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VOL. NO. XLV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBR. 28, 1929.
NO. 8
St. Paul's Junior
Church Holds
Annual Banquet
n- T- t;,j or,j rioirtTi f
Fme Time Enjoyed and Election of
unicers ot tne cnurcn neia ai
Meeting on Sunday.
Prom Monday's Dally
Last evening at the church parlors
was held the third annual banauet
of the Junior church of the St. Paul's
Kvangelical church, a most pleasant the front portion of the store and iatea in tne nnais baturuay aiter
and profitable occasion for the mem- where a real parlor has been con- non at & o'clock when the Nebraska
hers nf this active and successful structed that eives the greatest com- School for the Deaf in a last minute
The parlors were arranged in the
decorations of blue and white with
the white rose b-ing used in the de -
corativ plan of the room and which
also served as the theme of the toast
list as me rnurcn organizations was
compared to the rose with each toast
being a part of this flower.
The invocation was offered by Rev.
O. G. Wichmann, pastor of the church
The ladies of the church served a
very delicious repast to the young
people, the serving being carried out
by Mesdamef- Adam Stoehr, August
Engelkemeier. Henry Horn, Mary
Ileinrioh and Charles Herren. these
ladies also preparing the the feast.
The menu served was as follows:
Fruit Cocktail
Creamed Chicken Timbales
Mashed Potatoes
Golden Glow Salad
Buttered Green Beans
Gn-en Olives Pickles
Parker House Rolls
Paradise Pudding
Wafers - Mints
Coffee
The toast list was presided over by
LaWrn Glaze in his usual clever man
ner and who Introduced the various
speakers of the evening.
Miss Frances Heinricb sang "The
Rose of Sharon," opening the clever
toast progi am that followed the
song and taking the rose as th
them1, the responses being made by
the following:
"Roots" Freda W&hlfarth
"Srems and Leaves' Mrs. Otto Pitz
"Blossom" Frank Shackneis
"Petals" Gertrude Mortnsen
Pollen" Lrfivisa Albert
"Perfume" Mrs. Mike Kaffenberger
"Thorns" Rev. 0. G. Wichmann
The junior church then proceeded
with the election of the oCicers for
the ensuing year and the following
were namde for the various positions:
President Mrs?. Mike Kaffenber
ger. Vice-President Mrs. Otto Pitz.
Secretary LaVern Glaze.
Chairman of All Committees Miss
Frances Heinrich.
Organist Miss Lovisa Albert.
The meeting closed with the bene
diction by the Rev. O. G. Wichmann
and the singing of "Take My Life
and Let It Be."
SUFFERS SERIOUS RELAPSE
Prom Monday!" Pally
Mrs. Edward Brantner was in very
serious condition Sunday and today
at her home at the Hotel Perkins,
and the greater part of Sunday was
under the constant care of a physi
cian as the result of a relapse from
an attack of the flu suffered a week
ago. Mrs. Brantner suffered a great
deal from the first attack of the flu
but arose while still sick and was
in attendance at the hearings in the
John Cory estate, she being the pro
ponent of the will of her father, and
as the result of the exposure and
worry of the trial Mrs. Brantner was
taken very ill Saturday night and
her condition Sunday was such as to
greatly alarm the members of the
family. This morning the patient
was reported some better but still
in Mich condition as to cause the
greatest apprehension to the mem
r rs of her family circle.
SUFFERS BROKEN HAND
Mrs. Carl H. Meisinger, a bride of
a few weeks, had the misfortune to
fall at her home near Nehawka Sat
urday and sustain a fracture of some
of the bones of the right hand." Mr.
and Mrs. Meisinger are making their
home on the farm of Ernest Ahrens.
father of Mrs. Meisinger and while
Mrs. Meisinger was out in the yard
to look after some work she fell on
the ice and as the result sustained
the fracture of the hand. The patient
was taken to Nebraska City where
an x-ray was made of the injury and
the broken bones set. The injury
will keep the patient on the retired
list for some time at least.
SCHOOL FOLKS DELAYED
From Monday's rallT .
