r. State Historical Societj
VOL. NO. XIV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JAN. 16, 1930.
NO. 100
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Troop
Old Residents
Splendid Couple Have Just Completed
Fifty-Nine Years of Wedded
Life Came Here 1876
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Troop of this
city are numbered among the oldest
and most highly respected residents
of the community and for fifty-four
years have been residents of this
county and city. Tfuy are now Al
tering on their sixtieth year of
wedded life, having c
December 13th last, the
"lehrated on
ir fifty-ninth
anniversary.
Their lives have been active and
full of many niemoriable events as
they have had a great p;-rt in Un
making of the western agricultural
empire where they have sjvnt the
greater part of their lifetime. Mr.
Troop was born in the northern por
tion of Ireland on February 2.1. IS-!:',
and when but one year of age was
brought by his parents to the United
States and the family moved v .-f-ward
and settled in Iowa where on
the outbreak of the Civil war. Robert
Troop, than a youth, enlisted in the
2'ih Iowa infantry and served lor
the duration of the war and at its
close returned to Iowa, where at
Davenport on December 13. 1ST'. he
was married to Miss Lois R. Moore,
who was born in Franklin county,
Missouri in July 1S4K, the wedding
being performed bv Rev. Stewart of
the Presbyterian church at Daven
port. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs.
Troop lived for a short time at
Davenport, later going to Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, where they resided for a
time. It was in 1S70. the centennial
year of American independence that
Mr. and Mrs. Troop came to Cass
county, Nebraska, where they pur
chased a farm of Omar King in old
Eight Mile drove where they spent
ten years and later came to Platts
mouth to reside and later again re
turned to the farm. Mr. Troop, while
residing in this city, was engaged
in the grocery business with J. V.
Egenberger and later associated with
Mr. Egenberger in the coal business
for a great many years. On the open
ing of the Rosebud Indian lands to
settlement in 1904. Mr. Troop was
one of the successful applicants and
drew a farm, the family moving
and residing for a number of years
to prove up the claim. In recent
years they have made their home at
Plattsmouth where they have an at
tractive home at Oth and Granite
streets, where Mrs. Mary Voodry,
sister of Mrs. Troop, who will on
March 4th. celebrate her 01st birth
dav. makes her home with them.
Mr. Tro'. is -fin uncle of Charles
Troop and Mrs. George Rhoden cf
this city. Mrs. Don Rhoden or Mur
ray, Mrs. Will Lewis of near Union
and William O. Troop of Nehawka,
they being children of his brother,
William Troop, who died here in
1S7S. he having com" to Nebraska
some years in advance of his bro
ther. Robert. Mrs. Troop has be
sides the sister living here, four
nieces, residing at Lincoln, they b -
n
Mrs. Nannie Sherman. .Mrs.
Maude Field. Mrs. Jcpnie Nelson.
Mrs. Mary P.hmiller.
Pehmiller. Thomas Troop of this city
and Mrs. Mary Troop of Heatrice
are brother and sister of Mr. Troop
and Mrs. Jane Brooks a niece.
ROYAL NEIGHBORS INSTALL
From Tuesday's Dally
The Royal Neighbors of America
held their installation of officers last
evening at their lodge rooms and
with a very large number of the mem
bers of the order present to witness
this important occasion.
The installing officer was Mrs.
Phillip Hirz. past oracle, with Mrs.
Katie Hild and Mrs. Louis Klinger
.is marshals and Mrs. Bertha Tulene
as flag bearer.
The officers installed were as fol
lows: Oracle Mrs. Emma Nolting.
Past Oracle Mrs. Helen Meising-
er.
Vice Oracle Mrs. Emma Kaffen
berger. Chancellor Mrs. Rose Sulser.
Organist Mrs. Dolly Hudson.
Managers Mrs. Bertha Tulene,
Mrs. Carrie Christ.
Inner Sentinel Mrs. Blanche War
ner. . . ,
Outer Sentinel Mrs. Sophie Park-
ening.
The five appointive officers of the
order will be appointed later by the
new oracle. Mrs. Xolting, and take
charge of their offices.
