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THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1934. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE Weeping Water Cit.lt 1TT-- omnus wues was a visitor in Plattsmouth on last Friday, called there to look after some business matters. -air. ana Mrs. G." R. Binger were visiting and looking after some busi ness matters in Lincoln on last Tues day afternoon. .uiss Agnes Rough was dinner guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lumm of Avoca where all enjoyed a very fine visit. Did you see the new sign which Bill Johnson painted for the new cream station, the Farmers Produce company which has recently been es tablished by Mr. Hansen who recent ly came from Auburn? Amos Cappen and daughter were over to Plattsmouth on last Friday looking after some business matter.? and on Saturday Hubert and Ira Cap pen were over to Omaha where they were visting with friends. Mrs. J. M. Leyda of Plattsmouth came to eeping Water on last Fri day and visited at the home of her sister, :Virs. George Oiive until Tues day, they enjoying the visit greatly which was made the more happy by the presence of their mother, Mrs. Diffenbach. Mrs. O. X. Knight of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, a cousin of Mrs. W. II. Tuck, has been spending some week or more at the Tuck home and in her honor Mrs. Tuck entertained the members of the Weeping Water Woman's club on last Tuesday afternoon. A most enjoyable afternoon was had at the Tuck home and Avith a very appro priate' program which was enjoyed by all and followed by a delightful luncheon. Mrs. Knight also is visit ing in Lincoln with friends. Saturday Night LEGION BUILDING, PLATTSMOUTH Music by Hell's Bells Regular Admission Will Spend Winter in South. Frank Hubbard and wife, who con duct a ranch in the northwest, drove into Weeping Water, their old home town and visited here for a few days at the home of Bert Jamison and wife of this city, Saturday evening. also with Joe I. Corley and wife and , Sheriff Homer Sylvester was pa Cello Saves Omaha Teacher from Injuries Mrs. Grace Leidy Burger of Omaha Failing to Stop at Command of Officer Has Car Fired On. Joseph O. Burger, Omaha attorney, Monday afternoon at Omaha revealed the narrow escape that was had by his wife, Mrs. Grace Leidy Burger, when she had driven past the patrol ed section of highway No. 75 north Reorganized the Band. There was a meeting of the Weep ing Water band on last Tuesday night and general get together meeting with the intent of making a combin ation of musicians which will prove that the Weening Water band for the year 1934 will be the very best in the state. Dr. L. N. Kunkel has consented to take the leadership of the band and will give his best ef forts for its success and for Weeping Water. Yes, the boys did have some things to eat and enjoyed it as well. Miss Anna Hubbard, all relatives, and after having spent some time here departed in their auto last Tues day morning for Florida where they will spend the remainder of the win ter. They had not just decided when they departed where fn Florida they will spend the greater portion of the time. B. II. Kline Dies. B. M. Kline, who has resided some eight miles south of Plattsmouth, passed away Tuesday after a long illness. TJie Hobson funeral home were called to go to the home and bring the remains to "Weeping Water to prepare it for burial which was done, and are to return it for the funeral the latter portion of this week. Undergoes Operation in Lincoln. Mrs. Albert Stradeoge who has been in very poor health for some time past, was taken to an hospital in Lincoln -early Irst week and "un derwent an operation for mastoid last Tuesday afternoon which was of a very delicate nature. Just how the patient is feeling following the oper ation is not now known, but every care is being given to give her the best opportunity for rapid recovery. Pioneer Receives Injuries. Stephen J. Ambler, who for more than forty years was a pioneer mer chant of Weeping Water, and is well known by a host of friends, but dur ing the past few years has been care taker of the Weeping Water schools, while in the act of arranging mat- of cfiinni huildinc for a LC 1 basketball game which was to b3 played late last week, and was on a ladder at his work when the ladder slipped and he fell to the floor, with the result that he sustained a frac tuer cf the pelvis bone, a broken arm and a wrenched back. His condition was so serious that he was hastened to an hospital at Lincoln where he is now being cared for. He wa3 placed in a cast, that the healing process might be more safe and rapid. His advanced years makes the recovery slower than if he