Hear. State Historical Society
XLhc
lattemoutb
Journal
VOL. NO. XLVII
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, MAY 11, 1931.
NO. 29
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May Festival
is Most Color
ful Gathering
Despite Unpleasant Weather Condi
tions Very Large Number Are
Present to Enjoy Event.
The May festival of the Platts
mouth city schools was held Wed
nesday afternoon in Garfield park
and despite the fact that the chilly
north wind swept freely through the
park there were several hundred
spectators grouped around the sylvan
like spot selected for the court of the
king and queen of May and where
the various entertaining features
were staged.
The settings of the festival were
most beautiful and with the colorful
array of costumes of the young peo
ple from the grades made a most at
tractive scene for the annual school
gathering. The throne was of green
and covered with a background of
the Durple lilacs and here was seat
ed the king and queen and court.
It was a few moments after 2:30
when the processional was started, as
the orchestra and band under the
direction of B. E. Woodward, started
the march and the flower bearers of
the king and queen appeared with
baskets of the flowers and these tiny
little school children made a very
pretty touch to the ceremonies and
were followed by the Juniors, mem
bers of the glee club who bore gar
lands of the lilacs and foliage, then
came the trumpeters and as the ap
plause rose in volume appeared the
king and queen of the May, elected
by the members of the senior class
of the school, Jack Troop being
named as king and Miss Patricia
Ferrie as the queen of this spring
time festival. They were attended
by Ralph Sullivan as the prince and
Miss Jean Hayes as princess, they
also being selected by the school,
the girls of the senior class in very
handsome and vari-colcred gowns fol
lowed the king and queen and served
as maids of honor of the court. As
the party reached the dais the trump
eters. Miss Hadge Garnett and Miss
Janet Vallery sounded the welcome
to the royal party and proclaimed
that the court was ready to greet
the entertainers.
The dance of spring was given by
the glee club girls and was a very
artistic offering and with a splendid
musical setting by the band and or
chestra. The kindergarten and boys of the
fourth grade of which Misses Johns
and Negley are teachers, performed
the traditional mayrole dance and
which was one of the cleverest and
best carried out that has been enjoy
ed at any of the festivals.
The Jack in the Box dance was
given by the C class and 1st grade
pupils of Miss Ruth Tidball and prov
ed a very clever part of the after
noon entertainment.
The "Festival of All Nations" was
splendidly arranged and presented by
the young people of the grade schools
of the city and the bright and clever
ly arranged costumes of the several
different nationalities made a won
derful showing on the green where
the dances were held and showed the
painstaking care that the teachers
and the pupils had given to this part
of the spring festival. The program
for this part of the entertainment
was as follows:
"Japanese Dance," Japan, Grade 5,
Miss Muenster.
"Little Sister Come With Me," Ger
many, Grade 2, Miss Ault.
"Tarantella," Italy, Grade 7, Miss
Struble.
"Yankee-Doodle" American, Grades
3 and 4, Misses Mortensen and
Hawksworth.
"Jolly is the Miller," England,
Grade 1, Miss Quimby.
"Dutch Dance," Holland, Grade 6,
Miss Bly.
"Kloppdans," Sweden. Grade 1,
Miss Martens.
"Will You Dance With Me?" Hun
gary, Grade 3, Miss Diehm.
"Irish Reel," Ireland, Grade 5,
Miss Hiatt.
"Chinese Dance," China, Grades 1
and 2. Miss Farley.
"Indian War Dance." American,
Grades 2 and 3, Miss Cook.
"Oats. Peas, Beans," England.
Kindergarten and 4th grade. Misses
James and Prohaska.
"Minuet," France, Grade 6, Miss
Nolting.
"Crested Hen," Norway, Grade 4,
Miss May.
"Highland Fling," Scotland, Grade
8, Miss Struble.
Free Exercise Drill, Sixth Grade.
The piano accompaniment for the
various numbers were played by Miss
Cora Williams, to whose splendid
work and that of the various teachers
of the city schools the success of the
event can be placed. The fine co-operation
of the teachers and pupils
made the festival possible and all
who took part can feel well pleased
with the event. The orchestra and
band under the direction of Mr.