DOING VERY NICELY
The many friends of Harry Schulz,
well known .Missouri Pacific oper
ator, will be very glad to know that
Mr. Schulz has so far improved that
it is now possible to discuss his re
turn home from the Missouri Pacific
hospital at St. Louis. Mr. Schulz was
operated on for appendicitis at the
hospital and has showed a very pleas
ing progress and is now able tt he
up and around some which has caus
ed the promise that perhaps he might
be able to leave the hospital this
week and return home.
GIVES FAREWELL PARTY
Mr. ami Mrs. George Toman, who
have hft-n numbered among the best
known and popular residents of (lie
territory south of this i r y and east,
of Murray. . wcrp given a very de
lightful surprise on Thursday eve
ning, a large group of the friends
coming in to spend
to tender a farewell
.Mr. ami Mrs. Toman
the evening and
to their friends,
are leaving soon
their home and
lecided to Rive
i lor Omaha to make
the many friends
them a litting surftri.se on this oc
casion. The time was spent in danc
ing and a general good time altho
all felt a very great regret that they
are to lo.-
from tln'jr
this estimable
community life.
roupje
Local Rotarians
to Pay Visit to
Lincoln Gob
As Part of Inter-Cities Relations De
partment Club Local People
to Stage Program
A large representation from the
Plattsmouth Rotary club are to pay
a visit to the Lincoln club on Tues
day where the local people are to
be guests of the capitol city club at
tluir noonday meeting at the Lin
coln hotel.
The inter-cities relations commit
tee of the Lincoln Rotarians have in
vited a number of the nearby cities
to send representatives of their club
to the capitol city to enjov a joint
meeting and i
story of their
the benefit of
t ion of some 1 i
Among the
representation
cities meeting
Nebraska City.
:ilso to present their
own communities for
the Lincoln org.mia
"o members.
cities that will have
at the various inter
will he Plattsmouth,
oi k, (. rete and other
communities.
of the nearby
The Plattsmouth delegation will
comprise Dr. J. S. Livingston, presi
dent of the club; Searl S. Davis.
Frank A. Cloidt. R. W. Knorr. II. G.
McCIllsky. L. D. Hiatt. E. TI. Wescoit,
L. O. Minor. William liaird
The address for the local club will
be given by Searl Davis, who will
present the advantages and oppor
tunities of life in this community,
while the Rotary quartet will le
heard in several numbers and with
E. H. Wescott as the accompanist
for the vocalists.
The Plattsmouth delegation will
leave here- on Tuesday morning at
10 o'clock a:id reaching the capitol
city in time for the fine meeting with
their Lincoln associates.
CAR THIEVES VISIT CITY
Ross Baker, well known barber and
owner of the restaurant on North
Sixth street, was a victim of car
thieves on Saturday night when they
made away with his new Ford sedan
which had been left parked on Sixth
street near the Hotel Riley and in
plain sight of the restaurant win
dows. It seems that Mr. Baker had
left the keys in the car and this made
it easv for the person or persons
taking the car to get in, start the
car and drive away. When the loss
of the car was discovered late Satur
day, the police and sheriff searched
the nearby vicinity without suc
cess. It is thought that the car was
taken by someone desiring a joy ride
or to drive into Omaha and that the
car will be found abandoned at some
point is the general supposition of
the officers who have been working
on the case.
The car carried partial insurance
for theft so that the owner will not
lose the entire price of the car if it
is not recovered.
DISTRICT COURT FILINGS
From Monday's Dally
Several new cases were filed late
Saturday and today in the office of
the clerk of the district court, one
being an action by Charles W. Dan
iel vs. Orpha Daniel, in which the
plaintiff asks for a decree of divorce.
The petition states that the parties
were married at Newport, Kentucky,
December 23. 11)25, that the defend
ant has abandoned the plaintiff and
returned to her parents home in Wolf
county. Kentucky.
A suit to quiet title to certain
property in the town of Alvo, entitled
Arthur I. Bird, et al vs. Abel Prouty,
et al., was also filed and in which
the plaintiff claiming ownership of
the property asks that the title be
A suit in partition. Frank A. Ol
cleared by a court decree,
sen vs. Christina Olsen, 1 1 al was also
filed in the office.
