Hcbr. State Historical Society
VOL. No. XLVI
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, TUNE, 16, 1930.
NO. 39
Former Resi
dents in Omaha
Have Close Call
Bomb irs Nearly Barber Shop Causes
Damage to Restaurant .oi Fred
Wagner at Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wagner, form
erly in charge of the Hotel Wagner
here, well known in this community,
had a close call and thrilling exper
ience when a barber shop adjoining
their restaurant, the Campus Inn, at
403 North 24th street. Omaha, was
wrecked by what is supposed to be a
bomb explosion.
The effects of the explosion caus
ed the plaster in the restaurant to be
strewn over the building and Mr.
and Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Carrie Chris
tianson, an employe, were all shower
ed with the flying plaster, but fortun
ately none were seriously injured as
the result.
The explosion occurred Wednesday
evening at 7 o'clock as J. Z. Zevely,
who operates the barber shop at 505
North 24th street, was closln ghis
place of business, the explosion be
ing in the basement of the shop and
causing heavy damage to the build
ing but no one Buffered any personal
injury as the result.
Fire Chief Esau Gardiner, who
made a thorough inspection of the
structure a few minutes after the
blast, declared that all indications
pointed to a charge of powerful ex
plosive, probably a bomb.
"The water heater, operated by
gas, was intact and there was noth
ing else to be found in the base
ment that could have caused an ex
plosion bo powerful,," Gardiner Baid.
"The partitition wall in the base
ment was pushed over more than a
foot, the floor was pushed up a foot
and the supporting beams and Joists
were snaped like watch-wood. There
was an acrid smell, but little fire. A
1,600-pound machine in the cleaning
establishment next door was moved
several feet.
J. C. Zevely, 2424 Cuming street,
proprietor of the barber shop, was
blown nearly into the street, but vaa j
only dazed. An unidentified man was
seen to leave the rear entrance to
the shop Bhortly afterward, but de
nied he had been there or knew any
thing about the blast. He hurried
away when questioned. His descrip
tion was given police.
The blast occurred Just as Zevely
was outside the barber shop door,
locking up for the day. The windows
of the place were blown out, and
walls and ceilings in adjoining shops
were loosened.
Zevely said he was last in the base
ment between 4 and 4:30 p. m., when
he went there to shut off his gas
heater. He was sure he could have
seen anybody who was in the base
ment then, and believes he could have
heard anybody enter the place while
he was at work. He says he had no
gasoline in the basement, and he is
sure he shut off the gas heater.
Zevely says he has been a barber
here eight years, and runs a cut-rate
shop. He knows of no enemies, he
says, and never has been threatened
although he has been urged repeat
edly to abandon his low-price sched
ule.
BAND CONCERT SEASON OPENS
From Thursflty'i DTVj
Last evening the first concert of
the summer season was given by the
Elks band under the direction of
W. R. Holly. These concerts are
sponsored by the city of Plattsmouth
and the Chamber of Commerce and
are to be held at the Cass county
court house lawn.
The opening concert saw a very
pleasing number out to enjoy the
occasion and for which special double
parking of cars gave much more ad
ditional room for these who desired
to remain in their cars and enjoy
the music. This arrangement also
permitted the traffic passing through
the streets with no inconvenience to
the cars parked or the driver of the
cars traveling up or down the street.
The band gave a very fine offering
of the standard numbers that made
a nicely varied program.
One of the most delightful fea
tures of the concert was the vocal
refrain of the popular from the
"Gold Diggers of Broadway," "Tip
Toe Through the Tulips With Me,"
which was given by James Regley,
Jr. This young vocalist has a strong
voice and his rendition was as fine
as any open air number that has
been heard here.
As a feature of the evening the
stores of the city remained open for
the convenience of those who wished
to enjoy the concert and also to do
their shopping.
SETS A NEW RECORD
From Thursday's Dny
Frank Horsack, one of the crack
young golfers of the city, while
Dlaving over the local course last
evening with Don Pittman, south
eastern Nebraska champion, and Les
ter Gaylord, set a fast pace for his
fellow Dlayers and made the course
in four under par, Frank making
a twenty-seven in his playing against
the par thirty-one.
