Nebraska State Histori
cal Society
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VOL. no. xim
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1927.
NO. 34
City Pays Its
Tribute to the
Honored Dead
With Eeautiful Flowers and Spoken
Words of Praise the City Joins
in Memorial Observance
From Tuesday's Dally
Plattsmouth and its people pnused
yesterday in the busy tasks of life to
pay a tribute to the nation's honored
dead, with beautiful flowers, the
flash of flag and color and the words
of tribute that marked the Memorial
day exercises at the Parmele the
atre. In pursuance of the proclamation
rf Mayor C. A. Johnson and the de
rision of the citizens," the business
houses of the city closed their doors
at 10 o'clock as the members of the
G. A. R.. "W. R. C. and American Le-.ness measures or any sort as militar
gion prepared to depart from the istie and undesirable. He stated that
court house for the cemetery. the service men who have been thru
At the Oak Hill cemetery there war and know its horrors only de
were services held at the G. A. R. mand for their sons now growing up
mound in the south portion of the an equal chance with those against
old cemetery, where the ritualistic .
ceremonies were carried out and in
which all of the patriotic societies
participated. At the conclusion of
these, the W. R. C. ladies proceded
with the task of decorating the
graves of some 140 Civil war veter
ans whose bodies are resting in that
beautiful city of the silent.
The World war veterans conduct
ed their services at the American
Legion plat, the services being in
charge of H. G. Soennichsen. com-j
mander. with Rev. H. E. Sorter as;
chaplain and the saluting detail cf
former soldiers and sailors in charge!
of Lieutenant J. A. Capwell. !
At the conclusion of the services,'
the scene was one of tenderness as
hundreds who had not been able to;
reach the cemetery before carried on
their work of decorating the graves.
Ceremonies of Afternoon
The attendance at the Parmele
lance at me i-armeie.
e memorial services was i Omaha Legionnaire, whose
st in years and the pro-'forward address at Parme
theatre at the
one of the be
gram was one of impressiveness and
worthy honor to the members of the
firand Armv of the Republic and the
soldiers and sailors of the otter
wars of our nation
Owing to illness. Col. M. A. Bates,
commander of the local G. A. R. post
was unable to be present as honorary ,
chairman of the meeting and the for a trained enemy and victims of
task of the chairmanship was carried j their own inexperience in the hand
on by C. A. Rawls, captain in the, ling of the various implements of
Spanish-American war. modern warfare. He cited a number
The services opened with the sing-1 of war experiences showing the
ing of "America," and at its conclu- loathing anyone who has seen war
sion the invocation was offered by j and served in one has toward war,
the Rev. II. G. McClusky, pastor of i but recalled that the history of our
the First Presbyterian church. own nation, peaceable as it is known
The boys of the Central building. J to be, shows that on the average of
under the direction of Miss Amelia j every twenty-five years of our na
Martens. then presented their fiagitional life or in the lifetime of each
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arm. giwug . utduiuu! a ..u
ing Story OI me nag uuitnauic aiiu
usage.
H. L. Gayer, former captain in (
the World war and veteran of the J
fighting First division, gave the I
Gettysburg address of President !
Abraham Lincoln, one of the great
est gems of oratory in the history
of the nation.
One of the effective numbers on
the program was the reading. "When
the Boys in Blue are Gone," which
was presented by Mrs. Robert Troop
and left with the audience a very
serious thought and reflection.
Mrs. Thelma Nelson in her vocal
offering, "The Little Bronze Button."
gave a oeautnui rriDuie to tne men
or the Livii war in wnose non'ir tne; pointed to the fact that in many
Memorial day has been a distinctive ' cases during the world war men in
occasion through many years. jthe front line trenches had had only
The roll call of the honored clear! three weeks training and knew little
was then given, the roll of deceased jor nothing about machine guns, the
soldiers and sailors of the World j deadly hand grenades or even gas
war, numbering some seventeen, be-1 masks, and their inexperience led to
ing presented by Henry G. Soennich-
sen, commander or tne local Ameri
can Legion post. The Spanish war
deceased were called by C. A. Rawls.
who had a personal acquaintance
with the larger part of the men.