Woodward also had a large part in
the success of the festival. In the
arranging for the settings the man
ual training class of Mr. F. A. Roth
ert added their part in arranging the
stage and the settings.
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PLACED ON HONOR ROLL
The many school friends of Miss
Winifred Rainey will be pleased to
learn that she has been selected on
the honor roll of the Lincoln high
school in the senior class of 549 mem
bers.
Miss Rainey, who is a daughter of
Mrs. W. H. Rainey, is a I'lattsmouth
uirl and tor two years was a stu
dent at the Plattsmouth high school
later moving to Lincoln where she
has attended Lincoln high. While a
student here Miss Rainey was one of
the most brilliant students in her
classes and her splendid work lias
been continued in the Lincoln school
Students like these are a credit to
the local schools.
Aid for Small
Cities on High
way Paving
Governor Approves Bill to Permit
Highway Department to Aid
the Smaller Cities
The measure that has been fol
lowed with a great deal of interes
by the cities of the state through
which state and federal highways
are laid, including Plattsmouth, the
Small wood bill, house roll, 453. per
mitting aid by the state in maintain
ing highways, was signed Thursday
afternoon by Governor Bryan.
This bill will permit the state de
partment of public works at their
discretion to aid in the maintaining
of roads or the half payment of pav
ing on the streets used as state or
federal highway where the paving is
not to exceed twenty feet. It ap
plies in cities or from 2,500 to 25.
000. The measure has been warmly sup
ported by a number of the towns of
the state where heavy traveled
highways have worn the paving .i
great deal and made necessary re
placement and which has proven a
great burden on the taxpayer of the
various towns and as the through
travel is largely responsible for the
condition of the streets, especially
the heavy truck travel, it was urg
ed that in a part at least the cities
and their people be aided in the mat
ter of the cost.
One of the streets which has es
pecially suffered from this form of
heavy travel is that of Sixth. street
in this city for the two blocks from
Vine to Pearl street, where a few
persons own practically all of the
property on either side of the street
and where paving has been withheld
because of the very heavy cost that
would be imposed on the taxpayers.
With the new measure a part of the
burden might be lifted from the in
dividual taxpayers along the line of
streets where paving might be nec
essary. ANNOUNCES COMMITTEE
From Thursday's Dally
. The following committee was an
nounced today by Mrs. Clara D. Wes
cott of Plattsmouth. chairman of Cass
county for the Fifth National Radio
Audition: Mrs. J. A. Capwell, Mr?.
Robt. Reed, Mrs. Hal Garnet, Mr.
Frank Cloidt, Mr. Emil Weyrich and
Mr. E. H. Wescott.
This committee will assist Mrs.
Wescott in conducting the county
contest, which will be comprised of
Cass county amateur singers.
Applications are constantly being
received, any anyone possessing the
following qualifications may apply as
a contestant: 1. Contestants must
be between the ages of 18 and 25,
inclusive. 2. They must never have
been paid principals or featured art
ists in any concert held outside the
limitations of the state in which he
or she was residing at the time of
the concert. 3. They must intend to
follow a musical career and must be
free from all theatrical or musical
contracts. 4. Every entrant must en
ter through an officially organized
local committee, and no one shall be
allowed to compete in more than one
local contest during the year.
For application blanks and other
information regarding contest ad
dress Mrs. Clara D. Wescott, Platts
mouth. The date of the contest will be
announced later.
WILL APPEAL CASE
From Friday's Dally
This morning at the South Side
municipal court at Omaha, a hearing
was had on the complaint filed
against Bert Coleman of this city,
charging him with reckless driving.
The complaint was made by F. J.
Shaffer of Omaha, who claimed that
the car driven by Mr. Coleman had
struck hia car while Mr. Coleman had
claimed that the Shaffer car had
struck his. The matter was reported
by Shaffer and Mr. Coleman was ar
rested after a race of some two miles
with the police. On the charge of
reckless driving Mr. Coleman enter
ed a plea of not guilty and the case
was heard by Judge Lester Palmer,
who at the conclusion of the testi
mony placed the sentence at forty
five days in Jail. The case will be
appealed to a higher court the de
fense announced at the time of -he
sentence and Mr. Coleman supplied
bond for his appearance for trial in
the district courtl
Farm Problem
Discussed at C.
of C. Meeting
W. F. Nolte. One of Farmer Members
of Beard of Directors, Gives
a Splendid Address.
