Nebraska '-. rTtTri
cal Society
journal
VOL. NO. TT.TTT
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. TEUESDAY, DEC. 22, 1927.
NO. 92
Turlington
Makes Improve
ments in Shops
Enlarge Capacity of Coach Shops and
equip Buildings With Con
crete Floors.
From Mondnv la:i
The Burlington is completing a
series of improvements in their lo
cal shops that covers the expenditure
of several thousand dollars and go
to make their buildings at the local
plant much more modern and capable
of handling a great deal more of the
coach work that is being turned out
here in increasing volume.
The company has had new fronts
placed on several of the buildings at
the shops and have enlarged the ca
pacity of the cacli chop so that the
shop can now handle a great many
more cars than heretofore and in
creasing the output of the shops so
that they can fill the demand for
more cars that are constantly being
made on this shop, one of the best
coach shops of the system. The coach
work at the local shops has been for i
years recognized as being of a very
high type and a great volume of'
work has been turned out here each
month. I
In ddition to the increasing'
coach work there has also been more
of the mill work sent to the local
shops as well as special work in the
blacksmith line that is being handled
by the force of workmen under the,
direction of Superintendent llliam Sunday morning the verdict was
Baird and the, foreman of the shops, rendered in favor of the defendants
In the shop buildings there has and against the plaintiff. Topp.
been placed new concrete floors, a The case has attracted a great
much needed improvement. and deal of attention as the defendants
which will make for the comfort and are quite prominent residents of the
convenience in the various depart- territory south of Murray and north
ments of the shop where the busy of Nehawka. the six defendants hav
workmen are engaged each day in ing been Dale R. Topliff, D. V. Pit
turning cut the work that goes into man, J. R. Gerking, Herman Wohl
the equipment of the rolling stock of farth. Ivan Deles Dernier, and Nick
the railroad. " i Frederich. There were large num-
These improvements are a source bers from the vicinity of the resi
of pleasure to the community that dence of the parties present each
have held here the title of the Home day and the result of the case await
of the Burlington shops, as this is ed with much interest by residents
the first shop of ihe system ?.nd has of that locality.
been a place of the greatest activity' The suit for damages was filed by
for many years and the improvements ' Mr. Topp who elaimed that. the com
that have been made at the shops In-'plaint filed last spring against him
dicate that tbe railroad company asking for a peace bond, had dam
contemplates no change from their aged his reputation in the commun
nolicv that has kent this shou one of itv and for which he had asked the
the most active on the system, altho
from time to time there ire adjust-
ments mad? in the work in all of the
shops on the different parts of the ,
system.
DEATH OF OWEN CLIFFORD
From Mondpv's Inilv
Last evening at 10 o'clock Owen
Clifford, an aged resident of the
north portion of the city, passed
away at the home on North 8th
street after a short illness. The death
of Mr. Clifford was ('lie to the ail-
ments of his advancing years and
n-hich has kf-nt him confined to his luaiulI1s ut u mv, """'"ru m. offering in that wnicn anss Meien
home for the Yi eater part of the hat is expected to be the last jury su,an prewnted in that of a char
home xor t.ie gieaur prt 01 me case of the termt tnat of Anna Guth . act?r of Judag tfce betrayer.
.l ,:v- or, r h0 iat
Mr. and Mrs. Stfphen Clifford, who
were earlv residents of this city and ;
the dcea-d spent hi you n ere r years
in this community and is remembered
i,tt thC ir)r residents of the city.!
