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VOL. NO. XLVn
PLATT SMOTJTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. MAY 23, 1931.
NO. M
a be
Memorial Sun-
day
Observed in
Plattsmouih
jieturning to Lincoln tuuay. Mr. Fa
o - . , . .-, , . M n I vers will bt operated on Tuesdav for
Services Are Held ft the First Meth-IHiu 9mi ti . , mmntinn.
odist Chmch for Various
Patriotic Societies.
The observance of Memorial Sun-
day in this city was held at the Fir.:
Mtehodist church Sunday morning
v. here the members of the W. R. C.
were present in a body with repre
sentatives of the other patriotic so
cities also in attendance.
The opening of the service was
most fittingly arranged, the inspiring
melody fo "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic." being played on the organ
by E. H. Wescott, church orgpnist.
The invocation was offered by Rev.
C. O. Troy, pastor of the church and
the scripture by Rev. F. I. Finch, di
rector of religious education of the
Methodist church. The Rev. Gregory,
pastor of the First Christian church,
gave the prayer.
Mrs. E. H. Wescott, choir director,
was heard in a very beautiful
patriotic number, "The Flag Passe
By."
The choir of the church gave as
an anthem. "Angels of Peace." by
Keller, as a special number of the
service.
The pastor. Rev. Troy, gave a won
derful patriotic appeal in his sermon
and which is given below:
p The subject of the sermon was
"Our National Soul." Text: "What
is thy country? Ot what people art
thou?" Jonah 1:8.
The sermon stressed the fact that
we are proua oi our nationality
cause we Deiieve tnat our nation nas
a soul. That the soul of the nation
consists not in its extent of territory,
population, or wealth and national
resources, but in the aspirations of
its people and the ideals for which
they are willing to lay down their
life. The pastor pointed out that our
wealth and power as a nation could
never be a guarantee of national per
petuity. Our nation was born out of a
struggle for social, religious and po
litical liberty and it in thU heritage
that we are to preserve unsulled and
unspotted as the soul of the nation
and pass it on to our posterity. The
sermon set forth the interest of the
nation in the individual, the equal
opportunity that is the heritage of
all. Our debt to those heroes living
and dead who contributed so much
to our national soul and our task to
preserve these ideals that for count
less generations to come the future
of America may be as glorious as the
past.
The recessional was given by Mr.
Wescott at the organ, "Onward Chris
tian Soldier."
HAS LICENSE REVOKED
Monday afternon in the county
court a complaint was filed by Coun
ty Attorney W. G. Kieck against a
young man giving the name of John
F. Bruce, of Lincoln, who was charg
ed with operating a car while intoxi
cated and also for runr.ing away
from an accident that it was alleged
was caused by his auto. The acci
dent occurred a mile and a half east
of Elmwood when the car of Arthur
Rase of that vicinity with his wife
and her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
of Elmwood. was going west and the
car filled with several parties from
Lincoln, came along and the car
which it was claimed belonged to
Bruce, struck the rear wheel of the
Rase car and caused its damage, but
fortunately none of the occupants
were seriously injured. Deputy Sher
iff Rex Young and Constable Tom
Svoboda were called to the scene
and on arriving there found that all
of the party had vanished except
Bruce, who was unable to get away
and was sleeping alone the roadway
evidently under the influence of li
quor. The young man was brought
on in to this city.
At the hearing before Judge Dux
bury he was fined $25 for driving
while intoxicated, $25 for running
away from the accident and also had
his drivers license revoked by the
court. The sum total of the fine and
costs amounted to $69.50 which was
paid and the young man released
with the understanding that the
damage to the car of Rash would be
taken care of.
RETURNS FROM CONVENTION
Mrs. Fred G. Egenberger. of this
city, who is patriotic instructor of
the Women's Relief Corns, who has
been in attendance at the state con
vention of the society which was
held in connection with the G. A. R.
meeting at Fremont, returned home
Saturday. Mrs. Egenberger found a
most interesting convention and one
that was filled with a large number
of activities from the start to finish
and the visitors were shown the most
delightful hospitality by the Fremont
Ieople.
