journal
VOL. NO. XLV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1928.
NO. 27
Steel ork on
New Bridge to
Start Very Soon
Fine Headway Made on Work of Pier
Construction and Which. Will
Make Way for Steel
From Thursday's Dally
The Missouri river wagon and
auto bridge which is being construct
ed by the Plattsmouth Bridge Co.,
is now reaching a stage where a few
weeks will bring the appearance of
a real bridge and the promise of the
completion of the bridge and its open
ing for travel by October as has been
planned.
The Union Bridge and Construc
tion Co.. of Kansas City, who have
had charge of the pier work have
progressed in nice shape with their
part of fhe contract and this week
are expecting to close up another
pier and which will leave hut one
more pier to be sunk, that which will
set in the waters of the Missouri
river just south of the main pier
of the railroad bridge and which will
be started as soon as the preliminary
work can be carried out.
The piers that ire sunk and sealed
will be ready now for the capping
that will bring them up to the re
quired height and this line of work
will be hurried as it will not require
the time that the sinking of the
base of the piers to bed rock has
demanded.
The arrangements to have the ma
terial hauled out to the last pier
will be started at once and when
this detail is arranged the sinking
on hte caisson into the waters of
the river will be completed and the
base of the pier sunk before the June
rise of the Missouri.
The Omaha Steel cmopany which
will have the steel work of the bridge
in charge, have already had part of
their material brought here and un
loaded and every day there are ad
ditional cars of the steel arriving
on the ground? where it will be un
loaded and held for the steel work
of the bridge structure.
The rapid progress of the bridge
work will spur on the necessity for
the city and county arranging a
road to the bridge and which will be
no small job in itself and one that
will take several months to get fully
completed and graveled so as to be
ready for service when the bridge is
thrown open to the traveling pub
lic. The mayor and council have
looked over a number of tentative
routes fom the main part of the
city to the bridge and it will be up
to the city to decide definitely on
what route they may prefer.
BUSINESS PICKING UP
FVfm Thursday's rauy
County Clerk George R. Sayles i3
experiencing a revival in the coyote
soalp business in his office, the sea
son on which bounties will be paid
on the scalps extending from the
first of April to the first of October.
In the last few days there have been
several calling to claim the bounty
of $2 per head that the county pays
for these scalps.
Alvin Meisinger. of south of the
city, came in with ten scalps that
he secured in the vicinity of Rock
Bluffs, while George Olson of this
city, hunting along the Platte bot
tom north of this city, secured eight
of the coyotes that he has turned in
to claim the reward of the county.
George Boedeker, of near Nehawka,
was also here with one scalp that
he turned in for the two dollar
bounty.
It is thought that the season has
brought out many of the coyotes
from the dens where they have been
hibernating and the young coyotes
are now ranging over the country
and making themselves prey for the
hunters.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express in this manner,
that deep feeling of appreciation of
the many kindly deeds that were
tendered our loved one in the hours
of illness and for the words of lov
ing sympathy given us at the bitter
hour of grief. To the kind friends
and neighbors and the members of
the fraternities we will always cher
ish an undying memory of their lov
ing acts and the beautiful flowers.
Kt-pecially do ve wish to express
our gratitude to the Eastern Star
and its officers for the beautiful fun
eral service and to those participat
ing in the service in anyway W. F.
Gillespie, Mrs. Allie Adams, the
nieces and nephews of Mrs. W. F.
Gillespie.
HERE FOR FUNERAL
There were a large group of the
nieces and nephews of the late Mrs.
W. F. Gillespie present from out of
the city for the funeral services on
Tuesday and among these being Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Johnson. St. Joseph,
Missouri; Mrs. Nora Card, Scotts
bluff; Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Henton,
Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hen
ton, Louisville; Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Johnson, Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. F.
H. Johnson, Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Henton, Decatur; Dr. and Mrs
Harris, Auburn; Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Meissner, Omaha.