The young people from Cedar Creek
and west of this city, who attend
the Plattsmouth high school, who
were home for the week end with the
families, were compelled this morn
ing to make their journey back to
school via the railroad route, the bad
roads stopping them getting in by
the auto route. As the result of the
necessity of making the return jour-
nT by rail, the youngsters lost some
time of the morning session of school.
'
Need helnt Want a. ioTil Yon ran
?et results in either event by placing: through the sn
your ad in the JournaL 'to the meeting.
ADDS NEW DEPARTMENT
The II. M. Soennichsen Co.. the
largest retail store in Cass county,
has added to their line of depart
ments, a new one, that of the radio'
and records. The new department
will handle the well known Sparton
line of radios, this being shown in j
both the electric and battery types
antl with tne special electric dynamic
Fpeakpr whjch &reat volume
soft tones to the radio recention. This
soft tones to the radio reception. This
department will also handle the well
known Columbia records and has a
reproducing attachment for phono-
graphs that permits their use in con-
nection -with the Sparton radio. The
new department has been placed in
the demonstrations of the radio and
talking machines
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. UlCKen i lUCVCS
Grow Active in
This Community
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i eventyilTe thickens Stolen from
Scott Farm and Ducks from
the Phil Hirz Farm
This community appears to again
V 1 f r.i
ne me scene ui operation oi cniCKen
tmeses, no are worKing among me
farmers of this part of the county
and making away with a large num-Lf
oer oi i ne tine cmcKeriK mai nave
been reared with care on the farms
and now are stolen by these thieves
who operate under cover of dark
ness. On Saturday evening while the
members of the Frank Scott family
were absent from their home south
of this city, some person or persons
raided the hen roost and removed
some seventy-five chickens, the depre
dation not being discovered until the
return of the family from town later
in the evening.
The second place to suffer was the
farm home of Philip Hirz, west of
Plattsmouth. and where some twenty
five ducks that had been on tne
farm were taken Saturday night.
"The authorities -were notified of
the thefts and are working on the
case in the hope of hping able to find
some trace of the chickens and ducks
and restoring them to the lawful'
owners or at least Dnnging tne
guilty parties to justice.
This section has had a lot of these
offenses in the past few months and
the Schafer farm in Mt. Pleasant
precinct was visited several timea by
the miscreants, who carried off chick
ens and nearly wrecked the stock of
poultry on the farm.
While there is agitation about
putting teeth in laws, it would seem
that the state legislature could well(j Hartford, g 0
put some additional molars in the. Turner, g 0
law covering the punishment of the
offenders who might be caught steal
ing chickens.
SETTLE DAMAGE SUIT
The case of Lorenz Leiner vs. the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rail
road, which was a short time ago re
manded to the district court from the
supreme court for retrial, has been
wiped off the docket by its dismissal
by the plaintiff. A settlement has
been reached by Mr. Leiner with the
defendant company, although the
dismissal filed in the office of the
Clerk of the District Court does not
give the sums of the settlement.
This action grew out of the acci
dent on the Oreapolis crossing of the
Burlington north of this city on Sun
day, August 16th, 1926, and in
which the auto driven by C. L. Dietz
was struck by the eastbound train of
the defendant company. In the ac
cident the car was practically demol
ished and James Edwards and Elof
Johnson of this city killec . wMe
Mr. Leiner and Mr- D,?x b?J
injured severely. Mr. Leiner is the
only member of the auto party alive
as Mr. Deitz died several montns
ago.
In the trial of the case here a ver-
d ct fo, "the railroad ,P?o
eriven, dui me cast later reumnueu
for a new trial by the supreme court
MOVES TO NEW LOCATION
From Monday's Imliy
L. G. Meisinger, one of the well
known young farmers of the county,
who has for the past five years farm
ing on the C. H. Boedeker farm west
of Murray, is now moving to the
N'oltlng farm west of Plattsmouth
and will be in readiness to start in
on the farming program for the com
ing year a soon as the weather
shows moderation and spring opens
up. The many friends of the family
in this locality are pleased to see
them move to this section to reside.
