouri river ferry that has years by John Richardson and his sons- Floyd and Claude, lias been a ver' bu? PIace ln the last few da and tnis important link in the travel route between Iowa and Nebraska has tad some Tel7 b das w'th, the volume of travel going to and from the different sides of the river. . e ffrr' company has been busy in me lasi etK veiling lue iiipn- way in first class shape and at points along the road the roadway is being widened out and made much more pleasant for travel and which, when completed will make the ferry road the best that it has been in years and makes one of the most attractive drives in this section of the state. The company will do a great deal more additional road work in a very short time to get the road all the way from this city to the ferry in the very best of shape, and to travel which will be a real pleasure. During the last few weeks the ferry has been operating on a twenty-four hour schedule and giving the patrons the very best of service and affording a real accommodation to the travel ing public that desires to cross the river here and save time and distance in travel that otherwise would be necessary. The ferry company feels that they are giving the very best service that any similar company in the state can give and which affords a great con venience to the traveling public and the residents of the states of Iowa and Nebraska that may desire to cross over the river. While the ferry lacks many of the points of advantage of a bridge the owners of the ferry are giving the very best and fastest service possible and their ferry saves many extra miles to the travelers that avail themselves of the use of the crossing here. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY From Tuesday's Daily One of the loved and esteemed ladies of this community is Mrs. Ber nard Wurl. widow of the late Bernard Wurl. and who has for the past thirty-nine years made her home in this community and on last Friday the passing of the S7th anniversary of this estimable lady was held at the home of her son, B. G. Wurl. with whom shej has been making her home for the past few years. The event was a very pleasant surprise arranged by the members of the family and en joyed to the utmost. As a feature of the occasion a fine birthday cake ap propriately arranged for the occa sion occupied a place of honor on the table and was a much enjoyed feature of the occasion. The gathering was strictly a family event and attended by Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Wurl and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Wurl and son. Robert. Otto A. Wurl, another son, being unable to be here as he was in the east on business and the two other sons of Mrs. Wurl, re siding at Long Beach, were unable to be here for the pleasant event. The many friends of Mrs. Wurl are join ing in the wish that she may have many more such delightful events in the future. TO CALIFORNIA FOR SUMMER From Tuesday's Daily Mrs. Norma Robb and daughter, Mary Donnelly Robb, and Miss Mary Wilson plan to leave this morning at 7 o'clock by automobile for Ocean Park. California. Their plan 13 to drive as far as Salina, Kansas, today and from there they will go to Gar den City and will follow the Santa Fe trail. Upon reaching Los Angeles they will be guests of Mrs. Helen Duff at Hollywood for a few days and will later take a cottage at Ocean Park for the summer. Primarily the trip is planned for the benefit of Mary , Donnelly's health. They. will not re- turn -until time for the opening of school in the fall. Neb. City Press. Wedding of a Former Platis mouth Girl Mis3 Elizabeth Wadick Married at Sheridan, Wyoming, to Mr. Ad drain D. June, Tuesday. The wedding of one of the for mer popular young ladies of this city occurred on Tuesday afternoon a! 4 o'clock at the St. Peter's Episcopal church. Sheridan. Wyoming. j The wedding ceremony was wit nessed by a party of the relatives and close friends of the contracting ! parties and was one of the social j events of the spring social season in the Wyoming city. The beautiful and impressive Episcopal service was celebrated by Dean F. C. Weissenbach, rector of the St. Peter's church. The bride entered on the arm of J. J. Adams, her father, who gave her in marriage at the altar to the groom. The bride and groom were attend ed by Miss Willisene June, sister of the groom and Archie Adams, bro ther of the bride. Miss Wadick was gowned in bnis derose georgette and carried a bridal bouquet of yellow roses. Miss June wore a gown of bluebell French crepe and carried roses of soft pink. Following the wedding the mem bers of tire bridal party were enter tained at dinner at the heme of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Adams, parents of the bride and where they were shower ed with the congratulations of the relatives and friends. Guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Adams. Arc-hie Adams. Miss Jean Adams. Mr. and Mr.