Nebraska State Histori cal Society I I i I U ' NO. XT,n PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1926. NO. 18 ate and Counties will Buy Bridge Articles Signed at Lincoln Saturday that will Transfer Ownership of King of Trails Bridge From Monday's Da!lv Within the next few days the King of Trails Bridge company which has been operating the new toll bridge over the Platte river north of thi3 city since November, will retire from the bridge business and the bridge be transferred to the State of Ne braska and the Counties of Cass and Sarpy. The officers of the bridge company as well as the county com-1 missioners of Cass and Sarpy counties were at Lincoln Saturday at the of fice of the State Department of Pub lic Works, where the necessary papers were prepared and signed for the transfer of the bridge and to place the ownership of the structure in the state and counties. The state is ready and will pay Residents of Southwestern Portion of over its. portion of the purchase price . jivt.xi.ir of the bridge, which will be in the Clty Annoyed at Night by Man neighborhood of $60,000, it is stated' Prowling About Homes while the two counties will raise their half of the purchase price by From Monday's raiiy the collection of tolls and when the The residents in the southwestern total amount of the counties' half of section of the city for several nights the purchase price has been collected, past have been annoyed by some per the structure will be made a free son prowling around their homes in bridge. As soon as the few remain- the still watches of the night and the ing details are arranged the collec-. occurrence has caused more or less tion of tolls will be started by the alarm to the residents of that part counties. of the city. It is expected that the counties Several of the persons living in will continue the existing toll rates that locality have glimpsed the man for the present at least, and the as he paced along the walks and fre amount collected will be devoted to quently was seen skulking around the the fund that will be used in paying houses of neighbors and the police off the remaining purchase price of were called to the scene, but Lerore the bridge. their arrival the party had evident- At Lincoln Saturday it was stated ly had a hunch and made a success that the work of taKing over the ful getaway. bridge would proceed right along as The man is evidently a "Peeping the suit for an injunction to restrain Tom," as he is reported to have been the purchase had been denied by the seen approaching windows of homes Lancaster county district court, and to peer in on the peaceful families while the decision might be appeal- ea to tne supreme court, me scaie at me expense ui me uweneis was not prohibited from continuing that locality. the details looking to - taking over The visits of this man have caus the bridge and also operating it. ed the residenters to prepare to de It Is also expected that the'etate fend the sanctity of their liomes with department of public works will go force if necessary and if the strang ahead with their plans for the ex- er is taught on any more of his tension of the gravel north from prowlings he is very apt to carry Plattsmouth to the bridge and also away some lasting marks of his from Fort Crook to. the north end of snooping that he will long unpleas the bridge, completing this part of antly remember and in this the resi the King of Trails highway which denters will be amply justified. has been in bad shape for several months, and giving a through route from the Kansas line to Sioux City, Iowa, over pavement and gravel, by continuing on the Washington high way north from Omaha thru Blair. There will be a great deal of grad ing and road work to be done pre liminary to the placing of the gravel, nminary iu me - Znt particularly along the Cass c?un section of the road, and it is hoped to have this included in the June ap portionments of the state department of public works. HAVE BABY GIBL From Monday's Daily Word received by friends here from the H. J. Heneger family, who have been residing at Veteran. Wyo., ior ine ph u e jear uu,us au- yiee of the birth of a baby daughter , .,, u B i 24th. and who will be a playmate to, their little son now nearly four years old. The mother and little one are " HIe flml has been named Suzanne Rachel. Mr. Henetrer will aerain Datrol the government irrigation canal this com-j ing summer and as soon as the water' is turned on in a short time now, he ' will be a busy man. He has been I From Monday's Daily elected commander of the Legion