Webr. State Historical Society be lattsmoutfe Joucna VOL. NO. xivn PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1931. NO. 16 I. Omaha Youth Shot Here Dur ing a Brawl Paul Leihy. 19. Is at University Hos pital Dangerously Wounded as Result of Brawl From Monday's raII- Paul Leihy. 19, 1823 Capitol ave nue. Omaha, is at the University hos pital in that city seriously if not fatally wounded as the result of a brawl at the residence property oT George Rennie. in this city at 5 a. m. today. This young man. with Jack Brown. 23. Clearmont hotel. Mike DeSavti. laundry company employe and Wea ver Burton, former resident here. ame down from Omaha last night and visited the residence of Mr. Ren nie. who was not at home at the time. One of the members of the party had been a frequent visitor at the Rennie home and had a key to. the house and accordingly the quar tet entered the house and according to the statements of the members of the party, made merry with some li quor that they had brought with them. This morning as the party wa waxing strong, according to Leihy. an argument arose and while he was not able to give the authorities a very clear idea of the facts of the case, he was shot in the abdomen, the weapon used being a forty-five revolver belonging to Mr. Rennie and which had been left lying around th house where it was found by Brown who it is charged fired the shot that wounded Leihy while the whole par ty was wrestling and milling around t he room. Mr. Rennie was not at home dur ing the night, having secured a roor at the Hotel Riley and was there when notified by police this morn ing of the shooting at his home, and denied any knowledge of the party that his friends had staged at the house. The officers on visiting the Rennie home found a jug of whisky which was claimed by one of the Omaha men as his possession. The stories of the men involved in the affair varies as Mike DeSavti. states that he was sitting in a Ham burger place near the Clearmont this morning about 4 o'clock when Brown, Leihy and Burton came in and they had been invited over to the Clearmont by Brown to do a little singing, all four being well lit up. that on reaching there the strains of music was too strong and the clerk in charge had ordered them to leave Burton had then said. "I know a good place at Plattsmouth where you can have a lot of fun." DeSavti had then told them that he had some whisky ditched near 19th and Mason street and they had gone there, se cured the whisky and started for Plattsmouth. Burton had a key to the Rennie house and as they came there DeSavti had let the others go in first. They had not been in the house more than five minutes when the shooting took place but the first he knew of te ma"er was when he heard Leihy say, "you have a lot of crust to shoot me," as he lay on the floor. Brown, whom it seems was at the J Rennie home on St. Patrick's day night, also, says that he had gotten th' gun off the bed of Rennie and was showing it to Leihy when it was discharged. He stated this morning as he was being taken to Omaha for further questioning at the Central police headquarters that "Leihy was my best pal." DeSavti states that Brown had told Burton to go and get a specialist for the wounded man and apparently Burton is still on the hunt for the specialist. It is thought by the officers that the trouble arose over a dispute over cards or dice and which led to the shooting and in view of this the men were being questioned by Omaha de tectives. Rennie claims to have gone to the hotel at 11 o'clock last night and to have been there for the rest of the night, hotel employes support ing his statement as to his time of registering and going to his room. The young man. Burton, member of the Omaha party, made his escape from the scene of the shooting as soon as the affair took place, driv ing away in the car of Leihy, while the others remained to await the ar rival of aid for Leihy and they wer" then placed in jail and held for ques tioning. MRS. GOCHENOUR AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Harry Goucenour of this citv is at the University hospital where she has been for the past week taking treatment for gall stones. The patient has been at Omaha for a week and Mr. Gouehcnour was at Omaha Saturday to visit with the wife. It has not been fully deter mined whether an operation will be necessary or not. W. G. CLYDE. RETIRED STEEL MAGNATE, DIES Pittsburgh. March 23. William G. Clyde. 