When the roll nail of the Civil war
was reached. Thomas Wiles, one of
the few active veterans of the great
struggle, called the list of the veter
ans who survive, the list being small
indeed compared with the hundreds
who formerly answered the call, and
on the stage as Mr. Wiles called the
roll of the living were but two vet
erans, John Fight, of this city, and
Samuel Latta. of Murray, who is
now in his SSth year. In the list
read by Mr. Wiles was the name of
D. V. Foster, of Omaha, who has
been a member of the G. A. R. post
here for many years and is now in
his 93rd year. The old veterans were
given a rousing greeting by the
members of the audience.
The address of the afternoon was
delivered by Harry Tru3tin, of Oma
ha, a member of Omaha post No. 1
of the American Legion and chair
man of the rehabilitation committee
of that post. The addrt33 was one
straight to the point and covered a
tribute to the men who had served
and gone on as well as a tribute to
the remaining boys in blue and also
a plea for a national preparedness
that would lessen the chances of war
and give the men called into the
field a better opportunity of return
ing alive from the horrors of war,
should they be called.
In his opening Mr. Trustin paid a
special tribute to the Grand Army
that had conceived and carried on for
many years the idea of Memorial
day, and to the veterans on the stage
the speaker expressed pleasure that
a part of this gTand army has sur
vived and the hope that they might
be spared to be with us on similar
occasions in the future as long as
the .All Wise Ruler might permit.
Mr. Trustin pointed out that the
wars of the United States had Leen
forced upon them and that all had
been fought without any idea of ma
terial gain but rather in defense of
some great idealism, from the very
strn ir
le for freedom in the revolu -
tionto the battle for world peace in'MisR Grace Beeson. occurred on Wed-
the world war.
In touching on the matter of na
tional preparedness, the speaker de
clared that the service men are as
strongly opposed to war as the most
! radical pacifist, with the added dif-
ference of having seen war and
knowing what it really is like, while
the pacifist only shudders at mention
of the word and condemns prepared-
HARRY TRUSTIN
straight-
Parmele yester-
day proved that veterans who hav
gone thru war and know what it i
e
is
like,
are greatest enemies of war.
(whom they may be forced to fight by
i this country, being drawn into war.
instead of being made mere targets
i.utu lu I
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v
jn 10 war in ueieuse ui iUuerR'au,warn) friends
principles ana witn tne nations oi tne
world continuing to hold militaristic
attitudes, it would be folly to expect
other than that the history of the
past will be reflected in the future.
He favored a measure of prepared
ness that would enable the men call
ed to the colors in case of war, to
better care for themselves and thus
lessen the toll of life that wars take
on the manpower of the nation. The
training that the summer military
camps give was cited as the kind of
training that better fits boys and
men to care for themselves in case
of war. In proof of the need of such
measures of training, the speaker
an unnecessary loss of life
In closing, the speaker touched for
a few moments on the rehabilitation
work of the Legion and what it has
been doing to assist the sick and dis
abled veteran in his hour of need.
At the close of the speech, the
Masonic quartet composed of Frank
Cloidt, Raymond Cook. II. G. Mc
Clusky and R. W. Knorr, gave two
of the Civil war songs, "The Battle
Hymn of the Republic" and "Tent
ing Tonight."
The benediction was by Rev. H. G.
McClusky and closed the meeting,
while a number lingered to meet the
old -veterans and the speaker, Mr.
Trustin, whose address was one that
everyone appreciated to the utmost.
ENTERTAINED AT ST. JOSEPH
From Wednesday s Dally
Miss Jessie M. Robertson, county
register of deeds, who has been at
St. Joseph, Missouri, for the past few
days, was entertained there most
charmingly by Mrs. W. E. Stewart,
at a fine 6:30 dinner party Monday
evening and at which thehe was a
large group of the St. Joseph friends
and including former Plattsmouth
residents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Johnson
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vallery.
Bess Streeter AlMch.'s newest
story, "The Cutters" is now on sale
at the Bates Eook & Gift Shop. Call
early and seenre your copy of this
popular novel.
