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refcr Society f VOL. NO. XLVH PIATTS20UTII, NERZLASHA.' THURSDAY, OCT. 15, 1931. NO. 74 - r Knights of Columbus Observe Patron's Day Splendid Program Enjoyed Last Evening at the X. of C. Hall Father Heibers Speaker. From Monday's DaJly , The members of the Monsignor Michael A. Shine council of the Knights of Columbus held a very pleasant and impressive observance of the anniversary of the discovery of America and Columbus day last even ins at their hall at Seventh street and Chicago avenue. The program was one in keeping with the great anniversary and was in charge of Walter Grabriel, as chairman of the committee. The musical portion of the pro gram was composed of .several very artistic piano numbers given by Charles Nowacek as well as several xylephone solos by Anton Bajeck. one of the well known musicians of this part of the west, the accompaniment being played by Mr. Nowacek at the piano. John J. Cloidt, past grand knight of the council, was heard in a very fine vocal number, Mrs. Cloidt serving as accompanist. Father Kerbers, dean of men of the Creighton univsrsity. was heard in a mcst inspiring add res 3 on Co lumbus day, stressing the religious side of the life of the great explorer and in whose memory the great Cath olic order of America has been named. The privations and tribu lations of the navigator who sailed over unknown seas to find a new ..world, was compared with the pres ent day trials that are besetting the world. The address was delivered with-the force of this able and elo quent speaker and gave many vital thoughts for the members of the or der. Hugh F. Gillespie, one of the lead ing members of the Douglas county bar and long active in the Knights of Columbus activities, was also heard on the program with a discus sion of Columbus day and its signi ficence to the members of the great order. . - - - Short talks were also made by Father 3Iarcelles "Agios of .the. Holy Rosary church, John V. Svoboda, grand knight of the Monsignor Shine council and Charles F. Staska, pa3t grand knight of the local chapter. Following the program a number cf the members enjoyed card games for some time and also enjoyed to the utmost the delicious luncheon that had been prepared by the mem-, bers of the Catholic Daughters of America, this serving to close an evening of pleasure and profit to all of the members. ENTERTAIN FOR GUEST Misses Mia and Barbara Gering last evening entertained some forty friends at their beautiful home on North Sixth street in honor of Miss Margaret Sampson, of Seattle, Wash ington, who has been their house guests for the past week and who leaves for Wichita, Kansas. Miss Sampson was a resident of this city for a great many years and was- a member of the teaching force of the local schools some forty years ago, and last evening a large num ber of the old time pupils were guests at the Informal reception that was rendered in honor of their former teacher. During the evening many happy incidents of the past were recalled by both the teacher and the former pupils of the days in the school. After leaving this city Miss Samp son taught in the schools at Port land and Seattle, being one of the outstanding teachers in the educa tional institutions of the two cities. She is now on the retired list of the Seattle school at the close of a long and brilliant career in her profes sion. COLUMEUS DAY from Monday's Dairy Trwlay was the four hundred and thirty-ninth anniversary of the dis covery of America by Christopher Co lumbus and in accordance with the official recognition of the day, the bankers and the larger part of the county officers called it a day and took the holiday. Since Christopher first sighted the little West Indian isle that was to be the first known land of a new world, the world has progressed far, now instead of racing around with but few clothes and plenty to satisfy all of nature's re quirements, we now have static, de pression, the gold standard, prohi bition. Russia, Gandhi, world court and many other trials and tribula tions. Aside from the county offices and banks being clcsed, to the rest of the population it was Just another day. RECEIVES PLEASANT NEWS From Monday's Patiy This morning Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warren received a telegram from their son. Fred Warren of Oakland, California, announcing that a fine eight pound son had arrived at the Warren home Sunday. The .young man who has been named Fred, Jr., with the mother is doing very nice ly and the occasion has brought a great deal of happiness to all of the members of the family circle. WILL UNDERGO TREATMENT Sunday morning Dr. J. S. Living ston was taken to Omaha where he entered the Clarkson hospital at that place for a course of treatment. DrJ Livingston has not been feeling the best in the last few weeks and re cently had a sudden attack that he has felt very severely. In the last few days he has not been so well and it was decided that a course of treat