FINE EQUIPMENT
The Majestic cafe has now in op
eration their new frigidaire system
for caring for the ice cream and
soft drinks that are handled as a
part of the restaurant service and
are much pleased with the new
equipment which makes for the con
venience of the patrons.
WILL UNDERGO OPERATION
From Monday's Daily
Clarence Favors, local service man
and former head of the local camp of
the ML W. A., who has been at the
S. Veterans hospital at Lincoln
the past week, was home over
Sumlav for a visit with the family,
land wil probably have to remain
there for the next few weeks. He
is enthusiastic over the manner in
which the patients are treated at the
hospital and the constant inspection
that is made by the heads of the
hospital as to the care, food and
treatment of the patients who arc at
the hospital. The veterans 3re sup
plied with every possible omfort and
given the very best care v;hil2 they
are at the hospital.
Public Library
Outstanding
Institution
Circulation of Books for the Year
1930 Reached 58.297 or
1312 Per Capita
The Plattsmouth public library is
an institution that is gaining nation
al recognition for its services as a
real worth while factor in the cen
tral west tad one that has establish
ed a real record for service and effi
ciency. The report of the library for the
year shows that this library has is-
oe-.isue(j 5S.297
books in the twelve
months period and which makes
thirteen and a half books for every
man, woman and child in the city
of Plattsmouth. The record is one
that for a city of this size is out
standing in the United States, as far
as known by the American Library
Association being the largest per
capita circulation of the country.
The Plattsmouth library is also
the fourth largest in the state of
Nebraska in the number of volumes
on its shelves and for efficiency and
the usefulness it is in a class by it
self. The operating cost of the library
for the past year was $4,300 and
which includes every item of ex
pense, salaries, heating, new books,
repairs and upkeep of the library in
every way. The governing body of
the library is eemvosed of E. H. Wes
cott, president. Miss Barbara Gering.
secretary. R. E. Bailey, Mrs. P. T.
Heinemann and Rev. H. G. McClusky.
The great interest and service that
Miss Olive Jones, librarian, has given
to the library has been a large factor
in its continuous development as Miss
Jones in this community service has
given her home community a ser
vice that would cost several thousand
dollars a year from another trained
librarian, she loving the work and
with care and advice aiding the pa
trons of the library in their search
for entertaining fiction or the works
of study and reference. The Platts
mouth library without Miss Jones
would be almost unthinkable and her
services in the role of librarian has
been something for which Platts
mouth owes her a deep debt of gra
titude. The librarian is now assisted by r
Miss Verna Leonard, who also is a i
most accommodating and untiring
worker for the patrons who come to
the great Nebraska library for their
literature.
The circulation is estimated on a
4.000 population and at this figure
the cost of furnishing the 13 hooks
and the operating cost of the library
makes only $1 per capita and which
is a very fine showing for the library
management.
MAY USE LEGION BUILDING
Next noon-day luncheon of Platts
mouth Chamber of Commerce. June
4th, will probably be held at Legion
community building. This meeting
will be the occasion of visit from Om
aha C of C members, known as the
Tribe of Yessir, who planned to come
here last week, but postponed the
date two weeks.
The room over the Majestic used
for bi-weekly Chamber of Commerce
luncheons is too small to accommdate
anywhere near the number who will
be here that day, and the Legion
building trustees, sensing the need
of enlarged quarters has proffered
the use of its building for the occa
sion free of charge.
No arrangements as yet have been
completed for the serving of the meal,
which is to be a regular 50c Cham
ber of Commerce family style dinner.
A program calculated to be of special
interest to the Omaha visitors is be
ing arranged.
MURRAY WINS GAME
The long looked for meeting of the
Murray Red Sox and the Manley base
ball team took place Sunday at the
Manley ball park and with the result
that the Red Sox captured the game
by the score of 9 to 1. The game was
interesting through with many fast
plays. Louis Svoboda of the Red Sox
was the chief batting star of the
game with two two-sackers for the
Red Sox. Hopkins for the Red Sox
and Sheehan for Manley were the
jhurlers of the game.
