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PLATTS2I0UTH, HEBRASXA. THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1933.
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Mynard Club
Presents Very
Fine Program
"Womanless Wedding" Is the Theme
of Clever and Well Present
ed Entertainment.
Mynard Community club held it's
last meeting of the summer on Fri
day, June 30. During the months of
July and August there will be no
regular meeting of the club, except
a club picnic. The place .and date
will be announced later.
The West Side committee present
ed "The Womanless Wedding." The
men of, the community took the fol
lowing characters: The family but
ler. E. H. Spangler; the bride's
haughty mother, John Vallery; Uncle
Jake, Royal Smith; Aunt Sarah,
Charles Barnard; Cousin Willie, Her
man Meisinger; the bride's grand
father. Glen Wiles; the bride's grand
mother, Howard Wiles; Charlie Chap
lin; Ray Bourne; .Madam Schuman
Helnk, Ray Cook; Rubinoff, Willis
Cole; the groom's father. Noble
Kiser; the groom's mother, Charles
Stretton; the groom's little sister,
Richard Cole; the grooms little bro
ther, Carl Wiles. Colonel Lind
bergh, Carl Ulrich; Anne Lindbergh,
C. A. Casy; the family doctor, Elbert
Wiles; Babe Ruth, Rev. H. A. Mc
Kelvey. At this point in the wedding fes
tivities, Rubinoff entertained with
two violin solos, "Roses of Picardy"
and "Perfect Day." Madam Schu-man-Heink
in a creaking soprano,
with much emotion sang "OH Prom
ise ME" and "I Love You Truly."
The solos almost turned into a riot
when Babe Ruth and Charlie Chap
lin made it a trio.
The strains of the wedding march.
played by Glen Woodbury nabered!
In the bridal party. The party was
led by the minister, Virgil Perry. The
groomsman, Henry Hild, escorted the
groom, Roy Cole ,to the altar. The
two bridesmaids were Richard Spang
ler and Towner Livingston. The
matron of honor was Sherman -Cole.
The two flower girls were Gene Rich
ardson and Bob Vallery. Next came
thee bride, B. W. Livingston on the
arm of her father, Jean Spangler.
Bobby Janney, as a small girl, and
Bobby Cole, as a small boy, were
train bearers. After some amazing
marriage vows were read and taken,
the ceremony was culminated amid
the hysteria of the Jilted sweetheart,
Richard Livingston.
The male cast were ludicrous and
almost unrecognizable in their fem
inine garb. The large audience was
In a constanti uproar as the ceremony
proceeded. The Womanless Wedding
is always a very difficult and labor
ious undertaking and the committee
deserves much credit for its success
ful presentation.
After the program the "eats" com'
mittee sold ice cream, cake and cof
fee.
HERE FROM CHICAGO
Mrs. Verdon Vroman and family,
as well as Henry Todd, a nephew of
Mrs. Vroman are here from Chicago,
to enlov a visit with the relatives
and friends in the city. Mrs. Vroman
was formerly Miss Marion Mauzy,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Mauzy and with whom and the L. E
Vroman family they will enjoy a very
pleasant visit.
GUESTS AT SMETANA HOME
A number of relatives and friends
are here for a viBit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Alois Smetana on North
14th street, coming in to visit over
the Fourth of July at this hospitable
home. Those in the party are Mr
ni -Mrs Tenuis Smetana and son,
Gene, of St. Louis. Mrs. Anton Vlcek,
Edward Vlcek and Mrs. John Dougall,
all of Chicago.
HAS TONSILS REMOVED
TVnm Monday's Dally
This morning Miss Dorothy Grad-
in- nnrat(il on for the re-
uiiuq " .
moT&l of her tonsils, the operation
being performed at the office of one
of the local physicians. The patient
orr, throueh the operation nicely
and is now recuperating at her home
t Brill h several days before
a u i& a k. i -
Bhe resumes her usual activities.
