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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1924)
s he. P ' VOL. NO. XL. PLATTS3IOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 192 NO. 54. RifiTTrn iVIH I 3 INTEREST ARE TALKED OVER CKAMEEX OF COMMERCE MEET ING COVERS MANY IMPORT ANT SUBJECTS. manner and this will be taken up and discussed with the management of ;the water company. ' Secretary E. A. Fricke announced to the Cnambtr that the M. D. A. of the Burlington shops was preparing to give a community picnic on Labor day, Monday, September 1st, and de sired the co-operation of the Cham ber of Commerce, the Ad club, the Ariericpn Legion. KIks and other so cieties and organizations. The plans for the picnic had not been fully com ROCK BLUFFS AS SOCIATION FORM ED AT UNION, NEB, WHEAT YIELD NEAR MURDOCH The wheat that is being threshed out in the vicinity of Murdnck is showing some great results and shows that the farmers of Cass county have a cause to feel well pleased with the fine crop that they have been blessed with this season and have promise of some real returns for their year's Some 200 Of Former Residents of "ork. Among the farmers reporting tne csult ot their cops tnee are some very fine yields and which are given BURGLARS AR b'SY OAS again s COUNTY Old Cass County Town Pres ent at the Reunion. below: Chris A. Kupke, seven acres made an average of 52 bushels and the rest HflPPT 100 SUPPERS AGAIN Start October 7th. From Saturday's Daily wsi l"--"; .""..be. should be staged here this Hi, u di. , it' in a.i.iui.uLu, vorv j jdea anj jf conducted along of the public library vno oy thoir at- the Q ,ineg secure SQme much tendance showed more than a Pass- neeJ.j fund3 for the communitv work ins ; intert-.-t in the welfare of the city , the chamber of Commerce. 'There and helped to devc.op some very finely some d,scusslon of thi3 and mem. sutgc-stions as to hn things that;b.re tf the Eiks prc.sent gtated that mights be accomplished m the com- thi, order wa8 also pl3nning a car. raun'.ty ere the close o. the year. :niva, &nd that th? Lerlon also had The Missouri Pacific railroacr com-; announced a wild west show and fes pany. with which President Davis ( tival for the fall season, has been in correspondence relative j William Baird brought up the sub to some improvements at the local j ject of the enforcement of the auto-pae-ne-r station on loth sir':t. re-; mobile la-v as covering the headlights plied that it i? now preparing to in-f and tall lights cn cars operating in stall city water i:i th depot and, the city nnd the disregard of which wc-uld also take up and Investigate ; iFwW by the auto drivers was sooner the proposition of beautifying the;0r later going to result in a tragedy grounds of the depot. J when there was a collision caused by Treasurer E. A. Wurl rf the Chain-! the violation of the law. Mr. Baird her. stated that tho strong box of the stated that there was not a eight organization at this time contained ; when the car drivers did not violate S:'iS and which report was accepted. ; the law by driving around with their The Fourth of Julv committee sub-Shts out, sometimes one headlight, m!tt-d Its final report with all Mils .emetines both and a very large per paid and wh'ch Eho .v-d tl.it 1913 eentago of the cars without any tall had been expended for the entertain- Shts going at all. Other members ment and comfort of the visitors on!"!sr Pointed out that the driver who the ctlebra'ion dav f' whizzes up end down the street with " ' ' I ' ' , , jth? cutout of their car open was also President Sarl S. Davis made an ,,,.. tho Uv nr.Hn nri nth- announcement that was greeted with ers who w.ere ODt complying with the much approval wnen he stated that',aw fn to the ,ena on the car8 the Happy Hundred sucprs. would, n was declded to have representa aeain be staged the coming fall and t,on8 Irade to the law enforcing of. winter with the opting date. Mon- flceM tQ sep that tho ,aws WGre 8trlct. day, October .th. Mr. Davis, whoj enforced was one of the committee last year, j r c Wcscott suggested that the w:-s In a position where be could es-:clv,c bod urged the holding of band cape a Part cf the very strenuous. co3Certs n the few weeks that re labor this year and accordingly nam- ,n cf lhQ BUmmer and by patron- (pktf 1 but would be announced later :auu in order inai n iiuciil ue it-yi-j tentative of all of the citizens it was From Saturday's Daily purged that every organization that The first day of the Old Settlers nf the crop averaged 34 bushels to could would participate. The sites reunion at Union Friday was dis- the acre. of the picnic suggested were Murray tinctly a "Home Coming' for the Henry Schlophof, sixty acres with and La Platte as the committee seem- present and former residents of Rock jan average of 42 bushels. (1 desirous of getting near water. ; Bluffs, the historic settlement thatl Gus Wendt, one of the best known On1 of the members stated that the occupied such a distinctive place in farmers of that community had SO jiurray peopie, eo am me i iaiismouin me eariy nistory ot .Nebraska. anil,acre6 showing a yield of 36 bushel3. Herman Kupke, thirty acres, yield, 40 bushels to the acrc- , Henry Gakemeier, sixteen acres, showing 45 bushels to the acre. Paul Schewe, with thirty acres shows a yield of 32 bushels to the acre. i STORES AT VISITED AND MUCH GOODS ARE TAKEN. ONE CHARTER MEMBER LIVING Vprv C-jrre'nl Winter Gtneriirs celebration wouid furnish the Weep- there was estimated to be 200 of the J n VWIUer.4 jaJe"nSS ing Water band for the day. On mo-j Rock Bluffers in attendance at the 01 Keil CI Community V 111 Itinn. Mr. Davis Was EUthorized to'rpnninn Owf inH 1 c-n r.linncl hv name a committee of three to meet; the committee In charge and the oc- President Davis stated that it had 'also been suggested ttiat a Harvest 'carnival or festival as the case might fall and h.? thought that this might be a Ferdinand and Henry Rieckmann r 2-o fnonnrF.jr tho KaclM nanrt Mar- pers E. II Viescott G V.. Mcrgnn Qr Sattl(?r Btated tnat owlnp to tho and L. O. Minor. season the EloWDPS3 of tne taI money holng F-.:ppers proved a self sustaining prop- 0nM0nt I.I 1 A V. , . 1 f , 11 0 ,-,..:uii anu at ui, eu-i aiii .in , T.0ney in the amusraent fund to pay V: - 7'ald- - WaS for concerts unless the fund was left to help start out this H-:VPrdrawn tnd r(,eFtered warrant8 Tn- V,1. aT;3 a,r- ftat,C'5 that4T.r '-sued. Mr. Wescott and Mr. E. A. D.,s of Liberty. Missouri, one of the rJ wrp both having foremost pub, c speakers of the mH-'tbe ccni.t.rt3 whenever possible and die west, was to be th-speaker ct the ncoura ln the band b , the,r opi-ner and which wi:l be a eral tr at t.yortQ to me i'i..i-.s .ir'..tn men ui.ii auenu.j Vv'iPiazn Fver The-re wa? some discussion of the the Masonic cravf-iing nf the ro-,d to Oak Hill ing of suitable markers casion was as great a success as had been hoped for by the promoters. From the very pleasant reunion, there was formed a Rock Bluffs as sociation that will make the "home coming" an annual event and assist in preserving the memories and as sociations of the old town that once flourished along the stately Missouri river. To head the new organiza tion Attorney C. L. Graves, of Union, was named a3 president; Dr. G. H. Gilmore, of Murray, secretary; D. A. Young, Fred Patterson, Mrs. C. A. Rwals, L. P. Fitch and Mrs. J. L. Stamp, as members of the executive committee. The session yesterday at the re union grounds saw a very interest ing informal program given, during which time Attorney J. D. Graves of Peru ' fiddled" in real old time man ner while Mrs. M. G. Churchill, of Murray was at the piano. Fred Pat terson and Attorney C. A. Rawls were both heard In short addresses as was also Dr. G. H. Gilmore, of Murray, who has been one of the boosters of the movement and Dr. Gilmore also read the program writ ten by Mrs. Joel Tishue of Seward, Nebraska, which Is given below. j A number of very Interesting relics of the old times were shown by D. A. Young, one of the oldest of the pioneer residents of the Rock Bluffs locality and which consisted of a copy of a newspaper printed In Rock Bluffs in 1857, a pair of copper toed shoes worn in childhood by Mr. Young and several other old and treasured trophies of the past. The program was presided over by J. D. Graves, of Peru and at noon the members of the party enjoyed a fine picnic dinner amid the pleasant sur roundings of the grove ou the re union grounds. The poem and Introductory para phrase of Mrs. Tisher was as fol lows: "Old Home week and family re unions are coming to be frequent occurrences during the vacation months. Thej' entice many of us back to met with old acquaintances and to look at once familiar things. Old Home week should not be ig-1 Home urged tho pia"-inored- even th0Uh " wl" ve, itS t taken to Murray where 1 U marker- a one the disappointments and Its disillusion- taken to tho omB of Dr. j merits. I neugn out temporary iook- Frorn Friday's Daily The observance of the fiftieth an niversary of the Christian church building in this city which will take place on next Sunday, will bring here many of the members of this faith from over Cass county and among these it is hoped to have pres ent the only surviving charter mem ber of the Christian church in this UNION AND AVOLA:fort the