For a runiuer of years J!v. CI i fiord called out to the vicinity of the E.-H. presentation of the role was stirring
made his horn1 at Weeping Water Spangler home where an auto was and held the audience by its intense
wbere he was enticed in work in reported to have gone into the ditch ness and the heights that Miss Sloan
the quarried there but later moved to just at the edge of the culvert on rose in the last portions of the sketch
Omaha where he made his home un- the King of Trails highwav. , at the remorse of Judas and his death
til a short time ago when he came It was found on reaching the were intense and gripping. The of
to thi city and has since resided scene that- the parties were Mr. and fering was unusual In that Judas is
here with h's brother. T. S. Clifford Mrs. G. W. Johnson, colored, of a character not often presented and
at the family home. Omaha, who were en route to Xe- gave the audience a glimpse of per
Owen Clifford was born at Logans- oraska City and on reaching the sonal study in the life of the char
port. Indiana, seventy-five years ago. turn in the highway Mr. Johnson acter that has through the centuries
.nt ha cr.pnt the irreater nart of his had been blinded by the lights of an been the object of scorn and loath-
lifetime in this state
Mr Clifford is-survived by the bro-
ther T S. Clifford of this city and
a sister, Miss Josephine Clifford of
Omaha '
t ria'rfii nf the brother, the
members or the familv will have the
deep sympathv of the many friends
in this" community where the family
has been so long residents.
The funeral of Mr. Clifford will be
held at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning
from the St. John's Catholic church.
JURY FINISHES WORK
p,m Xinn'. nniiv
Tv,i mnminp-the fifth week of the
I., term nf oniirt was called, the
,.,c nf r.(kmon TI T,emnke. et al..
being scheduled for trial but the that we did not want the wet forces words of comfort and consolation to
agreement reached by the parties in to manage our country. Special the bereaved family and the sorrow
the suit among themselves settled music. "The Chimes of Christmas." ing friends.
the case out of court was rendered by Mrs. Mae Smith During the service the members of
fter the reaching of the agree- and a reading "The Two Glasses" by the choir of the U. B. church gave
me'nt mnn- the rtie Judire Beelev Mrs. Ivan Balfour. A message of several of the old and loved hymns.
excused the jury from further attend-
ti,nw them fnr the ser-
vice that thev hart performed in
handling the cases that came before
them. The Jury service is a part of
the duty of citizenship and some-
times is a very irksome and trying
ordeal but necessary in the conduct
of the courts.
The present Jury panel has been
eneaeed for the nast four weeks and
have had one of the longest terms of
Jury wor': in many years.
The next term nf the district court
will open in -March, the date of
which will be fixed later by Judge
Eegley.
Blank books at the Journal offloe.
FUSERAL OF MRS CARRUTH
From Monday's Daiv
The funeral of Mis. Frank Carruth
was held this morning from the Sat
tler funeral home where the body
was taken from Burlington train No.
6 and held at the home until 10
o'clock.
The
the !
grave by. the Rev. ,H. G. McCiusky, j
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of which the Carruth family
ere former members.
The pall bearer9 were selected
from the old friends of the family
and comprised the following: J. W. !
Crabill
joints xv. ronoch, ""nam
T T ' n-ll-l. it-:ii :
Schmidtmann D C. Morgan. George
The body was accompanied by the
two sons and daughter from the west.
Glen Carruth and Mrs. McKnight of
Denver and Fred Carruth of Fort
Morgan, Colorado.
Decide Damage
Suit for the
Defendants
Arf:n nf jnTT1Po Torm vs Dale 11
ActJ0 ot James lopp vs JJfcie
Topliff, et Rl. for $1D,UUU
Goes to Defendants
i
From Monday's Datlv-
The damage suit of James Topp !
vs. Dale R. Topliff. et al., which was
on trial in the district court on Fri-
day and Saturday was given to the ;
- Jury at 5:30 Saturday evening and
SUm of $15,000 in damages. The j
complaint for the peace bond was I
signed by six defendants who alleged
that they were in fear of Mr. Topp.
On the trial of the case in the ' pressive manner and which gave tne
'county court Mr Topp was released audience the realization cf the im
i and the case dismissed and was later ' pot tance and the lessons of the
i followed by an insanity charge Christmas day that has brought hope
'ajrainst Toon in which he was found ;
sane.
The damage suit was filed several
weeks later against the six defend
ants in the action.
Following the verdict in the dam
age suit the members of the jury
,a"':" "
- ' Vi v -vw-i cVi .-.I 1. T. f,Vll L'ill 11 n t J 1 1 Vl 1C
mann vs. MIliam LempKe, et al.
CAR GOES INTO DITCH
"
From Monday's naiiy
Last evening Sheriff Bert
approaching car and being unfami-"
liar with the road had turned hi3 car
and ran into the edge of the ditch
and the car damaged by the breaking
of the Slass in tne rear part of the
car.
