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VOL. NO. XLV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1929.
NO. 29
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Junior Class
. Joins in Honor
to the Seniors
Very Beautifully Arranged Banquet
Is Tendered to Grads of 1929
Last Evening.
From Thursday's Dally
One of the pleasant and Ions look
cd for social events that marks the
close of the school year is that of
the Junior-Senior banquet, that time
when the soon to be senior class bids
a formal farewell to the graduating
class, their associates in high school
for three years.
The class of 1930, which arranged
the banquet held last evening at the
American Legion building, can have
the satisfaction of knowing that the
banquet was one of the -most attrac
tive that has been held by any of
the classes in recent years and this
is going a long way as the juniors
of the years past have arranged many
very handsome settings for the ban
quets of the past years.
The class had an modernistic set
ting for the banquet hall which was
a type that caught the eye with its
simple and charming arrangement in
the color scheme of black and silver.
The class had arranged the enclosed
room with the streamers of black and
silver and from the pillars of the
room were suspended silver balloons
while on the four sides of the im
provised banquet hall were four very
handsome hand painted designs by
Paul Vandervoort that, carried out
the theme of the banquet, the four
winds of the universe.
The table decorations were strik
ing, the black candles and the red
roses being used in this portion of
the decorative scheme while the
place cards of black and silver bore
the design of the astrologer and the
globe, while In tiny eilver bags were
found the fortunes of the members
of the class.
During the course of the serving
of the banquet the Holland Melody
Boys of Omaha discoursed sweet mu
sic that added to the enjoyment of
the occasion.
The banquet was served by the
Q. Z. society of the Presbyterian
church and the ladie3 In serving
wore the black frocks with silver
aprons to enhance the decorative
scheme of ahe banquet. The menu
wasas follows:
Silver Ice
Chicken Fantasia en Rosettes
Potatoes A la' Dutchess
French Peas in Ramekins
Clover Leaf Rolls
Moonlight Marmalade
Ripe Olives - Green Olives
Daffodil Salad
Mayonaise
Wafers
Junior-Senior Special
Rosebud Cakes
Salted Nuts - Mints
Coffee
Following the serving Robert R.
Livingston, junior class president, as
toastmaster opened the formal toast
list and in his very talented man
ner made a most delightful presiding
officer.
The Junior aoast was "The West
Wind" and in which Ira Mumm was
heard in extending the welcome to
the members of the classes of the
6chool and to the Seniors of 1929 es
pecially. The Frenshmen, through Edward
Wehrbein, gave their greetings to
the Seniors and the Juniors in "The
North Wind," and the impression of
the first year student in the high
echool.
For the Sophomore class. Miss
Hazel Harkins, one of the talented
members of the high school in "The
South Wind" gave the impressions
of her class and the observations of
the second year students.
The Seniors through Robert Had-
raba, class president, in "The East
Wind" gave the appreciation of his
class to their friends and associates,
the faculty and the board of educa
tion that had aided them in the four
years of work in the school and for
the many friendships and associa
tions. The faculty of the school was rep
resented by Mrs. Pearl Mann, long
time teacher in the school and who
has had the seniors in her classes
since they entered the high school
four years ago. Mrs. Mann spoke
very feelingly of the school asso
ciations, and the fact that she too Is
leaving with the seniors, made the
event one keenly felt by the students
and their teacher as well.
Principal J. V. Simons of the high
school was heard in "Cylonic Mo
ments," a greeting from one who has
had the association with the seniors
for the past two years.
The greetings of the board of edu
cation was brought by the president.
Dr. F. L. Cummins in "The Weather
Bureau" as his topic and in which
he extended the congratulations of
the board of education to the two
upper classes of the school.
OVERSEER CATCHES
FOOT IN TRACTOR
Wayne, May 9. Catching his foot
in a chain on his tractor. Han now.
sen, 25, road overseer of Winside,
was painfully injured late Wednes
day. His foot was so badly mangled
that physicians believed amputation
rnay be necessary.