FIXING UP ROAD
The bad place that has existed
for some time on the King of Trail
highway southwest of this city on the
east and west road south of the Wiles
farm, is being looked after by the
representatives of the state highway
department and the hole that has
existed there is being filled with
crushed rock which it is hoped wil
permanently relieve the condition
that has existed for a number of
weeks and for which the state de
partment was much criticised, al-
tho this was but one of the manv
hundred cases of this kind that de
veloped as the result of the hard
winter weather and the heavy truck
travel over the solft roads.
Disabled Vet
eran to Receive
Compensation
Edward Steppat Has Claim Finally
Passed by Board and Check
for Back Pay Approved
From Thursilay'i Dally
After long months of work on the
part of the local post of the Ameri
can Legion and A. II. Duxbury, the
efficient service officer, the claim of
Edward Steppat. well known local
veteran, has been approved by the
central offices of the Veterans Bu
reau. which has its headquarters at
Chicago.
This action assures that in a few
days the back pay allowed, some
$1,400, will be paid over to Mr.
Steppat, and that he will start to
draw the compensation of $105 which
has been allowed, for the remainder
of his lifetime.
Mr. Steppat suffered an injury
while in the service in 1918 that has
made him a practical invalid, and
while at times he has been able to
be around, he has been a constant
sufferer and his disability has been
rated as permanent in its nature and
which the veteran will carry with
him to the grave. The nature of the
trouble is one that affects the spine
nd which has been growing worse
n the recent years. .
The securing of the final adjust
ment of the claim Is very pleasing to
all service men in the community
and they are appreciative of the ef
forts of Mr. Duxbury and Mrs. Jen
sen, head of the rehabilitation de
partment of the Auxiliary and who
has been one of the most active fig
ures in Veteran relief work in the
west.
SENIOR SNEAK DAY
from Thursday's Dallv
.The seniors of the high school en
joyed one of the big events of the
school year today, that of "sneak
day" and early in the morning the
class members could be seen round
ing up the class and getting ready
for the big start. The class motored
to Lincoln "and where they viewed
the state capitol, the penitentiary
and other state institutions and this
afternoon left for Omaha where the
day's outing was topped off by a
theatre party and dinner and then
home again to resume the few hectic
weeks that remain of the school year.
The custom of "sneak day" is one
that the seniors looks forward to
withe pleasure and the classes in the
past have made excursions to many
of the towns within a hundred mile
radius, Shenandoah, Iowa, Crete,
Fremont and many other of the near
by places of interest have been the
gathering place for the classes of the
high school.
WINTER Y CONDITIONS PREVAIL
The advent of May has brought
with it temperatures that have hov
ered near the freezing point and
last evening proved one of the chill
iest nights of the spring with the
mercury scaling down to within the
32 degrees above zero.
In many sections of the city there
were reports of ice forming on water
that was exposed to the elements,
but just how seriously this has ef
fected the gardens and fruit crops
of this section.
A very strong wind prevailed
through the late night and early
morning hours and which while very
uncomfortable, it is thought helped
a lot In preventing more serious
damage to the fruit crop through this
immediate section.
After two very chilly days the
weather man In view of the raising
temperature has handed out hope of
relief that the next few days will
be much warmer and give promise of
more summer like conditions.
LITTLE LAD POORLY
From Thurnday's Oany
For the past few days, Joe, little
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McMaken,
Jr., has been very ill at the family
home on North 11th street, suffering
from a severe attack of asthma. The
little lad has suffered a great deal
from this malady in the past two
years and his present illness has
given the parents and friends a gTeat
deal of worry. At the present time,
Joe seems to be showing some little
improvement.
Read the Journal Want -Ads.
Pupil of St
John's School
Wins Honors
Leo Sikora, Age 13, Takes Second
Honors in Interstate Spelling
Contest at Sioux City
From Friday's Daily
After hours of tedious grilling, in
which all but he and one other con
testant had been eliminated from the
oral test at the Interstate Spelling
contest held at South Sioux City last
Friday, Leo Sikora, 13-year-old 8th
grade student of St John's parochial
school of this city, lost the opportun
ity of becoming interstate champion
when he misspelled the word "fif
teen." one of the easiest words he
knows, he declared upon his return
home from the meet. As it was, the
previously acclaimed Cass county
champion, won second honors among
LEO SIKORA
the large number of entries repreftent-
ng grade schools in South Dakota,
Iowa and Nebraska.
