Nebraska State Histori cal Society ffMattem ournal 5T0L. NO. XXXIX. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, KOKEAY, MAY 19, 1924. NO. 89 JUNIOR CLASS HOST TO THE CLASS OF '24 BANQUET HELD AT THE MODERN WOODMEN HALL ONE OF GREAT ENJOYMENT. VERY BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED Hall Arranged in a Color Scheme Pink and Lavendar Toasts Responded to by Classes. of From Friday's Daily One of the most attractive and in-j teresting Junior-Senior banquets which has ever been given by the school classes was staged last evening at the Modern Woodmen hall when the class of 1925 officiated as hosts to the class of 1924. The hall was arranged In one of - the most elaborate and artistic color schemes that has ever graced a sim- ilar occasion and was a very beauti ful testimonial of the hard work that has been the task of the Junior com- mittee that arranged the banquet. The ceiling of the banquet hall I been more or less urge for the erea was composed of a solid series of tion of a swimming pool in tbis city pink and lavendar blocks that was; such as has been established in oth most attractive to the eye and to as- er communities and in response to sist in the artistic decorations there I this often expressed wish the matter were curtains of soft shades of pink j is now being placed up to the peo with bows of lavendar at the win-!ple of Plattsmouth to make their de dows and on the walls were also'cision upon definitely and finally, found streamers of these colors and! The Chamber of Commerce has ap the lights of the room were also pointed a committee that has been in shaded in pink and lavendar colors. ; touch with other civic organizations In the corners of the rooms there was and has perfected the plans for the a ver attractive touch made by the pool that can be placed in operation pink blossoms. I at a cost of what is estimated to be On the tables there were the tall $5,000. The committee has had the lavendar colored candles with stream- i fl vicv of , landscape engineers to era of tulle of the same shade and art ,ook aftfT tne vk of preparing the each of the places were found a pinkP!j,ns an? now ,ias them in shape so rosebud. As favors tinv dolI made In the colors of the decorations were found and these were used to hold the tiny nut cups. The menu was arranged and serv ed by the ladies of the Presbyterian church and was one that was par ex cellence as the menu below will tes tify: Orange Ice Chicken Fantasia Potatoes a la Duchesse Peas and Carrots in Ramekins Hot Rolls May Conserve Radishes Olives Tomato and Cucumber Salad with Chantilly Mayonnaise Wafers 1 I Brick Ice Cream Angel Food Cake ' Coffee I Salted Nuts Mints . The banquet was presided over! very ablv by Damian Flynn. president 1 of the Juniors, who proved a most delightful master of ceremonies. The spokesman for the Junior class was Willis Hartford who took as his subject, "Pilgrim's Progress.") The Seniors were represented onimunity the toast list by Miss Alice Louise Wescott. class president, who very aptly responded to "The Rifer's End" v. h ich was a very pleasing message to the class which is now leaving school. For the freshmen of the school. M iss Kathleen Troop was the speak er and had as her subject. "Inno cents Abroad" which was very clev erlv expressed. The Sophomore sentetl by Carl R. dent, who took as bages and Kings class was repre Keil. class presi his subject "Cab " and was very pleasing in his offering. The faculty of the high school was represented by Miss Nora Livingston. the sponsor of the senor class, who.l'r Order." presented a very pleasing toast which was enjoyed by every one; of the members of the party. For the Roard of Education, Searl S. Davis, the president, gave the young folks a few moments of seriems talk as well as humorous remarks! which were much enjoyed by all of the students in attendance. After the passing of the toast list the b.mquetors were entertained by Miss Harriet Kruse and Mr. Orville; .Andrews. Jr.. ef Omaha, who ore-! nted a series of songs that were very pleasantly offered. During the course of the banquet, the Russell Townsend orchestra of Omaha, provided the music for the occasion and was received with the t marked approval by all of the members of the jolly gathering. The handsome settings of the ban QUet hall were added to by the at tractive costumes worn by the young ladies and the bright and youthful faces of the students around the ban quet board made the occasion one of the greatest charm and winsomeness. HAS A REAL POLE Clayton A. Rosncrans. the well known tonsorial artist, has just had the barber pole in front