SOME SNOWFALL
From Mondays Dally
The snowfall that has been record
ed here in the past few days is but
a slight one in comparison with that
reported from various sections of the
country. Mr. and Mrs. John Sattler,
Jr., who have been visiting at Chi
cago for the past ten days, writes
that the snowfall in that city regis
tered eighteen inches on the level,
and causing a great deal of trouble
in traveling. The report from Kan
sas City by bus companies are that
Ithe snow there ranges from eighteen
to twenty inches on the level.
Miss PIary
ookmeyer Pub
lishes Candy Work
Plattsmouth Lady, Teaching in North
High School at Omaha, Stands
High in Her Work
Miss Mary R. Bookmeyer of this
city, who has for several years been
engaged in teaching home economics
at North high school in Omaha, has
gained a great deal of attention bv
I her special series of radio talks on
home economics and particularly that
of cooking, candy and confectionary
making, which is added to by her
recently published book, "Candv and
Candy Making."
This work on candy making is the
first work that deals with the sub
ject from a scientific viewpoint and
is (jiic that has attracted a great
deal of attention with its thorough
ness and the 200 receipes that are a
part of the book on the preparation
and handling of candy making.
Miss Bookmeyer has charge of the
sewing work ot the home economics
department but finds time to follow
her more fascinating studies along
the lines of candy and cake making
and has also prepared a work on
"Cakes, Cookies and Frosting
which is a most valuable work of its
kind.
The talented Omaha teacher was
born and reared in this city, graduat
ing from the local high school and
later graduating from the University
of Nebraska. Simmons college at Chi
cago and Columbia university at New-
York.
Her work in the Omaha schools
has won her a high place in the ranks
of -the teachers and her special stud
ies and contributions in home eco
nomics has won her a national repu
tation. The Omaha Bee. Sunday,
carried a fine picture of Miss Book
meyer as she was engaged in her
work at North high in her depart
ment. Miss Bookmeyer is a sister of Mrs.
Lillian Freeman, of this city, and
Miss Clara Bookmeyer. who is also
engaged in teaching in Om;:ha.
WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS INSTALL
The members of the local post of
the Women's Relief Corps held their
installation of officers on Saturday
afternoon at their room's in the court
house and a very large number of
the members as well as a group of
visitors present to enjoy a very fine
ritualistic presentation of the instal
lation. The ladies were very much
pleased over the fact that Mrs. Char
les Tur.gate of Omaha, formerly Mrs.
Emily Dickson of this city, was
present to serve as the installing of
ficer of the occasion.
The officers installed were as fol
lows: President Mrs. Lois Troop.
Senior Vice-President Mrs. Fran
ces l'urdy.
Junior Vice-President Mrs. Fred
Morgan.
Chaplain Miss Ella Kennedy.
Secretary Mrs. L. B. Egenberger.
Treasurer Mrs. F. G. Egenberger.
Conductress Mrs. Martha Peter
son. Assistant Conductress Mrs. Frank
.1. Morgan.
Guard Mrs. Sarah Bates.
Color Bearers Mrs. Elmer Taylor,
Mrs. Jessie Hall. Miss Anna Heisel.
Mrs. Frank Mullen.
Following the installation of the
officers the members of the Corps en
joyed a very delightful covered dish
luncheon that they all appreciated
and it was late in the afternoon when
the meeting drew to a close after
one ot the most pleasant ann inter
esting sessions of the year.
ELEVATOR COMPANY MEETING
The stockholders of the Farmers
Eyevator Co.. of Cullom, held their
annual meeting on Saturday after
noon at the. Becker school house west
ot this city and despite the bad wea
ther conditions prevailing there was
a pleasing number in attendance.
The old officers of the company
were all re-elected for another term
as a flitting recognition of the fine
services that they have given in the
past twelve months, they being:
President J .G. Meisinger.
Vive-President J. C. Meisinger.
Secretary August Keil.
Treasurer Otto Petereit.
Director John Halmes.
The company has had a very good
year and the conduct of the elevator
has been In the efficient hands of
Don Seivers as manager and who has
proven a very capable man in this
position.
EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETS
From Monday's Daily
The members of the Epworth Lea
gue chapter of the local Methodist
church has charge of the services at
the church last evening, this occupy
ing the usual preaching hour. The
pageant, which depicted the history
of the Epworth League, starting
from the inception of the society, its
value to the church and to the pas
tor was very ably presented by a
cast of some fifteen young people.
The main parts of the presentation
was given by Sam Am and Rolland
Aulton, in a very fine manner.
DEATH OF CHARLES DUKE
Henry F. Goos, clerk of Cuss Comp
No. 332, Modern Woodmen of Amer
ica, has received notification of the
death on January lh at Elko. Ne
vada, of Charles Duke, for many years
a resident of this city.
The deceased was a member of
one of the earliest families in this
city, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
S. Duke, having been prominent resi
dents here for a great many years
and the father passed away a few
years ago at the Nebraska Masonic
Home in this city.
Charles Duke was for a number of
years engaged in - working here in
his father's store and later was en
gaged in work in the shops of the
Burlington, until tie family left this
city. In late years he has made his
home with his son,' Halsey Duke and
family at Elks and where his death
occurred. Mr. Duke is survived by
the one son and a daughter who
sides in Omaha.
re-
Elmwood Build
ing is Razed by
Fire Monday
Structure Occupied, by L. H. Crane
Store and Masonic Temple
Burned to Ground
Fire Monday night swept the build
ing at Elmwood occupied by the L.
H. Crane general store and the Ma
sonic temple, the . building being
burned to the ground as the flames
whipped by the strong wind were
soon out of control of the firemen and
resulted in the wooden building be
ing reduced to a smouldering ruin.
The fire is thought to have ori
ginated from defective wiring and
when first discovered was raging in
the building and little aid could be
given by the firemen, who however,
made desperate efforts to save th-?
building as well as to prevent the
flames from spreading to other build
ings in the business section of the
town.
The building is one of the oldest
in Ehuvvood and vu built some forty
years ago by the late Noah Hobbs.
who erected the store building on
the first floor and the upper portion
was made into a large assembly hall
which was known for many years as
the Hobbs opera house.
The ground floor of the building
was occupied for years by L. F. Lang
horst with his general store and
later was taken over by L. H. Crane,
who has since continued the mer
cantile business.
Last year the building was secured
by the Elmwood Masonic lodge who
remodeled the upper floor of the
building into one of the finest lodge
rooms in this part of the state, creat
ing the lodge room, banquet hall,
ladies room as well as a smoking
room tor the members or tne oruer,
the whole being well furnished and
arranged and the lodge rooms were
dedicated with a very largely at
tended ceremony last spring.
Very little was saved from the
building and Mr. Crane, who at
tempted to save some of his books and
records from the building had a very
close call from death in the blaz
ing building, he being rescued by
members of the fire department from
the roaring furnace of the fire that
swept through his store.
The loss is a heavy one to the
community of Elmwood and the
towns of the county will share the
regret that this fire has brought on
our neighboring community.
FUNERAL OF MARTIN STEPPAT
The funeral of the late Martin
Steppat was held on Sunday after
noon at the St. Paul's Evangelical
church and with a very large number
of the old friends and neighbors be
ing in attendance at the services to
pay their last tributes to this highly
esteemed gentleman who has gone
to the last long rest.
The pastor of the church. Rev.
O. G. Wichmann, gave a very fine ser
mon that paid tribute to the depart
ed gentleman and brought to the
members of the family circle a sense
of comfort in the bereavement that
has come to them. The choir of the
church gave several of the old and
loved hymns.
At the conclusion of the services
the body was borne to Oak Hill ceme
tery where It was consigned to the
last long rest.
DRAWS JAIL TERM
In the county court Tuesday Wal
ter Holcomb, who came here a short
time ago from Neligh, Nebraska,
with his family, was arraigned on a
charge of having neglected to sup
port his family as well as having
beaten up on them. On the hearing
of the case the court rendered judg
ment that the defendant be confined
in the county jail for a period of
sixty days.