post In a letter received today from J. at Veteran this year. Although it is R- Kinder, department commander of a very small town, the post there has the American Legion, Mr. Kinder ad erected a building for holding its pa- vises he will be here for the district triotic and social functions in. thatiLegin convention May 20th and will also serves as a community gathering ;officiate at the laying of the corner place, and they have nearly complet- stone of our new community building ed paying for it and are now buying if the contributions come in fast enuf a new piano for use in the building. ,to proceed with that part of the work I. . - . i -11 1 T 0BEG0N AGGIE COACH HERE From Mondav'u Dallv Yesterday Robert Hager, assistant rnach r,r tho ,thi(; r. state agricultural rolled at Povai- lis. Oregon, was In the city visiting -"urn,,,, duu tisu uis moiner, Mrs. F. W. Ilager, sister of Mrs.' Tidd. Mr. Hager has been east -w b unci owixic maims iur 1113 school and enroute home stopped for a visit, with the relatives here, i at Lincoln and Fremont. The mem bers of the family returned to Lin- . coin today. REMOVING TO CITY From Monday's Daily Mrs. Philip Fornoff, who has been residing at the farm home south of this city, is preparing to remove to this city to make her home in the future, the death of Mr. Fornoff mak-! ing it impossible to carry on the man- agement of the farm. Mrs. Fornoff J 1 nIe ,n at once as the Property wUiT aisposea of this GIVES SPLENDID NUMBER From Monday's raily At the morning service at the First Methodist church yesterday, the con gregation were given a most pleas ing musical treat in the vocal solo given by Miss Dorothy Hunt, of Hastings, who was here over Sun day as a house guest of Miss Helen Weseott. Miss Hunt gave as her number "Hosanna," by Graineer, a very beautiful composition and which was most artistically given. Miss Hunt is a student of the musical de partment of the Wesleyan university at Lincoln and a pupil of Prof. Witte, and her work is such as to promise a very bright future for the young vocalist. Miss Hunt returned yester day afternoon to Lincoln to resume her studies. Prowlers are Reported in the Third Ward and gratifying his undue curiosity TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL From Monday's Daily This morning Mrs. L. E. Vroman was taken to the University hospital at Omaha, where she will be given a course of treatment and possibly an operation, as her health has been very poorly of late. Mrs. Vroman has been poorly sick for the past two months, a part of the time being confined to her bed and which has caused a great deal of worry to the members of the family circle. The condition of the patient not imnrovinc as had been hoped for, it was decided to have the patient tak en to the hospital for further treat ment. The many friends are trust ing that the stay of Mrs. Vroman at hos?pital may be of short duration ghf may retur home fee, ing very much improved in health. Jtt,e KrandauKhter of Mr! rs Vroman. daughter of Mr. and Mrs Jess Atteberry, is also at the hospital. - here she was operated on a few days ago, and the family seems to their share of hospital cases. have ADVISES WILL BE HEBE I by tnen. n noi, ne win ue ucic auj - way, bent on having a good time, as will all the several hundred other Letrion members who will come to Wattsmoutn mat aay Lieut. Col. Douglas Ex-Adjutant rant B O-Conne,, p,t : .'"tmen, 'omm?nd"s S,n, r T r fl tn,, Ka ,iicr.ra rHn if fh kIow- ness of our home people in announc ing their contributions to the build- 5 c j v-li; -- Ka vnA- stne layiPng ceremonies on this date, ENJOY VISIT HERE From Monday's Daily The Omaha members of the Pi Phi sorority were here yesterday for a few hours visiting at the home of Misses Mary and Ruth Tidball. The .young ladies enjoyed their visit very ! much and spent the time socially and in "rushing" a number of prospective candidates for their sorority. This Is one of the leading sororities at tho principle universities of the country and -which has been very popular with the young women attending col- Easter Day is Extensively Ob served in City Weather Man Proves Kindly in Erightning Skies That Allows Many to Be Out. From Monday's Daily The threats of storm and snow that had been predicted for the Easter day in this section of the state, for tunately passed Plattsmouth by yes terday and permitted those who wish ed to attend their various houses of worship and also stage the Easter parade in the afternoon of the new and attractive Easter costumes of the ladies as well as the men of the com