SCOUTS BRAVE STOEM
From Tuesday's Iatty
The heavy snow of last night
'ailed to check the spirit of th Boy jlng as well as serving, Mrs. Westover
Scouts as thirty of the members of (was assisted by Miss Edith Abbott
tn various troops were out last night and Miss Jessie Robertson.
to attend the meetings of the three! As the evening drew to a close, the
troops and showing; the old pep de-
-r fr' . v www MWb w,7 V,
snow drifts to get out
Platters Lose
Finals in Dis
trict Tourney
Last Minute Rally of School for Deaf
J
i ,
uver iime ana wniie.
r rom Mon"a' " "a"
The Plattsmouth high school quin
tet. favorites in the Creighton dis
trict tournament at Omaha, were de-
rally carried away the victory by
lne close margin of l.i to 1-' and
dashed the hopes of the locals of be
ing in the state tourney to be held
;at Lincoln the early part of March.
J The Platters were unfortunate in
their shots and many apparently
made to order baskets were missed
during the game by Galloway,, left
j forward of the Platters and these
i missed shots as well as the fact that
Teare, deaf forward was able to get
(through the Plattsmouth guards for
Jtwo baskets in the dying moments of
,the game gave the Omaha team the
-ln &ame ave tne Omaha team
victory and the ticket of admif
j10 th fi.tate mf-t't .at Lincoln.
ssion
The X. S. D. will represent this
district altho apparently will not be
classed in the exclusive class A,
(where Plattsmouth has held a place
in tfae past thr(lf Rtate tournf.VS. the
winnin g team not being of the calibre
jthat ig nM.essary for tne hjsh cias3
fho fnurr,arnf.t ,,-we thev must
meet such teams as St. Paul, the
present title holders, Crete, Lincoln,
i Fremont, Hastings and other of the
out state teams who will undoubt
edly hold a place in the A rating.
In the game Saturday the Plat
ters made a good start and at the
half of the game held an 8 to 4 lead
over the "Dummies."
The Platters played some good
team work with Hadraba, veteran
forward feeding the ball to McClan
ahan for several field goals and also
annexing one himself, but the team
as a whole lacked the shooting eye
necessary and failed on the under
basket shots peveral times, that would
easily nave siren them "a victory.
With the "Dummies" lagging be
hind in the final quarter and with
but two minutes left to go, Teare.
forward, got away from the Piatts-
i mouth defense and sank two field
goals to give them a point margin
and while the Platters made a des
perate rally were unable to secure
the necessary baskets to give them
the victory.
The tabulated score of the game
was as follows:
Plattsmouth
FG FT PF TP
Hadraba, f 110 3
Galloway, f 0
0
0
1
0
3 0
s
2 1
0 0
8 12
McClanahan. c 4
Nebraska Deaf
FO
Pettit, f o
Pettit. f 0
Teare, f 2
Keim, c 1
Barber, g 2
Jahnel. g 0
FT
0
1
y
0
o
o
PF
1
0
o
0
0
0
TP
0
1
6
2
4
0
5 3 3 13
In the class B game Gretna defeat
eel Louisville by the score of 21 to 14
and in which the Sarpy county team
forwards, "Al" Smith and Miller ran
away "with the scoring, with three
field goals alike, while McNealy, left
forward vt Louisville, was the chief
scorer of hi? team with nine points.
CASE AWAITS ARGUMENT
From Monday's Dallr
The hearing of the contest over
the provate of the will of John Cory,
j" A. H
Duxbury, was terminated Saturday
! . -' . . , - 1
evening at 5 o'clock when all of the
evidence was submitted and wrill now
await argument before the court by
the attorneys. The time of the court
; the proponents of the will in rebut-
tal testimony, offered to show that at
the time that the will was made that
Mr. Cory was in normal mental con
dition and capable of making a will.
The court has set Wednesday morn
ing at 9 o'clock as the time for argu
ment of the case by the attorneys
interested and at which time the ar
gument in support of the testimony of
both sides of the case will be present
ed to the court for its judgment.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
The home of Dr. and Mrs. It. P.