SHOWING SOME IMPROVEMENT
The many friends over Cass county
of Mrs. Paul Tighe, of Herman, Ne
hraska. will be much pleased to learn
that Mrs. Tighe, who has been at the
St. Catherine's hospital at Omaha for
the past week in very serious condi
tion, is now much better and her
change is such that it gives the fam
ily renewed hopes of her recovery.
Mrs. Tighe is still very ill, how
ever, and it will be some time before
she is definitely on the highway to
recovery. Mrs. Tighe was formerly
Miss Julia Todd, daughter of L. C.
Todd, formerly residing at Nehawka
and now living at Long Beach, Cal.
Missouri Pacific
Will Start Line
of Busses Soon
Application Made for Line From
Omaha to Kansas City
and to Lincoln
The Missouri Pacific railroad is
making application to the Nebraska
state railway commission for per
mission to operate a line of passenger
carrying busses through the state of
Nebraska as a step to supplement
their railroad service with the busses,
the permission being asked in the
name of the Missouri Pacific Trans
portation Co.
A line of busses Is proposed to be
operated from Omaha to Kansas City
which will pass through Fort Crook,
La Platte, Plattsmouth, Union, Ne
braska City, Auburn and Falls City
then through to Kansas City.
Another Kne proposed is one from
Nebraska City to Union and thence
west through Elmwood and Eagle to
Lincoln.
These lines will pass through ter
ritory that is now served by the rail
road company and will permit the
retrenchment of train service in
short local runs.
Since the proposed lines conflict
with other bus lines now in opera
tion it will probably result in a con
ference being held at Lincoln with
he state railway commission and the
railroad as well as the other bus lines
that are now operating in this ter
ritory. There are some five lines of buss
es operating between Omaha and
Kansas City and if permission is
granted the railroad it will be nec
essary to arrange a schedule that
will not conflict with those already
in force.
GLEE CLUB ENTERTAINS
From Thursday's DaUy
Last evening the Men's Glee club
were heard in a very delightful pro
gram at the auditorium of the First
Methodist church, this being one of
the fine programs arranged for the
music week observance.
The glee club is one of the new
musical organizations of the city and
their offering last evening was such
as to cause the public to wish to hear
more of this clever organization.
The announcements were made by
John E. Turner, secretary of the glee
club and the club had the services of
E. H. Wescott as accompanist for the
program.
The glee club gave the following
program:
"Soldiers Chorus" and "Kentucky
Babe," by Glee club.
Duet, "Neapolitan Nights," Frank
Cloidt and John Frady.
"I Passed by Your Window" and
"Bells of St. Mary's," by Glee club.
Solo, by Roy Perkins.
"Lullaby" and "In the Secret of
His Presence," by Glee club.
Reading, by R. F. Patterson.
Spirituals, "Get on Board" and
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," by Glee
club.
Solo. Frank A. Cloidt.
Closing number, "Song of the Ar
morer, Dy uiee ciuo.
WILL BUILD NEW BARN
From Thursday's Dally
The county commissioners at their
session this week took up the matter
of the construction of a new barn
at the county farm west of this city
to replace that recently destroyed
by fire.
There were a number or Dias bud
mitted from contractors over the
countv and after the checking of the
bids it was found that of Scott and
Nickles of Murray was the lowest
with the Modern Construction Co. of
this city the nevt lowest. As the
lowest bidders, the contract was let
to the Scott and Nickles firm for the
sum of $915.
WILL CHANGE LOCATION
The Coffee Sho, located on North
Sixth street, is to change locations
in the next few days and will move
one door north to the room formerly
occupied by the Janda mortuary,
which is to be re-arranged for the
accommodation of the restaurant.
The change is made to allow of bet
ter arrangement of the kitchen facil
ities of the restaurant and will be
found much more convenient for the
public as well as those who are em
ployed in the restaurant.
Phone your news to the Journal.
