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r'.v.3 lAstcri- am -I $ B y n I? itS Sa-T Zx. V"sart7 ,o. VOL. KO. ZL. FLATTSIOUTH, KEBEASEA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1824. NO. S2 H A QSK MX J vtp r0 I l f i 1 I J 1 j HAVELOCK BANK GETS 'STUCK UP' YESTERDAY First National Lark Has Visit From Two Unmasked Bandits Who Se cure $6,500 to $7,000 Cash. From Friday's Iai?y Two unmasked bandits who rob bed the First National bank at Ilavelock Thursday afternoon o: JC.Sou to S7.0i0 in cash and addi tional securities, made a gctawey so complete that officers of the law had little to work upon Thursday night. A report came to State Sheriff Car roll's office thr.t an Kex car answering the description of the one said to have been used by the robbers hid been found in a meadow near Waverly. Sheriff Hensel and officers from the state law enforcement off in went to Waverly and mud" a scan h but the car could not be found. The discovery of the oar was reported mdireetlv to the s.tute sin-rifiV i-.r. to tne state sneriu s or some coon hunters near fice thru Waverlv. Another report was received that a car answering th description bad been sen near t'uadilla at tibeut 4 o'clock Thursday. It is thought probable that the bandits had a .-on-federate or confederates with an other tar and tramferr. d to this car. Sheriff Carroll notified authorities of all towns within a large ratlins to be on the lookout for men. J. L. Biddiecom. cashier of tiie bank and O. J. Hit'. h-ock. assist ant cashier. were in conference with State Sheriff Carroll Thursday night and went over descriptions c.f the men wiih the sheriff and Ccunty Sheriff Hensel and ether officers. Descriptions given by thoe at the bank at the time of t:: robbery differ in a number of desuiis but a fairly trood description et the m n was obtained. It is known that the man who grabbed up the cash from the ca:-h drawer and took the money from the vault was of light complexion, weighed about 1G0 ppun:. was about 5 feet and 4 inches tall and rather squatty in arpeara.-- He wore a. black fedora hat, black clothes. He kept very while gathering up the cash, other mm. who is described as and still The tall- it and slended. doing the talking and ordering the emplryes and cashier about, while he held a gun on them. He was said by Assist ant Cashier Hitchcock to b about 5 feet 7 or S inches in height and weighed about 150 pound.-;. He wore a cap. light tan and khaki coat of good quality. He wus lath er dark. He looked as if he mh-.'.it be Spanish. Mr. Hi'c hco' k and Xr. niddlecom stated. The aires of the men were given as from 2- to Z c-r j Last evening the Philathea class were about thirty or thirtiy-f.ve ! .f the Mrtho;Iist Sunday school en while others placed their ages at j joyed a very pleasant time at the from twenty-two to twenty-five. homo of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. riM Everyone in the bank was ex:-; ted on v-: .V..rbie street and r.hic;i so descriptions were not very ac curate. The robbery occured at about. 1:30 p. m. Mr. Eiddiecom said be v:s working at the typewriter behind the cage next to the wall when the robbers entered. Mr. Hitchcock, as sistant cashier was at the receiving teller's window. The met; entered quickly, the dark man puliing a gun and pointing it at Hitchcock and ordering him to throw up his hinds. He then gave orders to Mr. Didcle com and Miss Laverne Morgan, who was working at a counting m ichine near Mr. L'if'.dlecom. He snok" two thron tTn.'t: nnrl th-n Mr. Hitch cock called to Mr. Biddiecom and Mr. Biddiecom arose and started toward Mr. Hitchcock. The robber ordered "hands up" and Mr. Hitch cock lost no time in complying. W. E. C. HOLDS SOCIAL From Tl.ursdr.s--s Iaily Yet"rday afternoon th lad-es the Woman's Relief Corps held T.le.