Westover was the scene of a very
pleasant gathering of little folks on
Saturday afternoon on the occasion
of the eighth birthday anniversary of
little Miss Janet Westover. The time
was spent in the playing of games of
all kinds and in which the greatest
of pleasure was derived by the mera-
;bers of the party. In the entertain-
members of the party were treated to
. V- J A CPV LI BJJU Vt UiV-il
was featured by the birthday cake
with its glowing candles.
DEPARTS FOR THE WEST
From Monday's Pally
Fred Ahrens, well known young
farmer and auto dealer of this city
and vicinity, departed yesterday for
the northwestern part of the state to
look after farming interests near
Crawford, Nebraska. Mr. Ahrens was
out in the western part of the state
the past summer aed early fall and
while there leased several hundred
acres of land which he had placed in
wheat and which is now coming in
fine shape, as there has been a great
deal of moisture in the fall and win
ter and promises a great crop for the
year. Mr. Ahrens will remain at
Crawford until the latter part of
May or early Junebefore returning
to this locality. Mf. Ahrens has his
farm west of Mynard in excellent
hands for this yearand will be able
to devote his lime to his western
farm.
Heaviest Snow
of Year Sweeps
Over Nebraska
Snow Reaches Depth of Nine Inches
on the Level at This Point
Does Good to Crops.
From Tuesday's ralty
The heaviest snow of the winter
ailU III iCt I I KM III" pH.-ll t HI V T7 J 1
years was lying over the southern
portion of Nebraska and Iowa today
as the result of the storm of yester
day afternoon and last night, and the
heavy mantle of the fleecy white was
bringing a broad smile to the wneat
raisers of the state.
In this city the snow reached the
depth of nine inches on the level and
was one that was not only very deep
but filled with much moisture that
will be beneficial to the farming
lands altho a great inconvenience to
the traveling public and kept a great
er part of the residents confined to
their homes.
The western part of the state did
not receive the heavy snow that was
found in the extreme east and the
southeast parts oi 'the state where
the snowfall was much heavier than
in any other section.
Fortunately the temperature re
mained at from eight to thirty-six
degrees above zero over the state
and the snow started to melt early
this morning but will take some time
to disappear.
Dsepite the heavy snowfall the
train services into this city was kept
at normal and the east bound Bur
lington train No. 6 leaving Denver
yesterday afternoon was practically
on time. The northbound Missouri
Pacific passenger train reaching this
city at 6:20 this morning was some
late owing to the heavy snow that
lav over the southeast section of
Nebraska and parts of Kansas and j
Missouri.
HOLD INTERESTING MEETING
From Tuesday's Daily
The members of Fontenelle chap
ter. Daughters of the American Re
volution met yesterday afternoon at
the home of Miss Caroline Baird on
east Marble street and with a very
pleasing number of the members in
attendance despite the bad weather
conditions.
The local chapter voted to sub
scribe for the Wednesday and Sat
urday issues of the Boston Tran
script for the public library, it be
ing possible for anyone interested to
send in inquiries as to their family
history and the answers will be giv
en in the Transscript.
One new member, Miss Martha
Hiatt was also received by the chap
ter. One of the chief matters of the af
ternoon was the election of the dele
gates to the state convention to be
held at Fremont April 19th to 21st
inclusive, and Mrs. L. O. Minor was
selected as first delegate with Mrs.
E. H. Wescott and Mrs. F. R. Gobel
man as second delegates and Mrs.
T. B. Bates and Mrs. F. G. Morgan
as alternates.
Mrs. J. S. Livingston gave a very
interestink talk on international
relations with China and Japan as
the nations particularly taken up
and Mrs . Livingston covered very
thoroughly the different aspects of
the IT. S. and these two nations of
the far east.
At a suitable hour dainty refresh
ments were served by the hostess that
added to the enjoyment of the occa
sion. The members had as their guest
Mrs. R. W. Clement.
FATHER AGIUS BETTER
From TuesilaVB imiv
The many friends over the city of
Father Georgre Agius. pastor of St.