From Friday's Pally
The "Farm Problem." which he
declared has been with us for years.
was discussed at length at. yesterday's
noonday lunheon of Chamber of
Commerce directorate by W. F. Nolte
one of the members of the board of
directors.
Mr. Xoltc's talk covered more than
nmt an hour and took up various
phases of farming that are command
ing the attention of economists, be
ing climaxed with the reading of
seme facts and figures as compiled by
the agricultural extension depart
ment for ninety farms here in Cass
county whose owners keep records
and make detailed reports of their
earnings.
Mr. Nolte traced the farm problem
as having come into active existence
with the creation in 1906 of a "Rur
al Relations" commission to study
and report on methods of tilling the
soil that would not result in its de
pletion as was being done through
out the New England states.
At that time, he said, the future
of the mi-western farmer looked
mighty good. Land values were ris
ing steadily, population was increas
ing at the rate of a million and a half
per year, horses were almost exclu
sively used and the market equili
brium between farm products and the
things a farmer buys was very nearly
ideal.
Then came the machine age, the
extension program to increase yields.
a migratory movement from the farm
to cities and a marked decrease in
the number of horses. Each of these
contributed its part to the curtailing
of demand for farm products.
The machine age has brought op
portunity for extensive operations
and with it in many localities has
come "corporation" farming. While
this condition does not exist in Cass
county. Mr. Nolte citd many com
munities where it does, and decried
the day when it might become gen
eral. Far better, he said, to allow in
dividual effort its full reward and
not subject it to competition with the
highly efficient corporation farming.
He said, however, that present mar
ket prices are greatly discouraging
even this kind of farming.
Another matter touched upon was
the extension program that has re
sulted in greatly increased produc
tion the making of two blades of
grass grow where one grew before
and while he had only words of com
mendation for this work, he said it
had resulted in overproduction, due
to changing habits of living and style
in wearing apparel that has reacted
to the farmer's disadvantage.
He also pointeel out that with the
farmers of this country asked to cur
tail wheat acreage this year, the Rus
sian program of last year called for
an additional million acres, half of
which was realized, while this year
the remaining 500,000 acres will be
harvested. Curtailment at home is of
little value if other wheat-raising
nations double and treble their out
put.
In discussing changing habits and
styles, Mr. Nolte dwelt at some length
on the migratory movement from the
farm to the cities. One hundred years
ago the percentage of farmers com
pared to tradesmen was many times
greater than now Today there are
more people employed in hotels and
restaurants in this country in pre
paring and serving commercial meals
than the total number employed in
agricultural pursuits. Those leaving
the healthful outdoor work the farm
affords for inside work in the cities
naturally wear much less clothing
and eat less. This cuts down the de
mand for wool, meats, etc. A report
on changing eating habits in the past
thirteen years, he said, shows mark
ed reductions in meat consumption,
a slight increase in vegetables, and
tremendous increases in salads, sand
wiches, etc. The vegetable production
of a few acres may supply an ,entire
city, while it takes the produce of
hundreds of acres to prepare cattle
and hogs and sheep for market, so in
turning from meat consumption the
farmer is again made the victim of
modernistic conditions.
Changing styles have also played
an important part. A score of years
ago authorities estimated it required
the "get" of two head of sheep, in
cluding the lambs raised, to supply
the wool for clothing materials for
each woman in the country. Today
the same work can be done by two
silk worms working six hours a day,
and even they have been shoved out
of the picture by rayon manufacture.
People dress lighter, even farmers
take their children to school in closed
cars, when the walk of a mile or so
would be very beneficial to health, if
properly clad. And so it is, through
out all branches of the clothing in
dustry. The coming of tractors and auto
motive power has reduced the need
of horses on the farm, while in the
cities they have passed entirely out
of the picture. In a few short years
the horse population of this country
has been cut in half, reducing in pro
portionate amounts the number of
bushels of oats consumed annually.