It was necessary to have a truck
sent out from the city to pull the
car out of the ditch,
- mr.
UNION W. C. T. U. MEETS
From Monday's raiiv
I The December meeting of the
Women's Christian Temperance
i Union was held at the., home of Mrs.
'J. D. Cross with Mrs. Crede Harris
as assistant hostess. Mrs. Mouege
wps leader of the topic. "Temperance
and Missions." All present agreed
cheer and love was sent to one of our
dear members. Mrs. Mont Robb. who
is very ill. Delicious refreshments
were served. Our next meeting will
be at tne nome oi wrs. u. r-orier
with Mrs. Will Banning as thejeader
of the topic, "Anti Narcotics,
, ,
CARD OF THANKS -
1
We wish to thank our kind neigh-
hors and friends for their many acts
0f kindness during our loved one's
illness, death and burial.
Also the beautiful flowers and the
cars for our relatives at the funeral,
Their kindness will never be for-
gotten. Mrs. Andy Thomsen and
Family. .
Community Sing
Proves Very Pleas
ing to Big Crowd
Some 400 Persons Are Present at the
Communijty Building for the
Musical Services.
From Monday's Daily
Yesterday afternoon the American
Legion community building rang
, ... itJfl ctroinc rf tho
Christmas carols tbat carried in their
melody the rejoicing over the coming
of the day when the birth cf the
King of Kings brought to the world
the hope of redemption.
I The number attending was esti
j mated at 400 and all cf whom Joined
j in the singing of the carols, the songs
j being led by Mrs. E. H. Wescott. one
j of the leaders in the music circle?
j of the city and who has been the
chairman of the music department of
the Nebraska Federation of Women's
clubs.
The community sing was one of the
most successful that has been held
in recent months and gave the op-
PrtUDlty of the expressing of the
Chrlstma8 thought in song,
The invocation and benediction of
the afternoon was offered by the Rev.
O. G. Wichmann, pastor of the St.
Paul's Evangelical church,
In addition to the Christmas carols
there was a ve-y interesting program
offered by a number of the talented
residents of the city that added to the
enjoyment of the event
In vocal offerings Jean and Billy
Knorr, the children of Mr. and Mrs.
R. W. Knorr were heard in a duet
that was very much enjoyed, while
the solo number of Mrs. Fay Chase
Martin added much to the value of
the program. Mrs. E. H. "Wescott
and Miss Rnth Lindsay were heard
in a most impressive number, "The
Angel' in which the beautiful voices
of the ladies found real expression.
The girls glee club of the high
school offered a special number un
der the direction of Miss Ruth Lind
say, music supervisor, that was well
presented and the fine voices of the
young ladies added a most appre
ciated part to the program.
The audience received a special ol
fering in the children from the room
of Miss Edith Abbctt of the grade
schools, in which the little folks de
monstrated tbat all of the musical
talent is not possessed by the older
students.
The Christmas story was given by
Mrs. William Baird in her usual im-
to the world
AH UNTSUAL TREAT
From Morula Vs T"sf!v
Last evening the congregation at
the First Methodist church had the
. f . . 1
P'ure 01 rearing a ery un..
which was taken from the official
tet of the Oberammergau passion
players. The wonderful dramatic tal
ent of Miss Sloan found great ex
pression in the rendition of the part
Reed of the Judas and her work in the
ing in his betrayal of the loved Mas-
ter.
Those who attended the presenta-
tion were more than repaid for their
effort in the splendid offering of Miss
. Sloan.
MRS. AMICX AT REST
From Monday's Pally
The funeral of the late Mrs. Ruth
X. Amick was held on Sunday after
noon at 1:30 from the Sattler Fun
eral home at 4th and Vine street
and the service attended by a large
group of the friends from the vicinity
of the home near Mynarc)
The services were conducted by
Rev. George B. Weaver of the My
nard U. B. church and who spoke
At the conclusion of the service
the body was borne to the Eight Mile
. Grove cemetery where it was laid to
the last long rest in the family plot
VERY HAPPY EVENT
From Monday's Dallv
Yesterday morning at the hospital
at Omaha a fine little son was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Evi Spier of this
city and the little man with the
mother is doing nicely and bringing
witn nim a real rejoicing for the
Christmas season. It is needless to
say that the event has been the
source of a great deal of pleasure
and happiness to Grandfather Wil-
fliam J. Streight.