Plattsmouth
Girl Wedded in
California
Miss Grace Beeson, Daughter
Judpe and Mrs. A. J. Beeson,
Bride of Jay D. Snow.
of
The wedding of one of the former
1 PPular young ladies of this city.
nesday. May 2oth. at Santa Monica,
California, Miss Beeson being mar
sied there to Mr. Jay D. Snow, cf
San Diego.
The wedding was an afternoon af
fair and held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. George Riggs. the latter
ncing tormeriy .Miss lrginia Beeson,
sister of the bride.
The Riggs home was made a bower
of floral beauty for the happy ooca
tion with the profusion of pink snap
dragons' and roses and the tall and
stately ferns that carried out very
charmingly the color scheme of pink
and green.
The marriage lines were read by
the Rev. Cole, pastor of the First
Methodist church of Santa Monica,
and only the immediate relatives and
a few close friends were in attend
ance at the beautiful home wedding.
Preceding the ceremony, Miss
Ruthanette Cochren sang very sweet
ly "Because," as the members of the
bridal party entered the living room,
where the ceremony was to take
place.
Miss Beeson was most charming in
a modish gown of pale green Geor
gette and carried a bouquet of the
pink rose buds.
Mrs. George Riggs was matron cf
J honor and wore peach bloom Geor
gette with the pink roses as the flow
ers. Mr. Snow was attended by George
Riggs as the best man.
Following the wedding, dainty
refreshments in keeping with the
happy event were served to the mem
bers of the bridal party and at 6:30
Mr. and Mrs. Snow departed for San
Diego, where they are to make their
home in the future and where they
will be at home to jLheir friends after
June 15th.
The bride is the second daughter
of Judge and Mrs. Allen J. Beeson of
this city, where she was born and
reared to womanhood, graduating
here from the local high school in
the class of 1921 and later entering
the University of Nebraska and grad
uating from the nurse training de
partment in Omaha in 1925. For
the past year and a half Miss Beeson
has made her home at Los Angeles
with Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Way-
bright.
The groom is one of the prominent
young business men of San Diego,
where he is interested in the cloth-
ing business and has a number of
The bride has just recently return
ed to Los Angeles from a visit here
in the old home and while here was
a guest of honor at a number of very
charming pre-nuptial events and
with the news of her marriage she
will receive the well wishes of the
many friends here for her utmost
happiness and success in the new
home in the golden west.
MARRIED IN OMAHA
From Tuesday's Daily
On Sunday at the St. Mary Magde
line church in Omaha occurred the
marriage of Miss Eleanor Wagner of
Washington, Iowa, to Mr. Adolph
Hallas, formerly of this city, the mar
riage being witnessed by a number
of the friends of the young people
and the nuptial mass celebrated by
Father Sinne, rector of the church.
Both the young people are former
Creighton students and both were
graduated in the class of 1925 from
that institution.
The bride has since her graduation
been engaged as a nurse at the St.
Joseph hospital and is a young lady
of charm of personality and has a
large host of friends in Omaha as
well a3 at her homer home in Iowa.
The groom is the youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hallas of this
city and was born ami reared here,
graduating from the local high school
in the class of 1921 and later attend
ed Creighton university. Since his
graduation from the university he
has been engaged "with the Omaha
Trust Co. and has been very success
ful in his work there.
The many friends here will join in
their well wishes to Mr. and Mrs.
Hallas for their future welfare and
happiness.
DEPARTS FOR THE WEST
From Tuesday's Daily
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. R. W.
Knorr and children, Jean and Billy,
departed for a trip to Portland and
Seattle where they will spend some
time visiting with the relatives and
friends in that section of the coun
try. The trip is a very pleasant one
and will take Mrs. Knorr and the
children through the very interesting
part of the country and opportunity
of , viewing the Pacific northwest.
A number of the friends and neigh
bors were at the Burlington station
to bid the party a pleasant journey
to the west.
INITIATED BY E. CF C.
Sunday afternoon several young
men of this city were initiated into
the Knights of Columbus at Omaha,
three of the local men taking ihe
work with fifty-seven cf the Omaha
class and which was put on by the
Omaha officers and staff in a very im
pressive manner. Tha local candi
dates were Frank Secllacek, Fred Sed
lak and Louis Svoboda.
