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PLATTSMOTJTH SEMI - JOURNAL
MONDAY. MAY 9. 1S2S.
OCIAL
From Thursday's Daily .
St. John's Circle 3
Circle No. ;j of the St. John's altar
society hold their meeting on Tuesday
at the home of Mrs. Joe Weber on
Oak street and it was with regret
that the members learned that their
hostess was soon to move to Omaha
to reside.
The business session was followed
bp an afternoon of llingo that was
eujojeu to me utmost by everyone
and several prizes were given. Mrs.
John Cloidt was winner of the special
prize of the afternoon.
Mrs. Weber had as co-hostesses
Mrs. Phillip Lepert and Mrs. Joseph
Dirshel.
Refreshments were served at an
appropriate hour. -
Prom Friday's Dally
Entertains at Pinochle
Mrs. Paul Vandervoort entertained
at two tables of pinochle last night.
First prize was awarded to Marie
Horn and second to Helen Smetana.
Junior C. D. of A. Meets
The Junior C. I of A. met Thurs
day evening at the home of Joe Liber
chal. The regular business meeting
was held, after which the girls work
ed on the carnations to be sold the
evening before Mother's Day.
Methodist Federation
The Dorcas Circle entertained the
Methodist Federation yesterday aft-
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Wednesday, May 10-11
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ernoon at the church. A large num
ber of ladies attended the meeting.
During the business meeting a nom
inating committee was appointed, as
election or officers will be held in
June.
Mrs. V. T. Arn had charge or the
program which consisted of readings
by Mrs. William Baird relating to
Mother's Day. The ladies of the
Foreign and Home Missionary so
cieties gave a play, "The Meaning;
of Stewardship." Lee Meyers then
sang "Mother McCree."
Delicious refreshments were served
by the hostesses.
Chess Club Meeting
The Chess club met last night with
Mrs. Lester Thimgan. Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Craves and Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Breese were guests of the club. The
champion of the evening was Merritt
Kerr.
Have Interesting Meeting
The members of St. Mary's Guild
and Woman's Auxiliary of the St.
Luke's church, met Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Henry
Ilerold, a very large attendance of
the members being present.
The close of the study of the Mos
lem people and their country was
given by Miss Barbara Gering as a
part of the mission lesson.
The members held a short business
session and followed by the social
hour which was very much enjoyed
by the members and culminating in
the serving of a very dainty luncheon
by the hostess, Mrs. Herold.
The home was attractively ar
ranged with spring flowers.
From Saturday's Daily
Hold Guest Tea
Th3 P.E.O. held a guest tea yes
terday at the home of Mrs. P. T.
Ileineman. Each member invited a
guest to attend the tea. Music was
Riven by Miss Mildred Knoflicek,
Mi-:s Lucille Renner and Stephen
Jerome, accompanist, students at the
Peru Norm.il school. The cemmittee
in charge tff the tea was Mrs. Frank
O'-iminlns. chairman; Mrs. H. G. Mc
CTusky, Mrs. George Farley, Mrs. J.
E. Wiles, Mrs. Searl Davis, Mrs. Luke
Wiles and Miss Anna Ileisel.
Jolly Workers Club
Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Louise Vallery the Jolly Work
ers club honored two of their raera-
l hers, Mrs. Louise Graves, who will
be leaving the club and Mrs. Louise
Vallery on her birthday. Mrs. Val
lery was given the birthday towel
shower and Mrs. Graves a handker
chief shower as a remembrance.
The members regret to lose Mrs.
Graves as a member. The afternoon
was spent in cards, two tables of
: rummy and two of pinochle were
played. First prize in rummy went
to Louise Graves and second to
Blanche Warner; in pinochle first to
Marie Purnell and second to Clara
Tritsch. Mrs. Vallery served a de
lightful lunch.
