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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1921)
Vb sr..... jwnu- ticiawn trtittE THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., MAY 17, 1921. No. 37 CAMP GROUND IS NOW OPEN TOURIST CAMP OPENER LAST WEEK IS ALREADY PROVING ITSELF POPULAR. The Chamber t Commerce Free Tourist Camp, Ground was opened on Monday May 9th. It is located on the block between First and Seeond Sto and between Pino and Chestnut. Tho Rfllltll nnil Wnat ntlln nf din rmtrwla ' south and wost sldo of tho grounds havo "been fenced off so that tho only entranco is from tho north and east The littlo building in thd center of tho tlfe grounds has been put in shape and is clean and orderly. Gcorgo Finn is again in chargo of tho grounds and is mklng a deep lntrest in its success. Tho toilet rooms and shower baths havo been put in order, tlie stoves havo been put in placo, tho boxes Ailed with coal ana kindling, tho water for drinking and washing pur poses has been turned on and tho grounds cleancH up in every way possible to'mako them look attractive and pleaanf. Fresh looking ilgus warn tho campers against doing any thing that will mako tho grounds un sanitary. A register is kept and In that register wo found tho following: "Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hody on their way back from Cheyenne, Wyo., camp fld.Uoro ono night (last Friday). Fin est camp wo have struck since leav ing Fort Wayne, Ind. Many thanks to citizons of North Platto and cspocia-' ally tho Chamber of Commerce. On our return home We will highly Tuuumiuuuu your cuy as a wide awaito town." .During tho first week people wore registered from the following states: Oregon, California, Honolulu, Kansas MIchigru, "Nebraska, Massachusetts, Wisconsin; Illinois, Washington, Ohio, New York. Minnesota anl Canada, riomo good wooden benches are be REXALL REXALL REXALL We Fill Exactly OUR Your TRY THE BXALL RHXALL RDXALL tug placed on the grounds ami plans are bolug mado for some nblcs. It has been decided not to allow nny soliciting or advertising on tho grounds and all of our morchnnts have agreed to keop away. ;:o:t' LOCAL PASTOR ANNOUNCES HIS ACCEPTANCE OF A CHARGE IN OHIO Sunday tho Rov. J. IL Curry an nounced to his congregation nt tho First Presbyterian Church that ho hud ncccptod a call to ono of tho churches of that denomination in ZnnosviUc, Ohio. Ho nsked tho conKrocation to j0m with him in asking the transfer r ... , . ' irom mo l'resoyiory. ur. uurry ox poets to leavo hero just after tho sor viccs on Juno C. Zancsvlllc, Ohio, is a city of about 40,000 people anil tho church there is in tho residential part of tho city and offers a larger salary ana groator opportunities in certain ways than tho North Platte congrega tion can offer. , Dr. Curry has been hero for about ithreo and one-half yoars and during mat timo has seen Bomo great changed in tho city as well ns tho church. His roport shows .that tho membership of tho. Presbyterian church hero has doubled in that tlmo, and the member ship of tho Sunday School 1ms also doubled. Ho has seen tho benovolenc- os mount from ?300 to ?2,000 a year. Ho was instramontal-in organizing the l. P. S. C, tho Westminster Guild and tho Guild Circle. Tho Women's Mis sionary Socloty has doubled its membership- and all departments at tho church aro roported to bo in good shape. Dr. Curry will bo missed in North Platte but since he has received a promotion vjhlch ho wanted and which pleases him, tho Trihuno wishes tho best of success in his now neld nnd many years of it. : :o: : 1 Tho Catholic Choir entertained at the Trovlllo homo last evening in honor of Miss Mario Stack who will be married tomorrow. Tho evening waa spent In games and cards after which delicious refreshments wero served. REXALL REXALL REXALL ARE FIRST WITH :US. Them Promptly and Accurately as Ordered by Your Physician. AND We Put the "Real Stuff" in All Our -Fountain Drinks and Sundaes LINE IS COMPLETE We Deliver the Goods PHONE 4 REXALL .REXALL RBXALL LITTLE TOTS TO BE TRAINED HOARD OF EDUCATION TAKES STEPS TO ORGANIZE KINDER- GARTENS HERE. f V At n recent special meeting of tho Board of Education tho proposition to establish a klnilcrgnrten In each Q,f tho three ward schools was taken Up and fully discussed It wns shown thar tho lltjlo Jtolks Just ontorlnjr school aro In need of somo special training boforo taking up tho actual work