The initiation was attended by
seveial of the members of the local
council of the Knights of Columbus,
they being W. A. Swatek, John J.
Cloidt, Mike Vetersnik, George Scu
lacek. James and Albert Warga and
Matthew Sedlak.
Following the initiation the mem
bers were treated to a fine banquet at
the new Knights of Columbus com
munity building at 20th and Dodge
streets and where the initiation cere-
! monies were also held
Former Local
Man Heads the
Nebrl Alumni
William C. Ramsey. Now Omaha At
torney, Former Resident Here
Selected by Ex-Students.
Lincoln, Neb., May 2S. Leaden
skies and frigid breezr-s dampened
the ardor of hundreds of Vniversity
cf Nebraska alumni who gathered on
the college of agriculture Saturday
for the general an 1 class reunions.
At noon the students and alumni
attended the annual alumni luncheon
in the new Students' Activities
building.
Following the luncheon, the an
nual business meeting of the Alumni
association was held and officers for
the ensuing year elected. The new
officers follow:
William C. Ramsey. Omaha, presi
dent. Ruth Munger James. Stromsburgh,
vice president.
L. E. MumforJ, Lincoln, member
of the executive committet.
New district directors were also
chosen. They are:
Jean Cain, Falls City, first dis
trict. Warren Howard, Omaha, second
district.
Edward Baumann, West Point.
3rd district.
James W. Whitney, Grand Island,
fifth district.
John Cook, ScottsblufF. sixth dis
trict. A resolution of appreciation for
the long service given to the uni
versity by Chancellor Samuel Avery,
was adopted by the association.
Chancellor Avery wan introduced
and responded briefly.
Mr. Ramsey was born nnd reared
in Plattsmouth and received his edu
cation here in the local schools and
from here attended the state univer
sity law school at Lincoln. On gradu
ating from the university he was
f leeted county attorney in the fall of
1908 and was called upon in the first
few months of his term to prosecute
three murder trials. Before the com
pletion of his term Mr. Ramsey re
signed to go to Omaha and take up
the practice of law there in one of
the leading firms of the city and
where he has since been located. He
is a son of the late Judge B. S. Ram
sey and the mother. Mrs. Ramsey if
still a resident of this city and can
feel pleased at the recognition that
the former school associates has giv
en her son.
HAS AUTO STOLEN ,
From Tuesday's Dally
The family of A. J. Engelkemeier
of this city were startled this morn
ing to discover that the family auto
mobile, a fine new Overland sedan,
had been stolen fmm the garage at
the residence and had evidently been
missing for some time when the fact
was discovered. It was not until in
quiries from the office of Sheriff Bert
Reed as to whether the car was in
the garage or not that the family
learned it was missing.
Sheriff Reed was notified this
morning by the deputy sheriff of
Otoe county that a car bearing the
license of A. J. Engelkemeier had
been found thi3 morning abandoned
in the baseball park at Nebraska
City and the authorities desired to
learn what disposition the owner
wished and as to the facts of the car
being abandoned. Sheriff Reed had
not had the stolen car reported to
him and at once got in touch with
the Engelkemeier family with the re
sult that they investigated and found
the car missing. Mr. Engelkemeier
has been at Jensen, Nebraska, at
tending the Evangelical church con
ference and the car had not been
used and was supposed by the fam
ily to be safely locked in the garage
and their surprise was great when
they 'found the lock broke and the
car missing.
The car was probably taken by
some local talent the authorities
think and after using it they had
abandoned it in Nebraska City.
Deputy Sheriff Rex Young depart
ed this morning for Nebraska City to
bring the car back home.
All local news is in the Jour&aL
Funeral of
W. H. Rainey
Held Sunday
Services arc Held from the First
Methodist Church at 3:30
Largely Attended.
From Tuesday's Daiiy
The funeral services of the late W.
H. Rainey were held on Sunday after
noon at 3:30 from the First Meth
odist church and quitely largely at
tended by the old friends and neigh
bors. Rev. W. A. Taylor of Union, an old
friend of the departed he'd the ser
vice and made a very beautiful ser
mon on the life and work of Mr.
