Nebraska State Histcri-
i cal Society 2
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VOL. NO. XU
FLATTSMODXH.
, JHOKDAY, JUNE 1, 1925.
NO. 34
CELEBRATE GOLDEN
WEDDING ANNIVER
SARY WEDNESDAY
Hon. Francis E. White and Wife Ob
serve Event at Their Home in
Omaha Yesterday.
From" Thursday's Iui!y
The passing of the golden wedding
anniversary of lion. Francis E.
White and wife, former prominent
residents of Cass county, was ob
served yesterday afternoon and last
evening at their home, 1010 Park
avenue, Omaha.
The occasion was marked by the
gathering of the members of the
family at a fine dinner in the afttr
r.uon and which was followed in the
evening by a reception enjoyed by a
very large number of the friends of
Mr. and Mrs. White in Omaha and
nearby cities who called to pay their
respects to this most happy occasion
which marked the passing of a half
century of wedded life.
Vice rhirlatlo V in A Ifr
Francis E. White were married at
riattsmouth on May 27, 1875, and
spent the greater part of their wed
ded life here, their family having
been born in this city and where the
family resided until 1P03 when thoy
removed to Omaha on the election of
Mr. White as secretary of the grand
lodge of Nebraska Masons.
Both Mr. and Mrs. White are mem
bers of the old pioneer families of
tnis county, their parents coming
here at an early dey and having had
n rrcat rsrt In the mpl-irnr of tlio
history of the state. Mrs. White is been pald and the balance will be
a daughter of the late Jacob Valiery, .due June 1
Jr.. and wife and Mr. White a son I Reports from 57 counties have
of Francis S. White and wife, both i been ln to the state hail insur-
deceased, who came here ln 1857. ince office, showing G'3 policies is-
For many vears Mr. White was a sued- 18.619 of premiums due or
leading figure in the business life of aid' and S475.335 of insurance,
this city and was several times elect- TLese Genres, which Include every
ed to the state legislature from Ca3s!thice heard from up to May 2o, will
countv. being one of the few demo-; be increased considerably by later
crats who in on early day was elect- I returns from other counties that
ed to this position. f tave not ""et reported.
Afjer moving to Omaha. Mr. White I Premium rates for state hall m-tr-Tw.,i
i,tc v.r.-, h,t-0 t-ot- t t, . surance vary from 2 per cent m
Nebraska Masonic Home association eastern Nebraska to 7 cents In the
and the home formed thf 6rst-AU.it , extreme west, being graded In up
of the present magnificent institu- vLar. steps of cent through a eeries
tion that his been erected In tLU ,f x Farmers are ffiwn their
ritv bv thP Masonic or.l-r. Mr. Wh.-p
v the Masonic order. Mr. Whi-.e
i i3 at the present time grand
arv of the A. F. & A. M. as well !
White
secret
as secretary of the Veteran Masons,
grand secretary of the Royal Arch
Masons and grand recorder of the
Knights Templar of Nebraska.
All of the children. Mrs. Louise
Haller of Iron wood, Michigan; Rob
ert White of New York City; Va.l-1
lery White and wife of Los Angeles. !
and Miss Bertha White cf Oraaha,
were present at the family reunion
and ctlebration of the golden wed-I
i
ding.
Other relatives who attended
event were: Mrs. V. V. Leonard
the
,,,t i
da uirht ft. Miss Verna. Dr. and Mrs.
T. P. Livingston and son, Robert;
W. J. Streight. Mr. and Mrs. Evi
Qr.irr nf thi rltv Cfurcrf W Vfil-
lf-rv r.nrl .Tr.'nn Vnllerv nf Denver :!