62, former president of the Carnegie Steel Co., died Monday. HAS CASE STOLEN Dr. O. C. osteopath of Hudson, well known this city, was the Vic 's Saturday nitrht some- tim of robbe time when t bey entered his garage at the Hero! d apartments aim pro n the door of his coupe case of instruments and he kept with him Cor lis. The matter was re- ceeded to opt and purloin a articles that emergency ca ported to th e authorities who are investigating have the m rated. the case and hope to issing instruments lo- Manley Store Has Visit from Burglars Sunday General Store of Theodore Harms Suffers Loss of Overalls. Shoes, and Cigarettes From Mondar'j ra:iy Some time last night burglars visited the general store of Theo dore Harms at Manley and made away with a large amount of cloth ing shoes ami cigarettes which form ed a pa-: of the stock of the store. The entrance to the building was gained by prying open doors in the rear part of the building, the locks being forced off the doors and allow ing the parties to get into the main part of the store. The loss as far as could be ascer tained by the owner and employes a' the store this morning was confine, i to the clothing, mostly overalls, as well as a number of pairs of shoes and a large quantity of cigarettes taken. No trace of the robbers could be found and it is thought that they made their getaway before the rain fall as no tracks could be found in the vicinity of the store. The value of the goods taken could not be learned as Hr. Harms had not completed a check of the stock this morning. ATTENDS OMAHA WEDDING From Monday's Daily The marriage of Miss Ruth Kap lan of Omaha to Mr. Nathan Turner of Macon, Georgia, occurred last evening at the ball room of the Hotel Paxton in Omaha, the ceremony be ing witnessed by some three hun dred gues:-. The ball room was very hand somely arranged for the occasion and the wedding ceremony was perform ed by Rabbi David A. Golstein of the Conservative synagogue officiating. Following the wedding a reception and dance was held for the young people at the hotel and the member. of the party served a very delicious wedding luncheon. The bridal couple will make their home at Bainbridge. Georgia, in the future, where the groom is located in business. The brid' is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kaplan, well known Omaha residents, and very popular In the social life of that city. She is a graduate of Central high school. Mr. Turner is a graduate of the Georgia School of Technology. Among those attending the wed ding were Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bates and Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Busch of this city. AR RANTS IN TROUBLE S. H. Ar-ants, 61. pleaded guilty in court at Denver, Saturday, to at tempting a confidence game and was j given a sentence ot two to tnree years in prison. Arrants was accused of attempting to obtain one thousand dollars from L. S. Loomer, York. Ne braska, rancher, by posing as Loom er's son. Loomer received a telegram from Denver several months ago, which asked for one thousand dollars with which to buy cattle. It was signed "Carl Loomer." Loomer's son, Earl, happened to be near home at the time the telegram was received. Arrants was arrested when he called for a re turn telegram. He had been a farm hand in the vicinity of York. Arrants was a resident near Cedar Creek for a number of years, and was convicted in Cass county of selling mortgaged property but was later pa roled. NORMAL TFAINERS TO TEACH Arrangements have been made by Miss Pearl Staats with County Sup erintendent .Alpha Peterson of the county schools, whereby the mem bers of the normal training class at the high school will get a week cf practice teaching beginning next Monday. Normal Training students are not allowed to go out for the practice week until they have com pleted at least nine of the teachers examinations. Six students of the de partment hav completed nine or more and rave been assigned schools. They are as follows: Theresia Bier!. District 41; Lucille Albert, the Bec ker school; V'elma Fulton, District 2; Marie Lutz,; Carlyne Thomas Dorothy Waster District 3. The other seven members of the class. Kathryn Stava, (Ed Howard, yen Hughes. Dorothy Hirz. Kathryn Hirz. Vivian Moore and Lotetta Taylor, will visit rural schools on Monday and Tuesday. Debaters Win District Title at Tournament Three Victories at Fremont Give Platters Right to Argue for State Championship By defeating Snyder, -lair and Valley In three successive debates in the district debate tournament held at Fnmoiit last Saturday, the Platts mouth high school debate team coached by Mr. G. K. Kvasnicka and composed of Madge Garnet. Ed Wehr bein. Robert Bestor and John Becker, won the district championship and with it the right to represent the district in the state tournament to be held in Lincoln the last of April. The local team was clearly the out standing team of the four present in delivery and presentation and won the compliments of the judges for their extemporaneous style of debat ing as compared to some of the other speakers who were inclined to read their remarks. The subject debate 1 was: "Resolved that the nations of the world should disarm." Plattsmouth drew the negative against Snyder and it was clear that they had their opponents outclassed. The local team had previously de feated Snyder in the Midland College tournament. The locals took the af firmative side of the case against Blair and a spirited argument was the result but Plattsmouth"s super iority in delivery was again outstand ing. Fifteen minutes later, the Plattsmouth speakers took the same side of the question against Valley which proved to be the hardest de bate of the three. The arguments were exceedingly close and both teams somewhat tired from the pre vious matches but