The advent of the new prisoner
brings the capacity of the county
jail to a full house and an additional
prisoner held here for outside author
ities gives Sheriff Bert Reed an over
flowing number of guests and if more
are snared in the law, the sheriff
will have to farm them out to the
city jail or make other arrangements
to care for them.
Henry M. Gault
Dies at Home in
Pennsylvania
For Many Years a Prominent Resi
dent of Plattsmouth Leader
in Church Work Here.
Old time friends of the II. M. Gault
family, residing here have received
announcement of the death of Mr.
Gault which occurred on Sunday,
January ,rth, at. the age of eighty-
two years. The death camo after a
very short illness at the family home
at Cross Creek, Pennsylvania, where
Mr. Gault has made his home since
leaving Plattsmouth in 1103.
Henry M. Gault was horn March
16, 1848, in Pennsylvania, -a son of
David and Mathilda Cook Gault. He
received his education in the public
schools and normal at Edinboro,
Pennsylvania, leaving school at the
age of eighteen years to go with his
father on the farm. He was married
in 1874 and shortly afterwards left
the farm and located at Norfolk, Vir
ginia, where the family remained un
til 1882 when they came to Nebraska
and settled in Cass county. Mr.
Gault was a farmer here for a num
ber of years on the farm now owned
by Arthur Troop and later he was
engaged in the jewelry business in
this city with the late Robert Vass.
While a resident of Plattsmouth
Mr. Gault was very active in the
work of the First Presbyterian
church and a leader in the early bat
tles for prohibition in this state, be
ing several times a candidate for of
fice on this party ticket. In his
church work he filled the position of
elder for many years until he left
this city to return home to the east.
While here Mr. Gault and family re
sided in the house on high school
hill that is now occupied by County
Clerk George R. Sayles and family.
In the year 1903 the death of the
father called Mr. GaulC back to Penn
sylvania where he and the family
moved into the old home that had
been erected by the Gault family in
1856 and where he has since xesided,
Mrs. Gault preceded the husband
in death several years ago and he is
survived by two daughters. Miss
Laura Bell Gault. who resided at
home with the father and Mrs. Nel
lie A. Lyle of Atlanta, Georgia. He
is also survived by one brother, Eric,
of Erie, Pennsylvania.
The funeral was held at the Cross
Creek Presbyterian church and the
burial at the Cross Creek cemetery.
TO EXTEND K-T PAVING
At Lincoln Monday. State Engineer
Roy Cochran gave assurance that the
road work plans for 1930 will in
clude among other projects the ex
tending of twelve miles of paving on
the King of Trails or highway No.
". The extension will start from
the end of the present paving east
of Union, twelve miles south to Ne
braska City.
The location of highway No. 7 5
in the new plans will run straight
south from the present paving and
avoid the dangerous crossings that
exists on the present routing of the
highway. The re-location will mean
that there will be considerable grad
ing and preliminary work before the
paving can be started in the sum
mer. The straightning of the high
way will mean the saving of several
miles in the roadway from Union
south.
This work will give paving from
Omaha to Nebraska City on this im
portant highway as the remaining
sections yet incomplete from Fort
Crook and this city.
INSTALL NEW EQUIPMENT
The Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power
Co., are now completing installing of
a great deal of additional equipment
at the great electric sub-station south
of this city and which will add to
the capacity of the plant in handling
the new demands that will be made
upon it.
The light and power company have
completed their new high tension
power line to Nebraska City and the
points between here and there and
which makes it necessary that addi
tional equipment be prepared to care
for this load. The plant in this city
supplies the power over the high ten
sion transmission lines to all this
section of southeastern Nebraska, as
well as southwestern Iowa and parts
of Northern Missouri.
The sub-station here was erected
at the cost of some $85,000 and the
additional improvements that have
been made makes the cost in the
neighborhood of $100,000 and com
pletes on of the most modern power
sub-stations in the entire west.
DOING VERY NICELY
W. II. Seybert. who has just re
cently returned home from undergo
ing a very serious operation at the
Mercy hospital at Council Bluffs, is
doing very nicely and rallying from
his illness and the operation. Mr. and
Mrs. Seybert are at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John McNurlin while Mr.
Seybert is recuperating. It Is hoped
that in a short time he may be well
on the highway to permanent relief
from his long period of poor health.