Charles Valiery fnd wife of St. Jo
seph. Missouri; Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Dutch -r of Warrensburg. Missouri;
Mr. and Mrs. Don Leonard cf Au
burn; Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Minor,!
of Plattsmouth. Owing to Lia From Frlflay's Dally
ago and the nervous shock of the re- Last evening the members of the
cent destruction of his home here. A. class of 1925 of the Plattsmouth
W. White, a brother of Mr. White, jlligh school enjoyed their last gath
was unnble to attend the anniversary lering of the class as a unit and while
celebration as was also his daughter, only a week had passed since the
Mrs. J. A. Dcnelan. ! graduation exercises there were
The dinner party was served at j many missing from the old circle of
the Hotel Fontenelle and preceded , school friends, marking the break
thcreccption at the home later in' ins of the ties of the schools days
the evening. '.that had held the fifty-two members
f i ii the bonds of friendship and asso-
SAIUNG FOR EUROPE icia"on- ' t,a nrna nr
1 The party was held at the home of
From FriOnVs Dai!v ? Da mi an F. Flynn on West Marble
Miss Marie Kaufn.ann of this city treet and was vory pleasant to those
leaves for an extended vacation trip! who were in attendance The time
tomorrow afternoon. Accompanied j was spent largely in dancing which
tv Miss Hulda Spahni, a sister of ; was enjoyed to the utmost by the
"Mrs. Fred Lugsch. Ehe will again
cross the Atlantic. Her party will
Fail from New York on the steamer
President Harding on June 3.
Landing at Bremen they will Jour
ney southward to Switzerland whre
both have friends rnd relatives. Miss
Kaufmarn will rnend some time in
teaching Palmer writing to the
teachers in the summer schools of
several cantons. The remainder of
the summer will be spent in travel
anl in visiting frknds and relatives
in Switzerland and Germany.
Mrs. Hesse, who went over last
May, will Join the returning party
the latter part of August.
Miss Kaufraann wishes to assure
her friends that although she will
not have time to send many personal
messages, she hopes to again share
with them her experiences, both
pleasurable and otherwise, upon her
return.
LITTLE DAUGHTER ARRIVES
From Friday's Daily
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Trohaska, Jr., West Elm street, was
made happv last night at 11 o'clock
when a fine little daughter came to
make her home with them in the
future. The little lady and the moth
er arei both doing very nicely and the
occasion has brought the greatest of
pleasure to the many friends of the
family and the relatives. Mrs. Pro
haska was formerly Miss Beatrice
Holly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo
Eeph" Holly.
ENTERTAIN AT BRIDGE
From Thursday's Daily
Last evening the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank M. Eestor on North
Fourth street was the scene of a very
pleasant gathering of young people,
the occasion being a bridge party
given by Miss Eleanor Hiber. The
rooms were very prettily arranged in
decoratier.3 of the sweet peas that
furnished a pleasing note of the gen
eral decorative plan. In the games
Miss Mildred Schlater was awarded
the f.rst prize. Miss Frances Weber.
second prize, and Miss Frances Bent
ley, the consolation prize.
At an appropriate hour refresh
ments were served by tlie hostess
that added to the enjoyment of all of
the members of the party.
COUNTIES MAKE
REPORT ON HAIL
INSURANCE
Lancaster Has Largest Number In.'
j crtrpd Kfnf. TnTirPfTi Trnn,
i J v v vv . u
Cass County Insured.
I From Friday's Daily
1 Lancaster county leads Nebraska
In the number of state hail insur
ance policies so far taken out bv
farmers for the 1925 season and in
the total amount of cereal crop in
surance covered by such policies
Fifty contracts have been signed up
to this time by Lancaster grain
growers for a total of $49,661. The
amount of premiums accruing there-
nutu is x,o, part ui uica BUS
c uoice oi insuring irom or jio
- """ ul 1U!"llmf' xu U1
n acre- Payi?S a proportionate rate,
For rye and barley, 2 per cent more
is charged than for ccrn, wheat and
oats.
The season begins April 1 and
lasts until September 15. Policies
may be taken out up to August 21.
J Some of the counties where a con
jsiderable amount of state hail in
surance has been written this season
jare:
No. of
Policies
Amt.