-;. W. D. June, Miss Willisene June. Nels Swensen and Miss Alice Schaal. The bride was reared to woman hood in Plattsmouth where her fam ily were old time residents and was! graduated from the Plattsmouth j high school in the class of 15i24. moving with her family to Sheridan. Wyoming after her graduation and has since made her home in that citv. While living here the bride was one of the most popular mem bers of the yourger social set and her friends here are legion and who will learn with interest of her mar riage. The groom is one of the popular and well known young men of Sheri dan where he was graduated in 1124 from the high school of that city and has since made his home and a member of one of the prominent families of that city. Mr. and Mrs. June will make their home on west Work street. Pheriaun. following their return from their honevmoon. PRESENT CLEVER PLAY From Monday's iallv The K. (T. club, composed of the young people of the west portion of the city have for several weeks been preparing to offer a dramatic treat to the residents of the city and which was first offered at the K. S. hall ou west Locust street Saturday evening and will be again presented this evening at the hall. The title of the play was "Brown's in Town." and it was a farce comedy for laughing purposes only and which in the hands of the well arranged and drilled members of the cast made the premier of the play Saturday evening an event of the greatest pleasure to the large crowd in attendance. The company of young people have been under the direction of Mrs. Katherine Sandin. whose well known ability as a dramatic instructor has contributed materially to the great success that the home talent offering has been. The leading role was that of "Dick Preston," taken by Edward Grado vil!e and Frank Koubek appeared as "Abel Preston," father of Dick. John Svoboda. Jr., appeared as "Arthur Howard," a dentist, and Louis Sed lak as "Worth Crew." a gentleman of leisure, with Louis Svoboda as "Pollock," the gardner, these gentle men all giving their various parts a very pleasing rendition. The feminine part of the cast was most ably carried out by Miss Louise Kalasek. as "Susanne Daere," who knows a thing or two; Miss Ruth Janda. as "Letty." Dick's wife, while Miss Alice Wooster was very pleasing in the role of "Freda Von Hollen beck," and Miss Frances Sedlacek, as "Primrose," the lady cook. MRS. MANNERS IMPROVING From Tuesday's laily Mrs. Charles Manners of this city, ti-tin has for the nast ten elavc: hpen at the Immanuel hospital in Omaha,' recovering from a nervous break down, is now showing some improve-! ment, reports from the hospital state, and which will be most pleas ing news to her host of friends in this city and vicinity. However, the patient will have to remain at the! hospital for some time yet, taking the) treatment that it is hoped will per mit her to enjoy a restoration to her former good health. The many friends are trusting that Mrs. Manners may ; derive the greatest of benefit from her course of treatment and soon be well on the highway to recovery. TELEPHONE PEOPLE MEET From Tuesday's Daily This morning a conference of the telephone managers of Cass county was held at the local oiiiee of t lie- Lincoln Telephone t Telegraph Co., with G. G. E. Behm of Lincoln, dis trict niannger, presiding and loading the discussion of the improvement of conditions and the service of the com pany in tiie various exchanges over the county. The Conference was at tended by J. P. Lahr, manager of the local exchange, and one of the best known managers of tlu? company in this part of the state, John Schullifig. manager at Greenwood. Miss Marjorie Twiss. manager at Louisville, Mrs. Barilett, manager at Murray, Mrs. Lyle, manager at Eimwood. Mrs. Wal lick, manager at Weeping Water. Mrs. Wolff, manager at Xehawka and Miss Beatrice. Jirousek. head operator of the Plattsmouth exchange. j. ae members or t ne party were very pleasantly entertained at lunch at the Royal cafe where a very dainty and much enjoyed feast was provided for the members of the party and, which added