Leo is entered in the state spell
ing contest being held today in Om
aha and is expected to render a good
account of himself among the equal
ly large number of entrants from all
over Nebraska.
Leo is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Sikora and one of the brilliant
th grade pupils in the local school.
His success at the Sioux City con
test is particularly gratifying to the
Urseline Sisters, from St. Joseph's
convent, St. Joseph, Kentucky, who
ave been here several years as the
resident teachers at St. John's school,
and who in their teaching lay strees
on the older fashioned rudiments of
education, including correct spell
ing. That their school has produc
ed a county champion and one high
ly honored in competitive tests with
pupils of public schools over the mid
dle west speaks well for the training
received in the local school and they
ave been highly complimented by
County Superintendent Miss Alpha
Peterson for having produced such
capable speller.
EARLY CLUB LEADERS
From Friday'a Daily
This morning Mrs. S. A. Davis and
daughter, Miss Margaret of Lincoln,
arrived in the city to be guests at
the E. H. Wescott home for the week
end and to attend the banquet of
the Women's club to be held at tb7e
First Presbyterian church on Mon
day evening at 6:30.
Mrs. Davis, who was the secretary
of the club when organized here in
December 1S95, will preside over the
section of the program that will be
devoted to the review of the club
work of that day and time. For this
occasion eight charter members of
the club will be present to join in
the event and to greet the members of
1929, Mrs. H. J. Strelght of Omaha.
Mrs. McLennon, Mrs. Traver and
Mrs. Charles S. Sherman of Lincoln,
Mrs. Isaac King of Superior, with
Mrs. Davis of Lincoln and Mrs. C. A.
Rawls and Miss Olive Jones of this
city being also in attendance.
eaturing the program of the ban
quet will be a paper "Progress of
Women," written by Mrs. C. E. Wes
cott in 1895 and a special tribute
paid to Mrs. Belle M. Stoutenbon
ough. first president of the Platts
mouth club and later of the state
federation.
HOLD PLEASANT MEETING
From Friday's Dally
The Women's Auxiliary of the St.
Luke's church held a very fine meet
ing yesterday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. J. M. Roberts on high school
hill and with a very large number of
the ladies In attendance. The mem
bers enjoyed two very fine papers on
the missionary work of the church
which were given by Mrs. Henry Mc
Maken and Miss Dora Fricke, cover
ing the efforts of the church in the
various lines of missionary wbrk.
Very dainty refreshments were served
by the hostess that added to the
pleasures of the occasion.
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GOES TO DAVID CITY
From Thursday's Daily-
Ed Bartholomew, who has for the
past year been clerk at the Mauzy
Drug Co., store, is leaving today for
David City, Nebraska, where he has
secured a position and will find a
most congenial location as David City
is his old home and where he has a
very large circle of friends of many
Vr',rr"n5u"f
friends in this city who are regreting
very much to see him leave as he is
a most congenial, young man per-
sonally and his courtesy In his work I iorce ior electrical services is an
at the story has' made him many nounced by Fred I. Rea, the district
friends.
Car Stolen in
Omaha Burned
Near This City
Reo Four Passenger Coupe Found
Burning Near Glen Wiles Farm
Stolen Last Night
From Fridayn DatiT
Last evening Harry Kruger ar-
rived in the city from an auto spin
out into the country and reported to
the authorities that an auto was
burning near the Glen WTiles farm.
Deputy Sheriff Young and Officer
Dave Pickrel drove out to investigate In the charges for commercial education with their wives and hus
the case and found that the fire had service the service charge of 5Cc a I bands as well as Superintendent and
gutted the car and it was only from
the license plates that the officeis
found a clue to the ownership of the
car, it being a Douglas county car.