RECEIVES SAD MESSAGE
From Wednesday s Daily
Yesterday afternoon M. M. Beal of
this city received the sad news of
the death of his brother-in-law, El
liott Utterback. which occurred yes
terday morning at his home in Hay-
esVille, .Iowa. Mi. Ltteroack was
eighty-six years of age and was mar
ried to an elder sister, of Mr. Beal,
the family having lived in that sec
tion of Iowa since their marriage and
Mr. Utterback was born and reared
in that locality, his parents having
been among the early residents of
the state. :
Owing to the poor health of Mrs. .
Beal it will be imposrible for the re
latives here to attend the funeral
services which are to be held at the
home at Hayesville. , j
Philip Eagan
an Old Resident,
Passes Away
Body Brought Here Sunday After
noon and Funeral Services
Held This Afternoon.
From Monday's Iailv
The death of Philip Eagan, aged
53, of Grand Island, a former resi
dent of this city, occurred Saturday
at the hospital at Grand Island where
he had been a patient for some time
and the bodj was brought to this
city, the old home of the Eagan
family, yesterday for the last ser
vices. Mr. Eagan was born in this city
where his parents were old time
residents and he grew to manhood
in this community, leaving here
thirty-five years ago for McCook
where he was engaged as an engi
neer on the Burlington for a number
of years and from there he later
moved to Grand Island where he has
been engaged for years as an engi
neer and continued in that work un
to the time of the last illness.
The deceased was naver married
and leaves to mourn his death three
brothers and one sister, Pat Eagan
of Edgemont, South Dakota. Thomas
Eagan of Chicago, John Eagan of
Louisville and Mrs." Victor Ives of
Lewiston. Idaho.
The body arrived in this city at
4:30 Sunday afternoon and was tak
en to the Streight funeral home on
Oak street where it remained until
the funeral service at 1:30 this after
noon. The last services were held at the
St. John's Catholic crre-ch :nd were
conducted by the pastor. Father
George Agius and rt t, e exclusion
of the services the bcfly was borne
to the Catholic cemetery whre it
wrs laid to the last long rest in the
family lot where the parents are at
rest.
The relatives attending the ser
vices were the brothers. Thomas of
Chicago and Patrick of Edgemont,
Mrs. John Banning of Alvo and Wil
liam Eaffan of McCook, niece and
nephew of the deceased.
MAY PROMOTE AN OLD
FIDDLERS' CONTEST HERE
The entertainment committee of
the American Legion has under con-,
irtprntinn the holdiner of an Old Fid
dlers' contest in January with cash
prizes for the first, second -and third
best entries arfd doubtless followed by
a genuine old rasnionea aance, wun
music furnished by the group of old
timers entered in the contest. This
would allow each to receive enough
fnr his services at the dance to pay
him to attend the contest, while the
winners would receive generous cash
prizes in addition.
The committee is anxious to ascer
tain how much enthusiasm there is
for Rnrh a contest and how many en-
tri9 mielit be exoected. before eoing
ahead with the arrangements, and re
quests that all old time tiddlers who
nrmiiri Hk tn pomcete droD a line to
Roy Holly, chairman of entertainment
enterprises. Plattsmouth, xsebr. If the
contest Is held, the cash prizes will
h sufficiently larere to make it worth
while competing for them, especially
with the added remuneration tor old
time orchestral service.
Tf vnn would like to enter such a
contest or would like to see one staged
in the new Community ouiiaing some
time in January please notify Mr.
Holly or any of the American Legion
officials.
SELLS FURNITURE STOCK
From Wednesday's Pally
This morning G. P. Horn, trustee
in the Ghrist & Ghrist bankruptcy,
held the sale of the stock of furni
ture at the former store on South 6th
street, and the sale attracting quite
a number of bidders from Omaha
and other parts of the state to make
bids on the stock. As the result of
the bidding the stock was sold to a.