Ins.
f 22,555
19,226
14.007
17,732
21,627
49.661
.r.
Adams
12
27
14
19
Antelope
Cass .
Custer
Hamilton 17
Lancaster
: Merrick
50
40
26
20
34
Phelps
20,581
15.0S0
22,005
; Platte
1 Sherman
SENI0ES STAGE FAREWELL
members of the part-, a number of
games also adding to the pleasurea
of the members of the gathering. At
n appropriate hour dainty refresh
ments were served that added to the
completion of the enjoyment of all of
the members of the party and which
closed the last gathering of the class
as a whole.
As is usual the pleasantness of the
occasion was marred by the fact that
it meant the severance of the years'
of association in school life, as hence
forth the members of the class will
go on their separate ways and miss
very much the sense oi democracy
and the common ground on which all
met as students of Plattsmouth High
school.
C03TPLETES SCHOOL WORK
From Friday's Daily
Miss Gladys Ellington, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ellington of
this citv, who has been teaching in
the schools of Cheyenne county, hav
ing charge of a school near Sidney,
has returned to this city for a visit
with the parents here for a week
before taking up her work in the
summer school of the University of
Nebraska. Miss Ellington has had a
successful year in her work in the
western portion of the state and the
natrons and pupils of the school were
very appreciative or her work there
in the educating of the young people
of that community.
TO fifth hnnk fit &B 3farrmn3 cJSfifi.
PETITION TO HAVE
PROPERTY PLACED
OUTSIDE OF CITY
Gronp of Residents in the Northwes
Portion of the City Ask to Be
Set Out of the City.
From Friday's Daily
This morning in the office of the
clerk of the district court a petition
was filed by August Knoflicek, Mary
Knoflicek. Mary Straka, Ignac Straka
Anton Koubek, Vaclav Belohlavy and
Mary Belohlavy, asking that real
estate belonging to them be set out
side of the corporative limits of the
city.
The property in question is located
in the extreme northwest section of
the city and is now a part of the
second ward of the city.
In their petition the plaintiffs state
that their land is used for the exclu
sive purpose of agriculture and that
it does not receive any benefit from
being inside the corporate limits of
the city, that it Is without water or
light service or fire protection, that
there Is no paving or sidewalks in
that section of the city adjoining
their property and that in justice to
the owners they should be relieved of
the taxation of the city.
The plaintiffs are represented in
the cause of action by Attorney A. L.
Tidd.
This Is the second case of this
kind filed in the last few months.
some time ago a petition having been
filed in the court by residents in the
south part of the city asking to have
their proprety set out of the city and
which embraced a tract of some forty
acres, similar to the present section
of property that Is sought to have
taken from the city.
The action will be restated by the
city in the courts and the matter of
permitting the withdrawal of the
property contested to the limit as
the land ln question would materially
affect the taxation of the wards in
which they are located.
FUNERAL OF W. H. HANN
From Friday's Dai!r .11
The funeral services of the late
W. H. Mann were held yesterday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock from the home
cn West Marble street and very
largely attended by the old friends
and neighbors who paid their last
tribute of respect to the memory of
this old resident who had lived in
this community so many years.
The services were in charge of the
Rev. W. F. Graham of Murray, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church of
that place, who officiated in the ab
sence of the Rev. H. G. McCiusky
from the city. The pnstor g::ve words
of comfort to the bereaved family
and old friends in the sorrow that
separation has brought to them.
During the service, Mrs. Hilt Mar
tin and Miss Estelle Baird sang two
of the well loved hymns that had
been requested by the members of
the family. "Sun of My Soul" and
Abide With Me." At the close of
the service the body was borne to
Oak Hill cemetery where it was laid
to the last long rest.