Fifty Years of
Married Life in
Cass County
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ahl Spend the
ntire Half Century in This
Vicinity High Honors
uast luesaay. May 7th, was a
happy day for the relatives and
friends of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ahl,
one of Louisville's and Cass county's
most highly esteemed and best loved
families, when the golden wedding
anniversary of this couple was cele
brated at their home in the south
part of town. A fine dinner was serv
ed at noon to the immediate relatives
and the festivities were continued
into the afternoon. The Louisville
Courier in speaking of the anniver
sary, has the following interesting
account:
A ceremony took place on the lawn
(n which the bridal party included
the bride and groom, the pastor, R.ev
E P. Booher, pastor of the M. E.
church. Miss Lizzie Heil, who was
the bridesmaid 50 years ago. Ernest
N. Ahl, son of the couple, attending
the groom, the three daughters, Mrs.
N. F. Hennings, Mrs. William Lohnes
and Mrs. T. O. Pollard and two little
flower girls, Joy O'Brien and Beveryl
Flynn.
Mr. and Mrs. Ahl renewed their
vows under a latticed arch of white
and gold hung with white lilacs with
a white bell in the center, and the
sight was beautiful and solemn. The
wedding march was played by the
Farmers' Union band, which favored
the wedding guests with a number
of beautiful selections. The sunshine
was seemingly made to order and cast
a golden glow over the wedding scene
and brightened the hearts of all who
were present.
The bride wore a gown of beige
silk crepe and both she and the
groom were remarkably young look
ing to be celebrating their 50th wed
ding anniversary. The house was
beautifully decorated In gold and
white streamers and presented a fes
tive appearance.
Among the guests were two coup
les "who have already celebrated
their golden weddings, Mr, and Mrs.
Wendel Heil and Mr. and Mrs. C. G.
Mayfield, whose married life has been
spent in this vicinity. The band
dedicated numbers to these couples,
also to Mr. and Mrs. Cleghorn, cele
brating their 3Sth wedding anniver
sary, and Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Stander,
celebrating their 36th wedding day.
Other guests present were Mrs.
Charles Hennings and Mrs. Charles
Fetzer, lifelong friends of the bride
and groom. Another pioneer neigh
bor. Mrs. Mary -Tennant, was not
well enough to be present.
W. A. Wood, of Lincoln, was pres
ent, and was called upon for a few
remarks and spoke with much feel
ing and was listened to with inter
est. P. C. Stander had a few words
to say which were well chosen and
appreciated by all. Inez Pollard gave
a reading about "Grandpa and Grand
ma" and E. N. Ahl thanked the
friends for their presence in behalf
of his parents and gave them a most
hearty welcome.
There were about thirty beautiful
cakes decorated In yellow frosting,
made by experts and very delicious.
The bride's cake was baked by Mrs.
George Schroeder, a grand-daughter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Lohnes. The groom's cake was baked
by the youngest daughter, Mrs. T. O.
Pollard. Both were golden and the
decorations were lavish and present
ed a charming appearance. Another
cake that was much admired among
the many was a wedding cake in gold
frosting- with candles that was a
present from Mrs. E. P. Booher, wife
of the officiating minister.
Ice cream, cake and coffee were
served, the ice cream being in yellow
bricks that showed the figures "50"
in each brick. More than 200 gueBts
were served and there was much vis
iting, handshaking and congratula
ting all afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ahl received a room
full of beautiful gifts appropriate to
the occasion and many gifts of mon
ey in gold. They cannot find words
to express to their friends their grati
tude to all for their good wishes,
their gifts and the good will of their
neighbors, friends and relatives.
Mrs. Ahl'B maiden name was
Bertha Walradt. Her parents, the
late Mr. and Mrs. George Walradt,
were married In New York, January
5, 1856, by the Rev. D. Henry Miller.
pastor of Mount Olivet Baptist church
at Yonkers, New York, where the
ceremony took place. Mrs. Walradt's
maiden name was Mary Ann Hunter.
She was a native of Scotland. Mr.
Waldrat was a native of Oswego,
New York.
They came to Nebraska In the
early days and Mrs. Ahl was born on
her father's homestead east of Louis
ville, July 20, 1861. This farm is
now owned by Frank Salbeig.
Henry Ahl Is a native of Germany,
where he was born December 12,
1852. He came to America with his
parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Ahl, when he was three years old.