Rainey as a citizen, a neighbor and
a friend and as; the husband and
father in the family home.
During the service a quartet com
posed of G. L. Farley. L. O. Minor
Miss Vyral Fossler and Miss Estelle
Baird gave three of the old and loved
hymns.
At the conclusion of the service the
body was borne to Oak Hill cemetery
and laid to the last long rest. The
pall bearers were selected from among
the brothers of Mrs. Ka'iiey, being
F. M. and J. 15. Parriott of Peru
W. C. I'arriott, of Lincoln, Lee R.
Parriott of Auburn, John L. Parriott
of Dawson and Grover C. Parriott of
Plattsmouth.
Obituary.
William H. Rainey was born Feb
ruary 24, 1SC9 in Mills county. Iowa,
coming to Nebraska in 1880 with his
parents. He was married March 20
1S9S at Peru ..to Miss Alma Parriott.
who with the six children. Merle
Rainey of New York City, Clara, Isa
bel, Mrs. Wilma Becker, Donald and
Winifred Rainey, all residing in and
near this city, survive the passing of
the husband and father. The family
resided in the vicinity of Murray
Stella. Elmwood and Union, and later
moved to Plattsmouth to educate the
four older children and where the
younger children, Donald and Wini
fred were born. Of the family of Mr.
Rainey there remain the aged mother,
Mrs. Isabel Rainey, and the follow
ing brothers and sisters: Oliver RaJa-
ey, Sidney Iowa; Mrs. Nora Mapes.
Meadow. Nebraska; Mrs. Ida McKin
ney, Henderson. Iowa; Mrs. Mary
Ingham, of Texas; Loren Rainey
Teas: J. P. Rainey, Wood Rainey.
of Plattsmouth; Floyd Rainey of
Omaha and Miss Anna Rainey of this
city. The following out of town mem
bers of the family were present at
the funeral: Mrs. C. T. Edwards,
Elmwood; Edgar Edwards, Elmwood;
Boyd Edwards and wife, Seward; Jen
nings and Leland Parriott of Auburn;
John Parriot tand family, Dawson;
Miss Sadie Glasgow, Peru; J. B.
Parriott. son Richard, T. M. Parriott
wife and two sons, Charles and Lest
er, Mrs Ed Parriott of Peru; Floyd
Rainey and wife of Omaha; Walter
Mapes and family, Omaha, and Wil
liam McKinney and family.
CLOSES SCHOOL YEAR
From Wednesday's Daliy
The close of the school year was
most fittingly observed on last Friday
afternoon in district No. 8, the Ken
osha district, when a picnic party was
held in the A. J. McNatt grove, in
which Miss Mary Warren, the teach
er, with her little pupils and the
the parents of the scholars held a
real afternoon of fun and pleasure in
this attractive spot and several of
the Plattsmouth people were present
to participate in the enjoyment of
the day The older people had brought
well filled baskets of the good things
to cat and the ice, cream was pro
vided by the teacher. Miss Warren.
Those who attended the enjoyable
event were: Miss Mary Warren and
the school children. lone Barnard,
Ada, Alex and Alda Campbell, Margie
and Harold Lancaster, Alice and Don
ald Campbell, Rubs', Pearl and Clif
ford Sutton, Dorothy Campbell, Jose
phine Campbell, Ernie, Joe and
James Vallery, Elmer, Helen and
Lena Schumaker, John Noddelman
Lena and Pearl Grauf. Misses Jean
Caldwell, Margaret Shallenberger.
Ruth Bird, Emma and Geneva Mc
Natt, Messers Robert and Francir
Warren, Glen Hutchison, Johnnie Mc
Natt. Mesdames Frank Warren
Charles Atterberry, Joe Campbell
Fred Campbell, and children, Frank
Globitz and children, Rudolph Schu
maker, Messers and Mesdames J. E.
Lancaster, John Sutton, A. T. Camp
bell, o'scar Campbell, Gus Grauf, Ray
Campbell, John Noddelman and John
Hendricks.
RIVER EATS AWAY FARM
Omaha, Neb., May 27. The Mis
souri river, which since the spring
raise, has been eating away the 1,
300 acre farm of C. L. Schiefeld six
miles southeast of Rellevue, near
here, in an attempt to form a new
channel, has engulfed nearly nine
hundred acres of the land.