-isant social and kensir.gton of a at H. of the hospitable home of Mrs. J. v.v..tPTi in the north portion the city and which was enjoyed to the utmost by the large number that were in attendance. The time was speDt in sewing and visiting and in the singing of the old war songs that proved a source of real pleasure to the ladies of the party. The hostess was assisted in entertaining by Mrs. John Elliott and in the serving of the delicious two course luncheon Mrs. Rae McMakeri and Mrs. II. C. McMaken assisted the hostess. It was especially enjoyable for the ladies that they had with them on this occasion two of their old friends, Mrs. Eva Reese of F.ovina.. Colorado, and Mrs. Mary 15 Allison.. It was a late hour waen the members of the party wended their way homeward feeling that the occasion had been especially enjoy able to all. GETTHIG EEAL WESTER From Friday's ra!!y Last night the mercury scaled down to the margin of eighteen de grees above zero and for the first time gave the residents of this lo cality a faint idea of the brand of weather that may be looked forward to in the next few months when real cold winter sets in and the family furnace is requiring constant firing to ip tb household warm. GOING TO "BIG HOUSE" From Friday's In;!y j This mornir.fi: Sheriff E. P. Stewart and Deputy Sheriff Hex Young de parted for Lincoln, where they aconi panied Jack Knight, Fred Mc Coy ::nd Roy Mathews, v.-no are going to re main there quests of Warden Feiitou at his la r ire stone huihlit g just south of Lincoln. The three j" on est men wcr-' taken in on the cluiipf of burglarizing the Keedy drug stole at Union and were appre hended in Council r.lufis of the crime and brought here where they entered a pica of guil :y ai i ceiveu a sentence under the indeterminate sentence law of from one t:i three years in the pentitt-titiary for th ofiense. The three men are all quite young and will spend some of their best years in the penal institution atid their case is one that should be a lesson to th" youth of the folly of get tine into a life of lawlessness that leatis to the inevitable punishment and for the insignilh.-er.t amount that the men secured from the proceeds of Their robbery. am ROBBERS DO HOT COME THRU HERE IN GETAWAY Eank at Havelock Watched Tor Ey PoLce 2nt Escape Another Way. linn Friiisy? Taily Iast nisrht Officers Libershal and Jackson were on the alert for autos pas-ing through the city in the hope:; of being aide to apprehend the rob !; -rs of the bank at Have lock which was stuck up yesterday afternoon at o'clock ane The office in coin was .ents after 1 robbed of some SfJ.000. of the state sheriff at summoned a few mo he robbery and at ence had men on the job in searching for the robtKrs but the p-rpetrutors of the c rim.e- had made their get:; way. Descriptions of the men were tei:l out to all of the adjoining towns and a watch maintained for the bank robbers on the main highways lead ing from Lincoln but without much SUCOfSS The robbers are supposed to have been part ot the g.aig that hrse b-.'en engaged in the robb-ries over the ve?ti-rn portion of Iowa and that just a lew nights ago robbed sev eral htores in the vicinity of Centr. i City. The robl'ts in making their get away evidently decided net to at tempt to g. t into Omaha by the m?in Med hi; n of the hw:: y- as no trace this locality. wa s PHILATHEA CLASS MEETS Fi'om r'' .la ity was att'-np'e of 1 !' meni u by a very ;ers, of this t of t he y tie church large fast jung number growing organization v..'!r:'-r. of t The I us::; ever by ih" Holmes, and marne --.-;s session P'-esident w. presided ;. W. R. nised the and also Ml the ladies disc coming mor. ti p'ans f-..r the reviewed the excellent work of the contest that the class staged with the members of the Y. M. H. C. of the Sunday school and in which the ladies were th'- victors. j 1-ollowir.g The business session there was a short social time en j joyed in guessing contests, and games and als- m the enjoyment of two most pleasant vocal solos by Mrs. Ed Roman, one of the talented ladies of the ity. Miss Matie Boyd serv ing as accompanist. In addition the ladies had the pleasure of receiving over the rrkdi: the Sunday school lesson delivered by Rev. Brown of Omaha and which came in