They kept moving westward and
when he was 12, they settled on a
farm northeast of Louisville, where
families were prominent In the de
velopment of this part of Nebraska,
they lived for many years. Both
and were highly esteemed.
Mr. and Mrs. Ahl were married
May 7, 1S79, at the home of the
bride's parentB. The officiating
clergyman was the Rev. Henry Shep
herd, United Brethren pastor, who
owned a country heme near Platts
mouth. Near relatives and close
friends were present. Miss Lizzie
Heil was bridesmaid and A. B. Wal
radt, now deceased, brother of the
bride, was best man.
They lived on a farm near Cedar
Creek, now owned by Philip Kraeger
Later they moved to a farm of Mrs
Ahl's father, now the property of the
heirs of the late Mrs. Margaret Os-
senkop, and from there to the farm
which they bought and where they
liver for about 25 years and now the
home of their son, Ernest N. Ahl. In
the year 1910, they moved to Louis
ville. !
They were active and prominent
in the affairs of the community dur
ing their life on the farm and by
their industry, frugality and good
business judgment, they prospered
and were able to retire to a comfort
able and attractive home in the south
part of Louisville, where they are
surrounded by friends and everything
to make their life happy and com
fortable. Their children are Mary Ann, now
Mrs. N. F. Hennings, who has four
children; Carrie, now Mrs.. William
Lohnes, who has three children; Er
nest, who has four children, and
Grace, now Mrs. T. O. Pollard, of
Ashland, who has one son. There are
In all, twelve grandchildren, also
one great-grandchild, Myrna Lee,
little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Lohnes.
It was a day of much rejoicing
and was an event long to be remem
bered by those present. The entire
community joins with the Courier
in extending heartiest congratula
tions to Mr. and Mrs. Ahl with best
wishes for good health and continued
happiness.
Knights Templar
Install Officers
Last Evening
Oliver C. Hudson, New Eminent Com"
mander and Other Officers
Installed in Office
From Friday's tally
Last evening the newly elected of
ficers of Mt. Zion commandery No.
5, Knights Templar, were inducted
into office at the special conclave
held In the Masonic temple.
The installation . ceremonies were
conducted by Hon. James M. Robert
son, past grand commander of the
K. T. of Nebraska with Luke L. Wiles
acting as the marshal of the meet
ing. The officers installed were:
Commander Oliver C. Hudson.
Generalissimo Aubrey II. Dux
bury. Captain General William F.
Evers.
Senior Warden Leslie W. Niel.
Junior Warden Henry F. Nolt
ing. Prelate Raymond C. Cook.
Treasurer Philip Thierolf.
Recorder John E. Schutz.
Standard Bearer Charles L. Carl
son. x
Sword Bearer Frank A. Cloidt.
Warder Lester W. Meisinger.
Sentinel Ward M. Whalen.
There were a large number of the
members in attendance and the lm
presive ceremonies that marked the
taking over of the offices was fol
lowed with the greatest of interest
by the members.
ENTERTAIN FOR MOTHERS
From Tbursdaya D.iir -
Yesterday afternoon at the Chris
tian church was held a very beauti
ful and pleasant time, when the
Ladies' Aid society entertained their
mothers and friends. A program of
the old and loved songs of mother
were sang and some very appropirate
readings were given, among which
was two given by Grandma Mayfield,
now In her 95th year, which was
very much enjoyed.
At the beginning of the program
she was seated in a flower decked
chair on the platform as guest of
honor. The ladies also had as an
honor guest Mrs. Traver of Lincoln,
Nebr., who has passed the three score
and ten years, and was at one time
an active member of the church. The
mothers and guests were all present
ed wiht a roee. At the conclusion of
the program the ladies were seated
at the tables and a very delicious
lunch was served to over 50 guests.
A very enjoyable time was had by
all.
WILL REOPEN SOON
From Friday's Dalty
Sam Givertter of the Peoples Mar
ket, whose store and contents were
gutted and almost totally ruined in
the fire Tuesday night In the Bekins
building, is to reopen his store soon,
he states. Mr. Giventer is getting
his losses adjusted and expects to be
back In business at the old stand
soon and as fast as the work of clean
ing up the debris of the fire aDd re
decorating of the room is carried out
the new stock will be moved in for
the resumption of business.