Communication with the Omaha
officers disclosed the fact that the
car was the property of John Povon-
dra of South Omaha and that the
car had been stolen Thursday night
about 9 o'clock from the corner of
24th and U. streets.
This morning Mr. Pocondra came
down to investigate the case but lit-
tie light could be shed on the mat-
ter as the parties that burned the
car had made their getaway before
it was discovered by Mr. Kruger.
This is the third Omaha car that
has been burned up in this locality
and it is evidently getting to be a
pastime to steal th? cars, drive them
down to htis locality and destroy
them.
Local Track
sters Second at
Neb. City Meet
Pl&ttsmonth Good in Distance and
Fair in Field Events Nebras-
ka City Takes First.
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The track and field meet held on
Wednesday at Nebraska City, with
the teams of Plattsmouth, Nebraska
City, Peru and Syracuse participat
ing. resulted in the Otoe county
tracksters taking first with 76 M
points, Plattsmouth second with
4R&'. PrTi 2 3 1'. and Rvrarnop (i 2J.
In the distance events and the
field sports the Platters showed much
the best form, while Nebraska City
was especially strong in the short
fM,.
In the firsts secured by the Plat-
ters. John Galloway secured the mile
and the half mile events
Wiles the 440 yard dash.
and Chet
In the 4 40 dash. Wiles' time was
57 seconds.
In the 8 SO yard Galloway, Yelick
and Snangler finished In the order
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on r
i " V. h- hppn in vprv tinnr hpalth for was eighty reservations for the ban
In the mile. Gallowav was first nas Deen in very poor neann ior x,-.--
and Snanpler second.
In the riiao.is throw. Teenell seor-
pd third niace
In the shot put Spangler was sec
ond
tn th hh -inmr, VpUcIt tiprt for
third
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Tr, t, inmri iticic(rrr was
f,,,-Vi I
In the high hurdles, Meisinger tied
for second and Dew took fourth
Tr nn o r n,r Mwrv tipd for
third f Jit ' McCleery tied fr
th n they; Plattsmouth finished
f. , -
In the 220 yard dash Meisinger
In the 220 yard dash Meisinger
was third and Lutz fourth.
In the 100 yard dash, Meisinger
was third.
In the javelin throw, Herold scor
ed third place.
T i i titi
second na Dew took fourlh. ""
Cass County Meet
Plans are being formulated for the
staging of the first annual Cass
county track and field meet to be held
in this city on Friday, May 17th. It
is tne aesire mat scnoois in an sec -
tions of the county send in their
representatives for the various field
and track events, that it may be
made a truly all county affair and
the interest in the track work so
sumuiaieu mat ine event can De ae-
veiopea into an annual event.
SUFFERING FROM FLU
Miss Olive Jones, city librarian,
has been confined to her home for treatment, is reported as doing very
the past few days as the result of nicely and it is thought that the
an attack of the flu and a severe patient may soon be well on the high
cold' and which has been most un- way to recovery and able to return
comfortable to the patient.
Reduction in
Light Rates Here
is Announced
Iowa-Nebraska Lieht & Power Co.,
- Give Patrons Benefit of Re-
auction, Says Manager
A reduction m the rates now in
manager of the Iowa-Nebraska Light
& Power Co., whicn is effective from
the first of the month and which will
help reduce the cost of current to the
patrons
The Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power
Co. made a reduction of the rate
in February 192S and which like the
present rate represented the volun
tary efforts of the company to give
as low a rate as possible to the con
sumer.
Under the new rate for residence
service, the service charge of 50c per
month per meter is retained, with
the rPdnctinns in thp rntPs ThP firt
25 kilowatt hours plus the service
charge is eight cents, against the
former charge of nine, for the next
25 kilowat hours, six cents, while!
for the excess kilowatt hours the
charge will be three and a quarter
cents as against the present rate of
four cents.
month per meter is retained and the
rates as announced places the first
75 kilowatt hours at eight cents plus
the service charge, the next 125 kilo-
watt hours at six cents and the ex-
cess over 200 at four cents per kilo-
watt hours.