WRITES TO OLD FRIENDS
Carl Weigel, popular organist at
the Parmele theatre, who has been
located in Colorado for the past two
years, writes that he is now at Grand
Junction, where he Ls engaged in
working as a representative of the
Cities Service utilities. Mr. Weigel
has been engaged in this work for
some time in the Colorado field and
has been very successful in his work.
The coming of the "talkies" has in
terfered with the organist work in
the theatres to some extent but in
the midst of his regular work Carl
finds time to keep up his musical
work, both in playing and his com
positions on which he is working.
Floater Found
in the Missouri
on Wednesday
Body Discovered by Fisherman Three
Miles South of This City on
the Iowa Side.
From ThursduF's ratly
The Missouri river yesterday re
vealed what may be a murder mys
tery when the decomposed body of a
man was found on a sandbar of the
river three miles south of the Platts
mouth bridge, the body being on the
Iowa side of the stream and accord
ingly taken to Glenwood for burial.
The body was found by several
fishermen and who accordingly noti
fied the coroner of Mills county, Iowa,
and the body was taken to Glenwood,
where it was interred.
Coroner F. II. Raynor of Mills
county, after the examination of the
body, which was in a very bad state,
was of the opinion that the man had
been killed and thrown into the river,
as marks on the skull indicated that
the man had been struck by some
blunt instrument and the skull frac
tured. It was the opinion that the
body had been in the water several
weeks as far as it could be judged.
The description of the man was
that he was six foot tall and had
apparently weighed some 180 pounds
and about forty years of age. He
wore blue overalls and jumper and
an old pair of black Bhoes.
The only possible identification
was that he had in his pocket a sec
tion of the want ad department of
an Omaha newspaper and also a large
bolt, which it is thought may have
been the death weapon.
The Omaha police department are
checking the list of missing persons
to try and if possible identify the
body.
FIND FOR DEFENDANTS
From Thursday's Iaiiy
The county court room whose walls
have echoed to the happy words of
plighted love and bitter struggle
over the estates of deceased persons,
yesterday was filled to its capacity
and dozens of the residents of Green
wood and vicinity were standing in
the hall to hear the testimony and
arguments in the case of the State
of Nebraska vs. Everett Stewart, Art
Weideman, Jr.. and Ernest Bright.
The case is one arising out of the
complaint filed here against the three
young men chraging them with hav
ing taken a quanity of ice cream
which was to have been used at a
social affair of one of the Greenwood
churches, the cream being recovered
later. At the request of the parties
making the complaint the charge was
made of petty larceny, filed here by
County Attorney W. G. Kieck and
the defendants placed under arrest.
The plea of not guilty was made by
the parties and they were released
under bond until the hearing yester
day.
After the submission of the evi
dence and the arguments that re
quired half of the day the case was
submitted to the jury of six men and
after a short deliberation the verdict
was returned of not guilty and the
the young men freed of the charge
that had been made against them.
The case has attracted a great deal
of attention at Greenwood, some
seventy-five of the residents there be
ing here for the hearing and the
verdict of not guilty was received
with both favor and disfavor by the
parties who were here to attend the
hearing.
SUITERS SEVERE INJURY
G. G. Griffin, proprietor of the
Ritz theatre, was the victim of a
very serious accident Thursday af
ternoon at his home in the apart
ments in the theatre building. Mr,
Griffin was engaged in cutting on a
board, using a knife for that purpose
and which suddenly slipped, the
knife penetrating the left hand of
the victim, severing the little finger
and cutting very deeping into the
palm. The injury was so severe that
it was necessary to hurry the in
jured man to the Immanuel hospi
tal at Omaha where the injuries
were dressed and the unfortunate
man made as comfortable as possi
ble. Mrs. Griffin accompanied her
husband and returned this morning
and reports Mr. Griffin as suffering
more or less pain from the effects of
the accident, the wife later return
ing to be with the injured man.
Journal Want Ads get results.
Many Vacancies
in Filings for the
August Primary
Few Seem Desirious of Entering Poli
tical Race Altho Time Is
Now Drawing Short
The zero hour for the filing for
the primary election to be held on
August is fast drawing near, the
final date that the fiilngs can bo
made being at midnight on Thurs
day July 3rd. So far the race has
not been heated in the entries save
in that of county commissioner and
the republican nomination for sher
iff, the other offices being largely fil
ed for by the present occupants. The
filings that have so far been made
at the office of the county clerk em
brace the following:
State Senator, 2nd district W. P.