munity. Religiously the day was very ex tensively observed as one of the great days of the church year and repre- '.sesting the triumph of the teachings ui mis laun over ueaiii At the St. John's and Holy Rosary Catholic churches there was the ob servances of high mass at 7:30 and 10:30 with large congregations and the splendid musical selections of the mass given by the choir. The Easter services at the St Luke's Episcopal church consisted in the administering of the Holy Euchar ist at the low mass at 7:30 and the choral celebration at the high mass at 11 o'clock with sermon on Easter given by Father Little, acting rector of the parish. The St. Paul's Evangelical church observed the day with a program given by the Sunday school at 9:30 and followed by the Easter service at 10:30 with sermon in German by the pastor Rev. O. G. Wichmann, "Christ Is Risen" and administering of the Lord's supper. At the First Presbyterian church the young people's societies joined in the early sunrise service of the Ep- worth League and followed by the special Easter program of the Sunday school. At the 11 o'clock service there vas the communion service held with jtl reception of members by letter and confession of faith. The pastor. Rev. II. G. McClusky gave a Very strong and inspiring sermon on the spirit of Easier dav. 1'He Is .Risen..". The First Christian church enjoy ed an Easter program at the Sunday school hour and the communion serv ice at the morning worship hour with a special Easter message given by the pastor. Rev. Walter R. Robb, tLaf proved a real inspiration to his con gregation. The First Methodist church held the regular Easter services at 10:45 in .the morning attended by the Knights Templar that was very much enjoyed. The evening worship hour was devoted to a pageant that dt picted the last days of Christ's life Ion earth and was very Impressively given, the various scenes being wit nessed by a deeply worshipful and re ligious spirit on the part of the con gregation. The scenes were well presented and special lighting effects by R. M. Wer ner added to the beauty of the scenes. This presentation of the Easter pageant covered from 8 to 9:25 and was one of the most inspirational that has been shown in the church VERY FINE DANCE From Monday's Daily The old fashioned dance at the M. W. A. hall Saturday evening was one that was very much enjoyed by the dancing public and a very large number were in attendance to take part in the round and square dances that featured the occasion. The Gradoville and Kohrell orches tras furnished the music for the event. The management of these dances are planning to hold a grand ball at the Eagles hall on next Satur day evening as this dance hall is much more suitable to handling the large number that is expected to be present. On this occasion Director Gradoville is planning to introduce his new ten piece orchestra to the Plattsmouth public and to feature four of the well known radio artists as features of the program, the Ward sisters, well known WOAW stars and the Barnyard Twins, Ray and Walt of sation KOIL will also be in attendance at the dance and assist in the fun and pleasure of the evening. DOINGS IN DISTRICT COURT From Monday's Daily A number of matters of litigation were filed today in the office of the itrlr of the district court toverine suits to quiet title and other matters of civil cases. I A suit to recover on bond entitled ( Magdelena Muenster et al, vs., Hans' H. Staben et al, was among the ac-' tions filed. A suit to quiet title entitled Catherine M. Coleman vs. Robert R. Livingston et al, was also one of the cases filed in the clerk's office. ; A suit filed by the National Bank of Denver vs. John L. Tidball, Sr., ask ing for the sum of $5,000 alleged to be due on a note secured by stock in the Tidball Lumber Co. of Revenna, Nebraska was also filed in the court by A. L. Tidd, representing the plain tiff bank. HAS OmCES CLEANED UP From Monday's DaiJj The call of spring and its freshness and brightness has been heeded in the offices of the Thomas Walling Ab stract company in this city, with the result that these offices have been placed in the most attractive appear ance by the new wall paper and paint that Frank Gobelroan and , his force have placed in the offices. The rooms are finished in papering of light tan and the soft tones of grey, while the painting has been carried out in a cream color, and with the brighter colored trimmings cf the wall paper makes a very attractive appearance. The offices are very attractive and make a fine place - for Mr. Robert