Large Number
at Eighth Grade
Graduation
High School Auditorium Filled With
Pleased and Delighted Audi
ence on Saturday
The graduating exercises of the
eighth grade pupils of the county
was held on Saturday afternoon at
the high school auditorium in this
city end brought here for the event
a large number of the relatives and
friends of the young people to enjoy
the fine program and to join In the
recognition that the pupils were re
ceiving. The exercises were presided over
by Miss Alpha Peterson, county su
perintendent of public instruction
and who introduced the various fea
tures of the program.
The program was opened by a
number by the Plattsmouth high
school band, one of the best musical
organizations in the east portion of
the state and who were also heard
several times during the program
and at the close when they played
"America" with the audience joining
in the chorus.
Rev. H. G. McClusky. pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, gave
the invocation and tin- benediction.
The entire class of some sixty
four joined in the flag salute as the
exercises opened and made a most in
spiring and patriotic touch to the
program of the day.
On behalf of the Chamber of Com
merce. E. H. Wescott. secretary of
the organization, gave a word of
welcome to the young pepole of the
county on behalf of this city and
tendered to tiiem the congratulations
on the accomplishment of their gram
mer graduation.
Miss Flora Jane Boedeker. of Mur
ray, one of the pupils in district No.
56. was heard in a verj beautiful
piano selection, "The Butterfly" and
which was given in a most artistic
manner.
The address of the afternoon was
by Judge James T. Begley, who gave
to the young people words of com
mendation for their faithful and
earnest efforts in the school work
and congratulated them on the at
tainment of this, one of the marks
of their educational goal. The value
of education in the development of
citizenship and character was also
stressed by the speaker.
The members of the graduating
class were also addressed by Super
intendent R. E. Bailey of the Platts
mouth schools and who also con
gratulated the class on their fine
work.
The diplomas were then presented
to the young people by Miss Peter
son with words of praise for the ex
cellent showing that they had made.
The members of the graduating
class with their teachers are as fol
lows: Dist. No. 2 Teacher, Mrs. Kath
erine Birdsley. Frank Lopert.
Dist. No. 3 Teacher, Miss Fran
ces Livingston. Lois Gannaway and
Mildred Cacey.
Dist. No. 5 Teacher, Miss Mar
garet Iverson. Florence Haworth.
Dist. No. 6 Teacher. Mrs. Dora
Trively. Henry Kaffenberger. Ar
thur Sehomaker, Anna Kara. Lois
Mead and Le Roy Lovd.
Dist. No. 7 Teacher. Miss Louise
Rummel. Ethan Allen and Geraldine
Sudduth.
Dist. No. 8 Teacher. Miss Mary
Ellen Yallery. Lena Grauf. John
Nottleman and Josephine Campbell.
Dist. No. ft Teacher, Miss Esther
Tritsch. Ruth Alexen and Fred
Terryberry.
Dist. No. 10 Teacher. Miss Goldie
Lindsey. Genevieve Albin and Ber
nice Hathaw; y.
Dist. No. 11 Teacher, Miss Ma
mie lfaher. Arthur McQuinn. Erma
Eaton, Frances Crawford. Dorothy
Shepherd and Laurence Shepherd.
Dist. No. 13 Teacher, Miss Olive
Lewis Katherine Davis and Vernile
Pullen.
Dist. No. 15 Teacher, Miss Chris
tine Soennichsen. Lois Giles, Oscar
Brandt, Sterling Hadley, EIHf Sch
lichtemeier and Velma Smith.
Dist. No. 17 Teacher, Miss Ger
aldine Russell. Onal Griffin. Gwen
Stites and L. R. I'nton. Jr.
Dist. No. IS Teacher, Miss La
Von Frans. William Cornell and
Keith Ost.
Dist. No. 19 Teacher, Miss Birdie
Johnson. Evelyn Fries.