of his place of business on Fifth street redecor ates anu it is now one of the bright spots in that part of the city. In addition to being a work of art in coloring and design. Rosey" claims to have the longest pole in the city Students Make Fine Record at Fire Drill Yesterday From Thursday's Daily Yesterday afternoon there was lu ld a fire drill at the central and I high school buildings tor the purpose of demonstrating the efficiency of' the handling of the drill by the teachers and the prompt and effici ent manner in which the punas were marched out of the buildings. The drill was witnessed by Fire Inspector Henry Moekenhaupt. of Sterling. Fire Chief Dr. O. Sandin and members of the Board of Edu tion. The time made from the sec ond that the fire gong was sounded until the high school was cleared of nil the students was one minute and thirty-five seconds. The Central building was emptied in three min utes and forty seconds and both of these make splendid records in the way of efficiency and orderly move ments of the pupils in time of fire. THE QUESTION OF A SWIMMING POOL IS BEFORE CITIZENS There Has Been Urge of the Proposi- tion ; Now it is Up to the Citi zens If They Wish It. From Friday's Daily In the past two years there has liltlL IJLi III? OtTv-WI VI HI'" lliUUr UUU ! the definite decision as to location. the work can be commenced. The second stage of the proposi tion is the financing of the pool and for this purpose it is planned to have a stock company formed of all those who desire to see a pool in operation here and for this purpose the com mitter in charge of the financing of the pool will be around to see the citizens and learn just what can be expected in the way of financial as sistance and it will be according to the responses that are received as to what extent the swimming pool prop osition can be considered as without ythe funds pledged in advnee there is no use in further agitation of the snblect it is planned to operate the pool with small charges so that in a short time it is hoped the pool will pay for its original co3t and the stockholders receive their funds back with a rea sonable interest and then the pool will be turned over to the city to be operated as a municipal pool and then be absolutely free to the com- the city then being able to carry on tbe operating of the propo sition. With the financial condition of the ity in mind it was not thought best to press the demand for the city try ing to finance the proposition as to do this would make necessary the is suance of bonds which at this time is not thought advisable. Jury Awards Partial Sum on Claim for Surveying' Work From The Friday- case of Daily Harrv A .Nelson vs. C. L. Stull was on trial yesterday in ore a jury com posed of Searl Davis. Frank Lan ning. R. W. Stewart, George Nic kels, George F. Oehlerking, H. P. Long, F. J. Knecht, Charles Swan, J. W. Hendricks. George Stout, W. H. Heil and F. W. Backemeier. The action was one in which the plaintiff claimed fees due for tne sur veying of land belonging to the de fendant in May and October, 1920. and which the defendant contested on the ground that the work was not satisfactory. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $90.75 a short time after the case was given to their consideration. ATTENDED MEETING OF THE PLATTSMOUTH CLUB From Friday's Daily Henry A. Guthmann and wife, of Murdock, accompanied by their daughter. Jeannette. were in Lincoln on last Tuesday where they went to look after some business and also while there Mrs. Guthmann attend ed the meeting of the "Plattsmouth Club" which was enjoying a gather ing that day. There were at the meeting about; fifty former Plattsmouth people who were renewing the friendships formed in the Cass county town years ago. A most pleasant time was had and Mrs.' Guthmann met many friends whom she had not had the opportunity to greet for in some cases a number of! years. CATHOLIC PRE LATE INSTALL ED THURSDAY BISHOP FRANCIS JOSEPH BECK MAN FORMALLY ASSUMES HIS NEW DIOCESE. SERVICES HELD At LINCOLN The Very Rev. Michael A. Shine of This City Presents Priests to the New Bishop. From Fridny's Daily Bishop Francis J. Bookman was formally installed as head of the Lincoln diocese Thursday morning by Archbishop Keane of Dubuque, in the presence of four visiting bishops, two abbots, about 125 priests, and a I large congregation, at the- St. Mary's cathedral at Lincoln. Promptly at 9:30 the procession of clergy and acolytes entered the cathedral led by altar boys with lighted candles. Then came the priests in cassocks and surplices, the bishops. Bishop Beck man wear ing the cappa magna