Banning. (D), petition not vet ac
cepted; G. W. Olson, (D). and W. H.
Pitzer, (R. ), petition filed at secre
tary of state office at Lincoln.
State Representative Troy L.
Davis. (R.).
Clerk of the District Court C. E.
Ledgeway, ( R.) ; Michael Hild, (D. ).
County Sheriff Rert Reed. R.);
Theodore R. Davis, (R.); E. P.
Stewart, (R.; George Trunkenboltz,
( D. ) .
Count v Attorney W. G. Kieck.
(R.); Robert J. McNealy, (R.).
Countv Clerk George R. Sayks,
(R.).
Register of Deeds Jessie M. Rob
ertson, (R.); Lillian White. (D.).
County Treasurer John E. Turn
er, (R. ) ; Fred Egenberger, (D.); J.
L. Stamp, (D. ).
Countv Assessor W- H. Puis,
(D.).
Countv Surveyor Fred Patterson,
(D.).
Commissioner, 2nd District P. A.
Jacobson, (R.); C. F. Harris. (R.) :
E. 13. Champman, (D. ); August H.
Oehlerking.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Miss Alpha Peterson, (Non
partisan ) .
Commisioner Third District A. L.
Etheredge. ( R. ) ; Rex Peters, (R.;
E. W. Thimgan, fR.); petition not
yet accepted; Fred H. Gorder, (D. );
Fred Schafer, Sr., (D.K
FUNERAL OF WM. SCHNEIDER
The funeral services of the late
William Schneider was held Thurs
day afternoon at Cedar Creek wher
for his lifetime the departed had
made his home and for the services
there were hundreds of the old
friends gathered to pay their re
spects to the departed, many of the
former residents of the community
coming from distant points.
There was a short service at the
home and the cortege then moved to
the Cedar Creek church where thre
was a vrv large congregation await-
ng the coming of the funeral party.
The services was held by the Rev.
II. G. McClusky of the First Pres
byterian church of this city, who
gave words of comfort to the bereav
ed family and paid a tribute to the
worth of this splendid citizen who
had been so long a resident of the
community and who had lived on
the parental homestead for more
than sixty years.
During the service the male quar- I
tet composed of Frank A. Cloidt, L. j
D. Hiatt, R. W. Knorr and H. G.
McCluskv gave two numbers, "Abide
With Me" and "Now the Day Is
O'er."
The interment was at the Glendale
cemetery and the body was borne to
the last resting place by the pall
bearers, old time friends of the de
parted, they being James Terryberry,
Ernest Ahl, Phillip Fornoff, S. J.
Reams, Adam Meisinger, John Ol
son. JUNIOR C. D. OF A.
From Thursday's ra!tv
The Junior Catholic Daughters of
America held their annual business
meeting last evening at the home of
their councellor, Miss Eleanor Hiber,
with a very large number of the
young ladies in attendance.
The chief matters coming before
the attention of the group was that
of the selection of the officers for
the ensuing year and the following
were named:
President Theresa Bierl.
Vice-President Constance Rea.
Secretary Mary Ann Hadraba.
Treasurer Lucille Meisinger.
Pianist Helen Woolcott.
Reporter Anna May Sandin.
After the transaction of the other
business affairs of the organization
that was demanding their attention
the members adjourned.
ELEVATOR BURNS AT GIBSON
From Thursday's Dally
This morning Burlington train No.
6, easibound, due in this city at 7:15
was routed on the Council Bluffs
Pacific Junction line of the rail
road, due to the burning of a large
elevator at Gibson. The elevator.
one of the largest along the Burl
ington, is located near the main line
tracks of the railroad in the Gibson
yards and its burning made neces
sary the abandonment of the lines
until the fire was under control and
the lines could be reopened.
DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT
From Thursday's Daily
The message was received here
last evening of the death yesterday
at Logan, Iowa, of Mrs. Hattie Hen
nessey, a former resident of this city
who has been at the home of her
daughter, Mr?. Rose Parish at Logan
for a short time. The death came
very suddenly and va a great shock
to the relatives and friends in this
city, where Mrs. Hennessey made her
home for a number of years. The de
ceased lady was an aunt of Earl
Cline and Mrs. Joe Mrasek of this
city, being formerly Miss JIattie
Cline.
The funeral will be held at Omaha
on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
and the body will be brought here
for interment at the Oak Hill ceme
tery. In their sorrow the members of
the family will have the deepest
sympathy of the many friends in
this community in the less that has
come to them.
.1,
iMoDie rainy
Shows to Open
in This City
Will Shew Under the Auspices of the
American Legion on Week
of June 23rd.
The tooting of the whistles and
the melodies of the automatic pianos
and organs and the heralding cry of
the barker, will soon awaken the
residents of the city, the contract
having been closed yesterday between
the Noble C. Fairly shows and the
local post of the American Legion.
The Fairly shows will be here on
the week of June 23rd and are bring
ing here a fine new array of the best
in the carnival game in attractions
and entertaining features that will
be offered to the residents of this
section of Nebraska.
It is expected to stage the carnival
at the tourist park which is soon to
be converted into an athletic park
for the use of the city schools.
The Fairly shows axe among the
best playing in the west and were
here in 1926 under the auspices of
the Legion and gave a very fine en
tertaining feature for the week. The
advertising matter will be sent at
once and the stage all set for the
appearance of this up-to-date car
nival company in this city.
THREE MEN IMBIDE TOO FREELY
From Friday's Deny
This morning Judge C. L. Graves
was kept busy hearing the story of
man's weakness and to tree indul
gence in the flowing bowl, as Offi
cers Libershal and Pirkrel last eve
ning gathered in three men in vary
ing stages of intoxication and had
them "on the spot" this morning
when Judge Graves convened his
court.
A charge of possession that
brought with it a fine of $100 and
costs was preferred against Harold
Goulding, while Harold Yoeman and
Fred Cunningham each drew down
$10 and costs for being intoxicated.
The men claimed to be members
of one of the paving gangs working
near this city and their bosses are
engaged in trying to secure tne nec
essary funds for their release and
in the meantime they are enforced
guests of the city.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all the kind
friends who so kindly assisted us
during the funeral of our dear bro
ther and for the beautiful floral of
ferings. We wish to thank the pall bearers
and Mrs. Harry Schultz and Miss
Gladys Bushnell for the songs ren
dered. We also wish to thank Rev. II. E.
Sortor for the kind words of com
fort. Louis Beckman and Family.
John Beckman and Family and
other Relatives.
WILL ENJOY VACATION
Mr. nnd Mrs. H. S. Dalton and
children are leaving on a very de
lightful vacation trip that will cover
a great deal of the south and east
before they return home to this city.
Mr. Dalton will accompany the fam
ilv as far as Paducah, Kentucky,
where he has some business and
from there the family will visit at
Washington. D. C. and New York.
Mrs. Dalton and children are expect
ing also to visit at Atlanta, Georgia,
with the Erl R. Teepell family be
fore their return west in the fall.
SELLS MEAT MARKET
Frank Mullen who is conducting
the Sanitary meat market on South
Sixth street here, has disposed of hi3
meat market at Missouri Valley,
Iowa, which has been conducted by
Edward Mullen, the shop in the Iowa
city being disposed of to parties
from Adair, Iowa. Edward Mullen
will go to Dun lap, Iowa, where he
will be associated with his brother,
Emmett Mullen in the large and up-to-date
meat market that the Mul
lens are operating at that place.
Death of James
Janca Due to Ac
cident, Says Jury
Inquest Held This Morning and Evi
dence Taken as to F-act. in Cite
as Far as Known
from Friday's Pary
The jury impannt I"d on last
Monday to investigate the facts r.s
to the death of Jarws Janca at Un
ion, reconvened today and h:d Up
bearing at the district court room
of such evidence as was prx-isiLIe- t.
find that might shed sonu- light on
how the young nan came to his
death and the apparent reason there
fore. The inqtiest was conducted by
County Attornej- V.. G. Kieck as
the coroner and all possible evidence
that could be found was offered in
the case, to try and fix the time and
use of the death.