MARES GREAT SHOWING
From Friday's Daily
At the recent state trap shooting
meet at Lincoln. John Gauer, of near
Cedar Creek, made a wonderful rec
ord in his marksmanship in competi
tion with a very large list of contest
ants. Mr. Gauer made a clean shot
of 191 out of 200 birds, securing
fourth place in the shoot. The three
higher ranking shots made but one
more bird than John and were all
tied for first place, so that his show
ing was practically as good as any of
the participants of the shoot. Mr.
Gauer has participated in a great
many of these state and inter-state
shocts and his record has been an
outstanding one in the way of real
ruaiksmanship. The residents of near
Cedar Creek are well pleased with
the showing made by Mr. Gauer and
feel that he has well represented this
county at the great all state meeting.
PLATTSMOUTH BOY HONORED
Pittsburgh, Pa., May 28. Ray
mond A. Bookmeyer, of 918 Marble
street, Plattsmouth, Nebraska, a stu
dent at the Carnegie Institute of
Technology, has been elected vice
president of the Association of West
ern Students at the institute, accord
ing to an announcement made today.
This organization, which is an active
one on the Carnegie Tech campus,
includes in its membership all stu
dents from the western states of this
country, who are enrolled in the col
lege. Mr. Bookmeyer is a junior in the
Department of Commercial Engineer
ing of the College of Engineering.
The young man mentioned ln the
above dispatch is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Bookmeyer of this city,
and was a member of the graduating
class of 1922 of the Plattsmouth high
school, being one of the honor stu
dents of the class. His many friends
here are delighted to learn of the
honor that has come to him and
which is well deserved as he is one
of the brightest students that has
been graduated from the local high!
school.
DR. T.ATTE DTPROVING
From Thursday's Daily
Miss Louise Valiery. who has been
in Omaha visiting at the home of her
sister Mrs. L. B. Lake, returned home
yesterday and was accompanied here
by the father of Dr. L. B. Lake, who
is visiting at Omaha from Richmond
Kentucky, and little Miss Ruth Jane
Lake, who visited here at the home
of Mrs. J. R. Valiery and family
They report that Dr. Lake, who has
been suffering for s.me little time
from an infected leg, is now showing
some improvement and the family
have the brightest of hopes for his
speedy recovery.
SONS OF HERMAN
COMPLETE THEIR
STATE MEETING
Grand Island Wins High Praise as
the Convention City and Con
vention Is Very Interesting
From Friday's Dally
Mayor John P. Settlor and Adolph
Geise, who have been at Grand Island
since Tuesday attending the sessions
of the state convention of the Order
of Herrman's Soehne of Nebraska, re
turned home yesterday afternoon.
The Plattsmouth representatives-
report the convention as being filled I
with the greatest of interest and
showing some very pleasing advance
ments of the order in the state.
The meeting was presided over by
President G. F. Beschorner of Lin
coin, and Secretary Rhode of Colum
bus assisted in the management of
the state gathering.
Features of the address of the pres
Ident were felicitation of a growth of
membership during the last year, the
ecommendation of an Increase in in
surance benefit ana the patriotic
erving each year by each local order
on flag day.
The report of Secretary Rhode
showed a decided lower average age
of the new members, indicating the
ounger blood additlors. There was
Iso shown to be a ballance of $188,
00 In the reserve fund of the order.
The old officers were all re-elected
for the year by the convention on
Wednesday afternoon, . they being:
G. F. Beschorner of Lincoln, presi
dent; Henry Locke, Grand Island,
vice-president; August Rhode. Co
lumbus, secretary: Fred Volpp,
Scribner, treasurer.
The order was organized In 18 40
in New York as a result of the "know
nothing" wave then existing against
foreigners, by a body of German im
migrants who had come to this coun
try to escape political persecution
for the ideas of democracy, but who
because of that agitation, had not
found the welcome in the new land
they had expected. It has a local
lodge in every state. It was organ
ized in this state in 1S95 and now
has nearly 3,000 members in Nebras
ha. ORGANIZES NEW ORCHESTRA
From Saturday's Dally
Peter Gradoville. well known tick
ler of the ivories, has just complet
ed the organization of a new orches
tra that will make its first appear
ance In this city the coming week.
