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Pension Funds
Cochran, Herring See State's Quali
fications Approved Without
Extra Sessions.
Governors Clyde L. Herring of Iowa
and R. L. Cochran of Nebraska gain
ed additional assurance Tuesday at
Washington their states rn&y qualify
for federal old age pension grants
without new state legislation.
"The significant thing to us."
Herring said, "is that we won't
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legislature already had general ap-
i proval of security officials and ap
parently the state needed only to
submit a satisfactory plan of oper
ation to qualify.
Punds Increased.
Herring said anticipated approval
of Iowa's old age pension plan would
increase funds available for pensions
to needy aged for six months from
$1,500,000 to 13,000,000.
Cochran said security officials ad
vised him because of the large amount
of county unit control in the Ne
braska program, extreme care would
be necessary in selecting a competent
director.
Conferences with security officials
capped a busy day for the two execu
tives. They discussed relief and
works progress administration situ
ations with Harry L. Hopkins, relief
administrator. They were told there
was no chance for further direct re
lief funds.
Plea for Bridge.
They renewed their plea for a free
Missouri river bridge between Omaha
and Council Bluffs in a conference
with R. E. Toms, public roads design
division chief. Toms reiterated the
I roads bureau's objections but the
! governors said they hoped they quash
ed the objections.
President Roosevelt, to whom they
appealed for assistance Monday, in
dicated Tuesday their bridge plan
had appealed to him.
Cicrran and State Engineer A. C?.
Tilley of Nebraska, discussed possible
eastern Nebraska projects with rural
electrification administration offi
cials. Tilley said there was a good
chance either the Lancaster county
or eastern Nebraska project would
get funds if REA officials are satis
fied there are no legal difficulties.
Tuesday night the chief executives
were guest3 of President and Mrs.
Roosevelt at a White House dinner
and reception.
SECURE MARRIAGE LICENSE
Marriage license was issued today
to Carl Fischer of Greenwood and
Miss Ruth Richards of Ashland. The
wedding will take place at Green
wood.
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EAGLE HEWS ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. McKay anc daughter
brought her home Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Spahnle visited
Fred Beach last Wednesday evening.
Miss Phyllis Rudolph was a guest
at the J. L. Wall home last Friday
evening.
Mrs. Jesse Wall visited with her
daughter, Mrs. Arthur Thomson and
family on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. August Schwegman
visited at the Edward Gerhard home
last Monday evening.
Mrs. J. H. Adee entertained the
ladies of the local W. C. T. U. at her
home last Friday afternoon.
Pearl Norris spent Friday evening
and Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.
George Weyers and Beverly.
The Methodist Ladies' Aid met at
the home of Mrs. E. R. Kendle, Wed
nesday afternoon, December 11th.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Gerhard and
daughters visited Wednesday even
ing at the Edward Gerhard home.
Mrs. Charles Williams, who has
been in ill health for the past sev
everal weeks, is recovering slowly.
Mrs. Emma Judkins spent the past
week end in Lincoln with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Oscar Anderson and Mr. An
derson. Mrs. Frank Clements of Imperial
visited several days last week with
her mother, Mrs S. E. Allen and other
relatives.
Mrs. Arthur Adams was hostess to
the members of the O Street Home
Makers club at her home last Thurs
day afternoon.
G. H. Palmer enjoyed accompany
ing Floyd Ostrander and Steve Gate
ly of Syracuse on a motor trip to Fair
mont last Sunday.
Mrs. Edward Gerhard visited Mon
day and Tuesday of last week with
her daughtei, Mrs. Eldee McKay and
family near Palmyra.
The basketball team of Eagle high
school were again the victors last
Friday evening when they defeated
the Greenwood team.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Nelson, daugh
ter Helen, and Mr. and Mrs. Merl
Miller were guests last Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Garlits.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Carr and son
were dinner guests last Sunday at
the home of Mrs. Carr's sister, Mrs.