a most pleasing touch; to tne conierence uav. Memorial Day Program One of rBrsP5C1,yPRPQC f UKVOU: Observance of ths National Memorial' Day Will Be 2t the Parade Theatre ?Ionday. The community observance ct who has been given very high rank Tentorial day, the occasion set apart ingthe local scouting circles, pre hy the snte and nation in honor oflsented with a few words of appre : ho departed ones of the country, will j ciation from the scouts, a pleasing be held in this city on Monday. Mayjjrjft to Scoutmaster Wiltse, who ha? 31st. j for the past year been in charge of The morning portion of the pro-j ti,e SCcut work in this city. Mr. gram will he devoted to the decora-1 Wiltse very feelingly responded to tion of the graves of the heroic dead in the local cemetery', this being par ticipated in by the Grand Army o" the Republic. Woman's Relief Corps and the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary. In the afternoon the memorial day services will be held at- 2:30 at the Parmele theatre -wrhch has been se- cu-ed by the chamber of commerce!treat providing the veather man ran as ir.eir pari cu cne program ana me he prevailed upon to provide suit services at the theatre which is aable hiking weather, community offering will be open to the public and as large a number as; possible is desired to be in attend-; ence. ' j The program is arranged jointly byj the Grand Army of the Republic, the' Woman's Relief Corps, the American1 Legion. Legion Auxiliary and the Daughters of the American Revolution nd will be under the direction of Th G. A. R. and W. R. C. with the nt rior cfipift i fc mrt i r t r t in cr j The prognm as arranged' will be as follows: COL. M. A. BATES Chairman "America" Audience (Standing) 1 Salute to Flag Boy Scouts Invocation Rev. Wichmann . . ,. t I "i-ong of Trumpeter Lvnn Minor 4. , . , . . I Gettysburg Address W. C. Sihaus Old War Songs Mixed Quartette ROLL CALL Civil War Veterans Col. Bates Spanish-AmericanC. A. Rawls World War Thos. Walling Solo. "The Unknown Soldier" Frank Cloidt Address Gen. Matthew Tinley Comd. 3 4th Div.. Council Bluffs, la. "Star-Spangled Banner" Audience NEW TIME CARD SOON From Tuesday's Laiiy The Burlington railroad will in the next week make announcement of a new time card that will cover the summer schedule of their trains. The company is preparing to restore No. 1 west bound train, and No. 10. east bcund train, for the summer season and which trains will care for a part of the travel that each year goes to and from the mountain country of the west. There werp reports that the rail road company had planned to cut off trains No. 23 and 24, on their sched ule and wich would have probably led to No. 3 beihg sent through this city but this seems to have dropped through. One report circulated in the last few days was to the effect that the Kansas City line trains were to bei operated through this city but this too seems to have been without foun dation. CONTINUES TO IMPROVE From Monday! Dallv Over Sunday reports from the bed side of Mrs. Elmer Webb at the hos pital in Omaha, where she underwent a severe operation last Tuesday, are to the effect that she is continuing to improve and is expected to be able to' leave the hospital within the next j ten days for a stay of a week at the ' home of her sister in Omaha before ! coming back home here. j The condition of Miss Irma May-, field, also a patient at the University hospital, likewise continues pleasing to the relatives and friends, and she is expected to be able to come home by the latter part of this week. Bead the Journal for all the newi. Boy Scouts in Final Meeting of the Year Investiture Services Held Last Eve ning at the High School Gym and Largely Attended. From i ufstlay's Iany The Plattsmouth Hoy Scouts held their final bosiness and ritualistic session of the year last evening at the high school gym and which was very largely attended by the boys and the members of the executive committee and supervising officials. Irving Wiltse. head scoutmaster and master of Troop 1, J. A. Cup- well scoutmaster of Troop 2 and Kov Perkins, scoutmaster of Troop n vere prest,nt and conducted the i)i;sjncss t)f the session, Th(.,. wprf n nmi,,r of nrnmo- tions made in tne Pcouts. one i)f ing advanced from second to first class j scout, seven from tenderfoot to second class ana inree tenaerioot members received in the boys or gainzation. Ten of the merit and service badges were awarded for services performed by the mcniV;:-o scouts and which were fittingly be stowe,j