John's Catholic church, will be pleas
ed to learn that Father Agius is so
much improved over his slight stroke
of several days ago that he is now
able to sit up a part of the time.
Father Agius has been under the
care of his regular physician, Dr. T.
P. Livingston, since the stroke, and
has shown a splendid rally from the
affliction and is now getting along
fine and It Is hoped that this condi
tion will continue until he is entire
ly out of danger.
Murdock Case
Occupies Time
of County Court
Complaint Against Three SToung; Men
Charging Intoxication Is Dis
missed by Court.
From Tuesday's Milhv
This morning in the county court
was heard the complaint filed by
County Attorney W. G. Kieck against
Walter and Le- Buskirk and Vernon
Albright, the information being filed
on the complaint of S. P. Leis, mayor
of Murdock and operator of an oil
station at that place. The complaint
made by Mr. Leis was that the three
young men on Monday, February
18th were in a state of intoxication.
To support the contention of the
prosecution Mr. Leis states that he
had called one of the young men
down for speeding and operating his
car with the cut out open, that all
to his place and invited him out to j
ngnt it out. Air. L.eis testineu tnat
the parties had been drinking, in his
opinion.
John W. Kruger. laborer, testified
that Iee Buskirk had come to the
oil station to secure some gas and
had been told by Mr. Ieis to stop
his speeding and operating the car
with the cut out open. Lee had then
gone to the restaurant operated by
his brother-in-law, Vernon Albright,
and had returned, with Albright and
Walter Buskirk and that Walter had
thrown his coat on the ground and
invited the witness and Mr. Leis out
to settle the argument. He thought
the men were intoxicated.
The defense opened with James
Buskirk, father of the defendants
testifying to the fact that all three
of the young men were sober at the
time of the alleged trouble.
William L. Johnson, workman for
the Rock Island of near South Bend
testified that Mr. and Mrs. Albright
and Walter and Lee Buskirk were
guests at his home from 8 to 12
o'clock, that the parties had all play
ed cards and were not intoxicated
or apparently, bad not been, drink
ing. Mrs. Vernon Albright testified that
her two brothers and husband had
not been drinking on the date of
February ISth, that the two brothers
had been at the restaurant and were
sober. Witness had not heard the
start of the arguments at the oil sta
tion, but later had heard part of the
trouble and some swearing, witness
had urged the three young men to
come back to the restaurant and
leave the men at the oil station
alone. She with her brothers and
Mr. Albright had gone to the John
son home and spent the evening in
playing cards.
The defendants, Vernon Albright,
Walter and Lee Buskirk testified that
they had not been drinking on the
occasion of the trouble and were not
intoxicated. while acknowledging
that they had had some argument
with Mr. Leis at the oil station.
After hearing the evidence in the
case Judge A. H. Duxbury dismissed
the complaint as to the parties being
intoxicated and the three young men
were released from the charge pre
ferred against them.
GIVES FINE PROGRAM
The Parent-Teachers association
of the Columbian school held a very
fine program at the school building
on Friday evening and which was
very largely attended bj the members
of the association and the patrons of
the school.
The meeting and succeeding pro
gram was presided over by Mrs.
Grace Fullerton, president of the
association.
The evening program opened with
the group singing of "America" and
then the musical numbers offered by
the pupils of the room of Miss Keefer
and that of Miss Nahrstadt. in which
the various little folks taking part
did very nicely and their numbers
were received with the most mark
ed approval by all of the large num
ber present.
A very pleasing piano duet , was
given by Miss Jane Rebel and Miss
Mary Catherine Wiles, while Vir
ginia Trively gave a delightful reci
tation that was much enjoyed.
The fifth grade children were
heard also in a group of songs.
In the offerings presented by the
pupils was a saxophone solo by Don
ald Cotner, one of the musically in
clined young folks of the school.
Mrs. Wiley Sigler gave a very
finished piano selection that was
much enjoyed by all of the members
of the large audience, while Miss
Keefer, one of the members of. the
teaching force at Columbian, was
heard in a very charming vocal
selection.