W. A. Rosey and Mr. Rosey of Lin
coln. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gerhard,
Esther and Wilma, Mrs. Emma Doran
and James visited Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Gerhard and family on Tuesday even
ing. Friday evening callers at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Muenchau w ere
Miss Adella Gerdes and Arthur Ris
tine of Lincoln and Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Weyers.
Congratulations are extended to
Miss Helen Graham and James Doran,
who were married on Wednesday at
Council Bluffs. Mr. and Mrs. Doran
will make their home near Eagle.
Robert Corr left the middle of last
week from Lincoln for California by
plane where he was called due to the
death of a relative. Floyd Bunton is
carrying the mail during Mr. Corr's
absence.
Mrs. Verle Rosenow of Hunting
ton Beach, Calif., is here visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Sexson
and other relatives in this commun
ity. Mrs. Rosenow will remain until
after the holidays.
Rev. and Mrs. D. J. Schuyleman
left la3t Thursday morning for Scotts
blufT where they visit for several
weeks. We hope Rev. Schuyleman
will recuperate completely during his
vacation and enjoy his usual good
health again.
Mrs. Gladys Meadows of Kansas
City came Friday and visited with
her aunt Mrs. H. T. Sexson and fam
ily. Mrs. Meadows was accompanied
home Sunday evening by Mrs. J. A.
Stowers. who has been visiting here
for sometime.
Pleasant Hill Club.
The Pleasant Hill club met at the
home of Mrs. George Rockenbach last
Friday afternoon.
The group leader, Mrs. Fred Ru
dolph, was present and gave a very
interesting talk.
The alternoon was spent playing
games. Mrs. Paul Chidester and Mrs.
Henry Trunkenbolz gave the play
let entitled, "Christmas Spirit." The
members enjoyed an exchange of
gifts.
Mrs. Turley Wall poured the tea
at the table where sandwiches,
cookies and home-made candy were
placed.
Mrs. Wm. Umland Sr., Mrs. Verle
Rosenow, Mrs. Dick Butts, Mrs. John
Rockenbach, Jr., and Mrs. Carrie
Stowers were welcome guests.
Enjoy Family Dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McMaster
and sons had as their guests last
unday Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sexson
of Ravenna, Mrs. Gladys Meadows
and Mrs. J. A. Stowers of Kansas City,
Mr. and Mrs. IL T. Sexson aud Mr.
and Mrs John Rockenbach and sons.
Afternoon guests were Tr and Mrs.
D. W. Slye and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Slye of Unadilla and Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Rehmeier and family of Palmyra.
Will Visit in the South.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gerhard ac
companying Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Frey
of Lincoln, left Friday morning for
Corpus Christi, Texas. While en route
they will visit relatives in Wichita,
Kansas, and Ponca City, Oklahoma.
Mr. and Mrs. Frey and Mrs. Gerhard
will remain in Tefas for the winter,
but Mr. Gerhard will return in a lew
weeks to take care of his business.
M. E. Church Notes.
10 a. m. Sunday school.
11 a. m. Morning worship.
7 p. m. Epworth League.
Rev. Embree, a former district
superintendent of this district, will
have charge of the worship service
next Sunday, and Dean McProud, of
.TORY
The following extracts are from a
review of the book. "The Adams
Family," by James Truslow Adams.
It was given by Miss Olive Gass at
a recent meeting of the Fontenelle
Chapter of the Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution.
James Truslow Adams is no rela
tion to the Adams family under re
view tonight, but he is one of Am
erica's best known historians, and is
considered one of America's most
astute interpreters.
In 1921 he won the $2,000.00
Pulitzer prize in History for his
book, "The Founding of New Eng
land." Josh Billings, an early American
humorist said, "It's better not to no
so much, than to no so much that
ain't so."
But when we read a history by
James Truslow Adams, we know we
are getting "the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth."