very ap propriate for the meeting of the clas. The ladies had an unexpected visit from several of the gentlemen of the church who came they claimed to escort their wives home, hut it is thought the gentlemen were a committee sent to pry into the inner conferences of the class and learn of their plu.ns so that in the next conttst the men might be the win ners. At nn nnnronraite hour the hostess served verv daintv refreshments that were much members of enjoyed by the party. all of the ENLISTING NEW HEiLBERS From Ffiday-a I.iiy The enlisting of the new members for 19-!i in the American Legion V. o o ct'irio.1 nut in ti lnrfil rint ririi ' jilreadv aonlications for renewals of IrlrIIlLtirilF iJtc; viuiui hviu iv i vn in at the office of Adjutant E. A. Webb. The Legion year opens on January 1st and at that time all of the 1&24 memberships become de linquent. Charence Ledgeway en joys the distinction of being the first of the 1925 members to get un der the wire and by the middle of next week it is hoped to have a large number of the members enrolled and th? due for the coming year rolling in. Mrs. Joseph McCarty was amon; the passengers today for Omaha where she spent the day visiting with friends in that eity. DEATH OF OLD RES IDENT OF OASS COUNTY THURSDAY William S. Wolfe Passed Away terday at Koine of Eis Son Shennan Wolfe at Alvo :es- From T!: urs.liiy's r-aiiy At the home of his son. Si Wolfe, at Alvo. otcurred the yesterday of William S. Wolte. erii.a n de-tii .iic of and d and the old time residents of the western section of C'as count a gentleman universally love esent"d by a very large circle of iviends of many y.-j.rs standing. The deceased had rea;h"d the ripe dd .it-e of eighty-one .wars and had I-.-d a life of the greatest activity that had extended from his child hood days in Ohio to the lattr years when he w;.s engaged m homestead ing in the new str.te of Nebraska. William S. Wolfe was born in Shelby county. Ohio, March SB. 1S4.'5. and lived with his parents in the Ohio home until he was seventeen yoars of age and then moved to resided for a number of years and later located m Michigan, where he vvus engaged in the carpenter trade .'or a piriod of years. The active life of Mr. Wolfe in the farming line was stopped fcr a :n ricd of years by the breaking i-ut of the civil war that called the Villi ! the 1M r. Millar of of the I nion nation to the defense o August 2, is or. in the -Jth ; an on Wolfe enlisted infantry of the anny pa ted in a number of and t;a thv battl i he Mississippi valley campaign of iei:eral Grant and General Sherman and was wounded at the battle of ! hickamaugua. where there were killed and I .7 4 i wounded, and the wounned young soid.er was tak- 3n to the hospital at Chattar.oog fenr.issee, where he remained for a juir. u:i nis recovery so mat ne was abie to do duty. Mr. Wolfe was as signed to guar;' duty, but desiring o rejoin his outfit bearded v train and moved to the front and partici pated in a number of the sniitler battles in Georgia and was tuKen prisoner t,y the troops of General Hood at Milan, Georgia. He spent a long period in the southern prison amps and was at the infamous An iersonvilie prison from December, lMi4, until in April. ISCa, when the war closed, arc! suffered very much rem the privations of that prison, nd which formed the hardest tiials oi ins i-mg me. lie was nr.aiiy iis char: ed 1 rom service in Jul v. 1 S. !.". at Columbus. Ohio. j Following the close of th war, he trained in the middle states until i iu ISTl, wh-n he came ve: t to Ne- i braska anil located on a homestead i south of Ashland in Cass county, j where he resided for a great many, years. He was married October 1. 