DIRECTS TRAVEL RIGHT
From Wednesday's Dally .
There has been more or less con
fusion existing among the traveling
public as to the route to and from
this city, due largely to the fact that
the signs placed north and south' of
this city has routed travel over the
detour and at the expense of many
additional miles when travel on the
K. T. route through this city has been
possible for several weeks. To over
come this, the Chamber of Commerce
has placed signs near the Oreapolis
crossing and south of this city near
the Mynard road advising the public
that they can save many mil
traveling through this city.
Couitfy Board
Holds Annual
Meet Tuesday
Prepare Estimate of Expense, Set
Salaries and Wages for Year
Aii .
ana uxner .Business
From Wednesday's Dally
The annual meeting of the board
of county commisioners of Cass coun
ty, was held yesterday at the court
house where the commissioners ar
ranged the various items that are
set by law to be transacted at this
yearly gathering.
The board re-organized for the
year 1930 by electing Fred II. Oor
der. of Weenine Water, as chairman,
Ceorge L. Farlev of this city as vice-
chairman and C. V. Harris of Union
as the junior member of the board.
The estimate of expense for the
conduct of the county business for
the year was made by the board and
the following amounts set for the
several funds of the county:
County General $ fi5,000
County Bridge 30,000
County Road 55,000
Soldiers Relief 1,200
Mother's Pension 5,500
Total 1 176.700
The report of the Cass County
Farm Hureau for the year was receiv
ed and the budget for the year 1930
presented that called for the sum of
$.1,500, the same as the past year
and on motion the budget was adopt
ed and the amount voted to the bur
eau for their work in the county.
The board also set the prices to
be naid for labor on road work and
the cost of draging roads, this being
the same as the past year, road over-
seer. Der hour. 35c: man. single hand.
per hour, 30c; team per hour, juc;
man and team per hour, 4 5c
Ten foot drag or over, round trip,
per mile 75c; eight foot drag, round t altho the younger generations break
trip, per mile. 65c; drag under eight j away would seek to lead the par
foot, round trip per mile. 50c. jents instead of the parents acquiring
The board also set the salaries of a knowledge of the country to teach
a number of clerks at the court the children, in many cases this be
house for the vear. clerk treasurer, ing resented. The speaker cited
81.250; clerk county judge. $1,200;
clerk, superintendent, $660; clerk
county attorney, $420; janitor court
house, $1,230; deputy sheriff, per
month $100.
The board voted to adopt the plans
and forms adopted by the county at-
tornev's association as to bonds for
the depository banks and which will
be uniform throughout the state.
SHOWER FOR BRIDE-TO-BE
Edna
Miss Elearnor Hiber. Mi
Warren and Miss Genevieve Whelan, .
were joint hostesses at a very charm- i
ing miscellaneous shower on Monday
evening on honor of Miss Hetty Sitz
man. whose marriage to Mr. Floyd ,
1 1 ... .- K 1 I rr ..-ill 'i 1. . i nllfin on Wolncj
div Iinuirv "nd
liaj . January .Illl.
The pleasant event was held at the
attractive Hiber home in the south
part of the city and enjoyed by a
large group of the girl friends of
the bride-to-be
The evening was spent in bridge
at wheh a great deal of pleasure was
derived and in which Miss Helen
Egenberger and Miss Sitzman were
the prize winners.
In honor of the forthcoming event
the guest of honor was showered with
a large number of very attractive
gifts that will be treasured as re
membrances of the friends in her
new home.
At a suitable hour the members
of the party were treated to dainty
refreshments that proved a very fitt
ing close of the evening.
THE "TALKIES" NOW ON
The "talkies." the newest develop-engaged in working as well .y his
t m Vl i io..,. !,.,i,irv , studies and assisting in special lac
ment of the motion picture industry has
has gained full sway in this test on his ph!cal condition,
with the Ritz opening their initial Sincp duation he nas ,Jfen aM,st.
offering in the talkies on Sunday and lant tQ Dan Be &t the unlvfivltv
Manager Griffin is arranging a series and in audltion haH rarrjed on hi
of features and talking comedies for 5tudipS for nis master's degree which
the next few weeks that will bring proVed too great a strain on him and
some big pictures here. The newest necessjtated his having to leave tho
addition to the sound picture repro- aohool for a rest and recuperation.
duct ion has proven very successful ,
and pleased the audiences that have COMMISSIONERS MEET
gathered to enjoy them.