of tho regular course- of study and that tho work of tho kindorgnrton school is Just tho kind that Is sultcjd to their needs. It was also shown that Iho klndorgartons could bo run on tlo half day sosslon plan which wotyjd allow twlco the number of beginners to bo taken caro of that aro usually rccolvcd each year. Tlds would pni'o tho omployment of ono toucher in oaoji building and savo tho spaco occupied by ono room. VVhon nil thoso advan tages had boon considoreU, tho mombors of tho Board took action!'0 lmVo no conPln,llt ,0 n,nkp nnd votod t0 authorlzo supcrintcndcift Llttol t0 procced wlth tho plnns thlp openlng ,n Scptombor. Toach6 wlll bo sccurcd( equipment will 1 t,11Piinno,i n,i tun ,. wntnA A, in timo for the opening of school. I.llss Ellon Erlckson returned from "Stanton, Nebraska, Sunday whoro slfc was contestant in tho humorous class of tho State Declamatory Contest. A boy from Stanton won first honora,nnd a girl from Arcadia won second. Actual making of ice was started at tho now plant of tho Pacific Fruit Express Co. yesterday. This la the now mllllpn dollar plant which lias has been long in building. Tho ice made yesterday was experimental and a prollmlnary test of the mach inery. ' : REXALL REXALL REXALL m FIRST, IT PAYS REXALL RBXALL REXALL CARNIVAL COMPANY OPENS FOR OXH WI0I4IC OF A.MUSH.MKNT AND KUN. The Volunteer Flro Department has brought tho Andorson & Srader Shows to North Platto and Sunday they pitched their tcnls at tho cornor of Seventh ,nnd Dowoy streots and turned on tho lights last night. This company camo hero after a wook at Kenrnoy . procoedod ' by a wook nt Columhus and nnothor nt Hnsting. It goes from here to Sterling on the way to tho const. Tho concern car ries about 100 pooplo and travola In nine cars. It has most oftho com moner devices for amusomont but innkes somo nolso over its ,'Olant Captive Seaplane," which It claims Is tho first brought to Nebraska. Tho Anderson & Srader Shows proinlso unfailing courtosy to evoryono and InvltoH ladles and childrou to visit them as. thoy claim thoy havo some thing to Intorost and nmuso every membor of the family. Tho Tribune cannot recommend bocauso wo havo no' investigated but If tho courtosy of the management nud tho outside appearanco has anything to do with the character of the ontertnlnhiont and tho integrity of tho oxocutlvo FIRST HALL GAME OF THE SEASON AT HOME IS VICTORY FOR THE LOCAL TEAM. In a game Sunday featured by many wod plays, North Platto defeated May wood by tho Bcoro of 1 to 0. It was n cold drizzly any, out that did not keop tho fans at homo and a good sized crowd wnB out to root for tho North Platto team to win. Tho Legion team playod a Biiappy game and but for n muddy ball would havo playod an er rorless gamo bohlnd vtho wonderful pitching of Tottonhorf, who let May wood down with but ono infield hit. North Plalto miifJo tho only run of the gamo when Langford doubled to conter wug sacrificed to thlr-,1 bb Boal and scored on a paBsed-ball. Dattorlcs Maywood, Artley and .Smith. . North Platte, Tot&nhoft and UllS, iNOrill i'lllliu lf iMiiynumi i. - Umpires, at tho plate, Boll; on the bases", Swopo. A RTIFICIAL ICE "COMPANY Ol'ENS UP WITH CHANGE IN THE MANAGEMENT. Tho North Platto Artificial Ico Co. Ib now under the management Of C. II. Ovcrinoyor who conies hero from fMurlon, Indiana. Mr. Ovonneyei takes tho placo of Roy M. Cathors who goes back to his old position with tho Paoillc Fruli Express Co. Mr, Overmoyer Ib an old hand at tho refrigeration business, having pre viously been connected with an lco cream manufacturing concern. De livery Ico was started last wook and business Is reported to bo oponlng up about as usual. ::o:: SMITH HALL. Miss Luolhi Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs. A. B. Smith, was united In marriage to Marvin Hall, boh of Mr arid Mrs. Marvin S. Hall, Sunday at 1:30. Tho marrlago took placo at tho BaitlBt paraonofio with Rov. Shonk officiating. Miss Smith has been omployed at tho W. J. O'Connor fltoro and has a host of friends In tho city Mr. Hall is an employee of tho Union Pacic railroad and has many frlonds among tho young pooplo. ::o:: Mrs. Will Voselpka and Mrs. Frank McGovorn ontortalnod a few frlonds Sunday ovonlng in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William Friond of Grand Island J who 'were guwU at the Voaolpka home. Dainty refreshments wore sorvod and a color schema of pink wtitiveHrrlod