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VOL. NO. L
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934.
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Honor Departed
jurist in Cere
mony Saturday
Portrait of Judge James T. Begley
Placed with Predecessors at Otoe
County Court House.
A fitting tribute was rendered to
the memeroy of Judge James T. Beg
ley, 21 years judge of the second
judicial district, Saturday at the dis
trict court room in the court house
at Nebraska City.
The occasion was the placing of
the portrait of the late judge with
those of other former judges of the
district in the time since the district
was first created.
The program of the day was pre
sided over by Judge D. W. Living
ston, who is filling out the unexpired
term of Judge Begley on the bench.
Judge Livingston gave a short sketch
of the history of the movement to
secure the portraits of the Judges
and in which Judge Begley had an
active part.
Judge Livingston introduced E. S.
Nickerson, Papillion, who gave a
biographical sketch of the late Judge.
He related that Judge Begley was
born October 13. 1881. on a farm
which now is part of South Omaha,
where his forebears were early set
tlers. When he was two years old
his family moved to a farm near
Springfield, which he did not leave
until he entered the University of
Nebraska to study law. Judge Beg
ley completed his legal education in
1906, became Sarpy county judge by
appointment in 1907, a position
which he held through two terms. In
1912 he became county attorney,
was still in that office when he was
appointed district judge October 22,
1913, by Governor John H. Morehead.
Judge Begley heard his first case Oc
tober 29. 1913, in Plattsmouth; he
heard his last In the same court room
on March 3, 1934, the day before his
untimely death.
William A. Robertson, of this city,
on behalf of the Cass County Bar as
sociation, donors of the portrait, pre
sented it to the Otoe County bar and
on behalf of which V. E. Tyler of
Nebraska City, president, responded.
William H. Pitzer, leader of the
Otoe county bar, gave a fine tribute
to the memory and services of the
Inte jurist as follows:
"In his administration of justice
from the bench he had always fore
most in his mind the right to be en
forced; the wrong to be prevented.
Rights of liberty, of security in per
son, property and religion, and of
freedom of movement and contract
were considered by him to have been
embraced in the fundamental concep
tion of liberty as represented in the
Declaration cf Independence and the
Constitution of the Urited States.
These were considered rights guarn
teed by the Constitution to the in
dividual and society to such an ex
tent that the humblest citizen was
entitled to be protected in his en
joyment of these rights against the
stress and storms of changing times."
Justice L. B. Day of the state su
preme court, stated that Judge Beg
ley had been called fourteen times to
sit with the supreme court at Lin
coln, had heard some COO cases and
written the opinions in fifty of these
himself, some of the most important
rulings of the high court being in
these decisions.
"Those opinions stand In the rec
ords of the supreme court as a per
sonal memorial to his superb Judi
cial work." stated Judge Day. "They
also represent and leave us a perfect
knowledge of his philosophy of law.
hit;
Philosophy of government and
liis Philosophy of life. Every opinion
ne wrote represents the life of the
man as a lawyer and a citizen. He
had a keen sense of natural Justice;
llis ambition was to determine on
which side right lay," Justice Day
said.
"I have heard him say when a
Judge or a court realized an injustice
nad been done, but that it seemed to
llow the rule of law, it was a mark
f inability on the part of a Judge
not to determine the law as it ap
plied in that particular case." Baid
the high court justice.
"Kis idea was that courts existed
o administer Justice between indi
dnrti "not as factori for the pro-
- . ucaaemic legal treatsies."
Brief
remarks were given by Chief
Justice Charles Goss of Lincoln, Wil
liam Ritchie, Jr., of Omaha, V. G.
Kieck, Plattsmouth, T. E. Dunbar,
Nebraska City, Edgar Ferneau of
Auburn, J. A. Capweli of this city
and James F. Begley, son of the de
parted judge.
The portrait was placed by A. P.
Moran and T. E. Dunbar on the south
wall cf the court room beside those
of the other distinguished members
that have served on the bench.