Dist. No. 20 Teacher. Miss Helen
Madsen. Margaret Ycung, Elsie
Pauline Freeman. Paul F. Berner.
John Henry Maseman and Charles
William Stovall.
Dist. No. 21 Teacher, Miss Pearle
Spangler. Helen Hayes.
Dist. No. 23 Teacher. Mr. Lloyd
Ranney. Aileen Wiles and Wilma
Sloan.
Dist. No. 24 Teacher, Mr. Her
bert Hulfish. Laddie Duckworth.
Dist. No. 25 Teacher, Miss Flor
ence Shogren. Eugene Nolte, Estelle
Beverage and William Ruffner.
Dist. No. 26 Teacher, Miss Ruth
Hogue. Raymond Campbell, Marian
Young and J. L. Young.
Dist. No. 27 Teacher, Mrs. Lu
cille Gaines. Albert Ulrich.
Dist. No. 28 Teacher, Miss Helen
Vallery. Junior Olivo.
Dist. No. 29 Teacher, Miss Marie
Meisinger. Albert Weiss and Laurice
Coffelt.
Dist. No. 31 Teacher, Miss Dora
Soennichsen. Haryaun Swandn,
Joyce Gauer and Y.'iilard Stivers.
Dist. No. 33 Teacher. Miss Mar
tha Jameson. Merle Amelang.
Dist. No. 34 Teiuher. Miss Mild
red Nelson. Ila Wal linger, Leonard
Roeber and George Bach man.
Dist. No. 35 Teacher, Miss Beu
lah Zaworski. Ireie Gillespie and
Leo Stander.
Dist. No. 36 1
Cole. Bonnieta
Newkirk and Has
Dist. No. 37 T
'oa-'her. Mr. Edgar
llcCtaer, Marj:ri"
el Sharp,
eucher. Miss Fran
ces Wiles. Arnold Buechler.
Dist. No. 4 0 Te. cher, Mrs. Claude
Hewitt. Victor Wo.dhiser.
Dist. No. 47 To icher. Miss Fern
Mendenhall. Jean Group, Dale Hen-
' liings and Le Roy Henntr.gs.
Dist. No. 50 Teacher. Miss
Blanche Little. Floyd Mohr. Edna
Mohr. Doris Hobac k
Velma Rohlfs
and Elaine Brown.
Dist. No. 5 5 Teacher. Miss Lois
Davis. Rex Bourne and Arthur To
man.' Dist.
Rainey
No. 56 Teacher. Miss Clara
Louis Bakke. Flora Jane
Boedeker. B.jg Long, John Pointer
and Marie Vest.
Dist. No.
Hazel Iverson.
Dist . No.
Ruth Kuehn.
Dist. No. 58
5 7T Teacher.
Everest Petet.
57R Teacher.
William Leddy.
Miss
Mis
Teacher. Miss
Ethel
Negley. Lorene Lauglilin and
Clark
Bushnell.
Dist. No. 60 Teacher. Miss
Ber-
nice Hogue. Julian Johnson,
Dist. No. 66 Te;icl;er. Miss Norma
Kunz. Willard Hall and Josephine
Rhoden.
Dist. No. 70 -Teacher. Miss Irene
Gibson. Norman Luetchens, Martha
Schweppe and Adolf Menke.
Dist. No. 71 Teacher. Miss Eve
lyn Moore. Orland Parriott.
Dist. No. 74 Teacher, Miss Vera
Vanderpool. Eugenia I'endelton and
Raymond Leaver.
Dist. No. 76 Teacher. Miss Alt a
Kemph. Beulah Leesley and Beunah
Leesley.
Dist. No. 77 Teacher. Miss Ruth
Behrns. Ruth Linhardt. Vaiden Vet
te and Wilma Baler.
Dist. No. 7 8 Teacher. Miss Fern
Spangler. Clarice Jane Murray and
Eugene Domingo.