LOCAL MEN SCORE IN MEET
Two of the Plattsmouth students
!at Tarkio college were very much in
'evidence in the 90-4 6 win over Wes
lleyan in the track meet FridaJ at
j Lincoln. '
I These two were Don Cotner 'and
I Stuart Porter who contributed jna
jterially to the victory of their group
in taking several firsts. Dee Padgett,
jwell known Tarkio star, was . the
high man of the meet,
j Cotner took the 100 yard dash,
itime :10.3. In the 220 Cotner was
; second to M. Randall, of Wesleyan,
time :22.3, tieing the school record.
In the field events Stuart Porter
won handily in his entries, taking
the shot put, a distance of forty feet,
three and a half inches,
j Porter also was the winner of the
; discus, hurling it 130 feet six and a
jhalf inches.
Cotner starred in the broad jump
with a record of 21 feet 8 Vi inches.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
August Kief, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Kief, was taken suddenly
lill Thursday with an attack of ap
Jpendicitis and which was so severe
j that he was rushed to Omaha by
j Robert White, local taxi man, and
placed in the Clarkson hospital. He
Jwas operated on as soon as he reached
Omaha and came through the ordeal
very nicely. Mrs. Kief, his mother,
remained with him until after the
operation.
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.CAELS
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Mrs. Rhoda Cawthra, of Arapahoe,
Nebraska, arrived last week for an
extended visit at the Paul Dick home
at Mynard. She is Mrs. Dick's
mother.
From Friday's Pally
Wallace Philpot of Weeping Water
was a business visitor in the city
yesterday. .
Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Keliey have
returned from Enid, Oklahoma,
bringing their son Vincent back with
them. He has been spending the
winter at Enid.
From Saturday's Dally
Miss Verna Leonard was in Omaha
yesterday, spending the day with
friends.
Mrs. G. E. Brubacher of Murray
was in Plattsmouth yesterday look
ins after business.
Mrs. Gordon Becker of Wayne, Ne
braska was in the city Thursday
visiting Mrs. Fannie Crosser.
Attorney Sherman Lower of Om
aha was attending to business mat
ters in Plattsmouth yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gail Rhoden left
yesterday for Springfield, Missouri
to spend the week-end with Mrs.
Rhoden's mother.
Walter R. Johnson of Omaha, re
publican candidate for attorney gen
eral, was a business visitor in Platts
mouth yesterday.
Mayor Troy L. Davis, of Weeping
Water, was in the city this morning
to loko after some matters at the
court house and also to visit his
brother, Searl S. Davis.
NEWS FROM FLORIDA
Mrs. C. E. Wilcox and daughter,
Miss Maiilynn Wilcox of Lake Worth,
Fla.. were recent visitors at the home
of Mr and Mrg j F gindelar in
Tampa Fja.t 0n the Gulf of Mexico.
Accompanying them back to the
Atlantic coast were R. L. Propst,
Mrs. E. E. Greene, Jr.. and son Elvin
3d, after having spent two weeks
at the Sindelar home.
While on the gulf coast they visit
ed many places of interest including
Tarpon Springs, the largest sponge
fishery in the western hemisphere,
Ybor City, whose Latin section gives
to Tampa an old .world atmosphere
found in no other Florida city.
Clearwater Beach, reached by
crossing the world famous Gandy
bridge, one oft he longest highway
structures ever built, spans old Tampa
Bay at a point six miles wide. Train
ing quarters of Ringling Brothers
and Barnam and Bailey circus, who
maintain permanent winter quarters
in Sarasota. Acts that will thrill
millions in sawdust rings are re
hearsed and perfected here.
They visited the Academy of the
Holy Name, located on Bayshore
boulevard, where Miss Kathryn Mae
Siirdelar is a student.
. At Port Tampa they viewed the
"Cuba" a streamer on the P. and O.
line, on which Mrs. Wilcox, Miss
Marilynn Wilcox, Mrs. Greene, Mrs.
Sindelar and Mr. Propst have made
trips to Havana, Cuba while Mrs.
Mayola Baughn made her home on
the island.
TEACHERS TRAINING CLASS
From Saturday's Dally
The closing session of the Pres
byterian Teachers' Training class
was held this week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Minor. The class
has been a six weeks course in the
book, "Tow to Teach the Church
School." by Paul Vieth.