Those outside of Nebraska City to
attend the ceremony were:
Mrs. James T. Begley and her sen,
James F. Begley, Lincoln; Harry
Begley, Omaha; Chief Justice Goss
and Associate Justice L. B. Day,
Lincoln; John McKnight, Edgar Fer
neau, Ernest Armstrong, Robert
Armstrong and Lee Keiliger, Auburn;
E. S. Nickerson, Papillion; Mr. and
Mrs. D. O. Dwyer, William A. Rob
ertson, C. E. Ledgway, W. G. Kieck,
J. A. Capweli, Mrs. James Mauzy,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reed, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Herald, Plattsmouth;
William Ritchie, Jr., Omaha.
Judge John E. Raper, Pawnee
City, who presides in the First dis
trict, could not attend but he sent a
message which was made a part of
the record.
Judge D. W. Livingston ordered
the proceedings Saturday to be made
a part of the district court records.
Plattsmouth
Athletes Again
Win High Honor
Nebraska "N" Club Awards Plaque to
Local School for High Schol
astic Standing of Athletes.
For the fourth year straight and
for the fifth time out of the last six
yearE, Plattsmouth high school has
again been awarded an "N" Club
Athletic scholarship "plaque. A let
ter received by the high school prin
cipal last Friday stated that some
member of the Nebraska 'N" Club
would come to Plattsmouth to make
the presentation sometime in the
near future.
This award is made by the Univer
sity athletic department to stimulate
high scholarship among athletes on
the theory that the good Btudent
makes the best athlete. All high
schools in the state may submit the
names of all letter winners whose
average scholastic standing for the
preceding three semesters is higher
than the general average cf the
school.
The Plattsmouth report for the
year 1933-34 showed that there were
nine boys whose averages were above
the school average. These were:
Wayne Hiner, Lawrence Rhoades,
Bernard KnoSicek, Joe Hendrix, Ed
win Kalina, Earl Lamberson, Edgar
Seitz and Oliver Taylor. The average
grade of all these letter men was
8S.477 and this was high enough in
comparison with other schools over
the state to make Flattsmouth one of
the four or five to win the honor.
ROYAL NEIGHBORS ELECT
The Royal Neighbors of America,
one of the long established ladies'
fraternity in the city, held their an
nual election on Monday at their
lodge rooms in the Eagle building.
There was a pleasing number of
the members In attendance and the
following officers were selected for
the ensuing year:
Oracle Mrs. Emma Kaffenberger.
Vice-Oracle Mrs. Minnie Renner.
Past Oracle Mrs. Emma McMaken
Chancellor Mrs. Ro3 Sulser.
Recorder Mrs. Sadie Jones.
Receiver Mrs. Freda Stibal.
Marshal Mrs. Louise Klinger.
Inner Sentinel Mrs. Pearl Mei
singer. Outer Sentinel Mrs. Florlne
Schiessl.
Manager Mrs. Helen Meisinger.
Musician Mrs. Lillian Nielson.
Physician Dr. R. P. Westover.
The Royal Neighbors will install
their officers at the last meeting in
January and at which time all mem
bers and their families will be In
vited to attend the event.
VISITS AT DES MOINES
Miss Fern Jahrig spent a very en
joyable week-end at Des Moines,
Iowa, visiting with Mr. and Mrs. A.
S. Christ and daughter Frances and
little grandson. The Ghrist family
are all very well and which the
many friends will be happy to learn.
Gives Shower
for Myrle Hall,
RB. 1 ! v.-ere at O
ecent Bride.. m at
Mrs. Ida Cole and Mrs. E. II. Spang- ?
ler Hostesses at Pleasant Event
at the Spangkr Home.
On last Tuesday
Ida Cole and Mrs.
afternocn, Mrs.
E. H. Spangler
were hostesses at the pleasant home ,
of the latter, to a number of the
friends and relatives of Mrs. Myrle
iH. Hall, of BrownviHe, Nebr.