That's why oats are a dreg on today's
market. Yet, the farmer, In his rota
tion of crops program must raise
small grains or rapidly deplete his
land. In this section of the country,
wheat cannot be produced in compe
tition with the cheaper lands of the
north central states, while the ISth
amendment took away the demand
for barley and all that is left is for
the farmer to raise oats, as no other
suitable substitute has been found to
build up corn land.
1 Mr. Nolte says the one thing that
makes the farmer "class-conscious"
more than anything else, is the fact
that everything ,h sells he has to
ask the buyer what he will give and
everything lie buys he has to ask the
seller what it is worth. The purchas
ing power of hia dollar is rated at
50 per cent of the normal ratio that
existed in the five-year period from
1310 to 1915.
In concluding his address. Mr.
Nolte said much of the demand for
a farm relief board to speculate in
wheat on a large scale and give ad
vice on acreage curtailment, etc., had
come from the politicians and "agri
culturists," who he distinguished
from the real dirt farmer. The latter,
he declared, come what may, will be
found like the hen after the cyclone,
back on the job, digging away, and
will reap some reward for his effort,
a manly physique, a healthy appetite
and the pleasures of being one's own
master.
The talk of Mr. Nolte was very en
lightening and was listened to with
marked attention by the thirty C. of
C. directors who were present at the
luncheon.
Omaha Boosters
to Pay Visit to
Plattsmouth
Tribe o? Yessir of the Omaha Cham
ber of Commerce to Meet with
Local Civic Body.
Members of the Tribe of Yessir,
good will organization of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce, will visit this
city on Thursday. May 21rt. ord
from the state metropolis indicated.
The Omaha visitors wU come here
and enjoy the local Chamber of Com
merce luncheon and join in the ses
sion of the chamber, it being the
first time that this city has been
visited by the Yessir group who have
been traveling over the state and get
ting acquainted with the various
communities.
The Tribe of Yessir includes many
of the leading business and profes
sional men of Omaha as well as en
tertainers or repute and whose visit
cannot but be of the greatest interest
to all of the Plattsmouth Chamber
of Commerce members.
SOLDIERS START PRACTICE
The summer shooting practice on
the U. S. rifle range north of this
city has started, troops from Fort
Crook being here for the start of the
rifle and machine gun practices and
which wiil cover the larger part of
the summer. Each company at the
army post will do their turn of prac
tice on the range and in August the
members of the Citizens Military
Training camp will also use the
range for their training in rifle and
machine gun in firing on the range.
The range has in the last few
years had a number of improve
ments made in the way of water
mains to supply the needs of the
camp and also permanent cook
houses and kitchens have been made
that have proven a great deal more
convenience to the troops that are
using the range.
During the time that the firing is
being carried on at the range the
army officers are warning the public
to refrain from coming on the range
as there is more or less danger and
those who venture there do so at
their own peril.
TO ERECT SCHOOL
From Thursday's Dany
The board of county commission
ers at their session yesterday at the
court house approved the request of
the board of education in the Cedar
Creek district for the making of a
levy for the building of a new school
house in the district. The board pro
posed a levy of two and a half mills
which will cover a five year period
and produce the sum of $6,500 to be
used for the building. The decision
to erect the school was approved by
the voters of the district some weeks
ago as the need of a more modern
and adequate school has long been
felt and the board is now arranging
for the erection of the building.
LIGHT COMPANY IN
OLD BANK BUILDING
Prom Thursday's Dally
The Iowa-Nebraska Light & Pow
er Company have taken up tempor
ary quarters in the Old First Na
tional Bank Building, and are mov
ing today. The work of remodeling
their building will be started at once,
and will require several weeks, but
when completed will be a modern
office and display room in every par
ticular. The contract for the work
has been awarded to Frank Kohn-frst.
Nebraska Deaf
Wins Meet by
Close Margin
Events Are Closely Fought and Re
lay Decides the Score of
Track Meet
The Nebraska School for the Deaf
at Omah came down Friday after
nocn to clash with the Platter track
squad and were the winners of a
hotly fought track meet, the margin
being 65 to 63 at the close of the
meet and the result decided by the
relay in which the Omaha racers
proved the fastest.