again the superior ity of the Plattsmouth speakers in extemporaneous delivery was the de ciding factor. Blair placed second by defeating Valley and Snyder and Valley third with a lone victory over Snyder. Judges for the debates were: Mr. J. A. Nelson, coach of debate at Fre mont high school. Prof. Lightner Swan. English department of Mid land College and Minnie Nelson and Kenneth Burkholder. Midland college debaters. The Plattsmouth team was rated as a championship contender due to the record made during the year when victories were chalked up against the other three schools in previous contests. Though Madge Garnet was handicapped by a sorr throat, she added to her reputation as a keen, quick-thinking, extempor aneous speaker. Ed Wehrbein was complimented by the Judges for his easy, conversational and impressive manner of delivery. Robert Bestor debated on the negative side of the question and his effective deliverv and argument did much to win the victory over Snyder. John Becker took Robert's place on the affirmative and alth without as much experience as the other three, went through two hard contests in a most commendable manner. The fact that Robert is the only speaker lost by graduation, gives great promise for prospects for another year. The team finished the season with six victories and one de feat at the hands of Creighton Prep. Mr. Kvasincka, the coach deserves to be highly complimented upon the record which the team has made. The championship is the result of hard work begun last fall and both Mr. Kvasnicka and the debaters are en thusiastic over the possibility of par ticipating in the state tournament at Lincoln. Principal R. F. Patterson, who also accompanied the team, and who coached debate for three years prior to this, complimented this years team with the statement that it was the best team Plattsmouth had produced for the past four years. The interest of the public and the school will follow the dehators and their coach to the state tournament where they will have the best wishes of the entire community. CARS HAVE SMASHUP From Monday's Daly Last evening a Chevrolet sedan be longing to Harry Knight, of Union, and a Star coupe, driven by a young man named Lti"d, of this city, crash ed headon into each other on Lincoln avenue, the result being that the cars were reduced to a mass of wreckage, but fortunately the occupants of the cars were not seriously injured. The Knight car was coming north into the city and when near the Bach store the car of Lund appeared on the scene coming south and it is claimed by the occupants of the Knight car that the driver was apparently un able to keep a straight track with the car and crashed into their machine. After the accident Lund was placed under arrest by police officers and lodged in jail to await the filing of charges of driving a car while in toxicated. On being arraigned this morning on the charge of operating a car while intoxicated Lester Lund enter ed a plea of guilty and agreed to have the car of Knight fixed up and was accordingly given a fine of $25 and costs for the offense and also had his drivers license taken away for a year. NUMBER ATTEND FUNERAL From Wednesday's La!ly A number ol the Plattsmouth peo ple, o'd time friends of Hon. Charles E. Noyes. were la attendance at the funeral of Mr. Noyes this afternoon which was held a' the Methodist church at Louisville of which Mr. Noyes was a long time mem her. Among those going were County Commissioner George L. Farley. County Clerk l.eorge R. Sayles, E. H. VVeseott and several others. The holding of the Leihy inquest this af rernoon prev?nted a number of tli other county officials from being Iv. attendance at the perries. Cass County Loses Loved and Honored Man Hen. Charles E. Noyes, Honored Figure in Cass County Passed to His Final Reward. Hon. Charles E. N':yes. died at his farm home near Louisville on Mon day afternoon at 4 o'clock after a week's illness with flu. Mr. Xoyes had been at the M. E. hospital in Omaha for a number of weeks for an other ailment but was thought to be doing nicely. It was thought that his improvement had been such that he would soon be able to be around and attend his church, one of his dear est duties and responsibilities, but his call was made very suddenly and came as a great shock to the many friends. Mr. Noyes was sixty-four years of age and a native of Illinois and has made his home in Louisville since he was an infant of a year old. Mr. Noyes was a member of the state legislature in the session of 1907-1909 and has for the past sev eral years been chairman of the re publican county central committee. and while strong in his political views was an honest and fair op ponent and had the respect and es teem of all who had the pleasure of knowing him. Mr. Noyes is survived by his wife and two brothers, Einier, of Robert son. Texas, and J. F yes of Louis ville. Weaver Burton Tells Story of Leihy Shooting Accidental Sax Former Plattsmouth Boy Brown Showing Revolver, Accident )y Discharged From Tuesday's Patty Weaver Button, 2505 Bancroft street. Omaha, former Plattsmouth youth, who figured in the shooting here early Monday morning of Paul Leihy of Omaha, at the residence of George Rennie. was taken into cus tody Monday afternoon at Omaha by Detectives Keane and Godeck, and held for questioning. The story of the shooting as toll by Burton sou.'