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THUB6DAY, MARCH 17, 1927.
PAGE SIX
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Eastern Star
Holds Pleasant
Meeting Here
i at which was present the officer:;
George Wood, Former Cass County
Man, Passes Away at Home in
Omaha on Saturday.
"Death at 8:15 a. m. Saturday
found George Wood, 50, of 101 South
Thirty-fourth street, mathematical
wizard, with the first significant suc
cess of his life's goal accomplished."
says the Omaha News-Bee, continu
ing "But Wood, unconscious for a week
before the end came, never knew that
his time-saving system of number
teaching had been tried out in two
Omaha public schools and pronounced
a remarkable success. Wood was a
victim of his own genius. His bodily
strength could not cope with his men
tal ambition. He suffered a complete
breakdown at the peak of his effort
to get his system adopted.
"Miss Fannie Meyers, principal of
Webster school, wrote him an en
thusiastic letter several days ago to
let him know that the educational
experiment was a success.
Wife to Carry On
"But Wood never rallied sufficient
ly to get the message. It brought
comfort to his wife, who declared
that she will carry on the work where
Wood left off.
"Much of his rapid-fire calculation
system was patented. The rest he
left behind him, worked out in a com
prehensive and easily understood
fashion. All of it will be patented
and published.
"The system which he gavo his life
for was to eliminate talk in figur
ing.
Trip Hastened Death
"Wood suffered the breakdown
which led to his death ' about two
months ago, when in frail health, he
received a request from a relative,
William Jackman, school teacher at
Wakefield High school. Wakefield,
Neb., to deliver a lecture on his sys
tem before the mathematics class,
i "The trip which he made to Wake
field by auto, a distance of over 150
miles, together with his strenuous
efforts in his talk, son snapped his
strength that he suffered a break
down there and was unable to drive
his car back to Omaha.
I "Mr. "Wood's system gained nation
wide fame, he having talked on his
'system in many state universities in
the country and in practically every
.Omaha High school.
I "He is survived by his widow; one
daughter, Leona; four brothers,
i William and LaMotte, of Omaha;
IJohn, of Mount Ayr, Iowa, and Clif
Iford, of Lincoln, and two sisters, Mrs.
;C. E. Jackman, of Bethany, Neb., and
;Mrs. Louise Eddy of University
i Place, Neb.
I "The body is at the Stander &
! Stander funeral home at Louisville,
i Nebraska. Burial will probably be
held at Louisville.
"Wood first brought the system
into prominence while employed as
cashier of the Home State bank, at
i Louisville, Neb. When he was first
MUSIC MEMORY CONTEST
Mrs. Clara Bathen of Lincoln, Dis
trict Supervisor Visits Home
Chapter.
From Wednesday s Daily
The members of the Eastern Star
enjoyed a more than usually pleas
ant occasion yesterday in the visit
here of the district supervisor, Mrs.
Clara Bathen of Lincoln.
The visiting officer arrived in the
morn'ng and was taken for a tour
of the buildings and grounds of the
Nebraska Masonic Homo and spent
some time at this great institution
and meeting the residents of the
Home and enjoying the fine oppor
tunity of viewing the splendid monu
ment of Masonary at close hand.
Later in the day Mrs. Bathen was
honor guest at a luncheon given at
the home of Mrs. John F. Gorder
worthy matron of the local chapter
of Home Chapter to meet with their ;empIoyed with the bank Wood ow
Last evening there was the for
mal inspection of the chapter held
at the Masonic temple and with a
very large number of the members
in attendance. Mrs. Bathen gave a
short address at the lodge
and in which !i;e
of the local chaptc
ed a 100 per cent efficiency.
At the close of the evening dainty
refreshments were served that made
the completion of the evening.
to
with figures, was forced to work late.
"By putting in a few minutes daily
after banking hours. Wood developed
,his capacity 200 per cent in 90 days,
jln his system he used a combination
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praised t.:e worK Jby college professors, and could carry
r ana Wnicn SuOW- ; nnnvorc-itinn irhtlo worVlnir wfth
the figures.
"Wood gave us his position with
the Louisville bank about a year ago,
(to devote all his time to his mathe
matical system."
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many kind
friends who have assisted us in the
bearing of the sorrow that has come
GIRL BRIDE KILLED
Tecumseh, Neb., March 13. Mrs.
Elizabeth Spradley, 16-year-old wife
into our lives in the taking away of of Arthur Spradley, a Tecumseh bak"-
nur invfd wife nnd mother also theier, was the victim of a fatal acci-
minister and choir and those who as-1 dent at 8 o'clock this evening.
sisted at the funeral service. S.
Shoemaker; Claude Shoemaker.
H.