This occasion was in the nature
; of a miscellaneous shower of this re-j
cent bride, who was formerly Miss
Genevieve Cole, a granddaughter of
jMrs. Ida Cole, of Mynard, and who j
had spent her early childhood in
the vicinity when residing on a farm
with her parents. She became the
bride of Mr. Myrle H. IIal!,vson of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hal' of Brown
viHe, on Nov. 10 at Rockport, Mo.
un Ler rrequem msus me nomejtheir aunuai election of officers on ! chapter to the Masons 'of the then
cf her grandmother and also her j Saturday aftei noon at their rooms in j smaI1 village to found a chapter of
aunt. Mrs. C. C. Barnard, she had en-jthe court house, a large number of j this brunch of the order in the terri
deared herself to many friends and . the meir.bers being in attendance 1 tory of Nebraska, Omaha chapter No.
it was quite befitting that these ! anfJ taking part in the election. ; 1 and Keystone chapter of Nebraska
friends and relatives were afforded Tne officcrs v.bo have served so . city being given charters No. 1 and
the opportunity of an event of this crriciently in lne past year were r.ll . The charter to Nebraska chap
nature, honoring this young lady. rpnamP(1 to their rtsnect've nasitions. ioc c.amhnr o isks
The guests were entertained with
music, games and a contest, Mrs. El
bert Wiles and Mrs. Roy O. Cole
rendering two of their popular duets,
and Mrs. Chester Wiles favoring
them with two vocal numbers, "Little
Pink Rose' "and "My Alice Blue
Gown." In the contest, "A Kitchen
Romance," the prize, a vase of arti-1
ficial flowers, went to Miss Grace
Livingston, while Mis3 Elizabeth
Spangler received the booby prize, j
a miniature vase.
Following this the guest of honor
was seated in the center of the room,
where the large basket of giftB jwas
showered upon her. She was assist
ed in unwrapping the parcels by Miss
Grace Livingston and Mrs. Chester
Wiles, displaying many useful and
lovely gifts.
Mrs. Hall, in expressing her ap
preciation for these tokens of love
and friendship invited the guests to
visit her in her new home, on a farm
near Brownville, Nebr.
Delicious refreshments were served
by the hostesses.
HONOR MISS TRIVELY
The Sunnyside Girls Room club
held a party Saturday afternoon, De
cember 8, at the home of Lois Giles,
in honor of Virginia Trively. Vir
ginia was the high scoring individ
ual and member of the Judging team
which placed first in the girls room
Judging contest at the National 4-H
Club Congress in Chicago. Her team
mate. Frances Meier of Weeping Wa
ter, placed third in the individual
contest.
In a very delightful manner, Vir
ginia related her many interesting
experiences and showed her souvenirs
of the trip. Perhaps the greatest
of these is a beautiful silver loving
cup, which was presented to her by
Senator Arthur Capper.
After this Lois Giles played a se
lection on the clarinet and Lucille
Wiles sang two selections, all of
which were greatly enjoyed.
The guests of the afternoon were
Mrs. R. F. Patterson, Mrs. J. R.
Reeder, Mrs. Starkjohn and the
mothers of the club members.
At the close of a very enjoyable
and entertaining afternoon, delicious
refreshments were served by Mrs.
Giles, assisted by Mrs. Starkjohn and
Lois and Eleanor Giles.
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
The condition of Mrs. Glen
Rhoades is reported as very serious
at the hospital in Omaha where she
was taken following her accident on
Sunday morning. The burns on the
face of Mrs. Rhoades. caused by the
spraying of the hot honey over her,
have been very deep and caused the
most intense suffering.
Mrs. Rhoades was injured when a
can of honey she was heating explod
ed and threw the burning honey over
the kitchen and to save her baby
sitting in a high chair, the mother
sprang in front of the torrent of
honey to save the child and
frightfully burned.
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Phone the news to hio. 6.
ATTEND STATE MEETING
From Tutsy'a DaT:" j
County Clerk George R. Saylcs,j
.and County Commissioner J. A. Pitz, .
rauha today where they;
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attendance at Hie meeting;
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or tne association oi commissioners,;
1 nifrTiqr.rs. emmtv clerks end rec-'
ister of deeds. The meeting is one
jthat annually brings a large number
irom an parts ci me t,t?.ie ior me i
(sessions and at which matters of the j
greatest interest to the counties are!
brought up for discussion.
I Woman's Relief
Corps Holds Its
A j
'lIHlUai illCtlOn;
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J
'jjrs
J. IL McMaken Tresident as
Post Re-elects All Officers
of th-2 Past Year.
I The
Woman's Relief Corps held
ibeing as follows:
President Mte. J. H. McMaken.
Senior Vice Mrs. Fred G. Morgan.