church was erected and this is Mrs. G. W. Mayfield of Louisville, one of the surviving pioneer ladies of Cass county and whose husband also carried the word of the Master into the new west in the earlv davs. SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECTS! JL field can make the journey here Sun day and by her presence add to the inspiration of the occasion. There are several who were here when the church building was erected but only the one charter member of the faith in the first organized association of the Christian faith established in this COUNTY BOARD WES A LEVY FOR THIS YEAR FIXES TOTAL LEVY FOR COUNTY PURPOSES AT 3 MILLS AT SESSION YESTERDAY. Drug Store cf E. W. Zeedy at Union and Harness and Hardware Shop Entered. TOTAL TAX IS 4.8 MILLS 'B12,fl "f. ?f 5h?ir farms report Cass county has receiv from 30 to 4o bushels per acre. ; from burgjars that Li SERIOUS AUTO AC CIDENT OCCURS NEAR UNION, NEB. Party of Topeka, Kansas, Tourists Have Car Turned Over on the Highway Near Union. From Friday's Hully Once more the southern portion of community. ed a visitation rglars that has resulted in th.-1 loss of several hundred dollars! worth of merchandise from the drugj store of E. W. Keedy at Union and tho hardware store and harness shop of W. A. Hollenberger at Avoca The burglaries occurred some time late Wednesday night or early Thurs day morning, according to announce ment made at the oiTiee of Sheriff jCi'.rl Ryder of Otoe county at Ne ) urasua Lity. ) In connection with the burglary a party of three young men who were I camped in the eastern part of the jtown of Union Wednesday night, are l)'.:"ne. traced in the hope that they '.may be able to shed some light on the : two burglaries. The men were camp t: it could employed to brin? about Tl. ti red reful t an.! incidentally sonic hor Webf.tcr boulevard near the Ma-'7 , . c th-,. tt, t,-ct orf quainianctb, me? reici,ig ui juum- ke greater use of'ful "reams and ideals almost forgot ten, are as the poet says pleatan t':' chnsv cf tho roadway w-as dis- strangers could ma r's-.tii.r c'tot'i 'th5,t bf.-ivorPd'hv.' As the br.ur of nr'lonrnmer.t nn. . though mournful to the soul.' But ine iho rond run along Locust street proached. President Davis gave the iinTer the M. P. iiriut ar.d F.aving tiiumbs down signal and the assem- ot- t ha . ing to cro.--s the grade crossing on My dispersed to go on their way re Oik street which i always mere or Joiclng. lcs a menace to the public and the railroad company as we!!. Mr. Sat-' ENTERTAIN BRIDAL PARTY " tlf-r paid in regarding the financing of the proposition that at this time From Paturday' Dally the road fund cf thf city was vrry The hospitable home of Mr. and low and could net stand the drain Mrs. L. Tl. Vroman in the south por acd that the city council on voting tion of the city was the scene of a Intersection bonds could ?o as hit;h most charming family gathering on a.-. ?l'Ofio but that on preposition Thursday evening, the occasion be of the kind similar to the grawling ing in honor of Verdon Vroman, of of the road the bonds vo ild Lave to Chicago, and Miss Marion Mauzy, be submitted to the vote of the po- whose marriage occurred this after ple of the city. William Baird stated noon. The two fitoilies were in tr.at he thought the Missouri Pacific vited to join In the most delightful would be glad to co-operate in any dinner party and to add to the way that It could in a roud under the pleasantness of the occasion the gar viaduct as this would make a better df n flowers were used in the deco way of travel from the west of the rations of the dining room. Follow clty and for those driving to the ing the dinner the members of the cemetery and eliminate to a great party spent the time in visiting with e-tont the danger from wrecks on the the two young people who were the grade crossings that were alwny3 guests of honor. very dangerous to the railroads and. Those who participated in the c stly as well. It was decided that event were Mr. and Mrs. Henry the secretary of the Chamber of Com- Mauzy, Mrs. T. J. Todd and sen, rr.