Walling and his assistants to carry on their work. Knights Templar Hold Easter Ob servance Sunday Large Representation cf Mt. Zion Commandery Present at Metho dist Church for Services.' From Monday's Daily One of the largest Easter services in point of attendance by the mem bers of Mt. Zion commandery Knights Templar of this city was held Sunday at the First Metho dist church where , the members of the order gathered at the invitatiou of their prelate, Rev. Frank Emory Pfoutz. " The march of the Templars from their asylum in the. Masonic Temple to the church was a brilliant and colorful feature of the Easter day in the city, the waving plumes and the regalia of the members of the marching .host with their banner and the national flag making a most imposing appearance as they marched to the hocse of worship. The procession was iled by William F. Evers, commander and James T. Begley, senior warden and Very Eminent James M. Robertson, de puty grand commander or the Knights Templar of Nebraska. Wil liam J. Streight, "Captain several was marshal of the Templars. At the church the Templars en tered to the strains of their marcn, "Onward Christian Soldiers." play ed as the processional by E. II. Wes cott at the organ. The service was very impressive and the choir of teh church gave a very beautiful musical setting for the service. The sermon of the Easter obser vance oy itev. I'routz was lasen from the motto of the Templars. "In Hoc Signo Vinces," giving the great mission of the order in advancing the teachings of the christian faith and the living truths of the Risen Lord whose triumph over death they were observing on the Easter day. In the afternoon there were a very large number of the Mt. Zion commandery motoring to Nebraska City where they joined Mt. Moriah commandery No. 2 in their Easter observance which was held at the St. Mary's Episcopal church and j which was very largely attended, j ARRIVES FROM GERMANY From Tuesday's Daiiy The home of John Bergman and sister, Elizabeth, is very happy at this time over the fact that their cousin. Miss Regina Jacob, has ar rived there to make her home with them, coming from the ancestral Bergman home in Bavaria, Germany, a few days ago. Last summer when Miss Marie Kaufmann was traveling in Europe, the members of the Berg man family had her visit their old home in Bavaria and to convey to the relatives there their greetings and to urge the cousin to come to the United States to make her home. The cousin has heeded the invitation and on Friday arrived at Hoboken on the "George Washington" after a very pleasant voyage from the Ba varian hills and on Sunday after noon she arrived in Plattsmouth. The many friends of the Bergman family are very much pleased to meet this pleasant lady who has just arrived from the old world and bringing a message of greeting from the' relatives and friends in that section of the world. NICELY ARRANGED STORE From Monday's Daily While in Omaha yesterday a mem ber of the Journal composing room force visited with Raymond Rebal. a former Journal linotyper, at the Piggly Wiggly store at 30th and Ames, of which Mr. Rebal has had charge for several months. The store was dressed up in springtime attire, having one of the display windows devoteO to a spring. clean-up and fea turing many of the things the Piggly Wiggly people handle that might en ter into the clean-up. While we were there, Raymond was being visited by his brother, 'Ed, also an employe of the Piggly Wiggley concern, who has just been transferred from the man agement of the Council Bluffs store to one at 17th and Vinton, near the Western League ball park. Dr. Patrick J. Flynn Called to His Reward ! After an Illness of Several Months from Ansmia, Well Known Physician Passes Away. From Tuesday's Daily I This morning at the family home ; at 11th and Rock streets. Dr. Patrick Jj. Flynn passed away following an ; illness of several months from per jnicious anemia. from which th ! weakened condition of the patient I would permit little hope of his re covery. In the long weeks of his 'iilness, Dr. Flynn was ministered to by the faithful and loving wife and I members of the family circle who had hoped that perhaps the husband and 'father might gain his strength suffi cient to rally from the long sickness, but without avail. In the last week the patient has ben gradually growing weaker day by day and -the end was recognized ; as being but the matter of a short jtime and as the approach of the dark 'angel drew near the members of the ! family from nearby points were sum moned and were at the brdsirle