RECEIVES AWARD
Miss ,Mary Bookmeyer, teacher in
the North high school of Omaha,
was among me winners in an essay
contest held in Omaha and in which
teachers in the public and parochial
school were contestants. The prize is
to be applied on the cost of a trip to
the Century of frogress exposition
at Chicago and is one that all of the
winners were pleased to receive. A
large number were entered in the
contest and Miss Bookmeyer feels
well pleased that she has been for
tunate In having her essay accepted
Ask Restoring
of Telephones at
the Court House
Residents Over the County Ask Tele
phones Placed Back as Means of
Convenience to Public.
There is being prepared for pre
sentation to the board of county com
missioners at their meeting Wednes
day, a petition that asks the restor
ation of the telephones to the offices
at the court house. The petitioners
represent citizens in all parts of Cass
county and who ask that the tele
phones be placed back as a conven
ience to the public and especially the
residents of the various towns over
the county.
The commissioners as an economy
move some weeks ago ordered all of
the telephones with the exception of
that In the office of the sheriff re
moved. Since that time there has
been a great deal of inconvenience
felt over the county in the fact that
it was necessary to make trips here
to look after business .that formerly
could be carried on by telephone.
In the past many calls were made
from outside points to the office of
the clerk of the district court, county
court and treasurer especially many
times in a day from points out in the
county and with the elimination of
all but the one phone it has made
necessary delays and frequent trips
here in order to transact matters that
otherwise might have been arranged
by telephone.
While all are in favor of economy
in the county government, these resi
dents out in the county feel that the
cost to the citizens is far greater than
the email amount of the telephone
costs would have been.
ARRIVED IN WASHINGTON
SATURDAY FORENOON
West Brownsville, Pa., Hancock,
Maryland, and Washington, D. C,
are the postmarks appearing on cards
mailed to relatives here by members
of Rev. Murphree's Scout caravan on
Friday and 'Saturday mornings and
noon Saturday, respectively.
The reports tell of some trouble
experienced in getting through the
mountains, and of having to push
some, also of the stripping of a low
gear in Rev. Murphree's car and the
resultant delay in getting that fixed.
However, they made the capital city
at 10 a. m. Saturday morning, and
when the last cards were written the
boys were all anxiously awaiting for
Rev. Murphree to return from a trip
to the post office to get the mail.
Some of the cards tell of most In
teresting sights, including crossing
of the Ohio, at Wheeling, over a draw
bridge, with heavily laden barges
waiting to pass underneath, and of
observations in the oil fields and ore
producing sections of Pennsylvania,
where they visited a large schmelter.
They will be In Washington until
Friday or Saturday of this week.
MANY ENJOY PICNIC
There were quite a number from
this city to enjoy the picnic and an
nual outing of the Melting Pot post
of the American Legion at South
Omaha. The picnic was held at the
Eagles park on the north bank of
the Platte river and proved a very
pleasant event for the veterans and
their families. The committee In
charge had arranged a fine program
of sports and entertainment that
took up the afternoon and brought a
great deal of enjoyment to the entire
party. The members had come with
well filled baskets for many family
dinners and the committee had pro
vided plenty of icre cream for the
occasion.
Red Sox Win
from Fast Omaha
Merchants, 10-5
Harry Newman Featured as Pitcher
lor Sox for Six Innings Team
Plays Good Ball.
The Omaha Merchants Sunday aft
ernoon met defeat at the local park
by the score cf 10 to 5 in a contest
in which the Red Sox played a high
class brand cf ball to hold the visi
tors at al Istagcs of the contest
Harry Newman, shortstop of the
Sox, was sent to the mound in the
opening and gave a fine exhibition
of work on the mound while Kizzier,
who is to pitch the game on July 4th,
was sent in to work out in the last
three innings of the game.
The visitors scored their first runs
in the second inning on three hits,
a walk and an error and were tnen
held scoreless until in the sixth when
they made two more runs for a total
of five and ending their scoring.