Students of heredity and its ef
fect on social conditions will be in
terested in the very marked manner
in which the author presents the
psychology of the 4 generations of
jthe Adams Family. And all history
carries out nis tneory mat nereaity is
a strong factor in human life. For
instance let us compare the Jonathan
Edwards Family with the Jukes
Family.
Jonathan Edwards was born in
1703. His father was a clergyman.
His wife was the daughter of a
I trustee of Yale University. The de
jscendents of these two have given us
!one vice president of the U. S., 13
university presidents, to college pro
fessors, 32 noted authors, 6 lawyers,
90 physicians, 300 ministers of the
gospel, and 300 farmers.
I Compare this record with the
IJukes Family. The two original par
ents in this country were dissolute
and wicked. In 75 years they cost
New York State $1,308,000.00. In
the Jukes Family we find 300 de
linquents, 200 died prematurely, 145
drunkards, 285 viciously diseased,
100 spent on an average each of 13
years in prison.
With these startling statistics in
mind, we shall follow with interest
what the author has to present about
"The Adams Family."
His main object is not biological
jbut psychological. "History is bio
graphy." When we read the history of the
iperiod, when President John Adams
lived, for instance, we read his bio
Igraphy. And on the contrary, when
jwe read his biography, we become
'acquainted with the history of that
period.
! "The proper knowledge of man
kind is man," and the real import
ance of history lies in the light which
:it throws upon humanity.
I Our author says that The Adams
Family is the most distinguished fam
ily in the U. S. They rose from ob
scurity to international fame through
the sheer force of character and in
tellectual ability.
The Adams Family arrived in Am
erica about 163C. After four gener
ations of this family had lived in
America, the simple, honest life of
yeomen, a something we know not
what, occurred in the blood or brain
of the line, lifting it to a higher
plane from which it has never de
scended. The family story is an inspiring
tale and a fascinating problem. Our
jautnor asks. Has it due to some
mysterious result from the combin
jation of Adams and Boylston blood
on the side of the wife? or, to mere
chance in a universe in which atoms
;rush and collide chaotically. Fascin
Jating as the problem is it is in-
soiudic
There have been 8 generations of
the Adams Family in the U. S. up to
the present time. Of these our author
has selected the last 4 beginning
with John, the 2nd president of the i
U. S. j
Now I Bhall give you some of the '
characteristics of John Adams, and I
when I give you the characteristics
of John Adams, I give the character
istics of his children and of their
descendents up to the present time.
A characteristic of the Adams
mind, in its new phase was to be its
broad sweep.
Fondness for generalizations, dis
like for the specific a taste for es
tablishing general laws. The "new"
Adams mind dating back to John,
was not only concerned with law as
a profession, but with law in re
gard to nature and the universe.
Nebraska Wesleyan university will
occupy the pulpit the following Sun
day morning. Plan to attend the ser
vices each Sunday.
Mrs. William Tinker conducted the
league services last Sunday evening.
Each member brought a gift which
will be sent to the Mother Jewel's
home for children at York, Nebr.
Willing Workers Club.
Mrs. William Trunkenbolz was
hostess to the members of Willing
Workers club last Thursday aiter-
noon at a "Christmas Tea."
Everyone enjoyed participating in
the games. The prizes awarded to
the winners added to the merriment.
Mrs. J. L. Wall and Mrs. W. E.
Muenchau presented the playlet,
"Christmas Spirit."
Tea was poured from a beautifully
decorated table by Miss Pearl
Schmidt.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
E. M. Stewart.
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i The Adams mind must be stung on all that shall hereafter inhabit it."
; into its best action, by crises in his- He died July 4, 1S26, at the age
jtory. For 3 generations crises were :of 91.
j provided for it. We shall now tell of some of the
Another characteristic of the ! interesting events in the life of his
Adams mind was that it instinctively !son, John Quincy Adams. He was also
J rejected as unworthy the striving for ! born in Braintree, Mass.. in 17C7.