ment would be for the best and ac cordingly he motored to Omaha and entered the hospital. The host of friends trust that the genial physi cian atd surgeon may soon be able to be home and restored to his former health. Charge Man with Removing Mortgaged Car Glenn S. Sharp, Former Manager Here of Hinky-Dinky Store Is Scnght fcr Removing Car Complaint was filed Saturday af ternoon in the county court by Coun ty Attorney W. G. Kieck, charging Glenn B. Sharp, former manager of the Hinky-Dinky store in this city with the removal cf mortgaged prop erty, one Essex coach which he had purchased of the Plattsmouth Motor Co., and on which he had given a mortgage back to the motor com pany. Mr. Sharp has not been seen since a week ago Saturday night when he took his wife to Omaha for an over Sunday visit, leaving her there and stating that he had an engagement to go hunting the following day or Sunday. On last Monday morning when the time arrived to open up the Hinky Dinky store of which Mr. Sharp had been the manager for several weeks, he failed to appear and the employes of the store were unable to gain entrance. Messages to the headquarters of the company in Omaha gave no trace of the miss ing manager and it was necessary to force entrance to the store. After the lapse of several days the man failed to appear, and tbe par ties with whom he-was supposed to have gone hunting stated that he had not made his appearance, and the Plattsmouth Motor Co., started in to try and locate the man and it was then thought that he had left the state, taking with him the car on which the local motor company held the mortgage. It is supposed that Mr. Sharp has gone to Kansas City, but no definite trace has been found of him or the car. BACK TO NEBRASKA C. S. Wortman, who some twenty five years ago was county superin tendent of Cass county, but later de serted the teaching profession for the law, has returned to Nebraska and to his childhood home, Cass county. Mr. Wortman has been a resident in Oklahoma for the years since he left this community and has been very successful in his profession and also active in the political life of the Sooner state. Mr. Wortman was in the city Sat urday for a few hours and was 'a caller at the Journal to renew the old time associations, he having been a great personal as well as political friend of the Journal publisher, R. A. Bates and the late Col M. A. Bates. Mr. Wortman states that he is lo cating on the Wortman homestead, a familiar farm in the northern part of Cass county, located on the gravel road from South Bend to Ashland, where C. S. was reared to manhood and where he is now to enjoy life among the 'bid friends. He will open law offices at Ashland soon and also intends to establish a local connec tion with some of the Plattsmouth attorneys. DEATH OF MRS. BRADY from Monday's Dally Mrs. Martha Brady, widow of the late John C. Brady, a former resi dent of this city, died at her home in Casper, Wyoming, Thursday, Octo ber 1st and the funeral services were held on last Thursday at the old home at Watson. Missouri, where the fam ily resided for a great many years prior to coming to this c!ty some twenty-five years ago. Mrs. Brady was eighty-one years of age at the time of her death and has made her home with her daugh ter, Miss Leon a. at Casper since the death of the husband. She is sur vived by five daughters and three sons, Mrs. Anna South of Chicago, Mrs. Bessie Cox of Denver, Mrs. Sal lie Shore of Kansas City, Miss Leona Brady of Casper, Mrs. Pearl Bayless of Watson, Missouri, R. W. Brady of Los Angeles, H. E. Brady of Omaha and J. C. Brady of Casper, Wyoming. LITTLE DAUGHTER ARRIVES A fine little daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Nave Saturday at the family home on the Robertson farm in the vicinity of Louisville. The little one and the mother are both doing nicely and tbe occasion brought a great - deal of pleasure to all of the members of the family circle. Cass County Bankers' tleet ing at Nehavka Largest'Attended Meeting in History of Association and Royal Time Afforded Those Attending The members cf the Cass County Bankers association with their ladies. on Monday were the guests of Ne hawka, that city being selected as the place of the annual meeting, where they were royally entertained by David C. West, the retiring presi dent of the association and Walter J. Wunderlich, the cashier of the Ne hawka bank, who had made the ar rangements for the convention. The sessions were held at the Ne hawka auditorium and where the members had the fullest opportunity of enjoying the business session as well as the delightful social time that followed. The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock by Mr. West and after the roll call and registration, the members were welcomed by Mayor Vilas P. Sheldon of Nehaswka. the re sponse for the banker's group being by Mrs. Ray Frans of Union. The meeting had a very fine ad dress by the Rev. Charles Durdin, pastor of the First Baptist church of Omaha, whose cleverness as an ora tor and entertainer are well known over the wert. Mrs. Julian J. Pollard gave a very delightful reading while Miss Mildred Mellor of Nehawka gave a much en joyed vocal selection. The ladies after the opening hours program were entertained .at the home of Mrs. D. C. West at a tea. The executive session of the bank er's was largely taken np with the discussion of the every day problems of banking and the interchange of ideas among the members. Carl D. Ganz. of the Alvo bank, gave a short talk on "Modern Banking and Prof its" while E. F. Folda conducted a question box for the bankers. At the afternoon session the fol lowing officers were named: President H. A. Schneider, Platts mouth.