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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1934. r.RFFNwnnn Miss Lenora Larsen is spending thei Christmas vacation at her home in Lincoln. Mrs. Cscar Stewart returned heme last Sunday from a visit of several days with her sen, Merrill. Mrs. Mary Chase, of Fullerton, is visiting at the B. E. Gideon home. Mrs. Chase is a sister of Bruce Gid eon. Mrs. Cora Vv'olfe, of Lincoln, came in Monday evening and spent Christ inas day with her sister, Mrs. Lulu Ilurlbut. The cold snap has resulted in a briek business at the shop of Sophas Petersen, who has been kept busy with horseshoeing work. George Bucknell went to Lincoln Friday evening of last week for a meeting with one of the committees cf the I. O. O. F. lodge. Lyman Mowry, who has been quite! poorly for come time, was taken to the Bryan Memorial hospital in Lin ' coin for treatment late last week. Miss Klva Coleman came home last Friday night from Elmwood and ha3 been spending her vacation with her parents, Mr. End Mrs. X. O. Coleman. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Headley- and Mr. ar.d Mrs. George Trunkenbolz epent Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Trunkenbolz, of Eagle. Miss Lucille Leesley, who is attend ing Wesleyan University, was spend ing the Christmas vacation at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Leesley. Xeil Marvin arrived home Friday evening of last week from the Univer sity of Xebraska to spend the two weeks' Christmas vacation with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stradlcy enjoyed a few days visit during the past week at Aurora, Xebr., with her mother, Mrs. Rose Curtis and other relatives. Mrs. Ralph Coleman and daughter Rachel went to Omaha Friday even ing of last week, remaining over the following day for a visit with Mrs. Bellknap. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Willis left last Sunday for Grant City, 111., and will visit Et. Louis and Popular Bluff, Mo., before returning. They expect to be gone several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anderson an nounce the marriage of their daugh ter, Deris, to Harold Olson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Olson. The wedding took place in the fall. C. V. New kirk, manager of the filling station at the juncture cf Main street and the highway, was called to Omaha Wednesday to look after some business matters. He made the trip in his car. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brown, of Trenton, Xebr., came in Sunday, sur prising his sister, Mrs. Elmer Mathis and family. They spent Christmas and part of the week here before return ing home. The L. C. Marvin family entertain ed at dinner last Sunday, having as guests Mr. and Mrs. John Shepherd, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Weideman and Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Blair and daugh ter, all of Lincoln. Mr. and Mrc. W. I. Miller were Lincoln visitor.! Friday of last week. Miss Iliff, who i3 attending the Uni versity cf Xebraska, returned home with them that evening and is spend ing her vacation here. Mr. and Mrs. Goodhardt Vant and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Vant and Mr. and Mrs. Evan Armstrong and daughter went to Ashland Wednesday evening to help Mrs. A. X. Holmes celebrate her birthday. Mrs. W. A. Armstrong went to Om aha last Saturday to meet Mis3 Flor-t-nce Beighlcy, her daughter, who is a teacher at Platbunouth. They return ed home in the evening and Miss Flor ence has been spending her vacation Lore. The White and Bucknell home wa3 r.ide happy on Christmas day when Clarence Bucknell, a brother of our fellow townsman, who resides near Elmwocd came over to visit and en joy the excellent Christmas dinner that was served. Mr. end Mrs. O. E. Miller, cf Ash lar.d, where he is engaged in the in rurancc and real estate business, we;e spending Christmas at the home of the parents cf Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. John Vant, where all enjoyed the cay and a very fine dinner. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Matthews drove to Powhattrn, Kansas, Sunday, to rpend Chri-.tmas with her sister, Mrs. Larl L'artley and family and her nether, Mrs. Belle Wilson. Mr. Mat thews returned home Wednesday, but Mrs. Matthews and Emory remained icr a longer visit. At the regular meeting of Unity dgo Xo. 163, A. F. & A. M., last Tuesday evening, the following oCi cera were elected: Ira Snyder, wor fhiplul master; John E. Lambert, ecu lor warden; John Schulling, junior warden; Ben Howard, secretary, and C. D. Fulmer, treasurer. Elmer Mathis and family, Otto Erickson and family. Dr. N. D. Tal cott and sons, Wm. McGill and family of Greenwood, Emory McDowell and daughter of Lincoln; Emmett Cook and family of Elmwood and Kenneth Brown and family of Trenton, Nebr., were dinner guests at the C. A. Mathis home Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Hall, who are working out In the state the greater part of the time, spent their Christ mas holiday at their home in Green wood, leaving Wednesday morning to resume