when the close of life came. Patrick J. Flynn was the son of James and Julia Flynn, and was born May 2, 1S74, at Neola. Iowa, where he grew to manhood. After the com pletion of his high school education, the young man entered the Creighton university, where he took up the study of medicine and was graduated from the John A. Creighton college of medicine in the class of IS 0 0. After his graduation from college. Dr. Flynn located at O'Neill. Nebras ka, where he practiced his profession until coming to Plattsmouth ten years ago, and where he has since been engaged in his medical work until his failing health last summer compelled him to lay aside his pro fession in order to try and restore his own failing health. Dr. Flynn was married twenty-five years ago at O'Neill to Miss Theresa O'Sullivan, who survives him. togeth er with four children, Allison Flynn, of Omaha; Damian, Catherine and Patricia of this city. " There remain also to mourn the death of Dr. Flynn three brothers and five sisters, John Flynn, of Neola; Daniel Flynn, of Seattle; Joseph Flynn, of Omaha: Mrs. James Finney and Mrs. T. S. Fenlcn, of Omaha; Mrs. J. M. Doyle, of Neola; Sister Mary Ursula, of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Miss Annie Flynn, of Chicago. The body of Dr. Flynn was taken to Omaha this morning, where it is laying in state at the John A. Gen tleman funeral home. 108 South 33d street, and where the friends may call for a farewell. In the loss that has come to them, the family will have the deep sym pathy of the many friends and neigh-! bors in this city, who have known and respected this estimable family in their residence in this commun ity. PLEASANT BIRTHDAY From Tuesday's Daily The home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Libershal was the scene of a very pleasant gathering on Saturday after noon when a number of the little friends of Betty Joan Libershal were invited in to spend the afternoon in honor of her third birthday anni versary. The pleasant occasion lasted from 2 to 5 o'clock and the little members of the party spent the time in playing games and with their toys and kiddie cars and that served to make the event one that they will all long pleasantly remember. There was attractive bunnies and the basket of eggs of gala colored hue to add to the pleasures of the oc casion and in which the little folks spent a part of their time in reveal ing. At the refreshment hour the hand some birthday cake with its glowing candles was the center of all eyes and each of the little folks received favors of the baskets of Easter eggs that they greeted with the greatest of de light. In honor of the occasion little Miss Betty Joan received many handsome gifts and at the homegoing hour all expressed their appreciation of the. good time that had been afforded them. The children present with their mothers were: Alice Patricia Prohas ka, Laurine Lamphere, Jean and Lucille Vitersnik. Janet Ann Mei singer, Betty Joan and Rita" Ann Lib ershal, James Mauzy, Edwin Hiber, Stuart Meisinger, Theodore Libershal. In serving Mrs. Libershal was as sisted by Misses Rita Ann Libershal and Lucille Vitersnik. GILT TEETH LATEST FAD IN PARIS London, April 5. Gilt teeth are; the latest thing in fads to be In-' troduced in London from Paris. The gilding is done with an enamel prep aration which is guaranteed harmless' and which is easily removed. I Very dark red lip sticks are used with the gilded teeth. Spots of gilt are also painted on the tip of the tongue. j STOLEN CAR AT UNION From Tuesday's Daily During late Saturday night or early Sunday morning a S-O-S call came from tho road eat of Union, when a traveler could not get his! Hii'l'-on coach going as it had stopped and when Dale Porter and others nc n-nrod f 1m 1 1 t l'ov finnrl t ti u t I it would he necessary to" tow the boat hv.rk to the A. W. Propst harbor. The actions of the man arcrused the sus picions of Mr. Porter, as tho man was determined to make his way north a-foot and did so. Mr. Porter and Mr. Propst eoninfunk-rited the cir cumstances to W. B. Banning who also communicated with the state sheriff at Lincoln, where it was found the car had been stolen. But the bird had flown, so the car was kept at LnK-n until it was called for. t 9 ni i Has Fine Time Last Evening 0: Act Playlet "Miss Civilization". Presented as Part of Pro gram of Evening. From Tuesday's Dally Last evening the members of the Plattsmouth Woman's club enjoyed a very fine meeting at the public library auditorium which was quite largely attended by the ladies to enjoy the fine