Robert Blunt, student also favored
the association and the friends with
a very clever piano number.
In the course of the program two
interesting talkg were given, one,
"Activities of Boys" by John W. Cra
blll and "Founders Day" by Mrs. R.
B. Hayes.
At the conclusion of the evening
dainty refreshments were served by
the committee composed of Mrs.
Frank R6bal. Mrs. Clarence Cotner,
Mrs. J; E. Wiles and Mrs. Clarence
Favora.
OFFICIALS GO WEST
From Tuesday's raS'y j
This morning a large party of thei
leading officers of the Chicago, Bur-!
lington & Quincy Railroad company ,
were westward bound, their special j
cars being attached to Train No. iri
to the west. The party included Pres-I
ident Williams, who is making his
first official visit to the western lines Lewiston Church Will Be Handled by
since his election to succeed Hale; Lewiston Community Center as
iioiden as the head of the railroad I a Common Meeting Place
The party had the opportunity ofl
seeing Iowa and Nebraska under a ' .
ir.antle of snow that extended from' One of the old time country
the Mississippi river west as far as churches in this county which has
McCook and from there west the for a great many years been stand
snowfall was not so heavy. ng Mr save fur an occasional re
The party had but a short stop lisious service or the funeral of an
here and did not get out to look over old tim- resident, is to again have a
the scenery in this city, the home of I on a(,ive llf' n(1 me a leal
i.. !..: m:...- : u:.. meeting ida.ee of the community In
railroad, now an iniDortant nart of
the great Burlington system.
Makes Good Re
cord in Liquor
Law Enforcement
Sheriff's and County Attorney's Of
fice Have Record of Se
curing Convictions
From Wednesdays Daily
The citizens of Cass county can
feel well pleased that in the enforce
ment of the prohibition law their
county ranks high and the officers
have been untiring in t"heir efforts to
make the going hard for the boot
legger and vendor of intoxicating
liquor in this county and this with
the handicap of a territory some
twenty miles long and forty miles
wide.
In the year past in the twenty
liquor law violations brought into
court by the sheriff and county at
torney there is a record of 100 per
cent convictions, this constituting a
large part of the law violations found
in our great old county.
So well is the law enforced and the
activities of the liquor sellers kept
down that special agents recured
have. been unabje. to make, anw pur;
chases and in this respect the state
department has co-operated in fine
shape in the field and have had their
men here to seek evidence and in
the cases found by either special or
state men the cases have been pro
secuted vigorously by the county
authorities.
This is in marked difference to
many of the counties where the saie
of liquor is the matter almost of
common knowledge, but here the of
ficers are on the job each day in
checking these activities when they
may be located.
In addition to the demands of this
law which takes much of the time of
the sheriff's office there has been
carried on thorough investigations of
crimes of all character and vigorous
prosecutions made of the law vio
lators. With the furor that has arisen in
so many of the counties and cities
it is pleasing indeed to know that
this community is kept so well in
line in law observance and speaks
well for the splendid character of
the people in all sections of the coun
ty-
FILES SUIT IN EQUITY
From Wednesday's Dally
This mnrnine in the district court
was filed an action in equity in which
it
two cases are entered, one Dein? umi
f riertrnrle Amelia Dill vs. Jennie E.
Jenkins and Sadie Idelia McCallister
vs. Jennie E. Jenkins. The petitions
cover (he same grounds, alleging that
the plaintiffs in both action and
daughters and heirs of James W. Jen
kins, who died In 1901 and left a
number of heirs among them the
plaintiffs and the defendant, the
widow of the deceased. That on the
request of the defendant that the
plaintiffs signed the agreement to
sell real estate of the deceased father
which was sold to William O. Troop
for the sum of $19,200. that the de
fendant has not paid to the plaintiffs
their nne-ninth share of the estate.
It is asked that the defendant be re
quired to make report and account
ing of the estate and that the one
ninth interest of the two plaintiffs
in the action be adjudicated and al
lowed to them as heirs of their de
ceased father.