- ' - . Vice-President O. C. Hinds, Weeping Water. Secretary-Treasurer R. F. Pat terson, Plattsmouth. It was voted to hold the-1932 meet ing at Greenwood. At 6 o'clock the members of the banking group with the ladies were invited to the dining room of the auditorium where a most delightful banquet had been arranged and serv ed by the members of the Nehawka Legion Auxiliary proving one of the best arranged banquets that tbe banker's have enjoyed in a long ser ies of splendid events of this kind. During the dinner hour a fine musical program was offered by Mrs. Dorothy Stone, Mrs. Grace Sturm and Mrs. Dorothy Dodson. The menu of the banquet was as follows: Fruit Cocktail Olives - Jelly - Pickles Breaded Pork Mashed Potatoes and Gravy Buttered Peas ' Candied Sweet Potatoes Cranberry Ice Cinnamon Apples Lettuce and Tomato Salad Rolls - Butter Angel Food, Lemon Filling Coffee - Nuts - The toast list of the evening was presided over by Reese Hastain, of the Bank of Commerce of Louisville, in his clever manner and introduc ing the various talks on the list. Guy L. Clements of Elmwood was heard on "Depressions I Have Felt," while P. ,L. Hall, the genial Green wood banker, responded to "Army Tactics in Note Collecting," both be ing very much enjoyed by the entire party. Carl D. Ganz, who is always a much enjoyed feature on the banquet programs, was heard in "Chained Banking" and Mrs. Henry Tool of Murdock, contributed for the ladies of the party, "Why Husbands Leave Home." There were present from this city at the meeting, T. H. Pollock, presi dent and R. F. Patterson, cashier of the Farmers State bank, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Schneider, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Cloidt and Carl Schneider of tbe Plattsmouth State bank. A TRIBUTE Born among the lovely hills along the Missouri, Agnes Knoflickova played among stately trees, gathered wild flowers along shaded paths and on sunflecked meadows, she was like a shy sweet violet and scarcely lifted her head for modesty. At an early age it was discovered that when she drew the bow of the violin across' its strings that it breathed a lovely melody and a tal ent of more than ordinary ability was revealed. The writer has listened to her in her maturity when it seemed as if she or her music was scarcely of this earth yet the musician knows that hours of grinding toil are behind the performance of the masterpiece. To be able to speak a language of the spirit that lifts people out of tbe commonplace into the realms of God is a gift divine and Agnes pos sessed that sift. INJUamiN LEAF 4 Postmaster Jaiaos W. Holmes has something now tp demand a great deal of his attention and that is an injured right auf le which he sus tained on Frtdayj Mr. Holmes had some lusine?s to look after at the offices of. the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co., and"' thought to taka a short cut from thi postoftlce grounds to the light cfilcevia the back way. As he leaped ott. tbe small stone wall in the rear the Ueht building, he alighted in a small pile of glass and one of the Irgo j-ieees ran into the leg for a shaH distance. He hur ried to the office If Dr. E. J. Gillespie nearby and the 4bjury was treated and the postmaster made as comfort able as possible, Fnnerd cf Agnes Snoflic kova Today V 1 Very Large NtanWr Gather to Pay Their Tritntts cf Lcve to , Memcry cf Departed. From Monday IJI r This morning the Holy Rosary Catholic church was filled to its ca pacity by old friends and associates of Agnes Knoflickcva, well known concert violinist whose death early Saturday morning brought such a shock to the entire community. The services at the church were conducted by Father Marcelles Agiui?, pastor of the church and who cele brating the impressive Catholic bur ial service, also paid tribute to the departed lady and her services to the world of music and the community where she spent so many years of her life. During the entire service a string quartet composed of friends from the Omaha symphony orchestra, with which organization the departed lady had so often been heard, gave the beautiful musical setting to the ser vices. At the conclusion of the service the body was borne to the Catholic cemetery where it was laid to the last Ions rest