or ermine cloak and Archbisho Keane. Lastly came altar boys bearing the crozier and mitre. The clergy filled the sanctuary and overflowed into the body of the church. The reading of the papal letter in Latin announcing the choosing of the bishop was followed by a trans lation in English by Rev. P. L. O'Loughlin. Then came a chanting of a part of the liturgy and the conducting of the new bishop to his throne in the sanctuary of Archbishop Keane. The priests of the diocese, led by Father Slnne, advanced to pay honor to their chief and to kiss the episcopal ring. They were presented to him by Father Shine, who has been apos tolic administrator of the diocese since the death of Bishop O'Reilly. Bishop Beckman was then ad- j dressed by Father Shine, who saluted and welcomed him to his visible see, and as a representative of the clergy and laity pledged to him their af fectionate loyalty and willing obedi ence. Bishop Beckman in reply said, in part: 'I fec i language inadequate to re ply to your welcome. I can only burst forth into a canticle of praise, thanksgiving and joy. I have been overcome by the welcome I have re ceived in your midst. "When the announcement came last Christmas I trembled at the thought of the responsibility. Now I am in tears over the welcome from the diocese and the assurances of loyalty anil co-operation on all sides. From priests and people I ask your loyalty, your co-operation and your rayers. "I come today, sent by the holy father to help you to redeem those pledges. I have come to give my self to you entirely, ail my natural faculties and supernatural faculties of office. I ask that you work with me, hand in hand, for the honor and glory of God and the salvation and good of our souls. Let us all lay our offerings of pledges and vows in this holy sacrifice we are about to cele brate, and all work together in the great cause of Christ and the church, for the good of the city and this com monwealth." Then holding his crozier or start'. and wearing his mitre. Bishop Beck man gave the pontifical blessing to the congregation. He was conducted back to the throne, where he was divested of tiie cappa magna and robed in priestly vestments for the solemn pontifical mass, which he then celebrated. He was assisteil by the Very Rev. M. A. Shine, arch priest, the Very Rev. J. J. Loughran and the Very Rev. Charles Becker, deacons of honor, the Very Rev. Catdiner Dietric k, arch deacon, the Very Rev. Thomas Barden, sub deacon and the Rev. P. L. O'Lough lin, master of ceremonies. Fourth Lincoln Bishop Bishop Beckman is the fourth Ro man Catholic bishop of Lincoln. His predecessors were: Bishop Bona cum, installed November 30, 1887; Bishop Tihen, July 18, 1911; Bishop O'Reilly, June 25, 1918. Bishop Beckman is forty-seven years old and a native of 'Cincinnati. He was ordained a priest after completing work at Mt. St. Mary's theological seminary, and was as sistant pastor of St. Paul's, Cincin nati. Later he went to Rome, where he attended the American college, en gaging in higher studies. He also studied at the University of Louvain, Belgium. After receiving his doctor's degree he returned to teach philoso phy at Mt. St. Mary's theological seminary. He was appointed presi dent of the seminary ten years ago. He raised the standard of the sem inary during his incumbency until today it is one of the foremost ec clesiastical institutions in the coun try. At the time he was named to the Lincoln bishopric, his title was that of monsignor. Four years ago he was honored with appointment to membership in the papal household, which entitled him to don the urple and the dis cern 1 rochet. The bishop has two sisters, one of whom is a member of the; order of Little Sisters of the Poor. The other. Miss Margaret Beckman, came to Lincoln with him for the installation ceremonies, and will keep house for him. The following prelates were pres ent: Archbishop Keane, Dubuque: Bishop Heelan, Sioux lay; Bishop Drumm. Des Moines; Bishop Tief, Concordia. Kas., and Right Rev. Mar tin Veth, O. S. B., of Atchison. A sister. Mi.ss Margaret Beckman, two cousins. Dora and Clara, and an uncle. Bernard of the new bishop, present at the ceremony. Two priests of the Cincinnati diocese Father Thill, secretary of the Catholic Stu dents' Mission crusade, and Father Steen, a class mate of the bishop, were also here. The ushering at the church was in charge of the fourth degree Knights of Columbus. A delegation from the state court of the Knights attended the ceremonies and a place was re served for them. Governor Bryan was among the guests. At 12:30 p. m. a banque t for 130 bishops and