1S72, a year after coming to this county, to Miss Rebecca Logan, who pc-sed away in 1SS1 and again in 1SS:; he was married the second time to Miss Mary McCutcheon. who is surviving his passing. There are four child ren kit to mourn the death of this trood man. they being Mrs. Viola Toland of Havelnck: Sherman Wolfe of Alvo; Harlan Wolfe of Ashland, and Mr:-:. Vera Johnson, of Newark, New Jersey. From 1SS4 for several years the family resided at York, later return ing to the old homestead and then in later years moved to Ashland, where the family have resided since. While on a visit to his son at Alvo, Mr. Wolfe was stricken clown with the last illnes:-:. The funeral vas held this after- ikpou at the Methodist church at Ash - land kins, tery nnd eon due teil by the interment beinc in at that place. Rev. Wat - the ce-me- Q. Z. SOCIETY KEETS From Tuurivlny's TOuily Tlie Q. Z. society of the Presbyter ian church held their regular meet ing yesterday afternoon. Mrs. T. I'. Livingston was the hostess on this oecasion and the large number of the members of this excellent soci ety and friends were very pleasantly ! entertained at her pretty home on North Sixth street at this time. 1 ne fleeting afternoon hours were devoted to plying the busy needly on dainty fancy work interspersed with social conversation. A very pleasing business session was held, at which time a pleasing report of the results of the Happy Hundred supper recently held at the resbytt rian church was given. Fur- incr committees and arrangements also made for the Christmas bazaar which will be given during the early part of December. At a suitable time the hostess served delicious refreshments. A few moments devoted to further conver sation and other diversions and then the ladies, after thanking their hos tess for her kind hospitality and de lightful afternoon afforded them, wended their way homeward. From 8 o'clock a. m. to fi n. rn.. r - ! Wescotts offer each hour two very "jT - 7T " . JJr, ' E'ead tbeu oig Eargain Wednesday ad and save some money. HOLD FELLOWSHIP SUPPER From Thursday's DuMy Last evening the members of the Epworth League tr joyed a very time at the third meeting of the Fel lowship week th."'t is being held by the society and which is a part of the '"Win My Chum" movement br ing held over the country. The niembeiT. of the society gathered at the church parlors at f.::C0 for a sup per and some forty v ere in attend ance at the meeting and njj-yt d the oecrs.ion to the utmost. The meet ings are to bring in closer contact with, the church and to interest the! your.grr memno-s i.; the active jn church work and has proven veryijv rucc-.'ssi u ! ;n every way :n iievei-.ip-ing a marked interest ny all of the meniber.-iiip. The meeting last even ing was in charge of the ('. II. JVdtr. and proved most inter. :-Ting in the discussion of the ih'ttcii v ork. P FiSCOPAL ladies AflE ARR.HSING FOR THEiB SHOFFE Annual Christmas Ehor-ne of tlie Irlr.ry's and t. Lull's Guilds to be Held Dec. Srd. From ThM-fiiay'e TaiSr Th' ladies of the ? St. Luke's Guilds of church will hoid their mas shoj pe on Decen 1 Modern .Woodmen kri and on which occasion p anr.ir.c a real treat r. Mary's and j the Episcopal j ' L.'tual Christ - r :;i d at the j in th is city i the ladies arc both in th? man to be ;n:er Th: fine articles of needlework as well as the offered for saie ; ;:iir.;j;g ftatures o hal! wii! he t- t he occasion, anred hrr.nl- f omely with d-ror '.turns and here - - i cf ! toe lucny line hand--:i'ide piece n e I lev.-ork wii; be dinpiuye.i as v.-c i us many novel lies tlmt will prov r.ior.i enticing t? the I.er so.no of th? dainty articles for the Christmas season. The ladies are alsr planning the serving of a luncheo i at the noon hour on the day of tie shoppe and in the ner tl eunin! at will a more elaborate diri- ' be strictlv up to the the ladies high standard for wliich of these two organizations are note-el. Following the dinner there will be music and dancinc for those who enjoy this form of entertainment and it will prove a real treat to all who attend and will be one of most interesting shops that the dies have held in recent vears. the j la- ?mm of MRS, 3 Jit., c k MB oocoris imm Old Tiire Resident ci Called to Kcr L?.st County '3 .