(public office. This trait was cm- j He studied abroad, graduated at Har
puasized in later generations by thejvard, and was the American minister
i self-consciousness engendered by the .many times at European Courts. He
'prestige of the offices already held by jmarried Louisa Johnson about 1797.
i members of the Adams Family. iShe proved to be a wife worthy of
! All 4 generations of the Adams I an Adams. After the birth of their
i Family were reserved, honest, mor-; son abroad, J. Q. Adams and wife
j bid, introspective ii nj d irritable.
' James Russell Lowell said of them,
j"The Adamses have a genius for say
ing even a gracious tiling in an un
gracious way.".
Another peculiarity of all 4 gener
ations of the Adams Family, was the
use of the pronoun I. It was never
We. And so we see that the common
characteristics of independent think
ing, really separated them in most of
their views on religion and politics.
John Adams was born in Brain-
i-i -r, .uasa., i i iV auu uiru iiui) t,
1826. His mother. Susanna Boyston,
'was of high social standing and the
daughter of a prominent doctor.
Lut at school John was graded bylfense. With me it is not my country
the social standing of the Adamses,
I which was not high, and he was not
graded by his scholarship. Therefore,
iin a class of 24 he stood 14th. Later
in his school life at Harvard, wheniRussia, by ambitious politicians who
i graded by his scholarship, he stood j wanted to get him out of the coun
among the first three in a very large try. He left for St. Petersburg in
class. 1 1 S 0 9 with his wife and children,
; John taught school and later (among w hom was little 2 year old
studied law at Harvard, and from; Charles Francis who was to become
henceforth the "Adams mind" was to jthe most notable of the family line,
find its main line of action in law and i He did not return to the U. S. until
i writing.
I In 1764 John Adams married Abi
jgail Smith. This marriage proved
! to be a most congenial one. Mrs.
Adams was a woman of integrity and
strong mentality and her influence
w as felt by the three generations
which followed
j After the marriage of John Adams,
he lived at Braintree, Mass., but his
i interests were in Boston,
j The attempt of England to tax the
colonies, raised a storm of turmoil of
lirresistable force against an immov
iable obstacle.
j This condition whirled John Adams
from the obscurity of a village law
yer, to the position of a world-known
statesman!
He became the chief figure in the
Revolutionary Party. He w as one of
the committee to prepare the Declar-
ation of Independence and one of a
committee to negotiate peace with
England.
That his contemporaries recog
nized his keen mind, .is proven by the
fact that even before the Revolu
tionary War, he was made chairman
of 25 committees and was a member
of many more, in just one session of
Congress.
The Adamses had now made en
trance into national affairs.
John Adams must be given great
credit for his astute judgment, in
proposing George Washington for
general of the American army.
This bound the north and south
In a common cause, and George Wash
ington was the only man who would
have been accepted by all sections.
The battles of the American Revo
lution are too familiar to members
of the D. A. R. to recount. But the party claims. However, his rela
biography of John Adams during tions with his cabinet were most
that period, would be the history of
the American Revolution, so closely
was John Adams identified with
every phase of it.
He was vice president during
Washington's presidency and in 1796
John Adams became president of the
U. S.
He made a capable and conscien-
tious president, but he was unpopu
lar as a man, because he was vain,
irritable and quarrelsome.
At 65 years of age he retired from
public affairs and went back to his
farm at Quincy, Mass.
It is interesting to us, today, who
are striving for neutrality, to know
what. John Adams believed. He said,
"We must separate ourselves as far
as possible, and as long as possible,
from all European politics ar-d wars."
Shortly before his death he said,
"I never was a politician. I never
engaged in public affairs for my own
interest or ambition, and I can look
up to God for the sincerity of my
intentions."