was younger. His many friends are hoping that he may soon be able to recover and be at home again. Pioneer Passes Tuesday. Mrs. Thomas Crozier, nee Miss Joan Eartholemew was born eighty years ago in Indiana and came to Nebraska some more than fifty years ago. She was united in marriage to Thomas Crozier who with the wife resided in Weeping Water and was in the em ploy of the Missouri Pacific for many vmk nnd nassed about five years rzo. Mrs. Crozier had a portion of the time been making her home with her children but of late had been liv ing alone at the old home. She had been in poor health for some time and quietly passed away on last Tuesday near the noon hour. During her life she had been a de voted member of the Methodist church and a lowly follower of the Master. The funerrld was held from the Hobson funeral home on Thurs day and the interment had at Oak -H-r.,i rpmptprv. The Rev. E. S. Pang- born delivered the funeral oration. In the passing of this excellent woman the family lost one of the very best of mothers and the com munity one of the best friends of the poor and an earnest worker for the town In which Eho had lived for eo many years. Meets Tragic Death. Carl Sell, 40, and the head of a family of a wife and nine children who recently moved over near the No. 1 quarries where they were mak ing their home in a deserted building and as work has been very scarce, with the eleven mouths to feed and living costs high. While Mr. Sell in order to care for the warming of the home went ou last Sunday to cut some wood and in the felling of a tree was caught beneath it, causing his death, leaving the wife with nine children to feed. The funeral was held on Wednesday with Will J. Streight in charge and the inter ment made at the Oakwood cemetery. Has Seven Great-Grandchildren The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnson, named Jotllen Mae Johnson, who was born but a short time ago, is lucky in that she has .seven great grandparents, all of the third generation, they being Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Olander, who- are great grandfather and grandmother, J. W. Ruhga and wife, also great-grandparents, all of Weeping Water, and again John Adams and wife of Eagle, great-grandparents, while P. A. John son the grandfather of Bill Johnson, who is father of the little lady, is also a great grandfather of the cele brated little woman, Joellen Mae Johnson. Let someone beat thi3 if they can. Visit Elmwood Fire Lads. The members of the Weeping Wa ter fire department, and they are many and very fine lads at that, jour neyed over to Elmwood last Monday where they were the guests of the fire fighters of Elmwood, and sure the lads of both towns had a merry evening and played games and when the proper time came they were served a sumptuous banquet. The lads of Weeping Water are loud in their praise of the entertaining qual ity of the Elmwood people. Have Skating Park. There has been a skating park built at the school house and is all ready now except the flooding of the park and allowing it to freeze, when all can enjoy the sport and without the danger of drowning. IN MEMORIUM In the death of Mrs. Mary Voodry the Woman's Relief Corps mourns the los of wise, energetic member. She was intensely patriotic and one that rendered valuable services to the corp she loved so well. We shall miss the cheery words that always greeted us. Mrs. Voodry was a past president of Stephen A. Douglas Relief Corp No. 110, of North Platte, transfered her membership to McConihie corp No. 50, June 8, 1915. We drape our charter for three days and extend to her loved ones our deepest sympathj'. NOTICE TO REAL ESTATE OWNERS The 1933 real estate tax due Jan uary 1. 1934. If the first half of your tax is paid before the first of March, 1934, the second half does not become delin quent until August first, 1934. How ever if the first half is not paid on or before March 1. 1934, the total tax becomes delinquent and draws 7 interest from that date. JOHN E. TURNER, jS-d&w-tf Cass County Treasurer. trolling that section of the highway near the Platte river bridge, stopping the passing cars in search for a party alleged to have hit another car near Union and had continued on north. As the car of Mrs. Burger came from the south the sheriff signaled the car to stop, but instead the car speeded up and passed the point where the sheriff was stationed and continued on north. The sheriff had fired in the air and then one at the tires of the car as the driver failed to halt and then pursued the car, finally overhauling it a half mile farther north on the highway. Mrs. Burger stated that she had not recognized the sheriff as an offi cer and failing to see h had