Sheriff Bert Reed and Deputy
Sheriff Rex Young testified as to
their visit to the scene of th- find
ing of the body, of the impressions
for a distance where a body had ap
parently been dragged or rolled, how
the lower limb severed in the rvu
dent was some distance south of the
accident and the shoe of the unfor
tunate young man was found soui h
of the depot at Union. The oilicers
told of the finding of a bunch of
keys and a letter, in the pocket of
the dead man. also of the fact thr.t
a bottle of toir.e kind had bet n
mashed in the inside of the coat, 1 1-
tiio what the contents of the bott!"
was. they were not prepared to say
s there was no clear odor from the
contents. Mr. ioung testified that
there was a twitching of the limbs of
the man even when he arrived there
o investigate and he had at lir;t
thought Mr. Janca alive.
Dr. E. J. Gillespie testified as to
the fact that muscular movements
and nerve contractions can be no-
ticable even after the person lias
ceased to breath, for some time.
Charles Staska testified as to the
hours of the passing of trains
through this city on the Missouri
Pacific on whose right of . way the
body was found. Tie stated tnat on
the southbound schedule there was
the passenger at 12:54 (midnight)
nd extra freights at 2:30 a. m. and
S:12 a. m. through this city. Ow
ing to a derailment at Auimrn tne
only trains north were two freights
at 4:30 a. m. and G:39 a. m.
After hearing the evidence the
jury retired and returned tne ver
dict that the deceased met his death
accidently by being run over by
some train on the Missouri Pacific
railroad.
MARRIED AT PARSONAGE
At the residence of Rev. Harold
E. Sortor and family Thursday af
ternoon occurred the marriage of
Miss Georgia Sullivan of this city
to Mr. Ray Price of Tope-ka, Kansas.
The wedding was a very c;uiet one.
ittended by enly the immediate rel
atives of the contracting parties.
The simple ring service was used
in the joining of the lives of the
young people.
The bride wore a gown
peach taffeta with picture
of the
hat of
blue and carried an arm bouquet
of
the Bride roses.
The pridal party motored to Ne
braska City following the wedding
and where a very delightful wedding
dinner was served at the home of
the groom's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Price are expecting to make their
home in the future at Nebraska City.
The bride is the only daughter
of Mrs. Ernest Porter of this city
and where she has been reared to
womanhood and educated in the
schools of this city. A lady of much
charm of personality she has a very
large circle of friends in this com
munity. The groom has been engaged here
in the paving work on highway No.
75. He is a young man held in the
highest esteem by the associates and
friends.
The many friends here will join
in their well wishes to Mr. and Mrs.
Price for many years of success and
happiness in thtir new horn'-.
MRS CLINE POORLY
Miss Amelia Martens of this city,
who has been with her sister, Mrs.
Mary Cline of Omaha, at the Mayo
clinic at Rochester, Minnesota, has
returned home. Mrs. Cline has been
poorly for some time and has had
several courses cf treatment in hope
of giving her relief from her suffer
ing, but which have not been as suc
cessful as had been expected, the
patient
to the
not responding as favorably
treatment as was hoped.
ASKS FOR DIVORCE
Krom Thursday's Dally
This morning an action was filed
in the office of the clerk of the dis
trict court in which Mary Schlieske
is the plaintiff and Fritz August
Schlieske is the defendant. The peti
tion states that the parties were mar
ried on July 25, 1928, and also asks
for the custody of a minor child and
also suitable alimonv. Carl Self of
Omaha, appears as the attorney in
the case.
FUNERAL OF MRS. FINDER
The funeral of the late Mrs. Paul
ina. Finder was held on Wednesday
afternoon at the Saltier funeral
home anil was attended by a num
ber of the old time friends and
neighbors. The services were held
by the Rev. O. G. Wichman, pastor
of the St. Paul's Evangelical church
and who touched on the long and
Useful life of the deceased as Well
as holding to the members of the
family the hope of the reuniting of
the broken tie.-, in the hereafter. The
burial was at the Oak Hill cemetery
where tne husband is at rst.