Dist. No. 79 Teacher. Mrs. Lou
Dumke. Pauline .-enkop. Mai in da
Jochlm. Mathew Stohlmnn, Ellsworth
Stohlmnn. John Jochiin. Edward Os
senkop and Allien Ragoss.
Dist. No. 8 2 Teacher. Miss Louise
Kirker. Jack Parks and Dolly Ho
henshell. Dist. No. 8 6 Teacher. Miss Ab
bie Wood. Ruth Duerr and Norman
Gakemeier.
Dist. No. 88 Teacher. Miss
ma Jochiin. Odetta Hen nines.
Thel
Ruth Wiles and Dorothy Meisinger.
Dist. No. 9 7 Teacher. Miss M; ry
Swatek. Bernese Kaffenberger and
Burdette Hike.
Dist. No. 98 Teacher, Mrs. Eda
Marshall. Margaret Pool and Gerald
Vidlock.
Decoration
Day Program
is Announced
Will Be Held at the American Legion
Community Building, Satur
day at 2 :30 p, m.
The observance of memorial day
will be held in this city on Saturday,
the day opening with the decoration
of the graves at the Oak Hill ceme
tery by the W. R. C. Legion, and
Legion Auxiliary.
The exercises at the cemetery will
be held jointly by the patriotic so
cieties of the city, the G. A. R. ser
vice being held by the few survivor
and the W. R. C. at the mound in
the old addition to the cemetery, the
American Legion furnishing the fir
ing squad for the service, while at
the Legion plot a service will also
be held later in the morning, pre
ceding the decoration of the graves.
The afternoon program will be at
the American Legion community
building and will be presided over
by W. G. Kieck. The program will
be as follows:
Assembly Call W. Roy Holly
"America" Audience
Led by Quartette
Invocation Rev. H. G. McClusky
Salute to the flag Audience
"The American's Creed
Robert Bestor
Quartette Mrs. Schulz, Mrs. Wes
cott. John Frady and Dr.
West over.
Gettysburg Address Madge Garnett
ROLL CALL
Civil War Mrs. Lois Troop
Spanish-American LDuie Reinackle
World War Com. G. R. Holcomb
Songs Margaret Shellenbarger
Address Judge A. H. Duxbury
Benediction Rev. H. G. McClusky
Taps W. Roy Holly
LETS PAINTING CONTRACT
From Tuesday's Daily
The contract for the painting of
the outside woodwork of the library
on which bids were recently called
for. was let this morning at the meet
ing of the library board and was
awarded to F. R. Gobelman of thi.-;
city. The work will be started at
once.
Traffic Over
Missouri Here
is Increasing
Hard Surface Rc?d to Gienwocd and
Shewing; of Route on the New
Maps Brings Tourists
The Plattsmouth Missouri river
bridge, formally dedicated a year ago,
is doing a gradually increasing vol
ume of business. With a ferry cross
ing operating only at favorable sea
sons .,f the year and none-too-good
roads, the Plattsmouth short cut was
little known among tourist3, and on
the opening of itr. bridge the Platts
mouth Bridee company realized an
educational Campaign must be under
taken to acquaint people with the ad
vantages offered in coming this
way. Road signs were placed ex
tensively throughout eastern Nebras
ka and western Iowa pointing to the
Plattsmouth bridge, as well as nu
merous bill-board type signs with pic
tures and information about the
bridee. The State of Iowa got busy
and graveled the road to Glen wood,
making it an all-weather route. As
soon as this was done the stock
trucks from all southwest Iowa began
coming this way. Then the map com
panies were advised of the bridge be
ing in service and they have helped
materially in getting the fact before
the tourist eye by showing the new
crossine facilities here in their late
1936-31 maps.
On a direct line west with the first
all paved highway across Iowa, the
Harding memorial highway; this
roots should be very popular with
ast to west motorists, southwest
Iowa truckers and an ever increasing
number of pleasure drivers.
With a large investment in the
bridge, the amount of toll that must
be collected daily is no small sum.
and although not up to expectancy
yet. the directors are pleased with the
steadi'y increasing patronage of this
first year of operation and see in the
not far distant future a tim? when
the toll collections will more than
meet the overhead expenses and per
mit of reducing the indebtedness.