on tie members who hav so well earned them. In addition to these a senior patrol leader badge was awarded to one of the active members of the scouts. As the evening was drawing to the close. Joe Buttery, one of the most t active or the scout members and the address and told of his pleasure in the associations of the scout work. The Scouts are planning a four day hike in the next few days, ex pecting to start on Thursday and which will include c trip to Cedar Creek and vicinity and which the boys are nticipatjng will be a real DEMOLAY VISITORS HERE From Wednesday's ia!ly Last evening the members of Cass Chapter of the Order of DeMolay had a very pleasant visit from a number of the Omaha members of the order and as well Russell Mat zen, state master councellor of the order and "Dad" Meyers, district sulLsor t1.f.the ordtr- The visitors were here visiting at the Nebraska Masonic Home for !a short time and took advantage of the occasion to pay a very pleasant visit to their fellow members of the DeMolay in this city. 1 ae memoers enjoyeu a muu i iuiiv , , " t ,,,,. bv Mr. Meyers and also Mr. Matzen. . , : i - 1 . . ...11- who discussed the problems of the order and the activities that have been shown in DeMolay in the past year in the state and nation and that has made the order one of the fast growing one of the nation. A number of the local members of the DeMolay are planning to at tend the state convention of the order that is to be held at Norfolk in June. ENJOYS FINE PICNIC From Tuesday's Daily Last evening the members of the Wintersteen Hill Parent-Teachers as sociation, with the pupils of the school, enjoyed a wonderful picnic party at the pasture of Richard Otter stein, a short distance from the school house. A very large number of the parents as well as the scholars were in attendance and a great time was enjoyed in playing games of all kinds while at an appropriate hour a dainty .basket dinner was served that added to the interest and pleasure of all of the members of the party. LIKES DENVER FINE From Wednesdays Daily Charles M. Parker, who has been at Denver for the) past ten days in his new position there as a car inspector for the Burlington at their Denver shops, is very much pleased with the new location, but as to the work and the delightful city that he has been stationed at. Mrs. Parker is still here arranging the disposal of the house-i hold effects and property and expects! very shortly to leave for the western' city to join her husband and make! their home in the mountain capital I city. SOME HOT DAY From Monday's Daily The good old summer time is here with full strength and power that does not seem to have last any vigor in the fact that it has delayed a few weeks. The mercury yesterday leistered 12 in the shade ard this afternoon it was climbing at l'jl at 2 o'clock pud with indications of a I higher raise before night fall. I HOLDS MORTGAGE GOOD Frnm Wednesday's Daily The district court was busy on Monday in hearing the case of lxuis Keil, guardian of Kay Lambert, vs. John L. Smith, et al. involving an action to foreclose a mortage for the sum of $1,000, claimed to be due Mr. Lambert. The case was interesting in the fact that the mortgage itself had been lost in the years since it was first given and the document eould not be produced in court altho the record of the same was given in thf recording of the document. The court held that as the defendants had no evidence that the mortgage had been paid that the evidence of the existence of the mortgage v. as suffi cient, and accordingly found for the plaintiff in the action. Death of Mrs. A. F. Ploetz at Afton, Iowa Well Known Resident Here for a Great Many Years Called by Death Last Night. From Wednesday's la!ly Last evening at 7:30 at her home at Afton, Iowa, occurred the death of Mrs. A. F. Ploetz. for many years a resident of this city and a mem ber of one of the leading families in Cass county. The deceased lady was taken tick on last Friday evening by a very severe attack of heart trouble and has been steadily growing weaker since the first attack and messages received here yesterday morning gave little assurance to the mem bers of the family and was followed by the message later in the evening of the passing of this estimable lady. Mrs. Ploetz was formerly Miss Anna Gorder, daughter cf the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gorder, prominent pioneer residents of this city, and it was here that she was reared to womanhood and spent the greater part of her lifetime. In 