Mrs. Christina
IACC I) ' 1 A c at
3. V O 44.
Omaha Home
Many Years a Resident Here and
News cf Death Comes as Blow
to Family and Friends
rn
Friilay'e Dally
The death of Mrs. Christina Jess.
S2, for a great many years a resident
of this city, occurred yesterday at
the family home. 406 South 4Sth
"trecf. Omaha, following an illness
of soith' duration.
The deceased lady has m
home in Omaha for the past
years following the death
de her
several
of the
husband and father', John Jess
num-
ber of years a
ago. she maintining the
for her unmarried son
family home
and daughter, and to those who have
been with her all of these years the
'cs will come as a great blow.
Mrs. Jess is survived by four sons,
Henry of Diller, John. Claus and
Fred Jess of Omaha, six daughters,
Mrs. C. J. Raiser. Mrs. R. II. Gilbert,
Miss Irene Jess of Omaha; Margaret
Jess of Los Angeles; Mrs. Catherine j
Mayes of Fremont, and Mrs. E. H
Hahne of Chicago.
! The members of the partv adjuorn-SPANGLER-C00K
WEDDING led to the Livingston Road nearby
SOLEMNIZED ON JUNE 7TH! the park and where the W. R. C.
jhave placed a marker dedicating the
A very pretty wedding was solemn- 'road and here Mrs. Vay Burkle gave
ized June 7th. at the home of Mr. ! the formal dedication, her address
and Mrs. Peter Spangler, when their
daughter. Miss Florence, was
united
in marriage to Mr. Roland Coon of
Norton, Kans.
The wedding took place at 8
o'clock with Rev. G. A. Morey offi
ciating, in the presence of the im
mediate families. Little Dorothy
Marion Rauth, who led the wedding
party, wore a ping chiffon dress and
carried the ring centered in a bas- i
ket of pink roses.
Mrs. Earl Selby, sister of the
bride, acted as matron of honor and
wore an orchid gown, carrying a bou
quet of sweet peas and baby's breath.
The bride wore a French gown of j
gray chiffon over peach crepe, with '
deep yoke and skirt insets of hand
made lace in pastel shades. She car
ried a shower bouquet of rosebuds,
sweet peas and baby's breath, with
Dutch lace. The groom wore the con
ventional dark blue and was attend
ed by Mariou Spangler as best man.
The setting before which the vows
-.vere spoken was a background of
ferns, cathedral candles and baskets
of pink and white peonies tied with
pink tulle. After the ceremony, a
dainty luncheon, carrying out the
pastel color scheme, was served.
The bride is the second daughter
of Mr. ard Mrs. Spangler, and has
been engaged in teaching for
the
past few years. She was a member :
of the Gamma Mu Upsilon sorority ,
of Wesleyan University, having at-
tended school there for two years, j
The groom is the only son of the
late Mr. Omar Coon of Manley.
Mr. and Mrs. Coon left soon after
the wedding for their home in Nor
ton. Kansas. eepmg ater ne
publican. HOSPITAL STARTS BATES
The Epperson sanitarium and hos
pital here have started in on their
special courses of vapor and medical
baths and have here as a patient Mrs.
D. L. Stanton, of Red Wing. Min
nesota, who has come here to en
joy the benefits of the treatments
and the baths at the hospital. The
management of the hospital are hav
ing a special man attendent come
for the purpose of hndling the baths
and will then be in a position to
handle the cases cf both men and
wom;;n as they have a lady attend
ant already at work on the bath
treatments. The sanitarium is locat
ed in the former Walker residence
at Fourth and Oak street and a num
ber have been here already to en
iov the benefits of the lir.e of meri
cal baths.
MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE
From Thursday's Dailv
Yesterday afternoon Judge A. H.
Duxbury was called upon to unite
in the bonds of wedlock Robert II.
Wall and Theresa L. Kelly, both of
near Elmwood. The weddin
was
witnessed by C. II. Gibson of Weep-,
ing Water, a relative of the contract
ing parties and Sheriff Bert Reed, an
old time friend of the bride and
groom. After the wedding here the
bridal couple returned to their home ;
where they are to start housekeep-1
ing at once.
Livingston
Road Dedicated
I by the W. R. C.