The personnel of the orchestra Is
composed of Guy Hemingway, solo
saxaphone; William Kettleson. saxa
phone; Fred Elias. trumpet; Ray
Denham, banjo; Harley Johnson,
trombone; Peter Gradoville, piano;
Floyd Long, drums.
The organization is composed of
all high class musicians and should
prove a real hit in the musical
world.
The first dance of this orchestra
will be at the Eagles hall Friday
evening, June 5, at a benefit dance.
Fifty per cent of the receipts of the
evening will be turned over to the
city for the use of a roadway to the
cemetery.
DEANERY IN SESSION
The Nebraska City Deanery, em
bracing Otoe, Cass and part of Rich
ardson counties, held a session of sev
eral hours Wednesday in Nebraska
City at the rectory of St. Mary's
Catholic church. Rev. Fr. Theo Saur
er of St. Clary's Catholic church, dean
of the district, presided. General
church matters were discussed. The
Deanery meets twice a year, spring
and fall at the call of the Bishop.
Delegates present included Father
Hiircins. of Manley; Father Broer-
mann, of St. Joseph's church, Paul;
Father Hancik, of Plattsmouth;
Father Kastrzyk, of Shubert; Father
Saurer and Maichler, of St. Mary's
Catholic church. Nebraska City; and
Father T. F. Kramer, of St. Benedict's
Catholic church, Nebraska City. Ne
braska City News.
MISSOURI PACIFIC CHANGES TIME
From Saturday's DaJlr
Two changes will be effective on
the Missouri Pacific railroad Sunday,
May 31. Train No. 104, southbound,
which now reaches here at 8:48,
will be twenty minutes earlier, ar
riving here at 8:28, making a much
quicker time to points south.
The midnight passenger train,
which now reaches here at 12:13,
will be later, arriving at 12:25, mak
ing it much more convenient for per-
sons who desire to enjoy the evening
La Omaha.
SOY SCOUTS
RETURN FROM
FOUR-DAY KIKE
All Members of the Party Have Had
a Fine Time and Enjoyed Very
Much the Experience.
From Friday's Daily
Yesterday afternoon the members
of the Boy Scouts, headed by Scout
master C. H. Peden, returned home
from their four days gypsey hike that
had taken them to Nebraska City
antl return in an outing that they
all will very pleasantly remember
and which was tilled with many novel
and entertaining features
Every member of the party stood
the hike in fine shape and despite the
fact that they hit some very chilly
weather they were able to keep good
and warm and experienced little dis
comfort from the trip.
The first day took the boys through
the eastern portion of Cass county
where they viewed the many fine
farms and homes along the line of
their march, quartering for the night
at "Springdale Farm" the residence
of John Larsh, east of Union and
which is one of the most strikin
places in this section of the state.
Here the camp was pitched, each of
the boys carrying their shelter halves
and sharing with their companion
the "pup tent that served to shelter
them from the elements.
The wants of the boys In the way
of food was looked after by Kenneth
Sullivan, who proved a real cook and
served some very fine repasts on the
four days outing.
When the boys camped at Ne
braska City on the second night of
the hike, they were joined by the
Scouts of that city and a campfire
enjoyed by the two organizations to
gether that brought out many pleas
urable Incidents and was very much
enjoyed.
A few blisters was the worse ex
prrienced by the members of the
hiking party and they state that it
was one of the most pleasant occa
sions that they have participated ln.
SICTH HELD DJ '.2JEERASKA
CIT-r FOR CASS CO. SHERIFF
Ivan Smith was arrested late Fri
day by Deputy Sheriff Howard Mc
Calluo upon word from Sheriff E.
P. Stewart of Cass county that he
waB wanted at Plattsmouth for wife
desertion. The Cass county sheriff
was notified of his arrest and prom
ised to some here for him Saturday
morning.