Each dollar so applied will make
the bridge that much nearer being a
toll-free structure. The toll charges
ar nominal, compared with the cost
of crossing at Yankton, as well as
numerous other such points where
toll bridees flourish. The price here
and at Nebraska City is the same, but
of course on a bridge like that at
Omaha with its steadily flowing lines
of traffic in both directions through
out the day and evening, it is not
necessary to charge such a large toll,
and yet be able to make many times
more money than the smaller travel
ed bridges that save the traveler from
having to journey many miles out of
his way up or down the river to find
a crossing point leading into one of
the metropolitan cities.
So far. the Plattsmouth bridge has
hot been used enough for inter-city
meetings. Aside from a visit hack
and forth between Plattsmouth and
Glen wood Rotarians practically noth
ing has been done in the line of good
will promotion between Iowa and
Nebraska neighbors who live only a
proverbial stone's throw from each
other, and yet through the barrier of
past years have never fraternalized.
Plattsmouth Legion post is planning
an early meeting with Glenwood Le
gionnaires as its guests and will later
on return the visit. Other civic bod
ies could do likewise and should.
The bridge we clamored for for years
is here and at our disposal.
NAMED QUEEN 0E THE MAY
Fmra Monday's T3s.ny
Miss Leona Hudson of this city,
who is a sophomore at the State
Teachers college at Peru, has been
honored by being selected as Queen
of the May, at the May day festiv
ities which were held today at the
college as a part of the commence
ment program which will cover the
five days. There are special features
each day and which culminates with
the graduation of the class of 1931
on Friday morning.
Miss Hudson, who graduated from
the Plattsmouth high school in the
class of 1929 and at Peru she has
been very active in the school work
and one of the outstanding students
in the musical work of the college,
winning high recognition.
The selection of Miss Hudson will
be very pleasing to the friends here
and to her former school associates
among whom she was very popular.
WILL TOUR WITH BAND
Glen Brittain. who is a student at
Rather Flannigan's Home in Omaha,
is here for a vacation of a week with
his relatives, preparatory to leaving
soon for a trip with the band of the
Home over the greater part of the
country. The Father Flannigan's
band has a nation-wide reputation
and will be heard in concert in many
of the cities of the country, the funds
to be used in the enlarging plans of
the Home.
Glen is a clarinetist in the band
and will have a fine trip as well as
be able to see a great deal of coun
try, for the band will start west with
Denver as their first engagement and
thence to the west coast, then thru
the south to New York and then back
home through the north central
states.
DIES AT HASTINGS
From Mondays Daily
The message was received here at
noon today announcing ".he death of
Frank Ksttble, Jr.. which occurred at
an early hour today at tile state hos
pital st Hastings, where he has been
for the past three pears. The deceas
ed win be remembered here by the
older residents of -he city, where he
spent his younger years and was for
a great many years engaged as a
clerk in the local Burlington offices
and later in a number of the retail
stores. Since the death of the par-
ients a number of years ago he has
mad- his heme largely in Omaha un
til his poor health compelle 1 his be
ing taken to the state hospital. He
I is survived by one brother. Henry
I Kaubie. who resides at Omaha, and
one sister. Mrs. A. D. Caldwell of
j Geneva, Nebraska.
May Day Fete
is Held at State
Teachers College
Mist Leona Hudson, cf This City
the Queen cf Annua! May
Day Festival.
u
The annual May day fete of the
State Teacher's college at Peru was
held at the stadium of the college on
Monday evening and was staged and
directed by Miss Phyllis Davidson and
the class sponsor. A. V. Larson of
the faculty of the school.
Miss Leona Hudson of this city,
Mav queen, tall, dark and graceful.
jwas chosen by the boys of the class.
J The prof ession consisted of the
I trumpeters, pages end flower girls.
lTh"ii cams the HO sen and her at
tendants, the train bearers, maid of
'honor, crown bearer and attendants.