Junior Vice Mrs. C. C. Cotner.
Chaplain Mrs. C. F. Claze.
Secretary Mrs. L. B. Egen'.ierger.
Treasurer Mrs. Val Burkle.
Conductor Mrs. Martha Peterson
Assistant Conductor Mrs. Kate
Morgan.
Guard Mrs. Susie Bates.
Assistant Guard Mrs. Mary Spen-;
ser.
i-irst coior nearer Airs. Justus
iLillie
second Color Bearer Miss Ella.
Iivenuecj. j
Third Color Bearer: Mrs. George,
I oraofr.
i-'ourth color Bearer Mrs. L.ois
Troop.
Mrs. J. H. McMaken was named as
the official delegate to the state con
vention and Mrs. Frank Mullen se
lected as the installing officer
the post and who will induct
new officers into their stations.
for
the
SEEK FEDERAL AID
The committee of the unemployed
of this city were at Lincoln Mon
day to confer with the federal offi
cials there in regard to the partici
pation of Cass county in the FERA
funds.
The condition that has developed
in the past week has been such that
action is necessary and Roy Taylor,
chairman and Thomas McMasters,
secretary of the committee took the
opportunity to visit Lincoln to con
fer with the federal officials.
It was stated that the government
stood ready to co-operate with the
counties under the original plans of
the FERA for relief work, that they
were desirous of seeing that no suf
fering was occasioned in the close
of many of the public works enter
prises. The FERA as the committee
was given to understand would aid
if the counties would fulfill the re
quests cf the FERA as far as lay
in their power.
There however will be no work
projects at this time, there being no
new working plans issued by the gov
ernment but the FERA would aid in
the relief work of communities
where needed and where local gov
ernments were co-operating.
HAVE FINE MEETING
The Rotary club at their meeting
Tuesday had the pleasure of several
delightful musical numbers given by
Miss Ruth Colby, she presenting "Re
quiem" by Stevenson and "Gypsy
Trail" by Kipling. These were very
much appreciated by all of the mem
bers of the club.
Dr. R. P. Westover gave a fine re
view of the Council Bluffs confer
ence at which there had been pres
ent many of the leaders of Rotary
in the west and also two of the
Canadian district governors.
The "Rotarian," official magazine
of the organization, was reviewed
by Dr. H. G. McClusky and R. W.
Knorr In a most interesting manner
and bringing out the highlights of
v iioiic
The usual Rotarian songs were en
Joyed by the members of the club as
a part of the program of the day.
i Masonic His-
tory Made by
Local R. A. M.
Only Chapter in State C-perating Un
der Charter of General Grand
Chapter of United States.
Monday evening Xc'oraska chapter
(No. 3. Royal Arch Masons held their
i installation cf officers for the en
! suing year and elevated to the office
I of high rriest Lester W. Meisinger,
!
the fcrty-first since the establish-
jrnent of this branch of Masonry in
I Plattsmouth.
Nebraska chapier tias played a
large part in the history of the Royal
Arch Masonry of the state and today
is the only cnapter of the state that
operates under a charter issued by
the general grand chapter of the R.
A. M. of the United States.
Or. July 13, 18C5 a dispensation
was granted by the general grand
and with the two sister chapters
there gathered at Plattsmouth on
March .9, 18G7, the members of the
Royal Arch Masons to hold the first
grand chapter of Nebraska.
The first officers of Nebraska
! chapter were Harry P. Duel, high
w D Gage, king; R. G.
r ..
uoom, scrioc; I nomas K. iianna.
treasurer; J. C. Cummins, secretary.
I In the passing of the years the
orisiaal charters given to the Om-
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ter is the only one that does not
I operate under a charter from the
grand chapter of the state of Ne
braska. -
Nebraska chapter has had the
honor of having six of their disting
uished members called to be grand
high priest of the grand chapter of
the state of Nebraska, they being
Harry P. Duel. D. H. Wheeler, Rob
ert Ramsey Livingston, Francis E.
White, who is now the senior past
grand high priest of all of the chap
ters of the United States, H. E. Pal
mer. In the recent years Nebraska
Chapter was again honored when
James M. Robertson, a distinguished
figure in Nebraska Masonry, was
called to the high priesthood of the
order.