Smith is the young man who has
been working for Frank Simms on a
farm southwest of the city and a
few days ago swallowed a tiepin
which he had in his mouth when he
sneezed. He was taken to the Uni
versity hospital in Omaha later for
treatment and had just returned
here when arrested. Nebraska City
Pres3.
ENTERTAINMENT PLEASES
From Saturday's Dally
Last evening the members of the
Burean class of the Christian church
Sunday school presented a very clev
er musical comedy drama at the
church building on North Sth street.
The clever musical offering was
remarkably well given and the mem
bers of the cast are deserving of a
great deal of praise for their work
in the songs and the spoken parts
of the comedy.
The title of the offering was
"Reverend Dayton Up to Date," and
which was a well arranged and
laugh-provoking offering.
During the evening a silver offer
ing was taken that was" very gener
ous and attested the feeling of ap
preciate of the audience.
The Up-to-Date Tuneweavers as
sisted in the success of the comedy
by their clever musical offerings.
CARNIVAL AT LOUISVILLE
Frem Saturday's Dally
Quite a large number of Platts
mouth people motored over to Louis
ville last night to enjoy the dance
that was given there by the Golden
rod Ragadors of this city and also
incidentally to witness the carnival
that is being held there. The Mc
Mahon shows are giving the people
of Louisville and vicinity some very
pleasing entertainment thi3 week
with their series of attractions that
include a Hawaiian village, the mu
sical comedy Bhow, monkey motor
dome, athletic show and a number
of the smaller attractions. The car
nival is located in the north portion
;of the town in the vicinity of the
Burlington tracks and occupies quite
a large section of ground with the
glittering midway. One of the chief
attractions of the carnival last even
ing was the boxing match between
George Schmader, formerly of Platts
mouth, and one of the carnival pugs.
George proved all that the larger and
heavier boxer cared to handle and
gave a good account of himself.
George is to box again tonight and
Frank Schmader of Omaha is to -give
a wrestling exhibition with one of
the carnival people. The carnival is
under the management of T. W. Mc
Mahon, veteran showman, and is a
clean and attractive company.
AdffEstise yoov -sent in tSe Tour-
FINED FOR BAD CHECK
From Thursday's Dally
This morning County Judge A. H.
Duxbury was engaged in hearing a
complaint filed by County Attorney
W .G. Kieck against Frank March.
In the complaint the defendant was
charged with having made and pass
ed a check which was worthless as
the defendant did not have or had
not had funds in the bank on which
the check was drawn. After hear
ing the case. Judge Duxbury imposed
the penalty in the case, ten days con
finement in the county jail. The de
fendant had been charged with this
offense several times, which, the
court decided, warranted the
jai
sentence.
WILL TAKE UP
THE BOY SCOUT
WORK IN FUTURE
H. Peden Will Take a Conrse in
Scout Executive Work at Co
lumbia University.
From Friday's Daily
This morning, C. H. Peden, who
has been teaching in the city schools
here for the past two years and who
has also been at the head of the Boy
Scout movement in this city, depart
ed from the city, going from here to
Dawson for a visit with relatives
thre.
Mr. Peden expects to epend two
weeks at Dawson and will then be
Joined there by R. G. Campbell, re
tiring principal of the High school
here, the two young men going by
auto from there to Now York City.
They expect to make the trip thia
year via the border states of the
north and the south, passing thru
Misaourt, Kentucky, Virginia, Mary
land and Delaware Into New York.
They will attend Columbia univer
sity for the summer season and Mr.
Peden is to remain there over the
fall term, taking a special course aa
scout executive and will then enter
the national Boy Scout headquarters
to make that feature of the training
work of the youth of the land his
fulure vocation.
In his work here with the ecouts,
Ir. Peden has proven very efficient
and his friend3 here are pleased that
he will in the future devote all of
his time to this line of work and
with hia ability and general Interest
in the work will prove the right man
in the right place.