The reduction in rates comes as a
part of the general improvement and
expansion program of the company,
they having been carrying on a very
large plan of rebuilding their line
in this city and which has been at
the outlay of some $10,000 in wages
and material and which places their
service lines in the best of shape
and with new poles, lnsola'ors and
I lines that will aid greatly in the
I maintainance of the fine service that
I has been the aim of this progressive
I utility company.
I The Iowa-Nebraska Light &. Pover
company has also in the last two
years built and put into service the
$S5,000 electric sub-station here
where current is handled for the
various lines or the company in
southern Nebraska, western Iowa
and northern Missouri.
WILL GIVE MEMORIAL ADDRESS
Col. Phil L. Hall, of Greenwood.
one of the active leaders in the affairs
well as the American Legion of Ne-
braska, has been extended the inv -
tation to deliver the memorial ad-
dress on Thursday, May 30th at
Chadron, Nebraska.
The residents of Dawes county and
Chadron furnished a company in the
Sixth Nebraska infantry that was
formerly commanded by Col. Hall
and which was later made a part of
the 109 engineers, and the former
service men of Chadron and vicinity
have ,a vfry ,det.P affctj?n for t,he
genial colonel through the associa-
tio" of te ast y'ers; XT
The selection of Col. Hall assures
stro"& and ae ne
that. is eminently well qualified to
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nonor to ine veterans oi lue wais ui
the nation.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
From Fridav'a Daily
Walter Baldwin of this ritv. who
the past two years, has just return
ed home from the hospital at Omaha
where he underwent an operation for
the removal of his tonsils as well as
treatment in the hopes of giving
him greater use of his limbs which
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suuneu na inc icauu ui a, bpiiiai iu-
Jury received iwo years ago in an
dULU (II 111, I, 11JC win, ui tiie
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juries would prove fatal but Mr.
Baldwin was able to recover but has
retained serious effects of the in-
.
HAS GAS STOLEN
From Friday's Dai'y-
The Ofe Oil Co.. seems to be the
target of petty thieves as last night
ine 014 sia"on "a at mcago
avenue and Pearl streets was visited
the oil station located at Chicago
by some thief that proceeded to get
away wun a quantity of ethyl gas
and also spilled a great deal of the
around thp ctntinn TVi p nnrtloa
broke the ockg to tne
and proceeded to help themselves and
had evidently allowed the gas to
iflow over tne ground in the vicinity
lof the tanks for some tim 'n liio
has been found to the nartipa and it
ls supposed that they were some one
traveling through, that took this
method of filline their iras taut
-uroc -RACTT nTPPflVTWri
From Friday's Daily
Mrs. A. G. Bach, who is at the St.
Joseph hospital at Omaha taking
home in greatly imDroved health.
BRIDGE OFFICIALS HERE
From Friday's Dally
The members of the board of dir-
ectors of the Chamber of Commerce
at their luncheon yesterday had the
pleasure of having with them several
of the Omaha representatives of the
Plattsmouth Bridge Co. Following
the luncheon the visitors and the
members of the directors, or as manv
as could get away for the trip, jour
neyed down to the new Missouri
river bridge to inspect the work and
view this structure that is each day
nearing completion and in which the
residents of Cass and Mills county
are much interested and watching
closely the progress of the work of
1 construction
Home Economic
Club Banquets
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ucnooi rieaus
Board of Education Are Guests of
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HEOr at Banquet at High
School Last Evening
From Friday's Daily
Last evening the Home Economics
club of the Plattsmouth high school
entertained very pleasantly at the
home economics room at the high
school, the members of the board of
Mrs. R. E. Bailey and Principal and
Mrs. J. V. Simon
The young ladies of the class had
arranged a most tempting banquet
for the occasion and which was fea-
tured in the handsome -decorations
as well as the tempting menu, the
centerpiece of the table being a
handsome maypole arranged by the
young ladies. This banquet was fi-
nanced by the proceeds of candy and
food sales by the girls cf the club.