Impressive Ceremony Marks Designa
tion of Highway Named for
Distinguished Soldier
( h'reira Tuesday s Daily
! This morning at S o'clock the Liv
i ingston Road, new highway from
this city to the Missouri river bridge
was formally dedicated in honor of
General Robert Ramsey Livings! en,
pioneer physician, soldier and states
: man.
i The event was arranged by the
'members of the Women's Relief
Corps and despite the rainfall of the
.earlier hours of the morning a very
pleasing number of the residents of
the city were prese nt at the Winier-
steen Hill park when the dedication
ceremonies were stagd.
The ceremonies opened with the
assembly call given by Robert Mann,
bugler, and following which Mrs.
Robert Troop took charge of the pro-
gram as the presiding officer,
j The Hag in the park was then
! floated to the breeze and an interest
' ing part of this ceremony was that
I Robert Ramsey Livingston, III,
(grandson of Genera! Livii.gston at
tached the Hag to the rope and it was
I hauled to the top of the staff by
Ilenrv Guv and William Stewart Mc-
iue"n
! tinguis!
gr at-grandsons of the dis
hed soldier-statesnian.
The Salute to the Mag given by
the audience was followed by the
audience joining in the tinging of
"The Star Spngb-d Banner."
Mrs. Robert Troop gave a very
beautiful reading in a tribute to the
flag that was one of the outstanding
'features of the early portion of the
j program and which as given in the
j usual impressive manner of this
j talented lady.
i being as follow:-;:
i Citizens ot l'latts
mouth. Members
Livingston Family, and
(Friends:
1 On July 13, 1929 the following
'communication was sent to the
; Mayor. Mr. John P. Sattler and the
City Council:
"Whereas it is reported there is
to b a highway to the new Missouri
River Rri ige parsing over or near
Wintersteen Hill
And Whereas this Hill was m:de
la historic spot in the annals of Ne
braska History and American Ilis
Itory when an American Flag made
by pioneer women of Plattsmouth
was nresemed to Company 'A of
the First Nebraska, whose Captain
I was Robert Ramsey Livingston of
Plattsmouth who performed dis
tinguished service in the Civil ".Vr.r,
and during the years following was
so highly honored and respected as
a citizen of Plattsmouth
! And Whereas his son Henry Guy
Licingston gave his life in the serv
ice of his country in the Spanish
American War
And Whereas this pioneer family
has contributed to this community
and surrounding territory the serv
ices of four family physicians of a
' type that is now rapidly passing
awav, their lives having been devoted
to the relief ot sune-rmg, nan.eiy.
Dr. Robert Kamse-y L.ivings-.ou or..
Dr. Theodore Philip Livingston,
Dr. Robert Ramsey Livingston Jr.,
Dr. John Stuart Livingston.
Therefore be it resolved that the
Women's Relief Corps of McConahie
Post G. A. R. petition the Mayor
and City Council to use their in
fluence to have this new road called
t TVivfismv ROAD' in honor of
! this pioneer family."
! On May 12, 1930 the City Coun
cil, sitting in regular session passed
the following Resolution:
"Whereas. Rrig. Gen. Robert Rom-
' sey i-iivingsion liuhi m ....-
'performed signal patriotic services
for his Community. His State and
! his Country, arid Whereas, it is the
sense of this Council that it is fitting
. ami proper that some recognition be
made of such services so faithfully
and lovally made.
NOW THEREFORE RE IT RESOLV
ED by the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Plattsmouth, Nebras
ka, that the Highway from said City
to the New Missouri River Bridge
he designated and named the LIV
INGSTON ROAD in memory of Rob-
crt Ramsey Livingston, and that it
be suitably marked as such."
. We are gathered here thi3 morning
!June 14. 1930, to dedicate tins new
road which has so recently become
4 i
nart of a great JSationai lugnway.
to the honor and memory of Robert
Romsey Livingston.
' It was seventj'-one years ago, Oct.
18S9 that this man came to the
then frontier village of Plattsmouth
to practice his profession as a doc
tor. He opened his office on Front
Street and lived at the Hathaway
, House.
Picture if you will, this little
group of homes and stores clustered
near the river, which then ran close
to the foot of what is now Main
Street. News and provisions came
via steamboat or wagon train.
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