.ds the most plausible of any and bears out the story told by other members of the party a? the shooting being accidental. Burton, according to the story of the other members of the ill fated party at the Rennie house, had se cured the car of Leihy to go and find medical aid and had failed to return and this had caused the authorities to seek to round him up and have him questioned. According to the former Platts mouth youth and long time com panion of Rennie. the party had all met at the Claremont hotel in Omaha and there the Plattsmouth trip had been planned, they all getting in the Leihy car and starting for this city, reaching here to fine Rennie not at home but the party being friends had gone on into the house were Rennie maintained bachelor Quar ters, "I want to show you a swell gun Rennie has," said Brown, according to Burton, and he brought out a pearl-handled, gold-decorated revol ver. Suddenly the gun went off. "I'm shot!" screamed Leihy, and fell to the floor. Burton told officers: "I was so scared that I jumped into Leihy's car and pulled out." HAS BROKEN KNEE From Wednesday'" Dally Mrs. Ray Ayler. who was injured very severely some months ago in an auto accident in Omaha, this after noon fell on the steps of the United States government building on North Fifth street and as the result frac tured the knee of her right leg for the second time. Mrs. Ayler has had a great deal of trouble with the member since the injury in Omaha and this accident will cause her to go through this trying ordeal again. Mr. Ayler, who was with the wife and Dr. O. C. Hudson, who was near by, carried the injured lady to the office of Dr. Hudson where she is be ing given treatment. Phone your Want-Ad to the Jour nal office. Call No. 6. Local People in Auto Acci dent at Omaha Ernest Bintner of Near This City and Alex Fowlds. Have Acci dent in Big City From Tuesday's iaiiy Investigation was being made by Omaha authorities yesterday of an auto accident which was reported to have occurred OB South Tenth street in that city about 1:36 Monday morning in which a man received a fractured skuH but was not found until .'? a. m". in a gutter on Castelar street between Twent v-first and Twenty-second streets. A parked car was reported to have been smash led In the accident. Alex Fowlds. a farmer near thi city. is in Lord Lister hospital un conscious as the result of the acci dent. At the time of the crash he didn't think he was hurt, his com panion said. Ernest W. Bintner. another Plattsmouth farmer, driver of the auto in which I owlds was riding was held for in vvjtigation. Visited Omaha Theater Bintner ami Fowlds, accompanied by Bintner's sister. Eva. and Miss Astasia Warga, came to Omaha Sun day night to a theater and after wards went io the home of Mips Warga's sister. Mrs. P. M. Egan. 242S South Twenty-first street. At 12:30 a. m. Bintner and Fowlds took Eva to the Union station to catch a train to Schu'k.r. where she teaches school. At 1:30 Bintner reappeared at the Egan house, sav ing: "We had an accident on Tenth streei. "Where's Alex?" asked Mrs Egan. "He's out in the car." "Is he hurt?" "No, we're not hurt." sahl Bintner. "We just hit a parked car. Missing From Auto. Mrs. Egan went out t,o talk to Fowlds, and tound no one in the car. in the seat where he htfd liae.) was blood. Bintner and Mrs. Egan began searching the neighborhood for him. and called police, who also searched. It is believed that Fowld'-. got out of the car and stumbled away. At 3 a. m. Alex was found in a gutter around the corner from the Egan home. Police are investigat ing a report that an autoist picked him up and drove him around, re tuTnine him to the neighborhood in which he had been found. They are puzzled over not seeing him at the time of their first search. Patrolman Earl Jay found glass at 1706 South Tenth street which fit into Bintner's shattered wind shield, but found no damaged park ed auto. R0TARIANS ENTERTAINED From Tuesday's Panv The members of the Rotary club were entertained at the high school this afternoon by a very cleverly ar ranged and splendidly presented pro- cram by the young people oi tne , school. The convocation for the reception was presided over by Prof. R. Foster Patterson, principal of the high school and who introduced Jamer Begley. president of the student council, who welcomed the visitors. The program comprised a fine num ber of the girls sextette, comprising Margaret ShePenbarger. Jean Hayes. Helen Schulz. Constance Rea. Maxire Cloidt. Madge Garnett. as the open ing selection and which was a real hit. Otto Stodola was heard in a very fine recitation and which he gae in the dialect of the land of Italy and proved a real artist in this num ber. David Robinson, first prize winner of the Peru musical contest, was heard In two tenor solos. "Danny Boy" and "Sylvia." both being well rendered and a real revelation to the visitors of thi. clever young artist Miss