their work. Mrs. Hall went to Columbus, while Mr. Hall had a num ber of places to visit, as his work keeps him on the go much of the time. Auxiliary Meets The Greenwood American Legion Auxiliary met last Wednesday, Dec. 19th, at the home of Mrs. J. S. Grib blc. The time was spent preparing a gift cf a surprise nature for ex-service men who are in the U. S. Veterans' hospital at Lincoln. An exchange of gilts among the members was held, followed by the serving of a delicious luncheon. Due to the busy pre-Christ-nas season, only nine members were present. W. H. M. Society Meets The Woman's Home Missionary so ciety of the M. E. church was pleas antly entertained Thursday afternoon by Mrs. O. F. Peters at her home. A fair sized crowd was present. Mrs. C. E. Gideon led the meeting and Mrs. O. F. Peters led the devotionals. Following the lesson, the rest of the afternoon was spent socially. A delicious luncheon was served by the hostess before the hour of departure. Methodist Guild Meets The Methodist Guild was pleasantly entertained on Tuesday afternoon of last week at the church with Mrs William McGill and Mrs. X. D. Tal- cott as the hostesses. There was a good sized crowd present. The business meting wa3 conducted by the president and the different committees that had charge of the recent bazaar and supper gave their reports. Tho ladies turned over $S5 to the church fund. The rest of the afternoon was epent socially during which time the ladies enjoyed an ex change of Christmas gifts. Delicious refreshments were served at the close of the afternoon. The January meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 15, at the church parlors with Mrs. Wayne Landon and Mrs. Henry Meyers as hostesses. Visited at Ithica Druggist Ernest F. Smith and wife, with the children, were spending last Tuesday at the home of the parents cf Mrs. Smith, R. A. Owens and wife, at Ithica. all enjoying the visit there very much. Had Splendid Christmas Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McDonald en tertained at their home in Greenwood last Tuesday, serving a fine Christmas dinner that was replete with all the trimmings. Guest3 present included Mr. and Mr3. Pearly Clymcr, Mrs. L. L. Barron, an aunt cf Mr. McDonald, and Miss Hazel Tubbs, a cousin, both of whom reside in Lincoln. Boquet from California White Christmas day here, and es pecially the latter portion of the day, was the coldest thi3 year, the folks at the White and Bucknell home were overjoyed to have delivered to them c large bequet of fresh garden flow ers, which came by mail from sunny California, having been picked the day they were sent and arriving here as fresh as you please and very fra grant. Many at Family Dinner Mr. and Mrs. Emmett A. Landon entertained at their home in Green wood on Christmas day, having some 3 4 of their relatives present for the splendid dinner which was served and to enjoy visiting together during the day. Among those present were Miss Catherine Coleman, postmistress in Greenwood, Aaron Wright and wife, Wayne Landon and family and others whose names we were not able to se cure. All did full justice to the din ner and voted Mrs. Landon a splen did cateress. Visited in Lincoln Christmas Mrs. Elsie Peters and son, Norman, were in Lincoln last Tuesday, where they visited with friends and also at tended a show. They were accompan ied by David Jones of Oni3ha, who ha3 been visiting here for the past week with his grandmother, Mrs. Peters. Xeedless to say, they enjoyed the drive, their visit with friends and the show in Lincoln and felt that their Christmas had been well spent. Arswers the Final Call John Coitis Lemon was born April STORES TO CLOSE NEW YEAR The business houses of the city af filiated with the Business Men's Ad club will on Tuesday, January 1, have their places of business closed for the enitre day. This is to permit the owners and their employes to fittingly observe Xew Year's day. 11, 1868, at Rohrsburg, Pa., and pass ed away at his home in Ashland on December 18, 1934, at the age of 66 years, S months and 7 days. He had resided in Ashland for the past fif teen years. At the ago of six months, with his parents and only sister Mary, the family moved to Aledo, 111., living there until the year 187 6, when they moved to Mills county, Iowa, where they lived for a number of years. In the spring of 1883 they came to Cass county and located on a farm three and a half miles east of Green wood. With the exception cf eight years spent in Greenwood, when he wa3 engaged in the conduct of a hardware store and worked as a trav eling salesman for the Deering Har vester company, the deceased spent ;mo3t of the intervening years on the farm east of town. On March 13, 1SS8, he was united in marriage to Miss Helen Coleman, and to thi3 union were born five children, two of whom preceded him in death. They are Eunice Ann, who passed away in 1S96, and Harold C, who died in 1931. Of his immediate family, there are left to mourn his loss, his wife and three children, Lorcnz D. and Francis C, of Green wood, and Mrs. Lona Schroeder, of Ashland. There are also four grand children, Cortis