In the third Inning the Sox pro
ceeded to hit Gobez hard for a total
of five runs, two of the hits being
triDles bv Stone and Bill Smith as
well as a double by Joe Krejci.
In the eighth inning two costly
errors by C. Shepherd of the visitors
at third base, allowed the Sox to
annex two more scores to end their
swatfest for the day.
The Red Sox and the Miller-Knuth
team of Omaha will play here on
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 in the big
Fourth of July offering.
The tabulated score of the game
was as follows:
Red Sox
AB
R
3
1
1
2
0
0
0
II
3
0
1
3.
2
1
1
PO
4
9
12
0,
-1
1
3
1
0
A
2
1
0
0
0
4
3
0
1
E
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Schliscke, 3b 5
Spidell. c ; 2
Svoboda. lb -
Krejci, If
Stone," cf V
5
4
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5
5
Newman, ss-p
Smith, 2b-ss
Bragg, rf 3
Kizzier, 2b-p 3
35 10 16 27 9 1
Omaha Merchants
AB R H PO A E
G. Kauffold, 2b 5 0 0 4 2 0
J. Shepherd, ss 4 0 1 0 5 0
E. Anderson, If 4 0 2 1 1 0
E. Andehson,c-p 4 0 1 9 2 1
Wooley. lb 4 1 2 8 0 0
C. Shepherd, 3b 4 1 1 0 2 2
P. Anderson, cf 2 1 0 2 1 0
Bether, rf 4 2 2 0 0 0
Gomez, cf-p 4 0 0 0 2 0
35 5 9 24 15 3
SUFFERS INJURED HAND
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mackey of
Murray were In the city Saturday to
look after some business matters and
while here were callers at the Jour
nal to renew their subscription.
Mrs. Mackey was the victim of a
very serious accident Friday that has
caused her a great deal of pain and
suffering. In her household work she
was taking a skillet of hot grease off
the store and in some manner a large
part of the grease fell on the left
hand of Mrs. Mackey and with the
result that the hand was badly blis
tered and burned. The pain was so
intense that it was necessary to call
medical aid to give the patient some
measure of relief from the suffering.
The burns are so severe that Mrs.
Mackey will be unable to have full
use of the hand for some time.
ENJOY FAMILY REUNION
From Monday's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. Anton J. Trilety
have had the pleasure of having with
them all of the children for the past
week. The house party closed today
when the members departed for their
homes. O. Edward Trilety, who has
Just been admitted to the bar of Ne
braska, returned to Washington, U.
C, to resume his work there and Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Trilety and family re
turned to their home at Omaha. Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Coe, the latter
formerly Miss Clara Trilety, started
on a motor trip to Wyoming where
they will enjoy their vacation there
with friends.
WILL ENJOY VACATION
Miss Cleda Koukal and Miss Rose
mary Cloidt departed Saturday for
Creston, Iowa, where they are to
enjoy a visit over the Fourth of July
with relatives and friends in that
city.
VISIT IN THE CITY
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Walling
have had a number of relatives and
friends as house guests over the week
end end for the next few days. The
party of visitors were returning home
from the Century of Progress exposi
tion at Chicago. In the party were
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Adams of Sheri
dan, Wyoming, who remained here
over the week end; Miss Jean Adams
of Sheridan and Mrs. Robert Graham
of Lincoln, who will remain here for
a longer visit at the Walling home.
Horton Funeral
Home Holds Its
FormalOpeiiing
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Many From All Sections of County
Here to View the Home at Sev
enth and Vine Streets.
The Horton funeral home in this
city, located at Seventh and Vine
streets, was formally opened to the
public Sunday when , the home was
open for the inspection of the resi
dents of the community.
The visitors were shown through
the home by Mr. Lyle Horton, the
owner, and the various rooms which
have been arranged for convenience
and comfort inspected by the callers.
The large living room of the home
ha3 been arranged with , all of the
homelike comfort and bringing a
peaceful and homelike atmosphere
where the services at the home will
be conducted.