( rce write Division Superintendent ! Henry, of Kearney, Nebraska; Miss Brown of the Missouri Pacific rela- Margaret Mauzy, tive to the matter. On motion. It Miss, Marion Mauzy was also decided that the Chamber . Vroman, of Chicago: Eugene Vro of Commerce favcr having the matter man, wife and daughter, Betty Jean; cf inning bonds for the $5,000 neces-1 Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Vroman and pary for gra'seling the cemetery road ' daughters, Winifred and Donice. placed on the ballot this fall for a. vote of the people STORK IS BUSY President Davis stated that it hadj been suggested by the fire depart-1 From Saturday's Daily mcnt that the city have a pressure! Tne Btork has been busy in the P':mp for the use of the department south portion of the city in the past in the outlying districts to increase ( week and the birth of a fine little the water pressure and which would. son at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. R. ail in the lowering of the insurance I -y. Harris and a daughter at the n,te to the residents of the city. May-! home of Gayland Straley is reported, or Sattler said this was a very finehe new Americans have brought a preposition but the cost of a pressure jgreat deal of happiness with them ryst?m was from $4.00 to $5,000 aTL are doing nicely and their advent (lllll t.'ililOftt tl IHdlltT ui iiuyupaiuiiiij at this time altho it was something that certainly would be a great help of San Francisco; izy; Mr. Verdon i I wish I had a moving picture of The happy days of youth. That would show again the village school Where I met blue eyed Ruth. I would like to see my childhood friends. From Tommy down to Flo. Ah, those were jolly, sunny, hap py days The days of long ago. "I wish I had a moving picture of The hills I used to slide. And I would like to see the creek On which I used to glide. I would like to see the swimming hole; The ball ground far away. And I would like to see the funny sights In the games we used to play. "I wish I had a moving picture of The well-remembered past. Those dear old, merry, joyful childhood days That were too bright to last. Ah, childhood Is fifty years too 6hort; Too quick the world grows old! But here is one heart that will ne'er forget The happy days of old. "A moving picture of childhood I wish that I had That would show o'er again the scenes I knew when a lad. Dear old 6cenes of the schoolhouse, The church on the hill; Picture scenes of old Rock Creek That flowed by the mill. From Friday's na.ll Yesterday afternoon suortly after ie-d in the vicinity cf the school house 3 o'clock a very serious accident oc- at Union and parties living In that curred on the federal highway north . vicinity state that the three young cf Union near the northeast corner men left the grounds and went to cf the farm of Charles Garrison and the village about 5 o'clock Wednes which resulted In the serious Injury day morning and later were Been to of Attorney Page of Topeka, Kansau. return to their car with several pack and his wifo and sou and d-uightci .; a-os, entered the car and were driven Of the partv the wife was the most i away. seriously injured and grave fears of At the Keedy drug store at Union her recovery are entertained. I entrance wa3 forced and the party or From the accounts cf tho accldeni ! prirties secured 300 cigars from tho it seems that the partf traveling in j boxes on display fn the show cases, a Euick sedan were en route from (twenty Waterman-fountain pens, a their homo to Lake Okibcjl. Iowa, quantity of perfume and several car and had had a very pleasant trip on; tons of cigarettes. The robbery was their Journey until they suddenly . discovered when Mr. Keedy came to camo on a truck driving along the the store on Thursday morning to highway near the Garrison farm and 'open up for business and found that the sedan attempted to pass the truck ; eorr-ec no had been there before him and while the driver was swinging jar d saved him the trouble, the car out to pass around the truck! Tho Avoca, business houses also the steering gear refused to respond suffered quite heavily from the vis to the driver and tho car waj hurled itat'on of the burglars and the har off to the roadside Into a ditch and ness shop and hardware store reports turned completely over and almost, the loss of a set of harness, several demolishing the car and burying thej sets of fly nets, two radio sets and Pf:ge family in the shattered wreck. three picket knives were taken as At first it was feared that Mrs. well as a large number of Inner tubes Page had been killed outright but : and three tires of various makes, sho was found to be alive altho un-.Thls burglary as well as that of Un conscious end all of the members of Ion was rot discovered until the next the Dartv were verv badlv iniured. : morning when the owners came to iThe four occupants of the car were open up their places of business. thev were It is thought that possibly the F. Bren-. three men may have somo knowledge del to have their Injuries cared for. of the crimes and search for them i3 Mr. Page was found to have suffered being made by the Otoe and Cass bad bruifes and several lacerations, county authorities. while Mrs. Pago had received a se-: vere blow cn the head and