- at Eer crr in i-i2.iii5 From Friday's Iro!v The old time friends se ph Mac ney of Maniey inc the death of thh; es; Of Mrs. Jo are mourn imahie laciy ! whi :h occurred at her home there I e : ?donday afternoon and wh.ieh j p.; v'S a place hard to till in her fam ' iiy circle and in the hearts of these who had known her so well in the i years gone by. j Mrs. Maceney has resided here al ' most all of her lifetime and at the time of death was sixty-four years cf jage. j Maggie Simmons was born in the ; Old Dominion at Staunton, Virainia, ; on September 11, 1SC0. and when a j child of five years was orphaned and. her ct re was assumed by the Wash i ing of their fifteentli wedding anni Snyder family, and who when they j vcrsary that will be long pleasantly came west to Nebraska at the close j remembered by those who were in of the Civil war brought the little ! attendance'. girl with them to make her home in the new state that was then just opening to the settlers of tiie east and south. It was on a farm west ol Mync.rd that the little girl grew to womanhood and wher- she was mar ried on March 17. 1SS1, to Joseph Maceney, who had aiso come here when a child of seven years from his old home at Kcrkomo. Indiana, and had been rorrcd in the pioneer west. After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Maceney the foster parents. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder, removed to county, where they passed number of years agOi After marriage. Mr. and Maceney continued to make Mrs. their home on farms in this section of the county until in 1SS3 when Mr. Ma- cenev purchased a farm of his own that he farmed until 191C when the family moved into the town of Man- ley where they hav since resided and where the wife and mother re - ceived the last call. There remain to mourn the death of tiiis good woman the husband and two daughters. Mrs. John Habel and Mrs. Herman F. Gansemer. The , funeral services were held Wednesday from the late home and were conducted by the Rev. W. A. Taylor of Union who speke to the assembled relatives and friends words of comfort n'ud hope in their hour of bitter loss. The interment was at the Weeping Water cemetery. Lost anything T Advertise It. RESULTS OF THE ELECTIOK 111 III FKE FREGiMQTS List of Justices. Assessors and Eoad Oversee! s Chosen in Conn-ty At Eecer.t Election. From Thursday's Daily: One- of the feature? of the election--: that are sometimes lost sight of in the struiiie over the main eoun- and st.i e officers is that en the precinct o."iccrs, the beys wim dis pense justice, assess the property of the taxpayer and look after the un let p of t!ie roa ds ov. upon pa rts of r.ficers h countv and there is a great i iiity tlian the agines. The .Tourril i; d.-ai io a vera so v responsi person ini glad io crive the Y of the rcsuiis in the einets of Cass county who have been chose n low citizens to handle various pre- ( and the ?tr by tl the affairs Ilieir own localities. The re-suits of the election on jus tice cf the peace, assessor and road overseer were as follows: S?.It Creek Precinct Justice. John Bellinger; assess-or, John Mcfford; overseer, Jacob Witt. Store Creek Precinct Justice. A. W. Xeihar:; assessor. Lisle Horton ; overseer, Wm. Harley. Zinrwood Precir.ct Justice II. R. Schmidt; assessor, O. V. I'ickweil; overseer. Louis Schmidt. Eonth seTii rrecznet J:::tice. O. W. Zaar; assessor, B. F. lo'i!; overseer. William Richards. Weeping Water William Newham; asses McKay; overseer, J. W. Justice, or. John A ise n.an. Tipton Precinct G. W. Peterson; J-r i lice, ti. v . t'ete-rson; assessor. Alien; overseer. J. C. Mick. Greenwood Precinct Justice-, R. W. Charles Fucknei Skinne r. Center Si ewart; assessor, !; overseer, Art Precinct Humble; assessor, overseer, Andrew Justi-: e. A. H. V,'i!!ici:i Sio-eiinn; mieftri. Louisville Precinct Justice. Ed Gcis; assessor, James Hoover; overseer. A. A. Schoeman. Avoca Precinct Jut-tice. H. J. Stutt: assessor. R. E. Norris; overseer. E. H. Norris. lit. Pleasant Precinct Justice. 11. A. Doty, assessor. Wil- i j st n Giimour: overseer, A. J. Schafer. j Eight Hile Grcve Precinct j Justice. Adam Meisinger; assessor, ' IT. A. Meisinger; overseer. Ralph H. ! Meisinger. 