1906 she was united in marriage to Rev. A. F. Ploetz, a minister of the Ger man Presbj-terian church and since tlieir marriage the family haTe made their home in different charges in the states of South Dakota and Iowa, and have for a short time been located at 'Afton, where Mr. Ploetz has a church. The deceased lady leaves to mourn her death the husband, two brothers and one sister. County Commission er Fred H. Gorder of Weeping Water. John F. Gorder and Mrs. Chris Wohl farth of this city. One brother. August Gorder and one sister. Miss Louise Gorder have preceeded her in death. There are a number of neices and nephews here also to share the sorrow that her death has accasion ed. The funeral services will be held from the First Presbyterian church ' here Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock ! and the interment will be at the Oak' Hill cemetery in this city. Those who are planning a gift to the boy or girl graduate shoud rot fail to call at the Bates Book and Gift shop and look over the many beauti ful and handsome offerings in the gift line. A Merchant's Story! (Copyrighted) Two girls working for me years ago claimed they could save no money out of their earnings. "Simply impossible, they said.- But, just in fun, one of them "dared" the other to start savings accounts and "run a race" saving money. They did. As they saved they worked better and I was able to raise their wages. One of them got married three years later. She had over $600 in the bank very handy too, just then. .The other girl is still working and she has nearly $1,500 now. Compound interest paid by the bank helps a lot, too. Why not "dare" some friend to try this with you? The First National 3an k THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL AT t i O W c5 PLATTSMOUTH JT 'NEBRASKA Aged Lady Suf fers Fractured Limb as Struck Mrs. Adam KaSenberger Suffers Sev ere Injury Last Evening Near Home on Elm Sstreet. j From Weinesfir.y'j! Daily Last evening while Mrs. Adam 1 Kaffe-nberger, one- of the well known j residents of the northwest part of ;the city was crossing E!m street from jher home to that of Mrs. C. M. Bev erage', a neighbor, she was unfor ' tunate enough to be struck by a passing auto and as the re-sult re ceived severe bruises and a fractured right leg. As Mrs. Kaffenberger was cross ing the street a Ford touring car driven by Justus Lillie a young l.n!. was approaching from the west and at a very reasonable rate of sp, d as the parties who witnessed the accident state. As the driver of the car saw Mrs. Kaffenberger he sound ed the horn as warning and turned his car out te.pass the lady but the approaching car had evidently con fused the lady and instead of con tinuing on across the street toward the Beverage home she started back across the street and directly in front of the car which was then but a few feet away and making it im possible for the driver to avoid hit ting her. The aged lady was thrown to the brick paving by the force of the im pact and as soon as possible the driver of the cur stopped the vehi I" and rushed back with the other oc cupants of the car to give what aid was possible to the injured lady. Mrs. Kaffenberger was taken to her home and medical assistance sum moned and it was found that the lady had sustained a very severe fracture of the right log and as well numerous and severe bruises. In order that she might receive the ve ry best of care she was hurried to Oma ha and placed in the Immanuel hos pital for care and treatment. Dr. T. I. Livingston and W. F. Eve-rs took the suffering lady to the hos pital. Mrs. Kaffenberger lias been in poor health for some time and her ' general condition makes the Injuries a great deal more severe than 1hy would be otherwise. A FAISE REPORT From Wednefda." Daily It was stated today that reports had been published in Omaha that there was 150 nun wanted here for work in the refrigerator repair t-hops that are to be ptaced in operation here on June 1st. This eecnis to be a rather premature report and would have been, as Mark Twain paid of his reported death, "Important if true," but for the present time there is no truth in the report and the re frigerator car company will hniulle their own hiring of m n without the need of the uo of the various c m ployement agencies. When the time is ripe for securing of additional men the refrigerator company will, it is stated secure these men from the places where their plants arc located or through their own efforts. Newspaper advertising pays! iVftVii