To the south of the large parlor
there is a large room that will be
used as the additional space for the
chapel, large double floors connect
ing the main room. JThis, too, has
been furnished and arranged with
every thought for the . jcomfort of
those who are.jbeliig,jerve4at the
home.
The workroom is located on the
lower floor and here there is every
modern requirement for the care of
the departed with all skill and. with
the assurance of all care.
Mr. Horton has an ambulance serv
ice in connection with the home and
this was also shown at the opening
and the public given the opportunity
of viewing the ambulance.
Among those from out of the city
who were here for the opening were
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Rau and
George Rau of Manley; Mr. and Mrs.
August Wendt of Murdock and Mr.
and Mrs. August Pautsch of Louis
ville.
4-H MEETING
The Happy Hour club of Cedar
Creek was held June 30th at the
home of Mrs. Henry Franke, the local
leader of the first and second year.
The local leader of the third year.
Mrs. Oliver Schneider and the third
year girls also meet at the home of
Mrs. Henry Franke.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, Marie Speck, hav
ing the secretary, Bernice Kaffenber-
ger, read the minutes of the last
meeting and the roll call given and
answered; by the girls of the third
year by giving an article which be
longs in the girls room or closet, the
girl3 of the first and second years,
by giving a name of a stitch.
At their next meeting, July 14th
they are going to judge their pillow
covers, and curtains in "Girls Room"
and In third year sewing are the
shoe bags, the three different kinds
of darning and the two kinds of
patching and made-over garments.
There will be two demonstrations
given: Katherine Meisinger, the
feather stitch; Bernice and Ellen
Kaffenberger, how to refinish a piece
of furniture.
They are planning their achieve
ment for the club and are having
each one do all she can by finding,
readings, songs or plays.
There were four club members ab
sent and one visitor, Lois Wagoner,
was present.
CLUB REPORTER.
MOTORS TO DAKOTA
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Carl J.
Schneider, Mrs. B. F. Wiles and
daughters, Ella Margaret and Flor
ence, departed for a visit in North
Dakota. They will enjoy a short visit
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Mullis, the lattetnbeing formerly Miss
Kermit Wiles.
Murray Holds
Its Cornerstone
Laying Sunday
New School Building liar Cornerstone
Laying; with Appropriate Ad
dresses and Ceremonies.
Since the burning of tiie Murray
school building last winter the stu
dents of that hustling city have been
accommodated to school room space
in the Presbyterian church and the
public library. The time of the burn
ing of the old school building was
thought unauspicious for the erec
tion of a new structure at that time,
and postponing it until the present
better weather and also some thought
as to the manner of a building and
the needs of the public in this regard
had been given.
While the country has (been dis
tressed with many perplexing ques
tions, the people of tbis hustling lit
tle city have gone steadily forward
with the single purpose in mind of
providing an adequate building for
the proper education of the youth of
this community.
Preparations have been perfected
for the new structure, with the board
of education and the addition of
George E. Nickles and A. O. Davis
to the building committee and Mr.
Everett Dodds of Omaha as the arch
itect, the work has gone forward un
til the time came for the laying of
the cornerstone of the building,
which had been prepared and with
a day faultless on last Sunday was
selected for the observance of the
celebration.
The Rev. W. A. Taylor of the
Union Baptist church was selected as
the principle speaker. The architect
Mr. Dcdds, introduced George E.
Nickles, saying that there was tio
need of an introduction,, for hawasl
a man who had ever worked for the
public good and the good of the city
of Murray and its public schools.
Mr. Nickles, in a few well chosen
words, thanked the people of Murray
and of the school district, for their,
loyalty to the interests of the city
and its schools and said that it was
not his intention to make an address,
but said that the committee had se
lected a man competent, and with a
desire to meet the requirements, and
so announced his friend, Brother
"Bill."