Mr. Corbin of Omaha for the sum of
$700. The sale will have to be ap
proved by the U. S. district court be
fore the property can b' turned over
to the bidder, however. The pur
chaser is expecting, if the sale is
confirmed to sell the stock in bulk
or in small assortments to those who
may wish to purchase them.
Journal Want Ads bring results.
Lincoln Church
Has Part in Most
Thrilling Rescue
Husband of Former Plattsmonth Girl,
Miss Millye Tnbbs, Figures
in the Rescue.
Lincoln Church, engineering offi
cer of the coast guard cutter, Craw
ford, and husband of a former Platts
mouth girl. Miss Millye Tubb,
daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tubbs
of Mynard. had an important part
in one of the most thrilling rescues
in the history of the coast guard
service in the great lakes, when the
crew of the cutter rescued the crew
of the steamer Altadoc, which in
the great storm of December 11th on
Lake Michigan, had grounded on
the rocks off Keweenaw Point,
Michigan.
The story of the rescue furnished
a great chapter in the history of
the coast guard service and the mem
bers of the crew of the cutter have
received high commendation for
theirservices. The detailed story of
the rescue was as follows:
The remaining 21 members of the
crew of the stranded steamer Altadoc
on the rocks off Keweenaw Point,
Mich., were rescued late today by the
coast guard cutter Crawford after a
thrilling battle in high seas jam
med with ice formations.
The men were landed at the coast
guard station at Copper Harbor, and
Inter taken to Calumet where they
joined four other members of the
crew who escaped from the vessel
yesterday. Although suffering from
exposure none of the men were ser
iously injured and planned to depart
for their homes tonight.
The Altadoc. coast guard officials
said, will be a total loss. She has
been driven to within 50 feet of the
shore. Her prow was stove in and
one side smashed by the battering
received on the shoal. Her lower
parts are flooded and the engine body
wrecked.
Battles 19 Hours.
The Crawford br.tti-r the ice
jammed, waves 19 hous to reach
Outer Harbor off Rcweenaw Point
from Eagle Harbon Arrived at the
scene, they were unable to'approach
the stricken vessel due to rough
seas. After maneuvering r.bout sev
eral hours, two small boats were
launched from the Crawford and be
gnn the perilous journey to reach the
Altndoc. The boats were nearly enp
s'zed half a do?en times b':t finally
were brought alongside. F.en men
we re placed in one boats which made
the trip back to the Crawford safely.
The second. dory with the remainder
r.f the crew became jammed in the
ice and then was frozen in solid.
With the occupants of the second
dory in danger of being crushed by
r. possible shift in the ice forma
tions, the Crawford in charge of Cap-t-in
Glazer turned her nose toward
th imprisoned boat and at the risk
of going aground herself charged the
blockade.
Sixteen times the Crawford jam
fd the formations and several times
he w?s lifted to an almost perpen
dicular position, by the force of the
blow. Finally a lane was ripped
through the ice and the dory proceed
ed to her side, where the rescued
men climbed aboard.
Most of the crew of the Altadoc
were Canadians, residing in Ontario
ports.
Dibbled Wednesday.
The Altadoc was disabled during
the storm last Wednesday and drift
ed across the lake after her steer
ing aparattus had been disabled. At
5:30 p. m. Wednesday, the disabled
freighter went ashore on the east end
of Keweenaw Point, seven miles east
of Copper Harbor and 1,000 yards
from the wreck of the City of Bangor
which went on the rocks last season.
The crash as the ship went on the
rocks disabled the radio setnding ap
paratus and the ship was without
communication with the rest of the
world from Wednesday night until
today. The receiving set had been
wrecked during the storm.
cnturday four members of the Al
tadoc crew, one of them John Keats
of Duluth. made their way to shore
in a small boat after a perilpus'trip
and reported that conditions aboard
the vessel were serious.
The rescue of the crew was held
up several days by the blizzard and
high winds near the point. The
Crawford, which left Two Harbors
Thursday morning, was forced to
seek shelter and was not able to get
t to the ship until today.