FAREWELL FOR MRS. STTLLGER
From Friday's Dally
Yesterday afternoon, Miss Ethel
Babbitt entertained very pleasantly
at her home In honor of Mrs. Amil
Stillger of Santa Ana, California,
who is here on a visit to her par- i
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lewis, and
s soon to return to her home on the
west coast. The afternoon was spent
in a number of games that provided
real entertainment for the members
of the party and which were followed
by the serving of dainty and deli
cious refreshments by the hostess.
There were some twelve of the
friends present and all enjoyed to the
utmost the opportunity of visiting
with Mrs. Stillger, who was while
resident here, one of the popular
young ladies of this community.
For Vacation
Vacation memories are brighter if
they are supplemented by a substantial
balance in aa Savings Account earned
during vacation months.
Start the Savings Account at the
First National Bank now and see how
you can increase it by your vacation-time
earnings I
Then when school duties call you
back in the fall, you'll have the pleasure
of "something accomplished; something
done." It's worth while.
THE FiBST MffTIfiafrVL BlANK
Vhe bank wher you feel at Howa
"The Bank Where
lEPWORTH LEAGUE
HOLDS ELECTION
OF ITS OFFICERS
Very Interesting Meeting and Quite
Largely Attended by Member
ship Last Evening.
From Thursday's Daily
The members of the Epworth
League were very pleasantly enter
tained last evening at the First
Methodist church in a combined so
cial and businis eession that occu
pied several hours.
The forepart of the evening was
occupied in games of all kinds that
served to provide a great deal of fun
and enjoyment for all of the mem
bers of the league who were in at
tendance. The election of the officers of the
league resulted in the following be
ing chosen:
President Byron Babbitt.
First Vice President Laura Lea-
cock.
Second Vice rraddent Joe But
tery.
Third Vice President Isabel Mar
shall.
Fourth Vice President Mrs. By
ron Babbitt.
Secretary Hallle Perry.
Treasurer Edgar Wescott.
Organist Mildred Hall.
Chorister Irene Pfoutz.
The league decided that they
would hold a banquet for the mem
bership on Wednesday, June 10. and
the plans for the pleasant occasion
are now being formed by the mem
bers. It Is anticipated that the oc
casion will be one of the most de
lightful that the league haa had in
many months and Is being looked
forward to with the greatest of In
terest by all of the members.
CELEBRATES 12TH BIRTHDAY
From Friday's Dally
The passing of the twelfth birth
day anniversary of little Miss Car
lyne Thomas, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Herman L. Thomas, was made
the occasion cf a very pleasant birth
day party at the home ln the west
portion of the city on Wednesday
ff?rnoou.
The membere of the party spent
the time very pleasantly ln playing
games of all kinds that served to
make the houra very alluring to the
oily party of young people. In hon
or of the occasion, Mies Carlyne re
ceived many very handsome and ap
propriate gifts that ehe will long
herish ln memory of her friends. At
a suitable hour dainty and delicious
refreshments were served that added
to the enjoyment of the afternoon.
Those attending the occasion
were: Helen buarp, Evangeline
Craig, Laura Grassman, Vivian
ightbody, Jean Hayes, Jean Cald
well, Elizabeth Hatt, Marie Sperry.
Avice, Carol and Helen Thomas of
Nehawka. Geraldlne Liston. Maxlne
Cloldt, Marjorle Arn, Bernice Arn,
Florence Wiles, Mary Swatek, Mar
garet Shallenberger, Mildred Schultz,
Gretchen Warner, Joe Eaton of Oma
ha, uncle of the guest of honor, was
also present at the event.
R. W. Hyers, one of the old veter
ans of the G. A. R. of Nebraska, came
down this morning to spend Decora
tion day here and to look after the
care of the family lot in Oak Hill.
Mr. Hyers Is looking fine and bears
his eighty-two years in fine shape.
Earnings!
Yon Feel d Heme!"