Large size maps of Cass county on
sale at Journal office, 50c each.
Light and Power
Company Employes
Enjoy Banquet
Construction Department Has Treat
for Record for Non-Accidents
in the Past Month
Froir Thursday's Dally .
Last evening the members of the
construction force of the Iowa-Nebraska
Light & Power Co., which
have been working in this city for
the past few weeks in the rebuilding
of lines, enjoyed a fine banquet at
the Barclay cafe, an appreciation by
the head offices of the company that
their workmen had successfully car
ried out the safety plans of the com
pany for the past month and enjoyed
a non-accident record for the past
thirty days.
To enjoy the event also Manager
Fred I. Rea of the Plattsmouth dis
trict and the employes of the Platts
mouth maintainance department
were also guests and enjoyed the
fine treat that had been arranged.
As the guiding head of the con
struction department, the genial and
efficient superintendent, W. N. Jack
son of Lincoln, was here and his
bright and sparkling humor, his
strong and earnest interest in the
men and the work that they are do
ing was evidenced in his remarks.
With Mr. Jackson was E. C. Hill,
safety engineer and P. T. Baird, con
struction department payroll clerk,
and who enjoyed the chicken as
strong as the boys who built the
lines.
A very fine banquet had been ar
ranged and with the deliciously pre
pared chicken and all that goes with
it. made a wonderful treat for the
force of workmen whose thoughtful
ness and care had won the feast as
well as the officers and the guests.
Mr. Jackson presided at the ban
quet and told of his pleasure at these
banquets or dinners, not only for the
fine social time but for the fact that
they represented a distinct improve
ment In the working conditions and
the evident interest and co-operation
of the workmen in cutting down the
number of accidents In the construc
tion work. Two years ago the Iowa
Nebraska Light & Power Co. had
started the dinners for the various
"gangs" of construction workers that
would secure a record of thirty
days without accidents that kept the
employe from his work for over one
day, in the past years a great many
of the dinners have been held and
the speaker stated that he was glad
of It, he hoped for more of these as
they saved the meh from danger by
building up the safety movement and
saved the company the cost of caring
for the seriously Injured and the loss
of their services.
Mr. Jackson pointed out that in the
accidents of a serious nature the j
men themselves paid far more dearly
than the company, that it was their
own interest ana weirare tnat ae
manded the use of all safety precau
tions in the construction work and
where there Is always some element
of danger and need for watchfulness
and care. A number of cases were
cited by the superintendent as to
where the workmen had suffered in-
uries that might have been avoided.
Mr. E. C. Hill, the safety engineer,
whose department had built up the
strong safety campaign, gave some
nteresting figures of the various dis
tricts and the fine showing that was
being secured in the elimination of
accidents and this in view of the
fact that the light and power com
pany now has a larger force at work
that at any time in its history. Mr.
Hill also cited several accidents
where the men had been seriously
njured In the past and urged that
all safety devices provided by the
company be used by the employes in
their work.
Mr. P. T .Baird also gave a few
very pleasing remarks that added to
the interest of the evening.
For the Plattsmouth department of
the company Mr. Rea, manager of
the district responded briefly while
for the worce of workmen that has
been here in construction work. Jack
Hermantz, the efficient foreman re
sponded and told of some of the work
of the gang here.
The evening was closed by a show
ng of a series of Interesting movies
of the construction work by Mr. Hill
and also several views of those who
had not thought deeply on the prob
lems of safety first.
WINS OUTSTANDING HONOR
From Saturdays Daily-
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tubbs of near
Mynard have had the pleasure of
learning of the success of a grand
son, Joe Jones of Tecumseh, a son
of their daughter, Mrs. Millie Jones.
This young man is a student at the
Peru 8tate normal school and in the
past few weeks was given national
recognition by his scholastic work
and which has attracted the atten
tion of many of the college leaders
and the press over the country. The
World-Herald of a few days ago car
ried a tribute to the young man wno
has won such distinction in his
school work.