priests was held at the Lincoln hotel, given by the Cathe dral, in honor of Bishop Be-kman. Very Rev. M. A. Shine was toastmas ter and the following toasts were responded to: "Our Holy Father," Most Rev. James J. Keane, D. D.; "Our Country," Rev. D. J. Cronin: 'The Dioce.se of Lincoln," Very Rev. Thomas Barden: "The Archdiocese of Cincinnati." Rev. F. A. Thill; Re sponse, Right Rev. Francis Joseph Beckman, S. T. D. BASEBALL TEAM OF PLATTSMOUTH HAS NUMBER INJURED Three of the Team Suffering from Minor Injuries Received in Game with Doughboys From Thursday's Daily: The members of the Plattsmouth baseball team are certainly in a fine way of supplying the hospital with a fine array of victims as there are several of the boys who are bearing marks of the game staged on Tues day evening with the members of the 17th infantry team. Incidently the soldiers won the game by the score of 10 to 7 anu left several ol the members of the local team the worse for their experience. "Swanny." one of the local hurl ers, was in the way of a fast drive and received a body blow in the around anything but a pleasure i since that time and Herb Klauschie. who was at tne receiving end of the I battery, has two fingers that will be I sore for several days. One of the members of the soidier team pulled at a low. fast one and missed th ! ball, out the bat came in contact I with the digits of Herb instead of the ball and bruised them up con- siderably. 1 lie worst of tne affair i was ...at the umpire hearing the! sound of the impact on the hand of Klauschie, called it a foul ball. Another of the injured ban play ers was Bob Burkle. who was play ing second and was injured by his own teammates, but not seriously, j was thrown by Pete llerold, the third I Bed) was preparing to litdd a b''ll that i sacker in practice and at iue same time Klauschie was trying out his wing to second base and Robert fail ed to see the ball coming from home plate and accordingly was standing with lowered head to receive the throw from uurd when the other ball arrived and lit on the dome of the second sacker. At once the baseman heard tne sweet singing of the birds and saw thousands of bright colored stars and for a few moments was out of commission. However, the re ports say the ball was completely ruined. New Fountain Installed at Corner of Sixth and Main From Thursday's Daily: The new Murdock drinking foun tain that has been ordered by the city for the past two weeks is now installed at the intersection of Sixth and Main streets, where passersby may stop and quaff a mouthful of! the fine pure city water that is sup plied by Mr. Minor, at any time of the day or night. For the persons addicted to the use of water as a beverage the fountain will be a great advantage. ENJOY FINE PICNIC From Friday's Daily Yesterday afternoon the young folks of the Sixth grade of the Cen tral building of the city schools en joyed a very pleasant picnic in the west portion of the city and the oc casion was marked with the usual games and sports of the young peo ple and several exciting incidents that were not on the schedule of the picnic party occurred to mar the en joyment of the day and furnished the pupils as well as the teachers with several thrills to add to the us ual picnic atmosphere. MUSIC MEMORY CON TEST AWARDS ARE MADE LAST NIGHT Many at Are in Attendance at Contest High School Auditorium Great Interest Shown. ! From Thursday's Daily The annual Music Memory contest of the Plattsmouth city school, giv en under the supervision of ftfiss Frances Fields, supervisor of music of the schools, was held last evening at the high school building and very . largely attended by the contestants I and their friends and relatives to en joy the splendid program that had . been arranged for the occasion. The Music Memory banner which is held by one room of the city schools for the year, was awarded to ' the room of Miss Evelyn Stewart, fourth grade, in the Central build ing, and will be in the proud posses sion of this room until the contest next year. There were a large number of con testants and the greatest of interest was shown as the various numbers 1 were given and the marked interest shown by the young people was a distinct showing of the effects of the work in the musical department of: the school to instill into the minds of the young people an appreciation! ot better music and the offerings of the maste rs of the musical world of all nations. In the group composed of the third, fourth and fifth grades, there was the keenest rivalry and three were tied for first honors. Vivian Moore. Frances Yelik and Olga Del hart. The seconcl honors