driven on, fearing a holdup, and this action had led to the shootnig. With Mrs. Burger in the car were Bernard Knoflicek and Beatrice Kno flicek of this city who were accom panying her to Omaha where Bernard was to receive a cello lesson. This instrument is probably to be thanked for the fact that no one of the party was injured in the unfortunate shoot ing affray. Bernard was sitting in the back seat of the car, his cello (resting against the back of the driver's seat. The bullet that penetrated the car struck a metal peg of the cello and was stopped, the bullet falling to the floor of the car, the musical instru ment preventing the bullet reaching Mrs. Burger. The party continued on to Omaha where yesterday the matter was brought to the public attention by the husband of Mrs. Burger, who stated that he was planning to bring suit. Sheriff Sylvester had stopped some twenty-five cars prior to that of Mrs. Burger and as the driver had failed to stop, was forced to take steps to secure compliance with his orders, regretfully finding at necessary to fire in order to try and stop the car. LAYING CHIMNEYS AT CABIN From Wednesday's Daily Taking advantage of the moderate weather today, a brick mason has started work laying the two chim neys at the Scout cabin. One of the chimneys includes a fire place, and extensive work on that will be neces sary. The other chimney will provide outlet from the kitchen stove. The work at the cabin is progres sing nicely and with added materials available it will be possible to com plete the interior in splendid shape. An additional grant for labor to keep the force busy till February 15, has been requisitioned in accordance with the state CWA's continuous em ployment plan. Some of the labor thus provided will be used In the locating of a well to provide adequate water supply for the camp. 9m, jiimw.iM.umi rfflTT.I ilfi HWm.'ii Hi J KSS5 V' 21 FLORSHEIM SHOES at tem porarily reduced price3 are an outstanding value. $ SOME most STYLES $835 Fetzer Shoe Go. Home of Quality Footwear Plattsmouth, Nebr. Wynekoop Trial Brings a Recital of Death Scene Policeman , Gives Details cf Condi tion in Room Where the Girl Died. SITS WITH SUPREME COURT From Monday's Daily District Judge James T. Begley de parted this morning for Lincoln where he will spend the week, sit ting with the state supreme court. Judge Begley has been called to sit a great many times with ihe state supreme court and has had the task of writing the opinions in many of the important cases that have come before the court. Mrs. Begley will join her husband Tuesday to spend several days at Lincoln where their son, James, is a student at the Uni versity of Nebraska. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Sunday, Gerald, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ketelsen, was taken to Omaha where he was placed in a hos pital for treatment. The little son was suffering from pneumonia, from which ailment he was a sufferer last winter and which was so severe that his recovery was a matter of grave doubt for several weeks. Rudy Vallee announces that his book, "Headaches and Heartaches," will not be published until after he retires. Meanwhile someone ought to be preparing a book on bellyaches. Publication of this, too, should be de ferred until after Rudy g6ts through crooning. Chicago. An array of evideence antique appearing operating table on which her daughter-in-law was found slain, blood stained garments, a .32 calibre pistol caused Dr. Alice L. Wynekoop to pale and ask for med ical stimulants at her trial for mur der. The- elderly defendant buried her hands on the counsel table as if to shut out the sight of the reminders of the tragedy. Her angular face paled, and her hands shook. Her daughter, comely young Dr. Catherine Wynekoop, shook medicine into a glass of water and Dr. Alice drank -deeply. A five minute recess was called. The defendant appeared to regain her strength after admin istration of medicines. The recess was taken shortly after Charles S. Dougherty, dynamic prosecutor, had advanced across the courtroom hold ing aloft a silk shirt, stained as if by blood, for the witness, Policeman March, to identify as having been taken from Rheta's body. "Mother's attack in court was in no way a collapse," said Dr. Cath erine. "It was just a spell of dizzi ness and nothing like recent heart attacks she has undergone." Nevertheless, Dr. Wynekoop's pulse was disclosed by another physician, Dr. Hall, to have reached 106 at the time of the attack, compared with her normal of 60. Evidence Is Permitted. The state won the right to display the undergarments, a slip and the shirt, after a long argument over the admissability as evidence of garments