Miss Rose Prohaska was a visitor
in Omaha today for a few hours, go
ing to that city on the early Bur
lington train.
CAR IS OVERTURNED
From Thursday's Dally
Last evening while A. S. Christ
was returning from Omaha, he no
ticed a coupe bearing an Omaha li
cense number which was lying along
the highway just near the turn onto
the bridge. The matter was report
ed to the authorities and a search
was made of the locality, but failing
to discolse any person who might have
any knowledge of the car. The regis
tration card was missing from the
car and so far the name of the owner ;
has not been learned.
Paving of the
King of Trails
Route to Union
Expectation That Paving Might Be
Extended Further South This
Year Than Planned
The work of engineers along the
King of Trails highway from Oma
ha south to Union has led to the be
lief in many circles that the paving
program this year on highway 75
might be extended on to Union this
year.
In discussing the highway mat
ter the Nebraska City News-Press
has some interesting facts in regard
to the highway and the matter of
proposed changes that would lead to
the making of a less dangerous high
way in Otoe county.
It has been stated on one or two
occasions that paving would be built
from South Omaha through Sarpy
county to Plattsmouth this year, but
there is a growing belief that there
will be money enough by the end of
the year to permit extension of the
road to the corner east of Union.
Engineers have been making pre
liminary surveys for several days.
it is said, with every indication that
they are engaged in running lines
for a hard surfaced highway.
It is well known that No. 75, one
of the heaviest-traveled highways in
the state, will be one of the first
improved. This is in line with the
wishes of Roy Cochran, state engin
eer, and follows a statement he made
in Nebraska City several months ago
when the tentative paving project
was mentioned.
Extension of paving south from
Union through Nebraska City will
probably make some important
changes in the highway route. There
is some belief that instead of run
ning through the village of Union.
a concrete road will run straight
south from the corner east of that
village arfd join with the highway
as now constituted at the Mullis cor
ner, five miles northwest or Nebras
ka City. This, by the way, is the old
'K.-C.-Omaha route," changed after
a memorable exchange of views sev
eral years ago. If paving follows
that old route, it will cut two miles
off the Omaha highway mileage,
saving about $50,000, it is said. At
the same time it will probably re
vive the old arguments.
A road built through on the
straight line" as indicated would
put Wyoming postoffice off the di- ; of the club house are not as they
rect line of . travel but would elim-lwill be In the future, the occasion
Inate two railroad crossings one lured some seventy of the ladies and
near Wyoming and the other at the gentlemen of the city and surround
Giles corner and would call for an;ing territory out for the very pleas-
overhead crossing at the Mullis cor
ner. At any rate, there is a lot of ac-
tivity along the "line of march" be-
tween Omaha and Union, with more
hope than ever that paving may be
available for that stretch of road
way before snow files again.
RECOVERS VALUED RELIC
From Thursdays Dilly
As the result of the activity of
Sheric Bert Reed and his force. Mr.
and Mrs. Clifton Garrison of near
Union are to recover a valued family
elic, a revolver owned by Mr. Frah
lander, a relative, who was burned
to death in a plane several months
ago.
This revolver was at the home of
the Garrison family which was re
cently burglarized and the parties
pulling the job made good their es
cape and the family have mourned
the loss of the revolver. The officers
here have notified the officers at near
by points of the loss of the revolver
and its number and yesterday were
gratified to receive the information
that the Fremont police had picked
up a young nan named Harold Rich
ards, a floater, at that place and who
had in his possession a revolver that
checked with the description given by
the Cass county authorities.
INSTALL NEW SIGNS
Within the last few days several (Pearl Stall, Mrs. Cox and sister. Miss
of the business houses of the city! Minnie Stall. Mrs. Paul Murdock.
have installed the new and popular 'Mrs. Bines, Mrs. Mclerenals, Miss Imo
type of illuminated signs, the well ' Heebner, Mrs. Granville Heebner.
known Neon sign. These signs are j Mrs. George Hanson, Mrs. John Han
bright and can be seen from long'pon. Mrs. Harry Knabe and Mrs. C.
distances and a great attraction to A. Rosencrans and son, Billie, the
the various olaces that have adopted
them. The Royal cafe and the Rexall
drug store of F. G. Fricke & Co.,
have secured the signs and had them
installed. The Ritz theatre has had
one of these signs since they opened
up and with the addition of the new
Fricke sign. South Sixth street pre-
sents a very bright and attractive
display of vari colored lights at
night.