her hack rjrjJTM rtT ! CU HCV was apparently Injured altho it was J jf JXsi tmpossiDie at me lime to iuiiy as-, certain just to what extent. The son and daughter were not dangerously injured altho they were bruised up. quite badly and had several lacera-j tions on the face and body from the Death Follows Long Illness at Swed glass of the car which had broken Tyftssion Hospital at Omaha and flew over the wreck as the car tw TrJA T,mv crashed into the ditch. Trom Imected Iamb. Owing to the serious condition of' , , , ,, Mrs. Page it was decided bv Dr. I Jrl,d" . ... . Brendel to have her taken to Omaha' La. ,ni at, the Swedish Mission and according in company with A. hospital at Omaha where he has been D. Bafcke. the Mnrrav garage man.: or some months past, occurred the and Deputy Sheriff Rex. Young, the death of Lew Meyers, old resident of injured parties were tahen to Omaha I ' " lltSI , t, . ERS, PIONEER HERE where Mrs. Page was placed in the St. Catherine's hospital for treatment and examination. LEAVES FOR A VISIT to the distant hydrants where the pressure was low The matter of water pressure brought J. H. McMaken and several other of the members out to reinon- has brought much admiration from their parents and other relatives. MARE STRAYED Strawberry roan mare, strayed from the Davis place south of riatts mouth. Any word as to whereabouts etrate on the muddy condition of the of raare may be left at Gei9e 6oft "Picture scenes of my mother, My life's truest friend! Dear old pictures of playmates I'll miss till life does end. Happy! Yes, I'd be happy Once more to behold Moving pictures of childhood My childhood of old." Mrs. Joel Tishue. From Frlda.y'a Pally This afternoon Miss Wilhelmfna Henrichsen. daughter of Chief of Po lice and Mrs. William Henrichsen. departed" for Omaha where she will Join her grandmother, Mrs. L. Jipp, and accompany her to Stockton, Kan sas, to visit there with Mrs. A. C. of the best known men in this por tion of Cass county. Death followed an illness of some duration and was caused by an infection in one of the lower limbs that led to gangrene and spreading through his system made his recovery impossible. Mr. Myers was seventy-one years of age and had spent the greater part of his lifetime in. the northeastern portion of Cass county, as a young man being employed in the office of his stepfather,- Dr. J. L. McCrea, . a dentist, and later entering the em ploy of O. P. Johnson in a drug store Hammond, sister of Mrs. William land also with the drug store of C. H. Henrichsen, and from Kansas they; Smith. will go to Colorado Springs, where i in later years Mr. Myers moved to the Hammonds have a summer cot-'cedar Creek and some thirty-five tage. They will spend a couple of -years ago was first engaged in the weeks there and Wilhelmina will re turn here in time for school. SUFFERS CUT HAND drug store at that place and remain ing there until a few years ago when ill health made It necessary for him to lay aside his cares of business and since that time he has been gradually failing in health. Mr. Myers was twice married, his city water for some time past and'drlnk parlor, phone 27. Oba Bonn-' train for Omaha to spend a few hours I Louis ' Leiner, the well known farmer, residine: on the cemeterv road west of the city, i3 wearing his left 'first wife, Mrs. Morton, being a sis- hand in a bandage and this has oc- ter of c. c. uespain oi tnis city ana casioned the many friends to indulge 'who passed away many years ago. In questions as to how the hand was Later he was married to Mr3. Frey, injured and compelled Louie to go who passed away last winter at the into details over the accident. Mr. I home in Cedar Creek. Mr. Meyers is Leiner was splitting some kindling survived by eight step children, at home with a hatchet and as he! The body will be taken to Cedar was cutting one of the pieces that he 'Creek direct from Omaha and the was holding with his left hand the I services will be held at the Cedar head of the hatchet caught on the! Creek church Sunday and the burial Frank F. Buttery was a visitor in board and was deflected and with the be held at the Glendale cemetery. Omaha today, going to that citr on result that a gash was cuf quite deep' the early morning Burlington train. n tne hand and made necessary the Mian Anna VTooclc. in' Attention nf RUTflreon to ClftSfl T1 ttlft tlio tuccon pora tnlo tnnrnln? nn tho ... . aauuaa ucyai itru ima i - " . -r- --- " - . r- morning on the early Burlington,,nJury. early Burlington train for Omaha to Mrs. Fred G. Morgan was among urged that this be remedied in sonae steely owner. e9-ltd, Uw' visiting ylUi frlenda f Advertising frfD psy