Dr. H. G. McClusky had the gen
eral oversight of the class, attended
by the teachers and officers of the
Sabbath school, and a few others.
All found the course of lessons inter
esting and helpful.
At the close of this last meeting
of the class, Mrs. Minor and her
daughter, Eleanor served delightful
refreshments and all enjoyed the so
cial hour together.
UNDERGOING TREATMENT
Mr. Isaac King, of Superior, Ne
braska, well known in this city, is
at the Methodist hospital at Omaha
where he is undergoing treatment,
having not been in the best of health
for some time. Mr. King is a brother-in-law
of John W. Crabill of this
city.
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FILES FOR CONGRESS
LINCOLN. May 5 (UP) Dr. A. P.
Fitzsimmons of Tecumseh, filed to
day as a candidate on the democratic
ticket for congress from the first dis
trict. In a statement accompanying his
filing Dr. Fitzsimmons said he had
few pledges to make and asserted
he is in "full sympathy with the
Roosevelt program and will follow
his leadership."
Dr. Fitzsimmons, who tried un
successfully to resign last Monday as
president of the Eastern Nebraska
Public Power district said his rural
electrification activities "will be of
great value to the people of the dis
trict." "The farmers' surplus products
must be taken care of and a market
made for them," he said. "The trac
tor is here to stay. Consequently we
must make it consume the surplus
corn. We now have rural electri
trification well started and with elec
tricity on the farms it will be a help
in condensing the raw materials and
getting the corn products ready to go
to the refinery to be made into feed
for the tractors."
A petition filed by 25 residents of
the district was included in the filing
application.
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS
From Friday's Dally
This morning in the county court
complaint was filed by Highway Pa
trolman C. J. Sanders against Ellis
Walker LaRue of Superior. The
charge was operating a motor ve
hicle while intoxicated on the streets
of Plattsmouth. On the hearing a
plea of guilty was made and the de
fendant sentenced to twenty days in
the county jail and to lose his drivers
license for a year.
Hearing was had today on the mat
ter of the appointment of a guardian
for Mrs. Elizabeth J. Barrett, of
Elmwood.
Final hearing was held in the mat
ter of the estate of Sarah Campbell,
deceased.
Petition for the probate of the will
of Mrs. Amelia Schroeder, deceased,
of near Murdock, was filed.
The resignation of H. A. Tool as
the guardian of Sophia Nielsen, and
for final hearing on the guardianship
and appointment of another guardian
was filed.
HOLD WANTED MAN
OMAHA, May H (UP) Wanted
for an alleged robbery, at Pawnee
City recently Herbert Kidwell, 41,
was arrested by detectives here yes
terday and held as u fugitive from
justice.
Kidwall was turned over to State
Deputy Sheriff Brosnihan of Lincoln
who had a warrant for his appear
ance.
HOVEL BECOMES HAVEN
BYERS, Pa. (UP) "The Little
Old Tin Can," a cabin nestled against
a wooded knoll, built of odds and
ends of old automobiles and its roof
weighted by stones, has been the
home of Elmer Sackett here for the
past five years. Living now on a
pension, Sackett has found peace and
satisfaction after years of being toss
ed about.
U. S. IGNORES JILTING
PROVIDENCE, R. I. (UP) A
jilted boy friend attempted to dis
count his romance by deducting $160
under the "bad debts" column on his
income tar return. He said he spent
the money on a hope chest and dia
mond ring for his girl last year. But
Uncle Sam's deputy collector ruled
"No."
FLOWER FESTIVAL DAYS SET
GALVESTON, Tex. (UP) Galves
ton's oleander fete, celebrating full
bloom of the flower which has made
this island city famous to the na
tion's vacationers, has been set for
May 20-22. Participation in the
merry-making Is confined almost ex
clusively to school children.
FRANCE'S POPULATION DROPPING
PARIS (UP) Unless the present
decline in population Is checked there
will be 12,000,000 fewer French peo
ple In 50 years' time, the newspaper
"Le Matin" declared In commenting
on an emergency appeal issued by
the National Alliance for Combating
Depopulation.