HATCHING EGGS
White Plymouth
hatching, for sale.
Mrs. C. L. Mayabb.
Mr. and Mrs. Spradley and Henry
Bremman, Tecumseh young man.
were driving to the home of Mrs.
Spradley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Hilliard, 8 miles north of Te
cumseh. Mr. and Mrs. Spradley were
riding on the front seat of the car
and Mr. Bremman on the rear seat.
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and show you smart new apparel for
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for quality merchandise.
You will find marked down bargains in
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ml6-2tw-6td ; the latter handling an automatic re
volver. The weapon was accidently
discharged, the bullet striking Mrs.
Spradley in the neck and she died
within a few moments.
They were within half a mile of
the Hilliard home at the time.
Mr. and Mrs. Spradley were mar
ried on Sunday afternoon a week
ago.
WM. BALFOUR AGAIN HONORED
Wm. Balfour, one of the few re
maining Civil War veterans of this
community was again recently hon
ored when he was reappointed to the
rank of Colonel on the National
Commander's staff of the Grand Army
of the Republic. He held this posi
tion last year and when the new
Commander assumed office. Mr. Bal
four was reappointed. The Com
Imander of the state of Nebraska,
.selected Mr. Balfour to serve in the
j same capacity of his recently ap
pointed staff.
! These are indeed honors of which
; Mr. Balfour justly feels proud and
he is to be congratulated by his
many friends of this community.
Nehawka Enterprise.
! RECEIVES SAD MESSAGE
. Prom Monday's Dally
I Mrs. K. J. Katterson of this city
; received the sad news yesterday of
jthe death of her father, J. D. Has
tkell of Arnold, Nebraska, which oc
cured at the Jennie Edminston hos
pital at Council Bluffs, Iowa, follow
ing an illness of some duration. The.
body was taken to Arnold for inter-j
ment and the members of the Katter-j
son family accompanied the body toj
jthe last resting place.
The Music Memory Contest has be
come an annual event in several hun
dred cities and is now being made a
state-wide activity in several states
in the general awakening to the need
of more and better music in home,
school and community.
The thought of directing the at
tention of pupils in the schools to a
given number of standard selections
of music for an intensive "drive" as
it were, originated with Mr. C. M.
Tremaineof the National Bureau of
Advancement of Music in 1916. It
has proved to be a powerful factor
in the effort of schools, clubs, musi
cians and the general public in bring
ing beautiful music into service as
a cultural element i nthe lives of our
youth and also in raising the stand
ard of appreciation of the world's
best music.
Four years ago Plattsmouth held
its first Music Memory Contest which
proved so successful that the idea
has become a tradition which we
hope will be lasting.
The contest this year is booked
for April 29th. Two weeks ago the
pupils of the grades 4. 5, 6, 7 and S
were presented with the list of pieces
to be used in this year's contest
names of the selections, their com
posers and the nationality of said
composers.
In class the pupils are hearing
the records played -on the victrola
are being told the stories of the se
lections, and are learning to spell
all names upon the list.
We sincerely hope that all music
teachers will co-operate with tho:se
working on the
th
bers
Pure Bred Cattle
Increasing in
Cass County
Sale Held by Rex Young Demonstrates
That the Dairy Interests Are
Improving, in This Section
There will be a splendid entertain-;
ment at the high school auditorium
Friday March 18th, at 8 p. m., in
which, thru the movies being shown,!
Santa Claus will again visit Platts- j
mouth. All the children and old folks
who failed to see him come in his'
sleigh last December can see him Fri-
day don't fail to go! There will.
also be other local movies of great in
terest to every citizen of Plattsmouth
and vicinity.
In the March 12th issue of the Ne
braska Farmer there is an article rel
ative to the $2,200.00 being returned
to Herman Engle of Saunders county
from his milk sold to the Farmers
Union Co-operative Creamery at Fre
mont that is from whole milk, per
year. This is the income from milking
from ten to twelve cows, and a good
milker can finish ten or twelve cows
in from 45 to 55 minutes, at a milk
ing.
Especially is the milk proposition
possible and practical where there
might be a boy or two to do this be
fore and after school many boys are
liiT-ino-l Diittincr themselves thru school, ana
p nprirwl in.ioh Knm. nf the nnm-1 laying away a sum for their college
-0 frnm t ii q Kt tho r-nnktc ' in Nebraska, from ten or twelve cows.
will use some number in every serv
ice; and finally that all parents and
friends will play :ts many as pos
sible at home on the piano, violin
flute saxophone, etc., and then use
the victrola records which are ac
curately made by the world's great
est artists. v
It is a mark of education and re
finement for one to know what it
Rex; Young in his recent sale of his
own high-grade Holsteins some six
teen head, we believe, placed them all
-,-viin Cass county. This means out one
thing the dairy industry in Cas:
countv is coming into its own. Mr.