out. MImo Dorothy and Ruth Hubbard pntertalnea at a kitchen shower Sat urday evening In their home compll .'nenUry to Miss Marie Stack who wlll i ninrrlml tomorrow morning. The enlnfr was spont in gamos after ich dainty refreshments were sorv- (1. D. Patterson ono of tho District O 'leers of tho American Railway i: ross Co. was In the city Saturday ai looked over tho free express dls- tr t with the Idea of extondlng It. W, n he left he said ho would re- coi iend that an additional sixteen bio" s lie added to the territory In wh. i express will be collected and deli red. His recommendation wlll pro! bl y be accepted. K n Precinct will be organised by the : ncoln County. Farm Bureau In Ike ii ar future, POstiWy en Wlnes- day r onlng of tills' welc. LODGE, CHURCH fi ATFft SJlhrTtTT V jHUli UVflJLil 1 COMING -.MEETINGS IN THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS OF THE" CITY. TONIGHT Entered Apprentice Dogreo nt Ma Bonlo Tomple. PALESTINE COMMANDERY Ordor of tho Rod Cross will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30. CHAPTER AK P. E. O. will moot with Mrs. a F. Sponcor, Wodnosdny, May 18 nt 3 p m. This is tho regular business mcot- iug. GUILD Tho Episcopal Guild wtil moot onl Thursday afternoon. Tho ontortalU' lug commlttoo , is MofManios . Mooro Stamp, Hatch, Dickey and Kroohlor. LADIES AUXILIARY Tho L. A. to B. of R. T. will hold fl Konsington Friday nftornoon In tho 1C P. Hall. Tho hostesses will ho Mosdamos Hamor, Johnston, Barra clough nrji Guthorlcss. SATURDAY Tho Sacajawca Campflro Girls will hold a pastry salo In thb window or tho Derryborry & Forbos ntoro Sat urday beginning at ton o'clock. .Mrs. R. Stovona Is guardian. PRESBYTERIAN AID Wlll moot In tho church basoniont Thursday nftornoon at thrco o'clock. Tho entbrtainlng commlttoo conBtsts of Mcsdamcs Dillon, Saundors nnd Edwnrds. BAPTIST LADIES Auxiliary will meet at tho church Thursday afternoon at thrco o'clock. i Koori. iiEOKram has been nronarou Arl-j(;)rojBirjB.lpadQr. j.HostciBes aro MosdaiiieB W. S. Loon, Nols Winters, Frank Barnoll and Albert Swarthnut RiEBEKAH. Sarah Rcbokah Lodgo wlll moot in tho I. O. O. F. Hall, Friday at 8 o'clock at which time election of of-1 fleers will tnke placo. Thy program, announcod for that night "haw been gic was furnlshod by Fullor's orchos postponed until later. - trn of Chicago. CHANGE OF DATE The Anderson and Anthony Sale . At Lexington, Neb., Will be Held Thursday 9 May 2th5 Instead of May 20 as Advertised. ! HOME MISSIONS ! Tho Homo Missionary Socloty of , tho Mothodist Church will Wot In 1,10 parlors 0)1 Friday after noon. Thoro . wll bo election of of- fleers. Thoso jlio havo Hilto boxes aro oakod (o brln thorn nt thin tintfi. W0MANrt3 CLUB Thq Homo Economics , Dopartmont of tho Twentieth Century Club will moot nt tho Flromans Hall Tuesday May 17 at 3 o'clock. Reports of the rocont convention will bo given. All ladles Interested in becoming mem horn of this dopartmont for tho coming yoar aro cordially Invited to attend this mooting. METHODIST LADIES Aid Socloty will moot next Thurn tlay at tho church. Tho ontortnlumont commlttoo consists of Mosdamos Beck, John Tuokor, Gllbort, Koont and JIarry Scott. Methodist ladles who havo not Bent in their tostcJ roclpos for tho now cqo'.: book aro requosted to send or b' ing thorn Thursday after noon. LINCOLN SCHOOL Paront-Tonchor Association will meet nt tho Bchool building at thrcy o'clock Wednesday, May IS. Follow ing is tho progrnm: Bird Talk bj Mrs. Wilson Tout; Boys' AmusomontB by MIsb Annlo C. Krnmph; Health In Rolatlon to Conduct, Miss Chaffia (County Rod. Cross Health Nurso); Vocal boIo by Mrs. Lena Johnson Refreshments wlll bo sorvod. This la tho last mooting of the yoar. Tho pupils of Mrs. J. L. Moraii gnvo a rooltal nt the Baptist Church laat ovonlng. Tho program was vari ed by violin Vnd vocal soloctlona and certificates aud awards woro pres ented by Rov. P. A. Shonk. Those prosont report a plonslng program with good progress being shown by each, pupil. George A, Borllnghof of Lincoln it! in tho city this week conrorlng with tho Cotinty Commissioners re lative to tho plans' and BpecIflcatlonB for tu"nv Lincoln County Court House. Ho will remain horo until the pluns aro comploted. Mrs. Ethol Stolhian o Sutherland who visited her daughtor MrB. Jooslo Andorson, loft this morning for Goth- onburg to vIbU. Tho danco given in tho K. C. hail last ovonlng was largoly attended. Mu-