removed from a corpse. A blood stain ed sheet brought the first gasp from the spectators who for four days have been jamming the courtroom. Policeman March had testified that he saw the articles upon his arrival at the Wynekoop home on the night of the discovery of the slaying. "Are these the same articles you later saw in the office of the state's attorney?" asked Prosecutor Dough-j erty. The defense objected. "Do you want him to identify each separate article?" asked Dougherty, opening up a sheet and partly unfolding it. The spectators, four-fifths of them women, eaw the sheet was stained a dark red. An involuntary exclam ation swept thru the courtroom. GRAYSON IMPROVING Rochester, Minn. Prospects now are "bright" for the recovery of Rear Admiral Cary T. Graysonof Washington, ill in a hospital here, said Bernard M. Baruch of New York. Journal Want-Ads get results! Mrs. John Mc Nurlin Passes to Last Reward OMAHA Week Starting Friday, Jan. 19 After Illness of Past Several Months Long Time Resident of Connty Passes Away. Prom Tuesday's Dally This morning shortly before the noon hour Mrs. John McNurlin, 76, a resident of Nebraska for a great many years, died at the home in the north part of the city. Mrs. McNurlin has been ill for the past several months and has gradually failed until death came to her relief. The deceased lady was born at Monterey, Highland, county, Virginia, on October 17, 1S58, spending her girlhood in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountain section of Virginia. Later the family following the example of many of that portion of Virginia, moved west to the new state of Ne braska and where she had since re sided. On September 30, 189 6, she was united in marriage to John Mc Nurlin at Plattsmouth and have since mado their home here. Mrs. McNurlin is survived by the husband, two foster children, Mrs. Olga Deleski of Kansas City Missouri; Eugene Frey of Alemena, Kansas; two brothers, C. M. Seybert of Have lock and A. P. Seybert of this city. TO PREACH AT PLATTSMOUTH Rev. Lloyd Shubert of the Murray Christian church will preach in the Christian church, in this city next Sunday evening. The quartet will accompany their minister, and will render some special music. Brother Shubert will use as his text, "Facing the Cross, We Can Conqu-.i." Inter mingled with the sermon Brother Shubert will explain a plan he has been working on for some time, in regard to organizing the Christian churches of the county, he having devoted considerable time and effort in compiling facts and figures along this line of work. 3 iFBIDRYIOUR STAGE LIVESAGAM!! fc.v-V..-.'. " .--f - Mt..lii i4,-a i Till 9 - El Screen Mil P. A. MINI IT 3? VS';: rwi y y i tKT uhamai v. Staged Aboard a Speeding Train IN Ralph Shi l:ao L nil 6:30 EteVi SS J ft I 1 Y l ... - -i ii-n iTirnT 1 1 ii V 1 I with Forbej ley Grey KETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Mrs. William Kreager, who has been at the Clarkson hospital at Om aha for the past ten days, recovering from the effects of an operation has so far recovered that she was able to return home today. The many friends of Mrs. Kreager will be pleased to learn that she has made such a splen did rate of improvement and is now on the highway to complete recovery. CA Projects Quotas Being Brought Up Forces at Work Are Resumed on Projects to Be Continued to February 15th. The past week the CWA projects in the city and county have been brought up to their full quota and several men who were off for a few days have been placed back on the work in the different projects. In the county there were thirty eight projects in operation for the past week, these employing 291 men and the payroll of the week was $3, 880.65. In the projects assigned to this city and immediate vicinity there were 191 men engaged and who drew the amount of $2,017.25 for labor on the eleven projects. The forces at work will be used in various project from now until the time of the expiration of the CWA appropriations in February. One of the projects that will be started soon is that of the sewer creek at the BREX shop yard3 and which will take a force that ha3 been engaged on the sewer work over the city. SHOWING DIPR0VEMEKT Edward Donat, Sr., who has been confined to his home for the past few weeks, suffering from an affection of the veins of the leg, i3 now greatly improved. Mr. Donat is now able to be around the house and hopes in a short time to be able to resume his usual activities. A. H. GRAVES ILL A. H. Graves, of Murray, is report ed to be ill at his home with the flu. Owing to Mr. Graves' advanced age, he is having considerable difficulty in throwing off the attack. 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