Engle claims a herd of ten or twelve
dairy cows, will double the income
from a quarter section of land. His
bull calves sell from $40.00 to $60.00
intra u l uvu a 11 uuusaui io uiiiuc: l ' , . , . , , i i
Macbeth. Shylock. Tom Sawyer and tolVlV, I1"8"0 lT
and some for as high as $700.00. Ke
states "it isn't nearly as much trouble
to take care of one cow producing
i500 pounds of fat per year, as to take
' no yi rf f wr rlrf! 11 f i T fr d't T'll 9 K 0 Tier
piiiuic una i. .. year." We also notice Mr. Engle is a
Corot by Millet; surely it is sig-: booster for sweet clover. Sweet clover
nificant when a student is taught tcj. ol(.oiro Q ,,, ua f,,r.ria.
. Clllll (111 CI 1 1(1 til ivvtt J C . l v
Thor; when one knows and is fam
iliar with the types of design and'
architecture indicated when Rheim?.
Cathedral is mentioned; when our
contact with art tells us what type,'
mental reasons for the prosperity of
Nebraska, compared with 20 year:
ago.
know and feel the meaning of
Ase's Death, William Tell, and
Danse Macbre.
Wonderful results are bound to be
ootaineu wnen scnooi teacners, cnn- If communities can stick to the
dren, parents and community all . natural advantages of the community
worK together tor a common cause, j pucccss jg sure. Florida in sticking to
In this column, beginning March citriis fruits , guavas .mangoes , avoca-
iui, win te puoiisnea ciany me d0s, sweet yams, sugar cane, potatoes
ni-AWI a Jim - ft 1 r-.ii. ' -x rf V- t" ' . , . -
stories or analysis of two of the se
lections from the Music Memory list.
Clip them and use them for study
and reference.
The following is the list which will
be used in the contest. Grades 4 and
5 will be graded, on the first twenty
of the list, and grades 6, 7, and S on
the entire list:
1 "Dance Macbre," Saint-Saens,
French.
2 Sextette from "Lucia di Lam
fikmermoor," Italian.
bananas, pineapples, strawberries, and
early vegetables; her prosperity is as
surred. Nebraska in clinging to dair
ies, corn, alfalfa, beef, mutton, pork,
and small grains, and developing her
great apple, berry and grape belt
along the eastern countries, will pros
per more every year. This section of
our state needs more cows, and more
creameries are we going to get
i them?
$2,200.00 per year is nothing tc
William Tell Overture. Rossini ; sniff at! We can add from $600.00 to
Grieg,
the Moun-
Strauss,
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The f aimer of Nebraska has sc
many more ways at his command tc
add to his revenues, and especially is
this true of Cass county; he is better
situated than the farmers of any
other county in the state, or any other
state in the good old U. S. A.! Other
communities no more favorably locat
ed, are showing us what can be done
j with apples, grapes, and small fruits.
F, Rubinstein, Rus-1 Every farm could easily have three
! acres of grapes, and make this rev-Saint-Saens,
French ' enue clear profit above the general
iarming program.
Italian
a. Dawn
b. The Storm.
c. The Calm.
d. Finale.
Peer Gynt Suite,
wegian.
a. Morning.
b. Death of Ase.
c. Anitra's Dance.
d. In the Hall of
train King.
Blue Danube Waltz,
Austraian.
To a Wild Rose, MacDowell.
American.
Barcarolle from "Tales of Hoff
man," Offenbach, French.
Traumerei, Shumann, German.
Minuet in G, Paderewski, Pol
ish.
Melody in
sian.
11 The Swan.
12 Moment M'usicale, Schubert.
Austrian.
Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner,
German.
Serenade, Pierne, French.
To a Water Lily, MacDowell,
American.
Largo from "New World Sym
phony," Dvorak, Bohemian.
March Militaire, Schubert, Aus
train. Midsummer - Nights Dream
Mendelssohn, German.
Serenade, Schubert, Austrain.
Minute Waltz. Chopin, Polish.
Intermezzo from "Cavallera
Rusticana," Mascagni. Italian.
Hungarian Dance No. 5, Bra
hms, German.
Poet and Peasant Overture.
Suppe, Italian.
Miserere from "II Trovatore,"
Verdi, Italian.
Nocturne in E Flat, Chopin.
Polish.
By the Waters of Minnetonka,
Lieurance, American.
Berceuse from "Jocelyn," God-
ard. French.
Spring Song, Mendelssohn, Ger
man. Song of the Volga Boatmen,
Russian Folk Song.