John Adams was the first occupant public began to take notice of Charles
of the White House. His blessing and Francis and his characteristics. He
prayer on this occasion was as fol- .had the most brilliant mind of any of
lows: "I pray heaven to bestow the! the Adamses, and he wa3 true to
best of blessings on this house, and J
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RE-EMPLOYMENT AID NEEDED
Falls City, Neb. Richardson coun
ty officials Monday protested the
discontinuance of re-employment ser
vice here. They said Richardson
county has more need for the service
than all the other counties in the
district combined. Full time service,
operated until a month ago by Elmer
Percival, was replaced by one day a
week service directed by an agent
from Auburn. The district includes
Richardson, Pawnee, Nemaha and
Johnson counties.
ADAMS FAMILY I
Olive Gass
returned to America in 1801.
He became a senator in 1S03. He
did not seek it, but like his father,
he accepted honors only that he
might better serve his country.
J. Q. Adams was respected for his
integrity but he had the exagger
ated, unpleasant, characteristics of
His father.
Therefore he was not popular be
cause he was the son of his father,
unbending, not a good "mixer" and
he would not sacrifice his integrity to
party."
"The country," he said, "is so to
tally given up to party spirit, that
not to follow it, is considered an of-
right or wrong but what is the jus
tice of the issue?"
In 1809, J. Q. Adams was appoint
ed to a position at St. Petersburg,
IS 17. He found America growing
rapidly.
I wish to call your attention to a
very momentous event regarding the
Constitution which occurred in 1819
'Chief Justice John Marshall handed
j dow n his decision in the case of Mc-
Culloch vs. Maryland, which is among
the greatest judicial utterances of all
times, establishing tbe doctrine of
implied powers in the Constitution.
That admirable flexibility and ca
pacity for growth which character
ize it beyond all other constitutions
is largely due to John Marshall,
Chief Justice of U. S.
To return to John Q. Adams, we
next see him as Secretary of State.
This gave him great prestige be
cause at that time to be Secretary of
! State was an inevitable step to nom
ination as President. As Secretary of
State, the honor is really his for
formulating "The Monroe Doctrine."
J. Q. Adams was candidate for pres
ident at the next presidential elec
tion. There were 4 candidates and
none of them received the necessary
majority.
Therefore the decision had to be
made by the House of Representa
tives. This resulted in Adams being
elected President of the U. S. The
nauguration occurred March 4, 1S25.
Adams wrote in his diary: "I en-
,ter upon this day with a supplication.
first for my country, secondly for
myself."
His inaugural address did not
satisfy his party, and at once raised
an antagonism that lasted 4 years.
But Adams, having satisfied his
conscience, moved right along the
family line paying little regard to
pleasant.
On the whole, his term was one of
peace both domestic and foreign.
J. Q. Adams was not re-elected for
a second term.
He returned to his home, but was
later elected to the House of Repre
sentatives at Washington, which posi-
tion he accepted. This was unusual
and his friends and his son, Charles
Francis, thought he belittled himself,
but in the end it was best. For the
nation at last came to appreciate
John Quincy Adams and to honor
him. i
He died in the House of Repre-'
sentatives in February, 184S. j
We now introduce the brilliant son .
of J. Q. Adams, Charles Francis of
the 3rd generation. Charles Francis.
Adams, a sou of J. Quincy Adams,
was born in 1807, died in 1886.
His father had been so continu
ously, and "obstreperously" in the
public eye, that Charles F. received
little attention. But after the death
of his father, J. Quincy Adams, the
type: uncompanionable, touchy, re-1
(!
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strained, with Puritan traits ar.-l
j conscience of his anc estors. He wu
independent in juclrinent and action.
jHe had strong literary tastes ar. J n
desire to write. Some of his writings
i brought him fame.
j He was elected as state legislator
and later as state senator.
I The death of his father-in-law.
Brooks, brought him and his wife an
inheritance of $75,000.Ui and lor
'the first time, an Adams was ii h.
j In polities, he wns a Whig. ot. a -j
count of the slavery question.