Last evening the chapter installed
their officers for the year and who
were inducted into office by William
A. Robertson, past high priest as in
stalling officer and O. C. Hudson,
past high priest, as marshal. The of
ficers installed were as follows:
H. P. Lester Meisinger.
King Ward M. Whelan.
Scribe Anderson Lloyd.
Treasurer Frank A. Cloidt.
Secretary W. F. Evers.
O. of H. Robert M. Painter.
P. S. Charles L. Carlson.
R. A. C. Joseph A. Capweli.
Master third vail John E. Turn
er. Master second vail John Rummel
Master first vail George W.
Brinklow.
Sentinel John E. Schutz.
DISMISS CASE
The trial of the damage suit of
Edith Bailar by Florence L. Eailar.
next friend, vs. L. W. Baldwin,
trustee, et al, was terminated Mon
day afternoon shortly after the noon
recess. The defendant, Missouri
Pacific railroad company, through
their attorneys had, at the conclu
sion of the evidence of the forenoon,
made the motion to have a directed
verdict in their favor.
Judge D. W. Livingston at the
opening of the afternoon session sus
tained the motion of the defendants
and a directed verdict in favor of
the railroad company ordered by the
court and the case dismissed.
The district court took an adjourn
ment until Wednesday morning when
another auto damage suit will be
taken up, that of Ottis Hibbard,
Sylvous Hibbard and George H. Otley
vs. Cass County, being consolidated
for the trial. This is a suit for dam
ages due to a wreck in the west part
of the county and which the plain
tiff contends was caused by the de
fendant not having the road in prop
er condition.
VISIT AT AUBURN
From Wednesday's Daily
Last evening William A Roberts,
grand junior warden of the Nebraska
A. F. &. A. M. with Raymond C. Cook,
deputy grand custodian and William
F. Evers, were at Auburn where
they visited the Masonic lodge of
that city. The occasion was the
fiftieth anniversary of the Auburn
lodge and also past master's night.
There were representatives present
from eight lodges of the eastern por
tion of Nebraska in attendance.
Basketball
Season to Open
Coming Week
Twenty-one on Squad Reporting for
Service First Game With Ash
land Here Dec. 19th.
The basketball fans who have
anxiously awaited the opening of the
season to see the blue and white
Platters in action have only a few
more days until the season start
Ashland will play here on Wednes
day, December lBth, to open a very
lively season, fourteen games being
on the local calendar.
North high returns to the Platts
mouth scheduled this year after a
two year absence, home and home
games being arranged with Ccach
Jad son's boys and Nebraska City
also has a home and home arrange
ment with the Platters.
The team has showed excellent in
their workouts and the younger
members of the squad have especially
shown a great deal of cleverness in
their preliminary trycuts. There
were but two lettermen left from
last year, Donald Cotner and Joe
Hendrix; Carl Hula, Charles Walden,
Chester Wall.' Joe Case Jack Forbes,
Raymond . Woocter, Richard Ilatt,
William Carey, William Falk. Earl
Taylor, Ernest Seitz, Billy Rosen
crans, John Nottleman, R. Hennings,
George Gamblin, William Evers,
Richard Yelick, Frank Nelson, A.
Hennings, from the 1934-35 squad.
The schedule of the season shows
some very fast and aggressive teams
to be faced by the Platters. The
schedule:
December
Ashland, here.
January
Malvern, there.
Omaha North, here.
Nebraska City, there.
Glenwood, there.
Nebraska Deaf, here.
Nebraska City, here.
February
College View, there.
Tarkio (Mo.) here.
Omaha North, there.
Auburn, there.
Schuyler, here.
Blair, here.
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4
8
11
18
25
30
8
9
12
14
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March
1 Wahoo, there.
7-9 Regional Tournament.
13-15 State Tournament.
HOLD CHRISTMAS MEETING
The members of Fontenelle chap
ter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution were pleasantly enter
tained on Monday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Otto Keck in the north
portion of the city at their annual
Christmas meeting.
The Keck home was bright with
the colorful Christmas decorations
and featured a handsome tree with
its glowing decorations to make a
fitting setting for the occasion.
Mrs. E. H. Wescott was the leader
of the meeting and had as her topic,
"Communism," discussing this doc
trine that has gained such a world
wide growth in the past few years
and occasioned many outbreaks in
our own country.