NIGHT WATCHMAN FORGETS
FORT WORTH, Tex. (UP) R. T.
Williams, night watchman, ia going
to be wary of strangers hereafter.
iwo anable men stopped by for a
chat while Williams was watching a
downtown garage. The watchman j
dozed. nrt the. two ,n.nr rionnrt. 1
ed with $19 from his" purse.
Phone news Item to No. e.
ATTEND FOUNDERS DAY
The observance of Founders day
by the Wqodmen Circle at Omaha
was largely attended from over the
state and Plattsmouth was represent
ed at the event by Miss Marie Kauf
mann, Mrs. E. C. Ripple, Mrs. W. J.
Ilartwick and Mrs. Max Fitzmayer.
The program of activity covered
the entire day and will culminate in
the banquet this evening.
The Plattsmouth ladies have long
been members of the society and Miss
Kaufmann occupied several posts in
the district and state organization
LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA
From Saturday's Dally-
This morning Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Richardson departed on their way
to the west coast where they are
planning on locating. They sire mak
ing the trip by motor and will take
some time in reaching the coast as
they plan on visiting at Grand Is
land with relatives and also at Den
ver. Their ultimate destination will
be Kaloosa. Their many friends
miss them very much and all
join in the wish for a jleasant trip
to the west.
VISIT AT LINCOLN
From Thursday Dalb
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Giles and Mrs.
Frank M. Bestor were visitors at Lin
coln today where they attended the
Ivy day ceremonies at the University
of Nebraska where their daughters.
Miss Lois Giles and Miss Lois Bestor
are among the especially honored
students who receive convocation
honor.
Miss Martha Morrow, of Merna,
named as queen of Ivy day, is a close
friend of Miss Lois Bestor, they being
associated during their university
work.
LEARNS OF AUNT'S DEATH
The death of Mrs. Marie Lucia
Boom, 7 A, occurred Thursday at
her home in Nebraska City, the de-i
ceased
laly being an aunt of
Mrs.
Cass Sylvester, Mrs. John Jordan and
Mrs. Edward Gabelman of this city.
Mr. Sylvester left last evening for
Guide Rock, Nebraska, to bring an
other sister of Mrs. Sylvester here for
the funeral.
The funeral will be held Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Bethel
Evangelical church at Nebraska City.
HERE FOR TRIAL
From Thursday's Dally
Alex Geist, who was formerly lo
cated here with the Lincoln Tele
phone Co.. and also at one time man
ager at Louisville, was in the city
today to attend the trial of the dam
age suit of Miss Marjorie Twiss
against the Lincoln Telephone Co.
Mr. Geist is now located with the
company at their Ashland exchange.
He was called here to testify for the
defense in the damage suit.
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
From Saturday's Dally
Mrs. R. D. Dalton anc daugliter,
Mrs. W. R. Holmes, of Glenwood,
were here today from Omaha to look
after some business matters and vist
ing friends. They report, that Mr.
Holmes, a resident here for a num
ber of years, is now at the Clarkson
hospital and in very serious condi
tion, he having suffered a stroke
some two weeks ago and has been
unconscious for some time.
ATTENDS MASONIC MEETING
From Friday's Dally
Last evening William A. Robert
son, grand master of Nebraska Ma
sons, with Raymond C. Cook, deputy
grand custodian and William F.
Evers, superintendent of the Nebras
ka Masonic Home, visited at Salem,
Nebraska. A very large number of
the Masons were at the meeting of
the Salem lodge and also a large num
ber of the grand lodge officers were
present at the meeting.
OFFER SITE FOR LABORATORY
LINCOLN, May 5 (UP) The Uni
versity of Nebraska board of gents
today offered a "suitable site" at the
Nebraska college of agriculture for
the establishment of one of four re
gional agricultural research labor
atories provided by the federal farm
act.
A copy of the regents resolution
will be sent to Secretary of Agricul
ture Wallace whose office will select
the sites.