The menu of the banquet, prepared
the club members and Miss Eliza-
fceth McVey, head of the department,
I v. as as follows:
Orange Ice
Breaded JVeal Cutlets
Potato Puffs
Cream Carrots in Toast Cups
Rolls - - Jelly
Spring Sslad
Strawberry Shortcake
Nuts - Coffee
Durir:; the evening a very charm-
png piano number was given by Miss
Winifred R?.iney and two delightful
vocal r umbers by Miss Margaret
Shallenharger that added to the soc
ial features of the evening.
The members of this club are Doris
Kiger, Gwendolyn Hansen, Edith
Galloway, Katherine Hild. June Keil,
Katherine Hirz, Eleanor Olson, Mary
Ellen Byers, Winifred Rainey, Lor-
yZ '7nJ.s u'
Opal Haley, Helen Jane West, Doro
thy Woster, Dorothy Hirz, Ruby
Carter. Anna Zitka, Mary Lois Wiles,
Helen Taylor, Margaret Puis. Agnes
Brink, Dorothy Farmer, Maxine
Wiles, Margaret Nelson, Grace Pil
ney. Vera Hughes, Anna Knicke,
Vivian Moore. Irene Simons, Thelma
Hutchinson. Mildred Carlberg, Car-
lyne Thomas Saphia Ilofacker. Vel-
mil r uiiuii. ngiifs uuuciiriiuu!, uuc-
lah Blodgett.
SPEAKS AT NEBRASKA CITY
From Friday'? Darry
Mrs. William Baird of this city,
nnp of the hpst kinwn laHv snpsilrprs
ul me siaie aim wuo nas ueen iiearu
at a large number of women's meet
ings over the state was at Nebraska
City last evening where she gave the
address at the Girl Reserve Mother
Daughter banquet held at the First
Christian church at that place. There
quet and Mrs. uaird gave a very
beautiful and inspiring talk on the
mother and daughter relationship
and love that was enjoyed to the ut
most. ENTERTAINS FOR FRIEND
From Friday's DaS'v
Last evening Mrs. J. S. Livingston
entertained very charmingly at her
home in honor of Mrs. Hugh W. Kid-
der. of San Diego. California, who is '
ere a house guest of her sister.
Mrs. E. J. Richey. The evening was ;
-pent in bridge and at which Mrs.
tt. w . uiement was awaraea ine nrst
honors while the consolation was se-
red by Mrs. Henry C. McMaken.
Te guest Prize was Presented to Mrs
-luue'
q-" th Gven!ne the hostess
uuring) ine evening ine nostess 1
very dainty
ind dplirlniicj i-p i
freshments that added very much to
the enjoyment of the occasion.
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W. G. DAVIS RE-ELECTED
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The many friends and acquain-
tances here of W. G. Davis, former
Isecrptarv of thp Plattsmnnth Pham.
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her of rnmmprrp will hp intprpetpd i
In learning that Mr. Davis has been'
re-elected as the secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce at Greenville,'
Ohio, where Mr. Davis has been locat- ins ior ine nay. a very interesi
Pd for iho n.nct vr nnd -o-hprp hp ln? program has been arranged by
has been very successful in his work.,
Mr. Davis has been very active in flr.i V J . , a r
his work at Greenville and has jut "f the institute by Mrs. Clara Clay
heen in the forefront nf thP fiirr.t fnr ton. state president, the report of the
the readjustment of the gas rates in
that nlire
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T o vrra r,-- ..
Large size maps of Cass connty on
ale at Journal office. 50c each.
Knights and
Ladies Enjoy
Social Time
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The Dinner Pageant by Mt. Zion
Commandery No. 5, K. T.,
Very Largely Attended
From Saturday s Dally
Last evening the members of Mt.
Zion commandery No. 5, Knights
Templar, their ladies and a few dis-
I ii ug uisiifu gueMs iiinii uui ui inu
city, enjoyed an evening of rarest
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pleasure at the Masonic temple where
the committee in charge, W A.