Rev. Taylor said in part: "I am
glad to have this opportunity to ad
dress this gathering of friends,
friends of myself, friends in that
sense that they are pleased to work
together to effect an edifice which
shall be a testimony to the devotion
which the people of htis town have so
grandly commenced, to give the youth
of this community an opportunity for
an education, that they may meet
the entire world on an equal basis,
and that the liberty of the land, the
well being of society may be pre
served." The speaker expressed the
thanks of the committee whioii has
the building in charge for the excel
lent co-operation for the fulfillment
of the exalted desires to further the
Interests and desires of the patrons
of this institution of learning.
Notwithstanding the dire dread of
what people have called the depres
sion, the people of this community
have steadily gone forward and are
a unit in the work which is for the
betterment of the entire community.
The work of the building is going
forward and will soon be in that
state of construction that the build
ing will be enclosed and ready for
Interior completion.
It i3 the intention of the commit
tee to have the building ready for
the opening of school In September.
There was deposited in the cor
nerstone a number of things which
are to repose there throughout the
period, which we are hoping will be
many years, that this structure shall
be a place where the youth may be
guided to better and higher lives.
Among the things which were de
posited in the cornerstone was a copy
of the Pltismouth Journal, wherein
mention was made of the progress of
the school building, a few old coins
and a number of other things which
testify of this time and the interests
of the people of this time.
Don't delay the return of pros
perity at home by sending your
dollars away. Buy everything pos
sible here in Cass county.
HERE FROM COLORADO
Prof, and Mrs. Frank Jean, of
Boulder, Colorado, are here to enjoy
a visit at the home of Mr. Jean's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C L. Jean,
near this city. Prof. Jean is a mem
her of the faculty at the University
of Colorao, and has been given spec
ial recognition for his excellent work
in the school where he has been a
member of the teaching force for the
past several years. The many friends
are happy to have the opportunity of
visiting with the friends from Colo
rado and in renewing the pleasant
memories of the old times here in
Cass county.
Death Brings
Tragedy to Cass
County Family
Donald Brown, II, Grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Heil, Dies in
Fire at Grand Island.
Tragedy entered the homes of one
of the best known families of Cass
county on Monday when the sad news
was received here of the tragic death
of Donald Brown, 11, of Grand Island,
a grandson of W. H. Heil of Louis
ville, and son of Mr. and Mrs. G. P.
Brown of Grand Island.
The boy with other young lads had
built a club house near their homes
and it was in this small shack that
the young lad lost his life. He was
trapped in the house which was five
feet, square and only thirty inches
high, the clothing being practically
burned from his body, after he went
into the shack to light some punk.
Everett McCutcheon, a companion,
stated that they had lighted & candle
in the club house earlier in the after
noo nand which it is , thought was
overturned when being used to light
the punk.
Donald was apparently blinded
and unable to escape from the bur
lap covered shack-which' was a mass
of flame. Firecrackers were found In
one trouser pocket.
The body was brought to Louis
ville where funeral services were
held this afternoon from the home
of the grandparents, ,Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Heil, largely attended by the
old friends of the famliy.
Mrs. Brown, mother of the unfor
tunate child, was formerly Miss
Eleanore Heil.
MARRIAGE BUSINESS BRISK
Saturday was a busy time for
Judge A. H. Duxbury as there were
four young people to be joined in
wedlock by the genial jurist, one
ceremony occurring on Saturday aft
ernoon at the court house and the
other on Saturday evening at the
residence of the Duxbury family on
Pearl street. John Allen Hollestelle
of Benson and Miss Elizabeth Soren-
sen of Irvington, were married at
the court house with A. W. Farmer
and E. H. Schulhof as the official
witnesses. The marriage at the resi
dence was that of Raymond H. Miller
and Miss Cynthia Kaelke, both of
Love land, Iowa, who were accompan
ied here by Nina and Glen Campbell,
who witnessed the marriage of their
friends.
DIES IN OHIO
The message was received Satur
day at Pacific Junction of the death
at Columbus, Ohio, of Fred Rose, 45,
former resident of the Junction. Mr.