The D. A. R. magazine was re
viewed by Mrs. George B. Mann, tak
ing up the many matters of interest
in this publication of the society.
At the close of the afternoon
dainty refreshments were served, the
Christmas colors being carried out
in the refreshments. In serving Mrs.
Keck was assisted by her daughter,
Mis3 Shirley.
CONDUCT GOSPEL SERVICE
Paul Iverson. senior in Hastings
College, was one of the speakers of
the Gospel Team which conducted
the services in the First Presbyterian
church of Nelson, last Sunday evening.
Truck Occupants
Seriously Injured
Here Last Night
Accident at 7th and Pearl Streets
Last Night Demolishes Truck
and Two Cattle Killed.
From Wednesday's Paily
One of the worst truck accidents
that has happened here occurred last
night at 7:30 at the corner of 7th
and Pearl streets, when the trailer
truck, driven by Herbert Town., kd.
Rockport, Missouri, crashed into a
tree near the Tidball lumber ofTi.o.
The trailer truck was coming north
on Chicago avenue at a speed esti
mated at from 50 to 55 miles per
hour and was unable to make the
turn into Seventh street, hitting
headon the large maple tree that
has long been a landmark in that
locality.
The force of the impact drove the
front part of the truck and cab in
and at the same time the trailer
loaded with ten head of stock crash
ed into the rear of the cab. crushing
the driver's compartment, pinning
the two men who were in the cab to
the roof of the compartment and
from which they were extricated
i ith difficulty by persons who were
attracted at once to the scene.
As the trailer crashed the cab two
of the animals were thrown clear of
the cab, one landing some fifteen
feet in front of the truck while an
other thrown from the truck fell on
the sidewalk. Eoth animals had
their backs broken and it was nec
essary to shoot them and they were
later taken on to Omaha. But one of
the animals remained in the trailer,
the others escaping from the wreck
ed trailer and scattered over the
business section of the city.
- With Townsend at the time of the
accident was Wayne Hunter, also of
Rockport, and who was asleep at the
time of the accident. Hunter was
apparently suffering from a crushed
leg and other Injuries to the hip and
ppine while Townsend had a large
hole in the neck caused by a piece of
broken windshield and other bruises
and injuries the extent of which
could not be determined.
The men were given first aid by
Dr. L. S. Pucelik and later taken to
the Et. Joseph hospital at On. aba
where they are being cared for.
The iemains of the truck was
taken to the garage of the Ruse
Motor Co., to await claiming by the
owners.
This morning J. H. Shaver of
Rockport, Missouri, owner of the
cattle, which comprised choice short
horn cattle, was here to assist in
gathering up the remaining stock
that had escaped and were scattered
in several sections of the city but
were eventually rounded up and re
loaded for Omaha. One of the
choicest animals of the load, the
owner stated, was one of those that
it was necessary to kill.
SANTA APPROVES DECORATION
Santa Claus, who Is speeding
southward from the icy north to
Plattsmouth for an appearance here
on Saturday afternoon, lias extruded
his approval cf th decorations fcr
the holiday season and Ia apprecia
tive of the Plattsmouth po:.p'.o n ak
Ing his visit a gala occasion.
Santa Is expecting to make his
headquarters at the court house and
where he will receive the chilJren
and have a remembrance for each or
the children. The final arrange
ments for the receptiem are being
made and Sarta is assured oT i
royal welcome when he visits this
city to greet the youngsters of Cars
and Sarpy county.
CELEBRATES F.IRTHDAY
A birthday party was given for
Mae Capper at her home Tuesday
evening, Dec. 11. The evening was
ipent in playing games. She re
ceived many beautiful presents. At
an apropriate hour, delicious refresh
ments were served by rMs. Capper.
Those present to enjoy the even
ing were: Mildred Dooley, Beatrice
Am, Lorraine Reichstadt, Thelma
Jones, Edna Black, Betty and Flor
ence Rhoades, Emma Mendenhall.
Mildred Zatopek, Margaret Yelick,
Frances Minniear, Betty Arnold.
Margie Lancaster, Mildred Eledge,
Katherine Hiner and Thelma Capper.