Charles Francis di:l a inodii
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lamount of writing. About l.v"
wrote the life
rand;;
Uohn Adams, in 1U volumes,
j So while the 3rd ?:ener;.tion was
I concerning itself with the 1st. ti.e
J 4 1 h generation v as growing u; aiul
'receiving its education. All ei the
iboys of Charles Francis, graduated at
Harvard.
Lincoln, who was president at. tl.i
time, honored Charles I, by ai i". lin
ing him minister to London, and li?
took up his work as minister in IMil.
After successful work ur; n.ir.i.-tii-Charles
returned to Ai.irua in lo'.s.
There was no further eontinuini;
career for Charles Francis a:. 1 v. .
must turn to the 4ih general un,
now pressing ahead!
Of the 4 tons of Charles Fraiic-is
'Adams, our author concerns' himself
imostly with Henry.
When Henry grew to rnanho d 1;-?
had a strong desire to go to Ger
Jmany and study at their universities.
iHis father permitted this but after
!2 years Henry returned, disappnjntf d.
j Henry had graduated in a Ijw
'course, but preferred literature, e
pecially writing articles fur the pre---,
jln this he was successful.
1 Later we see Henry as a t a he r.
lie crisinated what was later l;i:o
as the Quincy method . His home L
,came the meeting place where "i:.
jtelleetuality" was the passport n..t
, money alone. So we find at hi li Mr."
!as guests, John Hay, Cabot L!-.
'Don Cameron, the Uoose ve its as: J
jother worthwhile people,
i Henry continued his writing, and
in 1SS9 produced a Hi.-tory of the
,U. S. which is monumental and will
lever remain erne of the great p.:o
iductions of historical stholar.-hip.
Henry died in 191S.
His brilliant brother, Charles Fran
cis II, had been made President ot
the Union Pac ific Railroad in 1 S v 1
(but the position was un on-( n ial. :
he returned to his real interct v. Li. h
w as in historic al re se arc h. Char.' .
j Francis died in 1915.
I Broolis Adams, the young-1 1 of the
'4 brothers of the 4th generation, was
ibrilliant but erratic. lie wro:e n,s: h
tut accomplished little eo:npa:d w:ih
J h is brothers. With the i ath .f
I Brooks Adams in 1927. t!.e author
itransfers us to the line of John
iAdams. a brother 't Brooks in whiih
: we find the main line of A(i '..:is. s. w
'day, for Charles Francis Adams 111.
son of John, is the hcjad of tr.e- Adams
Family at present.
Charles Francis III is true to type.
A Harvard graduate, like ail of his
family. Treasurer of a iinivei! ity ur
30 years; he is also a lawyer. lie
sat in the cabinet at Washington a .
Secretary of the Navy and is a n a:i
honored in his community.
A brief review e: the harac
i.c;tics of the 4 generations of th;'
, Acams l aniiiy snows tiui.-i k i:.ie
jbcen combative, ungracious, not tai :
ful, egotistical, independent in Jj la
ment ana action.
Not one of them would sa i if.ee
moral integrity at the call of raity.
They were industrious, they had ca
pacity lor public business. They all
rejected, as unworthy, th" :-triv::.g
for public offico.
President John Adams sai.', "I
have never sacrificed ray judgment t
kings, ministers nor people and I
never will!" He certainly never did.
nor has any Adams after hk.i.
We have now considered X gt rer
ations of Adamses in America. The
first 4 generations were rv.o.-tly hon
est, unknown farmers.
Once, as John Quin y Adar.-r? v :.-!-
dered about in the eemetery w 1: -re
they were buried, he said. "Very lit
tle more is known t.f them than i.,
recorded upon these tombnoms."
What shall postciity knjv. of
next 4 generations?
Tonight, we have bee., k'u lying
the patriotic deeds of "th: next fojr
generations."
It takes volumes to record them.
The members of the Adams I-'a: :;ly
have been "weighs! in the balanc"
and found not wanting
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