Would Convert
Tourist Park In
to Playgrounds
Tjse 0f Tourist Park for Baseball
Field, Athletic Park for School
and Playground
! A number of the residents of the
city who are interested in the base
ball sports as well as the school out-
door athletic activities have bt en
'urging the development of the tour
Jist park on Washington avenue into
an athletic park and playground and
jone that would be much more Kerv
' icable and easier to maintain than
the present grounds on the bottom
I land east of the Burlington station.
The baseball grounds on the bot
tom have in the last few years suf
fered very much from overflowing
of the grounds and which has served
to prevent the team from playing a
great deal of the time and also has
been a constant drain on the baseball
club and civic bodies in trying to
maintain the ground in anyway pas
sible condition.
It has been suggested that the tour
ist park could be used by the baseball
team with very little effort and a
good diamond constructed there and
which could be used by the school
and the youngsters of the city for
baseball when scheduled games were
not being played.
In addition the field could be used
for football in the fall and be much
more convenient for the school in
this sport as well as track activities
in the spring season.
The west portion of the park
grounds could be converted into
playgrounds and as well as a tourist
park and general recreation spot as
this part of the park would not in
terfere in the least with the athletic
activities of the other portion of the
park.
The cost of the maintaining of the
bottom land park has amounted to a
very large sum and whether the con
dition there improves or not is very
doubtful as the water flowing from
the city and surrounding territory
after every rain makes a lake of
the grounds, causes washing cat ot
the soil and the destruction of the
fence around the park. The baseball
team in the past two seasons has
spent practically all of their receipts
in an effort to maintain the park and
In addition the Chamber of Commerce
and Ad club gave large sums and
the city expended much time and
money on the park and after a heavy
rain there was nothing to show for
the money expended. This would be
eliminated with the use of the Wash
ington park It is anticipated, or at
least check the expenditures and
what improvements that were made
at the tourist park would remain
and not be washed away in the next
few days.
HOLD FINE PARTY
From Thursdays Dany
Last evening the Plattsmouth
country club house had its formal
i opening and while all of the fittings
ant time arranged by the Elks card
club.
There was a great deal of interest
'taken in the entertainment and the
; vicinity of the club grounds was filled
with the cars that marked the fu
ture when this will be a familiar
sight when the club house is in full
operation.
The evening was devoted to cards
and in the bridge playing the first
ladies prize was secured by Mrs. S.
W. Bell and the second prize by Miss
Eleanor Hiber. In the gentlemen's
contest Robert Reed was the winner
of the first pripe pnd E. J. RIchey,
the second honors.
In the pinochle contest Mrs. C. F.
Vallery was the winner of the ladies
prize and L. B. Egenberger of the
gentlemen's prize.
As the evening drew to the close
the hostesses comprising Mrs. R. P.
Westover, Mrs. Frank Mullen. Mrs.
Lon Henry, Mrs. L. L. Turpi n and
Miss Margaret Scotten served very
dainty and delicious refreshments
that added to the enjoyment of the
occasion.
ENTERTAINED NEHAWKA
LADIES AID YESTERDAY
Mrs. Meda Fleming entertained
the Nehawka Ladies Aid Thursday
afternoon at the Fleming heme in
this city.
Those present were Mrs. William
Stall and daughter, Elsie, Mrs. Gus
Hanson and daughter, Charlet. Mrs.
i latter of Plattsmouth.
A most enjoyable time was had by
the visiting ladies, who were served
with delicious refreshments by the
hostess near the close of the after-
Inoon.
Mrs. Fleming was raised in
the vicinity of Nehawka and has on
.numerous occasions in the past been
a guest of honor at meetings of the
society which she entertained at her
home here yesterday.