Edward, Donna Jean, Jackie Lee and Ule Mae Lemon, and a niece, Mrs. Harry Sutton, of West Ashland. He has many friends and relatives who are grieved beyond expression by his death. As a man in the commun ity he was known as a big-hearted, jovial good fellow, ever ready to oblige and of unfailing good nature. As a husband and father he was ever dutiful and faithful to his lov ing wife and children. The funeral was held from Macy's chapel in Ashland Thursday after noon, with Rev. McFarlane, pastor of the Christian church, in charge. A large number of relatives came from a distance to attend the services. The Journal joins with the many friends in expressing sympathy to the bereaved family. Pioneer Passes Away J. V. Carnes passed away Thurs day evening, December 20th, at his home in Lincoln. He was 97 years of age and a Civil war veteran. For some years he was an elder in the East Lin coln Christian church, later joining the First Christian church. Despite his advanced age, he was always alert and active to the last. Mr. Carnes was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky. He moved to the town of Bloomington, 111., when very young, accompanying his parents, and later moved to Glenwood, Iowa. At the age of 19, he went to California, re gaining there three year3 before he returned to Glenwood. In 1S59 he was married to Xancy Adams. To this union four children were born, Mrs. Isaac Wiles, of Weeping Water; J. S. and Jesse M., both of Xeligh, and Mel- vin J., of Johnson, Xebr., all of whom survive him. He enlisted in Company B, 29th Infantry, in 18G2, and was mustered out three yeais later as a non-com-inicsioned officer. In 1865 he moved his family to Louisville, Xebr., and shortly there after they came to Greenwood, where Mrs. Carnes passed away. In 1870, he was married to Rhoda H. Bowman and to thi3 union nine children were born, six of whom, with the wife, sur vive him. They are Mrs. Frank Van Doran, Carpenter, Wyoming; Mrs. Xilcs Coleman, Greenwood; O. F. Carnes and Mrs. P. M. Johnson, both of Lincoln; Miss Rhoda and Miss Mary, at home. One daughter, Mrs. Lulu B. Harmon, died in 1918. Mr. Carnes joined the Greenwood Christian church in 1870 and with his wife served on the board of dea cons and was made an elder fifty years ago. His home was always open to minister and he helped finance the training of several. Moving to Lin coln in 1914, he united with the Lin coln churches and wa3 a faithful worker until hi3 sight failed him a few year3 ago. Mr.fCarne3 had been a Mason for 61 years, joining Ashland Lodge, A. F. & A. M. in 1873, later affiliating with Unity lodge Xo. 163 here and eventually transferring his member ship to East Lincoln lodge. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at' 1:30 at the Christian church in Greenwood with Rev. Ray Hunt in charge, assisted by Rev. A. L. Ogden. The pallbearers were grand sens of the deceased. Burial was In the Greenwood cemetery. Western Roads Face a Serious Situation Abandonment of Many Branch Lines Foreshadowed by Fall in Busi ness over the Country. Unless there is a decided improve ment in the business cf the western railroads during the next few months the country will see great stretches of track literally torn up and hun dreds of small stations permanently abandoned. With one exception the western roads are not meeting .their fixed expenses, bond interest, and taxes. To reduce their tax obligations and to reduce their operating expenses over branch lines which fail to pay, it will become a matter of policy to abandon all track that is losing money. Throughout Iowa there have been a few stub end lines abandoned al ready but there are countless branches due for the same fate if business does not improve. And when thi3 happens many commun ities will be given the surprise of a lifetime. If each town and township will count the taxes it receives from rail road line3 and will then subtract that amount from the total taxes col lected, it will get a good idea of how much the levy on private property will have to be increased to raise the required revenue. There are two branch lirces in Emmet county that are considered by rail officials to be on the danger line and which might be among the first to be abandoned. What a fearful shock to taxpayers that would be should such abandonment come to pass. It will be too late for taxpayers and shippers to JsaVe the branch, lines of railroad3 after the officials have decided to tear them up for the officials have come to take the stand that only past evidence of co-operation is worth considering. The time to start saving railroad lines is right now by giving them patronage, for certainly the roads are in fearfully dangerous straits and almost anything can happen to them, the holders of their bonds, and those indirectly- interested in their bonds, such as life insurance policy holders. Xo town which now enjoys the services of a railroad wants to be entirely without it. And the tax payers of no town or township want to assume added burdens of tax ation such as would result if the railroads quit contributing; Alert communities will avoid such cata3 trophies