The erosion is still going on at a
rapid rate and the remainder of the
farm, with the exception f a forty
acre plot, will disappear within a
few weeks, the owner declared.
Need help ? Yon can get it quickly
by placing your ad in tne JouraaL
DOINGS IN DISTRICT COURT
From Wednesday's Dally
This morning in the district court
an action was filed in the matters of
the application of E. C. Twiss, admin
istrator of the estate of Rhoda Brown
deceased, to sell real estate, located
in the village of Louisville.
Another action filed was that Gf
the Farmers State bank vs. Ashley
O. Ault. The action is one to collect
32.5'J0 alleged to be due the plain
tiff fmm fc,. II. Arrant?, on a note
and mortgage. The defendant A. O
Ault, as clerk of the sale of the prop
erty of S. II. Arrauts is asked to
turn over to the plaintiff the sum of
?2,500. A. L. Tidd appears for the
plaintiff.
The National Stone Co. has brought
an action against Gardner rowers, et
al., an action to quiet title to land
now owned and in possession of the
plaintiff. Attorney J. A. Capwell ap
pears in the action for the plaintiff.
Much Progress
on New Commun
ity Auditorium
Close cf This Week Should See the
Exterior Walls Scaffold High
Ready by August 15.
From Wednesday's Daily
Brick work on the new Legion
community building is progressing in
fine shape since Emil Walters and
his crew of men got started on the
job last week, after a delay while
they were finishing the brick work on
the Nebraska Gas and Electric com
pany's sub-station control house.
The west wall is up to a point
where the steel casements for the
French windows are being set and as
soon as the work gets a little farther
along the setting of the round 4-inch
supporting columns and the I beams
that will carry the main floor joists
can proceed.
The brick walls present a good ap
pearance and while only a portion of
the interior will be plastered at the
present time, the brick surface will
be far from unsightly along the sides.
The . large Fenestra sash, eich with
twelve panes of glass will permit of
the utmost ventilation in the assem
bly room when they are opened and
in addition large damper type venti
lators will be provided in the tempo
rary roof that will rise some eighteen
inches above the main floor joists.
The ceiling of the assembly room,
will be ten feet in height and ap
proximately the same in the other
rooms, including the kitchen, toilets,
cloak room, furnace rooms and coal
storage rooms. Brick interior walls
across the north and sount ends of
the 5SxSS assembly room will separ
ate it from other parts of the build
ing and help make it easily heated.
The placing of gas leads and the
installation of sewer and water ser
vice are being looked after as the
work progresses, so there will be no
delay in getting these in later on.
The electrical wiring, which will be
handled on separate contract, will
also be arranged for in ample time
to place the condoits in the interior
wood partitions.
Some idea of the immense size of
the building can be gained as the
construction of the walls proceed and
many interested spectators and con
tributors to the fund visited the lots
Sunday and Decoration day to note
the fine progress being made.
PASSING 85TH MILESTONE
On Thursday June 2nd, 1S42 at
London, Madison county, Ohio, there
was born at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Sylvanus Bates, a son, and to whom
was given the name of Milford A.
Bates. This has been a period of
eighty-five years ago and tomorrow
this gentleman, no longer young, is
celebrating his 85th anniversary.
The anniversary is that of Col. M
A. Bates, veteran editor of the Jour
nal and who is celebrating his birth
day very quietly at his home as his
health has not been the best and has
caused him to abandon many of thr
activities that he has made a part of
his long and useful life.
Col. Bates has been in newspaper
work for a period of sixty-three years,
having been apprenticed when a very
young man in the newspaper offices
at London and has been practically
continuously in this line of work out
side cf the years spent in the union
army in the civil war.
Col. Bates has been a resident of
Plattsmouth 6ince 1902 when he
came here to edit the Journal which
is owned and published by his son,
R. A. Bates.
VISITS OLD HOME
From Wednesday's Daliy
This morning Sheriff Peter Clar
ence and Mrs. Clarence were here
for a few hours en route from Hart-1
ington, Nebraska, to Lnion. They
will visit at the home of Mr. Clar
ence's mother, who Is well along in
years and not in the best of health.