A number of the local tracksters
showed well in the meet, Edwards,
Adam and Begley showing good in
the races while Spangler in the high
hurdles, McCleary in his jumping
events and Yelick in the riscus were
winners of first in several of the
events.
The short notice of the meet pro
vented many from attending but
those who did felt well repaid in the
fine showing of the local sport stars.
The tabulated score of the meet was
as below:
100-yard dash Jahnel (N'SD)
first; E'liott (NSD) second; Begley
(P) third. Time: 11.4 sec.
220-yard dash Renshaw (NSD)
first; Adam (P) second; Rabb (XSD)
third. Time: 25.2 sec.
440-yard run Jahnel (NSD) first;
Begley (P) second; Hennings (P)
third. Time 60.1 sec.
8 80-yard run Adam (P) first;
Edwards (P) second; Kaufman
(NSD) third. Time: 2 min. 33.6 sec.
Mile run Edwards (P) first;
Seitz, (P) second; third didn't finish.
Time: 5 min. 25.5 sec.
60-yard high hurdles Spangler
(P) first: McCleary p second;
Failla (NSD) third. Time: 11.5 sec.
llo-yard low hurdles Elliott
(NSD) first; McCleary (P) second;
Failla (NSD) third. Time 14.5 sec.
SSO-yard relay N. S. D., first.
Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
Shot put Teare (NSD) first; Jah
nel (NSD) second; Hickman (NSD)
third. Distance 38 feet, 7 in.
Discus Yel'ck (P first: Teare
(NSD) second; Hickman (NSD)
third. Distance 100 ft.
Javelin Teare (NSD) first; El
liott (NSD) second; McCleary (P)
third. Distance: 135 ft. 3 in.
Pole Vault G. McCleary (P) first;
Teare (NSD second; M. McCleary
(P) third. Height: 9 ft. 5 in.
Broad jump Elliott (NSD) first;
McCleary (P) second; Teare (NSD)
third. Dist. 18 ft. 2 in.
High jump McCleary (P) first;
Elliott (NSD) second; Jahnel (NSD)
third. Height: 5 ft. 1 Ms in.
MRS. WEHRBEIN AT REST
The funeral services of the late
Mrs. Margaret Wehrbein were held
on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the Sattler funeral home at
Fourth and Vine street and was one
largely attended, there being many
of the old time friends and neighbors
of the family present to honor this
departed lady, one of the pioneer
residents of the community.
The prayer and scripture was given
by Rev. H. G. McClusky, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church while
a snort sermon and tribute was
given by Rev. O. G. Wichmann of
the St. Paul's Evangelical church
who spoke of the many sacrifices and
labors of the departed and her hus
band in the early days to make pos
sible the splendid community here
and her husband in the early days to
build.
During the services the Masonic
quartet composed of Frank A. Cloidt,
Raymond C. Cook, R. W. Knorr and
H. G. McClusky, gave two of the old
and loved hymns, "Nearer My God
to Thee" and "Abide With Me."
At the conclusion of the services
the body was borne to the Oak Hill
cemetery where it was laid to rest
beside that of the husband. The pall
bearers were six of the grandchildren
of Mrs. Wehrbein, they being. Ralph,
i-rederick. Franklin Wehrbein, John
Bauer, Jr., Edward Wehrbein and
Fritz Tritsch.
In addition to the children Mrs.
Wehrbein is survived by one sister,
Mrs. John Fight of this city, the
last of her immediate family.
DETOUR IN BAD SHAPE
From Saturday's Dally
Travelers from the north reaching
this city today reported that the de
tour of highway No. 75, near La
Platte, which is being used during
the construction of the new overhead
railroad crossing, was in very bad
shape and the travelers were hav
ing difficulty in getting through a
section of the road. The road is con
structed on the heavy gumbo soil
and the rains of the last few days
have soaked the ground very much
and the very heavy travel has work
ed the roadbed into a sea of mud.
The state department of public works
is doing all possible to keep the tra
vel moving and a tractor is kept
busy pulling the cars through the
mud infested section, and is kept
busy with car waiting their turn to
get through.
The condition of the road was
such that several of the south bound
buses were compelled to abandon
their trips.