Robertson. Leslie W. Niel and Wil
liam F. Evers with Harvey Gamer
and his talkie phote, had prepared
an event of the rares.t pleasure which
.the committee had titled. "The
Knights and Ladiea f K!n& ion-a
1 Court."
I The scene of the delightful gath
ering was staged ii the large and
beautiful lodge room where the dec
orative scheme of red and white was
carried out in streamers along the
sides of the wall as well as the red
streamers on the snowy napiery and
with the red roses, red and white
carnations and red candles adding a
pleasing touch to the decorative
scheme.
The arrangements of the room were
in the form of the ancient kingly
courts, the king and queen and guests
of distinction and cficers of the court
occupying the dais at ir.e souin oi
the room while at the north the
court jester, whose task was to amuse
the king and guests with song and
jest was sealed.
The personnel of the court was
King Leon and Queen Anna Mc
Carty, the "Primed Minister," Ray
mond P. Westover; the equerry,
Oliver C. Hudson; lady in waiting.
Mrs. Rose Mae Duxbury: Chancellor,
, jamg jj Robertsnn; a foreign dip
!r,m,t, .Inhn T. Dvsart. the court pre
j jate tj1P rv. Luther M. Kuhns. The
role oi trie court .lesier was carrieu
out splendidly by Harrison L. Gayer,
whose costume was one of the strik
ing features of the court.
The heralds. Roy O. Cole. Vearl
Smith. Virgel Perry and Ward M.
Whelm; with a blast of the trcmpet
announced the reading of the king's
command that the jester proceed to
entertain the guests..
The jester was equal to the oc
casion thrust upon him and at his
command the court musicans. Frank
A. Cloidt. Harry G- McClusky. Ray
mond C. Cook and Lynn O. Minor,
with their ladies, the court minis
trels. James T. Begley, John E.
Schutz, Leslie W. Niel and Luke L.
Wiles and their ladies also joined
in the entertaining features of the
dinner pageant and with songs of the
past, the joust of j?sts and melodies
of the present day, the spirit of fun
reigned supreme. The solo of Luke
L. Wiles was especially commended
by his majesty.
At the close of the entertainment
the blast of the heralds announced
the reading of the mandate of the
king and who vented the royal dis-
! pleasure on the lowly jester, who was
order to ine uiock ana wun me
guards, Willie m L. Seybolt and
George E. Nickles, was hurried to
the executioner, W. G. Boedeker, for
the beheading.
The dinner was served by the ladies
of the Eastern S:ar in the most
charming manner and with a menu
that tempted the knights and ladie3
with its deliciousness.
Following the dinner and the pag
eant the formal tcast list was pre
sided over by Dr. R. P. Westover in
his usual clever manner.
The addre?s of welcome was given
by Oliver C. Hudson, generalissimo
and commander-elect and the re
sponse for the guests was given by
Mrs. Rose Mae Dui:bury.
The Templar quartet also gave sev
eral numbers on this feature of the
evening program.
The address of the evening was
given by Hon. John T. Dysart of
Omaha, who had asi his subject, "The
Sword of Peace", and covered the
work of the Templar In the daily life
ol"e ,
The , Templar
fa setting
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of the world.
quartet sang the
for the illustrated
Ages."
At the close of the most happy
occasion the benediction was offered
by the Rev. Luther M. Kuhns. past
"VNebraska
Among the distinguished guests
' A . A L A.
Present in addition to Mr. Dysart.
r. , . . '
ir. nonenson ana i.ev. lvunns, were
:Frank - ,Voodl.inh grand nT
"'in,e A" ' & ' ol eorassa.
I iiaries j. uawsun, graua vvaruer
,and Mrs- Dawson of Blair, Dr. and
Mr s John R Lichtenwallner of
Omaha.
WILL ATTEKD INSTITUTE
The w- c- T- u- institute will be
held at Elmwod on Tuesday. May
"'."''"cucme .i a. m. anu con-
Mrf 3- ile county president
national convention by Mrs. R. B.
Hayes and vocal offerings by Mrs.
E. H. Wescott and Mrs. R. B. Hayes.
The response to the official welcome
will be Kiven by Mrs Rose MaJ Dux
bury of this city.