2e!tawka Precinct Justice. H. M. Pollard; assessor. G. C. Ilohack; overseer. R. Kettlehut. Liberty Precinct Justice. Pan Lynn: assessor, E. B. Chapman; overseer, J. C. Niday. Eock Eluffs No. 1 Justice. Coorge E. Nickels; asses sor. B. A. Roet ; oversee-r, Gre-en Pig got. P.ock Eluffs No. 2 Justice. George S. Smith; assessor, G. L. Tavlor; cpversecr. Alex Camp bell. Plattsmouth Precinct Justice. Robert W. Dlack; asses sor, W. S. Wetenknmp; overseer, C. C. Barnard. Weeping Water City Justice, Mark E. Wiles. PJattsmouth City Justice, William Weber. CELZEEATE ANNIVERSARY From Tluirsd.T. "s Iniiv Mr. and Mrs. Louis Horsack of this city have just observed the pass- Those who were present spent the time in showering Mr. and Mrs. Hor sack with their well wishes and also in setcial con versation and music that I served to pass the time most delight fully. Fred Duda, Sr., Louis Kost jka and Emil Chlupacek furnished : some very fine music and to which i the members of the party sang and I danced the fleeting hours away un j til time for returning homeward ar j rived. During the evening a very : fine luncheon was served by the host- Furnas ; ess that added to the delights of the away a occasion and completed a real even j ing of pleasure. To add to the I pleasures of the family a number of , relatives from Omaha and David City were in attendance. Those who were attending from this city were ; Edward Donat and family, Albert i ) Pendl and family. Joe Sedlak, Jr., ; and family, Frank Perchance and i family. Tom Sedlak and family, Fred ; Duda and family, Louis Kostka and family. Card of Thanks We desire to express to the kind friends and neighbors our deepest appreciation of the many acts of kindness shown in the recent sick ness of cur beloved wife and mother, and for the words of sympathy at our great loss, also we wish to thank rll those who were so generous with the flowers at the funeral. Joserh Maceney; Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Ganse mer and Family; Mr. and Mrs. John Habel and Family. FIND EUEGLAES GUILTY "l-rm Friary's Art I.r-vd ; v:v arrested I pail v aid James King, here sc. ral week who s ago by Flu-riff r: ewart. who on ad- ; vice from ing Miss;u ul-urn ipiarcb'd the even-; i I'at-ific train :-.fd took ; the t .' o men off have Tioth ln-en cen-j vic-ted in the district court of Otoe county and await sentence for their i offen'-es. The men were- ch arced with hav-' ng burgla riz d a string of depots ! along the Crete line of ihe Misouri j i'acific They set up as si defense-,! the liain. that they were going north' to s.--ik work on farms and had; nothing to do with tiie robbing oii the station5. I ihe state by Sheriff Stewart and other witnesses, including station i '" I 1 cents. Mentihed the articles taken om King and Boyd at the time of their arrest and which ha! been purloined from the various stations. The penalty is from three to fif teen years in the penitentiary. -ziLOGAL WHOLESALE HOUSE IS SHOWING WITH RAPIDITY Ecbb Candy Cc. Now Finds Business Growing Hapidiy and Assist- Cnt TO.-cn T-n tn From Tliursday's lJail The Rcpbb Candy company. I'latts- mouth's large wholesale candy- house which has been in business for the home and has be-e-n very successful past few months has shown such ajin his work in that locality, pleasing growth of busiues:, that Rev. W. R. Robb, the hear c.f the firm has found that it is advisable to l.ae an assistant in the business and therefore has secured the ser vices of D. C. Morgan, former post master and an expert bookkeeper and accountant, who will have charge of the book work of the com pany as well as a part of the local city business of the concern. Rev. Rebb was formerly traveling on the road for a large candy house and conceived the idea of giving the pffopic of Plattsmouth a wholesale house of their own, where they could" secure candy at juct as low prices and a great deal more convenience than they could at the larger houses in the