In . the family lot in that city of the silent; The pall bear ers were selected from old friends and musical associates, they being Anton Koubek. Michael Vitersnik; Ernest Janda, L. D. Hiatt, John A. Libershal and E. H. Schulhof. To Promote Campaign for Ce Trade Meeting cn Monday Sponsored by the Civics Committee of the Woman's Club. The civics committee of the Platts mouth Woman's club is sponsoring a meeting at the auditorium of the public library on Monday evening that will have as its keynote the building of a greater degree of com munity loyalty and home trading. The members of the club are re sponding to the plans for the club year that has as one of its main ob jectives that of home loyalty, the building up of a greater appreciation, of the Plattsmouth institutions as well as the support of the business enterprises of our city. At the meeting on Monday there will be present Cliff Crooks, field man of the Nebraska Farmer of Lincoln, whose travels over the state has giv en him a wide viewpoint of the var ious communities and the methods by which each has built up their various institutions. The action of the Woman's club in arranging this meeting and carry ing on the work of creating a great er loyalty is a fine forward step in the work of unity, the ladies, step ping into the ranks of community boosters, who will be a great asset to the city in combatting the spirit that retards civic progress. A greater expansion of the busi ness enterprises of the city through united and loyal support will per mit the greater employment of people in local activities and. which will mean a greater Plattsmouth. The meeting will be one in which the entire community should be in terested, which can have a far reach ing effect in the betterment of condi tions in all lines of business as well as community upbuilding. BAHKEBS AT NEHAWKA Prom Monday's Dally The members of the Cass County Bankers association are at Nehawka today where they are holding their annual meeting and are the guests of David West and Walter Wunder lich, the Nehawka bankers for the day. The meeting will be held at the Nehawka auditorium and will bring many of the leaders in the state bank Ins circles as speakers at the meet ing. The social features will be the afternoon tea for the ladies with Mrs. West and Mrs. Wnnderlich as the hostesses and banquet In the evening which will be attended by the bank ers and their ladies. A large number of the staffs of both the Plattsmouth State and Farmers State bank of this city were in attendance. Supt. Bailey in Charge of Convention Head cf Lccal School as President cf Second District Is Ar ranging Prcgram. Supt. R. E. Bailey of Plattsmouth is supervising the arrangements for the program of the district No. 2 convention of the Nebraska State Teachers' Association, which meets in Omaha October 29, 30 and 31.- He is being assisted by J. A. Savage, of R. E. BAILEY President Second District Omaha, secretary-treasurer, and O. L. Kenfield. Columbus, vice-presi dent. Superintendent Bailey has long been a leader in educational mailers in the state and his selection for leadership in the state-wide associa tion is a recognition of the fine edu cational standing of the Plattsmouth school system. Superintendent .Bailey has begun his sixth year as bead of the - Plattsmouth - schools. - Prior to that, he was superintendent of . the Newman Grove schools, at which time he also served as president of district No. 3. R0TARIA2IS HOLD MEETING The local Rotary club met Tues day at the Majestic cafe for their weekly luncheon. Arthur Troop be ing the leader of the meeting. The members enjoyed the usual songs which were led by Frank A. Cloidt. as the prelude to the program of the session. Miss Virginia Samek, one of the students of the Plattsmouth high school was featured on the program with a number of very artistically given piano solos that were much en joyed. Miss Samek is a new student at the school and her splendid train ing makes her a valuable addition to the musical department of the school. A number of visitors were at the meeting from Glenwood. Wayne Choate. editor of the Glenwood Opinion, Kenry J. Irving, Rev. Brown and Mrs. Chcate formed the group from our neighboring city. Mr. Choate gave a short talk on the Rotary work that was very much enjoyed, he covering the internation al as well as the local club projects. HOLDS COURT AT PENDER From Monday' Daily Judges James T. Begley departed this morning for Pender, Nebraska, where he is to hold district court this week for Judge Ryan, sitting on a number of important cases. Next week Judge Begley will be at Lincoln where he is to sit with the state supreme court, the court having a number of the district judges f)t the state in to hear cases during the year. Judge Begley has been acting on the supreme court as signment a great many times in the last few years and his work has been of a very high standard. PRESIDE AT TEACHERS MEETING County Superintendent Alpha C. Peterson,' Plattsmouth, will be