VISITS AT OLD HOME
Mrs. Lena Droege and Mis. M. E.
Manspeaker of Omaha came down
Wednesday to spend a short time
here with the old time friends in
this city where for so many years
they had made their homes. Mrs.
Droege since her return from Cali
fornia has been making her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Gale Con
nor. 306 North 23rd street, Omaha,
while Mrs. Manspeaker has made her
home for the last several years in
Omaha where she has a very pleas
ant position. The ladies also will
spend some time looking after busi
ness matters while in the city and are
able to look after thin as well as
meeting a great many of the old time
friends.
Elmwood Precinct
to Make Levy for
Road Graveling
Eight and a Half Miles to Be Gravel
ed in 1931 and Further Pro
gram for 1932
The residents of Elmwood precinct
who last year petitioned for a gra
veling program of some eight and a
half miles and which covered road
ways in different parts of the pre -
cinct where most needed, are to have
their desire gratified as the board of
county commissioners at their ses
sion Wednesday voted to grant the
petition and order the levy made.
The levy will be not to exceed two
mills and run for the year 1031 only
the resolution of the commissioners
state and will raise the precinct's
half of the cost of the graveling of
the roadway under the commissioners
fifty-fifty plan that they have found
so successful in developing the sur
faced roads of the county.
There is promise of a further ex
tension of the gravel for 1932 in
Elmwood precinct and which will
complete the joining up of the dif
ferent units that may be placed in
service this year. When the program
is fully carried out the precinct will
have as convenient and well arrang
ed system of surfaced roads as can
be found in the county.
FUNERAL OF C. H. SMITH
The funeral services of the late C.
H. Smith were held on Thursday aft
ernoon at the Sattler funeral home
at Fourth and Vine streets and at
tended by a large number of the old
time friends and associates of the de
parted gentleman.
The services were in charge of Rev.
H. G. McClusky, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, paying a trib
ute to the department and words of
comfort to the family who have been
bereft of the husband, father and
u I'll nHfathftr
The Rotary quartet composed of
H. G. McClusky, Frank Cloidt. R. W.
Knorr and L. D. Hiatt gave two of
the old hymns, "Abide With Me," and (
Jesus Savior Pilot Me."
The interment was at the Oak Hill
cemetery west of this city.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
From Saturday Daily
Yesterday afternon Constable Tho-
mas Svoboda motored down to Union
and returned with Homer Hunter and
Roy Wood, two young men of that
community and against whom a com-
Plaint was filed charging them with
possession of intoxicating liquor of
more than the lawful content of al
cohol. The two men were arraigned
in the county court before Judge A.
H. Duxbury and entered a plea of
not guilty to the charge and date of
which was May 18th. The court flx-
i-t hnnrl hnt tho twn nion woro unntilo
to secure it at once and were re- 1 J- T'. Jones, who is making his
manded to the custody of Sheriff Bert honie at the Soldiers Home at Mat
Reed until the bond is sunplied or Bhalltown. Iowa, is here for a visit
the date of hearing of the case. .with his brother J R. Jones and
family for a short time. Mr. Jones
HTTTPW TTRTTTT lrnvnur is a veteran of the civil war and is
MULri KU1I MUVIXSLt j nQW nnety.one years of age and
despite his great years is feeling fine
The past several days eastbound and abe to Ket around nicely. Mr.
Burlington passenger train No. 6. jone8 js auie to travel and enjoy him
which is due here at 7:15 a. m., has 8eif and flnds much pleasure in visit
been sent by way of Council Bluffs ing nere and in Mills county. Iowa,
to Chicago and as a result has proven as ne wag a pioneer resident in this
quite an upset to the mail service part cf the west and recalls many
into this city in the early morning, interesting incidents of the early set
The reason for this temporary change tlements here.
is that the Burlington is receiving a .