by seeing that their stations pay their way and that there will be no move on the part of the railroad to let their track rust away and to quit paying taxes. Monday, Decem ber 17, 1934, Estherville (Iowa) Xews. SLAYER GETS LIFE TERM San Francisco. The demand of a grieving widow that her husband's confessed slayer be executed was ignored and instead Xazzario Tint! was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing John Pavia. In pronouncing sentence Judge Golden declared "the murder was committed in the heat of passion and the old Mosaic law of the Bible should not apply here." Thursday Mrs. Pavia made a pica from the witness stand that Tint! be hanged for killing her husband, cit ing the "eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth" Biblical passage. The judge said he "reread the scriptures, and there arc other and more merciful passages there that- could be applied here." THIEVES CLIMB TO HEIGHT Washington. A contractor sadly reflected that even the tip of the Washington monument i3 not safe from thieves. A crate-like scaffold ing has encased the 550 foot shaft for week3 past, and because some sure-footed robber was willing to take a chance the contractor had to .ig down to pay for 107 gold-plated, platinum-tipped lightning reds. The rods, valued at approximately $8 apiece, or $856 all together, must be replaced. They are uaed, officials said, to prevent discoloration of the shaft should lightning strike. But they failed to do the work of the previous metals. Police said they had no report of the theft. KANSAS LAWYER SLAIN Pittsburg, Kas. P. Louis Ziclc-t graf, 51, Pittsburg lawyer and war veteranfi was found shot to death at his home near here. Officers said he had been murdered. SEEKS NEWS BOARD ADVICE Washington. The recommenda tions of the newspaper Industrial board will be sought by the nation al industrial recovery board before it acts on the request of the labor relations board for the removal of the San Francisco Call-Bulletin's blue eagle. Announcement of that intention was formally made by XRA. The blue eagle removal was de manded of XRA by the labor rela tions board after investigation and controversy' within the government agencies over the dismissal of Dean S. Jennings from the employ of the San Francisco paper. The newspaper industrial board and the labor board each claimed jurisdiction in the com plaint over the Jenning3 dismissal. Xew York. Howard Davis, chair man of the daily newspaper publish ers national code committee, an nounced the call for a convention of 1,200 newspapers in connection with the case of the San Francisco Call Bulletin "will be deferred for a few days." Phone the news to Tio. 6. P1 You're WW 4 Prices on coats, you can't afford to m Fur Trimmed Cloth Coats $ f BS5 Reduced from $10.75 ft For Trimmed Coats Reduced from $19.75 Fur Trimmed Coats Reduced from $29.75 Dresses in Crepes and Sheers Reduced from $16.95 UK ueoe Reduced from B C 7 ik and wool luiit Reduced from FELT HATS Reduced from $2.49 prin WJf . ..Wl.))ll l,JII lew S rnees Employment Service Places 130,727 in Jobs Private Industry Absorbed Nearly a Fourth in Nebraska Peak Reached April 1st. With 130,727 Xebraskans placed on jobs in the twelve months begin ning Xov. 1, 1933, the national re employment service Is extending its facilities to find employment in pri vate enterprise, according to Direc tor Francis V. Cornell. With all available resources of the service directed toward locating new Jobs for Xebraskans, 31,475 unem ployed Xebraskans were given work in private industry, of the total of 130,727 placements. Records show that the peak of unemployment in this state was reached abo'it April 1 when the "active file" of the re-emplcyment service showed 87,463 applications for work. Ey Xov. 1 this figure had Slated for a Big Savings at laflfyiiijll dresses and hats so radically reduced that miss buying these sensational values! Sale Ioia oing ureases $13.95 resses $5.95 H g mWy Ish Hasli 9S mi $2-9S been reduced to 62,944. "Indications for this month point to a further decrease," it was point ed out. After a fifteen month period cf service in Xebraska activities of the re-emp!oyraent bureau the be ginning to hit a uormal stride" Xew registrations now average about 4,000 per month and placement:: about 7,500 per month. Reflecting the agrarian nature of Xebraska, registrations of job seek ers are dominated by tho agrlcul cultural industry. Agriculture, com bined with the building and con struction gro!:p, constitutes about two-thirds of tho tctal Xclratka reg istration. The remaining groups?, in order cf the number registered for employment are, miscellaneous In dustrie:', commercial and profes sional service workers, domestic and personal service workers. Placements have run to tho high est levels In the building and con struction classification, according to Cornell, "due undoubtedly to th PWA and CWA programs." Ho said tho high ratio of placer-'.ents in the commercial field also is traceable to reaction of great sums being ex pended in the state by th' PWA. Or! Ju n ere U 1$ r (M US 2 Vlstib eft a y I J pi i 1 1 Jjj i fx2 X . D 1J 0 j