They were followed by a group of
villagers. The queen was crowned
and the villagers in festive garb danc
ed in celebration of the crowning.
First there was the dance of greet-
juig. olio Wen dv tne wand arm. tne
travelers, couple dance, ace of dia
monds, amaryllis and finally the
winding of the May pole. One hun
dred and twenty-two giTls took pa:t
in this part of the program.
Costumes were especially attrac
tive. The queen appeared in a long
White satin gown and carried an arm
j bouquet of white flowers. Her maid
of honor wore rose, the train bearer's
jfrock matched that of the maid of
i honor. Princesses' dresses were in
! pastel shades and were made long
and flaring. Pages, flower girls,
! trumpeters and villagers wore gay
! colored costumes. The entire scene
i enacted under the powerful rays of
jthe flood lights in the stadium was
j most effective. Piano music was
.used throughout, with Miss Georgia
John as pianist.
The senior class pl.iy. "A Full
House." by Fred Jackson, directed
by Eldon H. Hayward was scheduled
for Tuesday evening, high school
commencement will take place Wed
nesday evening, and the annual
alumni dinner and class day exer
cises will be held Thursday.
College commencement will be held
Friday morning at 10:30 in the col
lege auditorium with A. J. Stoddard,
superintendent of the schools of
Providence, R. I., as speaker.
TAKEN TO PENITENTIARY
Saturday Deputy Sheriff Rex
Young accompanied by Mrs. Lottie
Rosencrans were at Lincoln, tliey ac
companying Mrs. Inas Wever to the
state prison at Lancaster where Mrs.
Wever w'11 start on her sentence of
life imprisonment and from which
she is now appealing to the state su
preme court. The court order was
signed Saturday and the prisoner,
who has been nt the Douglas county
jail since her arrest in November,
was ordered taken to the state prison
to remain until her appeal is heard
and if sustained, to spend the re
mainder of her natural life in the
women's ward of the prison. En
route to the penitentiary Mrs. Wever
was llowed to stop for a few mo
ments visit with her adopted child,
Billy, who is now being cared for
by the relatives of Mrs. Wever at
Lincoln. Mrs. Wever had been hope
ful of s favorable action in her CSS4
since her conviction and was unaware
of the fact that the motion of error
had been overruled by the supreme
court until the deputy nrrlYed at
Omaha to convey her to Lincoln. Fo,
the first time in the many trying
months of her arrest, trial and im
prisonment, Mrs. Wever .'bowed
emotion ea the party arrived at the
grim walls of the prison from which
only the favorable action of the su
preme court or a pardon can save her
from the life sentence.
ENJOYS VACATION
Officer David Pickrcl of the local
police force, is enjoying his annual
vacation for the next two weeks, the
vacation period starting on Mon
day. The rest will be very beneficial j
to Mr. Pickrel who 1b not in the
best of health and he will spend the
time visiting with the relatives and
friends and throwing aside the cares
of his office. During the vacation of
Mr. Pickrel, Joseph Hadraha is on
the night force and assisting Officer
Joe Libershal, the veteran member of
the force.
Commencement
of the Si . John's
School Held
Large Number Attend the Program
Heid at the K. of C. Hull
Last Evening
From Wednesday T?a!!y
The dose of 'he school years
the St. John's parochial school
of
of
of
this tity was held at the Knights
Columbus hall last evening end the
event attended by p very larg-- num
ber of the reh fives and fi '- nds of
the young people.
The program was one thr.: reflect
ed the greatest credb on th. young
people and showed the splendid train
ing that a'l of the participants had
received at the hands of their teach
I ers. Ursuline sisters, who base la
bored so earnestly with the child
ren. The entertainment program was
pr follows:
I Welcome William Reddie
! Playlet. "The Quad.''
6th. 7th & Sth Grades
Sour. "Little Mothers"
I
, Playlet,
Sn:il! Girls
"Dottie's Dream"
3rd. 4th Grade Girls
"Cousin Emogene's Visit"
Playlet.