the presiding officer at the meeting of the Rural Education Section of Dis trict Two of the Nebraska State Teachers Association, which has scheduled its annual convention for October 29, 30 and 31 in Omaha. The sectional meeting will be held Thurs day afternoon of convention week. The program includes eddresses by Miss Daisy Simons of the National Child Welfare Association and Char les W. Taylor, state superintendent of public instruction. DOING GRADING WORK Quite a number of local men are engaged in working in tbe vicinity of O'Neill. "Nebraska, where Henry and Joseph McMaken have a con tract for a large grading job on the highway work near that place. Sun day Fred McMaken drove to O'Neill tking with him Allan McClanahan. Frank Slatinsky, Harlan Taylor, Raymond Henry and Ike Gouchen our, who are to assist in the work, Fred returning home last evening. I "J y I; j '' ;:x I I? : 7 TAKEN WITH PNEUMONIA The Plattsmouth friends of Rev. j H. E. Sortor, formerly in charge of ' the local Methodist church, will re-j gret to learn that the pastor U now ! at the hospital at Kimball, Nebras- ' ka, where he was taken a few days ago from his home at Potter, suffer ing from an attack of pneumonia. Rev. Scrtor has been at Potter for the past year since leaving the Platts mouth charge and recently during the state conference at Omaha, was here to visit the old friends and had just recently returned home when taken ill. The friends here will await with anxiety to learn of the progress of the popular minister. Popular Young People Joined in Wedlock Miss Margaret Fitrpatrick of Belle vat and Mr. Bernard H. Klinger Wedded at West Point. From Tuesday's Daliy The announcement was made to- Dean Ambrose L. Suhrie of the day of the marriage on Tuesday, College of Education. New York September 29th at West Point, Ne- University will appear on the pro- braska, of Miss Margaret Fitrpatrick grams of Districts two and four meet- of Bellevue and Mr. Bernard H. ing In Omaha and Hastings reepect- Klinger of this city. ively. Presidents of these districts The wedding was a very quiet one, are Supt. R. E. Bailey of Platts the bridal couple motoring to West mouth and President George E. Mar Point in company with Mrs. Wilbur tin of tbe Kearney State Teachers' Fitzpatrick, the mother of the biTOe, College. who witnessed the ceremony. The( Teachers of Districts two and five marriage lines were read by Rev. wm have the opportunity of bearing Klink. pastor of the Lutheran Capt. Irving O'Hay of Taos, New church of West Point. Mexico, one of the origisal characters Following the marriage ceremony the wedding party returned to the home of the bride at Bellevue. Both of tbe contracting parties are well known here among the younger social set and tbe announcement of their marriage will be the source of much pleasure to the friends to learn that they have decided to take up the journey of life as one. Mrs. Klinger was born and reared to womanhood at Bellevue where she Minatare are the presidents of these family have long resided 'and ahe respective districts, received her education in the schools 1 Speakers previously contracted in of that place. In her home commun- jcude such nationally-recognized edu ity she-has a very large circle of cators as Dr. Griffith Taylor of tb friends , who will Join Jn the well university of Chicago: Lv. - Laura wishes to the young people. 'zirbes of Ohio State University; Dr. The groom is the son of Mr. and t E. w Butterfleld. commissioner of Mrs. George J. Klinger of this city , education for Connecticut; Dr. and was born and reared in this Charles Williams, field secretary of community, graduating from the Plattsmouth high school in tbe class of 1928. In his school career the groom was active in the athletic de partment of the school. Since leaving school he has been engaged for the greater part of the time at the meat market of Mullen & Sons and where he is now employed. A young man.,, of outstanding character ne nas a very large circle of friends here who are Joining in their congratulations and well wishes for the future sue- cess and happiness of these two es- timabie young people. D. A. R. HOLDS MEETING Fontenelle Chapter D. A. R. met at the home of Mrs. F. G. Morgan Monday at 3:45 p. m. At this time the regular routine of business was conducted by the re gent, Mrs. J. S. Livingston. Among the activities reported was assistance in the placing of the Compendium of Genealogy. Vol. I on the shelves of our city library. Any one who de sires may now have the opportunity of tracing whatever ancestors may be found recorded there. Suggested activities for the future are tbe collection of all available data and records for compiling a source book of Nebraska history; the planting of memorial trees In honor of the Washington bicentennial, and a continuation of programs to de velop patriotic influence. Two very interesting papers were read: The first by Mrs. Keck show ing our responsibility for preserving the ideals established by the consti tution