Rescue by the Enerle H3rbor coast
guard crew was hindered by the ice
which had formed in the harbor,
making it impossible to launch a
boat until yesterday. The wind fin
ally subsided today and both crews
were able to get to the ship and take
off the crew.
The tug. Champion, which left
Fort William several days ago to
take off the Altadoc's crew, has not
been heard from since its departure,
but little anxiety is felt since condi
tions on the lake have moderated.
A Tonce "Rn-r nf Ktotinnei-iT mcVea n
appropriate gift for Christmas, at the Bates Book & Gift Shop. Se-
' , . i- ..i-r. t,iix , , . ij.
See the big line at the Bates Book lect your cards, bring in the plate
and Stationery Store, corner Fifth with your name or have the cards
&Main St. printed.
ENTERTAESS FOR SISTER
From Monday's Dally
On Saturday evening Miss Amelia
Martens entertained very pleasantly
a number of the ladies of the city in
honor of her sister. Miss Henrietta
Martens, who is enjoying a vacation
from her duties as nurse at the S. P.
hospital at San Francisco.
The home was very attractively Newman, Well Known Resi
arransed with the Christmas decora- ,J , . ,
tions that added bright coloring to
the scene where the four tables of
bridge were enjoyed.
The prize for the high score was
won by Mrs. R. P. West over and the
second prize by Mrs. A. W. Cloidt
while the consolation prize was won
by Mrs. E. H. Douglass.
At the close of the evening dainty
and delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess and which
proved the climax of a most delight
ful time for ail of the members of
the party.
District Gover
nor of Rotary is
Guest of Citv
Eeuben V. Clark of Kearney, Head
cf the District. Guest of Local
Club Today.
j From Tucsdnv'F Pallv
I The Plattsmouth Rotary club had
the pleasure today of a visit from
Reuben V. Clark of Kearney, district
governor of the International Rotary,
who made his first official visit to
the club and was greeted by the mem
bership this noon at the luncheon
at the parlors of the First Methodist
church.
The governor of the district ar
rived this morning and had a meet
ing with the board "cf directors of
the local club at. 11 o'clock and which
was followed by the weekly lunch
eon at the parlors of the First Meth
odist church at 12:15 and at which
time the membership had the oppor
! tunity of greeting the well known
j Nebraskan who has been selected as
the head of this district.
The riattsmouth Rotary made a
record of 100 per cent attendance by
their splendid meetings that rnrpass-
ed that ot otner ciuds ana wn'cn nas j
. i i . A .1 1 tn.tts !
the Rotary wheel of clubs
llltr wav 111 n uiiu an j L iuc At
mouth members gr.thered for the
weekly breaking of bread and asso-
J
ciation.
At the
luncheon today Governor
the plans of the International Rotary
for the coming yem- and the aims and
purposes of the club thst has in the
last few vears accomplished much in
the snreadine of the teachins of good
fellowship and the bringing of bet-
many nations as well as the dwellers
ter understanding among men of
in the communities of our country,
by the Rotary teaching men have
come to know each other better.
FEELS VERY POORLY
r ,rri WVrinfttirJa v's DflMV.
M. C. Brown, residing on South
9th street has been confined to his
home for the past few days suffering
from a very severe attack of heart
trouble that hns made, his condition
most serious and caused a great deal
of apprehension on the part of the
members of the family. It is the sin
cere wish of the many friends that
Mr. Brown may soon rally and be
back in his former good health and
able to resume his activities.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
From WfdTifpnars Daily
Henry Herold of this city, who has
been at the hospital at Omaha for
the past two weeks recovering from
an operation that was performed for
the removal of a cataract from one
of his eyes, has so far recovered that
he was able to return home yester
day afternoon and will spend the re
mainder of his recuperation here at
home.
15TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
From Monday's rnllv
A group of friends and neighbors
met at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Ivan Balfour in the nature of a sur
prise on Monday evening, Dec. 12
it being their 15th wedding anniver
sary. The evening was spent most
delightfully by all and closed with
lovely refreshments and best wishes
for many more anniversaries.