Cora Williams, fieati of the musical department of the city schools, was heard in two very fine piano numbers that was a much en joyed part of the afternoon program. Robert Mann and James Comstock. retiring Rotar school members, gave ! their impressions of Rotary in a very clever and able manner. President William Baird of the Ro tary responded for the club in an ap preciation of the fine entertainment that had been afforded them by the young men and women of the school. NUMBER LOANS APPROVED Washington Nearly $20,000,000 In loans have been approved for far mers in the drouth area. G. L. Hof man, chtef of ihe farmer's seed loan office, said thousands of applications i - . rot nh i n cr trio o o-ri i It n Ma rlono rt I ment daily. Ke expressed the belief the total of $57,000,000 available for loans direct to farmers would be taken up. Hoffman sa'd only a few of the loans approve-! from the $10,000 -000 fund for sgricultural rehabilita tion were for lood. VISITING IN CALIFORNIA Mr. and Mrs. Michael Duda of this city are enjoying a visit at Los An geles and other parts of. southern California, leaving for that section on Friday and where they will spend some time. While on the west coast they will be guests of Mr. Duda's brother, Fred Duda. Jr., and wife and many old time friends who are i making their home In that part of the west. The little daughter, Joan, is remaining here with the grand parents. Mr. and lira, Henry Kaul niann. Find Leihy Death Result of Acciden tal Revolver Shot Juty Releases Jack Brown From Criminal Responsibility for Death of Friend. From Wednesdays naTIv The death of Paul Leihy. 19, 192o t'apitol avenue, Omaha, occurred this morning at 4 '.'50 at the University hospital at Omaha where Leihy has been since Monda morning when he was taken there from this city following his shooting a. the resi dence of George Rennie. The news of the death was tele phoned by ihospltal authorities to Sheriff Bert Reed and County At torney W. G. Kieck, and at once steps were taken to call an inquest on the shooting and to determine the findings as to whether it was an acci dent or the shot fired with intent to kill Leihy. The jury impaneled was composed of John Ledgway, William Starkjohn. Carl Kunsmann, George Born. Ray Campbell. Philip Born. The jury was taken to Omaha and viewed the body of the unfortunate youth, the victim of the shooting, as well as hearing the testimony or interns at the hospital to whom the lad had recounted the accident. The story told by Leihy was that the shooting was purely accidental, that he had come with the party will ingly and had been standing with the other looking at the elaborately decorated forty-five revolver that be longed to Mr. Rennie and which Brown had taken from where t owner had left it and was showing it to the Omaha visitors, when it was accidently discharged. All of the party were friends, the young man had stated to the hospital attendants. The further testimony was heard this afternoon at the court house, with Jack Brown, the man who held the gun when the shot was fired, Weaver Burton and Mike Savti. The testimony showed that the trip here was the result of a sudden plan after a drinking party in Omaha, that Savti had brought with him a gallon of whisky that he sought to sell and which was later found in the Rennie home. The members of the party were not having any trouble and the shot from the revolver came while Brown, Leihy and Burton were look ing the weapon over and according to Burton, he and Brown had come down last Thursday to visti Rennie and at that time Brown had admired the gun and when the party was here early Monday he had gone into the bedroom of Rennie, who was not at home, secured the gun. brought it out and was showing it when it was discharged, the hull-et, at short range entering the abdomen of Leihy and inflicting a very severe wound. The Jury after the hearing of the evidence and deliberating on the is sues, decided that the deceased came to his death as the result of a bullet fired accidently from the gun held by Jack Brown and relieving Mr. Brown of any criminal responsibility in the matter. Other participants are still held here, DeSavti on a charge of posses sion of liquor for which he received a sentence of sixty days in jail and Burton awaiting a charge of auto theft. CHARGED WITH POSSESSION From Tuesday rar.v Michael DeS. vti. 21. of 1007 South Twentieth street. Omaha, one of the parties detained here by officers fol lowing the shooting of Paul Leihy. 