. The Parmele is also resuming the Fron. Tuest1ay a nar.y
run of the talkies and have a large j The board of county commisisoners
number of excellent features that met at the court nouse today in what
they will offer to the Plattsmouth iB officially known ae the annual
audiences In the coming weeks. 'meeting and at which time they will
With the sound pictures the local take up the matter of setting tho
people can enjoy the latest entertain-' wages, salaries, as well as making
ment at home and save the necessity the estimate of the expenses of the
of seeking their amusement elsewhere
as the local theatres will strive to
give them the best possible pictures, j
Gives Fine Ad
dress on Russia
at the Library
Mrs. Freu Hanna Lectured Here
Under Auspices of Lewis and
Clark Delphians
From Wednesday's Daily
Last evening the residents of the
b" city had the opportunity of enjoying
art unusually interesting lecture on
j "Russia." given by Mrs. Fred Hanna,
of Omaha, which was sponsored by
the Lewis and Clark Delphian chap
ter of this city.
! The meeting was presided over
by Miss Barbara Gering. and preced
ing the address of the evening, Mrs.
If. Wescott was heard in the v ry
beautiful selection. "Mv Heart at
our Sweet Voice" from "riarn.-;on
and Delilah."
Mr's. o-ering and at once swept into
ja most fascinating presenting of Pus-
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sia.
tho lives and customs of the peoples
jof that great nation that has in re
cent years attracted world wide at-
tent ion by their adoption of the Sov
iet form of government,
j The speaker told of the long back
ground of rule by the czars and the
! nobility from the earliest days, of
ithe submerged peoples who were
I kept in the most dense ignorance by
Ithe ruling classes until centuries
i later they broke, the bonds of an-
cient rule and with a great bloody
revolution swept the czars and ihe
nobility from their high places. The
people of the nation are naturally
mystics and also of a deeply religious
nature, their religion being largely
of the orthodox Oreek Catholic
church and today in the nation a
great struggle of the present govern
ment is to displace the religion of the
people with non-belief or to fix the
interest of the people largely on gov
ernment rather than the ancient re
ligious forms that every household,
particularly in the great agrian dis
tricts devoutly worship. The appeal
to the mystic nature of the people
had made possible in the first place
to have corrupt influences sway a
weak czar and later to arouse to a
frenzy the oppressed peoples into
revolution.
In touching on the Americaniza
tion of many of the foreign races
coming here, Mrs. Hanna presented
I the facts that the new comer into
this land is buffeted through Kins
I isle and generally on reaching New
York, was taken into the groups of
their own people and there retained
their old world ideals and customs.
cases in parts of Omaha where large
groups had settled together, had
their own churches and languages
and maintained their old world idea.-
instead of gathering the proper
knowledge of the new world and ot
the American nation. Those from
other lands that had come here and
acquired a knowledge of the United
States, its peoples and customs had
'become among the finest of citizens
lbut ,here was UPe(1 of a larpe ertl,r'
jtional program and personal contact
w'tn the older persons coming to this
land irom aoroau.
At the close of the address Frank
A. Cloidt was heard in a very beau
tiful solo number. "The Old Re
frain." The occasion was a real treat and
'the Plattsmouth people should appre-
V.o cnirit rf ndntiionc tliat
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brought this talented lady here for
the fine address.
SUFFERS BREAKDOWN
The many friends in this city of
Ted Hadraba, will regret to learn
that Mr. Hadraba has suffered a
breakdown from overwork at North
western university that has necessi
tated his leaving his school work
and he is now in California where
he will rest and recuperate and it
is hoped will be able to regain hi
health which has suffered very much
as the result of his strenuous work
at Northwestern since he entered
there some five years ago. Mr. Had-
'raba was one of the highest rank
ling students at the school during his
jstay there and graduated with high
honors in 1929. In this time he was
county for the ensuing j-tar.
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