cities. The wholesale house was opened up in the room just east of the Journal office and in a few months the business has grown to large pro portions and the place is now crowd ed with business and supplies a large territory with sweetstuff and has proved a real benefit to the com munity. In securing Mr. Morgan as an as sistant in hi establishment. Rev. J Robb will find a most valuable man ! who is thoroughly alive to the busi ness life and an expert in the hand- line of books and records and willl make the wholesale office depart ment a real force of efficiency and service. Unusual price offerings are made for one hour each in Wescotts' Ear- gain Wednesday ad. Read it! There is one of the finest lines of Thanksgiving- cards in the city at the Eates Book and Gift Shcp. Call and look them over. Part of every dollar that you spend home goes to pay taxes and increases at the welfare of everyone liv; community. Also, the dollars deposited in the home bank are used to develop home in dustries. Dollars that go elsewhere do the same for strangers. For y out own sake and the sake cf your community, buy at home end bank at home. The First Mtional Bank THE BANK WHEPE YOU FEEL AT HOME PLATTSMOUTH "The Bank Where FORMER PLATTS iYiOUTH PEOPLE ARE MARRIED Miss Lc retta Clark and Mr. Jack iP.C- Court Are Harried Wednesday At Los Anrcles, Cal. I-'-o!ip Friday's I; i 1 y 1 ::e wciic. : tig fc-riiiir rei-i'leni: curred on Wdne California, when of two well known ; of this city oc sdcy at Los Angdcs, Miss floret ta Clark a Triage to Mr. Jack was unit c! in m MeCourt. The announcement of the wedding was received lure today by friends and oh! time acquaintances of the contracting parties and who were very much pleased to barn of the happy event. The bride is a daughte r of Mr. and Mrs. Ac.iic r Clark, old time residents here and where Mr. Clark for many ycrrs ran a groi-ery store- an el was one- of the leading business men of t!i' community. In the last f.-w years Miss dark has been supervisor of vicual education in the Los Angeles schools and has had charge of that department that is tcaehinc the yc.-unc inro'.mn tne use of movinc ' pictures. ' Tl1" proom is a J Francis M. MeCourt son of Mrvor Francis M. MeCourt, also a forir rr Ph-.ttsmouth business man and h rpent sever: ! years c.f his boyhood here, the family moving awav a i great many years ago ot the wi -t coast where he has since made l is URGES SUPPORT EE GIVEN TITE RED CROSS DRIVE From Frilcy'.c Ta!!y National Commander James A. Drpin of the American Legion, a vis itor to Nobrask.-i Armistice day and a former Nebras.kan. said he was vi tally interested in the success of the Eighth Annual Red Cross roll ca'l now in progress all over the country. In discussing the success of the Tell enll with Leoncrd W. Trotter. ?ztt dirrctcr fcr Nehraskr. a On.a hfc." Commander Drain rpokf feeling ly of the cre?t work of the Red Cross during the war and Fince. "Thou spnds of disabled me-n rtill pro Iia-ir-c helped by the American Red Cross." he said. He spirt ho hoped the roll rr IT. which started in Nebraska Armistice clay and lasts until Thanksgiving clay, would meet with great success. Following a proclamation issued bv Governor Charles Bryan at Lin coln Armistice dny urcing ali in the state who can te join the Red Cross during the roll call, other represen tative men and organizations have issued proclamations or statements calling upon citizens to support the Red Cross in this roll call. N. W. Stewart, president of the Nebraska State Federation of Lalur. rys. "The service to humanity which the Rd Cross renders contin ually without other aim than to re lieve suffering and illness commends its work to every man and woman." Tie urges all followers of the labor mevrTT,rr,t in Nebraska, particularly, to poin the Red Cross. He points out that Samuel Gompers. preside-nt of the American Federation of La bor, has been proud for many years of his membership in the American Red Cross. Keep Year Dollars in Flaiisnouih! the lvinsr "NCBKASKA Yon Feel at Home!"