Rose was for a number of years en
gaged with the Burlington as a tele
graph operator at the Pacific Junc
tion station. Mr. Rose a numDer of
years ago moved to Columbus, where
his sister was located and had since
been engaged in busines there. The
death came suddenly and followed an
operation for acute appendicitis. He
was well known here to many of the
Burlington employes, especially those
who have been in the telegraph and
train service of the company.
STILL QUITE POORLY
The condition of George L. Krea
ger, who for several weeks has been
at an Omaha hospital, remains about
the same, the reports from there
state. Mr. Kreager has been very
poorly and while all possible has been
done to aid his rcovery, he is still
showing but little improvement.
Miller-Knuth
Team Takes 4th
of July Game
Local Ball Team Loses 5 to 3, the
First Loss of the Season, in a
Red Hot Ball Game.
One of the largest crowds of the
season so far was present Tuesday
afternoon for the holiday bill between
the Red Sox and the Miller-Knuth
team of Omaha. In a fast and fur
ious rally in the eighth the visitors
tied the score and then took a one
run lead that they cinched in the
ninth with a home run, winning 5
to 3.
The visitors presented a much
better and smoother working organ
ization of players than they had at
their previous game here when they
were defeated by the Sox, several of
the first team men being here to as
sist in taking home the bacon.
The Red Sox started the scoring in
the second inning when Joe Krejci
was on through an error of Gilbert
at short, and scored ' when Stone
doubled and on the hit of Newman,
Stone came home for a 2 to 0 lead.
The game was fast and well play
ed by both teams and it was not un
til the eighth inning that the scoring
was resumed, two walks, an error
and a hit making possible the visi
tors to send four of their men over
the plate.
In the eighth inning Alex Schliscke
scored on a smashing drive into left
field and which permitted his circling
the bases.
The Omaha team shifted their
lineup several times and a large part
of the 'players took almost all poti-
tions before the game was over.
The visitors in the first of the
ninth., drove a deep fly Into left that
was out of reach and which netted
them a home run.
The box score:
Miller-Knuth
AB R II PO A E
McCoy, rf 2 110 0 0
Gilbert, ss 2- 2
Geinges, 3b 5
Mancuso, 2b 5
Kline, ss-3b 3
Morrow, lb 3
Wilcox, c 3
Yun, cf 3
Hoden, ss-rf-p 3
Tompkins, If 1
Warner, p 2
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0 0
1 2
0 3
1 1
1 14
1 5
0
3
1
3
1
0
1
2
0
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
2
0
32 S 0 27 14 2
AB R H PO A E
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.4 0 1 4 2 0
. 4 0 1 14 0 0
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.2 0 0 0 3 0
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Red Sox
ENJOY FAMILY PARTY
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Lutz in the south part of the city,
was the scene of a pleasant reunion
of the family of John Lutz of this
city, on July 4th. All of the children
of Mr. Lutz with their wives and
husbands as well as the nine grand
children were present to Join in the
festivities of the day. A fine dinner
was served at the noon hour to add
to the enjoyment of the occasion and
followed by the members of the party
enjoying a visit among themselves.
Among those who were here to enjoy
the event were Mr. and Mrs. Harry
L. King and three children of St.
Louis; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Morrison
and two children of Wymore; Mr.
and Mrs. Otto E. Lutz and daughter,
Mr. and 'Mrs. Henry Lutz and chil
dren, and John Lutz.
RETURNS FROM EXPOSITION
From Tuesday" Dally
C. C. Wescott, who has been spend
ing the past ten days at Chicago,
visiting with his children. Mason E.
Wecott and Miss Alice Louise Wes
cott, returned home last evening.
Mrs. Wescott will jremain for a long
er visit with the daughter, who is
now enjoying her vacation. Mr. Wes
cott reports the exposition as being a
great success and has drawn hundreds
of thousand of strangers to Chicago
with a great boom to the hotels and
the railroad lines operating Into that
city. The exhibits from all parts of
the world are splendid, Mr. Wescott
states.