program that had been arranged for them by the committee in charge. The junior high school glee club were heard in a group of four num bers and i which reflected the great est credit upon the young people taking part and served as a real treat to the ladies and indicating the rapid advance of the school pup ils in their musical education. The ladies of the club have been planning a one act playlet which they are to present at the district convention in Havelock this week and the initial offering was made last evening before the club and the work of the ladies of the cast was very pleasing and served to be highly entertaining, giving tha brightest of hopes for the Platts mouth club winning the prize at district meeting. The title of the playlet was "Miss Civilization" and in which Mrs. Ralph Anderson ap peared as "Miss Civilization." Mrs. William Woolcott as "Joe Hatch." Mr3. Oscar Sandin as "Reddy" and Mrs. E. H. Wescott as "Captain Lucas." Another very pleasant feature of the program was the saxophone solo of Harlan Gorder which was given in the usual luished manner of this young artist. After the close of the prgoram the ladies enjoyed a very interesting discussion of parlimentary law by Mrs. Robert B. Hayes and a talk on "Nebraska Birds" given by Miss Jessie M. Robertson. Call at the annex of the Bates Book & Gift Shop and enroll in the fuee classes that are learning the new decorative art work in lamp; shades and screens. It is a pleasant o-j i 4.1. a. i j ! ana auiacuve wctk mat any lady' can find most profitable. TWO MEN were forced to attempt to leap across a narrow chasm. "I can't," said one. "I can," said the other. One did. You CAN save! Open your Savings Account here now. H The Fjrst nJWnal bank THE BANK" WHBPE PLATTSilOUTI I Damage Suits to be Tried Here in District Court Litigation Against Missouri Pacific and Burlington Sent Back From Federal Court. From Tuesday's Daily Some time ago on the motion of the attorneys for the defense the case of Bertha Hutchison, administratrix of the estate of Faye and Kenneth Hutchison vs. the Missouri Pacific Railway Co., Philip E. Wollen vs the Missouri Pacific Railway Co.. L. B. Simmons, guardian of Denis E. Sim mon?, minor vs. the Missouri Pacific I railway Co., aggregating something I like $125,000 in damages claimed to ie due as the result or tne destruc tion of the truck of Mr. Wollen on a railroad vrcssing near Weeping Water and in which the two Hutchi sons, father and son, were killed and Simmons and Wollen injured, was transferred to the United States dis trict court at Lincoln for trial. The case of Lorenz Ieiner against the Burlington railroad for the Funi of $50,000 damages alleged to be due as the result of the injuries that Mr. Leiner received when a passenger in the car of Charles Deitz which was struck by a passenger train of the Burlington was also transferred to the federal district court for trial. This morning the clerk of the dis trict court, Mrs. Golda Noble Leal, was notified that these cases were sent back from the federal court to be tried in the district court in Cass county and will be probably taken up at the May term of court. There is another damage suit pending in the federal court that of Mrs. Charlotte Johnson, administra tor of the estate of Elof Johnson, de ceased, which was also sent to the federal court and will probably be sent back to this city for trial. ENTERTAINS FOR FRIENDS From Tuesday's Daily Last evening the pleasant coun try home of Mr. and Mrs. Luke L. Wiles was the scene of a very en joyable gathering of friends to tender a farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Monte Streight and son, Guy, who are soon to leave the city for the west. The occasion was in the nature of a dinner party that was most en joyable to all of the members of tho party altho they felt the deep re gret that the coming departure of Mr. and Mrs. Streight has brought to their friends. Those attending the event were Messers and Mesdames J. E. Wiles. J. W. Crabill, Luke L. Wiles, M. A. Streight, Judge Allen J. Beeson. SINGS AT NEBRASKA CITY From Wednefday's Dally Last evening Mrs. G. E. Roman of this city was at Nebraska Cit visiting at the home of htr brother, li&ward Ralya and wife and also , was a guest at the meeting of ;l e I i i i a i i . i . mr oward Ralya being the secretary of this club and also one of the leaders for the meeting last evening. Mrs- Roman was on the program with one of her charming vocal elec(ion s that was very pleasing to the Nebraska City music lovers. Yar of Progress! 2 ITS VOL! FPCL AT HOME KEBBASKA