of the United States; the sec ond by Mrs. Gobelman on Patriotic Women of the Revolutionary period. A number of heroic incidents were recalled which proved the courage and patriotism of early American women. Delicious refreshments served by the hostess proved a very pleasing close to an interesting meeting. SUFFERING FROM ILLNESS Miss .Gladys Bushnell. who has been teaching at the LaPlatte school for tbe past two years, has been con fined to the home here for the last few days with an illness that may make it necessary for her to give up her school work for at least a month. Miss Bushnell was 111 a great deal last fall and winter and on resuming her school work this year suffered another attack that has made it nec essary for her to remain at home, j TO ATTEND GLENWOOD MEETING from Wdns4ajr Dally This afternoon C. C. Wescott. E. A. Wurl, R. W. Knorr and F B. Busch. of the retail section of the Chamber cf Commerce, motored to Glenwood where they are to be the guests this evening of the retailers of the Iowa city. The local men are anticipating a fine time and a most interesting discussion of the common problems of modern day merchandising. Teachers' Con vention Plans are Nearly Complete Meetings at Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Hastings, Hcldrege and Sid ney to Draw Many. Plans are nearly complete for the six district conventions of the Ne braska State Teachers' Association to I be held simultaneously In Lincoln, Omaha. Norfolk, Hastings. Holdrege ;and Sidney, October 28. 29. 30 and I 31, according to announcement by j General Secretary E. M. Hosman of i Lincoln. Several more speakers of nation- wiae reputation nave oeeu uuutu iu the various district programs. Teach ers attending the meetings of Dis- lrt a a nn1 t V sA4k In fin Jn 1 n an1 j Norfolk respectively, will hear Dr. v di it: lull idDiiuui ucf rufriiuiruucuii of the nationally-known Wlnnetka, Illinois, schools, according to an nouncements by District Presidents R. B. Carey and Allen P. Burk- 1 nardt. j upon whom Richard Harding Davis based his "Soldier of Fortune. Harry L. Fogleman, known as "Gattling Gun" Fogleman. lecturer and teacher in many of the largest I business institutions of the country, who fires words at his audience at the rate of 300 a minute, has con tracted for the programs of Districts five and six. Supt. J. E. Shedd of Cambridge and SudI. N. L. Tyson of tbe National Education Association; Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of Wil liam Jennings Bryan; Dr. George D. Strayer, professor of education in Teachers College, Columbia Univer sity; U. S. Commissioner of Educa tion William John Cooper; and Fred erick W. Carberry of Milwaukee, as the man with the "talk ing hands." In all. more than thirty natlonallv-Vnown Knoakpra annear on tne glx df8trtct programs. j Begideg the general and sectional meetings of a professional nature. eacn convention Droeram Includes special entertainment features. ALL STARS CLOSE SEASON i I The All Stars baseball team, com posed of a large group of the young men residing west of this city, Sun day afternoon closed the baseball season in a blaze of glory, inflicting a defeat on the team composed of residents of this city. The score was 16 to 13 for the All Stars when tbe ' final out was made and completes n fine record for the season. Floyd Becker has been the pitcher for the All Stars for the season while Ben Speck has done the "Mickey" Coch rane back of the bat for the season. The two teams played last Sunday and the All Stars met defeat by the score of 18 to 3. but Sunday were able to wipe out the sting of defeat. Ernest Hild featured the game with a three bagger, the longest hit of the contest. A PIONEER RESIDENT Mrs. D. C. Morgan was at Fort Crook Sunday to spend the day with her aunt, Mrs. Anna Miller, who re sides on the farm three miles west of the Fort. Mrs. Miller Is to cele brate her eighty-fifth birthday in a few days and is one of the pioneer residents cf Sarpy county. Sne came to that county In 1856 when a young 'girl and has been a resident of tht : vicinity of Fort Crook since that time. She has lived on the farm near Fort Crook for over fifty years. Mrs. Miller in well known to a great many in this locality as she was a frequent visitor here at the home of her sis ter, the late Mrs. Kate Oliver, dur ing the lifetime of that lady and many of the local people have had the pleasure of knowing this splen did pioneer lady. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY A very pleasant surprise dinner was given Mr. James Bridgewater, 8r.. on Tuesday evening, October 13, In honor of his birthday, the dinner being served by Mrs. Bridgewater and daughters. Those enjoying the occasion were: Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Marquette and children. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mason and son, Mrs. Maggie Mason, Miss Mildred Carlburg. Mr. James M. Bridgewater, Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. James Bridgewater, Sr.