were won by Parmele Dovey and Edith Gallo way. In the group of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Miss Ethel Quin ton was the first prize winner. Ber tha Knoflicek. second prize. Jean Caldwell, third prize, Violet Speck. (fourth prize and Irma Pitman, fifth prizp. While the Judges were checking the papers of the contestants the au dience was entertained by an excep tionally pleasing program of vocal and Instrumental music contributed by a number of the talented niusi-c-:r.ns of the city which numbered some of the masterpieces of the mu sic masters and in every case were well given and received with the rreatest of appreciation by the au dience. The school feels very appreciative of the interest shown in this contest by the P. E. O. society which donat ed Sio to he applied on the prize money of the contest. Death of Little Ralph Ellcdge Occurs Today From Friday's Daily This morning at 6 o'clock at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. James ij. nigiey, in cue soiiin portion oi the city, occurred the death of Ralph j Ell edge, the six-year-old son of Mr. ; and Mrs. G rover Elledge. The lit tle boy was taken sick three weeks ' ago Sunday, having just returned j home from Sunday school on that j day when he was stricken with ty tphoid pneumonia from which an elder i brother and two sisters had pre j viously been suffering, and from that growing worse despite all that meeli- . ..i . . : . i . i . .... .i . . i.i .i . niu i im ie'iiut-1 iuuiu uu tu aio mill. i lie oieier oroiaer. waiter and the two sisters, Edith and Es there are progressing nicely from the sickness but the constitution of the younger boy was not strong enuf to permit his recovery. He leaves to mourn his passing the father and mother, two brothers and two sisters as well as the grand mother and several aunts and uncles. The funeral services will be held on Sunday at 2:30 at the Martin chap el north of Pacific Junction near where the Elledge family formerly resided. Accident Delays Drilling at Nehawka-Murray Well The drilling at the oil well in the Nehawka-Murray oil field has been delayed for a period of at ceast sev eral days as the result of having the drill stuck while forging its way down into the interior of the soil. The diamond point drill has been cutting through hard flint and shale for several days as the well is now down in the vicinity of 900 feet and the water supply was not working as freely as it should and failed to keep the proper circulation of water to the drill thus causing it to become heat ed and fused into the flint so that further progress was impossible and the drill is so wedged in that it could not be removed. It has therefore been necessary to have special machinery sent here from the Oklahoma fields that will be used to extricate the drill from its position and to permit the drilling to continue as usual. The new machinery will be here in a very short time it is thought, and after that the time to make the repairs and release the drill may re quire just a few days or may run in to a period of several weeks, depend ing on the conditions that are found beneath the surface of the earth. Funeral of Mr. Beck is Held Yesterday Afternoon i From Thursday's Daily Yesterday afternoon the funeral services of the late Waidemar Beck were held at the Sat tier chapel and attended by a number of the old I friends and former pupils of this well known musician. The services , were conducted by Rev. H. Kottich, I of the St. Paul's Evangelical church. and who gave a short sketch of tne aeceaseu anu nis worn ana me in the community where he has made his home for so many years. At the conclusion of the service the body was borne to Oak Hill ceme tery where it was laid to rest. The pall bearers were selected from the friends who had been familiar with Mr. Beck and consisted of Charles Peterson, Jr.. Arthur Troop. Julius A. Pitz, Paul Sitzmann, eieorge L. Farley' and George Goodman. A "WILD WOMAN" CAR DRIVER TERRI FIES ELMWOOD Goes Through Village at High Speed In Car and Driving Recklessly With One Hand. From Thursday's Dally This morning an S. O. S. call came to the office of Sheriff E. P. Stewart from the town of Elmwood with the report that the residents of that place were startled this morning by the antics of a lady that went driv ing through their city in a car this morning at a very high rate of spi-d and her strange manner of driving greatly stirred the residents there. It was reported that the lady was driving with one hand on the steer ing wheel and the other grasping the top of the car and as some would ex press it, "she was sure hitting the