19. of Omaha at the Rennie resi dence here, was arraigned today at the county court on the charge of possession of liquor. DeSavti. who acknowledged the ownership of tl 1 gallon of whisky found at the Rennie house by Sher'ft Reed and the city police, plead puilty to the charge After heoring the evidence offered. Judge A. H. Duxbury gave the pris oner a sentence of sixty days for the offense. Weaver Burton, who was brought here last night and lodged in th Cass county jail, will be charged with taking the auo of Paul Lei by with out the authority of the owner, it was stated at the office of County At torney w. G. Kieck today. Jack Brown. Claremont hotel, Om aha, who fired the shot tiat wounded Leihy. is being held here pending the outcome of the injuries to Leihv, as in the case of the deith of Leihy a coroner's inquest will be necessary. George Rennie. owner of the resi dence where the trouble occurred, has been released as it was shown that he had no part in the affair and was not at home at the time. Journal Want Ada get results. Pioneer of the West Called to Last Reward C. C. Despain of This City Dies at Masonic Home in This City at Age of 92 Years. From Tuesday Pally This moralHS at 1 o'clock at the Nebraska Masonic Home occurr. d the death of O. C. Despain, pioneer resi dent of the west and of the city of PlatlBUHWith after attaining the great age of more than ninety-one years. ; Mr.. Deepain has been very active ir. his lifetime and the story of his lite is filled with much of the glam our anil romance of the old west, when the hardy fdoneers engaged in the task oi empire building In the little known sections o: the coun try. He was born October 4, 1839, at Macomb. McDonaugh county. Illi nois, to which section his pa-ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Despain had come from their native home in Ken tucky in 1S31. When he had attain ed the age of fifteen years the par ents came on farther west to the state of Iowa and settled near Albia in Monroe county. Iowa, and here Mr. Despain grew to manhood. In the winter of 1851-52 Mi. Despain at tracted by the stories of the great gold tiaos In northern California and In the Nevada gold fields, took the train at Eddyville, Iowa, for New York and from where he departed by boat for Panama, lauding at Aspinwall and going by rail across the isthmus to the town of Panama and from where he embarked on the steamer "American" for San Fran cisco, reaching his destination in the middle of March and with two com panions at once starting for the goal of the gold fields where he spent some time. Not finding the gold in the Nevada fields as plentiful as had been pictured, Mr. Despain tok a journey northward into Idaho, then a wild and unsettled country that was largely the domain of the In dian and here he had many adven tures. Finally tiring of the life in the far west he came to Salt Lake City find there joined a wagon train of the. Mormons that was starting ent"nd which took the members oi the party as far east as old fort Kearney, on the banks of the Platte river in Nebraska where the party was split up and Mr. Despain came on to the frontier town of Omaha where he arrived on June 18 1804, and has since that time largely made his home in this part of Nebraska. Mr. Despain moved to St. Mary's. Iowa, a pioneer trading post along the Missouri just below Council Bluffs and where he met and became acquainted with Miss Elvira Hep net, a daughter of Major George Hepner. who had settled there in 1851 and was one of the represen tatives of the government in deal ing with the Indians. At the Hep ner home on December 25. 1864, Mr. Despain and Miss Hepner were united in marriage and after a few months in the old home in Iowa, crossed the river at Plattsmouth and settled in Eight Mile Grove where Mr. Despain farmed for the summer and in the fall of that year moved into Plattsmouth where his parents in the meantime had settled at the home at 8th and Vine street which is still occupied by the daughter of Mr. Despain. Mrs. Stella Persinger and family. Since 1865 the family largely made their home there, al tho Mr. Despain was engaged for some vears in shipping and feeding cattle in the Ihikotas, the family making 'heir home here. While a resident of Iowa. Mi. Despain was raised in Masonry in Excelsior lodge at Council Bluffs, demitting to Plattsmouth lodge No. 6 some thirty seven years ago. Mr. Despain was one of the two surviving children of a family of ten. and on November 27. 1928. suffered the bereavement of the loss of his life's companion who was called to the last long rest. Mr. Despain has throe children living. Mrs. Stella Persinger of this city. Albeit N. Des pain of Seattle . Washington, and IHmald Despain of Chicago. Seme seventy-two years ago Mr. Despain was converted and joined the Methodist church and or which faith he remained a very devoted member in all of these years. VISITS OLD HOME From Wednesday Patty Leon J. Pepperberg, second son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Julius Pepper berg. who in his boyhood days made his home lice in Plattsmouth where his father was a cigar manufacturer, was here yesterday to renew ac quaintances with the school friends cf many years ago. This is the first time in twenty-seven years that Mr. Pepperberg has been here and the passing years has taken away many of the old Bchool friends and ac quaintances of the days of residence here of the Pepperberg family. Mr. Pepperberg arter graduating fiom the high school here and the University of Nebraska .studied in the east and was for a great many years a Dallas, Texas. He is now located at Colum bus. Ohio, and engaged in looking after the interests of a large gas company in that city. .Tnst a few of the Cass county maps left. While they last, 50c each.