My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice
from "Samson and Delilah,"
Saint-Saens, French.
Meditation from "Thais," Mas
senet, French.
Hymn to the Sun, Rimsky
Korsakow, Russian.
Prelude in C sharp minor, Ra
chmaninoff, Russian.
Cavatina, Raff, Swiss.
$1,000.00 per year to this easily by
increasing our poultry lay-out bet
ter housing for hens; more incuba
tors, and scientific feeding of grains
and greens raised right at home. Cab-
Nor-j bages thrive here so do turnips, and
beets a flock never needs to be with
out succulent teecls every uay or me
winter in Nebraska. And sour milk is
meat to chickens! '
EGGS FOR HATCHING
We consider Will M. Maupin's ar
ticles in the Bee concerning his trip
thru Texas wel worth reading in his
Snow White
Broadcloths
A white shirt is no good if it is only about
half way white. Here are white shirts as
white as the driven snow. Deep water
pearl buttons, silk sewed, beautifully tailor
ed by Manhattan. You can't help but like
them.
Price $3
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And A'o Monkey Business
Sunnyside Up it confirms what we
have so repeatedly claimed, from first
hand contact, that there is no state
more favorably located than Nebras
ka, and no county as favorably locat
ed as Cass, when we fall in and util
ize its natural farming advanatges,
in America, for agricultural resour
ces and revenues.
W. G. DAVIS,
Secretary.
FRANK W00STER VERY LOW
From Wednesday s Daily
The condition of Frank Wooster
Long time resident of this city, has
grown a great deal worse in the
last few days and the patient is now
in a semi conscious condition and has
failed very rapidly in the last two
days until practically all hope of his
recovery has been given up by the
attending physicians. Mr. Wooster
has been sick for a period of several
months and has gradually been fail
ing and treatments at the hospital
have failed to give him any relief
and with his illness has come an at
tack of heart trouble that has made
his recovery long a matter of doubt.
The members of the family from oth
er points were called here yesterday
to be at his bedside.
ELKS ELECT OFFICERS
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Thoroughbred Buff Orpington ef
for sale. Call phone 2033.
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Journal Want Ads bring results.
From Wednesdays Daily
Last evening Plattsmouth lodge No.
739, Benovelent and Protective Or
der of Elks held their annual election
of officers and a very large num
ber of the members were present to
take part in the meeting. The fol
lowing officers were selected:
Exalted Ruler B. A. Rosencrans.
Leading Knights S. W. Bell.
Loyal Knight Lon Henry.
Lecturing Knight ThomaB II.
Green.
Treasurer Michael Tritsch.
Tyler Charles K. Bestor.
The newly elected officers will be
installed at the meeting on Tuesday,
April 5th and at which time there
will be initiation and also the district
deputy. Judge George F. Corcoran of
York, will be here to install the new
officers in their stations. The event
will be one of the most interesting
that the lodge has held in many
months.
Mr. Rosencrans and the newly
elected officers are planning a very
extensive campaign in the next few
months to make the lodge here one
of the largest and best in the state
and the greatest of enthusiasm over
theoutlook for the coming year exists
among the members.
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Sacco, the prepared plant food for
sale by Bestor & Swatek. m7-2wsw
Advertise your wants in the Jour,
ual Want Ad Dept. for results.
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f28-itw2tdtf Plattsmouth. 'Farm Loans Investments
Searl S. Davis
Blank books at the Journal office. Insurance
Real Estate
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you real service, look over our line. We have some
real values at prices you can not beat in Omaha or
anywhere else:
1924 Overland 91 coupe 8800 miles, mechanical
ly perfect, tires first class, paint exceptionally
good $325.00
Overland model 4 sedan, original tires in first
class shape, interior finish good, car in first
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Overland model 4 coupe, tires fair, in good run
ning order,paint &. interior finish good . . $150.00
1923 model 91 touring, motor reground
and rebuilt, good tires, also good top and
curtains $175.00
Model 1923 23-44 Buick Roadster, 6-cylinder,
motor overhauled, top curtains and paint
exceptionally good, fitted with over size tires
that will give you lots of mileage, at a price
that will surprise you.
2 Model 88-4 Willys-Knights, tourings that have
a good many thousand miles of service in
them for $125.00
We also have some older model Overlands, Fords,
Mitchell at $25.00 to $100.00 with a great
deal of miles to their credit.
These cars with the exceptions of the cheap ones,
have been rebuilt in our shop and are ready for ser
vice and should not need any money put into them
for thousands of miles. We will refer you to any
one who has purchased used cars from us. We be
lieve it is just as important if not more so, for a used
car buyer to be satisfied as a new car buyer.
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