Mr: Clarence has been sheriff of Cedar
county for a great many years and.
is one of the most popular of the of-1
ficials there. They will spend some '
little time visiting in this part of
the state with relatives and friends. .
Rotarians and
Rotary Anns in
Picnic Party
Plattsmouth Club Mmbers and Ladies
Frolic at Government Rifle
Range Last Evening.
From Wednrsaay s Dally
The members of the Plattsmouth
Rotary club last evening staged a
picnic party at the government rifle
range north of this city and in tin
pleasant, event they were joined by
the Rotary Anns, who enjoyed the
outing and fun of the picnic a
thoroughly as the members of the
Rotary.
The location of the picnic ground.
was an Ideal one and fiere for a per
iod of several bours the jolly party
had a great deal of fun and enter
tainment in the program that wa-
prepared by the committee in charge.
The sport program was filled to
overflowing and many real contests
were staged among the members and
the ladies and one of the hottest of
these was the peanut race which Roy
Knorr won after a ral contest.
One of the big events of the picnic
was the baseball game in which the
Rotarians and the Anns were equally
divided and had a fast three iniiint:
game in which errors were featured
and in which the batting of Billy
Baird and Rev. McClusky is reported
as being outstanding with Mrs. E. H.
Wescott as second baseman. Mrs.
Christ and Mrs Rea in baserunning
were also outstanding. The umpir
ing of Fred Rea was as bright and
shining as an electric light and there
were no kicks registered on his de
cisions. The goofy golf contest was also
hard fought with Mrs. William Baird.
Mrs. E. H. Wescott and Dr. J. S. Liv
ingston in a tie but which was final
ly won by Dr. Livingston in a hole in
two.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cloidt were
victors in the egg race. ,
The "hoopla" contest was won by
F. I. Rea.
As. the evening shadows, fell the
fine picnic lunch arrived from the
Es.elle cafe and was nerved to the
members of the party whose appetites
were whettd by the sports and ac
tivities of the earlier part of the
evening.
The committee in charge of the
picnic were Fred Rea. Will Robert
son and Dr. Paul Heinemann.
The only feature that marred the
occasion and which had not been ar
ranged by the committee was the
mosquitoes that came to annoy the
picnic party and made necessary the
starting of several campfires but the
event was one that every member of
the picnic party will long very pleas
antly remember.
YOUNG PEOPLE WEDDED
From Wednesday's Dally
The many friends in this city of
Forest hrader. are pleased to l"arn
of the fact that this former Platts
mouth high school student has join
ed the ranks of the Benedicts and is
now a full fledged married man.
The wedding of Miss Evelyn Booth
of Pawnee City and Mr. Shrader oc
curred on Friday, May 27th at Ne
braska City and was a very quiet and
simple wedding, the young people
motoring to that city frDm Peru and
where the marriage ceremony was
performed.
The young people are schoolday
associates at Peru where they both
have been attending the state nor
mal school and the acquaintance
there soon ripened into a romance
that has culminated in their mar
riage. The bride has been teaching
the past year in the public schools
of Dewittt Nebraska, whi! the groom
has been continuing his work in the
state normal. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Shrader will continue their studies
at the summer school.
The groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. II. Shrader of this city and
was born and reared in this portion
of Cass county and after the removal
of the family to this city attended
the high school here from whore ho
graduated in the class of 1925. He
has since been attending Peru.
PURCHASES NEW HOME
From Tuesday's Dally
A. W. Smith of this city has pur
chased the residence property at the
corner of 10th and Pearl street, for
merly owned by Judge Allen J.
Beeson and one of the attractive
homes in that portion of the city.
Mr. Smith has secured a fine home
and located in a very attractive por
tion of the city.
CARD OF THANKS
We sincerely wish to thank our
neighbors and kind friends for the
many acts of kindness shown us dur
ing the illness and at the time of
the death of our beloved father, and
also for the beautiful floral offerings.
John Madsen, Peter Madsen, Mrs.
Robert R. Neil, Emil Madsen, Mrs.
Lawrence Lancaster.
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