VISITS SICK BROTHER
From Monday's Dally
Joseph Fetzer of the Fetzer Shoe
Co., was in Omaha today where he
was called by the illness of his bro
ther, Frank Fetzer, who is in quite
serious condition and the brother
from this city will enjoy a visit with
him and trusting that he may find
the brother Improved.
Those who wish to have their
names placed cn the Christmas cards
shrmlrt fret their rvrnVr in nt. nnc.fi
Louisville Man
is Found Dead in
Bed This Morng
dent of That Place Overcome
' by Gas Poisoning.
From Wednesday's T'elly
Henry Newman, aged 42. Louis
ville world war veteran, was found
dead this morning at his room in the
residence of the Benedict family with
whom he had made his home for
some years past. The body was
found at 6:30 this morning when
members of the family sought to
arouse Mr. Newman and found that
he Mas dead in his bed.
The cause of death was from gas
poisoning caused by the fums from
a gasoline heater that Mr. Newman
had purchased yesterday for the use
in his room and which he had light
ed last night on retiring and which
formed gas and caused the death,
the victim apparently sleeping
through the hours while the gas
filled the room and eventually claim
ed his life.
Mr. Newman was one of the highly
respected residents of Louisville
where he has made his home for the
past eighteen years and where he
possessed a very large circle of
friends that learn with the greatest
of regret of his untimely death.
At the time of his death Mr. New
man was aged forty-two years, nine
months and twenty-nine days and
was unmarried, eo far as known hav
ing no relatives in this part of the
country.
When the world war opened In
April, 1917, Mr. Newman w:s the
first man from Louisville to enter
the service, enlisting in are nnvy
and serving for the duration of the
war. At the conclusion of the war
Mr. Newman returned to Louisville
and has since made hi3 home in that
place. The deceased was a member
of the American Legion at Platts
mouth, where he had his membership
for a number of years.
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I lodge at the time of his death.
The funeral services will be
held
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I
j DELIGHTFUL CHRISTMAS PARTY
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Last evening Mrs. Lon Henry as
hostess to a most charming Christ-
mas dinner party and bridge that
was enjoyed by the members of the
W. H. E. L. club and a few invited
guests.
The dinner was enjoyed at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mullen,
parents of Mrs. Henry, where the
Christmas spirit was in evidence in
the beautiful table decoration? and
the green and red used throughout
the rooms. The table was lighted by
the stately red candles and the cen
terpiece was one of a minature
Christmas trees snd around the table
gathered the jolly party of ladies to
enjoy the delicious four course din
ner that had been arranged. Mrs.
Frank Mullen and Mrs. Ray Herring
assisted in the serving.
At the close of the dinner th
members of the party were invited
to the Henry home in the Harris
apartments and where the members
of the club found a surprise in a
large and handsomely decorated
Christmas tree on which was found
presents for all of the members ot
the Jolly party of ladies and which
furnished a most delightful part fif
the evening entertainment. The
ladies also enjoyed the remainder of
the evening in bridge and at which
Mrs. C. A. Rosencrans was the win
ner of the first prize and Mrs. Guy
Long, the consolation prize.
The hostess had as invited guests
of the club Mrs. Frank Bestor. Mrs.
Elmer Rummel. Mrs. C. A. Rosen
crans and Miss Marie Fitzgera'd.
SCHOOLS CLOSE FRIDAY
From W"?nsda v s riH"-
The Christmas vacation in the
city schools will start on Friday af
ternoon and will continue until Mon
day, January 9th. The high school
will enjoy th e "Homecoming" on
Friday and the various grad" school?
will have programs and Christmas
trees on Friday afternoon as a fitting
opening of the Christmas vacation.
The teachers who reside at distant
points will take advantage of the
occasion to go to their homes to
spend the holiday season.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born December 20. 1927
11: CO a. m.. a daughter, to Mr
at
and
Mrs. Roy O. Cole.
This announcement ha? brought n
great deal of Joy to the Cole house
hold and th
father and little bro-
ber are rejoicing over the addition
ha8, Me. JnlL r
Mrs. Cole and the little daughter
are doing nicely.
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