6th & 7th Gr.tdse
Song "We Want Pie
4th & Sth Gra- I Uoys
Playlet. "How the Story Qrew-.
i 7th & 8tb Grade Girls
Song. "The Jolly Boothlacks"
j Snifll Boys
Playlet "You Tell Her"
, 6th, 7th Sth Grade Boys
Song & Drill. "Topsy Turvy
t 3rd & 4th Grade Boys
The Ghost In the Boarding School
6th Grade Girls
Song & Drill, "The Merry Dairy
maids Sth Grade Girls
The valedictory cf the lass ot
eight members was given by Joseph
Case, who in a very able manner ex
pressed the appreciation that the
pupils felt for the instruction that
had been given them by the ssadssm
and Tor the thought fullness of the
parents that had made possible their
schooling.
I Father George Aglus of tne St.
John's church gave s few remarks
and words of commendation for the
work of the school and the excellent
showing that the class has m: !
i The address was delivered hy Fa
ther A. Wagner, who extol 'ed the
school work ?nd the need nf the re
legious training in the Hie of all
persons as fitting them for the re
sponsibilities of citizenship and ser
vice to the nation of which they were
a part.
The awards of the school for the
year were then made and the fol
lowing announced:
Diploma for the completion of the
Sth Grade conferred on: Joseph
Case. Caroline Heigl. Richard K-a.
Ruth Slavicek. Ernest Zitka. Doro
thy Zitka, William Starkphon. BteBs
Hyde.
, Prize for general excellence nwnrd
ed to the 8th Grrde as follows:
Joseph Case. Caroline Heigl. Rich
ard Rea. Ruth Slavicek. Eri.es: Zit
ka, Dorothy Zitza, William Stark
john, Stella Hyde.
i Prize for perfect attend;. nee at
school awarded to: Faustina Now
acek, Joseph Case, Theresa AJtSBCh
offl. Anna Altschoffl. Catherine Grad
oville. Charles GradovIIle. Margaret
Ann Pitz. Theodore LihesWhaL Bar
bara Ziza. Leonard Sikora. Joseph
Kvapil.
j Prize for Christian Doctrine
awarded to: Barbara Zitza. Theresa
Sedlak. Anna Altschoffl. Rose Brink,
Clara Pittmar.
Prize for progress in music award
ed to: Catherine Gradville, Mar
garet Ann Pitz.
Diploma for proficient y in Pen
manship awarded by the A. N. Pal
mer Co. of Chicago. 111., to: Joseph
Case. Caroline Heigl. Richard Rea.
Ruth Slavicek. Ernest Zitz Doro
thy Zitka. William Starkjohn, Stella
Hyde.
Pin for prepress in Penmanship
awarded by the
A. N. P hner Co.. to:
Raymond Wester,
Leo Welch. Florence
Toman. Mary Alice
Kratoehvil. Theresa
Patty
Joseph
Sediak.
Shifter.
Sediak,
Cloidi
Kvapil,
Clara
Emily
Catherine Gradoville. Eileen
Care. Margaret Ann Pit
IMPROVING EITILDING
Plattsnioulh lodge No. 6. A. F. &
A. M.. owners of the buiMing oc
cupied by the Ladies Toggery, the
Knorr Variety store and the Aul' a.
Lohnes pool hall, business h uses and
the upper floor of which i- occupied
by the Masonic h.ill. are having the
rear of their buildings improved.
The woodwork of the building is be
ing painted and placed in nrt class
shape. The lodge will probaldy later
take up the work of rsanodeU&g ihe
front part of their buildint which
has been contemplated for BOSSS i:rae.
MORE COYOTES REPORTED
!
! Ch res
and Ray
the la'e-
the ofh oc
Ies. The
Hatcliff of near Murray
Rosenow of Elmwood are
to reoort cr, of e scalps at
of Couny e'erk R. Say
two gentlemen each it
in Oj c
$2 per
scalp end received the usual
head for the animalE.