you. friends there. hours visiting with RAILROAD CONDI TIONS ASSUMING A BETTER TONE General Condition of County Fin ances Very Good No Bonded Indebtedness. Freight Business on the Burlington Taking on a Very Fine In crease the Last Week. The general expansion of business in the central west due to the mov ing of crops, the fine yield of the wheat fields of Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas and the mounting prices that the farmer Is receiving for all of the products of the farm la being re flected in the increase in tli9 busi ness of the railroads of the west and the Increase has been as sudden as was the decline last fall and winter. The Burlington railroad, which operates through the heart of the great wheat and corn belt of the west has been showing a very pleas ing expansion In the last few weeks and the trains that are going over the line now are getting to be more numerous each day. To show the increase in business the Burlington has had the switch engine that was taken off of service last fall, returned to duty to servo as a helper for the heavy laden freights that are passing through here In in creasing numbers carrying the wheat from the farms to the markets of the world. The switch engine and crew are now on duty from midnight on to morning and, serve to help handle the freight traffic. The extra switch ing crew has not, however, yet been placed back In service. The demand on the railroads for additional rolling stock Is increasing and the box cars are being placed out in service as fast as possible to meet the demand and even greater num bers will be required when the corn Is sent to market in the late fall. ELECT NEW OFFICERS At a meeting of the directors of the Nebraska State bank at Weeping Water, C. E. Butler was raised from cashier to vice president and F. J. Demlngo to the position of cashier, and Misa Luclle Johnson, assistant cashier. From Thursday's Daily The board of county commission ers at its session yesterday, among other matters, took up the matter of the levy for taxation purposes for tho year 1924 and after the discussion of the matter fixed the levy for coun ty purposes at three mills, which, with the state levy of 1.8 mills, will make the total levy for the year 4.8 mills. The levy divided among the vari ous county funds is as follov.j: General fund 1 mill Bridge fund Si mills Road fund 09 mills Mothers' pensions 09 mills Soldier's relief 02 mills The levy is made on a valuation of 56,189,983 and it is estimated will bring in a revenue to the county cf $168,569.95, which will be used to finance the conduct of the county's business in the next year. The general condition of the coxin ty'as regards finances Is very good a3 there has not for a number cf years been any county bonds out standing and the county has no In debtedness of any kind against it. Only seven of the school districts of the county have bonds and these are being rapidly wiped out by the dis tricts. ' Of the twelve Incorporated villages and towns of the county there are nine that have bonded Indebtedness outstanding and these are largely for Improvements such aa paving and road work and which are being re tired by the use of the 6lnking funds created to care for them. The bond ed Indebtedness of the towns are largely Into the two main cities of the county, Plattsrnouth and Weep ing Water. ENTERTAINS FOR COUSIN Prom Friday's raJly Last evening, Miss Alice Ptak en tertained very pleasantly at her home on West Pearl street In honor of her cousin, Miss Irene Ptak, of Armour, South Dakota, who with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ptak, have been guests at the Ptak home here for the past two weeks. The occasion was most enjoyable for the members of the party in attendance and the eve ning was spent in a delightful man ner with an Informal musical pro gram. Miss Irene Ptak being a very talented musician and offering a number of pleasing selections. Games of various kinds also assisted in pass ing the time most delightfully until a late hour. At an appropriate hour very dainty and delicious light re freshments were served by the host ess that assisted in the delights of the occasion. A STRONG BANK pp2 IN A GOOD STATE The Theft-Proof Pocket Book! You can carry with you as much money as you choose have it ready to use at a moment's notice and yet run no risk of losing it or having it stolen! All that is necessary is to open a Checking Account at the First National Bank and carry a check book in place of cash. Why not get your "theft-proof pocket book" today. The First nitional bank Vhe bank where vo u peel at hom PIATTSMOUTH 2j XEBRASKA. The Bank Where Yon Feel at Home!" m - - .