great deal of fruit from the west j j g JQJETS
which comes to Omaha via the Union j ' ' J '
Pacific from the west coast and is The w p M g met flt tne homo
then turned over to the Burlington Qf Mr an(, Mrg c g Wescotl Tues
to be sent on to Chicago, the trans- d afternoon. May 5th. A very in
fer being made at the Council Bluffs teresting meeting was held which
transfer and which makes necessary was presided over by Miss Mar,:ai
No. 6 going via the Iowa city to pick uUe Mapes Ml83 Grayce Shawhan of
up the baggage cars of fruit. Omaha was present and was quite an
ATTRACTIVE WINDOW
The Fetzer Shoe Company have a
very attractive display of golf shoes
in their west ,'wincow. Mr. Clem
Woster, their display and advertis-
ing man, Mas arranged a realistic
two-hole golf course with water haz- I
ink- qnrl urall.lfont frro0iis A rarfi
ards and well-kept greens. A card i
urges all who pass by to join the
Elks Country Club. This window
serves two purposes. It boosts the
membership drive of the Golf Club
as well as displaying very attractive-
ly the golf shoes carried by Fetzers.
Mr. Woster should be complimented
for the good work.
Country Club
is Real Asset
to Community
Golf Club Is Only Active Organiza
tion of Its Kind in the Coun
ty at This Time
The fact that this city possesseH
a Coun'ry club ami golf course such
as we have here in Plattsmouth, in
more of a community asse' 'ban i
fully appreciated. At this time thin
is the only golf course in the coun
ty and one of the very best in tin
east section of the state.
The location of the Counlry club
is one of the most charming in ibis
section, the club having a wonder
ful view of the city with the distant
i Missouri river and the Iowa bluffs
'while to the north in the evening
the distant lights of Omaha -an be
! seen. The Wiles homestead which
is now used as the club house is one
of the historic mansions of the en
lier day here and has been retnodi led
for the purpose of the club house.
Here there is held many social events
in the fall and summer season, the
delightful surroundings making it a
most attractive spot for gatherings
of this nature. The club membership
gives the member the full OSS Ot the
club house and where Mr. and Mrs.
jL L McCarty presjde and look af-
ter the needs of the members in the
way of luncheons, card parties or
other events that the members may
wish to stage at the club.
Recently the officers of the golf
club received a letter from one of
the residents of the county who has
each year kept his membership in
the club, while not able to he here
for only an occasional game he says
that it is a real treat to shoot a little
golf over the ideal course and he
feels that he is well repaid for his
membership.
The campaign for new members
this year has brought twenty-six new
members in the club and who will
enjoy the full use of the club house
and golf course.
LOUISVILLE PEOPLE WED
From Thuraday'a Dally
County Judge Duxbury yesterday
afternoon was called upon to officiate
at the marriage of C. F. Wheeler,
former resident of this city and up
to the last few weeks marshal at
Louisville, who was weddel to Mrs.
Rosina Axmaker. also of Louisville.
Following the wedding the bridal
couple departed for the west and will
enjoy a short honeymoon before they
return home to Louisville where they
are to reside in the future. The wed
ding will be learned of with a great
deal of pleasure by the many friends
over the county and who will extend
to Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler their best
wishes for their future happiness and
entie
i.
TO HOLD CHURCH BANQUET
i From Friday s Daily
Last evening Dr. F. O. Beck and
Father Rours of the St. Martin 9
church at South Side. Omaha, were
in the city to confer with the men
of the St. Luke's church of this city.
The Episcopal men of Omaha are to
holdt a banquet at the Paxton hotel
ln that ciy Tuesday evening and
lhey arQe, 'lesinous of having the men
f Luke s church to join them
,n thKe banquet and at which a large
umbev of the distinguished laymen
-. f Hn i.hitrfih ur ill cnoo Is I li i : u.' 1 I I
Y "V" fTl. ::.." "
be one of the largest men's meetings
of the year and it is expect. A t hat a
number from here will be in attend
ance. A REAL OLD VETERAN
spiration to the ladies. At the busi
ness session it was decided that the
society would hold a bake sale Satur-
day May 16th at Gobelrnan's store
at 2:30 p. m. The public is cordially
invited.
CUJVLFLETi, UKAVilLLNU WUU
a force of local young men who
have been engaged by the Modern
Construction Co. of 'his city on a
graveling contract at Beatrtas, have
closed up their worn there and re-
turned home. The contract was a
part of the many road contracts that
the tate has let in the past few
months.