ball" in getting over the highway and the last seen of the car it was still going north on the highway. leavinjr si cloud of dust and the odor of gasoline. The report was followed by efforts of the authorities to find out the identity of the lady and her mission that required such a high rate of speed, but by the time the report was received and the lines of communica tion in ODerat.'on the car and the driver had both apparently gotten into the clear. Getting Things Arranged for the Big Celebration From Thursday's Daily The committee of the Chamber of Commerce in charge of the Fourth of July observance is now getting their plans in shape so that in the next few days they will be able to have a general meeting to definitely ar range the full details of the celebra tion that is going to be one of the real red letter events in Cass coun ty and an observance of the Fourth of July that will be a credit to the city and its people;. The soliciting of funds is now in progress and there is a very generous response to the request of the com mittee and from the indications there should be ample funds to as sure a real celebration. It is under stood that this year the celebration will be held in the main part of the city where greater facilities for the amusement of the public can be pro vided. STRONG BANK A Rigid Laws Rigidly Enforced When you choose a bank, you want to know, .of course, how capably it is man aged, but you also want to know how strict are the laws under which it operates and how well these laws are enforced. The First National Bank operates under laws of the United States Govern ment rigid laws designed to protect your deposits and rigidly enforced through fre quent and thorough examinations. Choose this National Bank for your deposits. THE FIRST WIONAL BANK I IC V - tML. THE BANK WHERE FLWTSMOUTH The Bank WhereYoulFeel at Home! GETTING READY TO GET OIL WELL AT NEHAV-U GOING Well Being: Drilled by Amerada Pe troleum Comany Machinery on Way to Aid Woik. From Friday'- Tially The v it is bedng drilled near Nahawl .. . the purpose of finding oil has had he misfortune to get the tools stuck in the hoie. This very often happens in the drilling of an oil or gas well, but there are various ways and means of fishing these out. There are many kinds of special fishing tools made for this particular kind of work. The Sullivan Machine company, which has the contract to drill the well, is making every effort possible to get the tools out of the hole. The well is being drilled by Mr. E. DeGolver. of the Amerada Petrol eum Corporation to whom the White I River Development company a-ssign-' ed 10.000 acres of the 20,000 acres that they have under lease. The well being drilled on the Z. W. Shrader farm and the surrounding acreage in different localities is owned and operated solely by Mr. DeGolyer. This company is a closed corporation and has no stock for sale or any acreage to sell. Mr. C. D. Thurston, superinten dent of the drilling operations, who has had a number of years experi ence in the oil business and under whose supervision the drilling is pro gressing, is not discouraged at th" situation of things at the well, as he has had previous expreiences of this kind which were much more difficult than this one. The company expects to soon ovrecome their difficulties and resume drilling at an early date with confirmed hopes of finding oil or ga3 in sufficient quantities to pay them for their efforts and money ex pended in exploring the lower re- gions of the state of Nebraska. If I oil or gas should be found it w ill be very encouraging to tne people ot Sill 1 ' UI1UI II ' w V. 11 l .7 ..uA Hi boost for the state of Nebraska an well. Visitors from Murdock Attending Court Today From Friday's Daily . This morning a number of the well known residents of Murdock and vicinity were here to attend the hearing of the case that has orig inated out of the condemnation of land near that village for the pur pose of the erection of the new con solidated high school building. I The; owners of the land have ob jected to the amount that was al j lowed for the land and have taken the matter into court. A. L. Tidd is appearing for the protestant, the guardian of Anna Stroy, owner of the land, and C. A. Rawls appears for the i school board of the district. I Among those here to attend the hearing were A. E. Lake, O. e.. Zink, E. H. Miller, August Panska, Fred Puell, C. L. Miller and John J. Gua tin. A. F. Hedengre.. aster carpenter of the Omaha e!iv oion of the Bur lington, was her; t lay for a few hours looking after some matters for the company. IN iOOD STATE YOU PEEL. AT HOME If NEBRASKA