CHILD CUTS HEAD
Jerry Lee Fulton of Mynard re
ceived severe cuts and bruises on
the forehead Thursday morning, wnen
he fell against a bedstead. He was
rushed to Murray, where Dr. Tyson
administred treatment.
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RETURNS FROM SAD MISSION
Mrs. Freeman McFarland of Effing
ham, Kansas, with her aunt, Mrs.
W. H. Biggs, of Chicago, are here to
enjoy a visit' with Mrs. Rose Lewis,
mother of Mrs. McFarland alid sister
of Mrs. Biggs, as well as with Mr. and
Ksvs. Leroy Ruse.
The ladies have just returned from
Des Moines, Iowa, where they were
called by the death of Dwight N.
Lewis, C9, uncle of Mrs. McFarland,
and who was serving his third term
as mayor of Des Moines. Mr. Lewis
was a leader in youth movements in
the Iowa city and immensely popular
as he had tieen repeatedly re-elected
as head of the city. He was taken
ill last Saturday at the Drake re
lays and died a short time later of
an heart attack.
His funeral services, held at the
Central Church of Christ, where he
was a Sunday school teacher, was at
tended by 2,000 persons.
SOUTH OMAHA PHOTOGRAPHER
S. H. Roske. who operates the
Hollywood Smile photo shop in the;
Philip's Department Store at South I
Omaha, was in Plattsmouth Thurs-
day and placed an order for an ad- j
vertisement that appears in this!
issue of the Journal. The advertised
offer, which is good for an entire'
week, May 9 to 14, is for six of the
regular four for a dime photos for
10c. The shop also specializes ini
enlargements, both plain color and
hand painted.
MAKE NICE IMPROVEMENT
The Donat liquor store is just com
pleting a thorough redecorating and
remodeling of their store room on i
Main street between Fourth andj
Fifth streets. The room has been
entirely rearranged, new shelving j
placed and a grill effect at the top oft
the partitions adds much to the
appearance of the place. New shelv
ing, painted in black and white,
bright colored wall paper and lino-
leum
in matching tones make the
room very attractive.
NOW IMPROVING NICELY
Miss, Frances Cloidt, senior of
the high school, who has been suf
fering from a septic sore throat for
several days, is now reported as much
improved and is able to be around
some, but confined to her home. It is
expected that she will be able to re
sume her school work Monday.
SERIOUSLY ILL
Darwin Pitz, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Pitz, was taken yesterday m lin
ing to the St. Joseph's hospital in
Omaha for treatment. He is able to
take no food and his condition is
quite serious. It is hoped he will soon
begin to show improvement.
SUFFERS FROM EAR TROUBLE
Mrs. John Donelan's granddaugh
ter, Marion Brown, is in the Meth
odist hospital in Omaha receiving
treatment for an ear affection. It
was feared she suffered from mas
toid, but she is showing improve
ment. ATTEND MASONIC TRIAL
From Thursday's Dally
Judge A. H. Duxbury, L. W. Niel
and O. C. Hudson, of this city, were
at Lincoln this afternoon where they
were called as a commission to con
duct a Masonic trial for one of the
Lincoln lodges.
ATTENDS SCHOOL DANCE
Jack O'Donnell was a visitor at
Nebraska City Friday evening where;
he attended the junior-senior prom,
formal high school dance held at
the Memorial building. Mr. O'Don
nell was the escort of Miss Evelyn
Holtgrew, member of the senior class.
MOVE TO NEW HOME
The L. S. Devoe family Is moving
from the Begley house to the former
Charles Parmele home on North Sixth
street.
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READY TO AID CZECHS
PRAGUE, Czechoslovkia, May 7
(UP) The British and French min
isters informed Premier Krofta to
day that their countries are reafy
to aid Czechoslovakia i:i solving the
German minority question it was an
nounced officially.
The British and French it was an
nounced expect the Czerhoslovakian
government to trive satisfaction, with
in leason, to the autonomy demand.;
of the Sudeten Germans. lioth en
voys emphasized that they expect a
solution computable with the integ
rity of the state, although they hoped
Prague would make the most j.rcn
croun concessions possible.
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