AIDING MUSICAL WOEK
The Women music department of
the Plattsmouth Woman's club are
starting a campaign that is taken
up in an effort to aid in the develop
ment of the musical talent in the
community and especially to give all
pupils of the music teachers in voice,
piano, wind or string instruments
an opportunity to be heard and to aid
the teachers in the fullest develop
ment of the students.
This" progrem will cover a number
of recitals and concerts showing all
classes of musical offerings and the
first of these will be presented on
Thursday evening at the public li
brary auditorium.
, The .general public is urged to get
out and enjoy these concerts and to
encourage by their presence the
young people who are taking up
musical work.
Old Time Church
to Become Com
munity Center
which it has stood for more than
forty-two years as a sentinel among
its people.
This is the Lewiston church, lo
cated south and east of Murray and
some ten miles south of Plattsmouth,
which after mauy years is to become
active as an association known as
the le wiston Community Center, is
to take over th church building and
operate it in the future.
This church was built in 18S7 and
was at the commencement of Its
career a house of the Methodist de
nomination but long ago the active
founders of the church have passed
away and in late years the church
has been little used as a house of
worship, save occasionally by pastors
from Murray or Plattsmouth who
might come to hold a service, altho
many funeral services have been held
there as the church adjoins the pio
neer Lewiston cemetery.
An action was finally started to
have the church property vested in
the Nebraska conference of the Meth
odist church and the steps taken to
dispose of the building and the cost
of a pastor and active church organ
ization there was too great for the
church to maintain.
The final disposition of the church
building was in doubt for some time
but in the formation of the Lewis
ton Community Center association
this seems to have been settled.
The new association this week
elected the officers who are as fol
lows: President Mrs. Albert Young.
.Vice-President II. L. Gayer.
Sec. Trea's. Miss Margaret Moore.
Trustees O. A. Davis. John Hob
pcheidt, Karl Wolf.
It is the purpose, it is stated of
maintaining the church building as
a community center where religious
worship, meeting of the clubs and
organizations of the community may
be held and to serve as a greneraL
headquarters of this very live and
active neighborhood.
, Old Lewiston is a spot dear to the
hearts of many of the residents of
this part of the state and one of the
pioneer communities of the state and
where also dwell many of the de
scendants of the first settlers of Cass
county and the building that early
residents built will continue to re
main a mark of the life of this splen
did neighborhood and a gathering
place of the descendents of the trail
blazers of early days in this part of
the great west.
For many years the ladies of the
Lewiston neighborhood held an an-
!nual Thanksgiving dinner at Lewis
jton that was attended by residents
;from all this part of the county and
this pear the ladies are planning on
again swinging open the doors of the
community house, to the friends to
gather around the festal board.
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
From Monday Dally
The many Plattsmouth friends of
Con Gillespie, veteran section man
of the Burlinerton, will regret to
learn that Mr. Gillespie is now at the
St. Joseph hospital at Omaha and in
( rather serious condition following a
i general breakdown of his health.
Mr. Gillespie since retiring from the
section work in which he was en
gaged in this city for more than forty
years, has been assigned to work in
Omaha and making his home there.
In the past year his health has been
failing very rapidly and his condi
tion become such that it was found
necessary to have him removed to the
hospital for treatment and care.
.Whether the patient will have to
.undergo an operation or not has not
been learned.
HOLD CLUB MEETING
Last Wednesday the Social Work
er,' Flower club gathered at the
home of Mrs. Frank Pace residing
south of town for an all day meet
ing. Each lady brought a hot dish
cover for the bountiful dinner which
was served at noon.
For the past few meetings the
ladies have been very busy working
on a quilt which was completed that
day. The business meeting occupied
most of the afternoon and several
good readings on the life of Wash
ington were given, also elaborate
plans were made for the celebrating
of the fifteenth annivresary of the
club which will be held on March
20th, at the home of Mrs. Fred
Spangler, at which time the beauti
ful quilt -will be given to the one
holding the lucky number.
j When entertaining, use Dennison
decorative material, favors, etc. The
Bates Book and Gift Shop carries the
entire Dennison line.